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Jun192022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Factors influencing corporate training program design options

Career

There are many limiting factors that can influence the structure of the training program. Some limiting factors include: amount of content, availability of participants, frequency content needs to be delivered or requirement for academic credit to be granted. Amount of Training Content If the content can be packaged to be covered in three hours or less blocks of time, then a workshop series or workshop menu may be the best option. Workshops can be offered on demand when there are enough participants to justify an offering or they can be scheduled in a regular rotation every few months. The content is better suited to a course structure if the content fits one or more of the following criteria: In-depth and complex Requires many hours to deliver the full content Is best de...

Jun182022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Boycott 1980 Olympics: Why didn’t US compete in summer games

Sports

Heading into the 1980 Summer Olympic Games, public sentiment was in favor of President Jimmy Carter’s call to boycott the Moscow Olympic Games. The Soviet Union had then invaded Afghanistan and simultaneously assassinated the PM. Carter and other leaders around the world were calling the invasion the greatest threat to world since World War II. 1980 Olympic Boycott: Politics in the Olympic Games According to the Carter Administration, there also were other parallels to World War II and the Nazi Party. In 1936, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Germany. Adolf Hitler used the Olympic Games to validate Germany and the Nazi Party, and according to then-Vice President Walter Mondale, the Soviet government was doing the same. In a Feb. 13, 1980 news conference, President Jimmy ...

Jun142022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Some self-employment jobs booming during recession

Business

The self-employed, like everyone else, are feeling the weight of the recession on their shoulders -- at least, some of them are. A few self-employment industries are booming while others are struggling to make ends meet. Maybe now is the right time for some work at home professionals to branch out into new (read: money-making) career fields? Professionals who are already thinking of making a change may want to gravitate toward the few self-employment jobs that are growing in spite of the financial crisis. Struggling for Self-Employment Many industries are declining as more people struggle to meet their financial burdens and strive to find new ways to make money. Many self-employment jobs attached to the housing industry, for example, are markedly down. Real estate agents, constru...

Jun122022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

How to relax while taking tests in college

General

Most students panic. As a result, they perform quite poorly. In fact, some students might know the material through and through up until the very moment they walk into the classroom, sit down at their desk, and the test begins. Importance of Relaxing While Taking Tests in College Everyone knows that stress isn’t good for the human body, but neither is it good for the human mind. In fact, according to the Mayo Clinic, stress not only causes feelings of anxiety, it also causes forgetfulness and an inability to focus. Therefore, it’s no wonder that students who “freak out” during exams tend to perform poorly, even though they’ve studied and prepared; and since this is the case, students need to learn to relax during examinations, and one proven relaxation method is meditation. Us...

Jun62022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Berlin, top destination in Germany since fall of the wall

Travel

Berlin has a special place in history, as the city that had a concrete wall around it for 28 years. It was the center of the Cold War. Located in former East Germany, it was divided into two sections – East Berlin and West Berlin. The wall was around the west, which was controlled by the Allies: USA, France, and Great Britain. The rest of East Germany was under Communist control. Checkpoint Charlie near the Brandenburg Gate, the largest opening between the east and west, is a must-see. Since the wall came down in 1989, Germans have been working hard to restore Berlin as one of the premier cities in Europe. Much work has been done to get East Berlin up to the living standards of West Berlin and today you can’t even tell that there used to be such a drastic difference. Many new high r...

May282022 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Financial planning: Saving is key to stable income for life

Finance

Smart financial planning revolves around saving money from your income. Fundamental financial wisdom for centuries has been to spend less than what you earn. But many people around the world either do not save at all, or even spend more than what they earn. So they borrow money on interest and accumulate debt. The result is that instead of earning interest on investments, they end up paying interest on borrowings. That creates the opposite of wealth creation, which is wealth erosion. Save a Percentage of Your Income You always have two choices in life. The first and the most tempting choice is that you spend all that you earn and live for today. But tomorrow when you retire, or go through a rough financial patch even before you retire, you will not have a financial cushion to sof...