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      <title><![CDATA[ ‘Tis the Season to Promote Your Business]]></title>
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Never start in December what you can put off until January seems to be the mantra in some corners of the construction industry.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[802.11n Transmits to the New Wireless Standard]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The wireless trend continues to flourish, and another era of new standards looms on the not-so-distant horizon.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Life Is On the Line]]></title>
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Electrical safety is as much an individual responsibility as it is an organizational responsibility.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[A Very Short Guide to NFPA 70E]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Editor&apos;s note: The following is the last article Brooke Stauffer submitted to ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR; we&apos;ve been holding it for some time because of the uncertainty of his status.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Counterfeit Electrical Product Panel Discussion Now Live]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Beginning with the December issues of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR and TED magazines, we are embarking on a campaign against counterfeit electrical products.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Anti-Counterfeiting Webinar A Success]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[On April 14, 2009, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR and TED magazines hosted a free Webinar on counterfeit electrical products.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[April Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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When I was in college many years ago, my psychology professor said, &amp;amp;ldquo;Every year, we give the same tests, but each year, the correct answers change.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[August Quiz with Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[From the technology with which Alexander Graham Bell yelled, &amp;amp;ldquo;Mr.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[BIM on ElectricTV.net]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If you haven&apos;t heard, ElectricTV is a Web site that features video newscasts regarding the electrical industry.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Cabling Systems for 2008 and Beyond]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The US economy is troubled, and manufacturers are facing even more of a downturn.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[CFLs: Handle With Care]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It was just brought to our attention that WUSA 9 News, a local news station for the Washington DC area, posted a very good article about the correct way to dispose of compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs).]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Communications and Driving Do Not Mix]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[An electrical contractor can be a mobile army of thousands of vehicles, and a threat to the safety of workers is growing.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[December Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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The variety of fiber optic cables and connectors has required several methods to test the insertion loss.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Do You Know Charlie?]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[&amp;amp;nbsp;Get the wit and wisdom of NEC guru Charlie Trout delivered right to your email every day with the NEIS Code Question of the Day.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 1 Sep 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ECmag.com on Twitter]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[If you find yourself on Twitter and would like to be able to keep up with ECmag.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Wed, 1 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ECmag.com Plans Upgrades]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Many of you have asked us questions regarding the functionality of our Web site.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ECmag.com User Survey Winner Announced]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[It&apos;s our pleasure to announce Stephen Kolarik of Bishopville, Md, as the winner of the $100 Visa gift card awarded for participation in the user survey.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Electrical Contractor Launches On the Road Blog]]></title>
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In an effort to keep you, the reader, up-to-date on every facet of the industry, we travel to almost every convention and special event we can, and a large part of going to all of these places and meeting all of those people (when we are fortunate, we meet readers like you) isn&apos;t included in the magazine.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR To Host Webinar for the Anti-Counterfeit Products Intiative]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR and TED magazines are hosting a free, one-hour Webinar on counterfeit electrical products on April 14, 2009, at noon, EDT.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Establishing an Electrically Safe Work Condition]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace defines safe work practices for electrical construction and maintenance; the primary message of NFPA 70E is to turn off the power before working on electrical equipment.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Thu, 1 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[February Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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Most of the attention to fiber optic cable specifications is focused on the cable itself, not the fibers in it.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Sun, 1 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Frank Abagnale Discusses Counterfeit Products]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Since May is National Electrical Safety Month, Frank Abagnale, the subject of the Steven Spielberg film Catch Me If You Can, starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, stopped by to help us remind you counterfeit electrical products are a danger, and we must remain vigilant and aware.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 1 May 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ideas That Work Submission Form Online]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[To make it easier for you to win cash prizes and possibly a tool set from Klein Tools, you can now submit your Ideas That Work on ECmag.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[IG Receptacles in Patient Care Areas]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[How many equipment grounding conductors (paths) are required to be installed for a branch circuit supplying patient care areas when the governing body of the healthcare facility specifies isolated grounding (IG) receptacles for specific medical equipment? This question comes up far too often in the field to be left without a thorough explanation.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[In Memoriam: W. Creighton Schwan]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Electrical Contractor magazine notes with sorrow the passing of our long-time National Electrical Code columnist, W Creighton Schwan.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 1 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Introducing ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Reader Connect]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Many of you are familiar with the Reader Service &amp;amp;amp; Renewal Cards in the magazine; however, there&apos;s no longer a need to fill out the clunky &amp;amp;quot;bingo cards.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[It Won&apos;t Bite]]></title>
