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Review of chapter "Well... This took a strange turn somewhere" from
Your explanation on familiars isn't... entirely... accurate. It works well enough for the story and the bloodletting and incantation are correct but it's not just a vampire or vampire/vampire slayer who can do it, It's an open option to anyone with a little power. I assume you did some quicky research before writing that? The ceremonies different in almost every fic where there is one but those two items always remain. target familiar drinks your blood you say an incantation the target becomes loyal to you and you gain some of their power. Different things depending on what or who the target is.
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Review of chapter "Warlocks Are A Bitch" from
The concept is intriguing and the story is technically well written. However while both chapter 1 and chapter 2 are each seperatly quite well written with believable characterization(with the exception of Xander not asking Buffy for some way to contact her) they do not fit together. Xander keeping his initial struggles with magic secret is quite believable, as is Xander managing to master the magic we see him use in chapter 2, however him keeping it secret from his friends at that point is NOT believable since he is quite a bit past the point where he can provide significant assistance with magic.
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Review of chapter "Time For The End" from
very interesting twists...liked the side visit to the other dimension, and the transformation for the deamon into another biological being. Where did all of the energy go, though?
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Continuing to enjoy both the plot and the character moments.
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Review of chapter "What, you need a catchy title for every chapter?" from
Lots of plot here.... but yeah I see who became the next slayer. Maybe she can guard the Clevland hellmouth?
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Review of chapter "Well... This took a strange turn somewhere" from
Sure, did. Not sure about how i feel about the familiar/renfield situation... but the motivations were plausible, and the storytelling good.
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Review of chapter "If you kill a demon in a forest" from
Enjoying how the plot is flowing from the character motivations.
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Review of chapter "In which a whole lot happens quickly" from
Lots of unexpected twists here. Pretty good stuff, I'm into less power stories, but you're being consistant with everything and keeping the characterization going. So I'll have to say that I like it.
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Review of chapter "New Beginnings" from
Earlier in the chapter, I thought maybe a restaurant, but yeah, I guess that works. They could have a pastry and coffee bar during the day???
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Review of chapter "Warlocks Are A Bitch" from
Some more interesting set up here. Giving Xander a chance to get away from the hellmouth earlier than cannon, helps him clear his head, and his head probably a bit of his heart values Giles.
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Review of chapter "Chapter One: Of Curses, Changes, and Charmed Ones" from
Probably the best combo of a crossover that changes the main conintuity to AU plus a "fix" that I've ever seen. I like that Xander can be matter of fact with females who are his cousins without the hormones getting in the way. I like that they have enough respect for family and people in general to take the word of their younger cousin... who admittedly had been through family crap that the could relate to and belive in before he got to the other stuff. Also very interesting that Xander is going with an almost full disclosure policy to show them how important this is... their power level and the need to act fast to survive.
Finally I liked the dropped line about different breeds of vampires. I'd like to see Xander with some limitiations, and I like that you've set up that despite his affinity for magic he is only a shadow of power compaired to his cousins.
Thanks for sharing.
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They're probably the only ones who DON'T mess with his hormones. Plus, with his warning, they get into the swing of things faster. I should get that part of the story going...
With all the different stories out there (Hellsing, Underworld, etc. etc.), you can't write a good fic without that detail. Haven't found a use for them yet, but it's there if I need it.
He's more or less equal to any one of the Charmed Ones. Two of them means that power squares itself. A third = their power cubed. They're the most powerful force of magic on Earth.
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Review of chapter "Time For The End" from
OK, firstly, I have to say that this made for a VERY interesting concept; the idea of Xander learning magic was actually not that bad, and the subsequent Triad between him, Tara and Faith should make for rather interesting reading as things go on (Plus, of course, Cha'iso made for a rather interesting villain in her way, to say nothing of the rather... amusing... method Xander used to defeat the Mayor).
However, I have two fundamental problems with this story despite that;
1. Xander knowing enough about magic to 'cleanse' himself after attempting to re-ensoul Angel. I'm fine with him doing it after he'd absorbed the spirits of those witches that the warlock killed- with that kind of 'download' it's only natural that his knowledge of magic would be significantly upgraded-, but doing it BEFORE he gets that knowledge just doesn't fit Xander's character; he's good with planning on a short-term basis- his plan to take out the Judge is proof enough of that-, but he's never struck me as a good long-term thinker- as reflected by his poor grades-, so it would have made a lot more sense if he'd performed the ritual on impulse and only learned how dangerous it was to do something like that on a Hellmouth AFTER the 'download'.
2. Buffy and Faith turning into 'uber-Slayers'. Putting aside the fact that the original transformation was only covered briefly and it didn't even have that much of an impact on the plot- it seems like the only thing them becoming 'uber-Slayers' really added was the need to defeat Chase, and even that wasn't that much of an issue-, you've basically taken away what makes Buffy and Faith particularly likeable by making them unstoppable; when they can't die, it takes away the risk element of what they do and just gives the impression that they're only helping people because they'd be bored otherwise rather than because it's the right thing to do.
