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Rochester:
2012 Finger Lakes FIRST Robotics Competition Regional
It's time for the electrifying, sometimes wild, and always exciting:2012 Finger Lakes FIRST Robotics Competition RegionalFriday, March 9 and Saturday, March 109 am to 5 pm each day at the Gordon Field HouseRochester Institute of TechnologySee forty-one high school teams from our compete, check out the robots, meet the ...
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Affording Energy Efficiency
“Yes that would reduce my energy consumption but I can not afford that right now” is what we hear businesses say. Companies are looking at their checking account or trying to figure out from the budget dollars they have to spend, where will the money come from; is it capital or expense? Many hear words like incentive...
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February Monthly Meeting
On February 17th over 70 people were in attendance for the RTMA Monthly Meeting at Rick's Prime Rib House. The meeting was sponsored by ThomasNet, and the guest speaker for the evening was Michael Stumo, Chief Executive Officer of The Coalition For A Prosperous America. Mr. Stumo discussed the critical need for fair ...
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Buffalo:
EMPLOYEE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUITS AGAINST EMPLOYERS
Employees who allege employer discrimination are becoming more common. More than 150,000 discrimination claims against employers were filed by last year by employees. Over 75% of these claims were found to be groundless. These lawsuits arise from disgruntled current or former employees. About 21% of all claims go t...
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Touring the Greatbatch Medical Facility
On Tuesday, September 22, the Buffalo Chapter was able to experience first hand one of the best plants in North America. After Mike Druding’s presentation of what we were about to see, we put on a lab coat, protective glasses, took off all jewelry, and left behind cameras and cell phones. Taken through the plant in s...
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Handling Communicable Diseases in the Workplace
We are familiar with the possibility of a major flu outbreak this year. This is especially true of the H1N1 virus, commonly known an s the “swine flu”. The emergence of a virus in the workplace that fits the characteristics of a communicable disease as outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is...
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Syracuse:
Health Care Issues
Health Care Issues for 2010It’s hard to view a television program, listen to the radio, read a newspaper without something about Health Care being discussed. With regard to National Universal Health Care, the tide on reactions from the public put a halt on any action before the August congressional “vacation”, and we h...
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GM's Shares Tumble
General Motors Corp. stock fell to its lowest level since 1946 as concern intensified that the auto maker could run out of cash and be forced to file for bankruptcy protection.The stock's decline came as several analysts issued dire reports about GM and the company acknowledged in a government filing it could be at ris...
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America's Two Auto Industries
Can you imagine life without General Motors Corp.? That's now an urgent question facing America's political leaders.GM survived for 100 years, steering through two world wars, the Great Depression, and all the booms and busts in between. But on Friday, GM said it faces a substantial risk of financial collapse by the mi...
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