Jazz removes life vests to save fuel and forgets to inform passengers

I guess i don't need that life vest, the seat inflates right?"Air Canada's regional carrier Jazz has removed inflatable life vests from its planes to save weight, a spokeswoman said. The airline carries both floatation devices (seat cushions) and life vests, and the...

NASCAR Driver Tony Stewart Donates 40 K9 Vests

Today's bit of good news: NASCAR driver Tony Stewart supports K9 officers by funding the purchasing of protective vests. As one of my friends had his K9 killed by criminals, this donation is especially poignant to me.t"NASCAR driver Tony Stewart is donating bulletproof,...

Uniforms Change to Avoid Dutch Mix-up

Railway workers in Switzerland`s national railway have to stop wearing orange reflective vests for fear that Dutch soccer fans will follow them on to the railway lines. This change in uniform was prompted by an...

Defense Ministry conducts successful testing of bullet-proof vests

"In testing the 4th level vests, an SS-V1 rifle is used with 4TJ bullets, and M16 rifle with 5TJ bullets, from a distance of 25 meters, and 5th level vests from a distance of 6 meters. In testing the 3rd A level bullet-proof vests, an FN handgun is used from a distance of 5...

Baby boomers go hog wild

"The rumble of a big twin-V motorcycle engine is for many baby boomers both a siren call of their youth and the sound of an empty nest. "I'd ridden all my life," Hamilton County District Attorney Bill Cox said. "After the kids grew up and left, it was time for a new...

Parents are buying stab-proof vests to protect their children

Omygawd. This news sent by email to me by my neighbor Walter.  Last night I rented "Children of Men" (just arrived in DVD) and it's like art imitating life. Stabbing vests for kids? "Worried parents are...

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