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	Life Extension What's Hot Archive: August 2000
		The World Alzheimer's Congress 2000 held last month was the site of a report presented by researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and University Hospitals of Cleveland that linked consumption of a high fat diet early in life to greater development later in life of Alzheimer's disease.
		The August 3 issue of the journal Nature published an article concerning the discovery that the RhoC gene is highly expressed in both mouse and human melanoma metastases, as compared to primary tumors.
		The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, in their August issue, published the results of a study in which soy isoflavones were shown to lower oxidation of LDL cholesterol.
	www.lef.org /whatshot/2000_08.html (3710 words)

	NCDC: August 2000 City/State Extremes
		The low temperature on August 31st was 83 degrees F. once again which broke a record for the date, tied the record highest minimum and was the latest date that the low temperature has been 80 degrees or higher.
		On August 30th, the temperature reached 107 F. which is a new record for the warmest temperature in August and breaks the record of 106 F set on August 29th, 2000
		On August 30th, 2000 at 2:30 PM CDT the temperature at the North Litte Rock airport in Little Rock, AR reached 111 degrees F. This is the highest temperature ever recorded since weather records began on July 1st, 1879.
	lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/extremes/2000/august/augustext2000.html (2580 words)

	Deaths- August, 2000
		Sewell was born August 23, 1916 in Carroll County, Ga. She was a retired textile worker from Arnco Mills in Coweta County.
		A funeral was August 22 at 2 p.m.
		Burks was born August 8, 1923 in Bradley County, Arkansas, daughter of the late Carl and Roda Cassell Cooper.
	times-herald.com /deaths/0800.html (12777 words)

	EurOCEAN 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		EurOCEAN 2000 will be a forum to advance the key issues in European marine research and intends in particular to foster the exchange of ideas across the boundaries of science, administration and policy.
		On Friday, 1 September 2000, conference participants are invited to the conference dinner hosted by the European Commission and the Free & Hanseatic City of Hamburg at the former fish auction hall "Fischauktionshalle" in Hamburg Harbour.
		Thursday, 31 August 2000, will be devoted to topical excursions to marine companies and institutes in northern Germany, details of which are shown on the excursion programme included in the full programme (eurocean.pdf; 663 Kb).
	europa.eu.int /comm/research/envsc/eurocean.html (1607 words)

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		Monthly Hotline Report August 2000 EPA530-R-00-003h PB2000-104 955 RCRA, Superfund, and EPCRA Hotline National Toll-Free No.: (800) 424-9346 Local: (703) 412-9810 TDD National Toll-Free No.: (800) 553-7672 This report is prepared and submitted in support of Contract No.
		Public Information Hearings on Discharges from Cruise Ships August 11, 2000 (65 FR 49239) EPA, supported by the Coast Guard and other federal agencies, announced that it will be hosting three regional public information hearings to gather information regarding the management of wastewater, solid waste, hazardous waste, and other discharges by cruise ships.
		August 30, 2000 (65 FR 52788) Consent Decree; United States of America v.
	www.epa.gov /epaoswer/hotline/00report/aug00.txt (3772 words)

	The Extraordinary Geomagnetic Perseid Meteor Shower
		A geomagnetic storm triggered dazzling aurora during the peak of the 2000 Perseid meteor shower.
		August 14, 2000 -- An interplanetary shock wave from the Sun struck Earth's magnetosphere just before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on August 12, 2000, triggering a powerful geomagnetic storm.
		Most years the Perseids are impressive all night long around the shower's peak on August 12th, but in 2000 the bright nearly-full Moon threatened to outshine all but the brightest meteors.
	science.nasa.gov /headlines/y2000/ast14aug_1.htm (1597 words)

	EurOCEAN 2000
		EurOCEAN 2000 will be a forum to advance the key issues in European marine research and intends in particular to foster the exchange of ideas across the boundaries of science, administration and policy.
		On Friday, 1 September 2000, conference participants are invited to the conference dinner hosted by the European Commission and the Free & Hanseatic City of Hamburg at the former fish auction hall "Fischauktionshalle" in Hamburg Harbour.
		Thursday, 31 August 2000, will be devoted to topical excursions to marine companies and institutes in northern Germany, details of which are shown on the excursion programme included in the full programme (eurocean.pdf; 663 Kb).
	ec.europa.eu /research/envsc/eurocean.html (1607 words)

