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For Young Japanese, It’s Back to the Farm - NYTimes.com
by karlcow
He is part of Japan’s 2,400-strong Rural Labor Squad, urban trainees dispatched to the countryside under a pilot program to put Japan’s underemployed youth to work tilling its farms.
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2008
Free Labor Day Coloring Pages
by comcast
Labor Day is a holiday honoring working men Labor Day Friendsand women.It is observed on the first Monday in September.Sunnie BeeThe United States, Puerto Rico and Canada all observe the first Monday of September as Labor Day. Australia celebrates the Eight Hour Day commemorating their successful struggle for a shorter work day and Europe celebrates Labor Day on May 1.
Dulce Pinzón / Superheroes
by sbrothier
After September 11, the notion of the “hero” began to rear its head in the public consciousness more and more frequently. The notion served a necessity in a time of national and global crisis to acknowledge those who showed extraordinary courage or determination in the face of danger, sometimes even sacrificing their lives in an attempt to save others. However, in the whirlwind of journalism surrounding these deservedly front-page disasters and emergencies, it is easy to take for granted the heroes who sacrifice immeasurable life and labor in their day to day lives for the good of others, but do so in a somewhat less spectacular setting.
A la une : La culture de la gratuité par Chris Anderson - Nonfiction.fr le portail des livres et des idées
by tisienpo
C’est le principal intérêt de l’article qui rompt avec l’idée que la gratuité des contenus est rendue possible par la seule publicité. Il y a des dizaines de modèles écrit-il, dont il énumère quelques prototypes : le "freemium" (une version gratuite grand public, une version payante, et très chère, pour un petit nombre de professionnels) ; le modèle publicitaire (que Google est en train de transformer considérablement) ; les "cross-subsidies" ; le "zero marginal cost" ; le "labor exchange" ou encore le modèle du "gift" (cadeau) etc. Avec toutes ces formes de financements indirects ou parallèles, la "gratuité va devenir la norme, non plus l’anomalie".
Bleak New Batch of Data on Economy - NYT
by ravi
With the price of oil near record levels, import costs grew in January at the highest annual rate in a quarter century, the Labor Department said. In New York, manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level in five years. And consumers, responding to a national survey, said they felt worse about the economy than any time since the recession era of the early 1990s.
Scrapbook Generator, The Web 2.0 Scrapbooker For Free Online Digital Scrapbooking
by sign_generator
Here at www.ScrapbookGenerator.com (a web based scrapbooker, make scrapbooks online), anyone (newbies, professionals, kids, students, grandmas) can now do their own scrapbooking projects right here online without installing any software (you do not even need photo editing applications like Photoshop) or paying any fees (it's free). This site can save you hundreds of dollars as their is no expensive scrapping tools needed, no messy adhesives, no real physical labor, no costly expenses for premade fancy stickers/embellishments, no cost for art supplies, save your money for life expenses! You can even do your scrapbooking while at the office, at school or even at the local library. You upload photographs directly from your digital camera (USB, file limit size is 1MB/1024KB and you can upload/import standard image files of the types JPG/BMP/PNG/GIF), you can import any image from free hosting sites (like Flickr.com) or use an image search engine (like Google's) to find graphics and free clipart. Once you have uploaded your photograph and picked out a scrapbook layout, you can use the other image generator tools to add more features (exampe: add multiple text messages, add props, frames, etc). This site is 100% free to use (you can print your creations with cheap home printers, download them to use in PDF/PPT/SWF/DOC projects, or email as free ecards), sponsor ads and random donations pay the bills!
2007
Career Women in Japan Find a Blocked Path - New York Times
by karlcow
In 1985, women held just 6.6 percent of all management jobs in Japanese companies and government, according to the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency. By 2005, that number had risen to only 10.1 percent, though Japan’s 27 million working women made up nearly half of its work force. By contrast, women held 42.5 percent of managerial jobs in the United States in 2005, the organization said.
H-1B visa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by megaminimong
(via)
The petitioning U.S. employer may place the H-1B worker on the worksite of another employer if all applicable rules (e.g., Department of Labor rules) are followed. H-1B aliens may work for more than one U.S. employer, but must have a Form I-129 petition approved by each employer."[4] Enforcement of these rules depends upon the employee, however. The Department of Labor has neither the authority nor the manpower to investigate violations of these rules unless and until a complaint is made.
Shiflett Investment Solutions Inc. Business Opportunity
by jessiebear
& 1 other
, 1 comment
At Shiflett Investment Solutions Inc. our main purpose to provide you with all the possible knowledge and information available to start and operate your own successful home improvement business.
NO MANUAL LABOR INVOLVED
Shiflett Investment Solutions Inc. Business Opportunity
by nshiflett
& 1 other
, 1 comment
At Shiflett Investment Solutions Inc. our main purpose to provide you with all the possible knowledge and information available to start and operate your own successful home improvement business.
NO MANUAL LABOR INVOLVED
2006
archive : s0metim3s | Undercommons 2.0 | October | 2006
by jlesage
Andrew Ross: “Technology and Below-the-Line Labor in the Copyfight over Intellectual Property” (American Quarterly, 58:3, 2006).
howstuffismade.org
by jlesage
visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty
Mute magazine-"Time, Labour & Social Domination"
by jlesage
long review by Moishe Postone; in-depth analysis of contemporary theories of non-material labor in information field
howstuffismadeblog
by jlesage
manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods
