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4th ANNUAL POKER RUN
SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2007 Proceeds Benefit The Sahib Shriners $10. per hand - Three for $25.
STARTS AND ENDS AT:
SAHIB SHRINE CENTER
600 N. Beneva Rd.
Sarasota, FL
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The opposite of a profound truth may well be another
profound truth.
Niels Bohr (1885-1962), physicist
"Beware the man
of one book."
Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - 1274), Theologian,
philosopher
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
broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
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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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NORTHEAST FLORIDA – In recognition of the 38th Earth Day, the Department’s Division of Recreation and Parks is encouraging Floridians to join celebrations at Florida’s state parks highlighting conservation and environmental protection. Earth Day, April 22, is part of a month long effort to promote environmental stewardship and awareness.
“Celebrating Earth Day at one of the state’s award-winning parks exposes individuals to environmental education through resource-based recreation,” said Florida State Park Director Mike Bullock. “With 160 parks statewide, we encourage all Floridians to become environmental stewards while enjoying our state’s natural beauty.” Earth Day events Northeast Florida include:
MICANOPY - Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park will host its Prairie Rim Ramble in celebration of Earth Day.
Participants will follow in the footsteps of noted naturalist and artist William Bartram on this guided hike of the north rim of Paynes Prairie. The heavily shaded trail rambles around an array of fragile sinkholes with interesting plant diversity. Along the way visitors will enjoy wildlife viewing, bird and butterfly watching, sweeping views of the freshwater marsh and learning about Paynes Prairie’s 12,000 year history of human activity. The hike 3.5 mile moderate hike takes approximately three hours. There is a 20 person limit for this event. For reservations call the Visitor Center at (352) 466-4100.
Suggested Donation: $2.00 per person. Contact: For more information, call 352-466-4100.
Earth Day events in Central Florida include:
OCALA- Join us for a low-key Earth Day celebration. This will not be similar to past events with vendors and exhibitors, but will be a 'gentle' celebration offering hiking and guided tours. Pontoon rides will be offered at 10:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. Early arrival is encouraged on account of limited seating. A bird walk will take place at 8:00 a.m. and a Cracker Village Tour at 2:30 p.m. Lucy Tobias will also offer two nature walks during the day.
Earth Day events in Southwest Florida include:
SEBRING - DEP’s Florida Park Service and the Friends of Highlands Hammock will host an Earth Day event on April 21. Park admission is free all day long and there are several activities available for visitors. This year’s event includes a 5K trail run at 7:00 a.m., a ranger-led exotic removal activity at 9:00 a.m. and an outdoor jazz and blues concert featuring Ellie and the Tri Tones at 7:00 p.m. The Hammock Inn will be open all day for lunch. Park admission is free and concert admission is $5.00.
OSPREY – Oscar Scherer State Park will celebrate earth day with an environmental photography exhibit. The public is invited to choose their favorite photo to receive the People’s Choice Award. All photographs must embody the theme Natural Florida: Its plants, wildlife and scenery. Deadline for postmarked or hand-delivered submissions is April 9. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded. Entry forms and guidelines can be requested by calling (941)
483-5956 or via email at lynn.crossfield@dep.state.fl.us.
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By RANDY RICHMOND,
SUN MEDIA AND NEWS SERVICES
 A Hells Angel, who proclaimed his innocence while fighting London city hall over an ill-fated bike show, was among
31 people arrested in an provincewide club crackdown.
Larry Pooler, 56, once went as far as to threaten to sue the mayor for slander after the city derailed his show.
Now, he's charged with three counts of trafficking oxycodone, one of trafficking oxycontin, or 'hillbilly heroin,' and four of possessing property obtained by crime and a criminal organization charge.
"If enough people say we're a criminal organization often enough, people start to believe it," Pooler said in protest to The Free Press two years ago.
He insisted the Hells Angels is not a gang or a criminal organization. "I'm proud to be a member of the Hells Angels."
Pooler may not be the only London link to this week's pre-dawn raids police carried out against the club, including the dismantling of its flagship downtown Toronto clubhouse.
A posting on the Hells Angels news website said police went to London two weeks ago "to find a judge that would give the clubhouse to the police in a secret hearing."
In all, 169 charges were laid.
"It's a significant day," said OPP Insp. Dan Redmond at a news conference yesterday.
"We've taken out the main chapter (of the biker club) . . . in perhaps Canada, and definitely in Ontario, and we've seized their clubhouse.
"I think that speaks to itself that the rhetoric of the Hells Angels that they're just motorcycle enthusiasts is not true.
We've proven again that there's weapons, drugs and violence related to the Hells Angels."
Despite reports to the contrary, no Londoners were charged and no London clubhouses raided, city police said.
The OPP credited a full-patch Hells Angel-turned-police agent for playing a key role in the arrests .
(FLFLHTC: HOW DO YOU SPELL SNITCH!)
Among those arrested was the gang's Toronto-based spokesperson, 59-year-old Don Petersen, as well as two people from British Columbia and one from New Brunswick.
Police released details about the arrests a day after 27 teams carried out pre-dawn raids on clubhouses and homes, including the dismantling of the gang's flagship Toronto clubhouse.
In Ontario, where police said the gang has 16 chapters, a
coordinated effort led to 32 raids, including at least a dozen in Toronto.
Officers seized nearly 500 litres of the date rape drug GHB, more than nine kilograms of cocaine and more than 80 weapons -- among them, rifles, shotguns, a police baton and three sets of brass knuckles.
Police also seized nearly $1 million in vehicles and property and more than $500,000 in cash.
According to the Ontario branch of the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada, of the estimated 460 full-patch Hells Angels members nationwide, about 175 -- more than one-third -- operate in Ontario.
Pooler has no criminal record. But he got into trouble with London city hall after his February 2002 bike show at the Western Fair sparked a show of silent intimidation between about 100 rival outlaw bikers.
Dozens of Bandidos and Outlaws performed an hour-long, purposeful march past dozens more of their bitter rivals, the Hells Angels. Words were exchanged but there was no violence.
Police swarmed to the show to keep the rival gangs apart as shocked bystanders watched.
A recent motorcycle show in London had no association with Pooler.
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Nude cruises see spike in sales LONDON, March 25 (UPI) -- Britain has seen a surge in sales for nude cruises from the Croatian coast to Alaska, The Times of London says.
Travel companies reported that in the past five years, the number of vacationers choosing to go on nudist, or "naturist," cruises has doubled.
While many vacationers opt for the warmer waters of the Caribbean, an Alaskan nude cruise line has also reported a dramatic jump in sales. The July cruise offers a chance to "hike through the massive Juneau ice field."
Britons are reportedly one of the fastest growing groups of nude cruise ship travelers. Most vacationers are between the ages of 45 and 55. |
Harley CEO's 2006 pay, perks valued at $4.25M EMILY FREDRIX The Associated Press Article Last Updated: 03/29/2007 11:57:53 AM EDT The chief executive officer of motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. received compensation last year that the company valued at $4.25 million, according to a regulatory filing yesterday.
James L. Ziemer's compensation included a salary of $824,551, according to the company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ziemer, 57, who has been president and CEO since 2005, also received $989,461 in compensation under a nonequity incentive plan and $75,697 in other compensation, including a non-qualified deferred compensation plan matching contribution of $25,824. He also received stock and option awards with an estimated value of $2.36 million at the time they were granted.
Criteria: The Associated Press calculations of total pay include executives' salary, bonus, incentives, perks, above-market returns on deferred compensation and the estimated value of stock options and awards granted during the year. They may vary from totals listed in the summary compensation table in the company's proxy filed with the SEC.
The proxy statement said Ziemer, who has worked at Harley for 38 years, acquired 106,344 shares in 2006 with an estimated value of nearly $5.34 million.
The iconic motorcycle maker, based in Milwaukee, ended the fourth quarter with profit up 9.7 percent and revenue up 11.9 percent to $1.50 billion from $1.34 billion in the same period the previous year.
Harley finished last year with net income up 8.7 percent to $1.04 billion, or $3.93 per share, compared with a profit of $959.6 million, or $3.41 per share, in 2005.
A three-week strike earlier this year at one of the company's largest production plants, located in Springettsbury Township, resulted in a loss of one month's production and forced Harley to lower its guidance for the year, predicting earnings per share growth ranging from 4 percent to 6 percent. Before the strike,Harley had said it expected revenue growth of between 11 percent and 17 percent each year through 2009. When lowering its guidance for the year, Harley said it expected to return to that growth rate in 2008.
The company has said it will release first quarter earnings on April 19. |
DESTINATION: Savannah
In 1793 Eli Whitney of Connecticut, who was tutoring on a plantation near Savannah, invented a mechanized means of "ginning" seeds from cotton bolls. Cotton soon became king, and Savannah, already a busy seaport, flourished under its reign. Waterfront warehouses were filled with "white gold," and brokers trading in the Savannah Cotton Exchange set world prices. The white gold brought in solid gold, and fine mansions were built in the prosper- ing city.
