Pantas Direnungkan

小時候，希望自己快點長大 ✽  
Dimasa kecil, ingin segera beranjak dewasa.

長大了，卻發現遺失了童年 ✽
Setelah dewasa, merasa kehilangan masa kanak-kanak.

單身時，開始羨慕戀人的甜蜜 ✽
Saat sendiri, mulai menginginkan manisnya hubungan asmara.

戀愛時，懷念單身時的自由 ✽
Saat memiliki kekasih, merindukan kebebasan masa-masa sendiri.

很多事物，沒有得到時總覺得美好 ✽
Banyak hal selalu nampak indah saat diri sendiri belum mendapatkannya.

得到時才開始明白「我們得到的同時就開始失去」所以，過好當下最重要！
Namun saat mendapatkannya, baru menyadari bahwa pada saat yang sama kita memperoleh , saat itu pula mulai kehilangan.
Oleh karena itu, yang terutama adalah menjalani "Saat Ini" dengan sebaik-baiknya

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CARA KAYA DENGAN RP 1.000,00

Kehidupan masyarakat dalam mengejar kekayaan, misalnya, pada masa pemerintahan 2004-2009, tidak ada hal seperti BLT dan sedikit bantuan dari pemerintah. untuk mobil-mobil mewah yang biasa masih ingin mengucapkan terima kasih, karena setiap hari ganti mobil untuk menggantikan Kantor pesawat naik alias.juga tidak bisa bahkan minibus pecah.
Bagi mereka yang benar-benar tidak mampu untuk menggunakan transportasi umum, BLT tidak diragukan lagi sangat diantisipasi dan diharapkan untuk menyertakan perjalanan mewah biasa. Saya benar-benar tidak punya mobil, orang kaya, mengapa mereka memanggil saya kaya?
Jawabannya, karena mereka benar-benar memiliki uang Rp 1000, dan kapasitas nominal tentu lebih kaya dari itu setiap hari menumpang mobil mewah.
Dengan ribu rupiah dapat kita berikan kepada orang-orang yang berbaring di pinggir jalan Dengan seribu rupiah yang dapat mengubah tempat ibadah Dengan ribuan rupiah yang dapat dikembalikan ke anak yatim dan banyak hal yang dapat kita lakukan hanya dengan seribu rupiah.
Jika Anda bisnis, tentunya Anda harus berhati-hati, jika tidak ada pembeli properti dengan harga seratus juta rupiah, maka berikut bahwa uang itu dibawa di bawah seribu rupiah, maka Anda pasti akan kehilangan, begitu juga bukan?
Jika Anda naik sebuah minibus, dan mempertimbangkan kembali atas kelebihan pembayaran menjadi seribu rupiah untuk memastikan Anda mencintainya?
Saya punya cerita, cerita ini adalah persaingan antara Jono dan Joni, saudara kembar yang selalu bersaing dalam banyak cara, termasuk pendanaan.
Sehari setelah setengah dari bangga untuk membuat uang satu miliar dari bank datang ke tempat yang tenang joni Rumah masih di rumah, dengan nada sombong Jono suaranya di kopernya. "Lihat ini, uang saya, ada satu miliar," Joni menjawab dengan santai joni, namun menentang arogansi "Jono, Jono, Anda hanya memiliki satu miliar sebaliknya, saya punya satu miliar, juga, tapi saya dapat menambahkan ini (dan meletakkan uang itu lebih dari seribu miliyar uang mereka),bagaimana jon ".? joni melihat uang itu jauh lebih dari mereka sendiri, setelah saya menjadi sedih dan pulang dengan wajah dilipat.

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4.2-magnitude quake rumbles across LA

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A magnitude-4.2 earthquake and aftershocks rattled nerves across the la region Thursday, however there have been no immediate reports of harm.

The quake hit around 1:47 p.m. and was focused twenty four miles northwest of downtown la. it absolutely was followed by over a half-dozen aftershocks up to magnitude-3. The jolt was felt widely across la County as well as the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, downtown and to the coast. it absolutely was felt as so much north as Edwards Air Force Base within the Mojave Desert to as so much south as Orange County.

