“ School is in session that day, so we will follow the lock down procedure that the school has. Good point to bring up as I don't know the procedure in place. I will check into it and get back to you.”
I’m uneasy about a lockdown scenario. To me that’s just like being a sitting duck. I want to volunteer at the polls; yet, to be honest, I’m also a bit scared. (And, politically speaking, mine is a good town in a great state. What must others be feeling?)
Yes; it would be normal to be apprehensive. I used to try to be the first in my precinct to vote whenever it was possible; but I have been voting by mail for so long that it seems absolutely normal--as well as super convenient. Since a drop box was installed nearby I have used that. Voting in person was a social event, though.
I suppose that the huge decrease in people who respond to telephone surveys is due to the avalanche of fundraising letters and e-mails that are disguised as opinion surveys: "Are you in favor of good and opposed to evil? Send us a bunch of money right away!"
From the not a surprise files: Trump silent on Paul Pelosi attack [Click] “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has yet to publicly condemn the event,” is said to have “reached out the Speaker.”
BTW: SF General Hospital is among the best anywhere for trauma patients-- a Level 1 trauma center. Having worked at another Level 1 trauma center I can tell you that they routinely, competently, and calmly care for patients whose conditions would reduce a typical hospital to frantic disorder.
For one thing, they have at least one surgical suite fully staffed and ready to go at all times, and can increase the number of active surgical suites with amazing speed. Mr. Pelosi is in good hands.
Wow, thanks for that local knowledge, Alan. My late SIL once worked as receptionist in the ER there. After work, she and a few nurses would go out for a drink before going home, as part of their debriefing. I guess that helped them manage their own daily trauma.
IMHO the male hegemonists consider all those who support and/or decline to subjugate women as traitors. Moreover, since antagonism towards those who bear the burden of reproduction is actually shameful, the supremacists fixate on other reasons to be obnoxious. Some apparently thought that the elevation of a boor to the Presidency signaled that they had achieved a goal. Then Biden elevated Harris to second lace and their ire could not be contained. Perdue, the Senatorial incumbent whom the independents forced into a run-off, made sport of Harris at his first campaign event for the run-off and managed to turn lots of voters off. The near majority he enjoyed in the general evaporated in January of 2021 and Ossoff was elected. Meanwhile, the token Loeffler was replaced by Warnock. You see, Republicans like tokens, people who look the part, but are not up to the job. Why? Because they do not want the job done. What they want are figure heads and icons. So, now we get to consider Walker, the icon of toxic masculinity.
It has been a long time and my memory might not be perfect, but as I recall at the Level I trauma center where I worked they had one surgical suite fully staffed 24 hrs a day, 365.25 days per year; before a gurney could be brought up from the ER (two floors down) they could have two suites well enough staffed to accept patients; 15 minutes after that they would have the two suites full staffed, and could divide those to half-staff four surgical suites; 15 minutes after that they could have all four surgical suites fully staffed. They had regular drills to make sure they could do it. When I was working Blood Bank we also had regular tests of our massive transfusion protocol, working with ER and Surgery. There were other drills from time to time-- they beat the pants off of just reading a procedure manual. Shortly before I started work there they had a drill that attracted observers from all over the country-- a simulated evacuation of the hospital, which had never been done anywhere. One of the things they learned was that they needed more room than they expected for the evacuees from the Intensive Care and Critical Care wards (LOTS of equipment came along with them). Also just before I started there they dealt with the 1991 Interstate 5 dust storm crash [Click] and the system worked worked just like a well oiled sewing machine. Luckily word came in just before morning shift change, so the word went out "everybody stays," and before the first victim arrived the hospital was double-staffed. Great place to work; tremendous esprit de corps. If you needed to consult the back of your ID badge to figure out why you were there, you needed to find another place to be. I could tell other stories I felt proud to be part of, even if only peripherally.
listener-- re your late SIL decompressing after work, I remember once walking through the ER main hallway on my way to the nurses' station and seeing 3 or 4 nurses trying to get restraints onto a violent patient. Seeing that they could use an extra pair of hands, I grabbed onto an appendage and hung on. As the nurses were getting the restrains on and tightened down, they were debating where to have breakfast. When the job was done, we went our ways. It takes experience to learn how to restrain a violent patient without anyone getting hurt.
