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• Metals Thoughts: Brexit stage left

  Brad Yates Natural Resources

  The surprise from the Brexit "leave" victory last week is abating a bit, and markets seemed to have settled. However, we — like the Brits — still have plenty to sort out. The most damaging thing about the surprise was how certain everyone was that "Bremain" would carry the day.

• Pros and cons of lower-friction hoses and lower-psi nozzles

  Frank R. Myers Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  Several years ago, the fire department I worked at made a change to lower-friction hoses and lower-psi nozzles. Initially, the reduction in pump pressures was clearly apparent. We had previously been using 1 1/2-inch hose with 100 and 125 psi nozzles, and we switched to 1 3/4-inch hose with 75 psi. Our calculated pump pressures went from 152 psi to 102 psi. This definitely required less work from the pump.

• Brexit’s impact on US food trade in Europe

  Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

  Brexit tops the discussion charts right now, and businesses around the world are busy analyzing how this will impact their future. For U.S. companies with euro exposure, this could be a decisive time indeed. President Barack Obama had issued dire warnings about U.S.-U.K. trade relations before the Brexit vote in favor of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. For example, the lower tariffs U.K. exporters pay may go up, and they could also potentially face more trade barriers like other non-EU countries like China, India or Brazil.

• APRNs enjoying increasing autonomy

  Keith Carlson Healthcare Administration

  Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) have been enjoying steadily increasing autonomy, and their importance to the smooth operation of the overall healthcare system cannot be denied. Shortages of primary care physicians in a variety of settings has emboldened the rise of APRNs; meanwhile, even the Department of Veterans Affairs is finding broad support in their push for APRNs to practice autonomously within the VA system.

• The reality of work relationships: Co-workers in love

  Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  There are 168 hours in a week. Assuming a modest seven hours of sleep per night, removing those 49 hours leaves us with 119 waking hours. Working a full-time job, we commit more than a third (approximately 37 percent) of our waking hours going to, being at and returning from work. Thus, it is understandable why and how we develop personal relationships with our co-workers.

• Building brand values: Reporter or columnist?

  Randall Craig Marketing

  Who would you rather be: a reporter or a columnist? Reporters have a great combination of communication skills, investigative skills, moxy and pluck. Columnists are made from the same raw material, but they get paid far more. Why is this so?

• Puzzling for learning: Create a word for it

  Debra Josephson Abrams Education

  Is there a word for the mark made when someone falls backward in snow? Is there a word for the idiom "hanging by a thread"? Is there a word for melted snow? Or a tangled lock of hair? Or the pricking, tingling, or burning sensation on the skin? Yes, yes, yes, yes and yes!

• Housing’s new normal: A dragging industry

  Michael J. Berens Construction & Building Materials

  Yet again, housing took a step back in May after taking a step forward in April. It is a pattern with which builders are becoming all too familiar. Despite optimism that housing is poised for a big comeback, the industry continues to experience modest, erratic growth. For every driver that should be propelling homeownership forward there is another that is holding it in check.

• Effective risk facilitation: Handling difficult people

  Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  In addition to being able to flex their facilitation style to meet the varying challenges of the risk workshop and different risk identification techniques, risk facilitators need to handle the people who participate in the risk workshop. Unfortunately, it is common to find at least some participants in every risk workshop who are not fully committed to its success, or who are not willing to contribute freely.

• Supreme Court ruling hampers efforts to prevent marijuana DUIs

  Dr. Denise A. Valenti Law Enforcement, Defense & Security

  ​Removing those who drive from the road if they are under the influence of drugs or alcohol just got more complicated for law enforcement officers. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 23 that obtaining biologic specimens using a breathalyzer is allowed, but obtaining blood specimens will require a warrant.

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