I could not believe my ears nor eyes the other day when I saw a report that glamourized an activity called "Dumpster Diving."
There are ?social workers? actively teaching people how to raid dumpsters for food that is not spoiled to provide groceries and/or supplement their refrigerators.
WHAT????????
Where is this country headed?
We are desperately on the "W"rong path !!!!
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Miscellaneous - Speaking of Childhood Obesity
The topic of Childhood Obesity is a serious one. There has been an outbreak of Type II diabetes among children across the nation. We can blame lifestyle as well as safety concerns from increasing activity while losing vital physical education programs to Bush Cuts in support to schools. While school systems across the country are stressed for funding to meet "No Child Left Behind" regulations they sadly sacrifice vital gym classes as there is no TEST for competency for Physical Competency to pass to the next grade.
Add to that one other item. There is a 'side effect' little understood yet regarding stimulants. Over long term use they actually cause weight gain. Stimulants like amphetamines drive neuroactive chemicals such as Dopamine. Dopamine works on receptors in adipose tissue increasing resistance to the metabolism of the the adipose tissue. While most amphetamines are known for anorexia there is a unusal result coming out in some studies that attribute presistant fat to dopamine resistance.
MOST PHARMACISTS KNOW OF THIS SIDE EFFECT EVEN IF THEY DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM, which is related to Cholinergic and Adrenergic receptors.
ADDERALL TABLETS
(Shire US)
5 mg
7.5 mg
10 mg
12.5 mg
15 mg
20 mg
30 mg TABLETS
AMPHETAMINES HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. ADMINISTRATION OF AMPHETAMINES FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME MAY LEAD TO DRUG DEPENDENCE AND MUST BE AVOIDED. PARTICULAR ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUBJECTS OBTAINING AMPHETAMINES FOR NON THERAPEUTIC USE OR DISTRIBUTION TO OTHERS, AND THE DRUGS SHOULD BE PRESCRIBED OR DISPENSED SPARINGLY.
DESCRIPTION
A single entityamphetamine product combining the neutral sulfate salts of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine, with the dextroisomer of amphetamine saccharate and 6, I-amphetamine aspartate.
Add to that one other item. There is a 'side effect' little understood yet regarding stimulants. Over long term use they actually cause weight gain. Stimulants like amphetamines drive neuroactive chemicals such as Dopamine. Dopamine works on receptors in adipose tissue increasing resistance to the metabolism of the the adipose tissue. While most amphetamines are known for anorexia there is a unusal result coming out in some studies that attribute presistant fat to dopamine resistance.
MOST PHARMACISTS KNOW OF THIS SIDE EFFECT EVEN IF THEY DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE MECHANISM, which is related to Cholinergic and Adrenergic receptors.
This country must return to priorities of value and not that of impoverishment. Since when do our children come last in priority in this nation?
ADDERALL TABLETS
(Shire US)
5 mg
7.5 mg
10 mg
12.5 mg
15 mg
20 mg
30 mg TABLETS
AMPHETAMINES HAVE A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. ADMINISTRATION OF AMPHETAMINES FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME MAY LEAD TO DRUG DEPENDENCE AND MUST BE AVOIDED. PARTICULAR ATTENTION SHOULD BE PAID TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUBJECTS OBTAINING AMPHETAMINES FOR NON THERAPEUTIC USE OR DISTRIBUTION TO OTHERS, AND THE DRUGS SHOULD BE PRESCRIBED OR DISPENSED SPARINGLY.
DESCRIPTION
A single entityamphetamine product combining the neutral sulfate salts of dextroamphetamine and amphetamine, with the dextroisomer of amphetamine saccharate and 6, I-amphetamine aspartate.
Sour Milk Sea by George Harrison
If your life's not right, doesn't satisfy you
Don't get the breaks like some of us do
Better work it out; find where you've gone wrong
Better do it soon as you don't have long
Get out of sour milk sea
You don't belong there
Get back to where you should be
Find out what's going on there
If you want the most from everything you do
In the shortest time your dreams come true
In no time at all it makes you more aware
Very simple process takes you there
Get out of sour milk sea
You don't belong there
Get back to where you should be
Find out what's going on there
Looking for release from limitation?
There's nothing much without illumination
Can fool-around with every different cult
There's only one way brings result
Get out of sour milk sea
You don't belong there
Get back to where you should be
Find out what's going on there
Don't get the breaks like some of us do
Better work it out; find where you've gone wrong
Better do it soon as you don't have long
Get out of sour milk sea
You don't belong there
Get back to where you should be
Find out what's going on there
If you want the most from everything you do
In the shortest time your dreams come true
In no time at all it makes you more aware
Very simple process takes you there
Get out of sour milk sea
You don't belong there
Get back to where you should be
Find out what's going on there
Looking for release from limitation?
There's nothing much without illumination
Can fool-around with every different cult
There's only one way brings result
Get out of sour milk sea
You don't belong there
Get back to where you should be
Find out what's going on there
Morning Papers - It's Origins
Natural Disasters
A killer bolting out of the blue
When lightning strikes -- a random, capricious and far more likely occurrence than most people expect -- there's simply no good place to be outdoors.
