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32 Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) 25.1%
33 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE:DLB) 24.8%
34 Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE:ACI) 24.7%
35 Old Republic International Corporation (NYSE:ORI) 24.6%
36 International Paper Company (NYSE:IP) 24.5%
37 Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW) 24.4%
38 Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN) 24.4%
39 Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR) 23.9%
40 Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) 23.7%
41 Federal-Mogul Corporation (NASDAQ:FDML) 23.6%
42 Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) 23.5%
43 Petrohawk Energy Corporation (NYSE:HK) 23.5%
44 AMR Corporation (NYSE:AMR) 23.4%
45 Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ:CLWR) 23.4%
46 Walter Energy, Inc. (NYSE:WLT) 23.0%
47 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation (NYSE:BAH) 22.9%
48 Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE:HI) 22.8%
49 Compuware Corporation (NASDAQ:CPWR) 22.8%
50 The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) 22.7%
51 Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CCO) 22.7%
52 Cree, Inc. (NASDAQ:CREE) 22.4%
53 Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ:THOR) 22.3%
54 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) 22.2%
55 Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (NASDAQ:PPDI) 22.1%
56 Wyndham Worldwide Corporation (NYSE:WYN) 21.9%
57 Comstock Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CRK) 21.8%
58 Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) 21.7%
59 Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) 21.4%
60 Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) 21.2%
61 AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE:ACM) 20.9%
62 Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) 20.7%
63 State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) 20.7%
64 WMS Industries Inc. (NYSE:WMS) 20.5%
65 Rovi Corporation (NASDAQ:ROVI) 20.4%
66 Macy's, Inc. (NYSE:M) 20.4%
67 Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) 20.2%
68 Covanta Holding Corporation (NYSE:CVA) 20.0%
69 Warner Chilcott Plc (NASDAQ:WCRX) 19.8%
70 Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) 19.7%
71 Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HRC) 19.4%
72 ON Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:ONNN) 19.3%
73 Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS) 19.1%
74 Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ:GMCR) 19.0%
75 Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK) 19.0%
76 Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN) 19.0%
77 AOL, Inc. (NYSE:AOL) 18.9%
78 Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE:SWN) 18.9%
79 Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG) 18.8%
80 Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) 18.7%
81 Alliant Techsystems Inc. (NYSE:ATK) 18.6%
82 Corrections Corporation of America (NYSE:CXW) 18.6%
83 Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX) 18.5%
84 BE Aerospace, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAV) 18.4%
85 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) 18.4%
86 Kohl's Corporation (NYSE:KSS) 18.2%
87 Allscripts Healthcare Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:MDRX) 18.2%
88 Snap-on Incorporated (NYSE:SNA) 18.1%
89 Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) 18.1%
90 Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE:CPA) 18.1%
91 NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) 18.0%
92 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (NYSE:TMO) 17.9%
93 Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) 17.5%
94 The St. Joe Company (NYSE:JOE) 17.4%
95 Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM) 17.3%
96 Xerox Corporation (NYSE:XRX) 16.8%
97 CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE:CVS) 16.7%
98 ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) 16.6%
99 Bally Technologies Inc. (NYSE:BYI) 16.5%
100 FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN) 16.5%
101 Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) 16.5%
102 CoreLogic Inc. (NYSE:CLGX) 16.5%
103 Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG) 16.4%
104 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI) 16.3%
105 Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) 16.2%
106 Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) 16.2%
107 Health Management Associates, Inc. (NYSE:HMA) 16.2%
108 Jarden Corporation (NYSE:JAH) 16.2%
109 RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH) 16.1%
110 Guess?, Inc. (NYSE:GES) 16.0%
111 Kennametal Inc. (NYSE:KMT) 16.0%
112 tw telecom inc. (NASDAQ:TWTC) 15.9%
113 Penn National Gaming, Inc (NASDAQ:PENN) 15.9%
114 Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE:AAP) 15.8%
115 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE:GS) 15.8%
116 PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE:PEP) 15.8%
117 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ:ORLY) 15.8%
118 Gentex Corporation (NASDAQ:GNTX) 15.7%
119 Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE:TDS) 15.7%
120 Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) 15.7%
121 Community Health Systems (NYSE:CYH) 15.6%
122 Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc (NYSE:MMI) 15.5%
123 Alere Inc (NYSE:ALR) 15.3%
124 Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:RAH) 15.2%
125 Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) 15.1%
126 Exterran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:EXH) 15.1%
127 CNA Financial Corporation (NYSE:CNA) 15.0%
128 American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) 15.0%
129 Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) 15.0%
130 Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) 15.0%
131 Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM) 15.0%
132 Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HTZ) 14.9%
133 Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) 14.9%
134 Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN) 14.8%
135 Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGN) 14.7%
136 MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) 14.7%
137 Western Digital Corp. (NYSE:WDC) 14.7%
138 Nalco Holding Company (NYSE:NLC) 14.6%
139 Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE:UHS) 14.6%
140 Cephalon, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEPH) 14.5%
141 Fossil, Inc. (NASDAQ:FOSL) 14.4%
142 Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) 14.4%
143 Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) 14.4%
144 Endo Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENDP) 14.3%
145 Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) 14.2%
146 Lorillard Inc. (NYSE:LO) 14.2%
147 Reinsurance Group of America (NYSE:RGA) 14.1%
148 International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) 14.1%
149 Navistar International Corporation (NYSE:NAV) 14.1%
150 Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) 14.1%
151 Life Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:LIFE) 14.1%
152 Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE:UNP) 14.0%
153 Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) 14.0%
154 Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW) 14.0%
155 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) 14.0%
156 Lear Corporation (NYSE:LEA) 14.0%
157 Seacor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CKH) 14.0%
158 Vishay Intertechnology (NYSE:VSH) 13.9%
159 Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) 13.9%
160 TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (NYSE:TRW) 13.9%
161 QLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QLGC) 13.8%
162 LPL Investment Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:LPLA) 13.8%
163 CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) 13.8%
164 PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE:PHM) 13.8%
165 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD) 13.7%
166 Energizer Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:ENR) 13.7%
167 Ultra Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:UPL) 13.6%
168 SEI Investments Company (NASDAQ:SEIC) 13.6%
169 Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU) 13.5%
170 Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:ARG) 13.5%
171 Sprint Nextel Corporation (NYSE:S) 13.5%
172 Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE:RHI) 13.5%
173 Corn Products International, Inc. (NYSE:CPO) 13.4%
174 KAR Auction Services Inc (NYSE:KAR) 13.4%
175 MasterCard Incorporated (NYSE:MA) 13.4%
176 Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R) 13.3%
177 Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) 13.3%
178 Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) 13.3%
179 Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS) 13.3%
180 The Allstate Corporation (NYSE:ALL) 13.2%
181 Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE:NSC) 13.2%
182 Molson Coors Brewing Company (NYSE:TAP) 13.2%
183 PNC Financial Services (NYSE:PNC) 13.2%
184 Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) 13.1%
185 Albemarle Corporation (NYSE:ALB) 13.1%
186 Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE:ITW) 13.0%
187 Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:KFT) 13.0%
188 First Citizens BancShares Inc. (NASDAQ:FCNCA) 13.0%
189 DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV) 13.0%
190 Avery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) 13.0%
191 The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE:BK) 12.8%
192 Gardner Denver, Inc. (NYSE:GDI) 12.7%
193 Southern Copper Corporation (USA) (NYSE:SCCO) 12.7%
194 NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) 12.7%
195 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE:GT) 12.7%
196 United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) 12.7%
197 AFLAC Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) 12.6%
198 CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT) 12.6%
199 TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE:TDG) 12.6%
200 DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ:DWA) 12.6%

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Source   www.dallasfed.org/data/pce/2011/pce1101.cfm
Behind the Numbers: PCE Inflation Update, January 2011

This update, prepared by Dallas Fed Senior Economist Jim Dolmas, provides an in-depth analysis of the latest personal consumption expenditures (PCE) inflation data. Updates will be posted monthly, following the release of the official PCE data by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.


