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• Form follows function: Association structure and strategy

  Robert C. Harris Association Management

  "Form follows function" is a principle associated with architecture. The shape of a building or object should be based upon its intended function or purpose. In other words, the way something looks should be determined by its purpose. This idea can easily be applied to associations.

• Metals Thoughts: As good as it gets?

  Brad Yates Natural Resources

  Friday's weak non-farm payrolls and even weaker August revision have effectively changed the prevailing paradigm for risk markets. Gold and (especially) silver have caught a bid, equity markets are having their longest winning streak of the year and yields are much lower all across the curve.

• Princess Juliana eyeing hub status and more international flights

  Matt Falcus Transportation Technology & Automotive

  Princess Juliana Airport on St. Maarten (SXM) is looking to bolster its position as a hub within the Caribbean. The airport wants to improve connectivity to neighboring islands through partners such as Winair and provide better connections to its international services.

• Surviving cold and flu season in your office: 4 ways to stay healthy

  Cait Harrison Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  Shorter days, changing leaves, football season and cooler weather can only mean one thing: Cold and flu season is coming. No matter how well you think you're protecting yourself this year, there's always more you can do to stave off sickness — especially if you work in an office in close quarters with others who may be contagious.

• Modifying risk behavior with change management

  Dr. David Hillson Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  ​Have you found it hard to get commitment to risk management from your project team, sponsor or other stakeholders? Project practitioners are naturally focused on delivery, and they prefer to think about their next deadline, instead of worrying about something that may never happen. Some project leaders resort to threatening their team into doing risk management ("Think what might happen if we don't do it!") or to bribing team members with promises ("Life will be so much easier if you succeed in managing your risks.").

• How much is your word worth in the business world?

  Linchi Kwok Travel, Hospitality & Event Management

  Imagine you were going out with someone for the first time. You took off early from work to go home and prepare for the night. At the time when you were about to leave the door, you received a text message from the date, telling you all of a sudden s/he happened to book another important meeting for the night and, as a result, s/he would be happy to go out with you next weekend. What would be your reaction?

• ONC publishes new strategic plan as blueprint for future

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released its Federal Health IT Strategic Plan for 2015-2020. The plan details how the federal government intends to apply the effective use of information and technology to "help the nation achieve high-quality care, lower costs, a healthy population and engaged individuals."

• Banking stem cells for tooth repair

  Tracy Szwec Oral & Dental Healthcare

  ​When you hear about stem cells, you probably think of the controversy surrounding the topic. After all, this subject does polarize many people. However, there is a source of stem cells that is completely harmless and shouldn't cause much controversy at all — the teeth.

• Choosing the right muzzleloader bullet

  John McAdams Recreation & Leisure

  When preparing to hunt with a muzzleloader, it is extremely important to choose the right bullet for the job. A good bullet must shoot accurately out of your muzzleloader and offer acceptable terminal performance. While there are a number of high-quality muzzleloader bullets currently on the market, they are not all created equal and some bullets are better choices than others. Here is how to choose the right muzzleloader bullet for hunting.

• Plastics advances pushing broad-based electrical device trends

  Don Rosato Engineering

  The electrical and electronic (E&E) market ranks as the third-largest plastics end-use market, only exceeded in volume size by packaging and building and construction. Yet the E&E sector uniquely crosses over all of the 20 major plastics markets, namely packaging, building and construction, automotive, electrical and electronics, appliance, medical, consumer products, toy, recreation and leisure, furniture, office products, lawn and garden, marine and boat, aerospace, industrial, agriculture, waste management, government, export, and other and emerging.

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