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...Heathrow Airport, Philip Bowles grips an official-looking piece of paper. A pilot since he was 18 and now CEO of Airfreight Express (AFX), he is holding a copy of the most important document in aviation safety: a work card. These government-approved forms are used to document repair or maintenance of all aircraft. "Trust still exists in the aviation industry," explains Bowles, "because when these forms are completed, an airline can be 100% certain that the aircraft is airworthy...
...suit alleges that Evergreen, whose motto is "Quality Without Compromise," made multiple repair errors, failed to perform required work, charged for work never done and extorted money from Bowles' air-freight company, which is based in London and will start service to Chicago later this month. (AFX has since hired another firm to make the plane airworthy.) "Evergreen actions with regard to our airplane were a clear threat to air safety. If Evergreen is doing the same to other airlines, they may well hurt someone," Bowles told TIME. "They have to be stopped." Last week the FAA confirmed that...
...Muscle cells Could repair or replace a damaged heart...
...others are into mutual aid." The Shamrock House, an anarchist community center, offers free food for the poor, a lending library of leftist books and a free school with classes on martial arts and midwifery. Every Thursday, a shamanic healer offers "deep soul work" and "aura repair...
That teetering edifice that is the Kyoto Protocol gets some emergency repair work this week as delegates from 180 countries gather in Bonn to work out problems that threaten to scuttle the deal altogether. With the U.S. definitely not on board, and Japan threatening to leave as well, there is tremendous pressure to get enough nations together to adopt some version of the treaty designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If Japan withdraws support, the accord?s days may be numbered, and hope isn?t high among delegates that there will be an agreement this time around...