I have no idea how long some of these links will last, so for now, this will be a place to find such stuff.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hansel_doug/magazine_recording_studio.php /a>
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Did you ever see this? The story of building my "recording studio" with my dad
So, I'm in the mood suddenly to catch my blog up with historical fun stuff that's been happening over the years. I was lucky enough to have this story published on the venerable "Creative Cow" in both online and print form.
I have no idea how long some of these links will last, so for now, this will be a place to find such stuff.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hansel_doug/magazine_recording_studio.php /a>
I have no idea how long some of these links will last, so for now, this will be a place to find such stuff.
https://library.creativecow.net/articles/hansel_doug/magazine_recording_studio.php /a>
Man can I talk... and talk.. and almost be "on message"?!?
This is me preaching Avid's message last year at the NAB show.
If you find yourself having problems sleeping, then by all means, watch. Otherwise, unless you care about such things, you'll not want to waste precious minutes of your life watching this. ;-)
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
I'm on a Blogging diet... only one post per year!?
... But seriously... who else can claim they are a blogger and only do one post a year? Who?
I'm not proud of it, but it just "is".
So, what's in the news? Only that I quit my job at Avid after more years than I can count (at least on my hands) 20+? ..with 2 tours of duty... Good news is that I am now happier than I've ever been. I'm working from home with my lovely wife as I have joined her successful marketing and public relations business. www.highrezpr.com It was all part of a dream I didn't even know I was having... I started to realize while working for Avid over the years that the favorite parts of my job were my interactions with customers, and the communication and educational aspect of that interaction. I guess I've never really gotten over the thrill of giving a good demo to anyone who is interested. So, with that in mind, I made a bold move and switched careers at Avid, leaving behind my "Product Designer" role, and joining the marketing group as Senior Marketing Manager. Some people probably thought I was crazy... but, I needed to know if I could do it, if I could be any good at writing (still working on that), and if the whole marcom thing was really something I was interested in. It went ok, and I was fortunate to have so much knowledge on the subject that I could learn while doing. Of course I learned a lot of things I didn't like and had to continue to suffer an intolerable amount of high tech jargon. (leveraging our core competencies to deploy best of breed solutions) -- That could be an entire blog subject on its own (another day). However, I successfully wore the marketing hat, and found that although I can write "ok", there are a few people that can write so much better... I mean the WOW, how do they do that? kind of better..(my wife being one of them) I figure I'm as good or better than most, so I'll keep plodding along trying to up my game. As the year progressed, the dream started to materialize of possibly going to work for Veronique at HighRez. If we could just pick up enough clients, the math might work out and we could survive? So, we discussed the possibility for weeks, agonizing over things like health insurance costs, 401Ks, and all our other expenses. Almost like clockwork, potential new clients just started coming out of the woodwork. Without ANY solicitation by us!! So, if ever I felt something/somebody was looking out for us, it was then. We signed up three more (just the number we calculated we needed) and I gave my notice. Things really took off and I was working out my two weeks with Avid while writing and having meetings with HighRez clients. Avid could not have been better to me. They said "as long as you get your work done, we don't care where you are", which was lucky, since we needed to attend a kickoff meeting with a client in California!
So, that was July 2014... and here we are still going strong in November (touch wood). I've taken the title of "technology evangelist", which is certainly unique, but I have to admit that I'm doing a fair amount of it every day, so it's actually quite fitting. One of our biggest concerns is not taking on too much work, as we continue to get business leads from some great companies. We have to be careful not to get buried in our work. However, wintertime is a good time for such things! All in all, I'm so happy, I can't even describe it. Working from home with the woman I love is just heavenly. We have different strengths, so we make a good team. Some folks can't imagine working with their spouses, and I can understand that, however, so far (touching wood again) we are managing pretty well! The other problem I'm having is not taking this all for granted. I feel so blessed and full of gratitude, but I still can't express how wonderful the change is in words. It's truly extraordinary, and I owe so much of it to Veronique, because yet again she made it all possible! Love, love, love that woman!!
I'm not proud of it, but it just "is".
So, what's in the news? Only that I quit my job at Avid after more years than I can count (at least on my hands) 20+? ..with 2 tours of duty... Good news is that I am now happier than I've ever been. I'm working from home with my lovely wife as I have joined her successful marketing and public relations business. www.highrezpr.com It was all part of a dream I didn't even know I was having... I started to realize while working for Avid over the years that the favorite parts of my job were my interactions with customers, and the communication and educational aspect of that interaction. I guess I've never really gotten over the thrill of giving a good demo to anyone who is interested. So, with that in mind, I made a bold move and switched careers at Avid, leaving behind my "Product Designer" role, and joining the marketing group as Senior Marketing Manager. Some people probably thought I was crazy... but, I needed to know if I could do it, if I could be any good at writing (still working on that), and if the whole marcom thing was really something I was interested in. It went ok, and I was fortunate to have so much knowledge on the subject that I could learn while doing. Of course I learned a lot of things I didn't like and had to continue to suffer an intolerable amount of high tech jargon. (leveraging our core competencies to deploy best of breed solutions) -- That could be an entire blog subject on its own (another day). However, I successfully wore the marketing hat, and found that although I can write "ok", there are a few people that can write so much better... I mean the WOW, how do they do that? kind of better..(my wife being one of them) I figure I'm as good or better than most, so I'll keep plodding along trying to up my game. As the year progressed, the dream started to materialize of possibly going to work for Veronique at HighRez. If we could just pick up enough clients, the math might work out and we could survive? So, we discussed the possibility for weeks, agonizing over things like health insurance costs, 401Ks, and all our other expenses. Almost like clockwork, potential new clients just started coming out of the woodwork. Without ANY solicitation by us!! So, if ever I felt something/somebody was looking out for us, it was then. We signed up three more (just the number we calculated we needed) and I gave my notice. Things really took off and I was working out my two weeks with Avid while writing and having meetings with HighRez clients. Avid could not have been better to me. They said "as long as you get your work done, we don't care where you are", which was lucky, since we needed to attend a kickoff meeting with a client in California!
So, that was July 2014... and here we are still going strong in November (touch wood). I've taken the title of "technology evangelist", which is certainly unique, but I have to admit that I'm doing a fair amount of it every day, so it's actually quite fitting. One of our biggest concerns is not taking on too much work, as we continue to get business leads from some great companies. We have to be careful not to get buried in our work. However, wintertime is a good time for such things! All in all, I'm so happy, I can't even describe it. Working from home with the woman I love is just heavenly. We have different strengths, so we make a good team. Some folks can't imagine working with their spouses, and I can understand that, however, so far (touching wood again) we are managing pretty well! The other problem I'm having is not taking this all for granted. I feel so blessed and full of gratitude, but I still can't express how wonderful the change is in words. It's truly extraordinary, and I owe so much of it to Veronique, because yet again she made it all possible! Love, love, love that woman!!
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Hello Summer 2013 - I just remembered I had a blog!
It's no joke that this is indeed "The very rarely posted and never read thoughts of Doug Hansel..."
Do you believe me now? It appears that my last entry was December 2009?!
The boys are 7 going on 8 and flying to France in 3 days to spend the summer with their grandparents. What an amazing opportunity. They of course have no idea. It's just what you do, go to visit your grandparents, what could be more normal right?
Of course we as parents have a nice broad range of emotions ranging from "OMG we're putting our kids on a plane by themselves to Europe" and "Wow, they're going to be bi-lingual in no time with an experience like this" and "Yeah, we have our freedom again, let's be spontaneous!!" to "wow, we miss them and they haven't even left yet." To be clear, Veronique and I are really enjoying being parents, and couldn't be more proud of our boys. We've made a big decision this year too, since we will be moving them out of Montessori school and into public school this fall for the 3rd grade. They are genuinely excited by the prospect and newness of it and we can't help but me amazed at their spirit of adventure.
In other news, I'm getting a new John Deere garden tractor this Friday, so it should be fun to mow the lawn a couple times before the novelty wears off and it becomes a chore again. Oh, and I got a snow-blower attachment for it too, so it will be fun to have that capability again this winter (the last one broke) so that I can do a nice clean job versus the mess that the plow guy makes, again up until the point that it becomes a chore. I'm sure there's a lesson in there... how to keep things fresh? Why should mowing the lawn one day be fun and not the next? It's all about perspective and awareness I guess? Has anybody seen my nirvana? Probably trapped under the cushions of the couch again.
Ok, so, this is getting boring. I might as well talk about the grass growing next right?
I didn't have a real reason to write, other than to prove I can still access my blog account (which took a few moments!)
So, let's see if this lights up my corner of cyberspace for a nanosecond.
Publish!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
The Nativity according to our 4 year old boys, word for word
Veronique, my wife, was in the process of capturing this for posterity when I arrived home tonight, it's Lowan and Kaelens' current understanding of the "true meaning of Christmas" that they apparently heard about in school today.
It's special so I'm copying it here too:
Mommy, you know, when we celebrate Christmas, we don’t celebrate the birth of Santa Claus, or the reindeers' birthday. We celebrate the birthday of baby Jesus.
Baby Jesus was a very famous man when he growed up. He was born in a pile of hay. He was born in the ball of hay because there were too many other people sleeping in the regular beds. They walked to the farm where the ball of hay was. There was also donkey carrying a lady who was full of heaven. Heaven is the place where God lives. The donkey had a dream: he dreamed that he was carrying a castle and a sailboat and a rose, and a lady full of heaven. And there were angels standing all around the flower, the rose and the donkey. They knocked on the doors but no one was there and then they finally found a cave to go in and then the man whispered to the donkey ‘come come donkey’, and then they heard the crying inside and when they saw it, it was baby Jesus. All the animal watched baby Jesus being born. Baby Jesus, when he was a grown up, wrote a book that was called the Bible.
The Nativity according to Lowan and Kaelen Hansel. December 16 2009.
It's special so I'm copying it here too:
Mommy, you know, when we celebrate Christmas, we don’t celebrate the birth of Santa Claus, or the reindeers' birthday. We celebrate the birthday of baby Jesus.
Baby Jesus was a very famous man when he growed up. He was born in a pile of hay. He was born in the ball of hay because there were too many other people sleeping in the regular beds. They walked to the farm where the ball of hay was. There was also donkey carrying a lady who was full of heaven. Heaven is the place where God lives. The donkey had a dream: he dreamed that he was carrying a castle and a sailboat and a rose, and a lady full of heaven. And there were angels standing all around the flower, the rose and the donkey. They knocked on the doors but no one was there and then they finally found a cave to go in and then the man whispered to the donkey ‘come come donkey’, and then they heard the crying inside and when they saw it, it was baby Jesus. All the animal watched baby Jesus being born. Baby Jesus, when he was a grown up, wrote a book that was called the Bible.
The Nativity according to Lowan and Kaelen Hansel. December 16 2009.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Health Care Reform - News from the front lines
This is a message thread from facebook that I wanted to preserve for prosperity. The whole thing starts when I see a link on Bobby Pratt's profile (a kid I went to high school with) to a very old Ronald Reagan piece against "socialized medicine" (read Medicare) before he was involved in government. Probably paid to do it by the American Medical Association at the time. (he was an actor after all!)
Funny, that the same American Medical Association are in favor of health care reform now! Anyway, I boiled over on these folks. I'm not exactly proud of it, but I finally could not play nice any more:
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Regarding the Reagan speech:
Bobby Pratt: The first 15 seconds of this speech says it all and it's worth listening to.
Fri at 3:37pm
Jack Whitman Jr:
He did say it all. I hope people take time to listen to this one.
Fri at 4:25pm
Doug Hansel:
He was wrong and you are wrong. I lived in the UK for 8 years. The Nationial Health system there works great. I lived it. I know. I used it, and I was surrounded by others that used it. Sure, it wasn't perfect, but it was a damn site better than what we have now. You guys need a taste of unemployment like I had where I was paying $1200 ... Read Morefreaking bucks a month to cover my family with no income only a few months ago. Actually, I pray it doesn't happen to you, as no one should have to endure that.
Pay a attention and use your head. The insurance companies are the very evil that Reagan is warning against now in this video, and we can't let them continue. At least with a democratic process we "might" have some shot at controlling this crap.
Fri at 10:43pm
Cindy Doss:
Doug,
If the UK system was so good, then why is it so many people from the UK and other countrys that have socialized medicine come here to get there surgery's and other things done? Since you don't like how this county is goiing, please by all means, use our 1st amendment with pride and get the hell out with all the other demorcrats that are trying to ruin our freedom country.
Fri at 11:44pm
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Doug, sorry to hear that you had to endure being unemployeed and afraid, but government is not the answer....most likely they were the problem....I work in health care and everyone who seeks treatment gets treatment regardless of ability to pay....People come from all over the world to seek treatment here....specially those who live where they have... Read More socialized medicine....Do you really want some bean counter telling you because you're sixty-five years young you can't have that procedure due to age?? Because that's what happens...Cancer diagnoses? Go home and be with your family..no treatment for you...Scary....Let's not let that happen here....
Sat at 12:20am
Dave Pippin:
Government is never the answer. They have one responsibility and that is to protect our freedoms. If we do not stand up now and fight this battle, we risk losing the war forever.
Sat at 8:51am
Doug Hansel:
Cindy, again, wrong. Recently, 750,000 Americans left the country to seek medical treatment abroad. See this paper and the fact that it is expected to trend into the millions! http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D230231,00.html
READ the PDF! VERY few come here and only because of rare specialty cases. You probably won't read it though since it doesn't "agree" with you.
You evoke the 1st amendment and freedom, and you deny me mine? You are a hypocrite! You want anyone that doesn't agree with you to leave! That's not how freedom and democracy works. What a way to set an example!
Yesterday at 8:17am
Doug Hansel:
Barbara, Afraid? Of ignorance, yes..
Sure "government is not the answer"; we don't need social security, medicare, police, fire, judges, legal systems. Let's get rid of all that crap shall we? And Dave just wants the military and that's it.
Where are you getting your info Barbara? From your company probably! If you want to talk about "Medical Tourism" which is what it's actually called, you should do more research before you start talking out your backside.
Here's the link again http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D230231,00.html
As I said in my previous post, I lived in the UK. I have seen the system work personally for 8 years. Guess what, there's lots of "old people" there! They don't actually kill them or deny them treatments! No REALLY!
See this article on how much the brits like their healthcare regardless of what you are being told. http://bit.ly/mAObj
If you folks would only pay attention and do your own thinking, you'd be amazed at what you can find out.
Yesterday at 8:28am
Cindy Doss:
Doug,
I did read your article and my question to you is, if you thought the UK was so great, then why did you leave? Have you seen how our Vets are treated? Do you really want a government that doesn't care about you to tell you what you can and can not do when it comes to your health and your families? Have you not paid attention to what our government is doing to this country. If I really thought that it would benefit this country, I would be all for it, but it won't, it will only make things worse. I do understand that our insurance companies have a lot to do with the problem, so it is them we need to fight, not let our government control who and when we visit our own chosen doctors. I do understand people want to go to other countries because they have services that our FDA will not approve here, that is not what our issue is, our issue is letting our government control our healthcare. Have you read this bill or any part of it, if not, read it, you will change your mind.
Yesterday at 11:48am
Doug Hansel:
Cindy, you can't back track on your statement above. We all know what you meant. "get the hell out with all the other democrats" is very plain. We know where you stand. Don't be ashamed, I'm sure some others here agree with you, just don't play like you didn't "mean to say that" Because that's BS.
I think you need to go back and examine why this country is so great. Why is that Cindy? How is our fragile democracy that you so cherise held together? It's the government baby.. by the people for the people. It's precisely our government, that we create and re-create through our democratic process that gives you your precious freedoms.
But, the government is EVIL isn't? Answer me this: Do you "Cindy" want to get rid of Medicare, Social Security, police, fire, judges, legal system, and education? Do you? Because these are exactly the "social" systems that you are yours are fighting against. You wouldn't know socialism if it hit you. Please try and LEARN before joining the debate
Yesterday at 2:16pm
Doug Hansel:
and YES, I have read parts of the bill, and I'm glad you asked, because so far you have not offered one fact from it to back up your outrageous claims. Please, if you can quote one line from the bill that backs up your opinion, I would love for you to share it. I'm sure we all would.
Yesterday at 2:20pm
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Doug, sorry you seem so very angry...everyone has there right to their opinions...I work on a Bone Marrow Transpalnt unit....This is a very expensive treatment & we currently has several pt with only Medicare and Medicaide for insurance....I work with 2 RN's from the UK and 1 from Canada....All 3 say that they would never be treating some of the patients we do....mostly do to age....so be gald you were young & whatever treatment you recieved while living in the UK was not age based.....I read your article....some minor treatments and drugs maybe cheaper elsewhere...we have the best health care in the World right here....You say you've read some of the 1000 page bill?? I can't seem to find a copy...I see blogs and what people on both sides want you to know...but I can't seem to find the bill itself...if you have the wab site for that I would love to read it.....Insurance companies do need to be reigned in and some do crazy lawsuits that drive up the cost of everything medical.....
9 hours ago
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Remember it's called a medical practice...not a medical perfect.....good Doctors, Nurses and Other Medical Professionals practice good medicine....they are not perfect...they do the best they can...
Doug Hansel:
Barbara,
If I'm angry, it's because people are lying. Don't you get mad when people lie and distort facts?
You are working in a very specialized area, and I'm sure the doctors you work with are the best at what they do, but we're talking about millions of people that do not have health insurance here. You need to widen your view of the situation beyond your practice. How many people come into your practice from overseas per year? You're talking about a handful, and the rest of us are talking about millions of people without basic care.
I also think you are getting confused about what the debate is about. No one is criticizing the quality of health care in this country. We are talking about the insurance industry and the way health care is administered. We are not critical of YOU. Did you think we were?
I'm very surprised that you can't find a copy of this bill, since it's kind of a easy thing to find. I hope your nursing skills are better than your google skills!
8 hours ago
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Doug, I realize that some people seek treatment outside the USA because it's not an approved treatment here..... Socialized Medicine isn't going to change the FDA and their rules..... Waiting for the link to the bill..... Even though we are on opposite sides of this issue..... I hope things are going well for you and have found a good job.... It's Great to be an American....in a place where friends can disagree..... Have a fabulous day!!!!
8 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
The Bill is called H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text
Not exactly light reading you will see.
Some things the government does pretty well. Would you like to have "private" police companies patrolling the street? Private Military? Private legal system protecting your freedoms?
8 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
I think we need to get behind the government and make it work for us. If it doesn't, we have no one but ourselves to blame. Saying the government isn't the answer as a blanket statement goes against the very fabric that makes this country great. Our government is precisely what makes it "great to be American" don't you agree? If not, what exactly is it?
8 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
I also have to disagree with your FDA statement. People leave the USA for treatment because they can't afford the equivalent treatment here, not because of some FDA approval issue. Did you not read the Deloitte and Touche research paper I posted above?
8 hours ago
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Bobby, back to the original post....Thanks so much for posting it.... Ronald Reagan was a very smart man, a GREAT American and an AWESOME President...
Doug, You are a very angry negative person and I feel sorry for you... but It's nice to see people with passion...I respect your right to disagree with my views and your right to be wrong (in my ...opinion).....Why it is you can't show any repect for people with opposing views....I have tried not be disrepectful to you but I find you narrow minded and condescending.....I'm choosing not to respond to your negative nonsense anymore....Wishing you and your family nothing but the best of wishes for the future...I hope you find Peace & Happiness...In this the BEST Country on EARTH.....Pray we stay that way!!!!!
5 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
You obviously don't know me or you'd know I'm not a negative, angry person. I also don't suffer fools who spread disinformaton. I'm not angry at all, you just think I am because I've called you out for being WRONG (repeatedly with real links to facts). Why would you have me respect your opinion when it's based on falsehoods that you can't back up? I'm glad you won't respond, because I know the real reason; you have no logical basis for your argument to continue. So, you can blame it all on me and my attitude, but in truth, if your opinions could be backed up by one shred of fact, we might be able to have an actual debate.
Bye bye Barbara... don't worry, we have your best interests at heart... and that's the greatest irony of all.
3 hours ago
Funny, that the same American Medical Association are in favor of health care reform now! Anyway, I boiled over on these folks. I'm not exactly proud of it, but I finally could not play nice any more:
-----------------
Regarding the Reagan speech:
Bobby Pratt: The first 15 seconds of this speech says it all and it's worth listening to.
Fri at 3:37pm
Jack Whitman Jr:
He did say it all. I hope people take time to listen to this one.
Fri at 4:25pm
Doug Hansel:
He was wrong and you are wrong. I lived in the UK for 8 years. The Nationial Health system there works great. I lived it. I know. I used it, and I was surrounded by others that used it. Sure, it wasn't perfect, but it was a damn site better than what we have now. You guys need a taste of unemployment like I had where I was paying $1200 ... Read Morefreaking bucks a month to cover my family with no income only a few months ago. Actually, I pray it doesn't happen to you, as no one should have to endure that.
Pay a attention and use your head. The insurance companies are the very evil that Reagan is warning against now in this video, and we can't let them continue. At least with a democratic process we "might" have some shot at controlling this crap.
Fri at 10:43pm
Cindy Doss:
Doug,
If the UK system was so good, then why is it so many people from the UK and other countrys that have socialized medicine come here to get there surgery's and other things done? Since you don't like how this county is goiing, please by all means, use our 1st amendment with pride and get the hell out with all the other demorcrats that are trying to ruin our freedom country.
Fri at 11:44pm
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Doug, sorry to hear that you had to endure being unemployeed and afraid, but government is not the answer....most likely they were the problem....I work in health care and everyone who seeks treatment gets treatment regardless of ability to pay....People come from all over the world to seek treatment here....specially those who live where they have... Read More socialized medicine....Do you really want some bean counter telling you because you're sixty-five years young you can't have that procedure due to age?? Because that's what happens...Cancer diagnoses? Go home and be with your family..no treatment for you...Scary....Let's not let that happen here....
Sat at 12:20am
Dave Pippin:
Government is never the answer. They have one responsibility and that is to protect our freedoms. If we do not stand up now and fight this battle, we risk losing the war forever.
Sat at 8:51am
Doug Hansel:
Cindy, again, wrong. Recently, 750,000 Americans left the country to seek medical treatment abroad. See this paper and the fact that it is expected to trend into the millions! http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D230231,00.html
READ the PDF! VERY few come here and only because of rare specialty cases. You probably won't read it though since it doesn't "agree" with you.
You evoke the 1st amendment and freedom, and you deny me mine? You are a hypocrite! You want anyone that doesn't agree with you to leave! That's not how freedom and democracy works. What a way to set an example!
Yesterday at 8:17am
Doug Hansel:
Barbara, Afraid? Of ignorance, yes..
Sure "government is not the answer"; we don't need social security, medicare, police, fire, judges, legal systems. Let's get rid of all that crap shall we? And Dave just wants the military and that's it.
Where are you getting your info Barbara? From your company probably! If you want to talk about "Medical Tourism" which is what it's actually called, you should do more research before you start talking out your backside.
Here's the link again http://www.deloitte.com/dtt/article/0,1002,cid%253D230231,00.html
As I said in my previous post, I lived in the UK. I have seen the system work personally for 8 years. Guess what, there's lots of "old people" there! They don't actually kill them or deny them treatments! No REALLY!
See this article on how much the brits like their healthcare regardless of what you are being told. http://bit.ly/mAObj
If you folks would only pay attention and do your own thinking, you'd be amazed at what you can find out.
Yesterday at 8:28am
Cindy Doss:
Doug,
I did read your article and my question to you is, if you thought the UK was so great, then why did you leave? Have you seen how our Vets are treated? Do you really want a government that doesn't care about you to tell you what you can and can not do when it comes to your health and your families? Have you not paid attention to what our government is doing to this country. If I really thought that it would benefit this country, I would be all for it, but it won't, it will only make things worse. I do understand that our insurance companies have a lot to do with the problem, so it is them we need to fight, not let our government control who and when we visit our own chosen doctors. I do understand people want to go to other countries because they have services that our FDA will not approve here, that is not what our issue is, our issue is letting our government control our healthcare. Have you read this bill or any part of it, if not, read it, you will change your mind.
Yesterday at 11:48am
Doug Hansel:
Cindy, you can't back track on your statement above. We all know what you meant. "get the hell out with all the other democrats" is very plain. We know where you stand. Don't be ashamed, I'm sure some others here agree with you, just don't play like you didn't "mean to say that" Because that's BS.
I think you need to go back and examine why this country is so great. Why is that Cindy? How is our fragile democracy that you so cherise held together? It's the government baby.. by the people for the people. It's precisely our government, that we create and re-create through our democratic process that gives you your precious freedoms.
But, the government is EVIL isn't? Answer me this: Do you "Cindy" want to get rid of Medicare, Social Security, police, fire, judges, legal system, and education? Do you? Because these are exactly the "social" systems that you are yours are fighting against. You wouldn't know socialism if it hit you. Please try and LEARN before joining the debate
Yesterday at 2:16pm
Doug Hansel:
and YES, I have read parts of the bill, and I'm glad you asked, because so far you have not offered one fact from it to back up your outrageous claims. Please, if you can quote one line from the bill that backs up your opinion, I would love for you to share it. I'm sure we all would.
Yesterday at 2:20pm
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Doug, sorry you seem so very angry...everyone has there right to their opinions...I work on a Bone Marrow Transpalnt unit....This is a very expensive treatment & we currently has several pt with only Medicare and Medicaide for insurance....I work with 2 RN's from the UK and 1 from Canada....All 3 say that they would never be treating some of the patients we do....mostly do to age....so be gald you were young & whatever treatment you recieved while living in the UK was not age based.....I read your article....some minor treatments and drugs maybe cheaper elsewhere...we have the best health care in the World right here....You say you've read some of the 1000 page bill?? I can't seem to find a copy...I see blogs and what people on both sides want you to know...but I can't seem to find the bill itself...if you have the wab site for that I would love to read it.....Insurance companies do need to be reigned in and some do crazy lawsuits that drive up the cost of everything medical.....
9 hours ago
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Remember it's called a medical practice...not a medical perfect.....good Doctors, Nurses and Other Medical Professionals practice good medicine....they are not perfect...they do the best they can...
Doug Hansel:
Barbara,
If I'm angry, it's because people are lying. Don't you get mad when people lie and distort facts?
You are working in a very specialized area, and I'm sure the doctors you work with are the best at what they do, but we're talking about millions of people that do not have health insurance here. You need to widen your view of the situation beyond your practice. How many people come into your practice from overseas per year? You're talking about a handful, and the rest of us are talking about millions of people without basic care.
I also think you are getting confused about what the debate is about. No one is criticizing the quality of health care in this country. We are talking about the insurance industry and the way health care is administered. We are not critical of YOU. Did you think we were?
I'm very surprised that you can't find a copy of this bill, since it's kind of a easy thing to find. I hope your nursing skills are better than your google skills!
8 hours ago
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Doug, I realize that some people seek treatment outside the USA because it's not an approved treatment here..... Socialized Medicine isn't going to change the FDA and their rules..... Waiting for the link to the bill..... Even though we are on opposite sides of this issue..... I hope things are going well for you and have found a good job.... It's Great to be an American....in a place where friends can disagree..... Have a fabulous day!!!!
8 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
The Bill is called H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text
Not exactly light reading you will see.
Some things the government does pretty well. Would you like to have "private" police companies patrolling the street? Private Military? Private legal system protecting your freedoms?
8 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
I think we need to get behind the government and make it work for us. If it doesn't, we have no one but ourselves to blame. Saying the government isn't the answer as a blanket statement goes against the very fabric that makes this country great. Our government is precisely what makes it "great to be American" don't you agree? If not, what exactly is it?
8 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
I also have to disagree with your FDA statement. People leave the USA for treatment because they can't afford the equivalent treatment here, not because of some FDA approval issue. Did you not read the Deloitte and Touche research paper I posted above?
8 hours ago
Barbara Buntele Karraker:
Bobby, back to the original post....Thanks so much for posting it.... Ronald Reagan was a very smart man, a GREAT American and an AWESOME President...
Doug, You are a very angry negative person and I feel sorry for you... but It's nice to see people with passion...I respect your right to disagree with my views and your right to be wrong (in my ...opinion).....Why it is you can't show any repect for people with opposing views....I have tried not be disrepectful to you but I find you narrow minded and condescending.....I'm choosing not to respond to your negative nonsense anymore....Wishing you and your family nothing but the best of wishes for the future...I hope you find Peace & Happiness...In this the BEST Country on EARTH.....Pray we stay that way!!!!!
5 hours ago
Doug Hansel:
You obviously don't know me or you'd know I'm not a negative, angry person. I also don't suffer fools who spread disinformaton. I'm not angry at all, you just think I am because I've called you out for being WRONG (repeatedly with real links to facts). Why would you have me respect your opinion when it's based on falsehoods that you can't back up? I'm glad you won't respond, because I know the real reason; you have no logical basis for your argument to continue. So, you can blame it all on me and my attitude, but in truth, if your opinions could be backed up by one shred of fact, we might be able to have an actual debate.
Bye bye Barbara... don't worry, we have your best interests at heart... and that's the greatest irony of all.
3 hours ago
Monday, February 9, 2009
The Future of Sound and Speaker technology?
The first time I heard about this technology, I knew it was a keeper. The amazing thing about this "sound technology" is it's ability to give us silence as much as sound! Imagine not having to hear things you don't want to. There is so much noise pollution in our world today, and directional technology such as this could really help eliminate that! The uses are endless as Woody desribes. Note: This was filmed in 2004, but since it's been recently posted again on TED, I thought I would link to it. Check it out!
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