PROTECTING OUR KIDS FROM PREDATORS.

PROTECTING OUR KIDS FROM PREDATORS.

Florida will be the first State to institute the USA Track and Field Protection Initiative Program. Robin Beamon the association youth and membership chairman said track and field has been lagging in protecting its athletes from sexual predators.'" The day has come where we have to answer who is dealing with your children", she said. There are people who have these sicknesses that will use any avenues they can to reach our children. The program will take effect in November 1st, and will be administered in conjunction with Miami Dade Parks and Recreation. Administrators will be required to be bonded.

OPERATION TRUTH GETS VENTURA'S HELP.

Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura will participate in a conference call from St Paul to help launch a new group called Operation Truth. The organization is being created to give voice to troops who served in Iraq. The NY based group wile educate the American public about the truth of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of the soldiers who have experienced them first hand.

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FERTILIZER THIEVES COULD GET CAUGHT PINK HANDED.

Farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks flicking their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine. A new product called GloTell which is added to tanks of anhydrous ammonia will not only besmirch the hands of those who touch the fertilizer, but leaves its mark on anyone who snorts or shoots the end product. The visible stain even if it washed off, was still detectable by ultraviolet light 24 to 72 hours later. It also help farmers detect any tank leaks according to a spokesman for Illinois Based GloTell Distibutors LLC. Snort it, and it turns the nose fluorescent pink. Inject it, and the telltale pink shows up at the injection site. During testing, within a week , the thefts stopped. The meth problem is bad in rural areas like Kansas which ranks five among the top five meth-producing states in the nation 2003 , there were 649 meth labs seized in Kansas compared to 4 in 1994.


CONSULATE DID NOT CHECK ON ON TEXAS 7

Warren Beemer, a youth minister from San Antonio, was on a mission to help poor children in Nigeria , when a local man guided him to the Ibadan Children and Remanded Youth. Once there he heard a child speaking English with an American accent. The girl one of 7 American children led him to the six others. They said their adoptive mother , Mercury D Liggins, had brought them to Nigeria 10 months earlier and left them with a relative, who eventually abandoned them children convinced Beemer they were Americans, fans of the Houstons Rockets, and Dallas Cowboys and sang the Star -Spangled Banner with hands over their hearts phoned his pastor in San Antonio, John Hagee. He in turn alerted U Sen.John Cornyn and House Majority Leader Tom Delay, both of Texas and asked for their help. They, in turn notified the State Department which arranged to get the children back to Texas. The children return in Texas on August 13th pending a court hearing.

OVERTIME RULES EFFECTIVE ON AUGUST 22, 2004

Workers earning $23,660 annually or less are eligible for overtime pay for working more than 40 hours a week.
White-collar workers earning $100,000 or more a year are newly exempt from overtime pay.
Union workers covered by contracts will not be affected by the change.
People generally exempt from overtime pay include pharmacists, funeral directors, financial services workers, purchasing agents, physician assistants, accountants, chefs and software engineers. Go to

www.workingamerica.org

NEW PRINTER WILL HANDLE CD,DVD's.

The Z1 prints a 200 dots per inch resolution directly onto a printable disc. For more info go to:
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HELPFUL CALCULATORS .

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HELPFUL TIPS ON PUBLIC PRESENTATION
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FINDING WORK AS A MYSTERY SHOPPER.
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JET AROUND THE WORLD

Everen Expeditions for a fee of $16,995 will circle the world by private jet. The trip will visit such landmarks as the temples of Angkor Wat, the Taj Mahal and the Pyramids, covering 12 countries in 30 days. Trip scheduled to start on Nov 1 thru the 30th, 2004. Book early.