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Nursing Resume Objective or Summary?
Nurses often wonder if they should include an objective or a summary on their nursing resume. The decision can be a difficult one because there is a lot of debate among career advisers. In this blog post, we'll discuss the difference between an objective and a summary, summarize the debate, and discuss why we feel there is a hands-down winner for your nursing resume.
What is the difference between a resume objective and a summary?
In a traditional sense, resume objectives are intended to provide the employer with an understanding of the type of job you're interested in now. The objective may also include reference to your future goals. Monster.com's career advice blog provides the following example:
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To secure a mid-level Customer Service job with a respected employer in the hospitality or entertainment industries, with room for upward advancement based on performance.
By the way, this is a horribly written career objective. We'll explain why below, but we had to point this out immediately just in case anyone thought they had found what they were looking for with this stinker. Sorry, Monster.com…but, wow!
The traditional idea of a summary is that it provides an overview of your experience and skill sets that can be quickly reviewed by the employer. The career site Pongo offers the following example:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Corporate procurement professional with 10 years of experience in the high-end retail apparel industry. Highly skilled at performing due diligence on potential suppliers around the globe, negotiating contracts, controlling corporate risk, and minimizing costs. Fluent in French and Spanish.
The debate over resume objectives and summaries
There are a wide range of opinions in the debate over resume objectives and summaries. Objectives have been around for much longer and used to be a standard. As a result, you'll find many traditionalists who argue that a resume isn't a resume without an objective.
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In their view, providing an objective lets the employer know what types of jobs they should be considering you for. Otherwise, you leave it to the employer to wonder what type of job you might fit into and run the risk that your resume gets thrown in the recycle bin when the employer gets frustrated or bored trying to figure it out.
The resume summary is a more recent addition to the resume world. Staunch proponents of the resume summary argue that the objective is worthless. After all, your objective should be to land the job you're applying for. This should be blatantly obvious. Therefore, including an objective is redundant.
In their view, the summary piques the employer's interest. It gets them to move past the quick-scan phase and dive into the details of your accomplishments. This will increase your chances of landing the interview.
At a polar extreme to both positions, you'll find some career advisers who argue that both the summary and the objective are waste of space on your resume. They argue that both are redundant. Candidates would be better served by using the space for more specific details about their actual accomplishments.
There is also a middle ground in this debate. You'll find some career advisers who recommend objectives for people who are new to the workforce, those who are returning to the workforce from a long period out, and those who are seeking a career change. New workers don't have anything to summarize. Those with long recent gaps in employment may have skills that are now irrelevant. And those who are seeking a career change don't have any applicable skills to summarize.
This group asserts that summaries are recommended for those who have solid work experience. These people are able to summarize skills and experiences that are relevant to the job in question. For example, an experienced ICU RN may offer the following summary: Over 7 years experience caring for critical patients in a busy Level 1 trauma facility.
Should your nursing resume include an objective or summary?
Our opinion is that nursing resumes should always include a summary. In our view, the term summary is general enough to allow the inclusion of effective objective statements. Therefore, a resume summary can be used by all nursing professionals no mater their level of experience.
Moreover, nursing is a profession. More often than not, nurses will be applying for nursing jobs so it will be clear to the employer what roles the candidate is qualified for. Should a nurse decide to transition into a new career, the summary will still be the best option. Again, this is because the term "Summary" is general enough to allow for objectives to be a part of your summary.
We also don't believe that summaries are redundant. Summaries can help you convey the totality of your qualifications in a fashion that is quick and easy for the reader to grasp. For example, you may have worked at two different hospitals as an ICU nurse for a total 10 years. Now let's say you're applying for a job that requires 7+ years experience as an ICU RN. By adding a summary statement (10 years experience as an ICU RN) you will make it much easier for the reviewer to immediately see that you exceed the requirement.
Finally, it's important to note that your nursing resume and nursing cover letter are opportunities to convince the employer that you're the right person for the job. This means they are opportunities to explain how you will benefit the employer, not how the employer will benefit you.
To illustrate the difference, let's visit that horrible resume objective statement from Monster.com one more time:
CAREER OBJECTIVE: To secure a mid-level Customer Service job with a respected employer in the hospitality or entertainment industries, with room for upward advancement based on performance.
This statement says nothing about how the candidate will or can help the employer. In fact, this statement sounds like the candidate is looking to gain something from the employer. Recall that this was an objective statement for someone that Monster described as "…fairly new to the workforce," or someone who was, "…sending out a mass e-mail to all sorts of employers without knowing if they're hiring or not." Here is what we would recommend for a nursing candidate under the same scenario.
Note how this summary includes an objective as well as a summary. We recommend that experienced clinicians exclude the objective in lieu of more beneficial summary statements. Of course, you can play with the wording to suit your background. And please review our blog post on how to write a great nursing resume summary. Finally, we always recommend that you tailor your resumes and nursing cover letters for specific jobs. This general example is used for illustrative purposes only.


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Apartment Features : The apartment offers a stunning view on beautiful private gardens and the surrounding historic canal houses. It is bright and features wooden floors, a spacious living room with all the comforts of home, and an open kitchen providing facilities to dine and entertain in style.
This apartment is centrally located on the picturesque Keizersgracht canal, close to the city's Art District in the heart of historic Amsterdam.
It is within easy walking distance of the city's many vibrant cafes, restaurants and shops.
Everything is easily accessible on foot, by bicycle or tram.
Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. It is sometimes called the Venice of the North because of the canals linked together by more than a thousands bridges.
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My old friend and colleague Miguel Morales is running for a seat on the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees. Miguel is not a career politician. He is not someone looking to boost his resume through an election in these hard times. He cares deeply for the college, its students, its employees, its legacy and its future. I have never met anyone as knowledgeable or as passionate about the college as Miguel.
Quite frankly, I could go on and on about the qualities I see in Miguel and why I believe he would make an excellent trustee. But you can learn more about his inspiring past and qualifications at his site. I want to take the time here to highlight a quality I think we see too rarely nowadays.
Miguel speaks truth to power.
As a journalist, Miguel put his reputation and employment on the line investigating the president of the college. Through his questions and reporting, he has shown a constant willingness to challenge authority, to keep officials truthful and to shine daylight into corners many would prefer to leave darkened. Through his actions, he has shown that he expects openness and accountability in our government and our elected representatives. Had we seen such dedication to openness and accountability in our elected officials nationally, our world might be significantly different today.
Miguel has been a student at the college, an employee at its library and a reporter for the student newspaper. He has daily contact with students, employees, professors and administrators. His history allows him to voice the concerns and expectations of the people who rely most on the college. He speaks truth to power not only with his own voice, but also with the knowledge gained from the wide and vibrant community that makes up JCCC.
Miguel speaks truth to power, but he does so for all of us.
Wouldn't we all like to see candidates run for office who have shared the same experiences as us, who can legitimately identify with our lives? A candidate whose passion has led them to public service? A candidate who expects the same things from government as we do?
For citizens of Johnson County, we have that candidate in Miguel Morales.
For more information about Miguel:
Visit his site
Join his Facebook Group
Check out his YouTube channel
Ed Note: I feel remiss at not having written this post earlier. The delay has partly been because of how busy I am, but also because I haven't known how to express my deep level of respect and admiration for Miguel. Best of luck old friend, you know I'm with you in this.
