Archive for July, 2010
Jul 31st, 2010
Reported By Mike Zaman
Republished with permission of Horse Back Magazine
http://horsebackmagazine.com/hb/archives/1864
August 1, 2010
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) adopts new policy resolution calling for USDA inspection of horse meat.
CHEYENNE, WY, (United Orginizaitons of the Horse) - The policy resolution was passed at the annual Legislative Summit held in Louisville, Kentucky on July 25-28, 2010. The policy was first reviewed and passed by the Agriculture and Energy Committee, and then passed at the Business Meeting of the 45 states in attendance. Policies which receive a super majority vote of more than 3/4 of th
Jul 31st, 2010
By Mike Zaman
Chevron second quarter earnings showed a triple increase in earnings amid higher oil and natural gas costs for consumers. Does this mean we are being gouged by the oil companies?
Higher pump prices are being blamed on consumer demand, but is this true?
Exxon Mobil Corp. posted income of $7.56 billion in the quarter, Royal Dutch Shell Group boosted second-quarter earnings 15 percent, and ConocoPhillips said profits nearly tripled in the April-June period, and Chevron Corp. reported net income of $5.4 billion.
The real story: Oil consumption in the US has fallen in each of the past three years. So the higher prices at the pum
Jul 31st, 2010
Reported by: Soha crwenewswire Mideast correspondent.
The Taliban have said that US General David Petraeus is killing more civilians and drawing more attacks on US and NATO troops since he took command in Afghanistan.
The Afghan Taliban said on their website `Petraeus only accomplishment since he took over US and NATO troop command three weeks ago, is civilian casualties (mass murder), which is being considered by many nas his new war strategy and tactic`.
The website claimed that `90 non-combatant defenseless civilians have been martyred by the US invaders` blind bombardments across Afghanistan over the past two weeks, adding that such acti
Jul 31st, 2010
Reported by: Soha crwenewswire Mideast correspondent.
The worst floods in the region since 1929 according to UN have so far claimed the lives of al most 800 people in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa of Pakistan. Unconfirmed sources say that approximately 104 people are missing. Due to the disastrous non-stop monsoon rains the province has been cut-off from all the other parts of the country.
It is feared that the number of casualties may increase as many people are still under the debris of the buildings and houses. In addition, thousands of people have been stranded as the three day continuous rain has washed away many houses.
Pakistan
Jul 31st, 2010
Reported by: Anza, crwenewswire Mideast correspondent
On 28th July 2010 at 6:14 p.m. local time, a military cargo plane crashed at the Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage. The military plane was on a training mission when it went down in a wooded area located at the east end of its runway.
The incident occured when the pilot made an attempt to turn the plane towards runway 5.
Rumors are that four crew members were aboard at the time of the crash; however their condition has not been disclosed. It is reported by people who witnessed the crash, that a gray smoky cloud went up almost 750 feet. Lt. Gen. Dana Atkins said that it was a local
Jul 31st, 2010
CORRECTION:
This document corrects and replaces the release sent earlier today at 7:36 AM ET. The complete corrected version follows.
Audio clips available at www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/relations/indexaude.shtml.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. are warning the public not to consume the ready-to-eat cooked meat products described below because they may be contaminated with foodborne pathogens.
The affected products have been distributed nationally.
These ready-to-eat cooked meat products may have been sold pre-packaged under the brands listed above. They may also have been s
Jul 31st, 2010
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(CRWENewswire - 07/31/10) - G. Brandt Meat Packers Ltd. of Mississauga, Ontario, today announced a voluntary recall of certain ready-to-eat cooked meat products manufactured at its Mississauga, Ontario facility (Establishment number 164), produced from May 30, 2010, as they may be contaminated with Salmonella and or Listeria.
The Company is notifying retailers across Canada where the products on the following list were distributed and has asked that the products be removed from their shelves immediately.
While there have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products, consume
Jul 31st, 2010
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Ventures LLC and Mine Reclamation, LLC announced today that the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on July 30, 2010, denied multiple requests for further review of an adverse November 2009 three-judge panel decision concerning Kaiser's completed land exchange with the U. S. Bureau of Land Management ("BLM") for the Eagle Mountain landfill project.
In November 2009, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected most of the landfill project opponents' arguments challenging Kaiser's completed land exchange with the BLM, but two of the judges ultimately
Jul 31st, 2010
QUINCY, Mass., July 31 /CRWENewswire/ -- The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Quincy Medical Center "bargained in good faith" in its recent negotiations with the Massachusetts Nursing Association and management's decision to declare an impasse and implement its final proposals was lawful and proper.
The MNA filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the NLRB on April 1, 2010, following the declaration of an impasse after mediation and weeks of negotiation on a new contract. The complaint claimed the hospital had engaged in bad faith bargaining.
"We believed all along that our talks with the nurses union w
Jul 31st, 2010
LAS VEGAS, NV--(crwenewswire - 07/31/10) - Pro-Pointer, Inc. (PPII.PK), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Coenzyme-A Technologies, Inc., is pleased to announce its latest innovative proprietary formula the "PURE COENZYME-A." "Our product duplicates the biological functions used by the human body in the creation of cellular energy," stated Nickolaos Skoaras, PhD., President / CEO of Coenzyme-A Technologies, Inc. "Coenzyme-A is the most active metabolic enzyme in the human body and as the initiator of the human body's primary energy cycle; this is the purest form of energy there is," Skouras added. Coenzyme-A is energy pure a
