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• US shutdown brings long-term concerns for oil and gas industry

  Lucy Wallwork

  ​The oil and gas industry is one of the most heavily regulated there is, and is becoming more so. The prospect of the federal government agencies grinding to a halt for un unspecified period of time must surely mean grave implications for an industry witnessing an unprecedented boom. Or does it? In fact in the short term, it appears more of a nuisance than a serious threat. But it is in the long term that the prospect of further deadlocks could have a more pernicious impact.

• Proper holiday decor in the workplace

  Jessica Taylor Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  With the fall and winter holidays quickly approaching, many offices are bringing out their decorations to lift spirits for the seasons. It's also the time for the annual argument of what's appropriate, if anything.

• Take your conference to the next level with a mobile app

  Liz Murphy Association Management

  The sheer scale of the five-day convention for the International Association of Chiefs of Police — from the size of the complex to the 200-plus program sessions offered — could have easily become overwhelming and fragmented. But organizers of the IACP annual conference took a critical, proactive step to ensure attendees were able to get the most out of the event.

• The View from Europe: The natural consequences of F-gas

  Andrew Gaved Construction & Building Materials

  The ATMOsphere natural refrigerant conference Oct. 15-16 in Brussels provided a good opportunity to test the potential impact of the forthcoming F-gas regulations on the world of "naturals." For the changing landscape of legislation, with upcoming potential bans on servicing high-GWP equipment, it looks highly likely that we'll see natural refrigeration techniques thrust to center stage in the European RAC industry.

• Online physician reviews mostly positive, but reliability questioned

  Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare Administration

  ​A new survey finds a large number of doctors regularly monitor reviews written about them online. But that may not equate to an overwhelming endorsement of physician review websites.

• 10 commandments of injury prevention

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  Injury prevention strategies are big business in professional sports. This is due to the cost in terms of treatment and playing time lost when an injury occurs. But it's not just professional athletes who should be taking injury prevention seriously. Even for an amateur athlete or "just for fun" athlete, many types of injury can be prevented, which in turn prevents time off work and costly treatment sessions.

• Learning to lead through learning to follow

  Andy Curtis

  My previous article prompted several readers to respond. Many of the messages posted and emails sent confirmed that, compared with books on methodology and other areas in our field, this area of leadership in English language teaching does appear to have been relatively overlooked. We have, then, decided to make this a series of articles, and we hope to hear from more readers about their experiences of leadership in ELT.

• Hold on, young man

  Eric Mold

  ​While I was doing my ground job at Cold Lake, Alberta, I had a wonderful boss for a while. Unfortunately, he was about to retire after many years of service. Somehow, he had been able to arrange one last swing through the Canadian bases in Europe, just a few days before he was finally released from the service.

• Exchange glitches hint at problems with sustainability of Affordable Care…

  Pamela Lewis Dolan

  The launch of the online health insurance marketplace, considered to be the cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, was marred with reports of long delays, websites crashing and consumers being unable to complete their insurance-purchasing transactions. But the true impact of the problems could go well beyond people simply being upset by having a less-than-user-friendly experience.

• The death and rebirth of journalism: Flaws exposed

  Ryan Clark

  Sept. 11 changed a lot of things. At the time, I worked for a Washington, D.C., media company that specialized in providing compliance, regulatory, and market information to its subscribers and clients. It was my first job out of college and offered an eye-opening experience into the state of print media in the early 2000s. The best word I could choose to describe the atmosphere was panic.

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