	[RCA-news] August 2000 Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		However, according to the Times August 12 article, fire experts agree that the main reasons for the fires are due to a century's worth of misguided fire suppression practices and selective logging of large, commercially valuable trees which left behind brush and smaller trees of less quality.
		According to an August 2, 2000 article in Grist Magazine, "The Duck Stops Here," a coalition of paper companies in the Fox River Valley in Wisconsin which are likely to be held liable for polluting rivers with PCBs is using a mallard duck as a mascot in its public relations campaign.
		The American Forest and Paper Association reported in their May 2000 Progress Report that the paper recovery rate which they define as the "total paper recovered for recycling as a percent of paper consumption" rose to 45 percent in 1999 (paper that is recovered but does not find a market is not counted).
	lists.essential.org /pipermail/rca-news/2000-September/000007.html (2163 words)

	The Extraordinary Geomagnetic Perseid Meteor Shower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A geomagnetic storm triggered dazzling aurora during the peak of the 2000 Perseid meteor shower.
		August 14, 2000 -- An interplanetary shock wave from the Sun struck Earth's magnetosphere just before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower on August 12, 2000, triggering a powerful geomagnetic storm.
		Most years the Perseids are impressive all night long around the shower's peak on August 12th, but in 2000 the bright nearly-full Moon threatened to outshine all but the brightest meteors.
	spacescience.com /headlines/y2000/ast14aug_1.htm (2193 words)

	VISA BULLETIN
		The fiscal year 2000 limit for family-sponsored preference immigrants determined in accordance with Section 201 of the US Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is 294,601.
		The fiscal year 2000 limit for employment-based preference immigrants calculated under INA 201 is 142,299.
		For August, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2000 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows.
	www.rapidimmigration.com /www/bulletin/2000_August_bulletin.htm (2324 words)

	Unfinished Business: Justice for East Timor ( A Human Rights Watch Backgrounder, August 2000)
		On January 31, 2000, an international commission of inquiry set up by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan concluded that the role of the U.N. in East Timor at the time the violence and the systematic and large-scale nature of the crimes warranted the establishment of an international criminal tribunal.
		By early August 2000, however, UNTAET had managed to put the fundamentals in place to begin serious investigations of the events of 1999 and prepare eventual prosecutions.
		As of August, a coordinating committee led by UNTAET was looking at a plan that would allow perpetrators of lesser offenses, such as arson or looting, to make a full confession of their deeds before the commission.
	www.hrw.org /backgrounder/asia/timor/etimor-back0829.htm (9091 words)

	August 2000 NASA Earth Probe TOMS Images
		Data starting August 1, 2001 will be reprocessed with this configuration and made available as well to provide a consistent data set over the 2001 ozone hole season.
		The data previous to August are the old data, so a discontinuity will be seen at the July 31 / August 1, 2001 boundary.
		The white area on the images is where data cannot be retrieved in the earth's shadow or polar night regions by the satellite.
	www.theozonehole.com /august2000nasa.htm (327 words)

	Entomology Events Calendar: August 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		For example, a meeting announced as occurring in "August 2000" appears at the end of the August 2000 list.
		If the date derived from a pattern falls on a holiday, such as "1 January 2000 (1st Saturday of each month Oct-Apr)", it is likely that the society will cancel or reschedule that particular meeting.
		August events for which the exact dates are not known:
	www.sciref.org /links/EntEvent/Aug2000.htm (1065 words)

	Human Ingestion of Bacillus Anthracis-Contaminated Meat --- Minnesota, August 2000
		On August 25, 2000, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) was notified by the Minnesota Board of Animal Health (MBAH) of Bacillus anthracis isolated from a steer on a farm in Roseau County, Minnesota.
		On August 29, samples of carcass X tested by the MDH Public Health Laboratory (MDH PHL) were found to contain gram-positive bacilli on microscopic examination.
		However, in adjacent areas of North Dakota during 2000, 120--150 cattle have died of anthrax (L. Schuler, North Dakota state veterinarian, personal communication, 2000), and 11 farms have reported anthrax-related cattle deaths in nearby Manitoba, Canada (Figure 1) (J.G. Spearman, Manitoba Department of Agriculture, personal communication, 2000).
	www.cdc.gov /mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4936a1.htm (1434 words)