By Vernon Loeb, Times Staff Writer
FOR the Boy Scouts this summer, lightning struck twice.
In late July, Scouts from St. Helena, Calif., were huddled beneath a tarp in Sequoia National Park during a sudden hail storm when a bolt of lightning hit their hastily strung shelter. A Scout and a leader were killed, and six others were injured.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/outdoors/la-os-lightning16aug16,0,4625756.story?coll=la-home-headlines&track=hppromo
60 reported injured in Japan earthquake
By ERIC TALMADGE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Assisted by railway workers, passengers walk on a railway track after getting off from a stranded bullet train near Sendai Station in Sendai Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 shortly after a powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan. The quake injured at least 60 people, triggered a small tsunami, collapsed buildings, knocked out power and shook skyscrapers as far away as Tokyo, 300 kilometers (186 miles) to the south. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
SENDAI, Japan -- The earthquake was powerful enough to sway skyscrapers 185 miles away in Tokyo. And with an estimated magnitude of 7.2, it had the potential to cause catastrophic damage. But this time, Japan got lucky.
No one died in the quake that rocked a wide swath of northern Japan on Tuesday. The scene of the worst damage was an indoor pool where part of the roof caved in, injuring a couple dozen swimmers, many of them young children.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Japan%20Earthquake
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE OFF ANZIO COAST, 2.1 ON RICHTER SCALE
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Aug.23 - A second earthquake struck Rome's area just before dawn, after the one which occurred yesterday afternoon. It was about 5 am, and this time only scientific apparatuses recorded it: it measured 2.1 on the Richter scale, and the epicentre was again a few miles off Anzio's coast, at a depth of 20-30 km. The quake was expected, it's the usual aftershock. Prof. Enzo Boschi, president of the National Geophysics and Vulcanology Institute, and his assistants, had already predicted it yesterday, not alarmed, because they were sure it would be weaker than yesterday's one, which measured 4.5, felt even in Rome, and which alarmed the people living on the coastline. (AGI) .
231142 AGO 05
http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200508231142-1037-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia
Earthquake drill held at area dam
By BARBARA ARRIGONI - Staff Writer
The Enterprise-Record got a rare close look at the East Park Dam in northwestern Colusa County Tuesday, when the Bureau of Reclamation held an emergency drill that imagined a failure of the dam. Usually the public and press are barred from the structure completed in 1910. The dam, upstream from Stony Gorge and Black Butte dams, is part of the bureau's Orland Project. Here, water flows beneath the dam and down a mossy spillway Tuesday. (Bill Husa/Enterprise-Record)
All Chico E-R photos are available here.
WILLOWS - What if there was an earthquake that affected East Park Reservoir - and subsequently Stony Gorge and Black Butte reservoirs in Glenn County?
To test its emergency action plan, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation conducted what was called a functional exercise Tuesday where East Park Reservoir fails following a mild earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.
http://www.chicoer.com/local_news/ci_2967732
Tokyo prepares for big earthquake
TVM 23-08-2005
Tokyo prepares for a big earthquake.
The Tokyo government today offered its residents advice on how to make their homes earthquake-proof, contact relatives through phone bulletin boards during an emergency and stock up on emergency goods in preparation for a large-scale tremor.
The event, in downtown Tokyo, kicked off disaster drills week and follows on the heels of two large earthquakes in recent weeks which have shaken the Japanese capital.
The event is an annual one, but this year, residents are more aware of the potential devastation of earthquakes after one rocked Niigata Prefecture last October injuring more than 3,000 and killing 40.
http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/news.php?newsid=8874
New Research Hones Earthquake Model for Los Angeles Basin; Scientists Identify Five Southern California Faults With Underestimated Seismic Hazard
EL CERRITO, Calif., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using computer models compiled by the Southern California Earthquake Center, a pair of University of Massachusetts researchers have made a significant leap in understanding the tectonic puzzle of the Los Angeles Basin.
The new research, published in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, the premier scientific journal dedicated to earthquake research, also shows that the seismic hazard along five Southern California faults may be underestimated.
The study, "How Sensitive Are Fault-Slip Rates in the Los Angeles Basin to Tectonic Boundary Conditions?" makes significant progress in the extensive and ongoing effort to model the earthquake dynamics of the L.A. Basin. An accurate model will allow better assessment of Southern California's earthquake hazard and better, more cost-effective risk-reduction solutions.
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20050823.065948&time=08%2007%20PDT&year=2005&public=0
No takers for Kutch herbal oral care unit
Sumantra Das / Gandhidham August 24, 2005
Seven months have passed since the launch of Vibrant Gujarat 2005 but no major oral care products company has come forward with even an expression of interest to invest in the earthquake-hit Kutch region's proposed herbal toothpaste and tooth powder manufacturing project.
The total oral care products market size was worth several thousand crores in India and had been growing at 8 to10 per cent every year.The proposed project was offered as an opportunity to all the oral care product manufacturers.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=198144
Earthquake shakes Southern Flinders Ranges
Residents in the Southern Flinders Ranges, north of Adelaide, have reported a strong earthquake in the region.
The earthquake happened just after 1:00pm ACST.
It was followed by three aftershocks.
Gordon Jones from Wilchata Station, 20 kilometres north-east of Carrieton, says he has experienced earthquakes in the area before, but this one was particularly strong.
"I was on the phone at about seven or eight minutes past one and the house shook very violently," he said.
"[The earthquake was] very quick and sudden and very loud and then in the next quarter of an hour there were three aftershocks, not quite so strong."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1445242.htm
Turkey, Greece hit by moderate earthquake
08.24.2005, 06:14 AM
ANKARA (AFX) - A moderate earthquake was recorded this morning in the Aegean Sea near Turkey's northwest coast, but there were no reports of damage.
Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory said the tremor at 6:06 am (0306 GMT) registered 5.1 on the Richter scale, Anatolia News Agency reported.
However, Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute reported the quake, with its epicentre between the Greek islands of Lemnos and Lesbos, measured 4.4.
http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/08/24/afx2190099.html
Showers and thunderstorms in Southeast
8/24/2005, 10:09 p.m. CT
The Associated Press
(AP) — Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across parts of the Southeast on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and flash flooding, while dry conditions prevailed in much of the Midwest and West.
Charleston, S.C., received nearly 3 inches of rain. Clemson, S.C., and Hatteras, N.C., each received about 2.5 inches.
Strong storms also developed across the southern Plains and parts of the Mississippi Valley, causing frequent lightning, strong winds, large hail and heavy downpours. Baseball-size hail pounded parts of Higgins, Okla. Wind gusts of 65 mph were recorded in parts of Kansas.
Elsewhere, high pressure brought partly cloudy skies and fair conditions to the Great Lakes, the Ohio and Tennessee valleys and much of the Northeast.
In the West, showers and thunderstorms formed across the High Plains, the central and southern Rockies and the Desert Southwest, but the rainfall remained light. An inch of snow accumulated in West Glacier, Mont.
Mostly sunny skies and warm conditions prevailed in the Pacific Northwest, the Great Basin and California.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday ranged from a low of 30 degrees in Meacham, Ore., to a high of 106 degrees in Palm Springs, Calif.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
http://www.nola.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-1/1124935766144260.xml&storylist=national
Ganahl: Rain Possible On Friday
Cool Temperatures Continue
UPDATED: 3:19 pm EDT August 24, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Central Ohioans can enjoy the dry weather for a few more days.
4 Warn Storm Team meteorologist Jym Ganahl is calling for clearing conditions overnight, with a low of 56.
Thursday will have high clouds, with a high of 84.
Ganahl said there will be a chance of pop-up thundershower on Thursday. The high will be 82 and the low will be 63.
Saturday will have a better chance of thundershowers in the morning. The high will be 81. The low will be 66.
Sunday will be partly cloudy, with a high of 83. The low will be 65.
Ganahl is calling for partly sunny conditions on Monday, with a high of 85 and a low of 66.
Stay with the 4 Warn Storm Team and refresh nbc4i.com for additional weather information
http://www.nbc4i.com/weather/4889250/detail.html
Lightning strikes in Buford area
from staff reports
LAWRENCEVILLE- Tuesday afternoon's thunderstorms kept Gwinnett County Fire Fighters busy. Department spokesman Thomas Rutledge says most of the activity was in the Buford area.
Just before 4:15 p.m., firefighters responded to a lightning strike at a home on Lake Seminole Drive in Buford. Rutledge says they found a smoke odor inside the residence but no fire. No obvious damage was detected by firefighters.
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=95363
Counseling, benefit concert, school supplies planned for tornado victims
Associated Press
WRIGHT -- Counselors, a coal company and several bands have offered to help victims of a tornado that killed two people and destroyed 60 homes here Aug. 12.
Two representatives of the National Organization for Victims Assistance planned to visit Wright to offer mental health services on Wednesday and Thursday. Public sessions were scheduled for victims as well as counselors, social workers, teachers and clergy.
Kennecott Energy, which mines coal in the area and employs many Wright residents, planned to donate 110 backpacks full of school supplies in time for the first day of school.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/24/build/wyoming/38-tornado-aid.inc
Floods in Dominica leave two dead, more than 30 missing
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-25 09:53:04
HAVANA, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Heavy rains in the north of the Dominican Republic caused the overflow of a river, leaving two people dead and more than 30 missing, local authorities said Wednesday.
According to reports from the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, 30 houses were also destroyed in the floods.
Francisco Alvarez, mayor of the northern city of Tamboril, saida neighborhood, mainly inhabited by Haitian immigrants, was destroyed in the floods.
Two women drowned and at least 25 people were injured in the floods, he said.
Meanwhile, Francisco Arias, civil defense director of the northern region, said the government started to distribute food, clothing, mattresses, blankets and other materials for 1,200 families affected by the floods. Enditem
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3400144.htm
Hurricane kills six in Uruguay
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-25 09:51:08
MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A hurricane of 175 km per hour killed six people and caused serious damage in south and east Uruguay, according to official sources on Wednesday.
The wind tore roofs and brought down trees and posts along the Uruguayan coasts on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, causing casualties and water-supply interruption and blackouts.
n the country's capital, Montevideo, the fall of a radio-broadcasting antenna in the poor neighborhood of Cerrito killed two people.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3400133.htm
The World According to Walmart
Wal-Mart Says Oil Prices Held Down Profits for Quarter
By ROBEN FARZAD
Published: August 16, 2005
Citing high oil prices, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, announced its smallest quarterly profit growth in four years and warned that its third-quarter earnings would fall short of analyst estimates, disappointing Wall Street.
The company said that in its second quarter, which ended July 31, earnings rose 5.8 percent to $2.8 billion, or 67 cents a share, compared with $2.7 billion, or 62 cents a share, in the quarter a year earlier.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/business/16cnd-walmart.html
Wal-Mart signs string of deals to upgrade image
By Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — In a bid to boost fall and holiday sales, Wal-Mart (WMT) has signed a string of new — and some seemingly unusual — deals.
A Wal-Mart ad in the fall fashion issue of 'Vogue' touts this 'free-spirit' look.
The world's largest retailer just launched a major fall ad campaign in the fashion bible Vogue, signed a multiyear music deal with country crooner Garth Brooks that might include exclusive products and linked with pop music's Destiny's Child for a holiday promotion.
The ties with A-list brands and personalities come as Wal-Mart puts an increased emphasis on its clothing and music offerings. "We've chosen to focus on those areas," says Chief Marketing Officer John Fleming, adding, "We're looking to align with partners that are relevant to our customers."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2005-08-25-wal-mart_x.htm
Wal-Mart Suspect Said Mentally Disturbed
Thursday August 25, 2005 2:46 AM
AP Photo AZRD105
By JOY HEPP and MICHELLE ROBERTS
Associated Press Writers
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A man accused of gunning down two Wal-Mart employees in a store parking lot - reloading and continuing to fire into the men after they fell - didn't appear to know either victim and had no known vendetta against the company, authorities said.
Court papers released Wednesday indicated the suspect, Ed Liu, 53, was mentally disturbed but gave no further details.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5231808,00.html
Wal-Mart raises sourcing target from India to $300 m
Raghuvir Badrinath / Bangalore August 25, 2005
The Indian textile story is singing. Wal-Mart, the global retail chain, is upwardly revising its sourcing targets from India driven largely by textiles.
The company’s sourcing from India has been growing 30 per cent year on year for the past three years, and it now says it intends to grow this by 40 per cent for the current financial year.
The global major has so far sourced goods worth about $1.2 billion and intends to source goods worth a little over $300 million this fiscal.
A Wal-Mart India spokesperson confirmed this and remarked that textiles from Indian are the major growth driver for the company.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=198225
Unions Plan to Target Wal-Mart Worldwide
By Alonso Soto
Reuters
CHICAGO -- Representatives from some 900 unions said Tuesday that they would start organizing workers in several countries to pressure multinational companies like retailer Wal-Mart for better benefits and wages.
"We're trying to use globalization to raise working standards," Stephen Lerner, a director with the Service Employees International Union, said on the sidelines of an international union convention held in Chicago. "Global companies have global responsibilities," he added.
Union leaders representing 15.5 million workers are meeting this week from Monday to Thursday under the banner of Union Network International, a Swiss-based federation, to devise strategies to organize workers to press for better pay, health care and other benefits.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/25/256.html
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Decline as Oil Gains; Wal-Mart Falls
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures declined as oil prices rose and before economic reports that may spur concern higher energy costs are slowing the economy.
Shares of DuPont Co., the third-biggest U.S. chemical maker, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, dropped.
The price of oil ``takes away some of the upside for investing in equities,'' said John Haynes, who helps manage $11.5 billion as U.S. equity strategist at Carr Sheppards Crosthwaite Ltd. in London. ``There must come a tipping point for the consumer, where a sufficient part of their purchasing power is removed.''
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=axjxSVpd9ees&refer=top_world_news
Genetics
Myriad Genetics shares rise on upgrade
AUG. 24 1:38 P.M. ET Myriad Genetics Inc. shares rose Wednesday after Merrill Lynch upgraded the company to a "Buy" rating, citing strong predictive medicine growth and an expected price increase.
The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company -- which uses gene maps to analyze family histories for diseases -- is expected to show strong predictive medicine revenue with an anticipated price hike of 7 percent starting early next year. Merrill Lynch also said gross margins are expected to improve further.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8C6B1800.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db
Before the Bell - Myriad Genetics, RF Micro rise
Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:27 AM ET
(Adds RF Micro, updates prices)
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shares rose 5.4 percent before the bell on Wednesday after Lehman Brothers raised its rating on the mobile phone chip maker to "overweight" from "neutral," MarketWatch reported on its Web site.[ID:nBNG13017]
RF Micro shares rose 33 cents to $6.49 on the Inet electronic brokerage system after closing at $6.16 on Nasdaq.
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=hotStocksNews&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050824:MTFH75091_2005-08-24_12-27-31_N24370666:1
Kimberly Garrison Why is your workout not working?... & more questions
THANK YOU for the e-mail comments, suggestions and questions. This week's column answers some of your most frequently asked questions.
