Word: inputs
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...instructions on how to adjust their children's "sensory diets" to help them function better at home and in school. Christopher Medema, 7, now puts a weighted blanket on his lap when he's doing seatwork at school. The steady pressure meets some of his need for tactile input and helps him focus. His family has learned to accommodate his craving for motion. "He likes doing math flash cards standing on his head," says his dad, Steven...
Harvard also hosts programs on the Middle East in which Israeli input is minimized or excluded at the behest of Arab sponsors: yesterday’s Harvard Middle East North Africa Conference, for example, invited various Arab student groups to participate but has failed to include any of the Israel groups on campus. The Kennedy School of Government hosts the Dubai Initiative, which is sponsored by a government that denies Israelis—and only Israelis—the right to enter its borders, even as tourists...
...advice-change this, change that-and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody. I came in and said 'Let's see what's going on. That is what I would do with any sports team I purchase. See what works, what doesn't, get people's input and then make a decision...
...UC’s reform committee, which includes both UC representatives and other students, solicited student input last night at two sparsely attended open meetings in Quincy and Mather...
VoiceObjects has taken the same concept and made its services available through voice commands over a telephone. At chocolate maker Hershey, for example, employees can input their travel expenses by voice over the telephone. Deutsche Telekom has improved its self-service offerings for telephone customers by enhancing phone-in services with VoiceObjects technology. Postbank, which has some 3 million telephone-banking customers, says improved telephone-based self-service has freed agents to spend more time with customers needing advice on investments. "Our self-service quota has risen 10% since installing VoiceObjects," says Werner Wessinghage, 50, director of Postbank's call...