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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 2005)
155,000 Confirmed dead in 11 countries hit by tsunami $43.64 Per barrel of oil after attacks in Saudi Arabia Dead bodies found in a burned car on an Oregon reservation 129 Votes deem Christine Gregoire as Washington’s next governor Items per second sold on Amazon.com in record day of sales regional Winter break update global December 27 SEATTLE — Shares in Amazon.com Inc. rose nearly 9 percent after the online retail er said it had recorded its best holiday sea son ever. Spokesman Craig Berman said Dec. 27 sales for its 10th holiday season were better than any previous year, but he declined to give spe cific figures. Retail analysts have been optimistic about online holiday sales, even as some traditional retailers have struggled during the all-important season. Internet research firm comScore Networks Inc. said online holiday sales are now likely to increase 28 percent, beating its original projections of 23 percent to 26 percent. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Amazon had said its consumer electronics sales sur passed sales of books for the first time - also in keeping with a holiday trend that favored electronic gut items this year. Throughout the hol iday, Amazon said popular items includ ed Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod music players, as well as DVU players and digital cameras. Shares in Amazon rose $3.32 or 8.5 per cent to $42.25 in trading Monday on the Nasdaq Stock Market. However, the compa ny's stock still remains far off its 52-week high of $57.82. Holiday sales are now likely to increase 28 percent Turning Southern California freeways into a virtual demolition derby December 29 SEDONA, Ariz. — A powerful storm battered the West last week, forcing dozens of people from their homes, send ing recreational vehicles floating down a flooded creek in Arizona and turning Southern California freeways into a vir tual demolition derby. The storm spawned a tornado in Southern California and left 140,000 customers without power in the area while making for treacherous driving con ditions. The California Highway Patrol logged 220 crashes between Tliesday night and Wednesday morning — more than three times the normal amount. December 30 BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — As the world scrambled to the rescue, survivors fought over packs of noodles in quake stricKen Indonesian streets Dec. 29 while relief sup plies piled up at the airport for lack of cars, gas or passable roads to move them. The official death toll across 11 coun tries soared past 77,000 and the Red Cross predicted it could exceed 100,000. Bodies were piled into mass graves in the belief that burial would ward off disease. Paramedics in southern India began vacci nating thousands of survivors against cholera, typhoid, hepatitis A and dysentery, and authorities sprayed bleaching powder on beaches where bodies have been recov ered. In Sri Lanka, reports of waterborne disease such as diarrhea caused fears of an epidemic. President Bush announced the united States, India, Australia and Japan have formed an international coalition to coordi nate relief and reconstruction of the 3,000 miles of Indian Ocean rim walloped by Sun day's earthquake and tsunami. Survivors fought over packs of noodles December 29 TULKAREM, West Bank - Interim Pales tinian leader Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel's West Bank separation barrier during campaign stops Dec. 29 at towns fenced in by the concrete slabs, urging Israel to remove the mas sive structure. Abbas, the front runner in next month’s Palestinian presidential election, has hit the campaign trail this week, ad dressing large audiences in the West Bank towns of Jericho and Tlilkarem. Several thousand people in llilkarem greet ed Abbas. Many held pictures of Abbas and Arafat and chanted slogans for the two men. Tlilkarem, located along the line be tween Israel and the West Bank, is surrounded on two sides by the 25-foot slabs of the Israeli barrier, and Abbas spoke at a stadium just 500 yards from the wall. “1 say to our neighbors ... no fence will bring peace or bring you security,” Abbas told the rally. Israel says the structure is needed to block suicide bombers from entering the country. But Palestinians say the barrier is a land grab that will prevent them from estab lishing an independent state. — The Associated Press “I say to our neighbors no fence will bring peace or bring you security.” HEALTH PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES Relax 6 Renew: Free sin week series designed to deuelop and strengthen your meditation practiue for relaxation and mental clarity. Wednesdays 4 45 pm - 5 45 pm, January 26th - March 2nd. Call 346-4456 to register. Total Cholesterol Screening: Euery Tuesday from 9:30 - 11:30 am you can get your total cholesterol checked for free. Simply stop by Health Education in the basement of the Health Center. Lending Library: Excellent books are auailable for loan to 00 students from the Health Education room couering nutrition, sexual health, meditation 6 more. Check out our health newsletters, articles, and other resources. Just stop by. Guest Speakers and Presentatinns: Peer Health Educators and Health Center Staff are auailable to speak to your organization on many health issues. Call us for details. Tobacco Cessation Support: Meet inith a peer health educator to discuss strategies to become tobacco free, free nicotine gum and patches are auailable to registered students (winter term only). Call 346-4456 to set up an appointment. Campus flduisorg Board On Tobacco: Meets regularly in Health Center library. Call 346-2728 for meeting time. Eueryone is welcome. CPR Certification: Monday February 7th and March 7th from 5-9 pm. $30 for 2 year flHfl certification. Call 346-2770 to register. Boiling Ulater 101:0 Oegetarian Cooking Class Tuesdays, January 25th. February 1st and February 8th from 4-5:30 pm. Call 346-2704 to register. $15 includes mining bowls, utensils and three meals. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu • appointments: 346-2770 TTT"TT7") '"J 1")' ') I J I ) 1 1 ! I 1 '! I I H " '! 7 I"'■) til): T7 ■ I I T 1.f H 1 >1
