Easy on the Earth… and the wallet

I gotta say, this economy is making me approach the holiday season with more concern than usual ... , Dad’s getting the business card holder made of a reused circuit board (for less than $20!). My sister with three kids gets the babysitting gift certificate or maybe the eco-friendly cleaning service [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 19:42:38

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Esprit Marina del Rey

At Esprit Marina del Rey, the elite business executive, ... , Berber carpet, recessed lighting, unique retractable window coverings and expansive walk-in closets ... cleaning and maid services to grocery shopping, dinner reservations and planning corporate meetings [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 11:48:32

Google Massacre Book?

Google Massacre Book? Google Massacre And Home Business: ... . For example you can purchase email lists of potential customers. Let’s say that you have a roof-gutter cleaning service. You’ll be able to get lists targeted specifically to home and building owners [more...]

Date: 2008-08-24 09:29:30

Disadvantages of Your Home-Based Business

by business card secrets Although working from home has many attractions, it does possess a few potential drawbacks as well ... if you provide a service to private individuals, e.g. window cleaning or gardening). Family members [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 16:44:15

Internet Based Business and Delegation

Internet Based Business and Delegation By Pavel Becker Delegation has always been a problem for a lot of entrepreneurs ... ? Was it the sheer joy of providing fresh bread or superior toilet cleaning services to customers [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 11:39:23

Amazon Adds New Service: Public Data Sets

Amazon announced the released of a new web service today that aims to facilitate easier access to open, public data sets ... and only pay for their compute time — they won’t have to worry about storing, downloading, or cleaning the actual data. According to Amazon business development manager Deepak Singh, the new program “ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 20:55:19

$94 Million Refinancing Arranged by HFF for Luxury Manhattan Multifamily High-Rise

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The New York and Hartford offices of HFF ( ... facilities and a valet dry cleaning service. In addition, 86% of the units have balconies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:02:42

PixelCrayons - Timely and Quality PSD to XHTML Conversion Services

For every busy web designer and developer, there comes a moment when they want to kick the clock so hard that it stops time in its tracks ... of your choice (PSD, JPG, GIF, PNG, AI) and get back 100% hand coded clean XHTML code. pixelcrayons [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 11:47:31

Hello 2009!

It feels very stupid to be welcoming in the new year on January 14th. If someone wished me a Happy New Year today, I’d think they’ve got problems ... service. Since Titus was sick and my wife was busy working (she’d been hired by the church to do a 6-7 week temporary job) and keeping Titus, I started tending to all the house cleaning and laundry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:24:06

Ike victims get Texas tax relief, too

Residents of and businesses located in 88 Texas counties that were declared disaster areas as a result of Hurricane Ike are eligible for certain ... bill. The state never imposes sales tax on labor for residential repairs. Services used to restore storm-damaged property, including dry cleaning of clothing and draperies; rug and carpet cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 19:10:13

Thursday 15 January

A busy day today with three cottages in. All had already been cleaned so it was just left to me to do the final checks. One needed a carpet cleaning but all done by lunchtime along with all the other chores. Progress is slow in Bluebell but it is getting there. Also we had the mower go for its annual service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:02:00

The Challenges are Universal

On Tuesday, I attended a Business Plan Writing Workshop sponsored by NWEN, the Northwest Entrepreneur Network ... ), that's a reasonable way to do things. Although one talk was about a slide deck for funding pitches ... , cleaning technologies, e-commerce, and a non-profit, plus two software as a service companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:54:29

Online side projects to support your income in the long run

When I first started to blog and reading money making blogs, one thing I learned from many blogs that, ... cleaning, party organizer or anything you can do offline. Use the site to promote your service. 4. Domain ... you. This doesn’t only apply for blog monetization; you can use the same idea for your online business too. I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:28:20

More Information About Business Process Improvement

5 Tips to Help Small Business Owners in a Struggling Economy Recession. It’s an ugly little word on the mouths of everyone in our country ... moving forward. We all have days where it feels like we are cleaning up one mess after another ... and therefore, it is easier for customers to feel good investing their money in your products [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:30:20

Roles (Part 1)

It’s not hard for us to imagine that pastors and church planters are called by God. This is clear to us throughout Scripture. So when we come across the first verse in Romans, where Paul says he was “called to be an apostle” (ESV), we have no problem with this. But what about the rest of us? What about a stay-at-home mom with two kids? [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 16:35:00

Transition to Single Income Living

Is life getting too hectic? Do you long for a simpler, more family oriented lifestyle? Are you victim to these scenarios? • Either coming or going; you and your spouse are “ships passing in the night” • Haunted by a growing “to-do” list with no time to accomplish it all • Constantly taking time off work to pick up a sick kid(s) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 10:03:04

THE WORLD today!

