03/16/2022
Here's an interesting twist: Mark Zuckerberg announces that sometime soon, Facebook and Instagram users may be able to mint NFTs from within the platforms.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/03/15/mark-zuckerberg-says-nfts-are-coming-soon-to-instagram/?fbclid=IwAR1fBAFklvGnIkRQaer4NFXUerY_COrA0qKptXabtXfRlPdRBpTHP-zUy38
Mark Zuckerberg Says NFTs Are Coming Soon to Instagram
The Meta CEO’s comments at South by Southwest confirmed earlier reports that Instagram was preparing to make such a move.
03/15/2022
Indiana health workers saw spike in workplace injury, illness in 2020
Health care workers in Indiana saw a noticeable jump in workplace injuries and illness in 2020, according to OSHA data. Much of that was likely due to the exposure doctors and nurses had to COVID-19 in the first year of the pandemic. Overall, only about 3 in every 100 full-time workers had an
01/19/2022
I guess the old stacks were an insurance liability, but I'm going to miss them.
U.S. Steel to blow up long-abandoned stacks at Gary Works
U.S. Steel plans to blow up permanently idled stacks at its Gary Works steel mill, starting Wednesday.
12/10/2021
Certified businesses help prime contractors fulfill their set-asides. Hadow Communications is a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE), certified by the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Black-owned business can now apply for free certification.
11/12/2021
"GE will spin off its healthcare business in early 2023 and its energy segment including renewable energy, power and digital operations in early 2024."
Storied General Electric plans to split into 3 public companies
With its announcement that it will spin off its healthcare unit in early 2023 and its energy segment in early 2024, GE may have signaled the end of the conglomerate era.
08/27/2021
Safety
Randall Champion accidentally touched a high-voltage line, electrifying himself and stopping his heart. A fellow linemen J.D. Thompson performed mouth-to-mouth CPR until paramedics arrived. Champion survived. This famous photo is known as "The Kiss of Life." (1967). Photo by Rocco Morabito.
03/03/2021
If you want better PPE, in particular N95 masks, tune in to "Respirator Design in the Time of COVID" sponsored by NIOSH ERCS on Tuesday the 9th. Learn more about alternatives to N95s and about technology to reuse them.
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A lack of respirators for health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic spurred research on the development of alternatives to the N95 respirator as well as methods to decontaminate them for multiple uses. This presentation will summarize those efforts and provide suggestions for the future.