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05/24/2016 03:46 PM EDT

E S Foods of Woodbury, NY is recalling 3700 cases of Meal Breaks items containing individually packed Sunrich Natural Sunflower Kernels (Roasted & Salted), Net Wt 1 oz., because the sunflower seeds have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

05/24/2016 04:50 PM EDT

C. J. Dannemiller Co. is recalling SunOpta 50# bags and 30# cases of roasted sunflower kernels roasted and salted, and sunflower kernels roasted no salt because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria.

Updated information is now available. A list of retail consignees has been posted for recall 043-2016, Papa John’s Salads and Produce Recalls Ready-To-Eat Salad with Chicken Products Due To Possible Listeria Contamination (May 20, 2016).

 

05/23/2016 02:42 PM EDT

FIRST SOURCE of Tonawanda, NY, is recalling the following items because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes:

 

05/24/2016 01:54 PM EDT

Hickory Harvest Foods, under advice from its sunflower kernel supplier, SunOpta, is expanding their recall of a limited number of products that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

 

05/23/2016 10:42 AM EDT

As part of the on-going CRF Frozen Foods recall, The Pictsweet Company is notifying consumers that certain Kroger brand frozen vegetable sold in Fry’s, King Soopers, City Market, Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Smith’s, QFC, and Fred Meyer are included in the recall announced Friday, May 6. These products were packaged by The Pictsweet Company and contain Green Beans or Green Peas recently recalled by CRF Frozen Foods due to a health risk.

05/20/2016 09:10 PM EDT

Dakota Style Foods, Inc. of Clark, South Dakota is recalling 6,930 cases of sunflower kernels because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

 

05/22/2016 04:15 PM EDT

Hy-Vee, Inc., based in West Des Moines, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling six trail mix products across its eight-state region due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The products include Hy-Vee Caramel Cashew Honey Crunch Trail Mix, Hy-Vee Dark Chocolate Cranberry Trail Mix, Hy-Vee Mountain Trail Mix, Hy-Vee Mountain Trail Mix To Go, Hy-Vee Berry Trail Mix and Hy-Vee Santa Fe Trail Mix

Papa John’s Salad and Produce Recalls Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing Due to Possible Listeria monocytogenes Contamination Phoenix Arizona, Papa John’s Salad and Produce, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Oriental Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This voluntary action is being undertaken in cooperation with the US Food and Drug Administration because the recalled products contain sunflower kernels that are part of the recent SunOpta sunflower kernel recall expansion.

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On this Day … 1977 Star Wars force began

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“Ready are you? What know you of ready? For eight hundred years have I trained Jedi. My own counsel will I keep on who is to be trained. A Jedi must have the deepest commitment, the most serious mind. This one, a long time have I watched. All his life has he looked away… to the future, to the horizon. Never his mind on where he was. …Hmm? On what he was doing.” 

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Public Health Emergency Weekly Report


Public Health Emergency. Resilient People. Healthy Communities. A Nation Prepared.

Community Paramedicine and the Changing Face of Pre-Hospital Care

As emergency medical services (EMS) systems evolve from responding to a medical emergencies to providing a broad range of mobile health and clinical services, CMS is looking for innovative ways to enhance paramedic services and prehospital care.  Check out these five projects that could help provide a path to better patient care for fewer health care dollars. Learn More >>

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EMS Week 2016: Honoring those who Help Protect Health and Keep our Health Care System Strong

As part of EMS Week, Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Edward Gabriel, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, thank all EMS professionals for the essential role they play in protecting the health of our nation each and every day. Learn More >>

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Updating the EMS Agenda for the Future: The Search for Data-Driven Approaches to Improvement

The EMS community is working to find collaborative solutions to some very tough questions so that they can better provide quality care during disasters and every day. The EMS Agenda for the Future, which has offered guidance to EMS providers and other healthcare professionals since 1996, is about to be revised. Become part of the solution and submit your ideas for making the system better. Learn More >>

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Older Adults: Include Connectedness in your Hurricane Plan

Older adults who are connected to their friends, family and community are less likely to become depressed and more likely to stay healthy during and after a disaster. Take a few minutes to learn how connectedness makes older adults feel happier and more satisfied everyday AND helps them bounce back from a disaster. Learn More >>

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Hurricane Preparedness:  Start a Conversation with your Kids using Ready Wrigley!

Talking to your kids about hurricanes or any other emergency can be hard, but research shows that kids who have learned about disasters before they strike are better able to cope.  But how can you get that conversation started?  Try using the Ready Wrigley coloring books and checklists to help teach your kids about disasters before they strike.  Learn More >>

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Low Literacy Populations and Disaster Communications: 5 Ways to Bridge the Educational Divide

As disaster health professionals know, information in a disaster can be really complicated.  What you might not know is that many people in your community have low literacy levels and can’t understand much of  the information that is put out before, during and after disasters.  Here are 5 things you can do to help people with low literacy levels understand your message. Learn More >>

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Preventing the Spread of Zika

Zika virus spreads to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito, though it can also be transmitted sexually. We don’t have a vaccine to prevent the spread of the virus, but you can protect yourself in other ways.  Be ready to prevent mosquito bites.  The species of mosquito that carries the virus is most active during the day, so be particularly careful about protecting yourself and your kids during daytime hours.  Learn More >>

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The GOP Sugar Daddies of 2016


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The GOP Sugar Daddies of 2016

… why are there so many GOP candidates? We have the billionaire GOP sugar daddies of 2016 to thank for that. Since Citizens United opened the door to super PACs, which can collect unlimited donations from individuals and corporations, an influx of new Republican donors and bundlers has driven a money boom on the right … For the right-wing sugar daddies, candidates come cheap, but the long-term payoff can be huge … The GOP candidates … all seem to be saying the same thing, because they are all appealing to the same set of billionaires who all want the same things.