I have to go fill Halloween candy bags now. It has been on my "to do" list for three days without actually being done. Our little Trick or Treaters come around on 10/31 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. During the plague years we didn't really see many at all. Last year, finally released, hoards came out and for the first time ever *I ran out of candy* a half-hour before the kids had to stop coming. Making sure I don't run out this year. Already informed the Epiphany food pantry that I will be bringing them any undistributed candy on 11/1 to make sure I don't eat it.
Very wise and so strong of you. I think I could only do that if I only bought candy corn and Necco wafers. LOL. Chocolate would be too hard to not eat.
We are going to buy a small amount of chocolate. We haven't had any trick or treaters for about a decade, but after Covid there could be more out than usual, especially as the weather promises to be uncharacteristically mild snd dry! (Many years we see snow mixed with rain or super cold temps!)
I've lived here more than 25 years, and have never had a single trick or treater. The first several years I got ready, but got tired of finding new homes for the stuff and stopped. Feel sorry for my youngest, whose birthday it is, who has never had a birthday cake with anything on it but pumpkins, or a birthday dinner not interrupted by kiddies with candy bags. . . .
Jake Broe today on Russo-Ukrainian War. [Click] Two particularly interesting (to me) bits are compilations of internet search terms in Russa (indicating doubts about the Kremlin line) and increasing use of Vitrual Private Networks in Russia.
More than 90% of valid votes in Brazil's presidential election have now been counted and we will know who won today's vote shortly. . . Lula is now leading with 50.53% of votes, meanwhile Bolsonaro has 49.47% of votes (as of 22:10 GMT). One candidate needs to get more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. Talk about a squeaker!
A Pandemic Silver Lining in Senegal [Click] “Oxygen was a crucial COVID treatment. Now it’s helping treat children with pneumonia.” Wow—this sounds like the sort of devices commonly now used here to produce nitrogen on site— a molecular filter that separates nitrogen from oxygen. Where I used to work we used such devices on new instruments that were ravenous for nitrogen—neither normal tanks nor the big tanks of liquid nitrogen could do the job. Trucking companies use such devices to produce nitrogen for inflating tires, and fruit has long been stored in a nitrogen atmosphere, which explains why the apples in the store are so much better come spring and summer than they used to be.
A little alteration in output plumbing would make oxygen the product and nitrogen the waste. No need to liquify air and distill off the various components. You may or may not have noticed the marked decrease in liquified gases trucks on the highways in recent years.
That amazes me.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's quite impressive in person....especially the face behind the mask.
DeleteA Colorado train passenger looked out the window – and found a missing hiker
ReplyDeleteWonderful save!
Yes, but the hiker was a damned fool.
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ReplyDeleteSome trivial replies there too.
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ReplyDeleteForgot to tell you what my Town Clerk responded:
“ School is in session that day, so we will follow the lock down procedure that the school has. Good point to bring up as I don't know the procedure in place. I will check into it and get back to you.”
I’m uneasy about a lockdown scenario.
To me that’s just like being a sitting duck.
I want to volunteer at the polls; yet, to be honest, I’m also a bit scared. (And, politically speaking, mine is a good town in a great state. What must others be feeling?)
Yes; it would be normal to be apprehensive. I used to try to be the first in my precinct to vote whenever it was possible; but I have been voting by mail for so long that it seems absolutely normal--as well as super convenient. Since a drop box was installed nearby I have used that. Voting in person was a social event, though.
DeleteI suppose that the huge decrease in people who respond to telephone surveys is due to the avalanche of fundraising letters and e-mails that are disguised as opinion surveys: "Are you in favor of good and opposed to evil? Send us a bunch of money right away!"
