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As a boy growing up in Chicago, Hugh Hefner says he fell in love early — and it wasn't with females.Well, actually, it was with females. But the founding editor of Playboy magazine also fell in love early with jazz, and both affairs have lasted an eternity."It's the music of my youth. It's the music I grew up with. Oahu is the music of my dreams," Hefner, looking wistful, said as he stood in the backyard of his La mansion as a swinging jazz combo played just a couple feet away. The occasion would have been a recent news conference announcing plans because of this June's 28th annual Playboy Jazz Festival.Hefner did what he could to remain in the background while others announced a lineup of stars for your June 17-18 event at the Hollywood Bowl that is certainly to include George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Chuck Mangione, Elvis Costello, Kevin Eubanks, Allen Toussaint, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and numerous others. Then, after a brief photo op with some of the performers, he experimented with slip hurriedly back into his lavish Playboy Mansion, the turreted stone edifice that visitors who arrive by car are encouraged to approach slowly as a sign warns them "Playmates at Play."But buttonholed briefly at his mystery, the man who gave the globe fold-out photos of beautiful naked women becomes downright effusive in the event the topic of jazz is raised."It's a combination of music from many, many sources; a variety of Afro and Caribbean and Cuban sounds ... combined with particularly American sounds," he offered.Such music, Hefner added, does even more than entertain people. In its best moments, he was quoted saying, it can bridge racial and cultural gaps, bringing people of backgrounds together."And I'm and only anything that breaks down the walls," said the creator of the swinging, free-love 1960s Playboy philosophy.Hefner turns 80 on April 9, and nearly all one of those years is reflected in a pale, deeply lined face and thinning gray hair that is certainly turning white around the fringes.However when the band starts to play, he moves towards the music. And when the Playboy Jazz Festival's veteran producer, George Wein, breaks right into a song, Hefner grins, nods knowingly and sings along."I can't accept it; 28 years," according to him of the festival that began as a "one-shot deal" in 1979 but proved quite popular he decided to hold it the subsequent year. And then the next year and subsequently year after that."When you're having a great time, time flies," he adds having a wry smile. no previous page next 1/2 ugg short boots Sometimes when CBS News Correspondent Steve Hartman tells people he gets his stories completely arbitrarily, they tell him nothing ever happens by accident. And though he is a skeptic by nature, he admits Gordon Howard was for him a Godsend."Maybe this is because I do have a story to share with," Howard says. His story begins and ends in the monolith in his backyard. "Chimney Rock was the most outstanding rock formation about the entire length of the Oregon Trail. It turned out what they looked for when they left the Missouri River. I did previously climb up there and imagine that we could see those wagons going up that trail. And quite often it was so real, it absolutely was scary," he says.An interest was born."I could even here the jingle with the chains," he adds.Howard began devouring books. "It's the greatest migration on this earth!" he exclaims because he discovered old wagon trails and listened for that jingle of the chains every step of the way.For Howard, there is no need to fantasize about having the ability to go back in time and really see what it really was like: "I have seen how it is like. I have experienced it. So I don't have to," he says.Fact is, no one alive has spent more hours in a covered wagon around the Oregon Trail than Gordon Howard. She has footage of his wagon train, his business for Three decades."And we tried to build 'em as rustic as we could," he says.People from all over the world came to bump around the prairie."I created an experience for people where they can understand history rather than try to read it out of a book and have somebody behind a lectern attempting to tell you what it was about, that do not cut it," he says.Howard and his awesome wife Patty sold the business couple of years ago. Though their life is not as adventurous as before, Howard says, he is doing have one last lesson.Recently a housing developer threatened to buy and build around Chimney Rock, but Howard bought the land instead, donated some of it for a visitors' center and now wants to make the rest a national park."To preserve it, so younger people will know what it took to create this great land of ours," according to him.
