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	And this is the simple truth - that to live is to feel oneself lost. He who accepts it has already begun to find himself, to be on firm ground. Instinctively, as do the shipwrecked, he will look around for something to which to cling, and that tragic, ruthless glance, absolutely sincere, because it is a question of his salvation, will cause him to bring order to the chaos of his life. These are the only genuine ideas; the ideas of the shipwrecked. All the rest is rhetoric, posturing, farce. - Soren Kierkegaard

One-handed cyclist citation torn up

San Jose Mercury News

Wednesday 18 May 2005, 12:39 pm
Keywords: Bicycle Accident , News Articles

By Julie Patel, Mercury News

Cycling enthusiasts raised a fit after reading in the Mercury News last week how eighth-grader Matt Jost got a ticket for riding his bicycle with one hand.

"I didn't even know that was a rule," the Terman middle-schooler said after an officer caught him riding while talking on his cell phone.

Turns out, it's not.

Palo Alto police Sgt. Steve Herrera has backtracked on the citation and called Matt to apologize.

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