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I'm new to this forum. Am planning to purchase a used 30' sailboat but I'm not interested in sailing. I would like to remove the mast except for about 8 feet for antenna mounting. Would like to do the great loop and not have to worry about a mast, also very economical cruising. Would removing the mast as described have any ill effects on the vessel?? Thanks Al.
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no might actually balance it more. you plan on putting a bigger or more powerfull motor in? bigger fuel tank? sailboat are made to sail and not to motor 100% of the time.
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However, sailboats are designed to sail. If all I wanted was to motor, I'd personally look at a trawler. You'll get a lot more comfortable of a boat if you get one that is designed to be motored.
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Of course, a sailboat is very unlikely to have as much internal volume and room for stores as a power boat of the same length, and sawing off the mast will deprive the boat of the ability to steady its motion via the sails or to save money by sailing.
-- And, cruising sailboats of that size usually have much more of a displacement hull design than powerboats and don't have room to install a much bigger engine, so a mast-less traditional sailboat would become a slow powerboat without the option of having a big engine to get out of trouble.
-- Also, you'd probably be paying to motor around with a big heavy lead or iron keel that isn't doing much to earn its deep, and which would restrict you from entering shallow water. (You could maybe saw off and sell a lead keel for good money, but then your boat would be even less stable.)
-- And powerboaters and sailors would probably both be suspicious of a boat that doesn't know which side it's on.
But, as "they" say, your sea miles may vary.
PS: Better than sawing off the mast would be saving it on land somewhere safe, so as to preserve a sailing option as well as the boat's resale value, or perhaps selling it -- the mast is worth a lot more as a mast than as some sort of hokey antenna support or whatever.
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I'm curious, why would you want a sailboat to motor with? Not that there is anything wrong it but it is somewhat counter-intuitive.
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A 35' sailboat with a Beta 16 diesel like and old C&C 35 I gets in the 14 MPG range in real life as i have been racing on one the last 5 years and we only keep a 10 gallon fuel tank :)
That being said there is NOTHING more rocky and uncomfortable than a sailboat without sails :(
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I read a piece on Fuel mileage Trawler v Sailboat, same trip same time of the year, in the End the Trawler spent 900% more then the Sailboat on Fuel and got the same mileage.
You might find a motor-sailor that you can drop the mast from and install a 16' 4x4 as your antenna mount, Also your radar reflector, Steaming Light, Anchor Light ,cross bar for flags and Deck lights and it will be easy to drop if you need to get under something very low. Then when you get back you can put the mast back on and sell it .
Best of luck on your Trip, it is a Trip i would love to make myself. Fair Winds
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You don't have to sail it, but leave the mast on the boat. It will roll your guts out if you remove the spar.
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Buy a small trawler.. that's what it's designed to do. Sailboats (at least keelboats) without their rigs tend to be overly stable and will have a snappy, uncomfortable motion due to the loss of the inertia of the rig itself, never mind the stabilizing effect of the sails.
A small 'chugger' will have more volume, likely, and would be being used as intended.
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I'd get a sail boat that was small enough to lower and raise the mast by myself to not worry about the bridges, OR, as mentioned, a trawler style, possibly a pilot house motor sailor! I'd probably go with a trawler before a MS myself.
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The three women in question -- Isabelle Eberhardt, Ella Maillart, and Annemarie Schwarzenbach, each born in Switzerland, each finding their inspiration in other lands, each writing in the first half of the twentieth century -- served both as counterexamples to Greene's claim and as proof that for the country's thinking daughters, nothing mattered more than leaving. The three pioneering travelers visited lands that would shine on the most daring adventurer's passport, clashed with governments and political crises, and diverged from convention at just about every turn.
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Bunting loved Iran -- its landscapes and people as well as its literature. He managed to get along with both the Tehran jet set and ibex-hunting mountain nomads, and he eventually married an Iranian woman. He called Iran one of the most civilized countries in the world and one of the pleasantest to be in. His Persian idyll would come to an end in 1951, when Mohammad Mosaddeq expelled all foreign journalists from the country. He never returned.
Greer Mansfield
An Interview with Guillermo Parra, Translator of José Antonio Ramos Sucre
"With José Antonio Ramos Sucre I was lucky because the rights were in public domain. It was shocking to me to realize a translation into English had never been undertaken. There had been translations in Portuguese and French, but not English. For me, for the process, it was important to go to Cumana, see his grave, take walks in downtown Caracas. Go to the National Library and see the first editions of the books that he himself published. I was going back and forth to Venezuela alot then, but I didn't have a contract for this book, so I was just working on this among other projects. Things kept falling into place."
Jesse Tangen-Mills
An Interview with Leonard Richardson
"As I see it, games take metaphors about dreams and storytelling, metaphors traditionally found in fantasy, and turn them into things that can actually happen to you and me. You can actually have a game like the tales of Scheherezade, which spins off recursively into sub-games. People do get lost in game-space, addicted, and never come out. And there's something new, something not generally found in those old metaphors: the story itself is a thing that wants something from you. Probably your credit card number."
Jeanne Thornton
An Interview with Manil Suri
"I got more serious, started going to writers' groups. The one that was most effective in channeling and exposing me to other writers, was called -- I find it so comical to even say the name! -- The People of Color, Third World, Gay and Lesbian Writing Group. You had to be two out of three to be allowed to belong. I was all three. There were seven black lesbians, one other gay woman who grew up in Malaysia but was of Indian origin, one Chinese gay man, and then me. The group was very political, which was great. But the reason it eventually split up was because a woman who was bisexual wanted to join. The group couldn't decide whether or not to take her, so instead they decided to disband. I can laugh now, but it wasn't funny back then. Everyone was shouting and screaming."
