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The Lives of Veterans Experiencing Homelessness

The Rand Blog

The United States pledged in 2009 to end veteran homelessness. The numbers have fallen by nearly half since then, but there are still more than 37,000 veterans living in their cars, in temporary shelters, or in makeshift camps. Researchers followed 26 of them for one year to see how they live and what keeps them on the streets.

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Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List

Bernstein Crisis Management

Product Recalls: Toyota and Johnson & Johnson Toyota’s response to their acceleration issues in 2009-2011 involved recalling millions of vehicles, cooperating with investigations, and improving quality control processes. Their prompt and transparent response helped preserve customer trust and confidence.

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Terrorism Research: How RAND Defined and Built a New Field of Knowledge

The Rand Blog

Maintained until 2009, it chronicles more than 40,000 terrorist attacks since 1968. In the early 1970s, amid a worldwide rash of bombings, hijackings, and hostage-takings, RAND researchers began creating the first international database of terrorist incidents.

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Why cloud networking infrastructure underpins the omnipresent customer experience

Citrix

That study was in 2009; Gordon Brown was the … The post Why cloud networking infrastructure underpins the omnipresent customer experience first appeared on Citrix Blogs. We all know that latency across digital channels hits revenues hard. A famed Amazon study from over a decade ago found every 100ms of latency costs 1 per cent in sales.

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A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Correctly Using the Incident Energy Analysis and Arc-Flash PPE Category Methods

National Fire Protection Association

The 2009 Edition of NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® clearly stated that one of the two provided methods be used for the selection of personal protective equipment (PPE) when an arc-flash hazard was present. Although not as plainly stated before 2009, it has been. [[ This is a content summary only.

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ISO 31000 revision moves towards a clearer and more concise text

Behavior Group

ISO 31000 revision ISO 31000:2009 on risk management is intended for people who create and protect value in an organization by managing risks, making decisions, setting and achieving objectives and improving performance. The revision of ISO 31000:2009, Risk management – Principles and guidelines,… Continue reading.

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Why We Love Working at Pure Storage

Pure Storage

Since October 2009, we’ve grown from providing one product to a portfolio of products and solutions. When I first joined Pure four years ago, I immediately knew I’d found a “hidden gem.” And if you ask anyone at Pure, they’ll tell you the same. Why is that? A few things come to mind: We have a shared pursuit of excellence. .