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More than reading: Integrating art into your curriculum
Debra Josephson Abrams EducationOverwhelming evidence undergirds the need for integrated curriculum based in multiple intelligences and learning styles. However, too often, curricula are not integrated, relying instead on artificially compartmentalized courses — usually categorized as reading-writing and listening-speaking, with grammar awkwardly given its own class based in content disconnected from anything else students are doing.
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Identifying the key values desired in your board members
Robert C. Harris Association ManagementBoard values are the guiding principles of an association’s governing body. In a discussion with association and chamber executives they identified the values they most seek in building high performing boards.
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Lessons in waste management from Sweden
Piyush Bakshi Waste Management & EnvironmentalWhat is the one country in the world actually imports garbage from its neighbors? Sweden. Why? Because its waste management system is so efficient that less than 5 percent of the nation's waste enters landfills. Less than 1 percent of household waste reaches landfills.
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Unconscious biases: Why you’re losing out on the best employees
Pamela Wasley Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementEverybody knows a company's greatest asset is its people. But what happens when employers are predisposed to hiring a certain type of person for their business? Based on personal life experiences, you may inherently prefer to hire a man for this job, a woman for that one — and you may not even realize it's bias that's keeping you from exploring the best candidates for your open role.
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Induced hypothermia in kidney donors can improve transplantation
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareDropping the temperature of a deceased organ donor by just 2 degrees C could improve efficiency of kidney transplantation, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Cooling donor bodies could reduce the possibility of developing delayed graft function by 38 percent. A form of acute renal failure that often results in allograft immunogenicity, post-transplantation oliguria and risk of acute rejection episodes, delayed graft function can reduce long-term survival of recipients.
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Safeguard your designs to avoid theft, lawsuit
Lloyd Princeton Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesWhether it's vetting a design concept or solving problems on site, design projects take teamwork and team thinking. Many individuals may contribute to the final design and implementation. At the end of the day, though, it should be clear to all involved who owns the project and the rights to all concepts, sketches, renderings, presentation boards, photographs, etc.
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Netflix sets the bar high with new parental leave policy
Lonny Alfred Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementNetflix recently threw American companies for a loop with the announcement of their updated parental leave policy: New parents will be granted unlimited paid parental leave for a year. Before the news of Netflix's updated policy, some of the best policies belonged to tech companies like Facebook, which offers 17 weeks for paid maternity and paternity leave and $20,000 for family planning costs.
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Take advantage of Pinterest’s Promoted Pins
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingThis week, Instagram began rolling out ads, exclusively through their API (Application Program Interface) Partner program. Brands in Instagram's new program are able to easily buy and schedule Instagram ad space. Plus, you can pinpoint the exact audience for the ads.
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Old or faulty: Is outdated software putting airline passengers at risk?
Ryan Clark Transportation Technology & AutomotiveOn Aug. 15, hundreds of flights in and around the Washington, D.C., area were either delayed or canceled altogether due to a computer glitch in a Leesburg, Virginia, traffic control center. Thousands of flights were affected, making for a miserable experience for innumerable airline passengers.
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Do you know how much your RV weighs?
Howard Jaros Recreation & LeisureTraveling in an RV is one of the greatest ways to get out and visit great places. No matter where you are, you always have your home with you. For full-time RVers, this is especially true. However, one thing I have observed in our seven years of full-time RV living is some people tend to forget about safety. I would like to suggest a few RV safety tips that may help the seasoned, as well as the occasional, RV traveler.