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I've been out of nursing school for almost a year now. I was dismissed for failing two of my classes by less than one point in second semester. Since I have been out, I've been studying everything. I feel like I have learned more... Read More
- 9Nov 8, '10 by orthorn2009Sometimes the best nurses are the ones who have to repeat, is what my mentor told me. When u repeat it allows more to sink in that may not have the first time. I failed my very last med-surg class by 3 questions on a 200 question final. I was required to audit all previous classes before retaking that one. It was so hard to retake all those tests and listen to all those lectures again but I did and it was well worth it. I graduated, passed boards on my first try without any problems and I now enjoy the career I had always dreamed of. Nursing has to be in your heart and if it is then dont waste any more time. Go back, graduate, pass boards and start your career. Good luck
- 12Nov 8, '10 by Short-Stuff 23YES! In my program we have to have an 80% to move on to the next quarter. I recieved a 79.8%!!! I failed out and of course layed in bed for a few days and cried but got back up. I worked for a year and went back the next year. I am going to graduate this June I do believe everything happens for a reason and I have total faith in you that you can go back and finish! I think alot of it has to do with attitude also. Have a positive attitude going back!
- 2Nov 8, '10 by OutlawNurse86I failed RN school twice before I finally got my LVN and now I'm back in RN school (I was young, dumb, and preferred my 4-wheeler to my books).
We just had a helluva Med-Surg test today, so...I might be staying a LVN for a while depending on my grade lol. Our program requires you to have a 75 or better to pass, although they do round up so really it's a 74.5
- 6Nov 8, '10 by Cynthia104I failed by one question on my dosage calculation test and was dismissed from the program. I have applied to various RN programs with no success, it's been a years so far and I feel discourage at times but believe that this is my purpose in life, which is what is keeping me going. So now I'm in the process of getting into LVN school and after that i want to take the Indiana State University Online program, God willing. Sometimes you have to take a different route to get to where you want to go.
- 0Nov 9, '10 by OutlawNurse86Experience as a LVN has been a big help to me. During LVN school, experience as a PCT was the same help. Being in a work environment, seeing, and doing these things gives you a major advantage. Find a good crew to work with who will teach you (the right way).
- 13Nov 9, '10 by Cryst2_rnI left a 4 yr nursing college due to finances. Went on to a community college and failed out (needed 76% to pass I had a 74.5). Became depressed, gave up on college. I'd always thought I was smart in school, but college was my down fall. My mom refused to allow me to slip into depression and failure, she paid cash for 3 comm. college courses. Made me go. I looked up a nursing school I was interested in, (It was a nursing/allied health university,. It had an ASN program with an option to continue on to obtain a BSN and MSN). I went to the community college, took Biomedical ethics, English Comp II and Algebra. I MADE "A's" IN ALL THREE CLASSES. My confidence went THROUGH the roof. I couldn't believe I wasn't dumb after all. I could actually pass a college course with more than a C -all I had to do was realize HOW to apply myself. Well, I applied to the ASN program at that Nursing/Allied health course, and made As and Bs, got my ASN, failed boards, took boards again, PASSED, continued on in BSN courses at the college and to this day, I've been an RN for 5 yrs, I've had my Bachelors degree for the last 3.
My mom enrolled into my school and she and I obtained our Bachelors together. She graduated Magna Cum Laude. She's been a RN for almost 20 some-odd years now.
DEFINETLY GO BACK. It's nothing but time and preseverence. Times gonna pass anyway. You might as well pass the time by achieving your goal!!!
- 1Nov 9, '10 by retiredarmynpYes, I am one who believe in second chances. If you want to be a nurse apply to a school that is not so fast paced. Like one nurse said, you can go to a ADN program, get a good mentor or someone that has completed a program. If you have problems you can always email me. I don't mind helping any email@example.com. Best of luck to you.
- 0Nov 14, '10 by blessed2bfreeThank you guys. I really needed the encouragement.
- 12Jan 5, '11 by SharonNNP-BCYes indeed I am a nursing school flunky! I failed my 2nd med surg clinical portion! But I knew in my heart of hearts that I wanted to be a nurse, so I went back a year later (a lot more humble and scared). Much like you, I used the year to review course contents and brush up on my skills. I wish I could say that I graduated cum laude (i didn't), but I did meet some of the best friends a girl could ever have. Plus the year I was supposed to graduate, jobs were tight in our region. a lot of nurses struggled to find one and most ended up in areas that were not the area they wanted to be. When I graduated, I got a position in a great unit (where I stilll am today), working with just the population that I had dreamed of (in the NICU). That was 13 years ago. Since then, I have been nominated for nurse of the year, and I went back to school and recieved my masters degree. I am now a neonatal nurse practitioner, a job I probably never would have reached for, had I not failed out of nursing school.
So hold your head up high, and keep working toward your goals :-)
A tip for writing the letter (most schools want a letter to be submitted for re entry candidate), talk about how the failure has made your realize even more how much you want to be a nurse. Tell them about the studying that you have been doing since you have been out of school. Highlight what is going to change if you are accepted back into the program, give them a plan on how you are planning for success (be it extra skills lab practice or more structured studying). Also be sure to work with your instructors, before you get into trouble. If you don't understand something go to office hours to have it clarified. Finally try to do as many NCLEX type questions as you can, get the books that have the rationale for the answer. Most instructors try to gear their test like the NCLEX ones. Often test questions have answers which are all correct, but you must be able to pick the most correct or highest prioity, the rationale will help you with this. GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS


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Today I've joined with a group of bloggers to share our favorite comfort foods. My favorite comfort food is a potato recipe that my mom, like her mom before her, makes every year around this time using new baby garden potatoes. Click here to jump down to the recipe. As part of the comfort food extravaganza, we have a comfort-inducing prize pack including a food processor, a slow-cooker, a French oven and a Jam/Jelly Maker. This giveaway has ended. Click here to see the comfort foods that other bloggers are sharing today.
Do you ever wonder if the foods your mom ate when pregnant influence which foods you love today? Do those foods bring you more comfort than others? I think they must.
I first tasted this potato recipe before I was born.
My mom didn't tell me that. I just know it's true because she makes this recipe every August and I was born in September.
