A ticketless woman, who had reportedly lived at Pearson International Airport since mid-April, was cleared out and given a bus ticket this morning.

Peel Regional Police sent the woman on her way after receiving a call from an airport employee who had seen her sleeping on a pink suitcase in Terminal 1.

“She was very cooperative. There was no incident whatsoever,” said Const. Adam Minnion.

“Because Pearson Airport has a certain set of security matters in place that people who met the criteria of trespassing need to be removed, and this person was cooperative to do that, so we help facilitate in the best interest of all parties involved. In this particular case, we provided her with necessary bus fare.”

Airport employees said the woman may have lived at airport since Easter, which police said they couldn’t verify.

There is no evidence to suggest the woman is homeless, police said.

Airport spokesperson Trish Krale said it was not unusual for passengers to stay at the airport for extended period of time.

“It is rare. But we do run into such instances on occasion.”

Clusters of homeless settling in terminals have become a headache for U.S. authorities in recent years with 400 alone in an Atlanta Airport coaxed to shelters last year.

Source: national post

On a spring day in 1953, two babies were born at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in the Eastern Oregon town of Heppner — DeeAnn Angell of Fossil and Kay Rene Reed of Condon. The girls would grow up, get married, have kids of their own and become grandparents. Then, last summer, Kay Rene’s brother, Bobby Reed, got a call from an 86-year-old woman who had known his mother and had also lived next door to the Angell family in Fossil.

“She said she had something she had to get off her chest,” Bobby Reed said in an interview with the East Oregonian newspaper of Pendleton, which reported the story Sunday.

Bobby met the woman at the nursing home where she lives. The woman said Marjorie Angell insisted back in 1953 that she had been given the wrong baby after the nurses returned from bathing them. Her concerns, however, were brushed off.

Then the old lady showed Bobby an old photo.

“It looked like Kay Rene in about 7th or 8th grade,” Bobby said.

But it was DeeAnn Angell’s sister.

“Kay Rene is not a Reed,” the woman insisted. “DeeAnn is a Reed.”

Bobby, obviously stunned, didn’t know what to do with the information. He didn’t want to hurt anyone; he didn’t want anything to change.

He finally decided to tell his two oldest sisters, and one of them told Kay Rene.

With both sets of parents dead, the Reed and Angell siblings compared notes and family stories, learning that rumors of a mix-up had been around for years. In early February, DeeAnn got a call from her sister, Juanita. “Do you remember those rumors of being switched at birth?” Juanita asked, and went on to provide the update.

“Does this mean I’m not invited to the family reunion?” DeeAnn joked.

Kay Rene, meanwhile, needed to learn the truth. Kay Rene, Bobby and their sister Dorothy met DeeAnn at a Kennewick, Wash., clinic last month. The doctor said Kay Rene’s and DeeAnn’s DNA would be compared with that of Bobby and Dorothy to determine the probability of a relation.

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Source: abc news

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A TODDLER from Edmonton has become the youngest member of Mensa - at the age of just two years and four months.

Little Elise Tan-Roberts from Edmonton has an IQ of 156, which makes her officially more intelligent than Carol Vordeman, whose is 154.

She spoke her first word at five months when she called her father “Dada”.

Just three months later, she started walking and was running two months after that.

And she was not even one when she could recognise her written name.

Now she can count to ten in English and Spanish and recite the English alphabet.

Her parents contacted Professor Joan Freeman, a child psychologist who has worked with gifted children since the mid-1970s.

Professor Freeman assessed Elise and measured her IQ before she was admitted into Mensa, whose members include DJ and TV presenter Sir Jimmy Savile and inventor Sir Clive Sinclair.

She was too young even to do the standard Mensa test as it is designed for those aged at least ten-and-a-half.

Being a member now shows she is in the highest two per cent of the population.

The organisation’s chief executive John Stevenage said: “Mensa are always delighted to welcome a new member.

“Elise’s parents correctly identified that she is an exceptional child. They now realise they have an interesting challenge on their hands as she grows up.

“We wish them well and look forward to seeing Elise develop in the coming years.”

To be admitted to Mensa, a person has to score 148 or more, while the average IQ score is 100.

The youngest person to be previously accepted into the society in Britain was Georgia Brown from Hampshire in 2007, at 1,041 days old.

The youngest boy was Ben Woods who joined Mensa in the 1990s, aged 1,035 days.

Elise beat both fellow brainboxes by a wide margin - she was just 845 days old when she joined.

If you want to test your IQ, visit www.mensa.org.

Source: this is local london

Throughout Tim Thomas’s career, he has spent much time trying to prove naysayers wrong about his ability to be successful in the National Hockey League. For example, the Bruins’ goaltender was voted the team’s Seventh Player Award winner twice (in 2006 and ‘07) as the player exceeding expectations.

Thomas is no longer surprising anyone. Yesterday, the veteran was informed that he had been named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, given to the “goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at his position.” The other finalists are Columbus rookie Steve Mason and Minnesota’s Niklas Backstrom. The winner, which will be announced June 18, is voted on by the league’s 30 general managers.

The last time a Bruin won the Vezina Trophy was 26 years ago, when Pete Peeters took it home. Thomas, who turned 35 this month, appreciates the recognition.

“It’s quite an honor,” he said. “Just breaking into the NHL a few years ago, you’re always trying to make your goals bigger but you want to make them reasonable - one step at a time.

“Being a Vezina finalist was always off my radar, I think. As the year went on this year, I realized that there might be a chance. It’s quite an honor.”

In recent days, Thomas has been under the weather with flulike symptoms. He played Games 3 and 4 against the Canadiens while not feeling well, but the Bruins completed the sweep of Montreal, so he has been able to get some much-needed rest. He missed the two practices prior to yesterday’s.

“This is the ninth day and I’ve still got it,” he said. “It’s nowhere near as bad as it was on Days 4 and 5, but this thing just suckers a mean one.”

For a good portion of his career, it was Thomas who was hanging on. Midway through the 2005-06 season, the Bruins recalled him from Providence, but because he had to clear waivers, the organization all but bade him goodbye, expecting another club to grab him. According to Thomas, Providence coach Scott Gordon said, in essence, “It was good working with you.”

But no one claimed Thomas, and he remained with Boston. The rest, as they say, is history.

“I haven’t spent that much time what-iffing,” said Thomas. “Earlier in my career I did because I wasn’t getting anywhere, NHL-wise. I haven’t what-iffed lately. Having a level of success, it’s easier not to.”

Instead, Thomas signed a four-year contract extension April 3 that includes a no-trade clause.

“It’s the biggest security that I will have had at any point in my career,” he said, “but it’s been around for so little [time], the impact hasn’t set in.

“It’s pretty amazing. From being the guy sent down to Providence 3 1/2 years ago to where it is right now, it’s been quite a journey.”Continued…

Source: boston.com