[rflash8]

Police officer mistaken for stripper as he breaks up wild party: ‘Everyone started twerking’

They were looking to cop a feel — and wound up feeling a cop.

A group of excited women were caught on camera mistaking a dashing police officer for a male stripper as he tried to shut down their rowdy party in Sydney, Australia.

The sexy incident was filmed by a reveler who later posted the footage to TikTok, where it has garnered more than 8,000 views.

“When the cop rocks up to shut down your event but you all think he’s a stripper,” the amateur videographer, known only as Lisa, wrote.

The footage shows the lust-inspiring lawman bursting through the front door as the female fun-seekers squeal with delight.

“Stripper! Stripper!” one giddy woman can be heard exclaiming, as several amorous attendees start grinding up against the crestfallen civil servant.


The awkward incident was filmed by an attendee who posted the footage to TikTok, where it has garnered more than 8,000 views.
TikTok/@alisabyquar

@alisabyquar
The way he ended up just leaving because everyone started twerking around him #nswpoliceforce

♬ original sound – Lisa.
The clip cuts off before any further action can be seen, but Lisa claims the cute cop ended up leaving the party shortly after the mortifying moment.

“The way he ended up just leaving because everyone started twerking around him,” the TikToker captioned her clip.

Several viewers were humored by the mistake, taking to the comments section to share their thoughts.

“Bro lowkey was happy about the call out,” one amused viewer wrote, implying that they noticed a small smile break out across the officer’s face.


The officer wouldn’t be the first to go from law enforcement to exotic dancer — should he seek a change of career.
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The cop wouldn’t be the first to go from law enforcement to exotic dancer — should he seek a change of career.

Last year, one ex-officer made news after revealing she repurposed her handcuffs to become a stripper.

After three decades on the force, Michelle Walton, 51, now wows crowds with a frisky routine inspired by her previous job as a crime fighter.

“I created a stripping cop routine, as I already have the truncheon [batton] and handcuffs,” she declared in an interview.

“My routine involves walking up to the stage waving two blue lights around, then stepping up on a chair pretending to direct traffic, then taking my first layer of clothing off,” she dished. “I then step into the audience and dish out fixed penalty tickets, with the offense of ‘being too sexy.’”

[lush]

Autistic Boy Wins National Golf Tournament After Playing Only Three Rounds His Whole Life
091923*

12-year-old Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau has become the talk of the town in his native New Zealand after winning a national golf tournament despite having played just three rounds of golf his entire life.

Playing with borrowed clubs and wearing basketball sneakers, Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau managed to score an impressive 87 Stableford points during his three nine-hole rounds at this year’s Association of Intermediate and Middle Schools (AIMS) Games. His feat is even more impressive when you consider that he had previously only played three full rounds of golf his whole life. A few months back, his teacher-aide noticed that the 12-year-old autistic boy loved swinging a stick all the time, so he suggested he tried golf. Bayleigh said ‘ok’, and despite having only completed three rounds of golf, he managed to beat everyone at the recent AIMS Games and take home the gold.


Photo: Courtney Cook/Unsplash

“Obviously, Bayleigh doesn’t know the technical stuff about playing golf,” Whetu Wiremu, Bayleigh’s teacher-aide and golf coach said. “His game is just to step up and hit the ball. So that’s pretty much what he does. He doesn’t worry about if he’s done a bad shot or a good shot or it’s taking him too much time to get onto the shot. He just loves the sport, and I think just that passion alone drives him to play good golf.”

Bayleigh, who has apparently been swinging sticks ever since he was able to walk, is on the autism spectrum and didn’t really talk to anyone at school. Wiremu struggled a lot to get him out of his shell and into sports, but his work paid off big time, as the young boy is now considered a golf prodigy. His teacher-aide suspects that his autism may have actually helped him during the recent tournament.

“It doesn’t really fluster him too much if he does a bad shot. He just likes hitting, so he really doesn’t care. And he doesn’t know how good he is – although he’s getting told a lot about that in the last couple of days,” Wiremu said.

Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau total score at this year’s AIMS Games was 87 points, with one par, five bogeys, and three double bogeys or better in the first round, one par, six bogeys, and two double bogeys in the second round, and two pars, three bogeys, and four double bogeys in the third round. The national Zespri Aims Games have been held in Tauranga since 2004, and are considered one of the largest youth sports competitions in Oceania.



Winning the gold in a prestigious youth golf tournament with barely any formal training has made Bayleigh Teepa-Tarau somewhat of a superstar in New Zealand. Communities are now coming together to raise funds and make sure he has all the means to reach his full potential in the sport.

“Let’s make sure that next time he hits the green, he’s got his own clubs and help raise some money to get him some coaching so he can pursue his passion,” a crowdfunding page created for him reads. “Golf’s an expensive sport so let’s help give Bayleigh a boost so he can pursue his dream.”

[Alessa9]

Bear goes trick-or-treating in Florida neighborhood, eats candy


https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1613708285699649

Nov. 2 (UPI) -- A bear went trick-or-treating in a Florida neighborhood and helped itself to a mouthful of candy from an unattended bowl.

Pari Limbachia said she was out trick-or-treating with her kids in a Lake Mary neighborhood when they spotted a bear nearby.

Limbachia captured video as the bear helped itself to some candy from an unattended jack-o'-lantern bowl outside a home's front door.

"With the wrapper?" an incredulous child can be heard saying in the video as the bear enjoys its treats.

"I do that sometimes," another child says, "I eat the Starburst with the wrapper."

The family drove away in a golf cart when the bear got too close, and the bruin wandered off in the opposite direction.

[PennySerenade]

‘Like a miracle’: Mystery cash baffles, delights Victoria apartment residents



People living in a Victoria housing complex are thanking a mysterious benefactor, after discovering an unexpected gift of cash on their doorsteps.

Over the weekend, residents of 18 individual units in the subsidized housing complex on Esquimalt Road say they came home to find a $50 bill on their doorstep.

“There it was as I opened the door,” Joanne Parks told Global News.

“I thought, I don’t think anybody owed me money that they’re paying back, this is kind of crazy. I couldn’t figure it out.”

No one in the building appears to know the origin of the cash, which amounts to $900 in total.

There are plenty of theories flying around, however, including that the surprise cash came from someone who had won the lottery. Another theory is that someone found the cash but didn’t know its owner so decided to spread it around.

“This is pretty amazing, we were all confounded, and of course I was delighted. I though this is really weird — when does this ever happen? It’s like a miracle,” resident Veda Mata said.

“Most of us that are living in this affordable housing building are just living on our minimum-maximum senior’s pension from the government, so $50 is a big deal.”



Residents are taking the surprise in different ways. Mata said she was thinking of paying it forward and using the cash to pay for a pedicure for her granddaughter.

Parks said she’s holding onto the money for now, and is waiting for a sign on what to do with it.

“I don’t believe in Karma, I am a Christian. But it wasn’t God’s favour landing on my doorstep, although that did cross my mind the first time I saw it,” Parks said.

“I hung onto it and then put it under my Buddha statue to bless it, and I just said, because I have been thinking about abundance, well this is nice. Keep it coming,” said Mata.

The Greater Victoria Housing Society, which manages the building, told Global News it has no idea where the money came from, but spokesperson Vanessa Schneider said “it seems like a wonderful surprise.”

While there appears to be no answer in the offing to that surprise, those who received the money say it’s made them feel a little better in what are unquestionably tough times.

“I believe there are good people in the world so this is just a reaffirmation that people care,” Mata said.

11th c. Monastery Gets Back Statues from Two US Museums–And Discovers Hundreds of Treasures in the Process


Intricate carvings and bronzes on display outside the monastery – Pranab Joshi/Courtesy Itumbaha

A Buddhist monastery in Nepal is experiencing a true renaissance following a series of museum repatriations that brought about an increased interest in the monastery’s 900-year history.

The revival in interest led to a hidden trove of Buddhist artifacts being discovered “buried in layers of dust and dirt and mud and sand,” the earliest of which date from the 13th century.

First established in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu in the 11th century, the Itumbaha Monastery was a collection of warrens, shrines, and columned halls that gradually accumulated many treasures of the Saha world, including ornate halos and swords, golden crowns, mini stupas, and statues of deities, all collected there by kings and abbots.

The story of art theft and black market antiquities trade in Nepal is long and tragic, but as seen in Cambodia, West Africa, and Indonesia, museum curators are more ready than ever to make amends for the crimes of the past, and several priceless pieces have already been returned to Itumbaha.

