Gear: Magnesium- Recalls
- Recall Good Taste Noodle MFG Recalls "Egg Noodles and Wonton Skins" Because Of Possible Health Risk: Good Taste No... http://bit.ly/aukuRM
- Recall Whole Foods Market® Announces Recall of Morningland Dairy and Ozark Hills Farm Cheese: The following press ... http://bit.ly/cXAebO
- Recall: No Specific Cause Found Yet Linking Dry Max Diapers to Diaper Rash: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commi... http://bit.ly/cSONKe
- Recall: Toshiba Recalls T Series Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard: The notebook computers can overheat at the... http://bit.ly/aXtQxR
- Recall Azteca Linda Corp. Expands Recall of Queso Fresco Because of Possible Health Risk: Azteca Linda Corp. of Br... http://bit.ly/cfGjVc
- Recall P&G Voluntarily Recalls a Small Amount of Dry Cat Food: CINCINNATI, August 31, 2010 - The Procter & Gamble ... http://bit.ly/9FAtb3
- Recall QUESERIA CHIPILO INC. Recalls Cheese Products because of Possible Health Risk: August 26, 2010 QUESERIA CHI... http://bit.ly/ctkFAQ
- Recall: CPSC Makes Recall Data Available Electronically to Businesses, 3rd Party Developers: The U.S. Consumer Pro... http://bit.ly/bweLHz
- Recall Torn & Glasser Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanuts Fancy, No Peanuts: Torn & Glasser of Rancho Domin... http://bit.ly/9TkPLa
- Recall Morningland Dairy Conducting Nationwide Voluntary Recall of All Cheese Labeled as Morningland Dairy & Ozark... http://bit.ly/aXNl8A
Category Archives: Economics
Lethal backfire: Green odor with fatal consequences for voracious caterpillars
Source: sciencedaily.com
Recently, the scientists’ attention was drawn to substances in tobacco plants called "green leaf volatiles" (GLV); GLV are compounds released by plants after mechanical damage. These molecules are responsible for the typical smell of freshly cut grass. Last year the green odorant substances of tobacco were examined more carefully. The scientists found [...]
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Teachers Face New Financial Pains
Source: ABC News
No one ever went into teaching to get rich. But lured by the promise of a rewarding job with enviable retirement benefits, a stream of young college graduates routinely opt for the classroom over more lucrative positions in the private sector.
Those days may be coming to an end. With tax receipts [...]
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Resource: Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History (HEARTH)
Source: HEARTH
HEARTH is a core electronic collection of books and journals in Home Economics and related disciplines. Titles published between 1850 and 1950 were selected and ranked by teams of scholars for their great historical importance. The first phase of this project focused on books published between 1850 and 1925 and a [...]
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Surging costs hit food security in poorer nations
Source: Yahoo! News
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Scraping to afford the next meal is still a grim daily reality in the developing world even though the global food crisis that dominated headlines in 2008 quickly faded in the U.S. and other rich countries.
With food costing up to 70 percent of family income in the poorest countries, rising prices [...]
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Seller, beware: Feds Cracking Down On Garage Sales
If you’re planning a garage sale or organizing a church bazaar, you’d best beware: You could be breaking a new federal law. As part of a campaign called Resale Roundup, the federal government is cracking down on the secondhand sales of dangerous and defective products.
The initiative, which targets toys and other products for children, enforces [...]
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County fairs’ cheap tickets lure big crowds
Find county fairs @ http://www.countyfairgrounds.net/master/masterhome.html
Families who want cheap, close-to-home fun this summer are heading in record numbers to a pastime that dates to the 1800s: the county fair.
"The economy worked in our favor, because so many people were staying home and looking for a lot of bang for their buck," says Linda Zweig, spokeswoman for [...]
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Home Burials Offer an Intimate Alternative
When Nathaniel Roe, 92, died at his 18th-century farmhouse here the morning of June 6, his family did not call a funeral home to handle the arrangements.
Instead, Mr. Roe’s children, like a growing number of people nationwide, decided to care for their father in death as they had in the last months of his life. [...]
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Vegetable oil carries RV down the road
His website is @: FeedMyWheels.com
Josh Winston is a self-described problem solver. From his spacious office on the seventh floor of a high-rise building in Bethesda, Maryland, he fills out tax returns and keeps the books balanced for a number of his accounting clients.
“Everything on the left always equals everything on the right. For math-oriented [...]
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Thrift stores’ business booms across U.S.
I’ve also heard that the Amish are doing great business in the salvaged food area.
Rummaging around for some good news in this recession? Try your local thrift store.
At a time when most retailers are begging for customers, second-hand shops are thriving as the laid-off, and those worried they will be, turn to them for less [...]
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1 in 7 home kitchens would flunk inspection, worse than restaurants