Late in August my mom heads out to the garden and tugs a potato plant from the mud. If 1 to 2 inch globes of starch are clinging to the roots, she knows it's time. She gathers the potatoes into her basket and then zig zags her way out of the maze of plants, snagging handfuls of dill fronds as she goes.
She brushes the dirt from the potato skins, washes them and then boils them in well-salted water. While the potatoes cook, she sautés onions in too much butter, adds too much cream and then throws in way way way too much fresh dill – more dill than you could ever imagine for a single recipe.
The potatoes are drained and then folded into the oniony, buttery, creamy, dilly dilly dilly mixture.
That's how my mom always makes new baby potatoes at the end of summer. And that's the taste of comfort to me now.
I just realized that my baba used to make this potato recipe too. And since my mom was born in September, I bet that she, like me, first tasted these potatoes before she was born.
This potato recipe stuck with my mom and I'm glad because there are few things in life that bring me as much comfort as a bowl of creamy dilly new potatoes.
- 2 lbs. new baby potatoes (or small red potatoes), the largest ones cut in half
- 2 tsp. plus ¼ tsp. salt, divided
- 3 Tbsp. butter
- 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
- ½ cup whipping cream
- ⅛ tsp. black pepper
- 1 cup of dill fronds, chopped (that is equivalent to the fronds from one 1 oz. package of fresh dill, if you, like me, don't happen to have any growing in your garden)
- Put the potatoes in a medium saucepan and just cover with cold water. Add 2 teaspoons of the salt and stir. Over high heat, warm to a simmer. Reduce heat to low. Stir and then partially cover the pot. Simmer the potatoes until the are fork tender, 5-8 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, 3-5 minutes. Add the wipping cream, remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt and the pepper. Stir. Increase the heat to medium and bring the cream up to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat to low and add the dill.
- Drain the potatoes and add them to the skillet, using a spoon to turn them over in the cream sauce.
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Finally, blueberries. I went to college in Maine, so I was a bit suspect of blueberries after I moved to California. But then I discovered Santa Barbara berries one spring at the Santa Monica farmers market. They don't have the same exact flavor, but they're equally good. Corncakes are sturdier than pancakes made with just all purpose flour, and the corn and blueberries go together very nicely. And the picture? No blueberries, but Sophie does get hungry after she goes swimming. And it's a really cool watercolor.
Serves 4-6
½ cup medium-grade cornmeal
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, plus a bit extra for the pan
1 egg
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup buttermik
1 cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 pint of fresh blueberries
1. Bring a kettle to a boil and pour 1 cup of boiling water over the cornmeal. Stir until the cornmeal thickens, then stir in the butter until it melts. Let the mixture cool for a few minutes.
2. Stir the egg, honey and buttermilk into the cornmeal mixture, then whisk in the flour, salt and baking powder.
3. Heat a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat and rub generously with butter. Ladle about ¼ cup of batter for each pancake and cook until the batter just sets up. Sprinkle a small handful of blueberries over each individual cake and cook until the underside is a dark golden brown around the edges. Flip and continue cooking for about a minute or two. Continue with the rest of the batter, keeping the cakes warm on a plate on the stove.
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Commissioners recognized for continuing education
By 06/14/2007 00:00:00
Diana Buckley
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ELLIS COUNTY - Representatives of Ellis County's Cooperative Extension Service office were on hand Monday morning to present framed certificates of completion to all four Ellis County Commissioners, recognizing their recent participation in the 48th Annual County Judges & Commissioners' Continuing Education Conference held by the V.G. Young Institute of County Government.
The Institute is part of the Texas Cooperative Extension and the Texas A&M University System.
'The Texas Cooperative Extension serves every County in Texas, with a network of 1,400 employees across the State and a presence in all 254 Counties,' said Mark Arnold.
'Through this extensive network, County Judges and Commissioners have received educational programs from the Extension for over five decades.'
Referring to information from the Texas Cooperative Extension website, Arnold told the court the Institute was created by the Texas Legislature in 1969, adding programs for County and District Clerks in 1973, Tax Assessor-Collectors in 1982, and Justice Court Judges in 2005.
'Remember our door is open,' Arnold concluded.
'We look forward to continuing our relationship with this Court.'
County Judge Chad Adams invited Arnold to return at a future date to present the certificate to Commissioner Dennis Robinson, pct. 1, who was absent in order to attend funeral services for close friend and long-time Palmer resident T.M. Harper.
Action items on the morning's short agenda focused on roads.
'As most of the Commissioners probably know, FM 2377 at one time made a 90 degree turn, and over the years they cleaned up the turn and put a curve,' said Commissioner Ron Brown, pct. 4.
'That portion of the road that was left is a cut through and we have maintained it.'
Brown said the unnamed road between Shawnee and Louise Ritter is less than a quarter of a mile in length.
'The lady that lives there on that road made a suggestion that we could name it after her,' he added.
'I thought that was a great idea and I move we name it Shirley Lane.'
Brown also asked the Court to lower the speed limit on Joe Wilson Road from 35 mph to 30 mph due to the current speed limit being unreasonable or unsafe (Transportation Code Section 545.355(b)(1)).
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House Of Meetings
reviewed by Franklin Freeman
A novelist has to take a reading of the world," Martin Amis has said, "and that is what happens in all the novels that interest me. Just what is going on here? It sounds banal, but it's an absolutely vital question for the novelist. It's the highest investigation. . . . Style is not neutral, it gives moral directions."
What does Amis investigate, then, in his latest novel, House of Meetings? The first line of the book tells us. In a letter to his stepdaughter, the narrator, whose name we never learn, writes, "DearVenus, If what they say is true, and my country [Russia] is dying, then I think I may be able to tell them why. You see, kid, the conscience is a vital organ, and not an extra like the tonsils or the adenoids."
He has suppressed his conscience (in order, ironically enough, to survive the gulag), but nevertheless, in the tradition of Conrad's Lord Jim and Under Western Eyes, is returning home to redeem himself from a shameful act. The book he is writing for his stepdaughter is an attempt for at least an artistic redemption.
The Russian Cross
This attempt begins on September 1, 2004, on a ship moving downriver to the Arctic Circle, where the narrator will find the ruins of Norlag, the prison in which he and his younger half-brother, Lev, lived for years. He carries a letter, unopened for twenty-two years, which Lev bequeathed to him at his death. The reader won't know why he has not opened it until the end of the novel.
The novel, then, is the story of these two brothers, but it also tells the story of their homeland, Russia: "When you look into . . . the Russian case," writes the narrator,
you feel the stirrings of a massive force, a force not only blind, but altogether insentient, like an earthquake or a tidal wave. Nothing like this has ever happened before.
There it is in front of me on the screen of my computer, the graph with its two crinkly lines intersecting, one pink, one blue. The birth rate, the death rate. They call it the Russian cross.
This cross can be seen as the basic architecture of the novel: Just as the population declines and the death rate rises, so too does the narrator's conscience shrivel and Lev's flower, but, on the other hand, Lev's fortunes decline while the narrator's life, outwardly, steadily improves.
The narrator is aware that he gives his story "a bit of structure," without which it is "a shapeless little heap of degradation." "Inasmuch as I could locate some semblance of form and pattern, I felt less isolated, and could sense the assistance of impersonal forces (which I badly needed). This intimation of unity was perhaps delusive," because, he says, there aren't any unities in his country.
This is the consolation of art, the only consolation Amis could wrest from his research for Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million (2002), his non-fiction book about the Stalinist terror and the refusal of Western intellectuals to accept its reality. In this book he writes that "only in art will the lion lie down with the lamb, and the rose grow without thorn."
The Lion & the Lamb
In Amis's novel, the narrator is the lion, Lev the lamb. The narrator fights in World War II. A serial rapist, like most of his cohorts, he survives and returns to Moscow. He falls in love with a beautiful bohemian Jewess, Zoya, by whom he is rejected as a lover.
Along with many other veterans, he is given ten years in the gulag. Lev is exiled to the same camp and tells his big brother that he, short ugly Lev, has married Zoya. The narrator wants both to kill Lev and to protect him, for Lev proclaims that he is a pacifist, which in the gulag is tantamount to suicide.
After a conjugal visit with Zoya, a night in what the prisoners call "the House of Meetings," Lev falls silent for 72 hours and is never the same man. When the narrator asks his brother what happened that night, Lev refuses to tell him, but promises one day to tell him, which he does in the letter.
The heart of the letter, which will not reveal any important plot surprise, is: "The hunger and the cold and the fear and the boredom and the oceanic weariness—that was general, andstandard-issue. That was off the rack," Lev writes. "What I'm referring to is the destiny that is made to measure."
Each prisoner's character combined with the conditions in the gulag, Lev says, to produce for each one a unique tragedy. He concludes: "They did more than take our youth away. They also took away the men we were going to be."
This novel grieves over Russia's past and its apparently bleak future. Before reading it, I read Koba the Dread, then came across Michael Specter's "Kremlin, Inc." in The New Yorker, describing how many of Vladimir Putin's foes are ending up dead.
Read the three together and you realize that the terror, though greatly reduced numerically at present, is not over. Not only are many men who could have been born in Russia, not being born—abortion is in Russia, Amis writes, a major form of "birth control"—but, because of the continued terror, many who are being born will continue not to be the men they could have been.
Painful Truth
But the problem of totalitarian ideology is not confined to Russia, and many in the West are not who they could have been, either. Amis's narrator implies this in his letter to Venus:
"The conscience is a vital organ," but one men feel they can live without. A person's ideology can be totalitarian in its ruthless suppression of questions of right and wrong, truth and falsehood, and no gulag, except an inner one, is required.
Specter's article appeared in the January 29, 2007 issue of The New Yorker.
Franklin Freeman is a freelance writer living in Saco, Maine, with his wife and four children.
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An Abilene man was arrested Thursday for allegedly injuring a 4-year-old girl by throwing her across a room.
According to police, 33-year-old Clemente Luna allegedly threw the girl and she sustained injuries to her head, shoulder, back and legs.
Officers said there were several witnesses and Luna corroborated some of their allegations. He was interviewed and arrested at the Taylor County Law Enforcement Center.
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Chevrolet Has Not Announced Pricing for the 2014 Camaro Z/28 but Says that the New Performance Model Will Cost More than a Camaro ZL1
"The Z/28 is NOT available to order now, and we won't have pricing until the end of this year. But I can tell you it will be priced above the ZL1," said Doran.
And with that statement, nothing official was said but we officially know that the Camaro Z28 will not be cheap. For the sake of context, the 2014 Camaro ZL1 starts at $56,050 in coupe form and from $61,250 in convertible. This means that we're looking at the $60k range for the Camaro Z/28, but, its performance should merit that. That places it right in line with vehicles like the BMW M3.
Official pricing should be released in December or early January. Expect more performance numbers from GM around the same time. We'll update you as soon as we know more.


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I didnt realise they had more than one version, so Im not sure which version I have. I got it a couple of years back.
The play in my sights is most noticeable front to back, but there is also some side wiggle as well. As I said earlier, they shoot "OK", its just they dont seem to be as repeatable as the GG&G's, which have zero play.
This is my M&P15T....
and the sights....
Very odd...
You have the same, original 15T as I do, but I have a slightly different front sight. Still, those do look like Troys, so it's odd that you're having issues with them. Maybe paint got into the mechanisms and froze the springs that apply tension?
Mine are rock solid, and snick-snick into place and back to folded down.
You might try removing them, soaking them in paint remover, then cleaning and oiling them up real good. Might help.
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Meryl Streep set to speak at UMass Lowell
Oscar winner Meryl Streep will speak at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in two weeks to raise money for two new scholarships.
Tickets starting at $30 each will go toward scholarship funds designated for two extraordinary English majors at the university. The event will be held at the Tsongas arena, which holds up to 7,000 people. It is expected to raise more than $100,000.
Meryl Streep has played more than 100 roles and holds the record for the most Academy Award and Golden Globe Award acting nominations.
Last year renowned author Stephen King's lecture raised approximately $100,000 for a different scholarship fund including King's speaker fee, which he donated. The university is hoping to make this speaker series an annual event.
