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orthodoc · 02-19-2014, 12:52 PM

It's a fatality investigation, unfortunately.

Our team gathers information that we pool with information from similar cases with the goal of formulating recommendations that will hopefully avert future fatal incidents.

Lola Bunny · 02-19-2014, 01:38 PM

Ortho: If you've never been down south, be prepare for the heat. I'll be hot and humid by then. Not the extreme heat of summer, but it'll be hot by northerners' standard.

orthodoc · 02-21-2014, 12:11 AM

Thanks, Lola, I'll pack for hot temperatures. I was going to put everything in a carry-on, but with the new warnings I've begun to wonder if a checked bag might spare me an up-close-and-personal interview with security.

monster · 02-21-2014, 10:16 PM

what new warnings? and are you going to a body farm?

orthodoc · 02-21-2014, 10:40 PM

The DHS has issued a general warning to airlines to be on high alert for new types of shoe bombs. I was thinking that traveling without checked luggage might put me in the 'suspicious' category, but it turns out they're mainly focusing on flights inbound to the US.

Not a body farm, we're investigating an occupational fatality.

monster · 02-21-2014, 11:31 PM

I didn't see the warning

16yo is about to take her first flight without us. :/

sexobon · 02-22-2014, 02:45 AM

To be on the safe side, you might have to start booking your kids on naturists' flights!

monster · 02-23-2014, 12:15 PM

That's a DOM creepy comment

sexobon · 02-24-2014, 06:52 PM

No shoe bombs or underwear bombs to worry about.

Aliantha · 02-25-2014, 06:35 PM

I got my shit together and made a couple of large glasses of vege/fruit juice with the slow juicer today. It had carrot, beetroot, celery, ginger, cucumber, tomato, apple and nectarine. It doesnt taste like any juice you'd buy, but it's surprisingly refreshing and incredibly filling. Yum.

orthodoc · 02-25-2014, 06:58 PM

Sounds great, Ali! I've tried juicing but have been put off by the cleanup-time:enjoyment-of-juice-time ratio. However, I remain tempted. When you say 'slow juicer', do you mean a masticating juicer?

I had some good news today - my abstract on cardiac implanted electronic devices and workplace hazards/mitigation/medical clearance was accepted for a poster presentation at the ACOEM national conference in late April.

glatt · 02-25-2014, 07:09 PM

Excellent!

orthodoc · 02-25-2014, 07:29 PM

Thank you! I was also happy to see two recently-ordered books sitting on my doorstep tonight. They're part of my reading for Boards in October - Control of Communicable Diseases Manual and Understanding the US Health Services System. Good stuff but hefty at 500+ and 700+ pages. And the microprint, did I mention the microprint? I swear the publishers use smaller print every year ...

Aliantha · 02-25-2014, 07:32 PM

Yes ortho. Thats the one. A lot of people dont know what they are if you say it. lol.

Good news on the abstract. Whats the time frame for it?

orthodoc · 02-25-2014, 07:48 PM

I've read about masticating juicers and how I should have one ... haven't got one yet. Maybe that's the problem; my Breville makes only a little juice but a lot of mess.

The conference is the last week of April in San Antonio, Texas. I have to get my poster and short talk ready by the third week of March, though, for a dry run in front of my faculty and academic advisors; I have a formal presentation and defense for my MPH degree in front of a mixed faculty panel in mid-April. By the time the conference rolls around, I'll be giving that talk in my sleep!

The project came out of a paper and powerpoint presentation that I did while I was at OSHA headquarters in Washington, DC last fall. I like my powerpoint and script, but everything will have to be severely pruned to fit on a poster and into a ten-minute timeframe. I hope to submit the paper to a journal as a review article ... we'll see.

02-19-2014, 12:52 PM	#9811
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	It's a fatality investigation, unfortunately. Our team gathers information that we pool with information from similar cases with the goal of formulating recommendations that will hopefully avert future fatal incidents. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi Last edited by orthodoc; 02-19-2014 at 12:57 PM.

02-21-2014, 12:11 AM	#9813
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Thanks, Lola, I'll pack for hot temperatures. I was going to put everything in a carry-on, but with the new warnings I've begun to wonder if a checked bag might spare me an up-close-and-personal interview with security. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-21-2014, 10:16 PM	#9814
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	what new warnings? and are you going to a body farm? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-21-2014, 10:40 PM	#9815
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	The DHS has issued a general warning to airlines to be on high alert for new types of shoe bombs. I was thinking that traveling without checked luggage might put me in the 'suspicious' category, but it turns out they're mainly focusing on flights inbound to the US. Not a body farm, we're investigating an occupational fatality. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-21-2014, 11:31 PM	#9816
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I didn't see the warning 16yo is about to take her first flight without us. :/ __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-19-2014, 01:38 PM	#9812
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	Ortho: If you've never been down south, be prepare for the heat. I'll be hot and humid by then. Not the extreme heat of summer, but it'll be hot by northerners' standard.

02-22-2014, 02:45 AM	#9817
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	To be on the safe side, you might have to start booking your kids on naturists' flights!

02-23-2014, 12:15 PM	#9818
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That's a DOM creepy comment __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-24-2014, 06:52 PM	#9819
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	No shoe bombs or underwear bombs to worry about.

02-25-2014, 06:35 PM	#9820
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I got my shit together and made a couple of large glasses of vege/fruit juice with the slow juicer today. It had carrot, beetroot, celery, ginger, cucumber, tomato, apple and nectarine. It doesnt taste like any juice you'd buy, but it's surprisingly refreshing and incredibly filling. Yum. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-25-2014, 06:58 PM	#9821
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Sounds great, Ali! I've tried juicing but have been put off by the cleanup-time:enjoyment-of-juice-time ratio. However, I remain tempted. When you say 'slow juicer', do you mean a masticating juicer? I had some good news today - my abstract on cardiac implanted electronic devices and workplace hazards/mitigation/medical clearance was accepted for a poster presentation at the ACOEM national conference in late April. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-25-2014, 07:09 PM	#9822
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Excellent!

02-25-2014, 07:29 PM	#9823
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Thank you! I was also happy to see two recently-ordered books sitting on my doorstep tonight. They're part of my reading for Boards in October - Control of Communicable Diseases Manual and Understanding the US Health Services System. Good stuff but hefty at 500+ and 700+ pages. And the microprint, did I mention the microprint? I swear the publishers use smaller print every year ... __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

02-25-2014, 07:32 PM	#9824
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yes ortho. Thats the one. A lot of people dont know what they are if you say it. lol. Good news on the abstract. Whats the time frame for it? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-25-2014, 07:48 PM	#9825
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	I've read about masticating juicers and how I should have one ... haven't got one yet. Maybe that's the problem; my Breville makes only a little juice but a lot of mess. The conference is the last week of April in San Antonio, Texas. I have to get my poster and short talk ready by the third week of March, though, for a dry run in front of my faculty and academic advisors; I have a formal presentation and defense for my MPH degree in front of a mixed faculty panel in mid-April. By the time the conference rolls around, I'll be giving that talk in my sleep! The project came out of a paper and powerpoint presentation that I did while I was at OSHA headquarters in Washington, DC last fall. I like my powerpoint and script, but everything will have to be severely pruned to fit on a poster and into a ten-minute timeframe. I hope to submit the paper to a journal as a review article ... we'll see. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

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