No injury or injuries were reported within the Santa Clarita space close to the epicenter, said Sgt. Michael Bailey at the native la County sheriff's station.

The quake felt sort of a rolling motion, Bailey said.

"We felt it here within the station. it absolutely was light shaking," he said. "We were right on prime of it."

Pauley Perrette, an actress on the crime drama "NCIS," tweeted that she felt the quake and aftershocks on the show's set, that was close to the epicenter.

"All is well, legion equipment shook," she posted.

Thursday's quake occurred not too aloof from 2 of Southern California's worst seismic disasters: The 1971 magnitude-6.6 San Fernando quake and therefore the 1994 magnitude-6.7 Northridge quake. Northridge was the last major metropolitan-scale disaster, killing dozens, injuring thousands and inflicting $25 billion in injury.

Thursday's quake isn't thought of an aftershock to either quake as a result of enough time has glided by, said geophysicist Bob greenback of the U.S. Geological Survey.

"Anywhere in Southern California, significantly within the bigger la space, we're capable of getting a magnitude-4 kind event," greenback said.

USGS geophysicist Doug Given said unsecured objects may have fallen off shelves close to the epicenter of Thursday's quake, however he expected very little injury.

"It's not the type of quake that may break windows or crack walls," Given said.

On the Net:

U.S. Geological Survey: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

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U.S. Gulf coast ought to stay up for attainable storm-NHC

A low-pressure system pushing northwest through the Gulf of Mexico contains a sturdy probability of turning into a tropical cyclone within the next 2 days and threatening U.S. states on northern coast of the gulf, the National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.

The system, currently over the central a part of the gulf, already has prompted some major international oil firms to evacuate employees from offshore oil platforms.

The Miami-based hurricane center said the low pressure space was manufacturing an oversized space of clouds, thunderstorms and gusty winds because it headed slowly to the northwest.

"This system contains a high probability ... 70 percent ... of turning into a tropical cyclone throughout following forty eight hours ... Interests along the whole northern Gulf of Mexico coast ought to monitor the progress of this disturbance," the NHC said.

Some pc models showed the developing system, which might be known as Lee if it became a tropical storm, might omit the coasts of Texas and Louisiana. Lee are going to be the twelfth named storm of the busy 2011 Atlantic hurricane season.

Texas is within the grip of a severe drought and rains from the developing weather system might bring some relief.

Meanwhile, still so much east out over the Atlantic, Hurricane Katia fashioned late on Wednesday and was churning west with winds of seventy five miles per hour (120 km per hour) however posing no immediate threat to land.

At 5 a.m. EDT (0900 GMT), Katia was located regarding one,065 miles (1,710 km) east of the Caribbean's Leeward Islands.

After Hurricane Irene rampaged up the U.S. East Coast over the weekend, killing a minimum of forty individuals, authorities on the U.S. Atlantic seaboard are monitoring Katia to ascertain that path it takes.

The NHC forecast shows Katia turning into a significant hurricane by the weekend however sees its center missing the Caribbean islands on its northwestward track. Forecasters say it's still too early to mention with certainty that the hurricane poses no threat to the U.S. jap seaboard.

However, some long-range pc models, which might be off by many miles (kilometres), show Katia eventually swinging north toward the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda, faraway from the U.S. coast.

The Atlantic hurricane season generally brings eleven or twelve named storms. Katia is already the eleventh and with 1/2 the season still ahead, it's shaping up to be the unusually busy year that was predicted. (Additional reporting by Erwin Seba and Kristen Hays in Houston; Editing by Bill Trott)

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Katia might Become Major Atlantic Hurricane By Weekend, NHC Says

Sept. one (Bloomberg) -- Katia, the second hurricane of the Atlantic season, might grow into a serious storm this weekend north and east of Puerto Rico, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Katia, currently regarding one,000 miles (1,620 kilometers) east of St. Lucia within the Caribbean, has most winds close to seventy five miles per hour, the NHC said in an advisory at five a.m. the big apple time. The storm is moving west at twenty mph, the Miami-based center said.

