Category: Business

Classic cars and young drivers get a lesson in manual transmissions

GOLDEN — How do you teach teenagers to drive a stick shift? Take them to a secluded 1.4 mile training track in Golden on an idle Saturday where no one else is around. Teach them about the clutch, gears and emergency brake. And then hand over the keys. And for kicks, convince a handful of vintage car owners to loan

Classic cars and young drivers get a lesson in manual transmissions

GOLDEN — How do you teach teenagers to drive a stick shift? Take them to a secluded 1.4 mile training track in Golden on an idle Saturday where no one else is around. Teach them about the clutch, gears and emergency brake. And then hand over the keys. And for kicks, convince a handful of vintage car owners to loan

Bennet, Western senators ask Sec. Zinke to reverse suspension of BLM resource council meetings

Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday joined a group of Western senators in asking the Department of Interior to lift its sudden suspension of advisory committees and local boards that deliver public input on the Bureau of Land Management’s policy decisions. “These meetings are an invaluable way to ensure rural and local voices in Colorado are heard and considered in conversations

Bennet, Western senators ask Sec. Zinke to reverse suspension of BLM resource council meetings

Sen. Michael Bennet on Thursday joined a group of Western senators in asking the Department of Interior to lift its sudden suspension of advisory committees and local boards that deliver public input on the Bureau of Land Management’s policy decisions. “These meetings are an invaluable way to ensure rural and local voices in Colorado are heard and considered in conversations

Google tools generated $2.9B in economic activity in Colorado last year, tech giant says

Cliff Grassmick, Daily CameraWork continues on Google’s 330,000-square-foot Boulder campus, as seen on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Some 40,000 Colorado businesses and nonprofits that use Google’s online advertising tools helped generate economic activity worth $2.88 billion in 2016, according to the tech giant’s latest economic impact report released Wednesday. Colorado’s Google activity dwarfs that of most its neighbors, with New

Pentagon presenting Syria military options to White House

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon is presenting a range of possible military options the United States could take in response to the suspected chemical attack in Syria, a US official said on Thursday. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the official said options include strikes to ground the Syrian air force. Syria chemical attack Pentagon chief Jim Mattis is presenting the options to

Swansong for Misbah

The meticulous master of the misfit madmen will marshal them only once more. Misbahul Haq will be calling it quits after the upcoming series with the West Indies. The oldest player on the team, yet the most physically fit, becoming a permanent fixture in the national side at the age of 33 when most cricketers retire, the captain of the

Performance Reviews: Are You Making These Mistakes?

Yearly reviews are commonplace in many organizations, but they are often dreaded by both the reviewers and the employees being reviewed. Managers feel uncomfortable giving out negative feedback, while those reporting to them stress while anticipating the feedback. The main problem of annual reviews, aside from their negative connotation, is that they are largely ineffective. A study found that job

Smart Leaders Ask Themselves These 10 Strategy Questions Every Day

“Strategy without execution is meaningless. Execution without engagement is impossible.”– Me Sounds pretty profound, doesn’t it? When you read the words, and look closely at their meaning, they’re so true. Think about it… if you have a strategy and you don’t execute on it, who cares that you even had a strategy to begin with? And if you try to

The Future of Facility Management

When it comes to the future of facilities management, “connection” is the keyword. People outside your organization are develop specialized facilities management knowledge – and they’re doing it fast. Within your organization you are likely receiving more and more specific questions, and you must find a way to bridge this gap. Facility management, then, should always be about figuring out

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