I will never understand the world of advertising. Why do companies like Coca Cola and Wal Mart advertise? We all know that they are there. We can’t live without them, nor would we want to. Are the commercials merely a further reminder of our addiction to them in society? And why don’t our favorite hole [...]

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I have high hopes for the future MBA holders of the world. I am hoping that as they get their feet wet in the working world and pursue this great degree, that they will learn from the example of their bosses, and move forward with the knowledge that sometimes, no matter how much education you [...]

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My parents warned me. They told me over and over again how living the life of a 18 year old was great and carefree, but that it was a good thing to try and not be TOO carefree. I didn’t listen. I got my first Visa card application in the mail and felt instantly like [...]

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I am looking into beginning a distance learning MBA. The reasons behind this are simple. I want to pursue higher education, obtain a masters’ degree, and I made the “follow your heart” mistake during my undergrad years and majored Creative Writing, my first love. Now I am trapped with a degree that I can’t use [...]

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I never used to understand the comic strip Dilbert. And now I am married to him. My husband works in the world of Information Technology (IT for all of you technology slang gurus), and sometimes it seems as if he is employed by a different planet. While most people want private offices, he greatly enjoys [...]

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The options for education and the number of degrees available are as varied as the computer industry itself. There are degrees available at every major college and university today; there are many choices in online education as well. Students with some electronics or engineering background may find the continuing education options online to be a [...]

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Educators and health care professionals alike recognize the importance of health care planning in the school environment. Our public schools are increasingly burdened with the task of attending to the health of its students. With both parents working in the majority of American households, more children with mild illness are being sent off to school. [...]

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There are different levels of small business management and accounting software. There are relatively inexpensive packages designed for truly small businesses with home-based endeavors or businesses with twenty five or fewer employees. Two of the leading brands in this category are Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting and Quickbooks, which is an Intuit product. This level [...]

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When Microsoft introduced its suite of desktop products under the title “Microsoft Office”, it seemed that they had packaged a nice collection of word processing and spreadsheet programs. It offered a mail and contact package along with a slick slide presentation program for the office worker who works on the sales side. There was also [...]

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School nursing is a specialty for RNs that carries a number of unique characteristics. As the primary healthcare professional on site, the school nurse plays multiple roles that include providing treatment, health counseling, and developing plans to handle students with special needs. In most cases, a school nurse’s first encounter with a student involves the [...]

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Free small business accounting software is somewhat akin to the free lunch. In computer terminology, free software often means “open source” software. That term refers to software programs that were designed to run on operating systems like Unix and Linux, the Sun Computers proprietary platform Solaris. There are some free accounting software programs available that [...]

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The Health Care School of Hawaii is a training facility dedicated to teaching its students the art and science of being a nursing assistant. It calls itself a ‘Caregiver Training School’ and is approved by the state Department of Education. Tuition for the program is $500, but the school’s web page makes note of the [...]

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The “best” small business accounting software is going to be the package that is easiest for the small businessman to understand and use. That is a subjective decision and not one that a third party can determine for any individual. The “best” small business accounting software is going to be the product with the most [...]

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As the role of the school nurse has expanded to include significant health care responsibilities, so has the need for plans to handle specific types of situations and, on occasion, specific students. Today’s school nurse handles the primary health care needs of a number of students, those whose parents cannot afford or do not have [...]

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With the advent of managed care and the assortment of health care reform bills that have been voted out of Congress recently, healthcare is closing in on becoming an area of legal specialization. Some law schools now teach health law in a program format, with a series of courses available that cover various aspects of [...]

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