Hillary, Bernie Tout Donor Bases

Hillary Clinton leads in women donors. W. Post:“The $47.5 million Hillary Rodham Clinton raised during her first two and half months as a presidential candidate this year was boosted by a predominantly female donor base, her campaign said Wednesday. Of the more the 250,000 contributors who donated to Clinton, 61 percent are women. That puts her on track to outstrip the presidential high-water mark set by President Obama in 2012…”

Bernie Sanders buoyed by small donors. W. Post:“The Sanders campaign reported to the FEC Wednesday that it raised nearly $10.5 million in small contributions, and an additional $3 million in donations of more than $200 each…”

Martin O’Malley struggles to call attention to his policy proposals. Bloomberg:“…yet O’Malley is leading the battle of ideas in his field. He’s the first candidate to release detailed policy proposals on key issues like climate change (he proposes to phase out fossil fuels by 2050), immigration (he advocates the most far-reaching executive actions any candidate has suggested to help undocumented people, whom he calls “New Americans”), cracking down on Wall Street (he’d break up big banks and tightening regulations) and making college debt-free for students.”

House Passes Short-Term Transportation Bill

House passes bill keeping highway trust fund alive for five months. USA Today:“The five-month patch through Dec. 18 passed 312-119. Many Democrats opposed the GOP bill in part because they want a long-term measure and also because it did not include any language to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank … Senate Republicans, meanwhile, are trying to come up with a counter measure, an $80 billion bill that would provide funds for several years. The Senate bill is also expected to include a provision to renew the Export-Import Bank…”

Sen. Jim Inhofe predicts Senate will pass longer-term measure. The Hill:“He added that based on conversations he’s had with House lawmakers, he believes they’ll ‘be very excited over there that we’re going to have, and have the funding for, a six-year bill.’”

Senate Dems resist paying for highways with pension cuts. Politico:“Senate negotiators are mulling about a dozen different potential ways to pay for a long-term bill that, if taken together, could provide nearly $80 billion — enough to keep highway projects running for at least five years. But the biggest revenue raiser — a change to the federal employee retirement plan that would bring in about $30 billion — is a nonstarter for Democrats … Taking the retirement pay-for out of the equation [leaves] a good chunk of money and could fund at least a three-year bill…”

Sen. Ted Cruz threatens filibuster over inclusion of Ex-Im. The Hill:“‘I’m willing to use any and all procedural tools to stop this corporate welfare and this corruption from being propagated,’ Cruz said…”

Obama To Visit Prison

Obama visits Oklahoma’s El Reno prison today to push sentencing reform. NYT:“In becoming the first sitting president to visit a federal prison, Mr. Obama will showcase an emerging bipartisan drive to overhaul America’s criminal justice system in a way none of his predecessors have tried … he has embarked on a new effort to reduce sentences for nonviolent offenders, to make it easier for former convicts to re-enter society and to revamp prison life by easing overcrowding, cracking down on inmate rape and limiting solitary confinement.”

El Reno has been testing reforms. Time:“… it offers both an evidence-based residential drug abuse treatment program and a critical reentry program known as Federal Prison Industries that helps inmates prepare for life on the outside. Inside, according to an inmate handbook, inmates have access to educational and vocational training programs from GED and associate’s degree courses to business management and welding training.”

Bill Clinton admits his crime bill was too harsh. NYT:“He agreed that the law he enacted in 1994 played a significant part in warping sentencing standards and leading to an era of mass incarceration. ‘I signed a bill that made the problem worse,’ Mr. Clinton said. ‘And I want to admit it.’

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Washington: If You Drive a Modern Car, This is the Easiest Way to Try to Cut Your Insurance Rate in Half


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This is the trick your auto insurer does not want you to know. If your car has anti-lock brakes, day-time running lights, or air bags — you qualify for a discount. If you qualify for 2 or 3 of these discounts, the savings are extremely high. Also, there is a select group of insurers that will give a discount for zero DUIs.

Our rule to find the lowest rate is simple. To get the biggest savings, compare rates from our vast network of agents (in your area).

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  • Consumer Fed has warned that 45% of major insurers unfairly hike up loyal customers’ rates just to maximize profits – insurers call it “price optimization.” — Compare below and keep your insurer honest.
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67% of respondents that shopped in the past year said they obtained quotes online. And, most shoppers got 2-3 quotes.

(ComScore Auto Insurance Shopping Report)

  • 1 Select all that your vehicle(s) has:
    Anti-lock brakes
    Airbags
    Day-time running lights
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    Accident-free (3+ years)
    No DUIs
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There is a way to outsmart your auto insurer — and cut your rate by as much as hundreds of dollars a year.

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Have you seen any of the recent car insurance commercials? Specifically, the ones that claim that if you switch to them, they’ll save you an astonishing $500.00 or more – every year.

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For example, any insurer may give you a discount on the following:

  1. If you haven’t been in a car accident in the last 3 years
  2. If you are over 25 years of age
  3. If you drive less than 40 miles per day
  4. If your car has air bags
  5. Even if you haven’t had a DUI, many insurers give you a discount for something that simple.

The fact is: auto insurers give different discounts depending on your situation.

Now, how do you know exactly which insurer will give you the best rate and discounts you need? There’s one way to find them. It’s by comparing many of their rates quickly.

That’s why our car insurance comparison has become so popular. First, answer 4 questions above. You’ll confirm this after clicking “See Your Discounts.”

Next, complete just two easy steps – this will take about 60 seconds.

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Select your primary driving vehicle. Vehicles that have safety devices (such as an alarm or airbags) – often get big discounts on their premium.

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