| Lily Allen’s Rider: Monster Munch, Madonna And Carey
Bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey. Four bottles of champagne. Twelve packets of Monster Munch (pickled onion flavour). Puppy (nighttime only) Mariah Carey $3,000-a-night suite 4600 at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York. Cristal champagne. New lavatory seat, gold taps and French mineral water for bathing. Box of bendy straws. Attendant to dispose of used chewing gum. Tea service for eight. Specified brand of honey. Two air purifiers. Puppy. Kittens Jennifer Lopez White flowers. White tablecloths. White curtains. White candles. White couches. Low-watt light bulbs. Coffee to be stirred anticlockwise. Water prepared through multi-filter, reverse-osmosis system. Egyptian cotton sheets with thread count not less than 250. Personal chefs to prepare handmade ravioli.
Will 'Amnesty' Sink McCain?
The perennial controversy over what to call McCain's amnesty is silly. Every program in the world that has allowed illegal immigrants to stay has been called an "amnesty." McCain himself called it "amnesty" as recently as May 2003, when he told the Tucson Citizen "I think we can set up a program where amnesty is extended to a certain number of people who are eligible … Amnesty has to be an important part ..." But once the focus-group results were in, "amnesty" became a four-letter word. ...[snip] Real Straight Talk would be to say "Sure, it's an amnesty, but we don't really have any choice" ... P.S.: The McCain, post-focus-group argument is that it can't be "amnesty" if it has some requirements--e.g., to pay a fine, learn English, etc. But it turns out that Ronald Reagan's 1986 "comprehensive" reform, which he and everyone else called an "amnesty," had requirements too, including payment of fees.
Medrad 'goes green' at Saxonburg plant
Medrad's new assembly plant in Victory Road Business Park has been built to qualify for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certification. The idea behind the certification is to do well by doing good: erecting and operating buildings that put less stress on the environment and workers, and offer the potential to reduce construction and operating costs. The LEED certification system was developed by the nonprofit U.S. Green Building Council. When the projects were being planned, Medrad's top executives and board reviewed information on LEED certification for both the Victory Road factory and for the company's new Global Center headquarters in Marshall, according to Eric Ferchaw, the company's director of global facilities. Directors agreed that "going green" would improve working conditions for employees, offer financial benefits, help the company's public image and aid the environment.
University of Michigan's Zell Lurie Institute Awards $85,000 to ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- The Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business today announced the recipients of the 2008 Eugene Applebaum Dare to Dream Grant Program and 2008 Michigan Business Challenge award. Grant recipients and award winners were presented with resources in the form of advice and counsel and funding totaling $85,000 for excellence in new business plans and concepts. Bringing together entrepreneurial-minds from business, engineering, medicine and other departments at the University of Michigan, Dare to Dream and Michigan Business Challenge offer students the opportunity to develop and present their business plans, receive feedback from skilled entrepreneurs and faculty, and be rewarded with funding and support.
Rudd gets tough on WorkChoices
Senior Coalition figures admit that Labor now has a mandate to abolish WorkChoices, but they warn that Senate support for the ALP's changes is not guaranteed. The Coalition will retain control the Senate until July next year but Mr Rudd says Opposition senators must listen to the voters. "There could not be greater clarity about what we stand for and propose," he said. "Are the Liberals still so out of touch with working people in Australia that they think they have a mandate to retain WorkChoices? "Is that the sort of arrogant statement we're hearing from the Liberals two or three days after an election?" Earlier the former workplace relations minister Joe Hockey said he believed Labor had a clear mandate to get rid of the IR legislation.
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