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Safety Day
- Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for children ages three to 14.
- An average of four children in this age group were killed every day in the United States in 2008.
- Most victims who lost their lives in fires died from smoke inhalation, not burns.
- On average, a person died every 162 minutes from a fire in 2006 in the United States.
The statistics are scary, but you can prepare your family for the worst! One Saturday each September, the Londonderry Child Passenger Safety Program and Moose Hill School PTA host the annual Family Safety Day. The event is filled with fun activities for children, car seat inspections for parents, and important health and safety information for the whole family!
During Family Safety Day, parents and children are invited to step inside the Salem Fire Rescue Smoke House. A short presentation is given, then anyone interested is welcome to step inside a small room at the back of the trailer. Once inside, the room will fill with smoke. The importance of this demonstration allows children, and even adults, to experience first hand the affects of smoke from a house fire.
The New Hampshire Child Identification Program (CHIP) is on scene each year. Volunteers take a short video of children, answering basic questions like addresses, ages and phone numbers, to record mannerisms, speech patterns, etc. They also take teeth molds and fingerprints of the children. ALL materials are sent home with the parents for safe keeping; the organization does not keep any copies.
Children also get the opportunity to meet fun characters, like Vince and Larry the Crash Test Dummies and Buckle Up Bear. They get to meet personnel from the Armed Forces Reserve Center and see the special vehicles they use. The children also get to see Londonderry Police and Fire vehicles, the Wal-Mart "Watch for BlindSpots" trailer, the Dover Police Department Seat Belt Convincer, and much more!
Other fun activities at Family Safety Day include face painting, a bounce house, free raffles from Wal-Mart and the New Hampshire Orthopedic Center, and a barbecue lunch by the "Londonderry Friends of Music." Also appearing at the event are St. Joseph Hospital, Elliot Pediatrics Center, Londonderry ALERT, NH E-911, Derry Medical Reserve Corps and many more!
Educate your family about the many aspects of safety and have some fun! The Family Safety is be held at Matthew Thornton School from 12 PM until 4 PM, rain or shine. Don't miss out!
The Londonderry Family Safety Day began as a part of LEEP Fest in May 2001. In that first year, the Londonderry Child Passenger Safety Program inspected 101 car seats. Over the years, the event evolved from Child Safety Day to Family Safety Day, as the day grew to not only educate children, but also their parents.


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Freiburg Transportation System
Freiburg has an extensive pedestrian zone in the city centre where no automobiles are allowed. Freiburg also has an excellent public transit system, anchored by a continually expanding web of tram / streetcar routes known as the Stadtbahn.
Freiburg is on the main Frankfurt am Main - Basel train line with frequent and fast long-distance train services to major German and other European cities. Other train lines run east into the Black Forest and west to Breisach.
The city is also served by the A5 Frankfurt am Main - Basel motorway.
Freiburg is served by Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg International Airport, actually located in France. The airport Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden (Baden Airpark) is situated approximately 120 km north of Freiburg and is served by, inter alia, the low-cost carrier Ryanair.
In the city centre you can reach everything on foot. To get from your host family to the school and city centre you usually need to take a tram or bus.
We recommend buying a monthly commuting card (Regiokarte). This is extremely good-value and allows you to use all public transport (bus, tram and train) in and around Freiburg up to a distance of 50 km. Price 2004: costs 39,50 Euro per person for 4 weeks or 30 Euro with international student ID card for 1 month.
Freiburg is a cyclists town with an excellent network of cycle tracks. If you wish to cycle, as many people in Freiburg do, there are various places where you can rent a bike for around 5 Euros a day.
Here is our guide to the seemingly complicated ticketing system as used on Buses and trams
|The Einzelfahrschein (one-way ticket)
|- is based on price categories and good for the entire connected area, but always one-way. Detours, round-trip, return-trip and travel interruptions are not included. The one-way ticket can also be purchased as a four-trip card.
|The Punkte-Karte (point ticket)
|- was previously available but could not be used in the past by the VAG. What's new is that now you do not need a connecting ticket to go along with the point ticket. Point cards cost less than one-way tickets and can be used by more than one traveler at a time. At the tram and bus stops, there are information signs which list how many points a particular journey takes. Once on the bus or tram, you can punch the point ticket yourself in the vehicle's meter.
|The Regio24-Karte (regional 24 hour ticket)
|- can be used for one 24 hour period in the corresponding tariff zone. You can purchase it for one or two adults. In both cases, four children under the age of 15 may travel with you. The Regio24 ticket is perhaps the best available offer for families and tourists who will use public transportation for a limited time span.
|The Regio-Monatskarte (one month ticket)
|- is valid on all 16 of the public transportation service providers and is not based on the various tariff zones. The monthly card can also be used by other persons. It also includes the possibility to travel with an additional adult and/or four children on Sundays and holidays.
|The Regio-Jahreskarte (one year card)
|- has the same benefits as the regional monthly ticket only it is less expensive than purchasing 12 montly tickets.
Here is a list of Taxi Companies operating in Freiburg
|Taxi for Womans
|0761- 24040
|Taxi Berger
0761- 580135
|Bahnhof 10, 79194 Gundelfingen
|Taxi Böttcher
|Taxibetrieb Clark
|Taxibetrieb Djebbi
|0761- 83333
|Engesser 3, 79108 Freiburg
|Taxi Djebbi R.
|0761- 81111
|Engesser 3, 79108 Freiburg
|Taxi Djebbi H.
