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I turn around and see something so upsetting that I almost drop a differential on the ground. Someone is affixing a black and gold Lamborghini badge to the hood of a completely naked Gallardo body within seconds of its arrival on the production line. Already?! It doesn't even have an engine in it! No, No, No! This is Italy, the birthplace of opera, for crying out loud! The Lamborghini badge is supposed to be screwed on during a formal crowning ceremony in an incense-filled booth at the end of the assembly line. A teary-eyed Italian engineer should decree the vehicle worthy by signing the build sheet with an oxblood fountain pen while white-gloved courtiers carefully apply the badge to the hood. Onlookers should weep.
But no. The little badge is unceremoniously attached at the very first station on the production line. I blame the Germans.
It's likely that the lack of such elaborate ceremonies is at least partially responsible for the fact that Lamborghini now produces more than ten times the number of cars it did a decade ago, before Audi took over. I didn't know what to expect walking into the factory in Sant'Agata, but a few unpleasant experiences working on old Italian cars led me to believe that it would be mass pandemonium: a huge rat's nest of straggly wires; parts pouring out of unlabeled bins; maybe even driveshafts hanging from ceiling rafters. Boy, was I wrong. Lamborghini's production facility is, in fact, a perfectly organized, uncluttered, and well-thought-out pièce de anal retentiveness of truly Germanic proportions.
I'm here to help build the first production 2009 Gallardo - a car that I've never even seen. It's scheduled to make its debut at the Geneva auto show, which hasn't yet occurred. And unless I trip over a wire, inadvertently weld a wheel to a frame rail, or accidentally drill a two-inch hole through the roof, some lucky soul will one day dump his 401(k) for this very machine.
Lamborghini's PR team seems to think that I won't slow the production process, which makes them even more insane than the cars they hock. True, I spend more time on my garage floor than I do on my couch - but that's only because I usually break more things than I fix when I'm under a car. Maybe they just invited me because I have something in common with the company that Ferruccio Lamborghini built: an Italian name and heritage combined with a decade's worth of experience working for Germans. Before finding my way to Auto-mobile Magazine, I spent nearly ten years at a German company, tormenting my logical, rational colleagues with my New-York-Italian high-drama antics. A similar culture clash in a supercar factory should make for some pretty good comedy, methinks.
Incidentally, it also makes for some pretty incredible cars. You might accuse the Gallardo of being slightly less passionate than older, pre-Audi Lamborghinis. But the Italian-passion-meets-German-engineering paradigm means that a modern Lamborghini routinely starts when you turn the key, moves forward under its own power, and likely never engulfs itself in a large mushroom cloud of dense, oily smoke.
Anyway, back to the factory. We're building our new Gallardo on the same production line with the old car. It's a modern, twenty-station line split into two halves in the building where Lamborghini has built cars for decades. Our Gallardo's hand-welded, 900-pound body arrives fully painted from an Audi plant in Neckarsulm, Germany. I push the body onto the assembly line as some workers remove the doors and apply plastic protectors so no one damages the pristine paintwork.
The line doesn't move constantly; instead, it stays in each station for forty-five minutes, advancing forward after a siren sounds. Over the next two and a half days, we will bolt a thousand or so parts to the body - this is a final assembly station; no really dirty work is done here. Each station working on last year's model appears to be done a few minutes early, but not ours. Obviously, the training that the workers received on the new Gallardo didn't include a chapter explaining how to work around a slow, klutzy journalist trying his best to help.
One of the young, non-English-speaking factory workers shrugs his shoulders and hands me a plastic fuel tank. I believe this is Italian for "do something useful, would ya?" It doesn't work - now I'm just standing there with a grin on my face while the six station workers jump around me like monkeys in a cage. I'm thrilled to be in the factory, but that's not why I'm smiling: I'm simply stupefied by the tank's cleanliness. See, every time I've held a fuel tank, it's been after spending hours extracting it from the bottom of some unwilling old car. It's invariably covered in decades of road grime and filled with the dirtiest common denominator of the 5000 gallons of carcinogens that have passed through it. To me, it's a small miracle to be holding a clean, unsmelly fuel tank.
