Bolt-cutter needed for Costa Rica arrival
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) - A security gate at Frankfurt airport had to be cut open with a bolt-cutter on Thursday for a bus picking up Costa Rica's World Cup squad from their plane.
The airport, the largest in continental Europe, has set up a special World Cup terminal for arriving teams that is designed to allow the team bus to be parked near the plane.
According to Germany's SID sports news agency, Costa Rica were formally welcomed by officials from Walldorf, a town near Heidelberg, where Costa Rica are based for the tournament.
Costa Rica play Germany in the opening match of the World Cup on June 9 in Munich. Ecuador and Poland are also in Group A.
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"Freegans" forage for food in bins
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, England (Reuters) - Ross and Ash are about to tuck into a meal of chicken rogan josh, king prawn makhani and rice, chicken balti and naan bread followed by pineapple, strawberries and grapes for dessert.
All of which came out of a bin.
"Everything I eat comes from dumpsters," Ash says. "For me it's a logical lifestyle choice. It's such a natural thing to use up that waste."
Some call them "dumpster divers", others brand them "skip lickers", but Ross Parry and Ash Falkingham like to count themselves among the Freegans -- a growing band of foragers who seek to live entirely from the waste of others.
In this brief trip to a small supermarket skip in southeast London, they have recovered enough food to provide themselves -- and several others -- with an impressive evening meal, as well as bread, muffins and teabags for the next morning's breakfast.
Freeganism, derived from the words "free" and "vegan", is spreading to Britain from the United States, where one of its founding fathers, Adam Weissman, has set up a Freegan information Web site to persuade others to join him.
"TOTAL BOYCOTT"
Weissman describes Freeganism as "a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations".
"Instead of avoiding the purchase of products from one bad company only to support another, we avoid buying anything to the greatest degree we are able," he explains on the site.
Falkingham, a 21-year-old Australian, sees Freeganism as a way of forcing the world to wake up to what it is wasting.
"Nine million people die every year of starvation ... and while that's happening, we are literally destroying food," he says.
There are no exact figures for how many people are choosing to live a Freegan lifestyle in Britain. Despite the name, not all those who opt to live this way are strictly vegan.
Falkingham and Parry, who is 46, have been roaming Britain since last October, pursuing their Freegan lifestyle in cities from Manchester and Leeds in the north, to Plymouth in the south.
They eat, sleep and live in a beaten-up old van which is equipped with mattresses, a stove, a sink, carpets and even a heater all taken from skips or wreckers' yards.
Falkingham wears a watch recovered from a bin behind a charity shop, his boots were taken from a retailer's skip and the pair say they have found computer parts, furniture and even an MP3 player in dumpsters.
They have no jobs and no money but see very little need for either.
"When you first start off, you think 'how am I going to live without a wage?'," says Parry, who has been living a Freegan lifestyle for more than 20 years.
"But our priority is to work for love to make the world a better place, and we want to have more time to do that. The less time we spend chasing a salary, the more time we have to do what we really believe in."
"There's so much excess in this society that you don't have to worry about where the next meal is coming from."
MILLIONS OF TONNES OF WASTED FOOD
According to research, more than 30 percent of the 17 million tonnes of waste that goes to landfill in Britain is food waste.
Fareshare, a charity which delivers surplus food to the homeless and other vulnerable people in need, says around a quarter of that is perfectly good, edible food.
"Last year we redistributed 2,000 tonnes of food -- that helped provide 3.3 million meals and helped around 12,000 people -- but that is still just the tip of the iceberg," Fareshare spokeswoman Maria Kortbech Olesen told Reuters.
Fareshare, which distributes food given by some of Britain's biggest food retailers such as Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's which would otherwise go to waste, sympathises with Freegans, but is concerned at their sometimes risky methods.
"What they are trying to address is basically the same thing as we are," says Kortbech Olesen. "There is a lot of waste and we have to do something about it."
"But you have to be careful. Freegans take food from bins, and they can never know whether that food is safe."
Falkingham shrugs off any concern about getting sick.
"I think I have only once been ill from eating food from bins -- I got diarrhoea," he says. "But I like to push the limits with what I eat."
By Kate Kelland
LONDON, England (Reuters) - Ross and Ash are about to tuck into a meal of chicken rogan josh, king prawn makhani and rice, chicken balti and naan bread followed by pineapple, strawberries and grapes for dessert.
All of which came out of a bin.
"Everything I eat comes from dumpsters," Ash says. "For me it's a logical lifestyle choice. It's such a natural thing to use up that waste."
Some call them "dumpster divers", others brand them "skip lickers", but Ross Parry and Ash Falkingham like to count themselves among the Freegans -- a growing band of foragers who seek to live entirely from the waste of others.
In this brief trip to a small supermarket skip in southeast London, they have recovered enough food to provide themselves -- and several others -- with an impressive evening meal, as well as bread, muffins and teabags for the next morning's breakfast.
Freeganism, derived from the words "free" and "vegan", is spreading to Britain from the United States, where one of its founding fathers, Adam Weissman, has set up a Freegan information Web site to persuade others to join him.
"TOTAL BOYCOTT"
Weissman describes Freeganism as "a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations".
"Instead of avoiding the purchase of products from one bad company only to support another, we avoid buying anything to the greatest degree we are able," he explains on the site.
Falkingham, a 21-year-old Australian, sees Freeganism as a way of forcing the world to wake up to what it is wasting.
"Nine million people die every year of starvation ... and while that's happening, we are literally destroying food," he says.
There are no exact figures for how many people are choosing to live a Freegan lifestyle in Britain. Despite the name, not all those who opt to live this way are strictly vegan.
Falkingham and Parry, who is 46, have been roaming Britain since last October, pursuing their Freegan lifestyle in cities from Manchester and Leeds in the north, to Plymouth in the south.
They eat, sleep and live in a beaten-up old van which is equipped with mattresses, a stove, a sink, carpets and even a heater all taken from skips or wreckers' yards.
Falkingham wears a watch recovered from a bin behind a charity shop, his boots were taken from a retailer's skip and the pair say they have found computer parts, furniture and even an MP3 player in dumpsters.
They have no jobs and no money but see very little need for either.
"When you first start off, you think 'how am I going to live without a wage?'," says Parry, who has been living a Freegan lifestyle for more than 20 years.
"But our priority is to work for love to make the world a better place, and we want to have more time to do that. The less time we spend chasing a salary, the more time we have to do what we really believe in."
"There's so much excess in this society that you don't have to worry about where the next meal is coming from."
MILLIONS OF TONNES OF WASTED FOOD
According to research, more than 30 percent of the 17 million tonnes of waste that goes to landfill in Britain is food waste.
