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• Indiana religious freedom law: Businesses should err on side of inclusion

  Ryan Clark Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Recently, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed the new Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), a law that supporters attest is meant to protect the religious freedoms of entities — including individuals and businesses. Many believe the controversial law opens the door for statewide discrimination against the lesbian and gay communities on the basis of religious freedom.

• Using choice to motivate and differentiate

  Savanna Flakes Education

  ​Choice is one of the greatest motivators and also one of the most powerful tools in setting up a differentiated classroom. Who doesn't love choice? As adults, we prefer to have choice in our staff book studies, professional development and class schedules. Likewise, choice provides students many options to navigate content and show their mastery of material. Choice reduces learning barriers because it sets up opportunities for students to use their preferred learning style.

• How to occlude the intestine during surgery

  Coby Richter Pet Care

  The phrase "resection and anastomosis" can send a shiver of anticipatory dread through many a fearless veterinarian. This is a reasonable response, given that so many things can go wrong, and each one of them alone could result in surgical failure.

• Follow this checklist as Porsche driving season arrives

  Noelle Talmon Recreation & Leisure

  It was a particularly brutal winter for those of us in New England, with Boston receiving a record amount of snowfall — a whopping 110.6 inches. As a result, Porsche sightings have been slim in the Northeast in the past couple of months, with the exception of models such as the Cayenne navigating the weather-beaten streets.

• Should teachers have a national standardized text?

  Bambi Majumdar Education

  The nation's education system has been going through a rough patch in which the smallest of developments in one corner of the country are having ripple effects in other parts of the country — and not always positive ones.

• Booming economy leads to wage growth in hospitality industry

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  It's a good time to be working in the hospitality industry, especially restaurants and bars. Business is booming and so is the job market in this sector. The hospitality industry is also looking at a healthy wage growth curve that promises to boost the economy even further.

• 4 effective ways to combat laissez-faire leadership

  Betty Boyd Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​Leadership is a great responsibility, and one that should not be taken lightly. However, there are people within organizations who are leaders in title only. Here are four ways an organization can combat this type of "leadership."

• Experts: 2015 is the year of the healthcare breach

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  Breaches, breaches everywhere. It seems there's no shortage of news about security breaches and their effect on healthcare. In an effort to better paint the picture of breaches in healthcare, Software Advice recently published research focusing on how recent HIPAA breaches, like the cyberattacks at ​Anthem and Premera Blue Cross, have impacted U.S. patients' trust, treatment and retention.

• A plan for success at the next pet trade show

  Andrea Fischetti Pet Care

  Attending this year's Global Pet Expo from March 4-6 in Orlando, Florida, proved to be grueling but essential for my company. Spread out across the enormous West Building of the Orange County Convention Center, the trade show is not only physically demanding to walk around, but also mentally challenging — going from meeting to meeting, reception to reception, during and after show hours.

• Range safety: 4 important rules to follow

  Ken Jolly Recreation & Leisure

  Not being fortunate enough to have land in the country, I had to find a public range when I started shooting. I shot at several until I found the right one for me in an Internet post. The person complained that he "would never go back" to the range because the range safety officer (RSO) had shouted at him. This seemed to be the place, and it proved he was right. This range is still one of my favorites, and it features three types of shooters: those who have been corrected, those who will be corrected and the ones who learn.

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