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|I'm in the process of building a 3 season room with a vaulted ceiling made out of tongue in groove knotty pine. The contractor said that if I didn't want to stain the ceiling I could just use linseed oil every few years. I've been reading that shellac might be a better option. I'm not sure what to use. My hubby and I really like the look of natural wood. Would you use linseed oil, shellac or other product to preserve the wood or just stain it? Why? Thanks in advance.
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- Posted by theporchguy (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Sun, Apr 13, 08 at 23:37
I use pre-stained TG pieces on my screen room vaulted ceiling. They seem to hold up best. I'm not sure about a varnished look. I've seen them but am not crazy about them in all applications.
Thats the decision you'll have to make.
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|Thanks for the info PorchGuy,but we can't use the pre-stained TG, b/c the ceiling is already up. I'm really trying to figure out the pros and cons for each finish type. Will linseed oil be sufficient to protect the wood without causing other problems (i.e., mildew) Or would shellac be/look better? If we use a stain I want it to be environmentally friendly and most of them seem so "chemically".
- Posted by theporchguy (email@example.com) on Mon, Apr 14, 08 at 21:50
Its always best to test a sample piece cut-off to see for yourself what you like.
Divide into say three equal sections and try three different techniques.
I like polyurethane (water-base) - two coats satin, no stain.
Try a shellac section and see the yellowish tint.
If you like to stain. I suggest a gel stain as it will be easier to work with. Since pine is both soft and hard it is best to condition the wood one or two coats before for a more even stain.
Now choose a sealer - poly or an oil base. Go over the stain and see which top finish you like.
These are just various ways to finish knotty pine.
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- Posted by john_hyatt (My Page) on Mon, Apr 14, 08 at 22:14
|Linseed oil/shellac are total old school finish,used in the days when there was nothing else like hmmmmmm 80 years ago. They were replaced because they dont work long term.
Chemically....now there is a concept....nope cant deal with that one. Now environmentlally friendly I can take on lets see shellac an insect sceretion harvested from bark in thailand mixed and puirfied with a lot of chemicals not to mention the transportation cost and the energy used to process it,stock it, and the Customer energy use and the land fill costs for the used up container. Linseed oil the flax seed harvest costs about the same, crushed,processed with high heat, a lot of non douctmented workers involved, same dump fees and polution with the unused material that dries out befor use along with the rags contaminated that should be disposed of under goverment control.
Nope cant have any of that too many chemically involved hazards. J.
Your point is taken...Maybe I should have said I would like something less carcinogenic with low VOC's. I understand that they all contain chemicals in some form, but I'm trying to expose my 2 year old to the least amount of respiratory hazards and still have a nice looking porch. Thanks for the lecture anyway.
- Posted by john_hyatt (My Page) on Tue, Apr 15, 08 at 11:58
|I forgot to mention the lacca insect is in danger because when its pulled off that mass of sticky stuff it spent a mounth or so building up it gets pinched to death.
Any clear or natural finish will do twp makes a 500 series extorted by the green mafia that has a very low voc count. Keep in mind if you put even water on those boards they will darken up same with any clear finish.
Natural wood means different things to different people most of the time when Folks say this it means they want the wood to stay exactley how it looks when newley installed thats not going to happen installed exposed to the weather.
However....it sounds like your ceiling is not geting any direct weather expousure you could just leave it alone,thats what I did with mine same kinda T%G knoty pine.
Anything you put on is going to have a a smell for a while,linseed oil takes forever to set up, Sooooooo Pick out a finish you like after its on set up a couple of big fans with one faced to a door way and one straight up on the pine. Close off all other exits and take your Youngen to the zoo that day. John
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Jenson Button admits it will be difficult to get going again at the first pre-season test, saying it will be "hilarious".
Drivers will have quite a bit of adapting to do when winter testing gets underway at the end of January as they will all have to come to terms with the new 1.6l V6 turbos as well as energy recovery systems.
Conditions are also likely to be tricky as it will be the middle of winter at Jerez, which could lead to some amusing moments on the track, according to Button.
"Winter testing is going to be hilarious in Jerez," the McLaren driver is quoted as saying by Autosport. "It will be cold, the tyres aren't going to work, the cars probably won't work either and when you do get a lap it is probably going to feel weird because you are running higher gears - you get into eighth gear before you get to seventh gear now.
"It is a very different way of driving and you have to forget a lot you have learned over the years in terms of the driveability of a racing car, the engine, the power output of a racing car and the way you put the power down.
"It is so, so different."
One of the key features that drivers will have to come to grips with is the reduced downforce and increase in torgue.
"No one knows how they will perform until the first race next year," said Button. "It is going to be tricky because we do have a lot more torque with the engine.
"There will be a lot less downforce as there will be no [exhaust] blowing. I don't care what they say, there is still a massive amount of blowing on an F1 car. It is going to be very tough to get to grips with it.
"There is a lot to learn for all of us, even the experienced drivers, and it is exciting.
"You want to be out on circuit at the tricky corners, even Turn 2/3 [at Jerez] will be tough to get the power down.
"You need a throttle pedal that is a metre long to control the torque of the engine.
"Hopefully the experience I have with developing the car and making it how you want it to be will help me for next year."
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DOJ trains cops to work with transgender peopleMarch 27, 2014 @ 8:01 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department launched a program Thursday to train local police departments to better respond to transgender individuals, a population authorities say is disproportionately harmed by violence.
The new initiative is aimed at helping police identify hate crimes and build trust with a community that law enforcement officials say is too often reluctant to report crimes.
"It's clear that such a training is as necessary as it is overdue," Associate Attorney General Tony West said at a ceremony unveiling the program. "Because too often, in too many places, we know that transgender victims are discouraged from reporting hate crimes and hate violence due to their past negative interactions with and perceptions of law enforcement."
The training effort is being overseen by the department's Community Relations Service, which was established under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and works with communities to prevent and respond to hate crimes.
The initiative comes as police departments face scrutiny over their responsiveness to crimes against transgender people. In Washington, D.C., for instance, Police Chief Cathy Lanier acknowledged this year in response to a task force's report that the department needed to do more to build trust with the city's transgender community.
Deputy Attorney General James Cole said it was unacceptable that transgender people don't report crimes against them "based on the community's fears about law enforcement's support and perceptions."
"This is not a result that can or will be tolerated by the Department of Justice, and it runs counter to the very role your community public safety officials want to promote," Cole said.
He cited a national transgender discrimination survey published in 2011 in which large percentages of transgender individuals reported having attempted suicide, having been physically assaulted and having lost a job for bias-related reasons.
The Community Relations Service has regional offices around the country that will offer the training to police departments. The lesson plans includes suggestions for confronting bullying in schools as well as lists of do's -- such as asking a person for his or her preferred gender pronoun -- and don'ts, such as using the term "transvestite" or asking whether the person has had sex-change surgery.
Tiq Milan, a senior media strategist and spokesman for GLAAD, said the training program was a step toward correcting a relationship between police and transgender individuals that is fraught with mistrust.
"Cops will deal with trans folks and assume because you're trans, then in some kind of way you've caused this kind of violence on you," he said.
Harper Jean Tobin, who as policy director at the National Center for Transgender Equality helped design and model the program, also said she thought it was a good idea but cautioned that training by itself would not mend the relationship. She said there was more work that needed to be done in areas such as guaranteeing respect for transgender people who are taken into custody or being questioned by police.