ReplyDeleteThe [largely] forgotten history of [West Virginia’s] African American coal towns [Click]
ReplyDeleteInside a US military cyber team’s defence of Ukraine [Click]
ReplyDeleteNancy Pelosi: family ‘heartbroken and traumatized’ by brutal attack on her husband [Click] The long-lasting psychological effects on victims of crime can hardly be exaggerated (my personal observation).
ReplyDelete‘Somebody’s going to die’: Democrats warn of political violence after Paul Pelosi attack [Click]
David Frum: Only the GOP Celebrates Political Violence [Click]
From the not a surprise files: Trump silent on Paul Pelosi attack [Click] “House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has yet to publicly condemn the event,” is said to have “reached out the Speaker.”
BTW: SF General Hospital is among the best anywhere for trauma patients-- a Level 1 trauma center. Having worked at another Level 1 trauma center I can tell you that they routinely, competently, and calmly care for patients whose conditions would reduce a typical hospital to frantic disorder.
DeleteFor one thing, they have at least one surgical suite fully staffed and ready to go at all times, and can increase the number of active surgical suites with amazing speed. Mr. Pelosi is in good hands.
DeleteWow, thanks for that local knowledge, Alan. My late SIL once worked as receptionist in the ER there. After work, she and a few nurses would go out for a drink before going home, as part of their debriefing. I guess that helped them manage their own daily trauma.
DeleteIMHO the male hegemonists consider all those who support and/or decline to subjugate women as traitors. Moreover, since antagonism towards those who bear the burden of reproduction is actually shameful, the supremacists fixate on other reasons to be obnoxious.
DeleteSome apparently thought that the elevation of a boor to the Presidency signaled that they had achieved a goal. Then Biden elevated Harris to second lace and their ire could not be contained.
Perdue, the Senatorial incumbent whom the independents forced into a run-off, made sport of Harris at his first campaign event for the run-off and managed to turn lots of voters off. The near majority he enjoyed in the general evaporated in January of 2021 and Ossoff was elected. Meanwhile, the token Loeffler was replaced by Warnock. You see, Republicans like tokens, people who look the part, but are not up to the job. Why? Because they do not want the job done. What they want are figure heads and icons. So, now we get to consider Walker, the icon of toxic masculinity.
Hannah! Yes! Everything you said!
DeleteIt has been a long time and my memory might not be perfect, but as I recall at the Level I trauma center where I worked they had one surgical suite fully staffed 24 hrs a day, 365.25 days per year; before a gurney could be brought up from the ER (two floors down) they could have two suites well enough staffed to accept patients; 15 minutes after that they would have the two suites full staffed, and could divide those to half-staff four surgical suites; 15 minutes after that they could have all four surgical suites fully staffed. They had regular drills to make sure they could do it. When I was working Blood Bank we also had regular tests of our massive transfusion protocol, working with ER and Surgery. There were other drills from time to time-- they beat the pants off of just reading a procedure manual. Shortly before I started work there they had a drill that attracted observers from all over the country-- a simulated evacuation of the hospital, which had never been done anywhere. One of the things they learned was that they needed more room than they expected for the evacuees from the Intensive Care and Critical Care wards (LOTS of equipment came along with them). Also just before I started there they dealt with the 1991 Interstate 5 dust storm crash [Click] and the system worked worked just like a well oiled sewing machine. Luckily word came in just before morning shift change, so the word went out "everybody stays," and before the first victim arrived the hospital was double-staffed. Great place to work; tremendous esprit de corps. If you needed to consult the back of your ID badge to figure out why you were there, you needed to find another place to be. I could tell other stories I felt proud to be part of, even if only peripherally.
DeletePersonally, I figure that Mr. Walker is the icon of people who have been hit in the head too often.