“Strengthening is forecast throughout successive forty eight hours,” it said. “Katia might become a serious hurricane by the weekend.” It’s currently a class one storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale. Major hurricanes, class three on the size, have winds larger than a hundred and ten mph.

Katia, the eleventh named storm of this Atlantic hurricane season that runs from June through November, presents no threat to land anytime soon, the middle said. The forecast path shows it well east of the Bahamas and south of Bermuda by Sept. 6.

A shift westward for Katia, forecast to show north and out to ocean eventually, might bring it to land in japanese Canada, the non-public forecaster AccuWeather said. Canada’s Atlantic region, a serious gasoline provider for the Northeast, exported 469,704 cubic meters (2.96 million barrels) of the fuel in might.

Gulf System considerations

A system of thunderstorms over the central Gulf of Mexico incorporates a seventy p.c probability of organizing into a tropical cyclone within the next 2 days, the NHC said in an exceedingly weather outlook at eight a.m. the big apple time. That’s up from sixty p.c yesterday.

“The system might become a tropical depression throughout successive day or therefore,” the middle said. “Interests along the complete northern Gulf of Mexico coast ought to monitor the progress of this disturbance.”

BP Plc began yesterday removing quite five hundred non-essential staff from some platforms within the Southern inexperienced Canyon space, in step with a message on the company’s hurricane hot line. The London-based company said it's making ready for a possible shut- in and full evacuation if necessary.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. evacuated non-essential staff from its Gunnison, Nansen and Boomvang platforms within the western Gulf, in step with a notice on the Woodlands, Texas-based company’s web site.

“If that storm develops, it'll seemingly sit within the Gulf for a handful days,” said Sean Miller, project manager for Kinetic Analysis Corp., a Silver Spring, Maryland-based firm that predicts the results of disasters. “Right currently the models are pretty divergent on where it'll create landfall however it'll in all probability be somewhere in southern Texas.”

Apache Corp., Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, Enbridge Inc., Exxon Mobil Corp., Marathon Oil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell Plc said yesterday they're monitoring the system.

The Gulf is home to thirty one p.c of U.S. oil output and seven p.c of the country’s natural gas production.

The center is additionally monitoring a non-tropical low pressure system regarding 360 miles north of Bermuda. The system is moving northeastward at ten to fifteen mph and incorporates a ten p.c probability of turning into a tropical cyclone within the next forty eight hours.

--With help from Lynn Doan in San Francisco, Sherry Su in London, Brian K. Sullivan in Boston and Randall Hackley in Zurich. Editors: Randall Hackley, Alessandro Vitelli

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Bracing for Hurricane Irene: MTA's doomsday situation is total system closure

The MTA's commit to shut down the city's transit system in anticipation of an on the spot hit from Hurricane Irene begins by pulling service offline a minimum of twelve hours before the storm makes landfall.

An evacuation amount of ten to twelve hours - scheduled throughout daylight - would precede any systemwide shutdown, in step with the MTA's step-by-step hurricane set up, that the Daily News obtained Thursday.

EVACUATION ZONE MAP: realize YOUR HOME

The evacuation amount is meant to permit residents within the danger zone to use the system to escape. It "must be concluded with sufficient time remaining to make sure that every one train crews are going to be able to complete their visits and to achieve a location within which they will safely wait till the storm ends," the set up says.

MTA employees were already making ready yesterday: stockpiling sandbags, clearing drains and repositioning equipment on high ground.

LIVE STORM TRACKER

The agency - criticized throughout the December blizzard for not shutting down, leaving individuals stranded on trains - was readying for an unprecedented total shutdown.

The greatest threat from a hurricane to the nation's biggest transit system is not high winds or blowing debris or perhaps serious rainfall. it is the monster coastal surges that pour water into the tunnels, cutting electricity to the third rail.

The MTA battle set up, created in 2007, however still valid nowadays, says the worst doable situation could be a hurricane creating landfall at Atlantic town, one hundred miles south of the town. Hurricanes spin counter-clockwise, thus a giant storm creating landfall to the south would push a wall of ocean water onto big apple.