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Catherine Smith Mills, a new Republican candidate for Cincinnati City Council, is raising eyebrows with her campaigning.
Mills held a fundraiser April 8 that featured former Police Chief Thomas Streicher Jr. as the keynote speaker. In a press release touting the event, Mills is quoted as saying, "As a first time candidate, I am so lucky to have the support and mentorship of Republican leaders in Cincinnati like Tom Streicher."
Republican Rep. John Becker is pretty upset that a
terminally ill gay man has earned the right to die in peace, and now
it's become a very real possibility that other gay Ohioans might also
get to die (and live) in peace. And, just like my brother, he's kind of trying to
ruin the game for everyone just because he's losing.
In July, Judge Timothy Black heard the case of Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, a long-term gay couple who flew to Maryland to marry at the beginning of the month because Arthur is terminally ill, in hospice care, and not expected to live much longer.
Obergefell and Arthur sued the state of Ohio for
discrimination in not recognizing their out-of-state gay marriage, legal
and recognized in Maryland, when other gay couples residing in states
recognizing same-sex marriages and subsequently moved to Ohio would have
their marriages treated as valid. And because Arthur is terminally ill, it's just as much for the emotional connection as it is for any kind of economic benefit.
Here's what Obergefell wrote in his original complaint (grab a tissue):
"Our legacy as a married couple is very important to John and me… in two or more generations our descendants will not know who we are. Married couples, often through research based on death records, have recognition for their special status forever. I want my descendants generations from now who research their history to learn that I loved and married John and that he loved and married me. They will know that they had gay ancestor who was proud and strong and in love."
In his ruling, Black called the case "not complicated," explaining that he'd allow the marriage to be legalized on Arthur's death certificate because it was likely a constitutional violation that the state of Ohio treated lawful out-of-state same-sex marriages differently than lawful out-of-state same-sex marriages.
In September, he ruled to allow the marriage of another gay
couple — David Michener and William Herbert Ives — after Ives
unexpectedly passed away in late August. Although these aren't (yet) blanket rulings, they're being interpreted as monumental victories for supporters of marriage equality.
Becker, then, decided to do the political equivalent of my brother running to my mom and accusing me of cheating; he wrote U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup and called for Black to be impeached for "malfeasance and abuse of power," which apparently made him really concerned about the "federal government's ever growing propensity to violate state sovereignty."
Unfortunately, though, U.S. District Court judges are
appointed for life, so since Becker's claims against Judge Black are
totally unfounded, Black is free to continue to anger Becker and other people who don't approve of equality for gay couples.
Alphonse Gerhardstein, the attorney for both couples, calls Becker's response to the rulings "bullying."
"Federal judges are granted tenure for life for a reason. It's their job to enforce core principles even when the majority disagrees," he says. "Look at the Dred Scott case. I think most people would agree that's the worst case decision ever made by a judge, and even he didn't get impeached." (In case you forget, he's talking about Dred Scott v. Sandford, the landmark 1857 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ruled black people weren't citizens.)
Things that actually can get a judge impeached, says Gerhardstein, are offenses like having sex with a criminal defendant or taking bribes.
On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the court added licensed funeral director Robert Grunn, who is responsible for registering deaths and providing personal information to the state on what should go on a death certificate, to the list of plaintiffs. Grunn currently serves same-sex couples when he signs death certificates, says the lawsuit, including those with marriages recognized outside the state of Ohio. The lawsuit, if successful, could require all funeral directors to recognize gay clients as married on death certificates if they were legally married in a different state.
Gerhardstein also says since accepting Arthur and Obergefell's case, he and his colleagues have received inquiries from between 30 to 50 other gay couples seeking legal recognitions of their out-of-state marriages. For now, he says, he and his firm are concentrating on cases specifically involving recognizing same-sex marriages on death certificates, although this litigation could (and probably will) lead to other blanket rulings on how same-sex marriages are recognized in Ohio.
Another hearing with Judge Black is scheduled for Dec. 18.
After the tragic shootings Saturday in Arizona involving a U.S. congresswoman and a federal judge, some progressive commentators were quick to note the heated rhetoric and provocative imagery used by Sarah Palin's political action committee (PAC), with many blaming it for helping incite violence.
In the Ohio House of Representatives, the difference between a Republican supermajority and a normal majority is now 14 votes. That's how many votes are splitting Republican Rep. Al Landis and Democratic challenger Josh O'Farrell. The small difference has already triggered an automatic recount and likely a series of lawsuits from Democrats over counting provisional ballots. The supermajority would allow Ohio House Republicans to pass legislation without worry of a governor's veto and place any measure on the ballot — including personhood initiatives — without bipartisan approval.
City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. unveiled his 2013 budget proposal at a press conference yesterday. The proposal will pursue privatizing the city's parking services to help close a $34 million deficit. The privatization plan has already faced some early criticism from Democrat P.G. Sittenfeld. The budget will also make minor cuts elsewhere. In addition to the 2013 budget, the Tentative Tax Budget proposal, which Dohoney passed to City Council and the mayor yesterday, also raises property tax rates.
Meanwhile, the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners approved the 2013 budget in a 2-1 vote. Democrat Todd Portune was outvoted by Republicans Chris Monzel and Board President Greg Hartmann. The final budget was basically Hartmann's "austerity" proposal, barring some minor tweaks. The cuts could cost 150 or more Hamilton County jobs.
Councilman Chris Smitherman is facing a challenge for his spot as president of the Cincinnati chapter of the NAACP. The councilman's opponent is Bob Richardson, a former officer of Laborers Local 265 and former president of the Cincinnati AFL-CIO Labor Council. Richardson's son told WVXU, "I think we have seen the NAACP veer off its core principles and turn into a tool for Smitherman and his conservative ideas."
In a promising sign for the local economy, Greater Cincinnati banks are taking in more money from deposits.
The 21c Museum Hotel opened yesterday. But the hotel has critics, including Josh Spring from the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition. Drawing a comparison to the situation between Western & Southern and the Anna Louise Inn, Spring said the hotel ended up displacing far too many people.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital is taking up research into how autism develops.