Fareshare, a charity which delivers surplus food to the homeless and other vulnerable people in need, says around a quarter of that is perfectly good, edible food.
"Last year we redistributed 2,000 tonnes of food -- that helped provide 3.3 million meals and helped around 12,000 people -- but that is still just the tip of the iceberg," Fareshare spokeswoman Maria Kortbech Olesen told Reuters.
Fareshare, which distributes food given by some of Britain's biggest food retailers such as Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury's which would otherwise go to waste, sympathises with Freegans, but is concerned at their sometimes risky methods.
"What they are trying to address is basically the same thing as we are," says Kortbech Olesen. "There is a lot of waste and we have to do something about it."
"But you have to be careful. Freegans take food from bins, and they can never know whether that food is safe."
Falkingham shrugs off any concern about getting sick.
"I think I have only once been ill from eating food from bins -- I got diarrhoea," he says. "But I like to push the limits with what I eat."
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Armless man stopped for speeding
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court.
Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver's license, appeared in court Thursday charged with driving in a manner likely to be dangerous to the public.
The police officer who stopped Smith said the driver's seat was reclined and the armless man appeared to be using one foot to steer the car and the other to work the accelerator and brake. Smith, 31, entered no plea but said he would defend himself against the charges.
He told the court he had been driving for years, using his feet to steer, and had never had an accident.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court.
Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver's license, appeared in court Thursday charged with driving in a manner likely to be dangerous to the public.
The police officer who stopped Smith said the driver's seat was reclined and the armless man appeared to be using one foot to steer the car and the other to work the accelerator and brake. Smith, 31, entered no plea but said he would defend himself against the charges.
He told the court he had been driving for years, using his feet to steer, and had never had an accident.
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2 post bail in tainted-muffin case
Lake Highlands senior may be barred from graduation ceremonies
By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS, Texas - Two Dallas teens suspected of causing 19 people to become sick when they unknowingly ate marijuana-laced muffins spent most of the day in jail after turning themselves in to authorities Thursday morning.
Ian McConnell Walker and Joseph Robert Tellini, both 18, were released from jail after each posted a $7,500 bail bond about 4 p.m. Wearing a T-shirt and blue khakis as he left the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, Mr. Walker spoke briefly and promised a more detailed statement Friday.
"I'm truly sorry for everything that everybody has gone through," he said.
Mr. Tellini declined to comment as he left the jail.
A Richardson school district source said Thursday that it is unlikely that Mr. Tellini, a Lake Highlands High School senior, will be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies Saturday.
A joint investigation by Dallas police and the FBI's North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force led to the arrests, and Dallas police formally filed charges against the two Thursday.
Mr. Walker, a senior at Bishop Lynch High School, and Mr. Tellini each face five counts of assault of a public servant in the May 16 incident in which the tainted muffins were left in a school lounge.
According to school district officials, someone left two boxes of bran muffins in a Lake Highlands High School lounge, saying they were part of an Eagle Scout project.
Workers who ate the muffins reported feeling dizzy and nauseated, and were treated at area hospitals. No one was seriously injured.
Tests confirmed the presence of the main psychoactive substance in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
The assault charges carry a punishment of two to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Prosecutors said they will try to enhance the charge because a controlled substance was used in the act.
If the charges are upgraded to second-degree felonies, the two could face up to 20 years in prison.
Staff writer Kristine Hughes contributed to this report.
Lake Highlands senior may be barred from graduation ceremonies
By ROBERT THARP / The Dallas Morning News
DALLAS, Texas - Two Dallas teens suspected of causing 19 people to become sick when they unknowingly ate marijuana-laced muffins spent most of the day in jail after turning themselves in to authorities Thursday morning.
Ian McConnell Walker and Joseph Robert Tellini, both 18, were released from jail after each posted a $7,500 bail bond about 4 p.m. Wearing a T-shirt and blue khakis as he left the Lew Sterrett Justice Center, Mr. Walker spoke briefly and promised a more detailed statement Friday.
"I'm truly sorry for everything that everybody has gone through," he said.
Mr. Tellini declined to comment as he left the jail.
A Richardson school district source said Thursday that it is unlikely that Mr. Tellini, a Lake Highlands High School senior, will be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies Saturday.
A joint investigation by Dallas police and the FBI's North Texas Joint Terrorism Task Force led to the arrests, and Dallas police formally filed charges against the two Thursday.
Mr. Walker, a senior at Bishop Lynch High School, and Mr. Tellini each face five counts of assault of a public servant in the May 16 incident in which the tainted muffins were left in a school lounge.
According to school district officials, someone left two boxes of bran muffins in a Lake Highlands High School lounge, saying they were part of an Eagle Scout project.
Workers who ate the muffins reported feeling dizzy and nauseated, and were treated at area hospitals. No one was seriously injured.
Tests confirmed the presence of the main psychoactive substance in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.
The assault charges carry a punishment of two to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Prosecutors said they will try to enhance the charge because a controlled substance was used in the act.
If the charges are upgraded to second-degree felonies, the two could face up to 20 years in prison.
Staff writer Kristine Hughes contributed to this report.
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Fla. angler lands what may be record shark
BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (AP) - Fishing Capt. Bucky Dennis has been trying to catch a record hammerhead shark for 10 years. He may have finally succeeded.
On Tuesday, he reeled in a monstrous 1,280-pounder that ate a 25-pound stingray for bait at Boca Grande Pass near Fort Myers. That would beat by nearly 300 pounds the current all-tackle world record for a hammerhead shark.
Dennis, who was using 130-pound test line, and three friends fought the 14 1/2 foot shark for five hours and it dragged his boat about 12 miles offshore before they got it aboard.
"It's fun hooking them, but if you get too close, they will bite," Dennis said. "And whatever they bite, they will bite off."
The current all-tackle world record hammerhead is 991 pounds, caught May 30, 1982, by Allen Ogle of Punta Gorda, according to the International Game Fish Association. The organization is reviewing the latest catch to determine if it qualifies as the new record, a process that will take about 60 days.
The Port Charlotte fishing captain donated the big fish to the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, which plans to have it mounted and displayed. Center director Robert Hueter said researchers prefer that people tag and release large sharks because they help sustain the species.
"But we are grateful that this animal has been donated to science. It will help us understand more about these animals," Hueter said.
The largest shark ever hooked was a 2,664-pound great white caught off the southern coast of Australia in 1959.
BOCA GRANDE, Fla. (AP) - Fishing Capt. Bucky Dennis has been trying to catch a record hammerhead shark for 10 years. He may have finally succeeded.