Federal scientists say a class two hurricane might drive a 20-foot storm surge into Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn. If that's what seems to be looming, the MTA hurricane set up concerns bus service to start to be curtailed a minimum of twelve hours before landfall.

At least eight hours before landfall, the subways would begin shutting down. At "zero hour" - approximately six hours before landfall, when winds reach thirty-nine mph - all rail and bus service would be suspended, the MTA set up says.

Each station are going to be searched to create positive nobody is left behind in an elevator or toilet, and then gates or barricade tape can go up to dam stairways to the road level.

MTA staff are urged to hold a "go bag" with further garments and snacks in case they get stuck with extended tours of duty. The set up identifies various subway tunnels that are sure to flood in a very class one storm, together with under-river tunnels and most lines that run through lower Manhattan and therefore the Rockaways.

A storm crisis center would be originated at forty Sands St. in Brooklyn, where officers can monitor harm and verify when to restart service Monday.

In December 1992, all the subways stopped running for many hours when a nor'easter's 8-foot storm surge flooded a Con Ed station.

hkennedy@nydailynews.com

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Sulawesi's Mount Soputan Erupts, No Evacuations Ordered

Sulawesi, Mount Soputan in North Sulawesi erupted on Sunday morning at around 6:03 a.m. local time, sending searing gas half dozen,000 meters into the air, however officers said it posed no danger nevertheless. There were no reports of casualties as of 8:00 a.m. and therefore the spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said there was to date no got to order an evacuation. "They nearest residents live thusme eight kilometers from the mountain and so evacuation isn't nevertheless necessary," Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said on Sunday. Iing Kusnadi, a scientist at the volcano's monitoring post, told AFP that the counseled evacuation zone was set at a six-kilometer radius round the volcano however there is solely forest in that vary. Sutopo said heat clouds from the mountain were heading west. "Last night, at around eleven p.m., the mountain entered its eruption part," he said, adding that the native BNPB and therefore the Indonesian Red Cross were collaborating closely so as to forestall damages. Soputan, one among Sulawesi's most active volcanoes, last erupted in 2008 with no fatalities recorded.

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WRAPUP 1-Japan business mood to pass though post-quake slump-tankan

* June massive manufacturers' sentiment index -9 vs forecast -6

* massive makers see conditions improving three months ahead

* massive companies conceive to increase capex by four.2 pct in FY2011/12

* little companies, service sector feeling a lot of pain from quake

TOKYO, July one (Reuters) - massive Japanese makers turned pessimistic concerning business conditions for the primary time since the world monetary crisis within the aftermath of the March eleven earthquake and tsunami however expect improvement in coming back months, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday.

The survey's headline sentiment index was weaker than forecast, however it had been broadly in line with the central bank's read that the economy can recover by the tip of this year when the March disaster knocked Japan into its second recession in 3 years.

"The tankan shows the deterioration in sentiment wasn't deep, as was the case with the Lehman shock that severely hurt demand, however it additionally indicates that recovery ahead is probably going to be patchy, with massive automakers and electrical appliance manufacturers leading the approach however little companies lagging," said Junko Nishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities in Tokyo.

"The BOJ's future policy is probably going to be determined a lot of by the degree of slowdown in overseas economies and monetary market moves than by Japan's economic indicators."

Still, whereas factory output is poised for a "V-shaped" recovery as makers quickly restore provide chains, service companies and little businesses are less optimistic concerning the outlook, the survey showed, a signal that domestic demand remains weak and any rebound within the economy might not be broad-based. Separately released knowledge showed that whereas the jobless rate fell in could, household spending slumped from the previous year.

Analysts had expected sentiment to deteriorate within the June quarterly tankan, the primary to totally replicate the impact of the deadly natural disaster that triggered the world's worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster twenty five years ago.

The central bank is predicted to carry off on easing financial policy more at its rate review this month unless the Greek debt crisis triggers monetary market turmoil severe enough to threaten Japan's outlook for a moderate recovery.

