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Secondary Essay Prompts for the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
2019 – 2020
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2018 – 2019
Describe personal experiences that have shaped your desire to attend an osteopathic medical school whose mission focuses on rural and/or medically underserved populations.
Below are the secondary essay prompts for the Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (PNWU-COM) in Yakima, WA.
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Secondary essay webcast with Dr. Jessica Freedman, founder and president of MedEdits Medical Admissions. Read more about Dr. Freedman.
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine Secondary Essays
Topics covered in this presentation:
- When should I submit my secondary essays?
- Pay attention to the word/character limits.
- Can I recycle secondary essay prompts for multiple schools?
- Identify topics that you left out of your primary application.
- And, much more.
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine 2017-2018 Enrollment
- Total medical school enrollment: 573
- First-year enrollment: 142
Primary application service: AACOMAS
- Primary application deadline: 2/1/2019
- Supplemental application deadline: 3/1/2019
Majors of First-Year Class Matriculants
- Science majors: 96%
- Non-Science majors: 4%
- Graduate degree(s): 32%
Learn more about this school:
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine
111 University Pkwy, Suite 202
Yakima, WA 98901
Toll Free: (866) 329-0521
(509) 249-7888
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How To: Master the Med School Secondary Essay
After you submit your primary applications, medical schools will ask you to submit secondary applications (most automatically) the majority of which require you to write secondary essays of varying lengths. The topics will give you clues to the culture of the medical school. As you research each school to apply to, begin to make notes about what draws you to that school so you can use these thoughts in your secondary essays. You can prepare for these in advance by organizing notes in these areas: my accomplishments, obstacles I have overcome, challenges I have had and how I've handled these, why I want to attend this school, what kind of physician I want to be, what activities I've been most intimately involved with and what have I learned.
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Most Common Essay Prompts
Several common secondary essay topics that are listed below.
Greatest Challenge/Failure/Adversity Essay
Essays that ask about personal challenges, failures or adversities are seeking information about your ability to manage conflict and challenge. They also want to know how you cope with conflict and that you can be objective when things don't go your way. Schools want to know that you are level headed, and that you won't crumble when feeling vulnerable or faced with less than ideal situations. Students often immediately gravitate to academic or scholarly subjects for these essays, but, sometimes the most compelling topics are those that are personal. Why? These topics can often say much more about your character, values, ideals, and decision making. Ideally, you should also write about what you learned and how you grew or changed as a result of the challenge, failure, or adversity.
Students also consider writing about red flags for this topic such as a class failure, poor MCAT exam or institutional action. Generally speaking, we find that these topics are usually less interesting and don't offer enough information about who you are as a person.
Essay Example:
I had worked on my presentation for weeks. I knew it was so important, not only for me, but for my principal investigator (PI), that I present the work we had done succinctly and clearly since I would be speaking in front of the entire biochemistry department. Public speaking has never been a strength and I was very nervous. Before it was my time to speak, I could feel my heart racing and my palms sweating. When I got to the podium, I was literally unable to speak; I was shaking uncontrollably and had to sit down while my PI took over. It was the most humiliating experience of my life. I was able to calm down, and, rather than leaving the auditorium, I waited until the conference was over and apologized to my PI who was kind and forgiving. I then resolved to improve my public speaking skills. The the next day I signed up for a Toastmaster's course and have taken every opportunity since this incident to speak in public. Although I still get nervous before I have to speak, I have learned to actually enjoy speaking in public.
Essay Example:
I saw the Microsoft Word document on the screen of my roommate's computer. It looked familiar. I realized that this essay my roommate had written on the works and life of Jane Austen contained the exact language I had seen elsewhere. Where had I seen it? Why was this so familiar? I also asked myself, "Do I have a right to be looking at this document?"
Then it dawned on me. When my roommate got this assignment for her literature class, we discussed it with our housemates from down the hall. One girl offered to give my roommate a paper she had written on this topic for an AP class in high school. She printed out the paper and gave it to me to give to my roommate. Curious about the topic, since I am a Jane Austen fan, I read it before handing it to my roommate. The document on the computer in front of me contained parts of this paper that were copied, verbatim.
The issues here were complicated. First of all, I was invading my roommate's privacy. I should not have been looking at her computer even though we often shared our computers. But now that I was aware of what she had done, I felt an obligation to confront her.
That night, when my roommate returned home from studying, I first apologized for invading her privacy and explained that I had read the document on the screen. I then told her that I realized she had plagiarized and told her I thought this was wrong. She explained that she felt under tremendous pressure since she also had a big organic chemistry mid-term that week and it just seemed so easy to copy the paper even though she recognized it was not right to do so. With my urging, since she had not yet handed the paper in, she stayed up late into the night to compose an original essay and, in the end, she thanked me for noticing and for encouraging her to do the right thing. I realized that even confronting my roommate, which was uncomfortable and awkward for me, encouraged her to make a better choice and reinforced for me the importance of acting ethically even if these easier choice would have been to look away.
Diversity Essay
Medical schools have broadened their definitions of diversity and for essays like this you can write about your unique interests, talents, or experiences. Maybe you have a distinctive background, perspective, or outlook. Think outside the box when writing about diversity. Do you have a special hobby or accomplishment that sets you apart? Or, you can also choose to write about your own experiences with diverse or minority populations which most people think of as the more "traditional" approach to questions about diversity.
Essay Example:
I grew up in a diverse community even though my undergraduate college was quite homogeneous. During college, I sought out experiences beyond campus to immerse myself in more diverse communities. I volunteered in a free clinic, tutored children in Africa, and traveled during my vacations, when possible. I gained insights into the challenges facing others and how their backgrounds and experiences influenced their perspectives and attitudes. On a medical mission abroad the summer after my junior year, I worked in medical clinics helping to care for Mexican families, which helped me understand that such challenges and unfair inequalities in education and health care also exist internationally.
Through my experiences, I came to realize that all patients, regardless of their background, fare better when their unique circumstances, cultures, and outlooks are considered. To improve my ability to communicate with some of these populations, I minored in Spanish and became more proficient in the language through my studies in Spain. I have learned the importance of listening and seeing situations through the eyes of those I help. Throughout such experiences, apart from realizing that I hope to work with these populations as a future physician, I was continually reminded of the pervasive societal inequalities and injustices both locally and internationally.
Another Example:
Whether playing a Beethoven or Brahms sonata, playing music has always been an outlet for me. Since the age of seven, I have emulated my mother, a professional cellist. In fact, even during college, my goal was to practice medicine while working as a professional pianist. While doing my premedical coursework and majoring in biology, I also minored in music and composed my own work. The year following college, while playing piano professionally, I realized this wasn't what I wanted to pursue for my lifetime. However, my musical interests will always be more than a hobby and serve as my escape from the stresses of daily life.
