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My co-worker and I drove to the hotel and parked in the adjacent lot. (Parking validation is offered for stays less than 2 hours.) Once we navigated the families and mountains of luggage in front of the concierge, we walked up a small set of stairs to enter the lounge.
I was immediately struck by two things: the amazing crystal chandeliers offset by the rich mahogany walls, and how utterly dead it was for 5:45 p.m.
Three middle-aged folks sat at one end of the bar, but the rest of the seats in the 3,800-square foot lounge were empty.
As we sat down, we noticed the padded bar with its illuminated bar top shining brightly. I inquired with the bartender about any specials - specifically, the happy hour variety - but before she even opened her mouth, I could tell the answer.
No happy hour? It's true.
As my eyes began to scroll the menu I overheard the bartender say to her male counterpart that she told their manager they need a happy hour. I couldn't agree more – especially with the lofty prices of the cocktails and wine.
Now, I'm willing to pay $7 to $9 for a glass (or two or three) of wine. But $14 for a glass of Kendall Jackson Chardonnay? Or $13 for Rutherford Hill Merlot? It's never going to happen for me, unless I'm in New York City.
It seems Monarch Lounge set its prices for the business-traveling crowd and their expense accounts, but on this Friday evening there were few of those spendy patrons to be found.
In addition to wine, the menu includes crafted cocktails, scotch, bourbon, whiskey, tequila, beer and small plates for grubbing. The current tap selection includes Spotted Cow, Samuel Adams Octoberfest and Stella.
As I nibbled on the complimentary Cajun bar nut mix, the cocktail named the MCA Brass Monkey grabbed my attention: Absolut Vodka, rum, Galliano (an herbal liqueur) and fresh squeezed orange juice. It sounded citrusy - but not too sweet. Plus, any drink named after Beastie Boys founder Adam Yauch (R.I.P) is one worth trying.
When I asked the bartender if this drink was indeed worth trying, she smiled and said she had only made one during her time working there, but it was good (the renovated lounge has only been open since August).
With the Brass Monkey's $11 price tag, I wasn't going to take any chances, so instead decided on the Strawberry Basil: Stoli Strawberry, lemon, strawberries, basil leaf, sparkling wine and bitters. My friend opted for the Raspberry Mint Mojito made with Bacardi Superior, mint, lime juice, ginger syrup and raspberries.
The Strawberry Basil was refreshing – something I wasn't expecting considering the bitters – and the sparkling wine was balanced just so by the vodka. The presentation was great; each cocktail was served in distinctly different glassware. The mojito came in a Collins glass and my Strawberry Basil was in a cocktail glass.
As I sipped on my drink, two 30-something women came up to my side and ordered a vodka Red Bull and glass of wine before joining a small group of friends at one of the couches. At the same time, a jazz guitarist and pianist began setting up to play for the lounge. A big group of friends also entered and sat in front of the stone fireplace just as the music began.
In that moment, I was almost expecting Tom and Daisy Buchanan to saunter in. Instead, a gentleman entered my view and bellied up to the bar and ordered a Stella. Reasonably priced at $5, it was delivered in a cone-shaped pilsner glass with very little head.
On our way out of the lounge, I noticed long bar tables with charging stations that would be perfect for spreading out and getting some work done. Monarch also features a media center area with two TVs, iPad portals and a printer for guest use - all standards for a hotel.
As we left the Hilton, my friend and I decided the Monarch Lounge has all the ingredients to be a great bar, but could do a bit more to cater to locals as opposed to just the travelers. Who knows? Doing so may attract more of both types of bar-goers.
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5 Factor Diet
The 5-Factor Diet, by Harley Pasternak, is a super-sized expansion of the dieting section of his 2004 book 5-Factor Fitness.
His diet plan is based around the factor 5 – 5 meals a day, 5 workouts a week of 5 exercises each.
Harley's new book featured below, 5 Factor World Diet, incorporates healthy eating habits from around the world and is a good supplement to his original plan.
5 Factor Diet Basics
The 5 Factor Diet includes over 40 pages of recipes for sample meals.
The principles outlined are:
- Eat 5 meals daily.
- Follow the 5 criteria for each meal.
- Spend 5 minutes in preparation for each meal, using only 5 ingredients.
- Workout 25 minutes 5 days a week for 5 weeks.
- Indulge in a weekly 'cheat' day.
5 'Fat-loss' keys
- Metabolism — faster metabolism burns more calories, hence less fat.
- Exercise — stay in the fat-burning zone and build lean muscle.
- Right calories — consume foods with the right kind and amount of calories.
- Glycemic Index — low-GI foods keep blood-sugar levels steady.
- Rest and recovery — promote growth hormone for muscle condition, and reduce cortisol ('stress' hormone).
5 Criteria for each of 5 meals per day
- Low-fat, quality protein
- Low-GI carbohydrate
- Fiber
- Healthy fat
- Sugar-free beverage
Sundays are considered a 'cheat day' – eat what you like, while sticking to the 5-meals principle.
Costs and Expenses
The 5 Factor Diet retails for $15.00.
