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• 5 must-have home improvement apps

  Bambi Majumdar Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  With summer knocking on our doors, home renovation projects seem to have taken priority for homeowners across the country. In 2014, U.S. home improvement stores reported revenues close to $144 billion. The pace will be even faster this year especially from the third quarter on. According to the Residential Remodeling Index (RRI), every metropolis in the country will be witnessing increasing remodeling activity this year with an average growth of 4 percent.

• Managing your expectations and workload during strategic planning

  William D. Pawlucy Association Management

  Every day there are many nonprofits in the world moving through the beginnings of a strategic plan. In every one of these sessions, nonprofit boards are creating the road map for their organizations, which is exciting. But there are many executive directors who are dreading the possibility of overloading their staff with too many initiatives. How can an executive director effectively manage expectations during the strategic planning session without putting a damper on the board's enthusiasm?

• RFA therapy shows promise in treating pancreatic cancer

  Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied Healthcare

  ​Pancreatic cancer has been ranked as the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the West with 20 percent, 40 percent and 40 percent of the cases presented with a resectable lesion, unresectable locally advanced and metastatic disease, respectively.

• A warehouse manual on manual handling

  Ken Ackerman Distribution & Warehousing

  ​For thousands of years, humans have handled cargo manually. Visitors who see ancient structures in places like Egypt and Peru are mystified by our ancestors' apparent ability to lift and move heavy materials with no mechanical aids. In our current era of robotics and other high-tech solutions, it is easy to overlook the necessity and the importance of manual handling. Let's consider the when and the why of manual handling. Then we will look at how it is done, and finally we will look at some of the equipment options.

• How do e-cigarettes affect oral health?

  Piyush Bakshi Oral & Dental Healthcare

  The quest for bringing down tobacco use by providing alternative systems for delivering nicotine has given rise to e-cigarettes — electronic cigarettes that can be smoked when the cravings for a puff become too strong to control.

• Communicating with the outside world while full-timing

  Paul Redvers Recreation & Leisure

  While vacationers may want to "get away from it all," RV full-timers want to stay in touch with the world every day. We want news and weather, sports, entertainment and email. Skype video, if possible, is always welcome.

• Use ‘cost’ to close interior design sales

  Fred Berns Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  When it comes to pricing, most interior design professionals focus only on what it costs prospects to hire them. In contrast, savvy designers focus on what it will cost prospects if they don't. Chances are you periodically encounter price procrastination when presenting your cost to prospective buyers. They tell you that they want to "think about it" or talk it over with their spouse, or perhaps "get back to you tomorrow."

• How yoga therapy benefits athletes

  Dr. Shahla Khan Sports & Fitness

  Although the benefits of yoga have been and continue to be explored in terms of promoting all-around positive health, yoga therapy is emerging as a discipline in itself that could potentially have many benefits for athletes.

• Feds may step in as airlines, travel groups battle over state subsidies

  Ryan Clark Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Domestic airlines have been waging a war with travel groups and Middle East airlines over the latter's use of state-funded subsidies, bringing into the question the free-market equality promoted by the Open Skies agreements. At issue is whether the United Arab Emirates and Qatar should be allowed to provide funding to their countries' airlines. These subsidies cover revenue losses as the airlines expand rapidly across the globe and offer low fares to travelers.

• 10 tests to assess influence

  Randall Craig Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Influencers can recommend you — or they can hurt you. They can bring your name to a completely new audience and provide unique insights because of their relationships. Developing strong relationships with them is important — but how do you know who they are? And more particularly, how might you assess the power of their influence?

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