I was going to try to formulate a reply to your post, but as I kept reading it, I could see you have no concept of how a private hospital works in the US, how a public hospital works in France, or how Libertarians argue their positions. Plus, there are a myriad of other considerations I would have to explain to bring you up to speed. So in light of all that, I can't write a proper response to your post. Sorry about that.
When is the last time 13,000 people died in the US from a heat wave?
The usual toll in the US is from a few, to a few dozen. Once in a while the total will be a few hundred. I don't remember a heat wave in the US that killed 1,000 people, let alone 13,000.
Whatever it is we are doing, it certainly keeps more people alive in adverse conditions than other practices have done.
And, as far an your assertion, yes, many for-profit hospitals will take the financial hit to treat an many people as needed during extreme conditions. As opposed to France where the mentality was "Why are these people trying to infringe on my vacation time?", supplemented with "Well, I've done my shifts for this week, I'm off to my stifling home until next week. Too bad it's too hot to enjoy the 4-day weekend."
If any for-profit hospital tried that approach, the libertarian solution of "Then you can sue them" would prevent it from going on too long. Certainly not for the whole summer.
But I often print PDFs two pages to a sheet, and there isn't really a problem. There may be a small extra amount of white space along the top or side edge, but it's just whitespace anyway.
So, although I still don't see the big advantage, I'm glad that you are happy with your pages.
It wasn't just what the _heat_ did to the elderly, but what the _medical system_ allowed to happen to everyone.
The 2003 heat wave killed 13,000 people in France. Hospital corridors became overflowing morgues. Half the doctors were out for their month of vacation time, and the ones that were on the job worked three 12-hour shifts and then stayed home for 4 days. The two groups switched places when the first group's vacation month was over. And they were all just following the laws that required that.
When I speak out against government run health care, this is a major reason why.
Unfortunately, it's mostly idiots in their 20s that manage that last one. If you're 25 and haven't already started using meth while running from the cops after robbing a bank, it's too late to start down that path.
It's like last year when I was on a general forum, and we were discussing the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. One guy, otherwise very smart and literate, kept posting comments like "the police refused to prosecute" or "the judge should press charges". Not just once, but several times over a week or two.
Finally I pointed out to him that the police don't prosecute, and the judge certainly doesn't bring charges against someone. (Imagine being the judge over a trial of a man you personally brought charges against. No bias claim there, I'm sure.) He was getting the role of the prosecutor all mixed up with other parts of the legal/judicial process.
Maybe somewhere in the Wild West of the 1890's you had the sheriff press charges and the judge held the trial when he was passing through town. But I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore in any modern jurisdiction.
One of my customers had a lightning strike at his house. It fried his computer, even with a UPS that gave its own life trying to save it. The weird part was that the energy of the strike also blew an 8 by 8 inch ceramic tile out of the living room floor and imbedded it into the ceiling above.
The point is, simply unplugging electronics doesn't guarantee they won't be damaged by massive energy spikes.
They probably settled for a much lower amount, and it was cheaper than fighting in court. Plus, it's bad publicity fighting someone who lived through that earthquake just to have his work stolen by corporations and then used by your own corporation.
To be fair, the AC didn't specify Republicans and Democrats. It could have been internal groups behind the website itself that wanted to blame other internal groups, to pump up their own importance. That could be what he meant.
. But, yeah, he almost certainly made a laughable dig at the GOP there.
Well, that a nice thing to have. It factors into the perks offered for the jobs then.
I remember a couple stories from a while ago that people assumed they would plug in at work, and their bosses either told them "no", or charged them for the amount of electricity used.
Here are the two on the list that had a decidedly poor upbringing.
# Person / father's, mother's careers / grandparents' careers / notes 35 Harold Hamm / sharecroppers / unknown / has 12 older siblings 47 Patrick Soon-Shiong / unknown / unknown / parents fled China to South Africa during WWII
I couldn't actually find much information of Patrick Soon-Shiong, but I consider that to mean his parents left China with nothing. If they were powerful public figures, there would be note of it.
On the Forbes list of richest Americans, here are the ones from 1 to 60 that come from rich or upper middle class backgrounds.
