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Can exercise help ESL students learn English?
Sheilamary Koch EducationToo busy to learn a new language? Try taking your language lessons to the gym! No, this isn’t the latest "multitask for success" tip — working out while you study has actually been proven to improve memorization and retention of new vocabulary.
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Harvey: Our prayers and our thoughts
Gary Stone Religious CommunityThey say everything is bigger in Texas. Apparently that even applies to our natural disasters. Hurricane Harvey and now the sequel, Tropical Storm Harvey, is doing incredible damage to the Texas Gulf Coast. Pray for Texas as we continue rescue and rebuilding efforts. Pray also for our neighbor, Louisiana, as they now face the brunt of this monster storm.
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The importance of narratives
Marc Cheves Science & TechnologyNo, not the kind that fill our news nowadays. The kind I believe surveyors should be preparing. Carl Clinton, a former county surveyor in Oregon, makes an eloquent case for why we should be leaving a written record of our surveys. Like Clinton, I have long felt that narratives should be a requirement of almost any survey.
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How doctors get paid is changing — but how do they feel about it?
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationFor those in healthcare, the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization ACT of 2015 (MACRA) is upon us, and the ideological payment shift in healthcare that has garnered "tremendous bipartisan support in both the House and Senate" is changing how caregivers get paid.
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The board’s role in asset protection
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementIn a meeting of the components of a national association, odds are good you will hear the whispers, "Did you know about the embezzlement at XYZ association?"
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Reports of dietary supplement exposure rising
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareEvery 24 minutes, someone calls a poison control center in the U.S. regarding exposure to a dietary supplement, according to a new study.
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A school’s guide to human trafficking
Pierre LaRocco EducationHuman trafficking has no boundaries. It is not limited to third-world countries, and an estimated 200,000 American children are at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. This happens to children all over America, in urban, suburban and rural areas alike.
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Make expense reporting easier with mobile apps
Deborah Ike Religious CommunityWhich would you rather do? Get a few teeth pulled at the dentist or try to get expense reports and receipts from your fellow church staff members? If you're thinking, "At least the dentist would give me pain medication," then this article is for you.
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As Amazon-Walmart battle heats up, Alibaba lies in wait
Ross Lancaster RetailIf you asked the average resident of North America or Europe what the largest tech companies in the world are, you'd probably hear a list of familiar names: Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Samsung, Google and so on. Those people would be exactly right.
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3 levels of successful cooperation
Sue Dyer Construction & Building MaterialsA growing trend in business is co-opetition. Co-opetition is a buzzword coined to describe cooperative competition (several people take credit for creating the word). Cartels and trade associations are well-known examples where companies work together despite the fact that they are fierce competitors.