PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, April 17, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, April 17, 2006

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HR Manager Ranked Among Best Jobs in America

Children often aspire to someday work as astronauts, firemen or doctors. Now, we may hear a different answer from kids on career day: Human Resource Manager, which ranks as the fourth best job according to the Money magazine and Salary-dot-com list of Fifty Best Jobs in America. The ranking is based on a list of more than two hundred jobs.

According to the survey, the profession rates well in flexibility, overall compensation, opportunity for growth and level of stress. In addition, the survey identifies the trend toward outsourcing tactical, administrative responsibilities and freeing H-R to concentrate on the role as strategic planners, which adds to the challenge and interest in the profession.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3186372

One-third of U.S. Adults Know Someone Who Homeschools Their Child

The passage of the No Child Left Behind Act has focused attention not only on public education in the United States, but on alternatives to public education as well. One such alternative is homeschooling, a growing trend in recent years(1). One-third (34%) of U-S adults know someone who currently homeschools their child. Among those households with children who are old enough to have attended school, eight percent report that their child has been homeschooled at some point in their education.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3186430

aPaws 'National Pooper-Scooper Week' Slated for April 24-30, 2006

The Association of Professional Animal Waste Specialists (a-Paws) was founded in February 2002 by a group of pooper-scoopers who believe that every dog should have its day. In recognition of a growing problem in our communities, a-Paws has established a special week of educating pet owners on the importance of cleaning up after their dogs.

The attraction of flies, gnats, and bad smells can be a neighborhood nuisance if yards are not maintained. Some property management companies and condo associations are seeing the benefit of using a pooper-scooper service to maintain their common areas.

For some dog owners, finding a workable solution has been either to clean it up or to ignore it. These days, health-conscious dog owners are paying more attention to their dogs' living environment and taking more of a proactive approach in dealing with the dog poop left on the ground.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3186321

American Red Cross and Threadless Online Community Team Up to Create Lasting Impressions for 125th Anniversary

The American Red Cross will ring in its 125th year with three new t-shirts created by the Threadless online community. The designs, chosen from a host of submissions from artists around the world, will be offered through the RedCross-dot-org Store and Threadless-dot-com with five dollars from the sale of each t-shirt benefiting the Red Cross.

This ongoing, interactive t-shirt competition, which began April 3rd and ends April 24th, is centered on the timeless themes of "hope, humanity and compassion." Community members are currently adding their designs, voting and critiquing t-shirts, and selecting the finalists. Among the finalists, three tees will be printed; the target release date is the 125th anniversary of the American Red Cross: May 21st, 2006.

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PRNewswire -- April 17

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