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Tickets are now available for "Arctic White Out," a brand-new wintertime fundraiser benefiting the Buffalo Zoo, presented by Inspire Dental Group.
The inaugural "Arctic White Out" will take place at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18. The cocktail party-style event will replace the long-running "Polar Bites" sampling event.
"There are so many sampling-style fundraiser events in Buffalo now, and we really wanted to change things up and offer something a little more unique," said the Buffalo Zoo's events manager, Katie Jordan. "We've already received lots of positive feedback from local companies and vendors who want to participate. We think it's going to be a popular addition to the zoo's schedule of events."
"Arctic White Out" will be an all white (attire) cocktail party featuring the best in local winter indulgences. There will be spirit tastings and a signature cocktail from local vodka brand 1812, a Tom & Jerry station, ice wine samplings from Chateau des Charmes, visits from Buffalo Zoo animals, dancing, auctions, an indoor snowfall and more winter-themed fun.
Tickets to the event are $50 and include a complimentary welcome cocktail, catered hors d'oeuvres and parking. The ticket price will increase to $60 the day of the event. A limited number of VIP tickets will be available for $100 each, which include a reserved lounge area and an open bar.
Tickets can be purchased on the Buffalo Zoo's website, www.buffalozoo.org, or by calling 716-995-6133. Attendees must be 21 or older.


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Hello! Thanks for coming to visit our site. You're always as welcome here as you are in our Tea Room (Olive Branch), Shop (Hope & Soul) and any of our events.
Our projects currently include Dare 2 Care, which provides essential provisions to local families in need. New projects are always in the pipeline including our search for new bigger premises to enable our growth in supporting some of the most vulnerable in the local community.
Our Social Enterprise: the Hope & Soul Shop and Olive Branch Cafe which helps fund our charity's work opened in June 2012 and is going from strength to strength. We invite you to visit our shabby-chic shop and quirky tea room where you can enjoy a nice cup of tea/coffee made by our own baristas and fresh home-baked scones, tray bakes and goodies or a speciality sandwich/panini/wrap or soup of the day.
You can find out more about who we are, what we're doing and events that are coming up by coming into Hope & Soul Shop itself and speaking to a member of staff. Maybe you'd like to join one of our groups or even volunteer yourself- we would be delighted to hear from you.
Everyone has something to offer, whether its hands-on help or a donation via our JustGiving page or dropping a donation into us– every £1 helps support someone or give them invaluable help. Sometimes you may not even realise what that help can be until you have come and spoken with us. New friendships form here every day!

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Thanks to this Portuguese-speaking prankster, inconsiderate drivers will think twice about pulling into a reserved spot.
Earlier this month, a video of Tiago Fonseca teaching a lesson to rude people parked in spots reserved for people with disabilities was posted to YouTube Brazilian comedy channel, "Canal Boom."
The guy in the video sprayed the disabled sign -- which the drivers had ignored -- on the hoods and trunks of several cars using water-soluble spray paint. The prankees, however, did not know the paint would be so easily removed and were unsurprisingly less than thrilled upon finding their vehicles.
Their outrage might be something similar to what people with disabilities experience upon finding their parking spots occupied by able-bodied people. Rachelle Friedman, a HuffPost blogger and a quadriplegic, has some thoughts about being told "I was only parked there for a minute," by people stealing disability-accessible spots.
"Don't. Just don't. This is the number one excuse us rollers get when we must confront someone who's illegally parked in a handicap spot," Friedman wrote in a blog for HuffPost. "Besides the fact that this usually isn't true, I shouldn't have to wait for an able-bodied person to run inside. I run into a handicap parking issue at least once a week. People who need those spots have schedules to meet and places to be as well. Just walk the extra 50 yards because I sure wish I could."
Perhaps this will dissuade able-bodied people from parking in disability-accessible spots once and for all.


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[3 July 2010 – this project has been retired, but the posts left for reference]
Greeting again to followers of the bbboost journey. It has been a month since the last instalment, however the 20V DC plug pack took a long time to arrive from the land of China. Nevertheless, the project is moving forward. For my new readers, the bbboost is a power supply that can be assembled by a beginner, and can offer a smooth variable DC output voltage of between ~1.8 and ~20 volts – perfect for experimenting, breadboard, and generally saving money by not buying batteries. You can just make a PCB version, or mount it in an enclosure like a professional desktop unit. No mains voltage wiring is required, so it will fine for the younger enthusiasts. Follow the project from here.
This time I have breadboarded the power supply module, using the circuit described in chapter two. Let's have a bit of a look:
These trimpots were ok, but it would be preferable to use the fully enclosed dustproof versions. Will order some and try 'em out.
One trimpot (the blue and white one) is 5k ohm, – to adjust between the full range, so this is the 'coarse' adjuster; the other trimpot is only 500 ohms and changes the voltage selected by the coarse pot by around +/- 1.2 volts. The purpose of having two controls is to make it very easy to select your required voltage down to one-hundredth of a volt. The following video clip is a rough example of this type of adjustment in action:
This power supply will also be designed for installation into a nice enclosure, so in that case one would use normal-sized potentiometers for the coarse and fine voltage adjustment.
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Virgin buying Helio, but why?
The FT reports that Virgin Mobile USA has agreed in principle to buy out SK Telecom's losing US venture, Helio. Both are MVNOs (i.e. virtual operators) that run on Sprint's CDMA network. The FT story says Virgin has 5.1 million customers and Helio had not quite 200,000 in January (but has likely been losing customers since then); not surprisingly, the combination will be called Virgin.
Google'ing for other stories on the subject pointed back to the FT report as an exclusive. However, one May story on Silicon Alley saw the combination as complementary, while four days later (i.e. six weeks ago) SK denied that any such discussions were underway.
The thing I can't figure out: why would Virgin bother? It's not going to catch the larger carriers (e.g. T-Mobile, with around 30 million subscribers). It's not going to gain significant scale by increasing its subscriber base by 4%.
I can think of only one possible explanation: money. The deal gives SK a graceful exit from their failed US market entry, and saving face is a big deal for Korea's largest cellphone operator. I suspect that SK made Virgin a deal they couldn't refuse: perhaps a cheap price for Helio, perhaps side benefits (such as an investment in) Virgin. The terms will probably show up in a Virgin 10-Q or 10-K sometime down the road.


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She's currently busy promoting her latest movie, but it's clear to see why Brooklyn Decker once made her name as a swimwear model.
The 24-year-old star was seen showing off her never-ending legs at a photocall for upcoming film Battleship in Germany today.
The pretty blonde was joined by her co-star Taylor Kitsch and director Peter Berg as she posed in Hamburg.
Wearing a short grey dress that hovered at the top of her thighs, Decker – who once appeared on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimwear Issue – certainly looked proud of her enviable figure.
She teamed the garment with an unusual cropped jacket that featured a dark blue and white print and embellishment.