For a second consecutive month, the headline PCE price index posted an annualized rate of increase in excess of 3.0 percent, coming in at 3.5 percent for January, following an annualized gain of 3.3 percent in December. Energy prices—particularly prices for gasoline and other motor fuel—accounted for much of the month-to-month increase in the index. In contrast to prior months, food prices also made a noticeable contribution to the headline rate in January.

The 12-month headline rate held steady at 1.2 percent. Over the past six months, the headline index has averaged an annualized inflation rate of 2.2 percent, up from an average rate of just 0.4 percent over the first half of last year. The acceleration can be traced primarily to energy prices, which fell at an average annualized rate of 10 percent over the first half of 2010 and have since increased at an average annualized rate of nearly 30 percent.

Core PCE posted a 1.5 percent annualized gain in January, up from a 0.4 percent rate in December. January’s 1.5 percent is the fastest one-month rate of increase in the core since March of last year, when the monthly core readings were, by and large, drifting downward. The 12-month core rate remained at 0.8 percent, while the six-month core rate ticked up from 0.5 percent in December to 0.7 percent in January.

A hefty increase in core goods prices—following an unusually large decline the previous month—helped boost January’s core rate. The trimmed mean PCE inflation rate, which abstracts from outsized movements in component prices, suggested that December’s underlying rate of inflation was not quite as low as indicated by the core and—naturally—suggests January’s rate is not quite as high as indicated by the core. January’s trimmed mean rate was an annualized 1.0 percent, similar to December’s 1.1 percent. The six- and 12-month trimmed mean rates held steady at 1.1 percent and 0.9 percent, respectively.

The uptick in the six-month core rate, while small, at least represents a step in the direction of the trimmed mean, for which the six-month inflation rate has been steadily creeping up, from a low of 0.7 percent in the middle of last year to this month’s 1.1 percent. Other inflation gauges that rely on trimming—like the Cleveland Fed’s median CPI and trimmed mean CPI—have also shown a noticeable upward drift at the six-month horizon.

While the trimmed mean suggests substantial continuity between December’s data and January’s, one feature of the data which is notably different is the number of items registering price declines, which fell to its lowest level since August of 2008.

Gasoline Accounts for Bulk of Headline Increase, More Gains in Pipeline
Energy prices, as noted above, accounted for much of January’s headline inflation rate—in fact, gasoline and other motor fuel accounted for about 1.6 annualized percentage points of January’s 3.5 percent headline rate. The price index for gasoline and other motor fuel increased about 3.9 percent at a monthly rate or roughly 58 percent at an annualized rate in January.

Looking toward data for February, we have three weeks’ worth of weekly retail gasoline price data from the Department of Energy. Those data show gasoline tracking at a month-to-month gain of 2.1 percent compared with January. Given the normal seasonal pattern for February—a roughly 2.4 percent decline—we can expect, based on the data so far, a 4.5 percent monthly rate of increase in the seasonally adjusted index for gasoline when February’s PCE data are released.

The ultimate increase, though, is apt to be higher than our incomplete weekly data for February suggest, since the trajectory of gasoline prices has been sharply upward over the latter half of the month.

Price Gains Robust Across Food Categories
Food price increases have made headlines around the world in recent months, but until now, have not shown up in any significant way in U.S. consumer price indexes. As of the latest PCE release, that pattern might be changing. The index for food—which consists of food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption—increased at an 8.2 percent annualized rate in January, its fastest rate of increase since July 2008.

Gains were broad-based and, notably, cut across the less-processed/more-processed spectrum to which we’ve often referred in these Inflation Updates. More-processed items are, in some ways, like the “core” of food. They embody more substantial inputs of labor and capital, compared with crude or unprocessed items. And because they often have brand identities, their producers have more market power and face more serious pricing decisions than producers of more “commodity-like” items such as fresh produce or meats.

It’s notable, then, that while prices for more-processed items increased by a smaller amount than prices for less-processed items, gains for both were robust—annualized 14 percent for less-processed items and 6 percent for more-processed items. Data at the more-processed end will bear watching in the coming months for signs of further impact from price increases at cruder stages of processing.

January’s Core Rate Reflects Rapid Growth in Goods Prices
For the past several months, core goods prices have fallen at a rather healthy clip, relative to recent historical patterns, declining at an average annualized rate of about 1.6 percent since last September. This has helped hold down the overall core inflation rate and, likely, contributed to the difference in signals coming from the core and the trimmed mean. As we stated in last month’s Inflation Update, noting the modest pickup in the trimmed mean rate over the past several months, “both the core and trimmed mean suggest that underlying inflation is quite low and is lower now than it was in the middle of 2010. They disagree on whether that trajectory is still pointed downward.”

January’s core goods data break with that pattern—and perhaps illustrate the value of trimming in the process—coming in at an annualized rate of increase of 3.3 percent, the biggest one-month gain since a 3.6 percent rate in September 2009. Apparel prices were the chief culprit: The price index for women’s and girls’ clothing increased at a nearly 20 percent annualized rate and alone contributed about 0.3 annualized percentage points to January’s core rate.

Prices for core services—typically much more stable than goods prices—increased at an annualized 0.8 percent rate in January, in spite of another large gain in the price index for airline services (35 percent at an annualized rate).

Rent and owners’ equivalent rent (OER) remained firm in January, with rent up at a 2 percent annualized rate and OER up at a 1.2 percent annualized rate. The rate of increase in rent was down slightly from November and December’s rates (an average 2.5 percent) but about in the middle of the range we’ve seen since last September, when rent growth began to pick up noticeably.

Number of Falling-Price Components Declines Again, Significantly
Finally, January saw a third straight decline in the number of PCE components registering price declines: 54 of the 178 components that potentially go into the trimmed mean fell in price, or about 30 percent of the basket.

In September 2008, the fraction of components registering price declines increased significantly and (up until now) has remained in a range—centered on 40 percent of the basket—that is high by historical standards. January’s 30 percent is the lowest falling-price fraction since before the jump in September 2008, and it is the first reading since that time to fall into what one might consider a normal range.

—Jim Dolmas
   February 28, 2011

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As of Dec 17, 2010 quarterly rebalancing
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   Country     Group   Company      ISIN     SEDOL§Weight