|0761- 506669
|Engesser 3, 79108 Freiburg
|Taxi Dresmann GmbH
|Kaiserstuhl 12, 79106 Freiburg
|Taxi Fierus
|0761- 5569396
|Buchen 12, 79108 Freiburg
|Taxi Haase
|Taxibetrieb Häberlin
|07664- 4247
|Taxibetrieb Heitz
0761- 72122
|Kleinbusbetrieb Hercher
|0761- 41464
|Bötzinger 5, 79111 Freiburg
|Taxibetrieb Hofsäss
|07664- 4454
|Oberer Weg 19, 79112 Freiburg
|Taxibetrieb Kellner
|0761- 01712211100
|Taxibetrieb Klausmann
|Kirch-26d, 79110 Freiburg
|K.S.B.-Taxi- u. Transport-GmbH
|0761- 43208
|Taxiunternehmen Kupec
|0761- 80505
|Am Hertweg 9b, 79110 Freiburg
|Taxi Lipke
|Taxibetrieb Matschenz
|0761- 506769
|Kehler 38, 79108 Freiburg
|Taxiunternehmen Öztürk
|0761- 442244
|Taxibetrieb Reinke
|Taxibetrieb Schlag
|0761- 445533
|St.-Georgener 7, 79111 Freiburg
|Taxibetrieb Schwanck
|0761- 82737
|Am Rotschachen 21, 79110 Freiburg
|Taxi Seilnacht
|0761- 2021212
|St.-Georgener 7, 79111 Freiburg
|Taxi Simon & Wohlleber GmbH
|0761- 5569888
|Kaiserstuhl 12, 79106 Freiburg
|Taxiunternehmen Stoll
0761- 404455
|Taxi Freiburg GmbH
|0761- 555555
|Kaiserstuhl 12, 79106 Freiburg
|Taxi-Zentrale Santo GmbH
|0761- 31111
|St.-Georgener 7, 79111 Freiburg
|Taxibetrieb Tschelak
0761- 277979
|Taxibetrieb Volk
|0761- 131100
|Spechtweg 29, 79110 Freiburg
|Taxi Wespiser
|0761- 7070888
|Taxibetrieb Wörner
|Taxiunternehmen Zaner
|Arlesheimer 23, 79112 Freiburg

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Just a 10-minute walk from the city center, the Mercure Bordeaux Centre hotel is perfect for exploring the area between Place Gambetta, Grand Théâtre and Place des Quinconces, enjoying the stores in rue St Catherine and visiting the Cité du Vin museum and other landmarks. In the evening, leave your car in the hotel car park (charges apply) and take a tram to the St Pierre district. With 10 meeting rooms, a restaurant and accessibility for guests with reduced mobility, this hotel is perfect for any event.
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Leaders of the Catholic Church in America have taken their "marching orders" from the Pope's encyclical on climate change, and are already lobbying politicians in the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as instructing their parishioners to do more. The release of the encyclical has also fired the starting gun for a wave of events designed to promote action on climate change.
According to the Guardian America has 80 million Catholics, and their leaders are embarking on a program designed to turn each and every one of them into advocates for climate action. The leaders themselves are also doing their part: the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is hosting two briefing meetings for members of congress this Thursday and will be visiting the White House on Friday to set out the Pope's position on climate change.
Joseph Kurtz, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Archbishop of Louisville, said that the encyclical is "our marching orders for advocacy. It really brings about a new urgency for us."
Reverend Canon Sally Bingham, founder of Interfaith Power & Light which campaigns for action on climate change agreed: "I believe this is potentially the game changer we have all been waiting for. I really think it will change enough minds to get the critical mass we need to get our house in order and cut greenhouse gas emissions."
The encyclical has also sparked renewed enthusiasm for action at a more local level. Sister Joan Brown, a Franciscan living in New Mexico who has been a climate change campaigner for more than 20 years said "I've never seen anything like this in the faith community or otherwise."
In addition to the high level meetings with politicians, members of the church are holding a string of events countrywide. The Bishop of Des Moines is planning a press conference at a wind farm, while the office of the Archbishop of Atlanta has used the encyclical to encourage local engineers and scientists to help parishioners reduce their carbon footprint. The church has also prepared a briefing for its priests to help them deliver sermons on tackling climate change.
But not everyone is pleased by the Pope's intervention. His Holiness has been criticised by a number of Republicans, including Jeb Bush, a practicing Catholic, who has said: "I think religion ought to be about making us better as people, less about things [that] end up getting into the political realm."
"I hope I'm not going to get castigated for saying this by my priest back home, but I don't get economic policy from my Bishops or my Cardinals or my Pope," he added.
Bush later attempted to ameliorate his comments, saying: "I think Pope Francis is an extraordinary leader of the church whose teachings I try to follow. It doesn't need to get any more complicated than that. That's why I go to Mass. I don't go to Mass for economic policy or for things in politics."
Bush was branded a "hypocrite" for his comments, having in the past said that faith should guide public leaders, but Senator Marco Rubio, another Republican Presidential nominee hopeful told reporters that it was "ironic that a lot of the same liberals who are touting the encyclical on climate change ignore multiple pronouncements of this Pope on the definition of marriage and the sanctity of life."
A third candidate, Rick Santorum has also spoken on the matter, telling a radio host "The church has gotten it wrong a few times on science. We probably are better off leaving science to the scientists, and focusing on what we're really good at, which is theology and morality."
But Kurtz has attempted to suggest that the Pope's encylical is merely a moral, and not a political statement, saying "I don't think he is presenting a blueprint for saying this is exactly a step-by-step recipe. He is providing a framework and a moral call as a true moral leader to say take seriously the urgency of this matter."
Climate scientist Ray Bradley said: "He has no political agenda. He speaks from the heart. Who else can address this issue without the taint of politics?"
But already three very clear-cut policies are being supported and promoted by the church as 'solutions' to climate change: the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules for new power plants which have been severely criticised by Republicans and the fossil fuel industry; the Green Climate Fund which pays developing countries to curtail their CO2 emissions; and an energy efficiency bill currently before Congress.
"It saves the encyclical from being dismissed simply as an abstract impression," said Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington. "What our holy father is lifting up is a series of acts that beg for some coherent moral analysis, some direction for the good of all on the planet and for the planet itself."
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("We just hope it doesn't end at 4:30 am.")
I guess I know my place in the grand scheme of things.
Three stories from the Laurelville woods this week, starting off with the Geminids…
The Geminids are an annual meteor shower with a peak which unfortunately occurs in mid-December. Nevertheless, the Ordinary Family bundled up and stood on our back porch gazing up at the sky. We weren't disappointed. All of us saw at least one meteor, and those of us who were more patient saw some extremely bright ones.
I was inspired to get my camera and try to capture some meteors with long-exposure images. Here was my prize for the night…
Alas – things are not as the seem. If you look closely, you'll notice how the trail has periodic intense spots. This was an airplane.
By 9:30, I was sufficiently cold to quit watching, even though the peak of the shower wouldn't come until after midnight…
If you missed this shower, you'll have another chance soon. The Quadrantids are an equally prolific and bright shower that will occur just after the New Year. You may have to deal with some moon light then, however.
Also on Thursday, we had a visitor in our house…
(Photos by Ordinary Spouse!)
The last time this happened the cats decreed that the mouse should go. This time, they seemed more inclined to make friends. Eventually, Ordinary Spouse caught it and took it back outside.
Finally, here is a little creature we found crawling along our driveway today.
We think it's a little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus), although that's mostly just an educated guess (since they're the most common bats in Pennsylvania). We don't have a good idea why it was crawling along mid-day. By late afternoon, it was gone.
This is Jack (short for Jackal). He is our first cat. He came to live with us when a friend moved and needed to give him up for adoption. He tends to get spooked easily. And he sleeps a lot.
This is Lexi (short for Alexis). She is our second cat. She joined the house when Jack needed a friend, and we adopted her from a shelter. She doesn't get spooked by much of anything.
Around bedtime last night, Jack came trotting through our living room carrying a mouse. Yes, we live in a house with mice. Happily, our cats are skilled in mouse removal.
