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http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/13/world/meast/syria-unrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

Opposition: Shelling, gunfire torment residents across Syria

By the CNN Wire Staff

updated 5:59 AM EDT, Sun May 13, 2012

 

“….The Syrian conflict has also spilled across the border to Tripoli, Lebanon, where at least one Lebanese civilian and one Lebanese soldier were killed Sunday in clashes between factions supporting and opposition the uprising in Syria, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported….”

 

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM

SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
140 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2012

FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…

1. A NON-TROPICAL LOW OVER THE EASTERN ATLANTIC ABOUT 400 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN AZORES ISLANDS HAS DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY NEAR THE CENTER DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS.  THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES LITTLE
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS…AND THE LOW HAS A MEDIUM
CHANCE…40 PERCENT…OF BECOMING A SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL CYCLONE
DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER
OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS SYSTEM LATER TODAY OR SUNDAY…IF
NECESSARY.

ELSEWHERE…TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

$$
FORECASTER BEVEN

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SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
735 AM PDT SAT MAY 12 2012

FOR THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC...EAST OF 140 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE..

1. AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 550 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ACAPULCO MEXICO.  UPPER-LEVEL WINDS APPEAR
CONDUCIVE FOR ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT...AND THE SYSTEM COULD BECOME
A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
NORTHWESTWARD.  THIS SYSTEM HAS A MEDIUM CHANCE...40 PERCENT...OF
BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.  ADDITIONAL
SPECIAL TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOKS WILL BE ISSUED ON THIS SYSTEM
LATER TODAY OR SUNDAY...IF NECESSARY.

ELSEWHERE...TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE
NEXT 48 HOURS.

$$
FORECASTER BEVEN
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/health/policy/whooping-cough-epidemic-hits-washington-state.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120513

NY Times

By KIRK JOHNSON

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57429961-10391704/diamond-dog-food-salmonella-recall-expands/

By

Michelle Castillo

(CBS News) “The Diamond Pet Foods voluntary recall on some of their pet food brands has been expanded after a salmonella outbreak in one of their plants left 14 people sick in nine states.

The dog food in question was was manufactured in Gaston, S.C. plant. At least five people were hospitalized from handling the food, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the Associated Press…”

Invasive Listeriosis in the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet), 2004–2009: Further Targeted Prevention Needed for Higher-Risk Groups

• Benjamin J. Silk,
• Kashmira A. Date,
• Kelly A. Jackson,
• Régis Pouillot,
• Kristin G. Holt,
• Lewis M. Graves,
• Kanyin L. Ong,
• Sharon Hurd,
• Rebecca Meyer,
• Ruthanne Marcus,
• Beletshachew Shiferaw,
• Dawn M. Norton,
• Carlota Medus,
• Shelley M. Zansky,
• Alicia B. Cronquist,
• Olga L. Henao,
• Timothy F. Jones,
• Duc J. Vugia,
• Monica M. Farley,
• and Barbara E. Mahon

Clin Infect Dis. (2012) 54(suppl 5): S396-S404 doi:10.1093/cid/cis268

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/54/suppl_5/S396.abstract

A total of 762 listeriosis cases were identified during the 6-year reporting period, including 126 pregnancy-associated cases (17%), 234 nonpregnancy-associated cases(31%) in patients aged <65 years, and 400 nonpregnancy-associated cases (53%) in patients aged ≥65 years. Eighteen percent of all cases were fatal. Meningitis was diagnosed in 44% of neonates.

For 2004–2009, the overall annual incidence of listeriosis varied from 0.25 to 0.32 cases per 100 000 population. Among Hispanic women, the crude incidence of pregnancy-associated listeriosis increased from 5.09 to 12.37 cases per 100 000 for the periods of 2004–2006 and 2007–2009, respectively; among non-Hispanic women, pregnancy-associated listeriosis increased from 1.74 to 2.80 cases per 100 000 for the same periods. Incidence rates of nonpregnancy-associated listeriosis in patients aged ≥65 years were 4–5 times greater than overall rates annually.