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Michael Di Corcia, Lived in Italy till 1993 when, I decided to move to the US, worked EVERY possible job to put myself through college, from waiter to ballroom dance instructor, bar manager, limo driver, insurance agent, salesman of food products, high tech

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Jobs & Careers > Getting Ahead Get that raise: How to prove your loyalty without being a sap: 1 of 7

Loyalty does not always relate to the time you stay with an employer. Loyalty can be shown and seen by the ability of employees to take the core values and duties that the employer asks of them and maximize them, through high work ethic, showing that every decision is taken with the company's benefit in mind. If an employee ...
Personal Finance > Home Insurance Tips for dealing with your insurance company after your home is water damaged: 2 of 5

Dealing with an insurance company when addressing the issue of a water damage claim can be an easy process if the channels of communications are open. First of all, never try to find an answer by yourself; insurance rules are set by companies under state guidelines, meaning that there are politicians and lawyers involved. An...
Education > Educational Philosophy Ideas for improving the United States education system: 38 of 70

Improving the education system in the US is not an easy task for several reasons. To start, in the rest of the world schools are places of learning, where only those who can and want to learn are accepted, most countries have standards that ALL students in their grades have to follow. Those who cannot, stay behind. Here you ...
Arts & Humanities > Classical Lit & Mythology The Divine Comedy: Types of punishment in Dante's Inferno: 5 of 9

Dante's Inferno is clearly one of Italian literature's masterpieces. Let me give you a bit of background, because It is essential to understand why the characters in the "Commedia" (that was the original title given by Dante "Divina" was added later) ended up where they did. Dante Who was a "White Guelph" was banished from h...
Personal Finance > Life Insurance How much life insurance should one buy?: 6 of 10

The great thing about life insurance is that it comes in many different "flavors," and you can truly tailor your insurance coverage to what your needs are. For instance, if you have 2 children, ages 2 and 5, a brand new mortgage (30 yr) and other debts. Your income is 100k, and your wife also earns 100k. This would be Ideal ...
Business > Small & Home Business Great accounting software for small businesses: 2 of 3

There is a HUGE difference between "great" accounting packages and "affordable" ones. Although QuickBooks and Peachtree are widely adopted solutions does not make them the best game in town anymore. Small businesses are now facing similar issues that larger organizations are facing, including e-commerce, it infrastructure co...
Arts & Humanities > Ethics A dialogue on abortion: 58 of 71

A dialogue on abortion is a difficult thing to achieve, there are 3 groups of people in this debate, the first group are the pro-lifers who think without a doubt in their mind that abortion is wrong, immoral a sin that will most definitely send you in the great barbecue pit of hell; the second group are the "pro-choicers" wh...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: There's too much pressure on teens: 16 of 19

Pressure. You don't know pressure till you go to school in a foreign country And then you might be able to understand why the US is lagging behind when educating our Children. I lived in Italy most of my life, attended in both the Italian public system (k-8), as well as a private High school. In Italy, a child has to attend ...
Society & Lifestyle > European Culture Popular names for Italian babies: 6 of 7

It is very difficult to generalize anything about Italy, a country that just over a century and a half ago was a land divided in several independent countries and occupied territories. Italy is still divided by dialects local culture and intrinsic prejudice about people living in the town next door. Let's narrow down these d...
Business > Human Resources Human resources: What happened to the human: 7 of 8

I believe that the best way to elevate the HR deparment's role in an organization is to shift the department from transactional to strategic. Transitioning the role of HR from a transactional department to a strategic one within an organization has been taking place for some time in the large enterprise space. CxOs have gene...