tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post3357514522499341537..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: And the other shoe drops...Aesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-65014879750434680982015-01-31T00:04:39.562-08:002015-01-31T00:04:39.562-08:00Grandpa says all the good 'n blessings above, ...Grandpa says all the good 'n blessings above, times 7. Semper Fi brother and keep the faith, He that has closed the door has opened a window. My prayer is that you find it sooner rather than later... when my LAX job vamoosed years ago, I found easy pickings and greener opportunities with other Calexpats in LA's backyard.... Vegas. Just a thought.... this desert ain't perfect, but for those who want to work, work is plentiful. No state taxes either... it's a close drive to LA should you need... and a short drive to Flag, or up to Utah, for your into the boonies needs... I'm just saying. stormfriendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-71117377084671545112015-01-23T11:36:26.091-08:002015-01-23T11:36:26.091-08:00welcome backwelcome backAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-59416966063016970332015-01-21T08:50:07.725-08:002015-01-21T08:50:07.725-08:00What ever happened to the 2 people getting treatme...What ever happened to the 2 people getting treatment in the US? <br /><br />I haven't been able to find anything.<br /><br /><br />nick<br /><br />btw, woman on flight, tested negative. Thankfully.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-55377431410400749082015-01-21T05:10:55.587-08:002015-01-21T05:10:55.587-08:00The most probable explanation for the current drop...The most probable explanation for the current drop is that since December it is now the dry season with the harmattan blowing out of the Sahara Desert. The virus has trouble lingering on parched surfaces, and people aren't covered in a sheen of sweat like they are during the super humid summers.<br /><br />If Ebola's not eradicated by the time the rains start again in May, I predict it'll re-flare.Bezzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752975251705231877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-80467392096486624052015-01-21T04:59:31.605-08:002015-01-21T04:59:31.605-08:00The wolf is still out there.The wolf is still <a href="http://time.com/3675775/ebola-guinea-priests-beaten-village/" rel="nofollow">out there</a>.Bezzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12752975251705231877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-27156368590925490152015-01-21T04:29:34.165-08:002015-01-21T04:29:34.165-08:00Aaanyway:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/afr...Aaanyway:<br /><br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-built-ebola-treatment-centers-in-liberia-are-nearly-empty-as-disease-fades/2015/01/18/9acc3e2c-9b52-11e4-86a3-1b56f64925f6_story.html<br /><br />"Last week, even as international aid organizations built yet more Ebola centers, there was an average of less than one new case reported in Liberia per day."<br /><br />Judging by Virology Down Under's page of ebola charts, Liberia has pretty much completely levelled off, Sierra Leone and Guinea are in the process of doing so, and there are no reports whatsoever of new outbreaks in neighboring countries. No more so than there are new imports into the West by travelers.<br /><br />Unless the claim is going to be made that this is ALL simply lying about what is happening and the disease is continuing to spread and is not being reported at all - which would be a rather large claim - I think the conclusion at this point can be drawn, that the September/October fears were massively overblown and somewhat Chicken Littleish.<br /><br />Not to say that it wasn't or wouldn't have been worth acting to prevent the possibility ... like with the nurse who should have been quarantined. But .... there was too much hype. Too much crying wolf. The wolf didn't come. Rollorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-61279453699690770572015-01-20T21:36:54.413-08:002015-01-20T21:36:54.413-08:00"U.S.-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberi..."U.S.-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberia are nearly empty as <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/us-built-ebola-treatment-centers-in-liberia-are-nearly-empty-as-disease-fades/2015/01/18/9acc3e2c-9b52-11e4-86a3-1b56f64925f6_story.html" rel="nofollow">outbreak fades</a>"<br /><br />What has happened is the centers of contagion have shifted away from where the treatment centers were built.<br /><br />Worst case it is a temporary slowdown. Best case is that it has gone from epidemic to endemic as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa#Tables" rel="nofollow">deaths and new cases</a> continue<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_epidemic_in_West_Africa" rel="nofollow"> on</a> with 400 to 500 new reported-confirmed cases and 200 to 300 new deaths per week.geoffbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13938430350029694575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-85365443455797228292015-01-20T06:44:26.518-08:002015-01-20T06:44:26.518-08:00And again, UK news while the US papers kowtow to ....And again, UK news while the US papers kowtow to .gov<br /><br /><br />New Ebola scare in US: Health worker returning from Seirra Leone pulled off United flight at Newark after vomiting on the plane<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2917796/Gravely-ill-plane-passenger-hospitalized-New-Jersey-Ebola-symptoms-landing-Newark-airport-affected-country.html<br /><br /><br />Of course, "Authorities stressed that even if the woman tests positive for Ebola, it's highly unlikely that she would have infected anyone else aboard."<br /><br />Except maybe anyone who came in contact with her aerosolized VOMIT!<br /><br /><br />nick<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-70812299086908605582015-01-17T13:35:29.960-08:002015-01-17T13:35:29.960-08:00Yo bro. I did the traveler RN deal for ten years a...Yo bro. I did the traveler RN deal for ten years and loved it. Vacations when I wanted them at the end of my contract, new places to see once I got tired of the Frequent flyers at the current gig and good cash. Would do it now if I could get the wife to start it up again. Right now she likes her current job. Some tips, be an employee of more than one company, gives you more options and occasionally they forget that their job is to keep you happy cause you are the one with the skills. Another thing, get into Nursefinders and see if they have gigs at the local VA hospital. Quick money, your choice of shifts where and when and I love working with the older vets. The hospitals have no loyalty at all. I stress that to the new nurses. Always think of yourself as self employed and renting your skills. Enjoy! It can be a good life. -SemperFido Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-6808440252224647542015-01-17T11:58:14.559-08:002015-01-17T11:58:14.559-08:00Aesop, glad you had a good rest, best wishes for y...Aesop, glad you had a good rest, best wishes for you going forward.<br /><br />In Ebola news.<br /><br /><i>"<a href="http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/01/8560259/ebola-spending-plan-offers-few-clues-ny-aid" rel="nofollow">Sylvia Mathews Burwell</a>, the secretary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services, issued a spending plan on Thursday for the nearly $2.8 billion in Ebola funding allocated by Congress, though the plan is too short on detail to know if New York will receive the money advocates have called for.<br /><br />The majority of the money—$1.77 billion—will go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of that, $1.2 billion will go overseas to help combat the epidemic in West Africa, with support for programs such as labs, infection control and waste management.<br /><br />The rest of the C.D.C. money will be used for domestic initiatives, such as preparing states to respond to an Ebola case, paying for quarantines that were put in place and worker training.<br /><br />Burwell was directed to provide a "detailed" spending plan 30 days after Congress' $1.1 trillion spending plan became law. That deadline is today but Burwell's proposal provides only top-line numbers."</i><br /><br />Details are so boring and might limit the payoffs, er, flexibility of the Secretary.geoffbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13938430350029694575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-89246327607568284212015-01-17T06:35:10.245-08:002015-01-17T06:35:10.245-08:00(Last try was incomplete.)
Aesop, welcome back!
