Environmental advocates at PADI, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors, created a foundation called Project A.W.A.R.E. in 1989. The purpose of this new group was to help conserve underwater environments through education, advocacy and action. Thus Project AWARE, Aquatic World Awareness Responsibility & Education, was born. PADI remains a key […]
Green Shopping Tips For The Holidays
Holiday gift giving has changed quite a bit over the last few years, people have less money to spend and consumers are much more aware of the impact their purchases have on both the environment and society. Let’s face it there are a heck of a lot of holidays to […]
Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid – What RE Investors Should Know
There are 3 major drugstore chains in the US: Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid. Below are some key statistics about the 3 major drugstore chains as of 2012: 1. Walgreens ranks first with market cap of $28.51 Billion, $72.2 Billion in 2011 total revenue ($45.1B from prescription revenues), and an […]
Polished Websites for Cleaning Services
The first professional home cleaning businesses were started in the late 1970′s and early 1980′s to serve the often neglected housekeeping needs of an emerging generation of single businesspeople and dual-income families. These were new professionals and second income families that were increasingly short on the time and energy needed […]
Emerging From the Hurt of Racism, the Concept of Recognition Trauma
Following on from the concept of ‘Ancestral baggage’, (Mckenzie-Mavinga 2009) I have introduced the concept of ‘recognition trauma’ Mckenzie-Mavinga (2005). This concept identifies the process that both black and white people go through when emerging from being silenced about racism. It describes the awakening of hurtful experiences, that sometimes evokes […]
What Is Community Infrastructure District (“CID”)?
The Background of CID – As the development of real estate continues to expand in Idaho, the impact caused by such expansion requires the necessary construction of public infrastructure to accommodate such growth. In 2008, Idaho legislature enacted the Idaho Community Infrastructure District Act (“Act”). The purpose of the Act […]
PR Crisis Management – Tell It All, Tell It Fast And Tell The Truth
I turned on the television news recently to learn that one of our top football teams may have lost an important match because of illness, the story being brought to us by a reporter stationed outside the hotel where the players enjoyed lunch prior to the game. In the car, […]
Things To Know About The Top Drivers Of The Global POS Cash Drawer Market
A lot is said and written about the efficiency and significance of the Point of Sale system that is used in a variety of retail stores. This particular system has garnered all the limelight because it helps the retailers to calculate all the monetary transactions regularly. It is the point […]