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Review: Book looks at costs of pork production
2014-10-13 21:18:25| Food - Topix.net
When the recession took hold six years ago and consumers stopped eating high on the hog, the giant meatpacker Hormel Foods began ratcheting up production to meet a surge in demand for Spam, its low-cost processed pork product in the familiar blue tins. Taking a leaf from Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," the century-old expose of the meatpacking industry, author Ted Genoways details the impact of the production speedup on workers at the company's Midwest plants, the damage to water and soil, and the immigration-related conflicts that have arisen in towns where the industry holds sway.
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Book review and #8212;Integrated operations in the oil and gas industry
2014-10-01 17:41:00| Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com
Norway's 'world leading,' digital oilfield initiatives described in 400 page volume discussing pros and cons of remote operations centers and implications for situational awareness and safety.
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Book review: 'Factory Man'
2014-07-26 09:55:27| Furniture - Topix.net
Journalist Beth Macy based "Factory Man" on her articles about the effects of offshoring.
Book review: A New Blueprint for a Green Economy (2013)
2014-07-18 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A New Blueprint for a Green Economy, by Edward Barbier and Anil Markandya, builds on work published in 1989, which suggested practical policy measures for making economies greener and creating a path for sustainable development. The new edition looks at what progress has been made in the years since, as well as assessing where improvements are still needed to create green economies. The first edition argued that in order to achieve sustainable economies three areas must be focussed on valuing...
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Book Review: 'Cubed: a Secret History of the Workplace':...
2014-07-13 02:57:55| Furniture - Topix.net
Not until I reached Page 247 of Nikil Saval's "Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace" did I experience a full explanation of cubicle culture in all its ramifications.