On Tuesday, he reeled in a monstrous 1,280-pounder that ate a 25-pound stingray for bait at Boca Grande Pass near Fort Myers. That would beat by nearly 300 pounds the current all-tackle world record for a hammerhead shark.
Dennis, who was using 130-pound test line, and three friends fought the 14 1/2 foot shark for five hours and it dragged his boat about 12 miles offshore before they got it aboard.
"It's fun hooking them, but if you get too close, they will bite," Dennis said. "And whatever they bite, they will bite off."
The current all-tackle world record hammerhead is 991 pounds, caught May 30, 1982, by Allen Ogle of Punta Gorda, according to the International Game Fish Association. The organization is reviewing the latest catch to determine if it qualifies as the new record, a process that will take about 60 days.
The Port Charlotte fishing captain donated the big fish to the Center for Shark Research at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, which plans to have it mounted and displayed. Center director Robert Hueter said researchers prefer that people tag and release large sharks because they help sustain the species.
"But we are grateful that this animal has been donated to science. It will help us understand more about these animals," Hueter said.
The largest shark ever hooked was a 2,664-pound great white caught off the southern coast of Australia in 1959.
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Dracula's castle returned to Van Hapsburg
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - More than 60 years after it was seized by communists, the Romanian government is to hand back one of the country's most popular tourist sites, the fabled Dracula Castle, to its former owner, the culture minister said Tuesday.
The castle, worth an estimated $25 million, was owned by the late Queen Marie and bequeathed to her daughter Princess Ileana in 1938. It was confiscated by communists in 1948 and fell into disrepair. It will be transferred on Friday to Dominic van Hapsburg, a New York architect who inherited the castle from Princess Ileana decades after the communists seized it, minister Adrian Iorgulescu told a news conference.
Van Hapsburg is a descendant of the Hapsburg dynasty which ruled Romania for a period starting in the late 17th century.
The hand-over ceremony will take place Friday at noon in the 14th century castle's museum deep within the fortress in Transylvania, Iorgulescu said.
Restoration work began in the late 1980s and was partially completed in 1993. It is now one of Romania's top tourist destinations. Under the agreement, the owner will not be allowed to make any changes to the castle for the next three years, Iorgulescu said.
While known and marketed as "Dracula's Castle," it never belonged to Prince Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Bram Stoker's Count Dracula character. But the prince is thought to have visited the medieval fortress.
The Gothic fortress, perched on a rock, has appeared in numerous Dracula movies.
At the gates of Bran Castle, peasants sell Dracula sweaters hand-knitted from the thick wool of local sheep, cheesecloth blouses, and Vampire wine. The castle is the most famous of 15 citadels and fortresses in the area, which were built by peasants to keep out marauding armies of Turks and Tartars and cruel local medieval lords.
Another former royal property, the Peles Castle, built in the late 19th century in the mountain town of Sinaia, will be returned to former King Michael. He owned it before it was confiscated by the communist regime in 1948.
Romania passed legislation earlier this year to return property to its former owners and establish a "property fund" to pay damages for assets that cannot be returned. The fund includes stock in state-owned companies that are being privatized.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - More than 60 years after it was seized by communists, the Romanian government is to hand back one of the country's most popular tourist sites, the fabled Dracula Castle, to its former owner, the culture minister said Tuesday.
The castle, worth an estimated $25 million, was owned by the late Queen Marie and bequeathed to her daughter Princess Ileana in 1938. It was confiscated by communists in 1948 and fell into disrepair. It will be transferred on Friday to Dominic van Hapsburg, a New York architect who inherited the castle from Princess Ileana decades after the communists seized it, minister Adrian Iorgulescu told a news conference.
Van Hapsburg is a descendant of the Hapsburg dynasty which ruled Romania for a period starting in the late 17th century.
The hand-over ceremony will take place Friday at noon in the 14th century castle's museum deep within the fortress in Transylvania, Iorgulescu said.
Restoration work began in the late 1980s and was partially completed in 1993. It is now one of Romania's top tourist destinations. Under the agreement, the owner will not be allowed to make any changes to the castle for the next three years, Iorgulescu said.
While known and marketed as "Dracula's Castle," it never belonged to Prince Vlad the Impaler, who inspired Bram Stoker's Count Dracula character. But the prince is thought to have visited the medieval fortress.
The Gothic fortress, perched on a rock, has appeared in numerous Dracula movies.
At the gates of Bran Castle, peasants sell Dracula sweaters hand-knitted from the thick wool of local sheep, cheesecloth blouses, and Vampire wine. The castle is the most famous of 15 citadels and fortresses in the area, which were built by peasants to keep out marauding armies of Turks and Tartars and cruel local medieval lords.
Another former royal property, the Peles Castle, built in the late 19th century in the mountain town of Sinaia, will be returned to former King Michael. He owned it before it was confiscated by the communist regime in 1948.
Romania passed legislation earlier this year to return property to its former owners and establish a "property fund" to pay damages for assets that cannot be returned. The fund includes stock in state-owned companies that are being privatized.
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3G phones banned in anti-porn drive
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has banned 3G mobile phones after a complaint from his wife and her friends about receiving pornography on them.
"I have written to the Minister of Telecommunications to delay the use of certain mobile phones," Hun Sen told an assembly of Buddhist monks in Phnom Penh Friday. "We can wait 10 more years until we have managed to improve morality in society."
Hun Sen, a one-eyed former Khmer Rouge soldier who has been in charge for the past 20 years, said his wife had signed a petition asking him to act against the phones, which can send video as well as still images.
Sexual violence and abuse are common in the war-scarred Southeast Asian nation.
Cambodia's first 3G (third-generation) mobile network opened earlier this year, but few people can afford the phones.
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has banned 3G mobile phones after a complaint from his wife and her friends about receiving pornography on them.
"I have written to the Minister of Telecommunications to delay the use of certain mobile phones," Hun Sen told an assembly of Buddhist monks in Phnom Penh Friday. "We can wait 10 more years until we have managed to improve morality in society."
Hun Sen, a one-eyed former Khmer Rouge soldier who has been in charge for the past 20 years, said his wife had signed a petition asking him to act against the phones, which can send video as well as still images.
Sexual violence and abuse are common in the war-scarred Southeast Asian nation.
Cambodia's first 3G (third-generation) mobile network opened earlier this year, but few people can afford the phones.
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'Grendel' opera opening delayed by computer glitch
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) - A $2.8 million opera about a medieval monster fell prey to a 21st century computer problem on Thursday, forcing producers of "Grendel" to delay its world premiere in Los Angeles from Saturday until June 8.
"Grendel," with music by Oscar-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal and directed by Julie Taymor, who created the Broadway hit "The Lion King," was to have opened before a black tie audience on Saturday night in one of the most ambitious projects ever mounted by the Los Angeles Opera.