Harley Pasternak Discusses 5 Factor
Meal Guidelines
- Sugar-free cereal with at least 5 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber per serving,(eg Kashi Go Lean!), with some fresh fruit like strawberries or blueberries. Use non-fat cottage cheese or sugar-free yogurt in place of cereal for a change.
- For something warm, use egg whites as a base for a low-fat omelette, or try the Apple-Cinnamon Oatmeal Frittata.
- For hot cereal, make some oatmeal and blend in a scoop of whey-protein powder.
Soups & salads, with no-flour bread or tortilla for open sandwiches or wraps, or a rice cake.
Lean chicken/steak/fish for protein, and fibrous, moderate-GI carbs in vegetables like wild rice, squash, sweet potato, broccoli, spinach, or cauliflower.
Check out other low calorie recipes here.
Sample 5-Factor Meal Plans
|Sample 1
|Apple-cinnamon oatmeal frittata
|Egg whites
|Dries apples
|Morning Snack
|Nonfat cottage cheese
|Curried chicken salad
|Chicken breast, nonfat yogurt
|Slice of no-flour bread
|Afternoon Snack
|Veggie salami, nonfat cheese
|Brown rice cake
|Lemon salmon
|Quinoa, side salad
|Day 2
|Skim milk
|Kashi Go! Lean cereal
|Morning Snack
|5-Factor protein shake
|Whey protein
|Frozen berries
|H-P's Big-City Chili
|Lean ground beef
|Mixed beans, stewed tomatoes
|Afternoon Snack
|Smoked salmon, nonfat cream cheese
|Slice of no-flour toast
|Grilled chicken breast
|Wild rice, broccoli
|Day 3
|5-Factor frittata
|egg-whites, nonfat cheese, chicken
|bell pepper
|Morning Snack
|Cinnamon apple treat
|Nonfat yogurt
|5-Factor Reuben
|Turkey pastrami, nonfat cheese
|Sauerkraut, no-flour bread
|Afternoon Snack
|beef, turkey or salmon
|1 piece fruit
|Asian wraps
|Ground chicken breast
|Shiitake mushrooms, Boston lettuce
|Day 4
|5-Factor french toast
|Egg whites, nonfat milk
|2 slices no-flour bread
|Morning Snack
|Nonfat yohurt
|Turkey stew
|Turkey breast
|Sweet potatoes, tomatoes
|Afternoon Snack
|Thai Egg Strips
|Egg whites
|Shallot, scallion, red chili
|Fillet of Tilapia
|Spaghetti, squash, sidesalad
|Day 5
|Skim milk
|Kashi Go! Lean cereal
|Morning Snack
|5-Factor Berry Shake
|Whey protein
|Frozen berries
|Chef salad
|Turkey breast, boiled egg whites, nonfat cheese
|Romaine lettuce
|Afternoon Snack
|Nonfat French onion/sour cream dip
|Celery sticks
|"I can't believe it's not Pizza" Pizza
|Veggie pepperoni, nonfat cheese
|Flourless wrap, tomatoes
|Day 6
|Breakfast Burrito
|Egg whites, veggie bacon, nonfat cheese
|Flourless wrap, salsa
|Morning Snack
|Nonfat cottage cheese
|Mediterranean Tuna Salad
|Albacore Tuna, chickpeas
|Tomato, lettuce
|Afternoon Snack
|Turkey breast slices, nonfat cream cheese
|Lettuce, green pepper
|Grilled chicken breast
|Sweet potato, peas
|Day 7 Free day – eat as much as you want
5 Factor World Diet
5 Factor World Diet is based on the same principles but incorporates the foods and nutritional habits of ten of the healthiest countries in the world.
In this book Pasternak also reveals secrets such as the self-control technique used by the Japanese that prevents overeating and the key to Singapore's extremely low obesity rate of less than 2%.
According to him the major reason why there is a significant problem with obesity in America is related to a trend towards unhealthy habits, such as eating on the go and while watching television. He also blames an increase in portion sizes and an excessive intake of high-fat animal products.
He believes that we can learn a lot by looking at the dietary structure of countries that have a better track record in regard to obesity and health statistics. By adopting habits that include learning to eat smaller portions and taking time to enjoy our meals, we will not only find it easier to manage our weight but also improve our health.
On this program each meal consists of a combination of lean protein, low glycemic carbohydrates, healthy fats and fiber. 5 Factor World also offers dieters advice about how to order in restaurants, as well as providing cooking tips and more than 120 recipes.

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"Snuffy Smith" Chalk Talk with John Rose
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist will be giving a chalk talk to residents of The Colonnades Retirement Community in Charlottesville, Va. on Tuesday, January 31 at 7:30 p.m. After a brief talk about his career, Rose will show examples of the popular long-running King Features' comic strip and show the audience how he draws some of the strip's most famous and beloved characters. Read More »
Chalk Talk With John Rose
John Rose, cartoonist of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith is the guest of honor at the Rural Retreat Centennial Celebration in the town of Rural Retreat, VA on Saturday, July 30. Rose will be riding on an antique fire truck in the centennial parade at 11:00 a.m. and doing a Snuffy Smith Chalk Talk for the audience at 1:30 p.m., in which he will talk about his work on the popular King Features comic strip and show the crowd how he draws some of the... Read More
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bristol VA-TN – Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist, John Rose, will be a special guest in the Twin-Cities on Friday April 30 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the historic Bristol Slogan Sign. The vintage incandescent lighted sign has been the central feature in downtown Bristol for a century and when given the opportunity the artist was excited to be a part of the city celebration. For this special occasion Rose... Read More


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|Your Salon
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Your Salon
From its name to its products and services, this local salon makes it all about you. Find out how this dedication helped the owner receive membership into an elite international organization.
