Reducing Or Ignoring Workplace Safety During Business Downturns Costly, ASSE Notes

"Workplace safety processes must be in place at all times," American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHMM, of Fairborn, Ohio, said today. "hey are even more critical during business downturns." Brown is referring to recent reports of some companies cutting safety processes hoping to reduce costs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:03:39

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Magical realism

Boing Boing readers predict the next five years and beyond ... , cleaning and other stuff that will appeal to the misogynist, creating a mind shift in the western female ... , a new way of shopping for small art items and oddities - slightly like a retail version of Industrial [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 00:45:14

Relationship Marketing Series #6, Connect With One Person

By Sonia Simone Even though (with any luck) you're marketing to lots and lots of people, no one wants to be a faceless speck in a crowd. Maybe it's a result of the industrial age. Yes, we like to be in tribes, but tribes are small, intimate things. A tribe might be 8 people or 80, but it's not 80,000 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-04 04:06:22

Facilities / Maintenance Manager

Our client a leading blue chip company currently require a Faciliites Manager to cover a 10 month contract Resp Include; ... of environmental condition, utilities, cleaning on a 24/7/365 basis. HR management of a staff ... workforce of 25. Responsible for provision of contracted security service on a 24/7/365 basis (contract [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:54:49

L.A.'s Solar Energy Fraud: Is this what President-elect Obama stands for?

The trail of responsibility for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's fraudulent solar energy proposal leads straight to President-elect Obama, ... and maintaining all rooftop solar energy panels on industrial, commercial and government buildings ... subsidies intended only for private companies. And those subsidies -- $2 billion worth -- are the key [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 22:03:07

Dubai Maritime City unveils new eco-friendly facility for boat lift, cleaning and maintenance services

Palm Marine Yacht Services’ Sealift2 delivers the fastest lift time for all types of motor and sail boats December 16, 2008: Dubai Maritime City, the world’s first purpose-built maritime centre and part of the Dubai World Group of companies ... including boat lifts, hull cleaning, general below waterline maintenance such as anode replacement [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 10:02:51

Wanted: Cleaning Lady!

In today’s fast-paced world, the needs of cleaning services have changed significantly ... procedure. So if you are you looking for a professional cleaning service in Atlanta, or nearby areas ... service requirements. That is why their cleaning program is not the same for two homes; they tailor [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 03:54:48

Snoqualmie Valley Youth Activity Center still vacant

  Not one Boy Scout or Venture Crew member has held a meeting at their usual meeting place — the Snoqualmie Valley Youth Activity Center — since sewage contaminated it March 22.  Both the city of North Bend and the Snoqualmie Valley Youth Activity & Community Center Association said they want youth back at the YAC as soon as possible, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 00:34:54

Sonny Landham, Kentucky Libertarian for U.S. Senate, defends ‘camel-dung shovelers’ comments on youth radio show

When asked about high energy prices, Kentucky Libertarian for U.S. Senate Sonny Landham said we should release oil from the strategic oil reserve, drill in areas of the U.S. currently off-limits, and try to persuade OPEC to cut the price of oil. And if that doesn’t work, Mr. Landham said we should use military force to steal the oil [more...]

Date: 2008-07-24 15:44:24

Obama's first plan

Obama's first plan The House Appropriations Committee introduced its version of the Obama administration's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan of 2009 yesterday. The New York Times reports that this is expected to be in the final stimulus bill. See the Committee Chairman, Wisconsin Representative David Obey's memo here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:16:25

HOUSE KEEPING & SECURITY SERVICES IN CHENNAI

EXCELLENT SERVICES (INTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENTS) ... * CANTEEN CONTRACT BASIS * MATERIAL HANDLING-LOADING/ UNLOADING * DRIVERS * PACKAGING ... FLOORSMACULATION CLEANING AND REMOVING HARMFUL MICROORGANISMCLEANING OF DUST AND MOPPING THE ENTIRE [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:07:47

78 Ways For Your Small Business to Save Money

Written by insidecrm These easy tips will keep your finances secure during the current downturn. With the economy struggling, every business is trying to cut costs to make ends meet. Small businesses, which have fewer resources, especially feel the burn. Not to fear [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 17:42:19

LM Newsletter: Issue 167

Issue 167 - 15th January 2008The weekly guide for supply chain professionals from Logistics Manager, ... for small and medium sized companies to reduce costs at this year’s Logistics Link South.CV show cancelledThis year’s Commercial Vehicle Show has been cancelled.Nestlé signs Euro contract with LPR Nestlé [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:12:00

Rise & Shine: January 5, 2009

The Rise & Shine is your daily source for all solar-industry news. Brought to you by Sweet Solar Home and the Experts at SunRun. CALIFORNIA NEWS Solar-Power Industry Remains Hot in California “While we don’t have the final numbers yet, it appears we nearly doubled the amount of solar installed in 2008 versus 2007, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:06:51

Hotel Tanisha, Ameerpet, Hyderabad

Hotel Tanisha was started in 2007 as a star category hotel with rooms and suites ... . It also gives you the homely atmosphere.General Services: * Bell Desk * Room Service * Laundry and dry cleaning * Charged airport pick and drop * Safe deposit lockers * Telephonic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:18:00

Musing jetlaggedly about loss of control

[Apologies in advance. I woke up at 1am, unable to go back to sleep,  with no cricket to watch, with the residue of San Francisco time still in me, ... oil. First I prepare those ingredients for use: cleaning, chopping, puree-ing, parboiling, mixing [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 02:43:20

General GWiR 12 December 2008 from IP Think Tank

IP Think Tank’s weekly selection of top intellectual property news breaking in the blogosphere and internet ... on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications addresses non-traditional marks, trade mark opposition procedures and industrial designs (WIPO) Global - Patents Standards [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 09:00:00

Cables, dispatches and memoranda

A brief world news roundup for 20 January 2009. United States & the Americas Treasury Dept - The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated four al Qaida associates under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:34:14

Calling a spade a spade-Fucked Up Economy- We Can Export What?

November 29, 2008 Job Stats Of The Damned September 2008: the Great Helmsman brags to the Party Conference: ... and 2006 have been in sectors dominated by public services: health, education, social work ... for efficient public services. Whatever the merits of public sector workers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 15:24:17

Psst -- While You Were Gibbering, the Ruling Class Rigged the Game and Won Everything (I): The Personal Touch

As I consider the stunningly trivial and monumentally stupid commentary offered by almost everyone in this election season, a season that already promises to be among the most ghoulishly and sickeningly dishonest of my lifetime (which is not short at this point) [more...]

Date: 2008-08-25 14:05:00

NASA Climate Alarmist Attacks NewsBusters' Sheppard

Last Saturday, one of the nation's leading climate alarmists -- a government employee with a history of attacking people that don't agree with his views on anthropogenic global warming -- wrote rather disparagingly about a somewhat satirical NewsBusters piece [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 16:52:33

Humanity's meltdown

By Guest author This is a guest essay from Mike Davis, author of In Praise of Barbarians: Essays against Empire and Buda's Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb. It was originally published on TomDispatch and is republished here with Tom's kind permission [more...]

Date: 2008-06-27 00:43:57

Faux Democracy: A Report on Conditions in the Philippines

The basic point that I want to make, and have previously made as a result of serving in Manila and Mindanao as a member of the Peoples’ International Observers Mission to monitor the May 2007 mid-term elections, is that the country has the trappings of democracy but is, in fact, a faux democracy [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 11:13:16

January 8 - Microsoft/IBM Rumors Swirl - Jobless Claims Fall to 467,000 - Lenovo (China)/Dell (Ireland)/TDK (Japan) Layoffs - Spring Global Ends Jobs for 365 - 111 Depart at Trane - 1000 Less Jobs at Schlumberger - Layoff Outrage of the Day: Banks Offshoring IT Jobs -

        The Layoff Outrage of the Day:  Mike: I thought I would title the daily discussion to save readers any confusion about my intentions, which are simply to highlight a daily kick in the butt to the workers and taxpayers of America. Today I’ll discuss the often mentioned subject of outsourcing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 13:55:13

The Green Collar Holiday Gift Guide for Book Lovers - Part 2

The holiday season has just begun and if you already start thinking about gifts, we hope you think about books. A good book is always a great gift! So how about a green-themed book that is both interesting/fun/valuable (or all at once) and affordable? To help you find the best green books to give as gifts this holiday season, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 03:14:00

Oakwood Worldwide Adds Additional Luxury Property to Global Portfolio -- Oakwood Premier Prestige Bangalore

/India PRwire/ - Oakwood Worldwide, the leading, global temporary housing provider, ... Delhi. "Oakwood Premier Prestige Bangalore combines the most elegant apartment amenities with luxury ... to handle the needs of relocating families, with services such as hospital referrals, a resident activity [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 16:19:38

Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza

Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza - by Stephen LendmanOn June 16, 2008, noted Israeli historian Ilan Pappe explained "The Israeli Recipe for 2008: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleaning in the West Bank." He wrote:"Not long ago, I claimed that Israel is employing genocidal policies in the Gaza Strip." After re-thinking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:17:00

Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear: Politics & Power

November 26, 2008 — Stefan Fobes Investigation: Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear 4.08 / Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele / Vanity Fair No thanks: An anti-Monsanto crop circle made by farmers and volunteers in the Philippines. By Melvyn Calderon/Greenpeace HO/A.P. Images [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 17:36:10

THE ENTERPRISE--Incredible Uncertainty

THE ENTERPRISE--Incredible Uncertainty THE ENTERPRISE--Incredible Uncertainty A "LOST WEEK"--BUT PART OF THE "CIRCLE OF LIFE" I had this edition all written a week ago... ready to send out.  Then we got the call on Sunday that if my wife wanted to "say goodbye" to her Mother (age 92), we'd better get to IL FAST [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:10:15

Monday January 19: Martin Luther King Jr. Day and National Day of Service

Martin Luther King Jr. Day/National Day of ServiceWhat are you doing today?Go to:http://www.USAservice.org/content/homeand click on "Find an Event" ... , NV) Event includes steam washing floor in Habitat Restore, washing and cleaning donated coins from ponds and washing windows and floors at the Habitat for Humanity... View Event Details Signup [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:05:00

