Recent Articles
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Wayfinding’s engagement with hearts and minds
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesSir Winston Churchill, calling for the reconstruction of the British House of Commons after it had been bombed during a blitz, observed, "We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us." Churchill longed to have restored the chamber in which he had spent so many years of his life.
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The effect of salt on brain function and blood pressure
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareDiseases related to blood pressure — including stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure and kidney disease — are leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. Even slightly-elevated BP levels can lead to increased risk in cardiovascular diseases or stroke.
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Blockchain: Moving the market, and possibly the warehouse
Delany Martinez Distribution & WarehousingWhile the financial sector has been buzzing with news about cryptocurrencies like the well-known Bitcoin and runner-up Ethereum, the rest of the business world has focused on what makes those currencies so valuable — especially when it comes to supply chains. The blockchain, a decentralized network approach to verification and authenticity, has far-reaching applications that are still evolving and changing, at times even faster than the speed of business.
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7 tips for effective project team meetings
Deborah Ike Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementMeetings are both a necessity and a potential waste of time when it comes to leading a project team. You need to gather as a team periodically to discuss issues, relay key information, solidify decisions and brainstorm ideas. These sessions could be productive. Instead, they often end up trailing off into unrelated topics without any decisions made or tasks assigned when the meeting is over.
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Fighting city hall over land
Wendy Lathrop Civil & GovernmentOnce upon a time (1989 to be exact) in a place not so far from where I live, a man (Francis Galdo) bought a home across the street from a vacant parcel owned by the City of Philadelphia. That parcel, along with others, had been acquired by condemnation in 1974, subsequent to a 1956 consenting ordinance and 1962 agreement to the Pennsylvania Department of Highways plans to establish and occupy certain rights of way, streets and traffic interchanges as part of the construction of the Delaware Expressway within the city.
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Does your congregation really know what’s going on?
Mark MacDonald Religious CommunityIt happens all the time. Someone in your congregation sees you and asks about an upcoming event or a regularly occurring ministry. They have no idea if it's happening. What's scary? It was just announced in the service plus someone crafted a paragraph about it in the bulletin that's tucked in their Bible.
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8 US festivals that welcome spring
Dave G. Houser Recreation & LeisureFollowing on the heels of the storm-plagued and frigid winter of 2017-18, Americans just about everywhere are welcoming this year's spring season with open arms. And there are plenty of festivals planned to celebrate the return of warmth and sunshine.
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Employers must be vigilant to protect attorney-client privilege
D. Albert Brannen Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementCommunications between a client and its attorney(s) for the purpose of obtaining legal advice are considered privileged communications. The privilege belongs to the client, not to the attorney, and the burden rests with the client to show that the privilege was not waived.
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Remembering Dan Gurney, Porsche’s only Grand Prix winner
Dave Story Transportation Technology & AutomotiveDan Gurney died last month. I never met him. What I knew of him was from interviews, articles in various publications and images on TV. I subscribed to Autoweek when it was a weekly automotive newspaper. I remember reading about Ford’s great win with Gurney and A.J. Foyt at Le Mans in the GT40 in 1967. Even though I never met Dan Gurney, I felt I knew him.
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Transit-oriented development: Beyond the hype
Lucy Wallwork Civil & GovernmentTransit-oriented development is a concept that chimes with trendy "New Urbanist" ideals of vibrant, walkable neighborhoods. First uttered by San Francisco-based urbanist Peter Calthorpe in the 1980s, it may not yet be a household term, but it is rapidly gaining prominence in cities across the U.S. and beyond its borders. The TOD concept revolves around making transit hubs into hubs for not only switching from bus to train to bike, but also for land-use intensification.