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Think Open-Plan Offices Are More Efficient? Think Again.0
- Culture
- July 19, 2018
Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. But an innovative new study has found that employees in open-plan offices spend 73% less time in face-to-face interactions. Email and messaging use shot up by over 67%. The study is the first to track the impacts of open-plan
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School Superintendent Tells Education Scholar to ‘Drop Dead’ Following Janus Decision 0
- Education
- July 19, 2018
The following email was sent to all school district superintendents in Illinois to ensure they were aware of their responsibilities under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME. Dear Superintendent, Attached is a letter from the National Right to Work Foundation explaining your responsibilities in regards to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in
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Why Christians Should Read Detective Fiction 1
- Literature
- July 18, 2018
As summer hits its halfway point, many of you may be eagerly awaiting your upcoming beach vacations. And with the beach comes “beach reading,” from Tom Clancy to Danielle Steele and everything in between. To many educated people, the phrase “beach reading” represents the quickest way to dismiss a book without attacking it outright. Just
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The Art of Beautification: The Graces of Ordinary Life 0
- Culture
- July 18, 2018
The beautification of life, the highest “household art” of making people happy and places pretty, also encompasses the adornment of the soul. Because life is more than work, economics, and money, the life of the heart and spirit need constant replenishment… What do decorating a room, wearing tasteful clothes, expressing cheerfulness, offering friendship, enjoying Mayday,
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Elon Musk and the Excessive Adoration of Technology Visionaries 0
- Culture
- July 18, 2018
Elon Musk is one of the most admired men in America. He founded Tesla, SpaceX, and numerous other entrepreneurial ventures that have captured the public’s hearts and imaginations. Who wouldn’t get excited about spaceships and the possibility of colonizing Mars? But people look to Musk for far more than just his technological vision. The internet
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What Part of ‘Brexit Now’ Does Theresa May Not Understand?0
- July 18, 2018
Many people regard Magna Carta as the first constitutional guarantee of the basic liberties of the English-speaking world. Fewer people know that Magna Carta wasn’t imposed on King John just because he abused his power (which, after all, has been true of most kings and governments throughout history) but because he had handed away the
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Think Open-Plan Offices Are More Efficient? Think Again.0