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The opposite of a profound truth may well be another
profound truth.
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"Beware the man
of one book."
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Life is not a
journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
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can't understand about nature, about the feeling we have
toward it, unless you understand how close we were to the
buffalo. That animal was almost like a part of ourselves,
part of our souls." Lame Deer, Lakota
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Florida’s state park system is one of the largest in the country with 159 parks spanning more than 725,000 acres and more than 100 miles of sandy white beach. From swimming and diving in rivers and springs to birding and fishing or hiking and riding on natural scenic trails, Florida’s state parks offer year-around outdoor activities for all ages. Battle reenactments and Native American festivals celebrate Florida’s unique history, while art shows, museums and lighthouses offer a window into Florida’s cultural heritage.
www.FloridaStateParks.org.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn., -- U.S. scientists say a highly drug- resistant form of tuberculosis has been linked to HIV/ AIDS in a study conducted in rural South Africa. Yale School of Medicine researchers aiming to integrate HIV and TB care and treatment note TB is the most common cause of death and illness in those with HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa. Death rates of up to 40 percent annually have been reported in patients with both HIV and TB. Senior author Dr. Gerald Friedland, director of the AIDS program at Yale, said the issue is of grave worldwide importance, with multi-drug resistant tuber- culosis and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis threatening to blunt or reverse the success of TB pro- grams and the roll-out of anti-retroviral HIV therapies in resource limited settings. Friedland says there is a desperate need for new TB diagnostic tests and treatments.
"It is still being diagnosed the same way it was in 1882,"
he said. "Modern technology for diagnosis and new treat- ment needs to be developed urgently. The last approved TB drug was 40 years ago." The 5-year study appeared in the Oct. 26 issue of The Lancet. |
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To prevent musty closets, keep a low-wattage light bulb on in the closet. Another option is to try putting activated charcoal in a sock and tie it around the hanging rack in the closet. This will absorb moisture, smells and dampness.
Make laundry day less of a chore by placing a storage cube for each member of the family next to the dryer.
As clothes are folded, place them in the correct cube for each family member. This makes sorting quicker, and each family member can pick up his or her own
laundry.
Sponges are color-coded depending on their use. White is delicate, blue is all-purpose, green is heavy duty and red is extra-heavy duty.
Another way to rid sponges of bacteria is to run them through the dishwasher. Clip sponges to the top rack with clothespins. Keep a kitchen towel fresh by wrap- ping it around one of the wires in the top rack of the dishwasher and running it through a cycle.
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 CanWest News Service; Montreal Gazette
Friday, November 24, 2006 CREDIT: Canadian Press Maurice (Mom) Boucher flashes a peace sign to photographers outside a funeral home in Montreal where wake for Normand 'Biff' Hamel is being held on Friday April 21, 2000.
OTTAWA - Hells Angels kingpin Maurice (Mom) Boucher has lost his last chance to appeal his convictions for the murder of two prison guards in 1997.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Thursday a bid by Boucher's lawyer to seek a new trial for Boucher, now serving three life sentences for murder and attempted murder.
In May the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the convictions against Boucher for ordering gang underlings to murder provincial prison guards Diane Lavigne and Pierre
Rondeau, as well as Robert Corriveau, wounded in a the 1997 ambush that killed
Rondeau.
The Supreme Court gave no reasons for refusing to hear the case.
His lawyer did not respond to a call for comment.
Montreal Gazette
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Trying to make up for bad behavior, a man went to the shopping mall to buy his wife a gift. "I'd like to buy some gloves for my wife," he says eyeing the attractive salesgirl, "but I don't know her size."
"Will this help?" she asked sweetly, placing her hand in his.
"Oh, yes," he answered. "Her hands are just slightly smaller than yours."
"Will there be anything else?" the salesgirl inquired, as she wrapped the gloves "Now that you mention it," the man replied, "She also needs a bra and panties." |
32 Pagans arrested in drug roundup
Raids culminate 18-month investigation
By LEE WILLIAMS and ESTEBAN PARRA,
The News Journal Posted Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Thirty-two people have been named in a 160-count indictment detailing drug trafficking, racketeering and gang activity "by members of the Pagan Outlaw Motorcycle Gang," the Delaware State Police said Tuesday.
At least nine people were arrested Tuesday, and their homes searched by police. State police declined to comment about the specific charges or name those who had been arrested.
In a written statement, Delaware State Police spokeswoman Sgt. Melissa Zebley said the investigation involved state police, the Attorney General's Office and Probation and Parole. Nine people were brought before a Superior Court commissioner Tuesday and given an arraignment date.
Appearing before Commissioner Michael P. Reynolds on charges of racketeering and gang participation were Joseph Ritchie, Kenneth McAbeney, James Jollie, Charles Campbell, Edmund J. Cole, Paul D. Fitzwater, Robert F.