    France   Utility§Veolia Environnement FR0000124141 4031879 6.34%
United States Tech ITT Corporation US4509111021 2465760 5.44%
Switzerland      Tech§Geberit AG Reg CH0030170408 B1WGG93 5.21%
United States Tech Pall Corp US6964293079 2668804 3.30%
United Kingdom Utility United Utilities Group Plc GB00B39J2M42 B39J2M4 2.79%
South Korea Tech Doosan Heavy Indust &Construct KR7034020008 6294670 2.63%
United States Tech Nalco Holding US62985Q1013 B03Q9G3 2.54%
    France   Utility§Suez Environment SA FR0010613471 B3B8D04 2.53%
United Kingdom Utility Severn Trent GB00B1FH8J72 B1FH8J7 2.38%
United States Tech Dionex Corp US2545461046 2270522 2.28%
     Japan      Tech§Ebara Corp JP3166000004 6302700 2.07%
Netherlands      Tech§Aalberts Industries NV NL0000852564 B1W8P14 2.06%
United States Tech Pentair Inc US7096311052 2681588 2.06%
United States Tech IDEX Corp US45167R1041 2456612 2.05%
     Japan      Tech§Kurita Water Industries JP3270000007 6497963 2.00%
United States Utility American Water Works Co Inc US0304201033 B2R3PV1 1.99%
South Korea Tech Woongjin Coway Co Ltd KR7021240007 6173401 1.97%
United States Tech Itron Inc US4657411066 2471949 1.96%
United States Tech Tetra Tech Inc US88162G1031 2883890 1.81%
United Kingdom Utility Pennon Group GB00B18V8630 B18V863 1.60%
 Singapore      Tech§Sembcorp Industries SG1R50925390 B08X163 1.53%
    Greece   Utility§Athens Water Supply & Sewage GRS359353000 5860191 1.46%
     Chile   Utility§Aguas Andinas SA A CL0000000035 2311238 1.41%
     China      Tech§Guangdong Investment Ltd. HK0270001396 6913168 1.40%
United States Utility Middlesex Water Co US5966801087 2589466 1.40%
    Brazil   Utility§Cia de Saneamento Basico Es de S Paulo ADR US20441A1025 2945927 1.39%
United States Utility American States Water Co US0298991011 2267171 1.39%
     China   Utility§Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co Ltd H Shares CNE1000004G9 6908283 1.38%
United States Utility Aqua America Inc US03836W1036 2685234 1.38%
United States Utility SJW Corp US7843051043 2811932 1.38%
United States Utility Conn Water Service Inc US2077971016 2216258 1.36%
United States Utility California Water Services Group US1307881029 2165383 1.36%
     China   Utility§Sound Global Ltd SG1W63939514 B1CRLB3 1.36%
United States Utility Consolidated Water Co (Cayman) KYG237731073 2099095 1.36%
United States Tech York Water Co US9871841089 2425292 1.34%
United States TECH Pennichuck Corp US7082542066 2287083 1.33%
Hong Kong Utility China Water Affairs Group Ltd. BMG210901242 6671477 1.33%
     Italy   Utility§Acea Spa IT0001207098 5728125 1.33%
United Kingdom Utility Northumbrian Water Group GB0033029744 3302974 1.33%
United States Utility Artesian Resources Corp A US0431132085 2418258 1.32%
  Malaysia   Utility§Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd MYL6807OO001 B1SC1H8 1.31%
    Brazil   Utility§Cia Saneamento de Minas Gerais BRCSMGACNOR5 B0YBZJ2 1.31%
Philippines   Utility§Manila Water PHY569991086 B0684C7 1.29%
United States Tech Insituform Technologies Inc US4576671030 2462039 1.22%
United States Tech Watts Industries Inc A US9427491025 2943620 1.19%
 Singapore   Utility§Hyflux Ltd SG1J47889782 6320058 1.18%
     Italy   Utility§Acegas SpA IT0003066146 7057098 1.04%
United States Tech Calgon Carbon Corp US1296031065 2164368 0.95%
United States Tech Lindsay Corporation US5355551061 2516613 0.93%
United States Tech Ameron International Inc US0307101073 2030942 0.86%
United States Tech Franklin Electric Co US3535141028 2350383 0.85%
Netherlands      Tech§Wavin NV NL0009412683 B1FY8X2 0.83%
United States Tech PICO Holdings Inc US6933662057 2326737 0.79%
United States Tech Layne Christensen US5210501046 2508018 0.76%
United States Tech Badger Meter Inc US0565251081 2069128 0.73%
United States Tech Mueller Water Products US6247581084 B15RZR4 0.68%
    Greece      Tech§Thessaloniki Water & Sewage GRS428003008 7217052 0.60%
United States Tech Heckmann Corp US4226801086 B29HJ97 0.49%
     Japan      Tech§Organo Corp JP3201600008 6470522 0.27%
     China   Utility§Duoyuan Global Water Inc ADR US2660431089 B51KQS3 0.18%

     Chile   Utility§Aguas Andinas SA A CL0000000035 2311238 1.41%
     China      Tech§Guangdong Investment Ltd. HK0270001396 6913168 1.40%
United States Utility Middlesex Water Co US5966801087 2589466 1.40%
    Brazil   Utility§Cia de Saneamento Basico Es de S Paulo ADR US20441A1025 2945927 1.39%
United States Utility American States Water Co US0298991011 2267171 1.39%
     China   Utility§Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co Ltd H Shares CNE1000004G9 6908283 1.38%
United States Utility Aqua America Inc US03836W1036 2685234 1.38%
United States Utility SJW Corp US7843051043 2811932 1.38%
United States Utility Conn Water Service Inc US2077971016 2216258 1.36%
United States Utility California Water Services Group US1307881029 2165383 1.36%
     China   Utility§Sound Global Ltd SG1W63939514 B1CRLB3 1.36%
United States Utility Consolidated Water Co (Cayman) KYG237731073 2099095 1.36%
United States Tech York Water Co US9871841089 2425292 1.34%
United States TECH Pennichuck Corp US7082542066 2287083 1.33%
Hong Kong Utility China Water Affairs Group Ltd. BMG210901242 6671477 1.33%
     Italy   Utility§Acea Spa IT0001207098 5728125 1.33%
United Kingdom Utility Northumbrian Water Group GB0033029744 3302974 1.33%
United States Utility Artesian Resources Corp A US0431132085 2418258 1.32%
  Malaysia   Utility§Puncak Niaga Holdings Bhd MYL6807OO001 B1SC1H8 1.31%
    Brazil   Utility§Cia Saneamento de Minas Gerais BRCSMGACNOR5 B0YBZJ2 1.31%
Philippines   Utility§Manila Water PHY569991086 B0684C7 1.29%
United States Tech Insituform Technologies Inc US4576671030 2462039 1.22%
United States Tech Watts Industries Inc A US9427491025 2943620 1.19%
 Singapore   Utility§Hyflux Ltd SG1J47889782 6320058 1.18%
     Italy   Utility§Acegas SpA IT0003066146 7057098 1.04%
United States Tech Calgon Carbon Corp US1296031065 2164368 0.95%
United States Tech Lindsay Corporation US5355551061 2516613 0.93%
United States Tech Ameron International Inc US0307101073 2030942 0.86%
United States Tech Franklin Electric Co US3535141028 2350383 0.85%
Netherlands      Tech§Wavin NV NL0009412683 B1FY8X2 0.83%
United States Tech PICO Holdings Inc US6933662057 2326737 0.79%
United States Tech Layne Christensen US5210501046 2508018 0.76%
United States Tech Badger Meter Inc US0565251081 2069128 0.73%
United States Tech Mueller Water Products US6247581084 B15RZR4 0.68%
    Greece      Tech§Thessaloniki Water & Sewage GRS428003008 7217052 0.60%
United States Tech Heckmann Corp US4226801086 B29HJ97 0.49%
     Japan      Tech§Organo Corp JP3201600008 6470522 0.27%
     China   Utility§Duoyuan Global Water Inc ADR US2660431089 B51KQS3 0.18%

Die Dunkelziffer der Bedürftigen dürfte noch weitaus höher liegen. Denn um in den “Genuss” der Kreditkarten für Lebensmittelausgaben zu kommen, müssen arbeitsfähige Erwachsene zwischen 16 und 60 Jahren den Nachweis erbringen, dass sie Arbeit suchen und bereit sind bestimmte Arbeiten zu akzeptieren. Die Millionen entmutigten Arbeitnehmer, die aufgegeben haben einen Job zu suchen, fallen wie in der Arbeitslosenstatistik (U-3 komplett und bei der breiter gefassten Arbeitslosenrate U-6 nach einem Monat) auch bei SNAP durchs Netz. Erwachsene ohne Kinder können generell nur maximal 3 Monate SNAP beziehen. Nahezu 76% der Lebensmittelmarken gehen an Familien mit Kindern, davon 61% an Kinder mit nur einem Elternteil.
Als Voraussetzung für die Bedürftigkeit wird die Armutsgrenze herangezogen. Diese ist bei SNAP für einen 1 Personenhaushalt aktuell mit 903 Dollar Nettoeinkommen (649 Euro) je Monat und für einen 4 Personenhaushalt mit 1838 Dollar Netto definiert! Die beziehbaren Lebensmittel der Armen sind stark reglementiert. Bier, Wein, Alkohol, Zigaretten, Tabak, Tiernahrung, Kosmetikprodukte, Medikamente, Vitamine, Restaurants, selbst Fast Food-Lokale sind vom Bezug ausgeschlossen.