Why XXXXX School Essay
Medical schools want to know that you have the qualities and characteristics they are seeking. Before writing these essays, read the medical school's mission statement and review their student biographies (if offered) to get a sense of what the school values in applicants. The key in writing "Why our School Essays" is to offer as many specifics as possible. You want to show you will take advantage of the medical school's opportunities and that you will make valuable contributions as a medical student. Do this by showcasing how your interests and experiences are aligned with opportunities at the medical school, that you can benefit from what the medical school offers and that you will contribute to the medical school community.
Example Essay:
My interest in geriatrics and emergency medicine evolved as I worked clinically in these two departments last summer. Through my coursework in health policy, I also learned of the imminent need for geriatric specialized physicians to support the aging baby boomer generation. Through your hospital's renowned telemedicine and information technology departments, I would be offered the unique opportunity to explore this interest further. I would also take advantage of the medical school's summer research program to participate in research projects related to geriatrics or emergency medicine.
At the clinic where I worked, I gained first hand exposure to disease complications, which often were caused by lack of access to primary care. My travels and work in India have shown me how common these issues also are internationally. Your unique medical school program would allow me to continue my active community participation during my first year, while providing care to diverse populations who lack access to care. This endeavor also could be augmented through participation in research and study in South America, so I could pursue my interest in global health while caring for other underserved communities and improving my language skills.
Of supreme importance, the urban location and suburban hospitals affiliated with the medical school as well as the Level I trauma center would offer unparalleled exposure to novel academic and clinical opportunities. Apart from the school's location in my favorite city of Great City, it is the superior curriculum, supportive medical educational environment, opportunity for community involvement, and team-oriented culture that would make your medical school a perfect fit for me.
What are you doing next year or what have you done since graduating from college?
Answer these questions in a straight forward fashion. Typically, medical schools require that only applicants who are not full-time students answer the question. In answering these questions, write about what you will be doing, but also include information about what you hope to learn and how this will prepare you for medical school.
Example Essay:
For the upcoming academic year, I will continue my research on breast cancer at Outstanding Oncology Center, where I have been working for one year. Our findings last year have already provided evidence for the etiology of what receptor is involved in the development of tiny cell cancer, and we hope to build on these findings to continue our work. I have already become proficient in using the literature to design experiments, and I hope that this year I will learn how to analyze our findings. My hope is that our findings will be significant enough to lead to a publication on which I would be an author.
I will also shadow several doctors throughout the year to broaden my understanding of clinical medicine. Right now I have plans to shadow an internist, a surgeon, and an ophthalmologist.
My Saturday mornings will be spent volunteering at Inner City Clinic, where I will be promoted to the level of triage. I will be responsible for taking vital signs and basic intake histories on patients.
This year will be productive and, I hope, will provide the foundation I need to be an excellent medical student.
Writing Tips
For each essay prompt you receive, pay attention to the character and word limits and use them as cues for how much information a medical school is seeking. A medical school that limits your responses to only 50 words, for example, is asking you for a simple, straightforward response. On the other hand, the school that allows 1,000 words per essay wants you to elaborate and go into some detail.
Secondary prompts vary, and I find that students can often recycle essays for multiple schools. But reading secondary prompts carefully is important. The most common mistake students make is providing a response that does not really address what is being asked. Even though writing secondary essays can get laborious, don't try to make an essay you have already written "fit" for a prompt if it just doesn't work. Remember, good secondary essays can help you earn a medical school interview.
Sometimes, especially if your primary application is comprehensive, responding to a secondary essay may force you to repeat information that is already in your primary application. That not only is okay but also suggests that you are in good shape; many schools determine prompts by identifying topics that applicants frequently leave out of primary applications.
I discourage applicants from writing a "one size fits all document" for various secondary essay themes. Since the character/word limit for secondary essays is so variable (50 – 3,000 words) it would be a waste of time to write an essay before knowing specific character limits for each prompt. Having an idea of what you would write about for each of the common themes is wise, however. Some schools' secondary essay prompts do not vary from year to year, and you can often find these essay prompts and start working on them in advance. But, be warned, schools do change secondary essay prompts on occasion.
Above all, just as you did with your personal statement, write authentically and honestly and don't try to spin your responses to tell admissions committees what you think they want to read.
A couple of additional tips:
- Never quote others; your essays should be about you!
- Optional secondary essays are truly optional. Don't fill a space or recycle an essay unless you have a good reason to do so.
- Unless medical schools specify a secondary essay "due date," there are no real turn around rules. Submit your essays when they are ready and ideally within two to three weeks after receiving the secondary application.
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Secondary Essay Prompts By School
California Northstate University School of Medicine, Elk Grove
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles
University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine, Riverside
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, San Francisco
Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine–California (TUCOM-CA), Vallejo
Western University of Health Sciences/ College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (Western U/COMP), Pomona
Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Boca Raton
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami
Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee
University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami
USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton Campus (LECOM Bradenton), Bradenton
Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-KPCOM), Fort Lauderdale
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, North Chicago
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago
University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University (CCOM), Downers Grove
Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Mount Pleasant
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit
Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo
Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MSUCOM), East Lansing
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City
Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis
A.T. Still University–Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM), Kirksville
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCU-COM), Kansas City
Albany Medical College, Albany
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx
City University of New York School of Medicine, New York
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
Hofstra North Shore – Northwell School of Medicine, Hempstead
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo
New York Medical College, Valhalla
New York University School of Medicine, New York
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine, Brooklyn
State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse
Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM), Old Westbury
Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine–New York (TouroCOM-NY), New York City
Duke University School of Medicine, Durham
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, WinstonSalem
Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM), Lillington
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland
Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown
Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus
The University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati
Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton
Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (OU-HCOM), Athens
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey
Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), Erie
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM), Philadelphia
East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City
Meharry Medical College, Nashville
University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville
Lincoln Memorial University–DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM), Harrogate
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio, San Antonio
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin
University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine, Galveston
University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine, Harlingen
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Southwestern Medical
University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM), San Antonio
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNTHSC/TCOM), Ft. Worth
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk
University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond
Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke
Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (LUCOM), Lynchburg
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine–Virginia Campus (VCOM-Virginia), Blacksburg
*Data collected from MSAR 2018-2019, 2018-2019 Osteopathic Medical College Information Book, and institution website.
Disclaimer: The information on this page was shared by students and/or can be found on each medical school's website. MedEdits does not guarantee it's accuracy or authenticity.


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Model Hunger DVD Release Party July 13th
Wednesday July 13th from 6:30 – 8:30 come celebrate the DVD release of Model Hunger at Forbidden Planet NYC!
One of our favorite companies, Wild Eye Releasing is putting out the feature film directorial debut of Debbie Rochon, one of our most favorite people in the world, and we're gonna have a release party of epic proportions to celebrate! Just look at this guest list…
Debbie Rochon – Director
James Morgart – Writer, Executive Producer
Mary Bogle – Star
Voltaire – Star
Kaylee Williams – Star
David Marancik – Star
Michael Thurber – Star
Carmine Capobianco – Star
Suzi Lorraine – Star
You probably know Debbie from at least one of her two hundred plus roles (you read that right… TWO HUNDRED PLUS – that means more than two hundred). In fact IMDB currently boasts 246 acting credits. She's been directed by a countless number of independent auteurs, so it's about time she got behind the camera to give us her visceral vision. I'm sure anyone who has been directed by the likes of Lloyd Kaufman or Chris Seaver has said to themselves… "I can do that!" and we here at FP are glad that Debbie did.
