Edition 11-14-05

	Less than four days from now, gunners will be at Yellowstone National Park's north and west boundary lines, waiting to shoot down buffalo that dare cross into Montana. Governor Brian Schweitzer, who campaigned for office making statements like "wild buffalo will enjoy more tolerance in Montana" and "the MDOL is ill-equipped to manage wild buffalo" has not only ok'd the hunt, but he put in for a permit himself. Schwitzer's words are empty shells. Montana affords wild buffalo zero tolerance. They are not welcome in the state, they are not considered wildlife by the state, and they are aggressively mis-managed by the state's Department of Livestock when they migrate, crossing the man-made line into Montana. Help stop the bison hunt. Call Governor Schweitzer today and urge your friends to do so, too: Phone: 406-444-3111 Fax: 406-444-5529 Web: http://governor.mt.gov/contact/comments.asp Mail: State Capitol, P.O. Box 200801, Helena, MT 59620-0801 CLEVELAND, -- Case Western Reserve University scientists are testing a treatment for an eye disease that causes irreversible congenital blindness in millions of people. A team led by Krzysztof Palczewski, chairman of pharma- cology at the Cleveland university's school of medicine says it has successfully tested two new treatments in mice. The researchers said the treatments "provide highly effective and complementary means for restoring retinal function in this animal model of human hereditary blind- ness." The disease studied is Leber congenital amaurosis, which is characterized by severe loss of vision at birth. Its causes are not fully understood, but scientists believe the disease might be due to abnormal development of photoreceptor cells in the retina, extremely premature degeneration of these cells, or lack of essential metabolic ingredients necessary for vision in the cells. The research is detailed in this month's open access journal PLoS Medicine.
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The mis-information in this article speaks for itself. Tuesday, November 08, 2005 The highest ranking member of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang yet charged in B.C. and another senior Hells Angels member were sentenced Monday to four years in prison for drug trafficking. Norman Edward Krogstad, 58, who was president of the Vancouver chapter of the Hells Angels at the time of his arrest in January, and senior Hells Angels member Cedric Baxter Smith, 56, both had pleaded guilty earlier to 11 counts of cocaine trafficking. The Crown and defense lawyers made a joint submission to the judge indicating a four-year sentence was appropriate. In imposing the sentence, Associate Chief Justice Patrick Dohm of the B.C. Supreme Court recommended the bikers serve their time in the minimum-security Ferndale Institution in Mission, which is known to justice critics as Club Fed because it has cottages in a country setting and waist-high fences. The two were sentenced for their role in trafficking almost 10 kilograms of cocaine bought by a former biker who worked as an undercover police agent during an 18-month police investigation code-named Project Essen. The operation cost about $2 million, including the roughly $400,000 spent buying cocaine, Vancouver RCMP Cpl. Glenn Atkins said outside court. Asked if he was disappointed by the four-year sentence, he said: "That's probably about as good as we can expect." He estimated the guilty pleas saved more than $1 million in court time and avoided a lot of publicity for the Hells Angels. "I'm sure a lot more of the intricacies about the Hells Angels would have come out [at trial]," said Atkins, a member of the RCMP's outlaw motorcycle gang unit, which is part of the Greater Vancouver drug section. Police allege the Hells Angels is a criminal organization, which the biker club repeatedly denies. Smith also received a $100,000 fine for his role in the trafficking operation, during which the police agent -- a former member of the Renegades motorcycle gang in Prince George, an alleged puppet club of the Hells Angels -- bought nine kilograms and 24 ounces of cocaine between June 2003 and September 2004. When Smith was arrested last January, police raided his home and seized almost $73,000 in cash. The judge ordered Smith to pay an additional $27,500 to satisfy payment of the fine. Smith's lawyer, David Martin, told the court his client was single and had spent his entire life as a body repair man, fixing cars. Krogstad's lawyer, Ken Westlake, told the court his client had a long work history as a welder and pleaded guilty to ease the stress on family, particularly his 86-year-old mother, whom the son had been looking after. The mother wrote a letter to the court describing her son as "very giving." In outlining the facts of the case for the judge, federal prosecutor Martha Devlin noted that a former member of the Renegades biker club in Prince George infiltrated the Hells Angels and began buying drugs on July 3, 2003, when 12 ounces were bought for $14,000. The prosecutor said the former biker -- who had first approached police and now is living in the witness protection program -- was soon purchasing a kilogram of cocaine at a time for $39,600. The initial buys were made after the police agent met Smith at his Langley home and at a nearby Wendy's restaurant -- the police agent left the code 666 on Smith's pager as a signal to meet at the restaurant. The prosecutor said the police agent also bought a kilogram of cocaine from Smith in Cache Creek and another kilo at the Canyon Alpine Motel in Boston Bar. At one point, when the police agent complained his kilogram was an ounce "short," Smith told him to take the matter up with Krogstad. Also, when the police agent asked Smith if he could get a better price for a kilogram of cocaine, Smith arranged a meeting with Krogstad, where a new price of $34,000 was agreed upon. nhall@png.canwest.com FERNDALE FACTS: A B.C. judge has recommended two convicted Hells Angels members serve their time for drug trafficking in the minimum-security Ferndale Institution north of Mission. - Justice critics call it Club Fed because it has cottages in a country setting and waist-high fences. - In 2003, Ferndale's controversial golf course finally closed. The former course is maintained as green space by the inmates, as are the rest of the prison grounds. - Inmates reside in residential-style housing units and are responsible for their own meal preparation and maintenance of their housing units. Source: Vancouver Sun Ran with fact box "Ferndale Facts", which has been appendedto the end of the story. © The Vancouver Sun 2005
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WORD of the DAY
zenith \ZEE-nith\ noun 1 : the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer 2 : the highest point reached in the heavens by a celestial body 3 : culminating point : acme Example sentence:* "Winning a gold medal at the Olympic games would be the zenith of my career," said the skier in a recent interview. Did you know? When you reach the zenith, you're at the top, the pinnacle, the summit, the peak. "Zenith" developed from Arabic terms meaning "the way over one's head." As long ago as the 1300s, English speakers used "zenith" to name the highest point in the celestial heavens, directly overhead. By the 1600s, "zenith" was being used in English for other high points as well. *Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
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