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We went to left coast last Friday and got an extra large gf pizza for our daughters 9th birthday. They were great and the pizza was very good. When the server brought the pizza she said I surgically cleaned my hands before cutting your pizza. We didn't get sick.
The gluten-free crust is quite delicious, so delicious that some of my non-gluten-intolerant friends prefer it to the wheat version! Just as important, the staff assured me that all the toppings I ordered were also gluten-free, an assurance that Woodstock's employees could not give me. The quality of the ingredients is very good. The gluten-free version does take extra time to prepare, but that's a small price to pay for a delicious pizza that I didn't have to prepare myself. One note: not all the employees are equally good at taking directions, so be very explicit in giving instructions if you want a custom pizza.
Expensive and not tasty.... The idea was nice but in reality, it sucks
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text: Active Safety Monitoring of New Medical Products Using Electronic Healthcare Data: Selecting Alerting RulesGagne, Joshua J.a,b; Rassen, Jeremy A.a; Walker, Alexander M.b,c; Glynn, Robert J.a,b; Schneeweiss, Sebastiana,bEpidemiology: March 2012 - Volume 23 - Issue 2 - p 238–246 doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182459d7d Methods Abstract In Brief Author Information Background: Active medical-product-safety surveillance systems are being developed to monitor many products and outcomes simultaneously in routinely collected longitudinal electronic healthcare data. These systems will rely on algorithms to generate alerts about potential safety concerns. Methods: We compared the performance of 5 classes of algorithms in simulated data using a sequential matched-cohort framework, and applied the results to 2 electronic healthcare databases to replicate monitoring of cerivastatin-induced rhabdomyolysis. We generated 600,000 simulated scenarios with varying expected event frequency in the unexposed, alerting threshold, and outcome risk in the exposed, and compared the alerting algorithms in each scenario type using an event-based performance metric. Results: We observed substantial variation in algorithm performance across the groups of scenarios. Relative performance varied by the event frequency and by user-defined preferences for sensitivity versus specificity. Type I error-based statistical testing procedures achieved higher event-based performance than other approaches in scenarios with few events, whereas statistical process control and disproportionality measures performed relatively better with frequent events. In the empirical data, we observed 6 cases of rhabdomyolysis among 4294 person-years of follow-up, with all events occurring among cerivastatin-treated patients. All selected algorithms generated alerts before the drug was withdrawn from the market. Conclusions: For active medical-product-safety monitoring in a sequential matched cohort framework, no single algorithm performed best in all scenarios. Alerting algorithm selection should be tailored to particular features of a product-outcome pair, including the expected event frequencies and trade-offs between false-positive and false-negative alerting. Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. From the aDivision of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; bHarvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA; and cWorld Health Information Science Consultants, LLC, Newton, MA. Submitted 14 June 2011; accepted 18 October 2011. Supported by grants from NIH to Dr. Schneeweiss (RC1-LM010351, RC1-RR028231, R01-LM010213, RC4-HL106376) and the Brigham and Women's Hospital-HealthCore Methods Development Collaboration. Dr. Rassen was funded by a K-award from AHRQ (1 K01 HS018088). Drs. Gagne, Glynn, Rassen, Walker, and Schneeweiss are coinvestigators of the FDA-funded Mini-Sentinel project (PI: Dr. Richard Platt); however, no FDA funding supported this research and the opinions express here are those of the authors and not necessarily of Mini-Sentinel or FDA. Dr. Glynn has received research grants from Novartis and AstraZeneca for clinical trial design, monitoring, and analysis and gave an invited talk at Merck. Dr. Schneeweiss has received investigator-initiated grants from Pfizer and Novartis. The authors reported no financial interests related to this research. Supplemental digital content is available through direct URL citations in the HTML and PDF versions of this article (www.epidem.com). This content is not peer-reviewed or copyedited; it is the sole responsibility of the author. Correspondence: Joshua J. Gagne, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont St, Suite 3030, Boston, MA 02120. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. © 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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The idol told MC Yoo Hee Yeol, "I have a bit of acting experience before I debuted as a singer. I was a model in an ad for a telecommunications company and appeared in movie 'I Wish I Had a Wife.' I also appeared on a sitcom called 'Soonpoong Clinic.'"
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HyunA then confessed that her roles were too insignificant and small to be even noticed, joking, "I was just Midal's friend. I didn't even have any lines and just played in the sand." (Note: Midal was the daughter of the main character on 'Soonpoong Clinic').
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7691 Jack Williams Rd., Wilmer, AL 36587
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- Beds: 3
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Must see this LOVELY, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, located on 2 acres that qualifies for USDA 100% financing! Home is immaculate! Decorator colors throughout! It boasts beautiful ceramic tile in kitchen/dining, wood floors in the living room/hall and carpet in the bedrooms. It has attached single carport and detached carport in back. There is a large storage room under carport with lots of shelving. This ONE-owner home has a metal roof and has been well taken care of! Seller reserves drapery in living=g room and bedroom 3. Refrigerator to remain. Seller is offering a 1 YR home warranty through Old Republic. Click here to learn more about this listing.
- Year Built: 1996
- 1+ Years on site
- Single Family Home
- Beds: 3
- Baths: 2 Full
Listing Details
- Flooring
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- Approximately 87120 Square Feet
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- Single Family Residence
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- 10100 Blackwell Nursery Rd S
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- Goodwill Easter Seal Center Special Child
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|Millstream Brewing Company - John's Generations White Ale
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Millstream Brewing Company - John's Generations White AleWhite Ales, or "witbiers" as they're known in Belgium, get their name from the light-colored cloudiness contributed by the wheat and yeast left in the unfiltered beer. To properly enjoy this beer, you should pour the first 2/3rds into your glass, then swirl the bottle vigorously to stir up the wheat sediment, and pour the last third into your glass roughly in order to mix the unsettled haze into your beer and get the true-to-style, brilliantly wh... Read More
- Alcohol by Volume: 5.20%
- Int'l Bittering Units (IBUs): 14
- Serving Temperature: 50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Pilsner Glass
- Hops: Glacier, Magnum
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Flaked Oats, Flaked Wheat, Red Wheat
- Country: United States
Millstream Brewing Company - Colony Oatmeal StoutEight different malts and grains come together to create this rich, black stout. Stouts are traditionally fermented using ale yeast. However, the folks at Millstream Brewing Company wanted to combine the smooth, clean, easy-drinking qualities of a lager beer with the rich flavor characteristics of a full-bodied stout, thus, we have their Colony Oatmeal "Stout Lager." Expect notes of plum, roasted coffee beans, milk chocolate, hints of figs and ma... Read More
- Alcohol by Volume: 5.80%
- Int'l Bittering Units (IBUs): 22
- Serving Temperature: 50-55° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
- Hops: Magnum, Glacier, Saaz
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Caramel, Chocolate, Flaked Oats, Munich, Roasted Barley, Black Malt, Red Wheat
- Country: United States