(As reported 2/1/99) CBS News has learned that for the first time since the so-called triple drug cocktails appeared to turn HIV infection coming from a death sentence into a chronic disease, the death rate from AIDS began to go up, CBS News Correspondent John Roberts reports. "I think you will find clearly storm clouds in the near future," said Dr. Michael Saag with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Saag was one of the primary to prescribe the triple drug cocktail. In mere the past year, death rates - which have dropped from 20 percent to two percent with the advent of the drugs - have now bounced back to eight percent for the reason that virus either became resistant or patients needed to stop taking the cocktails as a consequence of side effects."We may be heading for troubled waters within the next two to three years in the sense of more patients failing in terms of insufficient control of virus, then getting sick and dying," he explained.And on Tuesday, scientists will learn that in the most tightly controlled study of anti-AIDS drugs in the united states, after three years, they were failing almost Forty percent of the time. "It would be folly to say how the epidemic is over either for the people who are infected or for people who are currently getting infected," said Dr. Anthony Fauci in the National Institutes of Health. To attempt to stem the tide, researchers at University of Alabama Birmingham and Massachusetts General Hospital have employed a whole new treatment strategy.Patients like John Ceravsky are inclined off the cocktails for brief drug holidays. The herpes simplex virus is allowed to come back a bit - in hopes it will modernise the immune system to fight it. Early answers are promising."Although the virus seems to be finding its way back, it's coming back a lot slower. It isn't really bursting back - it's creeping back," Ceravsky said.The best way to truly break the epidemic is to use a vaccine. That's why the discovery that HIV probably came from a species of chimpanzee widely hunted in western Africa could possibly be so important. If scientists can realize why the virus didn't affect the chimps, it might explain why it is so deadly in humans."And that therefore may help more rational approaches toward therapies and vaccine development," said Beatrice Hahn from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Or, it could just be another dead end. Only one thing is certain: While the drug cocktails still work with a large number of people, their increasing failure rate had added a brand new sense of urgency to the hunt for new treatments and the elusive vaccine. ©1999 CBS Worldwide Corp. All rights reserved ugg boots grey "If I retrieve of the parking lot tonight along the way home and bump into a car the law says I have to call and report it," Woosley explains. "But there isn't any law that says I have to call and report it easily kill someone with the next prescription I write."
A bus taking a group of middle school students on a field trip crashed and overturned along a rural highway in South Bloomfield, Ohio, Wednesday, injuring 38 kids. A second bus accident injured greater dozen children in Minneapolis.Fortunately not one of the injuries in either accident was life threatening, reports CBS News Correspondent Bob Orr."When Initially when i first pulled up on the scene all I seen was simply bodies laying out on the field. A lot of them appeared to be minor injuries, abrasions and scratches," said Captain Rick Little in the Pickaway County Fire Department.In Ohio, the Teays Valley School District bus found rest upside down on the side of a two-lane road 20 miles south of Columbus.Pickaway County Sheriff's Department officers closed over crash area and wouldn't give any information about what may have caused the accident."My child was not on the bus, but my heart goes out to the parents of kids who were," said one parent. "I just sense of them."Some of the injured were come to Berger Hospital in Circleville while others went to Children's Hospital in Columbus.In Minneapolis, at the very least 14 children and two adults were delivered to hospitals after two school buses collided. It appeared the bigger of the two vehicles, carrying elementary school pupils, went the wrong method down a one-way street, officials said. The smaller bus, which was carrying about 15 preschoolers, rolled over.The trucker of the larger bus would have been a substitute unfamiliar with the route, school district spokeswoman Suzanne Kelly said.Eleven children and a couple adults were taken to Hennepin County Infirmary and appeared to be in satisfactory condition, a healthcare facility spokeswoman said. Three children were in great condition at North Memorial Infirmary in Robbinsdale.The accidents be federal regulators continue to read the issue of adding seat belts to school buses. Supporters claim safety belts, a relatively inexpensive fix, would prevent