– by Tula Connell This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog. Here’s an idea. Instead of retiring when we turn 65, let’s go to work scrubbing tables at the nearest fast-food outlet. Sound good? Not to most of us. But it’s a future that U.S. workers increasingly are facing. America’s workers aren’t just losing their homes in what […]
Call Centres : Killing Ambition
A friend of mine who has typical middle class ambitions for his children was recently worried that his children might not choose to pursue them. Not that he wanted to impose his dreams or wishes on his children. He was happy for his children to do any thing they considered worthwhile, as long as they […]
The Park Ave Doorman: An Interview
Single women adore him, D’Agostino supermarket delivery men are indebted to him, and some dogs whimper when walking past the street he works on if their owners don’t let them stop in to greet him. He’s not the neighborhood friendly Spiderman, but he’s not far off. He’s Victor Velez, the neighborhood friendly doorman. Eight years […]
South Africa ‘spooked’ by World Cup cost
SOUTH Africa’s preparations to host the 2010 soccer World Cup could cost up to 20 per cent more than budgeted due in part to rising steel and cement prices, the country’s deputy finance minister said. In a briefing in Pretoria, Deputy Minister of Finance Jabu Moleketi said officials in the nine cities due to host […]
Kicking that Ungrateful Employer to the Curb and Moving to a Better Job
With all the politics and stress in many jobs, sometimes it’s best to reinvent ourselves and change directions. If your job makes you nauseous every day, and it’s just not tolerable anymore, then change your distress into action. Instead of worrying and getting consumed with “What ifs,” think of alternative solutions to your job […]
The plight of Local coaches
By Daniel A. Aforo After the shock resignation of Serbian trainer Ratomir “Doya” Dujkovic,from senior national team, Black Stars of Ghana. Concerns were raised in varoius soccer circles community. Soccer enthusiasts, analysts, administrators, football executives were all left in wonderland as to the successor of Doya. For many […]
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