"Hmmm… Where did that come from?" I wondered.
I was horrified to discover that one of our outside doors was open. I quickly called Ordinary Spouse to help me look around the house for Lexi, even though it was already clear that Lexi was gone. She doesn't pass up the opportunity of an open door (whereas Jack wouldn't venture out). But neither of them is an outdoor cat.
After an hour and a half of searching outdoors without success, I gave up. I put some blankets and food by the doors so that she could keep herself warm and fed if she came back. And I went to bed with my stomach in knots about this dumb cat. You'd think it was one of my children lost in the cold. I'm such a softie.
I woke up twice in the night, and the second time I went to check at the doors. There she was, looking up at me from outside as if nothing was wrong – except that she wanted to use her litter box. There was no indication of where she had been or what she had been doing.
I was so relieved.
Tonight, every time I get near a door, she dashes over thinking I'm going to let her out again.
Uh, no.
Now I'm sitting here trying to type and she's taken up residence on my lap. I don't even like cats. Humph.
Dumb cat.


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Since Advent began this past Sunday, my house has been a buzz with all sorts of seasonal sounds and activities. Among those sounds is the beautiful music from The Priests. Their new Christmas CD, Noel, is a collection of fifteen traditional Christmas carols.
Not having been familiar with The Priests and any of their previous music, I was totally blown away by how beautifully done this collection of music is. I honestly was not expecting this CD to become my new favorite set of Christmas music when I popped in my laptop for a listen. Since the first time I have played this album, I have listened to it countless times. My only complaint about this album is I wish there was more. The Priests are truly gifted vocalists and their voices are nothing short of captivating.


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Recent Pieces for Two Flutes & Piano
By Peter on Oct 01, 2012 with Comments 0
Here are details of several arrangements for two flutes and piano, recently published.
These are:-
- J S Bach – Air (the famous one from the Suite in D)
- George Botsford's – Black and White Rag, used to great effect inthe Pot Black snooker TV series
- Bucalossi's Grasshoppers' Dance, again used imaginatively on TV, this time for a milk delivery advert featuring dancing bottles
- Fauré – Sicillienne from Pelleas et Melisande, already known to most flautists in a version for one flute and piano
- Franck – Panis Angelicus, now probably best known for the duet sung by Pavarotti and his Dad in Bologna Cathedtral and
- Saint-Saëns The Swan from his Carnival of the Animals.
In addition there is a lovely version for Flute, Guitar and Piano of Elgar's Salut d'Amour.
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Let's meet during the SIFER !
The GUIDE's team will be delighted to meet you during the SIFER, France's premier rail event entirely dedicated to the rail industry.
Don't miss the CNES – Guide Conference on Thursday March 23th – 2.30 pm.
Guide's stand : n°2/430 – Mipirail Innovation area.


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An Original Work / June 20, 2018 Are you wounded, Tattered and torn? You're forgotten, Grieved and forlorn? Needing answers? Troubles in mind? Hope's allusions Hardly to find? Truth escaping? Liars abound? Men betraying? Honor not found? Hope's not empty. Honesty here. There's an answer, Which is quite clear. Jesus loves you. This I do … Continue reading Are You Wounded?
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Lust or Love?
Proverbs 23:26-28 ESV My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. For a prostitute is a deep pit; an adulteress is a narrow well. She lies in wait like a robber and increases the traitors among mankind. Sexual sin is at its peak in our day and time with the … Continue reading Lust or Love?
What are You Set On?
Things Above Colossians 3:1-4 NASB Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ … Continue reading What are You Set On?
He is Able!
The Apostle Paul was called of Jesus Christ to be a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ to both Jew and Gentile. When called, Jesus told him that he was sending him to them "to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so … Continue reading He is Able!
No More Crying
No More Pain Revelation 21:1-4 ESV Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her … Continue reading No More Crying
Chap 17: On Your Behalf
I Married My Dad Chapter Seventeen On Your Behalf January 22, 2018 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, … Continue reading Chap 17: On Your Behalf
Chap 16: Free Indeed!
I Married My Dad Chapter Sixteen Free Indeed January 15, 2018 Do you ever feel like what you have done is so bad that you could never be forgiven? Are you afraid to tell the truth for fear you will be rejected? Or, out of fear of other consequences? Do you remain in sinful addiction … Continue reading Chap 16: Free Indeed!
Chap 15: My Jonah Story
I Married My Dad Chapter Fifteen My Jonah Story November 17, 2017 The Lord Jesus led me to read Psalm 119:105-112 ESV. Back in the early 1980s, when my children were still quite young, and I was a young mother of four, I had a situation in a church with the leadership misjudging me, and … Continue reading Chap 15: My Jonah Story
Chap 14: Call on Him
I Married My Dad Chapter Fourteen Call on Him January 11, 2018 Our God, the One and Only True God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit – is absolutely amazing! His grace is amazing! He loves us so much that he, Jesus Christ, God the Son, died on a cross for our sins. He died … Continue reading Chap 14: Call on Him
Chap 13: Drop the Masks
I Married My Dad Chapter Thirteen Drop the Masks December 18, 2017 We all experience trials in this life, at least to some extent. Some people seem to have more than their fair share of them, though, while others appear to be relatively trouble free. But, appearances can be deceiving. We don't really know what … Continue reading Chap 13: Drop the Masks


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Board Certified in Family Practice & Hospice/Palliative Medicine
Bruce Ricker, D.O., was born and reared in Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He graduated from Mt. Ayr Community High School, the University of Iowa and the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Ricker had a family practice in Phoenix, Arizona, for twelve years before returning to Ringgold County in 1996. Board certified in family practice and hospice/palliative medicine, Dr. Ricker believes in a holistic approach to patient care. He believes patients should receive the same high quality of care in Ringgold County that they would receive in the best medical centers in the United States.
Call (641) 464-4470 to schedule an appointment at the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic.
Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Diabetic Educator
Marcy Gregg, ARNP, is a native of Clearfield, Iowa. She graduated from Southwestern Community College in 1985 with an associate's degree in nursing. Marcy began her career at RCH in 1986, working as an RN in acute care. At the same time, she continued her education, earning a bachelor's degree, followed by a master's degree in nursing from Graceland University. Marcy began working as a family nurse practitioner for the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic in 1999 and is certified by the American Diabetes Association as a diabetes educator.
Call (641) 464-4470 to schedule an appointment at the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic.
Physician Assistant, Wound Care Certified
Ron Schafer joined the Ringgold County Hospital in 1990, working as an EMT while he continued his education. In 2000, he began serving as a physician assistant with the hospital and the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic. Ron focuses primarily on family medicine but also enjoys providing emergency room coverage. Ron received certification in wound care and provides care for chronic, difficult-to-treat wounds. Ron also makes house calls within 20 miles of Mt. Ayr for Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic patients who are home bound.
