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Monday 4 February 2008
Bring Back Matron you say? Oh they are back all right.
At my hospital we always had a saying..."Matrons are like ghosts...we know they exist but we never see them."
Who are the modern matrons? They are highly trained and highly educated nurses who take on clinical specialist/ management roles. Highly trained and highly educated nurses are great at the bedside. Research has shown that patients have a higher survival rate when they are receiving total care by a degree educated RN. Even better if she has a manageable number of patients.
Many of our modern Matrons, however, are as useless as tits on a bull. They have no soul. They have no interest in patients. I would rather eat c-diff positive shit than bestow the honourable title of "Nurse" onto one of these people*.
I have posted the stats regarding Nurse patient ratios. I have posted research into medical errors. I have posted about some of the insane practices that were happening on my ward and continue to occur almost daily. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that people do and can get hurt. At the very least is the little 90 year old man sat staring at a tray off food he cannot feed to himself..whilst his nurse is busy elsewhere. If anything makes me feel like going postal, it is that scenario. Staff nurses are not perfect and they do make mistakes, but many of the mistakes that happen are down to system errors that could have been prevented.
My ward was opened to another specialty and now takes 3 or 4 different specialties. We are the (now 40 bed) dumping ground for EVERYTHING. This was the result of a management decision that was not thought through. As usual we are left worse off than we were prior to said management decision. None of the RN's were cross trained and fuck up after fuck up occurs daily. The nurses are stuck with too many patients, no back up, no support in a specialty in which they have little or no experience.
The Matrons know the situation. There are many many highly paid matrons at my hospital. One for each specialty. Did any of them come to the ward to provide guidance and leadership or help out during the restructuring? HELL NO. They basically disappeared into thin air. Totally fucking AWOL.
Did they put on a pinny and come and help out on the ward? HELL NO.
Did any of them come anywhere near the ward or a patient? HELL NO.
Did they return our phone calls? Rarely.
Have we ever seen them act like a nurse? HELL NO.
Would any of them be able to name a patient on our ward? Nope.
Once, two years ago, a Matron did come to the ward to help us put because we were so short. This is the only time we recollect that this has happened. I was overwhelmed with really sick patients. Matron informs me that A. She does not remember how to do a drug round and will not do it. B. She is not comfortable with IV meds and will not help with that. C. She volunteered herself to answer the phone and call lights. So I got left with all the hard stuff, and supersuck (who makes double my salary) did fuck all.
That was the last time we saw a Matron (or a Nursing Leader) on the ward in a clinical capacity. They stay far far away and leave the staff nurses to suffer alone. We have written letter after letter about the conditions on these general wards and they are ignored, or Matron shrugs her shoulders and says "we feel so bad for you".
Don't feel bad for us...you are a highly paid nurse...get your arse to the floor and help us...be a goddamn nurse...provide some goddamn leadership by example. Come up with a plan for cross training the staff. Back us up when we are getting threatened by the chief nurse for complaining when we are one nurse to 24 patients. At the very least come and help us feed patients when YOU KNOW that we are 2 nurses to 15 feeds and everything else that is happening simultaneously. I have worked with bedside nurses who have masters degrees and chose to work at the bedside. The situation is so bad, it should be all hands on deck. Fuck whatever it is that you do all day. I have yet to see anything that you "do" benefit a patient.
I don't know what they do in that office all day. I don't know why they hate their nurses. I don't know why whatever the fuck they are up to in that office is so much more important than the patients and the staff.
I do know that despite the fact that they know how short we are working, they love to re-arrange our paperwork and make it more complex. Certain forms have gone from 5 pages to 20. I know that they are trying to redesign our care plans because the current ones are never filled in properly. I informed the Matron that it doesn't matter what structure our paper work takes...it is going to be FUCKED because of time constraints and overwhelming nurse patient ratios. I must not have got through.
When do we see Matrons? When there is an inevitable cock up. Then they are down to the ward like flies to a horses ass to ensure that all blame is directed onto the staff nurse and the hospital does not appear negligant or liable. Then the same error happens again with a different nurse because these are SYSTEM errors not NURSE errors. Once again Matron comes down hard on the individual member of staff without troubleshooting the problem. Fucking worthless whores. I saw it happen to too many of my colleagues and I got the hell out before the day came when it was my turn.
As far as I am concerned, most of our so called nursing leadership are traitors to nurses and patients alike. Don't even get me started on the NMC, the RCN or any of the other worthless pieces of crap who refuse to address the real issues. I'd like to see them all lined up and shot*.
*if there are any Matrons out there reading this that care about patients and support their nurses than I apologise to you personally. The rest of you are overpaid stupid worthless bitches.
*Nurse Anne is a non-violent pacifist and she does not believe in shooting our so called nurse leadership for their crimes. She just fantasizes about it.
56 comments:
- Staff Nurse M said...
The notion that there could be a lot of problems solved by employing one more Staff Nurse on each shift I guess has never been really consided I take it?