A new report found expanding Medicaid in Ohio could cost the state $3.1 billion. The money would be enough to insure 457,000 uninsured Ohioans. Previous studies found states that expanded Medicaid faced less health problems.
One concern with the state's "fracking" boom: water supply. Some are worried that the amount of water needed to fuel hydraulic fracturing, a drilling technique for oil and gas, will drain Ohio's wells and reservoirs.
After some sentencing reform, Ohio's inmate population is not decreasing as fast as some state officials would like. As the state deals with prison overpopulation and more expensive prisons, Gov. John Kasich's administration has turned to privatization. CityBeat looked at issues surrounding private prisons and the connections between the state government and private prison companies here.
Ohio women are having fewer abortions in the state. The drop seems largely attributable to increased access to birth control. Better access to health care and improved health education are also factors.
Ever forget to take some medication? No longer. There is now a pill that can inform others when it's taken.
Critics already were blasting U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for saying the Republican Party's top goal during the next two years should be to ensure President Obama doesn't win a second term. But a recent revelation has some people stating McConnell is guilty of crass politicking and hypocrisy involving American troops.
What did they know and when did they know it? Moreover, why aren't they commenting on it?
"They," in this case, are leaders of the Ohio Republican Party. And "it" is the drunken driving arrest of State Rep. Robert Mecklenborg (R-Green Township). In the 16 days since the April arrest became publicized through the media, the state GOP has been curiously silent about the matter.
UPDATE: Secretary of State Jon Husted said he will make a decision about what to do with the court's ruling after the weekend. It is possible Husted could decide to keep all polling booths closed on the three days. While the court ruling makes it so boards of election can't allow only military voters to vote on the weekend and Monday before Election Day, it does give boards of election the choice to close down on the three days. Husted could decide to open or close all boards of election on the days with uniform policy like he's done in the past. Such policy could eliminate those three voting days for everyone, including military voters.
The Republican-controlled state government appealed the original ruling after a federal judge ruled in favor of President Barack Obama's campaign and the Democrats and expanded in-person early voting to include the three extra days. The appeals court's ruling upholds the previous decision.
In the past few months, Republicans have insisted early voting should not be expanded further due to racial politics and cost concerns. That prompted Obama and the Democrats to take the state government to court, much to the dismay of local Republicans that voiced concerns about the lawsuit making voting lines too long for military voters.
With this appeal, Republicans are now running out of options for blocking expanded in-person early voting. Previously, Husted sent directives to county boards of election to not listen to the initial ruling, but Husted quickly backed down when the federal judge involved in the ruling called him to court.
Just when I thought Sarah Palin had made a valid point, she goes and shows just how spineless and hypocritical she is.
The former Alaska governor and one-time Republican vice presidential nominee made a big deal last week about the use of the slur "fucking retarded" by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Palin, who is the mother of a child with Down syndrome, said the remark was inappropriate and that Emanuel should be fired. We agreed, although for various reasons.


text: I don't get Lily Cole's appeal at all. She has an average body and awkward face, but yet she is a supermodel. On a positive, I guess she gives hope to gingers across the world. Now I've got nothing against gingers, I dated one a few years back, and she was much hotter than Lily and she was also a very sweet girl. Anyway, here's Lily Cole topless being filmed while jumping off of a boat , also in bikini with boob slip, while in St. Barts! That's the kind of home video I'd like to sit down and watch. Enjoy!


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Jai Johanny Johanson
Jai Johanny Johanson (born on July 8, 1944, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi), frequently known by the stage name Jaimoe, is an American drummer and percussionist. He is best known as one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band. Johanson came up in the R&B world and began drumming at an early age, often accompanied by friend Lamar Williams on bass. Johanson backed soul singers, including a membership in Otis Redding's touring band in 1966, and afterward touring with the acclaimed soul duo, Sam & Dave. After joining up with Duane Allman in February 1969, he quickly became the first recruit into Allman's new group, soon joined by bassist Berry Oakley, fellow drummer Butch Trucks, guitarist Dickey Betts and lastly Allman's younger brother, singer, organist and pianist Gregg Allman. The group, quickly named after the brothers Allman, began recording demos that April in Macon, Georgia, which became the group's spiritual home. The band's mixture of blues, country, jazz, and rock, spearheaded by the dual lead guitars of Betts and Allman, and the double-drums of Trucks and Jaimoe, were unique at that time, and they rapidly became known as an act that "you had to see live". Their  ( Wikipedia article )
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Israeli government bonds rose, pushing yields to the lowest level since the notes were issued, on investor bets the Bank of Israel will reduce the base lending rate in coming months to support economic growth.
The yield on the 5.5 percent benchmark notes due January 2022 fell one basis point, or 0.01 percentage point to 4.44 percent, at 11:30 a.m. in Tel Aviv. Two-year interest-rate swaps, an indicator of investor expectations for rates over the period, which were unchanged at 2.37 percent, dropped 41 basis points this month.
"It is a tough call this month as there is more downside risk from the global economic environment," said Jonathan Katz, a Jerusalem-based economist for HSBC Holdings Plc. "The central bank may save its ammunition this time to see how Europe's debt crisis develops and start lowering borrowing costs in the next two months, which is pushing yields lower."
Economic growth in Israel will slow to 3.1 percent this year from 4.8 percent in 2011, central bank forecasts show. The central bank's monetary policy committee, led by Governor Stanley Fischer, will hold the rate at 2.5 percent for a fourth consecutive month, according to 22 out of 24 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. Two predicted a quarter-point cut. The bank will announce its decision at 5:30 p.m. today.
The country could be affected by a deterioration of Europe's debt crisis amid concern Greece may leave the economic union which accounts for about 35 percent of Israeli exports.
The two-year break-even rate, the yield difference between the inflation-linked bonds and fixed-rate government bonds of similar maturity, increased three basis points to 244. That implies an average annual inflation rate of 2.44 percent over the period.
The Tel Aviv Bond 40 Index, which measures inflation-linked and fixed-rate corporate bonds, rose 0.2 percent to 264.33. The shekel gained 0.1 percent to 3.8527 a dollar, trimming this month's loss to 2.3 percent.
