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September 20, 2004 --
Personal trainer Beverly Bradley's crusade to teach girls self-defense
began in February, after the murder of Carlie Brucia, the 11-year-old
whose Florida abduction was caught on a carwash surveillance camera.
"That started the fever in me" to do something to help young
girls in New York "be aware and avoid a negative situation,"
said Bradley describing her anguished reaction at seeing the televised
video of a man grabbing Carlie and walking away with her.
"When I saw the girl being lured by the wrist, I realized how
simple that [hold] can be to get out of," she said. "It's not
about strength. It's about technique. And surprise."
Bradley, who founded a Brooklyn-based fitness and self-defense
organization for women, Kamili Afya — Swahili for "complete
health" — began to reach out to youth organizations, and
volunteered to give seminars.
"I said, 'I would like to teach girls awareness of how to prevent
negative situations from happening and things they can do to help them get
out of it,'" she said.
The Sun's solar wind is so powerful, it has large
effects on the tails of comets, and scientists have determined that it
even has measurable effects on the trajectories of spacecraft
More than a third of U.S. voters worry about
potential problems with electronic voting machines in November, a survey
released Monday found.
The poll, conducted for FindLaw.com, a legal affairs
Web site, found that 42 percent of the 1,000 adults surveyed nationwide
said they were concerned about potential vote tampering in electronic
voting machines; 38 percent said they were worried about the accuracy of
the machines.
FLFLHTC:I know you are waiting to hear my take on Florida voters who
haven't yet mastered the concept of punchcard voting yet but I am in favor
of the machines. The level of studipity among the voting public scares me
much more than an adoption of new technology. |
BARRIE, ONT. -- A middle-aged businessman wept
in the witness box yesterday as he told an extortion trial about two
Hells Angels appearing unexpectedly on his doorstep and threatening to
injure him badly unless he immediately paid them $75,000.
The encounter was heard and seen by his two young sons as they played in
the hall, said the hi-tech entrepreneur from the Barrie, Ont., area,
whose identity is shielded by a court-ordered publication ban.
The threats came from Steven (Tiger) Lindsay and Raymond Bonner, the man
said. Both displayed the Hells Angels logo on the back of their jackets
that day and their intentions were clear, he testified.
"Lindsay said, 'I want my fucking money right now,' " the
witness said, wiping his eyes. "You've got $75,000 of my money . .
. I'll give you a week or you . . . are going to end up in the
hospital.' "
With their mothers listening in court attentively, Mr. Lindsay, 40, and
Mr. Bonner, 35 watched impassively.
Full-patch members of the Woodbridge, Ont., chapter of the Hells Angels,
they stand accused of extortion. In addition, they are charged with
acting for the benefit of, or in association with, an identifiable
criminal organization
-- the Hells Angels.
Convictions on the latter charge would be the first in Canada under
toughened federal anti-gang legislation that took effect in 2002.
Pagans member gets 35-year term for rape
Friday, September 17, 2004 `He even laughed when he talked about
murdering me,' victim says By RENEE WINKLER Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN
During a sentencing hearing Thursday, a rape victim gave voice to the
fear and humiliation she endured during a Pagans motorcycle club
initiation rite.
The woman, in her 30s, described how Richard Hill, 46, of Oaklyn, and an
accomplice terrorized her inside Hill's home on West Beechwood Avenue.
"He laughed at the terror he caused when he kidnapped, beat and
raped me. He even laughed when he talked about murdering me," said
the woman, who underwent counseling and psychiatric treatment after the
crime.
"I will have to live with the horror of what happened to me for the
rest of my life. It's been 1,126 days," she said.
Hill was sentenced to 35 years in state prison by Superior Court Judge
William Cook. He will have to serve more than 29 years before seeking
parole.
Hill's co-defendant, Ryan Shavitz, also from Oaklyn, is serving a
12-year term in state prison. Shavitz testified that he participated in
the assault as an initiation rite to the Pagans Motorcycle Club.
Hill made no comment at the hearing. He had testified that he slept
through the hours-long event.
There was an old man crying on park bench when
a concerned pedestrian inquired, "Why are you crying?"
Old Man: "I just celebrated my 85th birthday, and I got married
yesterday to an 18-year-old nymphomaniac blonde beauty who is all a man
could ask for. We'd been having the most amazing non-stop sex until I
went out for some air."
Pedestrian: "You lucky guy. But why are you crying?"
Old Man: "I don't remember where I live."
Auto giant Ford Motor plans to install 50,000
VoIP phones at 110 offices in Michigan, in one of the largest
installations of the technology to date by any corporation, SBC
Communications said Tuesday.
The automobile manufacturer has tapped SBC, the nation's second-largest
telephone company, to provide phones and engineering assistance in
installing the gear, SBC said. The carrier will manage the service and
will use Internet phones from Cisco Systems.
Because of its size and scope, the Ford-SBC contract, which reportedly
is worth $100 million, is a watershed moment for the technology known as
VoIP, or voice over Internet Protocol, which converts phone calls into
data packets that travel over the Internet.
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