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Jobs up 290,000; jobless rate rises to 9.9 pct.

Jobs up 290,000, but jobless rate rises. Seems employers have expanded their employee rolls by some 290 thousand, but at the same time the jobless rate rose to an average 9.9 percent nationwide.

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I Get All I Need From My Food

If I get all I need from my food, why should I supplement my diet? Many people feel this way, and many health authorities tell us we don’t need supplements. As long as we are eating a good diet, we should be okay, right? But there are a few problems with this idea.

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Tot’s Tylenol Tainted!

Tylenol contaminated and recalled The Food and Drug Administration filed a report stating that certain ingredients used in the manufacturer of some 40 varieties of children’s cold medicines were contaminated with bacteria.  The report did state that none of the finished products tested positive for the contaminants.

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Sleep Deprivation Linked To Early Death

Lack of sleep has been linked to early death. Kenny Chesney’s and George Strait’s, “A Big Ole Pile of Shiiiiiiiift Work” along with “societal pressures for longer working hours” leading to less than six hours of sleep per night can end up causing trouble.

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Health Technology

Nigerian President Yar Adua Is Dead

After two years of being flown to and from Germany for emergency procedures due to kidney failure the Nigerian President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, is dead. This goes to show that most of Africa still has a long way to go on the health care front not to mention the human rights front. There are mixed […]

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Getting Ill From Fountain Drinks

This Drink Tastes Funny I fix ice machines in restaurants and convenience stores. The majority of service issues are due to failure to maintain the cleanliness of the equipment. When ice machines are not cleaned on a regular basis, microbial bacterial slime begins to build up on all of the water carrying components.

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Restaurants: Are you safe eating there?

How Clean Is Your Favorite Restaurant? Here’s a simple rule of thumb: The fancier the dining area and higher the prices at the restaurant, the nastier the kitchen (You don’t see their kitchen).   In general, your fast food hamburger joints are usually the cleanest kitchens… and they aren’t that clean (Their kitchens are exposed to […]