Word: collectables
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Sometimes a scavenger hunt is just a scavenger hunt. That's all it is at many churches, where the frenzied chase to collect trinkets and complete silly tasks is a perennial activity aimed at getting teenagers into their doors. But at Calvary Baptist Church in Bellflower, Calif., a scavenger hunt is also a metaphor for the lifelong pursuit of meaning and happiness that begins in adolescence--and rich grist for a sermon targeted to teens. "A scavenger hunt is a search," youth leader Doug Jones, 20, tells the 80 teens who have just returned from a race through this working...
...Brown, who fired it high and hard past Sedlacek. Ten minutes later, Brown executed an even more impressive tally. Senior back Audrey Ziomek carried the ball down the left side past several Dartmouth defenders, and then passed it to the top of the circle. Brown was able to collect the connection on the right side of the goalmouth, and, after eluding several more Big Green backs, slam home another shot to make it 2-0. “It’s just an amazing feeling to score a goal, so having two of them in one game is very...
Pollen As bees collect pollen for food, they also act as sex workers, scattering stray grains among male and female flower parts, allowing the plants to reproduce Compound eyes (2) Simple eyes (3) Antennae THORAX HEAD ABDOMEN Wax secretion Nerve center Poison sac Hindgut Pollen basket Honey stomach Midgut Heart...
...illness is a priority. Employees at South Carolina's private utility SCANA who fill out annual health assessments get a special break: their premiums don't rise. Of the company's 15,000 workers, 94% took advantage of that offer this year. The data SCANA and other companies collect can then go toward disease management for such illnesses as diabetes and high blood pressure. At International Truck and Engine, where costs have remained flat the past two years, health professionals call chronically ill employees regularly (unless they opt out) to offer advice on care and medication. SCANA provides drugs through...
...that can help [health care plans] design programs to eliminate disparities,” he said. Ayanian said that the Medicare program should work closely with health plans to monitor the quality of care for different racial and ethnic groups. Most health plans don’t currently even collect information on health and ethnicity, said Trivedi. But he said collecting the data is important because health care plans “can’t improve what they don’t measure.” “We know that we can prevent strokes, heart attacks...