The Tuesday Wakeup

Swine flu vaccine arriving, but don't line up yet


By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
Monday, October 5, 2009
(10-05) 07:28 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --


And we're off: Swine flu vaccinations begin Monday with squirts in the noses scheduled for some doctors, nurses and other health workers in Indiana and Tennessee, a first step in a hugely ambitious campaign to try to inoculate over half the population in a few months. But don't start bugging your doctor about an appointment just yet.
This week's initial shipments to states are so small that, with a few exceptions for children, most states are reserving them for health workers so they'll stay healthy enough to care for the flu-stricken and vaccinate others.
Inoculations won't gear up in earnest until mid-October, when at least 40 million doses against what scientists call the 2009 H1N1 flu will have rolled out, with more arriving each week after that.


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Arden Fair's hoodie rules highlight fashion change


By Niesha Lofing http://us.mc657.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Nlofing@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 1A Last Modified: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 - 8:03 am


What did the hoodie ever do to deserve this?
It used to be just a sweat shirt, a comfortable piece of clothing to throw on over a T-shirt and broken-in jeans.
Now it's controversial couture.
While not banned outright at Arden Fair mall, beginning Nov. 1 officials there will restrict patrons from wearing the hoods up and covering their faces, because of a fear of criminal activity




Back-seat Driver: Cams target Sacramento right-turn scofflaws

By Tony Bizjak tbizjak@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 - 12:00 am Page 1B Last Modified: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 - 11:19 am


Sacramento city and county have joined a growing list of jurisdictions using new red-light video cameras to cite drivers who make right turns on red without stopping.
The fine is $421, same as for drivers who run straight through a red light.


http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2230774.html






N. Korea Leader Ready to Engage in Nuclear Talks
Tuesday, October 06, 2009


Kim Jong Il's offer, reported Tuesday by North Korean state media, reflects Pyongyang's desire for direct engagement with Washington. The administration of President Barack Obama has said that might be possible but any talks should be part of the six-nation process aimed at ending the North's nuclear programs.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,560982,00.html?test=latestnews





Swine flu draws a shrug, Field Poll finds


Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 6, 2009


Half of Californians are not particularly worried about the swine flu, and most people trust that the state has the resources to keep them healthy if an influenza outbreak occurs, according to a recent Field Poll survey released Monday.
Despite repeated messages from federal and state officials that the swine flu - a form of influenza Type A, subtype H1N1 - could be a serious public health threat, 49 percent of survey respondents said they were not very concerned about the virus or not concerned at all.


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1 in custody after report of armed intruder on South Florida campus

CNN) -- One person was in custody Monday following a report of an armed intruder on the University of South Florida campus in Tampa, Florida, police said. Police took a man into custody at the University of South Florida after receiving reports of a person with a bomb.
USF police have asked the Tampa police's bomb team to respond to the campus regarding the belongings of the person in custody, said USF police Lt. Meg Ross. No one was hurt and no shots were fired, she said.
"We have someone we think may have been involved, but we have to investigate fully," Ross told CNN.
"We have not looked in his backpack," she said. "We have the bomb squad on their way to look at that."


http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/05/south.florida.intruder/index.html





Sac State's proposed 'university village' gets a push


By Bob Shallit bshallit@sacbee.com
Published: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 - 2:19 pm Last Modified: Monday, Oct. 5, 2009 - 5:17 pm


Plans for a Harvard Square-type "urban village" at Sac State are finally moving forward - spurred by the university's new business development chief.


Jim Reinhart, who last month became executive director of Sac State's University Enterprises Inc., tells us he's focusing on the urban village idea proposed a year ago by Clark Realty Capital of Arlington, Va.





FAFSA forms redesigned to reduce errors
Inna Gritsak
Issue date: 9/30/09 Section: News

Students hoping to receive financial aid next year may be in for an easier experience when filling out the financial aid application. The U.S. Department of Education is working on making the Free Application for Federal Student Aid more accessible and easy to use for students struggling with the lengthy, complex FAFSA form.The FAFSA is the form used for all federal financial aid programs, as well as for many state, regional and private aid programs. The streamlining of the application is part of the Obama Administration's plan to increase post-secondary enrollment, particularly among low- and middle-income students.According to a June press release by the U.S. Department of Education, "Starting in January 2010, students applying for financial aid for the spring semester will be able to seamlessly retrieve their relevant tax information from the IRS for easy completion of the online FAFSA."


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Women's pet peeves about their guy


By Lyn Lomasi
Mon October 5, 2009


(The Frisky) -- Finding a boyfriend is only the beginning when it comes to relationship woes. Once you're in one, you have to deal with another person, including the parts that annoy you despite your love for him.
We asked 15 women to dish on what their partners do that completely drives them crazy, and how they've learned to cope (or not) with these behaviors.


http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/10/05/tf.loves.pet.peeves/index.html





Positive thinking sustains 69-year-old marriage


Louise Rafkin, Special to The Chronicle
Sunday, October 4, 2009




"Feb. 5, 1938," says Woody Woodman, 89, remembering the moment he met his wife of 69 years, Audrey, also 89. "A cute little gal in a green plaid skirt and white flats," he shorthands, "and a good dancer.


"If I'd known that plaid skirt made such an impression, I would have saved it and made pillows from it," quips Audrey, smiling. They were at a UC Berkeley "mixer" when Woody was a freshman. Audrey, whose mother owned a boarding house near Cal, was still in high school. Though Audrey was dancing with many young men, Woody insisted on cutting in multiple times. But when Woody asked to drive her home in his Model-A Roadster, Audrey declined. Still, he managed to finagle her phone number and soon they were enjoying drives, walks to the movies, and picnics. At one of the picnics, a tall, good-looking guy came along; he was the young Gregory Peck. (His given name was Eldred, and he then went by "Elsey.")Read more:



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