"You can't train your way out of this problem. It's one piece of the puzzle. It's one tool that we can use," she said.
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(2) Function. It is easy to use. Before installing the valve stem portion of the tube into the tire, thread the DRC stem puller through the rim's valve stem hole and into the tube's valve core. Voila! Now all you have to do is pull the handle to guide the valve stem through the hole in the rim.
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Lead sponsor of Habitat for Humanity's 27th annual Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, Wells Fargo contributed $750,000 and 150 volunteers to the building event. Wells Fargo has provided local Habitat affiliates $58 million in funding and more than 4 million volunteer hours since 1993. In 2010, Wells Fargo joined Habitat as a national partner with an $8 million contribution for its resource development capacity building and Habitat's Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, which constructs, repairs and rehabilitates affordable housing for low-income families in markets hit hard by foreclosures.
Jenni Wilken, Wells Fargo's lead volunteer, working from the heart
Jenni Wilken has a full-time job and a full-time passion, both courtesy of Wells Fargo. Her official job, as Operational Risk Consultant, pays the bills. But she says the job that suits her heart is the unpaid assignment as head of Wells Fargo's volunteer efforts with Habitat for Humanity.
"I've been volunteering for about 15 years, 12 of those with Wells Fargo and as leader of our Habitat volunteer program for the last three years. I'm the lead volunteer of the committee that organizes our builds twice a year – one in spring and one in the fall," Wilken says.
Of her organizing role, she says, "I couldn't have a more rewarding part of my job. I've always been an affordable housing advocate. I think the Twin Cities should have a moratorium on building another stadium here until every homeless person and every family who is living in inadequate housing has a decent and affordable place to call home."
Her colleagues also are quite gung-ho, and they sign up right away for Wells Fargo's Habitat builds. Wilken encourages anyone who's interested to sign up as soon as registration for the event opens. "We filled 400 spots in 2 ½ hours in the fall of 2008," she explains, still amazed at the readiness of colleagues to get involved.
For the 2010 Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Work Project, Wilken joined 14 other Wells Fargo team members working on new construction on a lot in Minneapolis' Hawthorne neighborhood. Another 10 worked on as house in Saint Paul.
"I helped build scaffolding and nailed sheathing on exterior wall frames. I also helped with digging and demolition of a fence along the property line between this and a vacant house next door. We were building a two-story house in five days, because this is the Carter blitz. Most of the Wells Fargo Habitat builds take multiple weeks," she said.
Wilken said she deeply appreciates the commitment Wells Fargo has to the communities where it does business. "I have worked for Wells Fargo for 23 years, and as large as the company is, it never ceases to amaze me the heart of our company for our responsibility to give back. We gave $8 million to Habitat for Humanity this year, and $250,000 of that was for the local Carter project."
Her latest mission, Wilken said, was to get a photo with the Carters. This mission was accomplished on Wednesday during the Carter Work Project, when the famous couple posed with the crews at all the build sites in Saint Paul and Minneapolis. Another milestone for Wilken was meeting the homeowner family of the house she helped construct.
On the last day of the build, Wilken met homeowner partner Nina Kimmons. Kimmons, a mother with four children including a daughter who has autism, expressed gratitude about the space inside and outside that she will have for her children to study and play.
"The thing that I was most impressed about her was she was very excited and interested in being involved in the building. She'd already put in sweat equity hours and really wanted to learn how to do things so that she could take care of her home," Wilken said. "That's a prevalent theme of home buyers I've interacted with, and I feel that way, too. When I'm building, I want to learn so I can do it at home."
The Carter Project, Wilken said, stands out as one of the most memorable Habitat construction projects she's participated in with Wells Fargo.
"This one was different from builds in the past, because it was highly publicized. So much attention was paid to it, and we couldn't have had more beautiful weather; a year ago we had snow! Everything about the atmosphere was great, including that big tent Habitat set up as a place for volunteers to congregate and have lunch. There was a lot of camaraderie, and we were right across the street from the house the Carters worked on.
"On that day the Carters were there, even amid the hubbub, the crew we had on site still managed to stay on track. We put up all the exterior walls and framing of the second floor. Mid-afternoon, the crane was there, hoisting the rafters up on the roof. At the end of day three, the house was completely framed in," including the roof rafters, she said.
Wilken said she plans to drive by in a week or so to check on the house. She added that she's quite invested not only in the progress of the house she worked on but also others in the four-block area under revitalization in the Hawthorn EcoVillage community.
Always thinking ahead to the next opportunity for Wells Fargo volunteers, Wilken said, "I've already put in a request that we be considered for the spring build to finish the work in that neighborhood."
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Denver, Colo. - The men remain unbeaten tonight after blowing Air Force and Denver out of the water with scores of 131.5 over 111.5 against the Falcons and 136 over 105 against the Pioneers, while the women tacked on another win, 137 to 101 versus Denver, to make their record 8-1.
Numerous Frogs picked up individual victories to help bolster TCU past Air Force and Denver. Freshman Aran Bean set a pool record in the 200 breast with a 2:07.76 time and the men's 400 free relay team of freshman Yousif Del Valle, sophomore Brent Norcross, and seniors Aaron McLachlan and Mitch Loper swam a 3:08.58, good for a new pool mark.
"This has been a culmination of a hard week training in altitude," Coach Richard Sybesma remarked. "We've never beaten Air Force at home, and this has been an excellent meet."
The following Frogs also claimed individual wins.
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By Cal Fussman
Downey on being a hero:
Do I want to be a hero to my son? No. I would like to be a very real human being. That's hard enough. Every dad casts a shadow, you know? And that shadow is you're disappointed, you're resentful, or you feel so supported and loved you don't understand why life is so hard anyway or, you know, it's so long and so dark that you can never step out of it, so you might as well not even try. Right? So. So hero to me is not applicable to the human experience.
I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.
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If not for one unlucky September afternoon on the streets of New Jersey, 2007 would have been just perfect for George Clooney. In the first calendar year after his Oscar win for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana, he headlined the well-received blockbuster Ocean's Thirteen, turned in one of the most forceful performances of his career in the legal drama Michael Clayton (which he also exec-produced), and even popped up doing humanitarian work in the documentary Darfur Now. And the guy still had time to direct the football romance Leatherheads (due in April), take a role as an assassin in the Coen brothers' upcoming comedy Burn After Reading, and, of course, crash his motorcycle.
With or without a fractured rib, Clooney has forever been the definition of class. ''It's always nice to see someone coming into their own and assuming it very graciously,'' says Tilda Swinton, Clooney's costar in both Clayton and Burn After Reading. ''He has a very developed sense of service. And who knows what he's going to do with it.'' Indeed, no other Hollywood star more deftly balanced box office viability with personal responsibility this year. Calling from Washington, D.C., the evening before wrapping Burn, the 46-year-old discussed the highs (and low) of the past 12 months.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Did you expect Michael Clayton to earn such strong reviews?
GEORGE CLOONEY: It's a funny thing, because you have a movie that you've sat on for a year because you're trying to find a release date. And a lot of times, things start to get that smell of that ''There's something wrong with it and that's why it hasn't come out'' kind of thing. So I was concerned with that. But the films that were supposed to be the critical darlings were falling by the wayside, and it ended up working out really well for us.
You deferred your salary in favor of profit participation. Now that Michael Clayton has grossed over $35 million, when will you start getting paid?
Probably right about now, I guess. We're already way out of the hole in terms of cost of the film. It cost 20 [million] to do, which is dirt cheap for a movie of that caliber. So we're all in good shape. If you make a film like The Good German and it's critically thumped, [the] box office is destroyed. That makes it very hard to make another challenging film. So this one now being successful both critically and financially means we get to make another one of these.
You're a decent bet for a Best Actor nomination for Clayton. Do you think it's one of your best performances?
My job was to serve the material, and I think I did that as best I can do. I don't really know how to do it any better. If you look at the films that I've been at my best in Out of Sight or Three Kings or O Brother, those are good films. So I survive best around good material.
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C.8.1 Orally communicate information, opinions, and ideas effectively to different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- Share brief impromptu remarks about topics of interest to oneself and others
- Speaking from notes or an outline, relate an experience in descriptive detail, with a sense of timing and decorum appropriate to the occasion
- Perform expressive oral readings of prose, poetry, and drama
- Prepare and conduct interviews
- Present a coherent, comprehensive report on differing viewpoints on an issue, evaluating the content of the material presented, and organizing the presentation in a manner appropriate to the audience
- Differentiate between formal and informal contexts and employ an appropriate style of speaking, adjusting language, gestures, rate, and volume according to audience and purpose
- Observe the appropriate etiquette when expressing thanks and receiving praise
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- Follow a speaker's argument and represent it in notes
- Evaluate the reliability of information in a communication, using criteria based on prior knowledge of the speaker, the topic, and the context and on analysis of logic, evidence, propaganda devices, and language
C.8.3 Participate effectively in discussion.
- Participate in discussion by listening attentively, demonstrating respect for the opinions of others, and responding responsibly and courteously to the remarks of others
- Explain and advance opinions by citing evidence and referring to sources
- Evaluate the stated ideas and opinions of others, seeking clarification through questions
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- Accept and use helpful criticism
- Establish and maintain an open mind when listening to others' ideas and opinions
- Summarize the main points of a discussion, orally and in writing, specifying areas of agreement and disagreement and paraphrasing contributions
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Transplant nursing
- 0Jun 22, '12 by emilynorthI am interested in learning about becoming a transplant nurse and am wondering how and where i need to start. And info would help and be appreciated!!
- 0Jun 24, '12 by traumaRUs, MSN, APRN, CNS AdminWhat kind of transplant nursing; being the coordinator?, caring for transplant pts afterwards on the floor, doing f/u care? Which organs? Adult/kids?
- 0Jun 25, '12 by emilynorthThose are good questions. Ha I don't really know the answer. That's probably my main problem. I don't really know what the coordinator does? I'd like to help get the organs deal with patients before the surgery. Maybe help with surgery If possible.
- 1Jul 1, '12 by RN58186I am a Transplant Coordinator; I have a case load of approx 200 post transplant pts that I do case management for. I follow them from the time they get their kidney or kidney/pancreas until they either die or return to dialysis. We also have Coordinators who manage the pts who are going through the work up process and are waiting on the list, as well as one who works exclusively with living donors. I work in an outpatient clinic, so M-F days, no nights or weekends. Here we have an entirely different program that looks after the deceased donors prior to going to the OR - since our program is focused primarily on the recipient side of things, it is considered a conflict of interest for us to have anything to do with the donors. Also the reason we have a specific Coordinator for living donors. I work with renal transplant pts, in my clinic there are Coordinators who look after liver, heart and lung transplants as well.
I worked for 12 years on the inpatient dialysis and transplant unit prior to going to the clinic. It was great to see pts get their organs and do well. Especially the type 1 diabetics who have had diabetes since childhood leave hospital not even needing to check blood sugars anymore after their pancreas transplant.
As for the actual surgery, the OR nurses do that as part of their usual job. Most of us have gone into the OR and watched a transplant, but none of us actually assist with the surgery.
Not sure if that helps or not. Happy to answer any questions.... I think I have the best job in the world. I love what I do.
- 0Jul 1, '12 by emilynorthNo that was really helpful! What would you suggest the best way to get into that field? I am a nursing student right now, first semester and just want to have an idea what to be looking for or doing so I could get into that field.
- 1Jul 3, '12 by RN58186Most of us in our clinic came from either the inpatient renal unit or dialysis. The liver and lung nurses all came from ICU, heart nurses came from inpatient cardiology and CCU. If any of the hospitals you work in have an inpatient renal unit or a dedicated transplant unit, try to get a clinical placement there. But for a job like mine, you won't probably walk into it right out of nursing school. All of us worked on inpatient units of some description first. There are transplant teaching websites out there as well, I can send you links if you want. There are courses you can take to become certified in transplant nursing after graduation. YOu can try websites for ITNS (International Transplant Nurses Society) or NATCO (North American Transplant Coordinators Organization). NATCA still does, I believe, an introductory course for transplant coordinators. I went to Arizona for one in the fall of 2002, it was really good.
Feel free to ask any questions. Good luck!!
- 0Jul 24, '12 by ThanksForAllTheFish!<raises hand>. I have some questions!
I am currently a second career nurse that has been working in the ICU for almost 4 years. My ICU has a varied patient population, but we do take care of kidney and liver transplant patients with the occasional panc (and of course before they got their transplants too). I have been looking to leave the bedside for some time now (I really really need a job with a regular schedule and normal hours, you know like a real person lol). I also wanted to leave direct patient care and have been looking at getting into informatics. However, there aren't many informatics jobs in my area. I had briefly considered pursuing transplant coordination awhile ago. My concern is that most of my transplant experience involves post op care and I really don't know much about recipients life outside the ICU. Generally, yes, but I would need to be taught a lot that I know our transplant floor nurses already know and therefore would have a considerable advantage over me.
What is "a day in the life" for you? pros/cons? Also, do you know anything about the work schedule/structure of inpatient transplant coordinators?
Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
- 1Aug 8, '12 by RN58186We don't have inpatient coordinators here, just outpatient. When they are in hospital their care is totally managed by the inpatient staff.
My day? Well, like I said, I do case management for approx 200 pts. So, a day for me consists of monitoring bloodwork (our doctors do not look at bloodwork, they can't mange bloodwork on 1000 pts) and flagging anything for the doctors that needs attention. We do clinics just about every day, and when we are working clinic we do prep work before hand - we look at bloodwork, medical history, figure out what tests they are due for, note anything that needs to be discussed with the doctors. Then when clinic actually starts, the clerks bring the pts to a clinic room and weigh them. The RN then goes in, and will review their medication list (to make sure they are taking what we think they are taking), go over their labs (we don't call pts with labs, they all run on the "no news is good news" theory), find out how they are doing - how is BP at home, how is the (whatever) we dealt with last time you were in, etc. We will do vitals, and find out if they have any questions for the doctors. We then meet the doctors outside the room and give them a run down about the pt (our doctors rotate q2weeks so they might never have seen this pt before) and tell them briefly what the concerns are. When the doctor goes in with the pt, I will speak to the pharmacist, dietitian, diabetes nurse, or social work if I identified anything they need to be aware of. After clinic we make sure the visit is charted and orders written. When not doing that, I have phone calls. My pts will call me with any questions (I have had diarrhea for a week, what do I do?) or if they want to know lab results. I call any pts for whom I have identified concerns with their labs (Hi, your creatinine has taken a jump. Are you drinking enough? Can you please hydrate well and repeat your bloodwork in the next couple of days? Your CMV level is rising, how are you feeling? You Hgb is dropping, are you passing blood in your stools? Nosebleeds?). If any of my pts need to be referred to another specialty I write the referral letters. I do reqs for diagnostics and biopsies. I field phone calls from family doctors and community pharmacies about what my pts can take or what to do with the pancreas transplant pt with pancreatitis. Or whatever. We write orders based on the labwork and/or pt's concerns after consulting with the doctors, and then ensure that orders are followed up on. I follow up on testing done as an inpatient for which results might not have been available on discharge. W4ehn pts are discharged following their transplant, I will see them at 0730 M-W-F for about three weeks and do assessments of BP, edema, bowels, mood (high dose steroids) and surgical wound. I will take out staples when they need to be removed. If my pts are admitted anywhere other than our inpt unit, I will call that unit/hospital and introduce myself, give them my phone number and invite them to call with any questions/concerns about the pt's transplant. If a pt is admitted for surgery and is taking sirolimus, I try to get the attending doctor to consul transplant to get them off sirolimus to allow better wound healing. We also do dermatology, endocrinology and gynecology clinics so we have different kinds of prep for each of those.
