More People We've Had Enough Of

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQr3mzsj4orFKmZcLVUO0BC395rawreCvYx9WCgrxVjNnWTWIuDPG23HxHKDB7JbaUodqwu0GRNsV7JYriYg1uzq7dWTh-MqHJAL5OO2N_8n42EznhdgrLh9AwH-7mxqkQj_jaUl0MJQ/s1600/Matt+Man+Thoughtful.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaQr3mzsj4orFKmZcLVUO0BC395rawreCvYx9WCgrxVjNnWTWIuDPG23HxHKDB7JbaUodqwu0GRNsV7JYriYg1uzq7dWTh-MqHJAL5OO2N_8n42EznhdgrLh9AwH-7mxqkQj_jaUl0MJQ/s320/Matt+Man+Thoughtful.jpg" width="230" /></a></div>Cheers Bitches!!<br /><br />Yesterday, Jayman wrote about some people with <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/people-ive-had-enough-of.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;"><i>whom he’s had enough</i></span></a>.  He ended his insightful and biting piece of commentary with…<br /><br /><i>“I could go on, and on, and on. But, I won’t.”</i><br /><br />I certainly understand that, however…I will pick up where the Jayman left off.<br /><br />Hey Ray Lewis, Tim Tebow, other footballers, baseballers, basketballers, and NASCAR, um….ers…After a big play or a big win, don’t say it was God’s will and/or, He was watching over you. God doesn't give a damn who wins a football game, hits a home run, or nips another inbred driver at the checkered flag.<br /><br />You can have, and enjoy all the personal faith and religion you want, but seriously?  When you say shit like that in your post-game interview?<br /><br />God is looking down upon you saying, <i>“What an asshole, I didn't even know they were playing today.”</i><br /><br />There are a lot of Republicans not feeling the love of Obama wanting former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to become his next Secretary of Defense.  Why is that?<br /><br />Because among other things, Sen. C-Hage doesn’t kowtow to the Israeli lobbyists, and once said…<br /><br /><i>“The Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here…. I’m not an Israeli senator. I’m a United States senator.”</i><br /><br />GASP!!  Hagel doesn’t put Israel above all other nations, nor his own!?  Blasphemer!!<br /><br />Y’know?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGBOIDjkx_VbdbyZG12anIU8klQAYif3IQoWAKGk5gdtuDqhF2EGyF6kfz0O51xbZlMQpkF2I7oYDyut-PeST2xFvYrhmQ2bP2laxy6A0Ot2UDQzxADUINRob5ZvUnqznHQpj8Bgp98M/s1600/Chuck+Hagel+Obama+Secretary+of+Defense+Anti+Semite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVGBOIDjkx_VbdbyZG12anIU8klQAYif3IQoWAKGk5gdtuDqhF2EGyF6kfz0O51xbZlMQpkF2I7oYDyut-PeST2xFvYrhmQ2bP2laxy6A0Ot2UDQzxADUINRob5ZvUnqznHQpj8Bgp98M/s400/Chuck+Hagel+Obama+Secretary+of+Defense+Anti+Semite.jpg" width="400" /></a>People who are appalled at that statement, need to shut the fuck up. Fuck both the government of Israel, and the U.S. legislators who are outraged when anything bad, or in this case, neutral, is said about the Israeli government and their biblical and svengali-like hold over the UNITED STATES Congress.<br /><br />Hell…If Republicans and evangelicals had their way, Jerusalem’s answer to Terri Schiavo, one Ariel Sharon, would be our next U.S. Defense Secretary.<br /><br />I thought Republicans were against Obama and his trip down Socialist Lane.  If  Republicans despise socialistic handouts, why are they not outraged that Israel is nothing more than a Middle East crack whore looking for a U.S. handout to the shofar tune of 80 Gazillion shekels a year?<br /><br />Hey all of you self-absorbed morons who come through the Beer Mine while talking on your cell phone and have the audacity to give the, <i>“Wait a minute finger.”</i>  You are not that important, and I will tell you so and to move along, and if you want to complain to the owner?<br /><br />Don’t bother…He’s not nearly as nice nor as diplomatic about that as I am.<br /><br />Facebook?  Women on Facebook drive me nuts with their, <i>"Women are special, but it takes the right man to see that."</i>  Pfffffffft.<br /><br />Women aren't any more special than men.  Some women are cunts, and some men are dickheads.  We're all human and some of us, including women, are assholes. You want equal rights?  Well, accept your equal rights, responsibility, and the fact that some of you are hideous, unlovable psychopaths.<br /><br />Twitter People?  I love comments, retweets, and the like, but if it is in reference to something I tweeted six hours ago, just refrain from tweeting me something to the effect, <i>“I absolutely agree, Matt-Man. Ha!!”</i><br /><br />I will not have a clue as to what I said that you agree with.  I mean…I appreciate it and all, but six hours after the tweet?  Merely appreciate my tweet amongst yourself.<br /><br />Don Imus, Sean Hannity, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, and the Three Stooges on FOX and Friends in the mornings have their heads and egos up their asses so far, that they get hair on their tongue.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGcLasGa7-ICDAyeoSdpbd4fvlJvDVaJXIXqd9-idml6CPIRYTpmO3IJrhMjesHDCYEbFzc8r9-sCLIYgvby_Ur6ql1gx6D2FB17nJ5YAXEO1ZUjd0bQP06PnMpq94AMp3Vh1qBTSi-0/s1600/Lance+Armstrong+Cheater+Drugs+Steroids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirGcLasGa7-ICDAyeoSdpbd4fvlJvDVaJXIXqd9-idml6CPIRYTpmO3IJrhMjesHDCYEbFzc8r9-sCLIYgvby_Ur6ql1gx6D2FB17nJ5YAXEO1ZUjd0bQP06PnMpq94AMp3Vh1qBTSi-0/s400/Lance+Armstrong+Cheater+Drugs+Steroids.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Especially Gretchen Carlson…Oh Dear God…That chick is proof positive that you need not be pretty on the inside nor the outside to be voted, Miss America.  Uuch.<br /><br />Oh, and Lance Armstrong?  Just shut the hell up and change the name of your foundation from Live<b>Strong</b> to Live<b>Juiced</b>. <br /><br />Cheater...pussy...crybaby...<br /><br />Okay…I guess I am done for now…There are so many other people whom I have had enough of, but as Jayman said yesterday, I too, will simply say…<br /><br /><i>“I could go on, and on, and on. But, I won’t.”</i><br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">@MattMan_IWS</span></i></a></div>

