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• Food for thought: Exercise your optimism muscle

  Karen Childress Healthcare Administration

  If you routinely hear phrases like "Why are you so negative?" coming from people who know you well — your spouse, practice partner, office manager or even your children — it may be time to work on building up your optimism muscle. The dictionary definition of optimism is, "a feeling or belief that good things will happen in the future," but deep-seated optimism goes beyond simply the ability to maintain a sunny, hopeful outlook on life.

• ELL reading development: Modified guided reading, interventions, support

  Beth Crumpler Education

  Guided reading is an instructional method that allows students to learn how to read and comprehend text. As students progress in their reading abilities and understanding, the difficulty of the text is increased. Teachers determine student reading levels by administering benchmark assessments, or developmental reading assessments (DRAs).

• Contentment is the enemy of greatness

  C. Fredrick Crum Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  I recently heard a quote from Rick Warren, author of "The Purpose Driven Life." The quote goes as follows: "If you don't learn contentment, you'll never be happy. You'll always want more." Needless to say Rick Warren's quote caused me to shout, "You are wrong, you are dead wrong!" I think my wife's ears are still blistered from my rebuke of his quote.

• Abu Dhabi airport showing fast growth

  Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & Automotive

  Abu Dhabi International Airport is seeing the results of investment as traffic growth has come in at over 12 percent in the previous year, and passenger numbers are up almost 10 percent in the last month. November's figures saw 1.33 million passengers use the airport, and almost 12,000 aircraft movements. This boost reinforces the airport's position within the busy Middle East against nearby competitors at Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain.

• Ferric sulfate is a safe coagulant alternative to alum

  Hilary Ferrand Manufacturing

  Public water systems provide clear, clean water largely because of chemical treatments needed both to kill harmful microorganisms and to improve appearance, taste and smell. Unfortunately, some of these treatments have shown to react with organic and inorganic compounds naturally found in the water. Certain of these disinfection byproducts have been proven to cause health conditions, like stomach cancer and early miscarriage.

• Leaving a leadership legacy

  Andy Curtis Education

  For those of us in TESOL, one of Nelson Mandela’s most relevant (and most famous) quotes is: "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." More specifically, in relation to first and second languages, he said that: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart."

• Mind the gap: Stepping carefully from vision to implementation

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  If you've ever traveled to London and used their subway system, you've heard the phrase "mind the gap." It's their way of alerting you so you don't trip over the gap between the platform and the train. There's another, much larger gap we frequently deal with in our churches. It's the gap between vision and implementation.

• The View from Europe: A new climate for cooling

  Andrew Gaved Construction & Building Materials

  ​It has been a remarkable, perhaps even historic, week in Europe for the refrigeration industry. In fact, some would argue, for the future of the planet, too. Representatives from the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union in Brussels had been charged with finding a resolution to the somewhat stalled negotiations for the revised F-gas regulations. Late in the afternoon of Dec. 16 , they reached a deal of sorts.

• Ideas to promote your LinkedIn profile

  Mayur Kisani Marketing

  ​LinkedIn, with its user base of 260 million-plus professionals worldwide, has become a hub for business people from all walks of life who are on the lookout for new opportunities. Such a vast digital space can be the source of your next great opportunity, whether it be for your business or a great job. Here are a few ways to promote yourself and your personal brand on LinkedIn.

• Kinesio taping for skeptics

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  Kinesio tape, or myofascial tape, has really exploded in popularity in the last five years. It has actually been around for more than 25 years, but has only more recently been used extensively, worldwide. I write this article as a skeptic. I have been a skeptic since I first saw it back in 2007 on David Beckham's bare torso.

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