Pros? I love what I do. Seeing my pts get their organs and do well is awesome. I have a unique kind of relationship with my pts, some of them I have nursed for more than 15 years. I get to know them and many of them I can laugh with and joke with. My pts know me and they trust me. We have pts being treated for cancer or other illnesses who will call us rather than the oncologist or whoever because we know them better. I have a great relationship with the doctors I work with and we are given a lot of autonomy to make decisions. One of the doctors I work with will answer a question with "Why are you even asking me? You know what to do, just do it." (To which I reply that the one time I don't aks will be the time she doesn't agree with my decision.) Our multidisciplinary team is awesome and we work very well together.
Cons? The meds over the long term can do nasty things to pts. PTLD to name one. Breaks my heart to get a biopsy report showing that. Pts who decide they feel good and stop their meds, destroying the organ(s), because they figure they can "just get another one". And while I like how well I know my pts, it makes it that much harder when they die. We do cry over some of our pts. Working M-F means I must take time off for my own medical appts and such as ther are no days off during the week. The pts can become overly dependent on us. Telling a pt that I am referring them back for pre-dialysis care. Or that they need to re-start insulin because their pancreas has failed. I hate those conversations.
Hope that answers some of your questions. Let me know if you have more.... :spin:
- 0Aug 12, '12 by ThanksForAllTheFish!Thank you so much for the information! I went ahead and bit the bullet and applied for a pre transplant coordinator position that opened up at my hospital. Fingers crossed.
- 2Aug 24, '12 by RN58186Did you get an interview for the transplant coordinator position?


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With a single sentence — "It looks like we're going to have a strike" — International Longshoremen's Association President Harold Daggett in late August elevated the likelihood of a shutdown at East and Gulf Coast ports this month from improbable to all-too-possible. If dockworkers engage in illegal slowdowns prior to the Sept. 30 expiration of their current contract, management may lock out the union like West Coast employers did a decade ago. If the contract expires without an agreement, the union may go on strike.
Either way, the conduits for nearly half of all U.S. containerized cargoes would be blocked, and the economic impact would be felt within a few days or less. Twenty-three weekly services connect the U.S. East Coast with Asia and another 20 connect it to Europe, according to industry analyst Alphaliner. What would happen if all that cargo came to a halt?
Summing up the situation well, a Washington insider told The Journal of Commerce last week, "I don't see how the president can stand there with the economy being so bad and do nothing. I think he is going to have to act."
This makes sense for several reasons. Any work stoppage would occur within a month of the presidential election. With the state of the economy being President Obama's chief vulnerability in the campaign, it's difficult to see him allowing the economy to take a fresh hit as factories shut down, goods fail to arrive on retail shelves and U.S. exports grind to a halt.
"Obama is not going to be sitting there with Mitt Romney screaming at him in the heat of a presidential campaign," said the Washington source, who requested anonymity.
The downside for Obama in using his powers under the Taft-Hartley Act to force ports to reopen would be the potential for negative reaction from organized labor, a core constituency that he will need on Election Day. But given the lack of support by the umbrella AFL-CIO for West Coast dockworkers in jurisdictional disputes this year, it's doubtful dockworkers being forced back to work would be perceived as an attack on all organized labor.
So it's difficult to see any pressure from organized labor coming close to outweighing the pressure to restore trade at the ports. And that reflects a fundamental change: Almost 10 years ago, Joe Miniace, then-president of the Pacific Maritime Association, visited Washington repeatedly to educate policymakers about the potential impact of a work stoppage and the economic consequences. Back then, and earlier, ports' economic impact was not understood well, in part because trade and logistics were less important to the economy.
Between the late 1940s and the early 1970s, the ILA went on strike upon the expiration of every contract, sometimes shutting the ports for months. It's much different today. The impact of ports and international trade is much greater, and much more understood than it was even a decade ago. Ports are covered regularly in the general media and are seen as a consistent bright spot in an otherwise weak economy. Any work stoppage would be huge news, and the pressure to resolve it would be enormous.
"If there is a work stoppage, the pressure at all levels of government to reopen the ports would be unprecedented," said Ashley Craig, a Washington lawyer with Venable LLC. The pressure would come from East Coast ports and their governmental allies who would wish to avoid shippers' perceiving the ports as risky. That's what happened after the 10-day West Coast shutdown in 2002, leading to permanent diversions to East Coast ports. Any reverse diversion would arguably undermine the billions of dollars East Coast ports have invested to prepare for the 2015 Panama Canal expansion.
For shippers contemplating the impact of a shutdown, the scenario should bring a measure of relief, especially because diversions to avoid the East and Gulf coasts have been relatively minimal, even with the threat of a strike being known after Daggett mentioned the possibility at the JOC's TPM conference in early March.
Several sources interviewed last week said they believe any shutdown would be short-lived. "I can't see the administration allowing any kind of port action to go on for any length of time," said Jonathan Gold, vice president of supply chain and customs policy at the National Retail Federation.
A senior executive with a major container line said, "My own view is that even if there is a strike, it will be a 12- to 14-hour shutdown and not much more than that, and then will be stopped via government mandate."
Dunavant Logistics Group reinforced this view, saying in an e-mail, "There is widespread belief that the Obama administration will step in and intervene to prevent any long-term work stoppage."
Given the circumstances, that's a pretty good bet.
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X Window System Programming with Tcl and Tk
One short note about Tcl syntax: Braces ( { ... }) are used to group a set of Tcl commands together as a "sub-script". The commands contained within the braces are passed to the Td interpreter without performing variable substitution. This is an important concept to understand. Without the braces, the Tcl interpreter would have attempted to substitute the value of the variable fname while interpreting the bind command in the script. That is, when the bind command is first executed, the variable fname has no value. Without braces, the Tcl interpreter would complain that fname is an unknown variable. Using braces, however, we delay the interpretation of $fname until the event binding is actually executed; in this case, when Return is pressed in the entry widget.
Tk is a set of extensions to Tcl which implement commands... permitting you to write X applications as simple Tcl scripts.
