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4
(Sat)
Port Charlotte
, “Red Underwear Party,”
ABATE,
Peace River
Chapter. More info: call Paul at (239)
627-6466.
10-12
(Fri – Sun)
Ft.
Myers
. “ABATE of Florida, Inc. State
Meeting.” Southwest
Chapter. More info: call ABATE State Office at (386) 943-9610.
E-Mail: flabate@bellsouth.net.
FLORIDA CITRUS FESTIVAL
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January 27-February 6, 2005 Winter Haven, FL
http://citrusfestival.com/ 863-292-9810 Celebrating more than 100 years of citrus production, the Florida Citrus Festival serves as a showcase for the industry, as well as the main fundraiser for the Florida Citrus Showcase. Fresh fruit and packing competitions, educational exhibits and booths featuring elaborate citrus displays are highlights of the Festival.
CAVENDISH, P.E.I. - A couple in Prince Edward
Island wants to open the province's first campground for nudists,
arguing that they have fat wallets – even though they may lack a
place to carry them.
Last year, Gary and Linda Lowther opened
P.E.I.'s only nudist motel, the Oasis Resort, in Cavendish.
The business has been so lucrative, drawing
tourists from around the world, that they have applied to have their
property rezoned so they can set up 20 campsites.
BALD EAGLE DAYS
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January 8-9, 2005 Rock Island, IL http://www.qccaexpocenter.com When the winter blues set in this year, its time to plan a trip to the Quad Cities for the yearly Bald Eagle Days and Bald Eagle Watch held each January along the Mississippi River.
Thousands of residents and visitors turn out for the annual event. There will be live Bird of Prey demonstration presented by the World Bird Sanctuary from St. Louis, Missouri. Live Bald Eagles, Hawks, Owls, Vultures and other Birds of Prey will on display and in-seminar with flying demonstrations. There are also bus trips available to eagle viewing sites along the Mississippi River.
If you happen to run out of toothpaste check your cabinets for baking soda. It cleans and polishes just like toothpaste.
Country comedienne Minnie Pearl always wore a hat with a price tag hanging from it when she performed. The amount ascribed on the price tag was $1.98.
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As Firefox marks its 5 millionth download and moves to retail stores, a survey showed Microsoft's heavyweight Internet Explorer slipping below 90 percent market share.
OneStat.com, an Amsterdam, Netherlands-based provider of Web traffic measurement services, said that according to numbers gleaned from 2 million Web surfers around the world, the Mozilla Foundation's new Firefox releases appear to be cutting into Microsoft's still commanding lead in the browser market.
"It seems that people are switching from Microsoft's Internet Explorer to Mozilla's new Firefox browser," Niels Brinkman, OneStat.com co-founder, said in a statement.
OneStat's statistics, based on the Web surfers' activity in 100 countries, showed that IE's market share slipped to
88.9 percent in the third week of November, down 5 percentage points from its share in May.
Mozilla-based browsers, including Firefox, rose to 7.4 percent, up 5 percentage points from May.
TORONTO -- The Cold War really is dead. The former Soviet Union is now home to two rival motorcycle gangs with the Outlaws and Hells Angels each establishing prospective chapters. The Outlaws motorcycle club this week opened a prospect chapter in Russia, the final step before becoming a full-fledged chapter.
The announcement came just days after the Moscow Motorcycle Club was granted the same status by the Hells Angels.
Web sites for the rival clubs were peppered with congratulatory messages for the new chapters. It will take a year for both chapters to become full-fledged chapters.
MILWAUKEE, Nov 22, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HDI) today announced the election of Judson C. Green to the Company's Board of Directors, effective Nov. 18, 2004. Green is President and Chief Executive Officer of NAVTEQ Corporation (NYSE:
NVT).
Country comedienne Minnie Pearl always wore a hat with a price tag hanging from it when she performed. The amount ascribed on the price tag was $1.98.
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CTV.ca News Staff
Updated: Thu. Nov. 25 2004 7:55 PM ET Four members of a notorious biker gang were sentenced to jail after being found guilty of 22 charges ranging from drug trafficking to attempted murder.
The four men, who are members of the Quebec chapter of an international gang known as the
Bandidos, were part of the gang The Rock Machine until 2001.
They have been sentenced to prison for terms ranging from five to 15 years.
The bikers were found guilty in September after a nine-month trial.
The defense will be appealing the convictions.
SAN DIEGO, California - A mother used her car trunk as a babysitter to keep her 7-year-old son from going anywhere while she partied at a bar with her boyfriend. Sarah Powell,
27, has pleaded guilty to child abuse and false imprisonment.
Powell was arrested on August 23 at a bar after a witness alerted police that the boy was in the trunk of Powell's Volvo. Her son was found in the trunk with a pillow and a sleeping bag. Since she couldn't find a babysitter, apparently Powell thought this was the best way to keep her son safe. Powell's boyfriend, Jake
Faria, was arrested a few days later.
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