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A branch manager for an experienced cabling contractor with whom I have worked for years is known to get a special glimmer in his eye when he discovers extensive fiber optic cable in a project that he is bidding.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[January Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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In 2002, responding to the consequences of continual updates in communications cable, the National Electrical Code (NEC) added a provision requiring the removal of abandoned cabling.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[John Maisel Speaks to ElectricTV]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[The most recent issue of ElectricTV.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[July Quiz with Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Once a communications cable is installed, proof of proper installation is needed to get the customer to accept it (and pay your bill).]]></description>
      <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EcMag-WebExclusives/~3/j62E2d5sZkQ/index.cfm</link>
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	  <pubDate>Tue, 1 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[June Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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Fiber optic cables are designed to protect the fibers, ease installation, and meet building codes and/or industry standards.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Last Iwo Jima Flag Raiser and IBEW Member Charles Lindberg Dies]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Charles Lindberg, the last surviving member of the patrol that raised the first American flag at Iwo Jima in WWII and an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) electrician for 40 years, died Sunday, June 24, 2007.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Fri, 1 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lineman from IMAX film posted on YouTube]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[In 2002, the Smithsonian Institute&amp;amp;rsquo;s National Air and Space Museum produced an IMAX film called &amp;amp;ldquo;Straight Up: Helicopters in Action.]]></description>
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	  <pubDate>Sun, 1 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[March Quiz With Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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Higher speed fiber optic networks demand lower losses in fiber optic cabling.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[May Quiz with Correct Answers and Explanations]]></title>
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I&amp;amp;rsquo;ve been creating these quizzes for almost 10 years now, but in reviewing my list of past topics, I realized I have never done one on the basics of fiber optics.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[NECA Transmissions]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[This month, NECA CEO John Grau launched his new web blog, NECA Transmissions; &amp;amp;quot;NECA Transmissions isn&apos;t just a blog about the association,&amp;amp;quot; he said.]]></description>
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For most of 2008, my monthly columns in Electrical Contractor have been about fiber optic network design.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Just as we have seen new technologies in optical fibers, new choices of cables are available for fiber optics.]]></description>
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When installing recessed fixtures, carefully consider the location of the units.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Reed Construction Data (RCD) has announced a two-part effort, starting December 1st, to help stimulate local economies throughout Louisiana and Mississippi: areas still rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina.]]></description>
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The University of Missouri-St Louis and pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Inc.]]></description>
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For electrical contractors, architects, engineers, security and life safety system vendors and others, the prospects of working on government construction projects may seem challenging, but efforts in learning the process and submitting bid proposals can be rewarding.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Security + Life Safety Systems Magazine Names Ed Brown Managing Editor]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Security+Life Safety Systems (S+LSS) magazine has named Ed Brown its new managing editor; a senior electrical engineer, Brown was most recently the managing editor of necdigest, a publication of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) that covers the National Electrical Code.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Security Message Regarding Tragedy at Virginia Tech]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[ In light of the recent tragic events taking place at Virginia Tech, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR and Security + Life Safety Systems magazines would like to weigh in on the topic of campus security.]]></description>
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In August, we looked at the historical development of unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Home Depot Offers $300,000 to Students in the Construction Industry]]></title>
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The Home Depot established its first-ever Trade Scholarship Program.]]></description>
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There&amp;amp;rsquo;s a bright spot in the economy&amp;amp;mdash;security, and the burglar and fire alarm industry continues to grow, fueled by advancements in computing technology and Internet protocol (IP) devices, software, cellular and other systems and services.]]></description>
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Americans can once again pride themselves on setting an example for the rest of the world.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Understanding Electrical Hazards]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Historically, shock and electrocution have been seen as the primary electrical hazards to people, along with fires of electrical origin, but today, awareness is growing of two other electrical hazards: arc-flash and arc-blast.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video - ISC East Expo]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Highlights from Security+Life Safety Systems (S+LSS) magazine&apos;s panel discussion at ISC East in NYC City; S+LSS explored the electrical contractor&apos;s growing role in integrated building systems.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video—Andrea Klee &amp; Ed Brown Discuss the 2009 Editorial Calendar]]></title>
      <description><![CDATA[Andrea Klee, editor of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR magazine, and Edward Brown, managing editor of SECURITY + LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS, discuss their plans for 2009.]]></description>
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      <title><![CDATA[Video—Publisher John Maisel Discusses The Anti-Counterfeit Initiative]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As a continually growing school, Utah Valley State College (UVSC) looked to create a state-of-the-art network to accommodate the school&amp;amp;rsquo;s remarkable growth and vision for the future.]]></description>
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a method of identification using radio waves.]]></description>
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