| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 08.02.12 |
A Votre Santé No matter what language you prefer, it's bound to have an expression used to toast to one's health, because - let's face it - without your health, just about everything else is meaningless. And it's no different for businesses, no matter what... |
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| 07.26.12 |
YOU’VE JUST GOT TO BE KIDDING: Motorcycle Helmets Let's hear it for the late Philip A. "Phil" Contos, of Parish, NY, an avid Harley Davidson fan and an even more avid opponent of mandatory motorcycle-helmet laws. Combining his love and hate, Phil decided to join fellow members of the NY chapter... |
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| 07.23.12 |
BUSINESS 101: Managing Virtual Teams Technology has made virtual teams far more common, if only to deal with many workers' desire to telecommute at least one or two days a week. Managing a virtual team is far different from managing a "real" team, however, creating... |
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| 07.19.12 |
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: Praising Employees "Phantom praise." That's how a young geoprofessional described what he perceived as unexpressed praise. "They give you a good bonus, which is nice, but they seldom come out and say, 'Great job' or words to that effect. I know they must... |
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| 07.16.12 |
Vancouver, BC Experimenting with Rubber Sidewalks Vancouver, BC is experimenting with a recycled-tire material for use in sidewalks installed in soft-soil areas. The test site - a sidewalk on the 500-block stretch of East 17th Avenue - previously required frequent filling of concrete cracks with... |
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| 07.12.12 |
ROAD WARRIOR: Airplane Seating There seems to be no such thing as a standard airplane seating layout; each airline develops its own design. So how do you know what the best seats are? Simple: http://www.seatguru.com/. Just insert the name of your airline and the... |
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| 07.09.12 |
Hand-Held Device Can Quickly Assess Concrete Structure’s Integrity, Alizadeh Says Aali Alizadeh, the 33-year-old CEO of Giatec Scientific, says that he and his team have created a hand-held device engineers can use to quickly assess the structural integrity of concrete buildings and other structures. The device takes... |
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| 07.05.12 |
EDITORIAL: Diversity in ASFE After 43 years of existence, ASFE has nominated a female - Laura Reinbold, P.E. (TTL, Inc.) - to its Board of Directors. For most of us, it is and is not a big deal. In the "is" category, we could say, "Wow! We've finally ended the men's club. After... |
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| 07.02.12 |
Philadelphia Courts Named “Top Judicial Hellhole” Philadelphia's civil courts comprise the nation's worst "judicial hellhole," with courts in California coming in second, followed by West Virginia's in third, according to the new Judicial Hellholes 2011-12 report issued bythe American Tort Reform... |
Press Release |
| 06.28.12 |
Just How Important Are Geoprofessionals and the Issues They Contend with? Sometimes when you're in the middle of things for a long time you lose perspective about the importance of what you're doing. This fact was emphasized in mid-December, when your ASFE NewsLog editor received an e-mail... |
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