Question for you. You mention that healthcare is cheaper in Europe, but that does not mean it is the best system. Do you know anyone in Europe (or any 1st world single payer system) that would trade their healthcare coverage for the US's system? I don't mean a rich guy coming down from Canada for a Knee Replacement. I mean actually trading the whole system. I don't know of any, but perhaps they are out there in numbers.
My investigation from HealthCare.gov for a family of 6 was much more affordable than what i was previously offered from insurance companies prior to Obamacare. And this is even without subsidies.
I was with a start-up for a little over a year. One of the conditions I had for joining with them was that they would cover my COBRA expenses, because a) I couldn't afford it with my start-up salary and b) I couldn't get independent coverage because of a few preexisting conditions with me and my family. People forget about that clause. And lord help you if you are pregnant or have a pregnant wife (or want to get pregnant soon). Impossible to get coverage (or so I was told by two different brokers).
Say what you want about Obamacare, but just the change of getting reasonably priced insurance even with preexisting conditions is enough for some people to have the freedom to jump into start-ups. Whether it's "right" or "wrong" is a completely different story.
I feel for you guys. It was tough for me. I had to move to North Carolina from the mid-atlantic in order to find work. But I got some experience and came back a year later and found employment quickly. Sincerely, best of luck to you all.
Mean is an understatement, but yes. I've experienced it, along with practically everyone I've talked with from my previous profession..Some examples I was told to me would absolutely floor you. I wish I could be more specific, but it's hearsay... But I believe them. Take that for what it is. And this was almost 20 years ago.
Thanks for the compliment, too.
My advice to her would be get some sort of a job either for a temp agency (which often has turnover and often is more relaxed in hiring practices, better or worse) or as a last resort, work as a nursing assistant (which is what I did). While your brain-dependent nursing skills might atrophy, your hands-on skills stay sharp and hospitals DO look for that. That will give you her an edge over the newer candidates both with staying in the field and not being shy around handling her patient's ADLs.
Former nurse turned programmer here. Nursing demand has always been cyclical. Or, at least since the 90's when I went to nursing school. It starts with a huge demand for nurses. Lots of people jump into the field, getting ADNs, LPNs, and sometimes higher degrees. Within a few years, the demand is met and there is a glut of nurses on the market. Eventually, those people who got into nursing because they wanted a (relatively) high-paying job with decent benefits see all the crap (figuratively and literally) you have to deal with. Combined with a typically hostile workplace, many relatively new nurses end up leaving the field. The cycle repeats. I mention hostile workplace because nursing is well known for being one of the few professions out there that still "eats their young." All that to say: give it time. They'll be another shortage within 3-4 years.
While you might well be correct, the issue at hand is the website. It's a bit disingenuous to say the whole law is broken because of the website. That is, unless the same people who made the law are the ones coding.
Windows Media Center had extenders (provided by HP and others, in addition to the XBox 360) that was nothing more than a remote desktop session into a Windows Media Center PC. They streamed video as far back as 2006 and hi-def after that. Of course, this is all within a home network.. But video is supported.
The bulk of the bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, not just Aramaic. Also, there is no "original" bible. We have fragments. Some rather large ones (Textus Receptus, Textus Sinaiticus, and Testus Vaticinus." Which adds to your translation of a translation thought.
>> iPod was not well-received until the third generation (2003) when a few redesigns were made and iTunes took off.
Remember - this was ALSO around when they released iTunes for the PC. AND had the über-hip silhouettes dancing with white earbuds marketing campaign. We still see vestiges of this now. Marketing, marketing, marketing.
>> iPhone had (relatively) abysmal sales until the end of the second generation, after at least one OS upgrade....
Yes, and that's also about when the prices dropped on the iPhone as well. Remember, people desperately wanted the iPhone from day one, but didn't want to pay an unsubsidized (or minimally subsidized) price for the iPhone.