Joseph James Brewing Company - Tahoe BlueTahoe Blue opens with notes of caramel malts, bread, fruits and floral elements on the nose. Look for notes of fruit punch, grapefruit, and hints of spruce, with a faint whiff of maraschino cherries. The flavor parallels the nose, with an emphasis on piney, spruce-like hoppiness, and an almost coffee-like bitterness in the finish. Woody and a bit spicy in the fade. A balanced pale ale that works well with chipotle-spiced, glazed pork chops.... Read More
- Alcohol by Volume: 6.00%
- Int'l Bittering Units (IBUs): 60
- Serving Temperature: 45° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass
- Hops: Cascade, Chinook, Galena, Palisade
- Malts: 2-Row Pale, Caramel, Munich
- Country: United States
Joseph James Brewing Company - Alpine WitPour a sample of this and John's Generations White Ale also featured this month so you can try a side by side comparison. The overall difference is that Alpine Wit is a drier, hoppier version of the style. Look for notes of cloves, earthy wild yeasts and wheat, with dry and peppery flourishes on the nose. On the palate, expect notes of candied orange peel, floral tones and hints of lavender, with a gentle spiciness provided by coriander, yeast an... Read More
- Alcohol by Volume: 5.10%
- Int'l Bittering Units (IBUs): 15
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Pilsner Glass
- Hops: Cluster, Sterling
- Malts: Pilsen, White Wheat
- Country: United States
BrewDog, Ltd. - Rip TideFor an imperial stout, this beer is not as dark as we expected, but no matter—there's room for variation. On the nose, look for notes of chalk-dusted plums, chocolate milk, Turkish coffee, spicy figs, dried molasses, chocolate pudding, roasted malts & cascade citrus as it warms, with hints of saltine crackers in the background. At full warmth, this beer really opens up and becomes what it was meant to be. Spicy hoppy bites nip at the nostrils, us... Read More
- Alcohol by Volume: 8.00%
- Serving Temperature: 50-60° F
- Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Oversized Wine Glass or Pint Glass
- Country: Scotland
Brewdog, Ltd. - Hardcore IPAAs it's poured from the bottle into the appropriate glassware, look for a medium straw color, capped by a just-shy-of-white colored head. This beer has a gorgeous pour when poured hard, with bubbles cascading down nicely along the side of the glass (you'll see this effect more in a pint glass than one with curved edges). On the nose, there's virtually no sign of the massive 9% ABV. Despite what you might expect from the name (if you are already w... Read More
- Alcohol by Volume: 9.00%
- Serving Temperature: 40-45° F
- Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass, or Oversized Wine Glass
- Country: Scotland
Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - Oro de CalabazaOro De Calabaza means 'Pumpkin Gold,' and true to its name, it is golden orange in color, with a lusciously large foamy, sticky head. On the nose, look for notes of lemon zest, raw, tart and sour grapefruit juice notes, woodsy fallen leaves, oranges, perfumy alcohol, faint notes of leather, phenols and spice (think ginger). What jumps out most prominently is the slightly funky "tartness" from the wild yeasts—giving the traditional barnyard or hor... Read More
- Style: Chardonnay Barrel-Aged Bière de Garde
- Alcohol by Volume: 8.00%
- Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
- Suggested Glassware: Tulip
- Country: United States
t Hofbrouwerijke - HofbluesHeads up: this one's a 'foamer,' so be ready to pour right after popping the swivel top, lest you run the risk of having beer erupting out of the bottle. This Belgian Stout pours an ultra deep brown, nearly black color, with a massive medium-brown head. First thing our panel noticed was that this beer has the nose of a much bigger, 8+% ABV Imperial Stout, but at only 5.5%. Is it legal to have this much flavor jam packed into a "session" beer? Exp... Read More
- Style: Belgian Stout
- Alcohol by Volume: approx. 5.5%
- Serving Temperature: 52-60° F
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- Country: Belgium
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Day 2
When I woke up this evening, I heard the voice of another man. He was talking about a couple who got stuck in a ditch on the drive home the night before. He offered to pick up things from the store for Sookie. She asked him to get more of that godawful synthetic blood and some clothes for me. I had no problems being naked, but obviously, Sookie didn't feel the same.
I climbed out of the hole in the closet floor and found a brown robe on the bed. It smelled of another vampire, although I couldn't say who. If I had to guess, I'd say it was probably Bill. Did Sookie only date vampires? Was there a large vampire population in Bon Temps? I'd learned where I was from looking at some of the unopened mail on the kitchen counter. I didn't open any of it; I just looked at who it was addressed to. There were bills and advertisements addressed to Sookie and a few catalogs addressed to someone named Adele Hale.
I walked out to the living room and spooked the man I'd heard talking. When he whipped around to look at me, I realized I was most likely face to face with Jason Stackhouse. I scrutinized him, expecting him to be infirm or physically damaged in some way, but I could see he was quite strong and capable.
When he asked who I was, Sookie tried to brush it off. Was she ashamed of me? I introduced myself and shook Jason's hand, much to Sookie's chagrin. Why wouldn't she want me to know her brother? Was he dangerous? It made no sense to me.
Jason warned me not to put Sookie in danger, as if I would do such a thing intentionally. Besides, I'm confident I could effectively defend her if I did. I didn't intend for any harm to come to Sookie. Jason, on the other hand, didn't seem to mind her being in danger, on account of her being out so late. She had been driving home unescorted when she found me. Where was Jason when his sister was picking up strange men in the middle of the night?
I didn't hesitate to tell him my feelings on the subject. He looked shocked, while I felt Sookie's extreme amusement at my suggestion Jason take her in and care for her. Jason recovered quickly, but paid no mind to my judgment. Instead, he stood beside me and compared the size of our feet in attempts to gauge what size shoes I might wear. He asked some question about an old saying that I didn't get, but made Sookie slightly uncomfortable. The follow-up joke Jason made didn't ease her one bit.
Jason left after that and I learned quite a bit in a matter of minutes. First, that she wasn't ashamed of me so much as she was trying to protect her brother from being pulled into whatever trouble I was in. I also learned that Sookie and I weren't lovers. Even if I wouldn't have felt it, I would have seen the sadness on her face as we spoke. I didn't like seeing her sad, and resolved to do whatever I could to make her smile.
I discovered I was right about the robe. Sookie didn't say much about it, but she made it clear Bill was in her past and not a part of her present. I detected sadness and anger there, which led me to believe this was a recent change in her life. I was curious as to why Bill would let her go, but I also hoped his loss would be my gain.
I then found out I did hold an official rank amongst vampires. I am a sheriff. Something tells me it's not like being an Old West sheriff, but an authority all the same. I learned I knew Bill because he lived in my area, which was area five. Her eyes caught my reflection in the mirror and I felt lust rise in her blood again. I wanted to toy with her just a little and I wasn't disappointed. She knew I could feel her.
After that, she tried to give me more information about my life. I found out I'm not only a sheriff, but I also own several businesses, the most popular being a bar in Shreveport called Fangtasia. And, apparently, I make Sookie do things for me, but she was short on details. I'll have to get back to that later. She appears to be a very stubborn, strong-willed woman. I find it hard to believe anyone can make her do anything she doesn't want to do, which tells me I'm either very intimidating, or she's a big faker. I hope it's option one, even though I don't particularly like the idea of intimidating her.
Before I could ask any questions, Pam and Chow arrived. They were coming to take me back. Back to a place I didn't know, to be with people who expected me to be their leader. They would take me away from Sookie. I couldn't leave her. If they took me, I decided I would just come back. The thought of leaving Sookie put me into a bit of a panic. She was what I knew. She took care of me. I felt no connection to this Pam person. I stayed in Sookie's room, breathing in her familiar scent, until she called for me.
