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The APPEARANCE of help from the NAVY.
Medical ships have arrived & docked in both New York Harbor and Los Angeles.
The one in NY arrived on Monday. It's now Friday.
They each have about 1,000 hospital beds, which COULD help a lot.
However, AFTER they arrived, the federal government increased restrictions on who
could be admitted onto these ships for treatment, which added to the Navy's own restrictions. One of which, is that the patients have to test negative for Covid-19. WTF !!
This resulted in them only treating a 'grand' total of 20 patients in NY and only 15 in LA.
Obviously, this is of little of help with thousands of current patients, most of them suffering with Covid-19. Some are calling it "a joke". If so, it is a very bad joke.
From the New York Times;
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The one in NY arrived on Monday. It's now Friday.
They each have about 1,000 hospital beds, which COULD help a lot.
However, AFTER they arrived, the federal government increased restrictions on who
could be admitted onto these ships for treatment, which added to the Navy's own restrictions. One of which, is that the patients have to test negative for Covid-19. WTF !!
This resulted in them only treating a 'grand' total of 20 patients in NY and only 15 in LA.
Obviously, this is of little of help with thousands of current patients, most of them suffering with Covid-19. Some are calling it "a joke". If so, it is a very bad joke.
From the New York Times;
In response to:
The 1,000-Bed Comfort Was Supposed to Aid New York. It Has 20 Patients.
“It’s a joke,” said a top hospital executive, whose facilities are packed with coronavirus patients.
Michael Schwirtz
By Michael Schwirtz
Published April 2, 2020
Updated April 3, 2020, 11:46 a.m. ET
Such were the expectations for the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort that when it chugged into New York Harbor this week, throngs of people, momentarily forgetting the strictures of social distancing, crammed together along Manhattan’s west side to catch a glimpse.
On Thursday, though, the huge white vessel, which officials had promised would bring succor to a city on the brink, sat mostly empty, infuriating executives at local hospitals. The ship’s 1,000 beds are largely unused, its 1,200-member crew mostly idle.
Only 20 patients had been transferred to the ship, officials said, even as New York hospitals struggled to find space for the thousands infected with the coronavirus. Another Navy hospital ship, the U.S.N.S. Mercy, docked in Los Angeles, has had a total of 15 patients, officials said.
“If I’m blunt about it, it’s a joke,” said Michael Dowling, the head of Northwell Health, New York’s largest hospital system. “Everyone can say, ‘Thank you for putting up these wonderful places and opening up these cavernous halls.’ But we’re in a crisis here, we’re in a battlefield.”
The Comfort was sent to New York to relieve pressure on city hospitals by treating people with ailments other than Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.
President Trump left a nine-day sequester in the White House last week to travel to Norfolk, Va., to personally see off the ship as it set sail for New York, saying it would play a “critical role.” The ship’s arrival on Monday was cheered as one of the few bright moments in a grim time for the city.
But the reality has been different. A tangle of military protocols and bureaucratic hurdles has prevented the Comfort from accepting many patients at all.
On top of its strict rules preventing people infected with the virus from coming on board, the Navy is also refusing to treat a host of other conditions. Guidelines disseminated to hospitals included a list of 49 medical conditions that would exclude a patient from admittance to the ship.
Ambulances cannot take patients directly to the Comfort; they must first deliver patients to a city hospital for a lengthy evaluation — including a test for the virus — and then pick them up again for transport to the ship.
At a morning briefing on Thursday, officials said three patients had been moved to the Comfort. After The New York Times published an article with that number, Elizabeth Baker, a spokeswoman for the Navy, said the number had increased to 20 by late in the day. “We’re bringing them on as fast as we can bring them on,” she said.
The next day, on Friday, Ms. Baker said the Comfort would begin screening patients for the coronavirus on site by taking their temperature and giving them a short questionnaire, to relieve the burden on hospitals.
Hospital leaders said they had been exasperated by the delays.
The 1,000-Bed Comfort Was Supposed to Aid New York. It Has 20 Patients.
“It’s a joke,” said a top hospital executive, whose facilities are packed with coronavirus patients.
Michael Schwirtz
By Michael Schwirtz
Published April 2, 2020
Updated April 3, 2020, 11:46 a.m. ET
Such were the expectations for the Navy hospital ship U.S.N.S. Comfort that when it chugged into New York Harbor this week, throngs of people, momentarily forgetting the strictures of social distancing, crammed together along Manhattan’s west side to catch a glimpse.
On Thursday, though, the huge white vessel, which officials had promised would bring succor to a city on the brink, sat mostly empty, infuriating executives at local hospitals. The ship’s 1,000 beds are largely unused, its 1,200-member crew mostly idle.
Only 20 patients had been transferred to the ship, officials said, even as New York hospitals struggled to find space for the thousands infected with the coronavirus. Another Navy hospital ship, the U.S.N.S. Mercy, docked in Los Angeles, has had a total of 15 patients, officials said.
“If I’m blunt about it, it’s a joke,” said Michael Dowling, the head of Northwell Health, New York’s largest hospital system. “Everyone can say, ‘Thank you for putting up these wonderful places and opening up these cavernous halls.’ But we’re in a crisis here, we’re in a battlefield.”
The Comfort was sent to New York to relieve pressure on city hospitals by treating people with ailments other than Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus.
President Trump left a nine-day sequester in the White House last week to travel to Norfolk, Va., to personally see off the ship as it set sail for New York, saying it would play a “critical role.” The ship’s arrival on Monday was cheered as one of the few bright moments in a grim time for the city.
But the reality has been different. A tangle of military protocols and bureaucratic hurdles has prevented the Comfort from accepting many patients at all.
On top of its strict rules preventing people infected with the virus from coming on board, the Navy is also refusing to treat a host of other conditions. Guidelines disseminated to hospitals included a list of 49 medical conditions that would exclude a patient from admittance to the ship.
Ambulances cannot take patients directly to the Comfort; they must first deliver patients to a city hospital for a lengthy evaluation — including a test for the virus — and then pick them up again for transport to the ship.
At a morning briefing on Thursday, officials said three patients had been moved to the Comfort. After The New York Times published an article with that number, Elizabeth Baker, a spokeswoman for the Navy, said the number had increased to 20 by late in the day. “We’re bringing them on as fast as we can bring them on,” she said.
The next day, on Friday, Ms. Baker said the Comfort would begin screening patients for the coronavirus on site by taking their temperature and giving them a short questionnaire, to relieve the burden on hospitals.
Hospital leaders said they had been exasperated by the delays.
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The Power of Nature
Last week Thursday 16th July 2015 my island home was shaken by earthquakes at 07:01am, 7:52am, 11:16am, 11:29am, 11:36am and 12:23pm local time. The strongest was felt around 11:16am and measured 6.4 on the Richter scale. Our office building just started shaking and swaying.
These earthquakes were reported felt throughout in Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. No damage or injuries were reported. Thank God!
Two days ago...Jul.23.2015
Changed Alert Level at Kick 'em Jenny Submarine Volcano
Current Alert Level: Orange
On Thursday, July 23rd from 1:25am to 3:00am local time, a strong continuous signal was observed on instruments monitoring the Kick ‘em Jenny submarine volcano. Signs of elevated seismicity (earthquakes) began on 11th July and continue to present. For the period since the 11th July a total of more than 200 micro and small earthquakes, of varying magnitudes, have been recorded, with the largest, prior to the strong signal, less than magnitude 3.0.
ORANGE Highly elevated level of seismic and/or fumarolic activity or other unusual activity. Eruption may begin with less than twenty-four hours notice. - All regional governments alerted - Local radio stations in Grenada, St. Vincent, barbados and Trinidad placed on alert. - Public listens to local radio continuously for updates and visits the Seismic Research Unit website if possible.
RED Eruption is in progress or may begin without further warning. - Measurements within the exclusion zones as permitted by activity. - Aerial reconaissance whenever possible. - Vulnerable areas prepared for immediate evacuation. - All shipping stays 5km clear of summit (i.e. out of the first and second exculsion zones). - Public in all vulnerable zones should listen to local radio stations for updates.
We are currently still on Orange alert!
My son said I need to get off this rock! But where can you go when nature decides to remind you of her power?
Hope everyone is well and enjoying your weekend!
These earthquakes were reported felt throughout in Barbados, St. Vincent, Grenada, Dominica, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. No damage or injuries were reported. Thank God!
Two days ago...Jul.23.2015
Changed Alert Level at Kick 'em Jenny Submarine Volcano
Current Alert Level: Orange
On Thursday, July 23rd from 1:25am to 3:00am local time, a strong continuous signal was observed on instruments monitoring the Kick ‘em Jenny submarine volcano. Signs of elevated seismicity (earthquakes) began on 11th July and continue to present. For the period since the 11th July a total of more than 200 micro and small earthquakes, of varying magnitudes, have been recorded, with the largest, prior to the strong signal, less than magnitude 3.0.
ORANGE Highly elevated level of seismic and/or fumarolic activity or other unusual activity. Eruption may begin with less than twenty-four hours notice. - All regional governments alerted - Local radio stations in Grenada, St. Vincent, barbados and Trinidad placed on alert. - Public listens to local radio continuously for updates and visits the Seismic Research Unit website if possible.
RED Eruption is in progress or may begin without further warning. - Measurements within the exclusion zones as permitted by activity. - Aerial reconaissance whenever possible. - Vulnerable areas prepared for immediate evacuation. - All shipping stays 5km clear of summit (i.e. out of the first and second exculsion zones). - Public in all vulnerable zones should listen to local radio stations for updates.
We are currently still on Orange alert!
My son said I need to get off this rock! But where can you go when nature decides to remind you of her power?
Hope everyone is well and enjoying your weekend!
Top shareholder set to merge with Time Warner calls for CNN to ‘actually have journalists’
About a week ago, a blue-check Twitter user turned heads in the political journalism world when he claimed that CNN was set to revert back to its roots when it was primarily a news network and offered little in the way of left-wing viewpoint and opinion programming.
“BREAKING REPORT: CNN returning to a 100% news channel after Major Merger. A ‘good number’ of the ‘talent/staff’ WILL BE LET GO to align with their new mission,” wrote political strategist Chuck Callesto, crediting the Washington Examiner’s former news editor Jon Nicosia.
But after Callesto’s tweet nearly two weeks ago, little more was said about the revelation — until now.
On Friday, Mediate tweeted a video clip of a CNBC interview with John Malone, who is the top shareholder in Discovery Media, which is set to merge with Time/Warner, which owns CNN. During the interview, Malone made a revealing statement.
“I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing,” he said, adding later that he believes “the coward’s way out would be to sell” CNN, “or spin it off and then sell it.”
All of which leads back to Callesto’s Nov. 12 tweet and begs the question: Who’s in at CNN after this merger? Who is out? And ultimately, what will the format look like?
A Deadline report published earlier this month about the merger may provide some additional clues.
According to the entertainment industry outlet, Malone told Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries when asked about the debt Discovery will incur when it takes in WarnerMedia that it will be made up “in cost savings,” suggesting strongly that there could be significant cuts of multimillion-dollar talent from CNN, for starters.
“Leverage is relatively high for this company, but interest rates are quite low,” Malone told Fries. “This is investment-grade debt, long-term.
Read more:
“BREAKING REPORT: CNN returning to a 100% news channel after Major Merger. A ‘good number’ of the ‘talent/staff’ WILL BE LET GO to align with their new mission,” wrote political strategist Chuck Callesto, crediting the Washington Examiner’s former news editor Jon Nicosia.
But after Callesto’s tweet nearly two weeks ago, little more was said about the revelation — until now.
On Friday, Mediate tweeted a video clip of a CNBC interview with John Malone, who is the top shareholder in Discovery Media, which is set to merge with Time/Warner, which owns CNN. During the interview, Malone made a revealing statement.
“I would like to see CNN evolve back to the kind of journalism that it started with, and actually have journalists, which would be unique and refreshing,” he said, adding later that he believes “the coward’s way out would be to sell” CNN, “or spin it off and then sell it.”
All of which leads back to Callesto’s Nov. 12 tweet and begs the question: Who’s in at CNN after this merger? Who is out? And ultimately, what will the format look like?
A Deadline report published earlier this month about the merger may provide some additional clues.
According to the entertainment industry outlet, Malone told Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries when asked about the debt Discovery will incur when it takes in WarnerMedia that it will be made up “in cost savings,” suggesting strongly that there could be significant cuts of multimillion-dollar talent from CNN, for starters.
“Leverage is relatively high for this company, but interest rates are quite low,” Malone told Fries. “This is investment-grade debt, long-term.
Read more:
An arists blog.2
Thank you for the responses on the last blog. I can't find a way of answering individuals but I left a comment for the Kiwi Gentleman about which camera for motorsports. I think if anyone has a question, I will answer it in the next blog.
In the last blog I showed an earl drawing called "Ugly Man." It was indeed modeled on an oil painting by another artist, which confused some people but others figured out.
In this blog the drawing will indicate why I use the name 17th Lancer. I served in the 17th/21st Lancers. This drawing was based on a print by the late Harry Payne. I did the drawing first, then later did it as a watercolour. I used paint in tubes, rather than the blocks of watercolour paint you can buy, but if you don't secure the cap properly, the paint in the tube will go solid. I wanted a more opaque finish which is why I used the tubes of paint.
So there are two images attached. The drawing and the watercolour. Someone couldn't open the image in the last blog. I've no idea why. It's a bit annoying I can't just upload the images from the computer. I'm putting links to one of three on line stores I have. This one is still under construction as it's taking time to upload all my work, but I have closed my Adobe account and uninstalled Photoshop (Adobe gave you a portfolio page). The reason being, I'm fed up paying a monthly subscription for something that no longer works well on the Windows 8 system I still have. In fact without Windows 10, I can't get the latest upgrades I'm paying for. Instead I bought Affinity Photo for a little over $50 and it's mine. If I want different upgrades, I can buy packages. It's much better in my opinion. I also use Coral Painter, a combination of the two allows me to produce a variety of digital art which is where I began as an artist.
Please feel free to comment and I will answer in the next blog.
I have finally ditched Adobe Photoshop. I'm still using Windows 8 but unless you are on Windows 10, you can't update either Photoshop or Lightroom, but you are still expected to pay the same never ending subscription. Instead I bought Affinity Photo for a little over $50. That's it, it's mine and in 5 months will have paid for itself. It is as good, if not better than Photoshop. Much of it works in a similar way, so if you're fed up with Adobe, get Affinity.
In the last blog I showed an earl drawing called "Ugly Man." It was indeed modeled on an oil painting by another artist, which confused some people but others figured out.
In this blog the drawing will indicate why I use the name 17th Lancer. I served in the 17th/21st Lancers. This drawing was based on a print by the late Harry Payne. I did the drawing first, then later did it as a watercolour. I used paint in tubes, rather than the blocks of watercolour paint you can buy, but if you don't secure the cap properly, the paint in the tube will go solid. I wanted a more opaque finish which is why I used the tubes of paint.
So there are two images attached. The drawing and the watercolour. Someone couldn't open the image in the last blog. I've no idea why. It's a bit annoying I can't just upload the images from the computer. I'm putting links to one of three on line stores I have. This one is still under construction as it's taking time to upload all my work, but I have closed my Adobe account and uninstalled Photoshop (Adobe gave you a portfolio page). The reason being, I'm fed up paying a monthly subscription for something that no longer works well on the Windows 8 system I still have. In fact without Windows 10, I can't get the latest upgrades I'm paying for. Instead I bought Affinity Photo for a little over $50 and it's mine. If I want different upgrades, I can buy packages. It's much better in my opinion. I also use Coral Painter, a combination of the two allows me to produce a variety of digital art which is where I began as an artist.
Please feel free to comment and I will answer in the next blog.
I have finally ditched Adobe Photoshop. I'm still using Windows 8 but unless you are on Windows 10, you can't update either Photoshop or Lightroom, but you are still expected to pay the same never ending subscription. Instead I bought Affinity Photo for a little over $50. That's it, it's mine and in 5 months will have paid for itself. It is as good, if not better than Photoshop. Much of it works in a similar way, so if you're fed up with Adobe, get Affinity.
An arists blog.
I've had a couple of attempts at writing blogs before but no one read them, but while I'm here I may as well give it a try. I've been a photographer for over 30 years but never as a full time job, just the odd wedding and model portfolio shoot but in 2017 after doing a course on digital photoart, where your work achieved praise if it looked painterly, I thought, well, why not just paint?
I last did painting when I was in secondary school which I left in 1971 at the age of 16. I was now 62 when I started and had to reach myself from scratch, so I'm going to show what I hope has been some progress. I'm including a link to a drawing I did called "Ugly Man." As I don't know yet how this will work. I will have to wait and see.
I last did painting when I was in secondary school which I left in 1971 at the age of 16. I was now 62 when I started and had to reach myself from scratch, so I'm going to show what I hope has been some progress. I'm including a link to a drawing I did called "Ugly Man." As I don't know yet how this will work. I will have to wait and see.
$ 10 Billion offer
In response to:
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Bloomberg Offers Trump Ten Billion Dollars to Leave White House by End of Day
From The New Yorker;
By Andy Borowitz
November 8, 2019
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—The former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg upended the 2020 Presidential race on Friday by offering Donald J. Trump ten billion dollars to leave the White House by the end of the day.
“I will deposit ten billion dollars into your account in Moscow, Riyadh, or wherever you do your banking these days,” Bloomberg announced. “All you have to do is go.”
In addition to the ten-billion-dollar offer, Bloomberg told Trump that he would cover the moving expenses of Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Kellyanne Conway, and any other associates “that you haven’t already gotten rid of.”
On Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats expressed sadness that Bloomberg’s offer, if successful, would eliminate the need for impeachment, which many of them had been looking forward to.
But Representative Adam Schiff of California struck a more philosophical note. “If ten billion dollars gets rid of Donald Trump, that’s a quid pro quo I’m okay with,” he said. :thuimbsup:
Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian
who has written for The New Yorker since 1998.
He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news.
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Bloomberg Offers Trump Ten Billion Dollars to Leave White House by End of Day
From The New Yorker;
By Andy Borowitz
November 8, 2019
NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—The former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg upended the 2020 Presidential race on Friday by offering Donald J. Trump ten billion dollars to leave the White House by the end of the day.
“I will deposit ten billion dollars into your account in Moscow, Riyadh, or wherever you do your banking these days,” Bloomberg announced. “All you have to do is go.”
In addition to the ten-billion-dollar offer, Bloomberg told Trump that he would cover the moving expenses of Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Kellyanne Conway, and any other associates “that you haven’t already gotten rid of.”
On Capitol Hill, congressional Democrats expressed sadness that Bloomberg’s offer, if successful, would eliminate the need for impeachment, which many of them had been looking forward to.
But Representative Adam Schiff of California struck a more philosophical note. “If ten billion dollars gets rid of Donald Trump, that’s a quid pro quo I’m okay with,” he said. :thuimbsup:
Andy Borowitz is a Times best-selling author and a comedian
who has written for The New Yorker since 1998.
He writes The Borowitz Report, a satirical column on the news.
I do think, that most US citizens would pitch in some cash to have officially The Worst US president in history to get to step down.
Now, most of us don't have $10 Billion to contribute, but maybe together we can surpass it.
Nonetheless, instead, we will first have to await the decision of the Senate after the impeachment trial.
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