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Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
Road Scholar Transport’s Autism Speaks awareness truck is making a special stop this Saturday in Allentown, PA for the annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks in the Lehigh Valley.
On April 20th, our awareness unit will be pulling into Dorney Park where participants will gather to walk the 1.5 mile course to help raise money for the developmental brain disorder that’s affecting 1 in 88 children and tens of millions people across the world.
According to walknowforautismspeaks.org, the event runs from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with registration as well as the resource fair and activities opening at 8:30 a.m. and the walk beginning at 10 a.m.
Registration is open to the general public and there are no fees. Register for the walk online here.
Although rides will be closed the day of the walk, some of Dorney Park’s games will be open to raise money for autism. There will also be music, characters, face painting, tattoos, a resource fair, and food tent.
As autismspeaks.org states, autism costs a family $60,000 a year on average. This event has raised $236,000 so far. Those individuals that raise $150 or more will receive a 2013 Walk Now for Autism Speaks t-shirt, while those that raise $1,000 and over will receive VIP treatment the day of the walk, according to the Walk Now for Autism Speaks site.
Click here to Make a Donation
Although there is currently no cure autism, with efforts such as the above, we can help spread awareness and raise funds for autism research and one day, find a cure.
About Road Scholar’s Awareness Campaign
It started with a single pink tractor trailer to help raise breast cancer awareness and grew to a campaign featuring two dozen different charities/organizations and growing. Below is a list of Road Scholar Transport’s awareness trucks that are traveling the roads each day delivering freight and moving one step closer towards a cure.
-Alex’s Lemonade
-Autism Speaks
-American Breast Cancer Foundation
-Children’s Tumor Foundation
-Prostate Cancer Awareness
-International Rett Syndrome Foundation
-St. Joseph’s Center
-American Foundation for the Blind
-Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
-Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PANCAN)
-The Flight 93 National Memorial
-The American Red Cross
-Clayton’s Hope (benefiting epilepsy)
-Children’s Craniofacial Foundation
-Make-a-Wish Foundation
-Children’s Cancer Recovery Foundation
-Northeast Regional Cancer Institute (Rock on Judi H)
-Stop Bullying
-Parkinson’s Disease
-Marley’s Mission
-9/11 Rolling Memorial
-Miracle for Ava…a Cure for Brain Tumors
-Lyla’s Hope-Spina Bfida
-Lupus
Visit www.roadscholarawareness.org to learn more about our campaign and to view our trucks. Don’t forget to keep the freight moving so we can spread awareness. Click here to get a truckload or LTL rate today.
Contact us for your FREE Awareness Calendar featuring our trucks at http://www.roadscholar.com/contact.php.
Tags: 9/11 rolling memorial, Alex's Lemonade, American Breast Cancer Foundation, American Foundation for the Blind, American Red Cross, autism, Autism Speaks, awareness campaign, awareness truck, breast cancer, calendar, Children's Cancer Recovery Foundation, Children's Craniofacial Foundation, Children's Tumor Foundation, Clayton's Hope, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Dorney Park, epilepsy, flight 93, International Rett Syndrome Foundation, Leigh Valley, LTL rate, Lupus, Lyla's Hope, Make a Wish Foundation, Marley's Mission, Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Parkinson's disease, prostate cancer, road scholar transport, Spina Bfida, St. Joseph's Center, stop bullying, truckload, Walk Now for Autism
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure, American, Autism Speaks, awareness campaign, awareness program, awareness trucks, capacity shortage, cargo, Children’s Craniofacial Foundation, CSA 2010, diesel prices, driver shortage, employment, freight, FTR Associates, hours of service, job, Noel Perry, prostate cancer, road scholar transport, Sterne Agee & Leach Inc, truck driver, trucking company, trucking news, wage bill increase
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
As an increase in driver shortage continues to build, trucking companies are expected to pay their employees higher wages to account for capacity shortages.
According to FTR Associates’ Noel Perry, carriers are predicted to pay 30% more in wages by the year 2014 in order to gain and maintain drivers, topping the last recovery which led to a 21% increase.
With the total number of unemployed Americans exceeding 9%, trucking companies are still experiencing a shortage of drivers, that which is expected to hit 200,000 by next year and increasing to nearly 2 million by 2018 due to retiring drivers and new safety regulations such as CSA 2010 and the hours of service proposal that would limit a driver’s allowed time from 11 to 10 hours.
Trucking companies are forced to compete with others who looking to hire more drivers to account for this time loss, while drivers are looking for employment with the company offering the best pay/benefits, equipment, and work environment like Road Scholar Transport does.