Call (641) 464-4470 to schedule an appointment at the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Erin Leonard, ARNP became a Certified Nursing Assistant while she was a student at Mt. Ayr High School. She went on to become a LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse), and received an associate's degree as a RN (Registered Nurse) from Southwestern Community College in Creston. Erin worked as a RN while obtaining her bachelor's and master's degrees at Clarkson College in Omaha. Prior to joining the Mt Ayr Medical Clinic as an ARNP, Erin worked at RCH in the Acute/Emergency Department.
Call (641) 464-4470 to schedule an appointment at the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic.
Family Practice
Katie Willcox, D.O. grew up in LeClaire, Iowa, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa. She attended A.T. Still University – Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school and completed her residency at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. Her training prepared her to work in rural medicine. She enjoys working with patients of all ages, including providing pre-natal care. Dr. Willcox has a particular interest in pediatrics, geriatrics, and women's health.
Call (641) 464-4470 to schedule an appointment at the Mt. Ayr Medical Clinic.
Ed Wehling, D.O.
Dr. Wehling is board certified in general surgery by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery. He received his medical degree from Arizona State University and Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ in 2002. He completed his residency training in general, thoracic, and trauma surgery at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, and his fellowship training in vascular surgery at the University of North Texas, Dallas/Fort Worth.
Dr. Wehling has extensive experience in general and thoracic surgery, endoscopy, modern vascular and endovascular techniques, vascular access procedures, wound management, and Level One trauma management.
Dr. Wehling and his wife have two sons and live on a farm near Mt. Ayr, Iowa. He has a passion for the outdoors and loves to hunt and fish.
Call Jamie Miller at (641) 464-4433 for more information or to schedule an appointment at RCH.
Michael Webb, AU.D.
Dr. Michael Webb, Au.D. is an audiologist and second generation business owner of ASI Audiology Clinics. Dr. Webb specializes in helping patients understand their hearing loss and accepting treatment with the use of hearing instruments. He sees patients at Ringgold County Hospital Visiting Physician Clinics twice a month on Tuesdays.
Dr. Webb received his B.A from the University of Florida in communication of sciences and disorders and his doctorate from San Diego State University and University of California San Diego.
Please call (641) 435-1288 to schedule an appointment with ASI at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Eric Martin, M.D.
Dr. Martin joined Iowa Heart Center in November of 2007. He holds a medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines and completed his residency at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Dr. Martin completed his cardiology fellowship at East Tennessee State University and his advanced cardiac CT/MR fellowship at the University of Florida at Shands. Before joining Iowa Heart, Dr. Martin was the director of cardiovascular imaging at Rockford Cardiology Associates in Rockford, Illinois.
Dr. Martin enjoys spending time with his family and getting to know people.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Jean Schmitt, ARNP
Jean Schmitt, a native of Holy Cross, Iowa, joined Iowa Heart Center in 1990, and completed her nurse practitioner training in 2006.
Schmitt holds a nursing diploma from St. Lukes School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids. She later completed bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing at Graceland University in Independence, Missouri. Schmitt practices in Iowa Heart Center's clinic at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Patrick Chua, M.D.
Dr. Patrick Chua graduated from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Manila, Philippines, in 2004. He is board certified in nephrology and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Dr. Chua is affiliated with Mercy Medical Center & Children's Hospital Des Moines, Unity Point Iowa Lutheran Hospital, Methodist West Hospital and Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Roy Molina, M.D.
Dr. Molina grew up in Corpus Christi, TX and graduated from the University of Texas in Austin. After completing his internship and residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and his fellowship in medical oncology at the University of Kansas, he practiced in Columbia, MO. Dr. Molina then moved to Des Moines in 1990 and later joined MOHA in Oct 2000. He has double board certifications in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Shehada Homedan, M.D.
Shehada Homedan, M.D., is a specialist in orthopedic care. A native of Jordan, he completed the rigorous orthopedic surgery program at the Jordan University of Science and Technology, followed by an orthopedic trauma fellowship at the University of New Mexico Hospital, and an orthopedic adult reconstructive and orthopedic sports medicine fellowship at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Dr. Homedan became interested in orthopedics while doing his first surgical rotation. When choosing where to practice, he and his family found rural Iowa to be attractive, prefering it to the more crowded, fast-paced life of the city. He is joined by his wife and three children. He is an avid soccer fan and enjoys playing and competing in soccer matches.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Brian Rarick, DPM
Dr. Rarick is a board certified podiatrist who offers over 30 years of experience. He sees patients at Ringgold County Hospital the second and fourth Fridays each month.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Ann Nelson, PA-C
Ann Nelson, PA-C, received an undergraduate degree in genetics from Iowa State University and graduated as a P.A. from Des Moines University.
She lives in Greenfield, Iowa, with her husband, Brad, and their two young children, Annika and Matthew. Brad farms and Ann enjoys helping with the row crops, hay and cattle.
Please call (641) 464-4409 to schedule an appointment at the RCH Visiting Physician Clinics.
Ryan Schulte, MD
Ryan Schulte, MD is a board-certified Urologist at The Iowa Clinic. Dr. Schulte decided to specialize in Urology because of the variety of patients and procedures he can see on a daily basis: one day could be a vasectomy procedure, the next could be a cancer surgery. Even a day of seeing patients in the office brings variation with men, women and children of all ages. He finds it especially rewarding to be able to work with patients with cancer and make a difference in their lives and disease. He also enjoys the relationships he builds with his patients.
When he's not in the office he can be found outdoors and particularly enjoys running and biking. In fact, he once biked across the entire country in a summer from New Haven, Connecticut, to Vancouver, British Columbia! If Dr. Schulte chose a different career, he would be a high school science teacher (his favorite subject).


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Former Gov. Doyle to join Harvard as resident fellow
Former two-term Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle will be joining Harvard University's Institute of Politics as a resident fellow this fall.
Harvard said in a release that Doyle and the other fellows will interact with students, lead weekly study groups on a wide variety of issues and participate in the intellectual life of the university community.
Other fellows, in addition to Doyle, participating in the program include Nina Easton, senior editor of Fortune magazine, and political strategist Brett O'Donnell who worked for John McCain's presidential campaign.
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Previously on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Dorit vag shamed Erika and Lisa Rinna took a break from worrying about everyone's addiction storylines and showed off her pill bag.
We open where we left off last week, on the aptly named Junk Boat. No, it's not a monster sized replica of Erika's ass to be used in her next YouTube music video, it's literally a boat made of junk. In Hong Kong of all places. None of this seems safe.
The ladies are in the middle of the first act of their big Vacation Fight. Rinna's mad that Bruce Willis' ghost told her that Dorit was telling everyone she's a drug addict just cuz she likes to drop a couple of Xanax in her smoothies every once in awhile, Erika's mad that Dorit won't cop to insinuating that Rinna was addicted to milk shakes because doing yoga every day is a feat and no one should mock it, and Dorit is mad that Erika is using words like "insinuate". You can't throw Dorit curveball big words. She has to practice them all in nineteen accents before fighting with them.
Dorit: Yah've nayvah loiked mah!
Erika: I don't like bullshit, Dorit, and that's what ya are!
Dorit: Then just say that!
Erika: I just did!
And we're off! The nonsensical housewives fight. These are two newcomers, so it's hard to place bets. Vanderpump doesn't care at the moment who wins. She's here as a fan of the sport itself.
Welcome to Wimbledumb, dahlings, I am your host.
Erika just sits there making her Gollum "come to me" hands while Dorit blinks her giant black eyes blankly. "I've always been nice to you, Dorit."
Dorit squeals "You've NAYVAH been noice! NAYVAH!"
Erika stares at us blankly. "Sometimes ya gotta tell someone how full a shit they really are. I guess now's the right time." Where's this betch been? Yes, Dorit's an easy target which makes this fight kinda unfair, but if you're gonna fight with someone, choose the little one. Especially if you've paid so many gays to do your makeup.
Erika: Ya pick, ya pick, ya pick at me dying for my attention and now ya have it. Is that not good enough for you?
Dorit looks like she's hearing PK's dreamy story about touring Erika's gina scape for the first time.
Please maykah eet stope!
The clown music starts. Erika is grossed out. "Honey, donut flaytah yasaylf! Ah'm NOTE dyin' fah ya attaynshun!"
Erika swings her crazy clip on braids. "Yeah ya are."
Dorit does a pretty good imitation of this new crazy robot Erika for us. She holds her nose and wags her fingers and says "Yer obsessdah with mah!" a lot. Back on the boat, she still has a scrunched face and says Erika's not very interesting, not fun, not nice, she's cold as ice and stoic. She's not asking for help on her Tinder profile, Dorit.
Erika leans back and smiles. "I must'a touched a nerve. You're obviously loud!" HAHAH. The volume defense. Who is this Erika, and why is no one bothered that she showed up to work almost two years late? Surely there's some kind of penalty for that.
Erika thinks Dorit is an asshole. Vanderpump jumps in, trying to apply her loyalty rule to Dorit. She doesn't pick the easiest hos to champion. "I think that Dorit felt that you didn't like her."
Erika snaps "Do ya think I'd like you after that underwear thing?!" Oh lord. We're fighting about Erika's vag again. The poor thing has to be exhausted from being called into the season this often. No wonder it needs to be patted so much. It's probably a fucking wreck.
Montage of the ten episodes about Erika's vajay and the three episodes of apologies and make ups over the vajay. The case against the puss was settled out of court. You can't re-sue, Erika. "Ya made it seem like I was doing it on purpose!" OK so now your vagina had motive? This is like a never ending episode of Law and Order: Special Vaginal Unit.
All Dorit has to do now is say "I apologized for that and I'll apologize again." She's Dorit, though, and she's been trying to have a fight with Erika all season so she takes this opportunity and runs with it.
"I was jusst sayin', a woomahn who weahrs a short dress…"
Erika: SO YA AHHHHH SAYIN' I DID IT ON PURPOSE!
Dorit denies, and now Rinna's yelling at her. "You said it and suggested it was on purpose YES YOU FUCKIN' DID!"
Oh shit now Rinna's in her manic mode. Dorit can take one crazy lady making no sense, but Rinna will literally cut a bitch. She tries to make light. "Ah thought it was all in good fuhn, Ereekooh! Ya said jolly good fun and hah fived mah!"
Vanderpump half heartedly defends Dorit. "She was trying to bring levity to the situation, dahling." Yes, but she's also the one who created the situation she was trying to bring levity to, so that doesn't work. Vanderpump does have it right, though, when she tells us "For God's sake. This is a woman who wears CUNT around her neck." LOL.
Dorit whines that if she'd known Erika's feelings were hurt, she would have kept apologizing. Erika robotically says "Well my feelings WERE hurt." Again, Dorit skips the nearest exit and keeps on truckin'. "I question whethah ohah not ya have feelin's, Eerahkooah!"
Rinna snaps "OH PLEASE! Why don't we talk about what's really going on here? Why can't you just say 'I'm sorry my husband couldn't stop glaring at your vagina!'"
Just when you thought it would be the same ole fight, Rinna enters and switches it to a fight about PK's eye on flappy vag assault. Dorit's only defense is that it was a low table and Erika's puss was in the same line of sight as the bread basket. "He can't stop starin at bread. Blame the bussboah whoah broaght eet to us!"
Eileen, with a straight face, says that her husband Vincent would NEVER sit there staring at a vagina at dinner. It's complete bullshit, but Eileen had a funny moment so let's celebrate that.
Dorit gets her calm I'm Sorry voice on. "Eareckooah, Ah'm sorreh… that these goils made it such a big deahl!" HAHAHAHAHAH! Rinna and Eileen, both drunk with fight power, laugh loudly and wag their fingers. Suddenly, Rinna pounces up from her seat and gets her finger right in Erika's face. "Hey friend, you made it a big deal, FRIEND!" Just as quickly, she's back in her seat.
Dorit tells her not to get in her face and Rinna laughs. "I'll get in your face when I want!" Dorit tries to argue, but now Rinna is rocking back and forth in her glitter jacket like a crazy person yelling "Fuck you, Dorit! Fuck you fuck you fuck you!"
Dorit, not sure what to do at this point, says "That's real classy!"
Rinna, still rocking back and forth, laughing maniacally, says "Oh, you too, FRIEND." Why does she keep saying friend? This is like a really terrifying horror movie. She tells us that Dorit is the one with no class cuz she has a bunch of made up accents but was born in Connecticut. That's uncalled for. I am someone with twenty terrible accents and I refuse to be called classless. Shit I just remembered I stored a Hershey's kiss in my belly button. I love leaving little surprises for myself. BRB. Gonna take a moment to enjoy.
I'm back. Eileen needs to get her "Team Erika" quotes in to show her support. She says that she was listening to Dorit until Dorit accused her of making a big deal out of the vag storyline. "You can't pretend you didn't know it hurt her feelings when I made you drive to Malibu to tell you it hurt her feelings!" Eileen planning a whole scene to talk about drama that isn't hers and then getting mad that someone accused her of making a big deal out of it is classic.
Vanderpump groans. "That's not fair. She meant it as a joke." Eileen and Rinna both jump on her, index fingers pointing. "She can fight for herself!" "Stay out of it, old woman." Vanderpump shrugs. "I'm sticking up for my friend like you're sticking up for yours."
