Religulous (2008) review

Religulous is directed by the same fellow that did "Borat" and it's co-authored and presented by Bill Maher, a Catholic Jew crossbreed. What's to be expected from such a mixture?

Yet another bitter "comedy" about this very world, regarded as a final product of religions for the masses. The true genius of the movie resides in the critique of the religion of man, the metaphysics left aside, with divine (!) modesty, where it belongs: the ineffable realm of the "I don't know". If it would have given to the usual atheistic crap, "Religulous" would have been crap itself. In turn, it achieves bitter magnificence.

movies • religion • degeneration • New World Order • recommendations

Zeitgeist Addendum (2008) review

Controversial, this one, as was to be expected. The Google PR of 7 for the movie's website goes to prove that it got many people talking, regardless of the angle each takes on it. And that kind of distribution is always a sign of success. Here are some potentially useful points of view on it.

movies • New World Order • recommendations

RMO recruiting companies

There are a lot of them, since this seems to be quite a big market. A simple Google search will reveal the better known.

Anyway, here's what you should look for in such a company (beyond commitment, seriousness, professionalism obviously):

RMO • UK doctor

RMO in the UK

As I've explained in the previous chapter, the Resident Medical Officer is that doctor that actually lives within a  private UK hospital, 24/7, amounting to a total of 168 work hours per week.

In order to be able to work over the 40 hours week regulation, he/she would have to renounce that particular right and have his/her time off in separate, free weeks.

RMO • UK doctor

Relevant people an RMO deals with

As an RMO you will deal with some special people:

1. people from the RMO company that employs you; they are supposed to take care of you and be your best friends here, in the UK
2. the RMOs you take over from and you turn over to when you finish your week
3. the matron/clinical lead at the hospital you work at; she (or he)  will be your most direct liaison with the hospital
4. the nurses at your hospital; they are key to your performance in that setting and you should always try to befriend them and listen to their advice
5. the consultants; they are the top level professionals there and you'll look after their patients when they are not there; they are the ones you will ask for guidance whenever one of their patients presents with issues that are beyond your competences as an RMO

RMO • UK doctor

RMO pay and salary

This varies with the hospital you work at, but you would typically be paid about £1500-£1700 per week worked, before tax and National Insurance (NI).

After tax and NI you would be left with something between £1100-£1200 per week worked. Assuming you work a two weeks on - one week off rota, you would work three weeks per calendar month, so you will earn an after tax average of about £3300-£3600 per calendar month in which you work three weeks. This would be the equivalent of 4000-4500 Euro. Notably, you can calculate that your hourly rate is about £7, which is actually very low for a physician. So you are not well payed, you earn a lot because you amount a lot of hours. Also, rest assured: you definitely won't actually work for 24 hours a day.

RMO • UK doctor

RMO working pattern

Due to their very particular working schedule, involving working 168 hours per week (which is to say working 24 hours daily, 7 days), the RMO working pattern involves weeks on-duty and off-duty.

The most popular pattern appears to be two weeks on, followed by one week off. Some companies are able to arrange different rotas, such as the reverse of the previous one or one week on, one week off etc..

RMO • UK doctor

Introduction

What is an RMO?

RMO stands for Resident Medical Officer, which means, well, just what is says: the RMO is the doctor that actually lives inside the hospital, 24/7, and provides medical care for inpatients, outpatients and sometimes staff and visitors, as he is the primary emergency aid in that facility.

RMO • UK doctor

What it is to be normal

To be sane. Can this still be achieved? Should it be defined by statistical means as the state of the majority?

We've been thought to dream, "dare to dream", we're encouraged to go forth and dream of things. We've been told we're all beautiful and smart. We've been lied to. And no one tells us to be good. And that dreams are sometimes dangerous chimeras robbing you of your very life, especially when dreaming the trivial that cannot be acquired. That's not normal.

literature • philosophy • life • self development

Degeneration

Affects everything around us, us. There used to be moments I could not escape the feeling that we are racing on the downward spiral at full speed. Now the sensation is almost uninterrupted. Everywhere I look, all around, I see the signs of it.

degeneration • self development