Although it’s self-evident that sitting for hours upon hours every day is bad for your health, many office workers feel that they have no option. After all, you can’t go for a jog while you’re filing reports for the month, right? As we adjust the way we think about office furniture, motion, and productivity, an […]
Perhaps you suspect your current office furniture layout isn’t working as well as it could, or maybe you need to reconfigure the space to make room for new employees. Whatever the case may be, it’s important to carefully review the needs of everyone in your office before you start making plans and purchasing new furniture. […]
The last half-century has seen an enormous shift in office furniture and office space layout as the cubicle became the standard in offices around the world. This shift, in turn, sparked backlash from people who believed that workers were losing out by being put into their own little cells. In fact, the debate about using […]
When deciding on a ghillie suit, there are a few factors to keep in mind. Some factors are obvious and others less so. The first and most obvious is whether to go with burlap (jute which is a natural fiber), or to choose the synthetics. Then you need to decide whether you have the time […]
Acquisition is the very first stage of the customer’s journey online; it involves the various tactics that are used to drive relevant and targeted traffic from various offline and online media. In creating effective acquisitions strategies the reach and targeting of the various traffic building strategies must be adequately considered. While targeting involves driving interested […]
Surgery centers are often seen as a viable – and preferable – alternative to the usual hospital operating rooms. They serve people who need to undergo shorter and less complicated surgeries that tend to have a lower risk of post-operative complications. For example, a center might offer a surgery designed to alleviate back pain, remove […]
Having a bone spur develop in the spine can be the cause of potentially significant discomfort or it may go completely undetected. The variable, it seems, is whether the bone spur has compressed a nerve root or the spinal cord. When this occurs, a variety of symptoms may develop that could require treatment to overcome. […]
A boom in sub-Saharan Africa is attracting business talent from the all over the globe. According to an article in the Economist, in recent years investors have been piling into Lagos and Nairobi “as if they were Frankfurt and Tokyo of old”. Direct investment from foreign entities has increased by about 50% since 2005 and […]
Stock options can be used to both protect and create profits for typical investors. For example during the dot.com bubble of the late 1990s one of the owners of a major internet company purchased put options to protect against a stock value decline. He kept these positions in place. After the collapse he made over […]
One of the underpinnings of the American medical system is the idea that patients have certain rights when it comes to health care. Perhaps the most important of these rights is called “informed consent,” which basically means that doctors have the responsibility of telling their patients what conditions they have, as well as explaining the […]
