Is employee performance appraisal important? Absolutely. In these tough economic times, it is even more critical. Unfortunately, companies in every industry today are faced with making difficult decisions regarding the size and makeup of their workforces. This is the time to find out who is passionate about their work and weed out those that are [...]
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In this uncertain economic times many people are looking to head back to school in order to enhance their degree or change career paths all together. With billions of dollars of stimulus money earmarked for infrastructure improvement an area that is starting to take off is heavy equipment operators. What many people are finding is [...]
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For many of us using the legal system to file a complaint or grievance against another party can be daunting. In a recent example we became aware of a dispute between home owners and their Home Owners Association about some of the requirement of the board being neglected. The original complaint was made for a [...]
A recent global Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was completed which was a partnership of some 1,500 scientists studying the consequences of ecosystem change. this program was created in collaboration of the United Nations and the World Bank and the Convention on Biological Diversity. There was a global assessment that was part of a prestigious award given [...]
Just watch as the holiday season gears up and you see some expert talking about the latest toy, exercise equipment, or sport gear. Remember that they are paid to do so, but generally fail to mention that when showing off the products to Matt Lauer on “Today”
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Here in the US Golf is a popular sport that has grown in popularity thanks in part to the Tiger Woods and some of the younger talent that has been showing up at tournaments. The game of golf has also been growing in popularity across the globe in countries like Germany, Spain, and Italy. In [...]
Before the holiday season and everyone was getting ready to head out on vacation our company held a national teleconference to go over business priorities for 2009 as well updates on year end activities. For anyone that spends any amount of time on teleconferences you know that there is a certain level of engagement and [...]
Will Facebook and Yahoo ever come to an agreement? The talks have been going for a few months, and appear to be getting closer. This was a huge step for Yahoo to gain a larger exposure in the Social Networking arena. It is amazing that the founder is a 22 year old college student and [...]
How would you like to be able to greet your customers with a personalized greeting when they reach your sites? How about something like ” Thanks for visiting MyBlog, how is the weather in New York” With a tool that is free and that has been around for a while, you can. The site is [...]
There are literally millions of blogs that are online and thousands more join the community everyday. At 43 Folders they have been able to capture a large share readers thanks in part to their great news stories and commentary along with the easy to use website. I just recently came across their blog and started [...]
With the economy still in its fragile state the political pundits and talk show hosts have their spin on what is causing the instability of the US and world markets and how politics will play in a role in a speedy recovery. The political scene is one that is being closely watched and President Elect [...]
I wanted to share with all my educators that trying to find great books for kids is still challenge even with the advent of Amazon. You can get a variety of views like mine, however there are so many choices and it becomes dizzying and suspect. We are half was through Seven American Stories and [...]
In an attempt to former Catholics back to church the Catholic Show has been created. I attend Catholic church every week, and while I am not Catholic, my wife is, I find it very structured unlike some churches. I believe what has hurt the Catholics is the recent press on priests and their conduct. But [...]
We have been reading about the rise of diabetes in America and that the predictions are that by 2025 there will be a doubling in the reported diabetes cases. There are many reasons that we are seeing this unprecedented rise in a disease. One of the major ones is the diet that many Americans are [...]