Archive for August, 2008

Bringing faith to work (Colorado Springs Gazette)

If a customer mentions the Ten Commandments sign on the shop wall of Reli-able Theisen Glass Co., Richard Theisen will launch into a sermon about the power of Christianity. “It gives me a chance to fill them with all this stuff,” said Theisen, owner of the auto windshield company on Fillmore Street.

NOT WORKING TOGETHER (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

he Job1 career services center on Canal Street in New Orleans was bustling on a recent Friday morning.

Serving up a fabulous recipe for growth at SCC (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8:39 a.m. If there has ever been a stigma attached to the term “community college” in the past, it is swiftly evaporating in the Upstate.

Serving up a fabulous recipe for growth at SCC (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8:39 a.m. If there has ever been a stigma attached to the term “community college” in the past, it is swiftly evaporating in the Upstate.

Somerset Welding and Steel appoints industrial sales representative (Cumberland Times-News)

Somerset Welding and Steel Inc., a leading manufacturer of dump bodies, trailers, specialty truck equipment and custom welding and fabrication services, recently appointed Jeff Reeping as an industrial sales representative.

Memories run as deep as the peat (Springfield News-Sun)

Seventy or so years ago, John Thompson planted willow trees to hide the sinkhole near the corner of Thompson and Sink Hole roads.

Govt announces 90-min power cut for Chennai (The Times of India)

As the state reels under an acute electricity crisis, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board announced a punishing increase in the duration of the scheduled daily power cuts from Monday.

Keeping food safe during a hurricane (The Advocate)

Insulated coolers are a great help for keeping food cold if the power will be out for more than four hours. LSU AgCenter food safety expert Beth Reames recommends having a couple on hand along with a dozen frozen gel packs.

Serving up a fabulous recipe for growth at SCC (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 8:39 a.m. If there has ever been a stigma attached to the term “community college” in the past, it is swiftly evaporating in the Upstate.

Serving up a fabulous recipe for growth (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 2:00 a.m. If there has ever been a stigma attached to the term “community college” in the past, it is swiftly evaporating in the Upstate.

Serving up a fabulous recipe for growth (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, August 30, 2008 at 2:00 a.m. If there has ever been a stigma attached to the term “community college” in the past, it is swiftly evaporating in the Upstate.

Obama rekindles the flame (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

DENVERFor months, the magic that once surrounded Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy was lost in a fog of petty politics: the negative ads, the Clinton dramas, the degrading of Obama to the status of a mere “celebrity,” the back and forth with John McCain over who is an elitist and who is a flip-flopper.

Exploited foreign workers Canada’s new ’slave trade’ (Toronto Star)

It was 5:30 in the morning when Edwin Canilang realized he had been bought and sold. Crowded in the back of a van heading north of Toronto with four other Filipino men last summer, the skilled welder faced another unpaid day on a cleanup detail at a bottling plant.

Rekindling the magic of audacity (Seattle Times)

For months, the magic that once surrounded Barack Obama’s presidential candidacy was lost in a fog of petty politics: the negative ads…

‘This was nothing short of slavery’ (Toronto Star)

It was 5:30 in the morning when Edwin Canilang realized he had been bought and sold.