Intercoiffure. Right about now you might be thinking inter-what? But no matter how you say it, this elite organization is dedicated to the cutting edge in hair.
Composed of salon owners and suppliers from around the world, Intercoiffure Mondial offers membership by invitation only. To be considered for the recognition, a salon owner must display a high moral and ethical code while keeping education and avant-garde techniques as high priority.
And after Me Salon Owner Cara d'Ambrosio proved she had what it takes to be in the select group, she was extended an invitation by the president. "The former president is the one who referred me and told the current president to set up an interview with me," d'Ambrosio says.
Now, d'Ambrosio gets together with top salon owners to discuss trends and techniques, but the benefits go beyond discussion. "Our salons are the first salons that are approached to get new products, to see the latest technology," she says.
While membership into Intercoiffure is by invitation only, getting an appointment at Me Salon is for anyone. And that is the whole point of the salon's name. "We named it after the client because a lot of people have hair salons that they name after themselves or their children or their whatever. We wanted to name it after the people that really make the difference to us, and that's the client," d'Ambrosio says. "Every single person is a 'me,' and they all come in here for their own specific 'me' needs."
Although it is a full-service salon, Me Salon prides itself on two specific "me" needs, as d'Ambrosio calls them. The first is to bring out the beauty in every customer. Every woman can be beautiful and the staff at Me Salon has a knack for finding the right cut and color to make that beauty shine, d'Ambrosio says.
The second focus of Me Salon is in hair color. "Our technology in our hair color and our cutting is the best because we have the Dessange methodology," d'Ambrosio says. "And I believe we're the only salon in Cincinnati that uses the Dessange methodology."
To learn more about Me Salon, d'Ambrosio herself and how you can get some me time for yourself, check out MeSalonbyCara.com. To set up an appointment to give your own hair the cutting edge, call (513) 489-9283 or visit 11328 Montgomery Road.
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IJ Notes
Up to page 508/endnote 208 or so. Just a few quick notes.
- My blog is (currently) the top Google page if you search anticonfluentialism. It's nice to be up there at the top of at least one one word (or pseudo-word) search.
- I keep starring things in Google Reader to come back to at the various other IJ blogs I'm reading. Like this post at InfiniteSummer.org which talks about expectation creation and fulfillment in video games. Maybe I starred this because I instinctively flag almost anything and everything negative about video games which I think are ridiculous wastes of time that rival any other time-wasting activity (TV, blogging, staring vacantly into space, etc.). Or this post over at Infinite Detox where the author discusses our habit of over-personalizing our entertainment options[1. Actually I think that Wallace was a bit ahead of the curve when discussing the progression and disintegration of mass media, but that's a subject for a future, non-list-based Infinite Jest post.] and lists a number of "modest proposals for Infinite Jest-inspired solutions for life in our present-day techno-dystopia". Good stuff, and worth a read.
- Finally, as a further progress report, I am still very much enjoying the book, although my specific references to it on this blog have perhaps diminished. I installed the kind-of neat Facebook Infinite Summer application, which is motivating me to read more regularly and in smaller chunks so that I can update my page counter every day. Whee!


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The International African Institute (IAI) aims to promote the scholarly study of Africa's history, societies and cultures. The institute realizes its aims primarily by means of scholarly publishing. Read more about us.
The IAI publishes the long established and prestigious journal, Africa, the annual Africa Bibliography, the International African Library series, the African Arguments series; and the Readings in… series, for use in tertiary level teaching of African studies.
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We are delighted that the IAI's Africa Bibliography has been recognised through this prestigious award, which was presented to the Bibliography compiler, Terry Barringer, during the 2014 US African Studies Association conference. The Conover-Porter Award is presented every two years by the Africana Librarians Council of the African Studies Association. The award recognises outstanding achievement in Africana bibliography and reference tools among works published in the preceding two years. View further details and a list of previous winners.
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The IAI sponsored two panels on African newspaper print cultures and arranged a series of five panels on publishing in Africa and African studies.
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The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God in South Africa: a church of strangers
Ilana van Wyk
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), a church of Brazilian origin, has been enormously successful in establishing branches and attracting followers in post-apartheid South Africa. Unlike other Pentecostal Charismatic Churches (PCC), the UCKG insists that relationships with God be devoid of 'emotions', that socialisation between members be kept to a minimum and that charity and fellowship are 'useless' in materialising God's blessings. Instead, the UCKG urges members to sacrifice large sums of money to God for delivering wealth, health, social harmony and happiness. While outsiders condemn these rituals as empty or manipulative, this book shows that they are locally meaningful, demand sincerity to work, have limits, and are informed by local ideas about human bodies, agency and ontological balance. As an ethnography of people rather than of institutions, this book offers fresh insights into the mass PCC movement that has swept across Africa since the early 1990s.
