Illnesses Linked to Raw Tomatoes

Tuesday, June 3- An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning has been found to be linked to uncooked tomatoes. These reporting have been reported in 17 US states causing 167 people to be infected. Out of that 167, 23 people have been hospitalized by a rare strain of potentially fatal bacteria. Fast food restaurants, super-markets, anywhere that sells tomatoes was forced to remove the stock from the shelves and meals due to a warning from the FDA. "At this time, consumers should limit their tomato consumption to tomatoes that have not been implicated in the outbreak. These include cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, and tomatoes grown at home," the FDA said in a statement. Companies like McDonalds removed tomatoes from their sandwiches and salads but returned to using them when they did not hear any complaints of sickness from their customers.

In 1885, Daniel E. Salmon, an American scientist who played an important part in putting the first U.S. meat inspections in place discovered the organism that causes hog cholera, which is now known as Salmonella Choleraesius. Although the illness is named after him, he was not the one who actually discovered it. His assistant, Theobald Smith actually discovered the bacterium. So much for taking all the credit.

Dalai Lama Visit University of Washington Sparks Protests

The anticipation of the Dalai Lama's visit to the University of Washington Seattle was high especially for pro-China demonstrators, but not for the reason that you would think. These people could not wait to interogate him about his view on Tibet being seperate from China. However, previous to the speech of the Dalai Lama the attendies were instructed to ask non-political questions, as the Dalai Lama was not going to respond to them. As a result, some 500 protesters gathered outside of the hall where the Dalai Lama was speaking to protest his views on the split of Tibet from China. Pro-China semonstrators claim that the Dalai Lama wants Tibet to split from China, even though he has denied it saying he is for the unity of Tibet and China. The demonstrators did not buy into this however as they feel he is responsible for protests in Tibet demanding Tibet become ndependent from China. This arose much controversy, but the Dalai Lama was successful in his speech at the University due to no political questions being asked. (This was because the people asking the questions were assigned, and were students that could be trusted to stick to University appropriate questions.)

This can be compared to the student protests at Kent State during the Vietnam War. During the Vietname war students at Kent State led a protest agaisnt the war. As a result officials were called in to supress the protest asnd lives were lost of unarmed protesters. During this protest officials were called to suypress the unarmed demonstrators even though it is their right. At least no one was killed in this demonstration.

Kennedy Is Released From Hospital

Senator Edward M. Kennedy was released from a North Carolina hospital on Monday, one week after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor. With his aids he returned home to his home in Hyannis Port. He was released from the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and had been resting complication free. Kennedy, 76, was diagnosed about three weeks ago with a malignant glioma in the left parietal lob of his brain shortly after suffering a seizure at a family residence on Cape Cod. This prognosis is a very unpromising one and at first it seemed that his doctors had ruled out surgery because of the high risk of causing damage to his parietal lobe. This is an area involved in language and motor control. His doctors eventually decided it was the right choice. The surgeons, last week, sliced away as much of the cancer as possible during a three hour surgery. Mr. Kennedy, in the up coming days, will start targeted radiation and chemotherapy at Massachusetts General Hospital. From what has been seen, Kennedy has appeared to be doing well. The day after he heard his diagnosis, he appeared strong as he walked out of the medical center with his family. It seems that Mr. Kennedy will be recuperating largely in private.

Edward Kennedy is the only living of his Kennedy brothers. His oldest brother Joe Jr.’s plan was shoot down during World War II on August 12, 1944. His other older brother John was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. On June 5, 1968, Edward’s last brother was assassinated in a Los Angeles hotel immediately following his victory in the California Democratic presidential primary.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/us/10kennedy.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Gas Prices Continue Record Climb

Nationwide gasoline prices continue to increase. The rising average for regular is $4.02 a gallon, as crude oil prices fell only slightly after last Friday’s record surge. The price of gasoline is now 93 cents a gallon more than it was a year ago. Gasoline prices of diesel this morning were at $4.77 a gallon, $1.87 more than this time last year. Economists fear this steady rise in gasoline prices eating at consumers’ money, who already have an economy that is weighted down by concerns about housing prices and the stability of financial institutions. With this increase in the price of gasoline, consumers have started to trim down the amount of driving they do. MasterCard has recently reported that a 4%-5$ decline in the purchase of gasoline, but the Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration has been reporting more modest declines. Prices of gasoline futures were down substantially today on fears that demand for U.S. motor fuel would drop more steeply now that prices have crossed the $4 threshold. Despite this, international supply and demand forces have driven crude oil prices up despite the declines in the United States. The US is still the world’s largest oil consumer, and crude oil costs make up the majority of gasoline costs. There are many disagreements over who is primarily to blame with leading figures in the oil industry.

The 1917 oil crisis began on October 17, 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that they would no longer ship oil to nations that had supported Israel in its conflict with Syria and Egypt. The United States was one of the countries who supported Israel, so they were greatly affected by this refusal to ship oil.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/08/AR2008060800574.
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