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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Site issues at The Blog Peoria Project should be resolved soon
Several days ago, I upgraded The Blog Peoria Project to the most recent version of WordPress. The process seemed to go well, but I soon discovered that any new or existing image that was uploaded to any member blog would not appear in readers' browsers, either part of a post are by viewing the file directly.
Also, the front page of the site would not appear. Also, I soon discovered that any attempt to view any individual post failed.
I contacted the hosting company, and I have been working with them to resolve this issue. It has taken longer than I expected, and I have communicated my concern about this to the hosting company. I am assured that the repair is underway.
I am sorry to bloggers and readers for the inconvenience. I am cross posting this message to all my sites.
Cross posted from TellPeoria Online Media.
Also, the front page of the site would not appear. Also, I soon discovered that any attempt to view any individual post failed.
I contacted the hosting company, and I have been working with them to resolve this issue. It has taken longer than I expected, and I have communicated my concern about this to the hosting company. I am assured that the repair is underway.
I am sorry to bloggers and readers for the inconvenience. I am cross posting this message to all my sites.
Cross posted from TellPeoria Online Media.
Friday, October 01, 2010
You may have noticed this site isn't updated often
I used to use this site whenever I had server billing problems on technical difficulties on my self-hosted site. Well, that hasn't happened for a long time, and I'm doing most of my blogging at my TellPeoria blog: Peoria Pundit on Tell Peoria.
But as co-owner of TellPeoria, I do a lot of blogging about the nuts and bolts of blogging, including (on occasion) hoe to blog on Blogger. Because many TellPeoria members use Blogger. So you might see me making posts here and fiddling about with with layouts and widgets.
But as co-owner of TellPeoria, I do a lot of blogging about the nuts and bolts of blogging, including (on occasion) hoe to blog on Blogger. Because many TellPeoria members use Blogger. So you might see me making posts here and fiddling about with with layouts and widgets.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Friday, December 25, 2009
Just testing Blogger functionality with Revsense
I keep this blog to test the features on Blogger -- and to give myself a "fall-back" blog in case i lose contact with my self hosted site.
Notice I am testing the ability of the TellPeoria Revsense server to place ads on Blog*spot sites.
It seems to work just fine.
Notice I am testing the ability of the TellPeoria Revsense server to place ads on Blog*spot sites.
It seems to work just fine.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Walter Reuther would be proud
Pay attention to this development, brought to my attention by the Chi-Town Daily News. A group of factory workers in Chicago are holding a sit-down strike. They are fighting for the full 75 days of pay they say they are due under federal law because their factory closed.
Read that again if you missed it: A sit-down strike. Basically, they are occupying a factory until they get what they want. Sit-downs are a tactic that occasionally worked back in the days when unions were first fighting to get recognized and to get decent wages and working conditions. In 1935, as part of the New Deal, the Wagner Act was passed that set up rules on how unions could organize. The act said that workers could strike, but they could not stage sit down strikes.
Here's my liberarian opposition to the Wagner Act: It has led generations of union members to believe erroneously that unions are a gift bestowed upon them by Uncle Sam, and that in order to protect their union jobs, they need to support politicians with time and money. Indeed, politicians have come to expect and demand money and work from union members. Union members feel compelled by economic necessity to support politicians who take positions contrary to their own on issues of conscience like gun control, abortion and national security. Much like the right-to-work laws hated by unions, the Wagner Act interferes with the right of management and labor to enter into their own freely negotiated contracts.
The hard-to-believe truth is that unions don't need government's help to thrive on behalf of their members. Back in the old days, unions like the United Auto Workers used tough tactics against bosses that used even tougher tactics. The first early successes unions had were not won by government-sanctioned elections, monitored by the federal government. They were won by way of sit-down strikes led by people like Walter Reuther, the former president of the UAW.
Along came President Franklin Roosevelt, who wanted to help organized labor. And he also wanted labor peace during the depression when the idea there might be a revolution wasn't considered all that far-fetched.
And here we are today, with the economy supposedly worse than it's been since the Great Depression. These strikers are making demands of the banks who refuse to loan their employer the money they needed to stay open.
Their complaints against the capitalists are reminiscent of the earliest days of union organizing. Their solution -- the sit down strike -- is right out of the 1930s' playbook. I'm wondering if we are going to see some of that ugliness if the economy starts to get as bad as some of the experts claim it will.
Read that again if you missed it: A sit-down strike. Basically, they are occupying a factory until they get what they want. Sit-downs are a tactic that occasionally worked back in the days when unions were first fighting to get recognized and to get decent wages and working conditions. In 1935, as part of the New Deal, the Wagner Act was passed that set up rules on how unions could organize. The act said that workers could strike, but they could not stage sit down strikes.
Here's my liberarian opposition to the Wagner Act: It has led generations of union members to believe erroneously that unions are a gift bestowed upon them by Uncle Sam, and that in order to protect their union jobs, they need to support politicians with time and money. Indeed, politicians have come to expect and demand money and work from union members. Union members feel compelled by economic necessity to support politicians who take positions contrary to their own on issues of conscience like gun control, abortion and national security. Much like the right-to-work laws hated by unions, the Wagner Act interferes with the right of management and labor to enter into their own freely negotiated contracts.
The hard-to-believe truth is that unions don't need government's help to thrive on behalf of their members. Back in the old days, unions like the United Auto Workers used tough tactics against bosses that used even tougher tactics. The first early successes unions had were not won by government-sanctioned elections, monitored by the federal government. They were won by way of sit-down strikes led by people like Walter Reuther, the former president of the UAW.
Along came President Franklin Roosevelt, who wanted to help organized labor. And he also wanted labor peace during the depression when the idea there might be a revolution wasn't considered all that far-fetched.
And here we are today, with the economy supposedly worse than it's been since the Great Depression. These strikers are making demands of the banks who refuse to loan their employer the money they needed to stay open.
Their complaints against the capitalists are reminiscent of the earliest days of union organizing. Their solution -- the sit down strike -- is right out of the 1930s' playbook. I'm wondering if we are going to see some of that ugliness if the economy starts to get as bad as some of the experts claim it will.
More candidates emerge for local races
Diane Vespa attended Mayor Jim Ardis's re-election kickoff party and came back with a very newsy post about, with the names of two previously unmentioned candidates for 5th District and City Treasurer. Go read her blog to find out who they are. Full disclosure: Her husband John Vespa is an advertiser.
District 150 needs to hire more consultants
Maybe after spending another million dollars or two, one of them will figure why it is that, despite the bad economy, the vast majority of school districts and taxing bodies in the area don't have a problem meeting their payroll.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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