The secret to fit abs
Q: What is the secret to getting sexy abs? I do a series of abdominal exercises for 30 to 45 minutes for four to five days a week and still I don't see so much as a ripple.
- John W.
A: Ahhhh... the abs, America's most coveted body part. Well, John, I've got good news and bad news. The bad news first... you'll never get the six-pack or lose those love handles doing ab exercises alone. There is no single exercise to give you a slamming six-pack.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/12459741.htm
end
A killer bolting out of the blue
When lightning strikes -- a random, capricious and far more likely occurrence than most people expect -- there's simply no good place to be outdoors.
By Vernon Loeb, Times Staff Writer
FOR the Boy Scouts this summer, lightning struck twice.
In late July, Scouts from St. Helena, Calif., were huddled beneath a tarp in Sequoia National Park during a sudden hail storm when a bolt of lightning hit their hastily strung shelter. A Scout and a leader were killed, and six others were injured.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/outdoors/la-os-lightning16aug16,0,4625756.story?coll=la-home-headlines&track=hppromo
60 reported injured in Japan earthquake
By ERIC TALMADGE
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Assisted by railway workers, passengers walk on a railway track after getting off from a stranded bullet train near Sendai Station in Sendai Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2005 shortly after a powerful magnitude-7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan. The quake injured at least 60 people, triggered a small tsunami, collapsed buildings, knocked out power and shook skyscrapers as far away as Tokyo, 300 kilometers (186 miles) to the south. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
SENDAI, Japan -- The earthquake was powerful enough to sway skyscrapers 185 miles away in Tokyo. And with an estimated magnitude of 7.2, it had the potential to cause catastrophic damage. But this time, Japan got lucky.
No one died in the quake that rocked a wide swath of northern Japan on Tuesday. The scene of the worst damage was an indoor pool where part of the roof caved in, injuring a couple dozen swimmers, many of them young children.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=Japan%20Earthquake
ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE OFF ANZIO COAST, 2.1 ON RICHTER SCALE
(AGI) - Rome, Italy, Aug.23 - A second earthquake struck Rome's area just before dawn, after the one which occurred yesterday afternoon. It was about 5 am, and this time only scientific apparatuses recorded it: it measured 2.1 on the Richter scale, and the epicentre was again a few miles off Anzio's coast, at a depth of 20-30 km. The quake was expected, it's the usual aftershock. Prof. Enzo Boschi, president of the National Geophysics and Vulcanology Institute, and his assistants, had already predicted it yesterday, not alarmed, because they were sure it would be weaker than yesterday's one, which measured 4.5, felt even in Rome, and which alarmed the people living on the coastline. (AGI) .
231142 AGO 05
http://www.agi.it/english/news.pl?doc=200508231142-1037-RT1-CRO-0-NF11&page=0&id=agionline-eng.oggitalia
Earthquake drill held at area dam
By BARBARA ARRIGONI - Staff Writer
The Enterprise-Record got a rare close look at the East Park Dam in northwestern Colusa County Tuesday, when the Bureau of Reclamation held an emergency drill that imagined a failure of the dam. Usually the public and press are barred from the structure completed in 1910. The dam, upstream from Stony Gorge and Black Butte dams, is part of the bureau's Orland Project. Here, water flows beneath the dam and down a mossy spillway Tuesday. (Bill Husa/Enterprise-Record)
All Chico E-R photos are available here.
WILLOWS - What if there was an earthquake that affected East Park Reservoir - and subsequently Stony Gorge and Black Butte reservoirs in Glenn County?
To test its emergency action plan, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation conducted what was called a functional exercise Tuesday where East Park Reservoir fails following a mild earthquake and subsequent aftershocks.
http://www.chicoer.com/local_news/ci_2967732
Tokyo prepares for big earthquake
TVM 23-08-2005
Tokyo prepares for a big earthquake.
The Tokyo government today offered its residents advice on how to make their homes earthquake-proof, contact relatives through phone bulletin boards during an emergency and stock up on emergency goods in preparation for a large-scale tremor.
The event, in downtown Tokyo, kicked off disaster drills week and follows on the heels of two large earthquakes in recent weeks which have shaken the Japanese capital.
The event is an annual one, but this year, residents are more aware of the potential devastation of earthquakes after one rocked Niigata Prefecture last October injuring more than 3,000 and killing 40.
http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/news.php?newsid=8874
New Research Hones Earthquake Model for Los Angeles Basin; Scientists Identify Five Southern California Faults With Underestimated Seismic Hazard
EL CERRITO, Calif., Aug. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using computer models compiled by the Southern California Earthquake Center, a pair of University of Massachusetts researchers have made a significant leap in understanding the tectonic puzzle of the Los Angeles Basin.
The new research, published in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, the premier scientific journal dedicated to earthquake research, also shows that the seismic hazard along five Southern California faults may be underestimated.
