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• Study: How to drive more sales on Instagram

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  Eighty-three percent of people are looking to discover new products or services on Instagram. But that's just the start of the buying process. A nearly equal number of people (80 percent) use Instagram to research products and decide if they're going to buy them. The only question: Are you delivering the right content to help them make those decisions? Doing so could be the difference between increasing sales and exposure or just "getting the word out" about your business. Read on to see if you provide the information people want before purchasing on Instagram.

• Top 10 US whale watching sites

  Dave G. Houser Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Few wildlife watching experiences can match the sighting of a breeching whale for pure excitement. There's something just plain magical about seeing these massive creatures in the wild. Perhaps it is because we are so small compared to them (blue whales can measure more than 90 feet and weigh 150 tons or more). Or maybe it is that most of us rarely get the chance to see a whale. Whale watching can be a hit-or-miss proposition — and there's never a guarantee you'll see them in the wild. There are, however, some ways to improve the odds of spotting these majestic animals.

• How women have been making headlines in the military recently

  Kristin Brandenburg Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  In recent weeks, women have been making military headlines at a phenomenal pace. It seems each branch has experienced firsts as far as female service members' contributions are concerned. While some events were built from decades of dedicated service, other stories are just now being written by incredible women who are fulfilling their duties and breaking barriers at the same time. With this in mind, let's explore some women who have made their marks on the military in the past few months.

• Priming the pump: Introductory and preview strategies for English learners

  Erick Herrmann Education

  Many teachers are familiar with the importance of building background knowledge and linking to prior knowledge for English learners. When students encounter a new topic in school, they are spending a considerable amount of mental energy as they learn and deepen their understanding of a topic. For English learners, this is compounded by leaning this new information in a new language. To better prepare all students, and especially English learners to learn and understand a new topic, we should "prime the pump."

• An April snow in the Black Hills

  Steve and Diane Owens Recreation & Leisure

  Diane and I first visited Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota with our young son on a cross-country trip in the summer of 1967. Much has changed and much has remained the same. Since that trip, we have returned several times since retiring. It’s such a wild, wonderful countryside that keeps drawing us back. We arrived at the Game Lodge Campgrounds in the Black Hills on a Thursday afternoon. It was a beautiful warm spring day. The sun was shining, the sky was blue and the trees were showing a bit of green. It’s amazing how quickly conditions change, because in the morning we awoke to a winter wonderland. It snowed all night and morning, leaving at least 4 inches of snow covering my vehicle.

• Do college career centers really help students find jobs after graduation?

  Julie Anne Wells Education

  From the minute the last cap hits the ground at graduation, the pressure is on for college students who aren't on the grad school track to become full-time employees. But some of them are finding their job hunt a little bit easier than others. The question is: are colleges offering enough support to help them succeed in the professional world? For many American students, the hefty price tag of college tuition is an investment in a better future. Yet, according to the McGraw-Hill Education's Future Workforce Survey, only 4 in 10 college students feel "very" or "extremely" prepared for their careers.

• Getting ready for and managing an on-site visit by OSHA

  D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Employers subject to an on-site inspection by OSHA or one of the state agencies that regulate workplace safety and health should take preventive steps to prepare for such an inspection and have a plan for handling it and any follow-up that may be necessary. This article outlines best practices for getting ready for and managing such an inspection.

• Don’t let wrong assumptions ruin your business

  Simma Lieberman Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Everyone has some kind of bias. Our biases are based on how and where we were raised, what we heard growing up, and images and depictions of different groups in the media. I've spoken countless times on how to prevent or break through conscious and unconscious bias. Too many people still believe we can't do anything about them, but we can. Once we become aware of our biases, the next step is to reframe our internal messages and look at people and situations in different ways.

• Chicago hospital makes American medical history with back-to-back triple-organ…

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Late last year, a Chicago man and Detroit woman underwent back-to-back triple-organ (liver-kidney-heart) transplants. The two surgeries lasted more than 17 and 20 hours, respectively, from Dec. 19 to 21. It was the first time a U.S. hospital has performed more than one liver-kidney-heart transplant within one year. Teams of surgeons at University of Chicago Medicine performed these two most recent triple-organ transplants. The procedures marked the 16th and 17th liver-kidney-heart transplants performed in the country since 1989, according to a Department of Health and Human Services database.

• Will someone leave the light on for us?

  Linda Popky Facilities & Grounds

  PG&E, the largest utility in California, recently announced its CEO would be resigning as the company declares bankruptcy. The utility has been beset with liability claims from wildfires started or fed by defective or malfunctioning electrical equipment. PG&E is being held responsible for 17 major fires in 2017, and likely is at fault for at least part of the Camp Fire that killed nearly 90 people in Paradise, California, last fall. The current situation presents a conundrum for California utility regulators and legislators.

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