...(Last try was incomplete.)<br /><br />Aesop, welcome back! <br /><br />Maui is sensational. Loved Oahu and Kuai, too. Never made it to the Big Island, though, said by friends and confirmed by FA, above, to be the best of all. <br /><br />Wanted to move there without much idea of how I could afford and support it. Older, wiser Hawaiians I met while bedazzled and tempted years ago pointed out with a smile that lots who try it go island-crazy eventually and have to return to the Mainland. <br /><br />May never make it back there again, sadly. (No, I did not take away any stones from the beach.) Younger wife points out that travelling there from the East Coast is a long, tough slog. As age creeps up and income goes down, she gets more right about that every year. Her own mother, though, at 90, just returned from three weeks in the Philippines, so it's probably just my wife not wanting to go through such a long trip again with me. I tend to complain, you see. <br /><br />Frankly, though, I'd still like to give it a go. Close young family and a few friends here, in addition to the money factor, are in the way. So it just may not be in the cards for me. You, on the other hand . . . .<br /><br />Job stuff: I, too, was involuntarily retired last year (age 72). A financial arrangement keeps a trickle coming in forever, but impedes doing my thing for anyone else. Besides the assault on my financial well-being, this hurt my pride. Had the Ajax syndrome there for a while. Recovering from that, but, if I were them, I wouldn't cross in front of my automobile late on a dark night.<br /><br />Retirement may be inevitable, but seems way over-rated to me. So far.Percyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08771215690327580086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-61274041384138815352015-01-16T20:45:57.899-08:002015-01-16T20:45:57.899-08:00Welcome to PartTimeNation! Here's the interest...Welcome to PartTimeNation! Here's the interesting bit -- You like so many others are on the other side of the employment bell curve. The demo 18-54 is sucking wind employment wise. But the demo 50-66 is in the highest numbers in decades. It might be bumpy but enjoy the ride. I know, I am. (@ 63) I am booking instructional time like a wild man while the wet-between-the-ears crowd have not even been at the podium yet.<br /><br />Yee-Haw! What a screwed up world.Tucanae Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935170696138248693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-64828703218944453662015-01-16T19:55:38.695-08:002015-01-16T19:55:38.695-08:00My sympathies-I went through that in 2008. It sure...My sympathies-I went through that in 2008. It sure makes you happy that you worked all that overtime, night shifts, and holidays when "they" were in a pinch! (not) My mom was an RN; she enjoyed going to a private duty nurses agency. Worked when she wanted, took time off when she wanted. You pay your own retirement, etc. But there is a lot to say for being a Free Bird! <br />I wish that the federal government would just stop helping us. Much more help and we will lose everything! -Stealth SpanielAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-31754908248759256252015-01-16T17:06:11.581-08:002015-01-16T17:06:11.581-08:00YAY!! So glad you are back! YAY!! So glad you are back! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-81262197684738886612015-01-16T16:43:50.093-08:002015-01-16T16:43:50.093-08:00I love a good story, well told.
now you can tell s...I love a good story, well told.<br />now you can tell some more. Not to play Mr Obvious, but the timing is interesting and no doubt taking you out of the loop takes away some inside the network stories. No doubt that your narrative was disturbing the programming.<br />ah well, first things first- get your professional and health concerns squared away and we'll wait for more stories and expand the circulationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-34656035562191949052015-01-16T15:59:53.166-08:002015-01-16T15:59:53.166-08:00Good luck on the job search and accompanying readj...Good luck on the job search and accompanying readjustments. BTDT, refuse to wear T-shirts pimping my former corporate overlords.RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-10703876911670430862015-01-16T15:49:59.080-08:002015-01-16T15:49:59.080-08:00I'm so sorry to learn of your health issue! Sp...I'm so sorry to learn of your health issue! Spending some time reading Ray Peat articles will be beneficial as it is good to understand what is probably causing the problem before seeking health care(see here: http://www.raypeat.com/ and http://raypeat.com/articles/). Time spent reading Ray Peat will help you appreciate just how far down the healthcare rabbit hole we have fallen. Here is a good one to start with: http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/fats-degeneration3.shtml. After reading this one, take a stroll through Whole Foods and consider the Supplements section for Bone and Joint Health (full of inflammatory Omega 3's); it's next to the section for expectant mothers (more inflammatory Omega 3's and DHA too, known to reduce the intelligence of the unborn). I'm hoping you will be inspired to write about these things as I've really enjoyed your writing and there is so much here that needs exposure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-49942866218232083422015-01-16T12:50:15.573-08:002015-01-16T12:50:15.573-08:00Well, I've