Up here, down there; up this month, down the next. It’s still a rollercoaster ride out there, and it’s not the grades of aspiring agents taking up real estate courses that we’re talking about. It’s the real estate industry on its sixth year since the home prices began their big slide. The market is in…

You’d think that safety violations were limited to accidents only as far the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is concerned. But despite appearances, safety and health are not limited to accidents alone. This October, OSHA cited Bridgford Foods Corp. for 27 safety and health violations at its food manufacturing facility…

The Pacman of the medical transcription (MT) world has done it again. For those of you who are just beginning their medical transcription training but like to keep close tabs on the industry news, here’s an update: Major medical-transcription firm iMedX Inc., of Shelton, Conn., has gobbled up yet another MT organization; this time it’s…

Last October, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced the arrival of the seven billionth human being on the planet. Now the world’s population officially stands at seven billion, a hefty number that would take the world’s national governments and international organizations all acting in concert to properly take care of. That undertaking will go…

Magnitude 3.5 may not sound like a lot for an earthquake (it isn’t, in fact), but the seven temblors in Oklahoma this October (plus the 200 minor quakes in 2010) did rattle a lot of nerves and countless windowpanes. Many are worried and for good reason are looking for comfort to their insurance policies and…

If you’re a contractor finishing your contractor continuing education so you can renew your license, beware more of routine violations of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards during your practice than of the big ones that can result in catastrophic consequences and even deaths. Lawyers specializing in workplace safety cases revealed that it is…

As unbelievable as it may seem, it has taken the U.S. government over 10 years to put in place the first major change in food-safety laws since the last revamp was made in the 1930s! This after a long, heaving series of food-borne illness outbreaks, panic, and deaths. Finally last January, the Food Safety Modernization…

With 24 fingers doing the wetting, washing, shampooing, conditioning, and drying, will the shampoo robot that debuted at the annual CEATEC (Cutting-edge IT & Electronics Comprehensive Exhibition) Conference in Tokyo run the world’s hairdressers and barbers out of their careers? No chance—even if the robot took all the cosmetology CE available from California to Texas….

Capital Heights, Maryland (CNN) — If you’re looking for an industry that’s thriving even during these tough economic times, look to the hair industry. It may be the closest thing to recession-proof and for that learn cosmetology ce from a reputed cosmetology school either online or onsite. According to Census data, the number of barbershops…

In these times of global-warming awareness and Eco-friendliness, it’s important to know that a (whole new) world of difference separates a greenhouse from a green house—or to be more precise, a green home. A green home not only makes it possible for you to put in your due to saving the planet (well, just a…

This September OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released a new set of guidelines, Nail Gun Safety—A Guide for Construction Contractors, in response to widespread incidents of nail-gun injuries at the workplace. OSHA revealed that approximately 37,000 emergency-room cases involving nail guns occur annually throughout the country. Among the most…

How’s your medical vocabulary? If you have a deep stock of such collectibles as oral pharyngeal hyperplasia and ichthyosis scutulata, then you’re bound for glory in the wonderful world of medical transcription. But if you’re still struggling with colonoscopy and colostomy, then the thing to do is what most other medical transcriptionists have done before…

It’s easy to assume that ISO standards are just for manufacturers and businessmen. Considering the ubiquity of standards in place in factories and businesses around the world, it’s not at all surprising that many people make that mistake.  But standards specifically made for consumers in fact occupy a major part of the ISO charter. This…

If you know what Listeria is, then you know it’s serious stuff. This is why the deepening, widening Listeria crisis in states such as Colorado and Kansas has authorities, including the CDC, very worried indeed. As this is being written, 19 states have already reported outbreaks, at least 84 people have been sickened by Listeria-contaminated…

LEDs or light-emitting diodes have been around for decades, but mostly their uses have been confined to the electronics section of the electrical-electronics divide at your nearest supermarket. They’re everywhere now, actually—from that teeny pinprick pilot light that winks green or red on your modem to the flat-panel TV (it’s called LED TV, right?) that…