Caroline Cartwright, 48, really enjoys having sex with her husband, Steve, just ask her neighbors how enthusiastic she can be. Caroline is a screamer and she doesn't care who hears her. After hundreds of complaints from the neighbors and passers-by (even the local postman and a woman taking her child to school complained about the levels of noise) she was ordered by the court to stop disturbing the peace under an anti-social behavior order (ASBO).
It was an order she broke at least three times in just 10 days, landing her in jail and back in court. Caroline just can't understand what all the fuss is about.
"I did not understand why people asked me to be quiet because to me it is normal," she said. I have tried to minimize the situation by having sex in the morning - not at night - so the noise was not waking anybody," Cartwright noted.
After a series of complaints, the local council's Environmental Health department placed recording equipment in a neighbor's apartment. The neighbor, Rachel O’Connor, pressed a button on the machine every time she was disturbed by noise from next door. In the subsequent 23 recordings that were made - through a soundproofed wall - and played to the court, the sound of slapping and screaming was clearly audible.
“I heard sounds of a sexual nature, they were really loud, and there was a lot of moaning and groaning and screaming as if in pain. It wasn’t just the woman, it came from both parties,” said Rachel O’Connor.
The equipment recorded noise levels of 30-40 decibels, peaking at 47 - as loud as a conversation in the same room. The 48-year-old Caroline acknowledged she made noises, but wasn't aware how loud she had been. The judge, in giving her a break, said she had not tried hard enough to refrain from making excessive noise.
"It's quite clear from the small extract I heard that you made no attempt to silence yourself," the judge said.
Jozef Guzy, 76, had everyone fooled, even the doctor. He pulled off a trick that would have made Houdini proud of him. The Polish beekeeper who lived near the southern city of Katowice was pronounced dead after he collapsed while tending to his bees. It was assumed that he suffered a heart attack. An Ambulance was called and an experienced doctor declared the man dead.
A spokesman for the Regional Ambulance Service in Katowice, said: 'The patient was not breathing, there was no heart beat, the body had cooled - all are the characteristics of death.
Three hours later the man's family called an undertaker to remove the body. Just as Funeral director Dariusz Wysłuchato was about to seal the coffin, Jozef Guzy's wife, Ludmilla, asked him to remove her husband's watch. As Mr Wysłuchato fiddled with the watch chain he happened to touch Mr Guzy's neck and detected a pulse.
'I touched around the neck artery and suddenly realised he wasn't dead after all. I checked again and shouted, "It's a pulse!" I had a friend check and he noticed the man was breathing. God, it was a miracle!
The ambulance was called again and the same doctor returned. He confirmed Mr Guzy had 'come back from the dead'.
Jozef Guzy was taken to hospital and after a few days rest was sent home. The doctors could find nothing wrong with him. Mr Wysłuchato said:
'Thank God I did not close the coffin - if I had done that it would have been a tragedy.'Something touched me to touch his neck - I'm so pleased he's alive.'
Mr Guzy added: ‘The undertaker saved my life. The first thing I did when I got out of hospital was take him a pot of honey.’
The 13-year-old boy known as "Pinky" will not face murder charges in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Levi King Flores. Instead a grand jury, finding there was not enough evidence to support a second-degree murder charge, opted instead to charge him with:
1 Count Second-Degree Manslaughter (felony)
3 Counts of Second-Degree Assault (felonies)
1 Count of Fourth-Degree Misdemeanor Criminal Possession of a Weapon.
Also, he will no longer be charged as an adult. According to state law, his age and the reduction in charges require that he be tried in Family Court. He was arraigned on Wednesday Jan. 20.
A trial date of Feb 3 at 1:30 pm has been set. Family Court judge Andrew Bivona will preside. Orange county attorney David Darwin said he would appoint a senior assistant in the Family Law division to prosecute the case. There has been no word on who the defense lawyer will be.
According to the Times Herald Record, supporters of Levi King Flores attacked the 13-year-oldwhile he was in detention at a youth facility in Westchester County. He has since been moved to another facility further away in Western New York. Although there has been no outbreak of violence, the police have been closely monitoring the situation on the streets of Newburgh and have placed extra patrols near the schools.
Glen William Bell Jr., the founder of the popular Mexican fast-food chain, Taco Bell, died on Sunday Jan. 17, 2010 at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, Ca. He was 86 years old. Bell had Parkinson's disease since 1985 but no cause of death was given. He is survived by his wife, Martha, three sisters, two sons, a daughter and four grandchildren.
