Edition 8-2-06

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Niels Bohr (1885-1962), physicist

"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 broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming:
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	Luxembourg Consular Information Sheet July 25, 2006 COUNTRY DESCRIPTION:Luxembourg is a highly developed, stable constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. Tourist facilities are widely available. ENTRY/EXIT REQUIREMENTS: A passport is required. A visa is not required for American citizens for business or tourist stays of up to 90 days. That period begins when you enter any of the Schengen group of countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden. Luxembourg is a member of the Schengen group within the European Union. No immunization is necessary.
The Metropolitan Police Department will pay a total of $72,000 to settle lawsuits arising from separate incidents in which citizens claimed officers used excessive force against them. The department's Fiscal Affairs Committee on Monday approved a $32,000 payment to Lisa Coatney, whose complaint stemmed from a 1999 arrest, and a $40,000 payment to Robert Garcia and Noi Lewis, who sued police after being detained during 2002's deadly biker riots in Laughlin. The settlements, which do not require the department to admit wrongdoing, were both approved without discussion as part of the committee's consent agenda. Coatney claimed Las Vegas police officer Glenn Dillard nearly beat her unconscious when Dillard responded to her house in November 1999 on a report of a potential domestic violence situation. According to the lawsuit, when Dillard responded to the home, Coatney originally denied him entry, saying he needed a warrant. The complaint accused Dillard of placing Coatney under arrest for obstructing an officer and repeatedly slamming Coatney against his squad car. Prosecutors later dropped the obstruction charge. Coatney filed a complaint with police Internal Affairs in 1999 that was not sustained. Coatney didn't pursue the matter further until 2001 when she read a Review-Journal story about another woman who had accused Dillard of inappropriate behavior during a traffic stop. That woman, Chanin Cuddeback, said Dillard tackled her on the hood of his police cruiser and threatened to arrest her after she slammed down the officer's pen while receiving a ticket. Cuddeback later filed an Internal Affairs complaint against Dillard, which was supported by investigators on the basis of excessive force and discourteous behavior. Then-Sheriff Jerry Keller fired Dillard in September 2001 under the department's "truthfulness" rule for lying to investigators during an Internal Affairs investigation. Dillard, who police officials said now lives in South America, could not be reached for comment Monday. Attempts to reach Coatney, now a prosecutor in the Midwest, also were unsuccessful. Garcia and Lewis sued the department in 2003, saying they were mistreated by police during the prior year's riots in which members of the Mongols and Hells Angels motorcycle clubs shot, stabbed and beat each other at Harrah's Laughlin during the annual River Run event. Three bikers died in the brawl. According to their $2 million lawsuit, Garcia and Lewis are not members of any biker gangs but were detained with others for several hours after the riot. They also claim officer Robert Grabowski subjected them to excessive force. Garcia claims Grabowski beat his shoulders and back area with a baton. Lewis claims Grabowski forced her to the ground, causing her shirt to come off her shoulder and expose her breasts. Garcia also claims police denied him medical treatment while he suffered several seizures, including one grand mal seizure. Attorneys for the department recommended settling Coatney's case as a cheaper alternative compared to the cost of proceeding to trial. The Garcia and Lewis settlement was recommended for several reasons, including attorneys' belief that the plaintiffs could prevail at trial because Garcia and Lewis made for compelling witnesses who could win jurors empathy.

The recent hurricanes and gasoline issues are proof of the existence of a new chemical element. A major research institution has recently announced the discovery of the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element has been named "Governmentium." Governmentium (Gv) has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert. However, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take over four days to complete. Governmentium has a normal half-life of 4 years; It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's Mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass. When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium - an element which radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons, but twice as many morons.
IT MAY sound like something out of Frankenstein, but electric currents applied to the skin could potentially speed up wound healing. Ironically, though the phenomenon was reported 150 years ago by the German physiologist Emil Du Bois-Reymond, it has been ignored ever since. Now Josef Penninger of the Austrian Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna and Min Zhao of the University of Aberdeen, UK, have demonstrated that natural electric fields and currents in tissue play a vital role in orchestrating the wound-healing process by attracting repair cells to damaged areas. The researchers have also identified the genes that control the process. "We were originally sceptical, but then we realised it was a real effect and looked for the genes responsible," Penninger says. "It's not homeopathy, it's biophysics." Cells and tissues essentially function as chemical batteries, with positively charged potassium ions and negatively charged chloride ions flowing across membranes. This creates electric field patterns all over the body. When tissue is wounded this disrupts the battery, effectively short-circuiting it. Penninger and his colleagues realised that it is the resulting altered fields that attract and guide repair cells to the damaged area. The researchers grew layers of mouse cells and larger tissues, such as corneas, in the lab. After "wounding" these tissues, they applied varying electric fields to them, and found they could accelerate or completely halt the healing process depending on the orientation and strength of the field (Nature, vol 442, p 457). Next, they set about finding which genes were involved. They looked at those already known to make repair cells migrate under the influence of chemical growth factors and attractants, and found that their level of expression could be influenced by electric fields. "We have not reinvented the cells' genetic migration machinery," says Penninger. "We have simply shown that electric fields switch them on too." The gene expression of several types of repair cells was affected, including neutrophils and fibroblasts. They then focused on one particular gene known to prepare cells for migration, and another that halts the process. When the team knocked out the migration "promoter" gene, wounds exposed to electric fields healed more slowly. They healed faster when the migration "blocker" was knocked out. The next stage is to investigate ways of manipulating the phenomenon to accelerate healing, says Mark Ferguson, a wound-healing specialist at the University of Manchester, UK. "For many years there have been anecdotal reports of the effects of electrical currents on wound healing," he says. "This paper not only demonstrates the effects of electrical currents on cellular migration to wound defects, it also provides a mechanistic understanding of how such signals alter cell behaviour."
Randy Mark Yager, 48, is wanted by the U.S. Marshals on charges of murder, arson, possession and use of explosives, possession and trafficking in counterfeit U.S. currency, robbery, burglary, trafficking in stolen motor vehicles, and narcotics violations. Yager was Regional President of the Outlaws and one of 17 club members indicted by a Wisconsin federal grand jury in June 1997 for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statutes. In June 1997, Yager was visiting his girlfriend, Margie Jelovcic, 37, in Las Vegas and avoided being arrested during a series of raids conducted by federal agents. He has continue to elude authorities for the past seven years. Authorities believe that Outlaw Motorcycle Club members continue to assist Yager in his run from justice. He is considered armed and dangerous. Traits and Habits Yager is a white male, 5' 11" tall, 235 pounds, with brown hair, hazel eyes, and he generally wears a mustache, goatee or beard. He has notable tattoos - a Harley Davidson logo on his left upper arm, Outlaw Indians on his lower left arm and an eagle on his right arm. Many people have described Yager as being an arrogant person who relished his role as president of the Gary, IN chapter of the Outlaws and later as regional president. He liked to order people around and be "large and in charge," investigators said. He likes to drink Crown Royal whiskey and Corona beer. Girlfriend Listed As Missing Margie Jelovcic met Yager while she was working in a family owned bar and restaurant in Gary, IN. Jelovcic, a music major in college, became intrigued by Yager's bad-boy, biker image and the two started dating. Not long after they began dating, Margie began wearing a black leather vest with a patch stating "Property of the Outlaws". She disappeared in the fall of 1997 and has not been heard from since. Her family has filed a missing person's report. The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a reward for information directly leading to Yager’s arrest.

	If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it. --Margaret Fuller, Feminist and poet	Young riders pick a destination and go. Old riders pick a direction and go

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