———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... on Americans to help the needed, to contribute to their communities and to take part in public service ... Summers to head his Economic Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 00:23:08

How To Clean Upholstery Without Causing Damage

by Chris Channing The upholstery one owns usually isn’t the target of a cleaning regimen- but sometimes even furniture gets dirty enough that a real ... in question. Before any cleaning is done, the first step is to maintain a logical composure and assess ... with some form of wet cleaning solution if it becomes a problem. For vacuum use, a brush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:23:41

Companies that Carbon Offset

I have been doing carbon offsets of various sorts for 2 years now, trying to make sure my family is carbon neutral or better ... Homegrown Foods Stoneyfield Farms Seventh Generation (we buy lots of their paper and cleaning products) An Inconvenient Truth Here is the list from Carbonfund.org. There are, quite wonderfully [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 17:09:39

Party Favors: Ring A Ding Ding

VIRGINIA CITY - Not every woman working at the Bunny Ranch is an HBO star. You’ll recognize Bunny Love, Air Force Amy and Audrey in the line up, but there’s plenty of fresh faces ready to introduce themselves. These are women who don’t want to bask in the limelight or even have their pics posted on brothel’s website [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 05:55:17

Keep Your Sewing Machine Like New

by David Trumble Have you ever visited a luxury automobile showroom? The cars sparkle with a sheen so bright you can almost see to comb your hair by ... between services by cleaning out the bobbin area frequently. A recent national survey of sewing ... you do that consider how you can reduce your costs simply by keeping your machine working properly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:35:09

Pet Advice - Pet News - Pet Photos

Bitter Cold Weather Tipsby Mary Bushnell, St. Louis Pets ExaminerThe weather in the Midwest has been about as unpleasant as it can get. As bad as it is for people, think how it affects the thousands of animals left outside.Temperature and wind chill will kill. Here are a few ideas on winterizing your pet accommodations if you have outside pets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 15:24:00

Economist Versus Idiot: Bastard In A Basket

The World Last Week -Bill Richardson won't be America's next commerce secretary--he's under investigation for possibly giving one of his donors a state contract. -That wasn't the only stumble for Barack Obama's relatively smooth selection process, as Joe Biden called the secretive nature of the nomination of Leon Panetta ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 08:54:33

How to Live With Your Favorite 'Fur-Ball'!

Bitter Cold Weather Tipsby Mary Bushnell, St. Louis Pets ExaminerThe weather in the Midwest has been about as unpleasant as it can get. As bad as it is for people, think how it affects the thousands of animals left outside.Temperature and wind chill will kill. Here are a few ideas on winterizing your pet accommodations if you have outside pets [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:06:00

What Is GenGreenLife.com?

A year ago GenGreenLife.com launched as a social network site with listings of environmentally friendly businesses ... products and run their facilities. A model of sustainability In its office, GenGreenLife is a model ... turbines, plus use vegetable based inks. Office products are purchased locally from companies “whose [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 07:39:52

Editorial: Remember murky coffee?

Remember last summer's murky coffee brouhaha?  I just came across the following comment, which, in my opinion, ... up his ass and will eventually run himself out of business. There just aren't enough customers in the world for a business person to allow his staff to be condescending to any of them. Customers too often make [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 02:32:30

HIRING YOUR CHILD

Larry, I know you have answered this question before, but I can't seem to find it on your blog anywhere ... on them? They do odd jobs such as folding towels, dusting and cleaning. Also, how do I go about doing ... and the service they perform. Their wages should be similar to amounts paid for similar services by similar [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:23:00

FlyLady Alternatives, Join Me in My Quest to Being a Better Home Manager

Table of contents for Jessica Knows Clutter Diet ClubFlyLady Alternatives, Join Me in My Quest to Being a Better Home Manager UPDATE!!! ... , that punishment was usually cleaning something in the house.  So I think part of me avoids cleaning or organizing ... .  But my home?  Not so much.  I’m very fortunate to have a husband that pitches in around the [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 17:28:09

Wardrobe-India's Fastest Growing Chain of Dry-cleaning and Laundry providers, Celebrates its successful launch ... plans further expansion

/India PRwire/ - Diamond Fabcare Pvt. Ltd. owners of brand Wardrobe in collaboration with Brown Gouge of Australia has already started generating ... furnishing & carpet cleaning etc. WARDROBE plans to further expand and will open around 100 exclusive ... steam in the market by pioneering retail chain of Dry-cleaning & Laundry sector in Delhi / [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 07:18:51

What To Do When In Doubt Of Cleaning Upholstery Correctly

by Chris Channing The upholstery one owns usually isn’t the target of a cleaning regimen- but sometimes even furniture gets dirty enough that a real ... in question. The first step in cleaning upholstery is to do damage assessment. On average, a vacuum cleaner ... . Instructions on which cleaning solution to use should be on the upholstery tag. When [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:16:18

11 Eleventh-Hour Bush Environmental Rule Changes

Pamela Ferdinand, National Geographic News 16 Jan 09;In its final months the Bush Administration has issued a slew of last minute environmental rule changes, many of which have already gone into effect and could be hard to reverse.National Geographic News asked representatives from four leading environmental organizations to judge 11 of these " [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 08:45:00

Holiday Wellness Gifting

This E - Newsletter comes to you because either you requested it, gave me permission to send it to you or I thought you might find it of interest. If for any reason you'd like to no longer receive this monthly communication - please reply accordingly. I have great regard for your time - thank you for allowing me to be a resource for you [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 11:03:40

