RE: Apology for a mistake (Man Sentenced in radioactive

[Scott Davidson <bsdrp@yahoo.com>]

thanx

--- "Weiner, Ruth" <rfweine@sandia.gov> wrote:
> At the risk of being (a)WAY off topic and (b) a
> member of the language
> police:
> 
> "site" -- a place where something (or an event) is
> situated
> "cite" -- to quote as an authority or an example
> 
> Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
> Sandia National Laboratories 
> MS 0718, POB 5800
> Albuquerque, NM 87185-0718
> 505-844-4791; fax 505-844-0244
> rfweine@sandia.gov
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Abraham
> [mailto:jimabe@lamar.colostate.edu]
> Sent: January 12, 2000 11:46 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: Apology for a mistake (Man Sentenced in
> radioactive
> Poisoning
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Bradshaw, Keith" wrote:
> 
> >         Well up to a point.  But doesn't the
> organisation have a
> > responsibility to ensure it doesn't employ
> psychos?  And that the people
> who
> > ARE employed are treated well in order to reduce
> their chances of turning
> > psycho?  BTW, I think that Mcdonalds coffee case
> was stupid too.
> >
> >         keith.bradshaw@nnc.co.uk
> 
> Your taking a tangent of a tangent here.  Getting
> back to a UNIVERSITY
> setting,
> (a reminder of where this discussion started) this
> is absolutely not
> feasible.
> Many universities employ thousands of graduate
> students who do the bulk work
> of
> handling radiation sources for the purpose of their
> research.  Of course
> they
> answer to their advisors who answer to the safety
> offices, and I'm sure, are
> "screened" somewhat before being accepted into their
> university's graduate
> program.  But to insinuate that personality tests
> should now determine
> whether
> someone is "at risk" by working with dangerous
> materials and therefore
> should
> not receive a higher education is ridiculous.  Try
> to sneak that one past a
> lawyer.  Only then will the university be sited; not
> for negligence or lack
> of
> radiation security, but for discrimination in a nice
> big fat civil suit.
> 
> --
>
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> James P. Abraham
> Alt. Radiation Safety Officer
> Radiation Control Office - Environmental Health
> Serv.
> Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
> 80523-6021
> 
> Phone:  (970) 491-3928  Fax:  (970) 491-4804
> email:  jimabe@lamar.colostate.edu
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