These include a 13th-century wooden temple carving of a deity called “salabhinka,” from the Met in New York, and two carvings from the Rubin Museum, one of which was taken from Itumbaha, and another from a nearby temple complex.

CNN, reporting on the opening of the new Itumbaha museum, details that up until 1951, foreigners were not permitted into Nepal. After the country opened up, large amounts of religious artworks and artifacts were stolen while the country fought a long civil war.

Two decades ago, the World Monuments Fund, one of the largest non-profits in the world dedicated to preserving cultural heritage, began restoration work on the monastery—known in Sandskrit as a “vihara,” when workers and temple stewards came across a trove of hundreds of artifacts that had not been stolen, but instead had been hidden in forgotten storehouses and covered in dust.

The vihara was helped to properly inventory and digitize its collections by the Rubin Museum, perhaps as a bid to “make merit,” as the Buddhists say, for being the endpoint of the stolen religious artwork.

“It is our hope that through this collaboration we can create further awareness around the cultural importance of historic collections held in religious institutions like our own and the need to document and protect them,” said Pragya Ji, president of the Ithum Conservation Society which takes care of the vihara, in a statement announcing its partnership with the Rubin.

Executive director of the Rubin Museum, Jorrit Britschgi, told CNN over a phone call that the museum’s number one priority beyond its own operations is a doubling-down in efforts to look at its own collections and those of other institutions for artifacts that could have come from the vihara and others like it.

Now, the vihara has its own museum of 500 pieces, 150 of which are on display at any given time. But being that Itumbara is a place where religious activities are held daily, the museum is “open” and the objects retain their roles in rites and festivals. Locals can touch, examine, and honor them if they wish, and it’s a far cry from climate-controlled rooms full of glass, cameras, and whispers like one would find in the Met.

“It’s entirely up to that community what they want to do with these objects, and most of the time they’re (put) back into the temple and shrines, and they will be worshipped,” Roshan Mishra, founding member of the non-profit Nepal Heritage Recovery Campaign, told CNN.

[Misstee]

Roadside witch returns in New York after overdue repairs
By Ben Hooper










Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A popular New York roadside attraction called Winnie the Witch received some much-needed maintenance and made her triumphant return.

Winnie the Witch, a 35-foot sculpture made mostly of wood, has stood alongside Route 25A at the now-closed Wicks Farm & Garden in St. James since 1977, and fans noticed years of weather were taking their toll.

"It's been redone three times, but Hurricane Sandy really took a toll on her," Victoria Johnston told Greater Long Island.

The damage included holes, a bent base and the witch's hat was almost completely destroyed.

Johnston and Kenny Maher received permission from Wicks Farm owner Dave Wicks to crowdfund efforts to repair Winnie, and they raised $15,000.

Winnie the Witch was sent to Brian Capo Design and Build in Nesconset for repairs Sept. 6, and returned to her home just in time to be unveiled on Halloween.

"It was the town that created this," Johnston told WABC-TV. "It's pulled our community closer together."

Smartphones Linked To "Spermageddon" In New Research: What To Know
It's a fascinating study, but researchers believe it should be interpreted with caution.



New research has signaled that smartphones may impact the sperm quality of young men. Fear not, though. While researchers in the field have praised the robustness of the study, they have added that the findings shouldn’t spark panic and the cause of humanity’s “spermageddon” remains elusive.

It’s been widely suggested that sperm count and quality has slumped in the past 50 years. One particular study found that the demise was most notable after 2005 when sperm counts from healthy young men in the US nosedived. This new research asks the question: could smartphones be to blame?

Scientists at the University of Geneva looked at data on 2,886 Swiss men aged 18 to 22, recruited between 2005 and 2018 at six military conscription centers nationwide.

“Men completed a detailed questionnaire related to their lifestyle habits, their general health status and more specifically the frequency at which they used their phones, as well as where they placed it when not in use,’’ Serge Nef, co-director of the study and professor in the Department of Genetic Medicine and Development at the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine and at the SCAHT – Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology, said in a statement.

The findings showed that sperm concentration was significantly higher in the group of men who did not use their phone more than once a week (56.5 million per milliliter) compared with men who used their phone more than 20 times a day (44.5 million per milliliter) – that’s a 21 percent decrease.

The data also implies that sperm quality dropped more sharply during the first study period in 2005-2007 than in later periods in 2008-2011 and 2012-2018.

