Recent Articles
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Stop rewarding efficiency with more work
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementDiligent, loyal, committed employees are easy to take advantage of — whether we mean to or not. They show up ready to work and often work far longer or harder than we expect because they are almost incapable of giving anything less than 100 percent.
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Senate healthcare bill crashes as procedural votes vanish
Seth Sandronsky Healthcare AdministrationCrash goes Senate Republicans' seven-year mission to overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Just ask Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). "Regretfully, it is now apparent that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failure of Obamacare will not be successful," McConnell said in a prepared statement.
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Customizing your RV for comfort
Cindy Belt Recreation & LeisureYou've just bought a new or used RV. Now you can relax and enjoy it. Well ... not yet. Maybe the more expensive RVs are perfect, but it seems that most RVs need to be customized for better comfort and ease of use. As full-timers, we have purchased both a used RV and a new RV over the years, and both needed to be customized.
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What would you do for the perfect Porsche?
Noelle Talmon Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA New York auto body shop owner was recently indicted for stealing a 1978 Porsche 911 from a dead man. Patrick Torpey, 53, was repairing the vehicle when the customer died unexpectedly. After the deceased man's wife started looking for the car, the shop owner made a great effort to hide it and falsified paperwork by creating a new title for the 911. Torpey was indicted recently on a dozen felony counts, including third-degree grand larceny.
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Solving the problem of student motivation
Howard Margolis EducationTo achieve excellence, most students must be highly motivated to achieve. Unfortunately, many students with learning problems, such as learning disabilities and cognitive impairment, appear unmotivated to learn what teachers are teaching. This can become the most difficult and vexing instructional problem that teachers, parents and support personnel face.
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Study: Discarded kidneys could save more lives than dialysis
Chelsea Adams Medical & Allied HealthcareRoughly 1 in 5 kidneys are thrown out each year in the United States. Kidneys are discarded if they are thought not to meet federal guidelines due to scarring or other issues. Many times, these kidneys are donated from older individuals who may have health problems.
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Blockchain: As Bitcoin flounders, its technology is poised to disrupt
Shawn Smajstrla Science & TechnologySince its infancy almost a decade ago, bitcoin has been both viewed skeptically and heralded as the future of currency. Its path to the latter still seems murky. A report by Internet Retailer noted just three of the top 500 online merchants accept bitcoin — down from five a year ago.
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Regular walks help lower office workers’ blood lipids
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareWorking long hours in the office has been linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease. In a long-term study, researchers found that among more than 1,900 people who worked more than 46 hours per week, 43 percent had been diagnosed with angina, coronary artery disease, heart failure, heart attack, high blood pressure or stroke. Although this study did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship between long hours at work and increased heart disease risk, there is concern about how long hours of sitting affects heart health.
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Feedback: The fuel that drives optimal performance
Hank Boyer Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat keeps people going, contributing their best efforts whatever the task? Among the many possible answers, perhaps the most effective is feedback from the person's supervisor. Effective feedback lifts the spirits and encourages people to contribute their best efforts.
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How teaching becomes the test in New Hampshire
Brian Stack EducationLast week, Christian Science Monitor's Stacy Teicher Khadaroo wrote about how New Hampshire teachers have developed new ways to measure deeper learning. In her article, Khadaroo highlighted schools like Concord High School that have students simulating real-world experiences through enriching learning experiences. Known as performance tasks, these experiences become both the teaching and the testing at both the local and state level.