Terry Hong
An Interview with Saladin Ahmed
"Writers don't tell stories in a vacuum, however much we might wish to pretend otherwise. So what already-told stories are your stories re-inscribing, which ones are they countering? Since long before 9/11, US culture has been saturated with stories about Arabs and Muslims as villains, as fanatics, as worthless, as better dead than alive. 'Throne' very consciously aims to re-center the traditional western fantasy map, and to interrogate attendant cultural assumptions in the process. But, again, via monsters and magic rather than polemic."
Niranjana Iyer
Haunted Houses by Lynne Tillman
Autobiography of Us by Aria Beth Sloss
Bio-Punk: Stories from the Far Side of Research edited by Ra Page
The Dinner by Herman Koch, translated by Sam Garrett
The Beautiful Indifference by Sarah Hall
P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters edited by Sophie Ratcliffe
Francis of Assisi: A New Biography by Augustine Thompson
Diary of a Man in Despair by Friedrich Reck, translated by Paul Rubens
The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe
Looms by Camille Martin
Instead of Whom Does the Flower Bloom by Vlado Kreslin, translated by Urska Charney
Hundred Books project
Is This The Future?: Tom Kaczynskis Beta Testing The Apocalypse
Tending the House Gods...


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Enter Hairspray
I used to get high. I cannot tell you how many chemicals were floating around that room, but if someone would have lit a match, I'm sure the entire building would have exploded. I used to get high off of aerosol hair spray. Well, maybe not literally, but I'm sure it affected my brain. At least that's my excuse for life. Big Hair Don't Care!
To this day the smell of an aerosol hair spray takes me back – backstage that is – waiting for my name to be called so I can sashay across the stage at Miss Kentucky. I can still feel the spotlight all on me, along with the eyes of my judges, peers, family, and media. From as early as I can remember, I had one goal in life; I wanted to be Miss America!
I've always been a dreamer. In fact, I had dreams as big as my beauty queen hair, and no bottle of hair spray could hold this dreamer down. Dreams of Hollywood, New York, Nashville . . . as long as there was a spotlight, I was all in. I was ready, or so I thought. After all, there had been years of theater experience and vocal lessons (including sessions with Beyoncé's vocal coach). I mean I practically lived on the stage. All I needed was the, "Lights, Camera, Action."
You might say that I was an applause junkie, and I was in need of a daily fix.
Enter Marriage
Being loved ruined my life!
Newlyweds often mention experiencing a euphoric feeling of tenderness towards one another during their first year of marriage. This was not my experience. Our first year of marriage (or our first year of "misery," as I often refer to it) felt a little more like the reaction one might have to hearing fingernails on a chalkboard. Painful. Make it stop!
While marriage may be the fulfillment of many young girls' dreams, my vows seemed more like a death sentence for all of mine. Saying, "I do" to my husband was like saying, "I don't" to everything that I had ever loved. "For better or for worse," felt a whole lot more like the later.
Now don't get me wrong, I liked the idea of marriage, I just didn't like the actual marriage.
I had never been one to have anger issues, but holy matrimony brought me to a quite unholy breaking point – a breaking point that began while shopping at the local Shoe Carnival.
When I was trying on those snazzy high-heels, little did I know that I would be purchasing a lethal weapon. Yes, I would be making a fashion statement with the latest fall trend, the black faux leather, high-heel pump. But unknowingly, I was about to make another statement. I remember it well, and so does my husband's forehead. He was sitting at his desk in our small seminary apartment working on a paper for class, and I don't know what happened. But apparently, what he said was offensive because something in my soul snapped. All of the sudden with this crazy vain bulging out of forehead, Annie made her appearance. Before I knew what was happening, I grabbed my shoe from foot and with samurai-like stealth launched it at across the living room, spiraling towards my husband face. Obviously, in Brett Favre like fashion, I was trying to knock the stupid out of him. But before the shoe impaled his annoying face, he threw himself prostrate to the floor. He used his hands to cradle his scull to protect himself from the bullet of my anger (and not to mention from stiches, which by the way, would have been awkward to explain to the theology professor the next morning). He escaped his fate as a fashion victim. This man, this stranger, had ruined my life. He had crushed my dreams and I had to avenge the death of my sweet dreams by bringing him to his knees (literally) with my faux leather fastball. Shoes were not only made for walking; they were made for throwing.
It was as if I had an alter ego, just like Beyoncé. But instead of Sasha Fierce, I was Roxie, the crazy shoe ninja.
After recovering from the shock of the near stiletto assassination, my groom retaliated by throwing my portion of a pepperoni pizza into the door I had slammed in his face. As he slammed down the freshly delivered pizza from my favorite restaurant in town, he said, "Eat that." Now, I think that you'll agree that he totally took it too far. Regardless of the resulting anger from a flying shoe, who would waste a perfectly good pizza? What followed this incident was a loud, heart-breaking, soul-crushing argument. Those walls between our seminary neighbors and us were so thin. They had to have heard every word, and I can only imagine what they were thinking (bless their hearts). Either revival was breaking out next door or somebody was going to end up in prison. Regardless, this classic fight led to me packing my bags (more like throwing every t-shirt I owned into a bag). I was going to leave him. I was done.
What happened? I thought God had said "yes." I thought He had ordained this marriage. I thought marriage to this, man was Gods plan for me but I didn't expect the path to be so hard.
Rewind one year.
Normally, family car rides growing up were filled with laughter and sounds of loud singing; however, this ride was unusually silent. My father and I were riding home from the Miss Kentucky pageant, the one where I got first runner up. The one that I lost.
I remember listening – listening for God. I wanted to have a "Moses moment" where He would just call out to me from a burning bush, but that did not happen. Instead, He chose to speak to me through a verse that I had memorized four years earlier. I had memorized Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart." He gave me the faith to believe that He was good and that all things (including another "first runner-up") were working together "for my good." My prayers were raw and I remember telling God… "Anything!"
God always gives us the grace we need to get through our darkest hours.