Instead that opening was delayed until June 8, with Saturday being reserved for a closed dress rehearsal. Two performances set for June 1 and 2 have been redesignated as preview performances.
"Everything is ready to go except the computer unit," said L.A. Opera chief operating officer Edgar Baitzel. He was referring to four computers that control 28 motors that operate the production's centerpiece, a 28-foot (8.5 meter) tall rotating ice and earth wall on which almost all of the three hour opera's action takes place.
The wall's built-in stages and moving props are too heavy to be operated manually.
Crew members said they were heartbroken that the show will not premiere as planned. "The show was looking very exciting," said one. "The music was magnificent. We are all disappointed it is being postponed."
Few new operas have been as highly anticipated as "Grendel," which tells the Anglo Saxon epic "Beowulf" from the monster Grendel's point of view.
In a statement, the opera's general director Placido
Domingo said "Grendel" was the most complex production the L.A. Opera has ever mounted.
While "the show must go on," Domingo said, "until all of the set's technical issues can be resolved, it would be unfair for us to jeopardize the incredible work of 'Grendel's' creative team."
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Reuters) - A $2.8 million opera about a medieval monster fell prey to a 21st century computer problem on Thursday, forcing producers of "Grendel" to delay its world premiere in Los Angeles from Saturday until June 8.
"Grendel," with music by Oscar-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal and directed by Julie Taymor, who created the Broadway hit "The Lion King," was to have opened before a black tie audience on Saturday night in one of the most ambitious projects ever mounted by the Los Angeles Opera.
Instead that opening was delayed until June 8, with Saturday being reserved for a closed dress rehearsal. Two performances set for June 1 and 2 have been redesignated as preview performances.
"Everything is ready to go except the computer unit," said L.A. Opera chief operating officer Edgar Baitzel. He was referring to four computers that control 28 motors that operate the production's centerpiece, a 28-foot (8.5 meter) tall rotating ice and earth wall on which almost all of the three hour opera's action takes place.
The wall's built-in stages and moving props are too heavy to be operated manually.
Crew members said they were heartbroken that the show will not premiere as planned. "The show was looking very exciting," said one. "The music was magnificent. We are all disappointed it is being postponed."
Few new operas have been as highly anticipated as "Grendel," which tells the Anglo Saxon epic "Beowulf" from the monster Grendel's point of view.
In a statement, the opera's general director Placido
Domingo said "Grendel" was the most complex production the L.A. Opera has ever mounted.
While "the show must go on," Domingo said, "until all of the set's technical issues can be resolved, it would be unfair for us to jeopardize the incredible work of 'Grendel's' creative team."
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Bronte apologized for "Jane Eyre" school description
By Gershwin Wanneburg
HAWORTH (Reuters) - Charlotte Bronte offered to rewrite parts of "Jane Eyre" after a complaint from the headmaster of the school on which she based the infamous Lowood school, newly discovered letters show.
The letters have raised the prospect that somewhere, tucked away in a dusty attic or a pile of musty papers, could lie an amended manuscript of the 19th-Century classic, toned down to avoid a libel lawsuit.
The letters will be put up for sale next month by the auction house Mullock Madeley, documents expert Richard Westwood-Brookes said Friday.
The book's Lowood school, presided over by the cruel Mr Brocklehurst, was a harsh, unhealthy place where pupils were half-starved.
The description upset local headmaster, Reverend William Carus-Wilson, who wrote to his former pupil Bronte after Jane Eyre was published and threatened her with legal action after he said he recognized himself and his school from her unflattering description of Lowood.
But the newly found letters, written by Carus-Wilson's grandson Edward in 1912, show Bronte dissuaded him from pursuing his case by sending him a 1,400 word sketch, expurgated of the offending passages.
"He ... wrote to Charlotte Bronte to remonstrate with her, and the result was that she wrote the sketch that I have in my possession retracting a good deal of what she had formerly written about the school," Edward wrote in one of three letters to a prospective buyer of a revised manuscript.
The letters are expected to fetch 70 to 100 pounds but Westwood-Brookes said the manuscript, if found, could go for a lot more.
"If it (the manuscript) was to be found, the value at auction could well be 100,000 pounds. It's of incalculable importance," he told Reuters.
"Jane Eyre, after all, is known all over the world as one of the most important books of the 19th century."
A TOUCH OF MARILYN MONROE
Over 150 years after her death, Bronte still enjoys a passionate following, along with her sisters Emily and Anne, for their epic tales set on the windswept moors of Yorkshire.
Up to one million fans annually come from around the world to their home town of Haworth.
A stage production of Jane Eyre is currently playing in London's West End and Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams is set to star as Charlotte Bronte in a film based on her life, due to start shooting this year.
Alan Bentley, director of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, the former Bronte home, said the sweeping sagas and mythical tragedy surrounding the Brontes' short lives carried their popularity far beyond the borders of their village.
"There's a touch of the James Dean or Marilyn Monroe -- people who die before their time," he said. "You always have a feeling they never fulfilled their potential."
By Gershwin Wanneburg
HAWORTH (Reuters) - Charlotte Bronte offered to rewrite parts of "Jane Eyre" after a complaint from the headmaster of the school on which she based the infamous Lowood school, newly discovered letters show.
The letters have raised the prospect that somewhere, tucked away in a dusty attic or a pile of musty papers, could lie an amended manuscript of the 19th-Century classic, toned down to avoid a libel lawsuit.
The letters will be put up for sale next month by the auction house Mullock Madeley, documents expert Richard Westwood-Brookes said Friday.
The book's Lowood school, presided over by the cruel Mr Brocklehurst, was a harsh, unhealthy place where pupils were half-starved.
The description upset local headmaster, Reverend William Carus-Wilson, who wrote to his former pupil Bronte after Jane Eyre was published and threatened her with legal action after he said he recognized himself and his school from her unflattering description of Lowood.
But the newly found letters, written by Carus-Wilson's grandson Edward in 1912, show Bronte dissuaded him from pursuing his case by sending him a 1,400 word sketch, expurgated of the offending passages.
"He ... wrote to Charlotte Bronte to remonstrate with her, and the result was that she wrote the sketch that I have in my possession retracting a good deal of what she had formerly written about the school," Edward wrote in one of three letters to a prospective buyer of a revised manuscript.
The letters are expected to fetch 70 to 100 pounds but Westwood-Brookes said the manuscript, if found, could go for a lot more.
"If it (the manuscript) was to be found, the value at auction could well be 100,000 pounds. It's of incalculable importance," he told Reuters.
"Jane Eyre, after all, is known all over the world as one of the most important books of the 19th century."