The concept is intriguing, don't get me wrong, but you need to give the characters more flaws if you want to keep it interesting; make the heroes too strong and you make them too difficult for people to relate to, to say nothing of making them less appealing to your audience.
(I'd have appreciated more Angel, of course, but that's mostly based on personal preference rather than a flaw in your writing, so I'm prepared to ignore it)
Comments from author:
Okay, In order: Xander came across a book that walked him through cleansing rituals. Sort of a 'Cleansing for Dummies' thing. It's going to be mentioned in the next chapter of 'College Days'.
As for Faith and Buffy, if you've ever read/watched 'Hellsing', you'll know that kind of character can be a lot of fun. I'm not saying they'll become exactly like Alucard, but there are some parallels.
Thanks for reading!
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Review of chapter "New Beginnings" from
Interesting twists with Xander. The internal teacher and readily available advise is a nice touch.
Does the state of California really pay emancipated minors and in those kinds of amounts or is the cash payout a personal wish or plot device?
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Honestly? No idea. I was born and raised in Texas. As far as I'm concerned, it was a plot device.
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Review of chapter "Chapter One: Of Curses, Changes, and Charmed Ones" from
Not a Charmed ones fan, but for some reason I decided to give this a try.
So far so very good, and I'm looking forward to reading more. Lucky me I don't have to wait. ;)
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Polymorph Other is such a useful spell for when your enemy fails his resistance role.
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|Strategically creative: A case of the library planning process
|Sukovic, Suzana
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|Sukovic, S. (2011), 'Strategically creative: A case of the library planning process', Journal of Organisational Transformation and Social Change, 8: 3, pp. 261–279, doi: 10.1386/otsc.8.3.261_1
|Best planning day ever, green, fun, play, flexible ... are terms not usually associated with strategic planning. At the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), plans to open a new library building in 2016 have ignited discussions about the library of the future, its meaning and role in a digital world, and the implications of further rapid changes. The Library's strategic planning process in 2010 was an opportunity to take the collective energy further by involving library staff in the strategic thinking and planning. The process aimed to provide conditions for open conversation through Gadamerian play, and creative modelling based on ideas of revealing and imagineering. The planning started with a playful engagement to generate ideas and promote divergent thinking, and moved through several stages of increasingly convergent thinking to arrive at strategic actions, which were created and supported by all participants. The formal goals of strategic planning were maintained throughout the process and resulted in a client-focused annual plan. This article considers issues of organizational creativity and strategic planning, and relates them to experiences with the strategic planning at the UTS Library. It argues for a systematic approach to fostering creativity and innovation in libraries.
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Coleman, Toliver true leaders for Terps
Stellar seniors have made their mark on Sweet 16-bound Maryland
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- There are times when the things Kristi Toliver and Marissa Coleman do on a basketball court make it difficult to believe your own eyes. But in person, it doesn't take a replay to verify the moment.
All you have to do is listen for the roar.
It was there Tuesday as Coleman swatted a Utah player's shot from behind in the post, the ball ricocheting off the backboard with the force of a volleyball spike early in the first half of Maryland's second-round game. It was there as Toliver raced up the court in transition and rifled a pass through traffic to Marah Strickland on the baseline for a layup. It started as collective gasp and rose to a crescendo of full-throated contentment.
Only by the closing moments of a 71-56 win that sent top-seeded Maryland to a Sweet 16 date with Vanderbilt in the Raleigh Regional semifinal had the roar subsided, replaced by the appreciative applause more familiar to outcomes long since decided.
"We were just really in sync in terms of each and every player, being led by our two special seniors to set the tone and set the intensity early," Terrapins coach Brenda Frese said.
For a few minutes early in Tuesday's game, it seemed like this encounter might play out with similar dramatics as the game in Albuquerque. Maryland was the slower team out of the gates, letting the undersized Utes pick up a pair of offensive rebounds on their first possession. Finding room out of her team's motion sets, Morgan Warburton repeatedly turned the corner on the Terrapins, and post Katie King found herself mysteriously wide open for the kind of baseline and elbow jump shots she has hit all season.
But from a 15-8 deficit, Maryland roared back behind its two stars. By the time Toliver took an outlet near midcourt with less than 10 seconds left in the half, locked her eyes on the clock as she corralled the ball and turned and snapped a pass to Strickland for another layup, the Terrapins were up by 16 points and safe from whatever second-half runs Utah had in it.
In the end, the Utes never came up with an answer for Coleman, who finished with 18 points and 18 rebounds, or Toliver, who added 17 points and four assists. Standouts from the moment they first suited up for Frese (they combined for 32 points in their college debut), both have nonetheless grown with each passing season.
Maryland assistant Daron Park has as good a perspective on the pair's development as anyone. Before joining Frese's staff last season, Park tried to find the flaws in Toliver's and Coleman's games as an assistant on the Utah team that nearly derailed the Terps' championship run in 2006 in a regional final.
"What was impressive was just their natural ability," Park said of scouting the then-freshmen opponents. "At that time of their career, they just had superior ability. And they knew it, and they were confident about it, and it oozed out of them. Our challenge, when I was there at Utah, was to really see if we could limit the things they did exceptionally. And because they were freshmen, they did a couple of things really, really good. And so we worked very hard to try to take away those things. And what you've seen over the last three years is now they do a bunch of things really, really good because they've done a nice job of being developed over the last three years."
It's easy to see the results on the court. Against the din of the cheers they elicit, Toliver and Coleman seem to have their own unspoken means of communication. And where they were great individually and good together as freshmen on a championship team, they're now even better individually but also nearly unstoppable together.
"It's a 180 to compare," Toliver said. "Obviously, in those days, we had that season, we had All-America games together, but it's nothing compared to the 3½ years we've had now. I know where she wants [the ball], when she wants it and likewise."
But this is also a team that went from playing the victim in one of the biggest upsets of the opening month of the season in a 12-point loss against TCU to the group that coasted into the Sweet 16 in a way that validated its unofficial label as Connecticut's biggest roadblock. And that had something to do with the way both stars stepped up in leadership roles for a team that also starts a freshman, a junior college transfer and a sophomore.
"It's definitely on the player," Frese said of leadership, something she said couldn't project for Toliver and Coleman as freshmen -- and didn't need then with players such as Shay Doron, Crystal Langhorne and Laura Harper around. "As a coach, you keep working and trying to reinforce different things, but the player has to want to do it. And they have to take some ownership with it. And we've just been very fortunate that Marissa and KT have bought into how important their leadership was for this team."
It's those lessons, learned in disappointing finishes the past two seasons -- an underwhelming second-round exit in 2007 and a loss in a game for the ages against Stanford last season -- that Coleman and Toliver will keep offering to their teammates in Raleigh.
That's why we came to Maryland. We didn't want to go to a team that was already established; we wanted to start something new. And I think that we have.
--Kristi Toliver
"I think [winning a championship as freshmen] may have a given us a little false sense of it being easy," Coleman said. "But we learned that it's not. If you look at last year and the year after we won it, on paper, we were supposed to win the national championship. But it doesn't always come down to that. That's what we're telling our young players right now. Everybody is talking about UConn right now -- on paper, UConn is supposed to win the national championship, but it doesn't always work out that way. Just because they're 33-0 doesn't mean that they're guaranteed this national championship."
A number of quirks of history were at play Tuesday night in the Comcast Center. Coleman and Toliver played on their home court for the final time, underneath their own numbers, which were retired on senior day. The Terrapins played against the team they helped beat in overtime three years ago to advance to the Final Four. And they took instruction from Park, who helped design the Utah game plan that nearly stopped them in 2006.
But for all the reminders of the championship run in the air, nothing summed up Toliver's and Coleman's tenure quite like a second-round game on the same court the year before they arrived in College Park.
When the Terrapins lost to Ohio State in the second round in 2005, there were 4,062 fans on hand at the Comcast Center, right around the average home attendance for the season.
Minus those few who made early exits Tuesday, there were 10,065 fans serenading the seniors as they walked to the bench for the last time in the closing minutes.
"That's why we came to Maryland," Toliver said. "We didn't want to go to a team that was already established; we wanted to start something new. And I think that we have.
"When Marissa and I came here, we knew this was going to be a great team in time, and it's finally developed into that from our freshman year to now. And it just shows how much growth has happened at Maryland -- how much interest there is to come out and watch the women play."
And that's why if you want to know how good Toliver and Coleman are, all you really have to do is listen to the roar. You might even be able to hear it all the way from St. Louis.
Graham Hays is a regular contributor to ESPN.com's women's basketball coverage. E-mail him at email@example.com.
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"Look Johnny, the CEO is at the very bottom of the pyramid – serving the average workers at the top. How thoughtful."
Said no corporate worker in their sane mind.
Almost everyday, corporate workers are subjected to copious heaps of internal communication dogma. And the infamous inverted pyramid is by far the most offensive and ridiculous of them all. The inverted pyramid implies that the few top leaders of the corporation prioritize the needs of the workers above their own. And like unicorns and Sasquatch, that notion is so far from the reality that is obvious to every corporate worker with just half of a brain.