Former model and actress Ginny (Lynn Lowry) had been cast aside by the modeling industry when she was a young woman due to her body type – and she didn't take the rejection well. When new neighbors Debbie and Sal move in, they begin to notice strange things happening, as the list of missing young women begins to grow. What has Ginny been doing in her basement all these years, and can she be stopped'
So come down to Forbidden Planet to celebrate the release of Model Hunger and get your copy signed by a whole slew of people! Wait… what's that you say? You can't make the event but you really want to support independent cinema and grab an autographed copy of Model Hunger. Well don't you worry your pretty little head. Forbidden Planet is now taking pre-orders for signed copies! All you gotta do is order your copy now and we will make sure that director Debbie Rochon as well as all cast and crew members in attendance sign your copy at the event before we ship it out to you. This way you can reap all the benefits of attending this killer event without even putting your shoes on.
What: Model Hunger DVD release party and signing.
Who: Debbie Rochon, James Morgart, Mary Bogle, Voltaire, Kaylee Williams, David Marancik, Michael Thurber, Carmine Capobianco, and Suzi Lorraine
When: July 13th 6:30 – 8:30
Where: Forbidden Planet NYC 832 Broadway NYC
Why: Support independent cinema!
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Product: 4 out of 5
Packaging: 5 out of 5
Quality: 4 out of 5
Overall: 4 out of 5
Price: $7-8, any drugstore should have it by now
Would I buy again? Yes.
I was supposed to go to the Nordy's Trend Show today, basically a fashion show for makeup, but I didn't end up going because it was too early in the morning for one thing and Saturdays are my "sleep-in" saturdays, and also to save money! I bought so much winter clothes and shoes so I didn't wanna spend anymore on makeup! LOL. I am still waiting for my Victoria's Secret and GoJane.com haul in the mail which should be arriving next week! Sweater dresses are in y'all!
The BF and I watched Quarantine last night at Universal Citywalk, the movie was disappointing- it sucked in my opinion, so I suggest saving your money if you wanted to see it, and DON'T watch it in theaters!
Anyway, on to the product review! I recently bought this mascara at Wal-Mart, I have tried their other versions (black and white packaging), and what caught my eye was the cute GOLD animal looking print it had. I am so into GOLD right now, so of course I had to snatch it up!
Not only is the packaging cute, but I have always loved the double ended wand because in the mornings I'll do my mascara once I get to work so it's easy to take along. The wands itself are a lot thinner and easier to work with than Maybelline's other versions of their XXL mascara's. It's more comb-like and easier to get into tight areas of the eyelash as well as easier to apply in general. It's supposed to help give you longer lashes or the illusion of eyelash extensions by "brushing on extensions", but I personally didn't notice that stretch of a claim. I have better results using my L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara.
- The packaging is super cute! Easy to tote around with it's double ended tube
- Better wands, thinner, easier to use than previous versions, and gets into tight spaces
- Has a primer on one end, and mascara on the other end
- No weird funky smell
- Affordable and easy to find
- Gave my lashes a little oomph and volume
- Did not beat my L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara :)
- Didn't really give me "extensions" like it says but gives incredible volume and fuller lashes
Overall? I like this mascara, it's definitely second to my L'Oreal Telescopic Mascara in the sense that I would bring this with me because of the convenience of having a primer and mascara in one. It did give more fuller lashes and I think it gave a little oomph in terms of length- but not a drastic one.
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Product Review: Maybelline XXL Extensions Mascara
Product: 4 out of 5
11 comments
- Fabuless Beauty said...
Wow...thanks for this review. I can't keep up with Maybelline's XXL mascara...there's too many!
- October 11, 2008 at 12:57 PM
- Yellow Fever said...
omg My boyfriend and I watched Quarantine last night too. I agree-WASTE of time...especially since the movie preview trailer...well...I don't want to give anything away to your readers, but YOU know what I mean!!
- October 11, 2008 at 1:41 PM
- Alyssa said...
I have to agree with fabuless beauty there's way too many to keep up with... lol~
By the way, your name for the dduk bokki is so cute! :)
- October 11, 2008 at 3:57 PM
- jeSmakeup said...
thanks for the review! ive beeen lookin for a good mascara =)
- October 11, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Askmewhats said...
Saturday is a sleep in day for me too!!!! :)
Thanks for the review, I have to take a look at the L'oreal Telescopic Mascara because of your raves :D
- October 11, 2008 at 9:35 PM
- Hameepy said...
are there really little fibers in this mascara? kinda like the japanese ones or the fiberwig?
- October 12, 2008 at 1:44 AM
- R said...
Woahhh momma that looks good - I can't seem to get mabelline mascaras to work for me tho :/
- October 12, 2008 at 5:33 AM
- Mac It Pink said...
my bf liked quarantine...lol. I refused to watch it because I easily get nightmares. haha. I am not too big into Maybelline, they make my eyelashes clump. I ,however have found a very close HG for me, Max Factor Volume Couture waterproof mascara. I have tried the telescopic and I liked it at first, but then it started to clump on me.:(
- October 12, 2008 at 1:02 PM
- The Paraben Free Princess said...
Quarantine made me so frigging sick! I had to close my eyes halfway through because of motion sickness with that camera going all over the place. I went home and took a Dramamine. Oh yeah, hated it!
- October 13, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- Vanessa said...
Hi Hameepy, they have very tiny fibers, but it's not really all that noticebale...it's more of a creamy primer than anything else...
- October 13, 2008 at 4:19 PM
- latin chic said...
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In many rural areas of the former Soviet Union, poverty and unemployment are forcing people to leave. But in Armenia it is men who are going, leaving whole villages almost entirely populated by women.
Here in the Armenian village of Dzoragyugh, it is often only women and children you will see working in the fields.
That is because the only way for men to earn enough money to support their families is to go to Russia.
One of those left behind is Milena Kazaryan, a mother-of-two in her twenties.
As she tills the land behind her house, she tells me that her husband is working in Moscow - as are her father, her grandfather and all her brothers. In fact, all the men in her family have left.
Fears of second families
Ms Kazaryan smiles a lot. But she says what worries her and her friends, is that their husbands will set up second families in Russia. Something which happens a lot, she says.
"All of the women are really scared. We phone every morning and every evening, to find out what our husbands are up to.
"It's always really stressful wondering whether he'll come back or not. A lot of the women here worry because they think that in Russia all the girls are beautiful. And the problem is that the men work very hard so of course they also want to relax. That's why they're scared."
Ms Kazaryan says the husbands of many of her friends now have second families in Russia.