But as Sterne Agee & Leach Inc.’s Jeff Kauffman explains, “The truck driver population is growing at less than 1 percent a year” while “freight’s growing at closer to 4 percent” (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/08/25/bloomberg1376-LQ4L8K1A74E901-44NT51N4UHGL0287BFV99PJ3GF.DTL). This demonstrates the point that has been trying to be made for months now…there are not enough drivers to transport the increasing freight demand.
Due to a lack in qualified drivers, rising wages to sustain these drivers, equipment costs being up 20%, and surging diesel fuel costs that rose 30% a gallon this year when compared to last, it comes as no surprise that capacity shortages would lead to higher shipping costs, which trickle down to higher prices for consumers.
At the same time, the revenue per mile for van shipments (minus the fuel surcharge) increased to $1.55 (13%) since the 2009 recession, the San Francisco Chronicle notes.
On the bright side, increasing cargo demand also shows a recovery in the freight industry, the site notes.
If you’re a qualified driver looking for a rewarding career in the trucking industry, then apply today at http://www.roadscholar.com/employment.php. Just look at all the benefits a career at Road Scholar Transport offers:
-Excellent Pay
-Benefits
-Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package
-Flexibility
-…in work schedules (Full-time and Part-time positions available)
-Home time!
-Great Work Environment
-An operations team that is friendly, courteous, and knowledgeable
-No discrimination
-Excellent equipment (We’ve never been cited for a piece of faulty equipment in an accident!)
-The ability to see new places/sights and meet new people
-Make a difference: Road Scholar Transport created the 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, dedicating several trucks to charities such as Autism Speaks, Prostate Cancer Awareness, and the Children’s Craniofacial Foundation to help spread awareness and fight for a cure.
Don’t wait. Apply today!
What are your predictions regarding the driver shortage and the extent of it? State your comments/suggestions below.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure, American, Autism Speaks, awareness campaign, awareness program, awareness trucks, capacity shortage, cargo, Children’s Craniofacial Foundation, CSA 2010, diesel prices, driver shortage, employment, freight, FTR Associates, hours of service, job, Noel Perry, prostate cancer, road scholar transport, Sterne Agee & Leach Inc, truck driver, trucking company, trucking news, wage bill increase
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Friday, July 29th, 2011
Trucking companies having been turning down load requests due to unavailability. Manufacturers are experiencing backups on their docks and late or canceled appointments due to the hard time they are having finding a trucking company with the capacity to move their freight.
The problem is not so much as having a large enough fleet to accompany incoming freight requests but having enough drivers to transport these goods. And that problem is about to get worse.
Come next year, the driver shortage is expected to hit 200,000, this number increasing to nearly 2 million by 2018, The U.S. Department of Transportation predicts (http://www.oxfordpress.com/news/oxford-news/shortage-of-drivers-looms-for-u-s-trucking-industry–1217966.html).
According to The Oxford Press, 3.5 million drivers are employed annually, and with the average driver being 51-years-old, many of those entering into the industry are of the new generation replacing jobs from those who have retired. But there are problems associated with a younger generation.
As the site notes, individuals drawn into the trucking industry for a variety of reasons, often find that their expectations are not fully met, leading only about 10 percent to remain in the industry.
Whereas regional transport companies may allow drivers to work a more regular workday with weekends off, this is often not the case in the trucking industry, the site explains. It is this younger generation that is often tossed into unwanted hours/days in what is called a Catch-22… “recent graduates need experience to get the job they want but cannot get it unless they “pay their dues” working for companies that may have them out for longer periods of time,” and this draws them out of the industry, the site continues.
This leads to another problem with a new generation of drivers…inexperience. New regulations such as the CSA 2010, revised hours of service (HOS) proposal, as well as more advanced drug testing (see Follicle Drug Testing Further Adds to Driver Shortage, Reducing Availability by Nearly 15 Percent) set out to remove unsafe drivers from the roads in an effort to prevent accidents and open the door of opportunity for more qualified drivers.
Although regulations may be tougher, that shouldn’t stop you from pursuing a career in truck driving. Just look at all of the opportunities Road Scholar offers their drivers:
-Excellent Pay
-Benefits
-Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package
-Flexibility
-…in work schedules (Full-time and Part-time positions available)
-Home time!
-Great Work Environment
-An operations team that is friendly, courteous, and knowledgeable
-No discrimination
-Excellent equipment (We’ve never been cited for a piece of faulty equipment in an accident!)
-Once-in-a-Lifetime Experiences
-The ability to see new places/sights and meet new people
-Make a Difference
-Road Scholar Transport created the 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, dedicating several trucks to charities such as Autism Speaks, Prostate Cancer Awareness, and the Children’s Craniofacial Foundation to help spread awareness and fight for a cure.
