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• If you hit a wrong note, hit it again

  Patrick Gleeson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  On my first night on the bandstand in Herbie Hancock’s band, I was somewhere between panicked and terrified. As we began the first song, I made the mistake of looking out at the audience. A few rows away sat famed jazz arranger Gil Evans with his best buddy… Miles Davis. At that point I left merely panicked far behind and advanced well into terrified. One horrible mistake would brand me an incompetent newbie, not only in the eyes of my fellow band members, but in the presence of Gil and Miles, both of whom I idolized. It would have helped if I’d known what Miles regularly told his band members: If you hit a wrong note, hit it again!

• The best live fire drills to do at the range

  Mike Ox Recreation & Leisure

  There’s no one specific set of drills that’s best for every shooter. But there is an easy way to figure out the best drills for you. If you’re going to the range to plink and have fun, by all means do so…I just encourage you not to call it "practice" or "training." But if you’re going to the range to improve your performance with a pistol because you think you might need to use it to save a life, you want to do things a little differently. A little more deliberately. If we’re looking at the big picture, live fire practice is how you verify and validate the effectiveness of the dry fire practice that you’ve been doing.

• Differentiation in the music classroom

  Aileen Miracle Education

  The term "differentiation" has been used more and more often in education lately. What does it mean? How does it apply to the music room? According to Carol Ann Tomlinson — an expert on differentiation — differentiated instruction is defined as factoring students’ individual learning styles and levels of readiness first before designing a lesson plan. So what does this look like in the music classroom? I've heard many music teachers say that differentiation happens naturally in the music room. I agree...to a degree.

• Handling the cold while RVing

  Cindy Belt Recreation & Leisure

  One of the best parts of RVing is that you can follow the good weather. You can hide out in the south during the winter and cool off in the north in the summer. Plus, you can enjoy spring and fall for weeks as you move in between. But sometimes you get caught in cold weather, and most RVs are not designed for cold. If you are RVing on the cold days, there are things you can do to reduce heat loss plus items you should have ready just in case.

• Amazon announces controversial HQ2 locations

  Michelle R. Matisons Science & Technology

  When Amazon announced that it was searching for a new second headquarters location, speculation began to swirl as hundreds of cities competed. Finally, on Nov. 13, the company announced it will be splitting HQ2 between two locations: Arlington, Virginia; and Long Island City in Queens, New York. It will also build an "Operations Center of Excellence" in Nashville that will provide 5,000 jobs. Immediately after the announcement, debates kicked into motion about the tax breaks given to Amazon and how HQ2 will affect the communities chosen.

• Negotiating commercial leases: Use the franchise advantage

  Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield Retail

  For many commercial tenants, negotiating a good lease or lease renewal against an experienced agent or landlord can be a challenge. While an entrepreneur focuses on marketing and managing, savvy real estate agents and brokers are specialized salespeople. Their job is to sell tenants on leasing their location at the highest possible rental rate. Whether you are leasing a new location for the first time or negotiating a lease renewal for your business, here are two money-saving tips.

• How to improve your workplace wellness approach

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  If you're like many companies, there's a good chance you have a workplace wellness program in place — maybe more than one — or a program that addresses multiple health components. But how well is what you're doing really working? Ideally, you want the program you're offering employees to not only improve their health and quality of life but also to cut healthcare expenses significantly and help your business run more effectively. Take an overview of how well your program is performing and make the changes it needs by using this advice.

• Thanksgiving trivia to enjoy with the turkey

  Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

  Celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, Thanksgiving leads off the winter holiday season in America. While it has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions — beginning as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of a harvest — it has evolved into a largely secular holiday. Thanksgiving has been with us since Europeans first landed on our shores, so there’s plenty of history, some mystery, and plenty of fun facts and figures associated with the holiday. So here’s a bit of turkey day trivia to mull over as Thanksgiving 2018 approaches.

• Is camaraderie a tradition we’re losing?

  Frank R. Myers Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  With the advent of the digital age, we have become our own private islands and become immersed in looking at the screens of our electronic devices. What happened to communicating with people face-to-face or via phone rather than texting or emailing? Those days of interacting with our co-workers around a table are disappearing. I recall when I first walked into the fire station there was a palpable bond that was apparent with the crew(s). Everyone had a nickname and someone was always working on a project, whether for the station, apparatus or a personal endeavor.

• Remodeling growth levels out but remains strong

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  For the past several quarters, the remodeling industry has experienced exceptional growth. That trend may have run its course, though. Industry indicators reveal activity during the third quarter of this year remained relatively flat. Experts project that demand is likely to remain strong, but that the rate of growth will taper off in 2019. According to the latest BuildFax Housing Health Report, data from the past three months indicate the pace of remodeling is leveling out after several years of steep increases.

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