Elvis Presley, the famous legendary King of Rock and Roll in the 60s has been dead for 30 years now. Aug 16, 2007 marked his 30th death anniversary. For many people, it’s hard to believe that the star has been dead for so many years and it’s amazing to see that there are still a lot of his fans out there.
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Don’t mistaken this is a football but a soccer game in United States. Just look at his free kick and it was so cool. The goal got everyone stands on their feet and left disappointed goalie keeper stand alone gazing in shock. David Beckham has finally scored his first goal for LA Galaxy to secure a place in the Super Liga final.
Even I myself have to replay the video over and over again for the magnificent goal. Don’t miss out on the attached video clip for the exciting moment.
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A 54-year-old Japanese man was riding motorbike together with a group of friends in Hamamast, Tokyo. He accidentally hit the safety fence at a corner. The cyclist felt painful at his leg but did not realize that his leg fell off from the knee down after hitting the safety fence. He still continued riding until he stopped at the next destination.
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There is no safe place in this world today, even the school is not safe for students and they need protection from school violence. A Massachusetts company My Child’s Pack is offering a school bag, it’s not your usual school bag, it is a bulletproof backpack. The backpack stops 97% of all bullets used and it is selling at $175 in US.
Two Massachusetts fathers Mike Pelonzi and Joe Curran who wanted to keep their kids safe at school, spent nearly a decade working on a lightweight bulletproof backpack that would protect children from gunshots. The backpack’s panel weights about 2 pounds, about the weigh of a bottle of water.
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A 47-year-old woman Rebecca Crowe was sentenced to 30 days in jail because she claimed herself as her daughter-in-law. The woman’s son Christopher Crowe, 25, was in court to plead guilty to four felony counts. When the judge asked whether Christopher Crowe’s wife agreed with the plea deal during hearing, Rebecca Crowe stood up, claimed herself as her son’s wife and said she agreed with the plea agreement.
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A man was asked to pay tax amounting to $12,656.07 but he was not satisfied with the big amount of money he had to pay. He wanted people to see the pain of his property tax bill and let them see the physical amount of $12,656.07, he then settled his tax bill of the semi-annual payment for his home, business and rental properties, in coins and $1 bills to the county treasurer’s office.
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Mattel’s public statement of “Voluntarily Recall Some of Our Toys” in the midst of recalling 19 million Chinese-Made toys in US because of products affected by:
1) Lead Paint: – Fisher-Price and “CARS” Sarge Character
2) Magnets: – Polly Pocket Play Sets, Batman Magna Play Sets, Barbie and Tanner Accessory, Doggie Daycare Play Sets and Shonan Jump’s One Piece.
The incident is the name of safety standard. The west is increasingly seeing Chinese-made products as dangerous and customers are starting to boycott Chinese-made products. But who is at fault or liable as Mattel and the Chinese contractor are already playing damage control and shifting blame. The list goes on to it is because of outsourcing cost saving to cheap labour in China and forgetting the long supplier chains of manufacturing standards and who’s asleep at the stringent quality control requirement. Click here for Mattel website to learn more.
However, at consumer level, you can go to either to retailer or even to owner of the product to pursue the law of product safety standard. Even if a third party was totally negligent, what comes out from the store to market is all Mattel’s problem. This is because if products are in breach of standards and the more for those unsafe toys are the bane of the industry.
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