Deletelistener-- re your late SIL decompressing after work, I remember once walking through the ER main hallway on my way to the nurses' station and seeing 3 or 4 nurses trying to get restraints onto a violent patient. Seeing that they could use an extra pair of hands, I grabbed onto an appendage and hung on. As the nurses were getting the restrains on and tightened down, they were debating where to have breakfast. When the job was done, we went our ways. It takes experience to learn how to restrain a violent patient without anyone getting hurt.
DeleteWell done, Alan!!
DeleteAnd what excellent compartmentalisation...for good purpose...by those nurses!
I have to go fill Halloween candy bags now. It has been on my "to do" list for three days without actually being done. Our little Trick or Treaters come around on 10/31 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. During the plague years we didn't really see many at all. Last year, finally released, hoards came out and for the first time ever *I ran out of candy* a half-hour before the kids had to stop coming. Making sure I don't run out this year. Already informed the Epiphany food pantry that I will be bringing them any undistributed candy on 11/1 to make sure I don't eat it.
ReplyDeleteExcellent backup plan, Susan!
DeleteVery wise and so strong of you. I think I could only do that if I only bought candy corn and Necco wafers. LOL. Chocolate would be too hard to not eat.
DeleteWe are going to buy a small amount of chocolate. We haven't had any trick or treaters for about a decade, but after Covid there could be more out than usual, especially as the weather promises to be uncharacteristically mild snd dry! (Many years we see snow mixed with rain or super cold temps!)
Well, TBH I didn't tell them about the pumpkin pie or the chocolate cake or the Redi Whip in the fridge.
DeleteOh, and I did fill nearly a hundred bags so either the kids or the food pantry will be VERY happy.
DeleteYum! I wish I lived next door to you!!
DeleteI've lived here more than 25 years, and have never had a single trick or treater. The first several years I got ready, but got tired of finding new homes for the stuff and stopped.
DeleteFeel sorry for my youngest, whose birthday it is, who has never had a birthday cake with anything on it but pumpkins, or a birthday dinner not interrupted by kiddies with candy bags. . . .
Boat drone broadcast of attack on current flagship of Russian Black Sea Fleet. [Click] BTW, it says something about Russia’s military “might” that the Admiral Makarov is just a frigate—IMO.
ReplyDeleteJake Broe today on Russo-Ukrainian War. [Click] Two particularly interesting (to me) bits are compilations of internet search terms in Russa (indicating doubts about the Kremlin line) and increasing use of Vitrual Private Networks in Russia.
ReplyDeleteBBC: Inside a US military cyber team’s defence of Ukraine [Click]
DeleteMore than 90% of valid votes in Brazil's presidential election have now been counted and we will know who won today's vote shortly. . . Lula is now leading with 50.53% of votes, meanwhile Bolsonaro has 49.47% of votes (as of 22:10 GMT). One candidate needs to get more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. Talk about a squeaker!
ReplyDeleteLooks like Lula has won. [Click] With 99% of votes reported, he leads by 50,8% to 49.1%.
DeleteThat's really good news, especially for an online acquaintance in Brazil. It might be noted that this WAS the runoff.
DeleteThe runoff? I evidently wasn't paying attention to the original. My bad.
DeleteA Pandemic Silver Lining in Senegal [Click] “Oxygen was a crucial COVID treatment. Now it’s helping treat children with pneumonia.” Wow—this sounds like the sort of devices commonly now used here to produce nitrogen on site— a molecular filter that separates nitrogen from oxygen. Where I used to work we used such devices on new instruments that were ravenous for nitrogen—neither normal tanks nor the big tanks of liquid nitrogen could do the job. Trucking companies use such devices to produce nitrogen for inflating tires, and fruit has long been stored in a nitrogen atmosphere, which explains why the apples in the store are so much better come spring and summer than they used to be.
ReplyDeleteA little alteration in output plumbing would make oxygen the product and nitrogen the waste. No need to liquify air and distill off the various components. You may or may not have noticed the marked decrease in liquified gases trucks on the highways in recent years.
DeleteTrump has cases in three New York State Courthouses in NYC this coming week. [Click]
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