I'm not sure what I expected, but what I saw wasn't it. I think I expected Pam to be bigger, and not the waif of a woman I saw. Chow wasn't what I expected either, with all the tattoos on his arms. They both greeted me with respect. They admitted to working for me and owing fealty to me. I panicked again when Sookie tried to slip out of the room. I trusted her. I wanted her with me. Maybe it was because I could feel her. If she felt I was in danger, I would know it. I had no reason to think she would lie to me. The same couldn't be said for Pam and Chow, even if I would normally trust them with my life.
I didn't care for Chow's reaction to Sookie. I wondered what the animosity between them was about. Were they always like that with each other? Sookie definitely wasn't Chow's number one fan either.
There was a bit of a commotion when Jason returned. I assumed Pam went out to ensure Jason had returned alone. I heard the struggle when she snuck up on him, and then his empty threat to smack her upside the head. I think I would have enjoyed watching him try. Jason revealed there were posters up all over town offering a fifty-thousand-dollar reward for my safe return, and judging by the reactions of Pam, Chow and especially Sookie, this wasn't a good thing.
It was obvious Chow wanted to kill both Jason and Sookie to relieve any further threat. If they thought they were going to so much as displace a hair on Sookie's head, they were mistaken. I would kill them both to protect her. I would keep Jason alive, if only because his death would hurt Sookie, and I couldn't bear that.
I intervened before Chow could get too set on murdering either human, and demanded Pam explain what was happening. I was furious at her for thinking Sookie would trade me for money. Jason, I wasn't sure was trustworthy, but I knew Sookie was. If she wanted money, she wouldn't have called Pam like she did. I wished she hadn't, if I'm to be completely honest. I didn't like Pam or Chow very much.
Although, Jason mouthing off wasn't wise, and Sookie let him know it. We all ended up in the living room together. While I would have enjoyed putting Sookie in my lap, I knew she wouldn't have allowed it. I sat on the floor in front of her, completely prepared to act as a human (relatively speaking) shield if the need arose. I followed the ebb and flow of Sookie's emotions, trying to gauge how my own demeanor should appear. Being closer to her made me feel better. It was starting to bother me that I didn't know if I always felt that way about her.
Then Pam explained how she thought I'd ended up in the mess I'm in. Witches had come to my bar demanding a large portion of my profits and I had refused them. Both Pam and Chow had wanted me to reconsider, especially when Hallow- the head witch in the coven- made an alternative offer. She had suggested she would only take a fifth of my business instead of half, if I would 'entertain' her for seven nights. It didn't take someone with a fully functioning mind to figure out what that meant.
Was I that good in bed? I had no idea what the loss was Hallow was willing to take in exchange for my skills, but fifty percent to five percent was a big cut. Damn. I really had to wonder when I felt Sookie's emotions change. She'd gone from being curiously interested to something akin to an emotional eye roll. It probably didn't help that I grinned up at her and she just looked resigned. What was that about? She'd told me we weren't lovers, but did that mean maybe I'd spurned her advances like I did Hallows?
Why would I do such a thing? It seemed I had a good head on my shoulders. If I was such a reputable lover, why would I turn away someone like Sookie? It made absolutely no sense to me. She was beautiful, sweet, strong-willed and smart. Yet another thing that made no sense to me.
I learned that I'd simply vanished without a trace from my office. I had no recollection of anything. I had no idea how I went from my office in Shreveport to the side of the road in Bon Temps. It was like the world didn't exist around me until Sookie appeared. I was empty, trapped in a black hole of nothingness. I had no life until her. I was only half listening when Pam revealed Chow had attacked the witch Hallow had sent with the counter offer. I may have been rubbing up against Sookie like a man-cat.
Discussion began on what to do next, but no one consulted me. All I would have said was, "I'm staying right where I am." It was safer, all things considered. If the witches were looking for me, it made the most sense for me to stay where no one knew me. The witches couldn't cast another spell to locate me since they couldn't find any of my personal property to do so.
Pam commented about no human having my blood in their system, but that wasn't true. Either she didn't know I'd given Sookie my blood, or she was protecting her from Chow, who would be all too happy to eliminate the threat. I looked up at Sookie and hoped my expression was enough to tell her she would be safe with me. It was Chow's opinion that a locating spell wouldn't work anyway, since we were technically dead. Personally, I didn't want to risk it.
Sookie stroked my hair and it took all the will I had not to lean into it. She covered my ear, although I don't know why,since I heard every word she said. I covered her hands with my own as she spoke. Her skin was so warm and soft. It was quite the contrast to my own skin. Sookie wasn't in favor of keeping me. I felt her worry and doubt over her ability to protect me.
When Jason suggested Sookie should be paid the amount on the posters for keeping me, I wanted increase the amount ten fold, while Sookie was embarrassed at the idea of seeing a dime of the money. Her hands pressed even harder on my ears and I rubbed circles on the insides of her wrists with my thumbs. Jason's idea, while probably seeded in greed, wasn't out of line. I listened to the negotiation until the amount of thirty-five-thousand-dollars had been reached.
Jason seemed pleased with his negotiating skills and promised to bring Sookie a shotgun. I was happy when they all left a short time later, after Pam, Chow and I had one of those bloods Jason bought. I was going to be staying with Sookie and I was very much looking forward to a little alone time with her. I had more questions and I wanted to know that she was okay. She surprised me by asking how I felt. She wanted my opinion on the decisions everyone else had made for me.
Truthfully, all that really mattered to me just then was being with Sookie. But in taking her out of the equation, I came to the conclusion it was a good thing Pam and Chow cared. They could have left me to fend for myself. It was good to know they took their fealty pledge seriously and didn't disappear when there was trouble. It was through Sookie that I discovered I am rather intimidating when I'm myself. She tried to backpeddle and say I'm okay, but I don't mind people finding me to be intimidating.
Sookie, being the good hostess she is, covered me with a the most hideous blue, green and yellow quilt I'd ever seen- or so I assume. We settled in front of the fireplace and had a nice conversation. She told me about her relationship with Bill. She was surprised I asked, but she was still essentially a stranger to me and I was curious.
I tried not to judge as she told me how Bill had left her for another woman. He claimed to love Sookie, and yet, he left her. I couldn't remember vampire protocol, but it seemed rather convenient Bill would blame mystical rules for his infidelity. I didn't remember him, but I didn't like him.
To make matters worse, it seemed I ordered Sookie to go to Jackson to find Bill and bring him back. Why would I order a human to fetch a vampire I was responsible for? While she was there, she was being guarded- rather ineffectively, as it turned out- by werewolf named Alcide. She got hurt on the job. Correction, she got staked on the job. It was impressive to hear she'd survived since I would have been ash.
When she told me of how she was healed, I noticed the flush in her cheeks and the desire in her blood. Something must have happened between us, and I very much wanted to ask, but it wasn't the right time. She showed me the scar from where she was staked, and once again, I felt those tingles when my fingers grazed the shiny new skin of her scar. Not much time had passed since it happened.
I asked after the fate of the "Vampire Ho," as Sookie called Bill's… other woman. Just when I thought I couldn't be anymore surprised, I found out Sookie had killed the woman. I knew Sookie was tough, but I didn't expect that. We got into a discussion over the ethics of murder. While she was trying to be ashamed of her actions, her words touted self-defense. If all it was was self-defense, I couldn't fathom why she would feel guilty or ashamed of herself. I seriously had to question her self-preservation instincts. I began to wonder who would be doing the protecting while I stayed with her.
