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• 2020’s recommended countries to visit include sustainability-loving…

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  During the last two decades, the travel industry has grown both globally and regionally. That growth, however, has seen some downsides, most important of which is the negative environmental impact caused by travelers. From the slopes of Mt. Everest to the beaches of Hawaii, we are now witnessing terrible acts of pollution and damage to nature and property. The travel and tourism industry is closely following ongoing climate talks so that stakeholders can implement eco-friendly steps. The countries on this list are closer to achieving desired sustainability goals than others.

• 5 things your end-of-year letter must communicate

  Mark MacDonald Religious Community

  I get it. You're trying to remind your congregation that it's the end of the year and you would love to be the recipient of their end-of-year donations above and beyond regular tithes. So, you put together a letter or an email and send it. Here are five things you must effectively communicate if you want the right response.

• Survey: Over 40% of job candidates say ‘bye’ if employers won’t…

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  We're currently at or close to full employment, and companies need to be more flexible if they want to snag desirable job candidates. According to a recent Robert Half survey, applicants aren't afraid to walk away when companies aren't willing to negotiate — and not just on salary. In the survey, 43% of respondents said they lost interest in a job offer because the company was unwilling to negotiate elements beyond salary. So, what are the other areas that job applicants want to negotiate?

• Enhancing the weakest link

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Associations want to portray strength. If the national association is composed of state chapters, or the state has local components, all of them should perform at a certain level to deliver consistent value to members. An association with a network of components should have mechanisms to maintain standards of excellence. The focus may be on proper brand usage, strong advocacy, and sustainable membership growth. "You are only as strong as the weakest link," is a concept that applies to components.

• Study review: Depressed physicians more likely to commit medical errors

  Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied Healthcare

  A physician who is depressed is more likely to commit medical errors: This is the primary finding from a review of studies — 11 prior studies that included more than 21,000 physicians — published in JAMA Network Open. Per the findings, physicians with a positive screening for depression were very likely to report medical errors. Further examination found that the association between depressive symptoms in physicians and medical errors is bidirectional.

• Life lessons I’ve learned this year as a learning-disabled individual

  Amy Temple Education

  As we reach the end of another year, a lot of time is being spent in reflection over the events that have occurred in our lives. For me, I have learned a lot of crucial lessons about myself and life in general. This spring, I finally worked up the courage to quit a job working for a longtime client in my dog-sitting business because of a toxic work environment. I joined LinkedIn and met wonderful people who have provided me with numerous opportunities to grow in my writing career. I would not have been able to do any of this if I still had a bubble up and didn't take chances.

• 7 small American towns with superlative Christmas festivities

  Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

  For some small American towns, the Christmas season comes with an invitation to light things up and throw a party. Colorful lights and festive décor set the stage for holiday parades, concerts, sleigh rides and cider tastings. For those of you ready to step outside of your holiday comfort zone, consider spending some time in one of the following seven towns that take celebrating Christmas to a whole new level.

• Freestanding emergency departments bring speedier care but higher spending

  Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied Healthcare

  FSEDs deliver emergency care in strip malls and in other facilities that are physically separate from acute care hospitals. Freestanding EDs first emerged in the 1970s to fill the need for emergency care in underserved rural areas that could not financially sustain inpatient hospitals, but FSEDs are now popping up primarily in urban and suburban areas. A team of researchers at Rice University investigated the relationship between the number of freestanding emergency departments (FSEDs) and local market spending on emergency care.

• Can Common Core ever really work?

  Patrick Gleeson Education

  An embarrassing failure in U.S. education has been the persistent underperformance of K-12 students in matchups with students in other countries. After more than a decade of intense efforts, U.S. students remain firmly in the middle of the pack worldwide. The most recent 2018 cross-national PISA test, administered to 15-year-olds every three years, found U.S. students ranked 37th in math, 18th in science and 13th in reading. This comes after 18 years of costly federal programs that have resulted in minimal improvement. What's gone wrong here?

• Who am I?

  Debra Josephson Abrams Education

  In my November article, we saw how interrogative pronouns lend themselves to extensive and inventive study. This month, let’s explore how asking "Who are you?" can work in concert with the previous activities or can be used individually. The identity exploration activities we’ll examine this month can be used for kindergarten through university and arguably for even younger students. The activities introduce or review poetry, figurative language (particularly personification, metaphor, simile, idioms, alliteration, and onomatopoeia), and vocabulary development.

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