More People We've Had Enough Of

Cheers Bitches!!Yesterday, Jayman wrote about some people with whom he’s had enough.  He ended his insightful and biting piece of commentary with…“I could go on, and on, and on. But, I won’t.”I certainly understand that, however…I will pick up where …

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Medicine and hospitals: A doctor's advice for being admitted to a hospital - Slate

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; "><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; "><a href="https://www.quora.com/Hospitals/What-are-some-valuable-hospital-hacks-everyone-being-admitted-should-know" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">This question</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.quora.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Quora</a>.</em><br><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; "><br>Answer by <a href="https://www.quora.com/Drew-Young-Shin" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Andrew Young Shin</a>, pediatric cardiologist:</strong><br><br><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">How to survive your hospitalization. </strong><br><br>Most people feel that the equation to survive your hospitalization predominantly involves the expertise of your surgeon and the disease at hand. <br><br>In fact, there is a silent factor that contributes to a phenomenon that is increasingly gaining attention in the medical community, administrative leadership, insurance agencies, and popular media: <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; ">Death related to preventable errors. </em>In <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic; "><a href="http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/1999/To-Err-is-Human/To%20Err%20is%20Human%201999%20%20report%20brief.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">To Err is Human</a></em>, the Institute of Medicine concluded that between 44,000 to 98,000 Americans die each year as a result of medical errors. For comparison, deaths attributable to medical errors exceed those that die from motor vehicle accidents (43,458), breast cancer (42,297), and illicit drug use (17,000). <br><br>What can you do as a patient?<br><br>The following are suggestions as a fellow patient and current physician who spends most of my hours thinking of ways to minimize errors:<br><br><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">1. The central venous catheter</strong>.<br>This is the gateway into your bloodstream to sample blood and deliver medications. These catheters can be lifesaving, but, in the same breath, they can also be life-threatening. These indwelling catheters can easily deliver a much needed medication to your body, but they can just as easily introduce a bacterial or fungal infection systemically. <br><br>What you can do:</p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; left: 35px; "><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Before your hospitalization, look up your particular hospital: Most hospitals are required by the state to publicly display their Catheter-Associated bloodstream infection rates. Don't be discouraged if your hospital is a "low-performer" when it comes to infection-control: most hospitals are still on a learning curve.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Ask your doctor DAILY: "When can this catheter come out?" Be a broken record about it. The DAILY assessment of the need for a central venous catheter is a PROVEN way to minimize your risk.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">If your hospital is a low-performer, be knowledgeable about the best-way to avoid an infection. Before a health care worker accesses your central catheter, they should scrub the entry port at least 15 seconds (not 14 seconds) and let it dry for 15 seconds. Each and every time. Talk to your providers in the beginning and review your expectations and knowledge about this. There are graceful ways of talking about this, but at the end of the day, it's your body and your risk should they cut corners in this evidence-based technique. Use your family members to be auditors in this practice.<br style="margin-bottom: 1em; "></li></ul></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">2. Communication is everything.</strong><br>In 2004, the Joint Commission of Accredited Hospitals reviewed all deaths that occurred in a major academic hospital as a result of error. A breakdown in communication was found to be the root cause in more than 70 percent of the cases.<br><br>What you can do:<br><br>Each day, in a notebook, review the following with your physician:<br></p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; left: 35px; "><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">How am I doing? (daily assessment)</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">What's my goal for today? (daily plan)<br style="margin-bottom: 1em; "></li></ul></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">The care of the hospitalized patient spans more than one team, one shift, one day. Your care plan gets passed from a morning team, to an afternoon team, and to a cross-covering evening team. The next day may introduce new people to your care altogether. By writing down what your primary team sets for you, you share in the authority for continuity in care.