I found it fascinating that she was so hard on herself for killing to save her life, but gave vampires a free pass since we "kill for food." She compared my kind to wild animals, which was a mistake, and one that could cost her dearly. She grew uncomfortable when I pointed out the flaws in her logic, although I didn't mean to threaten her. I was merely trying to educate her. I couldn't offer much wisdom, but what I could, I would gladly pass on. How had Bill not already corrected her on this issue? I was liking him less and less.
After looking at my new clothes- cheap jeans and a sweatshirt- and having a bottle of blood, Sookie got me started on a show about vampires. The way their foreheads wrinkled when they were about to attack, or feed, was ridiculous. It was all wrong. Vampires being awake- much less going out- during daylight hours wasn't possible. One of them smoked cigarettes and drank whiskey. And Buffy, the Slayer, wouldn't have lasted two seconds with a real vampire, even a newborn. We would be far too fast and strong. It was fun to watch all the mistakes vampires made in the fight scenes before they were inevitably staked and poofed, yes, poofed, into ash.
I kept an ear out for Sookie after she went to bed around midnight. I listened to her heartbeat and her restless movements. I could feel she was struggling with the changes in the last twenty-four hours. She was a little overwhelmed with the responsibility that had fallen on her shoulders. I started to feel guilty for enjoying myself when she was having a hard time. I stopped the tape and went back to her room.
If I wouldn't have heard her heartbeat and breathing, I would have thought she was asleep. As it was, I got into bed with her. I knew she knew I was there. She tensed briefly. I snaked an arm over her stomach and breathed in her scent. She relaxed and so did I. I let myself go into this in between, trance-like state. It was nice to 'sleep' beside Sookie. It felt natural, like I belonged there. I don't imagine I would let many humans get so close to me when I was in a vulnerable state, but after the talk we had, I knew I could trust her.
If Sookie wanted to be rid of me, she would have insisted Pam and Chow take me away. I wondered if the situation were reversed, would I do all of this for her? Would I go out of my way to take care of her and keep her safe? I wanted to believe I would, but all the things I'd heard about the regular me made me think otherwise.
So, I've come to a decision. When I get out of this mental purgatory, I'm going to take better care of Sookie. She deserves it, and she shouldn't have to be alone so much. She should have someone she can count on, and I want to be that person. If she'll let me, I'll start at sundown.


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PATH Intl. Certified Instructors
Martha Dubensky – PATH International Certified Advanced Instructor, Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning, Certified Life Coach, Addiction Counselor, and a PATH Mentor and Lead Evaluator
Martha Dubensky has loved and owned horses for most of her life. In 1983, she was introduced to horses providing therapy for people with disabilities at "Monique Stable" in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Thirsty for more knowledge on this therapy, she volunteered at a program in Warwick, New York for several years and in 1994 became a certified PATH International therapeutic riding instructor. In 1995, she founded the GAIT Therapeutic Riding Center.
Lena Dubensky – PATH International Certified Registered Instructor
Lena Dubensky received her PATH certification when she was 18-years old and a senior in high school. She has taught at GAIT, Winslow, From the Ground Up, and The Right Step throughout her college and working career. She is currently in Denver, CO, and volunteers at The Right Step.
Nancy Van Wyk – PATH International Certified Registered Instructor, Mentor, Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning and is the Program Specialist for Veterans
Nancy Van Wyk started as a GAIT volunteer and became a PATH Certified Riding Instructor in 2013. She has a background in Law Enforcement and is educated in Equine Behavior and Sciences. Nancy lives on a farm and has three horses of her own.
Vera Remes – PATH International Certified Registered Instructor, Mentor and Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning
Vera became a PATH Certified Riding Instructor in 2007, a PATH Mentor in 2010 and an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning in 2013. She taught special education classes for 11 years and is a learning disabilities teacher/consultant. After retiring from a career in law and moving to Pennsylvania in 2012, she began volunteering as an instructor. She also serves on the GAIT Board of Directors.
Diana Moldovan – PATH International Certified Registered Instructor
Diana Moldovan began riding on and off at a young age and had worked in many lesson barns to supplement her riding education. Diana was a volunteer at GAIT during her teens years and worked at a harness racing facility after leaving East Stroudsburg University. After her time at the race track, she worked in an assisted living environment with individuals with both mental and behavioral challenges. While there, she acquired hands on experience with assisting the residents with their daily living before taking on an assistant manager position as well.
This combined experience and knowledge of working with horses and individuals with special needs has been useful to Diana as GAIT's Instructor Assistant, Volunteer Coordinator, and as a PATH Certified Instructor. As a Certified Instructor, Diana hopes to promote a better understanding of working with individuals with special needs, as well as an appreciation for the horses and the amazing work that they do.
Deborah Albrecht – PATH International Certified Registered Instructor
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Laurie Bryceland – PATH International Certified Registered Instructor
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Office Personnel
Martha Dubensky – Executive Director, Founder
Martha Dubensky is the Education Chairman of the Gifford Pinchot Audubon Society, a member of several Boards of nonprofit organizations and has been a Sunday school teacher for 2 decades. Martha graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree from Cornell University. Her husband and three children are very supportive of both her and GAIT.
Mrs. Dubensky is a past PATH Region 2 Representative from 2009 to 2011. She is currently a mentor for instructors-in-training and is a PATH Associate Evaluator conducting workshops and certifications for the therapeutic riding industry.
Cora Chandler – Director of Development
Cora Chandler holds a degree in History and Education and enjoys working for non-profit organizations to help improve the lives of their clients. As Director of Development, Cora acts as liaison between GAIT and the community by assisting with the development and organization of fundraising events, co-teaches volunteer training sessions, attends board meetings, and assists sponsors, riders, and volunteers to stay involved with GAIT TRC. When she is not at GAIT, she is at her full time job working in the career center of another non-profit organization, helping people become employed. In her spare time she participates in living history events.
Diana Moldovan- Volunteer Coordinator/ Instructor Assistant
Diana Moldovan had been a volunteer at GAIT during her teen years and had donated a horse to the program before moving away. Since moving back to the tri- state area, she has accumulated experience working with various horse stables and also with individuals with special needs in an assisted living facility. Diana returned to GAIT in 2014 as the Instructor Assistant and Volunteer Coordinator, where she assists with maintaining and updating volunteer information, ensuring there are enough volunteers at each class, and providing information to volunteers via the website or Facebook page.
Laurie Bryceland- Executive Director Assistant
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Support Staff
Susan Swalm – Activities Program Coordinator
Susan Swalm, who had horses growing up, has been volunteering at GAIT TRC since March 2005. Since the autumn of 2005, she has spent most of her time working with the riders during off-horse activities and planning the current curriculum for the Activities Program. She uses her education and experience in the planning and facilitating of activities for the riders and enjoys helping them develop an awareness and appreciation for the world (especially the natural world) around them and their place in it through story, music, art, games, language, creative dramatics and puppets.
Robert Plate – Barn Assistant
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Link to Calendar 2016 (pdf)
PLEASE NOTE: the organiser of the official event must send results with short report (and some photos) to JJEU General Secretary in 3 days (for publishing purposes!). Further more, results are forwarded to JJEU Sport Director.