The study, "How Sensitive Are Fault-Slip Rates in the Los Angeles Basin to Tectonic Boundary Conditions?" makes significant progress in the extensive and ongoing effort to model the earthquake dynamics of the L.A. Basin. An accurate model will allow better assessment of Southern California's earthquake hazard and better, more cost-effective risk-reduction solutions.
http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20050823.065948&time=08%2007%20PDT&year=2005&public=0
No takers for Kutch herbal oral care unit
Sumantra Das / Gandhidham August 24, 2005
Seven months have passed since the launch of Vibrant Gujarat 2005 but no major oral care products company has come forward with even an expression of interest to invest in the earthquake-hit Kutch region's proposed herbal toothpaste and tooth powder manufacturing project.
The total oral care products market size was worth several thousand crores in India and had been growing at 8 to10 per cent every year.The proposed project was offered as an opportunity to all the oral care product manufacturers.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=198144
Earthquake shakes Southern Flinders Ranges
Residents in the Southern Flinders Ranges, north of Adelaide, have reported a strong earthquake in the region.
The earthquake happened just after 1:00pm ACST.
It was followed by three aftershocks.
Gordon Jones from Wilchata Station, 20 kilometres north-east of Carrieton, says he has experienced earthquakes in the area before, but this one was particularly strong.
"I was on the phone at about seven or eight minutes past one and the house shook very violently," he said.
"[The earthquake was] very quick and sudden and very loud and then in the next quarter of an hour there were three aftershocks, not quite so strong."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200508/s1445242.htm
Turkey, Greece hit by moderate earthquake
08.24.2005, 06:14 AM
ANKARA (AFX) - A moderate earthquake was recorded this morning in the Aegean Sea near Turkey's northwest coast, but there were no reports of damage.
Istanbul's Kandilli Observatory said the tremor at 6:06 am (0306 GMT) registered 5.1 on the Richter scale, Anatolia News Agency reported.
However, Athens Observatory's Geodynamic Institute reported the quake, with its epicentre between the Greek islands of Lemnos and Lesbos, measured 4.4.
http://www.forbes.com/finance/feeds/afx/2005/08/24/afx2190099.html
Showers and thunderstorms in Southeast
8/24/2005, 10:09 p.m. CT
The Associated Press
(AP) — Scattered showers and thunderstorms developed across parts of the Southeast on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and flash flooding, while dry conditions prevailed in much of the Midwest and West.
Charleston, S.C., received nearly 3 inches of rain. Clemson, S.C., and Hatteras, N.C., each received about 2.5 inches.
Strong storms also developed across the southern Plains and parts of the Mississippi Valley, causing frequent lightning, strong winds, large hail and heavy downpours. Baseball-size hail pounded parts of Higgins, Okla. Wind gusts of 65 mph were recorded in parts of Kansas.
Elsewhere, high pressure brought partly cloudy skies and fair conditions to the Great Lakes, the Ohio and Tennessee valleys and much of the Northeast.
In the West, showers and thunderstorms formed across the High Plains, the central and southern Rockies and the Desert Southwest, but the rainfall remained light. An inch of snow accumulated in West Glacier, Mont.
Mostly sunny skies and warm conditions prevailed in the Pacific Northwest, the Great Basin and California.
Temperatures in the Lower 48 states Wednesday ranged from a low of 30 degrees in Meacham, Ore., to a high of 106 degrees in Palm Springs, Calif.
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http://www.nola.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-1/1124935766144260.xml&storylist=national
Ganahl: Rain Possible On Friday
Cool Temperatures Continue
UPDATED: 3:19 pm EDT August 24, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Central Ohioans can enjoy the dry weather for a few more days.
4 Warn Storm Team meteorologist Jym Ganahl is calling for clearing conditions overnight, with a low of 56.
Thursday will have high clouds, with a high of 84.
Ganahl said there will be a chance of pop-up thundershower on Thursday. The high will be 82 and the low will be 63.
Saturday will have a better chance of thundershowers in the morning. The high will be 81. The low will be 66.
Sunday will be partly cloudy, with a high of 83. The low will be 65.
Ganahl is calling for partly sunny conditions on Monday, with a high of 85 and a low of 66.
Stay with the 4 Warn Storm Team and refresh nbc4i.com for additional weather information
http://www.nbc4i.com/weather/4889250/detail.html
Lightning strikes in Buford area
from staff reports
LAWRENCEVILLE- Tuesday afternoon's thunderstorms kept Gwinnett County Fire Fighters busy. Department spokesman Thomas Rutledge says most of the activity was in the Buford area.
Just before 4:15 p.m., firefighters responded to a lightning strike at a home on Lake Seminole Drive in Buford. Rutledge says they found a smoke odor inside the residence but no fire. No obvious damage was detected by firefighters.
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=95363
Counseling, benefit concert, school supplies planned for tornado victims
Associated Press
WRIGHT -- Counselors, a coal company and several bands have offered to help victims of a tornado that killed two people and destroyed 60 homes here Aug. 12.
Two representatives of the National Organization for Victims Assistance planned to visit Wright to offer mental health services on Wednesday and Thursday. Public sessions were scheduled for victims as well as counselors, social workers, teachers and clergy.
