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Katie Blomquist’s Nonprofit, Going Places, Ensures Kids Living Below the Poverty Line Can Go the Distance

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We tallied up the nominations and are pleased to highlight the hard work these organizations are doing behind the scenes to better the lives of others. We tend to think about our other basic needs such as food, clothing, water, shelter and medical support. Typically, a parent, neighbor, older sibling or cousin steps up.

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How to Be a Supportive Partner During a Career Change

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That conversation and laying the groundwork for the changes that lie ahead is critical, Rebecca “Kiki” Weingarten, transition coach and Atypical Coaching co-founder and president, told the Chicago Tribune in a 2016 article. She took a 95% pay cut to work as a medical assistant by day for two years while taking night classes.

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Top 10 Most Innovative Companies to Watch in 2024

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They are large and small companies that have us fired up about the cool ways they are innovating and leveraging technology. Flipboard Photo courtesy of Flipboard Who they are: From health care to fashion, getting news you care about without looking up dozens of individual media sources can be daunting.

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The New Secrets of Perfect Sleep

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medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center of Prescott Valley, Arizona, and author of Sleep Soundly Every Night, Feel Fantastic Every Day. It may be difficult to give up sleeping in on weekends, but inconsistent sleep patterns can make it harder to reach deep slumber. This article was published in April 2016 and has been updated.

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For You Haiti Provides Education and Life-Saving Medical Care to Residents of La Gonave

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We tallied up the nominations and are pleased to highlight the hard work these organizations are doing behind the scenes to better the lives of others. She flew to Port au Prince and took a boat to the island of La Gonave, which is home to 130,000 people living with extremely limited medical care.

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Drones for High Value Deliveries

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Since 2016 they've been using drones (more properly referred to as  unmanned aircraft systems ) to deliver blood and medical supplies in the African nation of Rwanda. .  But the startup company Zipline is delivering much more important items with drones.

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The On-Demand Workforce Continues to Expand

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million Americans are working in the on-demand economy, up from 3.2   This is part of the findings of the recently released Intuit 2016 Dispatch From the New Economy: The On-Workforce study.  2016 Intuit On-Demand Economy Workforce study methodology. million this time last year. The number is forecast to grow to 9.2