PLEASE NOTE: information from JJEU Board about the right to participate (members of JJIF)!
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- 1984 This powerful and disturbingly provocative adaptation depicts with great power the horrors of man's fate in a society where Big Brother is always watching--where everything that is not prohibited is compulsory.
- Brave New World The play is set in the future where mindless happiness is universal, where babies are not born but decanted from bottles, where human frustrations are eliminated by happiness drugs. Into this society comes John, a sensitive, human throwback.
- The Giver Jonas' world is perfect. Everything is under control and safe. There is no war or fear or pain. There are also no choices. When Jonas is chosen to receive special training from The Giver, he learns the truth about life and the hypocrisy of his utopian world.
- Fahrenheit 451 For years, Montag has worked as a civil servant burning books, but lately he has become increasingly unsure about what he is doing. Now he must choose between continuing his nonexistent existence and risking everything for the right to think.
- The Lottery The inhabitants of a small town assemble to hold their annual lottery. Which family will it be this time? Which member? The play swiftly increases in intensity as the audience realizes that "winning" this lottery is a death sentence.
- Gathering Blue In an apocalyptic future, Kira learns the truth about the powers controlling her world. She is a gifted weaver, and under their custody, Kira is made to mend a garment that tells the history of the world. Can she use her art to reshape the future?
Additional Dystopian Titles Available from DPC
The Time Machine
A Canticle for Leibowitz
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
The Handicapper General
The Other Side of the Wall
Designer Genes
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Wow…you guys are amazing!! I had such GREAT comments on April's Book club Meeting. You have opened my eyes to some insights that I never thought about. It's such fun introducing good books to people that love to read!!
Congratulations to our giveaway winner. Who will win a copy of Mays Book!!
And the Winner is #7
Kiana who said:
I have not finished the book quite yet but I have to say I had no idea those times were like that in THIS country! My eyes were definitely opened! I am just past the part where Henry's Dad falls sick. Just have been so busy! I hope to finish it either tonight or tomorrow! Can't wait to hear what May's selection is!
Do you think that both Henry and Keiko felt like they had no control over anything and that is why they just let each other go so easily?
Congratulations Kiana. I loved your comments. You can still comment on the book even though the giveaway is now closed. I'd love to hear what you thought.
Without further ado, Here is May's Book Club Selection:
by Scott Westerfeld
And here's the synopsis {so if you don't want to know what the book is about skip the next paragraph}
Tally Youngblood lives in a futuristic society that makes its citizens believe that they are ugly until age 16 when they'll undergo an operation that will change them into pleasure-seeking "pretties." Anticipating this happy transformation, Tally meets Shay, another female ugly, who shares her enjoyment of hover boarding and risky pranks. But Shay also disdains the false values and programmed conformity of the society and urges Tally to defect with her to the Smoke, a distant settlement of simple-living conscientious objectors. Tally declines, yet when Shay is found missing by the authorities, Tally is coerced by the cruel Dr. Cable to find her and her compatriots–or remain forever "ugly." Tally's adventuresome spirit helps her locate Shay and the Smoke. It also attracts the eye of David, the aptly named youthful rebel leader to whose attentions Tally warms. However, she knows she is living a lie, for she is a spy who wears an eye-activated locator pendant that threatens to blow the rebels' cover.
This book does start out a little slow {at least for me it did} But once you get past the first chapter you will absolutely LOVE it!! This book is one of my true favorites. It's one I always go to first when I'm asked for recommendations. I'm sure you will enjoy reading it and I cannot wait to hear your thoughts at our meeting!!
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And now it's time to start reading. On your mark, get set, GO!!
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Jean Dubuffet was born in Le Havre, France in 1901. He studied painting in Paris at the Académie Julian in 1918 for six months before continuing his education independently. His pursuit of art stopped and started until 1942, when he decided to commit it as a career. At this time, his painted woman with strong bold colors in a primitive style.
In 1944 he got his first Paris show. Jean Dubuffet resisted authority from a very early age and by 1945, he had coined the term Art Brut (or "ugly art"), and in 1948 he founded a society to promote this type of work. He wanted to attack conformism and mainstream culture. In the early 1960s, he developed a radically new style of art, called Hourloupe, and would exhibit it for many important public commissions, but he is best known for the thick textured and gritty surfaces of his paintings from the 1940s and '50s.
Before his death in 1985, Dubuffet's work was exhibited around the world. He rebelled against art, culture, and intellectualism. Jean Dubuffet was instrumental in establishing a unique style of his own that was devoid of the traditional standards of its time. His primitive approach to art making, has wide appeal.


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ANGULAR JS 2 DEVELOPMENT (3-day) – GTIT313
Course Description
Angular 2 is a complete rewrite of the Angular framework, incorporating the latest standards in ECMAScript and unifying many of the diverse elements found in Angular 1. Angular 2 is now in Beta and has stabilised considerably. This outline is based on the current state of play as of March 2016.
What You'll Learn
- Angular architectural concepts
- Creating and testing Angular apps
- Templates
- Displaying data and accepting user input
- Dependency injection
- Pipes
- Directives
- Routing and navigation
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Target Audience
Web developers with a good working knowledge of JavaScript
Course Pre-requisites
- Familiarity with HTML and JavaScript programming
- Experience in AngularJS 1.x is beneficial but not required
Course Summary
- Getting Started with Angular 2: How did we get here; Angular 2 architecture components; Development tools state-of-play
- TypeScript and ES2015 Essentials: Overview of TypeScript and ECMAScript 6; Classes and imports; Annotations; RunTime Type System; Angular Dart
- Creating and Testing Angular Apps: Defining modules; Two-way data binding; Testing tools available; Testing Angular code
- Templates: Interpolation; Property binding; Attribute, class, and style binding; Event binding
- Dependency Injection: Recap of DI; What's new in Angular 2; Defining and injecting services; Providers; Lazy injection
- Pipes: Overview of pipes; Built-in pipes. Parameterizing a pipe; Chaining pipes; Custom pipes; Stateful pipes
- Directives: Overview of directives in Angular 2; Component directives; Decorator directives; Attribute directives; Structural directives; Template directives; Controllers
- Routing and Navigation: Overview of routing in Angular 2; Route patterns; Query string support; Route configuration


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March 7, 2016 Medical Malpractice Social Share
A medical malpractice case can revolve around any number of different factors. Sometimes it's about an obvious medical error: an operation was performed on the wrong part of the body, for example, or an instrument was left inside a patient. Sometimes it's about a misdiagnosis: a patient is told they have nothing to be concerned with, when their mammogram actually shows something that should be examined more thoroughly. Sometimes it's a drug or medication error, with a wrong drug given (or the correct drug not given) or a dosage being too high or too low. A missed cancer diagnosis can be devastating.
One case ongoing in the Indiana court system involves yet another kind of malpractice: a woman has sued a doctor for a missed cancer diagnosis. The error led a later doctor to believe the patient was suffering from a more serious form of cancer. The second doctor then put the patient on a course of treatment that led to unnecessary medical treatments and procedures.
Physical and Emotional Damages
Every medical malpractice claim is important to the victim because of the injury caused or not treated and the potential distress involved. In this case, the missed diagnosis led to the patient receiving unnecessary chemotherapy, undergoing surgery to implant a port that would not otherwise have been needed, and then requiring two years of immunotherapy drugs to counter the side effects of the chemo. The patient also suffered unjustified emotional stress because she believed she was afflicted with a cancer that might take her life in a matter of weeks, when her actual condition was treatable and survivable.