Kennecott Energy, which mines coal in the area and employs many Wright residents, planned to donate 110 backpacks full of school supplies in time for the first day of school.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/08/24/build/wyoming/38-tornado-aid.inc
Floods in Dominica leave two dead, more than 30 missing
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-25 09:53:04
HAVANA, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Heavy rains in the north of the Dominican Republic caused the overflow of a river, leaving two people dead and more than 30 missing, local authorities said Wednesday.
According to reports from the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo, 30 houses were also destroyed in the floods.
Francisco Alvarez, mayor of the northern city of Tamboril, saida neighborhood, mainly inhabited by Haitian immigrants, was destroyed in the floods.
Two women drowned and at least 25 people were injured in the floods, he said.
Meanwhile, Francisco Arias, civil defense director of the northern region, said the government started to distribute food, clothing, mattresses, blankets and other materials for 1,200 families affected by the floods. Enditem
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3400144.htm
Hurricane kills six in Uruguay
www.chinaview.cn 2005-08-25 09:51:08
MONTEVIDEO, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A hurricane of 175 km per hour killed six people and caused serious damage in south and east Uruguay, according to official sources on Wednesday.
The wind tore roofs and brought down trees and posts along the Uruguayan coasts on Tuesday night and early Wednesday, causing casualties and water-supply interruption and blackouts.
n the country's capital, Montevideo, the fall of a radio-broadcasting antenna in the poor neighborhood of Cerrito killed two people.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/25/content_3400133.htm
The World According to Walmart
Wal-Mart Says Oil Prices Held Down Profits for Quarter
By ROBEN FARZAD
Published: August 16, 2005
Citing high oil prices, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, announced its smallest quarterly profit growth in four years and warned that its third-quarter earnings would fall short of analyst estimates, disappointing Wall Street.
The company said that in its second quarter, which ended July 31, earnings rose 5.8 percent to $2.8 billion, or 67 cents a share, compared with $2.7 billion, or 62 cents a share, in the quarter a year earlier.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/16/business/16cnd-walmart.html
Wal-Mart signs string of deals to upgrade image
By Laura Petrecca, USA TODAY
NEW YORK — In a bid to boost fall and holiday sales, Wal-Mart (WMT) has signed a string of new — and some seemingly unusual — deals.
A Wal-Mart ad in the fall fashion issue of 'Vogue' touts this 'free-spirit' look.
The world's largest retailer just launched a major fall ad campaign in the fashion bible Vogue, signed a multiyear music deal with country crooner Garth Brooks that might include exclusive products and linked with pop music's Destiny's Child for a holiday promotion.
The ties with A-list brands and personalities come as Wal-Mart puts an increased emphasis on its clothing and music offerings. "We've chosen to focus on those areas," says Chief Marketing Officer John Fleming, adding, "We're looking to align with partners that are relevant to our customers."
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2005-08-25-wal-mart_x.htm
Wal-Mart Suspect Said Mentally Disturbed
Thursday August 25, 2005 2:46 AM
AP Photo AZRD105
By JOY HEPP and MICHELLE ROBERTS
Associated Press Writers
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - A man accused of gunning down two Wal-Mart employees in a store parking lot - reloading and continuing to fire into the men after they fell - didn't appear to know either victim and had no known vendetta against the company, authorities said.
Court papers released Wednesday indicated the suspect, Ed Liu, 53, was mentally disturbed but gave no further details.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5231808,00.html
Wal-Mart raises sourcing target from India to $300 m
Raghuvir Badrinath / Bangalore August 25, 2005
The Indian textile story is singing. Wal-Mart, the global retail chain, is upwardly revising its sourcing targets from India driven largely by textiles.
The company’s sourcing from India has been growing 30 per cent year on year for the past three years, and it now says it intends to grow this by 40 per cent for the current financial year.
The global major has so far sourced goods worth about $1.2 billion and intends to source goods worth a little over $300 million this fiscal.
A Wal-Mart India spokesperson confirmed this and remarked that textiles from Indian are the major growth driver for the company.
http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage.php?storyflag=y&leftnm=lmnu1&leftindx=1&lselect=1&chklogin=N&autono=198225
Unions Plan to Target Wal-Mart Worldwide
By Alonso Soto
Reuters
CHICAGO -- Representatives from some 900 unions said Tuesday that they would start organizing workers in several countries to pressure multinational companies like retailer Wal-Mart for better benefits and wages.
"We're trying to use globalization to raise working standards," Stephen Lerner, a director with the Service Employees International Union, said on the sidelines of an international union convention held in Chicago. "Global companies have global responsibilities," he added.
Union leaders representing 15.5 million workers are meeting this week from Monday to Thursday under the banner of Union Network International, a Swiss-based federation, to devise strategies to organize workers to press for better pay, health care and other benefits.
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/08/25/256.html
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Decline as Oil Gains; Wal-Mart Falls
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures declined as oil prices rose and before economic reports that may spur concern higher energy costs are slowing the economy.
Shares of DuPont Co., the third-biggest U.S. chemical maker, and Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, dropped.
The price of oil ``takes away some of the upside for investing in equities,'' said John Haynes, who helps manage $11.5 billion as U.S. equity strategist at Carr Sheppards Crosthwaite Ltd. in London. ``There must come a tipping point for the consumer, where a sufficient part of their purchasing power is removed.''