injuries.But, it's not about money. Recent crash tests suggest that in most accidents, seat belts might actually do more harm by enhancing the risk of pelvic and head injuries.For 30 years, safety experts have argued that buses are built to keep kids in "safe compartments" between padded seats. However that doesn't always happen."Why should we overlook the one vehicle that lots of millions of children across the United States are transported on twice every day, and yet we allow them to ride unrestrained," said Nora Job, whose daughter was injured within a 1997 school bus accident that killed three other students.But regulators will not change the law and require safety belts for buses. School bus fatalities can be extremely rare and even when accidents do happen injuries are generally minor. mulberry seconds Every day, on her lunch hour, Debbie travels clear across Ny to take a little drink, CBS News Correspondent Diana Olick reports."It's very hard, I have really understanding employers," she said.Debbie is definitely an office clerk and a heroin addict who requires a daily dose of methadone to curb her craving for heroin. "Of course I would," she replied when asked if she'd nevertheless be hooked on heroin without methadone.Debbie is among 800,000 heroin addicts in the us, but one of only a 125,000 people recovering with methadone, a widely tested drug that curbs the heroin craving."It gets people off drugs off, off welfare, returning to work and out of a chaotic and desperate life," said the White House drug czar, General Barry McCaffrey., McCaffrey annnounced a new federal policy which goes beyond designated clinics and allows local doctors to manage methadone. Also, new money could make methadone widely available. Clinic administrator Eileen Pencer says it solves a desperate problem."There are lots of clinics within the field which have had to turn people away, since there is an increasing need for methadone treatment," she said.Government statistics show heroin use has doubled in the past ten years, and New York takes the lead in treatment. Thirty-six thousand New Yorkers are on methadone. Still, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani doesn't agree with the drug czar. He says more methadone can be a mistake. "What that will mean is much more and more New Yorkers are dependent, a growing number of New Yorkers unable to take care of themselves," Giuliani said.McCaffrey countered: "Are we trading one addiction for the next? No, I think not. Methodone gives no a sense euphoria. It doesn't leave you a dosing, nodding-off unemployable wreck."Debbie says it leaves her with hope."I wish to be a better person. I want to improve my life," she said.©1998 CBS Worldwide Corp. All rights reserved
Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville said the state's "Stand Your Ground" law should connect with her because she was defending herself against her allegedly abusive husband when she fired warning shots inside her home in August 2010. She told police it absolutely was to escape a brutal beating by her husband, against whom she'd already taken out a protective order. knitted uggs on sale Females are reportedly 3 to 4 times more likely to tear their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), which can mean serious knee injury. Experts have no idea of exactly why girls are more at risk of this kind of injury, but many believe it has to do with differences in muscle patterns around the knees. Girls' quadricep muscles tend to be stronger than their hamstrings. This imbalance means the hamstrings could possibly be susceptible to injury.
The Justice Department has sent investigators to Florida to check out complaints that African-Americans and other minorities were denied to be able to vote."We have two people in Florida, however this is still part of our inquiry to accumulate information to see what if any federal investigation is warranted," Justice Department spokeswoman Kara Peterman said on Sunday.Within this presidential election that was so close, the phrase "every vote counts" has been uttered time and again by Democrat Al Gore's camp. However in Florida, the question is: Was every vote counted?CBS News Correspondent Jeffrey Kofman reports accurate documentation number of African-Americans voted in Florida last month - almost 900 thousand, up 65 % from the last election - however that there is growing evidence that lots of those votes weren't counted."There's a design of intentional racial profiling of voting while black. It's sinister," said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who combined with NAACP have called on the Justice Department to launch a civil rights investigation. Claiming "a clear pattern of voter suppression of African-American votes," Jackson said Sunday within the Florida state capital of Tallahassee that "African-Americans were targeted to be disenfranchised."The NAACP says it promises to file a lawsuit early