Decker finished off her look with a pair of red and nude stilettos and wore her hair in a loose wave as she held an arm around Berg.
The U.S. star takes on the female lead of Samantha Shane, a physical therapist, in the highly anticipated sci-fi film.
Kitsch plays her onscreen boyfriend, Lt. Alex Hopper – a naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones.
The 30-year-actor looked rather smart as he flashed a smile for photographers wearing a black suit and matching shoes.
The film – which is based on the classic children's game by Hasbro – was originally due to be released last year but will now hit cinemas on April 11.
Following its release, Decker will then be busy promoting What To Expect When You're Expecting – a comedy starring Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez.
Mar 26 – Photocall in Hamburg, Germany
Brooklyn Decker showed off her eclectic yet polished style choosing a gray Theyskens' Theory dress and an attention-grabbing Isabel Marant jacket for a photocall in Germany. The model turned actress has been busy promoting her new movie Battleship and has been rocking some seriously cool ensembles. Watch today's Fab Flash to see more of Brooklyn's quirky style!


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* Emerging markets appeal at odds with capital flight
* Russia and China recording hefty outflows of domestic
* Emerging investors concentrating in hard currency debt
By Mike Dolan
* Emerging markets appeal at odds with capital flight
* Russia and China recording hefty outflows of domestic
* Emerging investors concentrating in hard currency debt
By Mike Dolan
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) - There's always something
comforting about dining in a restaurant where locals are eager
to eat.
Yet even as foreign investors pile back into emerging
markets this year - searching for growth, yield and sovereign
credit stability so elusive in the big developed markets these
days - there is something unnerving about seeing domestic
capital spinning out the same revolving door in some countries.
Russia's deputy economy minister Andrei Klepach said on
Monday the government may double its existing 2012 net capital
outflow forecast to $50 billion, and even that's still below
private forecasts of a $65 billion drain. Although more modest
than last year's outflow of $80.5 billion and well under the
worst moments of the 2008/09 credit shock, domestic money
continues to exit the country at a brisk pace.
Some may argue Russia is a special case with a long history
of money leaking overseas, reflecting fear of internal politics
and government policy toward wealth and ownership.
But after a decade of one-way traffic, China too has started
to record sporadic bursts of capital outflows. Last week,
China's foreign exchange regulator said the country's capital
and financial account swung to a $71.4 billion deficit in the
second quarter from a first-quarter surplus of $56.1 billion.
Maybe, as the authorities suggest, this is all a healthy
two-way flow as looser cross-border capital restrictions
encourage local firms and investors to diversify overseas.
And with Chinese and Russian hard currency reserves in
excess of $3 trillion and $500 billion respectively, there are
pretty substantial buffers in place.
But as two of the major posterchildren of the emerging
markets investment story, and by no means the only ones
experiencing domestic capital flight, the outflows do jar with
the headlong rush of overseas cash seeking some form of
high-yielding haven there.
For long-term sceptics of the emerging markets story, this
is all symptomatic of a deep-rooted risk in these markets of
which investors should at least be wary.
"As foreign capital comes in, domestic capital leaves.
History suggests that locals have a far better understanding of
the real state of affairs in the country," said John-Paul Smith,
head of emerging market equity strategy at Deutsche Bank.
"Their concerns about the underlying rate of returns on
investments, the range and depth of those and security of wealth
are all reasons why I'd remain concerned with emerging
Smith is far from a lone voice these days, as nerves jangle
this year about China's slowdown, the resultant sapping of
demand for raw materials and the knock-on effect around the
commodity-exporting developing world.
"China has domestic problems aplenty," Citi Private Bank's
Chief Investment Officer Richard Cookson told clients, citing a
credit and housing bubble, falling current account surplus and
brisk money growth among a range of worries. "Put these all
together and, as far as we can see, they always spell trouble."
So, is domestic money telling us something the rest of the
yield-starved world doesn't want to hear?
Well, the split of flows to emerging markets reveals a more
nuanced story.
It's emerging bond markets - both hard currency and domestic
currency - that have been the stars of 2012 so far with
dollar-based total returns of 13 percent and 11 percent.
The exit from near zero or even negative-yielding core bond
markets in the West of the credit-hobbled giant euro sovereigns
such as Italy and Spain has seen a net $43 billion of new cash
this year seek out emerging debt assets benchmarked to JP
Morgan's emerging debt indices.
For all the micro fears about return on equity, the macro
emerging picture still holds up. The main attractions remain
stable sovereign credit ratings, high if peaking cash reserves
and economic growth of 5.6 percent this year forecast by the
International Monetary Fund at four times the developed world.
"The nature of emerging markets is that it can get choppy
from time to time, but I really can't see a reversal of these
flows any time soon. Why would you turn away from this kind of
yield now?" said Kevin Daly, emerging market portfolio manager
at Aberdeen Asset Management.
Critically, some 80 percent of the flow into emerging market
bonds has been to the hard-currency rather than local currency
In other words, investors are keenest to grab juicy basis
points without the local currency risk associated with sudden
capital flight or the more micro fears of regulatory or
government heavy-handedness or interference. Year-to-date losses
against the dollar in a host of emerging currencies - including
India's rupee, China's yuan and Brazil's real - all support such
an investment strategy.
Emerging market equities overall have indeed seen returns of
just under 8 percent so far this year, but that's well short of
Wall St and emerging debt, and Boston-based fund tracker EPFR
pointed out on Monday that emerging equity funds have now
suffered 22 consecutive months of retail redemptions.
Turkey, Mexico and Poland may have shone this year, but both
Shanghai and Sao Paulo remain in the red and Moscow's MICEX
underperformed with 3 percent gains.
What's more, emerging markets equity indices are basically
unchanged since the start of 2010 compared to the 25 percent
gains on the S&P500.
If exiting locals say anything then, it may be that if you
want the credit and yield, avoid the currency, corporate and
legal risk.
(Additional reporting by Sujata Rao; graphic by Scott Barber;
editing by Stephen Nisbet)


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Tupac Grammy Video, Presents Award
Although he had numerous Grammy nominations, Tupac never won a Grammy. With plenty of hits and platinum albums he still didn't win one. Some of his nominations were for songs "Dear Mama" and "Changes".
Albums nominated include "All Eyez On Me" and "Me Against The World". Tupac did present an award along side Kiss in the 1996 Grammys.
1996 – Best Rap Album – Me Against The World
1996 – Best Rap Solo Performance – Dear Mama
1997 – Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group- How Do U Want It
1997 – Best Rap Performance By a Duo/Group – California Love (Album Verison)
1997 – Best Rap Album – All Eyez On Me
2000 – Best Rap Solo Performance – Changes
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Frisco walks off with win against Missions
FRISCO — Chris McGuiness slugged a walk-off home run off Daniel Stange as the Missions lost 2-1 for the 12th time in 18 games Saturday night in front of 7,381 at Dr Pepper Ballpark.
