In recent years there have been numerous construction accidents because companies were either not aware of fire hazards or did not have safe practice policies and employee training in place.  On February 7, 2010, six people were killed and fifty injured in a natural gas explosion at Kleen Energy in Middleton, Connecticut. Training for employees did not fully recognize the hazards involved.  For this week’s Guest Post Friday here at Musings, we welcome Stan Allely.  Company practices and policies allowed for the conditions that led up to all three incidents.  license. MORE >>

He rolled out the program less than a month after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, where a gunman carrying pistols and semiautomatic rifles killed 26 people, 20 of them children. In the trunk of his marked Chevy Caprice, he had an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle similar to the one used in Connecticut. They receive nine months of training before hitting the streets, and those who are armed — Sheriff Arpaio said there were about 500 of them — must be recertified every year. It used to be in Schools the 3 R's were Reading, Writing and Arithmatic. Prisons. MORE >>

The gunman in the Connecticut killings, Adam Lanza, used a semiautomatic rifle made by Bushmaster, which is a unit of the Freedom Group. The American military also uses Call of Duty and other video games for recruitment and to train soldiers An Activision spokeswoman said she was not able to get a response because of the holiday season. After the Connecticut school shooting, Cerberus announced that it would seek a buyer for the Freedom Group. The Connecticut shooting is not the first time violent video games have been blamed for causing violence, including mass shootings. MORE >>

Nick is an architect licensed in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. For the most part Owners Representatives and Project Managers are well trained and offer a dependable service, but the issue still remains; is the architect still a part of the main team in terms of the dissemination of information? Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA Thoughts on the construction landscape from Christopher G. Hill in Construction , Green Building , Guest Post Friday 0 Comments - Join the Conversation! For this week’s Guest Post Friday Musings, we welcome Nick Pacella.  per gallon gas. MORE >>

It takes a lot more training to learn how to deal with grief and loss. The Connecticut branch of the American Humanist Association contributed about $370 to Newtown families from a winter solstice fund-raiser. TRICKED YA! Made you look! Well if I had said this was a post about Religion, Faith and the role it has in building community would you have even read this far? Well in truth, this is not about conventional religious dogma but about the idea of Humanism. Do they hold the patent or exclusive to those traits? At least that is something. Meet a Doctor or Lawyer lately? MORE >>