Für die Verwerfungen im System, steht auch die Lohnstatistik 2009 der U.S. Social Security Administration, an Hand der W-2 Filings (Lohnsteuerkarten) von 150,917733 Millionen Arbeitnehmern. Die höchsten nominalen Lohneinkommen der obersten 1% bzw. der obersten 1,509 Millionen Arbeitnehmer überstiegen die gesamten Lohneinkommen der untersten 40% der Lohnempfänger bzw. der untersten 60,36 Millionen!

Reloaded: Schockierende Daten
Quelle Daten: Fns.usda.gov/SNAP monthly
Kontakt: info.querschuss@yahoo.de

Source  www.querschuesse.de/...millionen-us-lebenmittelmarkenbezieher/

Ist das ein Vorbild auch für BRD / EU ? Mir ist schlecht ..

Source
oilandgas-investments.com/2010/natural-gas/...havent-heard-of/

The ‘Freak of Nature’ Gas Field You Haven’t Heard Of
by KEITH SCHAEFER on OCTOBER 26, 2010


Natural gas companies are now trying to market themselves as “liquid rich” or “wet gas” producers whenever possible.That’s because these “wet gases,” or NGLs (natural gas liquids), are worth a lot more money than straight-up dry gas – which is methane.

Angle Energy (NGL-TSX) has what I call a “freak of nature” gas field just northeast of Calgary. The field contains a whopping 193 barrels of NGLs for every thousand cubic metres of gas produced. The industry expresses this as “xx bbl/xx Mmcf.”For a gas to be considered “liquids-rich” it must yield greater than 10 bbls NGLs for every MMcf sales gas when processed through a plant.  Many producers who speak of “liquids-rich” gas will have average yields of 15-40 bbl/MMcf.

So, how does something like 193 bbls/MMcf happen?

The first reason is that Angle’s Mannville gas pool is located in the “oil window” in Alberta.  What this means is that the pool is buried at a depth where the temperature is not too hot and not too cold.(If it was too hot, it would have turned to just gas, and if it was too cold it would never even have turned into hydrocarbons).The other thing that had to happen was MULTIPLE geologic events, which created the full spectrum of petroleum fluids to remain in deposits – and still kept all the hydrocarbons under the same pressure and temperature.

Petroleum fluids (which are oil, gas and condensate) are made up of many different hydrocarbons.  There are  five general types:

1. black oil

2. volatile oi

3. retrograde gas-condensate

4. wet gas

5. dry gas

A “volatile oil” generally has a higher amount of natural gas in it than a “black oil” does.  A volatile oil produces both oil and gas, and the gas helps to lift the oil, making production easier.  Imagine a bottle of pop that’s flat, and one that has just been opened.  Which one will flow out more easily when shaken? – you get the idea.  Think of natural gas & NGL’s as the carbonation and oil as the Coca Cola.

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Fracking’s “Holy Grail”

It’s a breakthrough technology that not only solves two of the oil & gas industry’s biggest problems…

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Angle’s freak of nature Mannville pool is a “retrograde gas-condensate”.  The retrograde gas-condensate has much higher total NGLs than a simple “wet gas.”   It produces readily (which means it doesn’t need to be stimulated by a process such as fracking), as a volatile oil would, because it has both natural gas and natural gas liquids.

Also, the natural gas liquids will start to separate from the gas and produce both condensate and dry gas at surface.

Now, these retrograde gas deposits occur from Calgary all along the foothills up to the Montney gas play 1000 km north-north-west.

So why don’t I see other companies with similar NGL counts?

That just appears to be luck of the draw.  (The 2nd largest NGL count I’ve seen is the 100 barrels of condensate per day in Second Wave’s new Gilwood discovery three hours northwest of Edmonton.)

But technology does play a small role. As production of this exceptionally rich gas continues, and the pressure in the pool becomes lower, the condensate (the most valuable NGL) “drops out” in the reservoir itself.

Recovery of all that condensate is difficult.  The problem gets tougher when the reservoir is being produced using only vertical wells.  With 14 vertical wells in the Mannville pool, Angle is only seeing an effective 15-20% recovery of all the hydrocarbons in place.

Horizontal wells help solve this issue and produce the natural gas liquids more efficiently along with the gas.  Possible recovery factors with a horizontal well development are 60-70% of the hydrocarbons in place.  This is obviously a huge difference.

The other technology issue is having the right gas plant.  The capabilities of the hundreds of gas plants around western Canada vary widely.  Some are able to get out all the various NGLs, and some aren’t.  Obviously, the ones that can cost a lot more money and it’s not always worth it, or the operator can’t afford it.

DISCLOSURE: Keith Schaefer owns Angle Energy.

3.  T. Boone Pickens has lobbied his ass off in DC but because of his Chairmanship and status as largest shareholder of Clean Energy Fuels Corp ($CLNE), he never seemed to be able to shake off the "talking his book" taint.  The guy is like 105 years old, I only hope he lives to see these imbeciles in Washington wake up and get this done.

4.  We are Americans and only get outraged enough to take action right before we are past the point of no return.  Winston Churchill said "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else."  Unfortunately, it looks like we're going to be playing the victim a while longer.

Source:
www.thereformedbroker.com/2011/02/24/...said-your-congressman/

www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/...-in-just-a-few-days_03162011



As the effects of the nuclear disaster in Japan remain unclear, panicked US residents are doing whatever they can to get their hands on Potassium Iodide pills.

Distributors of the FDA recommended pills have run out of stock, with one manufacturer reporting that they sold some 250,000 individual packets in a single weekend.

As we reported in What Your Grocery Store Will Look Like In An Emergency, at the onset of a far-from-equilibrium event, the essentials go first. In Japan, food and especially water have become scarce.

The panic is spreading, and residents in the US, fearing a fallout cloud crossing the pacific and affecting Western states, are stocking up as well.

The top priority? Potassium Iodide – or nuke pills.

In recent days, the Surgeon General has advised concerned West Coast residents to get a hold of Potassium Iodide in the event of a radiation threat in the US.

The supply crunch and high demand has forced buyers to turn to the secondary market for acquiring the FDA recommended potassium iodide supplements, driving prices to upwards of $200 for a 14 dose packet. The suggested retail price offered by the supplier at NukePills.com is $10 per pack, indicating that demand has forced prices up as much as 1900% in just a few days.
Radiation monitoring equipment like Geiger counters have also exploded in price since just prior to the nuclear crisis. Normally costing approximately $50 per unit, prices have reached several hundred dollars, an increase of over 250% in some cases:

From the FDA:

The effectiveness of KI as a specific blocker of thyroid radioiodine uptake is well established. When administered in the recommended dose, KI is effective in reducing the risk of thyroid cancer in individuals or populations at risk for inhalation or ingestion of radioiodines. KI floods the thyroid with non-radioactive iodine and prevents the uptake of the radioactive molecules, which are subsequently excreted in the urine.