McGuiness' homer with one out in the ninth inning was his 20th of the year and his first in 18 games. It handed San Antonio its 21st one-run defeat of the season.
Edinson Rincon tied the score at 1-1 in the eighth inning with a homer off Texas Rangers reliever Mark Lowe, who is rehabbing a ribcage injury.
The Missions outhit Frisco 8-6 but left 11 runners on base, including the bases loaded twice.
Missions starter Matt Jackson turned in a strong outing, holding Frisco to a single run over seven innings without issuing a walk.
Notebook: The Missions are batting .206 while scoring 22 runs in the last nine games. They are 10 for 67 with runners in scoring position in those nine games.
Next up: Missions (RHP Adys Portillo 0-1, 15.43) @Frisco (RHP Wilfredo Boscan 4-4, 4.01), 6 p.m. today
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Old Bridge Cellars expands into Bordeaux with Chateau de Sours
Jan 22, 2013, 07:00 EST
NAPA, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Old Bridge Cellars is pleased to announce its expansion into Bordeaux with the introduction of Chateau de Sours to the US market. As of January 1, 2013, Old Bridge Cellars has undertaken all US sales and marketing activities for the winery, which joins the established portfolio of artisanal, family wineries.
Chateau de Sours has been producing wine in Bordeaux's right bank, 10km outside of St. Emilion in the town of Saint-Quentin-de-Baron, for over 200 years. Built in 1792, the chateau has been restored to its former glory by proprietors Martin and Nicolette Krajewski. Today, Chateau de Sours is producing some of Bordeaux's most respected red and white wines, and leading a renewed interest in rose.
"Taking on Chateau de Sours is a natural extension of our portfolio," said Rob Buono, President, Old Bridge Cellars. "In the past year, we've brought on wineries from New Zealand, Italy and Oregon, all in line with our mission to provide compelling wines from real winemakers."
Amongst the wines, La Fleur d'Amelie Red (SRP $15) and White (SRP $15) offer a refreshing, fruit-driven range of modern Bordeaux wines. Chateau de Sours Red (SRP $20), White (SRP $18) and Rose (SRP $18) are classic Bordeaux blends capturing the property's modern winemaking style. The Reserve de Sours Sparkling Rose (SRP $20) is the only methode traditionelle sparkling rose made in Bordeaux. La Source Red (SRP $40) and White (SRP $35) represent the pinnacle of Chateau de Sours' production, sourced from the estate's older vines.
"You might say Chateau de Sours has almost over-invested in the region - outspending even some of its illustrious St Emilion neighbors in its vineyard and winemaking facilities," said Gavin Speight, Wine and Marketing Director, Old Bridge Cellars. "Martin knew he's on special soil here. The wines show what can be achieved by finding the right terroir in a satellite region."
"We've already seen great success in the UK & Ireland, Canada, Europe, China, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand," said Martin Krajewski, Owner/ Proprietor, Chateau de Sours. "The US market is starting to welcome a more approachable style of Bordeaux wines and we're here to deliver."
Old Bridge Cellars is a leading sales, marketing and import company based in Napa, California, recognized for its collection of regional estates including d'Arenberg, John Duval, Greywacke, Kilikanoon, Jasper Hill, Cullen, Shoofly, Stickybeak and Frisk.
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What is lyme disease?
A: lyme disease is a tick-borne disease that affects several thousand people every year. lyme disease commonly advances in three stages, with ultimate symptoms causing brain damage. The disease can be prevented and treated, with extremely high degrees of success.. lyme disease is passed on to people by the Ixodes tick, which can be identified by its signature black legs and is found primarily in a handful of states in the U.S., including Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. Cases of
lyme disease and bruising
A: Hi, Karen.... It COULD be lyme disease or it could be one of the co-infections. lyme disease can cause platelet problems which would result in bruising and so can some of the other micro-organisms that can be transmitted along with lyme. Here"s an example of what Erhlichiosis can do (I copied and pasted it from another site. It mentions decreased platelet cound under signs and tests): Erhlichiosis is an infectious disease transmitted by the bite of a tick. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Ehrlichiosis is a disease caused by Ehrlichia organisms. It was first described in 1990. The two specific...
lyme disease false negative? What can we do?
A: Hi, Herschel.... Your story is so sad and, unfortunately, very typical of someone with lyme disease due to the ignorance of the medical community about it. I believe I can offer some helpful suggestions. You are right. CDC standards are too rigid and for this reason, only a small fraction of lyme cases is reported. lyme can totally evade detection in both blood and spinal fluid. Your only recourse is to find a lyme specialist. He/she will treat your wife regardless of the test results. lyme specialists treat outside the guidelines for lyme. Your wife could also be infected with one or more of the...
lyme disease or fibromyalgia?
A: Hi, Erica.... In my opinion, you do not have fibromyalgia. The symptoms you listed are hallmark symptoms of lyme disease and possibly one or more of the co-infections. Babesiosis, in particular, is notorious for causing fatigue. With the history of a tick bite and what you described there isn"t much doubt in my mind. Doctors (other than lyme specialists) don"t know a whole lot about lyme and its co-infections. There is NO test that definitively tells whether a person has lyme disease or not. The tests are too unreliable. It can evade detection in both blood...
Are their diferant types of lyme disease?
A: there are different and its very very bad to get. its uncurable. you should research it..wikipedia.com i don''t think so, i think there different stages of it try looking it up @ www.webmd.com they are really great for things like that good luck There are no different types, but symptoms varie from person to person. THis is sort of a tricky question to answer because the term "lyme disease" is only really used in the United States (& Canada). It''s known as LB in Europe & similar terms in other locales around the Northern hemisphere. There are several geno-species of the borrelia ("Borrelia Burgdorferi") that result in lyme infection. 3 well-known ones are:...
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A: Hi, Nahjla... To answer your question...yes, lyme is frequently misdiagnosed as Lupus. And, I guess that could work in reverse, too, but in my opinion, that would be less unlikely. Both diseases share many of the same symptoms. Along with the symptoms, one of the blood tests used to diagnose Lupus is called ANA (anti-nuclear antibioties). If this is elevated, then the physician automatically assumes that the patient has Lupus. However, lyme can also cause the ANA to be elevated which often results in misdiagnoses. If you do have lyme and that is causing your extreme pain, then the dosage of doxy is certainly not enough to treat...
What Should I Expect After a lyme disease Diagnosis?
A: lyme disease diagnosis may occur when people first get ill, or later on, and the disease occurs generally after a person is bitten with a lyme-infected tick. Those who are initially infected do not necessarily have immediate or noticed aspects of the disease, though most do. In particular, the bulls-eye rash that follows a tick bite is a good indication, and many people find ticks attached to them and have them tested for lyme disease so they will know to get treatment if a tick tests positive. As lyme disease progresses, symptoms usually...
What Are the Most Common lyme disease Effects?
A: lyme disease is a bacterial infection that is transmitted to the body through the bite of certain types of ticks. When discussing the most common lyme disease effects, its important to note each person getting this disease may have slightly different reactions. The presence or lack of presence of a symptom doesnt indicate wellness or illness, and those who think they have this condition should always seek medical attention. In early stages, many people are able to suspect they have or will get this condition if they remove a lyme tick from the body. Those people leaving in areas where the illness is common should have the tick analyzed for...
If you contract lymes disease is the joint pain most likely to be near the site of the bite or all over? And, can you get it without ever having a fever?
A: The bite was just over three weeks ago. It can be anywhere, with most is starts in the peripheral joints. @DarkScribe I know you can take doxicycline when it is a new bite, do you know if you have to take it within a few days? Few Weeks? When is it too late? Have your friend go to a doctor or clinic and get tested! There are many other symptoms and effects. The fact that she has "removed" ticks before may mean that she missed the tiniest. Joint pain is only one of the symptoms. I am not a doctor but have had several friend and relatives effected by tick bites. It will only get worse if untreated and the possible consequences of long-term lyme disease are nothing to mess around...
Can a bullseye rash be attributed to anything other than lyme disease?
A: If you live in tick country and have noticed the very distinctive bullseye rash, I would assume lyme or at least a trip to Doc''s for prophylactic antibiotic. I have only seen the lyme bull''s eye – it is certainly hard-to-miss, but IANA doctor. Nasty photos are all lyme or lyme-related. I picked both a crawling lyme tick and a horribly embedded and engorged one from my cat the day I was supposed to apply a new app of Frontline. The ticks are nasty and sneaky and hardy little buggers. There are several other tick-related diseases; all bad. Ehrlichiosis Rocky Mountain spotted fever Babesiosis The area I live in isn''t a known 'hot...


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Posts for January 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Billy Ngawini brilliant stepping and pass sets up Michele Sepe try
You may remember that just under a year ago we shared a video of sidestep wizard Billy Ngawini making an outrageous step that resulted in two oponents crashing into each other. Well he's done it again, this time against Stade Francais. MORE »
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Billy Ngawini big step makes opponent tackle team mate
King of the sidestep Billy Ngawini playing for Cavalieri in the Italian Super 10 semi final against Mogliano in April 2012. MORE »
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
O2 Inside Line - Six Nations 2013 preview
O2 Inside Line is back as we head into the first weekend of the RBS 6 Nations. England are on a high after their victory over New Zealand late last year, but this week they come up against an entirely different threat in the Scots. Here's a look inside the camp. MORE »
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Midweek Madness - Committed schoolboy puts head down, tackles referee
We've seen various incidents over the years involving referees getting too close to the action, so here's another, albeit slightly different to the norm. Last week we saw Wayne Barnes taste some adidas from a clearing kick, and then Opeti Fonua charge through the ref. MORE »
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Toulouse edge Biarritz to maintain unbeaten home record
Toulouse sit in second place on the Top 14 table following their entertaining 19-14 victory over Biarritz at the Stade Ernest Wallon on Friday night. It came at a cost though as France winger Vincent Clerc hobbled off with a thigh injury. MORE »
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Top 14 Highlights - Three of the best from Round 16
Highlights of Bayonne vs Castres, Bordeaux Bengles vs Racing Metro, and Perpignan vs Clermont MORE »
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Best Tries of the Top 14 - Rounds 14 and 15
Top Ten Tries compilations for the French Top 14, Rounds 14 and 15 MORE »
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Sam Tuitupou's massive crash tackle on Gareth Maule
Sale Sharks overpowered Scarlets 36-17 in their LV Cup clash in Salford on Saturday. Danny Cipriani scored 21 points, including a try, four penalties, and two conversions, but the hit of the match came from crowd favourite Sam Tuitupou. MORE »
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Saracens all set for Allianz Park debut on new artificial pitch
Saracens will make their Allianz Park debut today as their ground breaking new artificial pitch will be put to the test in the LV Cup encounter with Cardiff Blues. The synthetic surface is the first of it's kind for a professional rugby team. MORE »
Friday, January 25, 2013
Friday Funnies - Sky Sports Presenter Alex Payne fluffs his live intro
Sky Sports presenter's hilarious epic fail - Watch as Alex Payne gets himself in a funny twist on the live intro to an Aviva Premiership game. MORE »
Friday, January 25, 2013
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We all know that being in peak physical condition is a vital part of performing at your best. Often, without the guidance of professionals or the comfort of a regulated gym environment, we don't know what is best for our body when it comes to weight and cardio training, and of course, nutrition. MORE »
Friday, January 25, 2013
World Cup winner Jason Robinson in Use it Or Lose It
Former British & Irish Lions flyer Jason Robinson takes on the latest fun offering from HSBC, Use it Or Lose It, which shows fans another side of some of the game's legends. MORE »
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Early contenders named for ERC European Player of the Year 2013
ERC European Players of the Year 2013 nominations - 15 players chosen to form the longlist. MORE »
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Early contenders named for ERC European Player of the Year 2013 - Formguide
Following the conclusion of the pool stages of the Heineken Cup and Amlin Challenge Cup, ERC, the governing body of European rugby's two tournaments, announced the longlist for the prestigious ERC European Players of the Year 2013 award. MORE »
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Midweek Madness - Toby Flood charges straight into the post
This is a very quick clip that features Leicester Tigers flyhalf Toby Flood doing himself a bit a damage by charging straight into the post against the Ospreys. MORE »
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Chris Ashton scores sneaky try from pinpoint Owen Farrell cross kick
Winger Chris Ashton scored twice as Saracens beat Edinburgh 40-7 to earn themselves a home Heineken Cup quarter-final. As with some other fixtures over the weekend, the falling snow didn't affect the try scoring too much, as the home side crossed five times. MORE »
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Ian Keatley clearance kick hits Wayne Barnes square in the face
Referee Wayne Barnes was in the thick of the action at Thomond Park at the weekend. The English referee sent off a Racing Metro player early in the game, then just five minutes later took the full force of an Ian Keatley clearance kick, in the face. MORE »
Monday, January 21, 2013
Antoine Battut cited after straight red card for knee against Munster
Racing Metro forward Antoine Battut was shown a straight red card during the Heineken Cup Round 6, Pool 1 match against Munster at Thomond Park on Sunday. He and three other players have been cited following an eventful weekend of rugby. MORE »
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Glasgow's Peter Horne scores incredible winning try vs Northampton Saints
Glasgow Warriors snatched their first Heineken Cup win of the season on Saturday as they knocked Northampton Saints out with a sensational last gasp try from replacement back Peter Horne, who sprinted half the length of the pitch at Scotstoun. MORE »
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Alex Waller yellow carded for punch vs Glasgow Warriors
Here's a look at the punch from Northampton Saints replacement prop Alex Waller. With scores tied at 20-20 and time almost up, Saints were on the attack looking for a bonus point fourth try. MORE »
Friday, January 18, 2013
Tom Croft discusses recall to England squad after injury layoff
Returning England flanker Tom Croft admits his recall to the national squad after an eight-month injury layoff came as a shock - but his Six Nations participation remains in doubt. MORE »
Friday, January 18, 2013
Friday Funnies - Physio halts Zebre attack with tackle on own player
With immediate injury treatment a priority in the days of professional rugby, it's now commonplace to see physios sprint onto the field whenever a player looks like he may be in trouble. MORE »
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Wesley Fofana finishes off great Clermont team try vs Exeter
Clermont produced some dazzling rugby as they thumped Exeter Chiefs 46-3 at the weekend, qualifying for the Heineken Cup quarter finals in the process. One of the tries of the game, a real team effort, was finished excellently by centre Wesley Fofana. MORE »
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Fabrice Estebanez knockout hit on David Strettle
Yesterday we focussed on a bit of alleged foul play from Ronan O'Gara but he wasn't the only player to be cited following Round 5 of the Heineken Cup. Racing Metro centre Fabrice Estebanez suffered the same fate after he knocked out David Strettle. MORE »
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Midweek Madness - Opeti Fonua puts referee Cedric Marchat on his backside
In the French Top 14 a few weeks back referee Cedric Marchat found himself on the receiving end of a charge from Agen's Tongan giant Opeti Fonua, who reportedly weighs in at a mammoth 135kg, and is 6ft6. Marchat survived. diminutive MORE »
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Munster's Ronan O'Gara facing ban for deliberate kick on Sean Cox
Munster flyhalf Ronan O'Gara is well known for his kicking ability, but against Edinburgh at the weekend it wasn't only the ball he directed his famous boot at. The Ireland star lashed out at Sean Cox, so will face a disciplinary hearing in Dublin on Thursday. MORE »
Friday, January 11, 2013
Inaugural HSBC Lions Monthly - Episode 1
We're now in Lions year so in the build up to one of the highlights of the 2013 rugby calendar, HSBC will be releasing a Lions Monthly episode each month up until the Tour. MORE »
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Edinburgh Prop WP Nel scores great 40m try against Leinster
Leinster beat Edinburgh 31-16 in their RaboDirect PRO12 match at Murrayfield on Friday night, but it was a consolation try from South African front rower WP Nel that will live long in the memory. MORE »
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Tom Varndell tip tackle on Horacio Agulla
This is the tackle that many are saying was very similar to what Toby Flood has been cited for, as shown in the previous post. In this instance Tom Varndell was yellow carded, while Flood was cited and will more than likely be suspended. MORE »
Monday, January 07, 2013
Rugby fan invades pitch to have a chat with the referee
This fan at the Racing Metro vs Agen Top 14 match decided that he'd take it upon himself to have a chat with the referee about some of his decisions. MORE »
Monday, January 07, 2013
Toby Flood faces ban for alleged dangerous tackle on Andy Goode
Leicester Tigers flyhalf Toby Flood faces a possible suspension that will rule him out of the Ospreys Heineken Cup clash this coming weekend. His Six Nations campaign could also be threatened, but Richard Cockerill believes there was nothing in it. MORE »
Saturday, January 05, 2013
Best tries of the Top 14 - Round 13
After a bit of a break with some much needed family time, RD will be back in full swing again shortly. For now though, here's a look at the top ten best tries scored in the Top 14 in round 13. MORE »


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A wide range of surface and near-surface meteorological observations were made at the University of Reading's Atmospheric Observatory in central southern England (latitude 51.441° N, longitude 0.938° W, altitude 66 m above mean sea level) during the deep partial eclipse on the morning of 20 March 2015. Observations of temperature, humidity, radiation, wind speed and direction, and atmospheric pressure were made by computerized logging equipment at 1 Hz, supplemented by an automated cloud base recorder sampling at 1 min intervals and a high-resolution (approx. 10 m vertical interval) atmospheric sounding by radiosonde launched from the same location during the eclipse. Sources and details of each instrumental measurement are described briefly, followed by a summary of observed and derived measurements by meteorological parameter. Atmospheric boundary layer responses to the solar eclipse were muted owing to the heavily overcast conditions which prevailed at the observing location, but instrumental records of the event documented a large (approx. 80%) reduction in global solar radiation, a fall in air temperature of around 0.6°C, a decrease in cloud base height, and a slight increase in atmospheric stability during the eclipse. Changes in surface atmospheric moisture content and barometric pressure were largely insignificant during the event.
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Our robust music program features seven different children's, youth, and adult choirs and bands rehearsing every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening. And here's the thing about participating in our ensembles: you may feel that your musical ability is nowhere near where you would ever be able to sing or play a solo in front of our congregation. That doesn't matter.
What does matter is a love of music and a willingness to create together a sound so much richer and more beautiful and diverse than any one soloist could ever muster. As a member of our chancel choir, you can sing Handel with a 20-piece chamber orchestra during our Christmas Concert; with our sanctuary ringers or teen bells, you can ring five octaves of handbells to "Simple Gifts;" with our Folk Lore group you can play the music of Alison Krauss and Bob Dylan; or with our Manna Band songs by Gungor and Sara Groves.
And through music, our children have the opportunity to explore their creativity too. Associate Director of Music Janice Williams leads our Psalm Singers and Joy Ringers (chimes and bells) with fun, challenging, and educational rehearsals on Wednesday afternoons and Sunday mornings. Both groups sing and ring in worship throughout the year, often times in collaboration with our high school or adult musicians. Music helps our children gain confidence as well as participate and feel a sense of belonging to our church.
Making music together is one of the most rewarding, engaging, relaxing and fulfilling experiences you can have. It costs nothing, except an hour or so of your time a week. There are no auditions and no solos (unless you really want one!!) What are you waiting for?
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I have installed the 1.5b version of TTW. I started OA and every time I get in the pod to start the simulation the game just ctd's on me. Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this phenomenon or not but it is a bug and I'm reporting it. :)
So to be exact. I get in the pod. It closes nicely. The light show goes off and my screen turns white. a small delay then I get the "This program has stopped working" message and I'm back on my desktop.
It may or may not be relevant but I am running Windows 8 Release preview atm.


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- Voorgevel
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Vibrant arts center
Vooruit is a vibrant arts center with 300.000 annual visitors. Since 1982, we have been offering countless cultural events, focusing specifically on performing arts, music, books and city & transition. Vooruit organizes 500 to 600 of our own activities annually. In addition to this, we also cooperate with a large number of partners, who complete and strengthen our offerings through our hall rental.
Significant meeting place
With its broad range of activities, from stage shows, performances and concerts, to book presentations, debates and parties, Vooruit is a significant meeting place for a very diverse public.
Contributing to this is our popular Café, where anyone can come enjoy a (vegetarian) meal or drink, meet for a chat, or catch up on some work. Moreover, our central location in the heart of Ghent, makes Vooruit an ideal place to meet new and familiar faces.
A monument...
Vooruit is located in an impressive one-hundred-year-old monument that houses four stages, four studios (for lectures/exhibitions/rehearsals) and a large café with connecting patio and bicycle parking lot. With 20.000 m² of hallways and chambers, you can stroll for hours in this official historical landmark. The building is open every day, but the halls are only accessible during activities.
You can also discover our building during a guided tour (individual or group).
...with a history
Around 1880, workers in Ghent were living in dreadful conditions. They had no voting rights, no trade unions and were paid a pittance. In various places in the world people started experimenting with cooperatives* and Ghent was one of the places where a cooperative was established. The Vooruit Cooperative (under the leadership of Edward Anseele) defended and united the interests of workers and was used to spread the socialist ideology among workers. The cooperative started with a bakery, but expanded rapidly to include coffee houses, attire stores, coffee-plantations, weaving mills, and pharmacies. A Festivities Hall offered workers a spot to relax.
The first Festivities Hall was located in the Bagattenstraat, but quickly became too small, so the decision was made to establish a new Festivities Hall in the Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat. However, the 1913 deadline was not met and for the World Fair in Ghent that year, only the Café opened. A year later the festive grand opening had to make way for the First World War. In 1918, the cooperative regained ownership of the building and socialist activities were able to resume.
From World War I to World War II
During the interwar period the Festivities Hall blossomed, but this came to an abrupt end when the Germans occupied the building for the second time in 1940. In 1946 the building was again returned to the Vooruit Cooperative. During the seventies, the Vooruit Festivities Hall entered a period of decline. The building was no longer in good condition, the cinema had lost income and associations could no longer be subsidized. There were fewer and fewer activities in the building, income dwindled and the building fell into further disrepair.
1980: a fresh start
In 1980 a group of young people negotiated with the cooperative to use the Festivities Hall as a venue, as a means of offering local artistic talent a stage. They succeeded. In 1983 the 'vzw Socio-cultureel centrum Vooruit' (Vooruit Socio-Cultural Non-Profit) was created and this later became 'Kunstencentrum Vooruit' (Vooruit Arts Center), as it is known today. The building, however, needed some serious work. Once the building was recognized as a monument in 1983, interest in renovating it followed. Thorough restoration works started in 1990 and were completed in 2000, the same year Vooruit was awarded the 'Monumentenprijs' (Monuments' Award).
A new chapter
But these restorations were not the last. After the turn of the millennium, plans started to take form to tackle other parts of Vooruit. This resulted in major renovations after 2010, concentrated into one overarching Vooruit Renovations Masterplan. In 2012-2013 the Café saw the birth of its sibling, the Patio (het Terras) – with a covered bicycle parking underneath.
More would follow. During the following years - 2014 and 2015 – the Concertzaal and the entrance area were made future-ready and the former COOP-supermarket was transformed into Vooruit's new nerve center. Now this space is called the Groene Coop. In 2017 and 2018 finally, the last phase of the Masterplan will take effect. Follow all the latest updates right here.
Today Vooruit Arts Center (Kunstencentrum Vooruit) is a major cultural institution. Just like its predecessor – the Vooruit Celebrations Hall (Feestzaal Vooruit) – the Arts Center is a place for encounters, culture and activism. The inscription 'Kunst veredelt' ('Art ennobles'), that was chiseled over the stage of the Theaterzaal more than a century ago, may sound quite pompous but it is and remains Vooruit's motto.
You can read the extensive history here or in the book 'Vooruit 1913-2013'


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This is not the best place to do it but since it was the only contact of yours that I found, I have no other option. I am a journalist from a Brazilian business magazine and I would like to interview you for a story about the concert industry that I'm finishing this week. Could you contact me by email?


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Founded in 1979, Feed The Children is consistently ranked as one of the largest international charities in the U.S., based on private, non-government support. Feed The Children is an international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty or natural disasters. In FY 2011, Feed The Children distributed more than 104 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and their families in all 50 states and internationally.
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The 'Obama spied on Trump through the UK' claim the White House is now fond of as a straw to grasp, came from a conspiracy theorist who heard it via an infamous hoaxer. https://www.nytimes.com/…/…/fox-andrew-napolitano-trump.html
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Saturday, March 18, 2017
The Week
Hello world. This is my first post on this new blog. My blogs became unimportant to me as the election became more relevant. I focused on Facebook and Twitter. Then the results of the election delayed my planned return to blogging.
This blog is a compromise. My life has changed as the danger to the future of America looks more stark and evident. I am 58 years old and do need to hang up my political activities and paint watercolors with my blogs but I am not sure how to transition to that.
My political awareness began many years ago with the coverage of Watergate. What we are going through now is worse than that. It has aspects of Watergate centering on fair elections but it is so much more dangerous. Like Watergate there are stories that aren't the main focus but are just as important. Watergate had the activities of the "plumbers" showing us the danger of slush funds and dirty tricks to the electoral process. Today we have voter suppression, gerrymandering, and other ancillary activities that are just as dangerous as the main scandal.
I will try to post some relevant material here as I attempt to begin painting watercolors.
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Published by St. Martin's Paperbacks on November 3rd 2015
Genres: Historical, Historical Romance, Regency, Retelling, Romance
Pages: 352
Source: Edelweiss
Lady Daphne Swift comes from a family with two brothers who have proudly served the Crown. She may be a female, but she's willing to do whatever it takes to prove that she's as useful to the war effort as her brothers. She even went so far as to secretly marry a spy. The fact that she just happened to have been pining for Captain Rafe Cavendish for years didn't hurt matters. But after their first mission, when she realized their marriage had been strictly business, Daphne immediately wanted an annulment. The fiery Daphne has always been a multi-tasker and now she's hell bent on two things: finding the men who killed her brother and securing her engagement to another man to forget about Rafe forever.
As a spy for the War Office, Captain Rafferty Cavendish has been on dozens of missions. But one mission haunts him, the mission that resulted in the death of Daphne Swift's eldest brother, Donald. Rafe agreed to work with Daphne once and put her life in danger. Now he must find the men who killed Donald, avenge the family, and convince Daphne to give him one more chance. But Daphne's enlisted her other older brother, Julian, to help her get a quick and quiet annulment so that she can marry a fop who only wants her for her title and money. Can Rafe convince Daphne to give him one more chance, on the mission and with her heart?
Another lovely collection the Playful Brides series by Valerie Bowman! While it's the fourth book in the series, you can easily read it as a standalone. This one is a historical regency of The Philadelphia Story! Featuring Daphne Swift and Captain Rafe Cavendish, there's some loathing to lovin' romance. Or more accurately, two people who pine for each other but refuse to admit it so instead they bicker and banter and there's so much lovely tension.
