Recent Articles
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Text-to-911 availability has important mHealth implications
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationThe Federal Communications Commission has taken another step toward a 911 system that fits with how Americans are communicating. The new rules, adopted Aug. 8, will make Text-to-911 more uniformly available by the end of 2014; and this has important mHealth implications.
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Handgun shooting drills: Getting started
Chad Thompson Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityThis series is written for folks who wish to know what they need to practice in order to hone themselves into better shooters. Let's start by identifying certain things that a shooter would want/need to have in his possession in order to improve his handgun shooting and manipulation skills.
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Our church needs communication help — Now what?
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityI'm often told at conferences, "Our church needs to fix our communication systems." Then they ask, "But how do we get started?" In a short article, it's difficult to explain all the hard work, but here are four steps to get started.
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Sustainable schedules for custodial services
Jeannea Jones Facilities & GroundsSustainability has been around for a while, and the most common connection is energy. We spend energy with most every task during a workday, and custodial services are no exception. Past trends have been to have janitorial services arrive as the tenant leaves for the day.
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The importance of hands-on learning and movement for English learners
Erick Herrmann EducationConsider your most memorable learning experience in school. Did the experience involve a lecture or a worksheet? Perhaps a bit more likely is that your memorable experience included a project or activity that required you to do something hands-on — building something, acting or performing, or some form of hands-on activity or movement.
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Is Ebola airborne? Canadian study shows deadly evidence
Lauren Swan Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Ebola outbreak continues to grow worse every week, and now the relief organization Samaritan's Purse has implied there are actually more than 3,400 infected in West Africa. Meanwhile, the CDC and medical journals continue to push the ideas that Ebola is difficult to catch and can only be transmitted through touching bodily fluids. It turns out that may be false.
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Make a list — and check it more than twice
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementChecklists detail the best ways to accomplish projects. Airline pilots rely on them from preflight to landing the plane. Health care professionals use them to make certain they consider every option, especially in life-saving situations. Where one omission can cause disaster, a listing of tasks, steps, best practices and protocols is essential.
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NFL’s new high-tech gear will provide more info about injuries
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Sports & FitnessThe National Football League has partnered with Zebra Technologies for the 2014 season to monitor movement of players using real-time location systems in shoulder pads. The shoulder pads have radio frequency identification transmitter chips that communicate with receivers that have been installed throughout the stadiums.
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The Flying Circus: Bombs away
Garth Wallace Recreation & LeisureCOPA eFlight presents another weekly excerpt from "The Flying Circus," a fun book by Canadian aviation humorist and former COPA publisher Garth Wallace. "The Flying Circus" is a fictional account of the madcap escapades of two instructors who start their own flying school armed with loads of enthusiasm, but little business sense and no money.
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7 amazing new thrill rides across America
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureDriven by technological advances and intense competition among theme parks for Americans' discretionary dollars, there's a boom underway in the development of ever taller, faster and more tummy-tightening thrill rides.