# Person / father's, mother's careers / grandparents' careers / notes 1 Bill Gates / lawyer, banking / banking / 16 Forrest Mars, Jr / Mars candy / Mars candy / grandfather founded Mars Inc. 16 Jacqueline Mars / Mars candy / Mars candy / grandfather founded Mars Inc. 16 John Mars / Mars candy / Mars candy / grandfather founded Mars Inc. 24 Donald Bren / military & movies, civic leader / unknown / stepson of an Oscar winning actress 26 Ronald Perelman / paper & steel / paper / 27 Abigail Johnson / investments / investments / grandfather founded Fidelity Investments 28 John Paulson / financial / politician / father from Equador, mother's parents were Jewish immigrants 32 Anne Cox Chambers / media&politician / unknown / father was 1920 Democratic Presidential nominee 36 Rupert Murdoch / newspaper / minister / born in Australia 42 Pierre Omidyar / surgeon, linguist / unknown / born in Paris, France, to Iranian immigrants 43 Leonard Lauder / cosmetics / shopkeeper / grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants 44 Philip Anschutz / oil / banking / grandfather was Russian-German immigrant 46 Samuel Newhouse, Jr / media / unknown / 51 Donald Newhouse / media / unknown / brother of Samuel 52 Edward Johnson, III / investments / unknown / father of #27 Abigail Johnson
Keep in mind that just because they had a middle to upper class childhood, they didn't necessarily have trust funds.
Voting for a third party is never a wasted vote. I vote for who I want to vote for, not necessarily who I want in office. Last year I voted for Jill Stein, even though I think the Green Party has incredibly bad goals.
Sorry, I meant it had a lower budget back when it was almost unknown in the US. I watched it in the mid 80s, when the local PBS station showed the Tom Baker episodes. The special effects were definitely low budget.
I'm sure that it now has a larger following, and the merchandising is in full production, that the budget has grown quite a bit.
For what it's worth, I saw the 50th anniversary show today, and really liked it. I've only seen bit and pieces in the last couple years, and didn't have much interest in it. (The actors are too wimpy looking for my taste.) But this was a great way to reconnect with the story.
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I stand corrected. You understand one out of several points from my posts above.
I was going to try to formulate a reply to your post, but as I kept reading it, I could see you have no concept of how a private hospital works in the US, how a public hospital works in France, or how Libertarians argue their positions. Plus, there are a myriad of other considerations I would have to explain to bring you up to speed. So in light of all that, I can't write a proper response to your post. Sorry about that.
Get back to me after the bank job. ;^)
For that amount, they could have failed at health care for most of the country. How does one city get that far lost?
When is the last time 13,000 people died in the US from a heat wave?
The usual toll in the US is from a few, to a few dozen. Once in a while the total will be a few hundred. I don't remember a heat wave in the US that killed 1,000 people, let alone 13,000.
Whatever it is we are doing, it certainly keeps more people alive in adverse conditions than other practices have done.
And, as far an your assertion, yes, many for-profit hospitals will take the financial hit to treat an many people as needed during extreme conditions. As opposed to France where the mentality was "Why are these people trying to infringe on my vacation time?", supplemented with "Well, I've done my shifts for this week, I'm off to my stifling home until next week. Too bad it's too hot to enjoy the 4-day weekend."
If any for-profit hospital tried that approach, the libertarian solution of "Then you can sue them" would prevent it from going on too long. Certainly not for the whole summer.
But I often print PDFs two pages to a sheet, and there isn't really a problem. There may be a small extra amount of white space along the top or side edge, but it's just whitespace anyway.
So, although I still don't see the big advantage, I'm glad that you are happy with your pages.
It wasn't just what the _heat_ did to the elderly, but what the _medical system_ allowed to happen to everyone.
The 2003 heat wave killed 13,000 people in France. Hospital corridors became overflowing morgues. Half the doctors were out for their month of vacation time, and the ones that were on the job worked three 12-hour shifts and then stayed home for 4 days. The two groups switched places when the first group's vacation month was over. And they were all just following the laws that required that.
When I speak out against government run health care, this is a major reason why.
Unfortunately, it's mostly idiots in their 20s that manage that last one. If you're 25 and haven't already started using meth while running from the cops after robbing a bank, it's too late to start down that path.
It's like last year when I was on a general forum, and we were discussing the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. One guy, otherwise very smart and literate, kept posting comments like "the police refused to prosecute" or "the judge should press charges". Not just once, but several times over a week or two.
Finally I pointed out to him that the police don't prosecute, and the judge certainly doesn't bring charges against someone. (Imagine being the judge over a trial of a man you personally brought charges against. No bias claim there, I'm sure.) He was getting the role of the prosecutor all mixed up with other parts of the legal/judicial process.
Maybe somewhere in the Wild West of the 1890's you had the sheriff press charges and the judge held the trial when he was passing through town. But I'm pretty sure that doesn't happen anymore in any modern jurisdiction.
