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journalist receives death threat for talking about israel.
"i can't believe that in any country besides the u.s., any civilized country, that the parents of a murdered boy would receive this bill for $29,000 and such an insulting letter," gerald hawkins said. hawkins called the letter, delivered to their home just 12 hours after their son's funeral, a harsh blow to the couple's healing process.
edinburgh zoo, scotland - he wore an impeccable black and white coat, and his right sleeve was adorned with medals. colonel-in-chief of the norwegian army nils olav stood to attention as he received a knighthood this morning in front of 30 members of the norwegian guard at edinburgh zoo. waddling out to receive the honour, his belly full of blue whiting fish, and standing at around 2 feet 8 inches high, he must have been the shortest knight in history. during the ceremony, nils had a sword dubbed on each side of his head, where his shoulders should be, to confirm his regimental knighthood. the proud penguin was on his best behaviour throughout most of the ceremony, but shortly before the ritual was concluded and possibly suffering a bout of nerves he was seen to deposit a discreet white puddle on the ground. the practice of honouring penguins at edinburgh zoo began in the early 1970s when a young lieutenant from the norwegian army nils egelien fell in love with the penguin colony and happened upon the idea of having one of the king penguins as a regimental mascot and honorary member. six-year-old nils is the third incarnation in a dynasty of penguin mascots. source,source
view original. an egyptian man is offering his 20-year-old daughter in marriage to iraqi journalist muntazer al-zaidi, who threw his shoes at us president george w. bush. saad gumaa said he had called dergham, al-zaidi's brother, to tell him of the offer. "i find nothing more valuable than my daughter to offer to him, and i am prepared to provide her with everything needed for marriage," mr gumaa said. his daughter, amal saad gumaa, said she agreed with the idea. "this is something that would honour me. i would like to live in iraq, especially if i were attached to this hero," she said. al-zaidi's gesture has struck a chord across the arab world, where mr bush is widely despised for invading iraq in 2003 and for his support for israel. amal is a student in the media faculty at minya university in central egypt. al-zaidi's response to the proposal was not known. the reporter was wrestled to the floor after throwing the shoes during a press conference by mr bush in baghdad on sunday. the reporter shouted in arabic: "this is your farewell kiss, you dog". in iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of deep contempt. al-zaidi is being held for allegedly insulting a foreign leader, a charge that carries a maximum of two years in prison. the iraqi government has branded al-zaidi's actions as "shameful" and demanded an apology from his employer al-baghdadia television, which in turn was calling for his immediate release from custody. source
yes, even dan can get weirded out.
a disabled man had his electric wheelchair confiscated after being caught more than four times over the drink drive limit.
sven mietke, 26, from loebau in germany, was fined £1,300 and banned from using his electric wheelchair for three months.
police stopped mietke as he was on his way to buy beer from a petrol station in the early hours of the morning.
they said he was going down the road from side-to-side and when breathalysed found he had 228 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
in germany, the legal limit is 50 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood.
in court mietke admitted: "i drink 10 to 12 bottles of beer a day."
he will now have to use a regular wheelchair until the ban is over.
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a public school in england is having their students authorize their fingerprints to receive lunch.
an iraq war veteran died after receiving cancerous lungs from a heavy smoker in a transplant. matthew millington, 31, a corporal in the queen’s royal lancers, had the operation to save him from an incurable respiratory condition. but the organs were from a donor who was believed to have smoked 30 to 50 roll-up cigarettes a day. a tumor was found after the transplant, and its growth was accelerated by the drugs that mr millington took to prevent his body rejecting the organs. because he was a cancer patient, he was not allowed to receive a further pair of lungs, under hospital rules. the soldier had radiotherapy but died at home in stoke-on-trent in february last year. his widow, siobhan, said: “all matthew wanted was another set of lungs. he said: ‘they have given me a dud pair, get me another set’. he thought he could beat it, but his condition deteriorated so fast from then.” papworth hospital, cambridge, the country’s main heart and lung transplant center, carried out the operation. it said that early x-rays on the organs did not find any signs of cancer. mr millington had learned that he had a serious lung condition in 2006 and was given two years to live unless he had a transplant. a donor was found and the double lung transplant went ahead in april 2007. the cancer was discovered only six months after the operation, because of a lack of communication between radiographers and consultants. the tumor had grown from 9mm to 13mm in that period. an inquest was told last week that an internal investigation at papworth pinpointed a string of problems, including difficulties with communication, record-keeping and patient handover. in mr millington’s case a radiographer had failed to highlight the growth of the cancerous tumor. discounting verdicts of neglect or misadventure, ian smith, the north staffordshire coroner, delivered a narrative verdict, recording that mr millington had died from “complications of transplant surgery”. the hospital defended using smokers’ lungs for transplants, saying that all organs were screened rigorously. speaking after the inquest, mr millington’s father lester, 61, said: “i have never contemplated further action. i wanted to get to the inquest but i was 99.9 per cent certain that nothing they did wrong was done wrong wilfully. it is a fact that 51 per cent of all lungs transplanted at papworth come from donors who smoked. “without using such lungs many more people would die without receiving a transplant.” source
article submitted by ug7433. il- a parking ticket can ruin anyone's day, but imagine one attached with a bill for more than $9.5 million. that's what recently came in the mail for barbara and lee mitchell of glencoe. the village of glencoe's notice, dated sept. 30, detailed the offense: parking longer than allowed in the 300 block of tudor court in downtown glencoe in late august. the fine for such an offense? $9,501,071. the notice offered that the mitchells were entitled to a hearing on the matter, however it also warned that if it remained unpaid after a guilty determination, the vehicle could be immobilized or a driver's license could be suspended. oh, and "do not send cash," it noted. upon receiving the notice, lee mitchell said he was eager to talk with his wife about the incident. you would think glencoe officials would be happier that folks are shopping longer than two hours in the vicinity, barbara mitchell told her husband. also, upon getting the ticket, it was barbara's understanding she had just received a warning from police. sure enough, glencoe police have since pulled up the parking ticket. it was indeed a 'warning only' citation, but glencoe deputy chief mike volling said he's at a loss to explain why it went out with the listed dollar amount. "somebody obviously messed up when it was entered into the computer," he said. the mitchells have one explanation. they say the dollar amount of the ticket coincides with the vehicle's license plate. it was a big dollar amount, but lee mitchell didn't appear too worried. "i guess it's one way to increase revenues," he joked. "it's not going to work exactly with me, but it might work with somebody else." source
takes him a few seconds to realize what he got.
what are the odds?
parking inspector giving an unfair parking ticket.
