Recent Articles
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Teaching your coaches — young and old
Edwin McIntyre Sports & FitnessEvery coach takes pride in coaching and preparing his team. Most coaches spend inordinate amounts of time preparing their players for a game or a season. However, how many coaches really take the time to coach or prepare their fellow coaches?
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Ebola and the risk of exposure for dentists
Piyush Bakshi Oral & Dental HealthcareEven though at present there have only been four confirmed cases of Ebola in the United States, it is possible that hundreds of Americans have been exposed to the virus within the country and in West Africa. What should dental offices do if they suspect a patient may have Ebola?
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Bioplastic applications rapidly developing across major markets
Don Rosato EngineeringThe bioplastics industry is experiencing a sense of arrival confirmed by a growing volume and variety of applications from disposable packaging to durable goods. Bioplastics are no longer viewed as a mere fad, a "green" public relations stunt or a feel-good ecoluxury. They are proving to be legitimate tools of the plastics industry.
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Porsche 911 Carrera GTS: The newest driver’s 911
David Hurth Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe Porsche 911 Carrera GTS (991) will make its debut at this month's Los Angeles Auto Show (Nov. 21-30). In recent years, the GTS label has denoted what many consider to be the best models. The 911 GTS comes standard with many options over the Carrera S, and these help make it a special automobile.
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Educating your guests on travel safety
Kay Corriere Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTerrorism, crime and personal safety all overlay a tourist's desire to travel to any given destination. Those in the hotel and travel industries are always taking steps to ensure their safety. In light of recent world events, what more can be done?
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The gender gap is closing in schools, when will it translate to the workplace?
Brian Stack EducationDespite the fact that our country is built on a foundation whereby "all" are created equal, a significant gender gap still divides us. Parenting blogger Ron Lieber recently stated that "the girls of America seem to know less about money than boys, earn less and have lower expectations for their earnings going forward" in his recent article for The New York Times, "The Wage Gap Starts With Less Knowledge, and Lower Expectations."
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Should we feel sorry for Big Pharma’s struggles?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalAre we feeling sorry for the struggling pharmaceutical industry yet? Generic drugs continue to replace many of the multibillion-dollar blockbuster products of the past. Biosimilars threaten extraordinary revenues and profits of the once-seemingly-irreplaceable specialty biologics. Research pipelines are depleted, and the cost of discovering and developing new products is reported to be more than a billion dollars.
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New milk study misses the real point — milk isn’t the problem
Lauren Swan Food & BeverageA study released Oct. 30 by a group of Swedish researchers has people panicking — all these years they've been drinking milk, and it turns out it is dangerous and unhealthy, despite numerous studies proving otherwise. Milk, the study says, is damaging to your bones and heart; it can even raise your chances of cancer and cause hip fractures in women. Got milk? Yes, too much, apparently.
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Why do women prefer male bosses?
Cait Harrison Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIf you asked workers six decades ago if they had a preference on their boss's gender, most would tell you they wanted a man. Maybe not surprisingly, that's still true today, even though the statistics have improved some.
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Education woes: Fall in federal spending and rise in student debts
Bambi Majumdar EducationIn her recent show on CNBC, Suze Orman mentioned that student loan debt is the biggest threat to our economy — a sentiment that is shared by many others across the country. Students are reeling under $1.2 trillion of debt, which combines the 10 million federal and private student loans taken out annually.