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Springfield Armory Employee Recognized with National Honor
Press Release from Springfield Armory Geneseo, Il— At 9:00am April 8th, 2011, Robert Schwieder, a volunteer for the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), presented Larry Collinson, Springfield Armory Production/ QA Manager, with a certificate of appreciation for his role as a “Patriotic Employer.” (ESGR) is a Department of Defense agency that seeks…
California still has epidemic of Whooping Cough
California has been under an epidemic of Whooping Cough, and has been so for several months. There have been 5,658 confirmed, probable, and suspected cases and nine babies have died.
This is the highest epidemic of whooping cough since the 1959s.
Current rate of illness 14.5 per 100,000 people
1959 rate of illness 16.1 per 100,000 people
The majority of the children hospitalized with whooping cough have been Hispanic. It was not noted whether the Hispanics were legal immigrants or illegal immigrants.
Time to get your flu shot
The Texas Department of State Health Services is urging everyone over 6 months old to get a seasonal flu shot as soon as possible. “There’s no reason to wait. The supply is here,” said Dr. David Lakey, DSHS commissioner. “We usually see an increase in flu cases in late October or early November. It takes…
Pollution in Mountain Creek Lake
The Texas Department of State Health Services (also known as the DSHS) has issued a warning for people not to eat the fish from Mountain Creek Lake – which is in Dallas County and about four miles southeast of Grand Prairie. The Texas Department of State Health Services has issued an advisory warning people not…
Censorship on a grand scale
I’am willing to bet that King George, Stalin, Vladimir Lenin, and Hu Jintao are proud of President Obama and his current band of Stormtroopers. In case you have not heard, certain people at the White House (lets call it the Red House, Red for shame and communism) wants to block access to certain internet sites…
Plague Strikes Town in China
Who said the plague is dead? It wasn’t me. For the full article, visit this page at abc news about the plague. There are couple of points here: 1 – China quarantined the town. If the outbreak had been in the USA, would the Federal, State or local Government been able to do the same thing?…
March Giveaway from Safecastle
Safecastle Royal Buyers Club—The Premier Crisis Preparedness Buyers Club in the World SurvivalistBoards.com is the most dynamic preparedness-related forum on the internet today, in my opinion. I’m sure many of you agree. I’m Vic–owner of one of the fastest growing crisis-preparedness companies in the business, Safecastle LLC. I just want to say I am excited…
Texas Department of State Health Services Recalls Oysters
The Texas Department of State Health Services ordered a recall today of all oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay after reports that people in two states outside Texas have been sickened by norovirus after consuming the oysters. DSHS has received no reports of the illness in Texas related to these oysters. Oysters harvested in San…
Consumers Warned Not to Eat Certain Imported Dried Plums
The Texas Department of State Health Services is warning consumers not to eat certain imported dried plums and products containing imported dried plums because they have elevated levels of lead. Most of the products typically are sold as salted or candied treats in Asian and Hispanic markets but also are available in other retail outlets.…
Contest for a PC game
Over that the Elite Gamers forum there is a contest going on for 2 PC games. 1st place prize – Any Steam game or game bundle worth $50 or less. 2nd place prize – Any Steam game or game bundle worth $25 or less. Check out this thread on how to enter the contest and…
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