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We are grateful that you are interested in donating items for the patients and families at East Tennessee Children's Hospital. Items are always needed for children to use while they are hospitalized or while they are receiving treatment in the Scott M. Niswonger Emergency Department or in the outpatient clinics. Items are also appreciated for gifts for patients on their birthdays, for special holidays, for off-therapy parties and for other celebrations and treatment milestones. The age range of our patients who will receive the gifts is birth to 21 years.
To deliver donations, please call the Volunteer Services Department at (865) 541-8136. Donations may be left at the Information Desk in the main lobby of the hospital or delivered to Volunteer Services. Please attach your name and address to your donation.
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Phone Cards – For families of modest means or families who are here frequently, there's a great need to keep in touch with family at home, but long distance phone calls can become costly. It is a great help to these families to have long-distance phone cards in any amount of minutes.
Gift Cards – Many of our patients and their families have specific needs or wants that can be most easily met with gift cards. These cards allow teens to have the fun of choosing their own gift on a special occasion. Gift cards can also be used to help families with limited incomes to meet specific material needs. And during the December holidays, gift cards help the hospital to provide a brighter season to needy patient families. Parents who receive the gift cards have an opportunity to buy a few items of their own choosing for their kids or for their household. Gift cards from the following retailers and businesses in any amounts starting at $5 are especially useful:
Magazines – Donors can purchase subscriptions of new magazines for use in hospital waiting rooms or collect magazines, that are 3 months old or less, to bring to the hospital. No magazines that are religious in nature or deemed inappropriate for all age groups will be accepted. Magazine subscriptions ordered for the hospital should be addressed to: Volunteer Services Dept., Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 15010, Knoxville, TN 37901. Here is a list of appropriate magazine titles:
Scrapbooking supplies – In 2004, Children's Hospital began a scrapbook program for each baby who is admitted to the Haslam Family Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Children's Hospital patients at some of our summer camps also participate in scrapbooking projects.
Batteries – As children's toys increasingly go electronic, we use a larger number of batteries each year. Donations of batteries, especially sizes C and D, are great for keeping all our patients' toys and entertainment items in working order.
Clothing – The Children's Hospital Volunteers maintain a Clothing Closet to help our patient families with emergency clothing needs. The following new or gently used clothing items are needed (in all sizes, infant to adults): elastic waist/casual pants, sweat pants, sweat shirts, long-sleeved T-shirts, new underwear and socks are needed. The Clothing Closet also needs basic toiletry items, including toothbrushes and travel/hotel-size shampoo, soap, deodorant and toothpaste.
Food for family kitchens – Each patient floor has a family kitchen or lounge where families can prepare simple meals and snacks, and donated food items can be provided to the families in these areas. Items such as individual canned fruit or applesauce (with a pop-top or peel-off top so no can opener is needed), bags of microwave popcorn, microwavable canned soups and pasta dishes, small individually wrapped snacks (such as pretzels, graham crackers, fruit snacks, cheese crackers, cookies, candy, etc.), breakfast and cereal bars, and individual servings of beverages (juice boxes and canned or bottled sodas, juices, iced tea, water and lemonade). Due to food safety guidelines, no homemade foods can be accepted, and all donated food items must be nonperishable commercially prepared and packaged/sealed in single servings.
Hospitality Cart – The Volunteer Services and Resources Department accepts donated items for the Family and Friends Hospitality Cart. All items are provided free to families.Items needed include pens, note pads, lip balm, hand lotion, sanitizer, magazines and other similar items.
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To the Editor. —If we are to believe Fenichel (Archives 1983;40:390), all vaccines are completely harmless and the persons unfortunate enough to have neurologic complications have only themselves to blame (or is it their parents who passed on the wrong genes?). In his review of the pertinent literature, Fenichel missed the article by Reinstein et al,1 as well as scores of well-documented series and case reports relating a variety of complications occurring after many different types of vaccinations that have appeared during the past 30 to 40 years. Fenichel's own statement that "complications following administration of vaccines prepared from live attenuated viruses are quite different from complications following administration of vaccines prepared from whole killed organisms"2 is contradicted by publication in the July 1982 issue of the Archives of two articles dealing with this subject: myelitis following rabies vaccine in one and live rubella virus vaccine in the
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Here's another lesser known fact: John Henry Newman was received into the Catholic Church by a priest who is also a "Blessed" - Blessed Dominic Barberi, an Italian Passionist missionary then living in England.
Blessed Dominic Barberi, although an Italian, had followed the "catholicizing" Anglican Oxford Movement (then led by the Anglican priest John Henry Newman) with great interest.
