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Tom is Awesome Humans are obsessed with measuring things, including every bodily function possible: blood sugar, blood pressure, heart rate, ketones! What is a ketone anyway? Sensor technologies allow us to measure pressure, light, temperature, and they are everywhere in our pipelines, on our airplanes, and inside our chests and on our wrists. The first Cal-Toon calendar we put together with Ted Green featured a cartoon with the caption “Never, ever ask Tom to measure something for you.” It has Tom sitting in an office cubicle hung with dials, a mobile made of calipers, a rubber chicken, and oversized measuring tape. Tom is us. Tom is awesome. Measuring helps us to answer questions and solve problems. Measuring helps us to define what we can see and what we can’t. I’m writing this as we get ready for NCSLI Workshop & Symposium in Orlando, Florida. At first, the pared down show looked plenty full, but the latest news has us deflated a bit. Despite that, we’re vaccinated and going with masks in hand—we’re ready. There will be Committee meetings, keynote speakers, tutorials, an exhibitor floor, and a 60th Anniversary poolside party. And there will be faces in full 3D, connected to voices in real-time. I hope many of you will get your shot and come CAL-TOONS by join Tedus! Green In this issue, the Metrology 101 series continues with Sine Calibration School’s thirdSURE installment of Temperature Calibrations. series is meant to NOT WHAT THE AUDITORS WILLThis THINK compliment an online program, so be sure to check it out if you want to brush ABOUT A HEART-SHAPED CAL STICKER… up on temperature fundamentals! Next, we have a contribution from NIST on a collaborative comparison of gas flow measurements, “Comparison Demonstrates Factor of Three Improvement in Gas Flow Measurements,” using both a traditional and probability-based criterion. The participants were able to show improvement by a factor of three, based on their comparisons from 2003. And finally, Walter Nowocin from IndySoft, wraps up his series of articles with “Maintaining a Calibration Management Software System in a Regulated Environment.” Mr. Nowocin will be presenting a 4-hour tutorial on Saturday, August 21st at NCSLI Workshop & Symposium in Orlando, called “How to Select and Implement Calibration Management Software Systems in a Regulated Environment.” More info can be found at: https://ncsli.org/page/ws21tut. He is also scheduled to give a related, full-day tutorial at MSC Training Symposium in Anaheim, CA on Tuesday, November 16th. More information about that can teddytoons@verizon.net CAL-TOONS by Ted Green be found at: https://annualconf.msc-conf.com/tutorial-workshop/. So, measurement nerds of the world… you are awesome. I'm looking forward EVER ASKagain TOM TOyou MEASURE to fist bumpingNEVER, and shaking hands with this year. Happy Measuring,
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