For what it's worth: I agree fixing products is important and will eventually impact consumer purchasing, but I think marketing and "Shiny" is far more important.
Because of the merch out there... Angry Birds T-Shirts / "Board Games" / Snacks / pillows / stuffed animals... They make far more there than they do on the game itself.
Remember SmartGlass, announced at E3? I think this is the patent. Smartglass is a virtual game controller, and it is announced for Windows 8 tablets, Android, and iOS. So, perhaps a $199.00 Kindle Fire could be a controller.
I'd disagree - The worst CEO of all time is Jerry Yang. Elop took a gamble (and appears to be losing miserably). Yang demolished his stock price simply because he "didn't want Darth Vader buying his company."
If Yang would have sold Yahoo to Microsoft, Microsoft would be in even worse condition AND Yahoo's shareholders would have been thrilled.
For Microsoft, this isn't so much as a betrayal, as it is survival. Microsoft has spend decades relying upon third-parties innovating hardware in order to sell Windows Licenses. And, especially of late, those third-parties have failed. With the mobile market taking off and those third parties having mediocre mobile hardware AT BEST, Microsoft has no choice than to make a product. Maybe, it will diminish into a mere reference design, but only if those third parties actually get to serious work.
This should be a wake up call for HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc., to "innovate or die."
Of course, if Microsoft has signed agreements saying they'd never create a competing device, it IS downright betrayal.
It's the same law which allows some rather obnoxious Tea Party members stand outside polling places shouting about their concerns.
Yes, this is America - those laws work for both sides.
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Question for you. You mention that healthcare is cheaper in Europe, but that does not mean it is the best system. Do you know anyone in Europe (or any 1st world single payer system) that would trade their healthcare coverage for the US's system? I don't mean a rich guy coming down from Canada for a Knee Replacement. I mean actually trading the whole system. I don't know of any, but perhaps they are out there in numbers.
My investigation from HealthCare.gov for a family of 6 was much more affordable than what i was previously offered from insurance companies prior to Obamacare. And this is even without subsidies.
I was with a start-up for a little over a year. One of the conditions I had for joining with them was that they would cover my COBRA expenses, because a) I couldn't afford it with my start-up salary and b) I couldn't get independent coverage because of a few preexisting conditions with me and my family. People forget about that clause. And lord help you if you are pregnant or have a pregnant wife (or want to get pregnant soon). Impossible to get coverage (or so I was told by two different brokers). Say what you want about Obamacare, but just the change of getting reasonably priced insurance even with preexisting conditions is enough for some people to have the freedom to jump into start-ups. Whether it's "right" or "wrong" is a completely different story.
I feel for you guys. It was tough for me. I had to move to North Carolina from the mid-atlantic in order to find work. But I got some experience and came back a year later and found employment quickly. Sincerely, best of luck to you all.
Mean is an understatement, but yes. I've experienced it, along with practically everyone I've talked with from my previous profession. .Some examples I was told to me would absolutely floor you. I wish I could be more specific, but it's hearsay... But I believe them. Take that for what it is. And this was almost 20 years ago.
Thanks for the compliment, too.
My advice to her would be get some sort of a job either for a temp agency (which often has turnover and often is more relaxed in hiring practices, better or worse) or as a last resort, work as a nursing assistant (which is what I did). While your brain-dependent nursing skills might atrophy, your hands-on skills stay sharp and hospitals DO look for that. That will give you her an edge over the newer candidates both with staying in the field and not being shy around handling her patient's ADLs.
Former nurse turned programmer here. Nursing demand has always been cyclical. Or, at least since the 90's when I went to nursing school. It starts with a huge demand for nurses. Lots of people jump into the field, getting ADNs, LPNs, and sometimes higher degrees. Within a few years, the demand is met and there is a glut of nurses on the market. Eventually, those people who got into nursing because they wanted a (relatively) high-paying job with decent benefits see all the crap (figuratively and literally) you have to deal with. Combined with a typically hostile workplace, many relatively new nurses end up leaving the field. The cycle repeats. I mention hostile workplace because nursing is well known for being one of the few professions out there that still "eats their young." All that to say: give it time. They'll be another shortage within 3-4 years.
