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Text Box: Lousy weather in February, that’s for sure! I think that applies all around the country. *** If you have a laptop, you want to be sure and read the “What’s new in computers?” article. Thefts of laptops are at an all-time high. This is a continuation of the “Gadget Tracker” I had an article on in the last edition of the newsletter. Identity thieves are stealing laptops to get your personal information from them. Don’t take a chance that

Text Box: you will be a victim. The tracking programs are cheap insurance! *** The organization that puts out the amber alerts in a website and desktop ticker is in need of help. Any donation would be appreciated. Go to their site to make a donation or just to download your own amber alert ticker. http://codeamber.org ***

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Text Box: Recently there was a scare in Las Vegas when several vials of Ricin poison were found in a motel room. Things are under control now, but most people don’t know what ricin is. Ricin is made from the waste of castor bean mash. Castor beans are used to make castor oil. The poison has to be deliberately made.

Text Box: Accidentally producing ricin from castor beans is highly unlikely. The poison is generally in the form of a powder, a liquid mist, or a pellet. Depending on the route of exposure (such as injection or inhalation), as little as 500 micrograms of ricin could be enough to kill an adult. A 500-microgram dose of ricin

Text Box: would be about the size of the head of a pin. There is no antidote for ricin poisoning ***

Know your Police	2
What’s your Verdict?	2
Mystery Shopper Scams	2
Writers Corner	3
Recipes to die for:	3
What’s new in computers?	3
Contact Info	4
Closing Comments	4

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