In his 'Letter to University Professors at Oxford' Dominic had expressed his hope for the conversion of England to the Catholic Faith, and his belief that the men of Oxford would be instrumental in such a conversion. No doubt, Blessed Dominic Barberi offered many sacrifices and penances for this goal.
Dominic publicly criticized the Anglican claim that the 39 Articles (the official Protestant creed of the Anglican Church) could be interpreted in a Catholic light - something that John Henry Newman had attempted to achieve in his (in)famous "Tract 90."
In October of 1845, Dominic Barberi visited Littlemore where John Henry Newman made his general confession to him. Newman relates in his Apologia of how Dominic arrived soaked from the rain and as he was drying himself by the fire Newman knelt and asked to be received into the Catholic Church. This event is marked by a sculpture in the Catholic Church of Blessed Dominic Barberi at Littlemore. Two of Newman's companions at Littlemore were also received and Dominic celebrated Mass for them the following morning. Newman and Dominic always afterward followed each others careers.
On October 9 2010, John Henry Newman will join the ranks of the "Blessed" alongside his spiritual father - Blessed Dominic Barberi.
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Rate Your Local Police website reaches second anniversary
INDEPENDENT mystery customer website Rateyourlocalpolice.co.uk – the first of its kind related to police - reaches its two-year anniversary early next month.
Since its inception in July 2010, the site has proved popular with communities in the West Midlands and offers an additional route for giving feedback alongside the more established methods such as letters, phone calls and emails.
The site allows the public, anonymously if they wish, to score the service received from officers and staff and see what everyone else is saying about their local police too.
Over 960 people have taken time to send in their comments so far on a wide range of policing areas – from calling the main switchboard through to the service received out on the street, at the scene of an accident or in a police station front office.
Good or bad, the aim of the website is to provide members of the public with the chance to say exactly what they think about policing in their area. This feedback is then forwarded to the local station for officers to post a reply and take action as appropriate.
Earlier this month, a Wolverhampton resident wrote: "Rang 101 for the first time, got put through to someone at Wolverhampton. We had 4 young lads outside our home making me feel very uneasy... and as I live by garages I had some concerns…
"Within a couple of minutes there was a police van checking out the garages and street, what a fast response! Made me feel safe and secure in my home, felt proud of the police force that they had responded to my concerns. Well done you guys! Keep up the great work! And thank you."
The force's Professional Standards Department (PSD) works alongside officers and staff to improve customer satisfaction in the way the force delivers its services.
As part of this remit PSD now oversees Rate Your Local Police - assessing the comments as they come in and facilitating a bespoke, timely response from local officers.
The site allows force departments and local policing units (LPUs) to recognise good work in-house and also identify local concerns and key themes where feedback is negative, taking positive action to address the issue.
Superintendent Rachel Jones, head of PSD, explains: "We receive lots of positive comments which show how our officers and staff are getting it right first time and advocating the force values as they go about their daily business.
"Where negative feedback is concerned, service recovery is crucial at the earliest opportunity so that we can put the 'wheel back on' for the complainant and meet their needs appropriately.
"Rate Your Local Police is an excellent way of monitoring our customer service and ensuring that we remain open and transparent in the way we are continually striving to improve the way we work with communities to make our neighbourhoods safer, more pleasant places to live."
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, was born July 15, 1606 to a prosperous family. After attending the University of Leiden, he convinced his parents to allow him to take up painting instead of Latin. From 1621 to 1624, he studied with a history painter in his hometown of Leiden. He then left for the big city of Amsterdam where he studied under Pieter Lastman. After only one year, Rembrandt had surpassed his teacher. He returned to Leiden, where he enjoyed immediate success as a professional artist and teacher during the years 1625 to 1632. Wealthy merchants in his hometown of Leiden recognized good art and were willing to pay a fair price for it. Leading citizens and officials commissioned group portraits in order to document their important achievements. One such painting, called Doctor Nicolaes Tulp's Demonstration of the Anatomy of the Arm (seen above) was hung in the Hall of the Surgeon's Guild. This remarkable piece was completed in 1632 when Rembrandt was only 26 years old.
Rembrandts personal prospects brightened even more when he moved to Amsterdam in 1632 and then, in 1634, married the beautiful and devoted Saskia van Uylenburg. Due to Saskia's generous dowry, they bought a large (and heavily mortgaged) house and were able to live an affluent lifestyle even allowing Rembrandt to indulge in his obsession for collecting art. Saskia became a frequent model for Rembrandt as he painted her into many scenes of biblical and mythological subjects.