"Even if they have little children, men leave their wives and get Russian girlfriends but when they are old and they can't work anymore, they come back here," she says.
Ms Kazaryan and her husband married five years ago. Since then he has spent most of the year working in Russia. Like many Armenians there, he comes back for Christmas, and leaves again in March.
So it is hard to keep the family together.
Transfer of HIV
Women here say that almost all of the men from this village have gone to work in Russia. Leaving women to do everything - including the heavy labour, usually seen as men's work.
And certainly when you walk round the villages in this region, it is women you see herding cattle, on their way to the fields with tools in their hands or carrying bales of hay on their backs - there are very few men.
But the burden is also psychological, says Ilona Ter-Minasyan, the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Armenia's capital Yerevan. Women have to also now make all the decisions - a source of conflict in this rural, patriarchal society.
"Eventually it leads to shifted gender roles because, while he's out for eight or nine months, she's head of the household."
There are also other more fatal issues, says Ms Ter-Minasyan.
"Armenia has a very small population of people who are HIV-positive. But recent surveys show that very often, large percentages of them are labour migrants who go to the Russian Federation, become HIV-positive, come back, and then transfer the disease to their wives. This is the worst-case scenario."
Birthrates 'too low'
Human rights groups accuse the government of not doing enough to tackle the problem of emigration.
But Gagik Yeganyan, head of the Armenian government's department for migration, says the only solution is to increase the number of jobs, rather than set up any specific programme. And that this is something not just the government, but the whole of society, including the media, should work towards.
Officially unemployment is around 7% but the IOM says benefits are so low that most people do not register as unemployed. So the real figure is estimated to be around 30%.
According to human rights groups and opposition parties this means that every year almost 100,000 people leave - most of them men, who go to neighbouring Russia to work in the construction industry there.
The government denies that the figures are so high. But there is general agreement that around a million Armenians are now living in Russia - leaving only three million still in Armenia.
This is a fall of 25% since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, when around four million people lived in Armenia.
There are now calls for the Armenian authorities to act: in July human rights activists sent an open letter to the government, calling emigration a national disaster.
One of the authors of the letter is Karine Danelyan. She says that the lack of men is starting to be felt throughout society.
"It's a really serious problem. There's a new generation of girls growing up who have no chance of getting married because all the boys are leaving the country. So birthrates here in Armenia are now too low to keep the population stable."
But back in the village of Dzoragyugh, Ms Kazaryan's concerns are more immediate.
"It's really tough because the whole family is just waiting and waiting for the men to come back. All we want is jobs in Armenia so that our families can stay together and so that fathers can see their children grow up. A family is more than just the mum. We need the dads here too."


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Kountze cheerleaders have their day in court
Waiting for the judge to begin proceedings that would decide the fate of their spirit banners, a group of Kountze cheerleaders and their parents gathered in the courtroom and prayed.
Huddled in their red shirts, the Christians spoke to God.
"Yes, God," they repeated. "Yes, God. Amen."
Almost three hours after the 9 a.m. hearing was to start Thursday, Oct. 4, Judge Steven Thomas took to the bench in the 356th District Court in Hardin County, and the Kountze cheerleaders had their day in court.
The group of cheerleaders sparked a controversy when they created run-through banners for the Kountze football team that featured Bible verses. After a complaint from the nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation out of Wisconsin, Kountze Superintendent Kevin Weldon advised students and teachers the signs would no longer be allowed.
After consulting with his attorneys, Weldon said he felt his hands were tied.
"I'm a Christian," Weldon said moments after court adjourned. "I was in between a rock and a hard spot."
Attorneys with the Liberty Institute, a legal organization whose self-described purpose is "restoring religious liberty in America," soon came to the cheerleaders' aid. At least four attorneys from the group argued in Thursday's hearing, including lead attorney David Starnes, who read scripture from the book of Jeremiah in his closing arguments.
Starnes said the landmark Supreme Court case Santa Fe vs. Doe — which found student-led or initiated prayer in school-sponsored events unconstitutional according to the establishment clause — did not apply to the Kountze case.
Starnes pointed to the end of the court's opinion, which states, "By no means do these commands impose a prohibition on all religious activity in our public schools."
Fighting for an injunction preventing the school district from banning the religious signs, Starnes said the Supreme Court was on their side.
"Even the United States Supreme Court has recognized you cannot stop all religious activity in the schools in the United States of America," he said. "You can do it in Russia, you can do it in China, but this is the United States of America. You cannot and you do not take away these students' rights to freely express their religious viewpoints simply because they walk through the schoolhouse gates."
One of Starnes' main witnesses, Beth Richardson — a co-sponsor of the Kountze cheerleading squad — said the run-through banners containing scripture were entirely student-initiated and she did not sway the girls' decision to write the Bible verses.
Attorney Thomas Brandt, representing Kountze ISD and Superintendent Weldon, pointed to the cheerleader's own constitution which Richardson required each cheerleader sign. Brandt read the document line by line, highlighting clear language which said the cheerleaders represent KISD in and out school-sponsored events and put the responsibility of the banners and all other aspects of the squad solely on Richardson's shoulders.
Richardson and two other cheerleaders testified they never read the constitution before signing it and rarely, if at all, consulted the document.
Brandt said no school policy, especially a cheerleader constitution permitting the banners, could trump the Constitution of the United States.
"Their (Starnes) claim is ... that somehow a policy of our school district trumps the United States Constitution establishment clause as it has been interpreted by the United States Supreme Court," he said.
After a long pause, Judge Thomas extended the temporary restraining order already in place for another 14 days, allowing the cheerleaders to use Bible verses on the signs while giving the judge more time to make a final ruling.
"We're asking the judge to clarify whether or not Santa Fe vs. Doe applies in this case," Brandt said after the ruling.
Residents of Kountze say a court ruling either way will make little difference in the attitudes of all Christians in Kountze.
"If (Judge Thomas) comes back and says 'no they can't', it still won't stop them (the cheerleaders) from believing," said 7-year Kountze resident Ivy Dinger. "It still won't break their spirits. It might break their hearts, but if you've got God in your heart and in your life, you're gonna go on."
The cheerleaders have 14 days before they will see the inside of a courtroom again, possibly to decide the fate of their signs once and for all.


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For decades, teachers, managers and parents have assumed that the performance of students and employees fits what's known as the bell curve — in most activities, we expect a few people to be very good, a few people to be very bad and most people to be average.
The bell curve powerfully shapes how we think of human performance: If lots of students or employees happen to show up as extreme outliers — they're either very good or very bad — we assume they must represent a skewed sample, because only a few people in a truly random sample are supposed to be outliers.
New research suggests, however, that rather than describe how humans perform, the bell curve may actually be constraining how people perform. Minus such constraints, a new paper argues, lots of people are actually outliers.
Human performance, by this account, does not often fit the bell curve or what scientists call a normal distribution. Rather, it is more likely to fit what scientists call a power distribution.