Apply today at http://www.roadscholar.com/employment.php.
State your comments/suggestions regarding the driver shortage below.
Tags: 10 Million Miles to a Cure Awareness Campaign, Autism Speaks, awareness program, benefits, Catch-22, Children’s Craniofacial Foundation, CSA 2010, dock, driver shortage, drug test, fleet, follicle drug test, freight, HOS, hours of service, job, manufacturer, occupations, opportunities, prostate cancer, road scholar transport, The Oxford Press, transport, trucking company, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
June is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Road Scholar is reminding men to get checked as we continue to make you aware of the disease through our awareness campaign. Here are just a few facts provided by http://www.medicinenet.com:
What is Prostate Cancer:
-Prostate Cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America affecting the prostate gland in men.
Causes/Risks:
-There are no known causes of prostate cancer but risks include age (more likely associated with older men), heredity, and environmental factors including exposure to hazardous materials.
Symptoms:
-There are little or no symptoms in the early stages. Therefore, it is often discovered by a lump on the prostate gland during a check up or via blood test.
-It is not until the advanced stages that symptoms are apparent which may include fatigue, weight loss, and malaise.
Treatment:
-There is currently no cure for prostate cancer.
-Treatments include surgery and therapy (radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal, cryotherapy)
Statistics
-In 2009, an estimated 192,280 were newly diagnosed with an estimated 27,360 dying from the disease.
-Every 2.5 minutes someone is diagnosed.
-Every 19 minutes, prostate cancer takes a life.
-Over 2 million men currently have it.
Road Scholar Transport Awareness Program
When former Road Scholar driver Greg Kearsh became diagnosed with prostate cancer, owner Jim Barrett wanted to do something to help. With a pink breast cancer truck already standing apart from the rest of the fleet, Barrett decided to create another colorful tractor trailer, this time teal and dedicated to prostate cancer awareness.
Visit www.roadscholarawareness.org to learn more about our awareness campaign.
Tags: awareness month, awareness trucks, breast cancer, chemotherapy, cryotherapy, Greg Kearsh, hazardous materials, hormonal, June, prostate cancer, radiation, road scholar transport, tractor-trailer
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
Scientists at the University of Surrey in the UK conducted a study for the detection of prostate cancer in men, drifting away from the analysis of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in the blood, and instead looking at the level of engrailed-2 (EN2) protein in a person’s urine.
The current testing method based on the PSA level in a person’s blood is known to cause false negatives, since higher levels of PSA can be found in men who have an enlarged prostate but no cancer, an article in nhs.uk notes.
The recent study analyzed the EN2 protein in the urine of 288 men, 82 of them confirmed via biopsy to have the disease and 102 of them cancer-free. Results from the new test correctly identified 66% of the men with cancer and 90% of the men without (http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/03March/Pages/new-prostate-cancer-test-studied.aspx).
If this new test is released, it will spare men from having to receive unnecessary biopsies and can easily and quickly detect the disease.
Although the study still has a long way to go (further tests with larger groups are necessary to confirm the results), Road Scholar Transport will not stop spreading awareness on the road until a cure is found.
So jump on board the Road to a Cure and keep the freight moving by going to www.roadscholar.com today.
Tags: awareness campaign, awareness trucks, EN2, engrailed-2 protein, freight, prostate cancer, prostate specific antigen, PSA, researcher, road scholar transport, road to a cure, study, UK, University of Surrey
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Monday, February 21st, 2011
Over the past years, cell phone usage has grown. We cannot step into 
another room without our phone tied to our hip. Texting, internet usage, and continual developing features make it harder to go anywhere without your “best friend” at your side. But is the claim that cell phone usage could lead to brain cancer something to worry about?
In short, no.
According to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Manchester, cell phone usage contributes very little to a person’s risk of developing brain cancer to the point that it’s not very significant at all.
Scientists determined that if cell phones played a large role in brain cancer, then data should report findings that demonstrate that when cell phone usage increased, brain cancer diagnoses did as well.
Analyzing data from the years 1998 through 2007 in England, when the number of people using cell phones was on the brink, scientists found no significant change in diagnoses, medicalnewstoday.com notes.
In fact, out of 52 million people living in England, only 31 extra cases were found during this time when cell phone usage rose a whopping 65% (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/216910.php).
In conclusion, researchers found no need for a public health release on cell phones.
So once again, cell phone remains man’s new best friend and Road Scholar Transport has the expertise and equipment to keep your friend safe during transport. With real-time satellite tracking and electronic door monitoring, among other security measures, you can be assured that your freight is safe from damage or being stolen. And the best part is, we are raising awareness while doing so with our brightly colored awareness trucks, featuring charities such as Alex’s Lemonade, The Children’s Tumor Foundation, and Prostate Cancer Awareness.
