Spanish Speaking Construction Workers Have Someone In Their Corner for Safety
The high accident rate among U.S. Hispanic Construction Workers is beginning to change thanks to the actions of Maria Isabel O'Connell, of SAFETRAN, LLC.
The well known Bilingual safety consultant and workplace activist will ensure Latinos arrive home safely everyday.
You'll often find Maria out on the jobsite with her workers on bridge, highway, pipeline and general construction projects throughout the Bay Area and Central California.
Originally from Guadalupe Victoria, Mexico, this hardworking safety activist concentrates on getting the "Safety Message Out" to all her workers.
Holding impromptu safety meetings in Spanish, she translates OSHA regulations, and common sense safety rules to workers in the field.
The recent catastrophic loss of life from a pipeline explosion in Walnut Creek shows how important OSHA safety training in Spanish is for our industry.
SAFETRAN is cosignatory to the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC), and Maria and team tells workers everyday, "Don't forget, safety is first and your family depends on you working safe everyday."
She also has a message for company owners about their commitment to safety and says, "How can companies expect their workers to understand hazards on the job and protect themselves, if we speak to them in a foreign tongue?"
It is time that safety training be language specific, as evidences by Federal OSHA's Spanish Language website.
-Federal OSHA Spanish Language Sitehttp://www.osha.gov/as/opa/spanish/index.html-National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (Spanish)http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/Maria and her team have recently begun a new initiative to bring desperately needed safety training to Day Workers in San Rafael, San Jos? and Watsonville.
Armed with hardhats, safety glasses, and Spanish Language training materials Maria will certify and safety train workers left out of traditional training resources.By Fernando Juan Ocano / Strategic Pipeline Safety Consortium (SPSC) (510) 687-1740..
Exercise Nutrition: How To Keep That Energy Up!
How many times has this happened to you? >> You psych yourself up mentally (you are GOING to do it!)>> You don the outfit (you can practically feel the energy flowing through your veins!) >> You lace up the running shoes (Nike: Just Do It - that's you.) >> You grab your towel (because ANYONE SERIOUS needs a towel). Then it's time. It's time to sweat. It's time to burn the evil fat from your body. You face the treadmill (or stair climber, or rowing machine, or exercise video with the perky aerobics instructor on it).And you start.You warm up, and start moving faster and faster.
The sweat starts to pour. The blood is pumping. Man, you are burning! That size 2 exercise instructor is going to look like a whale compared to you when you get through!The adrenaline hits your blood and you feel GREAT! You could exercise forever! In fact maybe you will exercise forever!Your time winds down. Ok, maybe you'd better slow down, no sense in going TOO crazy here. The cool down sure feels good....
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Wedding Favor Creator
Wedding favors have always been a nice, personal gesture to include in your wedding preparations. Unfortunately, there are too many "cookie-cutter" type favors out there, which portray the couple's lack of interest in providing something unique.Here is a Wedding Favor Creator for you to use for your upcoming wedding or one that you're planning for your best friend. You can mix and match to your heart's content and according to the budget you have.Small containers to use for candies, chocolates, small floating candles, decorative soaps, etc. (many of them can be purchased at your local dollar store)
- tiny wicker baskets or straw hats
- egg cups
- candle holders
- flat shells (scallops)
- small filigree metal boxes
- decorated wooden boxes
- coffee mugs
- wine glasses
- small decorative dish
- tiny flower pots
- little tin watering cans
- small jars
- ceramic spoon rest
- heart-shaped candies or chocolates
- Hershey's...
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Wine Openers- 6 Styles Reviewed
Waiter Corkscrew
This is probably the most ubiquitous wine opener in the world, and the ultimate in simplicity.
This tool features a design that allows the entire tool to fit in your pocket, and as such has become the overwhelming favorite of wait staff and picnic goers.
There are three essential parts that all fold out from the body of the tool: the corkscrew itself, a lever that acts as a fulcrum on the top of the bottle, and a small foilcutter to cut the foil from the top of the bottle.
No wine cellar would be equipped without one at a minimum for backup.
To use the opener simply remove the foil from the neck with the knife, twist the corkscrew fully into the cork, and then place the lever on the top of the bottle and pull the cork up and out.
Some devices feature two shoulders on the lever in order to maximize leverage, in this case use the one halfway down the lever first, finally use the top shoulder to get the cork...
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The Top 10 Ways to Combat the Eight Deadly Public Health Enemies
Copyright 2006 Monique Hawkins
In a previous article entitled, "What Are the Top Eight Deadly Public Health Enemies", it was discovered there are eight deadly public health enemies that are killing more than 24 million people a year and causes debilitating symptoms in millions of others. The top eight were heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis, Alzheimer's, and obesity. The good new is, there is ammunition that everyone can have in their arsenals to combat these deadly enemies. Let's discover what they are.
1. Elimination of Toxins: Our bodies are full of toxins.
If they are not eliminated, sickness and disease develop. Therefore, cleanses to detoxify the body are important. The basic ones are colon cleanses, liver/gallbladder cleanses, kidney/bladder cleanses, heavy metal cleanses, parasite cleanses, candida cleanses, and full body fat tissue/lymphatic cleansers.
2. Proper Nutrition Supplementation: Our soil is...
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Scientists Perform and Actors Experiment in Redshift Productions' Happy Hour at the Event Horizon
Redshift Productions (featured on ABC News Nightline and CBS Sunday Morning) presents Happy Hour at the Event Horizon, a comedy about physics featuring actors and scientists that takes place in a bar at the edge of a black hole. A two-week limited engagement begins April 21 at the Blue Heron Arts Center Studio Theatre at 123 East 24th Street.
Also, in a partnership with The Center for Inquiry - Metro New York, Redshift Productions is hosting a panel discussion series called "Science in the Public Eye" after select matinee performances.It's always Happy Hour at The Event Horizon, a bar at the edge of a black hole where legendary scientific mixologists Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr pass infinite good times with their loyal patrons.
Particles collide, customers perform experiments with shot glasses and ashtrays, and the laws of physics come home to roost. Regulars at this establishment include a photon that has daringly escaped from a black hole, the oldest galaxy in...
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North Carolina Author Develops Food and Activity Journal for Children
Vending machines in schools, fast food dinner in the car, PlayStation marathons, and chocolate chip cereal.
It's no wonder that kids today are more overweight and obese than ever.
According to the National Center for Health, children age 6-11 were more than two-and-a half times as likely to be overweight in 1999-2002 as they were twenty years ago, from 1976-1980. In response, Triad author Jackie Stanley has created a self-care journal for kids, modeled after Lettuce is Not Enough, her motivational weight-loss journal for adults. The kid's version, targets school-age children from kindergarten through fifth grade.
Although Lettuce Is Not Enough:
A Food and Activity Journal for Kids was created to combat childhood obesity, it is not strictly a weight loss journal.
In addition to their fruits and veggies, children also count their hours of sleep, glasses of water, amount of exercise and whether they kept a "good attitude" for the day. "Keeping...
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