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Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church
Joel Cabrita
This monograph gives an account of one of the largest African churches in South Africa, Ibandla lamaNazaretha, or Church of the Nazaretha. Founded in 1910 by charismatic faith-healer Isaiah Shembe, the Nazaretha church, with over four million members, has become an influential social and political player in the region. Deepl y influenced by a transnational evangelical literary culture, Nazaretha believers have patterned their lives upon the Christian Bible. They cast themselves as actors who enact scriptural drama upon African soil. But Nazaretha believers also believe the existing Christian Bible to be in need of updating and revision. For this reason, they have written further scriptures – a new 'Bible' – which testify to the miraculous work of their founding prophet, Shembe. Joel Cabrita's book charts the key role that these sacred texts play in making, breaking and contesting social power and authority, both within the church and more broadly in South African public life.
Published for the IAI by Cambridge University Press, ISBN, 9781107054431, 400pp, 2014, hardback
Islam, Youth and Modernity in the Gambia: the Tablighi Jama'at
Marloes Janson
This monograph deals with the sweeping emergence of the Tablighi Jama'at in the Gambia, a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has its origins in the reformist tradition that emerged in India in the mid-nineteenth century. It explores how the movement could appeal to the local Muslim population, youth and women in particular, in a West African setting. By recording the biographical narratives of five Gambian Tablighis, the book provides an understanding of the ambiguities and contradictions young people are confronted with in their (re)negotiation of Muslim identity. It analyses how Gambian youth go about their lives within the framework of neo-liberal reforms and renegotiated parameters informed by the Tablighi model of how to be a 'true' Muslim: interpreted as a believer who is able to reconcile his or her faith with a modern lifestyle.
Marloes Janson is a lecturer in anthropology at SOAS, University of London
Published for the IAI by Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107040571, 255pp, November 2013
Inside African Anthropology. Monica Wilson and Her Interpreters
Edited by Andrew Bank and Leslie J. Bank
This book offers rare insights into the making of southern African anthropology through an analysis of the life and work of Monica Hunter Wilson, South Africa's most distinguished anthropologist of the 20th century. Drawing on a massive personal archive, this biography of Hunter Wilson's life and work explores her main fieldwork and intellectual projects in southern Africa between the 1920s and the 1960s. The main focus of the book is on her fieldwork projects and the role of her interpreters, associates and collaborators in the production of anthropological knowledge.
...a rich and fascinating volume of papers on the life and work of the social anthropologist, Monica Wilson, addressing some major questions in the study of the politics of knowledge creation in Southern Africa. – Megan Vaughan
This book covers Wilson's collaborative networks over decades, and thus it is a history of the field of anthropology more than a study of the individual. – Nancy Jacobs
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Zend\Service\Facebook is proposed to be a gateway class to the services offered by Facebook, primarily providing access to both of the auth processes (both for iframe applications, and 3rd party websites), a subsequently access to the Graph API, Open Graph meta tags, plus wrapper code generation for Social Plugins. Eventually, I envisage that it also provides some php generated Javascript to perform common Facebook integration tasks, very much like Zend_Dojo works in ZF1. There is currently nothing like this in ZF1.

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There are two primary methods of authentication, that for iframe applications that are "hosted" on the Facebook platform, and an oAuth 2.0 implementation that allows 3rd party sites to auth directly (sometimes known as Facebook Connect). The former is a simple case of decoding some posted data, and will be skipped over here. The latter however, would firmly rely on Zend\Http\Client and Zend\Session\Container. The discussion on whether it should use Zend\OAuth and it's descendants will need to be had, but unless we create Zend\OAuth\Facebook or similar, I believe that Facebook have created their own "unique" implementation that will have to be coded for, and a generic solution will not work. I know very little about the whole oAuth 2.0 debacle, so hopefully someone can help to make some decisions here.

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Life as an RN in UK in the early 90's
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I returned to the hospital where I trained and where I felt comfortable, quickly I was working 5 days a week. No such thing as 12 hour shifts in those days your week consisted of earlies, lates and half days. If you were lucky you would get your half day before your days off. If you were not so lucky you hoped you would get an early before your day off and a late after your days off.So after my terrible night in a nursing home and my 2 weeks of trying to look like I knew what I was doing on a GI floor. I decided I would join the hospital nurse Bank as they were called in those days which equates to float nurse.
I returned to the hospital where I trained and where I felt comfortable, quickly I was working 5 days a week. No such thing as 12 hour shifts in those days your week consisted of earlies, lates and half days. If you were lucky you would get your half day before your days off. If you were not so lucky you hoped you would get an early before your day off and a late after your days off.
As a bank nurse you turned up for work and were sent anywhere in the hospital to work except Maternity, in the UK you can only work on a maternity floor if you are a Midwife.
