As cooler air and the potential for winter weather settle into Pennsylvania, PennDOT is urging motorists to join the department’s 4,800 operators and roughly 2,200 trucks in preparing for the season. “PennDOT’s staff and equipment are working hard to be ready for winter’s arrival, and drivers are a huge part of our mission to keep roads as safe as possible this winter,” PennDOT Secretary Leslie…
Yes, bankruptcy is no fun. When my business, like so many other printing and direct mail firms at the time, encountered very difficult shrinking markets and hyper-competitive pricing battles, my firm suffered. The banks that financed the expensive equipment my company needed opted not to negotiate. Why bother? I had used my own assets as collateral, and the bank knew that whatever debt remained after…
The “Fiddler on the Roof” story sings about “Tradition.” Perhaps the song could have carried the refrain “Transitions, Transitions!” Transitions. Transitions carry us from one place in space and time to another. They may feel un-grounding and destabilizing because they are a sort of leap before a landing. Perhaps this is why some people fear bridges or flying. A bridge is a transitional connector from…