<br><br>Review your care plan with each new staff that takes responsibility for your care. Consulting teams can quickly get on the same page if you are part owner in the care plan. Clear communication across multiple healthcare team members is commonly expected but, as in the Joint Commission's report, should not be assumed.<br><br><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">3.</strong> <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">No pain, no gain.</strong><br>Expect post-operative pain. Setting this crucial expectation early and upfront is important. The body undergoes major adaptive changes following a big operation. Muscles quickly weaken, hormones shift, appetites suffer, and malnourishment exaggerates the insult to the body. Early rehabilitation hurts, but it also reverses all of these maladaptive processes. Adjust your post-operative pain medications as a means for rehabilitation, not as a means to remain comfortable in bed.<br><br>What you can do:</p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; left: 35px; "><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Rehab early and often. If you are bed-bound, ask for a "Incentive spirometer" and use it every hour while awake. This is exercise time and crucial to your recovery. If it hurts to take a deep breath, use your pain medications to enable yourself. If you are knocked out, your dose is too high.<br style="margin-bottom: 1em; "></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Ambulate as early as possible. You will likely be miserable at the first attempt, but take courage: It will only get easier, and it's good for your lungs. Ambulating (and simply getting out of the laying position) avoids lung collapse which can lead to pneumonia. Better oxygenation helps tissue healing which leads to faster recovery.</li></ul></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; "><br><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">4</strong>. <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">Maintain your sleep-wake cycle</strong>.<br>Recovery from surgery often involves recovery from anesthesia. Sedatives used in the post-operative period helps keep you calm, but the sleep is not qualitatively restful. You may also find that there will be many obstacles to a normal circadian cycle (vital sign checks every four hours, noisy monitors, noisy neighbors, etc).<br><br>What you can do:  <br></p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; left: 35px; "><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">As much as possible, keep your blinds open during the day and be exposed to natural light. Try to stay active during the day. Avoid frequent naps during the day lest you fall victim to delirium. At night, cover your windows to block out the night lights.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">There are not a lot of pharmaceutical sleep aids that are evidence-based. If one works for you, bring your home supply (as hospitals may not stock your particular medication).<br style="margin-bottom: 1em; "></li></ul></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; "><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">5. The notebook.</strong><br>Many patients are surprised that they see their physician only once per day, often early in the morning. It's hard to remember all your questions that has formulated throughout the day in a time-pressured setting. <br><br>What you can do:<br></p></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><ul style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; position: relative; left: 35px; "><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Write down your questions as they come throughout the day.<br style="margin-bottom: 1em; "></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">Enlist the help of your nurse to get your answers. Your nurse will often be your best advocate. A nurse could even take the list of questions you've written down in advance and make sure the medical team covers your basic concerns.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">It's okay to ask to speak to the physician at any time during the day.<br style="margin-bottom: 1em; "></li></ul></div><div class="text parbase section" style="margin: 1.5em 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.25em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5em; ">Hopefully, having these insights and strategic tools will help you navigate the complicated waters of being a hospitalized patient. <strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 12px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; ">Healing is hastened with the mindset that recovery is an active, not a passive process</strong>. Additionally, being a pro-active patient will often give you a necessary edge to avoid the mistakes, errors, and complications that many hospitals are still trying to figure out.</p></div></div><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/01/14/medicine_and_hospitals_a_doctor_s_advice_for_being_admitted_to_a_hospital.html">http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/01/14/medicine_and_hospitals_a_doctor_s_advice_for_being_admitted_to_a_hospital.html</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

