SOME OF THE FACTS
1. Despite the first tsunami warning being issued to the town of Minami Sanrik that lies two miles from the coastline, some residents decided to stay in their homes instead of fleeing – leading to the high 10,000 number of people still missing. (42 survivors have been pulled out of the rubble.)
2. Official death toll hits 1,597, but many hundreds believed to be buried under rubble or washed away by waves. (In excess of 10,000)
3. Toll will soar after around 2,000 bodies were found on the shores of Miyagi prefecture
4. Second explosion at nuclear power plant
5. Number of people contaminated with radiation could reach 225-500.
6. Region hit by hundreds of aftershocks (275 new tremors), some up to 6.8-magnitude
7. Rescue operation begins but some areas still cut off by road damage and flood waters
8. Rescuers are struggling to get to 24,000 people who remain stranded in the tsunami-struck region.
9. 70,000 people evacuated to shelters in Sendai.
10. The enormity of the humanitarian crisis facing Japan became apparent on Sunday evening as nearly 300,000 people left homeless and dazed by the earthquake and tsunami bedded down in makeshift emergency shelters in the Miyagi and Iwate prefectures. Temperatures dropped to near-freezing and, with no electricity in much of the region, survivors in more remote areas were struggling without heat, food and, in some cases, clean water. Telephone networks remained disrupted, hampering efforts to account for more than 90,000 people.
The Upstate New York "5-Day Local Weather Forecast"
TODAY
Mostly sunny, with a high today in the mid to upper 30’s.
TONIGHT
Will be mainly clear with an overnight low around 20.
TOMORROW
Another sunny day with a daytime high in the upper 40’s to low 50’s possible
WEDNESDAY
Cloudy with occasional rain in the morning and a chance for showers in the afternoon. Wednesday’s daytime high will once again be in the upper 40’s.
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny with a daytime high in the low to mid 50’s.
FRIDAY
The extended forecast is calling for mostly cloudy skies with a daytime high on Friday in the lower 50’s.
The Amerks Win Yesterday
The Rochester Americans gained an early lead and held on tight to overpower the Hamilton Bulldogs in a 6-5 victory this afternoon at Copps Coliseum. The win is a first for Rochester in the past five games.
Friday night they lost at home 6-5 to the Toronto Marlies and on Saturday night, on the road 3-2 to the Syracuse Crunch.
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Yankees Pre-season Play
The Yankees have lost their past 5 pre-season games. Yesterday 9-2 to the Twins
Tonight the Yankees and Boston play in Pre season action in Florida.
The No Fly Zone
President Obama still hasn't been able to create a no-fly-zone over Libya even though the Arab states support one too.
*Dick Reeves Thought – “I'd settle for a no-fly-zone over the $5.99 Chinese Buffet where I eat occasionally.”
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Woman Goes to Virginia Court with Tiny Monkey in Her Bra
AMHERST, Va. (AP) - A woman turned a few heads when she walked into a rural Virginia courthouse with a tiny monkey clad in a pink-and-white dress tucked in her bra.
The woman brought the palm-sized marmoset to Amherst County Courthouse on Thursday for a hearing in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court. Officials apparently didn't notice the monkey until the woman went to an office to complete some paperwork.
In an interview with The News & Advance of Lynchburg, the woman says the marmoset is 7 weeks old and requires constant attention.
The woman tells the newspaper she bought the animal on an online auction site and had its clothes specially made in West Virginia.
THINGS THAT YOU NOW KNOW
• Oh that Chris Brown. He's at the center of another naked photo leak scandal - and this time the saucy shots are of him. A full-frontal nude photo of the "Kiss Kiss" star emerged online on Friday.
• Victoria and David Beckham are expecting another child - - a baby girl!
• After Charlie Sheen's accusation, co-star Jon Cryer has admitted that he is a troll.
• 15 years later, friends say that Monica Lewinsky never got over Bill Clinton. Never married, never fell in love... again...
• Yankee legend Yogi Berra is out of the hospital, after a scary fall in the clubhouse during spring training.