	OSHA What's New Page
		August 16 - [Federal Register: 65:50017-50018] - Delegation of Authority and Assignment of Responsibility to the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health.
		August 14 - [Federal Register: 65:49597-49598] - Manufacturer's Certification of Modifications Made to Construction Aerial Lifts; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information-Collection (Paperwork).
		August 1 - [Region 1 News Release] - 7/27/2000 - OSHA cites general contractor and construction manager on York, Maine, toll plaza construction site for allegedly failing to protect workers from asbestos; nearly $190,000 in fines proposed.
	www.osha.gov /prevwutsnew/aug00.html (1065 words)

	Exponent-News & Press Releases
		MENLO PARK, CA, August 31, 2000—Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPO), is pleased to announce that Stephen W. Hopkins, P.E., Senior Managing Engineer at Exponent, has been awarded the 2000 Fracture Mechanics Medal by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E-08 Committee on Fatigue and Fracture.
		The award recognizes significant contributions that have exerted a profound, positive effect on the development of the scientific discipline of fracture mechanics.
		MENLO PARK, CA, August 8, 2000—Dr. Linda Erdreich, a leading epidemiologist at Exponent, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPO), will appear as a guest scientist on Larry King Live to discuss the issue regarding possible human health effects of cell phone use as well as the current status of research on this topic.
	www.exponent.com /about/news/archives/2000/08 (868 words)

	CSL 2000 -- Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The conference is intended for computer scientists whose research activities involve logic, as well as for logicians working on topics significant for computer science.
		The Final Call for Papers was distributed in mid January 2000.
		CSL 2000 will be held in Fischbachau, a village 70km south of Munich and easily accessible from Munich by train.
	www.tcs.informatik.uni-muenchen.de /csl2000 (63 words)

	August 2000 Archive
		August 22 - "The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made.
		August 21 - "Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive.
		August 15 - "You must learn, Keats, there are more things to life than breaking and entering." - [Noel Coward from an The Italian Job]
	www.dailywav.com /0800.php (884 words)

	August 2000 news archive: Digital Photography Review
		We've seen hints / heard of this for quite a few weeks, and it's clear that Kodak Pro representative offices in different countries are handling this in different ways, but today Kodak US announced clear price cuts for their 560 and 660 DCS cameras in addition to previous price drops in the DCS range.
		Saturday, 12 August 2000 Forums changes Last week we introduced two new forums, since then we've been working on new features and functionality for the discussion forums.
		The monthly bi-lingual digital camera webzine Megapixel.Net have just released their August edition, under the reviewers eye this month is the Sony DSC-S30, Canon's PowerShot S100 (Digital ELPH / IXUS / IXY) and the Ricoh RDC-7 (about which they had some kind words).
	www.dpreview.com /news/0008/archive.asp (3906 words)

	FMD Argentina August 2000
		As of August 2000, Argentina was not considered by the USDA to be free of FMD, however, the US was considering a request by Argentina to be recognized as free of FMD without vaccination in light of Argentina having met OIE requirements for such a declaration earlier this year.
		On 28 June 2000, APHIS issued an interim rule prohibiting the importation of parts of bovine heads, feet, hooves, and internal organs from Argentina.
		On August 10, 2000, Argentina voluntarily suspended certification of fresh, chilled, and frozen beef exports to the United States, Canada, Central America, the Caribbean, and Venezuela.
	www.aphis.usda.gov /vs/ceah/cei/taf/iw_2000_files/foreign/fmd_argentina0800e.htm (1220 words)

	zinkwazi.com » 2000 » August
		August 26, 2000 @ 2:00 am · Filed under news
		August 21, 2000 @ 2:00 am · Filed under news
		August 8, 2000 @ 2:00 am · Filed under news
	www.zinkwazi.com /wp/2000/08 (127 words)

