Recent Articles

• Reading your practice target

  Eric Lamberson Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  During your shooting practice, your target will often tell you what you are doing whether it’s right or wrong. The targets in this article were the result of a practice session where my friend Steve and I were shooting the IDPA 5x5 classifier. Each target shows the results of six classifiers and we only taped the shots that were outside the zero-down scoring ring. Steve was shooting a CCP pistol for all six classifiers. I shot a 9 mm back-up gun (BUG) for the first two and a CCP for the next four classifiers.

• Roy Spence: We need to build a new home for America

  Jason Zimmerman Construction & Building Materials

  "We have a marketing problem in America." So said Roy Spence, co-founder and chairman of GSD&M, a leading marketing communications and advertising company, to attendees of the 18th annual Sunbelt Builders Show™, hosted by the Texas Association of Builders at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. "All we hear is the political sides, on all sides, who would perpetuate and 'us vs. them' culture. Us versus them is not the purpose of America. Us versus them is not the promise of America." To combat this divide, Spence — whose agency has helped grow some of the world’s most successful brands — decided to take on America as his client.

• It’s a candidate’s market: 3 tips for employers

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  The recruiting process can be tough. A stronger economy and increasingly competitive sectors are making it even more difficult to retain the best candidates through multiple rounds of interviews to the offer. How do you successfully land a great new employee when they have multiple strong offers? Here are three tips for employers in a candidate’s market.

• Fast strategies for defusing team conflict

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Your staff is in the middle of a huge project — and stress levels are rising. A small misunderstanding between two team members can lead to a mistake that the whole group then needs to pitch in and take care of — and if you're not careful, resentment and disagreement can fester and make everyone less than productive. Need to step in? Use these proven tips to restore harmony and get everyone back to doing their best work.

• Fast food trends shift as consumers seek healthy offerings

  Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

  A Deloitte survey showed that over 75 percent of Americans self-reported having healthy eating habits. Eighty-three percent say traditional fast food is unhealthy. The history of American fast food is fascinating. It was a boon for double-income households when time to cook became sparse. But fast food chains have also been epitomized as the unhealthy food for decades. Now, American consumers want healthy fast food. No, it's not an oxymoron. It's happening.

• Study: Female reproductive history linked to dementia risk

  Dr. Denise A. Valenti Medical & Allied Healthcare

  The issues related to gender and Alzheimer’s disease were a primary topic at this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference held in Chicago in July. Research discussing a woman’s reproductive history that showed an association to the risk of dementia was presented. Another study along the same lines discussed a relationship between the total months of pregnancy and having Alzheimer’s disease.

• Ethology and veterinary practice: Those confounding variables!

  Dr. Myrna Milani Pet Care

  If you read a lot of animal behavioral studies, you quickly discover that researchers and veterinary practitioners live in two different worlds. Researchers have the luxury of eliminating or ignoring all but a single variable. They also can limit their study to a small population of carefully selected animals. Study environments may include laboratory settings that involve only those elements essential to the study. When studies are conducted on animals living in human households, all the variables in that household are disregarded except those the researcher deems important.

• The best methods for client presentations

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  While some still prefer the napkin sketch, architects and designers today have a battery of tools they can employ to convey their visions to clients and stakeholders. But which have the biggest impact on viewers? It may seem a no-brainer that animated digital representations such as virtual reality (VR) and artificial reality (AR) win hands down. That, however, is not always the case. What matters most is not the medium, but the message.

• ADA Find-a-Dentist campaign takes to social media with great results

  Tammy Hinojos Oral & Dental Healthcare

  Who doesn’t love an awkward school photo from days gone by? Correct. You love 'em. I love 'em. Everyone loves to laugh at the mullets, the big hair, the shimmery blue eye shadow. The massive shirt collar. The fake smile that looks like someone pinched the subject just before snapping the photo. The American Dental Association is capitalizing on these unfortunate (but hilarious) moments in time for its Find-a-Dentist campaign.

• Historic California wildfires ignite blame game

  Michelle R. Matisons Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  You already know there are some serious wildfires burning in California and the west. So what’s new? What’s new is that the Mendocino Complex fire is now the largest in California history. This fire is so large that one astronaut on the International Space Station — 250 miles above Earth — tweeted a photo of the infernos as seen from space. The really bad news is that fires are expected to burn the rest of August as high temperatures further fan the flames.

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