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=axjxSVpd9ees&refer=top_world_news
Genetics
Myriad Genetics shares rise on upgrade
AUG. 24 1:38 P.M. ET Myriad Genetics Inc. shares rose Wednesday after Merrill Lynch upgraded the company to a "Buy" rating, citing strong predictive medicine growth and an expected price increase.
The Salt Lake City, Utah-based company -- which uses gene maps to analyze family histories for diseases -- is expected to show strong predictive medicine revenue with an anticipated price hike of 7 percent starting early next year. Merrill Lynch also said gross margins are expected to improve further.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8C6B1800.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_down&chan=db
Before the Bell - Myriad Genetics, RF Micro rise
Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:27 AM ET
(Adds RF Micro, updates prices)
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (Reuters) - RF Micro Devices Inc. (RFMD.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shares rose 5.4 percent before the bell on Wednesday after Lehman Brothers raised its rating on the mobile phone chip maker to "overweight" from "neutral," MarketWatch reported on its Web site.[ID:nBNG13017]
RF Micro shares rose 33 cents to $6.49 on the Inet electronic brokerage system after closing at $6.16 on Nasdaq.
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=hotStocksNews&storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050824:MTFH75091_2005-08-24_12-27-31_N24370666:1
Kimberly Garrison Why is your workout not working?... & more questions
THANK YOU for the e-mail comments, suggestions and questions. This week's column answers some of your most frequently asked questions.
The secret to fit abs
Q: What is the secret to getting sexy abs? I do a series of abdominal exercises for 30 to 45 minutes for four to five days a week and still I don't see so much as a ripple.
- John W.
A: Ahhhh... the abs, America's most coveted body part. Well, John, I've got good news and bad news. The bad news first... you'll never get the six-pack or lose those love handles doing ab exercises alone. There is no single exercise to give you a slamming six-pack.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/12459741.htm
end
Katrina Warning
conti2005 - 12:41 AM ET August 27, 2005
(#58255 of 59958)Impeach Bush and Cheney ! Rove is their 'Front Man'
Just so you know the extreme the current system of "Katrina" actually is.
This is a UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite. Current real time.
( These satellites no longer apply to these observations. )
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem.ht [...]
If you will direct your attention to the Gulf of Mexico you will see the 'vortex eddy' named Hurricane Katrina.
Kindly note the ACTUAL size of this system. It extents from the most southern point at the bottom of the picture over South America. The 'fringe' of the system extends west to the equator and travels with the equator. However, it also swings north.
If you take your cursor and followo the very fringes of this system it will take you out to the Pacific about two inches west on this picture then the 'light' color 'white' swings north and then over the border of Mexico and the USA it swings northeast.
Now if you have followed that, you'll see the 'center of the storm' over the Gulf and that 'sorta' Tornado like STRUCTURE in the middle of the Gulf. That is the path of Katrina. Katrina is an eddy. If you accept that premise then what you need to understand it that it will be sucked along that path right up into that vortex.
If you can follow the white clouds from Mexico to northwest Texas, Oklahoma into Missouri and then takes a dip into Tenneessee, where it again returns in a northward pattern to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Circle awaits there.
This satellite won't stay like this long but it certainly is a very clear indication that the 'picture' one is looking at on the television screen is nothing compared to the entire system and then people don't understand why the 'locals' aren't more specific about the storm.
(The satellite no longer applies to these observations.)
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem_loop.html
The fleeting reality of Global Warming.
Ain't just a hurricane.
(#58255 of 59958)Impeach Bush and Cheney ! Rove is their 'Front Man'
Just so you know the extreme the current system of "Katrina" actually is.
This is a UNISYS Water Vapor Satellite. Current real time.
( These satellites no longer apply to these observations. )
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem.ht [...]
If you will direct your attention to the Gulf of Mexico you will see the 'vortex eddy' named Hurricane Katrina.
Kindly note the ACTUAL size of this system. It extents from the most southern point at the bottom of the picture over South America. The 'fringe' of the system extends west to the equator and travels with the equator. However, it also swings north.
If you take your cursor and followo the very fringes of this system it will take you out to the Pacific about two inches west on this picture then the 'light' color 'white' swings north and then over the border of Mexico and the USA it swings northeast.
Now if you have followed that, you'll see the 'center of the storm' over the Gulf and that 'sorta' Tornado like STRUCTURE in the middle of the Gulf. That is the path of Katrina. Katrina is an eddy. If you accept that premise then what you need to understand it that it will be sucked along that path right up into that vortex.
If you can follow the white clouds from Mexico to northwest Texas, Oklahoma into Missouri and then takes a dip into Tenneessee, where it again returns in a northward pattern to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Circle awaits there.
This satellite won't stay like this long but it certainly is a very clear indication that the 'picture' one is looking at on the television screen is nothing compared to the entire system and then people don't understand why the 'locals' aren't more specific about the storm.
(The satellite no longer applies to these observations.)
http://weather.unisys.com/satellite/sat_wv_hem_loop.html
The fleeting reality of Global Warming.
Ain't just a hurricane.
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