If you ever experience performance anxiety -- commonly known as stage fright -- getting excited might help more than trying to calm down, according to a new study. Researchers at Harvard Business School found that becoming excited before ...
Tags: performance anxiety, stage fright, Harvard Business School
The number of soybean acres in Manitoba will likely increase again in 2014, says a senior market analyst with FarmLink Marketing solutions. "When we think about relative prices, the conversations we have with our clients point to soybeans ...
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With 2013 corn harvest prices approximately half of those in 2012, cow-calf producers may choose corn for supplementation again. It’s probably the cheapest source of energy on the market if you can feasibly deliver it to the cow herd. ...
Tags: Beef Cows, Protein Supplementation
If you've followed me on the forums at all, you know that the last 6 months have been a crazy time in Conductor's life. Sold my house quicker than I expected, moved in with my parents (with my Wife, 4 kids, 4 dogs, and a cat), bought a new ...
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Bob Baddeley and Brad Zdroik have invented and are marketing BlueTipz, a wireless transmitter that sends an alert to your smartphone when you have a fish on your ice fishing tip-up. A tip-up is a piece of equipment that's placed across an ...
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If Johnny doesn't take to the violin, don't fret. A new study challenges the widely held belief that music lessons can help boost children's intelligence. "More than 80 percent of American adults think that music improves children's ...
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When it comes to factors affecting children's school performance, DNA may trump home life or teachers, a new British study finds. "Children differ in how easily they learn at school. Our research shows that differences in students' ...
Tags: children's school performance, DNA, students'educational achievement
ExxonMobil and its employees and retirees in North Texas raised more than $1.7 million for charitable organizations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area through ExxonMobil’s annual Employees’ Favorite Charities Campaign. Employees ...
BlackBerry’s new CEO says he is “very interested” in trying to replicate some of the company’s signature security and enterprise productivity on rival platforms. BlackBerry has enjoyed favour in enterprises for its ...
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Senator Chris Coons announces Manufacturing Jobs for America initiative. A new congressional report released Dec. 17, 2013, found that after a decade of devastating declines, the American manufacturing sector is recovering—and now ...
The PPG Industries Foundation announced a $5,000 donation to Action Greensboro for continued support of the STEM Early College program on the North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (NC A&T) campus. The STEM Early College ...
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Congress in 2007 passed a law setting higher energy efficiency standards. That has led to the phasing out of the production of traditional incandescent bulbs. On New Year's Day 2013, 75-watt incandescent light bulbs, the now stigmatized ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation has made a $5,000 donation to the Frontiers of Flight Museum located in Dallas to support aviation and space-flight education programs for Pre-K through 10th-grade students. The grant was made on behalf of PPG ...
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From a molten blob of glass to a meticulously crafted masterpiece, the works of art at Wheatonarts round into shape a little bit at a time. A day after working to create some of the world's largest Christmas ornaments, Deborah Czeresko ...
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Toys that help children figure how to turn their ideas into reality by designing and building are a first step in a career in the sciences, U.S. researchers say. Beth Holloway, director of the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue ...