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Never Broken: How Singer-Songwriter Jewel Became a Mental Health Advocate

Success

Jewel’s mental health organization: Inspiring Children Foundation In 2002, after many years of putting what she learned to action, Jewel co-founded the Inspiring Children Foundation , which provides mental health programming to youth whose financial circumstances are a barrier to access. Because, unless my behavior changed, it didn’t matter.

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Economic Uncertainty Hits Millennials; Only 1/3rd Feel They are Middle Class

Small Business Labs

in 2002 to 34.8% But the quick summary is stagnant wages, increasing costs for housing, healthcare and education and the hollowing out of middle wage jobs.  This is part of a broader trend of fewer Americans in general seeing themselves as middle class. So it's not just millennials.

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5 Things Every Office Should be Replacing with Online Technology

Tips From T. Marie

No more supply costs for paper, cartridges, toner, or machines. Is your computer a relic from 2002? Oh, and be sure to stress you are a paperless office and encourage electronic documents only. Printers- Speaking of paperless, since all of your documents are now electronic, invest in Adobe Acrobat and get rid of the printers.

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The Common Mistakes Futurists Make

Small Business Labs

This term was coined in the late 1990's and in the 2002-2005 time frame it was a very hot trend. But futurists under estimated the lack of maturity the technology had and the effort and cost associated with deployment. It is much more cost effective than the traditional methods of building houses from scratch onsite.

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How Eco-Friendly is your Furniture?

Eco-Office Gals

For example,e between 2002 and 2011, the organic food segment grew 238%, whereas the overall food ,market grew 33%; similarly, the use of renewable energy grew 456%, while the use of non-renewable fuels actually fell by 3.2%. Of course, it’s a great thing to work towards saving the environment – but you might as well make some money doing it!

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Are We Becoming a Part-Time Nation?

Small Business Labs

These tools make it easier and more cost efficient to use part-time employees. In 2002, roughly 18% of all part-timers were teens aged 16 to 19. Driving this shift is the use of sophisticated scheduling software and other analytical tools that optimize the number of employees needed, based on realtime demand.

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Opportunity – Small Business Quote of the Week

The Small Business Blog

Community for small business outsourcing and cost control. Planned Maintenance – Upgrade to WinWeb.com The Cost of Borrowing Small Office Tips Finding The Best Employees For Your Small Business Do You Need Encouraging To ‘Go Green’? Ann Landers (1918-2002) US columnist, attrib. E-Mail me or follow me. Build your own network!

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