The contentment of the couple ended with the death of their first child at only two months of age. Rumbartus, a son, had been named after Saskia's father. A second and then third child, both girls, also died in infancy. It can be seen that Rembrandts work gradually became more sober during these years. In September 1641, they rejoiced at the birth (and survival) of their son, Titus.
However, tragedy struck again when Rembrandts beloved wife died of tuberculosis on June 14, 1642, less than a year after Titus birth.
This loss was devastating to Rembrandt. He threw his sorrow into his work and produced what today is considered an innovative masterpiece of art - The Nightwatch. Painting this in the same year as Saskia's death, he reached new heights in his experiments with light and focus in this composition. Although the city officials who had commissioned the piece were disappointed that Rembrandt had not followed the established tradition of more static poses, it was a landmark painting. The individual actions and positions of the painting's subjects would pique the interest of other artists for years to come.
By this time in his life, Rembrandt was struggling with severe financial difficulty. His fervor for collecting rare art had strained his budget. In addition, his poor management of his affairs in general, and a coinciding national downturn, forced him to declare bankruptcy in 1656, consequently losing his house.
Although he found solace and love again in his devoted mistress, Hendrickje, and his bond with his son Titus remained strong, he was to lose them both. Hendrickje died during a plague epidemic in 1663. In 1668, as the plague raged through the Netherlands again, Titus died. Heartbroken, Rembrandt lasted only one year after Titus' death. He passed away on October 4, 1669.
Rembrandts personal life, as tragic as it became, was not so different from that of many others throughout history. From this little sketch of his life, you might not know why his having been here on this earth would qualify him for the title of hero, unless you thought of his devotion to his family, his dogged determination to hold true to his ideals and that his paintings are very beautiful indeed.
In our modern age of technology, we might forget just how difficult this undertaking would have been. This is where the genius of his technique comes into play. In those days, an artist did not simply go down to an art shop and buy whatever colors he needed. Colors were mixed by hand from whatever elemental materials were available.
"Of all the Baroque masters, it was Rembrandt who evolved the most revolutionary technique and who seemed to grow into the Italians' spiritual heir. Where others needed five touches he was using one, and so the brushstrokes had begun to separate and could sometimes only be properly read from a distance. The exact imitation of form was being replaced by the suggestion of it: to some of his contemporaries, therefore, his paintings began to look unfinished. It was from the Venetians that he had learned to use a brown ground so that his paintings emerged from dark to light, physically as well as spiritually. Yet, despite a palette that was limited even by seventeenth century standards, he was renowned as a colorist for he managed to maintain a precarious balance between painting tonally, with light and shade, and painting in color. Just as form was suggested rather than delineated, so the impression of rich color was deceptive. Never before had a painter taken such a purely sensuous interest and delight in the physical qualities of his medium, nor granted it a greater measure of independence from the image."
It was in the self-portraits of Rembrandts last years, while studying his own soulful stares into the mirror, that he recorded what the faces of humankind so often reflect in life. His, too, was a face on which sorrow and grief had left their marks.
"Return of the Prodigal Son" 1669
Contrast this with "Return of the Prodigal Son," completed in the year of his death in 1669, and we see a world of difference - not only in style and execution, but in substance, depth and wisdom. The son is now wretched, humble and contrite. The joyful face of the father is subdued, but it shows understanding, compassion and an almost indefinable expression that is beyond forgiveness.
Such is the mystery of Rembrandt. Beyond his being one of the Great Masters of Art, this is why we still honor him today. This is why he is a hero for all time.
Rembrandt van Rijn Biography from Wikipedia
Rembrandt Biographical Timeline
Rembrandt from the Rijks Museum Nightwatching by Peter Greenaway
Rembrandt's Art Excellent collection of Rembrandt paintings from Olga's Gallery
Did Rembrandt have heroes?
Most art scholars would agree that Rembrandt had at least two artists whom he idolized: Rubens, with his fluid, vigorous brushwork and grand, painterly illusions; and Titian, who later in life had gone in search of more reflective moods and discovered a new and glorious freedom in his brushstrokes. As Rembrandt grew older, it was Titian whom he most admired.
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Kindergarten teacher Felicia Baiden looks on as Alejandra Cuevas Rosales, Daniel Martinez and Josue Martinez-Pedraza show Sullivan their artwork.