"Glen Bell was a visionary and innovator in the restaurant industry, as well as a dedicated family man," Greg Creed, president of Taco Bell, said in the statement.
Glen Bell launched Taco Bell in 1962 in Downey, Ca. He sold the first Taco Bell franchise in 1964. By 1978 he had 868 restaurants, which he sold to PepsiCo for $125 million in stock. Taco Bell is now owned by Yum! Brands and is the largest Mexican fast-food chain in the nation, serving more than 36.8 million consumers each week in more than 5,600 U.S. locations.
Glen William Bell Jr. was born Sept. 3, 1923, in Lynwood, Calif. His father was a construction worker who was always looking for work and even though his mother was resourceful the family did not fare well financially. Glen Bell virtually grew up selling produce to help the family survive. Starting at the age of 5, he sold cottage cheese door-to-door. As a youngster he would sell eggs, apples and flowers.
After graduating from high school in 1941, Bell worked for the U.S. Forestry Service and later joined the Marines, serving as a waiter to top military brass in the South Pacific. After WWII he founded Bell's Hamburgers and Hot Dogs in 1948, which he sold to start other ventures including: Taco Tia, Del Taco, El Taco, and even Der Wienerschnitzel.
In 1962 Bell opened the first Taco Bell restaurant. Within two years he opened eight more and began to franchise. That was the beginning of the success of Taco Bell. Even after selling the company, Bell remained a lifelong Taco Bell consultant. He was not however responsible for the iconic chihuahua dog, named Gidget, that starred in the popular "Yo Quiero Taco Bell" commercials of the late '90s.
Gidget, herself, died in June 2009, at age 15 from a stroke. At the height of her popularity as the Taco Bell dog, Gidget traveled by limo and first-class in planes. She even got a seat on the company's private jet for a trip to Manhattan to open up the New York Stock Exchange.
Sue Chipperton, who trained Gidget for Studio Animal Services, said the pooch was constantly mobbed by people when she took Gidget out even though she was careful to make sure very few people knew Gidget was the real Taco Bell dog.
"They could come over and go 'Oh that looks like the Taco Bell dog!'" Chipperton said.
Gidget, who had lived with Chipperton for most of her life, was never coddled. Chipperton said she was expected to follow commands and was never carried when she could walk on her own. As a result, Chipperton said, "her personality was that of a big dog."
Her owner, McElhatton, who owns Studio Animal Services which trains animals for film, television and advertising, said Gidget -- unique for her "really huge ears" -- just knew when the camera was on her. And she was very particular about who got her attention.
"She was very much a primadonna," she said. "If she didn't like you, she wouldn't give you the time of day."
In later years, McElhatton said the spunky little dog enjoyed a daily sunbath and had her favorite toys and beds -- everything given to Gidget was simply the best.
"She lived," McElhatton said, "like a queen."
Taco Bell has lost both its founder and spokesman less than a year apart. In fact Glen Bell Jr. is the latest in a number of fast-food moguls that have died recently:
1. Troy Smith, founder of drive-in chain Sonic, died on October 26, 2009, at 87 2. Wilbur Hardee of the Hardee’s hamburger joints, died June 20, 2008, at the age of 89 3 JR Simplott, developer of the first frozen french fries and founder of a potato-processing plant that supplies McDonald’s fries, died at the age of 99 on May 25, 2008 4. Irvine Robbins of Baskin Robbins died at 90 on May 5, 2008 5. Popeyes creator Al Copeland passed at the age of 64 on March 23, 2008 6. Lovie Yancey, founder of Fatburger, died on January 26, 2008, at 96 7. Two weeks before, Carl N. Karcher of Carl’s Jr. died at 90 on January 11
With the exception of Copeland, who died from complications from cancer treatment, everyone died of old age and lived a very long life. Maybe fast-food isn't so bad for you after all!
The gang violence that brought an end to the life of 17-year-old Levi King Flores could not dampen the spirits of the hundreds of people who showed up at the wake and funeral services for the Newburgh youth. Sure, there was almost universal sadness and tears for a life that ended way too soon but there was also the strength of spirit that unified everyone, knowing that he was loved.
"No mother should bury a son, no daughter should bury a father, whatever happened today should not be happening again, we should not be burying our youth," Fr. Fernando Hernandez of St. Patrick's Church, Newburgh.
However some of Levi's friends see things quite differently:
"We've got one thing on our mind and that's revenge, you know. That's how it is, if the cops can't help us who's going to help us" Sergio Nava.
For scenes of the funeral service click on this link Levi King Flores Funeral. Levi King Flores will be buried in Mexico.
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