I to agree that the taking of a life is never justified. Perhaps we should take Jeremy Clarksons thinking of "Chainsawing their legs of and shoving a powerful air hose up their Jacksie"? - 7 February 2008 at 10:30
Well they are not allowed to employ even one more staff nurse at all. It has already been thought of but the trust won't budge. The situation is hellish and I think it should be all hands on deck.
"Perhaps we should take Jeremy Clarksons thinking of "Chainsawing their legs of and shoving a powerful air hose up their Jacksie" - 7 February 2008 at 11:06
After that quote I was supposed to put: "Love that Idea"
- 7 February 2008 at 11:07
Can you sort of anonymously take this stuff to the papers? I mean, I know you're writing this blog and I read it, but that's because I'm a nurse too.
I'd just love the public to have an idea about this other than the crapola of "Too posh to wash, too clever to care" Funny how nurses only became like that when Hewitt and people of that ilk came to power. - 8 February 2008 at 07:41
Dear Nurse Anne
I understand and feel your pain - I am a British nurse working in USA and its not much better here. The equivalent of the Matrons here ponce about in suits, silk scarves and high heels. When I tried to get some support and improve staffing and morale on my ward (and the in the hospital in general) I was seen as a threat and was later written up for moving a cupboard 6 feet across a hall. As a Unit Director I worked alongside my nurses and often took the role of Charge Nurse so they could have an extra nurse on the floor. I always came in if they were short staffed as well. However I was treated like dirt so left. I am appalled by the nonsense that goes on - you are right, they just stay far away and have another coffee break. Why not ask your hospital to do a staff satisfaction survey.
I now work from home for an insurance company with no stress or issues - so that hospital lost an experienced unit director RN with masters degree and tons of experience - and guess what they dont give a shit. - 8 February 2008 at 13:52
- Dark Side said...
The might be so called modern matrons but they are still wolves in sheeps clothing as far as I am concerned. A so called modern matron is the only person who has managed to make me cry on more than one occasion. I don't cry easily either..xx
- 16 February 2008 at 04:38
Amen to this post. I have lost count of the times when the superb nurses I work with have been run ragged, while some pillock in a power suit carrying a clipboard swans around doing nothing (and earning much more). I'm not trying to pimp my blog here (honest!), but I blogged a piece called "The rage" on our site about this exact thing a few months ago. Doesn't matter how good a nurse you are, if you're overwhelmed with patient numbers you're gonna make fuckups.
Dr. Thunder
www.twoweeksonatrolley.blogspot.com - 16 February 2008 at 12:54
witnessed exactly this when our A&E modern matron came to do a night shift the other day
he ended up doing ward transfers as the NIC didn't feel he was safe doing anything else after about an hour of watching him
the quality of his handover was widely acknowledged to be shit by all the receiving ward nurses
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- 2 April 2008 at 05:53
- Geoff said...
As a lay person I find it all shocking but totally believable. Thank you
- 2 April 2008 at 06:44
- The Shrink said...
How can they retain their RMN registration and thus their jobs??
- 2 April 2008 at 09:13
- delcatto said...
I don't think you swear enough given the dire situations you are describing and the current shite managers who see only targets, figures and lovely, lovely admin.
It really is 'The Emperor's New Clothes' because matrons, managers, and so on up to the government really do believe in the fantastical world they have created.
There's a problem with infections: create more protocols and committee meetings.Employ another managerial suit to head it up.
There's a problem with transferring patients within the target times: review the existing policies and procedures and have yet more meetings. Employ another managerial suit to head this one up. There's a problem with.......Ad infuckingfinitum.
One band 8A = two band 5 nurses.
Maybe one way to approach the modern matron is to look closely at their job description because I am sure part of their role is to educate, disseminate and support staff. How can they justify their registration without hands on patient contact?
Sorry but my comment is becoming a novel so I'll stop now.
Excellent blog by the way and now saved to my favourites. - 2 April 2008 at 12:56
Kill them all let God sort out the innocent.
We have a Modern Matron, (He is the very model of a modern nusing matron), apart from acting as the unit managers gofer and filling in PDF's (personal development plans) according to the KSF (knowlwedge skills framework) for the PBI (poor bloody infantry) I have no idea what he does. Nor do I care. - 3 April 2008 at 00:46
- Peter said...
Hi! Off topic a bit but anyway here goes. I trained in the 70's and we also had Matrons. More like Generals than Sisters though.
As Matron moved around the hospital it wouldn't take long for nurses to hear that she was coming to call at HER ward.
Things were checked before Matron's arrival to make sure things were spick and span.
If not you were drawn and quartered, so to speak. But having said that, nobody jumped ship.
You stood to attention as Matron arrived and treated her like a visiting Regal.
Yes, I know it all sounds too much, but that's how it was back then. I wouldn't have missed it for the world.
Thinking back now, I can't remember everything they did other than visit and talk to those in the know as I was far too junior.
But one thing I do remember is that they backed us up to the hilt and ensured our welfare through thick and thin.
They were fantastic souls to all of us.
Things were far similar then; perhaps it should be like that now.
Peter - 3 April 2008 at 01:12
- fuchsia groan said...
Another lay person here. How I feel for you. Anyone who works in any organisation knows the type. They know all the latest buzz-words and jargon to throw around in their interminable meetings. The higher the jargon & bullshit level, the more ineffective they are at doing their job. The way of the world, unfortunately.
- 3 April 2008 at 07:18
Hi just stumbled on your blog.. I worked as an HCA for 2 years before I got my place at med school, and my God it takes me back! You've captured everything I hated over the time I was there. As far as I could tell, our matron only ever shafted our (fantastic) Ward Sister and got her the sack before installing her (equally useless) friend in the post. I can't even begin to tell you the catalogue of horror stories I encountered over that time! Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the public so superbly! Keep it up...
- 4 April 2008 at 15:28
- Mother Jones RN said...
Excellent post! By the way, I'm adding you to my blogroll. I love militants!
MJ - 17 April 2008 at 06:49
Nurse Anne, your blog has made a difference - to me! I was one of those relatives who nagged on at the nurses about lack of care for my parents when they were in hospital. Having read your side of the story I'm going to show nurses respect & encouragement from now on.
Am I going to stop complaining - HELL NO! My dad's 92 and gets scared when he's left on a commode behind the curtains for ages and hates it when his legs ulcers aren't dressed and they stink.
My mum (87) is heartbroken when she has to wet the bed when no commode is forthcoming after asking for ages. She waits in pain for some relief and a bit of reassurance about worrying symptoms.
Yeah! I used to think nurses were heartless & get mad - I love my mum & dad, I'm their carer & I care - and I'm a pensioner myself and running out of steam and patience!
But - I now apologise to all the nurses I've pressured & complained to in the past. From now on I shall request an audience with the duty manager and enquire how they justify staffing levels so low that nurses are unable to do their work as they & their patients would wish. - 23 April 2008 at 03:06
This is one of the many reasons why I have left nursing after 15years and became an ER Tech.Money versus stress.I still have my license,but do not see returning to nursing anytime soon.I am checking in to organ harvesting or becoming an embalmer.Texas needs nursing unions.I have met many nurses who have left for other work in the last year.
- 5 May 2008 at 17:10
Matrons...thank god we dont have them in Scotland...yet.
However, we have,
Patient Flow Manager
Person who wanders around with clipboard and places brightly coloured magnets around the ward bed board. Asks about numbers of patients and oftens hands outs patients like sweeties.
Bed Manager
Person who wanders around with clipboard and moves the aformentioned magnets around some more. Asks about numbers of patients and beds.
Staffing Manager
Person with clipboard who wanders around with clipboard and moves the aformentioned magnets around some more. Asks about staffing and can they takes some away without regard to numbers of patients in ward.
Hospital Coordinator
Person who wanders around with clipboard and moves the magnets around even more. Asks about staffing and takes some away.
Discharge Coordinator
Person who wanders around with clipboard. Is only interested in green magnets. Sometimes takes patients away. She is my friend
Throughput Manager
Person who wanders around with clipboard. Is only interested in orange and red magnets.
Clinical Nurse Manager
Person who wanders around with clipboard and notepad. Not interested in magnets or staffing or beds.
They dont talk to each other. They do like magnets though.
I kid you not. Seven managers, all senior nurses, seven days a week. Not one adds anything to my day.
However. It is worth hiding all the coloured magnets for a laugh. - 27 May 2008 at 05:52
Good Job! :)
- 7 June 2008 at 00:57
- Happy1 said...
Bring back Matron?????
I have been in my A&E department for 6 years...during that time we have had 2 matrons.
I have NEVER seen either of them liase with ANY patient in ANY way. They both have been INVISIBLE and UNAPPROACHABLE to staff and patients...presumably off attending meetings maybe...about targets...or finance ..or... foundation status.. I don't bloody know!
Both matrons had habit of...(like Nurse Anne says)... only coming into the department to rearrage cupboards or paperwork without telling us / complain about staff being too happy(god knows how that happens)/ point out dust / bollock staff in the event of issues or errors (but never praise when we work miracles)...oh...and most important of all..to deal with any INCONVENIENT PATIENTS who are nearing 3 hours 50 minutes! (only they dont 'deal with the patient'..they hound and hammer the harrassed nurses to drop WHATEVER you are doing NOW and sort it...as if we can't ALREADY tell the time..or count to 4...or SAFELY prioritise our own workload).
When patients numbers exceed hospital beds..the matrons pally up with the managers ('gaggle with clipboards') and effectively become a manager. In my view (or in my hospital should I say).. matrons are an extension of management...and certainly not any part of the nursing team. - 20 March 2009 at 02:03
- Ben Watson said...
When you hear medics bitching about nurses with clipboards these are the people they mean. The two percent that give the entire profession a bad name.