Had the oncologist been aware of the previous tests, he would have recognized that this was a treatable cancer. In the absence of the previous results, however, the diagnosis he made and the aggressive treatment that followed were justified.
Appeals Court Revives Patient's Case
In the original suit, the court granted a summary judgement for the doctor and dismissed the case, based on the opinion of a medical review panel which agreed that the doctor had not met the standard of care in this situation, but rejected the idea that the doctor was responsible for any later damages. On appeal, however, the case in question (Sorrells v. Reid-Renner) was reinstated. The appeals court determined that the testimony of the patient's oncologist appropriately countered the medical review panel's opinion and that because of this the patient had met the burden of proving that an issue of fact existed for trial. The appeals court ruled that the previous summary judgement was not justified, so the case can now continue in the lower courts.
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By Rosie Molinary on October 29, 2010
Just a quick reminder that I'll be at Centered Wellness/ Yoga for Life tomorrow from 12:30 to 2 pm for a little reading, discussion and yoga! Hope you'll join us!
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Size: Fits head 20″- 22″
Aunt Lydia's heavy rug yarn, 2 70 yard skeins bongo (dark orange) No. 224 (color A), 1 skein orange No. 226 (color B)
Aluminum crochet hook size H or size required to crochet to gauge
Tapestry needle
GAUGE: On brim, 3 sc= 1 "; 3 rows = 1". Each square measures 4″ by 4 1/2 ".
TOP OF CROWN: Starting at top with A, ch 4. Join with sl st to form ring.
Rnd 1: Work 7 sc in ring. Do not join rnds. but mark beg of each rnd.
Rnd 2: Work 2 sc in each sc around (14 sc).
Rnd 3: * Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc. Repeat from * around (21 sc).
Continue in this manner for 4 rnds more, increasing 7 sc evenly spaced on each rnd (49 sc). Piece should measure about 5 1/4 " in diameter. Break off A; attach B.
Rnd 8: DC in each sc around, increasing 6 dc as evenly spaced as possible (55 dc).
Rnd 9: Sc in each dc around; join.
Break off.
SQUARES: Make 4.
With B, and starting at center, ch 4. Join with sl st to form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3, work 2 dc in ring, (ch 1, 3-dc shell in ring) 3 times; ch 1; join with sl st to top of ch-3. Break off.
Rnd 2: With A, sl st in any ch-1 sp, ch 3, in same sp work 2 dc, ch 1 and 3 dc (first corner), * ch 1, in next ch-1 sp work 3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc (another corner). Repeat from * twice more; ch 1, join; sl st in next 2 dc.
Rnd 3: Work 3 sc in ch-1 corner sp, work sc in each dc and ch-1 sp around, working 3 sc in each remaining corner sp; join with sl st to first sc. Break off.
Rnd 4: With B, sl st in any corner sc, ch 3, work 10 dc along 1 edge only. Break off.
This will produce a slightly rectangular shape.
Crown: To join, hold 2 squares with wrong sides facing.
With B, whipstitch Rnd 4 edge (color B) on 1 square to an A edge on adjacent square.
Join squares to form ring. With B, whipstitch crown to one edge of ring.
Brim: Rnd 1: With right side of crown facing you, using B, work 58 sc, evenly spaced along lower edge of crown; join. Break off.
Rnd 2: With A, sl st in first sc, ch 3, dc in same sc, * dc in next sc, 2 dc in next sc. Repeat from * around (88 dc); join.
Rnd 3: Sc in each dc around, increasing 3 sc as evenly as possible (91 sc).
Rnds 4 through 7: Sc in' each sc around.
Rnd 8 (scalloped edge): * Sk 2 sc, work 6 dc in next sc, skip 2 sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around; join.
Break off.
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This newsletter is entitled...
Seeing My Life As a Quest
"And from delight are all things born and to delight shall all things return: " Taittiriya Upanishad III.6
I have always seen my life as a quest versus a struggle ~ a quest to return to the original joy and delight I knew as a child.
A quest to own and share something I deeply felt as a young boy ~ a deep feeling of love, joy and delight as well as the knowledge of something that I longed to eventually share with the world.
A great secret that everyone knows ~ if they will but fully surrender to love .
But first I had to survive my childhood Rite Of Passage which was filled with adventure and self-discovery.
Of course, there was heartache too ~ but the joy was so much deeper.
I had to survive ( like some of us ) mothers who smoked and drank while they carried us .
Baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paint.
Wearing no seat belts or air bags when riding in an automobile.
Drinking water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.
Sharing soft drinks with all my friends ~ from one bottle and we all lived .
Eating cupcakes, bread and peanut butter and drinking vanilla cokes but never getting overweight because we were always playing outside.
Leaving home in the morning and playing all day and only coming back when the streetlights came on.
No one could reach me all day and that was OK ~ the earth still turned and everything was fine.
I would spend hours with my friends building go-carts out of scraps of wood and baby carriage tires and then ride them down steep hills . We would crash many times but we all survived.
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and our imaginations soared with each contest ~ at times I was Ted Williams or Junior Stephens of the Red Sox and in the fall Charley Conerly or Sam Huff of the New York Giants . .
We had fun !
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door, or just walked in and talked to them.
Little league had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment . Imagine that !
We used wooden bats ~ not metal ~ and mine was a 32 ounce Ted Williams model which I treasured.
We wore no helmets when we rode our bikes nor face masks when I played High School football ~ and we played both offense and defense.
I did not have PlayStations, Nintendos, X-boxes, nor video games. As a matter of fact, as a very young child there was no TV but I did have an active imagination that could turn our backyard barn into a pirate ship, an enemy outpost, a calvary fort or a haunted house depending on what movie I last saw.
I read voraciously ~ devouring each eagerly awaited Hardy Boy adventure. Jack London's Call Of The wild was my childhood wake-up call. I dreamed of California and sensed my destiny would lead me to the Golden Gate bridge.
I wanted to be a fighter pilot and dreamed of dog fights in the sky or flying high above the earth and clouds.
I was alive and I imagined great feats and accomplishments.
We had no personal computers, no internet or chat rooms but we had lots of friends ~ and we went outside and found them.
My generation has produced some of the best risk takers, problem solvers and inventors ever.
We had freedom, failure, success, and responsibility and we learned how to deal with it all.
From this cherished and active childhood I found the courage to live my dreams ~ first as a Navy fighter pilot flying supersonic jets on the USS Ranger and eventually moving to San Francisco and my precognitive rendezvous with the Golden Gate Bridge.
It was there that I fully yielded to love ~ embracing and giving a voice to a young child within myself who knew a great secret and eventually found the courage to share it with the world.
The secret is this ~ the basic underlying and uniting force of the Universe is a psychic energy field of love and soul consciousness ( the Unified Field ) which lies not only beyond time and space but ALSO beneath our deepest fears.
Yes, deepest within us all is a state of joy, delight and loving consciousness that not only connects us to each other but to all of nature and the Universe.
My life, as such, has been a quest to return to that same delight and deep truth I knew as a young child and then share it with the world as I'm sharing it now with you .
Is that not our common universal quest?