You should join the rest of the world in using A4 - 21cm x 29.7cm. If you fold it in half, the dimensions are in the same proportion.
And this is important why?
Not razzing you, I really don't see the attraction to that aspect of letter paper.
One of my customers had a lightning strike at his house. It fried his computer, even with a UPS that gave its own life trying to save it. The weird part was that the energy of the strike also blew an 8 by 8 inch ceramic tile out of the living room floor and imbedded it into the ceiling above.
The point is, simply unplugging electronics doesn't guarantee they won't be damaged by massive energy spikes.
They probably settled for a much lower amount, and it was cheaper than fighting in court. Plus, it's bad publicity fighting someone who lived through that earthquake just to have his work stolen by corporations and then used by your own corporation.
Did you notice the box in the lower right that shows they have a plan to manage the serfs?
Where do they come up with these things?
About two years after they open the borders to all illegal immigrants who promise to vote Democrat.
To be fair, the AC didn't specify Republicans and Democrats. It could have been internal groups behind the website itself that wanted to blame other internal groups, to pump up their own importance. That could be what he meant.
.
But, yeah, he almost certainly made a laughable dig at the GOP there.
I liked it. Thanks for the link.
Yes, I loved the Curator also. I was hoping to see that actor in the show. Very well done.
My question is what would happen to the Dalek fleet when the rather large gravity well they were standing on top of vanished?
Well, since gravity waves travel at the speed of vacuum, it depends on how long it takes to hoover up the mess, don't it?
What about nitrous?
Well, that a nice thing to have. It factors into the perks offered for the jobs then.
I remember a couple stories from a while ago that people assumed they would plug in at work, and their bosses either told them "no", or charged them for the amount of electricity used.
Here are the two on the list that had a decidedly poor upbringing.
# Person / father's, mother's careers / grandparents' careers / notes
35 Harold Hamm / sharecroppers / unknown / has 12 older siblings
47 Patrick Soon-Shiong / unknown / unknown / parents fled China to South Africa during WWII
I couldn't actually find much information of Patrick Soon-Shiong, but I consider that to mean his parents left China with nothing. If they were powerful public figures, there would be note of it.
On the Forbes list of richest Americans, here are the ones from 1 to 60 that come from rich or upper middle class backgrounds.
# Person / father's, mother's careers / grandparents' careers / notes
1 Bill Gates / lawyer, banking / banking /
16 Forrest Mars, Jr / Mars candy / Mars candy / grandfather founded Mars Inc.
16 Jacqueline Mars / Mars candy / Mars candy / grandfather founded Mars Inc.
16 John Mars / Mars candy / Mars candy / grandfather founded Mars Inc.
24 Donald Bren / military & movies, civic leader / unknown / stepson of an Oscar winning actress
26 Ronald Perelman / paper & steel / paper /
27 Abigail Johnson / investments / investments / grandfather founded Fidelity Investments
28 John Paulson / financial / politician / father from Equador, mother's parents were Jewish immigrants
32 Anne Cox Chambers / media&politician / unknown / father was 1920 Democratic Presidential nominee
36 Rupert Murdoch / newspaper / minister / born in Australia
42 Pierre Omidyar / surgeon, linguist / unknown / born in Paris, France, to Iranian immigrants
43 Leonard Lauder / cosmetics / shopkeeper / grandparents were Romanian Jewish immigrants
44 Philip Anschutz / oil / banking / grandfather was Russian-German immigrant
46 Samuel Newhouse, Jr / media / unknown /
51 Donald Newhouse / media / unknown / brother of Samuel
52 Edward Johnson, III / investments / unknown / father of #27 Abigail Johnson
Keep in mind that just because they had a middle to upper class childhood, they didn't necessarily have trust funds.
Voting for a third party is never a wasted vote. I vote for who I want to vote for, not necessarily who I want in office. Last year I voted for Jill Stein, even though I think the Green Party has incredibly bad goals.
Also, look at my sig.
Well, the people who do hate the 1% don't exactly care about "comparing cost of living" to reach their decision.
Sorry, I meant it had a lower budget back when it was almost unknown in the US. I watched it in the mid 80s, when the local PBS station showed the Tom Baker episodes. The special effects were definitely low budget.
I'm sure that it now has a larger following, and the merchandising is in full production, that the budget has grown quite a bit.
For what it's worth, I saw the 50th anniversary show today, and really liked it. I've only seen bit and pieces in the last couple years, and didn't have much interest in it. (The actors are too wimpy looking for my taste.) But this was a great way to reconnect with the story.