There's no reason nurses shouldn't go to university, but when kids are recruited out of school they're invariably talked to by the same bunch of powersuited clowns and persuaded that nursing is an academic degree equal to a BA, a good "first degree", an excellent starting point for all manner of different careers. They're told about being clinical service directorate managers and making 60k+ per year. No one actually asks if they're interested in nursing - caring - for sick people. So off to university they go (as does everyone else in the UK now), the government spends vast amounts of money on bursaries and free tuition fees and book grants and whatever else to attract more people into nursing. Sadly it turns out a lot of them hit second or third year and don't really want to be "normal" nurses, only to find that their "academic" qualification isn't as highly regarded in the workplace as they were lead to believe.
Changing the way we think of nurses in society is important, but isn't about promoting them all to managers or independent clinicians or specialists or brain surgeons. It's about valuing the central, difficult, demanding, highly skilled role they've always played in caring for patients - 28 March 2009 at 06:52
- Nurse Anne said...
You know Ben I kind of agree with you.
When I started my nursing degree we were told that a degree is better than a diploma because it gives you more "options" later on.
Our nursing instructors told us that no one lasts more than 5 years as a ward nurse. Your spirit gets broken, the constant abuse and stress destroys your mental health. Physically speaking, ward nursing is not a sustainable occupation long term.
Yes, we were told to get degrees right away so that when our backs,knees, and hips are ruined before the age of 30 we will at least have job options away from the ward.
Does the ward environment need to be so bad in the first place? I don't think so. - 28 March 2009 at 11:45
Hi, I'm a student, in my last year, and am predicted to get a
1st in my BSc(Hons). I love nursing and am good at it. However, I am NEVER EVER going to nurse. I am 44yrs old, and boy I just can't cope with the shit! I think it is much better to stay in the comfort and safety of the academic ivory towers and chat about policy, sorry. But I am praying for you guys. - 29 March 2009 at 01:36
- Ben Watson said...
As a taxpayer I have a bit of a problem with that attitude. You're getting your fees paid for, you're getting a bursary on top of that. Maybe it's a vicious cycle, but surely part of the problem of stretched resources is down to the incredibly high attrition rate?
As for the 1st class BSc (hons), I'm sure your very bright and work very hard and I'm not saying nursing school isn't as difficult or challenging as a degree in other, more traditionally academic, subjects, but come on - for three years part time university study of basic human biology?! I know i'll get shot for this, but surely that to some extent devalues the degrees your university confers on science undergraduates who've done nothing but physics/chemistry/architecture/anatomy/etc full time for three years?
After three years in medical school with 1st class marks in (supposedly degree level) anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, microbiology, and pathology if I'd decided to leave I would have had a third class normal degree. - 29 March 2009 at 11:02
- Lyall said...
Why are terms like 'matron' even used at all in the UK?
It is an antiquated, sexist term and not used in Australia for decades. - 24 May 2009 at 10:23
- Reality Rounds said...
OMG! Just found your blog from Grand Rounds. You are hilarious. Love it. "Matron" or whatever the hell you call them should be required to staff a percentage of the time. Especially the nurse educators. They really need to walk the walk if they are going to talk the talk. Otherwise not one will, or should, take them seriously. Your post is a case in point.
- 7 June 2009 at 07:02
I am a wound specialist (Matron). Had a long hard day single-handedly covering wound/ skin consults at two different hospitals each >300 beds each. Last one seen was due to an order that staff nurse asked MD to write due to a very mild heat rash at the back side. You have got to be kidding me!!!! You are sucha pain in MY backside!!! Yes, I am well paid----salaried which means when I stay late trying to see all of the cockamamy stupid consults, I am actually very mad and underpaid by the time I drag home at night.
Sooooo, I cam home sat down to my laptop and typed in "nurses are stupid and lazy" in web browser and low and behold this "Stupid Bitch Matron" popped up. I read the whole thing, totally seeing the other side and I laughed so hard, I cried. I guess it's all perspective. I have always said staff nurses have the heardest jobs in the hospital, EXCEPT for the stupid lazy ones with their feet up on the desk, texting their sig. other and just don't care how well they do their job. But you gave me the perspective that they are probably saying the same about me. I do happen to be one of the "matrons" who take time to feed those patients with a tray in front of them that they can't eat whilst the whole time silently cursing the staff member that should be doing this. Guess it boils down to theres good people and bad, hard working and lazy, those that go the extra mile and minimalists, those that blog about how mad they are and those that sleep like a baby! But really, thank you for making me laugh and let it go...need to sleep. - 17 February 2010 at 17:53
- Nurse Anne said...
Wow a matron who goes near patients!!
I have never heard of such a thing.
It's the patients who want every silly little rash seen to my dear, not the nurses.
"I do happen to be one of the "matrons" who take time to feed those patients with a tray in front of them that they can't eat whilst the whole time silently cursing the staff member that should be doing this"
The whole problem here is that this individual staff member has 20 other patients to feed and drugs due in that 20 minute window as well. It's not like he/she just has one or two patients to feed. What would be really nice would be if we had someone to answer the phone that rings non stop over mealtime.
But the matrons shot us down on that, and they also bust our asses when callers complain that the phone is not getting answered. So I guess we will just have to continue running to the phone ten times a minute during meal time.