Rafe returns back into Daphne's life when he has a chance to exact revenge for Daphne's brother's Donald's death. And he needs Daphne to do. Too bad she's decided she's over him and has her eyes set on a new beau. Unfortunately for Daphne, Rafe has a trump card to coerced her into helping.
Daphne is pretty awesome, she's feisty and independent and a badass spy. Rafe, on the other hand, is stubborn yet so handsome and charming. He's got a lot of guilt on his shoulder and I love seeing him learn to be happy again.
I love that this book is full of secrets and adventures! Together on this mission on a cramp ship with bad guys and spies and danger abound, Rafe and Daphne have to learn to trust each other while trying to hard to fight the spark between them! Might I add, I love Daphne's little cousin (and Aunty), who make awesome, sassy, matchmakers. Overall, this was a fun and action-packed read, definitely worth checking it out if you're a fan of regency retelling of awesome romances.
{Thanks to St. Martin's Paperbacks & Edelweiss for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
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The Dutch study, published in `Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association`, identified eight main triggers that appear to increase the risk of intra-cranial aneurysm (IA) — a weakness in the wall of a brain blood vessel that often causes it to balloon. If ruptures, it can result in a sub-arachnoid hemorrhage which is a stroke caused by bleeding at the base of the brain.
Other regular activities that may cause a stroke included vigorous physical exercise, straining to defecate, being startled, being angry and drinking cola, found the study.
"All of the triggers induce a sudden and short increase in blood pressure, which seems a possible common cause for aneurysmal rupture," said lead researcher Monique H M Vlak of the University Medical Center in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
"Sub-arachnoid hemorrhage caused by the rupture of an intra-cranial aneurysm is a devastating event that often affects young adults," Vlak said.
"These trigger factors we found are superimposed on known risk factors, including female gender, age and hypertension."
On alcohol use, the researches said the risk was higher shortly after drinking, but it declines quickly.
According to them, few people with IAs have symptoms before such a rupture, such as vomiting, vision problems, loss of consciousness, and especially severe headaches. But, many people show no symptoms. With the increasing use of neuro imaging techniques, more incidental aneurysms are being detected, the researchers said.
For their study, the researchers asked 250 patients with aneurysmal sub-arachnoid hemorrhage to complete a questionnaire about exposure to 30 potential trigger factors in the period shortly before their event and their usual frequency and intensity of exposure to these triggers.
They then assessed relative risk using a case-crossover design that determines if a specific event was triggered by something that happened just before it.
They found that drinking coffee has the highest (10.6 per cent) risk of getting a stroke, while vigorous exercise can increase a person`s risk by 7.9 per cent.
Similarly, a simple nose blowing increases the risk by 5.4 per cent, while sexual intercourse ups the risk by 5.4 per cent, followed by straining to defecate (3.6 per cent), cola consumption (3.5 per cent), being startled (2.7 per cent) and being angry (1.3 per cent).
Although physical activity had triggering potential, the researchers don`t advise refraining from it because it`s also an important factor in lowering risk of other cardiovascular diseases.
"Reducing caffeine consumption or treating constipated patients with unruptured IAs with laxatives may lower the risk of sub-arachnoid hemorrhage," Vlak said.
"Whether prescribing anti-hypertensive drugs to patients with unruptured IAs is beneficial in terms of preventing aneurysmal rupture still needs to be further investigated."


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Fees are in place to ensure students have necessary supplies for the greatest chance of success, and to maintain a standard of excellence for the program as a whole. These fees offset the cost of music books, shirts, tuners, sheet music, accessories (capos, pencils, picks, shoulder straps), and to maintain the instrument inventory. These items are not covered by CCSD or CEWMS, so they are funded by fees. Paying these fees helps us pay our bills on time. Fees are due by September 29th and are non-refundable. Please note that this assessment does not pay for field trips. It is the desire of the director to take field trips each year. No member will be denied the opportunities of our organization due to financial difficulties. If there are financial issues, please contact Mr. DePriest! Please note that checks or money orders should be made payable to CE Williams Middle School, and individual student accounts do not carry over to the next school year. You may pay your fees online at [removed]
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About me
I Love to laugh,Sometimes I'm funny, other days I'm in Overdrive, I can be Sweet and Shy, Or Sassy and Bold,Sometimes i can be a Hand full, I've been told.
I love music, dancing and all other performing arts. We are made by the Greatest Artist..the Divine Creator and I am made for creating! and making things happen. Arts is what I do!
I love children cause they remind me of God and their innocence and beauty is the real thing of life. (By the way I have a 24-year-old son – the centre of my life)
I don't have enough fingers for all the pies I want to get my fingers into.
I'm privileged to have a lot of diverse friends from all walks of life.
I get passionately involved in my big interests in my life.
Sport is for doing not watching.
I'm affectionate, have my romantic but original moments, appreciate fun and funny, talk and write too much….. I've been a writer, computer nerd, good lover,mother, therapist, but mostly tried hard to be a good person.
I will be a lot of other things before I am done….
I fly in the sky and dance with the stars. This entire universe is my orchestra.
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you."
I'm Engaged to Wean de Klerk…"Love is beautiful and great, when you find the right person it will be fate!"
I'm a big animal lover - have a husky dog- Vodoo and a little furry cat called Zoey. And my other furr baby is Cloey
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Reno - Renown Emergency Department?
I have been a travel nurse for five years and I am ready to settle down. I have whittled my list down to four places - Flagstaff, Reno, Fort Collins/Loveland, or Tampa. I eventually want to get back into flight nursing - but I need to sharpen my trauma skills again (I have traveled to a lot of small community hospitals during the last five years). I was hoping someone could give me the inside scoop on Reno. I'm looking for an ED that is well run, good relationship between staff - docs, nurses, management; has lots of support staff, offers lots of educational opportunities, max of four patients to a nurse.... And I don't want a facility that deals with just drunks and drug addicts with the occasional trauma. As far as the city - I'm looking for an enviromentally friendly city (recycles, public transport), lots of outdoor activities (natural beauty), and lots of indoor activities when it gets cold (movies, mall, plays, restaurants). Must be dog friendly. I am a single, thirty something female - so I need a place where I can make friends my age. I'll be renting a place - but I would like the payrate to match the cost of living. With that in mind - how much does a nurse with ten years make? I am also planning to go back to school - so I was wondering if there is a master's program in the area.
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for all who reply.
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Joined: Nov '08; Posts: 16Nov 8, '08Hopefully FERN-tastic will chime in about the working conditions in the ED at Renown. She works there.
Renown is a Level II trauma center and we get a lot of trauma in this area from so much of the outdoor recreational activities around us and traumas are flown in from the rural areas of NV, UT, CA, ID that are nearby. I think it'd be an okay place to sharpen your trauma skills. Someone else can better speak to this, but I believe we handle pretty much everything besides burns on the trauma side of things...those are always sent out.
