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...stole a Ming dynasty scroll from the Berkeley Art Museum and got away with...
...Richard Avedon photography show in Berkeley. I was kind of a con artist--small jobs, like getting in movies free--and I guess I was ready for a big job. While they were all looking at the photographs, I went to the next gallery, where the museum was installing scrolls from the Ming dynasty. The room was unguarded, and I slid an 8-ft. piece of Plexiglas out from its holders, removed the scroll and rolled it up. I then placed it in the sleeve of my Windbreaker and carried it out, kind of swinging it in a natural...
...kept the scroll in my closet for several months. Occasionally, I would bring it out to show friends. I even had an offer from a shady friend of a shady friend to acquire it for five grand but decided not to sell. Then, when I was going home to Washington State for summer break and was about to run out of gas near Berkeley, I decided to take the scroll to its rightful owners and claim the $500 reward that had been offered for it. The curator was very nice and told me I could leave because I returned...
...Talking Panda's software can be downloaded into the iPod. It provides more than 300 commonly used phrases, which are instantly organized into categories such as "dining," "shopping," "emergency" and "making friends." You can access the needed phrase in English using the touch-wheel scroll device and then clicking on the sentence you want. The translation appears on the screen and is also recited clearly through your headphones...
Talking Panda's software can be downloaded into the iPod. It provides more than 300 commonly used phrases, which are instantly organized into categories such as "dining," "shopping," "emergency" and "making friends." You can access the needed phrase in English using the touch-wheel scroll device and then clicking on the sentence you want. The translation appears on the screen and is also recited clearly through your headphones...