We worked 7.30-16.30 and 12.30-21.30, night shift was 21.15-0730. We didnt clock in you just turned up for work and were paid! You went on break after the afternoon shift arrived and recieved report.
Everybody from the morning shift went on break together. In those days if you were a smoker you actually had a section of the cafeteria where you could sit in comfy chairs and smoke! A lot of health care professionals smoked in those days and openly.
So what did we wear to work? In the UK at that time nurses all wore the same (apart from the male nurses of course) We wore royal blue dresses with belts and special silver buckles which you bought when you 'qualified' as a RN or RGN as we were called (Registered General Nurses). If you were higher up the food chain you wore Navy Blue dresses. If you were a SEN (State Enrolled Nurse) you wore green.
Black lace up shoes with non slip soles. Tights or stockings which could be black or flesh colored depending on what the hospital policy stated.
I have to say in the UK when I left 6 years ago we still wore black lace up shoes, I had never worn sneakers to work until I came to the US. I still prefer the shoes LOL
All hair if it touched your collar had to be tied up-no exceptions. It still gets on my last nerve when any healthcare professional has long flowing locks, which drape into everything.
Later on in the 90's we all changed to Tunics and Trousers which were far more practical. The color code didn't change so it was easy to identify who was who!
Everybody wore navy blue trousers and the tunics were royal blue for staff nurses and navy blue for Managers.
We had 7 weeks paid vacation per year and 6 months full pay for sickness and 6 months half pay. After this time you were unpaid but not terminated!
You called the Charge Nurse 'Sister' there wasn't a lot of male nurses around in those days. We had junior sisters and senior sisters. They were the font of all knowledge, they didn't do a lot of work but they knew everything they amazed me.
There appeared a lot more hierarchy in those days and a very defined career structure.
The charge nurse of the day would do the rounds for all the patients, then report to the RN's what needed doing for the patient. We wrote everything in a 'round book' which was like the holy grail to all nurses.
The routine for the day was very defined you would do the morning drugs after report, all vital signs were done by student nurses and reported back immediately.
Pts were given breakfast then everybody was given without exception either a bowl with everything they needed for a wash, or a full bed-bath. Every male pt was shaven.
Beds were made and pts sat out beside their beds by 11 am!
If you worked on a surgical ward pts who were to go to the OR were given a hibiscrub bath and shaven in the area of surgery if required, then they were given a hospital gown to wear.
In the UK you wear your own pj's or night dresses in hospital, only the pts who have nobody to bring in clean night clothes in for them, wear hospital gowns. There were washing machines in the sluice room on some floors so you would wash dirty clothes if you needed to. You never put soiled clothes in a plastic bag for the relatives to take home, you would scrub them through!
When I came to the US I thought everybody was either poor so couldn't afford night clothes or they were all without family and friends to provide clean night wear!
None of these mundane tasks were left to the late staff, the ward had to be ship shape before they came on duty!
After lunch pts were allowed back into bed to sleep or rest and the ward was quiet and peaceful. The doors to the ward were closed.
There were strict visiting hours, which were in the afternoon. Normally 14.00-1600 then an evening time of 18.30-20.00
Visitors waited in the corridor for the doors to open then they would visit their loved ones! At end of visiting time somebody would ring a bell to announce end of visiting times and everybody would be expected to leave!
There were few exceptions to these rules and the charge nurse of the shift would decide if the pt could be disturbed.
It was great for the RN's you could get so much work done when you don't have pestering visitors. The patients also got a lot of rest which was undisturbed by the visitors.
We didn't have TV's by pt's beds instead you had a TV lounge for the patients. Pts would meet in the TV lounge-Lifelong relationships and friendships were formed.
Pts staying in hospitals a lot longer as well in those days.
- At least a week for an appendix removal!
- 2 weeks for Gall Bladder
- 3-4 days for a Tonsillectomy
- 5 days following a normal birth, longer if needed
- C/S 10 days
Nearly every pt when leaving the floor would buy a huge box of chocolates for the nursing staff, I never knew a time when there wasn't chocolates or cookies to eat. We would moan and complain we were sick of some of the type of chocolates, because the pts would get us the same large tins. If we got something different we would be like pigs raiding the tin.
Sometimes we would get so many, they would be locked away until Christmas.
Some of the patients or relatives would donate money to the floor for the staff Christmas party, and even donate large bottles of alcohol!
When I came to the US I was surprised that the boxes of cookies or chocolates were few and far between.
Now if your reading this and thinking OMG this is back when Florence Nightingale was a young woman-No we are talking the 1990's!Last edit by Joe V on Nov 7, '11
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madwife2002 has '24' year(s) of experience and specializes in 'RN, RM, BSN'. From 'Ohio'; Joined Jan '05; Posts: 9,545; Likes: 5,271.3A lot of that is so familiar - and though I'd noticed many of the changes I have to admit the drop in choccy supply passed me by, but you're so right!
That said, some of those things are still the case where I work: shifts (0700-1530, 1300-2130, 2100-0730), AM/PM handover's followed by an inservice and all the AMs and then all the PMs go to tea, there's no clocking on, and we get 6 weeks annual leave a year (the national standard's four). Sick leave accrues but is 15-21 days per year depending on length of service - it's portable within the piblic system and despite two unrelated periods of 6 wqeeks off for hand fractures, and the month I've just had off with pneumonia, I've still got 30 weeks up my sleeve at full pay (less penalties but with qualification allowance).