Fuller, Misael Mercado and William J. Pfitzenmeyer. Three of the nine were additionally charged with offenses including trafficking cocaine, possession with intent to deliver and maintaining a vehicle or dwelling for drugs.
Because the indictment, handed down Monday, remained sealed Tuesday, details of the crimes, the scope of the investigation and the roles of the defendants were not available from the court.
The U.S. Justice Department has long considered the Pagans Motorcycle Club an "outlaw motorcycle gang."
Zebley said Attorney General Carl C. Danberg and state police Col. Thomas F. MacLeish would discuss the indictment at a news conference today.
"This has been an extensive 18-month investigation," Danberg said. "There are arrests being made today and have been made today and more information regarding the investigation and the outcome will be available tomorrow."
Bail for those arrested Tuesday started at $220,000. Those charged with additional drug offenses were assigned higher bail amounts.
Virginia Campbell, 51, said her husband, Charles Campbell, was arrested Tuesday morning while walking his dog outside the couple's Port Penn home.
Charles, a 56-year-old retired parts manager, has been active in the Pagans since the 1960s, she said. "He never had to commit crimes to join or remain a member, and he's never been arrested for drugs."
The Campbells' home was searched Tuesday morning. No drugs were found, Virginia Campbell said.
"They took everything with Pagans on it," she said. "Plus they took our gun safe. In the safe were my grandma's diamonds, our marriage certificate and the deed to our home."
Jollie was initially caught in a police raid on Nov. 4 near Newport. Jollie was visiting a friend's home when a state police SWAT team threw a flash-bang grenade into the home.
Jollie was released after the raid, but police confiscated his motorcycle club colors and his 2005 Harley-Davidson.
Two days later, on Nov. 6, Derek J. Hale was sitting outside another Pagan's home in Wilmington when he was shot and killed by Wilmington police as officers tried to apprehend him. Days later, Virginia State Police searched Hale's Manassas, Va., home. On Tuesday, the superintendents of the Virginia and Delaware state police issued a statement that said, in part, that Virginia troopers were conducting their own "independent investigation" of Hale and were not acting on a request by the Delaware State Police.
Hale's shooting is under investigation by Wilmington police. Several witnesses said Hale was not threatening officers, but Wilmington police said Hale did not respond to commands to show his hands and had a switchblade and pepper spray. The results of the internal investigation will be forwarded to Danberg's office for review.
Between Nov. 4 and Nov. 8, Delaware State Police arrested 12 suspects as part of the 18-month investigation.
Those 12 were charged with felony drug and weapons offenses. One of the 12, Raul Morales, lived in the home where Hale was shot and killed. When he was arrested, Morales, 34, was in possession of cocaine, four handguns and 1,914 rounds of ammunition, police said.
Wilmington attorney Joseph Hurley represents seven Pagans arrested in the crackdown.
"I am less than thrilled by the bail situation, which was uniformly set substantially above the guidelines," he said.
"It's troublesome."
Four of Hurley's clients have no criminal record, he said. "One had nothing at all in his residence when police searched for drugs, yet he's being charged with drug trafficking."
Legal experts say state racketeering charges are rare. Jeffrey E. Grell, founder of the Minnesota-based Ricoact.com, has been prosecuting and defending federal racketeering cases for more than 13 years. It is more common for racketeering charges to be filed by federal prosecutors, he said.
"Usually, you're going to have interstate commerce, so the feds will get involved," Grell said. "States are always trying to save money. If they can have the feds do it, most do."
U.S. Attorney for Delaware Colm F. Connolly, when asked late Tuesday about federal involvement, said his office had not been invited to participate in the investigation. |
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NEW U.S. TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY LOVES TO RIDE Mary E. Peters, the new U.S. Transportation Secretary, recently visited the Harley-Davidson plant in Milwaukee and talked about the "alarming rise" in motorcyclist fatalities. Peters is an ardent motorcyclist who will "never, ever ride without a helmet," but she does not, however, think that the federal government should order mandatory helmet use.
"We don't believe that it's up to the federal government to mandate helmets," she said, adding that was something for the individual states to decide. She urged motorcyclists to wear helmets and protective gear, drive sober and take classes on safe motorcycling.
"Cyclists have a lot of responsibility to take care of themselves,"
she said, but added that motorists also have to do a better job of sharing the road with motorcycles. Peters commended Harley-Davidson Inc. for its efforts in motorcycle safety programs and cycle maintenance.
On Sept. 30, the U.S. Senate confirmed Peters' appointment, and the Harley-Davidson tour was her first public event since she was sworn in. Nicole Nason, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, also took the tour. They visited what is called Harley-Davidson University, where the 660 Harley dealerships nationwide learn how better to service the vehicles.
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