The study examined the performance of 633,263 people involved in four broad areas of human performance: academics writing papers, athletes at the professional and collegiate levels, politicians and entertainers.
"We looked at researchers, we looked at entertainers, we looked at politicians, and we looked at collegiate as well as professional athletes," Aguinis said in an interview. "In each of these kinds of industries, we found that a small minority of superstar performers contribute a disproportionate amount of the output."
In 186 out of 198 groups ranging from physics professors and Grammy nominees to cricketers and swimming champions, researchers Ernest O'Boyle Jr., of Longwood University's College of Business and Economics, and Herman Aguinis at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business found that a sizable number in the group were superstars.
These superstars, moreover, accounted for much of the success of the group as a whole. The vast majority of the others in the group, Aguinis said, were actually performing below the mathematical average.
More than 80 percent of all Emmy-nominated entertainers, for example, fell below the mean in terms of the number of nominations they received. A small but sizable minority, meanwhile, enjoyed outsize success and accounted for a disproportionately large number of Emmy nominations.
Aguinis said the bell curve may describe human performance in the presence of some external constraint — such as an assembly line that moved at a certain speed.
"If you had a superstar performer working at your factory, well, that person could not do [a] better job than the assembly line would allow," Aguinis said. "If you unconstrain the situation and allow people to perform as best as they can, you will see the emergence of a small minority of superstars who contribute a disproportionate amount of the output."
Aguinis said his findings were descriptive, not prescriptive. He said the findings should not be interpreted to mean that managers and teachers should only focus on the superstars and ignore everyone else.
At the same time, he said, successful companies and nations would do well to identify superstars, because such performers were disproportionately likely to register new discoveries and achievements.
In Garrison Keillor's "Lake Wobegone," all the children are above average. That's a joke, of course. We know most children, like most adults, are not above average. In every human activity, we expect to find some people who are very good, some people who are very bad, and most people to be average.
But there's new research out into human performance that challenges our beliefs. To help explain it, we've called in NPR science correspondent Shankar Vedantam, who regularly joins us to discuss interesting social science research. Shankar, welcome back.
SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Hi, David.
GREENE: So what's this research about?
VEDANTAM: So, you know, there's been a half of century of research that suggests in every field of human activity, you're going to get some people who are very good, some people who are very bad, and most people in the middle. It's the familiar bell curve. So if you look at education or athletics, this is how human performance generally works.
GREENE: The curve where you see that middle just - sort of building up in the middle, as if it were a bell.
VEDANTAM: Exactly. It looks a little like a hill - where you have a tall peak in the middle, and you have the ends tapering off. So I spoke with a psychologist. His name is Herman Aguinis. He's at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, and he has some research that threatens to overturn our beliefs about the bell curve. So he's looked at the performance of more than 600,000 people in four broad areas of human performance. And here's what he's found.
HERMAN AGUINIS: We looked at researchers, we looked at entertainers, we looked at politicians, and we looked at collegiate as well as professional athletes. In each of these kinds of industries, we found that a small minority of superstar performers contribute a disproportionate amount of the output.
VEDANTAM: So what Aguinis is saying is that the performance of the people across these different fields did not fit the bell curve. He didn't find a few incompetent people, a few superstars, and lots of people in the middle. Rather, what he found was that most people are actually below average, and a small but fairly sizable number of superstars accounts for most of the performance - whether you're talking about home runs or academic papers or Oscar nominations.
GREENE: We seem to be talking about a lot of fields here - I mean, across life. And you're saying that in general, most of us are below average. That's a bit disturbing, in a way.
VEDANTAM: Well, it's not my conclusion. It's a conclusion that disturbs me as well, but it is what Aguinis is finding. So if you look at the universe of, say, 3,000 Grammy nominations, what you'd expect to see is that a few people would receive one or two nominations; lots of people would receive three or four nominations; and fewer than five would receive more than 10 nominations.
Instead, what Aguinis is finding is that most people receive only one Grammy nomination, and a small but fairly sizable number - 64 people - receive more than 10 nominations.
GREENE: Well, Shankar, before we throw out years of research - I mean, I have to ask; the bell curve certainly came from something. I mean, all the times performance was measured in schools and workplaces - I mean, what happens to all of that research?
VEDANTAM: So what Aguinis is basically saying is that much of the time, what we are doing is, we are not measuring human performance as much as we're constraining it. So when we force people into the bell curve, what this does is it eliminates the performance of people who are the superstars. And he says this is a crazy idea because the bell curve came to us from this 19th century idea of how a factory assembly line is supposed to work. Here's what he told me.
AGUINIS: If you had a superstar performer working at your factory, well, that person could not do a better job than the assembly line would allow. If you un-constrain the situation and allow people to perform as best as they can, you will see the emergence of a small minority of superstars who contribute a disproportionate amount of the output.
VEDANTAM: What Aguinis is saying is that when you're working an assembly line, you can make only so many widgets in an hour because that's how fast the assembly line is moving. But today, most people are not working in an assembly line. And so there is, theoretically, no limit on the number of academic papers you can write, or the number of home runs you can hit, or the number of Grammy nominations you can receive.
GREENE: So in this current world, if we're not talking all the time about an assembly line, I mean, would he say that we should just be focusing on the superstars and what they're able to do?
VEDANTAM: You know, it depends if productivity is your only goal. So if you think about education, for example, it would be absurd to say that we should only focus on the superstars, and kick everybody else out of school - because the goals of education are not just to win Nobel Prizes. But, he says, if your goal is to win Nobel Prizes or Grammy nominations then yes, you're disproportionately likely to get most of those victories from a fairly small number of superstars.
GREENE: Shankar, thanks for sharing this research with us.
VEDANTAM: Thank you, David.
GREENE: Shankar Vedantam, who regularly joins us to share interesting research on topical issues. You can follow him on Twitter @hiddenbrain, and you can follow this program @nprgreene and @morningedition. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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(CBS News) WASHINGTON - CBS News has learned that during their affair, retired Army Gen. David Petraeus and his alleged former mistress Paula Broadwell used a cyber trick known to teenagers and terrorists in an effort to hide their communications.
Sources say they often composed draft emails which they both could read on a shared private email account -- without having to transmit the messages.
But, CBS News correspondent Bob Orr reports that six emails which Broadwell did send to Jill Kelley ultimately led FBI investigators to uncover the affair.
The scandal has widened overnight. A Pentagon spokesman told reporters traveling with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to Australia Monday that America's top commander in Afghanistan was also being investigated for "potentially inappropriate" communications with Kelley.
"On Sunday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation referred to the Department of Defense a matter involving General John Allen, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan," Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters.
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The allegations against Allen are said to involve emails between him and Kelley written from 2010 to 2012. Asked if they were of a "sexual nature," a senior defense official would only say the messages were, "potentially inappropriate and they bare looking into. The Department is currently reviewing between 20,000 and 30,000 (pages of) documents connected to this matter."
CBS News senior correspondent John Miller, a former deputy director of national intelligence, says the investigation into Allen "is fallout" from the FBI's digging around in the inboxes of Petraeus and Broadwell.
