Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe REMEMBERING IN BRITAIN A New York policeman gave a nation back its tattered flag, recovered from Ground Zero. America's ambassador remembered a small British boy who offered him his pocket change if it would help. Advertisement From the gallery of a cathedral, 3,000 rose petals fell gently to the altar below, each a memory of a death. Britons, too, mourned again on Sept. 11 and showed solidarity with the United States. In London's Grosvenor Square, in the shadow of the U.S. Embassy, Britons sang the Star-Spangled Banner, some clutching bits of paper with the words written down. In Scotland, Aberdeen's granite city proudly flew the Stars and Stripes. In Belfast, they planted a little maple tree in honor of a stricken people. (Thanks to UPI's Al Webb in London) ANOTHER REASON FOR CYCLE HELMETS If the prospect of critical if not fatal head injuries does not sway motorcyclists to wear helmets, a pocketbook reality check might do the trick. University of Michigan researchers say hospital costs are much higher for motorcycle accident victims who do not wear helmets compared to those who do wear them. Also, motorcyclists who ride sans helmet are less likely to find insurance that will even pay for their hospital bill, the study in the Journal of Trauma reports. Advertisement Patients who had worn helmets had average hospital costs of $31,158. Those who didn't wear helmets ran up an average bill of $37,317. Ninety-two percent of helmeted riders were insured compared to 86 percent of unhelmeted riders. INTROVERTS TIRE MORE EASILY AT WORK Researchers in the Netherlands say a study of introverts finds they are at higher risk of becoming tired at work compared to their more out-going colleagues. Tilburg University studied the influence of personality on tiredness, following some 700 people over two years. The study also finds people who think they are busy are more likely to become tired, but the way employees deal with problems does not seem to influence the results. Researchers say there is a link between being physically tired and mentally tired. They say the two cannot exist separately. WHAT DOES KEIKO WANT? Keiko the killer whale has gone from captivity at an aquatic park, to movie stardom to freedom in the Atlantic -- but it seems nobody has bothered to ask Keiko what he wants to do. The Oregonian newspaper in Portland reports a small group of "animal communicators" says Keiko has told them he's not interested in freedom and living with other whales -- and wants to hang with his human friends. Advertisement The Oregon Coast Aquarium, where Keiko lived from January 1996 to September 1998, say it would be happy to renew his U.S. citizenship, the newspaper said. Other retirement home offers also reportedly have been made. Keiko has been reluctant to return to the wild for good, seeming happy to return to his human friends -- and his human care. Plans are underway to move Keiko to a more remote ocean area where humans cannot interfere, but is that what Keiko really wants?