	2000 August archive at Climb to the Stars (Stephanie Booth) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Bagha is exploring the new flat, which is full of boxes, and spends quite a lot of time on the balcony observing neighbouring cats.
		Of course, I was wrong - I always worry too much about wandering cats - and Bagha is not the kind of chap to be scared away by a bunch of noisy humans.
		Published by Stephanie August 5th, 2000 in Fun for me, Animals and Switzerland.
	climbtothestars.org /archives/2000/08 (1376 words)

	August 2000 Obits
		He was born August 17, 1928, in Logan County, a son of the late Jasper and Josephine Hammons Horn.
		The gates of Heaven opened and the trumpets sounded on the rainy morning of August 24, 2000 to welcome our loved one home to be with her Lord.
		Surviving: sons, Rocky of Charleston and Tom of Hurricane, daughters, Cecelia Buckner of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Joan Spradling of Hurricane and Debbie Tignor of Sissonville; brother, William Snyder of Chevy Chase, Maryland; sisters, Gay Anguli and Jean Lynch, both of Clarksburg, and Patty Campbell of Clinton, New Jersey; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild.
	www.putnampost.com /Obitaug.htm (8950 words)

	Kestrel's Nest -- A weblog by Eric Wagoner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Then in late August 1999, Blogger was born.
		The last twelve months have seen an amazing amount of change in my life, and writing has helped me see things clearly and focus on what is important.
		Miffed, the newscaster said in her best spoiled-little-white-girl voice, "but this is your chance to get your message out." We said "grrr" again and tried to eat her, but she was able to run away.
	www.ericwagoner.com /weblog/archives/2000_08.html (5255 words)

	NCDC: Climate-Watch, August 2000
		The curves in the figure represent the average cumulative production of all named tropical systems, all hurricanes, and those hurricanes which were category 3 or stronger in those basins.
		As seen on the above chart, frequencies of all three types of storms increase in August, and by the beginning of September in an average year we would expect to have had four named systems, two of which would be hurricanes and one of which would be of category 3 or greater in strength.
		The Selected U.S. City and State Extremes provides a list of new records that were set across the U.S. during August 2000.
	www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/extremes/2000/august/extremes0800.html (2115 words)

	August 2000
		It was just two days ago on august 16th I took some GHB at about two forty-five in the morning.
		About one hour later my girlfriend found me passed out in my own vomit, she went and woke up my parents they all tried to help they were trying to make puke cause they thought I was choking it turned out that I was in a semi-coma and my vomit was going into my lungs.
		After they called 911 and the ambulance took me too the hospital I ended up waking up, frightened, surrounded by people I didn't know, I didn't know where I was and I felt like I couldn't breath which I couldn't at the time cause I didn't have my breathing tube in yet.
	www.projectghb.org /comments/2000/August2000.htm (4429 words)

	Linux Magazine - August 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In case you missed it, last month we looked at software packages and package managers, which are tools that make it fairly easy to install new applications.
		In last month's column, I presented a framework to allow many parallel tasks to be performed efficiently, in anticipation of using that framework as-is for this month's program: a parallel web-site link checker.
		And, while I was on a boat for Perl Whirl 2000 (the first Perl conference on the high seas), I thought of more things I could add to the process manager for the forked-off processes.
	www.linux-mag.com /2000-08/toc.html (1444 words)

	Archive - News in Science - The Lab - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
		Not all melanomas are equal, 8 August 2000
		New debate on Bt corn and butterflies, 24 August 2000
		Rabbit immunity a new threat to population control, 25 August 2000
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/ScienceNewsArchive2000_August2000.htm (377 words)

	Java News from August, 2000
		Then again, I did arrive during what one cabbie told me was the first decent week of weather this century, and I'm afraid he may have understood that 2000 is the last year of the 20th century rather than the first of the 21st.
		Tonight, Tuesday August 8, I'm giving an introductory talk about JDOM to the XML SIG of the Object Developers Group in New York.
		JDOM is a tree-based, Java API for processing XML documents that's been designed with simplicity and convenience as its foremost purposes.
	www.cafeaulait.org /2000august.html (3644 words)

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