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Here is a GREAT little book I read: Order From Chaos by Liz Davenport

Is your office a mess? Are your files totally disorganized? Perhaps you are setting up your office for the first time?

This book will definitely help you get organized! Keep it close so you can refer back to it often!

AssistU - Looking for a trained Virtual Assistant (VA)? Look no further…

A professional VA is a micro business owner who provides administrative and personal support to clients in long-term and deeply collaborative relationships. A VA frees a client up to do more of what the client loves and does best.

Provided by: AssistU

How can carpal tunnel syndrome be prevented?

At the workplace, workers can do on-the-job conditioning, perform stretching exercises, take frequent rest breaks, wear splints to keep wrists straight, and use correct posture and wrist position. Wearing fingerless gloves can help keep hands warm and flexible. Workstations, tools and tool handles, and tasks can be redesigned to enable the worker’s wrist to maintain a natural position during work. Jobs can be rotated among workers. Employers can develop programs in ergonomics, the process of adapting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of workers. However, research has not conclusively shown that these workplace changes prevent the occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome.

Provided by: National Institutes of Health

With a brief shutdown, some of these functions might elicit ho-hum responses, but other shutdown dynamics might hit nonprofits where they are vulnerable:

In the 1995 and 1996 shutdowns, payments to federal contractors affecting approximately 20 percent of the dollar volume of contracts were “affected adversely by the funding lapse” according to the CRS. Nonprofits know what that means. Grant awards and contract reimbursements will be delayed – on top of those already delayed, as NPQ has reported.

And the pain will spread to the states. Many state and local program staff are partially paid for by federal dollars. As those payments slow and stop, state governments will either have to temporarily replace federal dollars with their own resources, in short supply, or simply lay people off and shutter programs. As a result, federal grant and contract payment delays will add to delays for nonprofits at the state and local levels.

Provided by: The Nonprofit Quarterly, Rick Cohen

Anytime is the right time to show off your vacation pictures or give an impromptu business presentation to a small group of people. Ideal for the on-the-go business traveler, the palm-sized PK301 provides projection power anywhere. With a MicroSD card slot that expands memory up to 16GB, plus HDMI, and VGA connectivity, this rechargeable pocket projector allows for easy connection to most analog or digital devices and utilizes a LED light source to produce widescreen images of up to 120 feet diagonally. (www.dlp.com; $387 to $411)

Provided by:  www.BlackEnterprise.com

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.
~Helen Keller

The Magic Wand from VuPoint Solutions is a 10-inch long, 7.5-ounce scanner that fits in your pocket. It captures a high-quality scan of any photo, pattern or text up to 8.5 inches wide. Hundreds of images can fit into the 32GB max microSD card, and scanned content can be stored to your computer via a USB connection. It retails for $99.99. www.vupointsolutions.com

Provided by: Entrepreneur

I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I beleive you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.
~Ken Venturi

With the Transportation Security Administration limit of 3 fluid ounces or less for liquids in carry ons, consider the products at 3floz.com for your next flight. They carry various brands of bath, beauty and health products for the entire family, such as Avalon Organics, The Art of Shaving, Archipelago Botanicals and much more. You can also order a pre-made kit. It just may be a one stop shop for all of your beauty products needs for travel.

Provided by: Entrepreneur