
The Daily Tulip — News From Around The World
Saturday 1st September 2018
Good Morning Gentle Reader…. Saturday, 3.30am and I can hear the beach calling already, so I think I know what I shall be doing when the sun comes up, and that’s laying on the sand, enjoying the wonderful weather… but first it’s a walk with Bella, so out the front door, turn right or turn left, none of that she wants to walk down through the old town, must be a smell that’s drawing her to that part.. down the narrow lanes we wander, brightly coloured pots fixed on the walls with a profusion of flowers spilling over the edges, purple bougainvillea, looking almost black in the sodium lighting, climbs the frame against the old walls of the museum, up the steps and past the excavations where they recently found a Roman villa, then twist and turn through the narrow alleyways and as if by magic, we are back home…… enjoy your week end…..
ENDANGERED OLIVE RIDLEY SEA TURTLES FOUND DEAD OFF MEXICO…. Fishermen in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca have found about 300 dead sea turtles entangled in fishing nets. The find comes just days after another 102 olive ridley turtles were found dead in neighbouring Chiapas state. Olive ridley turtles, which lay their eggs on the beaches of a number of Mexican states between May and September, are considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. The cause of their death is still under investigation. It is not clear whether they got caught in the nets while still alive or were already dead when they became entangled.
Experts say they could have been killed by harmful algae, fish hooks or could have suffocated while trapped in the nets.
Mexico banned the capture of sea turtles in 1990 and there are stiff penalties for anyone killing them.
A specialised federal attorney is investigating the case.
AUSTRALIAN WORKER OVERPAID BY A$500,000…. A worker in Australia has been paid more than 100 times their normal salary because of a decimal point in the wrong place. The worker was meant to get a salary of A$4,921.76 but instead found A$492,176 ($360,700; £280,250) in their account. The mistake was reported by the territory’s auditor-general who put it down to human error.
But the worker, based in a remote area of the Northern Territory, resisted temptation and returned the money. The auditor-general noted that the repayment was made four weeks later, but would have been made sooner if the worker had not been based in a remote area and had to travel to a bank. The report blamed two human errors — the incorrect data entry in the first place and then the failure to deal with a system-generated alert. It was one of 743 overpayments made by the Northern Territory’s government departments between July 2017 and January 2018, said the report. Of that, $767,000 has still not been returned by the end of January.
The Department of Corporate and Information Services said overpayments represented about 0.2% of the 1.2m payroll transactions it made in the NT each year. It said it had put in place several system enhancements to prevent such large overpayments from happening again.
HEADLESS CORPSE FOUND IN FISH TANK AT HOME OF MISSING MAN…. A headless corpse has been found inside a fish tank at the home of a man missing for several weeks, police in San Francisco say. Homeowner Brian Egg, 65, had been reported missing by his family and neighbours late last month. Neighbours later reported suspicious activity at the house and police searched it with dogs, eventually making the gruesome discovery. The body has not yet been positively identified, investigators added.
Police Commander Greg McEachern told reporters on Tuesday that an autopsy was being carried out and that the missing person’s case remained open. When Mr Egg’s disappearance was first reported, officers called at his home in the South of Market district three times but received no response and saw no suspicious circumstances, a statement from San Francisco Police Department said.
But on 14 August neighbours raised the alarm after seeing a “private crime-scene cleaning truck” outside the building along with a suspicious person. Police arrested the individual and entered the building. There was no sign of Mr Egg but investigators found evidence including cleaning products and “suspicious odours in the residence”. The next day a more detailed search was carried out and human remains were found inside a fish tank in what Mr McEachern described as “a concealed area of the residence”.
Two suspects in the case were initially charged with homicide, fraud, theft, identity theft and elder abuse, but the charges were dismissed by prosecutors. One of those arrested remains in custody for a probation violation, officials said. In the meantime, police are asking for any businesses or individuals who were contacted by someone purporting to be Mr Egg to come forward.
BLIND DOG SAVED IN ‘DRAMATIC’ LEPE BEACH RESCUE…. A blind dog has been saved from the sea off Hampshire after it got into “grave difficulties”. The small border collie, called Fly, had gone into the water at Lepe beach in the New Forest on Tuesday afternoon. Fly’s owner Mark Cowing jumped in to try and save his pet but could not contend with strong currents and had to be helped to shore by a kayaker. A coastguard helicopter found the struggling dog 200m (656ft) offshore and directed an RNLI crew to his aid. Mr Cowing, 55, who is from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and is on holiday in the area, said: “We were literally playing on the shoreline when all of a sudden he took it in his head to swim to the Isle of Wight. Mr Cowing praised the emergency services and wants to trace the kayaker, who said he had heart trouble, to thank him personally. The RNLI said the dog, which had lost its sight due to cataracts, was “in grave difficulties and the lifeboat arrived just in time” to carry out the “dramatic rescue”.
GOAT SETS 30 EXOTIC BIRDS LOOSE IN CARDIGAN WITH HEADBUTT…. A pet goat set more than 30 exotic birds loose when it headbutted their aviary door open. Vicky Richards-Barton found more than half of her cockatiels and budgies gone and the aviary door lock broken on Wednesday — suspecting her goat Udupi. Eight birds have returned home, but at least two dozen are still on the loose in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire. Ms Barton-Richards guessed Udupi broke through the lock in an attempt to treat himself to some bird feed. She said she fed her birds at about 20:00 BST before going out for a walk with her husband. By the time she returned two hours later, the birds had gone. “I was feeding the birds and one of my goats came in behind me into the aviary and decided to eat some of the bird seed,” Ms Barton-Richards said. “I imagine he headbutted the clip, which was in two pieces, and the bolt was open.” Eight birds, including these cockatiels, have returned home. Ms Barton-Richards estimates she has about 50 birds, with more than 30 flying away after the door was broken. She has been helped by a friend, who runs a pet shop, handing out millet to people in an attempt to entice the birds into gardens, while some flew back on their own. But one man got more than he bargained for when rescuing one of the birds. “One bird was found in St Dogmaels, about three miles away, and she bit the man really, really hard. She was our matriarch so we’re pleased to have her back,” she added. She says the birds recognise her clothes and voice, and hopes as many as possible can be recovered, but worries predators such as Sparrowhawks and Red Kites may catch some.
Well Gentle Reader I hope you enjoyed our look at the news from around the world this, morning… …
Our Tulips today are certainly colourful…..
A Sincere Thank You for your company and Thank You for your likes and comments I love them and always try to reply, so please keep them coming, it’s always good fun, As is my custom, I will go and get myself another mug of “Colombian” Coffee and wish you a safe Saturday 1st September 2018 from my home on the southern coast of Spain, where the blue waters of the Alboran Sea washes the coast of Africa and Europe and the smell of the night blooming Jasmine and Honeysuckle fills the air…and a crazy old guy and his dog Bella go out for a walk at 4:00 am…on the streets of Estepona…
All good stuff….But remember it’s a dangerous world we live in
Be safe out there…
Robert McAngus
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