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You can see fires, but now Qwake wants firefighters to see through them

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The goal is to improve situational awareness and increase the effectiveness of firefighters, all while minimizing potential injuries and casualties. During one project in Nicaragua, his team suddenly found itself lost amidst the smoke of an active volcano. The company, which was founded in 2015, just raised about $5.5

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10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs and Bloggers to Support Their Cause

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For more information, check out the Tech Soup article, "Easy Ways to Publish Your Own RSS: Use RSS to Help Your Constituents Stay On Top of News and Announcements," and the Social Signal article, "Make Your Nonprofit More Effective with RSS Aggregation." Include outreach to bloggers as part of your online fundraising campaigns.

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Dear Sophie: What can we do to help employees who are Ukrainian citizens?

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More details about the rollout should be published shortly, and changes will begin to take effect before the end of Q2. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has the power to designate or extend TPS to a country if circumstances — such as an armed conflict or natural disaster — make that country unsafe. What is TPS?