I really miss visiting hours, but the worst thing is the speed with which women are discharged post delivery.0Nov 7, '11 by merleeI am of fan of the author Betty Neels who wrote so many books that describe the lives of nurses in the UK. It was sweet to read the descriptions that were written here; I feel that I am on familiar territory!
What a different style of healthcare!
BTW - - when I was in the hospital recently, I insisted on wearing my own clothes, and didn't get as hard a time as I expected. Much more comfortable than a gown, for sure!1I used to encourage my patients to wear their own clothes, where appropriate - it not only helps create a mindset of recuperation rathe than illness but rebalances the power a little. Lying in bed, clad only in a skimpy gown with no underwear or shoes (shoes make a massive difference!), surrounded by important, upright, clothed and shod professionals using jargon and talking to each other rather than you is massively disempowering.
Unfortunately our patients have become so acute fewer than 15% most days are appropriate to dress in street clothes - they're either too incapacitated, incontinent, hooked up to lines or likely to be whisked off for tests, or just plain sick0Nov 7, '11 by loriangel14 GuideQuote from merleeI am of fan of the author Betty Neels who wrote so many books that describe the lives of nurses in the UK. It was sweet to read the descriptions that were written here; I feel that I am on familiar territory!
What a different style of healthcare!
BTW - - when I was in the hospital recently, I insisted on wearing my own clothes, and didn't get as hard a time as I expected. Much more comfortable than a gown, for sure!
OMG I swear I have all of Betty's books.I love them.1Nov 7, '11 by darkbeautyWOW. We definately need 6 weeks paid vacation here.3Nov 7, '11 by ExpatHopeful"I have to say in the UK when I left 6 years ago we still wore black lace up shoes, I had never worn sneakers to work until I came to the US. I still prefer the shoes LOL
All hair if it touched your collar had to be tied up-no exceptions. It still gets on my last nerve when any healthcare professional has long flowing locks, which drape into everything."
I agree ten times over! Can't stand the scuzzy white sneakers and sweaty hair to be seen everywhere. How can you do wound care or a proper assessment if you have to worry about your hair?
A wonderful article. Some parts of it are still true. While working in the UK I lived in awe of my ward's sister, who really did seem to know absolutely everything. I learned how to do proper hospital corners (no fitted sheets to be found in that hospital!), place the pillows so the open end of the pillow case faces away from the door (looks much tidier), and if at all possible have the patients washed and sitting out in a tidy clean room by 11:00. Some people may this overly regimented or unnecessary, but when you are miserable and just want to lie in bed I think this small act can give a patient a sense of accomplishment and well-being.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!5My patients' beds certainly looked tidier then than they do now
Expat, I heard recently that the reason we old school nurses were taught to have the opening of the pillowcases away from the door was because during the Crimean War dust would blow in to them through open tent flaps. Apparently FLorence passed it on to the nurses she trained and over time it became an aesthetic rather than the hygeine measure it started out as!1Nov 8, '11 by Rocknurse, BSNThanks for that. Brought back some brilliant memories, I still have my silver belt buckle...it was in the shape of a giant safety pin! Still remember wearing hats and a cape! I do prefer being a nurse in the USA now though...we have more of a chance for a career, especially when I hear some of the things about the NHS these days. I am so grateful to ahve been trained in an era where we had proper guidance and high standards.


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Sardinia is an island in the Mediterranean sea, between Spain and Italy. It is now part of Italy, but in medieval times the island was controlled by the Kingdom of Aragon, in Spain. Sardinia was effectively Spanish for four hundred years, from the fourteenth century until the seventeen hundreds, and many customs and elements of the language survive in modern Sardinia.
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The in-game mail system is a means of sending and receiving messages, items, and coin to and from other players. The mailbox is accessed via the UI (top left corner by default). Players may not delete messages if there are any items or coin attached. Whenever you or another player send or receive mail, a carrier pigeon can be seen swooping across their character in-game.
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DUI and becoming a nurse?
- 0Jan 29, '11 by RAF215Hi all,
I was wondering if any of you could shed light onto my situation. I am a firefighter in Philly and I would like to go back to school to become a nurse, however, as the title states I have a DUI. Believe me, I learned my lesson and still feel so ashamed of what happened. Thankfully no one was hurt and I still have a job. I recieved a DUI June of 2010 and I am currently in PA's ARD program. Will this DUI and/or ARD program prevent me from ever becoming a nurse in PA? I emailed the State Board of Nursing for PA , but I'm still waiting for their reply. Im curious if anyone else has been in this situation or may have heard of the outcome. Thanx
- 0Feb 1, '11 by chucksterI don't believe it is an absoulte bar to becoming a nurse but it is a complicating factor. There has been a fair amount of disussion about this on this board try a search and also look here:\
- 0Feb 1, '11 by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN, CNS AdminLet me move this to the Nursing with a Criminal History forum.
- 0Feb 2, '11 by LIG RNthe following is from pennsylvania board of nursing. this same information is in regards to taking nclex and state nursing license. is your offense to be expunged ard, or ard. i know that i did something stupid but luckily it was part of a expunged ard and pa bon does not require you to declare it according to their terms.
"13. what crimes must be reported by the applicant for licensure?
answer: if you have ever been convicted, pleaded guilty, or entered a nolo contendere,
or received probation without verdict, accelerated rehabilitative disposition (ard) as to
any felony or misdemeanor, including any drug law violations, or have any criminal
charges pending and unresolved in any state or jurisdiction.[color="deepskyblue"] you are not required to
disclose any ard or other criminal matter that has been expunged by order of a court.
14. what type of documentation does the applicant need to submit in support of the
application if he/she has a prior criminal record?
answer: a personal explanatory letter, it should include the following information:
the date of the criminal offense
circumstances leading up to the arrest or action
actual conviction or administrative action
actual sentence or agency order
current status of sentence or order
the applicant must contact the proper licensing authority where the action was taken and
request that a certified copy of the order be sent directly to the pennsylvania state board
of nursing at the above address.
in addition, the applicant must provide a current criminal history records check from the
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check from the state where you are living. the criminal history records check must come
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applicants with a criminal history should apply as soon as possible because the
application review process is longer for these applicants. applicants with prior
convictions will experience a delay in the processing of their applications while all
documentation relating to the matter is reviewed. after an initial review by the board
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the criminal record.
every completed application will be reviewed and considered. some will be referred to
the pennsylvania state board of nursings application committee. the committee
meets in conjunction with the board meetings, so the decision may take some time.
applicants should be aware that neither a temporary permit nor an authorization to take
the examination will be granted until the review has been completed and a final decision
has been made regarding the application."
- 0Feb 2, '11 by RN4Laft4A lot of it depends on how forthcoming you are about any prior history regarding substance misuse. A lot also depends on your BON. Boards are there to protect the public. If you are deemed a risk to the public or commit a crime that can be substantially related to your career as a nurse (and most boards consider a DUI to be substantially related), you may have to prove every minute of sobriety since the event. Advice from one who has witnessed this? Go to a lot of AA meetings (even if you don't need or like them) and have an attendance card signed by the secretaries. If you are REALLY serious about this, get an arrangement between you and your doctor for random drug screens. These can detect small amounts of a liver enzyme that elevates in presence of small amounts of alcohol...I mean, like vanilla extract in your cookies. Then, when it comes time to get your RN, you can prove that the DUI was a fluke. This advice is probably way beyond reasonable if you are not having drinking problems. However, it is not considered way beyond reasonable from the perspective of the BON. I have heard horror stories especially from YOUR state.
Good luck to you.
- 0Feb 3, '11 by RAF215Thanks for the replies. I am still waiting to hear back from the BON...maybe I will call if I don't hear anything from them soon.
Quote from *LIGUpon successful completion of my ARD program my criminal record will automatically be expunged. However, it will still be on my driving record. Can't the board discover this and as a result question my honesty? It says:The following is from Pennsylvania Board of Nursing. This same information is in regards to taking NCLEX and State Nursing License. Is your offense to be expunged ARD, or ARD. I know that I did something stupid but luckily it was part of a expunged ARD and PA BON does not require you to declare it according to their terms.
"You are not required to disclose any ARD....that has been expunged by order of the court."
It doesn't say:
"Do not disclose any ARD...that has been expunged by order of the court."
I feel I should check "yes" to that question b/c of this. Am I looking too much into this? Any thought?
- 0Feb 8, '11 by RAF215Well the BON emailed me back today so I thought I would share their response for others in the same situation.
"If your ARD is successfully completed by the time you apply for licensure, it should not be a problem.* If it has not been completed, the Board may ask you to go for a drug and alcohol evaluation.* If the evaluation indicates no impairment issues, a license will probably be granted."
- 0Feb 9, '11 by nursling07i dont know if this helps but i recieved a dui and im a nurse i fought the charges and they were dismissed but i still have to do a pnap/vrp type of thing for 3 years in order to maintain my license..heres the deal..if you dont click yes and then its later found they can revoke your license for not being honest..it all depends on your BON like previously stated..also if u say yes theyll probably send you for an evaulation to see if u have a problem..u sit with a psychologist have some convo and fill out a questionaire..so its a double edge sword...i would say call the BON and ask..my expierence they never return emails and phone is quicker..then go from there...but if ur honest you wont have to worry about it haunting u later
- 0Aug 4, '11 by hu.datHey I am in the same boat as you OP. I entered the ARD program and completed it. However, I will say my charges are more serious than yours, and yes I know DUI is a serious charge. I contacted the people who deal with expungement for the State police, and this is what they told me...an ARD is a non conviction and the record has been dismissed under the circumstances that you completed the ARD. However, your arrest and print is still on file.
Now when someone, say a hospital or the BON, runs a background check on an individual, typically if that individual has no record or previous arrest then their record will show up as a "no record" within few minutes of running the background check. In your case you have done ARD and what will show up to the person running the background check will say "under review" under your name. They will get a response ~1 to 2 weeks later clearing you of any record and you will receive a "no record" status.
