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• Aviation - Proposed Cut backs on Emissions

  Greg Owen | February 28, 2007 2:21 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  Aviation emissions are or should be a concern. The Australian transport minister, Mark Vaile, made a very important point when he recently spoke of the fact that if something as simple as airline departure times were managed more efficiently it would significantly reduce gas emissions. Vaile pointed out that when airplanes are forced to hold at a low altitude there is four to five times as...

• FDA Widens Salmonella Warning

  Rick Patterson | February 27, 2007 12:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The warning, with respect to which peanut butter to discard, has just been widened by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Earlier in the investigation, the agency said that certain batches of the Peter Pan and Wal-Mart's Great Value brand peanut butter containing the product code beginning with 2111 might contain Salmonella and should be discarded. Of late, the FDA feels that all Peter Pan...

• Salmonella Found in Cadbury's Chocolate

  Rick Patterson | February 23, 2007 1:41 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The United Kingdom is apparently dealing with a salmonella outbreak of their own. It has been reported that more than one million chocolate bars have already been removed from shelves in the UK as a result of salmonella contamination. The cause of the presence of salmonella in the case of Cadbury's choclate factory in Herefordshire was a leaking pipe. According to a spokesperson for Cadbury...

• Widespread Salmonella Contamination

  Rick Patterson | February 21, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Dole is recalling more than 6,000 cartons of cantaloupes after the cantaloupes tested positive for salmonella. These particular cantaloupes were distributed in the eastern US and Quebec between February fifth and February eighth. Dole said that there have been no reports of illness due to the contaminated cantaloupes, which are from Costa Rica. The recalled cartons of cantaloupe are dark brown...

• Auto Accidents - Number One Killer of Teens

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It would probably be safe to say that one of the most exciting times of a teenager's young life it the day they get their license to drive. A close second would probably be the day they get access to a vehicle. At the same time this may prove to be a very worry some time for the parents of that teen. They realize just how distracted an inexperienced teen can be. While that type of distraction in...

• Auto Accidents - Number One Killer of Teens(2)

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  It would probably be safe to say that one of the most exciting times of a teenager's young life it the day they get their license to drive. A close second would probably be the day they get access to a vehicle. At the same time, this may prove to be a very worrysome time for the parents of that teen. Parents generally realize just how distracted an inexperienced teen can be. While that type of...

• Are Silent Aircrafts a Thing of the Future?

  Rick Patterson | February 13, 2007 11:04 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  When scientists and aerodynamicists want to come up with new ideas for aircrafts they are still looking at nature, and what better place is there to get ideas then from the greatest creations of all time. Take the owl for example, when the owl stalks its prey, it is afforded the advantage of a quirk in its wing which allows a silent hunt. This leaves even a mouse with great hearing at a distinct...

• New Rules Against Sexual Harassment

  Rick Patterson | February 12, 2007 9:43 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  New rules could be adopted regarding sexual harassment on Monday's American Bar Association meeting. The rules, which were last revised in 1990 would spell out that judges are to avoid "sexual advances, requests for sexual favors" and other such unwelcome behavior. Ethics and women's groups pushed for even more specific language, but said they welcome special recognition of a problem they say...

• Preventing Auto Crashes Caused by Superspeeders

  Rick Patterson | February 09, 2007 3:58 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  What do you think of this idea? Drivers who are pulled over for going 75 mph or more on two-lane roads or more than 85 mph on any state road would be forced to pay an additional $200 in fines. It appears that is what Govenor Sonny Perdue is proposing under legislation being filed Thursday. Not a bad idea. Perdue announced the filing of his "super speeder" legislation at an event promoting...

• Motorcycle Deaths Increase in Utah

  Rick Patterson | February 09, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  In Utah, fatalities involving motorcycle riders, bicyclists and pedestrians, have increased by a third. Motorcycle fatalities rose from 23 in 2005 to 25 last year. "I wish I knew [even more] about bike safety and how to change these statistics," said Utah Bicycle Coalition President, Malcolm Campbell. It is believed that a contributing factor is the increase in the number of drivers on the...

• More Nursing Home Abuse-Drugs Missing

  Rick Patterson | February 08, 2007 5:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In Florida, the Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit began investigating two female nurses after receiving an abuse report from the Florida Department of Children and Families in October 2006. The accused, Ashley Dawn Fralick, 27, and Melissa Elaine Bowen, 30, worked for Suwannee County nursing facility. They have been arrested on several counts of neglect. "Knowing that elderly...

• Women and Minimum Wage

  Rick Patterson | February 08, 2007 1:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  Minimum wage is a hot topic. Why wouldn't it be. While the middle class is shrinking, the gap between the - almost all male - CEOs and minimum wage workers - largely women - has grown enormously. I believe we can surmise that can't be good for the country and/or the economy. It is true that business owned by woman are growing at twice the national average. With that said, women business...