Dumb-School official apologizes for bra trick played on woman

Bras trick was not a good idea…

ABINGTON — School committee member Ellen Killian says she had no idea what was about to happen when Chairman Russell W. Fitzgerald used her in a magic trick that made it look as if her bra had been removed with the pull of a handkerchief.

“I was just as shocked as everybody else,” Killian said. “I just want to make it clear I had no prior knowledge how his trick was going to end.” The Abington Education Association, the teachers’ union, said it also wanted to “set the public record straight” that high school teacher Steven Shannon, who was asked to participate in the trick, was also caught off guard.“Mr. Shannon had no prior knowledge that he would be asked to participate in any trick and he would have refused to participate if he had known what the chairman’s trick involved,” the union said in a statement Wednesday. Union President Jessica Kinsman said it is “unfortunate that Mr. Shannon, the 2011 Abington Teacher of the Year, was made an unwitting participant in a prank that caused embarrassment to others and to the community.” The AEA does not condone any activity that causes personal embarrassment or that diminishes the respect that should be afforded to public policy makers carrying out their official duties.” Fitzgerald said in a written statement he now regrets his choice of the trick and apologized to both Killian and Shannon.” My intention was to begin a purposeful school committee business meeting in a way which was enjoyable and light-hearted,” he said. “I am sorry for the embarrassment this has caused Ms. Killian, my fellow school committee members and the School Department.” Fitzgerald said he will not be performing tricks at future meetings. “My desire is to get back to important school department business.”

School Superintendent Peter G. Schafer said the magic trick “was a surprise to everyone. I know Mr. Fitzgerald regrets performing (the) trick and has apologized.”

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Exonerated -Sex with stripper was consensual, not rape: Judge

Is this a new bold decision by a judge…?

TORONTO — An exotic dancer at a well-known male strip club in Etobicoke was exonerated of sexual assault charge after a judge believed that it was casual sex, not rape. Justice Susan Himel acquitted Domenic Antonelli, 37, of two counts of sexual assault and forcible confinement, saying she believed the Antonelli had consensual sex with a 33-year-old woman at the Foxxes Den in June 2009. Himel described the woman's testimony as "inconsistent, implausible and incredible."

The woman's friendly behaviour towards Antonelli after the alleged rape undermined her credibility, said Himel.

The woman alleged Antonelli had a lap dance with her, then led her to the building's basement where she was raped and later forced to perform oral sex after a second lap dance. The woman, who married her Christian fundamentalist fiance one week after the incident, hadn't had sex for several months as she had been abstaining for religious reasons, court heard. 

The woman attended the strip club with a group of friends. After the sex with Antonelli, she hugged and kissed him and her sister bought her a second lap dance with him. Some suggestive photos of the two of them were also snapped. "I want my good name back and to resume to my normal life," said Antonelli, a full-time social worker who danced part-time under the name of "Dallas." The charges resulted in him being suspended without pay from his two social work jobs.

Bad-Birthday girl accidentally swallows surprise necklace hidden in her cake

How this happen…

Romantic Xiao Li, 22, helplessly looked on as Wang Xue gulped down the expensive necklace planted inside a muffin he'd baked especially for his girlfriend's birthday party in Qingdao, eastern China.'I thought it would show how much I love her and it would be a good joke too. But before I could say anything she'd swallowed it in one bite and I had to tell her the truth on the way to hospital,' he said.After taking an X-ray doctors decided they would need to perform endoscopic surgery to remove the necklace from the 22-year-old's stomach. A probe was put down her throat and her birthday pressie was fished out as good as new.

'She got her necklace back eventually, but I'm not sure she will ever feel very comfortable wearing it even though I spent hours cleaning it for her,' Xiao added.

Why-Farm tractor joyride lands man in jail

What was he thinking…?

SARNIA, Ont. - A drunk driver with four prior convictions got nearly two years of jail time for his erratic actions behind the wheel of a farm tractor. Jeffrey Kerr, 49, who had previously pleaded guilty to impaired driving, dangerous driving and driving while disqualified, was in court once again Tuesday in the south-western Ont. city of Sarnia.Kerr forced other vehicles off the road when he went on a joyride June 18, 2010. He was swerving from one side of the road to the other, then went into the ditch and apparently passed out but returned to the road with a beer in his hand.A victim impact statement from one driver stated an area family could have lost a loved one due to the risk posed by Kerr.Police arrived to find Kerr driving in the middle of the road until they managed to get him to pull over.In addition to the open beer, there were six empties on the tractor.Kerr’s speech was incomprehensible except for saying something about watering cows.Breath samples showed his blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

It was Kerr’s fifth conviction for a drinking and driving offence.

Wow- 'Mr Penguin' dreams of Antarctic funeral

Another strange diying wish…

BRUSSELS - Belgian pensioner Alfred David dreams one day he’ll find eternal rest in the icy waters somewhere near Antarctica, dressed in his penguin suit and laid out in a coffin decorated with penguins. The 79-year-old “Monsieur Pingouin” (Mr Penguin), as he is known to locals in his Brussels neighbourhood, dons his favourite hooded black-and-white penguin costume as he looks back at more than 40 years of obsession. “My ultimate dream is to be buried in a deep ocean close to where penguins live,” David told Reuters. David’s life changed in May 1968 when his hip was injured in a car accident. His resulting limp was characterised by his colleagues as a waddle, and they dubbed him Mr Penguin.

How- A Scottish woman wakes up with Italian accent

How this change happen…

Foreign Accent Syndrome sounds like the title of the next Will Ferrell movie, but it's actually a real medical condition.

It's why Debbie McCann, of Glasgow, Scotland, woke up with an Italian accent after she suffered a stroke."When my voice came back, I sounded Chinese. I couldn't believe it. Now people say I sound more like I'm from Italy, yet I've never been to either of those countries," the 48-year-old grandmother told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.Foreign Accent Syndrome is so rare, it's known to affect just 60 people in the world and usually occurs as a result of a brain injury, stroke or migraine.McCann said she is embarrassed to speak to people and often gets asked where she's from even though Glasgow is her hometown.A medical expert told the paper there is no cure for Foreign Accent Syndrome. Sometimes it just disappears; others are afflicted with it for life.