And good thing, because getting fuel-tank grime on these clothes would be a sin. All the factory workers, myself included, are wearing the same all-black, perfectly tailored factory outfit. The Italian-made, cotton-polyester-blend pants are soft and comfortable, with Lamborghini's cursive logo embroidered on the left leg, and the tapered Polo shirt is slim-cut. Unfortunately, I'm not - so I'm wearing a snuggle-soft, fat-kid sweatshirt over it. There are no buttons or zippers with which I could scratch the paint of . . . Whack!


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WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LA (NBC33) - — West Baton Rouge parish officials say Tyler McClain and Bradley Suntich are facing over a dozen traffic charges. It comes after Friday morning's chase that led to the pair behind bars, and a murder scene in Florida.
Here are the charges: Suntich
Reckless Operation
Resisting Arrest by Flight
Unauthorized Use of a Movable
Possession of Stolen Things
Criminal Mischief
Possession w/ Intent to Distribute Schedule II
Possession w/ Intent to Distribute Schedule IV
Improper Display of a License Plate
Speeding (110MPH in a 70 MPH Zone)
Failure to stop at a stop sign
No seat belt
Littering – 4 counts ( when he threw drugs out the window)
Illegal Possession of Stolen Things
Unauthorized Use of a movable
Possession w/ Intent to Distribute Schedule II
Possession w/ Intent to Distribute Schedule IV
No seat belt
Littering ( 4 counts)
West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Mike Cazes says McClain swallowed pills before being arrested Friday. Cazes says it was a suicide attempt.
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Hey Ho, Let?s Go! Karaoke (& Other Forms Of Suicide)
Monday, July 7th, 2008Insatiable egomasochist Dave Durbach goes looking for cheap thrills on the mean streets of the Mother City.
For those looking for a gateway into one might generalise shamelessly as ?Asian culture?, the most accessible to us must be martial arts, manga, sweatshop-cheap clothes and expensive raw fish. Besides these four, what else is there, really? And seeing as though rice-paper underpants are hard to come by, when you?re hungry, only one of these is ever going to satisfy.
Fortunately, places like the Empire in Sea Point have all-you-can-eat-sushi for under a hundred bucks. The more you eat, I figure, the more you save. And the more you save, the more you can spend on beer and saki. The logic seemed sound at the time.
Taking this into account, as well as the impromptu pre-match frozen margaritas, I?m feeling well-oiled by the time 10pm rolls around on this fateful Friday night. And judging by the looks of the others at my table, the feeling is a mutual one. And then suddenly, through the wasabi-tinged haze, a call to arms rings out, simultaneously signalling a fifth and final element to our conundrum. Karaoke, anyone?
Primed for performance, we arrive at our first stop, Cape Karaoke, just a little further down the Main Road. The guy at the door doesn?t argue when we refuse to pay the twenty-buck cover, because the place is emptier than a hole with nothing in it. The hostess-manager-waitress automatron sits bored behind the front desk. Nearby, two other women (one the ?lighting technician?, apparently) sit staring at us, unimpressed. There?s no music at all, let alone singing, and all the lights are on. Jeez, no one here is even Asian. (The place is Asian-owned, though, I?m later informed).
Anyway, at least the prices are Asian. When I sit down and order a beer, I?m met with a dubious ?Wouldn?t you like to know how much they cost first?? Never a good sign.
Please, do I look like I can?t afford it? (Wait, don?t answer that).
?How much for a Black Label?? I ask the ?tron.
?Fifteen Rand,? she answers, cringing sympathetically.
?OK,? I tell her. But it?s coming outtaya tip, lady.
I get up, take a walk around. A couple of private rooms, each with a ring of seats around huge stage-like tables, and big screen TVs. The manager is quick to reassure me that they?re seldom this empty on a Friday night. MTVBase packed the place out a few weeks ago, she tells me. Now that?s something, isn?t it? (Don?t answer that, either).