Here's the deal…
The reality for most corporate organizations is that the workers (who are actually at the bottom of the organizational pyramid) cater to the needs of the very few top leaders. I can attest to the fact that, as a young mid-level manager working at a place that had the traditional pyramid organizational structure, the general rule of thumb was simple – the big bosses got what they wanted when they wanted it, period. I distinctly remember every request that came "from on high" received the white-glove treatment. Workers would immediately stop whatever they were doing, regardless of importance, and take care of the request from the senior leader. Trust me, you do not know the true definition of CYA until you have witnessed your managers scramble to ensure they are not in the cross-hairs of the big bosses. Like rats running to the deck level of a sinking ship…
What I have just described sounds like the exact opposite of the CEO's cherished, self-deprecatory, inverse pyramid illustration (or shall I say, inverse pyramid illusion).
I wonder–did the top leaders wax romantically about the efficacy of their beloved inverse pyramid?
Did the senior leadership team drink their own Kool-Aid and think that employees would buy into their banal attempts to appear as one of the regular guys?
Be honest…
Let's face the facts–CEOs are so removed from the average worker that it is laughable to think otherwise. How "removed" you ask? Well as of 2013, CEOs make 273 times more than the average worker. Million dollar salaries, million dollar bonuses, personal security detail, personal drivers, private jet privileges, reserved parking, personal chefs and housing allowances make up just a few of the many perks these senior executives reap.
Seriously Steele, what's your problem?
My issue with the inverse pyramid and other corporate internal communication falsifications is actually really simple–they make a mockery of the workers' intelligence.
One last word to the senior executives…
Don't tell workers that your number one mission is to serve their needs when in reality, workers spend their time busting their behinds to fulfill all of your requests.
And while you're at it, don't tell workers that your main priority is to serve them, and then in the same breath tell Wall Street that your main priority, above everything else, is to take care of shareholders. How can you serve two masters?
And don't tell your workers that titles are not important, yet you and your senior team have reserved parking and private elevators. You think workers don't see that?
It's really simple, either practice the things your internal communications convey or simply put an end to hypocritical, absurd communication efforts. Everyone knows that they work in an environment that closely resembles a monarchy and not the democracy that you strive to convey.
Your workers are your number one asset–don't make a mockery of them.
Your workers live in reality.
Just in case you forgot, they're not sheep that simply go along with every shenanigan placed in front of them.
Practice what you preach… or just stop living in your fantasy world and flip the inverted organizational pyramid back on its natural side.
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hello!! i dont want to rain on your parade but i think those are probably side effects from the cream. with both my kids, i didnt have any symptoms until right before my period was due to start. about a week before i found out i was pregnant with #1, we went out for chinese food and i was sitting in the resterant sick to my stomach. i love chinese food but that day it was making me nauseous. that was saturday...i found out i was pregnant that friday. with my 2nd, i was crabby, irritable, emotional(i broke down in tears at work cuz a manager told me i had to wait to take my break. granted he was a jerk about it but seriously i was crying about it!!)...it dawned on me that i might be pregnant wheni started cleaning to showcase windows and complained to my coworker that my boobs really hurt. i took a test the next day!! LOL you might be pregnant, you might have a few symptoms already-it IS possible-but i dont think what youre feeling is pregnancy related already. good luck!!!


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Retraining Displaced Workers As Nurses - page 4
When the economy started to slump after the financial meltdown in the U.S. several years ago, masses of displaced workers suddenly began to view nursing as a safe haven. The nursing profession has been a magnet for many... Read More
- 1I was never a "displaced worker" but a homemaker for many years before I started the pre-reqs for my nursing degree. I actually did plan to use a similar program that was widely advertised here in Michigan to pay for my nursing school but all of that money dried up just as I finished my pre-req's (pre-reqs are not paid for by the program) back in the summer of 2010. Its 2012 now and this state is still in a recesssion with an unemployement rate this only kept down because of work that is supplied by part time, contract, or underemployment. A lot of people have left the state as well.
I wouldnt worry too much about jobs being taken by people who just want to earn a paycheck. One of my instructors talked to us about this trend because she had those types of students and was able to follow up with some of them after they graduated and got jobs. She said that they only last a couple of years before they quit and move on to something else or fall back on their previous degree.
- 3btw, I am in a catagory of people who cant get a red cent for school outside of loans. I have a lot of debt from school even though I had no income or any jobs skills. My husband doesnt even make enough to cover basic bills but too much for me to qualify for any type of pell grants. Scholorships were a waste of my time filling out the paperwork. I had straight A's in school and it never made any difference.
- 1Jul 18, '12 by chriskellyIt doesnt appear that those re-employment services were much of a threat to todays registered nurses or taxpayers. The autoworker story was published five years ago...before the national economic meltdown but while auto manufacturing jobs were already being outsourced to China, India, Mexico and Brazil. The article describes two accelerated BSN programs for people with an existing four-year science-related degree (blue-collar workers?). The lucky few who accessed the limited opportunity (e.g., just 48 students at MSU) paid for all or most of their tuition out of their retirement buyout funds. The three-year training program probably allowed an ADN degree.