Nice GI Joe Retaliation reference> We must have been on the same flight!
This reminds me of Microsoft....
Captain Planet never killed anyone?? Don Cheadle as Captain Planet sure did: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJaELXadKo
While you might well be correct, the issue at hand is the website. It's a bit disingenuous to say the whole law is broken because of the website. That is, unless the same people who made the law are the ones coding.
I hear Microsoft is looking for a CEO..
Windows Media Center had extenders (provided by HP and others, in addition to the XBox 360) that was nothing more than a remote desktop session into a Windows Media Center PC. They streamed video as far back as 2006 and hi-def after that. Of course, this is all within a home network.. But video is supported.
Not for Windows 8.1, if you own Windows 8. It is a free upgrade. Microsoft has apparently learned a lesson from Apple.
The bulk of the bible was written in Hebrew and Greek, not just Aramaic. Also, there is no "original" bible. We have fragments. Some rather large ones (Textus Receptus, Textus Sinaiticus, and Testus Vaticinus." Which adds to your translation of a translation thought.
Posting to undo my mod points... Marked parent as Redundant, when it is anything but....
Actually Microsoft's cloud services are HIPAA compliant. According to the article, it includes Office365 in addition to Azure. Link: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Health-Care-IT/Microsoft-Adds-HIPAA-Compliance-in-Windows-Azure-for-Cloud-Health-Data-446671/
>> iPod was not well-received until the third generation (2003) when a few redesigns were made and iTunes took off.
Remember - this was ALSO around when they released iTunes for the PC. AND had the über-hip silhouettes dancing with white earbuds marketing campaign. We still see vestiges of this now. Marketing, marketing, marketing.
>> iPhone had (relatively) abysmal sales until the end of the second generation, after at least one OS upgrade....
Yes, and that's also about when the prices dropped on the iPhone as well. Remember, people desperately wanted the iPhone from day one, but didn't want to pay an unsubsidized (or minimally subsidized) price for the iPhone.
For what it's worth: I agree fixing products is important and will eventually impact consumer purchasing, but I think marketing and "Shiny" is far more important.
Because of the merch out there... Angry Birds T-Shirts / "Board Games" / Snacks / pillows / stuffed animals... They make far more there than they do on the game itself.
I don't think so.
Remember SmartGlass, announced at E3? I think this is the patent. Smartglass is a virtual game controller, and it is announced for Windows 8 tablets, Android, and iOS. So, perhaps a $199.00 Kindle Fire could be a controller.
I'd disagree - The worst CEO of all time is Jerry Yang. Elop took a gamble (and appears to be losing miserably). Yang demolished his stock price simply because he "didn't want Darth Vader buying his company."
If Yang would have sold Yahoo to Microsoft, Microsoft would be in even worse condition AND Yahoo's shareholders would have been thrilled.
It has been this way for some time - At least as of a few months ago. That message isn't related to what's happening now.
For Microsoft, this isn't so much as a betrayal, as it is survival. Microsoft has spend decades relying upon third-parties innovating hardware in order to sell Windows Licenses. And, especially of late, those third-parties have failed. With the mobile market taking off and those third parties having mediocre mobile hardware AT BEST, Microsoft has no choice than to make a product. Maybe, it will diminish into a mere reference design, but only if those third parties actually get to serious work. This should be a wake up call for HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc., to "innovate or die." Of course, if Microsoft has signed agreements saying they'd never create a competing device, it IS downright betrayal.
It's the same law which allows some rather obnoxious Tea Party members stand outside polling places shouting about their concerns. Yes, this is America - those laws work for both sides.
I didn't say that Zune was bought out by Microsoft. Zune is/was an MP3 player / service that was initially collaborated on with Toshiba.