They can't argue with that, and they both stop for a minute, as if it's the first time they've considered what raging fucking hypocrites they are being right now.
Dorit tries again. "Ayreekahoyahhz, I apologize if I made you look bad, hurt your feelings, or defamed your vajoinas." Erika won't accept. "Well ya did all three so thanks." It would be easier to stick up for Dorit if she hadn't just gone on a rampage on what a shitty boring ass robot Erika is. Erika announces that Dorit wanted to hurt her feelings and she did so BYE!
She grandly exits to stand at the bow of the boat, like she's about to film the whore version of Titanic. Vanderpump chases her. "Dahling, are you ok?" Erika wipes some tears away. "Fine." Vanderpump pouts. "You don't have to be fine, you know." Come here my broken little ho. Come to Mama.
Erika ignores her and looks out on the seas as she cries. Then the camera turns and we see that the boat is docked and Erika is literally staring out at a crowd of gawking tourists and crying, like she's playing Whor-Evita. Fucking amazing. I try to imagine her singing "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", but not even my imagination can make Erika understand pitch.
The other ladies come out to stand with her and stare out at the confused crowd. Kyle, as shocked as we all are about this new semi-insane Erika, touches her tears to see if they're real.
Kyle is excited. Erika could have a leg shot off and not cry. This is a HUGE event. If only she'd worn an Agency hat.
Dorit is shocked that she just got pwned by a YouTuber. "That was like a miss-aisle attack. A fool ahn MISS-AISLE ATTACK!"
Eden hasn't said a word, but it looks like she's put her incognito wig to use and stolen some silverware from the boat.
Erika, who's been standing onstage pretending to cry stoically for ten minutes, suddenly drops it when they're cleared to get off the boat. "OK thanks! Buhbye!" HAHAH The ladies get off the boat and split into their two groups.
In the car, Erika says she doesn't like yelling at people but it's hard being portrayed as something you really aren't. GIRL PLEASE! You writhe around in thongs flapping your ass cheeks to terrible Garage Band loops your old ass balls to his ankles husband pays for! You're entire life is based on your vag. You've built fucking palaces with that thing. WHO YOU FOOLIN'?
And herein lies the rub. Erika acts like a useless fame hungry whore so that she can get mad when people call her a useless fame hungry whore. It's like a mouse trap getting mad at the mouse who eats its cheese. Does that mean Dorit isn't an asshole? Of course not. Dorit is, and will always be, an asshole.
Dorit is walking with Vanderpump and Kyle, blabbing on mindlessly about Erika. "Shah pays suh meny people ta tell hah she's fabulous that she belayves eet!" Says the woman who just forced Chinese Nanny to film a packing scene because she has no friends. Kyle sticks up for Erika gently, knowing Dorit isn't listening anyway. Vanderpump doesn't say anything bad, though, because, like us, this is the Erika Vanderpump has waited for. "She actually cried. Tears, dahling. I haven't seen that….that…….vulnerability!"
Vanderpump stares into the camera, pondering her freshly broken ho, with her face scrunched. You know she's feeling things if she actually moves her face that much and let's us see it. Talk about vulnerability.
Kyle is mostly pissed at Rinna for getting in Dorit's face. It's a scary pattern, and Rinna seems to know she can get away with it whenever they're in a foreign land. Only US trips from now on or someone will literally get hurt.
Cut to Rinna in the car laughing her ass off. "I got in her face and said fuck you baby!"
Vanderpump is depressed, but the night ends with a light at the end of the tunnel.
When the whole world learns to speak the same fabulous language. HUGS.
She asks her purse if she can go in, but it answers that it's bed time.
Back in Erika's room, Eileen wants to cuddle. Erika won't. "Look at your body language." That's how her body talks. Eileen. Whore Siri. Nice to meet you, betch. Where have you been this whole time? Erika snaps "I'm just cold, not cold!" She allows a cuddle. Once. To prove a point.
The next morning, the ladies meet up for breakfast, and Erika is still in full on tell off mode. She coldy says hello to Dorit and sits there with perfect posture, staring. She gives so, so many fucks.
Vanderpump announces that they'll be going to see Buddha today. Dorit, who sees PK in the shower every morning, says "Oy've already been thah!" Erika wants to stab her with a butter knife.
Eileen and Rinna come down stairs, acting like the positive ones. "Buddha!" "Yeah! Buddha! Buddha!" "Buddha!" "Buddha?…."
No one smiles. Erika, loving the chill in the air, says "I've heard there are sacred oxen there." Um ok? "We have to walk 254 steps." Kyle wants to barf. "WHAT?" She swallows a couple of muffins whole. Fear reflex. Dorit sighs. "Oh my Gawtt."
Rinna, who's forgotten everything that's ever happened up to this point, says Dorit is being a downer. Then she digs out a pill from her bag. "Like this one!" She laughs and laughs and laughs, which is terrifying. She's still on a rampage, and someone could die on this Buddha pilgrimage.
The two teams split up into different glass bottomed gondolas. Kyle, who relies on her old "fear of things" storylines when she's not able to talk about Kim's addiction, her money or her or Mauri's businesses, goes into full phony wah I'm scared of heights panic, and Dorit joins her. Vanderpump shakes the gondola to "make them squeal like little piglets", which is why I can never not have love for her. She says "This gondola is reliable. It does this all day. Way less scary than having dinner with Lisa Rinna."
Kyle is convinced that Eileen is freaking out in her gondola, too.
She's not. Her gondola is full of spiritual beings. You can tell, cuz they feel things deeply enough to SnapChat them while they're happening.
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When they arrive at the Buddha, it's raining and they have to walk up a zillion steps. They see a cow and Lisa Vanderpump goes into a tizzy. "What a big strong man! What a sexy boy!" She considers giving it Dorit's seat on the plane. What's one more giant pile of shit in her backyard at this point? Rocio looks better and better in Pandy's hand me downs the more she shovels. It would be a win for everyone. Kyle snaps a pic of the cow and Vanderpump says "You have to tag him. Does he have an Instagram?"
Everyone takes a moment to stare up at the Buddha statue in awe. So that's what it looks like to be at peace with carbs. Vanderpump thinks he's very handsome and wants to rub his winky for good luck.
The girls all smile and ooh and ahhhh, but every single one of them says the same thing with their eyes.
You're fat.
They get giant blessing sticks and make wishes. Eden takes seven. Dorit says "It's a bit cheeky ya took sah meny! Ya supposed ta take one!" LOL. Eden is Brandi and Kim rolled into one.
Back at the hotel, it's time to get ready for dinner. Dorit talks to her own glam squad of one, Carene. "I doon't knew what Ah'd do withaht hah!" She tells Carene how mean everyone is and how sad she feels and Carene just ignores her ass and puts on her makeup. If you're gonna rent a gay, make it a gay man. Lesbians ain't about to be fake with your ass.