The headline index measuring massive manufacturers' sentiment because the distinction between the proportion of optimists and pessimists -- stood at minus nine in June, down from and half-dozen in March and below a median market forecast of minus half-dozen.

It was the primary time pessimists outnumbered optimists since March 2010, when Japanese companies were still reeling from the monetary turmoil triggered by the collapse of Lehman Brothers late in 2008.

But analysts discovered that in distinction to a deep and protracted slump in confidence throughout the monetary crisis when the headline index sank as low as minus fifty eight within the initial quarter of 2009, the impact of the March eleven disaster was seemingly to be fleeting.

Markets took the tankan leads to their stride as they failed to modification the dominant read that firms were gradually recovering from the large initial shock from the quake.

"I do not suppose the tankan can have abundant impact on the bond market, that is concentrated squarely on factors abroad," said Koichi Ono, senior fastened income strategist at Daiwa Securities Capital Markets in Tokyo.

UPBEAT ON OUTPUT, CAUTIOUS ON OVERSEAS RISKS

Big makers expect conditions to enhance over succeeding 3 months with the index for September seen at and a pair of. That was roughly in line with a median forecast of and three.

The survey additionally showed massive companies conceive to raise their capital spending by four.2 p.c within the monetary year to March a pair of012, over the market's median forecast for a a pair of.2 p.c rise.

The BOJ could tone up its optimism on output and Japan's economy at its rate review this month, though it'll additionally signal its caution concerning the danger of a worldwide slowdown, said sources at home with the central bank's thinking.

The sturdy yen additionally weighs on company profits. massive manufacturers' average dollar/yen estimate for this fiscal year, at 82.59 yen, was very cheap since comparable knowledge became offered beneath the tankan in 1996.

The pain from the March earthquake could persist longer for little companies and repair sector firms, that profit less from international growth than massive exporters.

Big non-manufacturers' sentiment worsened eight points to minus five and therefore the index measuring conditions 3 month ahead remained negative at minus a pair of.

Pessimists way outnumbered optimists among little non-manufacturers, that expect business conditions to worsen more toward September, the information showed. Signs that firms were passing on a minimum of a number of the upper prices of fuels and raw materials urged subdued shopper sentiment was seemingly to persist.

The so-called core-core shopper inflation index, that excludes food and energy costs and is analogous to the core index employed in the u.  s., rose 0.1 p.c to mark the primary annual increase in nearly 3 years, reflecting the broadening upward value pressure from high commodity prices. however analysts say that with household demand weak, Japan is unlikely to create a sustained, clear exit from deflation any time soon.

Japan's economy in all probability contracted for 3 consecutive quarters through June however is predicted to grow one.0 p.c within the third quarter, as factory output rebounds from a steep slump simply when the quake, per a Reuters poll.

A political stalemate over unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan's departure additionally risks slowing efforts to pass though the March disaster and will delay steps to tackle structural issues together with huge public debt.

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Sugar Cane Farmers onerous Hit by Competition

Slawi:The circulation of refined sugar within the free market is threatening the assembly of ground sugar cane in Indonesian provinces. “I’m worried that the tender of this week’s grinding production are going to be low,” Muhamad Rintono, the Tegal Indonesian Sugar Cane Farmers’ Association chairman, said yesterday.


According to Rintono, the provision of refined sugar has broken the prospects of sugar canes farmers in Tegal, who are bound they'll have a top quality harvest. Tegal Agriculture, Plantation and Forestry workplace chief Karwadi, said that refined sugar was circulated as a result of a scarcity of management from the central government. “As a consequence, farmers within the province, as well as Tegal, are going to be affected,” he said.

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Army makes tough choice to save New Orleans, Baton Rouge

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Lee Esther Bridges, 58, stands near her Vicksburg, Miss., home Thursday and wonders what she will do once the floodwater recedes. / ROGELIO V. SOLIS/Associated Press

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Buildings outside a levee take on water Thursday in Morgan City, La., an area likely to be inundated when the Morganza Spillway releases water. / PATRICK SEMANSKY/Associated Press

BUTTE LAROSE, La. -- In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early as Saturday and inundate thousands of homes and farms in Louisiana's Cajun country to avert a potentially bigger disaster in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

About 25,000 people and 11,000 structures could be in harm's way when the gates on the Morganza spillway are unlocked for the first time in 38 years.

