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• New phonetic system created for braille readers

  Cheri Montgomery Education

  A new phonetic system is available for students who read braille. Designated symbols, mutually accessible by the sighted and the blind, represent the singing sounds of six languages. This new system facilitates the exchange of phonetic material between teachers and students. Educational resources transcribed according to the system help aspiring classical singers with blindness discover accurate pronunciation of art songs and arias.

• Housing recovery slips away, again

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  Given the ups and downs of recent years, any prognosis about the state of the U.S. housing market is risky. Still, emerging data from the month of February suggests that the industry may have experienced the beginning of an upward trend going into spring, traditionally the busiest homebuying season of the year. Now, however, the oft-predicted recovery yet again will have to wait a while longer — perhaps much longer — as the country wrestles with the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

• President Trump calls on the National Guard to help fight COVID-19

  Rebecca Walker Donaldson Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  A few days ago, President Trump activated the National Guard in California, Washington, and New York, the three states that have the most documented cases of the virus. They are the states that are the most overwhelmed in dealing with this pandemic and in need of help. These states have insufficient supplies and equipment. They do not have enough hospital beds or adequate numbers of medical personnel. Some people have expressed fear that calling out the Guard means martial law is coming. That is not what is happening.

• Chef Andrés to the rescue

  Dave G. Houser Food & Beverage

  If there's one thing you can count on during the coronavirus crisis, it is the unwavering benevolence of Chef José Andrés. The celebrity chef and restaurateur has temporarily closed his network of nearly a dozen restaurants in the Washington, D.C., area, repurposing six of them to serve as community kitchens to help feed people in need. This action is nothing new for the energetic 51-year-old Spanish-American chef and founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK), a nonprofit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters.

• A look at America’s dire need for medical examiners

  Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Medical examiners' offices work closely with law enforcement agencies to assist in death investigations and help uncover crimes. Autopsies play a significant role in law and order, and thousands of autopsies are performed each year. But the strains on examiners have been rising with no solution in sight, leading to delayed medical examinations, slow response times, and overdue toxicology tests. Metropolises like Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York are overburdened, but the crisis is now affecting smaller cities as well.

• How to serve your congregation online

  Deborah Ike Religious Community

  With social distancing becoming our new, temporary, norm, many churches have moved to online services only. The potential for even Easter services to be online-only is a real possibility. In light of these challenging circumstances, how do you serve a remote congregation? Here are a few things to consider.

• Coronavirus may delay HHS’ timetable for interoperability rules

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  Opponents of the new federal healthcare interoperability rules may have found an ally in the least likely place: The coronavirus. Because of the outbreak of the global pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working to determine whether or not to push back the originally publicized timeline of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology's (ONC) interoperability rule.

• Could your school district run out of money?

  Patrick Gleeson Education

  As we all struggle with the unprecedented threat to our health the coronavirus represents, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the virus presents a similarly unprecedented threat to our financial well-being. For now at least, government workers — whether local, state or federal — seem to be better off than other wage-workers. For teachers, however, that may not last. Here are the possibilities, both good and bad.

• Afraid of bedbugs? Avoid these cities, says Orkin

  Lark Gould Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Got bugs? Many cities do, if it is bedbugs that are the target. Washington, D.C., is the No. 1 city on Orkin's Top 50 Bed Bug Cities list, topping nearby Baltimore, which fell to the second spot after three years as the front-runner. Indianapolis joined the top 10 of the list this year. The list is based on treatment data from the metro areas where Orkin performed the most bedbug treatments from Dec. 1, 2018 to Nov. 30, 2019. The ranking includes both residential and commercial treatments.

• What to do, when there’s nothing you can do

  Candice Gottlieb-Clark Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  We're all in a state of shock, or maybe it's confusion or concern. For some, possibly quarantine. What was in China is now everywhere and it's affecting everything. What we thought we could weather, or even pay only mild concern, is now overwhelming us and impacting our every thought, decision, and plan. And, we don’t know what’s next. What does one do, when there's nothing you can do? First, remember there is always something you can do. You can make good choices. You can look at the big picture and evaluate what matters to you, and what doesn't.

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