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.

The Chinese have sex with more people than do people in any other nation, an average of 19 partners in a lifetime, found a survey by condom maker Durex. The national average worldwide was 10.5 sexual partners per lifetime, according to the Britain-based Durex Internet survey of 100,000 people. 
A Durex spokesman said his company is confidant the Chinese market will be a very good one. A decade ago that might have been unthinkable, but as China has opened to the West, the attitudes of young people have changed towards sex, Sky News reported Sunday. "Because of that, the older generation doesn't know much about sex. They don't understand it. But for us it's different," Sally Li, who was with friends at a Beijing bar, said. She added, "In the past, if you slept around the police would arrest you." 

Subject: Inspirational Posters For The Cubicle Era 

** Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

** If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos...then you probably haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

** Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.

** Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

** Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity 
** A person who smiles in the face of adversity...probably has a scapegoat.

** If at first you don't succeed, try management.

** Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

** TEAMWORK...means never having to take all the blame yourself.

** Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

** We waste time, so you don't have to.

** Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

** A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.

** INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY.

** Succeed in spite of management.

** Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment 
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PIRATE JOHN

 By Thor Jourgensen Wednesday, December 1, 2004 LYNN -- Police Chief John Suslak sent a tough warning to local Hells Angels Tuesday in advance of today's police show of force at a dangerous hearing for two of the motorcycle gang's members. 

"Any thought that this will in any way intimidate the Lynn Police Department is a mistake. Assaulting a police officer is incredibly stupid. It offends me as chief," Suslak said. 

Suslak was referring to last Wednesday's assault in the Buchanan Café on off duty police Lt. Vernon "Skip" 
Coleman. James Costin and Thomas Duda, Jr., identified by police as Hells Angels members, were charged with sucker punching and beating Coleman and his cousin. A third man is believed to have participated in the attack. 

Uniformed police officers ringed the courtroom for Costin's initial appearance last Friday in District Court. 
District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett, Mayor Edward J. Clancy, Jr. and police officers will be present for today's dangerousness hearing for the two men. 

Suslak said Costin "knew beforehand or during the assault" that Coleman was a police officer and said all three men involved in the attack were wearing Hells Angels "colors." 

"In 27 years on the department, I can't recall a situation where a person was attacked. This cannot and will not be tolerated." 

Coleman is the third individual to be attacked by Hells Angels locally in the past year. Police said a customer was "severely beaten" in T-Bone Rigatoni's on Western Avenue in November, 2003 by Hells Angels and required hospitalization. 

Another individual was beaten last Dec. 27 by three men wearing jackets emblazoned with the Hells Angels' insignia. After determining that T-Bone Rigatoni's manager witnessed the attack and did not call police, the License Commission suspended the restaurant's license for seven days last March. 

Suslak said the Buchanan Café has a history of incidents, including fights, overcrowded conditions and over serving customers dating back four years. Three Hells Angels chased and beat a man outside the bar on May 9, 
2001. Costin was arrested and charged with assaulting the man. The charges were subsequently dismissed. 

North Korea's long reach in profile 

By Joseph S Bermudez Jr With tensions on the Korean Peninsula steadily increasing and the recent US decision to redeploy its troops within the Republic of Korea (ROK) south of Seoul, the subject of the vulnerability of Seoul and forward-deployed US troops to long-range artillery fire is frequently discussed as a key issue. Most of these discussions, however, are based upon faulty data or a poor understanding of the Korean People's Army's (KPA's) artillery capabilities and deployment. 

The KPA fields over 13,000 artillery and multiple rocket launcher (MRL) systems. Of this total approximately 1,100 are long-range 170mm self-propelled guns (SPGs) and 240mm MRLs. A key requirement for these systems was the capability of reaching Seoul from specialized hardened artillery sites (HARTS) constructed within 5-20km of the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

BFC Wish List

With hundreds of inches of snow on the way and temperatures already
dropping to 20 degrees below zero, we need to bolster our stock of
winter gear.  Keep a volunteer warm by donating:

* Winter hats, gloves, and mittens--
* Sorrel winter boots, liners, and wool socks - warm feet=happy patrols.
* Polypropylene or capilene long underwear bottoms (NO COTTON please)
* Heavy wool pants of all sizes (available at most army surplus stores)
* Gore-tex gators (zip around the lower leg and keep snow out of boots)
* Snowshoes, cross-country bindings, boots, skis, and wax

For the Office:
* Postage stamps, packing tape, and office supplies
* Recycled office paper - we need to use 100% post consumer recycled
paper, but the cost is significantly higher.  Consider a gift
certificate or a mail order for office supplies.
* Large, long lasting candles and lamp oil - our power isn't very
consistent during the winter and our tipis are non-electric. Lamp oil
should be odor-free and freeze proof.

Please call (406) 646-0070 or email buffalo@wildrockies.org us if you
have any questions.


It is always a good idea to keep a bag of kitty litter or sand in the trunk of your car just n case you get stuck on ice or snow. It also provides extra weight so your car won't slide around or do donuts when you don't want it to.