2/11/2019 In recent years, a new term in warfare has emerged: Dirty Bombs. This term made notoriety in America in June 2002, when an al-Qaida terrorist named José Padilla was arrested at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago and charged with assisting in the construction of such a device. A dirty Read more…
2/4/2019 It is amazing the impact computers have had on the English lexicon. Here are some of the terms that are regularly used in today’s conversations. Upload, bits, bytes, blogs, internet, browser, reboot, the cloud, cookie, spam, firewall….it is an endless list. And of course, from the clandestine side, there’s Read more…
1/28/2019 Sometimes we may find ourselves in a bit of a predicament when it comes to complying with OSHA regulations. Such is the case when there is an assigned work activity near an unprotected leading edge on a roof and the standard method to ensure fall protection cannot be accomplished. Read more…
1/21/2019 According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, ergonomics is an applied science concerned with designing and arranging things people use so that the people and things interact most efficiently and safely. The word “Ergonomics” is a relatively new term which was derived from the Greek words, Ergon; work and Nomos; meaning Read more…
1/14/2019 Many years ago, I found myself working outdoors in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan (aka the UP) in the middle of Winter. At this time in my life I was living in Southern California and hadn’t experienced snow or cold weather since my youth in New York. What a shock Read more…
1/7/2019 Not that long ago, my iPhone flashed a news headline about the importance of aging well. Aging well is a topic that so many Americans seem to be having an increasingly growing interest; probably because so many baby-boomers are reaching that stage where going to see the Rolling Stones Read more…
2/1/2021 Many of us spend time on social media sites engaged in various discussions on a variety of topics. There is certainly a lot of activity out there. And while the initial intent of these sites was to be an outlet for people to share ideas and opinions on various Read more…
12/24/2018 ‘Twas the night before Christmas – well, not quite. It was on December 22, 2008. On that day, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Fossil Plant experienced a collapsed dike, resulting in 1.1 billion gallons of wet coal ash spilling into the environment. Coal ash? Coal ash is the Read more…
12/17/2018 Yellow Iron: a term used to describe various types of heavy equipment found in construction. Typical yellow iron includes earth moving equipment, quarrying equipment, and fork lift trucks. The term is also used to describe agricultural equipment, such as tractors. Using heavy equipment can be challenging as their operation Read more…
12/10/2018 “Ho, Ho, Ho…..Ho, Ho, Ho” Ah, the infamous line from the movie “Christmas Story” where all little Ralphie wants for Christmas is the Red Ryder air rifle. He sees his chance and visits Santa in the big department store and as Santa places his boot into Ralphie’s face, forcing Read more…