A TOUCH OF MARILYN MONROE
Over 150 years after her death, Bronte still enjoys a passionate following, along with her sisters Emily and Anne, for their epic tales set on the windswept moors of Yorkshire.
Up to one million fans annually come from around the world to their home town of Haworth.
A stage production of Jane Eyre is currently playing in London's West End and Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams is set to star as Charlotte Bronte in a film based on her life, due to start shooting this year.
Alan Bentley, director of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, the former Bronte home, said the sweeping sagas and mythical tragedy surrounding the Brontes' short lives carried their popularity far beyond the borders of their village.
"There's a touch of the James Dean or Marilyn Monroe -- people who die before their time," he said. "You always have a feeling they never fulfilled their potential."
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Man attacks Berlin pedestrians with knife
BERLIN, Germany (AP) – A knife-wielding man went on a rampage and attacked pedestrians as they left a Berlin celebration early Saturday, wounding 25 people, four seriously, police said.
The 17-year old suspected attacker, a German native of Berlin's working-class Neukoelln district, was arrested, police spokesman Bernhard Schodrowski told The Associated Press. None of the injured are in life-threatening condition, Schodrowski said.
The teen had mingled with crowds a couple of hours after a sound and light show inaugurating Berlin's new central rail station in the heart of the capital when he began to randomly attack people. Eleven ambulances were called to the scene, Schodrowski said.
The attack came amid a rash of racially motivated crimes, including several in Berlin, that have raised concern about security two weeks before Germany hosts the soccer World Cup.
No motive for the attack was known, Schodrowski said, although the teen was known to police for previous acts of violence. It was not clear if the he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Schodrowski said.
According to ARD television panic broke out among the crowd in the narrow residential street where the attack occurred and 100 police officers were called to the scene to bring things under control.
Several hundred thousand onlookers had packed the city center to watch the festive inaugurating of the city's new main train station, touted as the largest in Europe and the final major construction project for the German capital's government sector.
Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the opening ceremonies several hours before the attack and praised the new, light-flooded station as a symbolic bridge between Germany's formerly divided east and west.
"It is a modern, open building, symbolic for Berlin and for Germany," said Merkel. The station straddles the path of the former Berlin Wall, that divided the city during the Cold War.
Construction took eight years and has cost an estimated $1 billion. Some 300,000 passengers a day are expected to use the station's 14 platforms.
On Friday, authorities had reported a surge of attacks in the east part of the country, underlining concern over hate crimes two weeks before the start of the World Cup, the world's largest sporting event. The first round begins June 9 and runs through the 23rd.
In the eastern city of Weimar, eight assailants insulted, kicked and punched, three men from Mozambique and Cuba on Thursday evening. The 46-year-old Mozambican was hospitalized with head injures, and his two companions were lightly injured.
Police spokeswoman Ilka Vollmar said the suspected assailants, aged 19 to 29, were arrested.
In the port town of Wismar, a 36-year-old Indian man was kicked and punched Thursday by five men who sang the German national anthem and shouted "fascist slogans," said Christian Pick, a regional prosecutor. The suspected assailants, aged 20 to 24, were arrested.
A 29-year-old Turkish man was beaten Thursday afternoon in Berlin after a scuffle with four men who appeared to belong to the far-right. Ten suspects were arrested.
The anti-immigrant far right has no seats in the national parliament, but occasional successes for fringe parties in state elections and high-profile hate crimes have raised concern – especially in the formerly communist and economically struggling east.
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(Takes knife and stabs the Hamwinkies) AAH! Nehmen Sie das, Hamwinkies! (Take that Hamwinkies in German)
BERLIN, Germany (AP) – A knife-wielding man went on a rampage and attacked pedestrians as they left a Berlin celebration early Saturday, wounding 25 people, four seriously, police said.
The 17-year old suspected attacker, a German native of Berlin's working-class Neukoelln district, was arrested, police spokesman Bernhard Schodrowski told The Associated Press. None of the injured are in life-threatening condition, Schodrowski said.
The teen had mingled with crowds a couple of hours after a sound and light show inaugurating Berlin's new central rail station in the heart of the capital when he began to randomly attack people. Eleven ambulances were called to the scene, Schodrowski said.
The attack came amid a rash of racially motivated crimes, including several in Berlin, that have raised concern about security two weeks before Germany hosts the soccer World Cup.
No motive for the attack was known, Schodrowski said, although the teen was known to police for previous acts of violence. It was not clear if the he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, Schodrowski said.
According to ARD television panic broke out among the crowd in the narrow residential street where the attack occurred and 100 police officers were called to the scene to bring things under control.
Several hundred thousand onlookers had packed the city center to watch the festive inaugurating of the city's new main train station, touted as the largest in Europe and the final major construction project for the German capital's government sector.
Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the opening ceremonies several hours before the attack and praised the new, light-flooded station as a symbolic bridge between Germany's formerly divided east and west.
"It is a modern, open building, symbolic for Berlin and for Germany," said Merkel. The station straddles the path of the former Berlin Wall, that divided the city during the Cold War.
Construction took eight years and has cost an estimated $1 billion. Some 300,000 passengers a day are expected to use the station's 14 platforms.
On Friday, authorities had reported a surge of attacks in the east part of the country, underlining concern over hate crimes two weeks before the start of the World Cup, the world's largest sporting event. The first round begins June 9 and runs through the 23rd.
In the eastern city of Weimar, eight assailants insulted, kicked and punched, three men from Mozambique and Cuba on Thursday evening. The 46-year-old Mozambican was hospitalized with head injures, and his two companions were lightly injured.
Police spokeswoman Ilka Vollmar said the suspected assailants, aged 19 to 29, were arrested.
In the port town of Wismar, a 36-year-old Indian man was kicked and punched Thursday by five men who sang the German national anthem and shouted "fascist slogans," said Christian Pick, a regional prosecutor. The suspected assailants, aged 20 to 24, were arrested.
A 29-year-old Turkish man was beaten Thursday afternoon in Berlin after a scuffle with four men who appeared to belong to the far-right. Ten suspects were arrested.
The anti-immigrant far right has no seats in the national parliament, but occasional successes for fringe parties in state elections and high-profile hate crimes have raised concern – especially in the formerly communist and economically struggling east.
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(Takes knife and stabs the Hamwinkies) AAH! Nehmen Sie das, Hamwinkies! (Take that Hamwinkies in German)
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Naked on Everest: a peek on the peak?
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government Saturday to take action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped off on top of Mount Everest.
The Himalayan Times had reported Friday that the Nepali climbing guide, whose name it gave as Lakpa Tharke, stood naked for three minutes in freezing conditions on the 29,035-foot summit of the world's highest peak.
If confirmed, he would be the first person known to have stripped atop Everest, considered by Nepali Buddhists as a god.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, head of Nepal's top mountaineering body, said he could not confirm that the incident had happened.
"But if he did it, it is very shocking because Sagarmatha is the goddess mother," he said, using the mountain's Nepali name.
"The government must enforce strict ethics for climbing."
Authorities have yet to comment.
But the climb's organizers seemed happy enough with Lakpa Thaeke's strip.
"We are planning to file his extraordinary feat for the Guinness Book of World Records," the paper quoted an official of the hiking group that employs Tharke as saying.
At least 1,345 people have climbed Everest since 1953 from either the Nepali or Tibetan side.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - The head of the Nepal Mountaineering Association urged the government Saturday to take action against a sherpa who reportedly stripped off on top of Mount Everest.
The Himalayan Times had reported Friday that the Nepali climbing guide, whose name it gave as Lakpa Tharke, stood naked for three minutes in freezing conditions on the 29,035-foot summit of the world's highest peak.
If confirmed, he would be the first person known to have stripped atop Everest, considered by Nepali Buddhists as a god.
Ang Tshering Sherpa, head of Nepal's top mountaineering body, said he could not confirm that the incident had happened.
"But if he did it, it is very shocking because Sagarmatha is the goddess mother," he said, using the mountain's Nepali name.
"The government must enforce strict ethics for climbing."
Authorities have yet to comment.
But the climb's organizers seemed happy enough with Lakpa Thaeke's strip.
"We are planning to file his extraordinary feat for the Guinness Book of World Records," the paper quoted an official of the hiking group that employs Tharke as saying.
At least 1,345 people have climbed Everest since 1953 from either the Nepali or Tibetan side.
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Lovesick swan falls in love with swan paddle boat
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - A swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan-shaped paddle boat on a pond in the German town of Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the vessel five times its size, a sailing instructor said Friday.
Peter Overschmidt, who operates a sailing school and rents the two-seat paddle boat on the Aasee pond, said the black swan with a bright red beak has not left the white swan boat's side since it flew in one day in early May.
"It seems like he's fallen in love," said Overschmidt. "He protects it, sits next to it all the time and chases away any sail boats that get anywhere nearby. He thinks the boat is a strong and attractive swan."
Overschmidt said the swan will figure it out sooner or later but hopes he won't be too heartbroken.
"I'll wish him all the best and hope that he doesn't make the same mistake again," said Overschmidt."
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) - A swan has fallen in love with a plastic swan-shaped paddle boat on a pond in the German town of Muenster and has spent the past three weeks flirting with the vessel five times its size, a sailing instructor said Friday.
Peter Overschmidt, who operates a sailing school and rents the two-seat paddle boat on the Aasee pond, said the black swan with a bright red beak has not left the white swan boat's side since it flew in one day in early May.
"It seems like he's fallen in love," said Overschmidt. "He protects it, sits next to it all the time and chases away any sail boats that get anywhere nearby. He thinks the boat is a strong and attractive swan."
Overschmidt said the swan will figure it out sooner or later but hopes he won't be too heartbroken.
"I'll wish him all the best and hope that he doesn't make the same mistake again," said Overschmidt."
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Robertson says he leg-pressed 2,000 pounds
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he has leg-pressed 2,000 pounds, but some say he'd be in a pretty tough spot if he tried.
The "700 Club" host's feat of strength is recounted on the Web site of his Christian Broadcasting Network, in a posting headlined "How Pat Robertson Leg Pressed 2,000 Pounds."
According to the CBN Web site, Robertson worked his way up to lifting a ton with the help of his physician, who is not named. The posting does not say when the lift occurred, but a CBN spokeswoman released photos to The Associated Press that she said showed Robertson lifting 2,000 pounds in 2003, when Robertson was 73. He is now 76.
The Web posting said two men loaded the leg-press machine with 2,000 pounds "and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep and let it go back down again." The Web site said several people witnessed the event, and shows video of Robertson leg-pressing what appears to be 1,000 pounds.
Clay Travis of CBS SportsLine.com called the 2,000-pound assertion impossible in a column this week, writing that the leg-press record for football players at Florida State University is 665 pounds less.
"Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold 2,000 pounds at one time?" Travis asked.
Andy Zucker, a strength-training coach at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, said leg presses of more than 1,000 pounds represent "a Herculean effort, and 2,000 pounds is a whole other story."
"If he was able to lift that much weight, I take my hat off to him, but the numbers suggest that people who lift that much weight are few and far between," Zucker said. "One would have to see what type of leg press it was on and under what parameters it was done."
CBN spokeswoman Angell Vasko said Friday that Robertson was not available for comment because he was "out of pocket" for the long holiday weekend.
Vasko said she has not seen Robertson leg-press 2,000 pounds but that it's not "a huge shocker" that he could.
"Pat is so healthy," she said. "This is something he trained for over an extended period of time. He lives a very healthy, regimented life."
One of the photos Vasko released had a digital date stamp of 1994, although she said Robertson performed the leg press in 2003. Vasko said that perhaps the date was not set properly on the camera.
The CBN Web site attributes Robertson's energy in part to "his age-defying protein shake." The site offers a recipe for the shake, which contains ingredients such as soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.
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On the Net: CBN Web site
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In other TeleEvangelist News, Robert Tilton has surpassed his farting record by eating a giant bean burrito, and a pack of Deep Fried Hamwinkies.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) - Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says he has leg-pressed 2,000 pounds, but some say he'd be in a pretty tough spot if he tried.
The "700 Club" host's feat of strength is recounted on the Web site of his Christian Broadcasting Network, in a posting headlined "How Pat Robertson Leg Pressed 2,000 Pounds."
According to the CBN Web site, Robertson worked his way up to lifting a ton with the help of his physician, who is not named. The posting does not say when the lift occurred, but a CBN spokeswoman released photos to The Associated Press that she said showed Robertson lifting 2,000 pounds in 2003, when Robertson was 73. He is now 76.
The Web posting said two men loaded the leg-press machine with 2,000 pounds "and then let it down on Mr. Robertson, who pushed it up one rep and let it go back down again." The Web site said several people witnessed the event, and shows video of Robertson leg-pressing what appears to be 1,000 pounds.
Clay Travis of CBS SportsLine.com called the 2,000-pound assertion impossible in a column this week, writing that the leg-press record for football players at Florida State University is 665 pounds less.
"Where in the world did Robertson even find a machine that could hold 2,000 pounds at one time?" Travis asked.
Andy Zucker, a strength-training coach at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, said leg presses of more than 1,000 pounds represent "a Herculean effort, and 2,000 pounds is a whole other story."