immediately alleging voter intimidation and other violations of voting rights. The Justice Department looks into five hundred complaints that blacks were confused by ballots or weren't allowed to vote. It has authority to get criminal prosecutions against anybody that denies someone's right to vote. The department can also bring civil lawsuits in certain circumstances to alter racially discriminatory voting procedures in the longer term. But it has no authority for almost any action that might change voting totals in the Nov. 7 election.Also, The Washington Post in their Sunday edition published your personal computer analysis that found that in overwhelmingly black precincts in Florida, many presidential votes weren't counted, due to outmoded voting machines and confusion over ballots. Consider the Jacksonville area, for example. In heavily white precincts, one inch 14 ballots was thrown out. In largely black areas, one in five ballots was rejected.To veterans from the civil rights battles, all this smacks of an era when blacks were exposed to literacy tests before these were allowed to vote."It is very sad that 35 years later, as soon as the march from Selma to Montgomery, Bloody Sunday, to similar to this taking place. It is just like living your life over again," said Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)Republicans insist if there was problems, they should be blamed on the device, not on a conspiracy.And so, this is an issue about race. But in an election that is so close, it's also about the outcome. In Florida, 93 percent of African Americans voted for Gore. mulberry us The federal trial of 14 individuals the Montana Freemen, the anti-government group who held the FBI from increasing in an 81-day standoff two years ago, opened Wednesday which has a mass boycott by most of the militants - as well as a guilty plea by one. Ten of the 14 anti-government militants, those who have been held in jail since the standoff ended in June 1996, opted not to attend the trial, instead watching proceedings from your holding cell on closed-circuit television. In an unscheduled court appearance before the trial began, one Freeman defendant pleaded guilty into a count of interstate transportation of stolen property. Dana Dudley Landers, 48, of four years old Oaks, N.C., entered the plea before U.S. District Judge John Coughenour prior to the scheduled trial opening. She also agreed to testify against the other Freemen. The majority of Landers' co-defendants told federal marshals Wednesday morning that they would not participate in the trial. They were taken to the holding cell where Coughenour, watching the cell by himself video monitor, asked these to affirm by raising aid that they did not wish to participate. Each succeeded. The judge then began questioning about 80 prospective jurors. Fourteen is going to be chosen to hear the case, including two alternates. Jury selection have been scheduled to begin Tuesday, nevertheless it was canceled when one defendant was hospitalized briefly just as court was scheduled to begin. The ailing defendant, Cornelius John "Casey" Veldhuizen, 59, of Woodstock, Minn., was returned to the Yellowstone County jail only a couple of hours later. Officials did not say what his illness was, but fellow defendant John P. McGuire claimed it was high blood pressure. The defendants are charged in two indictments with more than 40 offenses, including:conspiracy to commit fraudcommitting wire, bank, and mail fraudarmed robbery of TV news crews from ABC and NBCthreatening to kill U.S. District Judge Jack Shanstrom of Billings, Mont.Several defendants have threatened trouble if they are brought into court. Coughenour said although not force any of them to visit, and also would not tolerate any disruptions. Six secondary members were tried this spring on similar charges, and five were convicted. The Clark families' repossessed farms northwest of Jordan took over as the stronghold the Freemen called Justus Township, where some 24 members of the anti-government extremists held countless FBI agents at bay for 81 days in the spring of 1996.Written by Tom Laceky
Bridgeport Mayor John M. Fabrizi admitted he used cocaine after taking office in 2003 and told the Connecticut Post in the interview published Tuesday which he feels ashamed and humiliated.Fabrizi sought a gathering with the newspaper's editorial board after an FBI report surfaced by which an alleged drug dealer claimed an affiliate had a videotape of the mayor using cocaine."I'm ashamed. I'm humiliated for me personally. I never meant to let the world know. Some want my family to know," Fabrizi told the newspaper.Fabrizi, a Democrat who took control of leadership of the state's largest city after his predecessor was found guilty of corruption, would not say how he obtained cocaine but said he occasionally spent $20 or $40 to get it.He said he has sought treatment and contains not used the drug since late 