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...reporting on how U.S. poultry farmers are guarding their flocks against avian flu [March 20], I was disappointed that the story did not mention the thousands of poultry workers, growers, chicken catchers and processing-plant workers who, through intense daily contact with the commercial birds, are in the gravest danger. No U.S. agency is discussing the day-to-day contact that poultry workers have with potentially infected birds. To avoid an outbreak of avian flu, growers, poultry companies, unions and the government must work together to ensure that workers have proper protection...
Jack L. Davis, a professor of Greek archaeology the University of Cincinnati, is a strong opponent of the use of White’s funding and called White’s grants a “danger...
...adopting them,” Petersen said. The UC also passed a bill supporting universal key-card access for freshman dormitories, which would allow upperclassmen equal access to the buildings. The bill argues that universal access would improve safety by allowing all students to enter Yard buildings when in danger. It also argues that universal access for undergraduates would reduce the prevalence of “piggy-backing”—that is, holding doors open to allow individuals to enter without swiping. UC member Randall S. Sarafa ’09 said allowing upperclassmen to enter freshman...
...militias, but it hasn't happened. A senior military official in Baghdad says the U.S. is deliberately avoiding confrontations with the militias. But last month alone, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division in Baghdad have had what the official calls 19 "encounters" with militias, including a shooting incident. The danger is that the bigger the militias get, the more likely they are to intensify their clashes over turf and authority. A U.S. military-intelligence officer says there is still some reason to believe that Iraqis will put their common interests ahead of their rivalries. "In this society, there are many...
...kind of protective umbra generated by the enormous release of stress 10 decades ago--is already beginning to dissipate. That means the Bay Area will soon be rocked by the next cycle of seismic unrest, with smaller but still damaging earthquakes signaling the start of a new era of danger for a city that's had more than its share...