But I?m just not feeling it. Russian roulette on the song menu draws ?I?m a Slave 4U.? Up on stage, it doesn?t take long for me to realise I don?t actually know any of the words beyond the chorus, and having them up on the screen doesn?t seem to help. I find my feet glued to the floor, unable to produce any distracting dance moves. I smell myself stink. It?s fine, though, I tell myself, the song deserves no justice. And in this place, who cares? Looking around, it?s hardly like the atmosphere is conducive to letting it all hang out. Really, the only redeeming features of this sorry setup are the rad tambourines and an impossibly confusing toy-store remote control with a built-in applause button.
Just when our night seems to have come prematurely (how embarrassing) to an end, three guys and a woman, all middle-aged, waltz in. The one guy, clearly the instigator, is loving it ? howling, grimacing and pointing, Travolta-style. He pounces on the stage and mutilates ?Hard Day?s Night,? his short-panted, croc-footed accomplice singing backup. Things really turn ugly when Travolta goes solo with ?You are My Sunshine?. On the bright side, though, now that there are others, we don?t feel guilty getting the hell outta there.
Lower Loop Street has a little strip of Asian bars and clubs. It?s like an alternate universe compared to what one usually finds on the main Long Street strip not too far away. Among these places, Kowloon, or Disco K, is a double-storey karaoke bar with an adjoining techno dancefloor. Upon entering, the smug bouncer sneers at us as if we?re intruding. Maybe it?s because the only non-Asian, non-sailors that ever come here, once every month, are lumo-clad trendoids hooked on 90?s techno in that retro-ironic way. So no wonder he?s sceptical. We must be up to no good.
"This is the real deal. Trying to fit in, I think to myself, now, if I?d been at sea for months and got a rare night off on dry land, there would be just two things on my mind – getting fucked, and getting fucked. This is the place to do both." |
Playing it cool, as always, I chill downstairs with little ol? Penny* behind the bar. Her husband owns the place. They?ve been in South Africa for 17 years now. Apparently all the guys here are sailors, Philipino, Korean, you name it. This is the real deal. Trying to fit in, I think to myself, now, if I?d been at sea for months and got a rare night off on dry land, there would be just two things on my mind – getting fucked, and getting fucked. This is the place to do both.
To optimise its operation, the bar sells beers by the six-pack here and prices seem to be negotiable. Upstairs, one dodgy dude sporting an impressive mullet (work in the front, party in the back) has a lady on his lap. When another guy tries to talk to her, he gets jealous and tries to pick a fight. He?s got such a drunken crush on her, he won?t let her speak to anyone else. Pity she?s the waitress.
Half an hour after midnight and there are already guys passed out at their tables. It?s dodgy, yes, but more in a what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here than an I?lll-be-lucky-if-I-make-it-to-see-tomorrow-morning kind of way. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves. Perhaps it?s because there?s definitely no shortage of very available women, if you catch my drift.
We buy two six packs and take turns doing Roxanne duets. The rest of the table splits into two teams, the first chugging every time they hear Sting yell ?Roxanne?, the others drinking on ?red light?. I pat myself on the back for not missing a turn when I empty one can and crack upon another, all in one deft motion. But I lose count of the number of red lights. In fact, this part of the night is a little fuzzy. All that remains are vague recollections of broken conversations with rat-assed sailors, the suspicious stickiness of microphone in hand, followed by drunken man-hugs and V-salutes for the cameras.
As we?re leaving, a passion-gapped lady of the night corners me on the stairs, grabs me by the hand, gazes in my eyes and whispers ?I?m available?. I?m flattered, but I?ve got mor?mportant things on my mind. I nod at the bouncer as we roll out into the night.
Outside, the fresh air does me good. By now, instinctive insecurities have long since given away to shameless idiocy. Even though it?s a stone?s throw from the busiest part of Long Street, Kai Yue Entertainment always seems to be empty, at least on the odd occasion I?ve been before. Just pretend it?s a VIP lounge, I tell myself, and you?ll be good to go.
Inside, I order a beer. ?Black label, please?.
?Wha?? confusion.
?Black Label? I repeat, pointing to the brown bottle lined up on the shelf alongside the rest of the drinks on offer. I thank him as he takes a cold one out of the fridge and puts it on the bar. ?How much??
?Ten?? I guess
?Yes? he nods.
