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To: Lucretius who wrote (155766)	3/13/2002 11:02:46 PM
From: Box-By-The-Riviera™	Respond to of 436258

provided by a thread reader.. hoof & mouth update According to Dr. Terry Conger, TAHC's state epidemiologist, it is unlikely that the oral lesions were caused by foot-and-mouth disease, because horses, which are not susceptible to the viral disease, also exhibited sores. Currently, it is thought that the sores may have be feed-related. For Immediate Release--March 13, 2002 Alert from the Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC): Kansas Disease Investigation Please share this information with others in the livestock community who may have heard media reports of a possible foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Kansas. We have talked with livestock health officials in that state for the latest information. Blisters and erosions (sores) have been detected in eight cattle and several horses in that state. Veterinarians from the Kansas Animal Health Department collected blood samples and tissue scrapings from the animals and these are being carried to the offshore Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory on Plum Island, New York. Lab results will not be known for about 24 hours. We will provide diagnostic information as soon as it is available. According to Dr. Terry Conger, TAHC's state epidemiologist, it is unlikely that the oral lesions were caused by foot-and-mouth disease, because horses, which are not susceptible to the viral disease, also exhibited sores. Currently, it is thought that the sores may have be feed-related. Dr. Conger said a a number of domestic diseases, chemicals and even plants can cause signs identical to foot-and-mouth disease in cattle. These are ; BVD, Bovine Viral Diarrhea; or IBR, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (red nose). VS, or Vesicular Stomatitis, can affect cattle, horses and pigs. Toxic chemicals and grasses also can cause oral lesions. Dr. Richard Ferris, area veterinarian-in-charge for the USDA's Veterinary Services in Texas, noted that at least 400-500 foreign animal disease investigations are conducted each year in the U.S. "At this point, we have no indication that this investigation is any more likely than others to result in a diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease," said Dr. Ferris. "I urge producers to continue reporting any signs of a potential foreign animal disease in their livestock, including blistering, unusual ticks, staggering, or sudden herd or flock illness or death loss. We routinely watch for such signs and will respond accordingly, as demonstrated in this Kansas situation."

To: Lucretius who wrote (155766)	3/14/2002 1:17:06 AM
From: mishedlo	Respond to of 436258

MAX Pain..QCOM style....... How Stupid Are These Idiots. LOL At least we know why the plunge in QCOM. Margin call selling. Sheesh. You are worth 10's of millions and go on margin. Can anyone understand this? biz.yahoo.com ====================================================================== Kadisha Qualcomm Director Sells $105.5 Mln of Shares in Margin Call By Scott Lanman San Diego, March 13 (Bloomberg) -- Qualcomm Inc. director Neil Kadisha sold $105.5 million of Qualcomm shares last month, about a third of his stake, to meet a margin call, according to a regulatory filing. Kadisha sold 3.1 million shares at $31.73 to $40.27 apiece from Feb. 6 to Feb. 22, according to a filing received March 11 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He owned 6.05 million shares at the end of the month, the filing said. The first sale came after shares of Qualcomm, which licenses patents for mobile phones used by 111 million people worldwide, had tumbled 54 percent in the preceding 12 months. A margin call occurs when an investor borrows money from a broker to buy shares; the broker may demand that the holder sell the shares to repay the loan when the price falls by a certain amount. Kadisha wasn't immediately available to comment because he was attending a funeral, said a woman who answered the phone in his office. Kadisha, chief executive of Omninet Capital LLC, a venture- capital firm, has been a Qualcomm director since 1988 and helped fund Qualcomm's first major product, the OmniTracs truck-tracking system. OmniTracs revenue funded the development of Qualcomm's code division multiple access mobile-phone standard and chips, which account for most revenue today. Qualcomm spokeswoman Christine Trimble said that ``as a matter of policy we don't comment on personal transactions of affiliates.' According to the SEC filing, $10.5 million of the shares were in a trust held by Kadisha and his brother-in-law, Benjamin Nazarian. Nazarian is president of Beverly Hills, California-based Omninet, according to Omninet's Web site.