Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Why History speaks through Jerusalem Stone

Stone Importer Honors Beauty and Tradition of the Holy Land
by: GuestBlogger

Jerusalem has been a political hotbed for over 2,000 years. This fact does not seem to change. A visionary businessman has decided to bring the legend and history of possibly the most famous region in the world to the U.S., by importing stone direct from family-owned quarries in Israel www.jerusalemstonecompany.com

For over 5,000 years, stone from these quarries has been used to build the resilient city of Jerusalem. Gill Lobel’s passion is to assure that the exquisite stone educates and open doors to understanding between political and religious groups.

“Jerusalem is the nexus of the Abrahamic religious traditions. This is vitally important to Jews, Christians and Muslims,” explains Lobel who visited Jerusalem often as a child always admiring the stone in the buildings and the legendary “Wailing Wall”. “One does not have to be religious to appreciate the appeal and historical significance of the stone. This stone has a unique power, so it adds an ethereal quality to wherever it is used.”

On a trip years ago, Lobel realized that the very stone from which Jerusalem is built is an affordable and beautiful alternative to granite or marble. Jerusalem Stone, a durable limestone developed over millions of years of ocean water, sand, and shells coming together to create a durable stone. Each variety reflects its own unique hue: bone, gold, grey and rose. Much of the stone contains million year old fossils which add to its depth of beauty. The family purchased quarries in Israel.

“When I touch this ancient stone, I feel the pulse of history. I believe that if the stone could speak, the amazing story of the region would be brought to the forefront,” explains Lobel who sells to builders, homeowners, businesses, churches and synagogues who choose the stone to enrich their facilities. “My vision is to offer an affordable alternative to marble or granite while bringing something historically important and timeless from the Middle East to America.”

Jerusalem is known as “The City of Gold” because reflections of the sun on the stone create a golden glow across the entire town. Even today, the building code in Jerusalem regulates that all new buildings must use the stone in construction or as a facade in order to keep the city historically consistent.

Lobel’s imports the stone direct from his family’s quarries in the Negev desert and the Galil region to North America. This makes the stone more affordable than many commonly used stone materials. He supplies to a number of dealers in the U.S. His passion is to help consumers find ways to utilize the stone in their homes or in their houses of worship thus bringing a bit of history to each project inspiring discussion and reflection.


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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Why you need to care for your Laptop?

By: Guest Blogger

Laptops and notebooks have become a very effective tool in assisting on the go business professionals, allowing to tag along travel paraphernalia in the form of documents and spreadsheets for business and promotional matters. An efficient way for reference, especially in cases of field work employees, arming them with such mobile devices has become a cost effective way of doing business, doing away with the usual need to go back to their home base and look for an available desktop computer to produce the necessary documents in reporting and presentation. So the trend today is looking for a cost-effective unit that can be of great help, especially towards business proceedings, much of which rely on time and efficiency, especially in producing necessary data that are usually asked by clients on the spot. Apple and Windows based laptops are the usual demand for most people, depending on the purpose of having one, outside that of personal satisfaction and bragging rights of having one.

The usual wear and tear of laptops cannot be discounted. Taking its cue from the fast paced development of technology as far as computer paraphernalia is concerned, technical problems are sure to be experienced along the way as well as the sudden urge to study feasibility studies of upgrading parts or the entire unit. Additionally, internal failure to salvage their files and of course save on the need to get a new one to replace and maintain their efficiency in their various purposes aided by these laptop computers. There are various origins from which problems come from, the common issues are hardware failure, operating system or program conflicts and, for the notebooks exposed to the Internet, viruses and spyware programs that wreak havoc to a stable mobile computer system.See Laptop Stockbridge Consultants for more info on laptop deals and reviews.

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The hidden costs of outsourcing

by: Guest Blogger

While outsourcing cuts operating costs, lost productivity and attrition rates among off-shore workers due to poor health and loss of social life dramatically decrease companies' profits.

The most common reason why companies send work off-shore is to lower their operating costs. Even with the initial expenditure in setting up project offices, hiring talents, travel, and training, US- and Europe-based companies still save in the long run.

However, there is a hidden cost that companies fail to consider: the health of their outsourced teams. Even among the outsourced workers who are lucky enough to be brought on-shore via H1-B, L-1, or other working visas, the trajectory is almost the same, due to the lack of labor law protections that are accorded to in-house workers or working citizens and immigrants.

An Associated Press story notes that heart disease, diabetes, sleep disorder, indigestion, and stress are common among outsourced workers based in India. The typical culprit is the need to work on overnight shifts answering calls from Europe and America, typically irate ones. Aside from poor health, their social lives also suffer. This is especially true among women who, after working on long shifts, are expected to care for their families upon coming home.

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Friday, December 28, 2007

So you love sports? Well get started on Freemyteam!


Sports fans just may be the most dedicated, and passionate fans around. It does not take much for a football fan to start talking about their favorite team, football social network,hockey social network,Toronto baseball club to recount the best play of the year, or a baseball fan to rant about an upcoming season. And if it is a basketball fan, don't even get them started on March Madness!

One of the best things about a top-quality sports website is that fans can access it before, during, and after different games to get the latest breaking news. Do you have a rival team? Log on and find out what others are saying about them. Curious about a certain player's strategy? Really, a sports website is the most efficient way to share, swap, and celebrate sports information like Stockbridge Consultants Sports Central - all within the comfort of your own home. Best of all, you're your own announcer, so your team is always the home team.

Certainly, this is a great way to gather a tight-knit, excited group that will be eager to share even the smallest possible tidbit of related trivia. But, a website can also be all-inclusive and cover sports of all kinds. In this way, a wider variety of fans will cooperate with each other.

So, if you would like to have a hand in establishing a virtual athletic community. Freemyteam is an online sports community where avid sports players,fans,coaches and managers can unite with their own team mates and local sports community members or make acquaintances with other sporting friends based on things like sports club, major events, tournaments, challenges, etc.

Anyone that loves sports can sign up to freemyteam.Sign up to find and connect with your team mates. You may choose to limit your profile to only your team mates, friends and people in your social networks.

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