From Bill Gates at the end of the last century to John D. Rockefeller at the end of the previous century; from Rick Scott, founder of Columbia Health Care, to AT&T; from Richard Branson and British Airlines to Dan Peña and The Financial Times; from government, banking, insurance and any other facet of world trade:…
Relocating an active aviary
Human contact with bird eggs or a baby bird will not cause parents to abandon all hope of the family. Parents will return. Most birds can’t even tell you’ve been there. But this is what adults tell children, probably to protect birds from little fingers. Birds do not lay their eggs until they have worked…
Old style, new style: Richmond Stoves 900DFT and Stoves Sterling 900DFT Cooktop
Stoves knows what it does when it comes to electric range design. Point for point, the sterling 900DFT range range cooktops and the Richmond 900DFT range range range range are nearly identical. They share the programming functionality, have the same general internal capacity and the same number of boards. But they seem to come from…
Predictions for the Chinese New Year of the Pig 2019: a happy year, full of energy and fortune
The Chinese New Year of the Pig begins on February 5, 2019. Each animal in the Chinese zodiac is divided into elements with slightly different characteristics: this New Yin Year is a terrestrial pig. A joyous year of energy and fortune, which brings stability, flexibility, modesty and intuition. If you are a pig Traditionally, the…
Trademark protection in cyberspace
Facebook has more than 350 million users, Twitter has 32.1 million, and MySpace attracts more than 115 million to its site each month. The number of people using social media makes trademark infringement and brand confusion as easy as creating a username and password. In Dallas alone, where we are located, more than 700,000 businesses…
Marketing and Marketing Communications for Small and Medium Businesses: Important Forecasts for 2017
2016 ended with Americans exhausted by emotionally harrowing politics, stories of foreign entanglements and violence at home. Companies have also struggled with modest economic growth and a turbulent stock market. As we begin 2017, everyone – consumers and organizations alike – faces uncertainty in a variety of areas. Against this backdrop, companies have yet to…
We’re "Sitting" Ourselves to death?
A new study has appeared in the American Journal of Epidemiology that concludes that free time spent sitting can shorten our lives. This study joins a multitude of other similar studies that have concluded the same thing: sitting on the couch watching television or in front of a computer for hours on end will have…
Five strategies that will inspire your students to learn in a virtual classroom
The shift to e-learning that occurred in 2020 may have changed higher education in profound ways, even after the crisis that caused the transition is finally resolved. Students who have never taken an online class now find that they can learn this way. However, many educators who have never taught in this environment understand that…
Weight loss and CLA side effects
Does Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) Have Negative Side Effects? Does it work for weight loss? CLA has been sold for many years as a fat loss supplement based on the weight loss and changes in body composition (i.e., losing fat and gaining muscle) seen in studies with mice and rats. Does it work in humans?…
How to sexually tease your girlfriend discreetly in public
Touch your leg under the table, especially the inner thigh. But don’t move your hand towards your genitals. Just gently rub the inner thigh for a few minutes and remove your hand. This will drive her crazy. Whispering dirty thoughts to her: “I was looking at you when you were there, you look so sexy”…