October 2005 ISSUE
READERS' FORUM
CSA Seeks Comments
On Offshore Requirements
Our public review process provides an opportunity for your members to provide
valuable input in the development of CAN/CSA-ISO 19900 Petroleum and Natural
Gas Industries — General Requirements for Offshore Structures. Your comments
may affect its technical content.
If you would like a draft copy, you can request one online at https://review.csa.ca/opr/opr_about.asp?loc=CAN.
When submitting com-ments, we ask that people follow the directions on the public review web page and use the Enter Comments button.
Closing date for submissions is Oct. 23. Comments received after that date may not be addressed due to the project schedule.
Following the public review closing date, the Canadian Standards Association
Technical Committee and the Canadian Advisory Committee to ISO TC67/SC7 Offshore
Structures will consider comments.
Jeff Walker
Project Manager
Built Environmental Standards
The Canadian Standards Association
Thanks for
Your Recognition
Thank you so much for choosing me for the APEGGA Teacher Award. After teaching
elementary science for so many years, it is an incredible honour to be recognized
with this award. This is the end of the summer and my family, including two engineer
brothers, is still buzzing about it. Three former students contacted me when
they saw my picture in The PEGG (page 1, July 2005) and that was the icing on
the cake for me.
Thank you again for the $1,000 for my school (we will use it wisely) and thank you for this prestigious award.
Mary-Ann Perras
Anne Fitzgerald School
Edmonton
Battling Diabetes
I am part of Team Diabetes Canada. Through Team Diabetes, over $4.5 million has
been raised on behalf of the Canadian Diabetes Association and the more than
two million people in Canada living with diabetes. Since its inception, Team
Diabetes members have walked or run more than 1,251,000 kilometres and lost more
than 29,000 lb.
None of us are professional athletes, but we understand and have accepted the discipline, time and commitment necessary to be successful. Each member of Team Diabetes Canada has accepted this challenge because we believe that the money raised will help in the fight against diabetes.
I will be participating in the Honolulu Marathon in December as part of Team Diabetes.
Diabetes did not enter my life until I was 12. Then, my grandmother was hospitalized. She found out that she needed to take three insulin injections daily to keep her blood glucose level stable. To this day, she still requires insulin injections twice daily.
Five years ago, diabetes hit even closer to home. My mother, who assumed she had the flu, was hospitalized and spent three nights in intensive care while her blood glucose level slowly dropped. The doctors at the hospital were surprised that she was conscious when she arrived in ICU, due to the overwhelming concentration of sugar in her blood. Just days before Christmas, my mom was thrown into the difficult situation of learning more about her disorder, learning how to test her blood, and suddenly having to give herself four insulin injections each day. She learned quickly and has been very lucky to progress to two pills daily and then to controlling her blood sugar level using solely diet and exercise.
I have committed to raise at least $10,000 in support of the Canadian Diabetes Association in its battle against diabetes, which is the leading cause of death by disease in Canada. It is estimated that at least $13.2 billion is spent annually in Canada on treating people with diabetes and its complications.
There are numerous events one can participate in as a member of Team Diabetes Canada, from marathons to triathlons to adventure races, all over the world, and anyone can participate.
Donating online is quick, easy and absolutely secure. And, you can access your tax receipt through e-mail. The Team Diabetes Donation webpage is at www.diabetes.ca/Section_donations/teamdiabetesindex.asp. My marathon webpage is at http://honoluluamber.tripod.com.
Thank you so much for your help with my endeavour — and for helping the over two million Canadians living with diabetes.
Amber Newton, E.I.T.
Edmonton