OK then.
Clearly, the barman doesn?t speak much English, and they might not understand South African currency (although by now I don?t know if I do talk real good anyway). But with a kick-ass sound system, big screen and a rad green laser light on the stage/dancefloor, there?s no reason to complain.
The place is clean and pretty swanky, but still relaxed and everyone is friendly. You can sit at the bar with a mic, sing to your hearts content and no one will even notice you. They?ve got thousands of songs, several hundred of them in English. The barmen sing when they have nothing else to do, which is often. It?s pretty fun just to sit and listen to them. I take to the stage and punish ?White Wedding?, not only the lyrics but the guitar solos, too. The histrionics draw some muted applause as I walk off. The optimist inside me tells me they?re clapping because I rock so hard and not because I?m finished. I decide to quit while I?m ahead, having successfully traversed that fine line between shame and ecstasy that only karaoke can offer.
So, when you need a break from the vapid and the vacuous world of nightclubs; when pool, foosball, darts and bowling won?t do it for you, that?s when you know: karaoke is the answer. Plenty of dive bars may offer weekly karaoke nights. If possible, you?ll need to find to the real Asian deal in your town. It?s the perfect way to spend a night out with your friends, intimate but not sentimental, frivolous but not childish. And it really doesn?t matter how kak your voice is, as long as you NEVER TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY. It?s a good life lesson. The only karaoke loser is the one who?s too embarrassed to even try. You?ve got nothing to lose, for as my friend pontificates at the end of a long night, ?if someone thinks you?re an ass, then they?re an ass.?
Questions do still persist: What kind of people do karaoke? Why are these places here? Why are they always empty? Where do they get the money to stay open? Why do so many people assume they?re all fronts for organised crime? Sometimes I find it?s best not to think too hard.
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10+1 Sure-fire Karaoke Winners
(in increasing order of difficulty)
- Ghostbusters Theme
- Dey-O (Banana Boat Song)
- Frank Sinatra – ?New York, New York?
- Billy Idol – ?White Wedding
- Alphaville – ?Big in Japan?
- Police – ?Roxanne?,
- The Beatles – ?Come Together?
- Michael Jackson – ?Billie Jean?
- G ?n F?n R – ?Paradise City?
- Prince – ?When Doves Cry?
- Queen – ?Bohemian Rhapsody?
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Ungh, 14 hours of Jade Empire straight in Off Topic
I maintain that if a game lasts less than 100 hours, you weren't playing it properly. :p
If a game involves Pokemon but not the option of beating on Pokemon with a baseball bat, there is no right way to play it. If it involves Pokemon and a baseball bat, the right way to play it is to wail on the Pokemon.


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She was a member of Cedar Springs Baptist Church. She was an avid gardener.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ed Westveer; parents, Ruiel and Bertha Queen; brother, Ralph Queen; and grandson, Hal Richmond Jr.
She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law: Richard and Ruth Patrick of Allenton, Mich., and Doug and Leslie Patrick of Palmer, Alaska; three grandchildren and spouses: Melissa Uhlianuk and husband, George, of Armada, Mich., Brian Patrick and wife, Beth, of Attica, Mich., Stephen Patrick and wife, Lindsey, of Clarkston, Mich.; a special stepdaughter, Karon Richmond and husband, Hal, of Sterling Heights, Mich.; three great-grandchildren: Olivia Patrick, Bradley Patrick and Luke Patrick; one sister, Dorothy Flowers of Cleveland; two brothers: Bill Queen and R.L. Queen and wife, Judy; one sister-in-law, Mary Queen, all of Cleveland; and several nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2013, in the chapel of Ralph Buckner Funeral Home with Pastor Jeannie Cissom officiating.
Interment will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens with a white dove ceremony concluding the service.
The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. this evening at the funeral home.
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Personally speaking, my fear of confused incompetence ranks way higher than burning to death in a massive fireball in the sky.
So the most startling thing about this World War II cloud-fighter is that once the simulation sliders have been slid to their extremes, the thing is so realistic that it doesn't tell you which planes belong to the enemy. You're supposed to figure that out yourself, like a real WWII pilot or something.
