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"GOSSIP: A person who will never tell a lie if the truth will do more damage"
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IN THE NEWS:

Smoking bans unlikely to affect business, according to Health Canada research.

01 Jun 2005

More people reported that they would likely visit bars and restaurants if they are smoke-free than the number who would stay away because of a smoking ban. These are the results of recent public opinion research announced today by Canada's Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh.

"The results of this survey are very encouraging," said Minister Dosanjh. "There is a momentum building in jurisdictions across Canada to create and maintain smoke-free spaces. I believe that our future is a tobacco-free future, and I am very pleased to see more provinces and municipalities choosing to protect their citizens by adopting smoke-free legislation."

The research was conducted to measure and evaluate the support for and potential impact of provincial smoking bans. Randomly selected telephone surveys were conducted in Manitoba, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, and Saskatchewan. It was found that the majority of those surveyed said they would find public places more appealing if they were smoke-free, and that they would increase their frequency of visiting such venues. These increases in attendance more than offset those respondents who suggested they would be less likely to visit smoke-free establishments.

ABM Industries to Sell CommAir Mechanical Services to Carrier Corporation

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2005--ABM Industries Incorporated (NYSE:ABM), a leading facility services contractor, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of the operating assets of its wholly owned subsidiary, CommAir Mechanical Services, to Carrier Corporation, the world's largest provider of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration solutions, and a wholly owned subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX).

Report Says N.Y. Hospital Didn't Warn About Legionella

NEW YORK—The New York Health Department alleges that a New York hospital did not tell patients and most of its employees for more than a year that Legionella was found in its water until after six patients contracted Legionnaires' disease. According to The New York Daily News, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center issued a memo to its employees in April after the Legionella-related death of one patient. Hospital officials reportedly said they did not want to "induce panic" by making the presence of Legionella known.

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Actual Sentences Found In Patients' Hospital Charts

1. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.
2. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.
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INDUSTRY EVENTS:

ASHRAE Annual Meeting, June 25-29, Denver. Contact ASHRAE Meetings Section, 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329; 678-539-1219, jyoung@ashrae.org, or www.ashrae.org.

ASHE Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition, July 10-13, Anaheim, Calif. Contact the American Society for Healthcare Engineering at 312-422-3800, ashe@aha.org, or www.ashe.org.

Building Simulation 2005, Aug. 15-18, Montreal. Cosponsored by ASHRAE. Contact ashe@aha.org or www.ibpsa.ca/bs2005.

HRAI Annual Meeting, Aug. 25-27, Huntsville, ON, Canada. Contact the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada at 905-602-4700, hraimail@hrai.ca, or www.hrai.ca.

NAPE Philadelphia 76 Meeting, July 12th, Havertown, PA, Contact Mark McGann of NECC at (800) 227-9800, mmcgann@neccdelivers.com or http://www.napephiladelphia76.org

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CREDIT PROBLEM:

A customer sent an order to a distributor for a large amount of goods totaling a great deal of money. The distributor noticed that the previous bill hadn't been paid. The collections manager left a voice-mail for them saying, "We can't ship your new order until you pay for the last one." The next day the credit manager received a collect phone call from the customer,
"Please cancel the order. We can't wait that long."

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NEW FEATURE!

Website of the month

For all of you who want to impress the techies (gearheads) and sound really cool, visit:

WEBOPEDIA - it's an encyclopedia of web and computer terms that you've heard of and were too embarrassed to ask someone.

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AND FINALLY-
THE PICTURE OF THE MONTH

For all of you who have gotten tired of workers showing butt cleavage, (sometimes called plumber's butt). Here's a worker who solved the problem in a very inventive way: