According to a study on workplace benefits for elder care, rural caregivers who care for elderly family members are less likely to receive benefits than urban employees who do the same. These helpful benefits include paid leave, flex time, and the option of telecommuting. Rural caregivers often have to balance that responsibility with their duties at their […]
Continue ReadingBike share programs, popular in many cities across America, are struggling to overcome roadblocks. Many companies providing the bikes have begun pulling their product from cities as a result. Bike Share Providers Grinding Gears To Stay Profitable Many cities, such as NYC, have been seeing bike share providers pulling their products off sidewalks and streets. […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a 2016 survey found that 101.6 million Americans participate in hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-related activities, which amounts to roughly 40% of the entire U.S. population. As a whole, because of its sheer popularity, the U.S. outdoor recreation industry generates an annual $887 billion in consumer spending — more than half […]
Continue ReadingGordon Gauss wanted to lose weight to ensure that he would be around to see his two-year-old son grow up, but from his past struggles with weight loss he knew something about his methods had to change. When Gauss made the commitment to lose weight in January of 2018, he was at 437 pounds. Throughout his […]
Continue ReadingTake a deep breath. Can you smell it? That’s the smell of rampant consumerism and the smell will only get stronger as we approach the holidays. It was a holiday for Apple recently when they became the first company on earth to be valued at over $1 trillion. Shortly after that, they had their release […]
Continue ReadingOfficials with the Allegheny National Forest (ANF) and the Allegheny Hardwood Utilization Group have recently announced that the local forest industry in Pennsylvania will not need to make changes despite other concerns over bat endangerment. There are proposals to list the northern long-eared bat, tri-colored bat, and little brown bat on Pennsylvania’s list of endangered and threatened […]
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