Welcome to my new blog!
I'm away to new (ish) pastures, and I intend to record my thoughts as the coming months will bring me new experiences living and working in a very rarely travelled country...Afghanistan.
After several weeks of extreme long-distance telephone interviews, form filling, scanning documents, emailing attachments and security vetting questionnaires, I recieved the congratulatory email today... I am offered the contract as HR Operations Manager for a major...Read Full Story
Welcome to my garden. These are pictures of what is currently blooming in the yard and were taken by my husband Bob using a Nikon Coolpix 4500 digital camera. I crop them using Photoshop and store at the lowest resolution. I left the older photos of those plants still in bloom. See my weblogs for a complete listing of those plants in bloom, not all of the photographs worked out.Read Full Story
What is the Defense Base Act?
Established in 1941, the primary goal of the Defense Base Act was to cover workers on military bases outside the United States. The act was amended to include public works contracts with the government for the building of non-military projects such as dams, schools, harbors, and roads abroad. A further amendment added a vast array of enterprises revolving around the national security of the United States and its allies. Today, almost any contract with an...Read Full Story
More contractors than troops killed during past year in Iraq and Afghanistan By Katherine McIntire Peters kpeters@govexec.com September 22, 2010 Recent data show that more contractors were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan than U.S. troops during the first six months of 2010, according to a George Washington University law professor.
"Contractors supporting the war effort today are losing more lives than the U.S. military waging these wars," wrote Steven L. Schooner, co-director of the...Read Full Story
Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "Most Dangerous Jobs". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own article...Read Full Story
Farming, one of the most dangerous occupations, claims dozens of lives in accidents ... many of whom have pulled their children out of the public school system. Some have avoided taking jobs, and have even been afraid to put money down for utilities ...
Hosted by the Elks Lodge, the award ceremony recognizes the few among many individuals who serve the community with constant professionalism and dedication in their often dangerous jobs. "On behalf of our organization, I would like to thank you for ...
The other side of the debate points out that many of these stories have a different ending -- death. Truck driving is among the most dangerous jobs in the country, with more than 3,000 people dying at the hands of truck drivers. But how many did driver ...
The new policy will allow women to perform many of the jobs they are already doing — but in smaller units, closer to the fighting and once considered too dangerous. The policy, which will take effect barring Congressional opposition, will also open up a ...
Hosted by the Elks Lodge, the award ceremony recognizes the few among many individuals who serve the community with constant professionalism and dedication in their often dangerous jobs. "On behalf of our organization, I would like to thank you for ...
We’ve come together before to stop production of this dangerous pollutant — and with your help, we can do it again: Join me in telling the U.S. Senate to say NO to one of the most carbon-intensive oils on the planet: If you care about the climate ...
So dangerous levels of BPA turned up in the urine of humans who ... Approximately 29,459 good paying jobs are created by the manufacture and sale of the chemical, most of them located in key swing states, such as Ohio and Florida. Eddy, with an election ...
Throughout the world millions of people work in some of the world's most dangerous jobs. If you work in one of these dangerous careers, or think you have a dangerous jobs, share your stories, photos and video here.
There's a memorial in Gloucester, Massachusetts that stands at the city's harbor edge. It's a fisherman leaning into the wind and peering out to the open sea as if searching for a ...
If you think your job is bad, think twice... unless you've got one of the "worst" jobs in America today. It isn't much of a surprise that many of these low-rated jobs overlap with th