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• From pig farm to Corvette collection

  Michael Brown Transportation Technology & Automotive

  If one day you find yourself in a Wal-Mart-size building in Florida and hear "cleanup on Aisle 3" over the loudspeaker, it's most likely transmission fluid or motor oil rather than a spilled carton of milk that needs to be mopped up. This particular building in Punta Gorda once was a Wal-Mart — all 100,000 square feet of it. But should there be any spilled fluids, they would come from one of about 200 classic cars that are on display at Rick Treworgy's Muscle Car City.

• Salesforce joins telehealth marketplace to capitalize on sector’s…

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  Telehealth is big right now. Seems like everyone is getting in the game to collect some of the sector's growing revenue — including organizations not known for being in the healthcare space. As such, Salesforce, a company better known for helping organizations manage their customer relationships, is now a provider of telehealth services. Earlier this month, the company announced its new telehealth solution for Salesforce Health Cloud, which enables "two-way video chat that gives patients the ability to connect face-to-face with their care teams from any mobile device" — the stereotypical telehealth solution.

• Digital marketing’s impact on hotels and strategies for the future

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Hotels are quickly realizing digital marketing is a not fad, but reality. It does not need an additional budget to be set aside for it, digital marketing needs to encompass the bulk of the marketing budget.

• Cupping, massage and hot tubs? Breaking down alternative therapies in Rio

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  Alternative therapies hit the news during the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Athletes in many of the disciplines were spotted sporting evidence of these varying techniques below.

• 6 reasons employers need to train employees

  D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​Employers should inherently understand the value in training managers and employees. To validate this idea, the following discussion outlines six reasons training is valuable and should be conducted on a regular basis.

• Cognitive offloading: Help or hindrance?

  Dorothy L. Tengler Science & Technology

  Roughly two-thirds of Americans (68 percent) have smartphones, and nearly half (45 percent) have tablet computers. Such devices tell us the time, date, sunrise, sunset, weather, what we need to do, when we need to do it and how we can get there. We can sync our calendars as well as our grocery to-do lists on all our devices.

• 3 things the Rio Olympics taught us about media consumption

  Emma Fitzpatrick Communications

  In four years' time, much changes — especially in the realm of digital and media innovations. And every four years, the Summer Olympics give us a chance to see those innovations in action. In 2012, Facebook had just gained its billionth user, and Snapchat had only been live for a few months. Video streaming was beginning to gain substantial momentum. Netflix had 29.4 million streaming-only users.

• Food and beverage tourism on the rise across the globe

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Have you ever heard of the 72-ounce steak challenge? The Big Texan Steak Ranch in Amarillo, Texas, became famous for this unique concept. For many, Amarillo is in the middle of nowhere, but it's often a quick stop option during road trips across the Texas Panhandle.

• What you should do when new equipment arrives

  Frank R. Myers Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  There are few feelings in a firefighter's career better than when you get new equipment either issued to you or to your truck, or get a brand new apparatus for your station. Right away, become familiar with the operation and function for the new gear/equipment. It is absolutely necessary to know every button, horn, whistle. In other words, you get to know it intimately. When you arrive at the scene of an emergency, it does not look good in the public's eyes if you are fumbling around trying to figure out how to get it to work.

• What the Every Student Succeeds Act means for teacher evaluations

  Cait Harrison Education

  For decades, the system for evaluating K-12 teachers has relied primarily on two things: observation and test scores. But under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), that could be changing. The new law will allow districts to use other kinds of evaluation measures including coaching and mentoring, said Anne Udall, executive vice president of program strategy at New Teacher Center (NTC), a nonprofit that aims to improve teacher effectiveness.

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