“This trend corresponds to the transition from 2G to 3G, and then from 3G to 4G, that has led to a reduction in the transmitting power of phones,’’ explains Martin Röösli, study author and associate professor at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute.

The idea is that electromagnetic radiation is, somehow, impacting sperm quality. Many people keep their smartphone in their trouser pocket, very close to the groin, potentially making this sensitive part of the body susceptible to the electromagnetic waves beaming out of the device.

However, this link is by no means conclusive. Lead study author Rita Rahban notes: “The number of people in this cohort indicating that they did not carry their phone close to their body was too small to draw a really robust conclusion on this specific point.”

It’s also possible that the apparent drop in sperm fitness is associated with any number of technological, social, or environmental changes that have arisen in recent decades. For instance, a seminal book (no pun intended) by Professor Shanna Swan called Count Down argued that the “sperm apocalypse” is being driven by environmental pollutants used in manufacturing everyday products, such as phthalates from plastic and per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used, for example, in waterproofing.

Independent scientists commenting on the new research remarked that it was a “very well-conducted” study that provides an interesting piece of the puzzle. However, people should be cautious when interpreting the results as they only show an association between mobile phone use and semen quality, not a causal link.

“We cannot be sure that the mobile phone is not a surrogate marker for another aspect of the men’s lifestyle or occupation that is the real cause of any changes to their sperm quality,” said Allan Pacey, Professor of Andrology at the University of Manchester, commenting on the new study.

“I am not sure it really changes the advice I would give to men who are concerned about their fertility. If men are concerned, then keeping their phones in a bag and limiting their use is a relatively easy thing for them to do. But there is currently no evidence that will improve their sperm quality (that would need a randomised controlled trial),” Professor Pacey noted.

He concluded: “As for me, I will be continuing to keep my phone in my trouser pocket.”

The study is published in the journal Fertility & Sterility.

https://www.iflscience.com/smartphones- ... know-71394

[johngriffen]

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​Naked sunbather chases wild boar through park after it steals his laptop bag

A naked sunbather was seen chasing wild boar through a park after it stole his laptop bag.
Amusing photographs from Germany show the man running after the animal to try and claim the plastic bag back.
But the cheeky boar and its two piglets appear to be too quick for the sunbather, who can't keep up with their speedy little trotters.
As the incident unfolds, groups of friends and family sat on the grass watch on and laugh.
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[ozswede]

Mum claims £6,000 from council after dog hurt by grass

A woman who spent £6k on an operation for her dog blames the council for not clearing grass properly - and wants her money back. Michele Wingfield, 60, took pet pooch Masie, nine, to the vets when she couldn't stop sneezing.

A scan found grass seeds in the Westie's nose - which needed a £5k operation to remove. More seeds were then found in Masie's paw two weeks later, which cost a further £800.

Michele, a carer from Hartley, Kent, now wants Kent County Council to pay her back - claiming workers didn't clear mounds of cut grass properly. She said: "Masie started sneezing on our walk and it just got worse and worse.

“We had tried to avoid the cut grass but there were cars in the road and it was all over the pavement. Wildlife like foxes can’t avoid the cut grass - and no one's going to pay for the vet for them.

"The council cuts the grass five times a year. They could do it before the seed heads form but they don't, and they could clear up. Leaving grass with seed darts on lying around just makes the hazard greater by generating more grass.

"I think it's negligent."


Callie Wingfield with dog Masie

Michele and daughter Callie Wingfield, 38, took Masie to the vets. They say they had taken her for a walk the day before, where they had encountered piles of cut grass.

Vets said Masie - who is Callie's support dog - needed surgery and she was taken to the Ralph, a specialist centre in Marlow, Bucks. And she then needed a further op on her paw, after Michelle spotted her nibbling away.

Michele said: "Masie was sneezing so much she couldn't sleep. It was awful watching her - she was extremely distressed and we were terrified.

"We just want to raise awareness because grass seed is really dangerous and we didn't know about it before this happened. Once it gets in it can move through the body and even get in to the brain, and toxins can get into the blood.

“That would have happened to Masie if we hadn’t had it removed. Our vets are amazing but treatment is so expensive.

"We're petrified about taking the dogs out now because we can't afford the risk of something like this happening again."

Michele and Callie have submitted a claim for £6,000 to Kent County Council. A council spokesperson said: "We have received a claim for compensation by a member of the public and are investigating this.

