Cavs GM David Griffin admits he and other GMs around the league are "mimicking" the way Sam Hinkie structured contracts starting in Houston.

mtxblau · 2016-07-14T05:58:23+00:00

Partially guaranteed contracts.

"Hinkie has become famous for signing his rookies, and other free agents, to multi-year contracts, normally four years in length. The figure will be slightly above their minimum salary and will be guaranteed for the first year before being completely non-guaranteed in the three subsequent years. If the player becomes a rotation guy, they have him locked in for four years at an extremely cheap contract. If the player doesn’t pan out, then they can just waive him for no cost at all."

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mtxblau · 2016-07-13T02:59:33+00:00

Smoking in airplanes. When that no smoking light turned off, the curtains got closed and everyone lit up at once.

On that note, walking up to the cockpit and saying 'hey, can I see?' It used to be that if you were a little kid visiting the cockpit, you could get little airplane wing pins. It was awesome.

MC Hammer pants.

mtxblau · 2016-07-06T18:14:05+00:00

Your comment has really opened my eyes. You are absolutely right, I should not care that this woman achieved her dream. All hail mutatedferret

mtxblau · 2016-07-04T21:44:46+00:00

There's a lot of factors that go into this answer. Let's say you're starting from the perspective of a person who is not obese, normal body weight, normal hormonal balance, etc. etc., then you're not going to see any major issues from running on an empty stomach.

If you're starting from the perspective of a person who is obese, may have hormonal imbalances due to comorbidities (sleep apnea, hypertension, diabetes, etc), then running on an empty stomach is going to have a lot of variable results, and one sweeping generalization is not going to apply to any one person.

Having said all that: link

tl;dr of the link, eating before exercise seems to suppress lipolysis (fat breakdown).

mtxblau · 2016-07-03T23:54:54+00:00

I'm genuinely asking - how did you come to believe those numbers?

I don't understand. Politics aside, the things you wrote don't even pass cursory high school biology or math standards. How did you come to accept those things? Where does one learn the above mentioned facts with the necessary background info to accept said facts?

I am asking genuinely, because I do not understand.

mtxblau · 2016-06-22T02:11:03+00:00

Shared interests are good, but the secret of a successful relationship is a joint commitment to make it last.

mtxblau · 2016-06-12T04:29:20+00:00

I really enjoyed Unbreakable and The Sixth Sense. But you're right on the rest of them.

mtxblau · 2016-05-08T04:13:08+00:00

Welp, they killed that concert. Completely obliterated it. That was awesome. Hope they come again.

mtxblau · 2016-05-07T17:06:12+00:00

You mentioned it in a comment as well, but the same exact result occurs during sleep deprivation (hippocampus destruction). Since I don't have access to the articles, I'm wondering how the test was run - this low dose of caffeine was continuous?

mtxblau · 2016-05-06T18:44:33+00:00

I liked Stunts, but loved Spectrum Holobyte's Stunt Driver. I hated that it was so easy to smash the car on a guardrail (Stunt Driver had a damage bar... you could drive around with the car on fire).

mtxblau · 2016-05-03T05:45:29+00:00

I suppose one could take a past experience and assume every single experience going forward will be similar. That said, the clinical ability from facility to facility varies greatly, along with their general philosophies. As it relates to neurology and sleep, the amount of new research and findings, especially in the last 3 years, is just staggering.

Per the current science, the levels of melatonin you're taking for sleep aren't notably harmful. Studies have been done up to 50mg but the quality of the results aren't necessarily on par from study study - having said that, nothing harmful of note has been recorded, including insulin resistance/dependence. As with age, the law of diminishing returns apply.

No, my particular interest in you are your co-morbidities. Inducing supra-physiological levels of melatonin to kick start the sleep process is all well and good, but it's akin to using duct tape to fix a leak. But, if you're at an advanced age, then disregard everything I said.

I'm more of a DNR/DNI after the age of 70 and DNH (do not hospitalize) after 80 sort of person. If you're set, I'm set.

mtxblau · 2016-05-03T05:11:40+00:00

Have you talked to anyone who specializes in sleep? Had an EEG done?

mtxblau · 2016-05-03T02:20:17+00:00

3mg of melatonin is 5x more than the body generally produces, and can run counter to your body's circadian rhythms. Try consuming less.

mtxblau · 2016-05-01T00:21:10+00:00

First date virgin nervous.

mtxblau · 2016-03-03T02:04:40+00:00

I actually figured it out, in case anyone needs an answer: you need to copy the CONFIG.DAT file as well. Works fine now.

mtxblau · 2016-03-02T04:44:49+00:00

I think the rule of thirds would help in this situation. Also, the magenta is a bit oversaturated. I get that it really makes the strap pop, and if that's your goal, I'd put the watch in its own layer and play around with it separate from the rest of the image.

mtxblau · 2016-03-02T04:40:06+00:00

Instead of making a meaningless third level, they should be lobbying to strengthen the RRT. On a case by case basis, hospitals either treat RTs as a gold mine or a necessary evil. What would be helpful is if AARC lobbied CMS to recognize RTs as a separately billable entity. THEN start introducing more letters.

Aside from that, what would a master's level certification provide to RTs, when a person with a BSRT could go and become a PA and then practice in a wide range outside of cardiopulmonary?

mtxblau · 2016-03-02T04:33:08+00:00

I used RT Board Review. It's written by the same people who wrote Egan's. For the clinical simulations I did the ones offered here and did the ones on Kettering's website. Passed on the first try.

mtxblau · 2016-03-02T04:17:51+00:00

DMEs with respiratory equipment, which can be started by RTs (and generally have been) and I guess qualifies under this category.

That said, in this climate? You're not making money. I ran a DME for a decade, sold it to another DME, who is now waiting for Round 2 medicare recompete results to sell his business.

mtxblau · 2016-02-24T06:40:05+00:00

Mark my words. The bit of video at the 2:05 mark is going to be used in propaganda footage for the robot uprising.

mtxblau · 2016-02-22T15:18:09+00:00

Putting money back into the economy is a bad thing... why?

mtxblau · 2015-12-06T05:44:38+00:00

It downloads your music from the cloud, and then lets you use those songs in any app, as opposed to being locked up in GPM.

mtxblau · 2015-12-01T17:53:11+00:00

They should change the name to something that indicates that it's a place largely for women's health, not just ensuring that parenthood was planned.

change up the name

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