Author: Mac Slavo
Date: March 16th, 2011
Visit the Author's Website: www.SHTFplan.com/

SOURCE  www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/ki.asp


Potassium Iodide (KI)
Key Facts
You should only take potassium idodide (KI) on the advice of emergency management officials, public health officials, or your doctor.
There are health risks associated with taking KI.
What is Potassium Iodide (KI)?
Potassium iodide (also called KI) is a salt of stable (not radioactive) iodine. Stable iodine is an important chemical needed by the body to make thyroid hormones. Most of the stable iodine in our bodies comes from the food we eat. KI is stable iodine in a medicine form. This fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gives you some basic information about KI. It explains what you should think about before you or a family member takes KI.

What does KI do?
Following a radiological or nuclear event, radioactive iodine may be released into the air and then be breathed into the lungs. Radioactive iodine may also contaminate the local food supply and get into the body through food or through drink. When radioactive materials get into the body through breathing, eating, or drinking, we say that “internal contamination” has occurred. In the case of internal contamination with radioactive iodine, the thyroid gland quickly absorbs this chemical. Radioactive iodine absorbed by the thyroid can then injure the gland. Because non-radioactive KI acts to block radioactive iodine from being taken into the thyroid gland, it can help protect this gland from injury.

What KI cannot do
Knowing what KI cannot do is also important. KI cannot prevent radioactive iodine from entering the body. KI can protect only the thyroid from radioactive iodine, not other parts of the body. KI cannot reverse the health effects caused by radioactive iodine once damage to the thyroid has occurred. KI cannotprotect the body from radioactive elements other than radioactive iodine—if radioactive iodine is not present, taking KI is not protective.

How does KI work?
The thyroid gland cannot tell the difference between stable and radioactive iodine and will absorb both. KI works by blocking radioactive iodine from entering the thyroid. When a person takes KI, the stable iodine in the medicine gets absorbed by the thyroid. Because KI contains so much stable iodine, the thyroid gland becomes “full” and cannot absorb any more iodine—either stable or radioactive—for the next 24 hours.

Iodized table salt also contains iodine; iodized table salt contains enough iodine to keep most people healthy under normal conditions. However, table salt does not contain enough iodine to block radioactive iodine from getting into your thyroid gland. You should not use table salt as a substitute for KI.

How well does KI work?
Knowing that KI may not give a person 100% protection against radioactive iodine is important. How well KI blocks radioactive iodine depends on

how much time passes between contamination with radioactive iodine and the taking of KI (the sooner a person takes KI, the better),
how fast KI is absorbed into the blood, and
the total amount of radioactive iodine to which a person is exposed.
Who should take KI?
The thyroid glands of a fetus and of an infant are most at risk of injury from radioactive iodine. Young children and people with low stores of iodine in their thyroid are also at risk of thyroid injury.

Infants (including breast-fed infants): Infants need to be given the recommended dosage of KI for babies (see How much KI should I take?). The amount of KI that gets into breast milk is not enough to protect breast-fed infants from exposure to radioactive iodine. The proper dose of KI given to a nursing infant will help protect it from radioactive iodine that it breathes in or drinks in breast milk.

Children: The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that all children internally contaminated with (or likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine take KI, unless they have known allergies to iodine. Children from newborn to 18 years of age are the most sensitive to the potentially harmful effects of radioactive iodine.

Young Adults: The FDA recommends that young adults (between the ages of 18 and 40 years) internally contaminated with (or likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine take the recommended dose of KI. Young adults are less sensitive to the effects of radioactive iodine than are children.

Pregnant Women: Because all forms of iodine cross the placenta, pregnant women should take KI to protect the growing fetus. However, pregnant women should take only one dose of KI following internal contamination with (or likely internal contamination with) radioactive iodine.

Breastfeeding Women: Women who are breastfeeding should take only one dose of KI if they have been internally contaminated with (or are likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine. Because radioactive iodine quickly gets into breast milk, CDC recommends that women internally contaminated with (or are likely to be internally contaminated with) radioactive iodine stop breastfeeding and feed their child baby formula or other food if it is available. If breast milk is the only food available for an infant, nursing should continue.

Adults: Adults older than 40 years should not take KI unless public health or emergency management officials say that contamination with a very large dose of radioactive iodine is expected. Adults older than 40 years have the lowest chance of developing thyroid cancer or thyroid injury after contamination with radioactive iodine. They also have a greater chance of having allergic reactions to KI.

When should I take KI?
After a radiologic or nuclear event, local public health or emergency management officials will tell the public if KI or other protective actions are needed. For example, public health officials may advise you to remain in your home, school, or place of work (this is known as “shelter-in-place”) or to evacuate. You may also be told not to eat some foods and not to drink some beverages until a safe supply can be brought in from outside the affected area. Following the instructions given to you by these authorities can lower the amount of radioactive iodine that enters your body and lower the risk of serious injury to your thyroid gland.

How much KI should I take?
The FDA has approved two different forms of KI—tablets and liquid—that people can take by mouth after a nuclear radiation emergency. Tablets come in two strengths, 130 milligram (mg) and 65 mg. The tablets are scored so they may be cut into smaller pieces for lower doses. Each milliliter (mL) of the oral liquid solution contains 65 mg of KI.
According to the FDA, the following doses are appropriate to take after internal contamination with (or likely internal contamination with) radioactive iodine:
Adults should take 130 mg (one 130 mg tablet OR two 65 mg tablets OR two mL of solution).
Women who are breastfeeding should take the adult dose of 130 mg.
Children between 3 and 18 years of age should take 65 mg (one 65 mg tablet OR 1 mL of solution). Children who are adult size (greater than or equal to 150 pounds) should take the full adult dose, regardless of their age.
Infants and children between 1 month and 3 years of age should take 32 mg (½ of a 65 mg tablet OR ½ mL of solution). This dose is for both nursing and non-nursing infants and children.
Newborns from birth to 1 month of age should be given 16 mg (¼ of a 65 mg tablet or ¼ mL of solution). This dose is for both nursing and non-nursing newborn infants.
How often should I take KI?
A single dose of KI protects the thyroid gland for 24 hours. A one-time dose at the levels recommended in this fact sheet is usually all that is needed to protect the thyroid gland. In some cases, radioactive iodine might be in the environment for more than 24 hours. If that happens, local emergency management or public health officials may tell you to take one dose of KI every 24 hours for a few days. You should do this only on the advice of emergency management officials, public health officials, or your doctor. Avoid repeat dosing with KI for pregnant and breastfeeding women and newborn infants. Those individuals may need to be evacuated until levels of radioactive iodine in the environment fall.

Taking a higher dose of KI, or taking KI more often than recommended, does not offer more protection and can cause severe illness or death.

Medical conditions that may make it harmful to take KI
Taking KI may be harmful for some people because of the high levels of iodine in this medicine. You should not take KI if
• you know you are allergic to iodine (If you are unsure about this, consult your doctor. A seafood or shellfish allergy does not necessarily mean that you are allergic to iodine.) or
• you have certain skin disorders (such as dermatitis herpetiformis or urticaria vasculitis).

People with thyroid disease (for example, multinodular goiter, Graves’ disease, or autoimmune thyroiditis) may be treated with KI. This should happen under careful supervision of a doctor, especially if dosing lasts for more than a few days.

In all cases, talk to your doctor if you are not sure whether to take KI.

