Recent Articles
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Business buzzwords: A passion for world‑class low-hanging fruit
Paul Zukowski Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEven the brightest light can become ordinary and easy to ignore. The same goes for the overworked buzzwords and phrases we pepper our speech and correspondence with.
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Consumers spending more on kitchen and bath changes
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesSeveral recent homeowner surveys confirm what kitchen and bath professionals already know. Regardless of age or income, consumers are willing to spend more money to enhance their kitchen or bathroom than on any other room in the house.
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CEOs offer top issues confronting community hospitals
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe American College of Healthcare Executives conducts an annual survey of community hospitals to identify the top issues of immediate concern. Not surprisingly, the CEOs of these hospitals are most concerned with financial challenges. Patient safety and quality, governmental mandates, personnel shortages and patient satisfaction round out the top five issues.
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Creating more engaged boards
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementWith 1.5 million nonprofit boards in the U.S., many struggle to attract and engage good leaders. Complaints about directors often sound like this: "They lose steam. A few quit coming to meetings. The passion they expressed has waned."
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Dubai introduces controversial new passenger fee
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveA controversial new fee has been approved at Dubai International Airport to help fund expansion and offset revenue losses in the country. Famed for its tax-free lifestyle and incredible riches that have come about as a result of the country's oil wealth, the United Arab Emirates may have surprised a few experts with the announcement that its busy gateway airport will ask all passengers to pay for its use.
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Nonverbal animal communication: The homecoming
Dr. Myrna Milani Pet CareImagine yourself interacting with an adorable but apprehensive puppy brought in for a first examination. Ask yourself if what you see and hear communicates your total confidence in yourself and the animal to deal with whatever life dishes out. Or does it communicate something else?
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There’s no shortcut to success for children with LD
Steve Spillane EducationA parent patiently guides his child who has fine motor challenges to learn how to tie her shoes independently: "That's right Sally! Make the bunny ear, then loop the lace around the bottom." As those words leave his lips, their sound is overpowered by the toot of the bus driver's horn.
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Metals Thoughts: A tradition unlike any other
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesInteresting action overnight as we saw a reversal of some recent trends: ETFs were sellers, Asian physical market were buyers, and correlation with WTI swung back to negative. The EFP bouncing back about 20 cents overnight is indicative of some good futures buying.
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America’s 10 best barbecue joints
Dave G. Houser Food & BeverageHistorians tell us that for many millennia, man has applied low, slow heat to a variety of meats to make them meltingly tender and delicious. Christopher Columbus and other New World explorers found Caribbean aboriginals cooking fish and other meats on grates of sticks lashed together and suspended over smoldering coals — dousing their food with fiery pepper sauce.
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Approaching FMLA openly is best for everyone
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementJodi Lasher, a nurse, was terminated after she failed to notify anyone that she needed to take measures to address her approved FMLA accommodation for her persistent migraines. In short, she fell asleep in an unused patient room and subsequently neglected her duties to monitor fetal heart rates in the labor and delivery department in which she worked.