Recent Articles

  • 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.

  • The Flying Circus: Moby Dave

    Garth Wallace

    COPA eFlight presents another weekly excerpt from "The Flying Circus," a fun book by Canadian aviation humorist and former COPA publisher Garth Wallace. "The Flying Circus" is a fictional account of the madcap escapades of two instructors who start their own flying school armed with loads of enthusiasm, but little business sense and no money.

  • Health app certification program halted

    Pamela Lewis Dolan Medical & Allied Healthcare

    ​Just days after the first class of certified mobile apps was announced by an organization that promised to take the guesswork out of app recommendations for physicians, the certification program was halted after it was found to be significantly flawed.