Reno has a bus system - not excellent public transport. You can set up recycling with the local waste management company who will come collect your stuff in bins that they provide. There are lots of outdoor activities (hiking, boating, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, etc) and plenty of places to eat, shop, and see shows (from casino shows to small theater and college productions).
UNR has a master's program. Depending on what your goals are, so does UNLV and they offer much of certain programs online. Once you establish residency, you'll find tuition in NV is very cheap, with graduate credits at UNR being only $202 at this time for residents.
I couldn't tell you how much someone with 10 years of experience is making at Renown, but I can tell you that the new graduate rate of pay is $27.21 and the typical annual increase is 4%. I can say that I can comfortably pay my mortgage/utilities with one paycheck, as a RN with under 1 year experience.
Good luck with your decision!Nov 11, '08For someone with 10 years. You will probably make at least 35.00 base pay ( i am just making a guess computing the 4% per year raise on top of the RN start pay ). RN pay at the top is around 39 an hour.
Yeah i would agree, maybe FERN-tastic can private message you about the ED. 4 patients max at the ER? we don't have mandated nurse / pt ratios in nevada.


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- Equip Alabama secondary school educators to more effectively teach genetics.
- Update the genetics content knowledge of educators.
- Help secondary school educators describe and identify common student misconceptions in genetics, genomics and biotechnology, and identify approaches to overcome them.
- Distribute a tool kit of genetics-related materials.
- Promote the use of hands-on genetics activities.
- Construct a conceptual pathway for genetics, genomics and biotechnology useful to secondary school biology educators that incorporates all relevant COS objectives.
- Model appropriate connections between genetics, genomics and biotechnology concepts and real-world applications.
- Provide educators the opportunity to experience at least four scientific talks by biotechnology researchers or industry executives.
- Organize tours of at least three facilities conducting biotechnology related work.
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- Reduce content knowledge gaps in secondary biology educators via active lectures, laboratory experiences and discussions.
- Enroll each participant as a member of NABT and ASTA for one year.
- Overview misconception theory and provide evidence for common student misconceptions in genetics, genomics and biotechnology.
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- Increase the number of secondary school educators who access and use ASIM modules in genetics, genomics and biotechnology Engage educators in the theory and practice of learning by doing.


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By its nature, the EBME program fosters collaboration between basic science faculty and students with engineering faculty and students in an academic environment.
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My dear friends,
Welcome to St. Martin of Tours. With gratitude to God, I thank God for an opportunity to serve as your Pastor.
We look forward to 2017 to Renew and Rebuild St. Martin of Tours Parish, especially, by having Parish Center in Memory of Fr. John Flynn. I am hopeful that together we can make it happen.
So far the campaign to raise funds for the Parish Center in Memory of Fr. John Flynn is going well. Our campaign team volunteers are calling individuals on our Pastor's behalf to schedule appointments to meet. Those contacted so far have been very generous. We do need to contact everyone personally. If you are not registered in the parish envelope system, please make your contact available to us in the office.
Together we can accomplish our goal. Reach out to your family, friends and neighbors and invite them to be part of the legacy in honor of Fr. John Flynn.
God bless you!
Fr. Cosme Fernandes
St. Martin of Tours, Bronx is focusing on creating Father John Flynn Parish Center by renovating the Convent. Dedicating this project to the memory of Rev. John Flynn will keep his spirit alive in the neighborhood.
The new parish center will allow for more meeting space for our various groups and ministries at St. Martin of Tours, including a special Parish Youth Center. Currently, meetings and events are held in the Rectory- where space is limited.
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What a year - well done! Lovely to meet you this year, here's to an even more amazing 2015 - Happy New Year!!
Rosie xx
Thank you! And you too. Happy New Year! We should grab lunch and have a catch up sometime in the New Year xReplyDelete
Oh my goodness, what an amazing year and congratulations on achieving so much whilst still studying! I am awestruck. Looking forward to having a browse over your posts :) from a fellow Canterbury native (well, Margate ha) xxx
Lucy @ la-lingua.blogspot.com
Thanks! Honestly, now I'm finished I kind of miss that feeling of trying to do way too many things at once! xReplyDelete
Pretty amazing just how much you achieve in a year! To many more food posts and recipe book gifts in 2015 ;)ReplyDelete
Thank you. Honestly, I just feel like I've stepped off a roller-coaster now 2014 is over, I actually cried with relief a few seconds to midnight the other night that it was over! And yes! Happy New Year to you too xReplyDelete
You have had an EXTREMELY busy year!
Maria xxx
Trying to do way too many things at once has been my default setting for so long, I don't really know any different - though 2014 was a bit more of a mental year than usual! xReplyDelete
Suuch a packed year! Happy New Year Rachel!ReplyDelete
As always! Happy New Year to you, too! xxReplyDelete
What a year! xReplyDelete
Wow, what an amazing year! Thanks for writing your blog, which during 2014 inspired me to try some new recipes (pissaladiere; pasta with courgette, lemon and chilli; brownies), buy a new cookbook (Honey & Co) and visit a new restaurant (Salt). My new year's resolution is to write a food blog of my own, which I'm in the process of researching at the moment! Every best wish for your continued success in 2015! SteveReplyDelete
So glad you enjoyed the recipes - I love seeing your results popping up on my Instagram. How are you finding the Honey & Co. book?
Can't wait to see your blog once it launches!
Thanks Rachel! Yes, very impressed with the combination of simplicity but decent results with Honey & Co. I made the mushroom and cumin sfiha for my vegetarian sister, which turned out so well. I'm still struggling to sort out hosting and a good domain name but will hopefully get something launched soon -- I'll let you know when I do!ReplyDelete
I just wanted to say that I think I've found my favourite blog to read. ever.
i just want to stick my face into my laptop and eat all your delicious recipes!!!
Apologies if I become slightly stalkerish - your blog is such a feel-good place!
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Hoping to increase awareness after a prostate cancer diagnosis.
Surviving colorectal cancer and working to improve the health of the nation.
Living a normal life thanks to surgery, radiotherapy, and olaratumab.
Keeping ovarian cancer at bay thanks to clinical trials.
Living life to the fullest thanks to research.
Surviving head and neck cancer thanks to pembrolizumab.
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In a borrowed car we sang evaporated.
It's beautiful when you go low and I go high.
Watch you dear, oh we'll beat this.
If I believe enough the lord will provide.
Lay on hands, hymns and praises.
Sing in tongues, salvation true and right.
Jesus saves if you let him.
Donation plate passed through the aisle.
Revival day was the saddest,
Passed on by at the sight of skin and bones.
Pushed to the front but the cameras ducked down.
No one wants to watch dying at home.
Lyrics taken from http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/craig_cardiff/revival_day.html