Note that Tcl has several odd rules with respect to line breaks. Tcl expects each command to consist of a single line; the end of a line indicates the end of a command, unless the line ends with a backslash, the same as in shell scripts. However, if a line ends in an opening brace, Tcl understands that you are beginning a sub-script, to be contained within braces, and continues to read the script until a closing brace. For this reason, you can't say:
bind .e <Return> { exec xterm -e vi $fname {
Tcl will think that the bind command ends after the first line, and complain that it needs a script to execute for the event binding. Therefore, when using braces to encapsulate a sub-script, be sure that the opening brace is at the end of the line beginning the script.
In Tk, widgets are named in a hierarchial fashion. The topmost "shellH widget (that is, the main wish window) is named " . " (dot). All widgets which are direct childIen of . are given names beginning with ., such as .b,.entry,.leftscroll, and so forth. The widget name can be any alphanumeric string beginning with a dot; you choose the widget name when you create the widget, using commands such as button and label. Further subwidgets are given names such as .foo.bar.bar, where each level is separated with a dot.
For example, you might have a menu bar widget named .mbar. It is a child, of course, of ., the main window. Menu buttons contained within the menu bar might be named .mbar.file,.mbar.options, and so forth. That is, the menu bar is a child of the main application window, and the individual menu buttons are children of the menu bar. Arranging widgets into a hierarchy allows you to group them together for logical and visual purposes. I'll cover this in more detail later.
In order to demonstrate the power of Tcl/Tk, I'm going to present an actual application, written entirely as a Tcl/Tk script. As I go along I will describe the syntax used and the features available. You can use the Tcl/Tk man pages to fill in the gaps.
This program is a simple drawing application, utilizing the Tk canvas widget. The canvas is a simple graphics display widget which will display various kinds of objects: rectangles, lines, text, ovals, and so forth. What we're going to do is combine the canvas widget with the user interface capabilities of Tk to allow the user to draw objects using the mouse.
Figure 3 demonstrates what our application looks like when used. The Color menu has been pulled down so that you can see the various selections available.
The entire script, draw.tcl, is given here. Note that it's less than 200 lines long. This is amazingly short for such a complicated X application involving menus, colors, mouse input, and so forth. If you don't feel like entering this entire script, the code is available via ftp from sunsite.unc.edu, in the directory /pub/Linux/docs/LJ.
At first glance, this script might appear to be complicated. There are a few rough spots, but the overall concepts presented here are quite simple. Let's take a closer look at this program, but let's start near the middle of the script, where we create the frame widget:
frame .mbar -relief groove -bd pack .mbar -side top -expand yes -fill x
The frame command creates a frame widget, which is used to group widgets together. The frame itself is usually invisible, unless you specify that a border should be drawn around it.
Here we create a frame named .mbar, and specify that it should use the groove relief type. The "relief" of a widget indicates what kind of 3D border should appear around the widget. (Many options, such as -relief, bd, -foreground, and -background are supported by all widget types.) The valid types for -relief are:
raised: Makes widget appear to be raised on display.
sunken: Makes widget appear to sink into display.
ridge: Draw raised ridge around widget border.
groove: Draw sunken groove around widget border.
flat: No relief; appear as if flat.
The -ted option specifies the border width to use for the widget (in this case, the width of the groove). Here, we set the border width to 3 pixels.
Next, we pack .mbar into the wish window. (By default, widgets are packed into their direct parent. In this case, the parent of .mbar is ., the topmost window). The -side argument to pack indicates which side of the parent we should pack .mbar into. The -expand yes option indicates that the widget should be given all of the extra space around it. Because we are packing the widget into the top edge of the window, the -expand option gives the widget any extra horizontal space to its left and right. The -fill x command causes the widget to grow until it fills this space. Using -expand yes without -fill would give the widget the extra horizontal space, but the widget wouldn't grow to fill that space. (If you're interested in how this works, experiment with the pack command in various forms. Also, see the pack man page or Ousterhout's book for more details.)
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This was our last day on vacation so we were determined to pack in everything that we hadnt done yet. Our day started bright and early at DL Park once again. When we walked in the park the DL fire engine was sitting there empty and seemed to be waiting just for us, so we hurried over to it. This small moment was one of the highlights of the trip, for everyone I think. We were sitting in the original DL fire engine, designed by Bob Gurr and driven by Walt himself! My sister and I had been telling my dad the story of how the fire engine had come to exist in DL just the day before. The driver gave my sister and me stickers as honorary members of the DL fire department and asked us where we were from. He was really great and super friendly. As we rode down Main Street (all smiles!), the driver told us about how Walt would often take that very vehicle out and ride it through the park before it opened each day. He also told us the last known picture of Walt that was taken in DL was of him in the fire engine. I loved hearing all of the stories I wouldnt have minded riding in back and forth down Main Street all morning! But of course we got off when we reached Sleeping Beauty Castle and continued on our way. It was a great start to the morning.
We were heading straight back for Toontown, but got distracted by Fantasyland on the way. Sister spotted Snow Whites Scary Adventures with no wait and wanted to do it, since she wont have the chance to see it in WDW anymore. Unfortunately as soon as we were about to board into our cars, the ride broke. Oh well. Had to exit, so we walked over to Mr. Toad again, since Nate hadnt been with us the first time we rode.
We continued towards Toontown when we got of Mr. Toad. Did the Roger Rabbit ride first, which is actually pretty long. Good theming in the queue and the ride. Checked out Goofys house, Donalds boat-- I was looking for the rope that you can swing on inside of it like it used to have in WDW, but it wasnt there. My mom has a picture of me hangin from it from all of our WDW trips. Minus the rope, the theming of the boat was a lot more detailed than the old boat that was in WDW. Next we climbed through Chip n Dales tree house which was cute. We noticed that all of the characters had come out to meet in front of each of their houses at this point, so we headed back to Mickeys house to get a picture with the Big Cheese. I really liked the meet and greets set-up this way I mean it only makes sense that Mickey n Minnie would be inside their houses waitin to see their guests, right?! Mickeys wait was short and we were inside his front door for a picture with him in no time. It was also nice that he met just inside the front door, because that meant that the rest of the house behind him was empty. So after we met Mickey, we got to walk through his house once more & this time we were the only people in it! Pretty cool considering Mickey and Minnies houses are always an area of really bad congestion makes photo opportunities much easier when they are empty. When you are done walking through Mickeys house, you enter his garage and then his dressing room (which is where he does his meet & greets in the afternoon as crowds get heavier). We were done in Toontown after that so we headed out. I noticed the Toontown Trolley parked, but you could tell that is hasnt been used in quite some time because of all of the leafy build-up/rustiness around the bottom of it where it runs on the track. Anyone know why this is?? And even if they arent going to use it it is still something that Disney needs to clean up.
Hope you don't mind a lot of Toontown pics!
Mickey was ready and waitin' for us!
Mickey's washer
We did Its a Small World next. Very similar to the WDW version, but it felt shorter and you load the attraction outside. Oh yeah, and the façade on the front of the building is amazing so detailed and pretty. Although I did notice that it was starting to look worn and dirty, time for a refurb. I imagine it is difficult trying to keep that white clean. I enjoyed the Disney character dolls that were inside, although I know a lot of people arent fans. I thought the dolls were done up really well and didnt look out of place. I thought it was fun to spot them (we spotted Cinderella, Lilo & Stitch, Peter Pan, Aladdin & Jasmine, and Ariel & Flounder to name a few). I understand how it would bother some people to change up a classic attraction like that though. I thought that the very end scene with all of the countries together is done up a bit better in WDW, but other than that, very similar.