He says the Pentagon realizes that if there is any indication of impropriety, they need it to come out now, not during Allen's confirmation hearing to become the next NATO commander - a nomination which has now been put on hold.
Allen has told Pentagon officials he has done nothing wrong, according to the official.
A married, four-star Marine general who took over from Petraeus as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan in July 2011, Allen was in line to become NATO's Supreme Allied Commander for Europe. While that has been temporarily shelved, he will remain in charge of 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, pending the Pentagon's investigation.
Photos: FBI searches home of Petraeus' former mistress
Meanwhile, FBI officials searched Paula Broadwell's North Carolina home late Monday night. They left carrying several boxes.
Officials tell CBS News the scandal began to surface in June, when Broadwell emailed Kelley telling her to stay away from Petraeus. This was about the time Broadwell and Petraeus broke off their affair. Sources say that when Petraeus learned Broadwell was sending harassing emails to Kelley, he asked her to stop.
Kelley was spotted Monday leaving her Tampa home. She's not commented on the matter publicly but she has hired a high-powered legal team, including John Edwards' former counsel Abbe Lowell.Who is Paula Broadwell? Click below to watch
The man at the center of the scandal, Gen. Petraeus, has also remained silent. Friends and former aides who've spoken with him say the military commander did not intend to resign from the job until it was clear the scandal would go public. Now, they say he's extremely remorseful.
Col. Peter Mansoor worked directly with Petraeus from the summer of 2006 until 2008, and has spoken to him several times since the scandal came to light.
"He said, in those words, 'I screwed up. What I did was wrong. There's no excuses for it,'" Mansoor tells CBS News. "He's not gonna try to explain it away."
Mansoor says Broadwell was given unprecedented access to the top U.S. general.
Photos: Petraeus' mistress Paula Broadwell
"I thought it very odd that he would allow someone to have an extended embed with him... this thing morphed incrementally over time to where she was eventually almost considered a close member of the team," says Mansoor of the unconventional relationship.
And that was an impression Broadwell herself did little to try and contradict, even telling a crowd in Colorado, "a lot of my peers didn't know how to treat me, was I 'Major' Broadwell, or was I journalist Broadwell?"
Sources say Petraeus has stressed to friends that he only engaged in one affair, with Broadwell.
CBS News has also learned that one of the reasons the FBI was so concerned about Broadwell's emails to Jill Kelley was that they contained private security information about Petraeus' travel schedule.
At first, agents thought someone must have broken into Petraeus' files, but it turns out Broadwell was likely just forwarding information the general had shared with her himself.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Devices that help lung disease patients have oxygen therapy on-the-go may not always perform consistently — and may in some cases provide users with inadequate oxygen when they are active, a new study suggests.
The concern, say researchers, is that patients and doctors may interpret any resulting activity limitations as a sign that the lung disease is worsening, when it could instead be a shortcoming of the oxygen device.
The devices in question, known as oxygen conservers, are used mainly by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a group of lung diseases that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
Oxygen conservers attach to the portable oxygen cylinders that many COPD patients carry because they need supplemental oxygen as they walk, climb stairs or perform other daily activities. The conservers are designed to dole out a set oxygen dose each time a person inhales; this allows the cylinders' oxygen supply to last longer than it would if the oxygen flow were continuous.
In the new study, researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, tested four of what they describe as the most widely used oxygen conservers on the market. (They would not identify the specific brands.)
The researchers first bench tested each conserver to gauge performance, then had 13 COPD patients use each device in random order, at rest and during treadmill walking tests carried out over several weeks.
For comparison, the patients were also evaluated while breathing standard room air and while a wall unit supplied the room with 2 liters of oxygen per minute — the dose each patient required.
Overall, the study found, the conservers' performance varied from product to product. And none of the devices consistently performed up to technical expectations, according to findings published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
One conserver was no better than breathing standard room air when it came to maintaining patients' blood oxygen levels during rest or exercise, senior researcher Dr. Edward Regis McFadden, Jr. told Reuters Health.
The other three conservers performed better, he said, but patients' oxygen levels dipped when they walked on a treadmill compared with their levels at rest. In contrast, patients' oxygen levels were maintained when the room was supplied with oxygen.
As a group, the conservers' actual oxygen doses differed from what was expected based on bench testing. Two devices consistently delivered less than the expected amount of oxygen during rest and exercise, according to the researchers.
Moreover, they found, the amount of walking each study participant accomplished varied according to which conserver he or she was using.
The problem, according to McFadden, is in the technical aspects of the conservers.
The devices, he said, are unable to keep up with a person's breathing, matching each breath with a consistent dose of oxygen. All of the devices in this study showed "suboptimal activation with breathing," the researchers write.
The findings highlight an "extremely important" issue for patients and doctors to be aware of, said Dr. Barry Make, co-director of the COPD program at National Jewish Health in Denver. Make was not involved in the current study.
At National Jewish, a leading hospital for respiratory diseases, patients prescribed an oxygen conserver undergo testing to make sure the device provides enough oxygen at rest and during activity, Make said in an interview. A sensor placed on the finger gauges the concentration of oxygen in the blood.
The current findings emphasize the importance of such testing, according to Make. He also pointed out that patients' oxygen needs change over time, and that he and his colleagues routinely reassess how well patients' oxygen conservers are working — at least yearly.
Make and McFadden both said that COPD patients with any concerns about their oxygen conservers' performance should talk with their doctors.
But McFadden and his colleagues also argue that their findings highlight a need for "uniform performance standards" for oxygen conservers — set, McFadden said, by government regulators, based on advice from professional medical organizations.
As it stands, oxygen conservers do not have to go through clinical testing — that is, studied in actual patients — before going on the market.
All conservers, McFadden noted, are considered to be "variations on a basic theme." So they fall under a Food and Drug Administration process that gives clearance to devices based on bench testing and a comparison to existing products.
"That is based on the idea that they are all the same, and they will work the same," McFadden said. But the current findings, he said, indicate that "engineering equivalency" does not mean equivalent performance when people use the conservers.
One company that makes the conservers, Elyria, Ohio-based Invacare Corp, said that there are roughly 40 conserver models on the market, and the performance of four cannot be generalized to the entire market.
"There is a large, and growing, body of peer-reviewed studies that demonstrate that conserving devices are able to meet the clinical needs of patients at rest, during exercise and even while sleeping," Joseph Lewarski, vice-president of Invacare's Respiratory Group, said in a written response to questions from Reuters Health.
Heather Anusbigian, marketing administrator for Inovo/CHAD Therapeutics, which makes another device, said that "the findings point out the need for further studies pertaining to the efficacy of oxygen conserving devices."
In their own studies, Inovo/CHAD "reached different conclusions than those found in the Case Western Reserve study," she told Reuters Health by email. "Most oxygen conserving device users are able to achieve adequate oxygen saturation levels either during rest or activity." Field testing, she said, "clearly indicates that these devices are working."
