Part of A Conversation on Social Class - Book Review - Richistan -
Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog. The book I want to start this conversation on social class is Robert Frank’s Richistan - A Journey Through The American Wealth Boom and The Lives of the New Rich. It is an ethnographic overview of the lifestyles of the new superrich. What does Richistan mean? [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 06:16:47
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Virgin Mobile swallows Helio, Helio posts Q
If you haven’t heard by now — Virgin Mobile is acquiring Helio for $39M — you’re really living under something… In any case, ... P.! HELIO + Virgin Mobile USA= J Two great companies team up to bring you more. HELIO and Virgin ... companies look forward to coming together to bring exciting prepaid and postpaid opportunities [more...]
Date: 2008-06-27 19:15:19
24-Hour Giveaway Extravaganza: A little something for everyone
While I usually host giveaways for one particular item at a time, ... items donated by five different companies/websites: Gdss Giveaway #1: Three copies of Good Housekeeping Good Deals & Smart Steals: How to Save Money on Everything This handy book offers [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 20:51:41
CES PR: VIZIO ANNOUNCES NEW AND EXCITING “CONNECTED HDTV” WIRELESS PLATFORM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VIZIO ANNOUNCES NEW AND EXCITING “CONNECTED HDTV” PLATFORM WITH WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY (802.11n) VIZIO’s “Connected HDTV” Platform gives HDTV viewers unprecedented choice and access to Internet-based content streamed directly to their VIZIO HDTV without the inconvenience and expense of a PC or set top box [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:37:19
China to grads: Opt for 'grassroots' jobs
BEIJING: China will push a rising tide of university graduates to find work in the countryside and small firms after Premier Wen Jiabao warned ... month, with more than 90 per cent of them university students, the newspaper quoted a housekeeping [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 06:14:00
News 12/17/08
From MM: "Re: EMR. $83 million for an EMR? Unbelievable! Who besides me thinks EMRs cost a little less than an order of magnitude too much? I don’t blame vendors entirely. I blame the conceptual model used in the industry (CDR-centric that duplicates data already available electronically) [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 03:07:57
News 1/14/09
From Fish n’ Chips: "Re: Sutter. oneHITwonder hit the nail on the head. Epic is not going well with Sutter. More delays. 2+ years behind schedule ... m realistic: companies both good and bad are making tough decisions for reasons beyond their control [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:13:33
[Blogs] 723 Days to Save the Labour Party
There are 723 days remaining until the last possible day on which the next general election could be held. That's just less than two years. There's a stolid feeling in the air, oddly reminiscent of 1995, the stench of defeat looms, resignation and depression reign supreme [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 15:12:04
One Trick Pony
The Big Lie technique has been adopted wholeheartedly by the right wing, ... . The idea that oil companies should be given drilling leases on every inch of the continent ... -spirited oil companies would be drilling away on the leases they already have except that mean ol [more...]
Date: 2008-07-30 20:09:16
Combating the rise in HLP costs
Combating the rise in HLP costs The rising Heat Light Power costs (HLP) need to be addressed in a situation when companies are repeatedly stressing on ‘cutting down costs ... not be uniform or even radical across the States. Housekeeping >> [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 07:03:55
Cancer in USA and other health issues
Two kind on unrelated articles, but I strongly encourage you to read the whole first article from the link I provided ... price of cancer drugs. Imagine how happy will be pharmacy companies if even that ridiculous profit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 14:08:00
How Commercial Dog Food Became So Popular
How Commercial Dog Food Became So Popular After World War II, ... advantage. Beginning in the 1950’s, companies switched their promotional strategies to emphasize ... about the safety of cigarettes first prompted tobacco companies to diversify their holdings, and pet food [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 18:53:00
The "Must Read" Blog Posts of 2008 - Compiled with the help of my Twitter mates
I ask a simple question, and I get a simple answer (173 answers to be specific). It all started out with me thinking of some of the posts that we wrote here at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, that probably only got read by a dozen or so people. I thought that I'm probably not alone in this, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:00:00
Breaking News: Mark Adkins Declared President of San Francisco Chronicle
Even as the Chronicle eliminates 125 positions across its print and web organizations, they're creating new ones -- in upper management, that is. Take, for example, Mark Adkins, who was named President of the San Francisco Chronicle and its online twin, SFGate.com, today [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 20:53:07
“Ranch homes” - their history and distinguishing characteristics
Is my house a ranch house? A colonial? A colonial-ranch? A year into the blog, I’m pretty sure in understanding that my own house is a mix…but this holiday week I’ve been doing more research into the true academic terminology, if there is such a thing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 08:00:57
The Endgame
The Endgame by John Mauldin January 17, 2009 • Employment Numbers Are Worse Than Posted • Aye, Captain, I’m Giving Her All I’ve Got! ... housekeeping topics I need to cover, but I will do it at the end of the letter. I just did two interviews [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 02:04:12
Friday Flashback for November 28, 2008
Wow, can you believe November is nearly gone while the Thanksgiving turkey is digesting in our stomachs? ... , and do some relationship housekeeping to start the next year off right with the people that matter most in your life [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 10:03:08
The Endgame
The Endgame Employment Numbers Are Worse Than Posted Aye, Captain, I'm Giving Her All I've Got! ... , and that should be useful. As I tell my kids, put on your thinking caps. There are a few housekeeping [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 21:29:29
Privacy Certifier TRUSTe Goes For-Profit; Gets Investment From Accel
Privacy Certifier TRUSTe Goes For-Profit; Gets Investment From Accel By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 15 Jul 2008 11:24 AM PST ... on some of the 2,400 sites they monitor. Like the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval, it’s supposed ... . Of course, for-profit certification is common. It’s essentially what companies like VeriSign (NSDQ [more...]