After the loss, there would be several dark days and then, there was light. I finally stopped binge eating mint chocolate chip ice cream, took a shower and put on something other than sweat pants.
Sometimes we lose sleep trying to hold onto our dreams. We wake up screaming "no!!!!! Let me finish this dream but God says follow me into reality." Then it happened. After weeks of sleepless nights and wrestling with God, I woke up in the middle of the night and cried out, "I surrender. I will be a pastor's wife!" I could not believe the words that came out of my mouth – a "pastor's wife!" What the what!!!!??? That is the last thing in the world I wanted to do. I would rather go to another country and sleep with crazy, huge, blood-sucking bugs (and I hate bugs). However, I knew I had to surrender if I ever wanted to sleep again. I called my mom on my way to class and told her the horrifying news, hoping she would cry with me. Instead, my mother tells me she is not shocked at all and that she had been praying for this very thing (go figure). Praying for me to be a pastor's wife?!? What kind of mother does this to her daughter?
Well, now how do I become a pastor's wife? Is there a signup sheet? Do I go to www.Christiansinglepastorwifewannabe.com? Is there an interview involved? Do I go to seminary to meet a theological stud? Do I throw away all of my shorts and bikinis? Instead of all of this, I just went to my classes there at Murray State University (which I often time skipped). I had three classes that year with a very handsome country boy from Cadiz, Kentucky. Long story short, we decided to date. Four months later he proposed on top of the Sears Tower in Chicago – by the way, well done. I said "yes" and we got married three months later . . . wow . . . that is quick! (No, this was not a shotgun wedding).
There was a storm brewing from the day we said, "I do." No, really, there was a nasty storm named Emily that unapologetically washed away our dreams of an exotic honeymoon. Instead of traveling to our already purchased, all inclusive destination we had dreamt about, with hot tubs and white bed spreads laced in rose petals, we had to stay in a seedy looking shack in Florida where the 1980s decided to get sick and vomit upon the entire house.
I knew we were going to have problems when we were in the orange juice isle at the Winn Dixie in Destin, Florida the first week of marriage. We got in a knockdown drag out. Why, you might ask? Over whether or not we should purchase a half-gallon of orange juice. My new husband, Mr. "Consistent Conservative" (as he calls himself) had a budget for our honeymoon and $2.39 for OJ didn't make the cut. Yes, I know I'm making him sound awful; but you know there are two sides to every story. When he writes a book, he can share his side of the storyJ Anyways, the convenient clerks witnessed the two kingdoms colliding that night because I wasn't leaving without my OJ.
As far as melodramatics are concerned, I gave an Oscar worthy performance (brought the house down) However, Jamus was unmoved by my theatric due to the fact he knocked me off the trophy wife shelf back in the orange juice isle. I left the store with the "overprized" OJ and delighted in my victory.
The Mexican sunset was dancing across the waters, wild with blue, and I sat frozen in our honeymoon suite. Trouble in paradise? Yep. My husband, who was weeping on the balcony, had just yelled out, "You don't love me!" and there, I sat on our bed weighed down with the truth that he was right: I didn't love him.
Welcome to the first year of our marriage. A few months later, Jamus was online researching whether or not we qualified for an annulment, and I was walking out the door.
What happened?
"How did I get to this point? I used to be awesome!"
Enter Pride
Yes, back in college, I used to be awesome. College was a mountain top experience for me. It is my happy place.
I enjoyed the blessed serenity of uninterrupted, hour long, every day, bible study with Beth Moore and Jesus (all the while slowly enjoying a hot cup of overpriced coffee).
I was a serious Christian! I even made lists and highlighted things, people. Sometimes I would get real fancy and pull out the colored pencils to word code my bible (shout out to Kay Arthur).
I was like Peter when he went up the Mount of Transfiguration with Jesus and he got a glimpse of something awesome. I wanted to pitch a tent and belt out Aerosmith's "Stay in this moment forever."
Mountaintops are the best because it's where all the action is. It's where things get done. It is exciting, and the view is breathtaking.
However, on this particular mountaintop in college, I started to think God was blessed to have me on his team. I remember looking at other Christians and thinking to myself, "I would never do that! They are such amateurs!"
So pride comes before the fall . . .
I got married and it was like I did a nosedive off the mountaintop and plunged into the valley of the shadow of death. I was living with another sinner and I made this uncomfortable discovery. I, too, was a huge sinner. It was not just that I was occasionally sinning; sin was my new Jam. I could sin with the best of them (or "worst" of them, however you want to think about it). Now I know I had actually been dancing to this beat my entire life, but now the DJ was playing my song and clearly, I was leaving it all out on the dance floor.
I hated being married because the whole "being married" thing is what exposed this horrible revelation I had about myself, and so I wanted out. Maybe I was running as much from myself as I was from my husband. Marriage made me feel bad and I didn't like feeling bad about myself. It was as if God was using marriage to rip away the band-aide that was hiding my nasty gaping wound, which had been festering underneath.
There were doors slammed, pizzas and high heel shoes thrown, and "words" said that could make an R rated movie blush. All of the sudden, the thought of divorce was quite appealing.
We literally only had three things in common. Number one, Jesus (although there were plenty of days where we doubted that about one another and ourselves). Number two, we loved Jack Bauer with a passion. Finally, we overwhelmingly agreed on the necessity of re-gifting all of those Willow Tree trinkets we got for our wedding. I will never forget the day he asked me who Dave Matthews was.
Nicolas Sparks was obviously not the author of this particular story. If our marriage was the Notebook, it felt like the Notebook from hell.
What I needed to do was silence the "Disney princesses" in my head. These gals kept telling me, "Dreams come true." They reminded me of how amazing I was and that everything should always go my way. I remember thinking, "Come on fairy god mother! You've got to do better than this! Is this all you have in that little wand of yours? Where in the world are my little woodland creatures? My house and cooking needed serious help! Whistle while you work?"
I hated being at seminary because no one knew that I used to be awesome. No one knew who Annie Cruse was. I mean at least with my maiden name, Cruse, people thought I was Spanish or something cool and exotic. Who is Annie Edwards? She is like some weird new girl that now wears boring cardigans with seminary emblems across the front. What the heck is a pastor's wife supposed to do anyways? Originally, being a pastors wife kind of felt heroic. "Sure God! I will do anything for you; I will take up my cross for the people." But God called my bluff. I may have trashed the rhinestones but what I really wanted from God was a rhinestone Christianity, all nice and sparkly. I hated the new me and I was angry with God for this new, dull life that He had given me.
Where is the fame and glory? Where is the crown I was used to wearing and the applause I was used to receiving. I thought, "God, I gave up the lights of Broadway to become a pastor's wife. I mean at least you could've given me a husband who was applauding my greatness!"
He was not bowing at the shrine of Annie Leigh.
Annie Leigh Edwards was dead to me. I wanted Annie Leigh Cruse back and I would do anything to revive her once again. I was living in a coffin of my own despair. Not knowing how to dream was like not having a pulse. Most of our first year of marriage I spent giving mouth to mouth to the corpse of my former self, fighting to feel my heart beat again. Would my soul ever sing again?
During this season, I spiraled into a dark depression and doubted my faith and God's goodness. I had to quit my job because of the overwhelming feelings of darkness and stayed in bed most days.
I thought my husband could make all of my problems and insecurities go away and to my disillusion, all of my insecurities were exasperated. I was seen for what I truly was – a sinner, and it scared the daylights out of my husband and I. Many nights my eyes grew tired scrolling through social media while stalking former boyfriends. I have compassion for those who struggle, wondering if life would have been better married to someone else. I often wished I had gone to New York. I had even planned an escape one night. In truth, I was having an affair with my former reality, trying to find solace in what could've or should've been.
I had told God "anything" but he had called my bluff. What I really meant was that I would do anything, so long as it didn't interfere with my EVERYTHING….my comfort!
Enter Grace
I had resolved that I was leaving – not only my husband, but this new life to which God had apparently called me. As I opened the door never to come back, my husband, with great resolve, grabbed me tightly and held me. At first, being held was uncomfortable. I stiff-armed him, trying to escape, but his embrace held tighter than my hate. Finally, wrapped up in his grip, I melted. There were no words, just tears rolling down my face. In a moment of deep despair, I started to understand something that I had always heard about, something I thought I believed in, and something that I talked about but did not understand until now – grace.
My husband wasn't the only one holding me that day. One of the lines from my favorite hymn says, "Prone to wonder Lord I fear it, prone to leave the God I love, here is my heart Lord take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above."
How many of us, if it were not for grace would have packed our bags a long time ago?
You said "yes," but like me, you didn't count the cost. We didn't realize it was a "Yes" every day.
I loved the husband that made me feel good. In the same way, I loved the Jesus that made me feel good and gave me freedom but I didn't like the Jesus that kept asking me to walk away from the things that I loved. This love was stretching me out and it was uncomfortable and irritating.
People often ask, what brought about the change in your marriage? Was there a certain sermon you heard or a bible verse that shot down like a lightning bolt moment? I know what they are waiting for, a deep prophetic word of wisdom, an exhortation or even more so, that list of steps we took in order to work it all out. I want that list too but that is not what saved our marriage. Being held is what changed my heart. It is a silent, steady and day by day leaning in, our hearts towards his.
This is grace, it pulls us closer when we least expect. Grace cannot be escaped. The more we attempt to pull lose from it, the tighter it squeezes.
Being held is where we find our song once again?
Held by love, our hearts pulled close to his, we start to feel the rhythm of surrender. There is a song to sing. Do you hear the melody…the steady driving beat of the father's heart?
Instead of leaving my life, I started to live it.
Being loved ruined me.
Jamus didn't ruin my life, God did. God will ruin us in order to save us from ruin.
My husband is not my happily ever after, God is. Knowing this has made me a better wife, mother, and Christian.


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"Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 21 at 6:30 p.m. at the same location where we met last month, the Faith United Methodist Church at 2701 S. Lamar Blvd, 78704.
The sub-group working on our Mission and Goals will be presenting their final product for the entire group's approval and then we will pretty quickly be breaking into sub-groups based on areas identified on the "to do" list Sue Parten compiled from our last meeting (as they relate to our mission and goals). We will be leaving the meeting with a very clear road map for actions that need to occur next. So please come prepared to participate in moving us toward the next level in our work to improve property tax fairness for all Austinites.
As a reminder, please feel free to bring food or snacks with you. The church is right next door to Matt's El Rancho and not too far from the intersection at Manchaca and Lamar where the Soup Peddler has a walk up window and where there is a Phil's Burger location. Another great place to grab healthy food is from the buffet at the new Wheatsville Food Co-op on the north east corner of Ben White and Lamar.
Vicki Totten
Austinites for Fair Taxation"
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Overseas Nurses
We have some great nursing jobs available here at St George's – one of London's biggest and busiest hospitals. Our teams include qualified nurses from as far afield as Spain, India, Poland, Greece, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Italy, Australia, Republic of Ireland and many more countries.
Please take a look at our website to find out more about St George's and the outstanding care we provide to patients across many different clinical services. We are based in diverse, vibrant Tooting – recently described as 'one of the world's coolest neighbourhoods' by Lonely Planet – in the heart of south west London.
If you would like to work in a dynamic, supportive and very welcoming environment for overseas nurses – where you can learn and develop your career – please get in touch, or apply now!
How much will I earn?
That depends on your qualifications and experience. Staff nurse (Band 5) salaries start from at least £26,554 per year.
Will I be able to develop my skills and career?
We offer a wide range of education, training and development opportunities from the moment you join us (we are a leading teaching hospital and share our main hospital site with St George's University of London), including
- Ongoing in-house courses and study days
- Innovative Band 5 to 7 development pathway
- Simulator training – latest facilities at St Georges University on site
- Opportunities to apply for post-graduate courses
- Support and advice from dedicated Practice Educators
Specially for Newly-Qualified Nurses
- Supernumerary support, initially as part of a robust local induction
- Preceptorship programme including a dedicated Preceptor
- Structured progression opportunities – Band 5 NQN Development Pathway
What are the legal requirement for working as an overseas nurse in the UK?
- You can currently work in UK as a registered nurse with the following requirements:
- EU citizen: as long as you hold an EU passport you will have direct access to work with us at St Georges
- Non EU citizens: We will need to apply for a certificate of sponsorship for you to be able to work with us. It can be quite a lengthy process but we have experience of making these types of applications and our friendly and supportive HR team will be able to make the process as seamless and smooth as possible, giving you advice where it is needed
- For all EU nurses there will be a requirement to pass an IELTS or OETS exam before you are able to register and apply for your PIN with the NMC
- For all Non EU Nurses, you will need to pass your IELTS or OETS exam and CBT before you can commence the process of uploading your documents to the NMC website and apply for your PIN
- EU citizens who arrive here after 29 March 2019 are likely to need to register and can then stay for five years 'working, studying or being self-sufficient' to qualify to apply for indefinite leave to remain, part of the process of becoming a UK citizen
- EU citizens who have been continually living in the EU for five years by 29 March 2019 will be able to apply to stay indefinitely by getting 'settled' status
How to apply
- You can see specific nursing vacancies here and apply for those roles. All our jobs are advertised here: http://jobs.stgeorges.nhs.uk/
- If you want to make a general application for Band 5 Registered Nurse roles, please apply here via the 'Tracs' system
- You will need fluent spoken English to ensure you can communicate effectively and safely with colleagues and patients. Therefore all nurses joining us need to have completed an English language test, either:
- The IELTS English Language Test at Level Seven: ielts.org/
- Or, the Occupational English Test (OET) for healthcare professionals: occupationalenglishtest.org/
What happens next?
- If you are shortlisted for a job, we will contact you to arrange an interview as soon as possible
- If you currently live overseas, we can arrange an interview by Skype
- If you are living in the UK, or visiting, we would love to meet you for an interview here. We also hold Open Days for nurses to look around our main hospital site, meet other nurses, and be interviewed if they wish to apply for a job
- If we offer you a job, we will contact you with full information to help you prepare to start work at St George's including information on housing, and people to speak to for support and any questions you have
- You will receive information about the teams and ward/service you will be working with, along with our Induction programme and ongoing support, training and development to help you settle in and enjoy life at St George's


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Heart Rhythm: Meditating vs. Writing
This is a graph of my heart rate while meditating over the course of about 90 seconds. During this time I feel a sense of well-being, calm, and peace.
What's curious is that during this time my heart rate is not constant, as might be expected but oscillating from somewhere between 60 to 90 bpm. Also notice how smoothly the heart traverses that range.
Why? Why doesn't meditating elicit a constant, steady heart-rate? According to the HeartMath Institute a smoothly variable and wide-ranging rate, not a narrow steady one, is healthiest. Sort of how a flexible body with a wider range of motion is healthier than an inflexible one. Or intellectually, consider how it would make you the most broadminded and wise to cycle through reason and empathy, skepticism and belief, mysticism and empiricism via harmonious hand-off than to stick to only one of them rigidly.
And if I suddenly stop meditating and switch to writing this is what happens:
Notice how tight the pattern is now, ranging from somewhere between 70 to 75 bpm. Instead of a wide range of heart-rates serving all my various systems, it's as if one part of me has taken control and elbowed out the rest.
During this time I feel tense, like I am facing a challenge whose outcome is uncertain. There are many voices in my head. One is saying all the stuff that I'm writing down. Others are saying stuff like, "Is this good writing? Maybe we've got it all wrong? Is this even what I'm supposed to be doing? Should we be writing about something else? Quiet! Stop talking like that! We can do this. We just need to stick with it."
And so on. But if I stop and tap into that calmer place within seconds the smooth, wide-ranging heart rate returns.
What if while writing, I learned to frequently return to (and perhaps even one day maintain) that meditative state while writing. Would it produce better writing? Allow me to take the most broadminded perspective? Reduce stress? Add years to my life? Let's find out. So begins the Heart Rhythm Experiment.
For anyone else interested in tracking their heart-rate variability, I suggest the emWave2. Please consider buying it through Dave Asprey's site. It's the same price there as anywhere else and rewards Dave for his ongoing work of testing and weeding out dozens of life-enhancing products so we don't have to.


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Gua Sha, Gua (gwa), meaning to scrape or extract and Sha (shaw), meaning sand or toxins. It is a traditional ancient Chinese healing technique that dates back over two thousand years. This ancient method of promoting Chi or bioelectric vital life energy, blood circulation and removal of toxic heat, stagnant blood and lymph fluid from the body is an extremely important, almost miraculous method of improving ones health. Chi or Qi (pronounced chee) is the constant and vigorous movement of energy or life force that keeps us healthy and alive.
Using a traditional specialized tool including Gua Sha Board, Gua Sha Slide and other gua sha tools.Your acupuncturist will gently scrape or rub the skin over a problem area as a deep massage. The patient experiences immediate relief from pain, stiffness, fever, chill, cough, nausea, and so on. Gua Sha is valuable in the prevention and treatment of acute infectious illness, upper respiratory and digestive problems, and many other acute or chronic disorders.


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Coffman Engineers
October 22, 2018
November 7, 2017
We're excited to announce that Hope-Amundson has joined Coffman Engineers. Hope-Amundson is a full-service San Diego-based structural engineering firm with a deep bench of licensed engineers. They have built a celebrated legacy and reputation, and we are humbled to continue that legacy as they join the Coffman team.
When Coffman and Hope-Amundson began talking about the possibility of a merger, it was evident that the two firms have similar cultures committed to our team members' well-being and are inspired by similar visions focused on the success of our clients.
Previously announced on August 31st, 2017, Hope-Amundson signed a letter of intent to merge with Coffman. Since that time, the firms have come to a merger agreement that aligns with Hope-Amundson's goals to find a transition plan that works for their staff and clients, and was the right cultural fit.
"It was obvious that both firm cultures align closely and that was something very important to us," said Chuck Hope, Principal, Hope-Amundson.
As a combined team, the merger presents very exciting things to look forward to:
"The best deals are the win-win. We will strategically help Coffman with their Southern California presence and for Hope-Amundson, this allows us to join a larger firm, offer our clients more services, and look for opportunities in other areas," said Jim Amundson, Principal, Hope-Amundson.
We hope you will join us in celebrating this major milestone as it provides an exciting opportunity for YOU; our clients, partners, team members, and friends.
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Marimekko: Finland's FinestTuesday 8 December 2015 • By liz
Myself and Kath are off on a Finnish trip together (more specifically Lapland) – in fact when this post goes live I think we'll actually be there, hopefully drinking glögi and eating smoked salmon… But as well as gorging ourselves on the local delicacies and hanging out with Rudolph I'm also hoping to learn a little more about the Finnish design scene.
I'm a huge fan of Scandinavian design, there's a whole section on this site dedicated to my obsession, but I'm not as familiar with the Nordic offering. However there is one store that immediately springs to mind when thinking about our northerly Nordic neighbours and that's Marimekko.
Marimekko is a Finnish institution and has been since the 1950's. It was the brainchild of Armi Ratia's (pictured) whose vision of a bold, graphic future for textiles was fulfilled through her collaboration with various young artists and fashion designers. Fast forward 60 years and the company is now internationally successful, and the same ethos and desire to collaborate and create bold and beautiful patterns remains. Many of the original designs are still in production today, and the range includes homeware, clothing and accessories. So if you really wanted you could co-odinate your trousers to your teapot or your socks to your serving dishes…
Lucky for us our Finnish destination, Romeneivi, has a Marimekko store so we'll be sure to pop in for a nosey. But for all those based in the UK the online store has some fantastic offerings, i've shortlisted some of my favourites below…
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By Nyalubinge Ngwende (Brutal Journal)
Playing on the stupidity of a regular man who cannot know that aromatic chemicals are used in most processed foods, the communists at Bwinjimfumu Road have found it appropriate to help their friends to pronounce Zambeef as a company that deliberately uses leukemia causing, dead bodies embalming chemicals to keep its meat fresh for long at the expense of people's health
The communists at Bwinjimfumu Road have succeeded to get us right into the frame of mind they desire: to join a crusade to believe that Zambeef has been feeding us on a dangerous chemical that is not only used to embalm dead bodies, but potentially dangerous to human health.
The Post Newspaper story of Friday 21, 2013 writes:
"According to the analysis by the Ministry of Health's Food and Drugs Control Laboratory conducted in Lusaka last week, aromatic aldehyde was detected in all the samples. The analysed samples included packed ox-tail marked CNN/001/F/2013, packed ox-tail marked CNN/002/F/2013, packed ox-tail marked CNN/003/F/2013, packed ox-tail marked CNN/004/F/2013, packed ox-liver marked CNN/005/F/2013, packed ox-liver marked CNN/006/F/2013, packed ox-hooves marked CNN/007/F/2013 and packed ox-hooves marked CNN/008/F/2013. Health experts told The Post yesterday that aromatic aldehydes, which they compared to Benzene or jet fuel, are powerful preservative chemicals that are dangerous for human beings as they cause diseases such as Leukaemia."
This paragraph does not tell us where the samples were collected and if they were collected to help Zambeef be aware that there suppliers were delivering them products that have a dangerous chemical.
All it does is to make us believe they have real Zambeef products in their hands which are intoxicated with strong, benzene like chemicals (that can even fly a jet).
If those who are investigating this case were in anyway doing it independently without detailed instructions at the back of their mind, what the public would have been informed about is their intervention at Zambeef to ensure the meat they supply to the public is safe from unpalatable amounts of aromatic aldehyde. They would have told the public that any excess aromatic aldehyde could lead to cancer such as leukaemia. But there is extreme sourness in the content accusing Zambeef of deliberately injecting the chemical in the meat.
The story quotes a source: "For example, if someone dies here in Zambia and they come from the UK, in order for the body to reach the UK fresh, we inject the aromatic aldehydes in the veins. So it is clear that they use it to keep their beef fresh for a very long time," the health experts who opted to remain anonymous said.
It further states: "Aromatic aldehydes are very dangerous chemicals and it is unfortunate that Zambeef is actually using that chemical to keep their beef fresh. It is common knowledge that the only reason Zambeef is using that chemical is because they want to keep their products fresh." They said the presence of large quantities of aromatic aldehyde in the beef Zambeef Plc imports would be a clear indication that the substance was deliberately put there to keep their beef fresh.
This is deliberate aim to cause disturbance in the minds of members of the public. By choosing a highly toned language saying aromatic chemical is used for embalming bodies is not in any way meant to inform but to alarm—a well calculated choice of discourse …dead bodies conjure a lot of ghostly feeling in the mind of a human being and those living do not want to be associated with lifeless things …therefore Zambeef products will be shunned.
There is every reason to believe that The Post Newspaper was used to deliver a dirty parcel bomb to blow up Zambeef, after well packaged at the Ministry of Health's FDCL (Food and Drugs Control Laboratory) and CCPC (Competition and Consumer Protection Commission).
These public institutions, joined by CUTS international (Consumer Unit Trust Society International), were particularly selected as sources because they are already known to be part of the scheme and had rehearsed what to say—force as truth on the minds of the public a theory of aromatic aldehydes being used in Zambeef meat.
