Campus briefs Oct 5, 2005
This years recipients are Dr. Ana Lucia Almeida Gazzola, Thomas Forrest Kelly, James Arthur Merchant and Roy Hampton Park Jr.. University Day was created in 1793 to honor the laying of the cornerstone of Old East, the nations first state university building. (The Daily Tarheel, NC)
More of this story Oct 5, 2005
Countries represented were Australia, China, Egypt, Greece, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Panama and the United States of America. Mr. Christopher Stead, Community Relationship Manager for the American Cancer Society had the hard task of judging the tent decorating contest ... Second place went to the Moonwalkers (Luna Family) for the Moroccan themed tent and third place to the Edmund Garcia Family for their Panamanian paradise, which included excellent coffee. (Douglas Daily Dispatch, AZ)
Give Your Skin A Second Chance Oct 5, 2005
Just as the sun tans your skin, it also intensifies any dark spots, explains Ana A. Cardenas, M.D., a Bakersfield, California, dermatologist. And women of color are not off the hook, she adds. (WNBC.com, NY)
Standard & Poor's Announces Changes to U.S. Indices Oct 5, 2005
Ingram Micro is a wholesale provider of technology products and supply chain management services. Headquartered in Santa Ana, CA, the company will be added to the Sap 400 GICS (Global Industry Classification Standard) Technology Distributors Sub-Industry Index. (PR Newswire)
Abbott Agrees to Lower Kaletra AIDS Drug Price in Brazil by 46 Percent Oct 5, 2005
17 starting in March 2006, Health Ministry spokeswoman Ana Lucia Wenke said. The government, which buys the drug from Abbott and gives it away for free to as many as 163,000 AIDS victims, expects the agreement will save it $339. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
News briefs from Southern California Oct 5, 2005
County Counsel Raymond Fortner Jr. said in an analysis released Monday that the court would likely find the cross on the previous seal was intended to represent religion. When the seal was approved in 1957, transcripts showed officials wanted the cross to represent the religious life of the community. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Uncle: Slain mother wanted kids reunited Oct 5, 2005
"All we care about is that my sister can get custody of this girl," Ana Rivaineira, 49, the victim's aunt, said in a telephone interview. "That little girl is our blood. It's a crime that she has to go through this. It's like a nightmare.". (Newsday -- New York City)
Australian soldier injured in Afghanistan Oct 5, 2005
An SAS trooper received minor injuries and an Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was killed during a battle with anti-coalition militia forces in late September. That attack was believed to have occurred when a patrol of about a dozen troops was operating from a coalition special forces base at Gardez, southeast of Kabul and close to the Pakistan border. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