“Details of how we maintain grass on highway land is published on our website."

[lush]

India’s Teenage ‘Slum Princess’, a Real-Life Cinderella Story
092023*

Maleesha Kharwa grew up in Mumbai’s infamous Dharavi slum, but thanks to a chance encounter with an American actor, she became one of India’s most popular teenage models.

At just 15 years of age, Maleesha Kharwa has already graced the covers of international fashion magazines like Vogue and Cosmopolitan, become the face of a luxury skincare brand, and amassed over 300,000 followers on Instagram alone. She is one of the most recognizable faces in India, and it’s almost impossible to believe that only three years ago she was just another girl in the slums of Mumbai. It was only thanks to a lucky encounter with Step Up 2: The Streets and Grey’s Anatomy actor Robert Hoffman that her life changed drastically and she got the chance to live out her childhood fantasy of one day becoming a fashion model.



“My life has changed,” Maleesha told The National. “Before I was not on posters, newspapers, or on TV channels but now I am all over the world. Everyone recognizes me and asks me for selfies. I feel proud of myself. I always wanted to become a model. I started dreaming of becoming a model when I was five years old. I am very happy. I dream of becoming a supermodel one day.”

Three years ago, Robert Hoffman was in Mumbai to shoot a music video, when she noticed this striking-looking girl sitting on a mattress inside a makeshift tent. He talked to her and later posted a video of her on social media, which went viral almost instantly. Before long, Maleesha was an international sensation, and audition opportunities were pouring in.

The teenage girl started getting modeling assignments, and the first thing she did with her substantial earnings was to get her family out of the slum and into a decent one-room apartment.

“Earlier, we did not have proper electricity, we had to go far to fetch water but now we have a power connection, there is a ceiling fan, and we have tap water,” the teen model said. “The municipality would often demolish our huts but now we have a safer roof over our heads. My father is proud of me.”

This year, Maleesha Kharwa became the face of luxury beauty brand Forest Essentials’ new campaign ‘The Yuvati Collection’, and her amazing story shows no sign of ending anytime soon. If anything, the 15-year-old is only becoming more popular as she continues to get attention both online and offline. Often referred to as the ‘Princess of the Slum,’ Maleesha has become a symbol of hope for the millions of other teenagers dreaming big in India’s slums.

Maleesha Kharwa’s story has been compared to the fictional story of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, but, as it often happens, life is actually more amazing than any movie. Her life-changing chance encounter is comparable to that of Filipino sensation Rita Gaviola, who also went from being just another slum girl to a popular model and social media influencer.

[goldie0608]

Couple Reschedules Wedding Ceremony to Be First in Line to Adopt Dog: 'Love at First Sight'

The Virginia newlyweds went straight from their ceremony to a branch of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter



A Virginia couple concluded their wedding with "I do" and a dog.

On Oct. 26, Eduardo Del Pozo and Regan Mast visited the main campus of the Fairfax County Animal Shelter a few days ahead of their wedding to look for a rescue puppy.

Del Pozo, 21, grew up with German shepherds, he tells PEOPLE. So when a shelter employee told the couple that a 4-month-old German shepherd puppy named Daisy would soon be available for adoption, they were interested. The employee explained to the pair that the pup was among the animals slated to be up for adoption at the grand opening of the shelter's new branch in Lorton.

To have the best chance of adopting the dog, Del Pozo and Mast were told to be at the shelter's grand opening ceremony at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28.

Unfortunately, the couple's wedding ceremony was also scheduled for 11 a.m. on Saturday.

Set on adopting Daisy, the couple asked their officiant, close friends, and family if they could move the wedding to 9 a.m. The group obliged.

"I was in my suit, and she was still in her dress," says Del Pozo of how he and Mast arrived at the grand opening.

The couple, both sergeants in the Marine Corps serving as military police at Quantico, exchanged their vows and snapped a few photos before rushing to the shelter.

They were first in line, says Rebecca Cavedon, the shelter's communications manager. Shelter staff members were cutting the ceremonial ribbon at the new facility when the bride and groom walked in.

As expected, the couple became enamored with Daisy moments after meeting her.

"It was love at first sight," says Mast, 22, now Regan Del Pozo. "She's so sweet."

The animal lovers were elated to follow up their wedding with a dog adoption. The shelter was smitten with the match, too.