never had 2 weeks in Hawaii. And i...Well, I've never had 2 weeks in Hawaii. And in 49 working days, I'll retire with my meager pension from my local government job and social "security". But an experienced RN can make a hell of a good living in Texas. Half the job is just showing up, not too drunk and/or stoned to do the job. Good luck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09419132776402897221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-39991546288129278332015-01-16T11:14:51.852-08:002015-01-16T11:14:51.852-08:00Sorry to hear that. My own (freelance) income sour...Sorry to hear that. My own (freelance) income source has dried up in the last couple of years and we're looking at changing countries and professions, but enough about me. I'm sure you'll land on your feet. Perhaps it's time for you to move to a more socially and politically amenable state...daniel_dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18399665251275194585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-57340932337822228062015-01-16T09:53:01.508-08:002015-01-16T09:53:01.508-08:00Awwww....Maui. You should've waved - I can see...Awwww....Maui. You should've waved - I can see Maui from my "office" (seven acre aquaponics farm). I'm on the north coast of the Island of Hawaii. Next time come here - this island is nicer in many ways. It's far less "touristy", much less expensive, it's more quiet and slower-paced, and the people are more friendly. Think Cali in the 50s. Glad you had a good time - sounds like you deserved it.<br /><br /><i>Non illegitimi carborundum</i>.Friendly Aquaponicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324537915370317539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-66314903830375330412015-01-16T09:36:19.127-08:002015-01-16T09:36:19.127-08:00Aesop,
Condolences. After you get your feet back ...Aesop,<br /><br />Condolences. After you get your feet back under you, look for some new opportunities too. <br /><br />Consider becoming a writer, or adviser. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-73402157525348329552015-01-16T08:14:49.595-08:002015-01-16T08:14:49.595-08:00Aesop, Welcome back. Glad you had a good vacation ...Aesop, Welcome back. Glad you had a good vacation although coming back to the crap you got handed sucks.<br /><br /> If I may offer you this. (As far as your BP and Stress and health)<br />take a look at this website:<br /><br />http://www.marksdailyapple.com/#axzz3P09K5UUA<br /><br />Here is is book, which is well worth it:<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/The-Primal-Blueprint-Reprogram-effortless/dp/0982207786<br /><br />I got off my BP meds after 6 months and dropped about 35 lbs.<br /><br />Good luck and hang in there!<br /><br />IrishIrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772405362867585844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-11286636704618613842015-01-16T02:43:38.861-08:002015-01-16T02:43:38.861-08:00Welcome back. Hope all the best for you. You may...Welcome back. Hope all the best for you. You may be reluctant to get close to the belly of the beast, but you might consider looking at USAJobs for Federal nursing jobs in CONUS or overseas in some pretty Maui-like conditions (probably jobs in HI as well). Feds can't discriminate on age basis and pay mighty well. Cheers, JTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-87117079607025036302015-01-16T01:42:52.007-08:002015-01-16T01:42:52.007-08:00Very happy to see you're back!
I'll echo...Very happy to see you're back! <br /><br />I'll echo the sentiments of everyone saying they'd love a book by you It could be a 'Book 'o Being Pissed Off (With Bonus Movie Reviews)", and I'd buy that sucker in a heartbeat. <br /><br />Sorry to hear your former dumbass workplace were dumabasses - because getting rid of competent people is ALWAYS necessary nowadays. Nurses are NOT a dime a dozen and the sooner these frigging places sort that out the better off everyone will be. <br /><br />Preaching to the choir though - I just know that whoever hires you next is going to count themselves lucky. <br /><br />Good luck on the blood pressure and weight front - you can do it. You're a Marine (once a Marine, always a Marine, I know that better than most because my whole FAMILY is Marines, both active and retired - well the males, and have been since at least the days of the China Marines). It's no sweat to someone like you. Well there'll be sweat involved, but it won't bug you like most. Full confidence here you'll have all that under control in a jiffy.<br /><br />Looking forward to reading more of your writing when you're up to it and have time, until then look after yourself! <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-13463549698143841412015-01-16T01:37:55.170-08:002015-01-16T01:37:55.170-08:00Feel your tribulations Aesop. Know what its like. ...Feel your tribulations Aesop. Know what its like. <br />Never something bad it isn't good for something. You may find it a blessing in the long run, as that comfy ordered world we grew up in and came to live by is rapidly corroding. I know that sounds cold but it is what it is, and its time to do something about the motherfuckers behind it all. <br />We get the liberty we create, and it begins with each of us.<br /><br />I'm glad you are still around. We are all still going to need each other like nothing before before this is over.<br />God bless you and your loved ones.MtTopPatriotnoreply@blogger.com