• After four years together, Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake have called it quits.
• Reality TV star Richard Hatch was ordered back to prison Friday to serve a 9-month sentence for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the first season of the hit CBS show "Survivor."
• Martha Stewart's only daughter, Alexis, has become a mom through a "gestational carrier." (Remember when they used to call them "surrogate moms?") Yep, Martha's now officially a grandma.
• Tony Danza has filed for divorce from his wife of 24 years.
• Felicia "Snoop" Pearson, who appeared on the HBO series "The Wire," is being held without bail on charges of conspiring to sell heroin.
• Whew! After an Internet rumor picked up enough speed, Quaker Oats came out and said that Cap'n Crunch cereal is here to stay.
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If You Could Live Anywhere . . . Where would it Be?
If you could live anywhere in the U.S., where would you want to live? (Besides where you are living now.)
For the seventh year in a row, California tops the list, followed by Hawaii and Florida, according to an annual Harris Poll. Top 15 states where we most want to live:1. California
2. Hawaii
3. Florida
4. Colorado
5. Arizona
6. North Carolina
7. Oregon
8. Texas
9. Vermont
10. Washington
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Ya Gotta Be Kidding
You will enjoy gourmet flavor without putting on an ounce, thanks to an amazing goldfish bowl that creates the tastes of your favorite foods. Dubbed "Le Whaf," the
invention is the brainchild of Harvard University aerosol scientist Dr. David Edwards. It uses ultrasonic vibrations to convert volatile oils and flavor essences into breathable vapor. "Imagine a restaurant where, instead of sitting at a table, you walk around. Instead of eating food, you are breathing it in as you walk from room to room, each with a different flavor celery in one, steak in another and then pate."
Edwards plans to market his flavor machine first in France this autumn. (Sun)
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Marriage Danger Signal
If you find marriage boring after seven years, it doesn't get any better. Being bored by the seventh wedding anniversary portends a long, slow descent into marital
dissatisfaction. The study from Stony Brook University in New York found that those who were bored with their marriage at year seven experienced a greater decrease in satisfaction at year 16, while those who were not bored at year seven experienced a typically small decrease in satisfaction at year 16. Researchers also found that lower satisfaction at year seven did not lead to increased boredom over the next nine years.
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The Results are In On Gaming
According to a recent study, 8.5% of 8-18 year-olds questioned were deemed to be "pathologically or clinically addicted to playing video games". Some other results from the study:
• 23% of the males questioned claim to feel addicted to games
• Only 13% of females questioned claim to have the gaming bug
• The average 8-12 year-old plays 13 hours of video games per week
• For 13-18 year-olds it increases to 14 hours
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Top 12 Actual Resume Bombs
You've thought long and hard about how to make your resume stand out, but perhaps you've gone too far. A recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive asked hiring managers to share the most unusual resumes they've seen. According to a CareerBuilder.com survey, here are the top 12 resume disasters:
1. Candidate mentioned in his resume that he spent summers on his family's yacht in Grand Cayman.2. Candidate attached a letter from his mother.
3. Candidate used pale blue paper with teddy bears around the border.
4. Candidate explained a gap in employment by saying he was getting over the death of his cat for three months.
5. Candidate specified that his availability was limited because Friday, Saturday and Sunday were "drinking time."
6. Candidate included a picture of herself in a cheerleading uniform.
7. Candidate drew a picture of a car on the outside of the envelope and said it was the hiring manager's gift.
8. Candidate's hobbies included sitting on a levee at night watching alligators.
9. Candidate included the fact that her sister once won a strawberry-eating contest.
10. Candidate explained that they worked well in the nude.
11. Candidate explained an arrest by stating, "We stole a pig, but it was a really small pig."
12. Candidate included a family medical history.
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BAD PANTY DAY
In a "they-got-paid-to-do-this?" kind of project, the research center of Consumer Reports surveyed 1008 women 18 years and older to ask them intimate questions about their intimate apparel. The results were published in ShopSmart magazine. Intimate findings about intimate apparel:
• Almost half of women (47 percent) say they feel sexier and more confident wearing a nice or special pair of panties. "The first thing we put on in the morning does make a difference in our day," Freeman says.• 27 percent say their mood is affected by wearing an ill-fitting or unattractive pair of undies.
