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  • An N class motor is between 10,240 and 20,480 newton-seconds and a P is 40,960 to 81.920 n-s. yikes

    tingilinde: 2009

  • An N class motor is between 10,240 and 20,480 newton-seconds and a P is 40,960 to 81.920 n-s. yikes

    yikes 8 n's and a p 2009

  • I told my colleague that nonetheless, it was my job to represent her concern before the n-s if she wished the concern to be heard, and that I would do so.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • I checked with the head of the n-s, a woman I regard with high respect for her ethics and judgment, and made sure I understood the procedure, and then asked my colleague to give me some more concrete idea of what she wanted me to ask of the n-s.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • My colleague asked me to take up the concern, and I suggested that the procedure was that I would go before the n-s.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • My note expressed concern about X done by Y, and asked the n-s to inquire into X.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • I wrote up a short statement, asked my colleague to check it to make sure I was representing her concern accurately and appropriately, and then sent it on to the head of the n-s so that she'd know what was coming.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • So the head of the n-s invited someone from Y to come to the meeting.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • Or you can ask the n-s to take up the issue in an official way.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

  • And part of what usually happens when someone takes a concern to the n-s is that the powers-that-be are there and get alerted to the concern.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Bardiac 2007

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