May 25th, 2010
Author: Constance Weygandt
There is nothing to compare to the wonder and magic that a child experiences at Christmas. When my sons were small, there were many such moments. The look of awe on their faces the first time they spied the brightly lit tree surrounded with presents, their first gingerbread house and cookie day, to name a few.Thankfully, the last several years I have experienced more such moments with my grandchildren. Read more...
March 14th, 2010
Author: Mary McKay
Michael, a 59 year old divisional vice president with one of the largest and most renowned financial service providers in the world, is working harder and longer hours than ever before in his career. He travels extensively, is heavily scheduled, and earns an annual salary over $500K.
Michael finds himself at what is most probably his professional peak. He is heavily and well invested, fully insured, able to fund college educations for his children and is in relatively good health, albeit stress-related minor health challenges. Read more...
February 7th, 2010
Author: Tuesday Knight
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, our family found, holiday gifts for coworkers
, itself in an odd situation. My husband had recently been promoted within his company, which resulted in our moving to a new city. We made the move in mid-November, which made planning for Thanksgiving virtually impossible. There was so much to do in regard to closing on a new home, selling our old home, the move itself and getting settled that we decided to have a simple Thanksgiving instead of the feast we normally prepare. Read more...
January 17th, 2010
Author: James Finch
On the front page of the World Nuclear Association website prominently rests a quote from what some consider the world’s leading environmentalist and among the world’s top scientists, Dr. James Lovelock:
“There is no sensible alternative to nuclear power if we are to sustain civilization.”
– James Lovelock, preeminent world leader in the development of environmental consciousness
At age eighty-six, Dr.
Lovelock has just published his fourth book, The Revenge of Gaia (Penguin Books, 2006). “Gaia” is Dr. Lovelock’s, quotes about workplace safety
, belief that earth is a living, evolving organism, not just a hunk of rock we all live upon. Through his book, Lovelock refers to Gaia, when he is discussing our third planet from the sun. Read more...
December 14th, 2009
Author: Aaron Schwartz
The role of human in the, quotes about workplace safety
, mechanical system and all types of automatic systems used nowadays remains the same as it was in all kinds of primitive mechanisms, quotes about workplace safety
, used years and centuries ago: his role is essential. We can not make the computer the work without ourselves, all the machines that work now don’t possess anything worth to be called an intelligence, and the human is the only one who can barely manage them. Read more...
November 17th, 2009
Author: Arch McNab
In the Part 1 our hapless hero has had pretty much everything that can go wrong go wrong for him on his way out the door and in to work. Once he arrives there
.late
.things don’t improve and, slow pitch bats
, he has now been summoned to the office of the BIG BOSS
.so you know this isn’t going to be a good day straight off the bat. Not unless he is going to offer you a promotion, one that rewards you for arriving late for work. Read more...
October 21st, 2009
Author: Darren Crumbleholme
Iremember as a small kid growing up in England I couldnt wait for the summer holidays to arrive,as the days drew closer I could hardly sleep at night knowing that any day now we would be packing our suitcases and heading to the caravan site for the whole summer,, fishing reels
, 6 weeks without any school,life was just great.
When the big day arrived we headed out of our house to the bus stop to catch the bus to Pickmere(back in the early seventies, fishing reels
, we didn’t have a car,noboby did at least not in the council estate in Stretford, Manchester where we grew up),we were poor and didn’t know it,we were happy. Read more...