Seriously, what kind of retard hospital does not have ward clerk back up for their nurses until 10 PM at night? - 18 February 2010 at 01:43
- Nurse Anne said...
If you feel brave enough to read the rest of the blog you can see what other kinds of stupid shit goes on to set the nurses up to fail and stop them from being able to function.
But seriously, if you are a hands on matron can you please, for the love of god, come and work at my hospital. Please? - 18 February 2010 at 01:44
- Nurse Anne said...
Matron I just wanted to add that it is normal for staff nurses on my ward to HAVE to stay over at least 1 or 2 hours at the end of our shifts UNPAID because of the short staffing and poor working conditions. 1 or 2 hours is a pretty conservative estimate. And that is after not taking a lunch break.
- 18 February 2010 at 01:50
- viagra online said...
I have had not so many experiences with nurses, ones were good experiences, but others not very much. Anyway, I guess we have to thank them because of their huge effort to help us when we need it the most.
- 13 July 2010 at 13:35
shot me now i'm a community matron!but only when things go wrong, rest of the time I'm a team leader.For the last 8 years i have been leading a large team of community nurses and unlike you lucky hospital nurses our 'wards' do not have a set number of beds we just keep taking more and more patients and prey for flu epidemics and such like to clear the caseload a little.I have been reprimanded by my management for seeing patients that could be seen by lower grade staff(ie any grade less than a band 7). I have totally ignored my management and have got on and done the work when we are short staffed because my patients come first and they do'nt give a toss who helps them as long as someone does. I rarely tell patients my grade, or that I am the team leader as I think it's irrellevant. Most are shocked so I hear later from subsequent staff that visit that the manager came and provided care. But after 8 years of covering chronic staff shortages, doing double shifts and numerouse unpaid hours of work both at work and at home i am now off sick myself with stress. And I feel guilty about leaving my remaining staff even more short staffed.So this is the price I have paid for trying to do everyones job,Bear in mind that I can do a band 2 or 5 work but the but they cannot do a great deal of mine. So Do'nt knock all the matrons most of us are truly the meat in the sandwich between management and frontline staff.Maybe we end up going one of two ways, avoid patients and staff so you can take a detached quantative view, or work with patients and staff be truly concerned about quality and the things patients want and end up stressed out and unable to work at all. If I end up leaving the profession that will be one less thorn in my managers side.
- 21 December 2010 at 01:51
- Saad Amir said...
The hospital play an important role in the life of the peoples.The different type of bitch caused the problems in the hospital.
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The weather is starting to get warmer and today for the first time I was thinking that sometime soon I would have to retire my winter coat for the year. With that I also realized that winters produce would soon disappear from store shelves and that I should get in any last minute enjoyment from them that I can. One thing that I have been enjoying throughout winter but that I seem to have forgotten to post about is brussels sprouts. One of my new found favorite ways of enjoying brussels sprouts this wither was this brussels sprouts dish with bacon and lemon. Bacon always makes vegetables tastier and the lemon in this dish really brightens it up. Shredding the brussels sprouts takes a bit of work but I really enjoy the texture of them done this way so it is worth the effort. Overall this is a fairly quick and tasty side dish that has been a welcome addition to my recipe collection this winter.
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Lemon
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 shallot (chopped)
- 1 pound brussels sprouts (cleaned, shredded, blanched and drained)
- 4 slices bacon (cooked and crumbled)
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- salt and pepper to taste
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the shallot and saute until tender, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the brussels sprouts, bacon, lemon zest, salt and pepper and toss to mix.


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Shirley M. Tilghman, who took office on June 15, 2001, will step down as president of Princeton University with the close of the academic year on Sunday. In this video, Tilghman looks back on her accomplishments over her 12 years as the 19th president of the University and looks ahead to returning to the faculty after a year's sabbatical.
The video also features perspectives on Tilghman and the legacy she leaves from several people, including Chair of the Board of Trustees Kathryn Hall, Dean of the College Valerie Smith and former dean Nancy Malkiel, Professor of English Jeff Nunokawa, and Provost Christopher L. Eisgruber, who will succeed Tilghman on July 1.
In its tribute to Tilghman, the video highlights many of the occasions that have defined her presidency. From presiding over campus events to teaching class to traveling the world on behalf of Princeton, the images and words give a glimpse of Tilghman's leadership. The video also features her farewell reception, infused with laughter and Princeton spirit.
Tilghman announced her intention to retire in September.
"I've loved this job," Tilghman said. "I've loved it from the moment I began till, I'm sure, when I step off the stage on June 30. It's been immensely rewarding. It's great to see progress in real time, and to be able to see the University get better each and every day."
A world-renowned scholar and leader in the field of molecular biology, Tilghman served on the Princeton faculty for 15 years before the trustees appointed her president on May 5, 2001.
