Painter Lucian Freud leaves $ 156 million are: paper

LONDON (Reuters) - Maler Lucian Freud verließ ein Datensatz 96 Millionen Pfund ($ 156 Mio.) in seinem Willen, die größte Summe vermacht von einem britischen Künstler, die Mail on Sunday Zeitung berichtet.
Freud starb im Juli letzten Jahres im Alter von 88, in welcher Zeit seine kompromisslos, fleischigen Porträts ihn einer der am meisten verehrten und begehrten Künstler der Welt gemacht hatte deren Themen von Englands Königin Elizabeth II, das supermodel Kate Moss reichte.
Seine "Vorteile Supervisor Sleeping", ein 1995 Porträt einer übergewichtigen Frau nackt auf dem Sofa einschlafen geholt 33,6 Millionen US-Dollar bei Christie's in 2008, eine Auktion Rekord für einen lebenden Künstler.

Solarium booth mother calls for imprisonment for your daughter, 5, a misunderstanding; "It was a sunburn," says dad

A New Jersey woman arrested for allegedly putting her 5-year-old daughter in a tanning booth says it was all a big misunderstanding.
Patricia Krentcil, 44, told NBC's local New York affiliate that she took her daughter with her to a local tanning salon but that the child was not exposed to the booth's synthetic UV rays.
"I tan, she doesn't tan," Krentcil said. "I'm in the booth, she's in the room." "That's all there is to it."
Krentcil, of Nutley, n.j., which arrested last week, and Columbine Tuesday with felony child endangerment. She was released on a $25,000 bond and is due in court Wednesday.
"It's like taking your daughter to go food shopping," Krentcil said. "There's tons of moms that their children bring in."

Merkel's old Volkswagen sold at auction, second time lucky

(Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel who was old Volkswagen in worth 130,000 euros ($172.100) wrong online bidder had it to earlier this month, but the first woman of Chancellor's 1990 Golf eventually went to the highest bidder on Monday for 10.165 euros.
Bidder Dirk Fricke, bought the car for his company fresh light, told of Reuters that he was happy with what he saw as a low cost, even though he not a fan of Merkel.
"We are completely politically neutral," he said by telephone. "It was pretty much keep the car in Germany." "A car like this cannot car for Germany, such as the Pope years ago lost."
In a similar auction in 2005, a U.S. bidder paid nearly $250,000 for a 21-year-old, VW 1990 grey Golf, which once belonged to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the later Pope Benedict.

Obiwan Kenobi verhaftet am Vorwurf der Fahrerflucht

Obiwan Kenobi mug shot (the smoking gun) Obi-Wan Kenobi was always a bit of a rogue Jedi, complains his own previous lack of patience during a dramatic Exchange with Yoda in "the Empire strikes back."
But can a California man legally changed his name to correspond to that of the fictional "Star Wars"-Held have given the temptations of the dark side of the force, as he was accused of a hit-and-run.
According to the Auburn-press-Tribune Obiwan Kenobi was allegedly responsible for a five car accident and charged with leaving the scene after the wreck occurred.
And how Yoda warned the fictional Kenobi, "said you, what I did." He is frivolous. "Now are worse."
In fact, things are much worse for the 37 year-old, has charged with a crime in the case of Roseville police. According to the paper, Kenobi was already on an outstanding misdemeanor theft charge wanted to.
Kenobi changed born Benjamin Cale Feit, its name in the "Star Wars" character as part of a 1999 radio station competition. At least can be free of charge up to the hit-and-run, formally to associate with "the phantom menace" of the largest accident in the Kenobi life have been.
After five days in jail, Kenobi was released without bail on Thursday from prison and is expected to appear on 30 April in court.

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"Octomom" files for bankruptcy in California

Nach Aufspringen in Kameen beim Abspann Marvel Filme als die maßgebende, Auge-Patch-tragen Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson Schritte vollständig in seine Rolle als Leiter der friedenserhaltenden Agentur S.H.I.E.L.D. in "The Avengers".

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Pig POO makes the answer to China's Porky Poser?

Seven hundred million pigs produce SYDNEY (Reuters) - a lot of POO.
China's love pork presents a problem for the environment, 1.4 million tonnes of pig POO a year, to be exact, a mountain, but an Australian company believes it is part of the answer.
Why not turn the pig POO into electricity?
With a bioreactor, called "PooCareTM" and other technologies, the swine manure is converted into biomass for cooking and heating, while the rest to farmers as a nutrient-rich fertilizer.
"The benefits are to prevent energy and fuel for farmers, as well as further contamination of the environment," said Ravi Naidu, chief scientist at CRC for contamination assessment and remediation of the environment (CRC care), a South Australian based company in the preparation of the technology involved.
"There is a green technology from this perspective, really" Naidu, a Professor of the University of South Australia, told of Reuters.

Painter Lucian Freud is $156 million in will - paper

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LONDON (Reuters) - Portrait painter Lucian Freud left a record 96 million pounds ($156 million) in his will, the largest sum bequeathed by a British artist, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported.

Freud died in July last year aged 88, by which time his uncompromising, fleshy portraits had made him one of the world's most revered and coveted artists, whose subjects ranged from England's Queen Elizabeth II to the supermodel Kate Moss.

His "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", a 1995 portrait of an obese woman asleep in the nude on a sofa, fetched $33.6 million at Christie's in 2008, an auction record for a living artist.

Freud left 2.5 million pounds and a house, the paper said, to his long-term assistant, David Dawson, who is pictured in Freud's last unfinished work "Portrait of the Hound", which also featured the artist's pet whippet Eli.

Representatives of Freud in Britain and the United States were not immediately available for comment on Sunday.

The remainder of the estate was left to his lawyer Diana Rawstron and one of his daughters, Rose Pearce, who are identified as trustees in Freud's will and are instructed to dispose of his personal possessions in line with wishes expressed during the artist's life, the newspaper reported.

Freud, the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, married twice and had several children, although he was widely believed to have fathered many more than he acknowledged.

($1 = 0.6159 British pounds)

(Reporting by David Milliken; Editing by Louise Ireland)

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One in seven thinks end of world is coming - poll

NEW YORK (Reuters)-nearly 15 percent of people believe the end of the world in the course of their lives will be worldwide and 10 percent think that the Mayan calendar could mean that it will happen in 2012 according to a new survey.
The end of the Mayan calendar, which stretches over about 5.125 years on 21 December 2012 broke interpretations and evidence that it marked the end of the world.
"If they think that it thinks one to an end by the hands of God, or a natural disaster or a political event, which is also the reason, seven, that is the end of the world," said Keren Gottfried, research manager at Ipsos global public affairs the the poll for Reuters.
"Perhaps it is prophecy, which States that the world 'end' in our calendar year due to the attention of the media from an interpretation of the Maya 2012," said Gottfried, adding that some Maya researchers have disputed the interpretation.

Hang glider pilot accused of ‘swallowing evidence’ after tourist’s death

Lenami Godinez-Avila (LinkedIn) Lenami Godinez-Avila, 27, celebrated an anniversary with her boyfriend by a hang gliding trip to Canada on Saturday, April 29.
But something terribly wrong run Godinez-Avila fell from the glider, until her death in fall nearly 1,000 feet.
And now, the story has an even stranger twist how to accused the hang glider pilot, swallowing can a computer memory card, which have included video of the accident.
Court documents accuse, William (Jon) orders, 50, attempting justice by swallowing the memory card, part of a camera connected on the screen during the flight were possibly hinder.
"It is a claim that he has withheld any possible key evidence that could help our investigation," said RCMP cpl Tammy Hollingsworth CBC News. "We have spoken all witnesses." "As I say, additional interviews may be required but our investigation further."
Orders itself is an accomplished flown hang gliding for over 16 years and became a member of the Canadian National hang gliding team 2007. According to his company website, Vancouver hang gliding was second of the Canadian Championships in 2006 he.

Grandparents allegedly tow 7-year-old behind SUV in toy car while drunk

The grandparents of a 7-year-old Florida girl are several charges after she her supposedly in a plastic car behind their SUV dragged - all under the influence of alcohol.
The Herald Tribune reported that Paul j. Berloni, 49, driving under the influence, child exposure and drive with a suspended license is responsible. Sarasota sheriff deputies say that Berloni was convicted on three previous DUIs. His wife, Belinda Jean Berloni, 47, is a charge of child vulnerability.
The granddaughter was not hurt during the incident.
According to the report, arrest could "the Berloni offer adequate supervision for the child and put the child in a situation, the slightly too much physical damage, permanent disfigurement or even death could have led."
Police became aware the illegal journey as a member the pair discovered her granddaughter in a plastic hot wheels car towing. The child was dressed in a bathing suit, without any protective gear. Hot Wheels car posted on the SUV trailer hitch with two dog leash and an estimated 5 to 10 mph on the road.
Belinda Berloni was reportedly in the back of the SUV riding and "Celebration to the child", according to the arrest report. The couple did not deny, they drank, or, that license was exposed to Paul Berloni. Rather, Belinda Berloni reportedly told ", all day, were that she understood that it was dangerous to pull a child behind the vehicle, but they were just for fun and" according to the arrest report.
Father of the child was called to the scene and "verbally annoyed" was supposedly with his mother before taking custody of his child.

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Bomb-sniffing dogs enlisted to stem Florida python invasion

ORLANDO (Reuters) - einige Bombe-sniffing Hunde ausgebildet zur Bekämpfung des Terrorismus sind drehen ihre olfaktorische Aufmerksamkeit auf ein anderes Übel: birmanischen Pythons im Florida Everglades National Park.
Die Hunde sind Mitglieder des "EcoDogs", eine drei-jährige Zusammenarbeit Alabamas Auburn Universität zwischen der Wissenschaft und der Schule Canine Erkennung Research Institute, die Hunde zu erkennen, Sprengstoff Züge.
"Die Hunde sind wirklich, wirklich gut," sagte Christina Romagosa, ein Biologe in Auburn.
Sie sagte in einem Test der Python-Erkennung in Süd-Florida, die Hunde einen Suchbereich 2,5 mal schneller als eine Person abdecken könnte.

Sir Richard Branson ice cubes take on Virgin

The "Little Richard" Branson ice cubes (Virgin.com)
If you have ever wanted to chill out with one of the richest men in the world, this may be your best chance. Virgin Airlines announced that it now is ice cube like "Little Richard" the Virgin Group Chief Richard Branson offers to all flights with Virgin Atlantic.
But even with ice cubes Branson roasting will not come cheap; You have to fly as an "Upper Class" passengers on the cube access that have the features in an image from Branson.
"Means all passengers are enjoying out time with Mr. Branson at the new bar the new ice cream innovation capable of some chill - the longest any airline - which is designed to provide additional space and comfort for those who like to chat during the flight," reads a statement of the company Web site.
Virgin claimed that the creation of cubes required a team of four designers a "painstaking" six weeks to the craft, with "laser-scanning technology" according to the similarity of the face.