Workers who dont qualify for real skills-training programs like a registered nursing degree can access assistance through the Workforce Investment Act, which provides counseling in resume-writing and access to computers for job searches.
Are there readers here who also feel indignant or have reservations about the unemployed Americans now accessing the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program? 99,000 participants, up to $17,676 assistance, 100% taxpayer dollars.
By the way, Anne, Michigan Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholms No Worker Left Behind training program didnt just dry up. Present Republican Governor Rick Snyder sat on it for two years to study it, and then he even defunded the report which was supposed to have come out this December. Nothing is happening by accident, so dont forget to vote in November!
- 8Jul 18, '12 by BrandonLPNI'm baffled by the posters who criticize those of us who became nurses "for the paycheck". Isn't compensation the reason 99.99999% of people choose the jobs they do. I chose to become a nurse because there is job security and the pay is decent. I'm satisfied with my job and I'm good at it. I don't care if you became a nurse because you have a "calling" or because your mom and grandma were nurses. That doesn't mean you're more "deserving" than me. Frankly, the nursing students who are naive with visions of Florence Nighengale are REALLY the ones who won't last long once they hit the real world.
- 0Jul 18, '12 by brandy1017I've read about doctors from foreign countries training to become RN's to come to America because it is apparently very hard to work as a doctor if you were trained in a foreign country. I read about Filipino doctors getting an RN degree in their country to emigrate to America and England. Also there was a program in Florida that trains foreign doctors as nurses to come and work in the hospitals there. I saw this on a news program last year!
- 3Jul 18, '12 by imintroubleTwenty years ago I was a displaced worker. Worked in a factory almost 18 years. When I returned to school it was a gift. I got another chance to figure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. The choice I screwed up when I was 18.
Honestly, I never had an overwhelming ambition to be a nurse, but when I had to make a career choice healthcare was what I picked. For a lot of different reasons. Not just financial security. Which by the way, is not all that secure.
There were almost 800 of us displaced at the same time. Alot of nurses from that 800 people. I guess the government decided it was a good investment to spend money to train us, as opposed to support us for the next 50 years.
- 1Jul 18, '12 by kcmylornI am going to let the WIA help get me out of the nursing shackles. I am one old veteran nurse who wants to wear Ann Taylor suits to work. I am just sorry I didn't do it years ago before nursing tunrned into the disgrace it is today, before the varicous veins, flat feet. bunions and PTSD.
- 2Jul 18, '12 by brandy1017To Kcmylorn, are you working in nursing or IT today? Did you follow thru with the IT training program and if so do you like it? My brother is a computer programmer and makes a six-figure income, but when he tried to show me computers I was totally bored and out of my element. It is not for me!
The problem of older nurses being forced out of their jobs is part of the larger ruthless corporate practices in America to save money at all costs. Its part of the greedy, corporate group think of hospitals today that have joined the bandwagon to cut costs any way they can. Outsource janitorial and cafeteria workers, and since you can't outsource nurses then get rid of the older nurses for new grads at the bottom of the wage scale. But this is happening everywhere in America today, one of the reason there are so many displaced workers going into nursing. Read the book The Disposable American and you can find out you are not alone.
What can we do? First try to work for a unionized hospital where layoffs are based by seniority, not just at the whim of management who can layoff anyone they want, ie older, higher wage or higher healthcare cost employees. There was a nurse on here who spoke of losing her job due to her husbands high medical bills. Without a union, you're just living on a prayer. Playing the game, sucking up, etc is a survival mechanism to keep a job these days in America!
Many of us don't have the luxury of working for a union, esp in the south or west. You just have to save your money and don't put it all into a 403B, instead save the max in a Roth IRA every year, currently $5,000 or $6,000 if over 50. That can be your emergency fund if you lose your job or get sick or injured. Only contribute up to the match in your 403b due to poor investment choices and high hidden fees, then make sure to max out your Roth IRA, Vanguard has the lowest fees in the industry and you can start with $1,000 Vangard Star fund, a diverse index fund of stocks and bonds. Then if you still want to save more money, go back to your 403b. Hopefully, the 403b fees will go down now that they are required to disclose all their fees this summer; first to the employer, and later we should all become aware of just how badly we are being taken by the 403b companies!
To those with debt, the book Deal with your debt, helps guide you in how best to pay down your debt, while maintaining financial flexibility to protect yourself in these times of uncertainty. Make sure you have disability insurance. I read 1 in 4 people become disabled between 45 and 65 so you need to have a back up plan just in case!Last edit by brandy1017 on Jul 18, '12
- 6Jul 18, '12 by TheCommuter, ASN, RN Senior ModeratorQuote from BrandonLPNBelieve it or not, but I was not 'called' by some higher power to nursing, either. For me, nursing is merely a means to an end. I became a nurse for the flexible schedule and income, and I deserve to be paid a competitive rate in exchange for the services that I render.I'm baffled by the posters who criticize those of us who became nurses "for the paycheck".


