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• Automotive lightweighting trends drive plastics technology

  Don Rosato Engineering

  The global shifts in automotive manufacturing haven't slowed plastics innovation and the adoption of new plastic materials. In 2006, Japan passed the U.S. to become the world's largest car manufacturer. This position changed again when in 2009 when China overtook Japan for this top position with a current 35 percent market share in vehicles produced, while U.S. production has gone to 25 percent in the last five years.

• Which is the best social media site for your business?

  Emma Fitzpatrick Marketing

  New social media sites pop up constantly. Have you heard of the two newest players in the social game, Meerkat and Periscope? Whenever a new form of social emerges, of course you check it out. After all, you — and your business — should always be on the forefront of trends. Plus you want to know, "Is this a good fit for my business?"

• Offbeat travel destinations are ruling summer bookings

  Bambi Majumdar Recreation & Leisure

  As the calendar rolls over to June, summer vacation is on everyone's minds. An estimated 37 million Americans kicked off the summer travel season over Memorial Day weekend, with AAA ​projecting a 4.7 percent rise from 2014 marking highest figure in the last 10 years.

• Robotic anesthesia pushes surgery into a new era

  Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied Healthcare

  A new automated anesthesia delivery machine is challenging the way we look at anesthesia delivery. The Sedasys Computer-Assisted Personalized Sedation System administers a propofol infusion to patients undergoing colonoscopy and espophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) procedures without the direct oversight of an anesthesia provider. The use of propofol for such procedures has been gaining momentum and has become a frequently preferred medication. The effects are quick, and the time for the medication to wear off is also quick, making it highly desired in procedure areas.

• In wake of meningitis scandal, Massachusetts changes CE requirements

  Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

  When a tragedy on the scale of what happened in 2012 regarding the Massachusetts-based New England Compounding Center (NECC) meningitis contamination and the subsequent fallout on the Board of Pharmacy (BOP), you can expect that certain changes will occur.

• VA suffers cybersecurity problems

  Scott E. Rupp Healthcare Administration

  From problems with managing its case load to actually falsifying documents related to patient care, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doesn't seem to be taking security seriously, ​Federal News Radio reports. The VA failed its Federal Information Security Management Act Audit for Fiscal Year 2014, but the news agency has reported that the VA is in the wake of taking action to fix its cybersecurity vulnerabilities and deficiencies.

• Reloading your own ammunition: Dropping gunpowder

  Ken Jolly Recreation & Leisure

  There is a huge difference between black powder and today's smokeless powder. I had this demonstrated to me by someone pouring the two different powders into can lids and igniting them. The smokeless powder burned over a short period of time in a rising flame. The black powder created a sudden and violent explosion.

• Dr. Porsche will see you now

  Roger Kraemer Transportation Technology & Automotive

  The good Doctors Porsche — Ferdinand and Ferry — were automotive visionaries. They created and designed some of the greatest automobiles in history. And although their doctorates were only honorary, they clearly had something in common with a fellow Austrian visionary, Dr. Freud.

• Indirect costs: The silent profit squeezer

  Cristiano Fae Vallejo Distribution & Warehousing

  Indirect costs can significantly undermine the profitability of organizations. The difficulty in identifying, locating, consolidating and controlling overhead costs leads many managers to neglect the negative impact this has on the balance sheets of their organizations. On the other hand, competition and the increasing pressure on price makes it increasingly difficult to achieve the profitability expected by shareholders.

• Testing overkill? Students, districts push back against high‑stakes…

  Cait Harrison Education

  Testing season will soon draw to a close, but a whole new crop of issues is just bubbling up. A few weeks ago, all 280 juniors at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle chose not to take a Common Core-aligned standardized test because they didn't think it accurately measured their skills.

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