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Red Ribbon Week honors fallen hero, promotes drug prevention
Dr. Denise A. Valenti Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityOct. 23 marked the start of Red Ribbon Week. This is the nation’s oldest and largest drug prevention ad awareness program. It was started in 1985 to honor Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Special Agent Camarena was tortured and murdered by drug traffickers while investigating in Mexico. After his passing, high school friend Henry Lozano worked with former U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter to create Camarena Clubs to recognize and honor the agent.
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Another hunter gets in hot water over African safari photo
John McAdams Recreation & LeisureWell, it happened again: another mini-scandal has erupted due to some photos an American took during a hunt in Africa. However, this incident is noteworthy for two reasons. First, though anti-hunters are certainly getting involved as well, some of the most intense criticism of the man in question is coming from fellow hunters. Second, the hunt took place in Namibia where the government is urging hunters to refrain from posting photographs of dead animals on social media.
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The road to association excellence
Robert C. Harris Association Management"Are we the best we can be?" It’s a question boards and association executives should contemplate. There are many roads to excellence. Begin by considering what’s best for the association. Some programs focus on the organization and others the individual. What are the associated costs and how much time will it take? What will be the return on investment for the cost of time and fees? Which platforms for excellence positions the organization to advance its desired outcomes?
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New nursing survey shows trends in employment, compensation
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareMedscape recently released the results of its RN/LPN Compensation Report for 2018, featuring the feedback of 10,282 nurses who reflected upon their salaries and pay from 2017. Based on the findings, the hospital continues to be the primary employer for RNs (52 percent), with 39 percent in inpatient settings and 13 percent in hospital-based outpatient settings. Earnings continue to be attractive for those in the field. Full-time registered nurses (RNs) earned $81,000, while licensed practical nurses (LPNs) earned about half that at $46,000.
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Umbrella skills for expressive language
Sheilamary Koch EducationCan you say "Kwuggerbug?" Not knowing how to rhyme and change first sounds of words would put Dr. Seuss readers at a loss. Fortunately — thanks to their phonology skills — successful readers possess the ability to break an unfamiliar (or in this case a nonexistent) word into parts and to rhyme an unfamiliar syllable with a familiar one to sound out words they’ve never seen previously. Phonology, a set of expressive skills needed for learning to read, is the final umbrella skill belonging to the framework we have followed for this series on expressive language from an SLP perspective.
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Helping your school go green
Brian Stack EducationLast month for an Education Week blog, Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching Program participant Michael Cruse, a special educator from Arlington, Virginia, talked about his travels to Israel to study different models for green schools. Cruse's biggest takeaway from his Middle East experience that he would apply to American schools was this, "Since coming back to work at my school and reflecting on how my experiences in Israel translate into my teaching, I realized that the best lessons about sustainability are actually about people. That can be in their classroom, on the playground, at home, or in the community."
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US Supreme Court will hear important public land regulation case in November
Michelle R. Matisons Waste Management & EnvironmentalIn a case that has been going strong for 11 years, on Nov. 5, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear another round in an important case about state vs. federal land regulations: Sturgeon v. Frost. This case has particular significance for Alaska Native subsistence fishing, which is one reason many Alaskan Natives opposed Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the high court. This is not the first time the Court has heard this case. It dates back to 2007, when non-Native Alaskan John Sturgeon, got into an entanglement with the National Parks Service when he was hunting moose using a hovercraft on Nations River in the Yukon-Charley National Preserve.
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London Gatwick plans expansion, 2nd runway utilization
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe world’s busiest single-runway airport may have just found a way to utilize a second runway without actually building one. This comes as London Gatwick has published a new master plan to set growth in place over the coming decades. In its own words, Gatwick has unveiled an "ambitious vision for the future," which aims to plan for the long-term at a time when it has continually been snubbed by the U.K. government in favor of building a new runway at Heathrow.
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An ill wind blows: Hurricanes and supply chains don’t mix
Delany Martinez Distribution & WarehousingNatural disasters are a huge headache for man-made systems — in addition to disrupting services like water and power on a residential level, they can also bring supply chains to a screeching halt. From flash flooding to outright facility damage, hurricane-proofing your supply chain is a challenge, but one well worth tackling. While you can't predict when and where a hurricane will completely shut down 3PL availability and reach, you can commit to frequent monitoring and communication throughout the storm.
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Why people are fed up with obligation vacations?
Bambi Majumdar Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementIt’s fun to receive an invitation to a destination wedding, but the bill for the travel, lodging, and food can be a strain on finances. As much as we love to join close friends and family members on their special days, it is becoming harder and harder to say yes to these obligation vacations, or "oblications." You will be glad to know that you are not alone in feeling a wee bit resentful of these unnecessary expenditures. An MMGY Global travelhorizons survey revealed that at least one-third of U.S. adults had taken at least one such vacation.