I’ve been evaluating my life lately. I want to improve some “skill” areas of my life. So. Here’s what I’m gonna do:

• Practice guitar daily
• Write a technical article once a month, even if just a “this is a programming problem I had, and this is how I fixed it”
• Work off of a schedule at home and work. I need to make sure I am estimating work correctly, and the only way to do that is to actually work with a schedule.
• Go to the gym 3-4 times/week, with ultimate goal to start swimming competitively again
• Dress better. This isn’t really a skill, but it helps me “think professionally” while I’m at work. Something about wearing a tie makes me want to work rather than browse. *shrug*

More to come later. I’m going to see how this bit goes.

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create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide

create your own personalized map of the USA
or write about it on the open travel guide

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I just had a conversation that went like this:

HR Lady1: You’re supposed to bring us Taco Bell when you go!
HR Lady2: I’m pregnant, so I need Taco Bell!
Me: Ha ha. What do you normally get?
HR Lady2: Chicken soft tacos.
Me: I like Meximelts.
HR Lady1: I like sour cream.
HR Lady2: Don’t take this the wrong way, but you have a hairy chest.
Me: *uncomfortable laugh* *motion to button top button of shirt*
HR Lady1: Ha ha. How’s he supposed to take that?
HR Lady2: I bet your wife was like “whoa!” on your wedding night! *with ‘crazy hand’ gestures*
Me: *exit stage left*

What the heck was that? How did we move from taco bell (a subject I don’t mind discussing) to the amount of chest hair I have? But even that, I could handle. I mean, it was annoying, but not over the top. But as soon as HR Lady2 mentioned my wife, that was it. Incredibly rude, and conversation stopper as far as I’m concerned. The thing that’s crazy is that HR Lady1 is who I would expect to say stuff like this. HR Lady2 has always been very professional. I was so taken aback I just left.

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I’m listening to a webcast on BizTalk Server 2004. Not a simple application - it’s fairly complicated, and the presenter is going *fast*. What annoys me is that everyone assumes that because it’s 1:07 it must be talk time. They are incredibly loud. it’s amazing. Like a frickin’ gaggle of geese.

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Current Forum: PROCESS 23FEB, 26 FEB, 03MAR
Date: Mon Mar 1 2004 12:23 pm
Author: DEWITT, NATHAN
Subject: Re: Process Final

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Mr. Korbe,I googled for “suspension phase” & “phases of fall protection” and found a link to this paper: http://www.cdc.gov/elcosh/docs/d0500/d000568/d000568.htmlI
believe this is the information you included in your Works Cited. You
state, “Information relating to the terms: Orthostatic incompetence,
suspension trauma and harness-induced death were obtained from the
following references:” and then proceed to list two references.

Claiming
you obtained information related to terms implies you are getting
definitions or explanations of concepts. That is plausible.
Unfortunately, examining both your sources and your papers yields a
different scenario. I will proceed to quote from your source, and then
your paper in order:

There are four phases of fall protection: Before the fall, at fall arrest, suspension, and post-fall rescue.

Before the fall, fall arrest, suspension and rescue represent the four phases of fall protection.

Each
phase presents unique safety challenges. Suspension trauma can be
influenced by all aspects of the fall, so they are all important. As
with many aspects of safety, increasing the safety in one phase can
compromise the safety of the others.

Each
phase of fall protection presents unique safety challenges. Fatality
risk exists in all four of the phases, so no single phase is more
important than any other. As with other aspects of safety, a precaution
taken at the wrong time or in the wrong order could jeopardize a human
life. So it is important for workers to receive training as the
training they receive will determine how they respond to different
phases.

The
whole concept of fall protection is that workers who fall will be
stopped by the tethering system…Depending on the harness attachment
point and the position of the worker’?s body at arrest, different
harness attachments offer different advantages. An attachment near the
shoulders means that any drag from the lanyard will serve to position
the worker’?s body in an upright position so the forces are distributed
from head to foot. The head is somewhat protected if the legs and body
precede it in the fall, but this offers some disadvantages after the
fall arrest is completed.

The
second phase of fall protection is known as fall arrest phase. The
whole concept of fall protection is that the worker is going to be
stopped by the tethering system. Where this tethering system attaches
to the harness, the length of the lanyards and the body posture of the
falling worker all effect how the body will react to being suspended. A
tethering system which attaches to the shoulder area generally prevents
injury to the neck and head however, this offers disadvantages after
the fall arrest is completed.

Regardless
of whether a worker can self-rescue or must rely upon others, time is
of the essence because a worker may lose consciousness in only a few
minutes…If a worker is suspended long enough to lose consciousness,
rescue personnel must be careful in handling such a person or the
rescued worker may die anyway. This post-rescue death is apparently
caused by the heart’s inability to tolerate the abrupt increase in
blood flow to the right heart after removal from the harness. Current
recommended procedures are to take from 30 to 40 minutes to move the
victim from kneeling to a sitting to a supine position.

Rescue
phase requires some form of rescue be it a self rescue or an assisted
rescue. Regardless, time is of the essence because a suspended worker
could loose consciousness in as little as five minutes. If the worker
was unable to be rescued prior to unconsciousness occurring, rescuing
personnel must know how to handle a body in this condition. A body in
this condition should be, once retrieved from being suspended, kept in
a horizontal position or the worker may die anyway. Post rescue death
is caused by the heart’?s inability to tolerate the abrupt increase in
blood flow to the right side of the heart after removal from the
harness. The victim’s transition from a horizontal, to a kneeling, to a
sitting and lastly to a standing position should occur over 30 to 40
minutes to prevent post rescue death.

(note - this last paragraph is an incorrect representation of the
original instructions. The victim should go from kneeling -> sitting
-> supine. Supine means to lay down, and you indicate the victim
should be standing within 30-40 minutes of their fall.)

Mr. Korbe,
The article written by Dr. Bill Weems & Dr. Phil Bishop lists a works cited page. Their reference is as follows:

Seddon, Paul. Harness Suspension: review and evaluation of existing information. Health and Safety Executive. Research Report 451/2002. 104 pp.

I
notice you list both publications in your works cited page. What
information did you get from the paper written by Paul Seddon? Did you
read his paper? It looks like your paper was taken straight from the
article published in the OH&S magazine.

When citing work
for academic purposes, be very careful that you do not copy work. I
find the easiest way to do this is to not look at your reference
material while writing your paper. Read your material, and write down
key facts or conclusions from your reference material. Do not copy it
verbatim, but rephrase it immediately. Goal is to not reuse any words.
Then shut your reference book. Write your paper, only looking at your
notes. Every time you refer to your notes, make a note in your paper.
Each fact, conclusion, opinion, etc from your reference material should
be cited in your paper.

If I can be of any more help to you, please let me know.

Nathan DeWitt

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