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Archive for April, 2009

Recently I applied for a consultancy job with a private company.
Part of the requirements of the application was passing drug tests.
Compulsory drug-testing of job applicants is an invasion of your civil liberties.
It is barely reasonable enough for an employee to pass drug test on safety or performance related issues, but for a potential private employer to request these type of draconian measures for any employment candidate is unconstitutional.
The need for a state or federal agency to obtain a warrant before doing such a drug test shows the concern and constitutional protection that the founding fathers provided for an individuals privacy in regards for invasive and intimate evidence gathering.
The need for corporations and private companies to request that potential employees to pass a drug test is always inferior to a persons basic rights as guaranteed by the Constitution.
Unfortunately the only way most job applicants can avoid these tests is by refusal and subsequent disqualification from the job selection process.
In these difficult economic times most people cannot afford this luxury. The only alternative is the use of legal and effective masking agents. These masking and detoxification products inhibit the testing labs ability to return a positive result thereby protecting the basic right of an individual to not incriminate themselves. Even if an individual does not use recreational drugs (which I don’t), there is still the possibility of the drug test returning a false positive therefore forever tarnishing the tested persons reputation. The most effective way to ensure the return of a negative result is the use of an effective masking agent. The ability to pass a drug test is almost a necessity in these hard economic times with the Draconian policies of most companies now being so tough.
I personally find the whole process of erosion of basic civil liberties is the first step towards corporate fascism. What is next? Compulsory genetic profiling!

Recently a friend in the UK and I were talking via chat. She mentioned that she was getting married later this year. She said she had used the Internet to search for the best prices for the wedding invitations. A simple search found the perfect site, BrideandGroomdirect.co.uk. Featuring a broad selection of wedding related items, their large selection of wedding invitations is very comprehensive. The range covers from simple cards through to very elegant cards with gold embossing and silken ribbons. As my friend had mentioned her budget was very limited and was looking for cheap wedding invitations, we concentrated our search at the simple, but still elegant lower priced ranged items around the two Pound per card range. This still extensive selection contained many different styles of wedding invitations suitable for any wedding. My friend chose a extremely elegant card named Pearlesque, featuring a card pocket with pearl foiled hearts. Also she ordered the matching reply cards, reception place cards and order of church service cards. The total cost was very reasonable and affordable for a bride on a budget. Other products featured on the BrideandGroomDirect site includes wedding gifts for the guests at the reception and various other types of stationary related to the wedding. This stationary range even includes such items as preprinted cards and diy kits for home printing of your own wedding invitations and reply cards. But as the custom printed stationary is so reasonably priced, only the extremely budget challenged bride would need to use the preprinted range. Having used the easy to use online ordering system, my friend was absolutely estatic over the resultant quality of the stationary when it arrived in very quick time. I am looking forward to getting my invitation in the mail shortly.

I am always on the lookout for different and interesting products to feature on my health and beauty sites. I have often used a mud-pack for the varied benefits, such as helping my eczema and psoriasis. So I was very interested when I located shimmerfx.com, online source for a large range of great health and beauty products. Their extensive list of products include various invigorating mud-based body wraps. Bodywraps are an eco-friendly alternative to chemical based treatments for a range of body conditions. These include cellulite, the dimply looking fat deposits that can make an otherwise beautiful looking woman un-attractive. Expensive treatments like liposuction can be used to treat the unsightly condition, but a non-invasive use of bodywraps is a much safer procedure. The main product is Guam Seaweed Mud which contains natural ingredients such as seaweed mud, iodine, ivy extracts, essential lemon oil and oregano. This particular product is very reasonably priced and comes in various sizes up to 5KG containers. The usage recommendation is to also use their After Mud Finishing Cream which helps to reduce the redness and re-hydrate the skin after a bodywrap. There is also Guam Fangocrema Tummy and Waist cream for helping get rid of those tummy bumps often found after childbirth or weight loss. All of these body wraps are 100% natural and contain no harmful chemical additives like a lot of the competitive products do. Anyone using them can be confident of only using the best ingredients, but at an affordable price.

Other products that are offered by shimmerfx.com are eco-friendly and in-expensive compared to the chemical based alternatives. A diverse range is offered , Fake tanning creams, Eye creams, Anti-Aging, Men hairstyling products plus many more. Anyone looking for excellent health and beauty products, especially BODY WRAPS should check out their range. I am so glad to have found this excellent range of products to energise and invigorate.

Anyone with a website is having difficulty in these poor economic times. The only success stories are those websites and blogs with the marketing skills and search engine presence to stand out from the dross that is 85% of the websites on the net.
Most website developers do not have the talent, time and motivation to make their site the best it could be.
This is where the services of professional online advertising specialists are needed. All the market niche leaders use these services, but they are affordable for everyone with a website to use them. A leader in the field of online advertising is status media plc, their website is http://www.StatusMediaplc.com. The list of services offered on their website includes SEO, link-building and PPC Management.
SEO or search engine optimisation is an in-exact science but with good sound best practice techniques can provide almost 100% guaranteed results. Status Media site states they have ” Many top Google 3 positions” which is very impressive.
Link-Building is another service offered. link-building techniques used include using blog entries and reviews posted on selected targeted sites. The use of blogs is very effective and quick way to quickly grow the back-links that ensures quality traffic and brand recognition.
PPC management is the other major service offered. PPC management is using targeted niche sites to promote and advertise clients services and products. Using the time-proven Pay Per Click model allows for a “user-pays” costing model that is Price competitive for small traffic niches.
Using the latest in Web 2.0 and media products, combined with strategic outsourcing, Status Media plc has achieved greatness in only 5 years. I am positive they can assist all levels of websites to achieve greatness. Everyone from the single mini-site owner through to the large portfolio investor can benefit from the services offered.

The hardest part of business is often the need to entertain the clients. Especially if the clients are the often the volatile and hard to handle team-sports team members. Sports hospitality is the hardest of all the various types of corporate event planning.

The world leader in sports hospitality is THG WorldWide , a part of the internationally famous marcus evans group of companies. recently THG WorldWide started a corporate Blog. This new blog is a very professional blog with several great features for anyone looking for information about THG Worldwide. It not only lists current and upcoming events they are organising functions for, but has an impressive list of information about their company (including parent company marcus evans) and executives.
Two of the executive that have their own Bio pages are Paul Meakins and Jon Stromberg. Jon Stromberg is the current CEO of North America , whereas Paul Meakins assists him in areas of hiring, training and performance management. These two between have very impressive credentials listed in their CV’s. The team they manage is one of the most talented and qualified I have ever seen.
Reading several of the many testomonials showed that their clients are more than happy with the events managed by them. The clients include business heavy weights such as Microsoft, CHUBB and Hitachi. Most of the MAJOR international sporting events are covered as well. THG WorldWide a very respectable company, a great service provider and now a fantastic new member of the Blogging community.