In 1864 Savannahians surrendered their city to Union general Sherman rather than see it torched. Following World War I and the decline of the cotton market, the city's economy virtually collapsed, and its historic buildings languished for more than 30 years. Elegant mansions were razed or allowed to decay, and cobwebs replaced cotton in the dilapidated riverfront ware- houses.
In 1955, Savannah's spirits rose again. News that the exquisite Isaiah Davenport House at Number 324 East State Street was to be destroyed prompted seven out- raged ladies to raise money to buy the house. They saved it the day before the wrecking ball was to swing. Thus was born the Historic Savannah Foundation, the organization responsible for the restoration of downtown Savannah, where more than 1,000 restored buildings form the 2½-square-mile Historic District, the nation's largest. Many of these buildings are open to the public during the annual tour of homes, and today Savannah is one of the country's top 10 cities for walking tours.
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April 22nd The Sahib Shrine MotorCorps 4th Annual Poker Run Sarasota FL Starts and ends at Sahib Shrine Center,
600 N. Beneva Rd., Sarasota, Fl. (across from K-Mart) Reg. 9:30am, Free coffee & doughnuts, $10 per hand or
3/$25, you do not have to ride to buy a hand. 1st bike out 10am, last bike out 11:30am, last bike in at 1:30pm.
Party at the Shrine 1pm-?? EVERYONE WELCOME! Live band, Bud Girls, food, drinks, 50/50, door prizes, and drawings. Grand Prize Drawing: Weekend for two, donated by Crystal Sands Luxury Resort, Siesta Key FL. Info:
Theo 941-377-2834 or Shamrocksj@aol.com . |
From
the Winnepeg Free Press
Hells Angel wins appeal
By Mike McIntyre The Manitoba Court of Appeal has given a full-patch member of the Hells Angels permission to resume contact with fellow members of the outlaw motorcycle gang.
Shane Kirton pleaded guilty last year to assaulting a man inside a bar and was sentenced to seven months in jail, plus two years of probation.
The sentencing judge imposed a unique condition that Kirton "is not to associate or communicate either directly or indirectly with any person known to him to be a member or associate of a gang including the Hells Angels."
The ban was for the duration of his probation.
However, Kirton appealed the decision, claiming it was a breach of his "constitutional right to freedom of association" under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
And the province's highest court agreed in a unanimous decision released today.
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DALLAS, -- U.S. scientists have invented a system they say might lead to surgical procedures that don't produce scars. University of Texas researchers created the technique -- still in the developmental stage -- that allows the magnetic maneuvering of laparoscopic surgical tools inserted into the abdominal cavity through a patient's naval or throat. Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu, an associate professor of urology and radiology at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, said he got the idea while watching a television show featuring teenagers who used magnets to hold studs on their lips to avoid lip piercing. The system uses magnets positioned outside the abdomen to attract magnets attached to laparoscopic instruments inside the abdomen. Surgeons move the outside magnets to position an internal camera or to move a surgical instrument. In animal studies, surgeons have been able to remove a kidney using the system. Cadeddu and colleagues describe the new surgical concept, called the Magnetic Anchoring and Guidance System, in the March edition of the journal Annals of Surgery.
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PHILADELPHIA, -- U.S. scientists have used a weakened rabies virus to vaccinate laboratory primates against an AIDS-like disease. Researchers at Jefferson Medical College used a drastically weakened rabies virus to ferry HIV-related proteins into animals, in essence vaccinating them against an AIDS-like disease. The study suggests rabies might hold a key to defeating the human immunodeficiency virus -- the cause of AIDS. The scientists said two years after the initial vaccination, four vaccinated non-human primates remained protected from disease, even after being "challenged" with a dangerous animal-human virus. Two control animals developed an AIDS- like disease. "We still need a vaccine that protects from HIV infection but protecting against developing disease can be a very important step," said lead investigator Professor Matthias Schnell, noting researchers aren't sure how long the viral immunity will last. The study is reported in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.
FLFLHTC: This is not an
original thought of my own but I sure wish it was.
If you like the status quo elect BILLARY, but then
with her looks, do you think she could even pass one
herself!
Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job.
I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as they see fit. In order to get that paycheck.
I am required to pass a random urine test, which I have
A major problem with. What I have an even
bigger problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to pass a urine test.
Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check, because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping someone sit on their
ass. Could you imagine how much money the United
States would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a public assistance check.
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