Persevere with IL-2's simulation mode and you'll also have every form of aerodynamic physics attempting to pull your plane apart, and every movement of the analogue stick threatening to throw you into a screaming death-spiral.
The realism here is relentless, punishing and astonishingly difficult to get to grips with, but ultimately it creates dogfights which are gratifying in a way no other flying game could ever hope to match.
Lining up a sky-Nazi in your crosshairs and shredding through his wings is invariably the result of arduous minutes of out-manoeuvring and out-flying an opponent. These small victories are unendingly spectacular, whether your victim goes down in a ball of flame or loses a chunk of his fuselage and is forced to "hit the silk" (pilot-talk for parachutes).
In its arcade mode, however, IL-2 becomes a different game entirely - something much closer to the likes of Blazing Angels. Top speeds are increased, stalling is impossible, and things become far more light-hearted and helpfully signposted.
Crucially, the game remains just as engaging as in its simulation guise, if not as pant-dampeningly terrifying.
The fear was that, as this is 1C's first attempt to bring IL-2 to Xbox 360 (it's been a genre staple on PC for yonks), there'd be some unfortunate compromises made, but IL-2 doesn't concede an inch.
The wealth of campaigns, from the Battle of Britain to Stalingrad, Berlin and Sicily are sided by a raft of individual missions - every one of which allows you to choose your preferred level of realism before setting off.
To this end, IL-2 feels like two separate games: one a solid, fun arcade flyer, the other a testing simulation of true aerial combat circa Hitler-times. It's inevitable then, that if you're at all interested in planes, or just want to embarrass yourself at a different altitude, IL-2 can hardly come more recommended.
It's almost like the real thing, we think
- Refreshingly realistic
- Looks and sounds stunning
- Infallible controls and physics
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Michael Jackson wanted to do a Harry Potter musical. J.K. Rowling said no.
Two things in life are inevitable—birth and death—and they both fall in the domain of the health care system.
In 1988, before the Internet was widely available to college students, Ken Ramberg and his mother Connie, founded a service called JobTRAK.
When I began to research cryptid apelike creatures from around the world, I was amazed at how many there were, from almost every corner of the earth.
Today's Brain Game is a riddle. The solution doesn't involve any real trickery; just a keen mind and careful reading.
After Combat, Victims of an Inner War.
It's an all-new 5-day trivia hunt, with an all-new set of puzzles, prizes, and collaborators! First, the prizes: In addition to the usual $100 and $50 gift certificates to our store for the fir
Although the show may have (some) shortcomings, and (many) detractors, it has become such a phenomenal cult hit that it has inspired multiple syndication deals on numerous networks and countless Hallo
It was August 1, 1946, that then-President Harry Truman signed the Fulbright Program into law. Suggested by Senator J.
Since I moved to London, I've gotten used to things being just a bit different: Sure, there's the whole accent thing and the driving on the other side of the road and the insertion of u'
President Barack Obama turns 48 on Tuesday.
It's tough, but definitely possible. The idea of desalinating seawater to make it suitable for human consumption dates back so far that Aristotle even wrote on the topic.
Several years ago I switched over to rechargeable batteries because kids are battery gluttons. They still manage to run through them like water, and occasionally lose them.
Last week, one particular Brain Game was called "too easy" by a handful of players. So we're going to start Monday with a bang.
Feral Houses of Detroit. An estimated 10,000 homes are empty and Mother Nature is claiming many of them.
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It is 2012 and basically every NBA player has tattoos. It's so widespread that even Tim Duncan has a couple and not having them is more the exception than the rule. It used to be a big deal that NBA players were inked up, with basically only Dennis Rodman and Allen Iverson showing off a lot of art, but now my mom has three. That is how much things have changed.
Except for Jared Sullinger, who's vowing to stay to tattoo-free for his entire career. From CSSNE.com's Jessica Camerato:
"No tattoos," he recently told CSNNE.com. "I promised my mother. You know if you break a promise, you're not going to be living for the next days (laughs). I want to live as long as I can, so I'm not going to break that promise."