Erika's been glammed up the right way, with lots of "YASS"es and "EVERYTHANG"s. She tells us her look is called "Samurai Barbie", cuz it's easier to say than "Tour Bus for Flinstones on Ice Crashes Into Moutain: No Survivors."
Dinner time! They're all seated at a corner window view, which you probably already saw from different angles if you follow them on Instagram. Everywhere they go they whip out those fucking phones. I feel like my mother. "T-Mobile didn't cook this fucking brisket. I DID. PUT AWAY YOUR PHONE OR I'M PUTTING YOU BACK IN WEIGHT WATCHERS."
Lisa Vanderpump is trying a new look tonight. Is it ever too late for Marge Simpson fashion to catch on?
Homer, dahling, I'm sorry for manipulating you into eating that donut.
They make a toast, but Rinna can't get behind toast. Yes, on one hand, it's how her toast making daughter makes a living. On the other, it's bad luck and a carb. Food is delivered and Eden and Rinna both fold their hands, not willing to pretend to eat for the cameras. Rinna will go to great lengths to not eat, which is why all of her fights happen over a table. Tonight is no different.
Eden tees it up. "I feel like there's an elephant in the room." Kyle stares down at her plate, wondering if she over did it on the self serve. Rinna asks Dorit in her disappointed but positive mom voice: "Did you apologize to Erika?" Oh Jesus. Vanderpump groans. "It's between Dorit and Erika." Rinna simmers down, and Erika semi snarls "No, she didn't apologize." Sound of fork dropping. Sorry that was me. I can't with this show.
Vanderpump shrugs. "Dahling, you had a flash. Who cares?"
Erika: Don't minimize my feelings! You're minimizing my feelings!
OK hon your feelings were super fun for five minutes. I know you're knew to the "I have feelings" experience, but tone it down. Vanderpump moans to us. "She should have just shaken this off. Like she did her knickers." She gets a huge kick out of herself, and I love noting all the things she's gonna get yelled at for during the three hour reunion.
Dorit says she's asked Erika if she's ok and she says yes, so "Whah am Eh supposedah ta dew?" Erika snaps "Shut your mouth! Ya made it a big deal! There's Erika, showin her vagina on purpose! There's Erika the whore, doin the splits on the ground and simulating tree trimming with her vagina on YouTube! Wait sorry that was me who did that. You're still a dick, Dorit!"
Dorit: I don't remembah makin' it a big deyahl!
Erika: Don't play the I don't remember game!
Rinna agrees. "When I didn't remember, I didn't go around telling everyone stuff, I just didn't remember." Um…ok? Thanks for drawing the moral line in the "I don't remember" defense sand. It's time to change this fight up, anyway. It's boring. She tried to do it earlier, but no one ran with her hint so she'll try again.
Rinna: I have one more question, Dorit.
Dorit: Just one?
Rinna: And then I'll shut up.
Vanderpump: No you won't.
Me: LOL.
Rinna: Do you trust your husband, Dorit?
Kyle is mortified. She has been anti bringing husbands into it ever since season 2, when her husband was in the tabloids for sleeping with transgender hookers. "Why would you ask that? You can't ask that! My husband's penis/boob obsession is private!" Everyone stares at her as she defensively swallows a roll.
Rinna tries again. "Do you trust your husband, Dorit?"
Dorit: Implicityleh! Ya don't have to esk mah twice!
Rinna: If you trust your husband, why are you so threatened by him staring at Erika's vagina?!
Dorit's coke eyes almost pop out, and Kyle's botox eyes cross further than ever. She points out that husband talk is what made Rinna try to strangle Kim's turkey neck and throw a glass at her. Vanderpump and Kyle both boo openly as Rinna shrugs and says "Just bein' honest, FRIEND! Just being HONEST!"
Erika's mad that they're mad. "Why give deference to PK and not ME?" OK Erika you proved you're not a robot for ten minutes a year. Please simmer down now. She doesn't.
Kyle argues that they shouldn't talk about someone's marriage. Erika nasally shouts "YOU don't mess with marriage, Dorit! That's what you did! Oh, there's Erika Jayne out flashing her vagina to husbands!"
Please. Like Don Rickles is shocked that the vagina he bought is being flashed. He PAYS for it to be flashed! And good for him. Some dudes buy million dollar convertibles to prove to the town they're rich and powerful. He bought a hot wife off the floor of a Denny's. Don Rickles is not gonna get mad that you're flashing your vag. He said he shows your videos to his office buddies at board meetings. There's nothing as confusing as an uppity ho.
Rinna asks "What was REALLY going on that night, FRIEND? WHAT?" Erika answers "She wanted to make me look like a loose slut, that's what! And now I have to explain this to Tom!"
There's quiet as people try and imagine Tom getting upset when he finds out his ho is a ho. It doesn't really compute. Erika's had a massive scene on the bow of the boat, and now she's doing it on the top of some building in Hong Kong for the world to watch. She is feeling the power of pure Housewives Nonsensical Rage Syndrome pumping through her veins and couldn't stop if she wanted to.
Dorit says that she was sorry before, but now she's even more sorry because that poor old man could die at any moment and she doesn't want to be the cause for his inevitable heart attack. Erika snarls "Oh you're sorry? Greeeat. Then you can apologize to my husband too!" Dorit's like um…ok? Erika continues "And then you can have your husband apologize to my husband too!"
If by apologize, you mean give him a high five and congratulate him on a good purchase, then ok. If you mean apologize apologize…no. Dorit says that she's not in charge of what PK does. "Oh," Erika whine shouts, "You don't run PK? YOU DON'T? I would go to Tom and say 'I did someone wrong, ya gotta help me!'" LOL. I'm sure. Remember how well it worked out when you tried getting bitchy with Vanderpump in front of Tom? He fell in love with Vanderpump.
Rinna and Eileen stare at Dorit like "Wanna use our facetime?"
Rinna is in the mix again, babbling in her mom voice. "Listen! Listen! Listen baby listen!"
Dorit tells her to shut up. "Can I speak to her alone, LISA RINNA?"
Rinna's like "Ok. But listen with LOVE BABY!"
Kyle and Vanderpump both boo and tell her to shut up. She's all "That's all I have to say here. I'm done!"
Vanderpump: I don't believe it.
There's a really long pause as everyone looks at each other. It's episode 16 and they're still fighting over the most used vagina on the internet.
Erika: This? SUCKS.
Dorit whines "I'm sorreh Ah hurt ya feelins! I sweah on me motha's loife!
Erika: YOU MADE IT A BIG DEAL!
Ugh shut up already. Even Eileen agrees. Her tone changes. "OK but I don't think she's evil."