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Bryce Harper has been showing up as high as one and as low as three on prospect lists and MLB.com choose him as number two behind just Matt Moore. Harper is a masher and as an eighteen year old, he dominated the SALY league with a .977 OPS then jumped up to Double-A where he struggled at times but that's understandable considering his age.
The big question now is what happens. I find it unlikely that they'll rush him up to the big league team but I'm curious as to whether he starts at Double-A or they bump him all the way up to Triple-A. My guess is where he starts won't be where he ends up though and this kid is going to be fun to watch in 2012 wherever he ends up.
Kevin Goldstein released his top eleven Nationals' prospects and of course whenever you see one of these lists, you think Bryce Harper. He should make his major league debut with the Nationals at some point in 2012 but I think he starts at Triple-A to start the season like Goldstein mentions.
Number two and another five star guy is the Nats 2011 first round pick, Anthony Rendon. He's a college guy so he could be on the fast track but he signed too late to play in 2011. It looks like he could finish 2012 at the Double-A level which means a 2013 debut isn't out of the question.
Matt Purke is third and he's the top pitching prospect. He was the Nationals third round pick in 2011 and he's a lefty out of college as well. The one downer is, he struggled in the Arizona Fall League. Brian Goodwin (OF) and Alex Meyer (RHP) round out the top five.
The Nationals shored up their outfielder by signing Michael Morse to a two year, $10.5 million contract. Morse came over in the Ryan Langerhans trade with the Nationals and after showing some pop in limited time with the team in 2010, he broke out in 2011 and belted 31 home runs while hitting .303. He strikeouts out a lot (about three times for every walk) but he makes up for it with the high batting average.
He played more then half of his games at first base last year and you wonder if this is them giving up on signing Prince Fielder. This also means they avoid arbitration with Morse and have him locked up for two more years. The dollar amount may seem a little high but if he can do what he did last year, it'll be a bargain.
According to report from Washington Nationals beat writer and MLB.com contributor Bill Ladson, top free agent 1B Prince Fielder and super agent Scott Boras visited DC recently to meet with Nationals ownership. A report The January 2nd edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel lists the Nationals as the front runner for Fielder and Ladson's story adds fuel to the fire. The 27 year old batted .299/.415/.566 with 38 home runs and 120 rbi in 162 games in 2011 and would supply Washington an elite clean up bat. Since 2007 when he hit 50 homers, he clubbed 34,46,32 and 38 in 2011 while driving in 102,141,83 and 120. Fielder also gets on base with 100+ walks the past 3 seasons. The Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays and Chicago Cubs are also said to be involved in the bidding for the slugger. The Nationals have already had a great offseason, if they were able to secure Prince Fielder, they would be a major contender for both the National League and World Title. Washington has become one of the more up and coming organizations in the game under the leadership of GM Mike Rizzo and Skipper Davey Johnson and this move would create shock waves throughout the baseball world.
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Doctor Who Review: Space Bratsby Carissa Pavlica at . Comments
"Nightmare in Silver" was a bit of a nightmare in any color, really. My expectations were definitely higher for this Neil Gaiman penned episode, but it seems they've kept all the good bits for next week's finale, Gaiman be damned.
There were a few things that struck me right off the bat as a bit off, and I'll start there.
The first thing I wondered, based upon how unimpressed Artie and Angie were everything they saw, was just how long after "The Crimson Horror" this episode was supposed to have taken place. Have the As already come to know and get bored with The Doctor? Their whiny and rather arrogant behavior made it seem they had been and done everything else in the known universe except be to the closed down amusement park.
Had we been lead to believe the little lives of Artie and Angie had been fantastic, and that's why Clara didn't have any qualms in leaving them (note, she has not quit her job), then maybe I could understand their being such rotten kids. The pre-teen angst just didn't fit with what I expected from the children Clara was determined to protect. They were hugely disappointing, and their "coma" was extremely welcome.
As we learned at the end, it was arrogance pure and simple, as it was the first time they'd ever ever experienced the TARDIS. They're just poorly written characters. At least for the moment. If we don't see them again, that will be soon enough for me.
Also confusing was why Clara didn't bring up the photo they showed her from Victorian London. Did it really only occur to her to ask after the Cyber Planner taking over The Doctor called her Impossible? It seemed very odd for our extremely inquisitive and curious Clara let it slide until then.
Those were just the initial thoughts I had that ran through my brain as I watched the episode. Even though I never saw the movie, it reminded me of my expectations of what "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" would have been like to watch.
So, what else did the hour have going for it?
Matt Smith did an interesting job as The Doctor wriggling about as he tried to fight the Cyber Planner inside his brain. At one point, he almost had Clara fooled until the planner let loose that he might like her more than he should. She knew that even if he did feel that way he'd rather die than say it out loud. Good girl.
As the hibernating Cybermen came to life and continually upgraded with each setback, Clara never gave up the fight. At least we know she'll be feisty through even the worst circumstances; and if five hand weapons and one gun aren't enough to get you down against and entire army of Cybermen, I don't know what is.
The thing is, I wasn't remotely frightened of the Cybermen. They were cartoonish and if there was a big plan for their reconvening to take over the universe, they never really made clear what it was. Perhaps I missed it somewhere in the musings of The Doctor and the Cyber Planner as they played their game of chess.
There was very little of the signature banter that has gone on with The Doctor and Clara since they've met, and I missed it. It felt like a throwaway episode that had little purpose, especially since the remaining Cybermen were blown to smithereens at the end. We did meet the Emperor of the Universes, Porridge, and perhaps we'll be lucky enough to see him again. He was easily the best and most welcome addition to the Doctor Whoverse.
Now I'll settle in for next week. The big bang, shall we say. What looks like a traversing of the time lines that could put someone's life in jeopardy. Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax will be along for the ride and they're always a guarantee of at least a flurry of good lines.
Share your thoughts on the episode. Don't worry, you won't hurt my feelings, so don't be shy!