• On average, a woman has 21 pairs of underwear--enough for three weeks. Why? Less frequent laundry!
• 10 percent of women own 35 or more pairs of panties.
• 65 percent of women buy neutral colors, with white being the most popular, followed by black and beige.• Overall, 46 percent of women say briefs are the style they wear the most often. But women ages 18 to 34 are more likely to wear a bikini style.
• 56 percent of women fold their panties, while 27 percent just toss them in the drawer.
• One in 10 women admit that they will venture out of the house without underwear.
• Half of women have complaints about the way their underwear fits, with "wedgies" (30 percent) topping that list, followed by "doesn't lay flat under clothes" (19 percent) and "not enough coverage in the rear" (14 percent).
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It Makes Good Sense
If you have a tough decision to make, sip a sugary drink first. A University of South Dakota study showed that people made better decisions and acted less impulsively when
they had higher blood sugar levels. Students were asked to answer a series of questions designed to test their judgment skills. Half the questions were answered on an empty stomach the other half after consuming either a caffeine free sugary soda or a diet soda. Within minutes of drinking the sugary drink, volunteers demonstrated improved decision making, according to psychologist Xiao-Tian Wang.
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Olive Oil Lovers Read This
If you want to lose weight, try using more olive oil in your diet. Researchers have found that a type of fat in the oil, oleic acid, sparks the release of a hunger
killing lipid hormone once it hits the intestines. "Eating is one of the most important things animals do," says lead researcher Daniele Pionmelli, of the University of California at Irvine. "This is just one of many things that control it." Conversely, processed foods rich in saturated fats can have the opposite effect, leading people to overeat. But the oleic acid acts on the molecular level to make people feel full.
The discovery could lead to new ways to fight America's war on obesity. Say the researchers: "Nutritional and pharmaceutical strategies aimed at magnifying this lipid sensing mechanism might be useful in treating obesity and other eating disorders."
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Watch Out for Energy Drinks
Johns Hopkins University reports there are scores of energy drinks on the market and people in need of a quick boost of get up and go are slurping them down like there's
no tomorrow. But there's a problem. The amount of caffeine in these beverages can range from 50 to 505 milligrams as much as 14 cans of soda or six and a half cups of strong coffee. The problem is made more serious by the fact that manufactures are not required to list the amount of caffeine on the product's label.
Experts warn that over consumption of these drinks could lead to caffeine dependency and other serious side effects, such as insomnia and high blood pressure.
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BIRTHDAYS
In 1804 Composer, Johann Baptist Strauss (Father of the Waltz)
In 1864 Railroad engineer, Casey Jones (Cannonball Express
In 1879 Theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein (E=mc2) (Nobel, 1921)
In 1920 Cartoonist, Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) [d: 6-1-01
In 1933 Actor, Michael Caine (Hannah & Her Sisters, Educating Rita) (78)
In 1933 Composer/producer, Quincy Jones (Thriller, We Are The World) (78)
In 1948 Actor, Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers) (63)
In 1961 Baseball player, Kirby Puckett (Twins) [d: 3-6-06]
IT WAS ON THIS DAY
In 1743 The first recorded town meeting in America is held at Boston's Faneuil Hall.
In 1794 Eli Whitney patents the cotton gin, an invention that revolutionized America's cotton industry.
*Dick Reeves Observation – "This paved the way for the first cotton martini."
In 1900 U.S. currency goes on the gold standard.
In 1950 The FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins.
In 1964 A jury in Dallas finds Jack Ruby guilty of murdering Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
In 1967 The body of President Kennedy is moved from a temporary grave to a permanent memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery.
In 1968 the last episode of "Batman" airs on ABC-TV.
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