"If he was able to lift that much weight, I take my hat off to him, but the numbers suggest that people who lift that much weight are few and far between," Zucker said. "One would have to see what type of leg press it was on and under what parameters it was done."
CBN spokeswoman Angell Vasko said Friday that Robertson was not available for comment because he was "out of pocket" for the long holiday weekend.
Vasko said she has not seen Robertson leg-press 2,000 pounds but that it's not "a huge shocker" that he could.
"Pat is so healthy," she said. "This is something he trained for over an extended period of time. He lives a very healthy, regimented life."
One of the photos Vasko released had a digital date stamp of 1994, although she said Robertson performed the leg press in 2003. Vasko said that perhaps the date was not set properly on the camera.
The CBN Web site attributes Robertson's energy in part to "his age-defying protein shake." The site offers a recipe for the shake, which contains ingredients such as soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, flaxseed oil and apple cider vinegar.
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On the Net: CBN Web site
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In other TeleEvangelist News, Robert Tilton has surpassed his farting record by eating a giant bean burrito, and a pack of Deep Fried Hamwinkies.
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Kentucky man finds python in rental car
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - The next time Dan McBride rents a car, he may want to inspect it not just for dings and dents but also for snakes.
The assistant athletic director at Eastern Kentucky University found a two-foot-long ball python in his rental car this week as he left the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament in Paducah.
McBride got into his car Wednesday night with a colleague and saw the snake draped across the console.
McBride said he thought it was a rubber snake someone put there as a joke. He even gave the snake a pat and put the car into drive.
As he drove toward the exit, the snake lifted its head. McBride hit the brakes, then started to get out of the car. But the snake was on the gear shift, forcing McBride to keep his foot on the brake.
"You can't act tough when you are sitting a foot and a half away from a snake," said his colleague, Simon Gray.
The snake was captured, and was being held until its owner comes to claim it, authorities said.
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - The next time Dan McBride rents a car, he may want to inspect it not just for dings and dents but also for snakes.
The assistant athletic director at Eastern Kentucky University found a two-foot-long ball python in his rental car this week as he left the Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament in Paducah.
McBride got into his car Wednesday night with a colleague and saw the snake draped across the console.
McBride said he thought it was a rubber snake someone put there as a joke. He even gave the snake a pat and put the car into drive.
As he drove toward the exit, the snake lifted its head. McBride hit the brakes, then started to get out of the car. But the snake was on the gear shift, forcing McBride to keep his foot on the brake.
"You can't act tough when you are sitting a foot and a half away from a snake," said his colleague, Simon Gray.
The snake was captured, and was being held until its owner comes to claim it, authorities said.
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Student suspended for sharing caffeine gum
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) - A middle school student was suspended for three days for sharing chewing gum because it contained caffeine, school officials said.
The girl, whose name and age were not released, gave another Huston Middle School student Jolt gum. The gum is "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality," said Amy Palermo, schools superintendent.
Products acting as a stimulant are prohibited and possessing them is grounds for disciplinary action, and the suspension was mainly based on the girl's decision to share the gum, she said.
"What if the gum had been given to a student with a heart condition?" Palermo said Thursday.
The school has soda machines, but they aren't turned on during school hours and drinks containing caffeine aren't sold in the lunchroom.
Jolt is manufactured by GumRunners LLC of Hackensack, N.J., and is marketed as a caffeine-energy gum.
LOWER BURRELL, Pa. (AP) - A middle school student was suspended for three days for sharing chewing gum because it contained caffeine, school officials said.
The girl, whose name and age were not released, gave another Huston Middle School student Jolt gum. The gum is "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality," said Amy Palermo, schools superintendent.
Products acting as a stimulant are prohibited and possessing them is grounds for disciplinary action, and the suspension was mainly based on the girl's decision to share the gum, she said.
"What if the gum had been given to a student with a heart condition?" Palermo said Thursday.
The school has soda machines, but they aren't turned on during school hours and drinks containing caffeine aren't sold in the lunchroom.
Jolt is manufactured by GumRunners LLC of Hackensack, N.J., and is marketed as a caffeine-energy gum.
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Dean to enter plea in leg-biting case
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A college dean accused of biting a man who stopped to help him after a car accident has agreed to plead guilty to drunken driving and battery, prosecutors said.
Robert E. Mays, an associate dean at the University of Southern Indiana, is scheduled to appear June 21 before a Vanderburgh County judge, who will decide whether to accept the plea.
Prosecutors said Mays, 64, will plead guilty to a felony charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction and a misdemeanor battery for biting the man in the leg.
On March 13, Mays was driving north on U.S. 41 when his car rear-ended another car.
According to police reports, Mays got out and staggered into the street. A passer-by who saw Mays tried to prevent him from getting back inside his car, believing he was drunk.
Mays then bent down and bit the man's calf, leaving a bruise and teeth marks, police said.
When police arrived, Mays refused to take a breath test.
It wasn't the first run-in with police for Mays, who has been at the Evansville school since 1973. Court records show he pleaded guilty to drunken driving in August 1999 and June 1996. After the March accident, Mays was put on medical leave from USI.
He told the court then that he intended to get treatment in a Jeffersonville facility.
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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A college dean accused of biting a man who stopped to help him after a car accident has agreed to plead guilty to drunken driving and battery, prosecutors said.
Robert E. Mays, an associate dean at the University of Southern Indiana, is scheduled to appear June 21 before a Vanderburgh County judge, who will decide whether to accept the plea.
Prosecutors said Mays, 64, will plead guilty to a felony charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with a prior conviction and a misdemeanor battery for biting the man in the leg.
On March 13, Mays was driving north on U.S. 41 when his car rear-ended another car.
According to police reports, Mays got out and staggered into the street. A passer-by who saw Mays tried to prevent him from getting back inside his car, believing he was drunk.
Mays then bent down and bit the man's calf, leaving a bruise and teeth marks, police said.
When police arrived, Mays refused to take a breath test.
It wasn't the first run-in with police for Mays, who has been at the Evansville school since 1973. Court records show he pleaded guilty to drunken driving in August 1999 and June 1996. After the March accident, Mays was put on medical leave from USI.
He told the court then that he intended to get treatment in a Jeffersonville facility.
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TexasStooge wrote:Armless man stopped for speeding
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court.
Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver's license, appeared in court Thursday charged with driving in a manner likely to be dangerous to the public.
The police officer who stopped Smith said the driver's seat was reclined and the armless man appeared to be using one foot to steer the car and the other to work the accelerator and brake. Smith, 31, entered no plea but said he would defend himself against the charges.
He told the court he had been driving for years, using his feet to steer, and had never had an accident.
thats how i drive
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Fifty ways to rock the right way
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may only be rock 'n' roll, the music born of anti-establishment rebels, but conservatives can like it too.