During her time as Princeton's leader, Tilghman oversaw significant developments, including: expanding the undergraduate student body and launching the four-year residential college system; greatly increasing the number of students on financial aid and more than doubling the average aid they receive; creating a master plan for the future development of the campus, including a major project for the arts now in the first stage of construction; creating new academic facilities for neuroscience and psychology and establishing centers for African American studies and energy and the environment; and expanding international opportunities for students, as well as partnerships with research institutions around the world. Her tenure also included the successful completion of the five-year Aspire campaign, which raised a record $1.88 billion for the University.


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On Tuesday afternoon, President Obama declared May as Older Americans Month, National Foster Care Month, National Building Safety Month, Jewish American Heritage Month and National Physical Fitness and Sports Month.
The president also issued a statement on the investiture of the new king of the Netherlands.
While small and routine, these moves were all easy to understand, as were the accompanying proclamations from the White House press shop.
What was not clear was the executive thinking behind the 45-minute news conference the president had held in the morning.
Announced shortly after 8:30 a.m. and slated for 10:15, this was to be the first such media availability in two months — and just the third this year. A mood of expectation arose in the briefing room, especially as the start time slipped to 10:30 and then 10:45.
It felt as though something newsworthy must be happening. But as it turned out, not so much.
The president had no announcement to make — not even an opening statement. Instead, he plunged right into the queries, nearly all of them posed in a challenging tone. What about Syria, the Boston Marathon bombing, Mexico, the Republicans in Congress and the challenge of administering Obamacare?
The president wound his way through the session, wrapped it up and then returned to respond to a shouted question about Jason Collins, the NBA player who announced Monday that he is gay.
As usual, the president was mostly calm and explicative. But what stood out were the moments when he seemed at a loss to deal with the ongoing frustrations of dealing with Congress.
Again and again, the president seemed to be saying: "OK, that didn't work out so well, but I tried to do what needed to be done and the Republicans wouldn't let me."
No one should doubt that the Republicans are working to thwart this president on a host of issues. They would be the first to say so.
But no matter how frustrating a president finds this dilemma at the heart of our shared-power system, it does not advance his cause to wear his frustration in public. The chief executive is always better served if he can appear larger than the quotidian give-and-take. Yes, he must acknowledge the difficulties he faces, but he also needs to transcend them.
To this end, this president is not well-served by his tendency to sarcasm, as when he reacted to a downbeat assessment of the past few months from Jonathan Karl of ABC News: "If you put it that way, Jonathan, maybe I should just pack up and go home. Golly. I think it's a little — as Mark Twain said, rumors of my demise may be a little exaggerated at this point."
That elicited some chuckling in the briefing room, but also prompted immediate online coverage that made the president sound downright self-pitying. Some compared the session to President Clinton's infamous defense of his own relevance at a news conference in 1995.
Every encounter between the president and the media is subjected to instantaneous analysis and superficial scorekeeping. But in this instance, it was hard to see what the Oval Office expected the scoreboard to show, or what the strategy was to serve the policy or political goals of the moment.
Was it intended, for example, to advance the recent overtures to the opposition? In recent weeks, the president has broken bread with an array of Senate Republicans. He also managed to be generous in his remarks and demeanor at the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential library in Dallas last week.
Such gestures have made more headlines than headway — at least so far. But this kind of outreach, however halting and awkward, may well be the only way forward; and the building of that bridge must begin in the Oval Office.
The president undermines that chance when he struggles through a news conference with no apparent theme or overarching purpose other than to catalog his grievances and complain about the lack of cooperation from the other side.
This may well have been the opposite impression from what the president and his people hoped to convey this week. But it happened anyway. Well into his fifth year in the White House, this president still seems ill at ease in the news conference format. He is driven by the energy and conflict of the encounter, rather than the other way around.
This lack of mastery stands in striking contrast to his renown for holding throngs in thrall, at home and abroad. Even in the informality of a Washington dinner (such as the White House Correspondents' Association gala last weekend), Obama is a gifted presenter, holding forth with the timing and wit of a professional comedian and then turning reflective and serious. Addressing an audience, he is nearly always on.
But in the unscripted free fall of an on-camera news conference, that mastery is notably missing. Early in his first term, the president gave long, professorial answers to every question. When he and his inner circle were dismayed by the distractions and tangential stories that came from these sessions, they came to rely more on one-on-one interviews. Those were more productive from the president's point of view, but they did not address the underlying fault.
Tuesday's go 'round showed that fault remains.
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Michelle Obama surprised many fashion insiders on Monday night with her decision to wear Jason Wu again to the Inaugural Ball, including the designer himself. "#Inshock!!!" Wu tweeted shortly after the First Lady stepped out in his red, velvet and chiffon gown. The custom dress featured halter straps and a loose, flowy skirt, not unlike the ethereal white gown she wore by Wu in 2009.
Both dresses were sleeveless, allowing Obama to flaut her famously fit arms, but her latest gown came in bright red, a striking departure from the white dress she wore for her first Inauguration Ball. It also came with less embellishments than the white number, which was adorned with organza flowers that had Swarovski crystal pieces in the center. The overall fit and silhouette, however, were mostly the same.