Asked about the idea of setting "uniform performance standards" for the devices, Invacare's Lewarski said that "we do and would continue to comply with all regulatory requirements applied to the technologies we develop."
However, Lewarski added, "the challenge associated with standardizing all technical specifications related to oxygen conservers is objectively and scientifically determining what standards are ideal for all devices and patients."
Invacare provided some of the funding for the study.
SOURCE: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, online February 4, 2010.


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Complaint jurisdiction: CPUC must approve rates charged by utility companies. CPUC's role is to protect the consumer where competition does not.
Regulation: includes railroads, bus firms, and marine vessels transporting passengers and/or freight within the state; gas, electric, water, steam, sewer, pipeline, cellular, and telephone companies (phone services, including public and privately owned pay phones) and telegraph companies; safety standards procedures for overhead power and communication lines, gas facilities, rapid transit systems, light rail transit systems, and common carrier railroads.
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Visiting the Etihad Stadium
The Etihad Stadium is the home of Manchester City Football Club. The venue can also host a number of other events including concerts.
Stadium Address
Etihad Stadium,
Etihad Campus,
Manchester M11 3FF
How to get here
There is a safe, well lit and signposted walking route available from Manchester Piccadilly Station. Follow the 'City Link' signs. It will take approximately 25 minutes to walk to the Etihad Stadium from the city centre.
There are a number of bike racks around the stadium. The Club accepts no liability and all bikes are left at their own risk.
There are bus stops adjacent to the stadium. At the end of the match buses will be lined up on Ashton New Road next to the South Stand heading to Manchester city centre. Further information is available at tfgm.com or via Twitter @OfficialTfGM
Our dedicated tram stop, Etihad Campus is adjacent to the stadium, located in City Square.
Metrolink runs from the city centre including. Manchester Piccadilly station to Etihad Campus stop and on towards Ashton. The journey time from Piccadilly is less than 10-minutes. On event days, trams run to/from the stadium stop every 6 minutes.
Tickets must be purchased before travel, ticket machines are located on every Metrolink platform.
Please note that both Holt Town and Velopark Metrolink stops, located on either side of the Etihad Campus stop, will not be open for at least an hour after an event at the Stadium so we strongly advise you to use the Etihad Campus stop for your return journey.
Metrolink Park & Ride
Journeys to the stadium are really easy from the many Park & Ride sites on the Metrolink network. Parking is free for Metrolink passengers. For those travelling from the east or north there are two large Park & Ride car parks located at Ashton West and Ashton Moss.
The journey time to the Stadium is less than 25-minutes. Click here for more information about Metrolink Park & Ride. Please note the consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited on Metrolink trams.
Car Parking
Pay on the day car parking is available on site in the Blue Car Park's G & H, accessed from Alan Turing Way (Gate 2).* Parking prices are as follows:**
- Car - £10
- Coach and minibus – free of charge
- Motorbike – free of charge
On matchday, home supporter coaches park in the Blue car park. Visiting supporter coach parking is available in the Grey Car Park C & D, accessible via Ashton New Road (Gate 7). Both the coach and car parks will be open 3 hours before kick-off until 1 hour after final whistle on the day of the match.
* Gates will be locked and cars are left at own risk overnight.
**Prices correct at time of publication and any changes will be clearly displayed on the day.
Accessible Parking
Disabled parking is available on-site in the Blue car park, however it is limited due to the number already allocated to our seasonal supporters. Please call our Disability Access Officer on +44 (0)161 444 1894 (option 1, 1, 1) to discuss further. You can find out more at mancity.com/access.
Residents Parking
A resident parking scheme is in place in the streets around the Etihad Stadium and this is strictly enforced and identified through on-street signage. Please do not park in these areas as you will be fined and your vehicle may be clamped or removed. Please respect the needs of local residents. There are a number of satellite car parks around the stadium. The Club does not endorse these car parks.
Do not leave valuables on display in your vehicle and any items left in vehicles are done so at your own risk. The venue accepts no liability for the theft, damage or loss to your vehicle or items within it.
Road Closures
Please note that a road closure operates immediately after the event to allow pedestrians to leave the Etihad Stadium safely. This is in place for approximately 20 minutes after the match. This is, however, subject to GMP approval and may be in place for longer than stated above. Roads affected by the closure are as follows:
- Ashton New Road – between Alan Turing Way and Darley Street
- Grey Mare Lane – between Ashton New Road and Alan Turing Way
- Merrill Street – between Pollard Street and Ashton New Road
City Square
The best way to beat the traffic of course is to stay and enjoy the post-match fun in City Square, at the Stadium end of Joe Mercer Way. City Square, with a fully license outdoor bar and café, is a great place to enjoy food and drink and reflect on the game and watch the highlights with City pundits, player interviews and celebrity guests.
What can I bring with me?
- Only small bags no larger than 16.5" x 12" x 6". They will be subject to security checks at the entrances
- Flags and banners (maximum of 2m x 1m). Please note flag poles or offensive language on the flags will not be allowed. They will be checked and a fire safety certificate is required
Prohibited Items
The following articles must not be brought to the Etihad Stadium: weapons, air horns, narcotics, fireworks/flares, bottles / cans / glasses, cameras, long umbrellas, food / drink, selfie sticks, tablet PCs and pushchairs / prams.
If you have any questions please tweet us at our official supporter account or email [email protected]
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Since 2011 the EVRA initiative to form "European series" of veteran tournaments / mini festivals, as the regular Veteran rugby events, is bringing more and more clubs/teams to this chain of Veteran rugby tournaments - known as Licor Beirao European Series.
In 2018 among 41 tournaments in 16 countries, four events joined European Series for the first time - Torneo della Crescia in Pesaro (Italy), EVRA Licor Beirao Tournament "Ciudad da Corunha in La Corunha (Spain), RC "Veter" Old Boys Rugby Tournament in Kiew (Ukraine) and Didier Chassemont "Veterans Rugby Union Challenge" in Tours (France). It is to mention also that on the occasion of 40th Anniversary of IMOLA RUGBY the 10th Torneo Internazionale Rugby Old "Bebo Zanetti" had been organised in this picturesque Italian town.
At the very begining as EVRA Series had been introduced, with the great support of José Redondo (Licor Beirao) from Lousa (Portugal), two regular prizes were established:
for the Organizers - EVRA special made plaque
and the one for the Oldest Tournament player
In 2018 unfortunately these two awards had not been presented . . .
Apart from these signs of recognition, EVRA Executive Board with Licor Beirao established EVRA Annual Award, presented to the Club/Team that had organized the "most international" European Series Event . . . and so contributed to the further development of Veteran sports - Rugby in Europe.
The past winners were . . .
