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• Things to look for when purchasing a pop-up camper

  Connie Ulman Recreation & Leisure

  Are you in the market for a camper? Like many people, my family has decided to buy a new camper this spring, and we have chosen to purchase a pop-up. I have put together a list of things to look for when purchasing a pop-up camper. For example, the canvas is a very important part of a pop-up to consider. Things to look for are tears, mold, and leaks. Many times, campers sit in storage or old barns and mice use the canvas as a chew toy.

• Strategies to engage girls in STEM

  Brian Stack Education

  For at least the last decade, there has been a push in our profession nationally to find ways to engage more girls in STEM-related courses and careers. This push has not gone unnoticed to me in my own New Hampshire high school, where currently more than 50 percent of students enrolled in AP Calculus and 80 percent of students enrolled in AP Biology are girls. The statistics are similar for other high-level STEM courses. What's more, girls are performing as well, if not better, academically in these courses as boys.

• The link between feedback style and culture

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Which one is more like your workplace? Option 1: Annual review time is like Christmas: employees count down the days, HR plans a party to celebrate, and staff look forward to the meaningful feedback and rewarding exchanges that occur during the review meeting. Or, option 2: Annual reviews are dreaded as a lot of work for managers and a demotivating experience for staff that culminates with an awkward conversation and an inevitable disconnect in promotion and raise expectations. In either case, the one thing both situations underscore is the significant impact reviews can have on the work environment.

• Make your team’s one-on-one communication more effective

  Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  As a manager, you know how to take control of your group's dynamic in a meeting and draw the most fruitful comments and ideas out of your employees. Yet, when you observe your workers collaborating on their own, you might have noticed that their direct communication isn't as sharp. How can you help your staff members get their points across to each other, making for better project outcomes? It's easier than you think. Call a "communication cleanup" meeting and stress the following research-driven points.

• Safety tips for making friends online for young adults with learning differences

  Jodi Butler Pierce Education

  Whether we are comfortable with it or not, meeting potential friends and relationship partners online is becoming very popular. According to eHarmony, 40 percent of Americans are using online dating sites to search for romantic partners. Outside of dating sites, there are many ways that young adults meet and make friends online. They connect through social media sites, multiplayer video games, fan fiction blogs, and podcasts, and other special interest groups. A quick survey of students at the CIP Brevard Center revealed that most of them feel strongly that their online friends are equally as important as friends in real life.

• EV sales reach record numbers, electricity providers move to meet demand

  Scott E. Rupp Transportation Technology & Automotive

  U.S.-based sales of electric vehicles increased more than 72 percent in 2018 from the previous year, with the class of autos moving more than 354,000 such vehicles. Tesla was the strongest performer. Sales of the manufacturer's three battery-powered models were reported Jan. 3, totaling more than 191,000 vehicles in 2018. In other encouraging news for the EV market, the Edison Electric Institute and the Institute for Electric Innovation said that the transition to electric vehicles is well underway. Electricity companies are working to move the EV infrastructure system forward to meet demand.

• US economy adds only 20,000 jobs in February; unemployment falls to 3.8…

  Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​The federal government’s February jobs report shows that payroll employment rose 20,000 last month, a sharp departure from the 311,000 new jobs added in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. February’s unemployment rate of 3.8 percent compared favorably with 4.0 percent in January. "One month does not make a trend," says Elise Gould, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. On that note, job growth averaged 186,000 over the past three months. "One reason for the February weakness was harsh weather, depressing job growth in construction, hotels, and restaurants," according to Gould.

• How to keep your immune system strong for running

  Holly Martin Sports & Fitness

  Whether you're a new runner who wants to know how to run properly, an experienced runner who wants to work on breathing techniques for running, or even just someone looking for tips for a 5K, it's tough to train when you're sick. Health and a strong immune system are prerequisites for running training. So how do we keep our immune system strong and ensure that we can achieve our specific training goals no matter the season? In this article, we've got tips on everything from what's in your blood when you’re sick to which foods you can eat to get better. Let's dive in!

• How to avoid getting sick on your next vacation

  Catherine Iste Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Vacation can be that wonderful carrot, dangling out in the future. Blocking the time off on the calendar, making reservations, and other acts of preparation can add little boosts of positivity to dreary days between now and then. For some of us, it inspires cleared inboxes and finished projects, too. Unfortunately, many of us end up sick on our well-deserved breaks. Here are a few reasons we end up under the weather and some ways to get us back out enjoying it instead.

• Diminishing Arctic ice opens trade routes, commercial possibilities

  Michelle R. Matisons Distribution & Warehousing

  When it comes to predicting the Arctic’s future, we are all "skating on thin ice." Recent data taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's annual Arctic Report Card shows that, by 2018, the Arctic Ocean lost 95 percent of its "oldest ice." This melting produces warmer temperatures because thick ice coverage keeps ocean water from absorbing the sun’s heat. While ice melts, dollar (and ruble) signs accrue, and new ice-free navigable waters open up trade routes, extend commercial fishing possibilities, and make global energy markets more competitive — to the dismay of clean energy advocates everywhere.

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