Social safety net

The aftermath required that drivers wear neck and head restraints. Helmets were further improved and safety precautionary became key concerns. NASCAR also joined forces with Indy Car and the team from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The results of their merging introduced the Steel and Foam Energy Reducing systems known as the SAFER barrier. The barrier is basically a stack of eight inch by eight inch steel tubes, cabled and bolted to a solid wall with foam pillars cushioned between them. In…

recovery support to areas impacted by the earthquake. It provides an accommodating structure that facilitates disaster recovery managers to function in an integrated manner. It also emphasis on how to reinstate, redevelop, and regenerate the health, social, economic, natural, and environmental structure of the community and make the community more resilient (FEMA, 2014). According to the National Preparedness Goal, eight core capabilities are aligned with the Recovery mission area: Planning:…

For many years, there have been several foodborne illnesses that have caused people to become sick. Foodborne illnesses may result in a compromise in someone’s health. One of the most common pathogens that causes illness is the bacteria Salmonella. For many years, individuals have conducted research on Salmonella, but many still do not fully understand the many different serotypes of the disease. Several people have different perceptions of the illness itself, how susceptible people can be to it…

Suppose your computer system was ruined or damaged by a simple power surge. Imagine your business needed to be shut down temporarily because an electrical surge damaged all your equipment. What could happen to your business if an employee error damaged your only production machine? Even broken water pipes can cause a lot of damage. You may not expect them, but any of these things could happen. It's easy to see why insuring your business's equipment is a smart move. If your business equipment…

consumer. Specifically by enacting the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic act.1 Since nearly 80% of food supply in the U.S is controlled by the FDA,1 preventable problems arise daily including food-borne illnesses and contaminated food. Shortly after these reoccurring events, consumers convinced congress to put into effect a law that requires food safety practices to be implemented by the food…

Imagine going to eat to your favorite Mexican restaurant, and ask for a jalapenos sauce that a few days later would make you feel nauseous, fatigued, and dizzy, not only that but it will cause one of the largest botulism outbreak in the U.S. This really happened in 1977, when in March 28 of that same year, several illnesses were linked to an improperly canned jalapenos peppers hot sauce served at a Mexican restaurant. Canning is a necessary method invented in 1809 by Nicolas Appert of…

The source that I used to find my article was sciencemag.org and the name of the article review that a chose to write about is called “Fukushima radiation nears California coast, judged harmless. The article was published on November 11 2014. In this article, they talked about a couple of different things. One of the topics they talked about was the Fukushima nuclear disaster that occurred in 2011, and how the radioactive contamination has slowly started to approach the coast…

As long as human beings are pilots, fatigue represents a major threat to the safety of aircraft operations. Circadian rhythms govern the process of activities such as hormone production, cell regeneration and other biological activities on an approximately twenty-four basis. These rhythms are typically endogenously generated and govern sleeping and feeding pattern of all living things including humans, however external cues including temperature and sunlight can affect this process(Wikipediaorg,…

Fukushima Nuclear Energy Power Plant Incident Jeff Schinmann Red Lodge Highschool 4/18/16 On Friday March, 11 2011 2:46 PM Japan was hit a by a huge earthquake lasting several minutes which had a magnitude of 9. The earthquake of coarse caused alot of damage but the earthquake also caused a huge tsunami which then hit Japan causing even more damage then the earthquake did. This killed thousands of people and destroyed hundreds of thousands of buildings. The nuclear power plants…

Regulations (NFS 4160) Date: October 19th, 2015 Standards and Regulations of Processed Bacon Food Assignment 1 DEFINITION: Bacon is defined as; "salted and smoked meat from the back or sides of a hog" [1]. This is cured meat that is overseen by The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). FSIS is a subsidiary of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), that "requires safe handling instructions on packages of bacon and all other raw or partially cooked meat and poultry products as part of a…