Edition 3-15-04

 

 

Freedom Rights Rally & State Meeting
April 9 - April 12
State Meeting: Sunday April 11 @ 12 Noon
Monticello - American Legion Hall


Brock Lesnar informed the WWE management at the SmackDown! 
tapings last night that this Sunday at WrestleMania XX will most likely be his last date working with WWE. 

In the past Lesner was upset about his future within the WWE since his contract with the company was for 9 solid years. 

Rumor has it that Brock wants to try his hand at pro football. 

The Ring of Honor website has announced that Rob Feinstein is stepping down from RF Video and ROH due to underage sexual allegations, but both companies are to continue operations, meaning that the March 13 event in Elizabeth, NJ is still on as scheduled. 

The following statement is from Robert Feinstein: 
"It is with deep regret that I step down as partner of Ring Of Honor Inc. and President of RF Video Inc. 

Due to recent allegations that have been lodged against me it is in the best interest of both companies that until these allegations are resolved that I step down to avoid tarnishing the excellent reputation that has been built over the years of both companies." 

The Mozilla and Netscape browsers shocked us all by giving users something they actually want, a way to get rid of pop-ups. On the menu for either, open the Preferences window via Edit, Preferences, double-click Privacy & Security to expand it if it's not already, and then Popup Windows. Click the box marked Block Unrequested Popup Windows, and your pop-ups should, for the most part, disappear.

Audits by the Internal Revenue Service Audit are on the rise, particularly for taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes of $100,000 or more. However, overall the chance of a taxpayer tangling with the IRS over an audit is very low, CNN/Money reports. For taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes under $100,000, 1 in 164 filers, or 0.61 percent, were audited in 
2003 -- an increase of 12.4 percent from 2002. For those with adjusted gross incomes of $100,000 or more, 1 in 94 filers, or 1.06 percent, were audited in 2003 -- a 24 percent increase over 2002

PORT CHARLOTTE -- For Hog aficionados, come Labor Day, Charlotte County might be the closest place to heaven.

For years, Charlotte's Harley-Davidson fanatics have had to schlep to Rossiter's Harley dealership in Sarasota or to Fort Myers to get to an authorized dealer.

That all changes with plans by two couples to open their Harley-Davidson Buell dealership at 2224 El Jobean Road in Port Charlotte.

Name of Product: Heavy Duty Portable Industrial Cord Reel 

Units: 9,390 

Manufacturer: Harbor Freight Tools of Camarillo, Calif. 

Hazard: Electric shock or fire possible because the internal grounding conductor may not be properly secured to the receptacle. 

Incidents/Injuries: None reported. 

Description: The recalled heavy duty portable industrial cord reels are yellow with a carrying handle, extendable/retractable extension cord and 6 electrical outlets/plugs. The units are marked “Cord Reel Portable Power” and sold as “SKU 42053.” The label on the rear of the unit contains the following information: “Cord Reel, 10 Amps, 125 Volts, 1250 Watts, Caution, Disconnect all plugs inserted into the outlets on this face before winding cord reel in either direction, Made in Taiwan, R.O.C.” 

Sold at: Harbor Freight Tools catalogs and website only from January 2000 through the beginning of February 2004 for approximately $10 to $13. 

Manufactured In: Taiwan. 

Remedy: Stop using the cord and reel immediately. Consumers should call Harbor Freight Tools at (800) 444-3353 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. PT Monday through Friday to obtain a refund. Harbor Freight Tools is contacting owners of affected cord reels by direct mail where the name is known to the firm. 

AMSTERDAM — Two Hells Angels gang members facing triple murder charges were remanded in custody for an extra 10 days when they appeared in a secret court hearing on Thursday.

The public prosecution has accused the 43 and 37-year-old men of shooting and killing three members of their own motorcycle gang last month and kidnapping two members of the Antillean motorcycle gang, Caribbean Brothers.

One of the suspects is the vice-president and present leader of the Nomads, J. S., Dutch associated press ANP reported.

The murder victims were members of the De Nomads motorcycle gang in Oirsbeek. Their gunshot-riddled bodies were found in a stream in the southern Dutch city of Echt on 13 February.

The murder and the kidnapping are reportedly connected to a conflict over the theft of 293kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of EUR 7 million.

Murder victims, De Nomads president Paul de Vries, 54, Cor Peijnenburg, 33, and Serge Wagenaar, 34, and a fourth man are reportedly suspected by police to have stolen the drugs from a group of Colombians.

The Colombians allegedly confronted the Hells Angels gang about the theft, prompting a conflict within the gang about how to solve the situation. The Antillean gang members, John D. and Angelo D., allegedly negotiated the delivery of the cocaine.

[Copyright Expatica News 2004]

Word of the Day

winsome \WIN-sum\ adjective

*1 : generally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
2 : cheerful, lighthearted
Example sentence:
Andrew's winsome smile and sweet personality endeared the toddler to everyone who tended him in the hospital.
Did you know?
"Winsome" began as "wynsum" a thousand years ago. It was formed from "wynn," the Old English word for "joy" or "pleasure," and the suffix "-sum," an older form of the "-some" we see today in many adjectives, such as "awesome," "irksome," and "lonesome." "Wynn" later became "win," meaning "pleasure," but we haven't used that noun since the 17th century. We do, however, use another word that has a "pleasing" connection and is related, albeit distantly, to "winsome." "Winning" ("tending to please or delight," as in "a winning smile" or "winning ways"), the present participle of the familiar verb "win," is from Old English "winnan," meaning "to struggle." Both "winnan" and "wynn" are thought to be related to Latin "venus," which means, among other things, "charm."

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