Join the fight today at www.roadscholarawareness.org and help keep the freight moving!
Tags: Alex’s Lemonade, awareness trucks, brain cancer, cell phone, Children’s Tumor Foundation, England, freight, internet usage, prostate cancer, researchers, road scholar transport, texting, University of Manchester
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
Millions of people experience hair loss in their lifetime, but a recent study determined that the age at which a person begins to bald plays an important role in their risk of prostate cancer.
According to latimes.com, men who experience hair loss in their early 20s are twice at risk of having prostate cancer in their lifetime.
Researchers from Paris Descartes University and the University of Montreal conducted a study in which they asked men about their history of hair loss, finding that out of 388 men who had prostate cancer, 37 of them developed hair loss at 20 years old, while 14 out of 281 men who did not have the disease were balding at that same age (http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-bald-prostate-02162011,0,4374932.story).
While the risk in men who demonstrated some form of hair loss in their early 20’s was greater, the study found no link between hair loss in men of their 30s and on in connection with prostate cancer.
Why is this? According to the site, the male hormone dihydrotestosterone plays both a role in hair loss and in balding, which is why the hair loss treatment drug Propecia is also sold as Proscar to help treat prostate cancer.
Since prostate cancer screening is usually not conducted until a male is in their 40s and 50s, the findings recommend that those men who do experience hair loss in their 20s get screened earlier.
Road Scholar Transport continues to help spread awareness by travelling the nation and delivering freight via its Prostate Cancer Awareness Trailer. Help spread awareness and move one step closer to a cure by keeping the freight moving at www.roadscholar.com.
Tags: awareness campaign, awareness trailer, awareness truck, balding, dihydrotestosterone, freight, hair loss, men, Paris Descartes University, Propecia, Proscar, prostate cancer, prostate cancer risk, prostate screening, road scholar transport, University of Montreal
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
In a recent study, scientists discovered a simple test that could determine whether a male is more prone to developing prostate cancer. All you need to do is look at your hand.
According to medicalnewstoday.com, men have one third of a lower risk of developing prostate cancer if their index finger is longer than their ring finger, with those under the age of 60 having an 87% lower risk.
More than 1,500 prostate cancer patients underwent the experiment, finding that most of them had index fingers that were shorter than their ring finger, with 19% having an equal length, the article states.
Medical News Today notes that “the more testosterone the baby is exposed to (in the womb) the shorter his index finger will be” (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/209868.php). This makes sense since, as eHealthMD.com explains, testosterone feeds the growth of prostate cancer, which is would account for the scientists’ findings.
Road Scholar Transport created an awareness trailer for spreading prostate cancer awareness, after one of their drivers was diagnosed. This was the second awareness trailer to be created (Breast Cancer Awareness being the first). From there, more and more awareness trailers evolved for various charities/organizations and the awareness campaign took off.
Tags: awareness trucks, baby, Breast Cancer Awareness, charity, index finger, medical news, organization, prostate cancer, research, ring finger, risk, road, scholar, scientists, testosterone, transport
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Friday, November 19th, 2010
Biotechnology company Exelixis will be introducing a new drug they call XL184 at a cancer conference in Berlin next week, according to an article in the NY Times.
Fatalities resulting in men who have prostate cancer are mainly caused by tumors entering the bones of the patients. Whereas other drugs already on the market (such as Provenge) fight the tumor, XL184 is said to “block the formation of blood vessels that feed tumors” as well as “inhibit a protein called MET that helps spur tumor growth,” the first drug of its kind to do so (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/health/18prostate.html?_r=1&ref=health).
An experiment was recently conducted (the first of many) on twenty prostate cancer patients. The results showed that nineteen of the patients demonstrated an improvement with the drug when tested with a bone scan, some no longer showing any cancer at all, the site notes.
Since the experiment was conducted on only a small number of patients without a control group to compare to, the results are still uncertain as of this time, although the affect that the drug has shown through bone scans looks promising according to doctors.
The New York Times explains that Exelixis will continue with a midstage clinical trial and proceed to a late-stage trial early next year.
Say goodbye to the spreading of prostate cancer and hello to spreading awareness with Road Scholar Transport’s prostate cancer awareness trailer.
Visit prostate cancer’s awareness page at http://www.roadscholarawareness.org/our-charities/prostate-cancer/ to learn more.
Tags: awareness, awareness truck, Berlin, bone scan, Exelixis, experiment, MET, prostate cancer, Provenge, road, scholar, transport, trial, tumor, XL184
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