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Of all the uses for former textile facilities, warehousing being one, enterprises such as an internet sales of beer and wine making don’t usually top the economic development list.

Alternative Beveridge has been around awhile and recently moved operations to Belmont, and the Gazette highlighted the operation in East Belmont in a recent article.

(Mike Hendsill – Gazette Photo)

In our humblest opinion, the entrepreneurs of the world are at the top of the list. Several of our blogsite readers and commentors own these types of businesses and are quite successful. Some grow to become giant organizations, others provide a comfortable living for the owners and employees within a community. So, kudos to ya’ll who have those types of visions and determination to make a business grow and thrive over time.

What we like about Alternative Beveridge is the simple way of teaching and servicing their customers.

A simple way to homebrew

Is nothing private anymore?

A report in Workforce Management is discussing a recent hacker attack that compromised Monster’s information system.

Acknowledging that no security system is totally safe from penetration. It points to a scary fact that using aggregating database systems, such as Monster, Careerbuilder, or even social-networking sites such as Facebook, individual privacy is traded for a “promise”.

“The recent assault didn’t target the Monster database; instead, it was what experts refer to as an IFrame exploit. Job seekers viewing employer profiles on Monster were unknowingly redirected to another server, leaving some users vulnerable to hackers, says Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention Labs, a New Kingstown, Pennsylvania, company that offers products and services to prevent Web-based security breaches.”

“These are innocent eyes going to Monster,” Thompson says. “They are unaware of the dangers that lurk.”

According to Exploit Prevention Labs, exploits cover the spectrum of website viewing. Below is a recent demonstration of one that affected Major League Baseball:

So, what can be done to protect your privacy?

Be aware, be very aware… someone is always watching…

Night Shift Work May Cause Cancer

Seems that a study has determined that 3rd shifters are at higher risk for cancer development than those people who working during daylight hours.

Media reporting has noted that melatonin, a chemical that helps regulate the circadian rhythm, is suppressed during nighttime work by lighting in the workplace. The result of the limited testing is that this process is “carcinogenic” to humans.        Ok…

However,there are conflicting reports within the scientific community that seem to debunk that theory.

Here in Gaston County, we have known this for over 100 years with the shift demands of the textile industry. Working the night shift isn’t too good for your health.

Financial “wants” however had outweighed the negative health benefits. So, we worked in the mills instead of the farms, where we worked from sunup to sundown — for more money…

Now, with the mills disappearing — and a lot of manufacturing in general — the service industry replaces the factory work. That means still more 3rd shifters.

Walmart’s business model of providing jobs for the masses in brightly lit, highbay boxes, just means another generation of area folks feeling they need to risk health to improve an already distressed lifestyle.

Let’s see just in the Belmont community right now, we have McDonald’s serving 24 hours, Bi-Lo open 24/7, Holy Angels operates 24/7 (critical care need), Waffle House, and Walmart. Public safety such as police and fire operate on rotating shifts so that people aren’t always working the graveyard hours. A very few mills still operate in three shifts. They are working 2-twelves, if they are working at all.

Take care out there…