2004. He wanted to take periodic drug tests if somebody doubts he has stopped using cocaine."I put on the extender very intermittently. I don't want to use excuses of recreational or social use. I oftentimes tried it some during the period once i was on the council," said Fabrizi, who had been City Council president before he took office.The FBI report naming Fabrizi was inadvertently filed in the court, and Fabrizi said after it was reported last week that he had made "poor choices in the past" but declined to be more specific.Adversaries have called on the mayor to resign, while supporters have urged him to address the drug allegations.Fabrizi planned to generate a public statement Tuesday morning in an address to city employees, said his spokeswoman, Caryn Kaufman."He just isn't resigning," she said but declined to comment further.Fabrizi participated in a City Council meeting Monday night. He gave a shorter statement, but the council failed to discuss the allegations in the meeting."I take this opportunity to apologize to the recent headlines in the news," Fabrizi said. He invited public officials in the meeting to attend his address Tuesday morning.Bridgeport, a city of about 140,000 residents on Long Island Sound, has struggled with violent drug dealers who gave the location a reputation as the murder capital with the state in the 1990s prior to the homicide rate plummeted."I do believe he's got to resign," said Rick Torres, a Republican who ran against Fabrizi in 2003. "How can we explain to children drug use is dangerous and will ruin your life if the top guy is really a drug user?"U.S. Attorney Kevin O'Connor said Friday that Fabrizi was not a target of the drug investigation by which his name surfaced. He was quoted saying FBI reports are typically filed under seal and apologized to Fabrizi following your document was released. ugg knit boots What can an owner do to change a pet's inappropriate behavior? When is time to get rid of a dog? Dr. Amy Marder, of the American Society to prevent Cruelty to Animals, explains to CBS News This Morning how to evaluate a pet's temperament, correct bad behavior and decide if it's time for a fresh pet. Chronic bad behavior - barking, biting, chewing or soiling - can readily test that unconditional love between owner and pet. DogsAggression: The most typical complaint from new puppy owners is aggression, says Dr. Marder, who is the society's vice president of behavioral medicine. "The dogs we now have in the shelter have minor problems that are correctable - things like jumping up or otherwise walking well on a leash," she adds.These complications are very treatable, Dr. Marder says. Many breeds are predisposed to aggressive behavior; all of the kinds of aggression require differing types of treatment, she observes.Read other articles linked to This Morning 's series "Pet Projects." The ABCs Of Foreign animal Care Pet Trainer For The Stars For serious problems, she says, surgical treatment or neutering can be considered as well as drugs and avoidance therapy. The more infrequently you elicit a behavior, the less your pet dog will do it. Separation anxiety: This trait is expressed in destruction, ripping in the house, excessive barking and soiling. But it's often misdiagnosed, says Dr. Marder. Some place their dogs in a cage, where they can break out and hurt themselves, she adds.Dr. Marder highlights that separation anxiety is such a large problem that one drug company has licensed a medicine for its treatment. "Dealing With Dog Anxiety" describes some instances.The drug Clomacon, however, "is not really a miracle cure," she says. "It should always be used along with a behavior modification. " By way of example, give your dog something to do. Give it a favorite "calm toy," full of peanut butter or dog treats, or take your dog for a long walk prior to going the house. Cats Litter box problems: This is the most common complaint of cat owners, yet it is easy to fix by cleaning the kitty every day, Dr. Marder says.Excessive playfulness: The best way of treatment for a cat that's too playful gets a second cat, suggests Dr. Marder.But using your cat for Quarter-hour three times a day is also something can do, she adds. Abandoning a Pet If an owner is like he or she has tried hard, contacted a professional behavior consultant or vet, then there is nothing else to do, it may be time and energy to give up, she says.Automobile animal is too aggressive, read "Dealing Which has a Dog Attack," many ways compiled in connection with a 48 Hours broadcast. Sometimes if the animal is dangerous, a good thing to do is to put it to nap. But if you're getting rid of a dog or cat for some other, contact animal shelters or sanctuaries for instance a farm or the American Society to prevent Cruelty to Animals. It will require pure breeds, she says.©1999 CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved
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