Opening the spillway will release a torrent that could submerge about 3,000 square miles under as much as 25 feet of water but take the pressure off the downstream levees protecting New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the numerous oil refineries and chemical plants along the lower reaches of the Mississippi.

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Google says Android 'club' makes phone makers 'do what we want'

Last summer, in a private email message, the open source and compatibility program manager for Google's Android mobile operating system told a colleague that Google uses Android compatibility as a "club" to make phone makers "do what we want".

As reported by The New York Times, the email was turned up as part of the lawsuit brought against Google by Skyhook Wireless, the Boston-based outfit that pioneered the art of pinpointing a mobile device's location based on Wi-Fi and cell-tower signals. Filed this past September, Skyhook's suit accuses Google of using Android to strong-arm handset makers into choosing Google's location technology rather than Skyhook's.

In April 2010, Motorola and Samsung agreed to use Skyhook's location services, but in July, both companies dropped Skyhook in favor of Google's competing services. In its suit, Skyhook claims that Google Android boss Andy Rubin told Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha that if Motorola didn't drop Skyhook from its Android phones, Google would remove official Android support from the handsets. Without official support, Motorola could not use the Android trademark or proprietary Google services such as the Android Market or Google Maps. Although Google bills Android as an "open" platform, Skyhook's suit argues, the company retains tight control over how it is used.

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Euro Falls Before Greece Sells Bills Amid Restructuring Concern

By Yoshiaki Nohara and Ron Harui

May 10 (Bloomberg) -- The euro fell to a six-week low against the yen before Greece sells Treasury bills today amid speculation the nation will need to restructure its debt.

The 17-nation currency dropped against 11 of its 16 major counterparts after Standard & Poor’s cut Greece’s credit rating, renewing concern the region’s debt crisis is escalating. Australia’s dollar slid against 9 of its 16 major peers before Treasurer Wayne Swan releases his budget today amid assurances of “substantial” spending cuts. New Zealand’s dollar dropped after the International Monetary Fund said the currency may be as much as 20 percent overvalued.

“The markets now view a restructuring of Greece’s debt as a possibility, whereas they hadn’t previously,” said Marito Ueda, senior managing director in Tokyo at FX Prime Corp., a foreign-exchange margin company. “The euro is likely undergoing a downward correction. We may see risk aversion, which would probably benefit the yen.”

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Obama Congratulates Bin Laden Commando Assault Team for a ‘Job Well Done'

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama met with the commandos who staged the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden, saying that because of them the terrorist leader responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks “will never threaten America again.”

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden talked privately with the helicopter pilots and Navy SEALs yesterday at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where they also addressed soldiers who recently returned from fighting in Afghanistan.

“I came here for a simple reason: to say thank you,” Obama told a hangar full of service members. “On behalf of all Americans and people around the world --- Job well done.”

Fort Campbell is the home base for the Army’s 160th Special Operations Aviation 

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Retailer Safeway recalls certain foodstuffs

(Reuters) - U.S. grocery operator Safeway Inc said it expanded its recall on edibles containing grape tomatoes in several states, due to possible salmonella contamination.

The company recalled the cubes of meat called kabobs, which include grape tomatoes, from its Safeway, Vons, Pavilions and Pak N Save stores in several states including Arizona and California.

On May 2, the company had recalled cafe salads and deli salads made with grape tomatoes.

Safeway said no illness had been reported and the recall of kabobs was a precautionary measure.

The kabobs were supplied by Taylor Farms and sourced from grower Six L's.

Salmonella is an organism that can cause serious and fatal infections, particularly in young children, the elderly, and persons with weakened immune systems.

Healthy persons infected with salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

The recalled kabobs were sold between April 26, 2011 and May 3, 2011.