We went for one last ride on SM next and then walked back down Main Street because we knew we wanted to do Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln before we left. We had some time before the next show, so we explored the Opera House, which had some really great pieces of Disney history in it and a lot of models. I love looking at that kind of stuff. Finally we went into the theater for the show, which is set-up very much like the Hall of Presidents where we watched a video first and then were introduced to Abe Lincoln. I think Disney did a great job with putting together the videos for both this show and HoP, as they are really easy to follow and pay attention to, while still filled with lots of interesting information and American history. Even though we all know that Abe (and the presidents in HoP) isnt real, there is still something so captivating and impressive about watching him stand before you and speak. My family all really like the show, and knowing that Walts Lincoln AA meant so much to him made it even better. As we exited, my sister wanted to go back into the Opera House to explore some more, but Nate and I went out onto Main Street to watch the Disneyland marching band, which had just come out. I have always wished that the WDW marching band still existed even though I never had the chance to see it, so I totally enjoyed watching the DL marching band. I got to see the WDW marching band at Destination D last year and it really made me wish that I had the chance to know the old WDW that so many people remember.
My sister and I have wanted to see the Rag Time piano player forever!
Next it was time for lunch. We wandered through Adventureland and New Orleans Square and ended up in Critter Country at the Hungry Bear Restaurant to eat. Just a typical burger, chicken nugget, and fries type place. Good food but nothing spectacular. The fries were sweet potato fries, which we noticed on the menus of a few different places. I hate sweet potatoes, but the fries werent bad (although I still prefer regular ones). I think everyone pretty much chose some type of burger for lunch. This is also where I had some misfortune on the trip. I had been carrying around a little drawstring backpack with ALL of my stuff in it during the trip and apparently left it hanging on my chair at the Hungry Bear, although I didnt come to notice until about an hour later. It had my Disney Dooney, wallet with all of my IDs/credit & debit cards, camera, medicine, autograph book, souvenir T shirt I had just bought, everything in it. Ugh.
So after lunch my dad headed back to the room for a nap while the rest of us headed over to Pirates Lair on Tom Sawyer Island. We LOVED TSI. Not as big as WDWs but so much fun we spent a good chunk of time over there. There were so many more nooks and crannies to wriggle through and get lost in any childs dream. We all acted like little kids as we went through the caves, climbed the tree house, and explored the island. It definitely has more of a Pirates of the Caribbean theme though than a Tom Sawyer feel; I didnt know the pirate theming had flooded the island that heavily. It flowed nicely though and Im sure it has a lot of appeal to todays crowd we all really like it. Although if DL were my home park, I probably wouldve been upset to see Tom Sawyer go. It was also interesting how we were able to walk around the area that serves as the stage for Fantasmic at night. We noticed the Xs on the ground that marked the center of the stage.
We got excited when we discovered the fort area of the island cause we always like to go there in WDW, but we peeked through the fence and then realized guests cant go in, it is actually a cast break area. Does anyone know if it used to be open to the public or if it has always been a cast area with a fort façade? Kind of a shame if it used to be a public area and isnt any longer. When we were finally done on the island and reached the mainland was when I noticed that I didnt have my bag. We went back to the Hungry Bear, but nothing had been turned in, so I frantically headed towards guest relations. They had nothing either, but told me to check with lost and found and file a report, so thats what we did next. I was confident that it would get turned in I had turned in a phone, ticket, and camera all on separate occasions during our time in DL and was sure somebody would turn in the bag if they found it. Turns out I was wrong and after calling Lost and Found a few times since our return home, my bag was never turned in. I dont care about most of the stuff that was in there, it can all be replaced; however, I am upset that my Dooney and autograph book are gone. I know that the Dooney wristlet can also be replaced, but definitely a pain since they arent cheap. I am most upset about the autograph book (yes, kind of silly, I know) but it has been an ongoing Disney souvenir for me that I got on a WDW trip from when I was really young. Take it with me every trip and add a few more characters, it was finally just about full it was more of a sentimental item with a lot of memories rather than actually dying to get Snow White or someones autograph. Oh well, guess I will have to start over.
On the stage for Fantasmic
Anyway, back to the trip. We headed back to the hotel after our stop at lost and found cause I was feeling bummed and needed to call the bank to get my cards cancelled right away. We hung out in there for a bit, then my mom & sister went to DTD while Nate and I stayed in the room with my dad. Decided after a bit that it wasnt doing me any good to spend my last day in DL in the hotel room so I went and met my mom at Wetzels Pretzels in DTD for a snack. I already knew I wanted an almond crunch pretzel (SO good) and a fresh squeezed lemonade. With my spirits brightened, mom & I then met sister and Nate at the monorail station in DTD and headed back to DL. Who doesnt love a monorail ride when theyre a bit upset? The DL monorail is unique from WDWs in that it provides a lot of views of backstage not necessarily cool backstage views; actually some were kind of ugly. You can also see the cast entrance building sitting right behind the Tomorrowland area from the monorail. I also saw Goofy walking around backstage on this particular monorail ride, which was definitely weird not too sure how I felt about that. We got into DL just before the 4:00 parade and headed to get seats just across from Small World. I was worried we wouldnt be able to find a seat since we were showing up so close to parade time (about 5 minutes before it started), but the area was surprisingly vacant not hard to find a front row spot at all.
I LOVED the Soundsational Parade. I thought it beats MKs afternoon parade by far. The music was very catchy, but the costumes were really, really well-themed and put together. They were so unique. I wish I had more photos to share of the dancers costumes, but my mom videotaped most of the show instead of taking pictures and I obviously didnt have my newly-lost camera on me. The parade featured Mic n Min, Aladdin & friends, Ariel, Mary Poppins & Bert, Donald with his other 2 caballeros (I enjoyed this part), a princess float with all the princesses, and more. I would love to watch it again it was very upbeat, you couldnt help but dance along and smile. Even though DL doesnt feature I night time parade with all of the nice lights anymore, their afternoon parade is still really great.
After the parade my dad was ready to come back to the park so we told him to meet us at BTMRR. We took the path from Fantasyland to Frontierland to get there, which was flooded with characters. Lilo, Stitch, all the Brers, the Country Bears, the Beast, Brother Bear characters, Jesse, Woody, and even more! There were hardly any guests around so we had a great few minutes being surrounded by characters and I was of course kicking myself at this point for having just lost my autograph book. It reminded me of how the characters roamed the parks a lot more freely a long time ago no super long lines for a picture they were just kind of free and on their own. The character attendant said it was a very rare occurrence for all these characters to be out and that a lot of them were very hard to come by most of the time. It was a fun few minutes and we snatched a picture with our favorite Country Bears, Wendell and Liverlips. We kind of have an ongoing family history with them that stems from my first Disney trip, so we were shocked when they were out and waiting for us! Fun memories. We stopped in the Big Thunder ranch after that for a few minutes and checked that out. We also found a hidden Mickey in there and were happy to see the happiest Turkeys on earth, who we talk about every Thanksgiving.
Hidden Mickey
I have never ever, ever liked goats...I was sure one was going to eat my mom at the petting zoo when I was little & have been traumatized ever since, lol...you can kind of see in this pic I'm not too thrilled with finding them in DL.
