Good riddance!

Who likes to live in a hospital for long Well in a weird story that began in 2014 a Chinese man Tian was admitted to a top Beijing hospital with symptoms that included nausea vomiting and unsteady gait He was supposed to spend a few days there after a medical procedure but following a dispute regarding his medical bill he ended up living there for six years along with his parents who had accompanied him there The hospital room was converted into their home with pots pans groceries and other belongingsApparently at the time of discharge Tian had learned that he had to pay for his stay so he accused the hospital of administering him an inappropriate treatment and refused to leave Despite several attempts from the hospital to get them to leave and legal threats the three stayed put even spending the Lunar New Year at the hospital Tian countersued the hospital alleging medical negligence and the drama continuedLast week Judge Luo Shengli of the Beijing Xicheng District Peoplersquos Court ruled that Tian and his parents were to finally leave the hospital but also that they were entitled to compensation from the hospital The family accepted 480000 yuan R55 lakh and agreed to finally move out They were transported home in an ambulanceRs 55LThe amount the hospital paid the family to leave the wardTattoos that flashAt 19 Russian tattoo artist Maxim Sipakov is a skilled animator He uses neon effects to enhance the appearance of tattoos Sipakovrsquos digital magic is basically just an illusion that may one day become reality in some shape or form but for now yoursquoll have to settle for UV or glowinthedark tattoos PICSmsipakov_official InstagramItrsquos time to changeAtomic clock scientists suggest shortening minute to 59 seconds According to global time officials time is speeding up and data shows our former 24hour daily rotation is decreasing incrementally making the day marginally shorter For example last Sunday lasted only 23 hours 59 minutes and 599998927 seconds according to TimeAndDatecom And though the planetrsquos rotation rate may speed up or slow down slightly from day to day due to natural terrestrial and celestial alterations astronomical calendar trends indicate that recent years have become shorterMan returns stolen sword after 40 yearsA veteran returned a sword he stole from a statue of a Revolutionary War general 40 years ago Cindy P Gaylord the chair of Westfieldrsquos Historical Commission Massachusetts said a man contacted the city hall saying he had the sword stolen from the townrsquos statue of Gen William Shepard in 1980 He was assured anonymity by Gaylord who told the newspaper ldquoHe is a veteran and told me the fact that he did this to another soldier troubled himrdquoUS lawmaker wants official state dinosaurMassachusetts State Representative Jack Lewis recently tweeted that he plans on filing a legislation on January 15 and has asked residents to select from one of two dinosaur species discovered in MassachusettsPodokesaurus holyokensis discovered near Mount Holyoke in 1910 and Anchisaurus polyzelus discovered in 1855 in Springfield He thinks the effort is a good way for children to learn about the legislative processAgainst naturersquos callCompany fines employees for using the toilet more than once per dayA chinese company has come under fire for fining its lsquolazyrsquo employees who take more than one toilet break per day Anpu Electric Science and Technology a Chinese corporation based in Dongguan Guangdong province admitted to enforcing a bizarre onceaday toilet break policy and fining employees who break it with 20 yuan R220 At least seven staff members were penalised last month The rule has sparked outrage online but company officials say that many employees were lazy and used toilet breaks to smoke and avoid their duties ldquoWe are helpless The fact is that the workers are lazy at workrdquo a company manager told Guangdong TV Interestingly according to the company policy workers wanting to take more than one toilet break a day have to register with their boss before visiting the restroom which only enraged Chinese netizens even more Some are actually sympathising with the company too