Date: 2008-07-15 18:48:43
Are poor folks and the middle class on the same side?
By Philip Brewer Rational people try to buy what they need at the cheapest price they can find ... companies that use globalization to grind wages down as low as possible--doesn't that amount [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 13:55:29
New Phoenix Chandler Hilton Hotel to Hire More Than 100 Employees at Onsite Job Fair
PHOENIX, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The opening of the new Phoenix Chandler Hilton Hotel brings huge employment opportunity to the East Valley ... in Housekeeping, Laundry, and Food & Beverage with a Texas Themed Steakhouse, Climate Controlled Swim [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:16:07
New Phoenix Chandler Hilton Hotel to Hire More Than 100 Employees at Onsite Job Fair
PHOENIX, Ariz. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The opening of the new Phoenix Chandler Hilton Hotel brings huge employment opportunity to the East Valley ... in Housekeeping, Laundry, and Food & Beverage with a Texas Themed Steakhouse, Climate Controlled Swim [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:29:38
Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests | Urine Drug …
Employment and pre-employment drug screening is another interval in the tidings, and despite the housekeeping direct and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to ensure the not bad employees are taken onward. Most companies embarking in succession [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 05:10:18
Asian Auto Companies Lead Race to Bottom
The Senate Republicans favorite Auto companies are leading the race to the bottom - not in their Asian sweatshops but right here in the United States ... housekeeping, immoral conduct or indecency. Defining those concepts is to be left up to management.The [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 21:36:00
Media Alert: New Phoenix Chandler Hilton Hotel to Hire More Than 100 Employees at Onsite Job Fair
PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 6 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The opening of the new Phoenix Chandler Hilton Hotel brings huge employment opportunity to the East ... will offers a bounty of new opportunities in Housekeeping, Laundry, and Food & Beverage with a Texas [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 17:58:53
Conde Nast Pulls The Plug On Golf For Women
Conde Nast Pulls The Plug On Golf For Women By David Kaplan - Tue 08 Jul 2008 07: ... of housekeeping magazine Quick & Simple, due to deteriorating market conditions and higher paper expenses. Conde Nast Closes Down House & Garden; Website Closing As Well Posted in: Companies, Conde [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 18:06:43
Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests | Urine Drug …
Employment and pre-employment drug screening is another time in the news, and despite the housekeeping appoint and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to render certain the not bad employees are taken on. Most companies embarking without [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 00:50:41
Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that ‘bites’?
