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Porsche 911 Carrera GTS: The newest driver’s 911
David Hurth Transportation Technology & AutomotiveThe Porsche 911 Carrera GTS (991) will make its debut at this month's Los Angeles Auto Show (Nov. 21-30). In recent years, the GTS label has denoted what many consider to be the best models. The 911 GTS comes standard with many options over the Carrera S, and these help make it a special automobile.
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Educating your guests on travel safety
Kay Corriere Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementTerrorism, crime and personal safety all overlay a tourist's desire to travel to any given destination. Those in the hotel and travel industries are always taking steps to ensure their safety. In light of recent world events, what more can be done?
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The gender gap is closing in schools, when will it translate to the workplace?
Brian Stack EducationDespite the fact that our country is built on a foundation whereby "all" are created equal, a significant gender gap still divides us. Parenting blogger Ron Lieber recently stated that "the girls of America seem to know less about money than boys, earn less and have lower expectations for their earnings going forward" in his recent article for The New York Times, "The Wage Gap Starts With Less Knowledge, and Lower Expectations."
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Should we feel sorry for Big Pharma’s struggles?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalAre we feeling sorry for the struggling pharmaceutical industry yet? Generic drugs continue to replace many of the multibillion-dollar blockbuster products of the past. Biosimilars threaten extraordinary revenues and profits of the once-seemingly-irreplaceable specialty biologics. Research pipelines are depleted, and the cost of discovering and developing new products is reported to be more than a billion dollars.
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New milk study misses the real point — milk isn’t the problem
Lauren Swan Food & BeverageA study released Oct. 30 by a group of Swedish researchers has people panicking — all these years they've been drinking milk, and it turns out it is dangerous and unhealthy, despite numerous studies proving otherwise. Milk, the study says, is damaging to your bones and heart; it can even raise your chances of cancer and cause hip fractures in women. Got milk? Yes, too much, apparently.
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Why do women prefer male bosses?
Cait Harrison Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIf you asked workers six decades ago if they had a preference on their boss's gender, most would tell you they wanted a man. Maybe not surprisingly, that's still true today, even though the statistics have improved some.
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Education woes: Fall in federal spending and rise in student debts
Bambi Majumdar EducationIn her recent show on CNBC, Suze Orman mentioned that student loan debt is the biggest threat to our economy — a sentiment that is shared by many others across the country. Students are reeling under $1.2 trillion of debt, which combines the 10 million federal and private student loans taken out annually.
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In helicopter EMS, it’s the crew that’s golden
Mark Huber Medical & Allied HealthcareWhat is the main benefit of helicopter EMS? Most everyone would say the time it cuts in getting patients to an appropriate level of care. Indeed, there are numerous studies that show that time-saving transport is beneficial. But is time the only factor at work here?
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To quarantine or not? A question of trust
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareAs the debate rages on regarding quarantines ordered by state governors, Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was ordered home quarantine, refuses to comply. So the national debate continues. Although all do not agree upon the current course of action, there are a few things we all agree on.
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Regenerative cells: Hope for people disabled by spinal cord injury
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareStem cells have several unique properties that separate them from other cells. They can proliferate so that they are capable of replenishing themselves for long periods of time by dividing, and they are unspecialized cells that can differentiate into specialized cells such as nerve or heart cells. In addition to treating cancers such as leukemia, stem cells are used to treat other diseases such as Parkinson's, stroke, Alzheimer's, retinal diseases and spinal cord injuries.