It was over to BTMRR after that for one last ride. Loved it once again and were still thrilled with the very different experience it provides. It was over to DCA next to catch the Aladdin stage show. Stopped for smoothies on the way. My sister and I have been looking forward to this show forever, since we first heard about it. Surprisingly I wasnt that impressed, but I will say the genie is very talented. They threw in a lot of jokes about a lot of modern day celebrities the genie even made fun of Snooki at one point which seemed very unDisney to me. Yes, some of the jokes were humorous, I just kind of thought it was weird that they were part of the show. I also swear that Ive seen clips of Aladdin and Jasmine riding on the flying carpet during the show which definitely never happened while we were watching it. I dont think Im crazy & imagining this part so I assume it was cut out but dont know why? Overall, not a bad show at all, just didnt live up to the expectations that I had for it. There were some people in the theater though who seemed to love it, and I also know that Nate really enjoyed it, so I guess it just depends on your taste.
After the show, the Hollywood Backlot began its transformation into Electronica for the night. I read a little bit about this before we left for vacation and didnt think it sounded like something that great. However, once we got into the park and Nate found out about it, he wanted to stay and check it out, and Im really glad we did. We both really, really enjoyed the new Tron movie, and this part of the park kind of transforms into the movie for the night. Kind of a party atmosphere, but not super obnoxious. It sort of reminded me of the dance parties with the characters in Tomorrowland in WDW, only a lot bigger and more widespread. Im not too into the Tomorrowland dance party, but Electronica actually was pretty cool. They had a big stage with Zeus from the movie on it doing some stuff, and it really felt like you were transported into the Zeus scene from the movie. The whole land was also cast with blue light and the grid was cast onto the ground, so that was pretty awesome. There were also cast members wearing the outfits that the programs in Tron wore who were throwing around discs (Frisbees). Disney did a good job of really making it feel like you were a part of the movie. We also got to go into Flynns arcade, where a lot of people were playing arcade games and we got to see the original Tron game with the secret door behind it. The Muppets theater was showing a 3D Tron movie for the night, so we went in and watched it. It was basically a long trailer for the movie in 3D, so nothing new or too exciting, but we liked it just cause we like the movie. After Nate stopped in a store and picked out a Tron t-shirt as his souvenir for the trip, we decided we were done at DCA and headed back to DL Park.
We only had a short amount of time before the fireworks started, but we decided to try to squeeze in an attraction anyway. Sister, Nate, and I headed for Star Tours, while Mom and Dad headed for the Autopia since they are not simulator people. This was my sisters first time on the new Star Tours and she was impressed. Nate and I also had a great time because we thought the ride version we were shown was one of the best ones we have seen yet. The queue for the ride has great theming inside also, pretty similar to WDWs. We had a fun time and were very lucky that just as we exited the building, the fireworks started. We headed toward the hub and found the best spot we could. Not perfect, but good for showing up so late. I am a huge Wishes fan, but I loved DLs fireworks also. They do play some of the Wishes audio with their own music thrown in. I was impressed with the visual effects on the castle also. The fireworks show was very attractions themed, in contrast to WDWs show which is very Disney movie based. It was fun to see something new and hear music from some of my favorite attraction being timed with fireworks. Tink also flies over the skies in DL, and makes an appearance at the beginning of the show, as well as the end. She spends a good chunk of time out in the sky both times, which was pretty cool. The way she flies is very different that in WDW, almost like she hovers over certain areas for a few moments before moving on, and she flies back and forth a few times, not just one straight shot and done. I really liked the way it was done, but I will say that Sleeping Beautys laundry line is a lot, lot, lot more obvious than Cinderellas. ;)
After fireworks, Nate, sis, & I walked back to Small World to get seated for the Magic, the Memories, & You. Mom & Dad had watched fireworks from a different spot than us, so my mom was coming to catch up with us, while my dad went back to the room for the night. We showed up at Small World about 30 minutes before the show, expecting a crowd to show up. Wow, we were totally wrong. Only a very small handful of people showed up to watch no need for us to get there early at all. I dont know if it isnt well-known or what? Strange. Even the CM working IaSW didnt know what time the show started when we asked, because we were beginning to wonder if we showed up at the wrong time. Totally different than WDWs show that had people getting seats for it way in advance. Despite the lack of people, the show was still fantastic. Im a huge fan of it and hope Disney keeps it around in both parks for a long time. I will say I enjoy it more on Cinderella Castle, but it was good to see it on Small World too.
Afterwards we decided we needed to eat because we had skipped dinner. Only problem was that it was now about 10 pm and we couldnt find any restaurants still open. We ended up at a small little place across from the Fantasmic seating in front of the Rivers of America in Frontierland. It was super busy from all people trying to grab a snack before Fantasmic started. We were lucky enough to snag a table to eat at where we had a view of Fantasmic I was super happy about this since Nate had missed out on it the first time. I told everyone Id wait in line for the food while they sat and watched the show. Oh my goodness, the wait was TERRIBLE. Fantasmic had ended before we got our food! I tried to stay patient because I used to work a food cart right across from prime viewing for Illuminations in Epcot and I know how crazy crowds get at show time and how chaotic it can be to keep up. However, the wait we had was totally uncalled for. My mom ended up coming back to see what the heck was taking so long when she asked, the CMs didnt really say anything at all, but instead handed her a free funnel cake. Okay ? But can we please just have our dinner ? Oy. Finally got it and ate quickly to make the most of our little remaining park time.
I went into the Frontierland Mercantile after we ate to rebuy my souvenir shirt that had been in my bag that was lost earlier in the day. The CM ringing me up was super nice and we started talking she commented about how she liked my pick of the Dole Whip shirt and I mentioned that it was my second time of the day buying the same shirt. She asked why and when I told her she asked if I could wait a few minutes while she ran to the back of the store. After a few minutes of talking to her leader, they both returned and told me that while Disney merchandise is not usually replaced by Disney, they wanted me to take my new Dole Whip shirt, free of charge. I so appreciated this!!! Didnt expect it and made me so happy that I had a bit of good luck even after losing my bag in the park. A big thank you to my cashier Michelle and her leader Ben for being great CMs and making the magic for me!!
It was pretty chilly out that night, but I was adamant about riding Splash Mountain, cause its my absolute favorite ride and we hadnt done it yet! So we headed over to Splash and got into the non-existent line. Mom and sis were excited because they love Splash too, Nate wasnt very thrilled because he didnt wanna get wet in the cold, but didnt wanna sit out either. We watched as people exited, and no one looked wet at all, so we were really happy about that. Of course it ended up being a different story for us. We all ended up SOAKED, especially my sister. Every piece of clothing on us down to our now squishy tennis shoes. Would have normally been annoying since we were freezing, but we were all laughing too hard to care. It was late, we were overtired, and everything was just funny at that point. Splash was very strange to us it felt so disjointed, like the story was not at all as well told here as it is in WDW. Im not even sure if I wouldve understood it as thoroughly if I hadnt ridden WDWs version before this. It was just put together strangely, in all of our opinions. And if I remember correctly, it totally skipped out on the Laughin Place scene. You sit really low down in the logs and the seats arent padded very well, so the log rides kind of rough, and you definitely feel every bump you cross over or hit. I imagine it may bother some people who have back issues. It also made the drops scarier every move the log made just seemed really exaggerated so on that note it was very fun. I definitely prefer WDWs version though by far.