Carissa Pavlica is the managing editor and staff writer for TV Fanatic. Follow her on Twitter and on Google+.Tags: Doctor Who, Reviews
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Bah, you all are hating on the second-to-last episode. Even if part of my enthusiasm for it was only because I love the show in general, I'm still not willing to admit it was THAT terrible. It's always impressive when an actor has to act AGAINST himself, and I thought Matt Smith did a really good job. So maybe it wasn't the best episode... the cybermen design certainly could have been improved, if they were going to go to the effort of updating it... but don't ruin my good vibe. I'm anxious for the last few to be as fantastic as possible.
Is it bad that I wanted to reach in the screen & slap those ungrateful brats? A time traveling alien takes you through time and space with your trusted guardian to some potential fun but mostly dangerous place and you behave like that? Who the heck wanders off after specifically being told not to because theres a potential danger? ugh and the Cyber men can never be scary, sorry. They should at least be upgraded to look more menacing
I agree here, NO kid at all. Thank you Sir!
Next week is the final ! S**t, they should at least made 12 episodes... :-(
I was disappointed with the kids. Last week they found out about clara time traveling and roped her into taking them. And they were not impressed???. I watched on BBC America 8p direct tv and 1st minute was a blank screen. i thought i missed a scene where they explained her seeing the picture or kids scene. that was confusing and disappointing.the half doctor was good. Clara is getting how to trust the doctor. Loved warwick davis Overall it felt it was missing a scene from the last episode
BTW, Orphan Black continues to be very good: intense, funny, and unpredictable. It's a thoughtful, high-quality show, and it's a shame TV Fanatic isn't reviewing it.
I agree with all ravenstar68 said, and with most of this article except that probably the only redeeming quality of this episode to me was the lack of banter between the Doctor and Clara. It's been one of the things that's troubled me all (half) season as I find it forced, cutesy and generally unrealistic given the circumstances they find themselves in. I love Matt Smith's Doctor and for most of this episode I enjoyed him, unlike the entire rest of Series 7 where I've been yearning to go ahead and get to Doctor #12. I'd hoped Neil Gaiman would've somehow saved this season, but for me it's just been a big bag of fail. And I hate that because I do love the show.
And the series goes from bad to worse. The kids weren't given any character whatsoever, they were just put penned as annoying selfish brats IMHO. Clara was smiling and joking through the whole episode and that just grated too - it never felt like there was any sense of danger, even when the Cyber Army was on the move. It felt cartoonish. Matt Smith's character seems to have completely changed this season, it feels out of odds whith what we have seen before.
I watched it once, and thought it was really really bad. There was no stakes, no tension, no cohesion, no fear, no nothing. The sets were hideous and the editing mediocre. The Cybermen looked good but not menacing, and the old trick of "bad guy stops just before killing good guy" is sooo tiresome. So, first viewing: C-. I will watch it again later.


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The end result of this beautifully layered home is an interesting space that feels so old world and lived in, even though it is new construction. A recycled barn was used to create parts of the structure, and the home's 'great' spaces are certainly encouraged by a heaping of upcycled parts and pieces.
Mixed wood tones, stone, rustic lighting and wooded built ins are all a part of the meticulous project. Burlap looking pendants and other unique elements all keep to a very California-French chic design aesthetic while still making the space look old, worn and yet full of new life.
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|The front page of the first edition of the Glasgow Looking Glass, 1825
The 1820s and 1830s were a period of transition for London's print trade and English caricature in general. The introduction of lithography allowed publishing houses to do away with the expensive and timely process of copper-plate engravings and produce scores of smaller cruder illustrations to feed the demand for visual images coming from the newly affluent middle and industrial working classes. The subject matter of caricature also had to change to meet the demands of a rapidly diversifying market and consequently socio-cultural or purely aesthetic subjects began to replace the purely political and personal satires of the high Georgian-era.
One sign of how caricature began to change was the emergence of 'magazines' which contained several smaller lithographed or woodblock engraved prints published across three or four pages or on one large sheet. Retail prices varied depending on whether the magazine was purchased plain or coloured and on the audience it was aimed at – Those produced by the more fashionable print shops of London's West End could cost as much as six shillings whilst a cheaper magazine, such as C.J. Grant's Everybody's Album and Caricature Magazine, could be purchased uncoloured for sixpence.
Given that the concept of the caricature magazine were rooted in the economics of thrift it is perhaps not too surprising that they originated in Scotland. In 1825 the English artist and caricaturist William Heath moved to Glasgow in order to execute a commission to paint a number of landscape scenes in oils and whilst there he sought to resume publishing caricatures, presumably as a means of generating some additional income. Heath must have realised pretty quickly that the market for prints in Glasgow was likely to be much smaller than that in the Capital and that it would not sustain the kind of elaborate copperplate designs he was used to producing for his wealthy London audiences. The solution was therefore to offer his Scottish customers more value for money – by providing them with several illustrations for a shilling instead of just one and presenting caricature in a format they would recognise by presenting it like a newspaper.
|A self-portrait of the caricaturist William Heath taken from issue 14 of the Northern Looking Glass
The first fortnightly edition of Heath's Glasgow Looking Glass appeared on 11th June 1825 and four more issues were produced under this title before the magazine was renamed the Northern Looking Glass in order to reflect the fact that it commented on events taking place across Scotland. The last edition of the magazine appeared on the 3rd April 1826, shortly before Heath left Glasgow and returned to London.
Heath reverted back to the production of traditional single-plate satirical prints upon his return to the Metropolis in 1826, however the publisher Thomas McLean appears to have encouraged him to revisit the magazine format in 1830 and the pair published the first issue of a new magazine, now simply called The Looking Glass, in April of that year. It seems fairly clear that McLean was probably the primary force behind the new magazine as William Heath abandoned the project after completing the seventh edition in July 1830. The historian Richard Pound has suggested that Heath and McLean may have squabbled over production techniques, with the canny publisher preferring the cheaper method of lithography and Heath preferring to stick to traditional methods of engraving. This is entirely possible, although a simpler explanation may simply be that by the middle of 1830 William Heath's career as a satirist was nearing its creative and commercial peak and that he simply did not have the time or inclination to devote himself to producing a fortnightly caricature magazine.
