Packaging: The Hidden Power Player In A Global Society

Recent international events got me thinking about the role of packaging around the globe. As a result of the recent terrorist plot in the UK, I became more aware of how packaging really impacts our global society in many unique and hidden ways. Putting the nay-sayers aside, (The I Hate Packaging Club is not yet dead. In fact I'm adding a space for this very topic on my new website) packaging really is a major player in a global economy. Yet its role is either unknown or misunderstood by the vast majority of people.

Police Departments

A police department is the branch of government concerned with enforcement of law and prevention of crime. The term police department refers to the central organization that takes care of the functioning of numerous sub agencies under it. In a vast and extensive country like the US, each state has a separate police department that takes care of maintaining the law and order. The police department plays a pivotal role in the smooth functioning of the law and order machinery in the respective state. The United States of America has a number of police departments that function towards preserving peace and security.

No Sense in Crying Over Spilt Tanker Ship Oil

Can you even begin to imagine the amount of mess that a Japanese Oil Tanker, which collides with a Cargo Ship might make? Well then consider this; A Japanese Crude Oil Tanker spilled over 4,500 tons or 1.4 million gallons of crude oil in the Indian Ocean and Nicobar Islands.

Why Clothing Donation Benefits Everyone

Most of us are guilty of over-consumerism today. One of the things that most of us have is having more clothes than we actually needed. It is such a shame to dump it into the trash, when it could be going to good use.

Freight Forwarding Prices Rise in The Middle East Following Hezbollah Attacks

This article discusses what has caused the violence and the impact that it is having on the region's freight industry.

Is the War Between Hezbollah and Israel Fizzling or Escalating?

Are we seeing a slow down between the war with Hezbollah and Israel? Is this war finally winding down and fizzling out, or are we seeing an escalation and advances in the fighting? We seem to be seeing less coverage and yet we know fighting is going on. Of course other stories have stolen the headline after nearly a month long fighting such as the foiled Terror Plot of Al Queda to blow up some 20-aircraft and airliners full of traveling civilians.

U.S. Power Grid Unreliability Enabled By Legislation

While it seems that most everyone believes that the power grid woes culminated with the rolling blackouts of 2000-2001 in California, the initial concerns with major outages go back to November 1965 when power went out throughout most of the Northeast.

How To Hit Back On Oil

The price of oil is breaking records in costs and profits simultaneously as Americans have wakened to new lies and excuses for profiteering gone mad. As the American automobile industry plunges downward on all fronts, nobody seems to be able to figure out why more people are not rushing to the dealership for a shiny new version of the same old thing.

Blood, Water and Wine

What's really happening in this Middle East Crisis?

Protect Your Child from Sex Offenders—Practice Appropriate Suspicion

If you fail to heed your intuitive signals you will then accept its diabolic competitor, the denial process. Denial protects us from what we do not want to know. Denial eliminates the discomfort of accepting the horrific reality we do not want to acknowledge. As with intuition, denial prompts recognizable signals. If you detect these signals within yourself, you can stop and ask yourself an empowering and powerful question: “What am I stopping myself from knowing?”

Cape Verde Season; A Hurricane Season within a Season

What is the Cape Verde Season? What does it have to do with the Hurricanes in the United States if Cape Verde is in Africa? Well the Cape Verde Hurricane Season as far as we are concerned in the United States is actually a season within

Hurricane Chris Definitely Headed for Gulf of Mexico

Unfortunately it appears that in fact Hurricane Chris is definitely headed for the Gulf of Mexico. Although nothing to do with the weather is set in stone, as the storm could hit Cuba or South Florida and weaken. However, even if that storm's energy hits land prior to entering the Gulf of Mexico, this does not mean that energy will not regroup and go again.

The World Trade Center – Saving the Columns for the Memorial

Engineers are looking to restore the steel columns to use them as part of the memorial. They are working on this daily.

Tropical Storm Chris Preparing to Pummel Puerto Rico

Tropical Storm Chris is whipping up after forming in less than 24-hours and going from a Tropical Depression to a Tropical Storm with 50 mph sustained winds and growing. In its path lie Puerto Rico, which is preparing for a pummeling. This is the Third named Storm of the 2006 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season.

Mel Gibson Comments Expose the Obvious

Gibson's comments classic Hollywood overkill. If comments said about most groups no big deal would be made out of it. Distortions of Hollywood and media truly gross