A postdoctoral researcher is one that has recently completed their PhD and now is need for a research area that he/she might associate with. Their PhD usually lasts between 3 to 5 years depending on the time it takes to complete a particular project by the student and the time to write the thesis. A […]
The Benefits of Renting Warehouse Space For Your Business
A major tool for businesses, especially within the last two decades, is outsourcing. Your company may outsource many services formerly done by internal departments and employees. While many people think of manufacturing and payroll as the major departments that are routinely outsourced, there is one that may surprise you: Warehousing. Outsourcing your warehousing may be […]
Alphabet Soup: Letters After Names
When you are handed a business card of a professional with letters after their name, what thought comes to mind? That of the infamous billionaire Thurston Howell III, the famous character from TV sitcom Gilligan’s Island, who was tactless, blameful, pretentious, and lazy? Or, the customer-serving, career-mind, educated professional who wants to do the job […]
Under Recognized – An Interview With Armel Oenn
“Know your worth because schools do not teach artist’s what they are worth. Most of the client’s will prey on younger artists because they don’t understand how to get paid. If you are going to work for free, work for yourself: This is a more rewarding exposure.” – Armel Oenn, November 10th, 2017 The memory […]
The Cons of Toastmasters
Do you remember the first time you had a big disagreement with your mother? Not that tiny skirmish about your curfew. You were upset but mommy dearest was not. I’m talking about your first major fight. The one where your blood boiled. The one in which you proclaimed your adulthood. The one got her removed […]
An Aspect of Drug Abuse and Addiction Which You Might Not Know About
Why is it that we are sitting with such a problem concerning drug abuse and addiction nowadays, surely with all our knowledge, medical technology and psychological experience this should not be such a difficult topic to get under control? Well then, why are we getting such poor results when it comes to recovery? I might […]
Scientific Management
Scientific management addresses issues concerning the management of work. Prominent contributors to scientific management were Frederick W. Taylor, Frank Gilbreth, Lillian Gilbreth, and Henry Gantt. Frederick W. Taylor Before the 1880s, there were almost no systematic efforts to find ways to properly manage workers. The practice of management before 1880 was based primarily on experience, […]
Did Nixon Get the War on Drugs Right? Michael Massing’s The Fix
The Fix by Michael Massing. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2000, 335 pp., $25.00. The dust jacket of Michael Massing’s The Fix summarizes his thesis in bold red letters: “Under the Nixon Administration, America Had an Effective Drug Policy. WE SHOULD RESTORE IT. (Nixon Was Right).” That is a pretty extraordinary claim to make […]
In Search of the Elusive Third Way
Be the Solution By Michael Strong Foreword by John Mackey Many supporters of Obamacare regard the bill’s passage as a dual triumph. Not only has Congress had its way with a disinclined American public, but the bill itself is a prime example of the “third way,” the devoutly to be wished for consummation of capitalism […]
The Importance of Fine Arts in the Classroom
Fine Arts is defined in the Encarta Dictionary as being, “any art form, for example, painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, or engraving, that is considered to have purely aesthetic value” (Encarta, 2004). Though this definition is used in relationship with the arts in the regular world, in regards to teaching, fine arts is defined as a […]