|The first edition of The Looking Glass published in London, 1830
McLean immediately drafted in the up-and-coming artist Robert Seymour to replace Heath. Seymour, who is now best remembered for his illustrations in The Pickwick Papers, took over from issue 8 and worked with the periodical until his tragic death in April 1836. Seymour's presence at the Looking Glass resulted for short time in the page being built up from a mass of small images, but it seems likely that McClean wanted to take the periodical in another direction closer to the old style of large satirical political images. He re-titled the magazine McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures or the Looking Glass, and may well have exercised closer control over Seymour's choice of subjects, perhaps drawing in amateurs to suggest topics. Seymour worked on at the magazine until 1836, having left Figaro in London acrimoniously in 1834. He was replaced by Henry Heath, who showed much more interest in city life than in traditional political subjects.
|A later edition of the magazine with illustrations by Robert Seymour
The Looking Glass was relatively long lived for such an expensive periodical was extremely influential in establishing seriality as the principle mode for the publication of caricature, far outselling its contemporary rivals like C.J. Grant's Everybody's Album and Bell's Life in London, and making the case for the multi-image page as a proper medium for comic art.


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Anyone walking about Chinatowns in America will observe statues of a stout fellow carrying a linen sack. Chinese merchants call him Happy Chinaman or Laughing Buddha.
This Hotei lived in the T'ang dynasty. He had no desire to call himself a Zen master or to gather many disciples around him. Instead he walked the streets with a big sack into which he would put gifts of candy, fruit, or doughnuts. These he would give to children who gathered around him in play. He established a kindergarten of the streets.
Whenever he met a Zen devotee he would extend his hand and say: "Give me one penny."And if anyone asked him to return to a temple to teach others, again he would reply: "Give me one penny."
Once as he was about his play-work another Zen master happened along and inquired: "What is the significance of Zen?"
Hotei immediately plopped his sack down on the ground in silent answer.
"Then," asked the other, "what is the actualization of Zen?"
At once the Happy Chinaman swung the sack over his shoulder and continued on his way.
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- 0May 8, '09 by LITTLEBUGGERHey guys! So today was the orientation for CSN Fall 2009 nursing. Sigh. I left feeling scared and a little sad to be honest. First of all I was told by a few people including a professor that I should not take a certain professor. I advised my friends and then when it came to registering myself...I panicked and I made a BIG BOO BOO and picked the "bad professor". I need some one on one help with this one. First ...I need the people on here to pm me and let me know if they have my schedule! I need support! AND the old timers ....can you pm me and let me chat with you about this teacher and let me know if I am in trouble???
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- 0May 8, '09 by missvtHey I was at the orientation too! I'm no help with the 'bad professor' issue, sorry. I actually wish that I did know something but I have no idea about any of them. What is your schedule?
Maybe you could help me...? Were you able to register for all your classes when you got home? I can't. I'm so frustrated. It let me add the clinical and lab but no lecture or pharm...? I called a ton of numbers and no one answered. I thought they would be there until 6? Now I have to wait for Mon and I'm stressing over the pharm there is one that I NEED and am afraid it will fill up.
- 0May 8, '09 by LITTLEBUGGERI'll ship you my schedule privately. You registered for lab first right? It should let you register for everything else. Make sure you are in Fall 2009. I made that mistake. Otherwise...make sure you call first thing Monday. I am in the later pharmocology class on Wednesday nights.
- 1May 8, '09 by AussieAndyHey guys. I'm currently in first semester and know how overwhelming the orientation was. Feel free to PM with any questions and I'll see if I can help you. As for registration I had the same problems. I was able to register for lab and clinical but I had to go register in person for lecture and pharm. Don't know why but it always happens to me and it's really frustrating. Feel free to ask me anything, I know how important advice can be in this program lol!
- 0May 9, '09 by LITTLEBUGGERHijack away! We all need the support! I feel like I already need a tutor and I haven't even started! lol
- 0May 9, '09 by ohmeowzer RNjut keep in mind , one person' bad professor is not bad to another person. you may just enjoy him or her.. keep a open mind !! it will all be okay !!
- 0May 9, '09 by twixlova<3i was at the orientation too. however, i had one of the later numbers so i didnt get to choose the teachers i wanted. my friend is in the 2nd semester of the nursing program and shes helping me a lot with the professors. however, i agree that a "bad" teacher can be a "good" teacher to someone else. it varies. so my advice is not to stress so much and just to work hard NO MATTER who your instructor is. although i am pretty happy with my selection of teachers, i think that in the end YOUR own knowledge and determination will help you through.
the nursing program is difficult and i think we should all stick together and help each other in all the ways we can.
so good luck to everyone. im new to this. but this website and threads have helped me A LOT.
- 0May 10, '09 by tmgsnHi. I was there too. I don't know a single teacher. I did not go on to "rate my professor" or any other web site. I want to judge for myself.
Many people told me not to take %$#^@& for Bio 189, told me when I was already in her class, and I found that their information was not correct. She was awesome and so smart! I learned a lot from her and I know that if you just try, with an open mind you can learn from anyone.
Try not to listen to other people. It can be so intimidating. Remember that the teachers are here to weed out the weak ones RIGHT NOW, they are putting all this pressure on us to see if we can take it. I almost think they left the room so hot on purpose. It is another form of intimidation. LOl! You know, the bright light, heat, no bathroom breaks, short lunch, etc...---jk!!! Stay strong, we will make it through all of this.
They have arranged the classes so that you can pretty much only sign up for one pharmacology class. I didn't have a problem registering for my classes. That was a blessing.
My biggest problem was that they nickel and dime us-- with $106 for this and $350 for that! $761 for a book bundle that has E books that can be bought separately? What is that about? Whose back is being scratched for that one? Why after all the hard work we have done are they sticking us up at gun point for our kids' birthday money??? I can tell you my son will be disappointed at his would-be-no-longer-party!
Anyone out there struggling besides me?? Want to share a bundle of books? We can access them online and just use the access codes for you or I. At least until our loans, financial aid and other scholarships come in late August??
It would really be an awesome wonderful blessing if someone would split the book bundle with me and then when our money comes in we would each have our own!!
This may sound desperate to you, and it is I am sure, but I have two birthdays this summer that I am the sole provider for, and as many of you know, a birthday is SO important to a child!


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