Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?

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Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?

In 1905 football was almost banned from college campuses because of being too dangerous. Since then innovations in helmets and pads have made football safer - except from heat and humidity. According to Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn Sate, playing in a typical uniform is like playing in a three-piece suit. Sweat can't cool players off because it can't evaporate and it's not uncommon during prolonged exercise for players' temperatures to reach 104. In 2004 the NCAA introduced preseason practice guidelines to help players slowly acclimate to exercising in heat and humidity, but guidelines aren't followed as closely as yard lines.

In January 2008 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a report that reviewed 1,446 fatal crashes. In 255 of those crashes air bags hadn't been replaced in the cars after previous accidents. There are 2 types of air bag fraud. In the first, body shops charge insurance companies $2,000 - $4,000 for air bags they don't replace. In the second, body shops charge customers for air bags; but instead of installing them, they return them to the manufacturers for full refunds. Obviously, when choosing a body shop, consumers can't choose just anybody's shop.

In September 2008 Warner Bros. filed a suit in an Indian court against Mirchi Movies, maker of "Hari Puttar - A Comedy of Terrors". A spokesperson for Warner Bros. said the film's producers wanted to "confuse consumers and benefit from the well known and well-loved Harry Potter brand". The defendant's lawyers said Hari means God in Hindi and puttar means son in Punjabi. They explained that Hari Puttar is the story of an Indian boy alone in Britain who has to protect his father's top security computer chip from bungling burglars. The movie was released globally in October 2008 because the court found that all's fair in love and War-ner Bros.

Also in September 2008 Congress passed a law requiring food to be labeled with country of origin. The law covers raw meats and fish, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, macadamias, pecans, peanuts and whole ginseng - but it doesn't cover enough. It doesn't cover bulk processed foods. Raw chicken would be labeled - breaded chicken wouldn't. The law doesn't cover mixed products. Frozen peas would be labeled - frozen peas and carrots wouldn't. The law doesn't cover meat and shellfish sold in butcher shops. Although the acronym of country-of-origin labeling is "COOL" - it isn't.