The posting philosophy NE lives byWe could try to make art and win awards, but, pumping out formulaic crap from the assembly line pays better.
What part of the entertainment field do you work in?We could try to make art and win awards, but, pumping out formulaic crap from the assembly line pays better.
Wow. Didn't know you worked for the CIAMax Power said:For me... The only thing I can say is that the CIA plays hard, fast, and loose. Or that drone strikes aren't as cool as you'dthink.
So trueWe could try to make art and win awards, but, pumping out formulaic crap from the assembly line pays better.
Fooled lots of folks in Rogue OneI am television.
My fx secret is that there's more effects shots than people realize, and most of them, you never notice the effects.
Structural engineering.....the East Coast is probably way more screwed in the long run as far as earthquakes go than the West Coast.
The reason is that until the advent of national seismic codes in the last century, designing for earthquakes pretty much stops when the people building stuff no longer remember that there's earthquakes in their region.
We know from history that many parts of the East Coast experienced some major earthquakes on several hundred year cycles....maybe longer. A seismic risk map of the East Coast actually requires modern structures to have some degree of earthquake load resistance against a moderate quake......and it is not uncommon anymore for bridges and buildings in places like NYC or Boston to have seismic loads govern (meaning that's the highest load a piece is designed for) the design. I've worked on multiple Boston area projects where seismic retrofits were being applied to existing bridges....some major ones. Its all very routine and gets little attention. So what's the problem?
Look at a picture of NYC....Philly....Boston.... 80% of those buildings are unreinforced masonry. All those mid-level buildings and refurbished industrial and commercial spaces built before 1950 or so were built by people with generally no regard for earthquakes. If reinforcement or steel framing was used.....it was not designed with seismic loads in mind. Know what kind of structure gets flattened in even small earthquakes? Mid height...unreinforced....masonry structures.
This means that when NYC or Boston eventually gets a moderate earthquake again......vast, vast sections of these cities are going to be completely flattened. The major infrastructure and newer buildings will be largely fine, but 70-80% of these cities are buildings that are 100+ years old. We're talking millions and millions of people homeless with an enormous death toll. Sure, some buildings are brought up to code, but most are not because they are grandfathered with all but the most major of structural renovations.
Bridges.....depends. Old bridges that still sit on masonry piers from from the 1800's are in big trouble....but we do retrofit them with just about every rehab job and most get rebuilt on 50-75 year cycles.
And no.....the damage can't be compared to San Francisco because as bad as some recent quakes were, the frequency has meant almost all buildings were built with an earthquake in mind. Not so in Hartford, CT or Springfield, MA.
TLR....Parts of the East Coast are likely going to be ruined in an inevitable moderate future earthquake and there's nothing we can really do about it.
Not for ####s and grins though, just to cover your ### from bottom dwelling lawyers, right?in the health field.
sometimes we order test we don't necessary need.
What's with the recent disdain for lawyers?Not for ####s and grins though, just to cover your ### from bottom dwelling lawyers, right?
So here's a question for you:When I tell kids I was too busy to grade something that night I was probably just drinking beer and watching football.
I can pretty much tell you what grade your kid will get after 1-2 weeks of class. Not that it's subjective, it's just clear off that bat who does their work, who is engaged and who has an intellect for the subject. It's also very clear in the opposite cases.
Sometimes, we really just don't like your kid.
Also, industry experts you see on TV and at conferences don't really know any more about the field than the average jerk, they just have a good PR firm.Media really is rigged by commercial interests.
Having a good insurance agent pays off in spades for commercial insurance.
I teach high school, so I don't really get a say in what kids I get. Scheduling is so complicated and there are so many moving parts that I just get who I get. I would love a draft, would be funny and we have joked about it before.So here's a question for you:
Not sure what ages you teach, but if you teach younger kids, how do they distribute the kids at the beginning of the year. Meaning, how do they decide what teacher gets what kids.
I figure there is some kind of draft a couple of weeks before where they get in the cafeteria with some kegs and pizzas and start drafting kids for their classes.
Every year it seems like our kids get the same teachers as they move up in grades, meaning our youngest always seem to get taught by the same teacher our older two had. And every year they say: I'm so glad we got one of your kids again.
Do tell, what is the back room secret to all this?
I think you need to qualify this statement to make it correct. Exercise alone has a negligible effect if a person has a bad diet. But obviously diet & exercise is much more effective for weight loss than either one alone.Exercise is a terrible way to lose weight.
Could you expand on this? The only way I know - 100% beyond a doubt works every single time without exception - that I will lose weight quickly is to get back into basketball and lift. 5-7 hours a week of BBall + lifting 3-4 days.. boom, #### melts.Exercise is a terrible way to lose weight. Everyone with a kinesiology degree or basic personal training cert knows this. Most doctors and nurses know this. Yet 85% of people who join gyms, take classes, hire personal trainers etc are there to lose weight. So you've got a customer who is paying you in part for an outcome you have very little ability to provide.
Reddit says about 50% of lawyers are incompetent . Agree or Disagree?What's with the recent disdain for lawyers?
Secret from the lawyer field: we aren't all bottom-dwelling bs artists looking to take any case to overbill and make a buck no matter who it impacts and we don't have a magical lawyer wand which turns irrational or unreasonable positions into gold. Oh, and there are actually many public defenders that provide better criminal defense than many high-priced private lawyers.
Don't you work for Warrior?A helmet is designed so that you don't crack your skull open. It *may* help reduce concussions or CTE, but that's not the purpose really.
Both. I know, lawyer answer.Reddit says about 50% of lawyers are incompetent . Agree or Disagree?
I don't. I have friends who do. I work special ops.Wow. Didn't know you worked for the CIA
Health care could be a whole lot cheaper in this country.My company runs 74% gross margins on basic products used to treat patients in hospitals. Of the three med device companies I have worked for, this is way low.
I have worked as a Dental Ceramist for 16 years and the whole dental industry is almost completely unregulated and I have participated in medical malpractice on a daily basis. I have worked in the cosmetic end of the industry, which means elective dentistry such as veneers and full mouth reconstruction. I have worked with over 100 dentists and can count on one hand the amount that make decisions in the patients best interest. I have worked on cases that are billed out to patients at well over 50k and literally no protocol or proper steps were taken to produce the best possible product. Whether it is the dental companies[ almost exclusively based out of eastern Europe ] releasing products and materials that use dental labs and patients for testing of products or its doctors rushing through cases to make student loan and insurance payments. The dental industry is almost completely unregulated and outside of diagnosing biological/ dental issues or general practice dentistry or "preventive" dentistry, very few doctors stay current with esthetic dentistry or even have any training to do so. After 16 years I can confidently say at some point in the future people will look back on the time when Healthcare was for profit and shake they're heads in disbelief.
Apologies. You're right, that was a dickish statement. Motion to withdrawal the statement your honor.What's with the recent disdain for lawyers?
Secret from the lawyer field: we aren't all bottom-dwelling bs artists looking to take any case to overbill and make a buck no matter who it impacts and we don't have a magical lawyer wand which turns irrational or unreasonable positions into gold. Oh, and there are actually many public defenders that provide better criminal defense than many high-priced private lawyers.
Management consultant who spent a good chunk of the Bush years out sourcing tech workers in the US to overseas work forces.
First, no execs think that the job you do at $50-75 /hr isn't something that couldn't be done be done better by someone who costs $25/hr. If for some reason your replacement sucks, there are literally thousands able to take their place with no issues related to firing the low performer. And if that still isn't fixing the problem, then the outsourcing provider usually has service level penalties in their contract whereby the buyer gets refunds or credits on their monthly fees.
Jesus... We need to fix this.Former clerical worker in a midwest state prison, in the clinic. Hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on patient drugs, which arrive by the thousands in huge bins, or, in an emergency, from Walgreens. Inmate refuses his Rx? Still have to buy it and keep it in stock, even if he never takes it. They have the right to refuse but we had to keep it available. I saw the invoice for an inmate with cancer who refused his meds. $12,000 a month, and the Rx sat in the locked nurse box.
The companies making bank in healthcare these days are big Pharma, medical device companies, insurance companies, doctors, and hospitals. In that order. Nursing homes would come last if you include them.My company runs 74% gross margins on basic products used to treat patients in hospitals. Of the three med device companies I have worked for, this is way low.
Which major faultline runs along the USECThis one was very interesting