Rotten reporting: Is it just Apple coverage that ‘bites’? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:49 am Categories: Housekeeping, Corporate strategy, Apple Tags ... rule, as Lyons said, companies tend to favor members of the press corps who give the companies [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:49:45
Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests | Urine Drug …
Employment and pre-employment drug screening is again in the news, and contempt the housekeeping nominate and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to make sure the not oblique employees are taken on. Most companies embarking upon drug [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 01:14:53
Housekeeping Manager Designated
Housekeeping Manager designated Certified Vacation Rental Housekeeping Professional Deborah 2007.jpg ... Rental Housekeeping Professionals, Inc., is a professional association of vacation rental companies ... Carolina Designs Realty is pleased to announce that Deborah Stone, our Housekeeping Manager [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 13:54:37
Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests | Urine Drug …
Employment and pre-employment drug screening is again in the news, and contempt the housekeeping nominate and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to make sure the not oblique employees are taken on. Most companies embarking [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:21:38
A Privacy Framework for Personal Health Records
When I lecture about the new generation of personal health records such as Google Health and Microsoft Healthvault, ... policies.These policies are good, but they are self developed by the companies. Ideally we would [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 11:00:00
Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests
Employment and pre-employment drug screening is again in the news, and despite the housekeeping appoint and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to ensure the not oblique employees are taken on. Most companies embarking on drug [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 05:39:21
Stephenfry.Com 2.0
A notice to staff and parents, a little housekeeping… Hello all. I have flown to Nairobi to start work on the five films I am making with Mark Carwardine for the BBC. Mark Carwardine, you may [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 17:26:47
Pet Photos - Pet Nails - Pet Advice
'Adopting' 27 Dogs Leads Woman to New CallingBy Amy Lieberman - ZooToo.comSPARKS, Nev. -- Woman adopts 27 dogs ... 2-year-old pointer that was hit by a car in November. The loss was devastating for Spalione, who cradled [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 16:51:00
Drugs & Alcohol >> Blog Archive >> Saliva Drug Tests | Urine Drug Test
Employment and pre-employment drug screening is again in the news, and contempt the housekeeping nominate and gloom companies are still investing in careful drugs screening to ensure the not oblique employees are taken on. Most companies embarking on drug [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 01:42:13
CES PR: VIZIO Adds Blu-Ray Player and New HD Sound Bars to Accessories Line up
For Immediate Release VIZIO Adds Blu-Ray Player and New HD Sound Bars to Accessories Line up VIZIO's HD Sound Bar and Wireless Subwoofer is the ideal complement for all flat panel HDTVs VIZIO Sound Bars integrate the latest SRS Labs technologies to ensure high performance home theater sound VIZIO releases its first High Performance Blu-ray [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:18:36
CES PR: VIZIO Expands Flagship XVT Series of HDTVs
For Immediate Release VIZIO Expands Flagship XVT Series of HDTVs New arsenal includes 240Hz models from 42” thru 55”, a 55” LED HDTV and Slim 120Hz 32” and 37” LCD HDTVs New 55" 240Hz is VIZIO's First LED LCD HDTV featuring 1,000,000:1 Mega Dynamic Contrast for exceptional contrast along with 240Hz Refresh Rate with Scanning [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 18:31:23
More on Feedback-Free Regulatory Structures
More on Feedback-Free Regulatory Structures More on Feedback-Free Regulatory Structures Reader reports illustrate just how deep the Feedback-Free regulatory rot goes in the U.S. economy and culture. The main point of The U.S. Economy: Increasingly Marginal Returns (January 15, 2009) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 18:34:56
Firms face $56,000 in fines after fatal accident at shipyard
Two companies involved with dismantling the Goliath crane at Quincy's Fore River Shipyard face $56, ... that the companies deviated from the original disassembly plan and chose to take off the crane's 160-foot long [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 10:15:00
Nightly Ramble:Christmas is Coming; Snow; Charity; More
First, some housekeeping: ramble-turn-right Given the Christmas Eve is on Wednesday, this is going to be a shortened week, for the Nightly Ramble. We’ll run the Ramble on Monday and Tuesday [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 21:01:43
[Job-Vacancy] Digest Number 2740
Job Vacancy Job Vacancy Messages In This Digest (29 Messages) 1. Heavy Equipment Operation Trainer at PT KPSI Balikpapan From: kpsi_bpn 2. Vac: Junior Staff & Secretary From: aya dwi 3. Vac: Contract Manager From: aya dwi 4 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 22:46:00
BLOGROLL US!
OBAMA HASN'T APPOINTED A SINGLE BUSINESS-PERSON TO HIS CABINET ... , she consulted with a range of consumer goods and retail companies on strategy, marketing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:34:00
Code Review: "I/O, I/O it's over now you know"
By Dion Almaer, Google Developer Programs Phew, I am still getting over Google I/O ... , and I was very happy to see developers from all walk of lives and companies. I met programmers from Apple [more...]
Date: 2008-06-02 15:28:56
Sold! GM heritage cars
Sold! GM heritage cars By MARK VAUGHN The 2000 Buick Custom Blackhawk Barrett-Jackson GM heritage sold! ... Fleet went on the block in what GM called normal housekeeping. Note that’s the Heritage Fleet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 16:48:15
Great Sunday at Lotusphere...
I'm starting to wind down from the first day at Lotusphere ... up a bit. Between three interruptions by Disney housekeeping, there wasn't much rest [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 03:29:41
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... , daily housekeeping, laundry, medical reminders and 24-hour availability of assistance [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:06:04
15 Ways to Save Money in the New Year
15 Ways to Save Money in the New Yearby www.SixWise.comhttp://www.sixwise.com/Newsletters/2009/January/7/15-Ways-to-Save-Money-in-the-New-Year.htm? ... to the movies * 37 percent have cut back on household services such as housekeeping or lawn [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 12:08:00
Deals of the Day: Was the SEC Too Friendly With Bernie Madoff?
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... a $1.6 billion plan to buy stakes in a pair of infrastructure companies in which the company ’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 15:00:22
Deals of the Day: Was the SEC Too Friendly With Bernie Madoff?
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... a $1.6 billion plan to buy stakes in a pair of infrastructure companies in which the company ’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 16:12:00
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