Porky Pig Gets Beat Up!

Porky Pig allegedly beaten up at theme park
Off-duty Six Flag employees accused of attacking dressed-up co-worker:

GURNEE, Ill. — Police said authorities at Six Flags Great America ejected two off-duty employees from the theme park after they allegedly attacked a female colleague dressed as "Porky Pig."

Gurnee Police Sgt. Jon Ward says two young men took a photo with Porky on Monday afternoon, and then punched the mascot in the head 10 to 15 times.

Ward said park security detained the men until police arrived. He said the men were issued local ordinance citations for battery.

He said the suspects denied the attack, but witnesses confirmed the story.

The 24-year-old woman inside the mascot costume suffered headaches and a stiff neck.

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Not Found in the Bible (Anywhere!)

"God helps those who help themselves"

• The saying is not biblical, although it is an ancient proverb that shows up in the literature of many cultures, including a 1736 edition of Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac. "There is a Rabbinic saying: "One who comes to be purified is helped." which is quite similar.
• This is more or less identical to the message in one of the Aesops-fables, about a man praying to Hercules.
• The saying is also faound in Xenophon's masterpiece about Cyrus, Cyropaedia.

Standing Room Only Flights?

Budget Airline Proposes 'Standing Room Only' on Flights
Updated: 5 hours 7 minutes ago

Hugh Collins Contributor
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(July 1) -- The Irish budget airline Ryanair wants to introduce "standing-room only" areas on its flights, with passengers strapped into so-called vertical seats.

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said the company hopes to bring in 10 rows of standing room on its flights and sell the "seats" for as little as 4 pounds ($6.07) apiece, The Daily Telegraph reported.
A Ryanair plane flies over Nantes, in western France in 2005.
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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said Thursday the Irish budget airline plans to add a "standing-room only" section to its planes in an effort to offer fares as low as $6.07.

The vertical seats would have a belt that goes over the shoulder to secure the passenger, a Ryanair spokesman told the Daily Mail. The spokesman said Boeing is looking at manufacturing the seats.

The standing passengers would be accommodated on shorter flights first, such the Dublin to London route. Later, the company would introduce them on longer journeys as well.

However, Ryanair's proposal is far from winning official clearance, with both U.K. and European regulators sounding skeptical.

"This is unprecedented and unlikely to be certified in the near future," a spokesman for the European Aviation Safety Agency told The Guardian. The U.K.'s Civil Aviation Authority also warned that rules require that every passenger have a seat.

Ryanair is also considering removing some of the toilets on its flights and charging for the use of the remaining ones.
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