Students in Felicia Baiden's (B.Ed. '07) kindergarten class and Courtney Roberts' (B.Ed. '10) second grade class at Cary Reynolds Elementary School imagined what one of their favorite teachers will do when he retires this year, and they came up with a number of ideas.
Spending time with family, going to the beach and taking time to read some good books topped their list, but only time will tell what Sullivan, a 10-year-old Australian Shepherd who has been visiting elementary school classrooms since he was 6 months old, will choose to do with his well deserved time off.
College of Education assistant professor Laura Meyers has taken Sullivan to schools across the metro Atlanta area for almost a decade as a teaching tool. Meyers has seen Sullivan's presence inspire children to become more involved in classroom activities and give teachers new lesson plan ideas.
"I have seen children who normally sit back and observe, jump in and participate when he's in the classroom. It's amazing to see," Meyers said. "Sullivan has been the tool I've used to make a connection between skills and content development and young learners. There are so many ways to inspire those connections, and I hope Sullivan has taught teachers to keep looking for them and sharing them with their students. They're counting on you to inspire them in that way."
On Feb. 3, Baiden and Roberts, both graduates of GSU's Early Childhood Education program, threw Sullivan a retirement party to thank him for his work in their classrooms. Students shared their portraits of and stories about Sullivan - a fitting and touching send-off, as Meyers can attest.
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Seattle waterfront comes in many ways, shapes, and forms, but many Seattle area residents have started to migrate just a tiny bit North to some of the most affordable and beautiful Lake Washington waterfront that Seattle has to offer. Most people don't generally think of Lake Forest Park first when they think of waterfront, but the city is nestled on the banks of Lake Washington and features some amazing waterfront properties.
In fact, the Lake Forest Park waterfront homes are spectacular to say the least, but they don't pop up very often. Just one has sold in MLS in the last year. Another is actively on the market with an offer and accepting back up offers. So let's look at the Lake Forest Park waterfront homes that have sold in recent years:
The most recent Lake Forest Park waterfront home sale in the NWMLS data was the home on Beach Drive that closed in August of 2009. This Beach Drive waterfront home was on the market for 328 days and with a list price originally of $2,195,000 which later got reduced to a more affordable $1,739,000. It sold for a final price of $1,695,000 with conventional financing. Here are some of the stats on this waterfront home:
- 4 bedroom
- 4.5 baths
- 3590 square feet
- 6630 square foot lot
- Built in 1938
- 2 Car garage
- 82 feet of Lake Washington frontage
- Shared dock
- Sheridan Beach Club boundaries
This Sheridan Beach waterfront home also had perks like air conditioning which isn't common in the area, but the lot size was significantly smaller than many other Lake Forest Park waterfront properties.
Looking at Lake Forest Park waterfront homes that have sold since January of 2007, the average square footage is 4215, average dollar per square foot is $559.06, average days on market for these waterfront homes is 168 days with a range from as little as 10 days to sell a house to 422 days. The average list price on these was $2,308,490 and average sales price was $2,258,900. The median sales price on these was $2,258,900.
Highest and Lowest Priced Lake Forest Park Waterfront Homes Over The Last Few Years..
The highest sold price was $4,670,000 on a waterfront home listed for 422 days at a list price of $4,750,000. This was a 9400 square foot home on Shore Drive NE in Sheridan Beach with 4 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms. The lot size was .53 of an acre and it sold for $496.81 per square foot. The lowest sold waterfront home in this period was a 3050 square foot home on Beach Drive NE in Sheridan Beach on a lot that was .169 of an acre. The home was built in 1932 and on the market for 394 days.
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"Projects for 580 school buildings have already been completed. They include 311 boys schools at a cost of SR 2.81 billion and 269 girls schools worth SR 2.18 billion," the province's Director Gen. of Education Saud Al-Zahrani said in a statement to the Saudi Press Agency yesterday.
Al-Zahrani said SR 296 million worth of projects have been allocated to the Al-Ula, Yanbu and Al-Mahd governorates after considering the number of schools for boys and girls and the number of rented school buildings in those areas.
"Twenty projects worth SR 141 million for two school complexes, three large schools, 13 small schools, an office for supervision, and a multipurpose indoor stadium in Madinah are also under way," Al-Zaharani said.
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"In the next three months 13 projects worth SR 65.6 million will be handed over to the directorate," he added.