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Wu, who became an internationally known designer after Obama stepped out in his creation in 2009, says the process was more collaborative the second time. While the First Lady didn't make any suggestions when Wu was working on her first inaugural dress, she chimed in to say she agreed that red was a good color choice this time. Despite the closer working relationship, Wu was still just as surprised last night as he was in 2009 to see Obama wearing his dress.
"When I saw it, I was just floored," he told CBS. "I just couldn't believe that she chose me for the second time … I am so proud of it."
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When Profesor Joseph Obi boldly warned the British Electorate about the Despicable Ruthlessness of David Cameron's Government , Nobody Listened to him.
What we now have is an Exceedingly Sad Situation where the British Government has Callously allowed Hundreds of Thousands of Innocent Migrants to painfully perish at Sea , simply because of Mr Cameron's Abject Shamelessness , Morbid Greed and Insatiable Hunger for Power.
Instead of Charitably Helping these Impoverished Refugees , our Rotten David Cameron is gleefully spending his time (BUSILY) Converting Innocent Ethnic Minority British Children into (Full-Blown) Potential Jihadis ; via his Obliviously Racist UK Government Politics and Woefully Xenophobic UK Cabinet Strategies.
Thanks to the Racist Mister Cameron , many Black (and Asian) Children No Longer want to become Medical Doctors - and instead now wish to become Freedom Fighters , Anti-Racism Crusaders and Soldiers of Jihad.
In fact , Joseph Obi is 100% Confident that David Cameron's Racist Government has (Single-Handedly) potentially produced Far More British Terrorists than all other Previous UK Governments combined - and the Tally is Still (Exponentially) Rising !
However , Professor Obi has personally resolved not to Remain Silent on this issue , even if the Conservative Party continues to Bribe (Corrupt) Google Staff to systematically consume all of the Chikelue Obi Keywords on the Planet.
To this Effect , Dr Joseph Obi is hereby inviting Suspended Medical Doctors to professionally assist with Independent Humanitarian Clinical Assistance ; in direct relation to the Countless Thousands of Poor African Migrants who are sadly drowning in European Waters , Every Week.
The Suspended Doctors will professionally act in the Capacity of Clinical Advisers and Wellness Consultants ; not Fully Licensed (Statutory) Medical Practitioners - and will personally assist Doctor Joseph Obi together with other EU Licensed Medical Doctors.
Doctor Obi has successfully held a European Union (EU) Medical License since 2010 , and will therefore serve as Medical Director of the Initiative.
As a British Citizen (by Birth) , Prof Obi also feels that he will also use the Project as a Direct Opportunity to firmly condemn David Cameron's Obtuse Political Racism ; and clearly send out (EXCEEDINGLY LOUD) Global Messages to Whole Wide World in this particular regard.
Joseph Chikelue will also be Duly Laising with Top Medical Leaders , Senior International Diplomats and Eminent Clinical Stalwarts ; to Firmly Ensure that David Cameron's Racist Government is Appropriately Forced to responsibly do it's own Fair Share of Humanitarian Rescue Work.
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Qualifications For the Inclusion of Clinical Advisers in the MultiFaith Medical Mission are as follows :
* An Accredited Medical Degree , from anywhere on the Planet.
* 3 Letters of Reference from 3 Different Medical Doctors ; currently based anywhere on the Planet.
* Evidence of Full Registration and Good Professional Standing with the Medical Licentiates Consortium (MLC).
Please Note that Full MLC Registration can only be acquired via Intensive Clinical Skills Assessment (ICSA) ; at the end of an Intensive Clinical Attachment in an Approved EU Clinic , under the Direct Clinical Supervision of a Fully Licensed EU Doctor.
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When Dr Obi first mooted the Modern Regulatory Concept of Doctor's Associates in the UK about 2 Decades Ago , he was publicly labelled a Quack Medicine Fantasist and Clinical Quackery Guru.
Fast Forward to the Year 2015 - and , ( Hey Presto + Abrakadabra + Shokolokobangoshay ! ) , the UK now AMAZINGLY has Associate Physicians now lawfully working in almost Every Nook and Cranny of the National Health Service (NHS) - even though they never even attended anything synonymous with Medical School.
Whenever a Black Doctor originally comes up with Great Clinical Ideas , he is (openly) said to be a Mad Black Doctor.
. . . Yet . . . When a (Sane) White Doctor craftily copies a (Mad) Black Doctor's Idea ; then the Mad White Doctor (By Proxy) is (openly) said to be a Genius.
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Looking for some repose from all the pink sparkly hearts and frilly red roses? Welcome to this space - a place where there are no cute frosted cupcakes or pink macarons nor will you find adorable red velvet desserts for two or pillowy puffs of pastel colored meringues. Instead, I give you a roasted chicken!
Do not get me wrong I am not your anti-romantic out to stamp Cupid with his own arrow. On the contrary, I am a true romantic at heart and find huge joy in French toast in bed, champagne under the moonlight and picnics at the foot of a mountain. I just find these things hit the heart more effectively when you least expect them and not arranged once a year on a day so commercialized that people crumble under the pressure. Nothing sexy about that!
