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Confronting Rapist Decades Later Brings Peace To Md. Victim
2015-01-11 03:06:00| Real Estate - Topix.net
In her 50s, Linda Hershman found the voice she could not, as a child, raise against her rapist, her father. She has always thought of herself as a quiet, reserved woman who shied away from public speaking.
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LeasePlan USAs Dan Shive: Confronting a National Driving Safety Epidemic
2014-09-06 23:51:13| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
When we asked Dan Shive, Vice President of Risk Management Services at LeasePlan USA, what the major fleet concerns are today, he responded that using cell phones while driving has become a national epidemic. We all know that there are a patchwork of different state laws out there -- addressing hand-held and hands-free devices, and complete bans -- but Dan believes we are seeing these laws change and evolve. "I think if you look at most of the information and studies out there, they indicate that the device is not the issue. It is the fact that you are on a phone call and that your cognitive distraction is taking over, versus paying attention to driving. That is really the problem; it is not necessarily the device. My gut feeling tells me that we are seeing the progression of laws that first allowed hand-held, then hands-free, and eventually they will move to full cell phone bans." READ MORE The Article LeasePlan USAs Dan Shive: Confronting a National Driving Safety Epidemic appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Lawmakers Hear Proposals for Confronting Man-Made Quakes
2014-08-27 12:05:51| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
After a surge in earthquakes across Texas over the last several years, state regulators are considering their options.
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Confronting societys absurd enthusiasm for DARPAs murdering mad science
2013-09-12 17:28:45| Extremetech
There's no getting around the fact that the majority of DARPA projects will have at least an air of cool, but that's no excuse to completely forget their more serious implications.
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Confronting Climate Change and Violence Against Women
2013-03-10 19:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Collective: International Womens Day, a time for celebrating womens achievements and calling for greater equality. The United Nations has focused this years events on ending violence against women--not with more pledges and promises but with real, concrete action. We have made some recent strides. Just yesterday President Obama signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Yet far too many women continue to suffer at the hands of others: 70 percent of women have experienced physical or sexual...
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