LONDON: A couple were left embarrassed after a talking CCTV camera in a town centre caught them having sex, and ordered to stop.
The pair had been drinking earlier, and when they heard the booming command issued by operators, they immediately stopped and fled from the scene in Northampton.
Northampton Borough Council has talking cameras trained in three town centre streets, which issue warnings about littering, fighting, and street drinking.
While most messages are pre-recorded, there are some specific warnings that are issued by the CCTV operators themselves.
Andrew Simpson, the Northampton Borough Councillor who is responsible for CCTV, said that he was shocked to hear camera operators had spotted people having sex in the street.
"I certainly wasn't expecting them to pick up that kind of thing," the Mirror quoted him as saying.
"Clearly, I would imagine these people must have had too much to drink and had fairly low inhibitions.
"But at least they stopped when the camera operators told them too," he added.
In Japan, Its Raining Tadpoles
LONDON: Bizarre it may seem, but the sky is said to be showering tadpoles over Japan. The apparent downpour of tadpoles in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture has baffled residents — in fact, clouds of the dead creatures have fallen from sky in many cities in the region since the start of the month.
A man who was caughtin a tadpole downpour described hearing a strange sound in a parking lot in Nanao. He found 100 dead tadpoles covering the windshields of cars in an area measuring 10 square metres. Dead tadpole downpours were also reported by local officials 48 hours later in the city of Hakusan in the same prefecture.
Scientists have widely attributed the surreal raining of animals to strong winds, storms and water sprouts suckingup creatures before depositing them further inland. However, this explanation has not satisfied meteorologists in Ishikawa who were unsure how the tadpoles had arrived as there had been no reports of strong winds at the time.
Masters Degree Awarded to 96 year old Taiwanese Man
TAIPEI: A 96-year-old Taiwanese man who will receive his master's degree in philosophy this weekend said he was able to compete with younger students by pulling all-nighters before exams.
Chao Mu-he, better known to his classmates at Nanhua University in southern Taiwan as “Grandpa Chao,” said he began graduate school after being told he was too old to continue as a volunteer at a local hospital.
“I was bored after I left the hospital,” Chao said on Thursday. “I don't play mahjong or have other hobbies. I felt I had to do something with my life.” In London, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records said she could not say if Chao is the oldest recipient of a graduate degree because the company does not keep records in this category.
Chao said the most difficult part of his studies was coping with a poor memory. “I can't remember things as well as my fellow students,” he said. “So before a test I would wake up at midnight and study all night. That way, the material was still fresh in my mind when the test began.”
He specialized in the works of Chuangtze, a 4th century BC Taoist master. Twenty-five-year-old classmate Liang Yu-chen described Chao as a polite and modest man who got on well with fellow students and paid great respect to younger teachers - making a deep bow before addressing them.
“Grandpa Chao is a living example of Chuangtze's teachings,” Liang said. “He is always at ease, not fighting anyone.” A spokeswoman at Nanhua's graduate school, where Chao will get his degree Saturday, confirmed that he was born on July 4, 1912. Chao, who lives alone, said he was uncertain about his future plans. “I just want to stay healthy,” he said.
The pair had been drinking earlier, and when they heard the booming command issued by operators, they immediately stopped and fled from the scene in Northampton.
Northampton Borough Council has talking cameras trained in three town centre streets, which issue warnings about littering, fighting, and street drinking.
While most messages are pre-recorded, there are some specific warnings that are issued by the CCTV operators themselves.
Andrew Simpson, the Northampton Borough Councillor who is responsible for CCTV, said that he was shocked to hear camera operators had spotted people having sex in the street.
"I certainly wasn't expecting them to pick up that kind of thing," the Mirror quoted him as saying.
"Clearly, I would imagine these people must have had too much to drink and had fairly low inhibitions.
"But at least they stopped when the camera operators told them too," he added.
In Japan, Its Raining Tadpoles
LONDON: Bizarre it may seem, but the sky is said to be showering tadpoles over Japan. The apparent downpour of tadpoles in Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture has baffled residents — in fact, clouds of the dead creatures have fallen from sky in many cities in the region since the start of the month.
A man who was caughtin a tadpole downpour described hearing a strange sound in a parking lot in Nanao. He found 100 dead tadpoles covering the windshields of cars in an area measuring 10 square metres. Dead tadpole downpours were also reported by local officials 48 hours later in the city of Hakusan in the same prefecture.
Scientists have widely attributed the surreal raining of animals to strong winds, storms and water sprouts suckingup creatures before depositing them further inland. However, this explanation has not satisfied meteorologists in Ishikawa who were unsure how the tadpoles had arrived as there had been no reports of strong winds at the time.
Masters Degree Awarded to 96 year old Taiwanese Man
TAIPEI: A 96-year-old Taiwanese man who will receive his master's degree in philosophy this weekend said he was able to compete with younger students by pulling all-nighters before exams.
Chao Mu-he, better known to his classmates at Nanhua University in southern Taiwan as “Grandpa Chao,” said he began graduate school after being told he was too old to continue as a volunteer at a local hospital.
“I was bored after I left the hospital,” Chao said on Thursday. “I don't play mahjong or have other hobbies. I felt I had to do something with my life.” In London, a spokeswoman for Guinness World Records said she could not say if Chao is the oldest recipient of a graduate degree because the company does not keep records in this category.
Chao said the most difficult part of his studies was coping with a poor memory. “I can't remember things as well as my fellow students,” he said. “So before a test I would wake up at midnight and study all night. That way, the material was still fresh in my mind when the test began.”
He specialized in the works of Chuangtze, a 4th century BC Taoist master. Twenty-five-year-old classmate Liang Yu-chen described Chao as a polite and modest man who got on well with fellow students and paid great respect to younger teachers - making a deep bow before addressing them.
“Grandpa Chao is a living example of Chuangtze's teachings,” Liang said. “He is always at ease, not fighting anyone.” A spokeswoman at Nanhua's graduate school, where Chao will get his degree Saturday, confirmed that he was born on July 4, 1912. Chao, who lives alone, said he was uncertain about his future plans. “I just want to stay healthy,” he said.
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