Christine Wilcox
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A recent rise in the frequency of natural disasters, mass shootings, and terrorist attacks means that there has never been a greater need for emergency response professionals. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at emergency response jobs ranging from firefighters to search and rescue specialists to trauma surgeons.
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With threats to the environment on the rise, more jobs are being created in the field of environmental conservation than ever before. Comments from people in the industry, current statistics and forecasts, and realistic descriptions provide a useful look at environmental conservation jobs ranging from environmental educator to climate scientist to wildlife veterinarian.
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"Health care is an attractive career choice for today's young people for several reasons. Overall job growth in this sector has increased dramatically in recent years and shows no sign of stopping. The population in the United States is getting older, and advances in health care mean that people are living longer than ever before. This means that the demand for health care will only increase in the coming decades."--
12) Shaun White
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Shaun White has been riding boards since he was four years old...first a boogie board in the California surf, then a skateboard on his brother's ramp in the backyard, and finally a snowboard. He was so talented that, at seven years old, his parents entered him in his first amateur snowboarding contest, which he won. At thirteen he turned pro. Nicknamed "The Flying Tomato," by his mentor, skateboarder Tony Hawk, White went pro in skateboarding at fifteen....