5 Jun 2011

Jackie Evancho!!

The Cap is totally blowed down!! Like totally! Amma speechless.. jes listen and watch nuh.

This one was last night – on Britain’s Got Talent.

Sorry – no subtitles. Me eh now what she singin’ eh but it song real nice!!

3 Jun 2011

The Marshmallow experiment

How dis video have any connection to what’s next – you will wonder. Ahh but the Captain’s mind works in mysterious and different ways – as some have discovered. Here goes. As many know, Jumbie is dong on dee Rock for a while. I still up here in the UK – nah doh worry I eh movin’. Open-mouthed smile

Dis morning dee Jumbie crossed my mind when I read Three Women Die in Crash. I was tellin him dee odda night dat he need tuh keep ducking and diving, in relation to somebody being struck by a stray bullet from a Duncey’s gun.

The main risks to anybody on dee Rock would be:

  1. Being shot
  2. Ending up dead in a road crash
  3. Being a victim of some violent crime other than gun related.
  4. If you’re a woman, being the victim of some sexual offence.

The statistics on the above are not arguable, simply because they greatly exceed same in a first world country. A tourist blundering onto dee Rock without doing any research might think that such a Rock would be a quiet tropical paradise. They would be sadly mistaken.

By now a few wondering w’at dee ass dee above had tuh do wid ‘The Marshmallow Experiment’. Hol’ on nah man – all will become clear. Allyuh like t’ings too fas’.

What I’m interested to see is to what extent dee Jumbie’s mind may be reshaped by dee sweetness of life dong dey – kinda like dee marshmallow nuh (in a manner of speaking). The Cap knows only too well how the sweetness of traditional food, loadsah famaly, ‘wine, women and song’ can have on a man’s mind (or woman’s mind for that matter).

Dis time he dong dey is expected to be quite different. Why? Because of late he’s become more open about  a particular personal thing e.g. “After being married last year and separated from Mrs Jumbie since, it’s time I paid her a visit. After all, my anniversary is next month.” Of course, ‘substrata’ – being a non-existent concept for ‘im – excludes ‘im from such exploration – like a person born blind being unable to explore the colours of the rainbow.Thinking smile

The Cap visits readily the world of the ‘unconscious’ – noooooh boy, ah not talking about unconscious people [Jeezaaan ages.. some people chupit no ass oui]. Google unconscious mind (as per my concept of ‘substrata’). Well scientific research has brought to the fore, what psychoanalysts have known for quite sometime i.e. that our perception of conscious self-control is very very overrated. Our conscious self-control is quite often orchestrated imperceptibly by the unconscious. [I eh into ah debate about whedda subconscious equates to unconscious – too elementary fuh me nuh – and I doh teach].

So – we shall see. Will he take the ‘marshmallow’ now or delay? Where exactly is the ‘marshmallow’? The kids in the experiment knew it was confined to a room and a plate in front of them. It was defined for them. However, in ‘real life’ we always have the freedom re-define where our ‘gratifications’ will come from, where will be greater etc – and what factors override all decisions about anything. Well – so we think – or not, if one accepts a silent conductor of the soul to our seemingly conscious existence.

Keep ducking and diving. And ah know dee Jumbie go lick up some doubles, and real homemade curry chicken fuh meh. LOL.

“You see lie; dat is lie”–King Liar

In  response to Anand Ramlogan:

I agree about the cover up part for a number of reasons:

(a) The initial reports indicated the consultant was no where to be found. He was not on the hospital premises (confidential sources indicate he was in private practice doing a caesarean section at the time). How can Anand say that he was in clinic?

(b) The initial reports also indicated it was the registrar who was in clinic not the consultant. There seems to be a cover up on the part of the AG to protect the consultant!!

(c) MPATT executive member Shehenaz Mohammed is also an executive member of the Medical Board, a serious conflict of interest. She therefore has a vested interest in a cover up and protecting fellow doctors, although if push comes to shove she would throw the nursing staff to the wolves.

(d) Dr Jehan Ali is on record saying that he was present on the ward seeing Mrs Ramsoomair pale and wan due to the excessive bleeding. He drew it to the attention of the nurses and doctor on duty who did nothing until it was too late.

(e) No vital signs were recorded post surgery!!

(f) The Attorney General also pointed out that since there was no dedicated porter to the Maternity Department the medical intern (Dr Ragoonath) had to take the samples of blood to the laboratory for testing and wait there to bring the blood and blood products back to the ward for the patient. "This meant that no intern was then available to assist in the resuscitation of the patient," Ramlogan said.

The medical team had a minimum of 5 members: consultant, registrar, house officer and 2 interns are normally assigned to a team. (News articles did indicate 5 doctors were suspended.) Where were the others if ONE intern was at the lab? Why were they not paged?

(g) The rosters for the period is a matter of public record, could be had under the Freedom of Information Act (hospitals are public institutions). It would be interesting to see who claimed compensation for the period in question!!

(h) The doctor who is most responsible is the consultant. Curiously, he is mentioned the least. Note again, he was not on the premises... private C section being carried out.

(i) Doctors operate as a business. Check with the Companies Registrar how many are actually registered as businessmen!!

(j) If this had happened in the private sector, the institution would have had its 'license' revoked immediately!!! Because it happened in the public sector, we have a massive cover-up. Is this because the public hospitals are run below standards?!

There is a massive cover up, by MPATT, the Medical Board (same members), and now the AG. I am glad he mentioned some negligence on the part of Jehan Ali, I hope Dr Ali shoves a shaft up his nether hole!! The AG indicated the referral was sub-par but the reasons cited amounted to an entire medical history!! No doctor includes a medical history in a referral. This is done when 'clerking' a patient by the admitting medic.

The reeks of a massive cover up but more importantly, it indicates that the public remains at the mercy of unconscionable doctors.

Oh by the way, how come last week MPATT was donating equipment at a cost of $12,000 per piece to SWRHA. Isn't it a conflict of interest for a Union to be donating equipment especially when they have to negotiate salaries for doctors? How come with a budget of over $3Billion, SWRHA cannot purchase equipment costing $12,000? Is the SWRHA Board assisting in damage control? Is this an orchestrated plan? The last public action by MPATT indicated they have no public sympathy. More damage control for MPATT itself?

The PP should realise partnering with the medics is a bad idea and will not serve the public's best interest.

I am no fan of the PNM, but at least they recognised MPATT's agenda and had no part in its machinations.