Recent Articles
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3 ways to turn a small business in to a big business
Greg L. Alston Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn my never-ending quest to give simple answers to incredibly complex questions, I have attempted to give a quick explanation of: What makes a business successful and worthy of growing in to a big business? There are really only three things that matter.
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Open-source software tools for TESOL professionals — Part I
Beth Crumpler EducationOpen-source tools are invaluable for TESOL professionals. There are numerous open-source tools available for educational purposes. Listed below are some practical platforms that TESOL professionals can use for instructional planning, content creation, content sharing and learning management needs.
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Understanding the wrath of emotional abuse
Jessica Taylor Mental HealthcareHave you ever wondered what it would be like to control someone's thoughts? Unfortunately, there are some people who can do this very tactic: emotional abusers. When we hear about abusive relationships, the first type we often think of is physical. But another largely unknown type is emotional abuse.
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How to negotiate a lease renewal rent reduction for commercial tenants
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailWhen we speak at major North American conferences and franchise shows, we frequently advise our audiences on the importance of properly negotiating their lease renewals. With doing so, ample benefits await — often including a rent reduction.
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Estheticians can have a high success rate treating acne
Mary Freihofner Medical & Allied HealthcareAcne is the No. 1 reason in the United States for visits to a dermatologist, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Often dermatologists and their patients become frustrated when the acne will not clear, and both may surrender to the acne in defeat. But there are other successful options.
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Lather, rinse and repeat: Does 24/7 journalism create insecurity?
Lauren Swan CommunicationsJournalism has changed dramatically in the past 20 years, particularly in the U.S. The day's news was once summarized in newspapers and on TV evening news, but we now find ourselves surrounded by a constant, repeating news cycle, where stories are regurgitated on our TVs or computers every few hours.
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Officer down! Is your department prepared?
Gary Stiles, Sandie Doptis and John T. "Jack" Gaffigan Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityEach year our law enforcement community suffers the loss of too many brave men and women in the line of duty. During a typical year, more than 150 lives are lost to line-of-duty deaths. Sadly, the majority of these deaths occur in departments with 50 or fewer officers, and many times it is the first line-of-duty death experienced by the department, the chief, the officers and civilian staff.
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Medicare home healthcare reform may harm complex patients
Maria Frisch Healthcare AdministrationThe Affordable Care Act, or ACA for short, set out to improve healthcare quality, access, costs and spending. One part of this law mandated an update to Medicare's home health payment system, so that costs better reflected actual cost and utilization rates; previous payments were based on formulations established in 2000.
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Take a day off — a real day off
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhen is the last time you took a day off? A real day off? A no-checking-email, do-what-you-want, Ferris Bueller kind of day off? In a recent meeting about using your brain to train your mind, we spent a lot of time discussing how rare it is that we take the time to sit with the good things happening to and around us and just appreciate them.
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Experiencing a turkey hunt for the first time
John McAdams Recreation & LeisurePrior to this year, I had never seriously been turkey hunting before. I grew up hunting in a part of Texas where turkey populations were low, and I never seemed to have the time necessary to hunt turkey in New York and Georgia while I lived there.