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Employers should tread carefully through the rest of election season
Jessica Taylor Civil & GovernmentWho do you think should be the next president of the U.S.? Donald Trump? Hillary Clinton? In just under a month, people will be flooding polling places to choose who they think is the best candidate to lead America.
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7 steps to reverse the trend of dishonorable behavior
Lee Ellis Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat's trending in our culture? With nonstop 24-hour cable news channels and social media, we can quickly find out what's "hot" at the moment. Unfortunately, there's one negative trend that seems to be growing worse every day: the decline in responsible and honorable behavior. Dishonorable behavior is a problem especially where there is power or money at stake.
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6 American battlefield re-enactments to check out in 2017
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisurePeering through a cloud of acrid smoke at a wave of musket-firing soldiers and cringing from volley after volley of ear-pounding pyrotechnics, I was beginning to feel like a front-line war reporter. But thankfully what I was witnessing wasn't for real. The furious action taking place just yards away was part of an amazingly authentic replay of Florida's largest Civil War battle.
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Be prepared for when a civil disturbance occurs
Frank R. Myers Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityRecent events across the nation have raised awareness about a civil disturbance that could happen in your municipality. It's imperative to have a standard operating procedure in place to assure the members of your department have a personal protection mindset, and to confirm that your equipment is ready.
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Automation nation: Proactive approach will benefit self-driving car industry
Ronnie Richard Science & TechnologyScience fiction has always taken ideas about technology and fleshed them out in detail long before industry could ever produce the real thing. Artificial intelligence, space travel, robotics, computers, genetics and much more began as abstract fictional concepts. After years of engineering and plenty of trial and error, many of these "fictional" ideas eventually become reality (still waiting on those hoverboards, though).
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Military service is no golden ticket to employment
Steven W. Grudzinski Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityWhile both honorable and respected, military service is by no means your golden ticket to a new career. After 29 years of Army service as a military police officer, I thought I had been trained and prepared for just about anything the world could throw at me.
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12 areas of employment law training your managers need
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementManagers today need varied types of training to do their jobs effectively. This article outlines the basic types of training managers should receive in the area of labor and employment law to effectively perform their jobs. Such training will go a long way toward preventing or at least minimizing legal liability for employment-related claims for employers.
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5 ways to diffuse political arguments at work
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWe're exactly two months from Election Day, and the closer we get to Nov. 8, the more prevalent election discussions will become in the office. Fortunately, Americans have the ability to openly discuss and debate candidates and the divisive issues they raise. However, not everyone is articulate or open to constructive discourse.
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Make use of your business-building advantage
Lee Ellis Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityAs a veteran of the U.S. military, you have in your possession the necessary ingredients you need to start and build a successful business — and they have nothing to do with finances. The success of a business — or any endeavor for that matter — rises or falls on the quality of the leaders at the helm. In that respect, your military training has given you a leg up on your competition. The values of honor, respect, integrity and accountability run deep in our military traditions, and those same values, properly instilled, can propel business leaders — and their businesses — forward.
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10 exciting new (or newly expanded) museums in the US
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureIt seems hard to believe, but America is home to more than 35,000 museums — double the number from just 15 years ago — and they just keep coming. Museums are a vital part of the American cultural and educational landscape. They are places where we all can go to pursue the discovery of art, history, science, technology and the natural world.
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