The communists at Bwinjimfumu they are part of this group that is why they pronounced it. They know delivering the pronouncement with all these institutions in consent will help to lull people into false security. First they make us feel insecure by portraying Zambeef as a villain, then bring into the picture FDCL and CCPC as greatly concerned …serious with protecting the public from dangerous meat that Zambeef is putting on their plates. It triggers public outrage against Zambeef. In whatever manner the meat firm will try to prove that aromatic aldehyde is not poisonous, the sales of its imported meat would already have been severely hurt.
It is not surprising that Saturday's Post Newspaper edition (June 22, 2013), carries a story of Zambeef pulling imported meat off the shelves.
Zambeef public relations officer Justo Kopulande said yesterday: "In the light of recent media reports to the effect that there are dangerous levels of Aromatic Aldehydes in our imported beef products, we have immediately recalled all imported beef products from sale from all our outlets country-wide with immediate effect. Only local beef and beef products are currently being sold in all our outlets. Zambeef has never and will under no circumstance ever knowingly supply sub-standard products to the public."
But this is not what the whole clandestine campaign is all about. We cannot tell as for now where all this is coming from and how far it has to go. We just look back at how The Post Newspaper has been hinting, in a more cantankerous manner, about opposition leaders UPND's Hakainde Hichilema and NAREP Elias Chipimo Jnr. thinking they have a lot of money that they can run political parties out of their pockets.
These opposition leaders, or others in the political circles, could have direct links to Zambeef as shareholders or they could be suppliers or, maybe, some of their financiers could be linked to Zambeef.
The other way round is that the communists at Bwinjimfumu could be doing this to soften Zambeef to help out their declared friend, Michael Sata and the Patriotic Front to gain access to the meat company's opportunities. We have heard that the newspaper will not do anything unless it has to serve its interests. Its interests now are to make the Patriotic Front achieve its ends, regardless the means.
Zambia has a lot of consumer risk products, some that are even more dangerous than the aromatic aldehyde chemical suspected to have been introduced in high dosages by the country's meat company to keep its imported meat fresh for a long time.
However, the FDCL and CCPC look to have been on a well detailed mission, planned, centralised and extremely organised battle against Zambeef.
"We received correspondence from the provincial medical office in the Copperbelt in which they are talking about this matter. One of the inspectors took the samples to Food and Drug Control laboratory and they informed us about the meeting yesterday Tuesday," said Brian Lingela, CCPC director.
It has never been a practice by health inspectors to work with CCPC. When they bump into meat or any food product that is unwholesome, they do their own report and take it to court for disposal.
The idea to leave out the Veterinary authorities at Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock and Zambia Bureau of Standards who also have a direct hand on these issues confirms a calculated battle, with CCPC and FDLC being the battle rooms where they are launching the public bombardment campaign against Zambeef.
Lingela says: "the provincial office in the Copperbelt also requested the commission to attend a meeting that took place in Ndola yesterday. …and his office had since sent a representative to attend the meeting in Ndola …with the commission was hoping to hear the matter and also find a solution".
If Lengela was still waiting for information from his officer who attended the meeting at Ndola medical office, why did he choose to pass a strong verdict indicting Zambeef as guilty?
He is quoted in the same story saying: "What Zambeef has done is unacceptable…"
This is not the normal language of an independent mind on a case like this. He comes out incriminating Zambeef before hearing the conclusion of the Ndola meeting? Sounds like he was well informed ahead of the meeting what was expected to be their conclusion
This is confirmed by the way Lingela sets loose his hounds for a vicious attack on Zambeef by saying, "…and what health inspectors have done is a commendable job which needs support from consumer organizations."
He deliberately sets the hounds on Zambeef so to strengthen their case.
The Post Newspaper tried to recruit the Lusaka City Council into strengthening its case against Zambeef. It was done in futility, but the public health director Greenford Sikazwe at the local authority distanced himself from the kill.
"It is not true that Lusaka City Council inspectors are the ones who were investigating this issue, so your story is not true," Sikazwe said.
The Post uses its own sources within Lusaka City Council who confirmed that "it is true the samples in question were not sourced by the local authority but by a council from the Copperbelt and that all at Lusaka City Council were aware of the results from the samples".
We find this truly unusual way of working by public health inspector in councils and at the ministry of health. They hardly collaborate and share this information. They act independently and without any volition of the specific business to target. It could be happening under the Patriotic Front, but without any public announcement of this new policy of collaboration exposes sourness in the whole 'scum'.
Asked if his department has ever received complaints relating to Zambeef products, Sikazwe answered in the affirmative. "We received complaints (in May 2013) but the issues were being dealt with at Ministry of Health," he said. Asked why they could not carry out an independent investigation on the products as a department, Sikazwe said his department works on delegated legislation from the Ministry of Health. "That's why we couldn't act there and then because it was being addressed by the Ministry of Health," said Sikazwe.
If it is not Bwinjimfumu and its friends who after getting at Zambeef, who else could have delegated them and those who took the complaint to city councils in Lusaka and the Copperbelt? We are yet to know who did, and the country is already questioning?
We know that a normal public health concern does not take a vicious attack by mobilised group of watchdogs a rehearsed consent on an issue like setting awash the Zambeef products with unpalatable statements like 'leukaemia and embalming dead bodies'.
The Post Newspaper story is nothing but a pronouncement by those who are part of the group bent at pulling down Zambeef or softening it to go crawling to the palace and conform to their needs. It was planned and Zambeef could only be a victim of ill intentions not necessarily that it is guilty of gross negligence.


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Forest City is not happy about Tim Headington's plan to install luxury goods purveyor Forty Five Ten on Main Street downtown. The apartment management company — which owns the Wilson Building next door, as well as the Mercantile, Continental and Element buildings nearby — says it was misled about the height of the proposed shop and its distance from the Wilson. Forty Five Ten would block almost all light, air and visibility from at least eight units on the Wilson's south side, rendering those units virtually uninhabitable, Forest City says, so the management company is suing Headington in Dallas County district court.
When Headington pitched them on the project, Forest City says, the company was told that the retail development would be three stories tall. By the time the full details of the Headington project became public in May, Forty Five Ten had morphed into a five-story store with only a 5-foot setback from the Wilson.
"Headington's proposed use of the adjacent property to construct a retail structure will constitute a nuisance and will substantially and unreasonably interfere with Forest City's use and enjoyment of the historic Wilson Building. Headington's actions are intentional and Headington knows that its proposed development will cause damage to the Wilson Building. At least eight apartments in the Wilson Building will be denied almost all access to air, light, and view by the proposed development, and the damage resulting from this substantial and unreasonable interference will cause permanent damage to the Wilson Building and thereby significantly diminish the market value of the property," Forest city says.
They want the new Forty Five Ten to be set back at least 20 feet from the Wilson, matching the distance between the 1904-built building's three towers, and a legal guarantee that Headington will never "interfere with Forest City's use and enjoyment of the Wilson Building."
William A. Brewer III, Headington's lawyer, issued a statement dismissing Forest City's claims: "Our client believes the lawsuit grossly mischaracterizes the facts related to this project. The project, which has enjoyed widespread support from many city leaders and community stakeholders, brings a significant new business to the downtown district. Although our client has attempted to work cooperatively with Forest City, they have rebuffed those efforts and instead chosen to file a lawsuit which we believe lacks merit. We believe the release by Forest City of a professional video in conjunction with the filing of the lawsuit should be viewed as what it is – a desperate attempt to disparage Headington and to extract value to which Forest City is not entitled."
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August News: North Korea, Politics, & Rates
Published August 10, 2017
North Korea, Healthcare, and "no news is good news"
Since the last newsletter, the lack of major financial news has been good news. This has been a good thing for a market that continues to melt higher, hitting records on all of the major indices. However, political risk has been growing very recently, due to North Korea and failure to pass healthcare reform. The gridlock in congress has been increasing fears that tax reform may not be as easy as once planned. This may point to trouble on the horizon.
One financial event that did occur was the much-anticipated June .25% rate hike, which the markets took in stride. After that hike, central bankers and analysts are anticipating only one more hike (possibly December). Fed Chairman, Janet Yellen, has hinted at trying to taper the balance sheet as early as September, which will be another event to keep an eye on.
Amazon acquires Whole Foods
Amazon acquired Whole Foods, which put the whole retail market on notice. Grocery stores and food delivery companies were hit the hardest but there was blood shed across even the strongest of brick-and-mortar names as investors fear the worst. (http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/16/investing/walmart-target-stocks-plunge-whole-foods-amazon/index.html)
North Korea and the US engage in saber rattling
As of late, it seems the nice run of "no news" may be over. North Korean tensions are hitting a boiling point. Reports have surfacedthat they are capable of putting nuclear weapons on missiles that can hit the United States. Following this news, Pres. Trump unleashed his strongest message to date, which North Korea immediately disobeyed.
This news is nothing new and the markets appear to be shrugging it off with neither index responding with much of a reaction. However, we did some some rotation into "safe haven" investments, such as gold, bonds and the Swiss Franc. To me, it seems like most investors are treating North Korea as "the boy who cried wolf." Hopefully, this brings the rest of the world together in unity against them, potentially strengthening our relationship with China. But, it should be noted that this will undoubtedly add additional headline risk as this story isn't like to go ahead anytime soon.
Healthcare failure – Congress Gridlocked
The political landscape also continues to be a focal point for markets. Republicans have tried to repeal the healthcare to no avail. This continues to not only take away time from putting together a tax reform bill but also gives the markets reasons to be pessimistic in a tax bill ever getting signed. If that isn't enough political uncertainty, we also have all the "firings" of Trump staffers to remind too frequently.
Russia Sanctioned
Looking overseas, Russia was handed sanctions for their involvement in the U.S. elections. And, they don't appear to be taking too kindly to that. Disparaging relations with Russia could lead to some greater long-term implications for the market. Especially during this time where it seems a lot of countries may be opening up to deal with them.
Final Thoughts
Aside from political events, we are in the heart of earnings season where we should get an idea of how much longer this rally could last. To date, the last leg of this rally has been carried by just a few of the megacap tech names (GOOG, AMZN, NFLX, AAPL, MSFT, FB). For this rally to last, I really want to see more of a rotation from growth to value. Financials and energy have missed out on this and are seriously lagging tech. I personally don't see a healthy rally built on a few companies in one sector leading for a long time. In my opinion, we need some of the boring value stocks to start participating, and possibly taking over as new leadership, for these indexes to continue to hit new records.
Another reason for caution is the historically low level of the VIX, or "Fear Index" that was trading around 10 for the first time since 2007 (as of early August). While there are statistical reasons why this level may not have been a reason to worry, recent events have caused the VIX to jump almost 50%, further supporting our thesis. Valuations are high in a rising rate environment and the amount of skeptics in the market is getting fewer by the day. I would be lying if I said my "horse sense" wasn't kicking in and telling me to be cautious. It definitely feels that the market is underestimating the likelihood that there could be a "black swan event", or something that may happen which defies logic. Something like that could really take us by surprise.
While rallies can build over longer periods of time, corrections are often sharp and swift. It's hard for me to ignore the fact that we are 8 years into a rally that may be showing its age. This seems like a great opportunity to start getting more defensive, if you haven't done so already. If you are unsure of what to do, contact us. For a limited time, we are offering a financial review for new clients at no cost. We would be honored by the opportunity to help with your wealth management strategy. Stay tuned as we continue to navigate these unique market conditions.
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