What are the possible risks and side effects of KI?
When public health or emergency management officials tell the public to take KI following a radiologic or nuclear event, the benefits of taking this drug outweigh the risks. This is true for all age groups. Some general side effects caused by KI may include intestinal upset, allergic reactions (possibly severe), rashes, and inflammation of the salivary glands.

When taken as recommended, KI causes only rare adverse health effects that specifically involve the thyroid gland. In general, you are more likely to have an adverse health effect involving the thyroid gland if you

take a higher than recommended dose of KI,
take the drug for several days, or
have pre-existing thyroid disease.
Newborn infants (less than 1 month old) who receive more than one dose of KI are at particular risk for developing a condition known as hypothyroidism (thyroid hormone levels that are too low). If not treated, hypothyroidism can cause brain damage. Infants who receive KI should have their thyroid hormone levels checked and monitored by a doctor. Avoid repeat dosing of KI to newborns.

Where can I get KI?
KI is available without a prescription. You should talk to your pharmacist to get KI and for directions about how to take it correctly. Your pharmacist can sell you KI brands that have been approved by the FDA.

Other Sources of Information
The FDA recommendations on KI can be reviewed on the Internet at Frequently Asked Questions on Potassium Iodide (KI) .

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Emergency Response Site is available at CDC Radiation Emergencies.

(I wrote a story on the growing importance of fracking – to the industry and to investors – which you can read here: tinyurl.com/yjxexl6)

But the fracking-fluids-potentially-contaminating-water issue has legs – which really surprises me that I haven’t heard more pro-active PR from the industry about their side of this story.  Investors ought to be aware of this issue, especially in shale gas/oil plays close to large population centres, such as the Marcellus Shale Gas play in New York state (where one gas stock in particular has me very, very intrigued….).   I fear this could be a PR disaster for the industry if they don’t handle this properly.

(Of course, this would be bullish for natural gas prices across North America….there’s a silver lining everywhere.  A cynic might even say this issue – which is mostly heard in the US - could be one of the saviours of the Western Canadian gas industry.)

I asked a friend of mine at a Canadian fracking company – who for obvious reasons wants to stay anonymous – to explain this issue for me in simple terms.  He says sometimes there are some “nasty” chemicals used in fracking, but he estimated that 70% of frack jobs use ingredients you buy at a grocery store.

In my next story – Fracking Fluids Part II, he will share his “secret” recipe, outlining how he makes homemade frac sand from ingredients at the grocery store.

“I make a frac gel using household items – MacGyver style,” he told me. “I am literally using items my wife buys regularly and can in a few moments generate a stable frac gel that the kids can hold and play with.  For less than 20 bucks you can whip this together and cover frack gels for ~70+% of all work done in fracturing.”

Stay tuned;  MacGyver will tell all in Part II.

Source
oilandgas-investments.com/2010/natural-gas/...stment-near-you/

HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth with a full glass of water (8 ounces or 240 milliliters) as directed by your doctor or public health and safety officials. To avoid stomach upset, take after meals or with food. Drink plenty of liquids with this medication unless otherwise directed. If you are taking the tablets, do not lie down for 30 minutes after taking this medication. If you are using the drops or liquid medication, use the dropper that comes with the bottle or a medication spoon/device to measure the correct dose. Liquid forms of this product may be mixed in water, milk, formula, or juice before taking. Do not use this medication if the solution turns brownish-yellow.Dosage is based on your medical condition and response to therapy. In children, dosage is also based on age. Do not increase your dose, take it more often, or take it for longer than prescribed or recommended because of the increased risk of side effects.In a radiation emergency, take this drug only when public health and safety officials tell you to do so. Read the Patient Information Leaflet that comes with the medication. Start treatment as soon as possible for the best protection. Take this medication usually once every 24 hours. The length of treatment will be determined by public health and safety officials and depends on several factors (e.g., whether you continue to be exposed to the radiation, and whether you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or have a newborn baby). See also Precautions.If so directed, use this medication regularly to get the most benefit from it. To help you remember, take it at the same time(s) each day.Inform your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.

Read more  there

www.medicinenet.com/potassium_iodide-oral/article.htm

Also, Stanley L. Rapaport, M.D. had shared with me (way back on 2/15/03) that he has been trying to point the following out to the Surgeon General, Homeland Security, and Armed Forces Surgeon Generals. If the government bought KI in bulk, which then is not very expensive and would work out to about .01 cents per child dose, an easy distribution program could be at the ready in every community in the nation! As Dr. Rapaport explains;

"Bulk purchases must be repackaged from 100# to appropriate sized packages depending on city size and proposed stockpile locations. There are 3492 adult doses per pound or 6984 children’s doses per pound.
Stored in appropriate location viz. pharmacies, fire or police stations.

Made up into a solution of 130mg per 5cc. (1 pound of Potassium Iodide to 17.5 liters of water) gives a solution where one teaspoonful equals one adult dose, 1/2 teaspoonful equals a children’s dose and so forth as per schedule below.

Dispensed from appropriate sites including the hospital , parking lots, drive bys, etc. in any container as is very stable. Paper cups, drink bottles, with dosage directions.

Taken for ten days (even one dose is markedly effective) or as directed via appropriate authorities. Solution is somewhat unpleasant and can be masked by honey, syrup, soft drink, additional water, etc.

The solution as made up is equal to 130mg per 5cc (1 teaspoonful)
Adult dose is 1 teaspoonful
Ages 3-18 1/2 teaspoonful
Ages 1 month to 3 years 1/4 teaspoonful
Age 1 month or less 1/8 teaspoonful" *

* Since this was first written in 2003, the FDA doses for children has changed slightly to the following...

Children over 12 years to 18 years: 5ml or 1 teaspoonful every day (130 mg) who weigh at least 150 pounds

Children over 12 years to 18 years: 2.5ml or 1/2 teaspoonful every day (65 mg) who weigh less than 150 pounds

Children over 3 years to 12 years: 2.5ml or 1/2 teaspoonful every day (65 mg)

Children over 1 month to 3 years: 1.25ml or 1/4 teaspoonful every day (32.5 mg)

Babies at birth to 1 month: 0.625ml or 1/8 teaspoonful every day (16.25 mg)

Pregnant or breastfeeding women, or babies under 1 month of age:

Take as directed above and call a doctor as soon as possible. Repeat dosing should be avoided. It is recommended that thyroid function be checked in babies less than 1 month of age that take KI. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should also be checked by a doctor if repeat dosing is necessary. Although these precautions should be taken, the benefits of short-term use of KI to block uptake of radioactive iodine by the thyroid gland far exceed its chances of side effects.

As Dr. Rapaport details above, this is all too easy to have in-place and ready to go, and rightly deserves serious consideration by our government officials tasked with safeguarding public health at all levels; federal, state, and municipal.

Most locales at risk of exposure would have enough time to do a quick drive-through ad-hoc set-up dispensing of it because radioactive iodine is dangerous far downwind and it would take time for the wind to carry it into many communities well downwind of ground zero. There would be enough time to save many, IF powdered or crystal KI had been pre-positioned! Right now, there have not been enough KI tablets produced in all the country to cover even 5% of the population, and the KI, IF pre-positioned in every community with a simple set of instructions, would fill this void and potentially save 10's of thousands of America's children from future thyroid cancer.

This is clearly a legitimate Federal Government public health responsibility, as radioactive fallout travelling on the wind will not respect state borders. The Federal Govt has the opportunity here to be seen as heros to have addressed this issue in advance, or risk being condemned as derelict in their duties if they had failed to, when the need arises. (Most all other developed nations in the world had acquired large emergency stocks of KI after Chernobyl.) Even two years after 9/11, the total Federal Government stockpile consisted of 1 million doses held by the CDC and another 600,000 doses (half of which we sold them) held by the Office of Emergency Preparedness. That's only enough for 1.6 million people, for ONE day, and then it's all gone! And, while that national stockpile has grown since, it's still no where near enough to protect very many, nor is it likely to be where it will be most needed when the time comes!