2012 Milano Rugby Festival, Cernusco Rugby Old (Italy)
2013 Esztergomi Vitezeki RFC, Esztergom (Hungary)
2014 Les Independants du BRC, Beauvais (France)
2015 Flanders Open Rugby International Rugby Festival, Dendermonde (Belgium)
2016 I Senatori Virgiliani Old Rugby Club, Mantova (Italy)
2017 Bandar Log Marseille (SMUC), Marseille (France)
2018 Award had not been presented.
After very international, enjoyable, friendly and successful European Festival in September 2017 in Siedlce (Poland) the concentration had been focused on the preparation of the next - 5th EVRA European Festival in Belluno (Italy) in September 2019. The organisers of I Fossili Dolomitici Rugby Old, with the support of FIR (Italian Rugby Federation), started their part of the work - formed the Organizing Committee, created the "Festival website" with needed information as well informed separately European veteran teams about this big Rugby Old event.
By the end of 2018 one big step forwards had been made towards further development of Veteran Rugby in Europe - Union Francaise Ancient de Rugby (UFAR) and European Veteran Rugby Association (EVRA) agreed in Paris about the Partnership - cooperation, with the aim to promote our sport "awaking" the activities in every "European corner".
U F A R joined for the first time EVRA European Series with five Regional tournaments, open also for the teams from abroad . . .
And for the "end" very pleasant news - Mantova (Italy) had been nominated as European Sports Capital 2019 and of course our member I Senatori Virgiliani Rugby Old will be the part of the celebrations, organizing in October The international veteran rugby tournament . . .
We welcome to the European Series 2019 also your Club/Team that intend to organize a Veteran Rugby Tournament under the World & European motto . .
Fun & Friendship & Fraternity . . .
Marko Protega, Secretary


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Researching Your Family History Online In Simple Steps
A practical guide to getting started in family history. This includes everything you want to know about using online tools and services to research your family history. This is one of the clearest and easiest to follow guides available with snapshots of the screens you will encounter accompanied by step by step instructions and useful research tips.


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In the fast-moving world of startups, entrepreneurs need to be able to sell themselves in seconds. A good elevator pitch can mean all of the difference, helping entrepreneurs score cash, recruit top engineers or land that ever-elusive big customer.
A bad pitch? Well, let's just say that's a one-way ticket to nowheresville.
That's why we're kicking off a fun new Web video series and competition today, dubbed The Elevator Pitch. And what better place to conduct these pitches than … an actual elevator while riding to the top of one of the world's most iconic landmarks: Seattle's Space Needle.
In the first pilot episode, PetHub CEO Tom Arnold describes his online pet tracking startup in the 43 seconds that it takes to get to the top of the Space Needle. I am joined on the show by judges Rebecca Lovell of GeekWire and Andy Sack of Founder's Co-op who critique the pitch, and help decide whether Arnold is sticking around for the later rounds, or taking a trip back down to the ground to work on his pitch.
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We shot three pilot episodes of The Elevator Pitch a few weeks ago. This is the first in what we hope will become a regular feature on GeekWire and a fun competition that showcases one component of the hard-charging world of startup life. We welcome your feedback as we bake out the concept, and if you think you have what it takes to pitch your business in 43 seconds while speeding to the top of the Space Needle, email me at: email@example.com.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks for our next Elevator Pitch. In the meantime, a big thanks to Lift Digital and the Space Needle for helping to make this possible.
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Former News Corp. Exec Rebekah Brooks To Face Prosecution For Phone Hacking
A May 15 New York Times article reported that Rebekah Brooks, a former executive in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., will be prosecuted on various charges stemming from the phone hacking scandal surrounding News Corp. Brooks was the former CEO of News Corp.'s British newspaper division, News International. From The New York Times:
Once among the most powerful figures in the British media, with close contacts stretching from her boss, Rupert Murdoch, to her friend, David Cameron, Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Mr. Murdoch's British newspaper empire, was told by prosecutors on Tuesday that she, her husband and four others will face charges of conspiring to pervert the course of justice in the hacking scandal that has burrowed into public life here.
It was the first time the charges have been formulated since police reopened inquiries into the affair in January 2011 and intensified their questioning six months later. The development brought the scandal to a watershed between criminal investigations, which have resulted in around 50 people being arrested and then set free on bail, and the prospect of trial before robed judges.
The six were accused variously of concealing documents, computers and archive material from officers investigating the scandal last July.
PHONE HACKS: A Guide To The News Corp. Scandal
Murdoch Admits Phone Hacking "Cover-Up"


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The founder of the Williams-Sonoma empire has died at the age of 100, The Associated Press reported.
Chuck Williams died peacefully of natural causes Saturday at his home in San Francisco, according to the retail chain.
Williams opened his first Williams-Sonoma store in Sonoma, California, in 1956. He and his business inspired many famous chefs. Renowned chef and restaurateur Thomas Keller said Williams made a major contribution to the world of cuisine.
He sold the company in 1979, but remained closely involved.


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Academic Forgiveness is the process by which previously enrolled students may seek to remove the negative impact of unsatisfactory grades earned at WSSU. Academic Forgiveness (granted only once) may be requested by students returning to WSSU after an absence of three (3) or more consecutive calendar years. Before completing this form, you are required to meet with an advisor in the college/school discipline to demonstrate full understanding of this policy and to develop a plan for academic improvement. The policy for Academic Forgiveness is outlined on the bottom of the form and decisions CANNOT BE APPEALED. For more information, view the Academic Policies.
If a student needs to formally change their legal name with the University, the following authorization form needs to be completed. Be sure to provide the necessary supporting documentation (i.e. Marriage certificate, court order, etc.)
Communication from the University is sent to the address provided as your permanent address upon enrollment to Winston-Salem State. The correct mailing address is critical to receive information in a timely manner. If your permanent and/or local address changes, please complete the following form as soon as possible.
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You've got to give Chuck Anderson, our honorable Alpenmeister, some credit for very creative fundraising to support the Oregon Alpenfest celebration. Even though Alpenfest doesn't happen until late September, he's out here in February with an Opera Night!
And what do you get? Opera classics in practically the most remote corner of Oregon, performed by very talented young people, a great dinner, and the opportunity to get out of the house in the middle of winter. What's better than that?
Who: Eastern Oregon University music major students from LaGrande, Oregon, are performing two hours of classic opera selections.
What: A fundraiser for Oregon's Alpenfest, a family-friendly, polka-crazy, Swiss-yodeling event that takes place in late September (Sept 25-29 for 2014) in Wallowa County, Oregon, a place that comes closer than anyplace in Oregon to looking like the Swiss Alps. The towns of Enterprise, Joseph and Wallowa Lake are all involved in Alpenfest.
When: Friday night, February 28, 2014, 7 pm to 9 pm,
Where: Lear's Main Street Pub & Grill, 111 W. Main Street, Enterprise, OR,
Cost: Admission including dinner is $25 for adults (drinks extra)
Notes: Reservations at Lear's are advised. Phone is (541) 426-3300.
Coming from out of town? Our Joseph Oregon bed and breakfast has plenty of room available. Click the Book Now link on the left of this blog to find the perfect lodging for your Eastern Oregon opera night or call us at (541) 432-0230.