Sure, Neil Young just released "Let's Impeach the President" and Green Day scored a huge hit with its 2004 "American Idiot" album, one track featuring the anti-Bush lyric "Zieg Heil to the President Gasman."
"But some rock songs really are conservative -- and there are more of them than you might think," political reporter John J. Miller wrote on the Web site of the U.S. conservative magazine "National Review."
Starting with The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," deemed the number one right-leaning rock anthem, Miller's list of "The 50 greatest conservative rock songs will be published in the magazine's June 5 issue.
However the songs' authors might feel about their embrace by the right -- Miller notes that several of the musicians are outspoken liberals -- the magazine says all of its choices convey conservative ideals or sentiments such as skepticism about government or support for traditional values.
"Won't Get Fooled Again," could be the theme song of the disillusioned revolutionaries who fill the conservative movement, Miller wrote. He cites lyrics such as "Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss."
At No. 2, The Beatles' "Taxman" -- "If you drive a car, I'll tax the street/If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat" -- was a list natural. Miller says No. 3, The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," attacks moral relativism and notes Bolshevism's cruelties with "Killed the czar and his ministers/Anastasia screamed in vain."
No. 4, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," praises the U.S. South, which Miller calls "the region of America that liberals love to loathe."
Among songs espousing conservative social values are No. 5 The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice," as "pro-abstinence and pro-marriage," Blink 182's "Stay Together for the Kids," called a "eulogy for family values" at number 17 and No. 32 "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by The Georgia Satellites.
No. 50, Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," could be the most appealing tune to many "National Review" readers because of its association with former first lady and now senator Hillary Clinton, a favorite target of conservative ire.
Answering questions about her husband Bill's alleged infidelities as he ran for president in the early 1990s, Clinton said in an interview that she "wasn't some little woman 'standing by my man' like Tammy Wynette." Wynette demanded and received an apology from Clinton.
"Hillary trashed it -- isn't that enough?" Miller asked.
The complete list can be viewed at: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Nz ... NzkzMDE3Nz NlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE=
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It may only be rock 'n' roll, the music born of anti-establishment rebels, but conservatives can like it too.
Sure, Neil Young just released "Let's Impeach the President" and Green Day scored a huge hit with its 2004 "American Idiot" album, one track featuring the anti-Bush lyric "Zieg Heil to the President Gasman."
"But some rock songs really are conservative -- and there are more of them than you might think," political reporter John J. Miller wrote on the Web site of the U.S. conservative magazine "National Review."
Starting with The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again," deemed the number one right-leaning rock anthem, Miller's list of "The 50 greatest conservative rock songs will be published in the magazine's June 5 issue.
However the songs' authors might feel about their embrace by the right -- Miller notes that several of the musicians are outspoken liberals -- the magazine says all of its choices convey conservative ideals or sentiments such as skepticism about government or support for traditional values.
"Won't Get Fooled Again," could be the theme song of the disillusioned revolutionaries who fill the conservative movement, Miller wrote. He cites lyrics such as "Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss."
At No. 2, The Beatles' "Taxman" -- "If you drive a car, I'll tax the street/If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat" -- was a list natural. Miller says No. 3, The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil," attacks moral relativism and notes Bolshevism's cruelties with "Killed the czar and his ministers/Anastasia screamed in vain."
No. 4, Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," praises the U.S. South, which Miller calls "the region of America that liberals love to loathe."
Among songs espousing conservative social values are No. 5 The Beach Boys' "Wouldn't It Be Nice," as "pro-abstinence and pro-marriage," Blink 182's "Stay Together for the Kids," called a "eulogy for family values" at number 17 and No. 32 "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by The Georgia Satellites.
No. 50, Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," could be the most appealing tune to many "National Review" readers because of its association with former first lady and now senator Hillary Clinton, a favorite target of conservative ire.
Answering questions about her husband Bill's alleged infidelities as he ran for president in the early 1990s, Clinton said in an interview that she "wasn't some little woman 'standing by my man' like Tammy Wynette." Wynette demanded and received an apology from Clinton.
"Hillary trashed it -- isn't that enough?" Miller asked.
The complete list can be viewed at: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Nz ... NzkzMDE3Nz NlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE=
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Smoking and sex go hand-in-hand?
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - Australian brothel owners want an exemption to anti-smoking laws for sex workers and their clients because, they say, one thing leads to another.
Newspapers reported Sunday that the Australian Adult Entertainment Industry had written to Victoria state officials seeking an exemption to laws which ban smoking in workplaces for fear they will drive prostitutes back onto the street.
"People smoke when they drink, and people smoke when they fornicate," the industry group's William Albon was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press.
Smoking is banned in most public buildings across Australia and will be outlawed in hotels and other licensed premises in Victoria in July.
Albon said the ban would force "men, women and transgender persons" who work as prostitutes out of the state's 87 legal brothels and onto the streets, where they could potentially become targets for violence.
"Having them standing dressed in terms not conventional for the street might be a magnet for violent, anti-social behavior," he said.
SYDNEY, Australia (Reuters) - Australian brothel owners want an exemption to anti-smoking laws for sex workers and their clients because, they say, one thing leads to another.
Newspapers reported Sunday that the Australian Adult Entertainment Industry had written to Victoria state officials seeking an exemption to laws which ban smoking in workplaces for fear they will drive prostitutes back onto the street.
"People smoke when they drink, and people smoke when they fornicate," the industry group's William Albon was quoted as saying by Australian Associated Press.
Smoking is banned in most public buildings across Australia and will be outlawed in hotels and other licensed premises in Victoria in July.
Albon said the ban would force "men, women and transgender persons" who work as prostitutes out of the state's 87 legal brothels and onto the streets, where they could potentially become targets for violence.
"Having them standing dressed in terms not conventional for the street might be a magnet for violent, anti-social behavior," he said.
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University suspends exams for World Cup
DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh university has postponed exams until after the World Cup finals after hundreds of students lay siege to the vice-chancellor's office.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology had earlier rejected students' calls to postpone exams scheduled for June 3-29.
"The classes will remain suspended until July 14," an official at the university in the capital said Monday.
Bangladesh failed to qualify for the World Cup finals, which will be hosted by Germany from June 9 to July 9.
DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh university has postponed exams until after the World Cup finals after hundreds of students lay siege to the vice-chancellor's office.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology had earlier rejected students' calls to postpone exams scheduled for June 3-29.
"The classes will remain suspended until July 14," an official at the university in the capital said Monday.
Bangladesh failed to qualify for the World Cup finals, which will be hosted by Germany from June 9 to July 9.
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