In the meantime, we've stockpiled here at KI4U, Inc. an emergency reserve of over 6 million adult doses or over 12 million child doses, in the form of our KI vials, where each makes up a KI solution sufficient for 200 adult doses or, at least, 400 child doses, as seen here. This reserve is for if the govt had failed to, and/or everybody had run out of KI tablets, in a future nuclear crisis.

On the local level, community leaders need to pull together their resourceful science teachers, local pharmacists and doctors to fully explore the resources already at hand and available for any future nuclear emergency that might befall their locale. You might could be responsible for saving many in your community from future thyroid cancer by simply bringing this to the attention of these local authorities and experts!

There are two kinds of Potassium Iodide (KI) solutions that can be made. Saturated and anything less than saturated, and both of these two simple formulas and dosing recommendations, along with more details, are at the Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ at the Q&A section entitled: How Do You Make a Potassium Iodide (KI) Solution?

#2 - While it is poisonous to ingest (drink/swallow) elemental iodine, like what's in tincture of iodine, or Povidone-iodine solutions (like the Betadine� brand solution), besides being largely ineffective for thyroid-blocking and very dangerous, perhaps even fatal to have a child drink any of them, they can be used topically, on the skin to great effect.

There has been some research with both humans and dogs into topically (on the skin) applied Povidone-Iodine (10%) solution (such as Betadine� or Povidex� solutions), and also with tincture of iodine, to test the absorption rates of iodine directly, and safely, through the skin.

According to research by Health Physicist Ken Miller, Hershey Medical Center, using 24 healthy adult male subjects, an adult could get a blocking dose of stable iodine by painting 8 ml of a 2 percent tincture of Iodine on the abdomen or forearm approximately 2 hours prior to I-131 contamination. The abstract of his study titled "Effectiveness of Skin Absorption of Tincture of I in Blocking Radioiodine from the Human Thyroid Gland" from Health Physics, June 1989, Vol. 56, No. 6, pages 911-914, states:

"Although there were large variations within each subject group in regard to serum-I levels and thyroid uptakes, the increase in serum-I concentration after topical-I application was effective in reducing the thyroid uptake of I131. The authors conclude that in the absence of KI, most humans would benefit from topical application of tincture of-I, and that in some the effectiveness would equal that of oral KI."
More details (and links to this research) on these topical applications (readily available at your local pharmacy) can be found at the Potassium Iodide Anti-Radiation Pill FAQ at the Q&A section entitled: Is Iodized Salt, Tincture of Iodine, Water Purification Tabs, or other Iodine Sources Effective?

Again, here too, you might could be responsible for saving many in your community from future thyroid cancer by simply bringing this research to the attention of your friends, neighbors, relatives, local officials, pharmacists and doctors!

#3 - EDUCATION of the public to basic nuclear Civil Defense is essential! Promoting the public and private distribution, and publication in local newspapers, of WHAT TO DO IF A NUCLEAR DISASTER IS IMMINENT! can literally empower millions of Americans with the life-saving knowledge to respond correctly in a future nuclear crisis. Start with your own local community today to get this vital information out via your local government, media, churches and community organizations. Banish panic, as you help your community embrace these simple life-saving preparations!

And, for the current concerns of the Japanese nuke plants, read and share When An ill Wind Blows From Afar! (Info & Preps for Radiation Here from Japan!)

Remember, too, as often mentioned on the FAQ, touch bases with your personal physician now to assure that there isn't any reason why you, or your children, shouldn't take KI, or use iodine topically on your skin, in a future nuclear emergency. (An iodine allergy is the usual disqualifying condition, if any, but only your doctor knows your full medical history and current medications to make that determination.) Asking them now, before any emergency would likely make that impossible to do so, is just another part of your prudent preparations here.

Shane Connor
KI4U, Inc.  

Sources : www.ki4u.com
www.ki4u.com/plan_b.htm






KI4U, Inc., is the only private radiological laboratory in the nation specializing in calibrating & re-certifying all of our country's Civil Defense radiation meters and dosimeters, AND with over 100,000 instruments and over 6 million doses of Potassium Iodide (KI) have ready our largest emergency stockpile of both in the nation!   We also produce the popular NukAlert™ & are exclusive source of the new RADSticker™ below.
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LAST UPDATE: This evening (Friday, 9:20 PM CST, 3/18/2011):
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Im Besitz der neun Atomwaffenstaaten (USA, Russland, China, Großbritannien, Frankreich, Israel, Indien, Pakistan und Nordkorea) befinden sich über 23.000 Atomwaffen. Das ist zwar weniger als die Hälfte der Atomwaffenzahl auf dem Höhepunkt des Kalten Krieges, bedeutet aber immer noch einen Overkill für die Welt. 96% der Atomwaffen gehören den USA oder Russland. Mehr als 8.000 sind sofort einsatzfähig. Davon sind ca. 1.500 in ständiger Höchstalarmbereitschaft (Launch-On-Warning) und erreichen ihr Ziel in Minuten. Alle andere befinden sich in Reserve, im Lager oder sind für die Abrüstung vorgesehen.

Atomwaffen weltweit (Tabelle)
Die Atomwaffenstaaten
ehemalige Atomwaffenstaaten
bereits beendete Atomwaffenprogramme
NATO-Staaten mit "nukleare Teilhabe"
Staaten, die Atomwaffen getestet haben
Schwellenstaaten
Staaten, mit Urananreicherungsanlagen
Staaten, mit Wiederaufarbeitung
Staaten mit MOX-Anlagen
separiertes Plutonium und HEU weltweit (Tabelle)
Die atomaren Brennstoffkette
Staaten mit Atomkraftwerke
Staaten mit Forschungsreaktoren
Staaten mit Uranabbau/Uranverarbeitung
Gruppe der nuklearen Lieferstaaten (NSG)
Staaten mit einem Raketenprogramm (Tabelle)

..Die Atomwaffenstaaten (9)
5 "offizielle" Atomwaffenstaaten, anerkannt durch den Atomwaffensperrvertrag (NPT)
USA, Russland, China, Großbritannien, Frankreich

4 "De-Facto"-Atomwaffenstaaten, nicht Mitgliederstaaten des Atomwaffensperrvertrags
Indien, Pakistan, Israel, Nordkorea

4 ehem. Atomwaffenstaaten:
Weißrussland (bis 1996), Ukraine (bis 1996), Kasachstan (bis 1995), Südafrika (bis 1990)

8 Staaten mit einem (beendeten) geheimen Atomwaffenprogramm:
Brasilien, Algerien, Argentinien, Irak, Libyen, Schweden, Spanien, Schweiz

5 NATO-Staaten, die an der "nuklearen Teilhabe" teilnehmen:
Belgien, Deutschland, Niederlande, Italien, Türkei

8 Staaten, die Atomtests durchgeführt haben (erster Test)
China (16.10.1964), Frankreich (13.02.1960), Großbritannien (03.10.1952), Indien (18.05.1974), Israel (unbekannt), Nordkorea (09.10.2006), Pakistan (28.05.2008), Russland/Sowjetunion (29.08.1949), USA (16.07.1945)

[Stand: April 2010]

