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New legally-binding air quality targets fall short of their ambitions, safety body warns

Workplace Insight

by 35% in 2040 compared to 2018 levels) Commenting on the new air quality targets, British Safety Council Chairman, Peter McGettrick, said: “It is disappointing that, given what we now know about the risks to people’s health from air pollution, this is where we have ended up on the new legally binding air quality targets.

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Adapting to Change

Office Dynamics

I explained how I deserved some of my duties back and proposed suggestions that would allow me to keep those duties & my schedule. August 14, 2018. With a positive outlook, adapting to change provides control and allows the opportunity for personal and professional growth. A few of the types of change: Career. Family or home life.

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Jillian Michael’s Self-Care Guide to Aging Gracefully

Success

My fascination with aging led me to find what I call the six keys to ageless strength, health and beauty, which make up my 2018 book The 6 Keys. Self-care means keeping yourself in fantastic health, inside and out, for a hell of a long time. Adapted from The 6 Keys © 2018 by Jillian Michaels with Myatt Murphy.

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How Trumpcare Will Impact Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

The quick summary is self-employed who are younger or have higher incomes will likely be better off under the Republican proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA, a.k.a. As the Kaiser Family Foundation chart below shows  (click to enlarge), there are winners and losers under the ACHA as currently proposed. Trumpcare).

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The New Tax Law: Freelancers Win on Taxes, Lose on Healthcare

Small Business Labs

That proposed bill tightly limited who could take advantage of the pass-through provision. This deduction, coupled with new, lower tax rates means most freelancers should pay less in Federal taxes in 2018 than they would have under the former tax code.   This is a major change from the original House bill. This is not good news. 

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12 documentaries and series that will give you an up-close look at climate change — and some solutions

Ideas.Ted

It shows how powerful companies resort to the same tactics — diversion, distortion and denial — whenever health or environmental concerns threaten their revenue streams. Doughnut Economics , 2018, directed by TED. That means fossil fuel companies are following the same playbook created by industries like Big Tobacco. .

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