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10 Tips for Staying at Latitude 10 – Costa Rica
by John Wilson
My wife and I were fortunate enough to win a trip to Costa Rica to a resort called Latitude 10. We had a wonderful time hanging out at the resort, relaxing and adventuring into the surrounding area. Latitude 10 describes themselves as follows:
It was designed to be small with beautifully arranged private casitas, so that guests may purchase the whole resort and enjoy with friends or families, and individual guests and couples can come knowing that they will feel like they have their own room on the beach with every amenity they could wish for, close at hand. Set on natural gardens, the whole eco-resort was created around the principles of sustainability so that you can enjoy this level of luxury while knowing the surrounding wildlife and nature is being protected. No trees were cut down to build Latitude 10 and we will be happy to show you our sustainable initiatives that guide our operations.
I would sum it up as "luxury camping." Your casita is completely open to the elements and hidden from the other casitas. The shower and toilet are outdoors (which is pretty nice once you get used to it). They clean your room twice a day including setting up your mosquito net and lighting candles at night. There is a fridge in the room and a nice couch to relax on.
But… you are definitely outside. At night they close panels to keep the elements out, but you are still very close to nature.
Here are 10 tips for enjoying your stay at the Latitude 10 Resort:
- Fans – This is the most important tip. As soon as you book your trip, request a fan for the duration of your stay. Our trip was really divided in to two parts – the nights we slept and the nights we didn't. Costa Rica is hot. It's also very humid. The fans on the ceilings of the master casita we stayed in did nothing to move the air. Once we got the bed-side fan (they only have a few) it was 100 percent different.
- Itinerary and the beaches – The folks at Latitude 10 are great about staying on top of your activities during your stay. Lean on them to help you find plenty of things to do. They were always prompt at returning my emails before I went and kept us on schedule while we were there. Also, you can't really swim on the beaches at the resort (see rocky shore pictures below). At high tide it looks harmless enough, but at low tide you can see why it is so dangerous. Make sure you talk to the Latitude 10 folks about where you can go to safely swim or surf.
- Internet Access – There is very spotty Internet access at Latitude 10. They told me they are improving it soon, but currently they share access with the resort next door. Bad Internet access is actually a bonus, allowing you to enjoy your vacation by sucking up nature, rather than surfing Facebook. If you do need the Internet, the best access in the area is at a cafe called "The Bakery" in town. Latitude 10 offers safes in the room, and my 17 inch laptop easily fit.
- Look out for flying fruit and lizards There are really funny red squirrels who hang out in the trees near the "clubhouse." They like to take the fruit/nuts off the trees and throw them down at the people hanging around the pool. Also, were tons of lizards all over the resort and throughout Costa Rica. I ventured around the resort taking lizard photos and put a few of my favorites below.
- Order a "Pina" – One of the gentleman who worked the bar/restaurant made awesome pineapple smoothies. I had one or two a day, a great way to relax by the pool (pictured below).
- Get up early – The best pictures come of the resort and the surrounding area happen during the "golden hour" (an hour after sunrise). As the day goes on, the air becomes very steamy and sight-seeing and photography becomes much harder (not to mention that it gets very hot). If you get up early enough you may see these funny little orange and purple crabs (picture below). During the time we were there it was egg laying season. You can see in the picture all of the eggs this crab was ready to hide in the sand.
- Bring mosquito sting relief – The resort provides natural/organic bug spray and sunscreen. Unfortunately, the bug spray didn't work too well for Amanda and she ended up spotted like a Dalmatian. Be sure to bring some sort of lotion to combat the bites you do get.
- Bring several good books – Amanda and I typically run all over the place when we are on vacation. Now that Parker is around, I'm sure we'll spend much of our vacation time bouncing between zoos, aquariums and amusement parks (all good by me). This vacation was different. We spent the majority of our time sitting on the beach, swimming in the pool and generally relaxing. There isn't a ton to do in the area if you don't like surfing, so take advantage of the quiet time to kick back.
- Rent an ATV – Amanda and I had a great time driving from the resort to Santa Teresa and then around the horn to Montezuma. This is a scenic route on mostly dirt roads (all of the roads in this area of Costa Rica are dirt and poorly maintained). From Montezuma to Mal Pais you can either go back the way you came or take this very adventurous road with tons of very steep roads and treacherous drop-offs. This route is NOT for the feint of heart, but is fun if you want an adventure.
- Eat at Koji's – This was easily the best restaurant we visited in Costa Rica and probably the best sushi I've ever had. Order the "Koji Roll."
The last "tip" would be to get to know the people who work there. They are all very nice, speak clear English and can tell you all about this fascinating section of the world.
Latitude 10 was a great resort to relax – I 100 percent recommend it. Check back later for more posts about our experience in Costa Rica.


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