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  • iPad Buzz: Is It Deserved?

    Apple unveiled its latest gadget, the iPad, this week. For months, the tech world has been buzzing about this tablet computer, which amounts to a crossover between a laptop and a smartphone. The thin, lightweight iPad looks like a large version of an...
    Published 01-28-2010 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Would You Barter Cleaning Services?

    With cash flow problems presenting roadblocks for business owners across the country, it makes sense that people are looking for new, innovative ways to make money. Old trends, however, are also re-emerging. Bartering - exchange of goods and services...
    Published 11-25-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Cleanliness And Godliness

    This past Sunday, my family attended a service at my late grandfather’s church as part of an All-Saints’ Day celebration (my grandfather was certainly a saint to us, and to the church, to which he was a benefactor). The first thing I saw after...
    Published 11-02-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Never Say Never

    In talking with building service contractors over the course of this spring and summer — for the official business of article research, or just to catch up — I’ve found the general sentiment is that BSCs are doing a lot more for a lot...
    Published 08-31-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Federal Agencies Update Flu Season Guidelines For Schools

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have released updated H1N1 flu federal guidelines for public health and school officials. The guidelines outline different response levels based on the severity of the flu strain in state and local...
    Published 08-11-2009 by Lisa Ridgely
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  • Swine Flu: Promote Preparedness, Not Panic

    Though many building service contractors have had their fill of swine flu (H1N1) news, health officials are warning that we haven’t seen the worst of this flu virus strain yet. During a flu preparedness summit this week, the secretary of U.S. Health...
    Published 07-09-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Immigration Reform Not Topping Legislative Agenda

    In my many discussions with building service contractors across the country during the past year or so, many have told me that one of their biggest concerns is immigration policy and reform. Though attempts at a comprehensive legislative reform package...
    Published 06-26-2009 by Lisa Ridgely
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  • Let Refrigerator Incident Be A Lesson

    Sometimes, an incident that makes news serves as a reminder to all that when cleaning products are used improperly, occupant health is at stake. Case in point: A combination of fumes from rotting food in an unplugged refrigerator and a cleaning product...
    Published 05-18-2009 by Lisa Ridgely
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  • Do You Live A Life Of Weisure?

    There is an interesting new term on the block, and it may just describe the lifestyle of many building service contractor execs. “Weisure” is a melding of work and leisure — two things that were kept as separate as work and home at one...
    Published 05-12-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Don't Drop The Ball On Pandemic Planning

    It hasn’t even been two weeks since most Americans heard the term “swine flu” for the first time, but the H1N1 flu strain that has sickened thousands worldwide, including more than 400 in the U.S., is already making history as a pandemic...
    Published 05-06-2009 by Lisa Ridgely
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  • How Are You Showing Employee Appreciation?

    Though a lot of companies are scrimping and saving wherever they can these days, Wal-Mart became an unexpected source of economic inspiration to many this spring by boosting its annual bonus payout to its 1.45 million strong workforce to $933 million...
    Published 03-26-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Economic Stimulus: Friend Or Foe?

    With all the talk of economic stimulus, and promises being made to help businesses, are BSCs buying it? The stimulus package that was signed by President Barack Obama last month contains nearly $300 billion in tax provisions, including breaks to help...
    Published 03-05-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Making The Case For Doing What's Right

    Following the recent salmonella outbreak at a peanut processing plant in Georgia — which affected 1,800 products, sickened hundreds and has been responsible for the deaths of at least nine people — facts are emerging that are sickening in...
    Published 02-12-2009 by Lisa Ridgely

  • Beware Latest Computer Worm

    The spread of a worm affecting Microsoft Windows has exploded this month, infecting millions of PCs all over the world with a sleeper virus that gives hackers access to personal information. The virus is called “Downadup” or “Conflicker”...
    Published 01-22-2009 by Lisa Ridgely
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  • Billionaires Make 2009 Predictions

    Ask the some of the world’s richest people what 2009 will look like, and they’re just as scared as the rest of us. Of course, it’s hard to believe that billionaires will be going to bed hungry anytime soon — but a handful of members...
    Published 01-08-2009 by Lisa Ridgely
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