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U.S. payrolls add 312,000 jobs as unemployment rises to 3.9 percent
Seth Sandronsky Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementNonfarm employers added 312,000 new hires in December, and the number of jobless workers increased 276,000 to 6.3 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The December rate of unemployment rising to 3.9 percent from 3.7 percent in November "happened for the ‘right’ reasons as more workers entered the labor force — the labor force participation rate ticked up 0.2 percentage points," according to Elise Gould, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.
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Improve the way your employees see you
Lisa Mulcahy Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs a manager, you try to be fair, clear and helpful to your employees. Yet what's your real reputation as a boss? You might not have a clue as to how your employees truly see you. What's more, you may be making key mistakes that hamper their connection to the person you really are, making you less effective as a supervisor than you ultimately can be. Use these research-driven tips to accurately convey your real personality to your staff — and improve the way you relate to them so they can work better with you.
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Real-time crime centers grow in number
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThe Real-Time Crime Center for the Leon County Sheriff’s Office in Tallahassee, Florida, has begun to provide a high-tech boost to law enforcement in the Florida capital. While this is not the only Florida county to set up a center like this, it is one of the pioneers. It has taken time and a considerable federal grant to see the center finally happen. Intelligence analysts will be using data, technology, and analytics to help police officers in the field. As they go on, police analysts will build a portfolio of victims and wanted people to share with deputies in the field.
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3 ways to pray for your 2019 church communications
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityPrayer allows us to open our minds to God’s plan since He uses prayer to align us with His will. How do we know His will? It’s fairly easy to know: nothing will happen in 2019 that’s out of it since nothing surprises Him or is out of His control. That should bring peace and hope to your perspective of 2019. Your community (the area that’s within your church’s influence) needs that reassurance, hope, and peace. They need Jesus. Let’s pray that God truly uses us to communicate to a world that doesn’t seem to be reaching out to Houses of Worship, the Bible, or the Truth.
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Call to action: Is your school best preparing kids for the future?
Brian Stack EducationAs we embark on a new calendar year, I ask my fellow school principals whether your school is best preparing kids for the future. This will be my single focus as we start 2019. At our graduation ceremony last year, I reminded graduates that they entered the PK-12 education system at just about the same time that the first iPhone was introduced to the market. I noted how much our world and our society has changed as a result of personal smartphone devices and drew a parallel to how much our school’s definition of "college and career readiness" has had to evolve over that same time frame.
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New year, new skin for your spa clients
Elizabeth Donat RetailOur clients will certainly be setting goals and New Year's resolutions for 2019: starting a new exercise routine, a dietary cleanse, or perhaps a goal to finally give themselves the skin that they always wanted. We, as spa industry professionals, should be several steps ahead of them and ready to guide them in the right direction when it comes to making major improvements in their skin for this upcoming year. Follow my expert tips below and help your clients transform their skin in 2019.
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How to give your cardiologists the support they need
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationAs an administrator, you know that cardiologists are often nothing short of miracle workers. A little-considered fact, however: these highly skilled and brilliant physicians often work under emotional and physical constraints that make their jobs difficult, even dangerous — and that can compromise patient care. To give the cardiologists in your organization the assistance they may need, but may not ask you for, implement these important research-driven points. Doing so will ensure safe, satisfactory outcomes.
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How the ‘pest of the year’ affects facility managers
Scott E. Rupp Facilities & GroundsThe Terminix International Company, one of the largest pest control companies in the world, operating in 47 U.S. states and 22 countries around the world, recently published the results of its second annual study/report that takes a "look back at the pest trends of the last year." For the two years of the report’s existence, the company has said bed bugs are the “Pest of the Year.” The rationality for the decision is based on a truly 21st century metric — online search results.
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Project transforms the perception of religion in classrooms around the…
Sheilamary Koch EducationFrom reading Martin Luther King’s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" to analyzing artwork at the Art Institute of Chicago, students around the nation are embarking on educational activities from a new religious studies-informed angle. Thanks to the Religious Literacy Project (RLP) at Harvard Divinity School, which guides teachers in incorporating a constitutionally sound approach to presenting the interplay between culture and religion, students are developing better understanding of how the multiple facets of religion influence human experience.
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After national legalization of marijuana, Canadian agency studies human…
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Civil & GovernmentMarijuana became legal in Canada in October 2018. Like many states in the U.S., government officials are struggling with how to manage, measure and understand both legal and illegal use of cannabis. This is where the study of human excrement comes in. Sewage in several municipalities will be studied to gain knowledge of cannabis use. Statistics Canada will use a process referred to as wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) to estimate cannabis use by the general public in several Canadian municipalities.