"Schwellenstaaten"
im Besitz eine Atomwaffenoption

Folgende Länder können Uran anreichern
14 Staaten: Argentinien (Pilcaniyeu), Brasilien (Resende*), China (Shaanxi, Lanzhou, Lanzhou II), Deutschland (Gronau), Frankreich (Tricastin: George Besse I, George Besse II*), Großbritannien (Capenhurst), Indien (mil. Ratanhalli), Iran (Natans, Qom*), Israel (Dimona), Japan (Rokkasho), Niederlande (Almelo), Nordkorea (Jongbjon**), Pakistan (mil.: Gadwal, Kahuta), Russland (Angarsk, Novouralsk, Zelenogorsk, Seversk), USA (Piketon, OH; Eunice, NM; Areva Eagle Rock; ID; Paducah, KY; GLE Wilmington, NC)
*im Bau **evtl. nicht im Betrieb,


Staaten mit Wiederaufarbeitungsanlagen
10 Staaten: China (Pilot*), Großbritannien (THORP/Sellafield**, B205), Frankreich (La Hague: UP2, UP3), Japan (Rokassho*, Tokaimura**), Indien (mil.: Trombay, zivil./mil.: Tarapur, Kalpakkam), Israel (mil.: Dimona), Nordkorea (Jongbjon**), Pakistan (mil.: Nilore, Chasma), Russland (zivil./mil.: RT-1, Seversk, Zheleznogorsk), USA (H-Canyon/Savannah River)
*noch nicht im Betrieb **zur Zeit nicht im Betrieb

[Stand: Dezember 2010; Quelle: IPFM Report 2010]

Staaten mit MOX-Anlagen
3 Staaten: Belgien (Dessel), Frankreich (Marcoule), Indien (Tarapur).

Geplant sind noch drei in Großbritannien (Sellafield), USA (Savannah River) und Japan (Rokkasho).

[Stand: November 2010; Quelle: NFCIS]

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Staaten mit Atomkraftwerke 436 AKWs in 30 Ländern
Argentinien (2), Armenien (1), Belgien (7), Brasilien (2), Bulgarien (2), China (11), Deutschland (17), Finnland (4), Frankreich (58), Großbritannien (19), Indien (18), Japan (54), Kanada (18), Mexiko (2), Niederlande (1), Pakistan (2), Rumänien (2), Russland (31), Schweden (10), Schweiz (5),  Slowakei (4), Slowenien (1), Spanien (8), Südafrika (2), Südkorea (20), Taiwan (6), Tschechische Republik (6), Ukraine (15), Ungarn (4), USA (104).

[Quelle IAEO; Stand: März 2010]

Staaten mit Forschungsreaktoren
249 Forschungsreaktoren in Betrieb in 56 Ländern
Ägypten (2), Algerien (2), Argentinien (6), Australien (1), Bangladesh (1), Belgien (3), Brasilien (4), Chile (2), China (17), Deutschland (10), Finnland (1), Frankreich (11), Ghana (1), Griechenland (2), Großbritannien (2), Indien (6), Indonesien (5), Iran (4), Israel (1), Italien (4), Jamaica (1), Japan (15), Kanada (8), Kasachstan (3), Kolumbien (1), Kongo (1), Libyen (1), Malaysia (1), Mexiko (3), Morokko (1), Niederlande (3), Nigeria (1), Nordkorea (1), Norwegen (2), Österreich (1), Pakistan (2), Peru (2), Polen (1), Portugal (1), Rumänien (2), Russland (47), Schweiz (3), Serbien (1), Slowenien (1), Südafrika (1), Südkorea (2), Syrien (1), Taiwan (1), Thailand (1), Tschechische Republik (3), Türkei (1), Ukraine (3), Ungarn (2), USA (41), Usbekistan (2), Vietnam (1), Weißrussland (2)

Drei sind Schnelle Brüter (China, Russland und Indien). Neun davon sind Schwerwasserreaktoren (Algerien, China, Frankreich, Indien (2), Kanada, Norwegen, Serbien, USA); 12 von diesen Forschungsreaktoren sind zur Zeit abgeschaltet.

Darüberhinaus sind 3 neue Forschungsreaktoren in Frankreich, Jordan und Russland in Bau. Weitere 2 sind in Planung, in Jordan und den Niederländen.

[Quelle: IAEO; Stand: November 2010]

Staaten mit Uranbergbau/Uranverarbeitung (Mining and Milling)
Argentinien (San Rafael), Australien (Beverley, Olympic Dam, Ranger), Brasilien (Caetité), China (Benxi, Chonqyi, Fuzhou, Hengyang, Lantian, Tengchong, Yining), Indien (Mosaboni, Jaduguda), Iran (Saghand, Gchine), Kanada (Key Lake, McArthur River, McLean Lake, Rabbit Lake), Kasachstan (Centralnoye, Inkai, Katco, Karamurun, Kaskor, Stepnogorski, Stepnoye), Kirgistan (Kara Balta), Mongolei (Dornod), Namibia (Langer Heinrich, Rössing), Niger (Akouta, Arlit), Nordkorea, Pakistan (Dera Ghazi Khan, Issa Khel), Rumänien (Feldioara, Suceava), Russland (Streltsovsk), Schweden (Ranstand)Südafrika (Doornfontain, Gauteng, Dominion, Vaal Reefs), Tschechische Republik (Dolni Rozinka), Ukraine (Zheltiye Vody), USA (Ambrosia Lake, Canon City, Crawford, Faustina, Douglas, Karnes County, Kleberg County, Midnite, New Wales, Ticaboo, Southern Powder River Basin, Red Desert, Uncle Sam, Blanding) Usbekistan (Kyzylkum).

In Bau: Brasilien (Santa Quitéria), Indien (Turamdih), Kasachstan (Appak, Akdala, Karatau, Ken-Dala, Kizilkum, Zarechnoye), Russland (Khiagda), Südafrika (Buffelsfontein, Doornfontain), Syrien (Homs).

Geplant: Australien (Four Mile, Lake Maitland, Wiluna, Yeelirrie), Indien (KPM).

[Quelle: NFCIS; Stand: November 2010]

Gruppe der nuklearen Lieferstaaten
(NSG, Nuclear Suppliers Group)

46 Staaten: Argentinien, Australien, Belarus, Belgien, Brasilien, Bulgarien, China, Dänemark, Deutschland, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Großbritannien, Island, Irland, Italien, Japan, Kanada, Kasachstan, Kroatien, Lettland, Lithauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Niederlande, Neuseeland, Norwegen, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, Slowakien, Slowenien, Südafrika, Südkorea, Spanien, Schweden, Schweiz, Tschechische Republik, Türkei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigte Staaten, Zypern.

(Stand: März 2011; Quelle: Webseite der NSG]

     Staat§maximale Reichweite (km)
   Ägypten      685*§
  Armenien       300§
Afghanistan       300§
   Bahrain       300§
   Belarus       165§
 Bulgarien       300§
     China   12.000*§
Frankreich     6.000§
  Georgien       300§
Griechenland       165§
Großbritannien     7.400§
    Indien    5.500*§
      Iran    5.500*§
      Irak       150§
    Israel     2.500§
     Jemen       300§
Kasachstan       120§
 Nordkorea     6.000§
    Libyen     1.300§
  Pakistan     3.000§
  Russland    11.200§
Saudi-Arabien     2.800§
  Slowakei       300§
  Südkorea       300§
    Syrien       750§
    Taiwan       300§
    Türkei       165§
Turkmenistan       300§
   Ukraine       300§
       USA    13.000§
       VAE       300§
   Vietnam§300
* in Test und Entwicklung

Quelle: Arms Control Association, September 2007

My comment : wer, wo und wann wird als der letzter A.. das Licht ausmachen?