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	Making the workplace safe for Spanish-speaking employees By: Kelly Langdon, Contributing Writer Modifying your safety program to address the needs of your Spanish-speaking employees can create a much safer work environment. Here's how one company achieved that goal. Publish date: June 26, 2003 Tech cell: Safety
	Managers are not necessarily leaders By: Steve D. Benson, Contributing Writer Often we are told that leadership is the key to the success of any business or organization. What is leadership? Is it the same as management? And whatseparates would-be or so-so leaders from world-class leaders? Publish date: June 26, 2003 Tech cell: For CEOs
	Sick at Work? By: Vicki Bell, Web Content Manager All employees have days at work when they don't feel well. Usually these days are intermittent and can be attributed to a cold or other illness or job-related stress. Publish date: May 15, 2003 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	The end of the (welding) world as we know it?: Connecticut may face changes in its vocational-technical welding programs By: Stephanie Vaughan, Contributing Writer The end of manufacturing is near for the state of Connecticut, some fear. Publish date: June 26, 2003 Tech cell: Industry Trends and Analysis
	Handling the Rush By: Lincoln Brunner, Contributing Writer Think delicate: an antique vase, velvet gloves, the sweet sound of string music.Then imagine a typical stamping operation: bam-bam, metal on metal, all day long. Publish date: May 29, 2003 Tech cell: Press Feeding
	Die width selection By: Steve D. Benson, Contributing Writer Publish date: July 24, 2003 Tech cell: Tool and Die
	Batter up! Turning an aluminum tube into a baseball bat By: Kevin Cole and Eric Lundin, Editor, TPJ-The Tube & Pipe Journal� The roar of the crowd, the shouts of the umpire, the crack of the bat hitting the ball—these are the unmistakable sounds of a baseball game. Over the last few decades, however, one of those sounds has changed; now the bat tends to make a ping that resonates when it hits the ball. It's the sound of aluminum rather than wood making contact with the ball. Publish date: May 29, 2003 Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication
	Found art: Welding artist finds inspiration in industrial, natural forms By: Kathleen McLaughlin, Contributing Writer Watching the sparks fly as his dad welded a temperamental posthole digger mesmerized Derek Arnold. "I found the immediacy of something so permanent absolutely fascinating," he said. "I knew I wanted to weld."A hands-on welding education on the family farm drove Arnold to take his skills and creativity to the next level. In 1993 he graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. "I've been welding regularly since my freshman sculpture class," he said. Publish date: June 12, 2003 Tech cell: Art and Sculpture
	Unique fireplace items can fire up your income By: Dona Z. Meilach, Contributing Writer Fireplace screens don't have to be boring. Fireplace tools don't have to be ordinary. Re-thinking the function of fireplace screens and tools can add a new dimension to these items and attract customers like moths to a flame. Publish date: August 28, 2003 Tech cell: Art and Sculpture
	Making your own punch and dies By: Steve D. Benson, Contributing Writer How many times have you looked through huge piles of blueprints for a prototype part or short-run job and thought, "If only I had that tool, this job would be a piece of cake?" Publish date: May 29, 2003 Tech cell: Bending
	Hot spots for U.S. metal fabricated exports By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal� Editor Increased global competition for customers on their home turf has driven U.S. metal fabricators to throw their nets wider to international markets. With this in mind, fabricators should look at the lists of the countries purchasing the most U.S. metal fabricated tools, machinery, products, and partially assembled goods as a road map to export opportunities. Publish date: July 10, 2003 Tech cell: Bending