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. I will keep the statement by Keith Olbermann on Prop 8 on the top of my California Focus for sometime because I think it needs to be heard over and over again. It is a brilliant statement right from the heart [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 22:51:00

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. I will keep the statement by Keith Olbermann on Prop 8 on the top of my California Focus for sometime because I think it needs to be heard over and over again. It is a brilliant statement right from the heart [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 16:50:00

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Blogs, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events

I will continue, for some time, be focusing on Marriage Equality. I will keep the statement by Keith Olbermann on Prop 8 on the top of my California Focus for sometime because I think it needs to be heard over and over again. It is a brilliant statement right from the heart [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 20:39:00

Mayor Tom: Man, What An Amazing Year! And It's Gonna Get Awesomer.

Another Tom Leppert photo, another caption-writing contest -- winner gets a Walker, Texas Ranger Season 5 boxed set! Mayor Tom Leppert opened today’s council meeting, the last one before the council takes off the month of July, with his first “State of the City Address [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 04:47:50

Do You Feel Stimulated?

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has released a draft of the proposed stimulus package that is now standing at around $825 billion ... that, even with passage of this package, unemployment rates are expected to rise to between eight and nine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:54:11

Making the Rounds.

Today was a particularly beautiful day to walk around the neighborhood. I haven't written much about my (relatively) ... the highest elevation available. I pass a mix of fairly dense housing, and go through the industrial [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 01:09:00

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 14:06:01

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 14:07:59

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:05:49

Motions for debate at the Branch Annual General Meeting

Below are the motions submitted to the Branch Annual General Meeting which will take place next Tuesday 13 January 2009, 12.15pm at the Town Hall.Amendments to motions must be submitted in writing to the branch office by 5pm on Friday 9 January. Late amendments and emergency motions may be admitted at the discretion of the Chair of the meeting [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:23:00

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... equipment and filters. In the test and measurement products and services area, it provides, among other things, electronic diagnostic systems, specialty service tools, service equipment and technical [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 14:06:08

How To Price Your Janitorial Cleaning Offers

Start up businesses can sometimes have a problem in pricing their wares ... of just focusing on pricing services, you will also need to figure in how much the equipment ... that are bigger. Then you will need to know how to price your equipment if the clients [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 19:41:07

12 Low-Cost Marketing Ideas for the Ho-Ho-Ho-lidays!

I’m not a big fan of Christmas and Year-end Holiday cards. They are not only expensive, but boring and predictable. Every year I look for creative marketing ideas that won’t break the bank, but will break through the clutter that my poor clients are dealing with [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 19:43:03

Costs of Empire: ‘Time-bombs’, Guns, Risk and Anarchy (part 3)

Posted by John Steele on November 27, 2008 This is the third and concluding part of a three-part essay written for Kasama ... agricultural sectors which cannot compete with large-scale industrial agri-business. This same dynamic also [more...]

Date: 2008-11-27 16:00:05

Environment and the Courts

In the very recent landmark case of METROPOLITAN MANILA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, et. al. vs. CONCERNED RESIDENTS OF MANILA BAY, et. al., EN BANC, G.R ... , and Bataan to inspect all factories, commercial establishments, and private homes along the banks [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:30:00

THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIONIST COMPANY UNIONISM IN ISRAEL…the story of the Histadrut, the General Federation of Jewish Labor in Greater Israel

from the WORKERS ADVICE CENTER: From Challenge # 88  November-December 2004 The Unmaking of the HistadrutDani Ben Simhon In May 2004, Dani Ben Simhon of the Workers Advice Center (WAC) did a study of the Histadrut, Israel’s General Federation of Labor. We excerpt four sections: I [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 11:08:48

Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/5/2008

It looks like the Mumbai attacks are shaping up to be the Gavrilo Princip and Franz Ferdinand of the 21st century — only this time with nukes ... Muslim Girls Lose Veil Case in European CourtItaly: Cota, Immediate Moratorium on Building [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 04:14:00

Industrial Cleaning : Hygienic Work Practices

Industrial Cleaning : Hygienic Work Practices In places like hospitals, hygiene is integral to safeguarding life ... and well-trained, qualified personnel that only professional cleaners can provide. ¶ Posted 12 ... , industrial cleaning Atlanta [more...]

Date: 2008-12-12 03:28:39

DOT mower spills 5 gallons of oil in Owasco Lake

DOT mower spills 5 gallons of oil in Owasco Lake by Debra J ... was called at about 4 p.m. OP-TECH, a leading provider of environmental and industrial services based in Syracuse, is cleaning up the spill. Carlton said OP-TECH workers were at the site on Route 38 [more...]

Date: 2008-07-10 20:00:32

Leak Detective for leak detection equipment and services

Are you suffering from a leaking tap which is giving you a headache? ... detection • General maintenance • Plumbing • Burst geysers • Dry cleaning • Domestic, complexes and industrial For great leak detection contact the experts at Leak Detective. Contact Details [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 11:12:53

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