Learning Curves (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
As the campus was over-run with football today, I couldn't go to my office and get work done. Instead: Did some yard work. Raked (even though more leaves fell, meaning that you can't tell). Mowed. Across the street neighbors took the raked leaves for their compost pile. Do they not have leaves of their own? Apparently not. Went to Joann fabrics and bought many patterns for clothes that I will probably...
Cincy Jungle (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the third time this year, the Bengals need help selling out Sunday's game. On Friday afternoon, while the deadline approached, Local 12, the Bengals and Kroger worked together to sellout the remaining tickets available to assure that the game will be broadcasted in the Cincinnati market. Kroger and Local 12 were in large part why the Bengals were seen on local television during opening weekend...
Division of Labour (Free subscription) | yesterday
1. Shannon is visiting my sister in Houston and Jacob is sick, so the papers I'm within epsilon of finishing will remain between epsilon and delta of being finished until later this week. Fortunately, there are things (like blog posts) I can work on in fits and starts. 2. Via Arts & Letters Daily, here's a review of David Kessler's The End of Overeating by Jacob Sullum. I share leftist and foodie...
The Eye Zone (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
This picture was drawn by an employee’s son – her name is Josie and her son’s name is Jonathan. His kindergarten teacher asked him to draw something from his city and he choose to draw the FramesDirect.com building which is close to a Kroger grocery story in west Houston. Thanks, Jonathan! Great job! We love it! FramesDirect.com in the Eyes of a Kindergartner is a post from: The...
DesignFeeds.com.au (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In his book Good to Great, author Jim Collins examines the traits and habits of 11 companies that achieved massive growth over a short time period. He found that each company’s success came not from a ‘defining moment’ or ‘revolutionary event’, but as a culmination of years of doing the little things right. One company, the Kroger [...]
Soc 202 - Current Events (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A recent investigation of the Adkin Blue Ribbon Blueberry Co. in Michigan has led Wal-Mart, Kroger, and Meijer to stop doing business with them until further notice. The investigation produced the finding of children working in the producers field who were as young as six years old. The law states that children must be 12 years old to work on a farm with a parent or with a parent's permission. When...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dominion (NYSE: D) announced today that it and the Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Division of Consumer Counsel, Wal-Mart Stores East and Sam's East, Kroger, Chaparral (Virginia) Inc., MeadWestvaco Corp., International Paper Company, and the Apartment & Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington, have filed a comprehensive...
eFoodAlert.com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Here is today's list of food safety recalls, product withdrawals and allergy alerts. The live links will take you directly to the official recall notices and company news releases that contain detailed information for each recall and alert. United States Allergy Alert: Curly's Food, Inc. (Sioux City, IA) recalls approximately 12,181 pounds of roast beef deli products because they were inadvertently...
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Cincy Jungle (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Anytime you go three for three, that's really good. Unless the subject is rejection from women. But batting 1.000 is good by most standards. So far the Bengals have had three games that didn't sellout by the deadline (the third being against the Ravens ). Cincinnati was granted a 24-hour extension to sell 3,000 tickets with the new deadline being 1 PM on Friday . Said Bengals ticket sales manager Andrew...
PastaQueen (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
I was walking down the toilet paper aisle at Kroger yesterday, when I was blindsided by this: Either my local Kroger exists in a time bubble that has been forced one month into the future, or the managers are missing the month of November in their wall calendars, because as we all know, it is far, far, far too soon to be putting up Christmas trees. Copyright Jennette Fulda. Read more at PastaQueen...
Paramus Post (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
-- U Café wins “Best Kosher Sandwich” Competition at Show Event -- There was pecan pie, hot croissants, Asian noodles, mock shrimp and scallops, mozzarella sticks, wasabi peanuts, custom imprinted cookies made on the spot and chocolate fountains for dipping at this 21st annual trade show known as Kosherfest. But the only thing that gave it away as kosher was perhaps the Gey Kak’in...
The Random Yak (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
(Well, technically I suppose it was a frog. But where’s the pun in that') Tracy Grimes of Troy, Michigan went shopping at the local Kroger’s (for those of you in California, read “Ralphs”) and bought a bunch of groceries for dinner. Among the groceries, a bag of romaine lettuce destined to become a family salad. While preparing [...]
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 : An ABC News investigation has exposed how one of the country's largest blueberry growers uses child labor on its fields. Adkin Blue Ribbon Packing Company in South Haven, Michigan is at the center of this scandal. Wal-Mart and the Kroger supermarket were among Adkin's high-profile customers that have now cut ties with the blueberry grower. We speak to ABC News chief investigative...
Slashfood (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Filed under: Food News Photo: Courtesy FOX 2 It's hard enough as it is to get the kids to eat their salad. But Tracy Grimes will have an even tougher time getting her 4- and 8-year-old kids to nibble their greens after she says she found a tree frog in a bag of romaine lettuce she bought from a Kroger supermarket in Sterling Heights, Mich., last Friday. Grimes, of Troy, Mich., told Slashfood she noticed...
The Finance Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
By Dinero Russell Are you ready to start your Home Based Business For 2009? Here are 3 tips that can assist you while going through this process. One of the most important aspects of business, is making sure you choose a pay plan that enables you to get paid directly. Most companies out there make you wait weeks, or even months to get paid. Make sure the company operates with a GPT-Model This pay...
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