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• Props in the music classroom

  Aileen Miracle Education

  As music teachers, we have the opportunity to buy some really fun items for our classroom! Perhaps you've seen tennis balls or ribbons in another music teacher's room, and you've wondered how they incorporate those props into their music classroom. Here are my five favorite props for the music classroom.

• Help your doctors get more rest on duty

  Lisa Mulcahy Medical & Allied Healthcare

  Sleep deprivation: it's a fact of life for both practicing physicians and residents alike. As a hospital administrator, you know this, but there's no doubt you wish you could help your doctors get a least a little more shuteye. You're in luck: cutting-edge research has identified strategies that physicians can use to rest more efficiently while performing their duties during shifts or prior to procedures. Help your doctors by employing the following science-based tips.

• UN climate talks polarized by protest, coal politics

  Michelle R. Matisons Waste Management & Environmental

  Another round of climate talks have begun in Katowice, Poland, at an event known as COP24. Thus far, the event has featured heated clashes with police and heated debates about the Paris Agreement, both regarding a heating planet Earth. There have been serious protests against dirty energy while more protests and behind-the-scenes controversies are brewing. Let’s begin with the protests, and then consider what’s happening behind the scenes at this historic gathering of world leaders, industry spokespeople, nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations, citizen activist groups, and direct action insurrectionaries.

• At last, a roadside screening test for THC

  Dave G. Houser Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  November’s midterm elections added three states — Michigan, Missouri and Utah — to the growing list of 34 states that have legalized cannabis for medical and/or recreational use. That means that about 90 million Americans live where pot is legal, so the ramifications — good and bad — affect almost a third of our nation’s population. Aside from the fact that marijuana is still classified as an illegal controlled substance by federal law — subjecting those who partake to potential criminal prosecution — the use of pot is posing a more immediate and vexing problem concerning public safety.

• Report: Managers overestimate their coaching, mentoring abilities

  Terri Williams Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Most people agree that the manager-direct report relationship is vitally important to an organization’s success. And managers who can effectively coach and mentor their employees can increase performance and engagement levels. However, a new survey reveals that managers may be overestimating their coaching and mentoring abilities. According to a report by Betterworks, a continuous performance management platform, HR professionals and managers don’t agree on the coaching abilities of the latter.

• Would you live in an airport city?

  Lucy Wallwork Construction & Building Materials

  The Polish winner of the Man Booker International Prize wrote in her winning novel, on the subject of airports, that "soon we well may say that it’s the cities that supplement the airport, as workplaces and places to sleep. It is widely known, after all, that real life takes place in movement." Indeed, settlements have, through the history of civilization, sprung up around transport nodes — whether that is early settlers along the edges of a river, the Victorian-era railroad cities in the U.K., or port cities like New York. However, the more ambitious concept of the airport city, or "aerotropolis," is now gaining momentum.

• A look inside 2 distinct high school religion classes

  Sheilamary Koch Education

  The two teachers interviewed for this article both mentioned wisdom as a quality they envisioned or witnessed their high school students moving towards as they engage in the study of religion. Interestingly, their teaching approaches and subject matter are strikingly different. One teaches at a public high school and the other at a private institution that encompasses primary through high school. Nonetheless, both use the study of religion in ways that have the potential to impact how these young people interact in the world.

• The evolving design of coworking spaces

  Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  One of the fastest-growing areas of commercial real estate is coworking spaces. They have become increasingly popular with freelancers, entrepreneurs and self-employed professionals and paraprofessionals, whose numbers have expanded considerably post-recession, as well as with business travelers, who use them as hoteling spaces. As the number of users has grown, so has their diversity and their diverse business needs. Today’s coworking space providers are having to respond to the same types of demands for better working environments as are companies everywhere.

• Winter travel is on the rise

  Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  There’s a reason why Iceland is the "hottest" destination right now. Winter tourism interest is on the rise. We are more adventurous than before, and we no longer look for only warm beaches to get away from all that snow. Warmer climes will always have their unique appeal, but trends are leaning towards exploring what the lands have in store for us in winter. Cold places are cheaper in winter, so the deals are incredible. Fewer people travel to the colder regions during the winter, so they are less crowded, meaning fewer or smaller queues.

• Your mission statement is not a holiday turkey

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  Boards sometimes create a mission statement similar to how we prepare a holiday turkey. They stuff as much as they can into the mission to satisfy everybody. Our family turkey used to have a bread stuffing. Then somebody suggested an oyster stuffing. My niece wanted a ground beef stuffing with onions, so we decided to go half and half inside the bird. Boards create mission statements like we cooked our family turkey, hoping to satisfy everybody’s tastes. Here’s what often gets stuffed into the mission.

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