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Rimage Elects Justin A. Orlando Of Dolphin Limited Partnerships To Its Board Of Directors
Rimage Corporation (NASDAQ: RIMG) today announced that it has elected Justin A. Orlando to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Orlando is a managing director of Dolphin Limited Partnership III, L.P. ("Dolphin"), a Stamford, CT based private investment concern established in 1996, where he has worked since 2002. Mr. Orlando's election brings the total number of directors on the Rimage board to eight.
Prior to joining Dolphin, Mr. Orlando was a member of the healthcare investment banking group of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated where he was involved in advisory work, financings, and control transactions from 1999 to 2002. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Orlando practiced corporate law with the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, focusing on mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance transactions.
Sherman L. Black, president and CEO, said, "We are pleased to welcome Justin Orlando to the Rimage Board. Justin brings a deep level of investing experience and provides our board with the perspective of a large shareholder through his affiliation with Dolphin."
Mr. Orlando's election to the Board of Directors was made pursuant to an agreement between Rimage and Dolphin. Dolphin holds approximately 6.5% of Rimage's outstanding shares. The agreement between Rimage and Dolphin will be included as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Mr. Orlando will also be a nominee for election to the Board of Directors at the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Further details regarding the Company's 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be included in the Company's definitive proxy materials, which will be filed with the SEC.A spokesperson for Dolphin indicated, "Dolphin is pleased to have a meaningful investment in Rimage and to be given the opportunity to work with the Rimage Board to generate value for shareholders."
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Meet Sara Swepston
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American International College (2007-08)
Attended American International College in Springfield, Mass. ... freshman year led team with most pitching appearances and wins ... was named Northeast-10 conference pitcher of the week two times in 2007 ... was selected to the NE-10's all-academic 3rd team her sophomore year.
High School (2003-06)
Was a four-time letter winner at Dallas High School in Dallas, Pa. ... also a four-time all-star selection by the Times Leader, Citizen's Voice and the Coaches' Choice Team ... named the Times Leader pitcher and player of the year in 2006 ... led her team to a district and sectional championship in 2006 ... served as team captain during her junior and senior seasons ... also a member of the National Honor Society.
Full name is Sara Colleen Swepston ... born December 21, 1987 in Dallas, Pa. ... daughter of Kathleen and James Swepston ...plans to major in industrial distribution of medical supplies and equipment.


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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Subtitle: How To Bypass Repetitive Misery Syndrome,
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This review is from: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (Paperback)
A copy of THE BETRAYAL BOND, given to me by who?, I don't recall, had been sitting on my bookshelf unread for at least two years when I finally took serious note of it, last Friday, June 22, 2001, while searching for yet another escapist novel. Actually, I was given no choice in the matter. Like a note to Alice (in Wonderland) the red lettered title suddenly jumped at me, screaming, "READ ME!" A day later, I emerged from reading, and answering the various questionaires, if not a new woman, a profoundly altered one.
Where do I begin? In the beginning I was a severely beaten and incestuously molested girl and teenager. Then I married a man who said I was "nothing" compared to him and abandoned me for months at a time or beat me to make that point even clearer. Then I divorced him and worked my way through a series of disasterous relationships with men who had no intention of remaining faithful. I went to Al-Anon for several years but that only got me over the alcohol-related stuff. Affiliation with a 12 Step group still did not prevent me from entering what proved to be the most devestating relationship of all in which I was sexually exploitated by a Catholic priest who dangled the promise of marriage, only to renig on it after he was ordered by his superior into sex offender treatment.
He is still a priest, who now attends Sex Addicts Anonymous meetings, and I am over the worst of the post-traumatic shock disorder I suffered from after learning about his Mr. Hyde side.
So, I have to assume this was the perfect time for me to finally read this book, because I was really ready for it. I all but inhaled the thing, nodding along rapidly, recognizing myself in so much of it it was painful, but freeing as well. I have tools now. I'm not a lost cause. I don't have to avoid men for the balance of my life; I just have to become a lot more conscious of what I'm doing and why. This is particularly a godsend because the reader can begin to use this, without the help of others, as a way to rebuild the ability to deal with others again.
I particularly like the comprehensiveness of this book. There is not one type of abuse, personal, social or institutional that Carnes doesn't discuss. He hits them all, with bullseye accuracy. There is no where to hide in this book and that's precisely what makes it so great -- a powerful testament to the assertion "the truth shall set you free." Amen!
However, I was disappointed to note that Carnes' support group listing at the back of the book does not include clergy (or religious) abuse support groups. This is a serious omission given the fact he provides so many references to clergy and religious abuse throughout the book. In reprints of this book, I hope he will amend that oversight as there are several such groups in existence throughout the world. I belong to one and know that I would probably be dead of suicide by now if I hadn't been referred to the support group I now belong to, by my therapist. Most people think clergy abuse is only about sexual molestation of children or adolescents by their pastor, but it's not. And people like me, who needlessly suffer alone, in the belief there are not others out there like them need desperately to be told otherwise.
