Vehicles rate average in safety tests
The Associated Press reports that among 33 cars, SUVs, and pickups tested, the Mazda RX-8 earned the only five star rollover safety rating. Ten SUVs received three stars, several models earned four stars, and no vehicle scored below three.
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Washington
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Chevrolet
Tyson
NASA plans autonomous planner to ease air traffic load
Hampton Virginia reports NASA Langley Research Center pursues an Autonomous Operations Planner to help pilots plot routes with expanded cockpit data. The system integrates with flight management to show more nearby traffic, run collision scenarios, and present alternate paths while keeping pilots legally responsible.
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Hampton
United States
NASA
Langley Research Center
Cockpit
Rick Shay
Sky Langley
Federal Aviation
Richard Barhydt
Langley Aerospace Engineer
FAA
Mexicans eat fewer tortillas as urban diets shift
Mexicans are turning from corn tortillas to bread and processed foods as urbanization, rising incomes, and price changes erode tortilla use. The average urban Mexican now consumes about 185 pounds yearly, down from 215, with a 15 percent four year drop. Tortilla sales comprise a third of bread industry volume.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Salvador Villalpando
National Institute of Public Health
Mexican Chamber of Corn Processots
Jose Enrique Tron
Corn Chamber
United States
Tron
Tortilla Industry Association
Villalpando
Time Warner launches unlimited digital phone with cable bundle
Time Warner Cable begins offering unlimited local and long distance telephone service via the Internet to customers who already subscribe to its cable and high speed Internet. The $39.95 monthly plan aims to rival Cincinnati Bell and SBC in Cincinnati and nationwide rollout is planned by end of 2004. The service uses Voice over Internet Protocol to convert voice to data over cable lines.
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Cincinnati
Time Warner Cable
Cincinnati Bell
Dayton
SBC Communications
Northeast Ohio Business Calendar highlights layoff aid and events
The Chronicle-Telegram lists layoff resources at Lorain County Employment Network and a job search workshop at Lorain County Community College. Also scheduled are Business After Hours at The Rock Pile in Avon and Small Business Association session at Staples in Cleveland with contact numbers for details.
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Lorain County Community College
College Center
Rock Pile
North Coast Chamber of Commerce
Lear Road
Avon
Small Business Association
Staples
W. 117Th St
Cleveland
Cali
Ohio
Chronicle-Telecam
Adnan Burs
Coopers Thrive With Slack Barrels In Historic Cambridge
In Cambridge Maryland a small slack cooperage thrives selling old fashioned wooden barrels for display on movie sets and specialty shops. Brooks Barrel Co founded in 1950 keeps aging machinery running as six men craft pine slack barrels once used for seafood and meat cargo. Ken Knox who joined in 1980 and bought the business in 1991 notes barrels symbolize heritage and a craft vital to early American industry.
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Paul Brooks
Brooks
Cambridge Cooperage
Chesapeake Bay
Delmarva
Philadelphia
Coopers
Knox
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