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READER SUBMITTED: Energy Systems Sales And Training To Install 174 Solar Panels On Roof Of IMTI In Waterbury
StatewideThe Energy Systems Sales and Training (ESST) division of IMTI, The Industrial Management and Training Institute, in partnership with Motech Industries, Inc. and Motech Inverters of Taiwan, will install a 45kw Solar Photovoltaic System on the roof of the...Tags: Alternative Energy, Connecticut Labor Markets, Environmental Issues, Northeast Utilities, Renewable Energy
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Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to...Tags: Republican Party, Taxation, Political Fundraising, Parties and Movements, Elections
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Worker in fatal construction site accident identified
Chicago TribuneA man working at a construction site on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston who died after he was struck by a beam that fell from six stories up this morning has been identified. The beam was knocked loose by a construction crane and struck...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Career and Workplace, Northwestern University, Labor Legislation, Evanston
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Staying in (and out of) hot water
Crack of dawn, chilly tile floor, staring at yourself in the bathroom mirror, and you're waiting, wondering when the water will get hot. If the fixture is directly over the heater it's a short delay. In a bathroom at the other end of the house you may...Tags: Legionellosis, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Health, Water, Environmental Politics
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Don't break the rules
pecial to Tribune NewspapersTo uncover good-looking wood beneath layers of old paint — detailed trim, a carved mantle — there are two choices: chemicals or heat. Both soften paint so you can scrape it away, and both are faster and easier than sanding. But speed has a...Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Painting
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Carving the confusion out of chain saw safety
The saying is that wood warms you twice: when you cut it and when you burn it. But if you have a chain saw and fell trees or cut logs to make firewood, twice is just the beginning. The process is really a series of steps using a powerful tool for...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Petroleum Industry
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Unions, not businesses, are responsible for worker safety laws
Paul Carpenter's column in support of John Brinson's anti-union stance is an attack on all workers. In the article, Mr. Brinson stated, "The problem is, we don't really need unions anymore" because of laws that now protect workers. Using that train of...Tags: Allentown, Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Laws, Business
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Man Injured While Working On Busway
The Hartford CourantA construction worker was injured Wednesday morning when he fell about 10 feet and hit his head, fire officials said. The man was working on the Hartford-New Britain busway, which is known officially as CTfastrak. The accident happened about 7 a.m. near...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, New Britain
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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Science and Technology, Criminals, Chemical Industry, Plant Openings
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Seniors Idol-ized in township's Senior American Idol contest
Did you feel the ground shaking in Orland Hills May 9? If so, you were feeling the effect of Orland Township's Senior American Idol Scholarship Fundraiser, sponsored by KCM Accounting, at Georgio's Banquets in Orland Hills. The room was ablaze with...Tags: Pat Quinn, Music Industry, Orland Park, Entertainment, Orland Hills
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Dangers on the job have one group taking action
selzie@kspr.comBRANSON, Mo. - For some workers taking extreme risks is all a part of the job but sometimes it can lead to injuries or even death. According to the Safety Council of the Ozarks working in construction poses one of the biggest safety threats, but even...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Career and Workplace, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Health and Safety at Work, Labor Legislation
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Meningitis, Vaccines, Michael Bloomberg, HIV, AIDS
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May 15, 2013
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