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• Rights, safety and why you should carry on the road

  Connie Ulman Recreation & Leisure

  Preparing for and getting my concealed carry weapon (CCW) license has been an exciting and empowering experience. I encourage all my fellow travelers to take a pistol safety course, or at least some kind of self-defense class. Hopefully, as you follow my journey, you will understand the importance of why you should conceal carry.

• Seasonal traditions maintained in disaster-affected communities

  Michelle R. Matisons Waste Management & Environmental

  This past year we have witnessed many U.S. communities get turned upside down, even destroyed, by significant weather events. We have also witnessed significant developments on the climate change front, as the Paris Agreement lives on despite the deregulation of U.S. environmental protections that is underway, including clean water protections.

• A mentor is good — now you need a sponsor

  Patrick Gleeson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  In corporate America, it’s long been recognized that for high-potential employees, finding a mentor and maintaining a relationship with that mentor is one of the keys to career success. According to a study of over 1,000 corporate professionals, this holds particularly true for women and minorities, more than 75 percent of whom described the mentoring relationship as either "very important or extremely important to their career development." Unfortunately, mentoring alone, although it has a positive effect on the careers of all corporate professionals who develop a mentor-mentee relationship, doesn’t close the gender/diversity gap.

• Over half of employees are uncomfortable asking for time off during the…

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  "It’s the most wonderful time of the year," and yet, many employees don’t feel they can fully enjoy the holiday season because of work demands. In fact, a West Monroe Partners study found that 51 percent of employees are uncomfortable — or at least somewhat uncomfortable — asking for time off during the holidays. The results are no surprise to veteran HR expert Tim Sackett, president at HRU Technical Resources, and author of "The Talent Fix: A Leader’s Guide to Recruiting Great Talent."

• Repeating the past to propel progress

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  As humans, we tend to acknowledge the time in which we exist as unprecedented; yet, from extreme political turmoil to amazing technological advancements, the news of today repeats the news of previous generations. While it may seem this tendency to repeat ourselves stifles our progress, instead it provides amazing freedom from our limiting perspectives. This is because when each generation recognizes the previous generation has embraced similar perspectives, we can use that knowledge to advance our thinking.

• Will the single-family home market find relief in 2019?

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  Housing starts and sales of existing homes rose for the second month in a row in November, thanks to demand for multifamily properties. The single-family market, though, remained more or less flat, stymied by high prices and the rise in mortgage rates, and is on track for negative annual growth this year. Yet, already there are signs that prices are softening in some areas, and it’s possible mortgage rates will recede if the economy begins to slow down next year, as expected. Will that be enough to put the single-family market back in the black?

• Top 5 perks of being a physical therapist

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  Some people are fortunate enough to love their jobs. I think that most physical therapists would fall into this category. We are in a great line of work, for many reasons. Around this time of year, it is important to reflect, be thankful and look forward to what’s to come, so I thought I would write a little lighthearted post to celebrate being a PT!

• ‘Look the part’ and the new year will be your best year

  Fred Berns Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  This is the time of year that companies in most every industry, in most every market set goals for the year ahead. And no matter if those firms are big or small, they often have a similar ambition: to get bigger jobs from better clients. It’s a worthy goal, to be sure, but a difficult one to achieve. So many companies work so hard to attract major projects from luxury-level clients, yet so few succeed. Why? Most don’t attract high-caliber clients because they don’t look like high-caliber companies.

• Breakthrough in food poisoning research could save lives

  Tammy Hinojos Food & Beverage

  Don’t eat the flavor-blasted Goldfish crackers. Um, or the romaine lettuce. Put down the peanut butter. Oh and remember when we had to stop eating Blue Bell Ice Cream that one summer? Heaven help us. Food poisoning is no joke. One of the most common causes of food poisoning is a bacterium called Bacillus cereus, a nasty little sucker that secretes the toxins that cause vomiting and diarrhea. A team of researchers at the Australian National University has made an important discovery about how Bacillus cereus works that could help save the lives of patients with serious bacterial infections, particularly those suffering from food poisoning.

• Global CO2 emissions on the rise again after brief drop

  Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & Environmental

  Global fossil fuel emissions appear to be rising again, for a second year in a row, because of growing energy use. These are the findings of new estimates from the Global Carbon Project, an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. The Global Carbon Project's report, "Global Energy Growth Is Outpacing De-carbonization," appeared Dec. 5 in the peer-reviewed Environmental Research Letters, with additional data published in Earth System Science Data.

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