By Emily Sanderson
Since August 1, 2007, Minneapolis commuters who cross the Mississippi River using Interstate 35W have had to take a detour, and the most common one is taking Highway 280 to Interstate 94, which crosses the river — a combined stretch of freeway about double the length of [...]
Archive for January, 2008
I-35W Replacement Bridge to Be Completed by Christmas 2008
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Margin of Error Standards for the Toy Industry
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
Recalls of toys as a result of a hazardous material, such as lead paint, affected only about 0.3% of the three billion toys imported into the United States from China last year, according to the New York Times.
Recalls of toys as a result of a hazardous material, such as [...]
Decline in US Manufacturing Production Is a Symptom and Indicator of Tough Economy
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
The U.S. manufacturing sector dropped 3.1 points to 47.7% on the Institute of Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index(PMI) in December, and it is the first month that the sector has failed to grow since January 2007, according to a recent report released by the organization.
The U.S. [...]
Good Business: Facilitating a Creative-Friendly Work Environment
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
In a survey by the American Management Association, CEOs agreed that practicing creativity and innovation was what businesses need to survive in the 21st century, according to an article in Psychology Today by Stanley S. Gryskiewicz and Robert Epstein. However, only 6% of the CEOs felt that [...]
Installation of VoIP Phone Systems in the Office: A Whole New Toolbox
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
Patricia’s company installed a new Shoretel VoIP phone system in her office last spring to replace the previous system, which was installed 20 years before. The system centralizes the Internet as the communication medium in her business and reclassifies her telephone as external computer hardware comparable to [...]
Holiday Toy Sales Plummet in Response to Lead Paint Scare
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
The lead paint scare could be compared to the Grinch who stole Christmas.
More than 25 million toys manufactured in China have been recalled in the past year, and more are expected to follow as toy manufacturers continue their investigations of possibly more products that have lead content which exceed the allowable limit [...]
Housing Market Expected to Recover in Short Term
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
“Accelerated adjustment in the U.S. housing sector … will drag down growth to low levels in the near term but will not trigger a recession and will only modestly push up unemployment.”
That’s what the global, Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicted in a report distributed on the same day as [...]
The World’s Biggest Truck
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
Liebherr and Caterpillar produce the largest trucks in the world, which are used for mining. Liebherr’s T-282 has a 3,650-horsepower diesel engine that powers two electric motors located in the rear axles. They weigh 224 tons and measure 47 1/2 feet long with a wheelbase of 21 [...]
No Child Left Behind to Adopt New ”Growth Model”
Posted in Juriscape Articles on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Emily Sanderson
Kim Dyal is a biology and anatomy teacher at Gladstone High School in San Dimas, CA. She, along with many of her colleagues, has been experiencing anxiety because of the low California Standardized Test (CST) exam scores of Gladstone students.
Under the No Child Left [...]
Sept. 28 homicide not gang-related
Posted in United Reporting on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
PASADENA – The investigation for a homicide last week continues, and although no suspects have been named at this time, police have significant leads, said Janet Pope-Givens, spokesperson for the Pasadena Police Department.
Jamal Lewis Tims, a 28-year-old African American of Pasadena,was shot several times outside of a north Mentor home in the early morning of [...]