Unfortunately after Splash, it was time for DL to close for the night and for all of us to say goodbyeso sad. I looked back at the castle as we walked down Main Street, just as I always do on my last day. Tried to soak it all in and was so thankful we got to have such a great time and so many new experiences in the past few days. We truly did have a magical time and will definitely return some day. It was such a pleasure to be in Walts park. Loved every second.
And of course I had to stop in Guest Relations and fill out a fantastic service card for my new friends Ben and Michelle as we left! A big thank-you to them once again!
We headed out early the next morning, about 6 am, to begin our long journey home. Never a fun day, but thankful for the experience and all our new memories.
I would also like to comment about our length of time there. I have heard people comment that DL is a one day park and DCA is a half day park. I TOTALLY disagree. We were there for 3.5 days total, and while we did get to see almost everything that we wanted, I felt that we easily could have used another day or two. I usually like to go back and do rides over, BTMRR, Space Mountain, and Mr. Toad were the only rides we repeated the entire trip. There was a decent handful I wish I couldve done over again. I also wouldve liked to take a ride on the Rivers of America and hit a few other small things we missed in both parks. We did not do the parks commando-style, maybe if we had I couldve squeezed everything in completely, but that is not how we wanted to spend our vacation. Nicer to go a little slower and take it all in. I never even checked out all of DTD. So, IMO, a good 4 or even 5 days could be spent at DL (I know that there are a lot of people who are going to disagree with this, but to each, their own).
So I think that wraps it up! If you have any questions, feel free to ask! Hope you enjoyed reading and are now possibly considering your own DL vacationit is definitely worth it!
Those and the one or two that used to appear in the water. One was real, one was the giant fake one. But there was a gal who WAS the mermaid when I was young. Not sure if that was a special deal for Military weekends, or a once in a while deal, but I sure miss that entire attraction. My dad took photos of the ones on the rocks, I am still trying to get the box of family photos from my childhood from my dad's wench.
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Great trip report, I hope you didn't rush through the museum it is supposed to be fantastic for us Walt Disney fans. My daughter gave me a membership in the museum and I hope to actually get there sometime, lol. Looking forward to more of your trip report.
Thanks Amanda. Great report!
We hope to get back to DLR relatively soon for a bit longer than just the one day we did in June of '10.
Although we packed in a lot, there was so much more we wanted to do!


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Florida Police Officers Caught On [Video] Ignoring 911 Calls
So my five-month-old son isn't BREATHING…you go ahead and finish your COFFEE, officer.
The Miami Dade Police Department is in the midst of dealing with the WORST incidences — of officer delinquency — in the history of the department! Thus far a sergeant and two officers have been FIRED, while three other officers have been suspended without pay for IGNORING 911 calls!!!
An entire SQUAD of cops, assigned to patrol a large area of Kendall, FL, have been secretly followed and recorded by internal affairs since 2010, after it became obvious that many of them were choosing NOT to answer dispatched calls!
One of the fired officers, Dario Socarras, is accused of ignoring ARMED robbery and residential burglary calls so he could MAKE OUT with his girl in the mall parking lot!!! Officers, stationed ACROSS TOWN, were sent to cover Socarras' calls while he hooked up with his honey behind the Foot Locker.
Officer Asstard also misled a crime VICTIM into thinking he was going to fill out a report about stolen items but, instead, told dispatch that NO crime had occurred!!! He even gave the victim a FAKE case number!!!
Total internal violations revealed by this investigation: 134
A sergeant, Jennifer Gonzales, was fired after video showed her SHOPPING while on duty. The footage even shows a store clerk loading items into her SQUAD CAR. Gonzales is also accused of spending HOURS visiting her parents when she should have been on patrol or supervising other officers.
Officer Jose Huerta was fired after he allegedly claimed to be responding to another call, thus leaving a five-year-old CHILD locked in a car.
The worst incident, however, involves all three of these d-bags! Socarras told dispatch he was "en route" to a medical emergency call, involving a FIVE-MONTH-OLD who was not breathing, when instead he was drinking COFFEE with Gonzales and Huerta!!!
These morons are actually going through the process of trying to get their JOBS back. Hey…we'll call you.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Social media giant Facebook (FB) can boast about having 900 million users worldwide. But as popular as it is, it seems that the company has also developed an equal following of bears who wants nothing more than to see it fail.
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Unfortunately for these investors not only will their thirst for revenge fail, they are going to discover that betting on the company's failure at this point will only produce more agony because as I've noted recently, though the stock has been in somewhat of a freefall since going public, it has already reached its bottom at a price of $25.52. While calling a bottom may be a tad premature, evidence suggests that is in fact what has occurred. The stock has risen as high as 8% since touching its all-time low.
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Luxembourg – After a long day of travel on the 1st of December, I finally arrived in Luxembourg. The first week here was spent working at my new job, and not much time for anything else. Up at 6am, out the door by 7:30am, and at the office by 8:30. The new job is intense since I am playing the catch up to speed game. It was a week of work, eating and sleeping and not much more, until the weekend when I decided to go out and explore this incredibly beautiful city.
Luxembourg was founded in 963 A.D. by Sigefroi (Siegfried), the Count of Ardennes who laid the foundation of what would become the Luxembourg Capital and would become part of the Holy Roman Empire under successive leaders.
Later, in 1354 it became an independent duchy. Wenceslas I (the origin of the Christmas Carol "Good King Wenceslas"), the son of John the Blind, expanded the duchy's lands, incorporating lands to the north and to the south, which made the land's position in Europe very strategic, militarily speaking. It was later controlled by Belgium.
In 1815, Luxembourg became an independent Grand Duchy, ceded to King William I, the ruler of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands who became the first Grand Duke, and considered it (Luxembourg) his personal property. It remained the personal property of the Dutch Monarchy until 1890. Because there was no male heir, the crown of Luxembourg passed the Duke Adolph of Nassau, whose descendants rule to this day.
So, that is the brief history of Luxembourg. My adventure here began when I walked nearly 5km from my neighborhood, into the old city center and discovered the Christmas Festival and Market. "Winterlights," the festival of lights and animation that turns this ancient city into a magical, wonderful and romantic Christmas market, with street entertainment, exhibitions, shows and concerts.
The entire City of Luxembourg is decorated with Christmas lights…according to the Luxembourg City guidebook, more than 1,600m of lights, with thousands of light bulbs decorate the streets, trees and squares of the city.
The City's markets are teeming with multicultural flavor, a blending of French, Belgian, English, Dutch and German. Fires burn throughout the marketplace to keep visitors warm as Christmas Carols sung in the Luxembourgish language fill the air. But, on the day of my particular visit, there was a choir singing something a little more familiar to me…Southern Gospel Music for the holidays.
The audio system in the square also blasted out American Christmas classics from Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Rosemary Clooney and, of all things, Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. I happily walked around the square inspecting all the wonderful traditional Christmas treasures, food and drinks as I listened to White Christmas, Silent Night, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, and The Little Drummer Boy in my own language. The atmosphere was energetic and happy.
After walking around the market for about an hour, I was getting cold, so I decided to try a local cold weather warmer…Feuerzanganbowle.
This is a tasty concoction made from Rhum, Red Wine, some other unidentified alcohol, fruit juice, and a flaming sugar cube, served piping hot. One of these little mugs of alcoholic goodness and I was feeing pretty good, and very warm inside.
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