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Group Therapy: Should I Quit or Try to Make It Work?
I have been a preschool teacher for four years. During that time, I have been faced with some challenging behaviors from children — 4- and 5-year-olds. Over this past week, I have experienced some issues with a particular child I just don't know what to do about.
Beauty and the Geek: Lawmaker Wants Models Off Tech Visas
International geeks may be able to thank their beautiful counterparts for freeing up about 1,000 H1-B visas. Congressman Anthony Weiner, from New York, wants to end the practice of making foreign models and foreign hi-tech workers compete with each other for a limited number of work visas.
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Florida County Tells Smoking Job Applicants to Butt Out
Sarasota County in Southwest Florida has just announced it will no longer be hiring smokers. In the interest of taxpayers, the county hopes to cultivate a less expensive and more productive work force.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, smoking employees cost an extra $3,400 a year in health care and lost productivity costs.
Bill Gates: Tight Immigration Leads to Outsourcing
Allowing more foreigners to work in the US would not steal jobs away from Americans. Instead, it would create more jobs for Americans. That's what Bill Gates told Congress today, when he urged lawmakers to increase the number of visas available for high-skilled immigrants.
Employee Recognition Program Gets Realistic
It's a tough job, but somebody's gotta do it.
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Shelf Stocker Thinks He's Funny
And you thought what happened to Bambi's mother was bad?
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Abortion Coverage: Missing What Many Never Knew They Had
One of the most convincing arguments for passing the public health plan without abortion coverage is that very few women use insurance to cover abortions to begin with. But if you've heard the statistic that only 13 percent of abortions are billed to insurers, that's not exactly the whole truth.
The Guttmacher Institute, the pro-choice organization responsible for the study the stats were pulled from, contests the 13 percent statistic has been taken out of context and widely used through the media — like, say, in the Wall Street Journal article we linked to yesterday.
If Women Have to Pay For Abortion, What Does It Cost?
The initial reaction to the Stupak amendment — which forbids coverage for abortion from a public insurance plan and prevents private insurers from covering abortions for anyone getting a tax credit — was not anger for many women, but "What? Health insurance covers abortions?!"
Looking into the issue, the Wall Street Journal found that eliminating abortion coverage would have almost no effect because so few women use insurance for the procedure.
Should the Government Tell People to Lose Weight?
Big Mac attacks in Tokyo have caused expanding Japanese waistlines to spur the government into action. Statistics collected by Japan's government found on average, Japanese men are 10 percent heavier than they were only 10 years ago, and the women are catching up. The solution?
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