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...book; the book was an attempt to record in writing a tradition that had been around for centuries. The Zohar may have been first published in the 13th century, but it was written by Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a Talmudic sage who lived in about the 2nd century. Levi Rudd, Miami Beach, Florida...
...that could be channeled toward improving labor conditions. "If factories are getting monitored on average 25 times a year, that's every two weeks you have to check your records and talk to workers," says Michael Kobori, head of supply chain social and environmental sustainability at U.S. garment manufacturer Levi Strauss. "It's no wonder management is so occupied with these monitors that they have no time to make improvements...
...among the most progressive companies on labor practices, took steps to curb what it saw as counterproductive auditing. In a daring move, it revealed its manufacturing sites - long seen as proprietary information - and suggested that companies manufacturing products in these same places collaborate on factory monitoring. Six months later Levi Strauss followed, and today is working with 15 other firms in 130 factories. Resources that once went to monitoring are now used on training overseas management, says Kobori, helping to create an environment in which factories have a bigger stake in how they are run. Even before that, Levi Strauss...
...Song of Solomon should be required reading for all African-American boys. How did you know what is in our heads? -Ira Levi, Tulsa, Okla.That was a leap for me. I really wanted to do that book, about the education of a middle-class black man, about his ancestry, and I couldn't. And then my father died, and it was earthshaking for me. I remember saying to myself, I wonder what my father knew about these men? And I have to tell you, I felt access. I knew I could get there if I thought about...
...done a great job,” Murphy said. “And then there are two freshmen who have done good things and will be right in the hunt and probably right in the overall mix from the beginning, and that’ll be Chris Lorditch and Levi Richards. So, if you count them out, it will go, [sophomore Matt] Luft, Cook, Breaux, Lorditch, Richards. If we can keep those five guys healthy, we’ll be solid.”Staying healthy was jeopardized on Saturday, as Luft was carted off the field midway through...