Diagnosing Osteoarthritis and Treatment Options

Diagnosing Osteoarthritis and Treatment Options POSTED BY Gilbert Lowe on Jan 18 under Health and Fitness: Arthritis As people age, ... like all of your spare time is spent cleaning stains out of the carpet or furniture, not to mention ... Improvement: Cleaning Tips and Tools Look around at the other vehicles, when driving down the road [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 04:36:07

Reinvent Yourself in 21 Days

Can a mop and a dust cloth bring happiness and luck? Back in August, I picked up a book written by Mr. Mitsuhiro Masuda (in Japanese) who advocates the power of cleaning and decluttering.  He maintains that we can be happier and luckier by cleaning up our place of living.  I was a brand-new entrepreneur at that time [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:00:04

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

November 20, 2008

rites of passages for boys where they became men over their fresh kill. These days, that rarely happens in a suburban cul-de-sac, but you do have the opportunity to grant your son responsibility in front of a family gathering. When you decide the time is right for your son to carve the turkey – and that may come because of age, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 05:37:45

Forecast for 2009

Introduction       There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57

Daily Dose: 12/10/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » Robberies Targeting Asian Americans in Philadelphia Area » Unlicensed Chinese After-School Program Shut Down » Volunteers Needed for Asian Chefs Association Annual Holiday Meal » Muni Contractor Must Pay $37,000 for Anti-Chinese Harassment » New Television Campaign in Mandarin to Educate Chinese Americans About [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 20:57:41

Mandatory Community Service Needed to Combat Graffiti and Vandalism in California

Mike Davis Member California State Assembly The City of Los Angeles strongly believes that murals and other public art found ... clean-up, such as graffiti removal, diverts City funds and resources originally intended for other ... of graffiti removal and the indirect costs relating to a devaluing of property and the loss of business [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 14:01:27

Stockholm Hotels

If you have been looking for a hotel perfect for your stay in Stockholm, you know that the city is rich with options ... Sauna, Concierge, Gym, Bar/Lounge, High Speed Internet, Cable Television, Dry Cleaning, Currency ... Facilities, Dry Cleaning, Room Service, Conference/Meeting Rooms, Umbrella Service, Concierge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:30:06

Crazy over Maisie

Yesterday, TCM ran a marathon of eight films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s Maisie series—a popular film series from 1939 to 1947 that starred glamour gal Ann Sothern as a bold-as-brass Brooklyn showgirl whose frequent forays into unemployment often put her in the center of wacky adventures as she toiled in odd jobs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:45:00

Marc Rich! Again??

Matthews: Bush is Like the Cop Who Shoots an Unarmed ManBy David Neiwert - Crooks and LiarsDiscussing the Bush legacy Friday, Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball came up with a good metaphorMatthews: I found it interesting that the president, who admitted he was wrong about WMDs as a justification for war, called it a "disappointment [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:23:00

No questions asked

By Jon Swanson We were out for dinner with eighty of our closest friends ... : 1. The training in service permeated the restaurant. All four people I talked with--server, two managers ... free meals. They didn't make a scene. They paid for the cleaning. If it hadn't worked, they would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 12:34:00

This has really been bothering me

Folks, I believe that the majority of American’s are basically good people and I don’t believe that they will deliberately try and cheat people. But I have as a major interest of mine, investments in real estate and stocks and commodities. No I don’t currently trade or invest as I have no money to do it with, but still I watch CNBC, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:52:04

What Was the Most Memorable Gift You Ever Received?

It’s that time of year when many thoughts focus on gifts; finding the perfect one; finding “the” one someone has asked for as “the only thing I want this year;” just finding anything to get it over with. So, with all this energy being expended to shop for, pay for, wrap, and deliver all of these gifts, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:51:43

Take A Leap Of Faith And Start Your Own Internet Business

By Shirley van der Laar How to get started with a dynamic plan for supplementing your income ... retirement package. Now there are many lucrative small home business ideas that you may be interested ... business opportunity you choose, otherwise there is the danger that you will not stay motivated [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:17:36

We get email: DHS asks for modification to blog post

Like other media outlets, from time to time we get email — some of it angry, some of it appreciative ... service that hired illegal immigrants. The DHS Press Office would appreciate it if you would consider ... published last week, in regards to illegal immigrants cleaning Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff’ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:40:29

The offbeat advantage negotiating with wedding photographers

I’ve got this theory about wedding photography and offbeat couples. See, wedding photographers aren’t just doing a service for you. You’re also doing a service for them by providing images for use in their portfolios. And, let’s be honest, which photos add more to a photographer’s body of work: [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 13:00:27

Is outsourcing worth it?

Debating this weekend with friends at a Christmas Party if it is worth outsourcing chores around the house.  For example, cleaning the house or shoveling the driveway.  Should we pay someone else ... approaches I am again contemplating if we can afford a cleaning service.  We used one in 2005 to 2006 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:00:30

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/2/2008

Check out the South Asia section for the latest fallout from the Mumbai atrocities. Also, Pakistan is having its own entirely separate problems.Thanks to ACT for America, C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, DK, Insubria, JD, KGS, Nilk, Steen, TB, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 04:55:00

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