Erika glares at Eileen. "I love you Eileen, but no one called her evil."
Eileen: She said she's sorry. What can she do to make it ok? It's not like she killed your child.
Sound of all the chairs in a saloon scooting back in fear.
Erika rages her Dead Flinstones Tour Bus eyes. "I don't have to forgive her. I don't have to do shit! And don't bring up killing my child cuz MY CHILD COULD GET KILLED!"
Oh lord. She's whipping out the Blue Lives Matter defense. Girl, save it for the reunion.
Eileen recoils. "I didn't mean it that way."
Vanderpump: Why could your child get killed, dahling?
I suspect Vanderpump still thinks this is Dana from Season 2.
Eileen: He's a police officer. And I didn't mean it that way.
Erika: Don't bring up my kid again, EILEEN. You don't know what it's like knowin your kid could die every night! Don't talk about my kid!
Even Dorit's on Eileen's side. "She diden'tah!"
Eileen: I didn't!
Erika growls SHUT THE FUCK UP. Kyle looks terrified, which means they're out of bread. She looks around for the waiter.
Erika is in full on faux sob rant mode now. It's fucking hilarious, and the women are all looking at her like "Ok you win you're the craziest. Can we order dessert?" She won't stop.
Erika: You don't know what I deal with every night! You don't know what I go through! Fuck you for that!
She's hyperventilating into a napkin. What drugs did her pay for gays find on the street? That shit must be good to make Erika try to feel things publicly to this extent.
Eileen is soap opera crying now. "I didn't mean it like…"
Erika: My son is under fire every night! I won't tolerate it!
Good lord woman this isn't Full Metal Jacket. Isn't her son a traffic cop in Pasadena? It's not South Central for fucksake.
Eileen has put half her eggs in this crazy ass basket case, so she tries a different tactic. "I would like to take a moment of silence so we can all honor Erika's son!"
LOL shut up, Eileen. Erika agrees. "No. We won't be doing that. I could do that! I could cry and say 'wah my son's a cop and I'm so scared!' but I don't!" Um, you're doing it right now. She tells us "That's one thing you can't say to me. Don't talk about killin my kid."
So now Eileen is joking about your son being murdered. Good Lord. Who is this crazy bitch? I need her on my screen at all times. Kyle's all "She didn't mean it like that."
"'She didn't kill your kid!' But you don't know! None of you here have to face that!" Eileen, still trying to win back Erika against all odds, cries "I would never disrespect your son."
Erika rolls her eyes. "Great. Cool."
Eileen sobs from her gut. "Wow." I blame the Madonna gloves. Who dresses this woman?
Hands up don't shoot! …What'd I say?
Rinna, never able to read a room, blurts out "I gotta change the subject."
Dorit exhales. "Pleaaayeeeese dooooo." Vanderpump and Kyle are like really old Flowers in the Attic. Totally traumatized.
Be careful what you wish for. She tells us that she has to go sell dusters on QVC in the morning, so this is her last chance to plant bombs.
"Hey Dorit…Member when I was at your dinner party and your friend said 'Dorit you need a touch up' and you all left me alone at the table with that odd homosexual agent man?" Cut to Rinna stuck alone with that guy as he mumbles "I'll definitely ask PK why he's making such a big deal of this, Lisa Rinna. Would you like to be in a photo on my office wall? I'll put you in the place of the small robot girl from that sitcom. She was always an ungrateful little brat."
Back to the present. Dorit's all…um ok? Yes. Kyle asks Rinna what her point is.
Rinna: Have you ever been to a dinner party where you were left all alone?
Kyle has flashes of all the dinner parties she waited to be alone at so she could put leftovers in her purse. "No. What are you insinuating?"
All eyes on Rinna. "Were you all doing coke in the bathroom at your dinner party?"
HAHAHAHAH!!!! Eileen is even mortified. She holds up her sad Madonna gloves to cover her face. I predict Eileen will have the shits again by the time this is over.
Dorit: Are you insinuatin' ah got up froom tha deenah table ta do drogs!?" No she's not insinuating, she's flat out accusing. I'm impressed you learned that word so quickly, but definitions go with words. Kyle and Lisa are booing again, and it's hilarious.
Kyle: If someone said that to me? That's a horrible thing to say!
Vanderpump: I'd jump across the table!
You gotta love that Vanderpump can slip in a Rinna dig even in a quick little exasperation line in someone else's fight. She's a pro, people. Kyle has been double triggered. First, husband talk, now more addiction accusations. It's like someone performing bad dinner theater of all her storylines at once. "This is disgusting!"
Rinna: I have to be honest, BABY! All you have to say is no.
Dorit takes a breath. "….No." She's a terrible liar.
Man, Rinna did it again. She acted all bobble headed and good natured and "healed" this entire season and then BOOM YOU'RE A DRUG ADDICT BABY!
Rinna accusing yet another person of being an addict. In one episode, Erika has cried on the bow of a boat to an entire audience of tourists, thrown multiple tantrums, told her best friends to fuck off, brought up Blue Lives matter to avoid accepting an apology, and generally let her crazy bitch flower bloom, right on time in her second season. All that hard work and she's STILL upstaged by Rinna. Say what you want about Lisa Rinna, and I know you will, but you gotta hand it to her. That's Housewives talent, right there.


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The Anaheim Ducks have not lost a game in regulation on home ice this season, and the Boston Bruins did themselves no favors in trying to end that streak.
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The Ducks killed it in on special teams, scoring three powerplay goals, and one shorthanded, to beat the B's 5-2 at the Pond and give the Bruins a loss as they kick off their three-game California road trip.
The Bruins started out fast enough, ripping off 16 shots to Anaheim's three in the opening frame. But the score remained nil-nil, courtesy of Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller, who's highlight reel save of Brad Marchand kept the game scoreless.
The Ducks opened up a 3-0 lead, with all three coming in the second period. Mathieu Perreault, Corey Perry and Andrew Cogliano all scored on special teams, with Cogliano's goal being the shorthanded strike.
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Daniel Paille got one back with his seventh of the year with just 15 seconds to go in the period. Justin Florek picked up his first career NHL point, as Florek was the one who split the defense with the pass and found the streaking Paille in the zone, who beat Hiller.
Doug Hamilton got the B's within one with his fourth of the year, blasting home a lose puck in the slot with Jarome Iginla and Carl Soderberg jamming in front.
But that was as close as the Bruins would get, as Nick Bonino and Perreault added two more goals late in the period, icing the game and the win for the home team.
It's not the ideal start to the Bruins' three-game roadie on the West Cost. The Bruins got sloppy and dug themselves too big of a hole to climb out of, eventually ending in the 5-2 defeat.
The B's are due next in Los Angeles for a date with the Kings on Thursday as they look to get back on the winning track.