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quote of the day
Thunder on the mountain, and there's fires on the moon
A ruckus in the alley and the sun will be here soon
TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2006
— Bob Dylan, from the song "Thunder on the Mountain" on his CD "Modern Times," released today.
fact of the dav
Source: BBC Online
In 1966, Bob Dylan almost died after crashing a motorcycle near his Woodstock, N.Y. home. Bonus fact: Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.
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Andrei Codrescu, professor of English at Louisiana State University, refers to cell phones as the new cigarette during his lecture at the Lied Center Monday evening. Codrescu, author of "New Orleans, Mon Amour," spoke about the problems faced by New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina hit last year as part of the Humanities Lecture Series. "When the people left New Orleans, they took New Orleans with them," he said. Codrescu will speak at 10 a.m. today in the conference hall at the Hall Center for the Humanities, located south of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
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Milwaukee, Twin Cities named America's drunke*+
MILWAUKEE — Cheers, Milwaukee: Your city has been ranked by Forbes.com as "America's Drunkest City" on a list of 35 major metropolitan areas ranked for their drinking habits.
Forbes said last week it used numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to rank cities in five areas: state laws, number of drinkers, number of heavy drinkers, number of binge drinkers and alcoholism.
Minneapolis-St. Paul was ranked second overall; followed by Columbus, Ohio; Ohio; Boston; Austin, Texas; Chicago, Cleveland; Pittsburgh and then Philadelphia and Providence, RL., in a tie for ninth.
Rick DeMeyer, 28, said Wednesday as he was celebrating his birthday at a bar that he could understand Milwaukee's ranking.
"I have had people stay with me from London and Chicago, and they can't get over how much we drink," he said. "I guess we do."
But officials at Visit Milwaukee, the area's convention and visitors bureau, contend that the city has come a long way in ridding itself of its beer-guzzling image.
Monster melons became the Sistrunks' hobby two years ago, when they bought a 120-pounder in a hotel lobby during the watermelon festival in Hope, Ark.
Milwaukeeans have plenty of other ways to entertain themselves, said Dave Fantle, a spokesman for the group. He noted a new convention center and baseball park had been built and the Milwaukee Art Museum expanded in recent years.
"We've gone from Brew City to
Louisiana father,son crush watermelon record
new city," he said.
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. — Visitors to Valley Forge National Historical Park now just have to reach into their pockets or handbags to hear the site's history — right through their cell phones.
SAVONLINNA, Finland — Irate callers got their revenge on cell phones at the Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship during the weekend.
CONVERSE, La. — A father-son team are watering the state waterlearning record in shreds this summer, with three melons adding up to a total weight of 677 pounds.
The really big buster, at 252.4 pounds, was cut from its vine Friday in front of two witnesses from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
He and 15-year-old Rusty Sistrunk brought their first pair of record-breakers to the Louisiana Watermelon Festival in Farmerville July 27-28.
"We babied this thing for 147 days," Donnie Sistrue Jr. said.
Their first goal was to grow a 100-pound melon. "We got 196 pounds." Rusty said.
At 218.8 and 205.8 pounds their melons took first and second places and beat the record of 202.6 pounds set in 2003.
Lassi Etelatalo, the men's winner, threw an old Nokia 292 feet on Saturday, during the seventh annual event. The women's winner, Eija Laakso, tossed her phone 167 feet, a new world record according to the organizers.
In addition to the "original" competition, which requires an over-the-shoulder throw and is judged solely on distance, there is "freestyle",where "style and aesthetics" count, and a junior competition for children 12 and younger.
The winners get — what else?
— new cell phones.
The world record is 268.8 pounds.
Self-guided offered via cell phones
The park, which served as the Continental Army's encampment during the winter of 1777-78, has joined dozens of attractions around the country in offering self-guided cell phone audio tours.
Organizers call the contest "the only sport where you can pay back all the frustrations and disappointments" caused by modern equipment.
The free service gives park visitors access to mini-lessons ranging from historian Thomas Fleming's description of Gen. George Washington's political life to park ranger Ajena Roger's tale of life as Washington's slave.
Associated Press
Finnish cell phone users hurl phones in retaliation
Top Ten Most Popular Peter Lorre Movies:
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1. Casablanca
4. Arsenic and Old Lace
5. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
2. Maltese Falcon
6. Around the World In 80 Days
8. The Raver
7. The Man Who Knew Too Much
9. Secret Agent
10. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
corrections
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Two stories in Monday's The University Daily Kansan need correction. The article, 'Plan B will be easier to get', incorrectly reported the viewpoints of Cathy Thrasher. Thrasher thinks Plan B should be available over the counter.
-Zach White
In the editorial, "Personal wireless networks a bad idea," John Louis' name was spelled incorrectly.
on campus
At 12 p.m. today in 318 Bailey Hall, The Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies' Brown Bag Discussion Series presents "The Program that ended the Cold War: The Negotiation of the Soviet-American Cultural and Student Exchanges (the Lacy-Zarubin or Eisenhower-Khrushchev Agreement of 1958)" with speaker Norman Saul of the University of Kansas' history department.
Peace Corps Around the World, a brown-bag event, will take place from noon to 1 p.m. the last Wednesday of every month in Alcove C of the Kansas Union, On Aug. 30, John Brewer will speak about Micronesia, and Stacy Sabraw will discuss Morocco. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Betty Baron, Peace Corps Coordinator, at 864-7679 or peacecorps@ku.edu.
The Peace Corps will have a general information meeting and video showing at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30, at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Betty Baron, Peace Corps Coordinator, at 864-7679 or peacecrops@ku.edu.
on the record
A University employee reported criminal damage to a 1990 Toyota Corolla parked in the 3800 block of Overland Drive. The driver's side window was smashed and damage was estimated at $200. The incident occurred between Aug. 26 and Aug. 27.
A 21-year-old KU student reported being battered in the 4500 block of Wimbledon Drive. The incident occurred Aug. 26. No arrests were made.
A 21-year-old KU student reported being the victim of an aggravated assault on Aug. 26. The victims said a person they mistook for a friend in the early morning darkness waved a handgun at them when they pulled their car over. They immediately drove off and called the police. No arrests were made.
A 19-year-old KU student reported being battered at the 1300 block of Ohio Street. The incident occurred Aug. 26. No arrests were made.
A 26-year-old KU student reported the theft of a Gary Fisher single-speed bike and its cable lock. The total value of the theft was $365. The theft occurred Aug. 23 in the 900 block of Illinois Street.
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