(Reporting by Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore)

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Air search for missing cruise passenger to resume

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard planned to resume an aerial search Wednesday for a woman who went missing from a cruise ship somewhere between San Diego and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

The 65-year-old woman, whose name was not released, did not show up for a customs check when the Celebrity Millennium docked in San Diego around 1 p.m. Tuesday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dunphy said.

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Corn, Soybeans May Rise as Adverse Weather Threatens World Crop

Corn and soybeans may rise this week as adverse weather in the U.S., China, Europe and Canada threatens world production amid increasing demand for food, livestock feed and fuel made from the crops.

Twenty-three of 33 traders and analysts surveyed from Tokyo to Chicago on April 29 said corn will rise, and 20 of 34 respondents forecast a gain for soybeans. Last week on the Chicago Board of Trade, corn futures for July delivery rose 1.6 percent to $7.565 a bushel, and soybean futures for July delivery advanced 0.3 percent to $13.94 a bushel.

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Live fast, die young

In the studio of art collector Benno Calev can be found a selection of splendid drawings and works on plywood by Mirit Cohen from the 1970s. Viewing them is an exciting experience. I promised not to reveal the precise number of works, but there were enough to serve as a reflection of the life of an artist who is gone and nearly forgotten.

The plywood panels look all battered and nicked, as if Cohen slashed them up in a burst of violence. In a 1990 poem, Yaakov Besser described how he and Mirit celebrated her 24th birthday at a cafe in Tel Aviv. Afterward they went to her studio apartment, which was her all-purpose space: studio, bedroom, dining room. Besser watched as she placed a rectangular piece of plywood on the table and began stroking it. First with one hand and then with both before she squeezed it with an iron hand: "She unsheathed her fingernails and chiseled away with them until drops of blood dripped into the scratched-out cracks, and the pale, pale plywood, interwoven with white strands, turned redder and redder. And the cracks deepened in her face, too, which was frightened. When she raised her wet hands, she pressed them to her chest as if clutching in them the fist-like muscle of her fervent heart ... "

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Report: California cities have worst air pollution in U.S.

About 154 million Americans — or more than half the U.S. population — live in areas where the air is so polluted that it is often dangerous to breathe, a new report says.

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  By Kirby Lee-US PRESSWIRE
  Los Angeles was included in the list of cities with the worst air.

Residents of Honolulu and Santa Fe-Espanola, N.M., on the other hand, are in luck: Those two cities had air that is among the country's cleanest — and they were the only two in the nation that had no days in which smog and soot levels reached unhealthy ranges.

In contrast, residents of California, which is famed for its healthful lifestyle, are breathing some of the worst air.

California cities topped the list of U.S. cities with the worst air pollution, according to "State of the Air 2011," the American Lung Association's annual report on air quality, which was released April 27.

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FDA: Infants Often Get Herbal Teas, Supplements

As many as 9% of infants may be getting dietary botanical supplements and herbal teas during their first year of life, an FDA study suggests. And many are given the substances during their first month of life, according to Yuanting Zhang, PhD, of the FDA in College Park, Md., and colleagues. A clinical implication is that physicians should look out for possible interactions with medications and for potential adverse effects from such supplements, Zhang and colleagues reported online in Pediatrics. The finding comes from analysis of data collected in the Infant Feeding Practices Study II, a longitudinal survey of women from late pregnancy through their infant's first year of life, conducted by the FDA and the CDC between 2005 and 2007, the researchers reported. It is the first study to examine the prevalence of supplement and tea use among infants, the researchers reported. They cautioned that the survey was nationally distributed but not representative, so that it is not possible to say that results apply to the whole population. Among other things, they noted, the sample of 2,653 mothers with healthy singleton infants over-represented

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Finally, California Finds a Surplus: 50 Feet of Snow

David McNew/Getty Images

A field near Bakersfield, Calif., in 2008, part of a three-year drought. Wetter weather has arrived.

SAN FRANCISCO — Sure, fine, California may have its problems right now. There is the budget, yes, what with that pesky $26.5 billion deficit, and the legislative stalemate with its, you know, stalemate-ness. Unemployment is still high, and so is anxiety, about everything from housing prices to radioactive clouds drifting over from Japan.

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