Thursday, June 23, 2011

The Weigala is in Bloom

18 comments:

  1. Today Dr. Dean must give way; CLEAR SCANS ARE NUMBER ONE!

    How very fine.

    I'm just doing a quick run-through of recent posts; I have been running around like crazy lately, working late most every night, and lots of court appearances. It's getting warm here, into the 90's. Looks like the river is up some more, probably a good three feet in the past week. All the rivers and canals are full, and the river flood bypasses we pass by (which are normally dry) have substantial amonts of water in them.

    TTFN!

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  2. Thanks Alan!

    and Bill!

    and puddle and all!!



    Sooo HAPPY!!!! :-D :-) :-D :-) :-D

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  3. listener--

    About longs shifts at hospitals, you are right, of course. In an ideal world people wouldn't work either long shifts or night shifts; mistakes are more likely on either. The rural hospital where I work is out of the way, quite a drive from any city with the necessary workers, and staffing is a huge problem. It's not worth while to drive three hours for an eight-hour shift, then do it again and again. We have several nurses who come out on regular temporary assignments from low-wage states like Louisiana and Tennessee. The weekend shifts work well with my regular M-F job, and I have close to zero chance any sort of hospital job in this city because I was blackballed for "legally protected" activities, i.e. membership in a union organizing committee about twenty years ago. So I take my turn in the hole every other weekend. When I turn 66 and Miyoko can get Social Security on my quarters, I will cut back to once a month. Fifteen months to go…

    Speaking of Social Security, they sent me a letter saying I am qualified for Medicare as of this September, but giving me an opportunity to appeal the decision…

    Thanks to alternate observers in passenger seats; Miyoko has been quicker than I to notice hazards several times. I am more easily distracted than when I was young[er].

    While waiting for a court appearance that ended up being delayed until Monday next, I finally got back to the Darkover novel I set aside a while back. Good to be back.

    There's a case before the US Supreme Court that has direct relevance to my work: Bullcomer vs. New Mexico. Hope it clarifies current law to clearly approve of the way we do things…I think it will…..

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  4. Oh, Lordy yes....

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  5. listener--

    About longs shifts at hospitals, you are right, of course. In an ideal world people wouldn't work either long shifts or night shifts; mistakes are more likely on either. The rural hospital where I work is out of the way, quite a drive from any city with the necessary workers, and staffing is a huge problem. It's not worth while to drive three hours for an eight-hour shift, then do it again and again. We have several nurses who come out on regular temporary assignments from low-wage states like Louisiana and Tennessee. The weekend shifts work well with my regular M-F job, and I have close to zero chance any sort of hospital job in this city because I was blackballed for "legally protected" activities, i.e. membership in a union organizing committee about twenty years ago. So I take my turn in the hole every other weekend. When I turn 66 and Miyoko can get Social Security on my quarters, I will cut back to once a month. Fifteen months to go…

    Speaking of Social Security, they sent me a letter saying I am qualified for Medicare as of this September, but giving me an opportunity to appeal the decision…

    Thanks to alternate observers in passenger seats; Miyoko has been quicker than I to notice hazards several times. I am more easily distracted than when I was young[er].

    While waiting for a court appearance that ended up being delayed until Monday next, I finally got back to the Darkover novel I set aside a while back. Good to be back.

    There's a case before the US Supreme Court that has direct relevance to my work: Bullcomer vs. New Mexico. Hope it clarifies current law to clearly approve of the way we do things…I think it will…..

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  6. listener--

    About longs shifts at hospitals, you are right, of course. In an ideal world people wouldn't work either long shifts or night shifts; mistakes are more likely on either. The rural hospital where I work is out of the way, quite a drive from any city with the necessary workers, and staffing is a huge problem. It's not worth while to drive three hours for an eight-hour shift, then do it again and again. We have several nurses who come out on regular temporary assignments from low-wage states like Louisiana and Tennessee. The weekend shifts work well with my regular M-F job, and I have close to zero chance for any sort of hospital job in this city because I was blackballed for "legally protected" activities, i.e. membership in a union organizing committee about twenty years ago. So I take my turn in the hole every other weekend. When I turn 66 and Miyoko can get Social Security on my quarters, I will cut back to once a month. Fifteen months to go…

    Speaking of Social Security, they sent me a letter saying I am qualified for Medicare as of this September, but giving me an opportunity to appeal the decision…

    Thanks to alternate observers in passenger seats; Miyoko has been quicker than I to notice hazards several times. I am more easily distracted than when I was young[er].

    While waiting for a court appearance that ended up being delayed until Monday next, I finally got back to the Darkover novel I set aside a while back. Good to be back.

    There's a case before the US Supreme Court that has direct relevance to my work: Bullcomer vs. New Mexico. Hope it clarifies current law to clearly approve of the way we do things…I think it will…..

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  7. Looks like it will, indeed.

    http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/bullcoming-v-new-mexico/

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  8. Bill Thomasson6/23/2011 10:48:00 AM

    The solstice is past and fall is coming on. Temps in the 60s, windy, overcast. Evidence of showers last night.

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  9. Whew! The SCOTUS came down on the same side of the issue of that we have been operating on for decades, judging from a quick look at the slip opinion (now printing in full for a bit of light reading). The WaPo snippet about the decision is totally misleading, even patently untrue, and that will probably be picked up by the wire services. A lot of state labs are probably going to have to come around to our way of doing things, and the Supreme Court of New Mexico (rightly, I think) got its ears pinned back but good. I expect that when I read the full opinion I will find better treatments of related issues than the SCOTUS has previously published. Whew! In fact, I can use this to contradict irritating assertions by some attorneys in court.

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  10. SCOTUS slip opinions:

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinions.aspx?Term=10

    Good Goddess, how quick and easy it is to find things like this nowadays!

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  11. Green, cloudy, muggy, but reasonably cool (70ยบ). Hope to get *something* done today (unlike yesterday, lol!).

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  12. Alan ~ thanks for explaining about your out-of-the-way hospital. It's hard to imagine the distance from here where the 6 states which comprise New England are, all together, smaller than California. Vermont is about an hour wide and two and a quarter hours long.

    It seems to me that participation in a union activity should not disqualify anyone for anything in a free country...!! There ought to be a law clarifying same.


    puddle...we seem to keep having the same weather.

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  13. Bill Thomasson6/23/2011 02:27:00 PM

    In a way, there should be a law that prohibits blackballing someone for union activity. And there is a law that prohibits firming someone for union activity, although it seems relatively easy to evade. But when a potential employer is choosing among several applicants, it is almost impossible to prove it was not for some legitimate reason. Unless the employer is dumb enough to say something like, "We don't hire black people," only a demonstrated pattern of discrimination will stand up in court.

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  14. Kind of nice to know my mountains equal your mountains, lol!

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  15. Agree Bill. Also agree how hard it is to catch the sobs.

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  16. Well, unions ought to be the norm and fully accepted.

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  17. In a reasonable world. . . . But then I grew up in Utah, a Right to Work state, and the subject can be *very* unreasonable. . . .

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