Carnes book represents a remarkable breakthrough in terms of exposing all the insidiously complex and baffling psychological mechanisms that keep abuse and betrayal bonding at the denial level. As with the 12 Steps, this book is only a first step in dismantling the overall problem. But what a powerful Step in the right direction it is. More, more!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to change the way you love....,
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This review is from: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (Paperback)
If you want to change the way you love, this book is for you. It is not for the faint at heart. I found two other people that were interested in this work and met weekly until we had completed the book. Patrick Carnes is a pioneer in his field and has dedicated many years of research to the emotional bonds that we make in our early lives that can lead to years of failed relationships and poor choices. This book changed my life. I highly recommmend it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Read The Betrayal Bond along with two other books,
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This review is from: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (Paperback)
The Betrayal Bond is a superb book. It is research based, concisely written and easy to read. It handles the subject of exploitive relationships in a manner that shows great depth of understanding of how these bonds form in the first place, and great compassion toward those who suffer from betrayal bonds. The main strength of this book is that the author offers concrete advice for how to break free of the betrayal bond and move on to healthier relationships. Note: I read two other books along with The Betrayal Bond, and found the three books together to be highly complementary. The two other books I read are: Emotional Intelligence [Goleman] and The Verbally Abusive Relationship [Evans]. Buy these three books, and share them with a friend when you are done with them!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a Powerful, Eye-Opening Book!,
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Have you been exploited by a therapist or minister, yet, inexplicably, keep running back to him? Have you been emotionally or physically abused by a spouse, but find it difficult to get out of the marriage --- or, if divorced, feel so bonded that it feels as if you're still married?
If so, please read this book! The book clearly explains why "the betrayal bond" is so powerful. I myself was sexually abused by two different "authority" figures when I was 4 and then again when I was 16. I carried deep shame about this, feeling I somehow carried a flaw within me that caused this to happen to me. Then, a year ago, I sought healing with a licensed marriage & family therapist who turned out to be completely unethical (kissing clients on the mouth, allowing family members & ex-girlfriends in group, soliciting business from clients for pyramid schemes, having clients working for him, etc.) He seduced me. I immediately cut of ties with the man but could not quit longing for him, all the while enraged at him and knowing how destructively insane this obsessive attachment was. Not until I read this book did I understand WHY I found it difficult to free myself from this therapist. Now I'm healing the original wounds with a trained social worker and am firmly on the road to recovery.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who has experienced trauma bonding: child abuse, emotional abuse, professional exploitation, religious abuse, incest, serial infidelity, sexual harrassment. IT'S A MUST-READ for those in the healing professions, as well.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent layout of complex exploitive relationships,
This review is from: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (Paperback)
As we've come to expect from his previous cutting edge books, Dr Carnes integrates a good blend of theory and practicality in his writing. In The Betrayal Bond the author first establishes the basis for seeing how and when relationships become and stay exploitive, and what is required to break the cycle of abuse toward healing. A REFRESHING ADVANTAGE of this book is that nearly half of it is dedicated to sequencing concrete steps for identifying problems and change on a path of awareness, action, recovery, and hope. This book, therefore, stands to be very helpful to the consultant and victim, the practioner and patient in charting a way of understanding, identifying specific goals, and marking progress toward achieving them.
5.0 out of 5 stars The true reasons that people allow themselves to be abused!,
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This review is from: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (Paperback)
Where was this book 25 years ago? Must be required reading for "every" school girl. This book has helped me understand and solve my problem which (so called) experts had no clue about. I am so greatful. Thankyou thankyou. I am going to read it again. As far as my abuse . . It's over and will "never" happen again. That's a fact! It was my husband (who has been an x for 25 years) and more recently (last 5-10 years) my 27 year old son - a booster shot. Sick bastards! I've taken away the stick and have limited contact with my son. I doubt if he'll ever be human but his venom and stench will not affect me.
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book,
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This review is from: The Betrayal Bond: Breaking Free of Exploitive Relationships (Paperback)
Thii book is a good read for virtually anyone. If you consdier the human story as a story of betrayal, we realize that everyone expereinces betrayal, The book goes a distance in helping to understand our own self destructive behavior, but also, the sometimes bizzare behavior of others. From that understanding the author provides a prescription of sorts for modifying the affect of betrayal in our lives.
5.0 out of 5 stars Very enlightening,
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An excellent book! Straight forward and very informative. I came to have a better understanding of my own behaviour, and things started to make sense.
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Private John Steele…The Rest of the StoryBy
Private John Steele survived his ill-fated landing on the church at Ste. Mere Eglise in Normandy with a bullet wound to his foot and temporary deafness. His parachute canopy caught on the church's spire and left him hanging with his head near the constantly ringing church bells.
Unfortunately, he was the only survivor of his "stick" (a squad of paratroopers usually consisting of between 17-19 men) that jumped on D-Day. However, some disagree that Private Steele was the sole survivor. Perhaps one other paratrooper survived after his parachute caught in a tree in Ste. Mere Eglise. He cut himself loose from his harness with his jump knife and ran to safety. Only later did he discover that he had cut off his thumb cutting his harness.
But back to Private Steele…he played dead while hanging from his parachute, but the Germans eventually captured and took him to Cherbourg in Normandy for interrogation where he remained until liberated by the US Army's 4th Infantry Division three weeks after D-Day. To his credit, he did not reveal any useful information to the Germans during interrogation.
Private Steele lived in relative obscurity in Philadelphia after the war until the movie, The Longest Day, came out in 1962. The movie was a big hit and supposedly Private Steele never had to pay for his beer in Philly bars when he mentioned to his fellow patrons that he was the real life paratrooper hanging from the church's spire in the movie. He died in 1969 at the age of 57.
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I need to reduce the un-burnt carbon in a lignite-fired thermal power plant. I need to reduce it by 20% via a chemical treatment. What chemicals are suited for the above purpose? And what dosing?
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Re: How do I improve combustion of lignite coal?2 March 2009 at 1:29pm
I am not aware of any commonly used chemical additives for improved combustion of lignite coal. There has been some research done in this area, but chemical addition is not commonly practiced.
My suggestion is to use mechanical methods to improve the sizing and classification of the lignite coal before it is fed to the boiler.
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|Grenadiers or rattails
|Rattail or grenadier (Macrouridae)
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C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916
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|Grenadiers or rattails
|Rattail or grenadier (Macrouridae)
|Scientific classification
C. H. Gilbert & C. L. Hubbs, 1916
34, see text.
Grenadiers or rattails (less commonly whiptails) are generally large, brown to black gadiform marine fish of the family Macrouridae. Found at great depths from the Arctic to Antarctic, members of this family were amongst the most abundant of the deep-sea fish.
The Macrouridae are a large and diverse family with some 34 genera and 383 species recognized (well over half of which are contained in just three genera, Caelorinchus, Coryphaenoides, and Nezumia). They range in length from about 10 cm (3.9 in) in the graceful grenadier (Hymenocephalus gracilis) to 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in the giant grenadier, Albatrossia pectoralis. An important commercial fishery exists for the larger species, such as the giant grenadier and roundnose grenadier, Coryphaenoides rupestris. The family as a whole may represent up to 15% of the deep-sea fish population.
Typified by large heads with large mouths and eyes, grenadiers have slender bodies that taper greatly to very thin caudal peduncles or tails (excluding one species with no tail fin): this rat-like tail explains the common name 'rattail' and the family name Macrouridae, from the Greek makros meaning "great" and oura meaning "tail". The first dorsal fin is small, high, and pointed (and may be spinous); the second dorsal fin runs along the rest of the back and merges with the tail and extensive anal fin. The scales are small.
As with many deep-living fish, the lateral line system in grenadiers is well-developed; it is further aided by numerous chemoreceptors located on the head and lips, and chemosensory barbels underneath the chin. Benthic species have gas bladders with unique muscles attached to them. The animals are thought to use these muscles to "strum" their gas bladders and produce sound, possibly playing a role in courtship and mate location. Light-producing organs, photophores, are present in some species; they are located in the middle of the abdomen, just before the anus and underneath the skin.
Living at depths from 200 to 6,000 m (660 to 19,690 ft), grenadiers are the most common benthic fish of the deep (however, two genera are known to prefer the midwater). They may be solitary or may form large schools, as with the roundnose grenadiers. The benthic species are attracted to structural oases, such as hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and shipwrecks. They are thought to be generalists, feeding on smaller fish, pelagic crustaceans such as shrimp, amphipods, cumaceans and less often cephalopods and lanternfish. As well as being important apex predators in the benthic habitat, some species are also notable as scavengers.
As few rattail larvae have been recovered, little is known of their life histories. They are known to produce a large number (over 100,000) of tiny (1–2 millimetres or 0.039–0.079 inches in diameter) eggs made buoyant by lipid droplets. The eggs are presumed to float up to the thermocline (the interface between warmer surface waters and cold, deeper waters) where they develop. The juveniles remain in shallower waters, gradually migrating to greater depths with age.
Spawning may or may not be tied to the seasons, depending on the species. At least one species, Coryphaenoides armatus, is thought to be semelparous; that is, the adults die after spawning. Nonsemelparous species may live to 56 years or more. The Macrouridae in general are thought to have low resilience; commercially exploited species may be overfished and this could soon lead to a collapse of their fisheries.
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