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So This Is Cooling Season? How About Mold Season ...

Barbara A. Checket-Hanks
June 14, 2003
The ice cream trucks are coming down the street, but the kids going out to them are wearing sweaters. How about running through some sprinklers? Not in a good portion of the country, thank you.
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Training Track: 06/16/2003

June 14, 2003
July July 22 Hot Water Systems/Modular Boiler Systems Peerless Boilers Minneapolis 717-285-9345 July 22-24 Basics of Industrial Electricity National Technology Transfer Reno, Nev. 800-922-2820 July 22-24 Basics of Industrial Electricity
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Industry Could Benefit From A Woman’s Touch

Mark Skaer
June 6, 2003
At the 2003 ACCA convention, Dr. Lowell Catlett predicted there will be a different labor force in the not-too-distant future. He said in three years, half of American businesses will be owned by women and one out of every five executives will be a woman.
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Give Callbacks The Attention They Deserve

May 30, 2003
If the customer wasn’t happy when he called the first time, even if you responded quickly, do you think he is going to be any happier having to call you back a second time?
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Reader Mail: 06/02/2003

May 30, 2003
Evaporating Temperature I have been amazed and depressed by the antimold articles recently published in The News, where the advice has been to correctly size the equipment to ensure adequate
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Solving Your Biggest Problem

May 30, 2003
What is the biggest problem facing contractors today? Most will say that it is the shortage of qualified technical help. There is a solution to this so-called shortage of help. The answer is simple: Raise your prices.
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Going To Market On Sports Talk

Peter Powell
May 27, 2003
In Atlanta when I turned on an all-sports radio station, the first words I heard were not from a caller ranting about the Braves, but of Brian Estes, vice president of Estes Heating & Air Conditioning.
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The Courage To Enter The Lion’s Den

Barbara A. Checket-Hanks
May 23, 2003
When you go to some business meetings, it is easy to get caught up in their flash. The International Service Leadership’s (ISL’s) Planning Retreat, held recently in Las Vegas, had plenty of flash and substance.
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Training Track: 05/19/2003

May 15, 2003
June June 25 1-Pipe Steam Systems/2-Pipe Steam Systems Peerless Boilers Brooklyn, N.Y. 717-285-9345 June 27-28 Mold - IAQ - System Design - Safety - TQM The Training Source Louisville, Ky.
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SARS Poses Concerns For HVAC Systems

John R. Hall
May 9, 2003
A virus with cold-like symptoms that originated in mainland China is now having global ramifications that could eventually draw in the HVACR community to offer solutions to prevent or reduce the growing health threat.
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