Show ' ' j ' Zz 4 r ri Motion 3 s ' L 4 : si f “ r' v’ V ' i I V “ ' 4SC ' ' i '' v v ' x' v ' SvV'' ' ’ 9 f " 'f A2 7- The Herald Journal LoganV Utah Tuesday April j6 2004 'i ' - " M m G' ' ' J : V 7 :'1' v' v r ' J WASHINGTON (AP) — Disre-'gar- d - for voluntary rules intended to ensure the flow of electricity opened ' the way for last summer’s blackout in eight states and Canada investigators said Monday in their final report They urged government start dards with teeth to ward off future i ' outages There was a clear understanding long before the blackout last August that the Ohio region where the problems began was highly vulnerable to grid instability said the report from a task force joint Had the situation been properly addressed the cascading blackout - ’ ’ US-Cana- da probably would have been averted the report concluded Something as simple as shutting off 200 megawatts of power an hour before the blackout might have kept the problem from ' spreading investigators said But FirstEnergy Corp the Ohio utility whose lines initudly failed V had little understanding of its own power transmission system because it had not carried out the rec mended long-terplanning and safeguards — and backup monitoring system — that it needed the' v report said industry-sponsor- m In brief ed ties for those who violate them NERC which issues die voluntary standards has no enforcement ' authority It’s been eight mohths since die blackout and Congress has yet to act on any measures that might improve grid reliability Provisions to Osh mandatory rules on the electrici- -' ty industry have been caught up in a ' partisan fight over broader enogy r force' But some Democrats said Con- gress should not wait for agreement on broad energy legislation arid address the electricity reliability issue immediately There’s no reason to ”let this get etuck iq a political quagmire” of the energy bill said Sen Maria who is aco Cantwell a of g sponsor electricity reliability measure R-N- M stand-alon- on Son gtandle Suggestions vary from practical to wacty for replacing nutrition icon 12500 jobs after merger By The Associated Press CHARLOTTE NC (AP) — Bank of America Corp announced Monday it is cutting 12500 jobs as a result of its ' merger with FleetBoston Financial Coro The cuts represent about 7 percent of the companies’ combined workforce of 181000 - The job cuts will begin this month and will take place over the next years and about 30 percent of them will be accomplished through attrition the bank said The bank has said it expects to get about $650 million in savings from trim- ‘ The suggestions range from wacky to reasonable but plenty of people have ideas about how to revamp the federal Food Guide Pyramid that iconic graphic that supposedly guides how people eat An artist wants the pyramid redrawn as a tout pumping iron A North Carolina man wants it to warn of the “poisons” in vegetables A Virginia man seems to suggest dumping leafy greens — his nephew doesn’t like them And just about everyone thinks it should to more specific Over 600 pages of letters and drawings provide a snapshot of what a nation obsessed with diet really thinks The revised pyramid is expected to to refereed in early 2005 For a month and half last fall 254 responses from citizens and special interest groups poured in to the US Department of Agriculture “Tto science has evolved and yet mort Americans are health illiterate” wrote Cade S pear of Boise Idaho “They do not understand how to mato good chmceslttsed on tfie tost : ming overlapping operations and processes The completion last week of Bank of America's merger with Fleet created the nation's No Bank of America 3 bank with assets estimated at"$966 billion CEO President The bank hasibout 35 million customers Kenneth Lewis about 5700 branches from coast to coast and 16500 ATMs In assets it trails only Citigroup and the planned merger between Bank One and JP Morgan Chase Four alleged victims of former priest settle civil case with church BOSTON (AP)— The Boston Archdiocese has settled suits filed by four men who say they were molested as boys by ithe Rev Paul RShanley a central figure in the sex scandal that rocked the Roman Catholic Church The exact financial terms of the agreement reached late Sun- day were not disclosed However an attorney for the plaintiffs said each will get more than the $300000 maximum that 550 other alleged abuse victims will receive in it $85 million settle-- 1 ment reached with the' archdiocese last September The four plaintiffs — Gregory Fond Paul Busa and two other men who asked not to be identified — had refused to sign on to the earlier settlement Their lawyer Roderick MacLeish Jr described Shanley as “a human wrecking ball” and promised to continue ' helping prosecutors build a criminal case against Shanley ' Shanley is awaiting trial on charges of raping Ford Busa and the two others at a parish in Newton in the 1980s He is free on $300000 bail law- : : — rt Atkins Diet began a media blitz this week with ads of their food pyramid in major newspapers and magazines Breads and cereals are relegated to tiie pyramid’s peak low-ca- : fiill-pa- ge Path to a new Pyramid Milk cheese Tto federal Food Guide Across die board Americans - want more information Tto current pyramid groups all grains at tto bottom followed Pyramid first released in 1992 -- is expected to be revised in early 2005 replacing the four food groupe many Americans grew up with A lock at some of the designs that were considered before tto pyramid shape was adopted: Milk Fruit yogurt 2-- by fruits and vegetables then meat and dairy products and finally fats and sugars Virtually everyone asked for more distinctions separating simple and complex carbs healthy and unhealthy oils breaking nuts and beans out of the meat and fish category and even separating starchy vegetables firom leafy greens “I have a real beef with equating a serving of french fries or scalloped potatoes to other vegetables as well as equating 1 cups of ice cream to a glass of lowfat milk” wrote Joanne Milkereit a nutrition consultant Many also disagreed with the approach saying separate pyramids are needed for the elderly and obese Most saw a need to feature fitness and give fruits and vegetables more prominence espe- cially the nearly 40 vegetarians and vegans who wrote in They were tto largest of any single group of advocates Eric Jaffa wants tiie “Meat and Beans” group renamed “Beans and Meat” toencour-ag- e Current Some designs Breed cerael rice peete: 1 6 4 2 Fete ode eugere: Uee eperingly SOURCES AP Depeitmart of Agricujtm pie can’t live well without their products Widnut growers were the most prolific with more than 20 fetters toutingtife'puFs 4 Bakea AssodaffoiLviimply Beerild cut "alpliaJuKdemc acfdrirressairnPiCAma tial fatty acid drfl'cGmqLbnM dom'toakiaiflttbdreand manufactured by tto body increase thorphyskal activity” In fact tiie foDa at die AmerTto national debate on car-periodic reviews was envisioned to help people do just ttoL ican Association of Cereal bohydrates was reflected with industries cauChemists in St Paul bolstered Replacing tto four food groups that so many Americans grew up b stance by point- -' tioning against sticking them ' their with tto pyramid aimed to simreferences to biblical with tto dreaded top of tiie out ing plify tto flood of increasingly manna from heaven and the pyramid — tire smallest slot complex dietary advice reserved for foods deemed less breadoflife The pyramid principle — Meanwhile promoters of the healthy even the shape itself is up for debate — is simple: a triangle science” Tto pyramid fitorefcased in 1992 and now under one of its Bush has $1 82 million in coffers after final fund-raisappearance caib-friend- er ly people to eat more of the former tod less of the latter But tiie United Fishermen of Alaska want it renamed “Meat Fish and Beans” pro-car- CHARLOTTE NC (AP) — President Bush made his final Monday thanking appearance at a donors who helped him raise the more than $182 million he will spend to counter Democratic rival John Kerry The event raised more than $15 million for Bush's campaign which has collected more than $182 million since May 2003 The total is nearly double the record $106 million Bush raised er sliced horizontally into segments with each segment reK resenting different foods But more is at stake than tto nation’s waistlines Industries and lobbyists also wized the opportunity to weigh in with changes hoping to prove pea- - 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