My man is in Stockholm the whole week, but he did get a little surprise when he opened his suitcase and found a small red heart I cut out of cardboard, with a Rocher chocolate tied to it with a red ribbon. Happy Valentine's - my way!
My surprise was Soeren cuddling up to me all sleepy eyed early yesterday morning, "Dad told me to give you a big kiss!" he said "but I am not going to give you the dad kind of kiss, ok?" And then gave me a small box of boozy chocolates. Happy Valentine's - his way!
That was the height of our V-Day! And that was that and for us, in our own way, special. We've been together for 14 years and by now know a day like Valentine's is not going to bring more magic to our relationship. We have it already, on some days more and on other days less. We love, we argue, we kiss, we make up!
We won't be seeing each other this week not until till Sunday and then we only have the evening together before he flies off to Stockholm again. He'll be back Friday night and I'll be on my way up north to Münster to work on styling and shooting a cookbook by Lisa Nieschlag - her third in the Anni series. I am fairly excited about this project, because for the first time I have been booked purely as a food stylist and will be working together with photographer Julia Cawley. It'll be different: for once I can focus only on beautifying the set. It'll be fun: the three of us have been corresponding for several weeks behind the scenes and I already feel the fabulous connection between us. There'll be more: and because we harmonize so well, we've already got a second project underway.
I hope, when I return I will have a few pictures of the things that went on behind the scenes of a photo shoot to share with you.
For now I am taking you back to good old rustic home cooking, pepped up a little with exquisite flavors. A divine corn-fed, free-range chicken, roasted so slowly that all the beautiful flavors are locked into the moist flesh. Flavors of powerful garlic, tangy lemon pepper and boozy Grappa come together here, served with lemony parsnip fries - aren't you glad you came over!
Printable version of recipe here
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Serves: approx. 4
- 1 free-range chicken, about 1.5kg
- 2 onions, peeled and thickly sliced
- 2 carrots, quartered lengthways
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 lemon, quartered
- 1 head garlic, cut in half
- 175ml Grappa
- Fleur de sel
- Lemon Pepper
- Olive oil
- Lemon zest from one lemon
- 750g parsnip, cut lengthways into fries
- Preheat oven to 160 degrees C. Trim the excess fat and skin off the chicken and wash well under running water, then pat dry with kitchen towel. Lay half of the onion rings and half of the carrots in a roasting pan and stuff the rest into the chicken along with the rosemary, bay leaves, lemon and half of the garlic head.
- Rub the chicken all over with the other half of the garlic head, then massage the fleur de sel and lemon pepper into the chicken with your hands. Place the chicken on top of the onions and carrots in the roasting pan and pour the grappa into the cavity. Drizzle a good glug of olive oil all over the chicken. Cover the pan with some heavy duty aluminum foil and roast of about an hour and a half.
- In the meantime toss the parsnip fries with the lemon zest and a pinch of fleur de sel. Add some olive oil and coat the parsnip fries well. Place the vegetables in a baking dish and roast in the oven along with the chicken for the last 20-30 minutes.
- Turn the heat up to 200 degrees C. Remove the foil and roast the chicken for another 15 to 20 minutes, basting with the liquids to keep the flesh moist and until the top takes on a golden color. Keep an eye on the fries, making sure they do not dry out or burn. Serve the chicken with the fries and a green salad.
This is the kind of dish I like to bring to the table after a busy week. The oven does most of the work leaving me plenty of time to relax and catch up with the family. A glass of red wine, lots of hugs and cuddles and a few kisses - and it does not have to be Valentine's Day.
Talking of food styling, over at the Plate to Page website we have a little treat for all the budding food stylists out there. Culinary consultant extraordinaire and author of the awesome The Food Stylist's Handbook Denise Vivaldo, gives an inside look at her career as well as the world of food styling. We're very excited to present to you A Stylish Devotion to Food. Don't forget we'll be in Somerset, UK from May 18 to 22 for the third From Plate to Page Workshop. If you'd like to join us for the 2.5 days check out all the details here.
If you are closer to Dubai however then maybe you would like to join me over at Nasimi Beach, Atlantis, The Palm for a 2-day Workshop, focusing exclusively on food photography and styling.
The details are as follows:
When: Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th April
Where: Nasimi Beach, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Your Instructor: Meeta K. Wolff
Your Host: Sally Prosser
Workshop Website
Finally the Monthly Mingle has kicked off again this month again and we are over at Hila's from Add to Taste all the way in South Africa. Her theme this month is Heart Healthy and I am sending her this slow roasted chicken with many hugs and thanks for hosting the MM this month Hila!
Stay healthy and see you next week.
You might like these heart healthy ideas from WFLH:
Asian Chicken Red Cabbage and Peach Salad | Cannellini Bean Salad with Olives and Ricotta | Roasted Pumpkin Aubergine Zucchini Tapenade Tarts with Buffalo Mozzarella |
All photographs and written content on What's For Lunch, Honey? © 2006-2012 Meeta Khurana Wolff unless otherwise indicated. | All rights reserved | Please Ask First


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