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Addressing gender discrimination in fire departments
Cait Harrison Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityWomen have made strong gains in the fire industry over the last four decades since the first career female firefighter joined the ranks in 1973. Today, women make up 3.6 percent of the career firefighter population and 34 percent of the EMS workforce, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Yet gender discrimination and hostile work environments persist.
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Google boosts page ranking for secure sites — Is it worth the change?
Mackenzie Ferch Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn response to an increase in breaches of user security, Google is doing what it can to promote cybersafety and secure connections. Google recently announced its decision to boost the page ranking of those sites and entities that maintain the safe, secure connection of HTTPS and has begun to make the largest updates since 2010.
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What fire chiefs can teach us about leadership principles
Cait Harrison Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityFirefighters face some of the most difficult and dangerous situations in any profession, so effective leadership is crucial. "No matter what you want to do with your fire department, leadership is the only thing that matters," said Dennis Compton, chairman of the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation and former fire chief in Mesa, Arizona.
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Just how wide is the World Wide Web?
Ross Lancaster and Kaylee Nelson Science & TechnologySince its inauspicious debut in 1991, the World Wide Web has seen unprecedented technological growth. In a mere 25 years, it has gone from being just a dream of a British computer scientist to an inescapable part of the modern world — whether it be for business, social networking or general information.
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Airports consider switch to a privatized TSA
Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & AutomotiveTransportation Security Administration agents are usually one of the first faces people see at most U.S. airports. Since 9/11, TSA agents have been a source of controversy after gaping holes were found in airport security. However, a little-known fact is that airports could apply to opt out of using Transport Security Act agents and appoint private contractors instead.
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Mexico tries to play shale catch-up with ambitious energy reforms
Lucy Wallwork Natural ResourcesMexicans have been looking jealously across the border at U.S. states like Texas, which have found themselves in the middle of an energy boom as Mexico's oil industry falters. The great irony, of course, is that the Mexican land mass hosts the same geological structures that have made Texas and oil-producing states on the East Coast so prosperous.
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US cruising on a fast track toward LNG exports
Stefanie Heerwig Natural ResourcesWith the Ukraine-Russia conflict tightening, rebel armies trying to take control over Iraqi oil and Westerners being urged to leave Libya in a heightening conflict, demand for U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas could never be higher.
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An open letter to Chicago: The violence has to stop
Jonathan Ryan Batson Civil & GovernmentDear Chicago, in the past few months I have been compelled to write to you about your homicide experience over the past year. I have wanted to assure you that you do not have to resort to violence for a solution that could be solvable with a face-to-face conversation.
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How the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan improved ER care
Alan Kelsky Medical & Allied HealthcareNo matter where you stand politically, the reality of death and injury from war is a certainty. During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States military used innovative, advanced techniques for medical transportation and wound treatment that ultimately flow into the nation's hospital emergency departments.
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Hobby Lobby: Progestins and the politics of prevention
Jason Poquette PharmaceuticalI would rather talk about progestins than politics almost any day of the week — they are far more predictable and cause less constipation and nausea. But the recent decision by the Supreme Court concerning Hobby Lobby and whether they have the right to not cover certain specific types of contraception has gotten so much attention from the media that silence seems almost sinful.
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