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We left Porto Pollo early and were at 8 AM sharp at the entrance of the Filitosa site (opening hour according to the Green Guide and the site website) where we came to see megaliths, but it was early June, not many tourists, and we had to wait a quarter of an hour before the actual opening. Meanwhile, as the cafe next door was also closed, I took some pictures of bees foraging lavenders !
The weather was beautiful but the early morning is not ideal in my opinion in terms of brightness and contrast for photos, but the advantage is that we were only two couples at the same time on the site which made it very easy to take photos.
The Filitosa site is located in the Taravo valley, north of Propriano. It was discovered in 1946 by its owner, Mr. Cesari. The excavations, undertaken since 1954, have yielded menhirs of armed characters and pottery dating from 3300 to 1500 BC.


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WINS is an employee resource group dedicated to helping women employees advance their careers, demonstrate their leadership capabilities, and create outreach programs that help other women become more financially literate.
Recruit more women into the financial services industry: Schwab leaders often host site visits for young students in order to expose them to Schwab's mission, values, and culture, as well as communicate opportunities we provide in the financial services industry.
Empower employees to take ownership of their career development: Through programs like Career Path Chats and Executive Chats, women leaders and role models share their insights into the range of career paths available at Schwab, provide guidance for building a successful career, and inspire employees to explore different career-building opportunities.
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Milovia Pocket Nappy Review
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Absorbency 5/5
This nappy comes with two microfibre inserts. The microfibre is not like other micro fibre inserts though and are almost sponge like in texture. We used both inserts as my little girl is quite a heavy wetter and I find we got around 3 half – 4 hours from this nappy which I'm more than happy with for a daytime nappy . The stay dry layer on this nappy works really well too and her skin was lovely and dry when I came to change her.
Ease of use 5/5
We found this nappy quick and easy to use. Inserts went in the pocket easily and sat nice and flat with out faffing. The rise adjusted easily with three settings at the front and sat neatly. It fastens at the front with two poppers on each wing and was quick and easy to put on my squirmy worm. When it comes to change time you need to remove the inserts before washing. The inserts came out easily and the opening is at the front of the nappy which made the job much less yucky. We also found the nappy sluiced well and solids came off easily. The nappy can be washed at 60 which I really like as I find I need to wash at this to keep my nappies nice and fresh. The nappy dry really quickly and it dried quicker than all my other microfibre inserts.
Fit 4/5
I loved the nice wide elastic at the back of the nappy that gave a lovely tight fit with out leaving marks. I did find the legs slightly gappy and couldn't quite get the fit I would of liked, though I was surprised to find this didn't lead to leaks. The rise settings seem more generously spaced on this nappy as my little one seemed to be between the rise levels.
Quality 5/5
Lovely quality nappy. The inserts don't feel like your regular microfibre at all and the pul is slightly stretchy. The nappy washes beautifully and stays like new. Colours are lovely and vibrant. And I like the way the inserts have folds so they mould to baby. This nappy really does feel and look high quality.
Value for money 3 / 5
The only thing I don't like about this nappy is the price. At £19.99 a nappy it really is at the top end pricing wise. It really is a lovely nappy tho and the prints are gorgeous so would make a lovely gift nappy or a treat for yourself.
Overall 4/5
Perfect if your looking for a reliable pretty to brighten up your stash. Not only are the prints stunning but the nappy is really functional. It's absorbent, washes well and dries quickly. The only down side for me is the price. I would love to have 5-6 in my stash because I found we really got on with this nappy but I think maybe we will just have to stick with a couple.
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I agree with this review. It has become my favourite nappy, even though I only have one.... would love more but the price is quite high...


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Does this happen every time you run GAP, or only after you have been working for a while? I haven't been able to reproduce this (OS X 10.8.2, Emacs 24.1.1, GAP 4.5.6), although sometimes I have problems where it gets stuck in "help mode". I haven't figured out how to reproduce it reliably, but if you ask for help about something else you can often get out of it that way.
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APT Solutions Ltd (APT) announced that it has been appointed by Paradigm Systems as its distributor for Mercury Database Console in the United Kingdom. Under the agreement APT will become the primary provider of service and application support in the region.
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A Household Cavalry soldier died from a blood clot in his brain caused by dehydration after drinking 10 pints of lager on a night out, an inquest heard.
Corporal of Horse Paul Faiers, 48, had been out drinking with a senior officer in several pubs around Windsor when he returned to his barracks and collapsed.
A coroner heard that Mr Faiers, who had been in the Army for 23 years, was seen falling backwards to the floor and hitting his head by Staff Sergeant Lindgard.
Peter Bedford, coroner for Berkshire, read a statement from Staff Sergeant Lindgard in which he described returning to the non-commissioned officers mess in Combermere Barracks at 3.15am.
"Turning as I went to open my door, I saw Paul giving a weird smile. Then he collapsed to the floor," he said.
He failed to revive Mr Faiers and raised the alarm. Trained first aiders began emergency resuscitation before paramedics arrived on the scene.
During the journey to Wexham Park Hospital in Slough his breathing and heart stopped, and were subsequently restarted, several times.
"It was clear the medical staff thought the situation was severe from an early stage," said Mr Bedford.
He was taken to the intensive care unit and put on a life support machine for three days before he was deemed brain-dead and declared dead on June 18.
A toxicology report showed Mr Faiers had a blood-alcohol level of 290 milligrams, three and a half times the legal drink driving limit.
Dr Rezan Gardy told the inquest in Windsor that her post-mortem examination on Mr Faiers' body showed no evidence of him suffering a heart attack and the minor cut to his head he suffered during the fall did not contribute to his death.
She concluded that he had suffered a venous sinus thrombosis, or a blood clot in the veins taking blood away from the brain.
"There was no blood returning from the brain to the heart, which caused damage to the brain and therefore haemorrhage spots and increased cranial pressure," she said.
"Alcohol causes dehydration; he had a high level of alcohol – 290 milligrams – which is enough to cause a coma. That high level of alcohol caused dehydration and with that the blood clots concentrated."
Mr Fairs' medical records showed he had collapsed in 2002 due to dehydration and low blood sugar level, and again in 2011 for unascertained reasons.
Dr Gardy explained he could have had an underlying blood disorder but this was hard to prove.
Mr Faiers had joined the Household Cavalry Regiment in 1989 and also served in the Mounted Regiment during his 23 years and five months in the Army.
Mr Bedford said he had never come across this kind of death before but it is a recognised problem related to drinking alcohol.
"This is not a young man or a new squaddie on the block," he said.
"He is an experienced soldier and I am sure he has been around the block a few times, going out and relaxing with his senior colleague is completely normal.
"The dehydration from the amount of alcohol caused blood clots blocking the sinuses of the brain, preventing blood flow back to the heart, causing starvation of oxygen to the brain.
Recording a verdict of misadventure, Mr Bedford told the inquest: "It is not an accident Paul drank 10 pints of lager. He did so not with the intention it would cause him harm but tragically it did have that affect."
Mr Faiers' brother Keith, from Bishops Stortford, said: "Paul was a decorated soldier from tours in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland."
He said Mr Faiers, whose address was given as Combermere Barracks, had no children and was separated from his wife Amanda.
A spokesman for the Household Cavalry Regiment added: "He was an extremely well-liked member of the non-commissioned officers' mess and is sorely missed by his regimental family."