"Pets are part of our family," says Cavedon. "To see that they got married literally that morning and then added to their family — and the joy that brought them, just made us all smile and made our day — it made a really special day for us even better."

The newlyweds say they look forward to all the furry fun ahead and are already making cherished memories with their new puppy.

After adopting Daisy, Eduardo and Regan surprised friends and family by bringing the puppy to the wedding reception.

"It symbolized us starting our own family," Eduardo says. "My wife and I are beyond excited."

Non-alcoholic beer may bring higher risk for E.coli, salmonella: Cornell study



This could be what ales you.

While food poisoning cases from beer are rare, new research from Cornell University finds that low- and non-alcoholic beer can be breeding grounds for gnarly bacteria when brewed or stored improperly.

“Nontraditional beers lack one important hurdle to bacterial growth: ethanol concentration,” the authors wrote in a study published in the Journal of Food Protection.

“In addition, high pH, high sugar concentration, low [carbon dioxide], and low hop bittering compounds make these beverages more susceptible to spoilage microorganisms and foodborne pathogen growth.”

Low-alcohol beers have less than 2.5% alcohol by volume (ABV), while non-alcoholic beers have less than 0.5% ABV.

In the Cornell study, canned beer samples from Genesee Brewing Company in Rochester, NY, were inoculated with individual five-strain cocktails of E. coli, salmonella enterica, and listeria monocytigenes and stored at two temperatures (4 and 14 degrees Celsius) for 63 days.

“E. coli [strain] O157:H7 and [salmonella] grew and survived in low and nonalcoholic beers for over 2 months when stored at 4 and 14°C,” the researchers wrote.

E. coli O157:H7 is the most common strain to cause human illness, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

Listeria, meanwhile, was below the detection limit at all pH values, the study showed.

“Beers with high pH (>4.60), low to no alcohol, and low carbon dioxide are more susceptible to spoilage and pathogens,” the study authors wrote.

“Any craft beverage with a pH higher than 4.60 is at risk for Clostridium botulinum growth and potential toxin production.”

E. Coli can live in non-alcoholic beer under certain conditions, according to a new study.

US sales of non-alcoholic beer rose 32% from a year earlier in the 52 weeks through Sept. 9 and averaged 31% growth over four years, the Wall Street Journal reported last month, citing data from NielsenIQ.

“This challenge study demonstrates the need for beverage manufacturers to prioritize and maintain food safety plans along with practices specific to low- and nonalcoholic beer manufacturers,” the researchers noted.

To raise the bar, they recommend having low- and non-alcoholic beers undergo pasteurization and reducing microbial risk via sterile filtration and the addition of preservatives.

Kegs, draught system tubing, and faucets should be sanitized regularly, and good handling and cleaning practices should be followed in the manufacturing process.

https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/lifestyle ... almonella/

[Alessa9]

Mum asks friends to clean her home instead of having a baby shower party



The expectant woman got her friends over to scrub her walls, clean her cupboards out, hoover her sofa and they even cooked her meals for after the baby was born

Many mums-to-be enjoy a baby shower, which would probably involve a gathering of friends and family at a party where they celebrate the impending arrival of the new baby by lavishing gifts and tucking into tasty treats, maybe playing a few fun games such as guess the weight. But there's a new type of get-together that has proved a huge hit online - the nesting party.

The party involves the mum's friends come over and prepare her house for the new arrival, ensuring it's sparkling clean and tidy - all the gruelling and mundane tasks a heavily pregnant woman doesn't want to do and one expectant mum has shared details of her own nesting party. She revealed what a huge success it was, with others keen to get on the bandwagon.

Nia Liu, a Utah-based influencer, took to TikTok to show her faithful friends rolling their sleeves up and giving her house a good deep clean as she explained what was happening in the video. "So I had my nesting shower last night instead of a baby shower and it was uh-mazing," she said. "My friend Brie organised it. I sent her a list of things I wanted to get done before baby came and she made little cards for each person to take on a section of the house."

In the video, one of her willing friends is seen on her knees on the kitchen floor cleaning out a cupboard surrounded by Tupperware pots, while another wipes down walls as Nia revealed she was overseeing the whole process. "I kinda took on more of a supervisor role, telling people where I wanted things and what I wanted to do with things," she said.

