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• A warehouse manual on manual handling

  Ken Ackerman Distribution & Warehousing

  ​For thousands of years, humans have handled cargo manually. Visitors who see ancient structures in places like Egypt and Peru are mystified by our ancestors' apparent ability to lift and move heavy materials with no mechanical aids. In our current era of robotics and other high-tech solutions, it is easy to overlook the necessity and the importance of manual handling. Let's consider the when and the why of manual handling. Then we will look at how it is done, and finally we will look at some of the equipment options.

• How do e-cigarettes affect oral health?

  Piyush Bakshi Oral & Dental Healthcare

  The quest for bringing down tobacco use by providing alternative systems for delivering nicotine has given rise to e-cigarettes — electronic cigarettes that can be smoked when the cravings for a puff become too strong to control.

• Communicating with the outside world while full-timing

  Paul Redvers Recreation & Leisure

  While vacationers may want to "get away from it all," RV full-timers want to stay in touch with the world every day. We want news and weather, sports, entertainment and email. Skype video, if possible, is always welcome.

• Use ‘cost’ to close interior design sales

  Fred Berns Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

  When it comes to pricing, most interior design professionals focus only on what it costs prospects to hire them. In contrast, savvy designers focus on what it will cost prospects if they don't. Chances are you periodically encounter price procrastination when presenting your cost to prospective buyers. They tell you that they want to "think about it" or talk it over with their spouse, or perhaps "get back to you tomorrow."

• How yoga therapy benefits athletes

  Dr. Shahla Khan Sports & Fitness

  Although the benefits of yoga have been and continue to be explored in terms of promoting all-around positive health, yoga therapy is emerging as a discipline in itself that could potentially have many benefits for athletes.

• Feds may step in as airlines, travel groups battle over state subsidies

  Ryan Clark Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Domestic airlines have been waging a war with travel groups and Middle East airlines over the latter's use of state-funded subsidies, bringing into the question the free-market equality promoted by the Open Skies agreements. At issue is whether the United Arab Emirates and Qatar should be allowed to provide funding to their countries' airlines. These subsidies cover revenue losses as the airlines expand rapidly across the globe and offer low fares to travelers.

• 10 tests to assess influence

  Randall Craig Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Influencers can recommend you — or they can hurt you. They can bring your name to a completely new audience and provide unique insights because of their relationships. Developing strong relationships with them is important — but how do you know who they are? And more particularly, how might you assess the power of their influence?

• What CMS envisions for physician quality reporting programs

  Christina Thielst Healthcare Administration

  ​Whether we like it or not, data-driven and value-based decision making is here to stay, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been one of the drivers of this change in healthcare. The new ​CMS Physician Quality Reporting Programs Strategic Vision will help them to evolve, making better use of data collected and adding value for their stakeholders.

• Senate bill may provide big boost to competency education

  Brian Stack Education

  In a news release to its members last month, the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) announced that it has been assisting in the reauthorization of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The bill is moving forward from committee to the full Senate as the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015 (ECAA), a bill last updated as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2001.

• 1966: A glimpse into Panorama’s past

  Pablo Deferrari Transportation Technology & Automotive

  It had been ages since I looked at any old issues of Panorama, but a lapse in time is a good thing; a greater appreciation of the content tends to happen with maturity. Something else occurred; I came away with a new found respect for our club’s rich history. This tends to happen when digging down to the roots, a deeper connection is felt because you “get it;” something quite difficult to do when the train was hopped in the middle or toward the back. What was club like back then? And Panorama, what was that like, how was it put together? How many pages? What sorts of topics did editors write about? These are the kinds of questions that flashed in my head the moment I opened the cover page of the January 1966 Panorama.

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