Medicine and hospitals: A doctor's advice for being admitted to a hospital - Slate

This question originally appeared on Quora.Answer by Andrew Young Shin, pediatric cardiologist:How to survive your hospitalization. Most people feel that the equation to survive your hospitalization predominantly involves the expertise of your surgeo…

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color, colors and coloring

Before I jump into a recap of my weekend, let me first say a big 'thank you' for all of your comments on <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/01/shameless-plug-friday.html" target="_blank">Friday's post</a>. You are good eggs, each and every last one of you. And if I could, I'd hug you all. And I'm a good hugger. Just ask around. I'm kind of a big deal amongst high powered hugging circles. So thank you.<br /><br />Now the weekend. It was sunny and warm. There was shopping involved and pretty dresses. Not too shabby at all.<br /><br />I've got a new upholstery project waiting for me.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqTsoDu8pPLcq2PCcMTJN0oKlb42_zDtyfe5rxNbqXyWYySiPD2mSxULTj_zq_Xhuv90l9int2gKNxKLBvWDadHOq_YGOuyxWgILHijmcDnbGf6OW078eJtV7IDYmirbsxjAoVyijppd_/s1600/victorianchairbefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqTsoDu8pPLcq2PCcMTJN0oKlb42_zDtyfe5rxNbqXyWYySiPD2mSxULTj_zq_Xhuv90l9int2gKNxKLBvWDadHOq_YGOuyxWgILHijmcDnbGf6OW078eJtV7IDYmirbsxjAoVyijppd_/s320/victorianchairbefore.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br />Had a great day with Client F where we scored many many goodies. I'll have to take proper pictures with a real camera, but here is a ReStore score/project in the making.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTeV-RXlPDlYRIBtNLT7vAyfpwtyTQUZKjps1ZkWWJoqN1dMHI1_eEK0JSlk9hjfIsx9AW0HtiWqs9is9_0Hg6V122Knp9IKHWnbP-5E2mKXS3qvaorqrfv_D5taBQUtmR_JuZOrxeymx/s1600/clientFpantrydoorbefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTeV-RXlPDlYRIBtNLT7vAyfpwtyTQUZKjps1ZkWWJoqN1dMHI1_eEK0JSlk9hjfIsx9AW0HtiWqs9is9_0Hg6V122Knp9IKHWnbP-5E2mKXS3qvaorqrfv_D5taBQUtmR_JuZOrxeymx/s320/clientFpantrydoorbefore.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />Brainstorming some ideas on how to work with this tile combo.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a8BiC8YVHkawz-52qagd2trbYmyqTvyTMTE6wVp3WjEsUF3Xi5mAFreD0ANOZiQNiulPUVOp-sZhtEd3GHoraqH7q8PJr4uRA41odT1xgBHtXkMgOGjK1NVYgkAtqsMZ4qRhszdIXCQi/s1600/clientWbathroombefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5a8BiC8YVHkawz-52qagd2trbYmyqTvyTMTE6wVp3WjEsUF3Xi5mAFreD0ANOZiQNiulPUVOp-sZhtEd3GHoraqH7q8PJr4uRA41odT1xgBHtXkMgOGjK1NVYgkAtqsMZ4qRhszdIXCQi/s320/clientWbathroombefore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />And came home Sunday afternoon to find this masterpiece ON my doorway.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17YqoCfkIpe4rQRIjuE57qS9rEGa6C408s7EKDzM4Y4M77zdO7iGJxwyKojg81PB5cqz4SoS7kXuc7zC_GnjYH9QAvG06f_LtrjloWx6hgvmjZcKTFWA4bkAjyKL42zsLUlTnfhEWm6GR/s1600/eveart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17YqoCfkIpe4rQRIjuE57qS9rEGa6C408s7EKDzM4Y4M77zdO7iGJxwyKojg81PB5cqz4SoS7kXuc7zC_GnjYH9QAvG06f_LtrjloWx6hgvmjZcKTFWA4bkAjyKL42zsLUlTnfhEWm6GR/s320/eveart.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Creativity seeps out of every member of the little black door household. We are unstoppable.<br /><br />How was your weekend? Enjoy any good food, company or entertainment? What did you think of the Globes? Was Jodie Foster supposed to make sense? She rambles more than I do! And Tommy Lee Jones - lighten up. No one shot your dog. It's a party. Live a little.<br /><br />

color, colors and coloring

Before I jump into a recap of my weekend, let me first say a big 'thank you' for all of your comments on Friday's post. You are good eggs, each and every last one of you. And if I could, I'd hug you all. And I'm a good hugger. Just ask around. I'm ki…

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Library Director - Rye Free Reading Room (Rye, NY)

<strong>Library Director - </strong><strong><span style="color: #48286d;">Rye Free Reading Room</span></strong> (Rye, NY). Rye Free Reading Room’s Board of Trustees seeks a creative and energetic new leader to promote library services and continue the Library’s commitment to quality programming and services for the Rye community. The Director will work closely with the 18-member Board of Trustees, a 45-member Auxiliary Board, staff and local stakeholders to develop and articulate its vision for library service, design and implement strategic initiatives, and administer the service program, facility and space planning, and fundraising and resource development. As an association library, the Rye Free Reading Room is funded by the City of Rye and private donations, with the Board actively investigating options for sustainable funding. The successful candidate will focus on accomplishing the following: fostering a strong and collaborative relationship with city government—city council and city manager—to achieve a higher degree of funding security; working closely with other local non-profit organizations and agencies to enhance the breadth and delivery of library services; reaching out to the community at large to keep them informed of the library's wide range of resources, programs and funding needs; and working to optimize and implement the new three-year strategic plan. See <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.gossagesager.com/RFRRJobDesc.pdf" href="http://www.gossagesager.com/RFRRJobDesc.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gossagesager.com/RFRRJobDesc.pdf</a> for the complete job description. For additional information on the Library, the City and the area see <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.gossagesager.com/Ryelinks.htm" href="http://www.gossagesager.com/Ryelinks.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gossagesager.com/Ryelinks.htm</a>. Minimum qualifications include an MLS from an ALA accredited institution and at least five years of progressively responsible experience, including at least two years management experience in a public library. The successful candidate must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrated leadership ability and the ability to work collaboratively with Board, staff, elected officials and community groups. In addition, the successful candidate must be able to articulate a vision of library services in the 21st century. Successful experience with fundraising, building maintenance, working in a union environment and reporting to policy board are highly desirable. Compensation: The starting salary range is $92,000-$108,000 (dependent on experience and qualifications) plus benefits. For further information, contact Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates (<a _fcksavedurl="http://www.gossagesager.com" href="http://www.gossagesager.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gossagesager.com</a>) via email or phone. Apply via email with a meaningful cover letter and your resume as Word or pdf attachments to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:danbradbury@gossagesager.com" href="mailto:danbradbury@gossagesager.com">danbradbury@gossagesager.com</a> or <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:jobethbradbury@gossagesager.com" href="mailto:jobethbradbury@gossagesager.com">jobethbradbury@gossagesager.com</a>. This position closes <span style="color: red;">February 17, 2013</span>.

Library Director - Rye Free Reading Room (Rye, NY)

Library Director - Rye Free Reading Room (Rye, NY). Rye Free Reading Room’s Board of Trustees seeks a creative and energetic new leader to promote library services and continue the Library’s commitment to quality programming and services for the Ry…

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Library Director - Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, NY)

<strong>Library Director - </strong><strong></strong><span style="color: #48286d;"><strong>Crandall Public Library</strong></span> (Glens Falls, NY). Become a vital part of providing Crandall Public Library District residents with free access to the world of ideas, information in varied formats and the creative experience of an open and nonjudgmental environment. In achieving this mission, the Library Board of Trustees seeks a visionary new leader—skilled in directing a diverse team of talented professionals in interpreting and implementing Board policy—and capable of setting and meeting goals and achieving high standards. Responsibilities: The Library Director is the chief administrator and is responsible for carrying out policy as determined by the Library Board of Trustees and for developing the long-term plans and directions of the Library; planning and directing the overall operations and management of the Library; providing effective team development and leadership to the staff; working collaboratively with civic organizations and community agencies; working effectively with elected officials at the state and county level; and interacting with the media and the community to project a positive image of the Library. See <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.gossagesager.com/crandalljd.pdf" href="http://www.gossagesager.com/crandalljd.pdf" target="_blank">Library Director</a> for the complete job description, illustrative work activities and required knowledge, skills, abilities and personal characteristics. Qualifications: Minimum qualifications are a Master’s Degree in Librarianship from an ALA accredited library school or one recognized by the NYS Education Department as following acceptable education practices; and five or more years of satisfactory professional library experience, two or more years of which must have been in an administrative capacity. The position also requires eligibility for a NYS public librarian’s professional certificate at the time of application and possession of the certificate at the time of appointment. Prior success as a library director reporting to a policy making board is also highly desirable. Appointment will be made provisionally pending Civil Service examination to be held at a later date. Compensation. The position offers a hiring salary range of $75,766 -102,284 (placement dependent upon experience and qualifications) and an attractive benefits package. For further information, contact <a _fcksavedurl="http://www.gossagesager.com/" href="http://www.gossagesager.com/" target="_blank">Bradbury Associates/Gossage Sager Associates</a> via email or phone. Apply via email with a meaningful cover letter and your resume as Word or pdf attachments to <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:danbradbury@gossagesager.com" href="mailto:danbradbury@gossagesager.com">Dan Bradbury</a> or <a _fcksavedurl="mailto:jobethbradbury@gossagesager.com" href="mailto:jobethbradbury@gossagesager.com">Jobeth Bradbury</a>. This position closes <span style="color: red;">March 3, 2013</span>. Crandall Public Library is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Library Director - Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, NY)

Library Director - Crandall Public Library (Glens Falls, NY). Become a vital part of providing Crandall Public Library District residents with free access to the world of ideas, information in varied formats and the creative experience of an open a…

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/14/nature-boardwalk-at-lincoln-park-zoo/">Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo</a> in Chicago, Illinois, by Studio Gang Architects:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/14/nature-boardwalk-at-lincoln-park-zoo/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Jan13-14.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2004/07/19/kam-l-liu-building/">Kam L. Liu Building</a> in Chicago, Illinois by Studio Gang/O'Donnell:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2004/07/19/kam-l-liu-building/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Jul04/gang1.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/14/bivouac/"><i>Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Bivouac</i></a>:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/14/bivouac/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/bivouac.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a>   <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/sudjic.html"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://www.archidose.org/books/sudjic.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://www.archidose.org/books/sudjic.html"><i>The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects</i></a> by Deyan Sudjic.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World-Architects.com U.S. <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/reviews/41">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/39531">Snowhaus</a> in Anchorage, Alaska, by mayer sattler-smith:<br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/39531"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://c214210.r10.cf3.rackcdn.com/files/projects/39531/images/900:w/snowhaus3.jpg" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates:This week's dose features the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, Illinois, by Studio Gang Architects:The featured past dose is the Kam L. Liu Building in Chicago, Illinois by Studio Gang/O'Donnell:T…

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Brrrr!

<p>There's talk of snow next weekend....</p><p>I'm warming up with soup from the Betelnut.</p><p>Today it is tomato & lentil. Yum!</p><div class='separator' style='clear: both; text-align: center;'> <a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddywv2YaIabDM5Gq1N3spp_lQfOsjnDi45JANoXs7sCeV6p0dJhhrpWn1G1GRg-j0gQeJ2NLMAZ5mtxbM6479MakBFNDr8GbmNLanWICBDb6NPVrCwJu6OKFtdci_roFmnGlVGd_UyqU2/s1600/20130114_161652.jpg' imageanchor='1' style='margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;'> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddywv2YaIabDM5Gq1N3spp_lQfOsjnDi45JANoXs7sCeV6p0dJhhrpWn1G1GRg-j0gQeJ2NLMAZ5mtxbM6479MakBFNDr8GbmNLanWICBDb6NPVrCwJu6OKFtdci_roFmnGlVGd_UyqU2/s400/20130114_161652.jpg" /> </a> </div>

Brrrr!

There's talk of snow next weekend....I'm warming up with soup from the Betelnut.Today it is tomato & lentil. Yum! …

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Reddit: A cool source for your PLN

<p> I like to use the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/" target="_self" title="">Reddit forums</a> to turn up cool things on <a href="http://www.reddit.com/search?q=productivity" target="_self" title=""></a><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/" target="_self" title="">productivity</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/education" target="_self" title="">education</a>, <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/teaching/" target="_self" title="">teaching</a>, and also to follow my <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/TechNewsToday" target="_self" title="">favorite technology shows</a> on <a href="http://www.twit.tv" target="_self" title="">Twit.tv</a>. (Forums follow this format - reddit a forward slash and r another slash and the forum like this one <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">http://www.reddit.com/r/productivity/</span> ) But Reddit can be clunky, so I found a great app called <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alien-blue-reddit-client/id370144106?mt=8" target="_self" title="">Alien Blue</a> that lets you easily drill down, comment, and vote up or down the things that you like and find and subscribe to different channels.</p> <p>I've grabbed some screenshots to show you how this looks. While I don't check reddit every day, I get on the forums at least once a week. Breaking tech news often breaks there before it "breaks" in mainstream media and I've found it an increasingly influential place where people "in the know" hash things out and vet stories before they are ready for prime time. If you want to be part of this process, I recommend you join reddit. I'm coolcatteacher over there too if you want to connect.</p> <p>(If you want to know how I annotated these photos, I took screenshots on my ipad by pressing the power and home button at the same time, which sent it to my photo gallery. Then, I took it into <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/skitch/id490505997?mt=8" target="_self" title="">Skitch</a> (which also lets me send all of these annotated photos to <a href="http://evernote.com/" target="_self" title="">Evernote</a>.) You'll also see why I TYPE so much (my handwriting isn't so great.))</p> <p>Note that you can also create your own communities on reddit. I'm not sure how that would look with students but am sure those students would have to be over 13.</p> <p>Also note that there is a bit of "noise" on reddit so you'll find JUNK and BUNK and a little bit of FUNK but the cool stuff I find is very very cool and leading edge (shall I say it gets me CRUNK? OK, it rhymes but I don't get hip hop ;-)</p> <p> Also remember that even if you don't add anything yourself that you should always vote up or down because that is what you do when you share and are part of a community. If you're a spammer - trolls get called out pretty often, so beware hyping yourself. </p> <p>Join me on reddit. Let me know your experience, I'm curious how other educators like the site.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6tuP2wBTDpeoET34JyO7wYUMSpzeLFO8goDKrvPymBRQUGtzuWGfNmvDJRHZflB3wBl3qhcFglM-2JtqCLQaW0ShR-W1Ku7_eE3j5CkqDcmKUFqcxHVWxTESKUZrSBMJIZi8i1m7EvK6/s1024/Photo%252520Jan%25252011%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525206%25253A46%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="375" id="blogsy-1358166173529.2712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6tuP2wBTDpeoET34JyO7wYUMSpzeLFO8goDKrvPymBRQUGtzuWGfNmvDJRHZflB3wBl3qhcFglM-2JtqCLQaW0ShR-W1Ku7_eE3j5CkqDcmKUFqcxHVWxTESKUZrSBMJIZi8i1m7EvK6/s500/Photo%252520Jan%25252011%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525206%25253A46%252520AM.jpg" width="500"></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg73jfO8V5J_oBj5D6JroeUIZm9DI_85wH5zKjdoblYv7m2YR_VWimXh0aunaLYU71mL6CReLiBfv7U8CuEV1H6_6fE9PS8e-7rLpzuPRHZTHsEHGI-9LFYdoG5Uk9wBmuD9YgVxO2LQ4ZW/s1024/Photo%252520Jan%25252011%25252C%2525202013%25252C%2525206%25253A47%252520AM.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; 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