The friends did get to sit down for a bit though when they stopped for food: "We took a dinner break - ate some soup, some sourdough bread, some treats and just chatted about this baby and how it's going to be. And then we got straight back to work," Nia revealed.

Her pals also hoovered her sofa, cleaned her windows and did some laundry for her. Unbelievably, they had been busy before arriving at the nesting party too - by cooking her meals for after the baby was born. "And everyone bought freezer meals for me, for post-partum and it was so much fun," she said.

Nia strongly suggested others take on the idea, saying she was left feeling much more prepared: "Everything was so clean and organised and I feel so much more ready for this baby. I highly recommend a nesting party if you're getting ready for a baby."

It certainly went down well with her followers who couldn't believe what an amazing idea it was. One said: "Honestly I'd prefer doing this to sitting for three hours watching someone open presents." Another commented: "I'm sorry but how has this not been a thing FOREVER?! I would absolutely go help all my pregnant friends. And I wish I could have had one." A third said: "This is a true village and I love everything about it."

Although it wasn't for everyone: "I'd be so uncomfortable the whole time, but I'm glad it works for others," said one. Another follower preferred the original baby shower idea: "Nah my husband can clean the house and cook," she wrote. "Me and my girls will be eating fabulous food, drinking champagne and celebrating me."

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I tried to take a selfie with a deer in the wild — I ended up with multiple broken ribs

He got a lot of bang for his buck — and not in a good way.

A tourist’s attempt to photograph a deer ended painfully after the critter rammed him and broke his ribs, as seen in a wince-worthy video blowing up online.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Gian Carlo Triacca, 42, told Caters News Service of the attack, which occurred while he and his wife, Erika, 40 were vacationing in Greece.

The couple, who hail from Cancun, Mexico, had reportedly been entranced by a menagerie of beasts where they were.

Accompanying footage shows Gian Carlo and Erica getting approached a la peacocks, deer and other seemingly tame, enchanted animals.

Things go south, however, when the sightseer tries to snap a pic of a deer. Like a distrusting local, the deer appeared to not take kindly to having its photo taken.

“I was taking a picture of a small deer that was stood in front of me, when suddenly a big male deer attacked me in the back,” Gian Carlo recalled.



In the footage, shot by Erica, the shirtless tourist is seen snapping the wildlife while a massive 12-point buck eyes him from several feet away.

All of a sudden, the animal rams him with its massive antler rack.

“I was in so much shock and pain after it happened,” recalled the vacationer, who claimed that he sustained several broken ribs in the attack.

Despite being in a “huge amount of pain for several days,” Gian Carlo claimed he was lucky his injuries “weren’t worse.”

“I didn’t go to the hospital, I just recovered by myself with lots of medication and ice,” the Mexico resident recounted.





The exact whereabouts of the attack were not specified however, the Island of Moni is known for being a sanctuary of surprisingly docile deer, Cretan Ibexes, and other wildlife, which are the local’s only permanent residents.

Tourists often flock to idyllic isles from all over the world to see and even feed the beasts.

In general, animal advocates advise people to keep their distance when viewing wild animals.

“The best way to stay safe when watching wildlife is to give animals room to move,” The Humane Society Of The United States writes. “Many parks require you to stay a minimum distance of 25 yards from most wildlife and 100 yards from predators like bears and wolves.”



This isn’t the first time Bambi has gone on a rampage.

In 2020, an officer in Utah untangled a buck from a hammock, only for the beast to turn around and charge him, effectively ramming the hand that freed it.

Georgia man's 186-pound sweet potato harvest might be a world record



A Georgia man is attempting to get a Guinness World Records title after harvesting 186 pounds of sweet potatoes from a single plant.

David Anderson of Washington County gathered witnesses including University of Georgia Extension agent Rocky Tanner and Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran to watch as he harvested the tubers from the massive plant on his property.

"The weather conditions were really good this year for growing potatoes," Anderson told WMAZ-TV.

Guinness World Records' rules for the heaviest sweet potato record involve weighing all of the tubers from a single root system. The current record of 81 pounds and 9 ounces was set by Manuel Pérez Pérez of Spain in 2004.

Anderson's haul was taken to a certified scale, where the total weight was determined to be 184 pounds.

Evidence from the harvest and weighing has been submitted to Guinness World Records for official certification, but the farmer doesn't expect to hear back for several months.

In the meantime, Anderson said a large portion of his crop will be donated to his church.