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Page 2________________________________________ Fortiani» QObsertier_____________________ TheWeek national get outdoors day Saturday, June 9, 2012 O O O O O O O v° Review Fewer Road Fatalities As the 2012 Memorial Day weekend holiday came to an end, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported residents on the road were safer than in years past, reversing a recent trend of more traffic fatalities and drunken drivers. Water with Meals 10 am - 3 pm c(ki\oN May 30.2012 Archery Climbing Wall Disc Golf Fishing Live Animals Camping 1840s Brigade Encampment O Your Gateway to the Great Outdoors! Fort Vancouver National Historic Site 1501 East Evergreen Boulevard Vancouver, WA A relatively easy way to get children to eat more vegetables is to serve water with meals, according to a new study by behavioral researchers at the University of Oregon. The authors of the study say behavioral research has found people correlate a glass of water with healthy food, and sugary drinks with items from convenience stores and fast-food restaurants. Radioactive Tuna Low levels of nuclear radiation were found in 15 blue fin tuna, which caught off San Diego and thought to have traveled all the way from J a p a n ’s e a rth q u a k e -s tru c k Fukushima nuclear plant, according to a new study released Monday by the National Academy of Science. The fish is not harmful to humans, say researchers. Michelle Obama’s book Meet Smokey Bear, Woodsy Owl & Ranger Rick Visit the Fort for Free from 9 am to 5 pm Enter to Win a Grand Prize from REI http://go.usa.gov/Rts Call 360.816.6230 or visit http://go.usa.gov/Rts First lady Michelle O bam a’s new $30 book, which focuses on the White House gardens, was released Tuesday by Crown Publishers and traces how a city kid from the South Side of Chicago became a working mother and then a political spouse. The 271-page book also continues her healthy food initiative to children to grow their own food. Safer, New Methods A new m ethod for creating vaccines that is thought to be safer and more effective than current approaches was discovered by M ark Slifka, Ph.D., and colleagues at OSHU Prim ate Re search C enter in Portland. The research results, w hich was the first to dem onstrate that hydrogen peroxide can inactivate viruses for use as vaccines, have been published online in the journal N ature M edicine. New Budget Plan M ayor Sam A dam s will present W ednesday the final revised version of his proposed budget plan to the City Council, who will hear the new changes that will restore som e previously an nounced cuts and more m oney for schools, including $7.5 m illion for P ortland-area school districts. C ity oj Roses 2 0 12 ■HNM Commited to Cultural Diversity 4747 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Email-, ads@portlandobserver.com Web: www.portlandobserver.com Phone: 503.288.0033 Fax: 503 288-0015 Engineering Students Invent Medical Device A team o f fo u r elec tric a l e n g in e e rin g s tu d e n ts from P ortlan d S tate U n iv ersity has won first-p la c e in a n atio n al co m p etitio n for th e ir d esig n o f a p resc rip tio n drug id e n ti fica tio n device. Thang Duy Vo, Anh Viet Ngo, Hoa Van Nguyen and Hung Minh Nguyen, seniors who came to PSU through the Intel Vietnam Scholars Program, successfully challenged 23 other finalist teams from other top national engineer ing schools such as UC Berke ley and MIT to win the $10,000 top prize in the inaugural Cornell Cup USA at Walt Disney World in Florida. The PSU team created a device to instantly identify an image of a pill from a database o f 16,000 prescription drugs and provide the latest detailed inform ation about it. The de vice is designed for busy em er gency room s and m edical of fices, w here p atien ts often d o n ’t know the nam es o f the drugs they are taking.