However, the ~1 to 2 weeks time gap when you are "under review" MIGHT bring up some suspicion on the person running the background check on you, and it's up to them if they want to further dig deeper into your past or not. However, once you get your record expunged then you won't run into this program of being "under review" and instead once you get your record expunged, and if someone did a background check on you then in a matter of minutes it will show up as a "no record".
I am entering nursing school this fall and was afraid of that same thing. I also live in Pa and have hired an attorney to expunge my record, but it's taking longer than I want. I am just hoping they don't dig deeper and find out I was in the ARD program, but my advisor said ARD isn't as bad as a conviction.


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Supercomputing vital to strength of economy, claims government
By Leo King | Computerworld UK | Published: 11:45, 04 October 2011
Chancellor George Osborne today told delegates at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester that the government will step up investment in high performance computing (HPC).
"We will invest £145 million in High Performance Computing and the associated e-infrastructure," he said. "This will make the UK a world leader in supercomputing. Improving computing infrastructure is vital to driving growth and giving businesses confidence to invest in the UK."
The news comes as the government said it was taking other steps to bolster the country's technology infrastructure, including making a £150 million investment to improve mobile phone coverage from 95 to 99 percent of the country.
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Osborne said that the BAE Systems sites in Brough, Warton and Samlesbury, the most heavily hit by 3,000 job cuts announced by the company last week, will be turned into enterprise zones to develop new businesses and to maintain as much as possible of the technical expertise.
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When Was Rwanda Colonized By Belgium?
Is the voting age in Rwanda influenced by Belgium's voting age?
Rwanda was colonized by Belgium so it would make sense. Any answers?
At the independence, the voting age in Belgium was 21 years (1961). As far as I know the first election was also based on this age in Rwanda but I don't know which is the voting age know in Rwanda.
Before in many countries the age to be considered legally adult was 21. Now it is in Belgium 18 (as in more and more countries).
Is Rwanda a member of the United Nations?
If so when did it become a member? Was it before, during or after the Rwandan genocide?
Yes it is a member of the United Nations.
Ruanda-Urundi became a United Nations Trust Territory in 1946, governed by Belgium.
On July 1, 1962, Belgium, with UN oversight, granted full independence to Rwanda.
But this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_member_states#Current_members states that it joined on the 18th September 1962.
Rwanda? South Africa?
I am writing an essay for history comparing the events of the Rwandan Genocide to those of the 1995 apartheid in South Africa. One topic I must cover is "Why was race a cooperating factor in one, and not the other?" Please help! thank you(: I know that. I just wrote 2 pages explaining the events in each but it's more, I have to now compare the two.
Hello, One of the genocides that has been in the 1900s is the genocide of Rwanda, a small, poor, central African country. The Rwandan genocide was the systematic extermination of over eight hundred thousand Tutsi, an ethnic group in Rwanda, by the Hutu, another ethnic group in Rwanda. In this essay I will tell you the history of the conflict of the Hutu and Tutsi, the 100 days of genocide in 1994, and what happened on the economy and the people of Rwanda.
First look at the history of the Hutu and the Tutsi. In the early 1900's, the Tutsi were placed in positions of power by Belgium, because they looked "whiter". Governed by Belgium's racist way of thought, ethnic identity cards were introduced. (www.globalpolicy.org) The Catholic Church supported the Tutsi and the new social order and educated the Tutsi and imposed their religion on them. Though the population of Rwanda was ninety percent Hutu, they were denied land ownership, education, and positions of power. In the 1950's, the end of the colonial period, the Hutu took over the Tutsi government. Read the complete essay here:
What year was Hawaii colonized and who colonized them?
Please explain in short detail what year they were colonized but put into detail who colonized them, why they were colonized, and what the colonizers received out of it.
Annexed by USA in 1898.
US business interests wanted control of the profitable Hawaiian sugar and pineapple industries.
Why the Rwandan Genocide Occurs?
i need help on this question for a study guide.
The Rwandan genocide occurred as a result of a long history dating back to colonial times when Rwanda was under control by belgium, who created identity cards amongst the people of Rwanda. These "identity" cards created a false sense of superiority by the tutsis (who were said to be taller and thinner) over the hutus. Even though both groups follow the same traditions, speak the same language, and historically lived in the same area, the belgians and their institution of those identity cards identifying rwandan's as either "tutsi" or "hutu"helped them both think other wise.
Because the Hutu's were denied the same level of opportunities as the Tutsis, the eventually grew resentful and expelled more than 20,000 tutsis from Rwanda . After Belgium gave rwanda independence, tutsis in uganda were already forming an alliance ( rwandan patriotic front) to return to their homeland and overthrow the government . A peace deal was signed between the then rwandan president and the RPF, but when the president, who was hutu, plane was shut down, tutsis were immediately blamed and so around the country , the mass killings of tutsis began as a form of retribution . Eventually, the RPF did capture kigali , the capital of rwanda, and the old government collapsed which resulted in a ceasefire.
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