Recent Articles
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Report: Global food logistics market poised for growth
Bambi Majumdar Food & BeverageNo matter how well technology and communications are interwoven with daily business, the circle cannot be completed without robust logistics. That is even truer for the food industry where logistics is the backbone for survival. With increasing e-commerce influences, every industry segment is geared up to meet increasing logistic demands.
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An elegant solution for middle schoolers with suicidal thoughts
Nancy Gahles Mental HealthcareMiddle schoolers are our future and our hope for creating a better world. Middle school comprises grades 6-8, where children are in the age group between 12-15. Supporting our teens through this time of emotional growth and development is crucial if they are going to actualize their potential and become self-assured, powerful co-creators of their own lives.
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Triggers that sabotage weight-loss efforts: Behavioral triggers
Annette Radvansky Sports & FitnessAfter a long, stressful day at work you arrive home and change clothes. You grab a sleeve of crackers, a slab of cheese and a knife, a family-sized bag of M&M's, fruit-and-nut trail mix and a diet drink. You bring them to the sofa, turn the TV on, plop down — and munch. Before you know it, 10 p.m. has arrived, and there are no leftovers of those things you ate.
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Apple Pay is another success story — but competition is coming
Danielle Manley RetailApple Pay recently introduced the world to a new form of payment and security. Apple Pay uses near-field communication technology and allows users to make a payment using their smartphone and fingerprint. This technology does not send card information, though. Instead, it sends a one-time code to be used for a single transaction that can never be used again.
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Despite setback, approval of Keystone XL looks likely in 2015
Lucy Wallwork Natural ResourcesTen months ago, I described 2014 as "decision time" for the Keystone XL pipeline. Now it looks like the change in political winds following the resounding Republican victory in the midterm elections will bring that decision closer. The bill may have narrowly failed in the Senate on Nov. 18, but Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper — Keystone XL's greatest champion — is about to gain some friends in Congress.
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The anti-Facebook revolution begins
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingA few months back, Princeton researchers made a prediction that Facebook will lose 80 percent of its users between 2015 and 2017. With 2015 rapidly approaching, the anti-Facebook sentiments remain: too many ads, not enough organic reach, and too many complaints about the ever-changing privacy policy.
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Where has all the money gone in healthcare?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalHealthcare costs keep going up with fingers often pointed at drug companies. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry has decades of success delivering safer and more effective drugs to prevent and treat diseases that previously accounted for debilitating sickness and often death.
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Collecting IEP goal data: Students, teachers working in partnership
Pamela Hill EducationAt the conclusion of an initial or annual IEP review, after everyone has shared information about the student and developed the best IEP plan for the student's success, everyone breathes a sigh of relief. The "save" button on the computer IEP program is pressed, and voila! The educational goals become active.
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Bending neon: Fading light on a special skill
Domenic Urbani ManufacturingI have been working in the sign industry since 1984. I began my apprenticeship as a neon bender two years later. During that period, neon was the predominant light source for channel-letter signs — with the exception of the occasional channel-light system, an early version of what we now know as CFL. Since neon was pretty much the only reliable and efficient product available, neon work was abundant, and the neon tube bender was in demand.
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Are you practicing Thanksgiving authentically?
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityWe're just days away. Thanksgiving really does come before Christmas, although you wouldn't know from the jingly commercials on TV. Thanksgiving has sadly become little more than the official start of the holiday season, and that's a shame.