If ever there were a reason to not get a tattoo, fear of being murdered by your mother is pretty solid. Totally get where he's coming from on this one.
However, if he ever decides to get a tattoo and still wants to keep things hidden from his mumsy, perhaps he could go the Kevin Durant route and get some nice business tatts. That's a strategy employed by 90 percent of college aged girls who get tattoos on spring break, and it seems to work pretty well. I'm not saying he should break a promise to his mom and get killed for it; I'm just saying there are options.
If not though, I guess we found Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's new favorite player.
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Today is my day off after working three days in a row. However, my eyes popped open at 0530 and would not close again. My brain immediately went into review mode. Shoot! I forgot to give that... Read More
0Sep 24, '13 by hope4673I just started orienting on the floor last week and I am totally nervous for when I go out on my own, gulp. It seems so foreign to care for 5-6 patients on a normal day. My preceptor makes it seem so easy. My problem is I am not Type A personality, I am very adaptable to chaos and interruptions which is a good thing for the floor I am on, but at the same I forget simple things. I run back and forth too much and probably have the worst time management of any nurse haha. We'll see what happens when I get off on my own!
0Sep 26, '13 by BSNtraumaqueenRNWhat you are feeling is normal! I feel that way sometimes! Even experienced nurses feel that way!
2Sep 26, '13 by FlatlanderI've been in your shoes too. The crying and worrying seems to me in part due to physical and emotional exhaustion. The reality on busy acute floors is often 12 hours without breaks or meals. An absolutely insane pace, in other words. I call it brutal and completely unnecessary. The only reason for it is not providing enough staff to ensure a humane workplace. Don't get me wrong. This is where I also choose to do my work and gain the skills to make me a well-rounded nurse. But I believe the research bears me out, that the pace and lack of time to eat, rest, and re-charge is a disservice to nurses and patients alike. Experienced nurses are better able to handle this I suppose, because they've adjusted and can organize and prioritize better. My heart goes out to all the new nurses struggling to "make it" their first year.
0Sep 27, '13 by SENSUALBLISSINFLHope, hang in there. I hear it gets easier as you go along.
I hope you have a great team in your floor. I feel that no matter where you work, if you have a good team that supports each other, the job is easier.
Congratulations on your job Hope, and now go and be the best nurse you can be -
0Sep 29, '13 by blueyedgazeI have been searching the internet to find out if the emotions I am feeling as a new nurse are normal. This website (specifically this article) is amazing. It is so wonderful to know that you are not alone! I started working at a pretty hectic ER one month ago and some days are awesome and some days I cry myself to sleep at night just to wake up with an enormous level of anxiety as I drive to work the next day. I need to look at this experience as a learning opportunity. Take everything in like a sponge and hopefully get through this first year as best as I can!
0Sep 29, '13 by SENSUALBLISSINFL@ blueyedgaze, I wish I can tell you that I know what you mean, but I do not. However, as normal as it may be for this process to occur, try to find a day where you can disconnect completely and recharge. I think your idea of approaching this as a learning experience is great, but then again, do not we not all approch it from that perspective?
Sending you a big hug and as I told Hope, hang in there, the days will turn into weeks, then months, then years, and you will have transitioned from novice to expert -
0Oct 14, '13 by Twisted NurseGreat article! Many new grads like myself can absolutely relate to what you have to say. I'm going on 4 months on my own without my preceptor. I can absolutely relate with the lack of confidence, the constant self doubt and worry, the overwhelming stress of keeping up with assessing your pts, passing their meds, doing procedures, dealing with their needs, and micromanaging everything else, and the paranoia of whether or not you missed anything. I work in the cardiac telemetry unit, and I'm always nervous because these patients are extremely sick and it can be very stressful at times.
But the good news is you passed nursing school! You passed the boards! Nursing isn't easy. No one expects you to know everything once you get out of school. In all honesty, it's ok to feel this way. I, personally, would be worried if you didn't. I always get frustrated when my time management suffers, or why I don't know certain things. The answer is simple. These experienced nurses have been doing it for a long time. They developed a routine. They honed their skills. They have a wealth of experience. It really does take 1-2 years to become comfortable.
So, just remember you're just starting out. