OLD UNTERRIFIED

Sparky, one of the alpacas at Rita Boell's farm near Martinsburg, WV.

Looks like a morel, but it is probably an inedible false or autumn morel. True morels appear in spring.

Teresa McCabe, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, says," We do have RapidResponse Teams at both City Hospital and Jefferson Memorial Hospital.Here are a few of the details:The Rapid Response Team is a team of clinical personnel with criticalcare skills trained to evaluate, determine and potentially manage apatient who may be rapidly deteriorating. The Team works incollaboration with the primary care nurse caring for the patient.Jefferson Memorial Hospital-Team is available 24/7-Consists of a Respiratory Therapist and an ICU Nurse-Anyone who sees a patient in distress can activate the team by callingthe ICU or alerting a staff member to call the ICU and give thepatient's locationCity Hospital-Team is available 24/7-Consists of a Primary Care RN, Critical Care RN, Respiratory Therapist,Nursing Supervisor-Anyone who sees a patient in distress can activate the team by callingor alerting a staff member to call 1911 and the team members are pagedto the patient's locationThe Team assesses and identifies the problem, makes recommendations forappropriate interventions, implements interventions and evaluates theeffectiveness of those interventions. A "Code Blue" may be called ifimmediate help is needed."

Nogoodniks worked overtime on Tuesday, October 10, in Shepherdstown. They robbed the post office, the China Kitchen Restaurant and TLC Photography. Their attempt to rob Jefferson Security Bank failed when the burglar alarm went off, alerting the police. On Wednesday, feds were still dusting for fingerprints and mail delivery did not resume until 2:30 P.M. Old Unterrified is thinking very seriously of clicking the heels of her red shoes.

This, from Umaru Sule, at Heifer's office in Philadelphia, PA
"A group of students are in the process
of officially forming Heifer Club at Shepherd University in West
Virginia. According to our Area Volunteer Coordinators, the students are
engaged in fundraising activities for Heifer International."

Shepherdstown, WV--The Cultured Purls will meet at Traveller's Joy on Sunday, October 15, at 3 P.M. Rana Oktay will speak on natural dyes used in textile manufacture in Turkey. Please contact
ushabti@frontiernet.net for details.

Click on this link to find out how to contribute handmate caps, blankets and clothing to the homeless, cancer patients, burn victims, premature babies.





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Do patients at local hospitals have access to Rapid Response teams? Oldunterrified will be talking with officials at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, in Ranson, WV and City Hospital, in Martinsburg, WV. Read all about it in upcoming posts.
This, from nurses.com
"Condition H -- What does the H stand for? Help -- “Condition HELP” Patients and families can call for help by initiating a “rapid response team”. A rapid response team is made up of designated members of the hospital’s healthcare team, including at least a doctor and nurse, who come to the patient’s bedside in an emergency and manage the situation, much like an ambulance team does in the community. The reasons for the Condition H can be:
A report from a family member or visitor to a healthcare provider (i.e. nurses, physicians) of a serious noted change in the patient’s condition that is not being addressed
An emergency situation where a noted change in the patient’s condition is not being recognized by the caregiver or does not receive the attention deemed appropriate by the family.
If after speaking with a member of the healthcare team, confusion or conflict of what needs to be done for the patient is evident. Who will respond to a Condition H? An internal medicine physician or nurse practitioner, the administrative nursing coordinator/supervisor. a floor nurse, and a patient relations coordinator, when in house. "

Left--A fine yuzu crop at a local garden.


Left--L'CHAIM!
A sip of New England aster nectar at a roadside bar on Mill Street.

Hilary Clinton would probably agree that it is not easy to be an elected official's wife. But being married to the leader a First World nation brings with almost as many perks as responsibilities. Being married to the mayor of a small town is another story. You get to answer the phone, hear the complaints, deal with the negative press about your partner and yet there is serious doubt that when it is all over, you get to represent the state of New York at the senate.
Mayor Lance Dom's wife Susan is not likely to hotfoot it to the Big Apple in search of a senatorial future the moment her husband's term is over. She is an accomplished woman--a mom, a nurse and the force behind the successful Sheherezade Cafe. She has strength and identity to spare, but it is her grace I want to praise in this space where there has been little praise for town officials and none for their partners.
This bouquet is for you, Susan, for taking the calls, passing on messages and doing so courteously. I had heard your husband was a nice guy and he does comes across as a mayor who cares about his constituents --even those who did not vote for him. Kudos to you both.

Was that really a Shepherd University student going door to door to collect eggs for the Heifer Project at 8:30 P.M. on Friday, October 1st.?
"We don't know that it was," says a source at Shepherd. "I think that the frat guys are doing something with Heifer."



Do Heifer volunteers collect door to door?
"No," says Heifer Project Regional Director Tony Woodell.

Is Shepherd University working with Heifer?

"I am not aware that it is," says Woodell.

Shepherdstown police received complaints from residents whose cars were egged at approximately the same time, but has yet to track down the culprits.

What does Shepherd have to say on the the subject?

"Pledge week was over by then."

Stay tuned. It beats reading about Al-Quaeda in Pakistan.

Click on http://www.heifer.org/ to contact the real Heifer Project folks.

Damage control wonks at Shepherd U must be busy trying to restore the image of that institution as an oasis of tranquility. A recent series of unfortunate events including a murder-suicide, alleged arson, and threats of terrorism have left the community wondering just how safe is life on campus.

Clean up Week in Shepherdstown will start on 13 October 2006 and end on 17 October 17 200. Low income frugalists will be keeping an eye out for treasures rich minimalists usually put out on sidewalks at such time.

Martinsburg, WV--Recently, two anglers casting for trout at Back Creek, came up with a gruesome catch. They found two black American Touristers suitcases containing human body parts and ten-pound and five-pound Gold's Gym weights. The remains were those of forty nine year-old Debra Ann Fielder, estranged wife of local attorney Steven Fielder. She had suffered multiple stab wounds prior to being beheaded and hacked into pieces. Labels inside the suitcases made it possible for the police to trace them to Martinsburg Wal Mart, where store videotape showed Steven Fielder buying them and the gold's Gym weights. He has been charged with first degree murder.
Martinsburg, population 15, 480, rates a five in the national violent crime index while Shepherdstown, population 879, rates two. Ten is the highest number.

The good news is that www.oldunterrified.org is up again. The bad news is that this blog is a mirror site, so to speak. No one said it would be easy.

This bit from Philosophy Now comes via Ranjit Chatterjee, author of Wittgenstein and Judaism: a Triumph of Concealement and Aspect and Meaning in Slavic and Indic:



"Boston Sage Dies
Burton Dreben died this past summer. He was a student of Quine's in the 1940s and then went off to England where, amongst other things, he taught John Austin logic with a deck of cards: The game was called Symboli or Case and for some time afterwards Austin believed it was the only way to learn logic. He was known as a conversationalist and published virtually nothing. However, in the last thirty years, few philosophical publications have escaped Boston uncensored by him. Hilary Putnam dedicated a book: "To Burton Dreben, who still won't agree". In his last years he was known as the only man who knew more about Quine than Quine ("That is what I said, isn't it Burt?"). He was interested in the interaction of great philosophers, especially in the way in which they misinterpreted each other and was once heard, unofficially but loudly, to say: "Philosophy is all garbage! But the history of philosophy, that's not garbage." Other vigorous pronouncements include: "Wittgenstein said it was nonsense, and by God he meant it!", as the
Tractatus came crashing to the table. "