Melissa Thompson

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Melissa Thompson writes about a wide range of topics, revealing interesting things we didn't know before. She is a freelance USA Today producer, and a Technorati contributor.

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The Top 5 Must-Know Study Tips for Busy College Students

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A lot of people have referred to college as the best phase of their life. This might be true for some, but it is...

The Case for Emotional Intelligence on the Job, at Home, Even Politics

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In the future job candidates may find themselves tested in job screenings for how one feels as much as what one knows. Research is...

How To Keep Friendship Alive; a Tribute to Mental Illness Month

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The truth is, these illnesses never exist inside a vacuum. Signs and symptoms like fatigue, irritability, and moodiness can make ripple effects that cause...

California Moves to Make Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Unlawful

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The California State Assembly has proposed and approved a bill, AB 2943, to prohibit sexual orientation change efforts as unlawful practices under the state's...

Social Security & Disability: How to Avoid Being Taken By Scammers

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The advertisements are everywhere: On television, in newspapers, magazines and online. Many consumers who are thinking about the possibility of going on disability or...
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How Buy Now, Pay Later Debt Changes Your Bankruptcy Decisions

Finance
Does buy now, pay later debt count when you're deciding whether to file for bankruptcy? More and more, yes, even when the balance never touched your credit report. Split-pay loans from apps like Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm, and Zip have become

The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

Technology
Most consumers assume the friendly voice on a collection call belongs to a person following a script. It is often a script following a person. A synthetic voice, cloned or generated by an AI agent, working a call list on behalf of a collect

The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

Legal
A pedestrian killed by a crossover has, on average, about 20 seconds of the driver's inputs sitting inside the car that hit them. Throttle position. Brake pressure. Steering angle. Whether the seat belt was buckled and whether stability con

When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Business
Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u
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