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Work is not a democracy, it's a dictatorship
   You are not only the manager of your group, you're also its leader, primary advocate, mood setter, chief bottle washer and of course its chief decision maker. That said, feel free to get input from your staff and/or other knowledgeable parties, but at the end of the day, the decision is yours and yours alone. In fact, if you try to be too nice and leave every decision to a department vote ...
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 10:45 am
Failed pumps send wastewater to creeks
Two damaged sewage pumps sent more than 200,000 gallons of wastewater flowing two Northwest Austin creeks Wednesday.
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:34 pm
Heat pumps 'need tighter rules'
Domestic heat pumps need to be subject to tighter regulations in order for them to deliver widespread energy savings, a report suggests.
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 6:23 am
European Pressure Mounts on Iran Over Stoning Case
European nations pressure Iran as envoy says 'mitigation' possible in woman's stoning case Iran - Stoning - Middle East - Politics - Capital punishment
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 5:30 pm
New Catalog of OEM Dispensers & Pumps
This new catalog describes the capabilities of FMI to meet the demanding needs of the Medical, Analytical, Process and Industrial markets for Ultra-Precise Fluid Control from Microliters to Liters. Fluid Metering has proven performance with over 50 Years of experience and more than 250,000 OEM pumps in service. The FMI Engineering Team works with the customer to provide a Dispenser or Pump to ...
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 8:01 am
Fort Gratiot Township holding sale
Fort Gratiot Township is selling surplus items, which can be viewed at the Department for Public Works building, located at 3720 Keewahdin Road in Fort Gratiot from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Items include a chipper, pressure washer, weed trimmers and two Econoline vans.
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:33 pm
Lodi Unified superintendent's contract extended through 2013
The Lodi Unified School District board extended Superintendent Cathy Nichols-Washer's contract through 2013. There were no other changes to the contract, and her annual salary remains the same.
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 3:35 am
Autumn Fest in Little Elm Park
This year's Autumn Fest is scheduled in Little Elm Park from Sept. 23 through Sept. 26. Activities for the entire family include Pretty Baby Contest, horseshoes and washer toss, barbecue cook-off, homemade salsa contest, Little Miss Autumn Fest, Anything that Floats Race and a 5K fun run and 1 mile walk.
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 12:11 am
Fort Gratiot Township holding sale
Fort Gratiot Township is selling surplus items, which can be viewed at the Department for Public Works building, located at 3720 Keewahdin Road in Fort Gratiot from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Items include a chipper, pressure washer, weed trimmers and two Econoline vans.
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 3:33 pm
Colombia pumps out 10-inch Android and Windows 7 tablets (video)
Sure, popular belief equates Colombian exports with guns and cocaine, but two Bogota-based companies presently have 10-inch tablet computers on the brain. Compumax has got an Android-powered Tegra 2 device on tap with a dual-core 1GHz Cortex A9, 512MB of RAM and a 32GB hard drive, and Smart PC's looking at a netbook-specced Windows 7 slate with an Atom N450 processor, a DVD burner, up to 2GB of ...
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 5:42 am
Pressure points: QBs for Miami, Ohio State
When No. 12 Miami plays at second-ranked Ohio State on Saturday, all the attention will be drawn to the teams' Heisman hopefuls, quarterbacks Jacory Harris and Terrelle Pryor. Yet the linchpins of the game might just be the comparatively unknown guys who labor on the defensive lines. "We always talk about if we can get after them up front, if we can get pressure on the quarterback and stop...
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 12:09 pm
Pressure grows on Merkel's party over Stuttgart railways project
Stuttgart - Pressure grew Wednesday on Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) over its advocacy of a multi-billion-euro railway tunnelling project in the German city of Stuttgart.
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 1:12 pm
Pressure grows for reform of murder law
The pressure for Britain's murder law to become more flexible is growing after the second director of public prosecutions (DPP) in a row came out in favour of reform.
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 3:40 am
Pressure washer stolen from outbuilding
A pressure washer was reported stolen from a Jefferson Street outbuilding. According to Shelby Police, the item was reported stolen Tuesday by the owner of the pressure washer, on the 800 block of the street. He said the building was locked the last...
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 7:07 am
Appliance rebates Part II: Sept. 24
If you're looking for a deal on a new energy-efficient refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher or clothes washer, mark your calendars for 8 a.m. Sept. 24. For the second time this year, Illinois will offer residents 15 percent rebates, up to $250 per appliance, on these Energy Star-qualified appliances. This time, the rebates -- given first-come, first-served at checkout -- will be offered only one ...
Posted on 9 September 2010 | 11:31 am
UK 'heat pumps' fail as green devices, finds study
Adam Vaughan, the Guardian - Published under license by, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 8 September 2010 at 09:41:00 Badly installed heat pumps would not be recognised as renewable energy under proposed European standards, says the Energy Saving Trust Government plans to subsidise green heating are challenged today by the largest ever field study of "heat pump" devices in the UK, which reveals 80 ...
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 3:53 am
Pressure on Gillard to deliver
THE pressure is on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to deliver $150.5million of promises pledged for Dawson.
Posted on 7 September 2010 | 11:15 am
Pressure rises on pastor who wants to burn Quran
The government turned up the pressure Tuesday on the head of a small Florida church who plans to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, warning him that doing so could endanger U.S. troops and Americans everywhere.
Posted on 7 September 2010 | 9:18 pm
Officials pressure Boeing to clean up Santa Susana Lab
CHATSWORTH — Clean it up to the highest standards or face renewed pressure. That was the message to The Boeing Co. on Wednesday by federal, state and local elected officials who called on the aerospace corporation to purge every inch of the land they own at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory of radioactive and chemical contamination.
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 10:29 pm
Pressure mounts as NAB's bid fails
ACCC's decision to block NAB from buying AXA unit places a whole lot of pressure on a whole lot of people.
Posted on 8 September 2010 | 8:53 pm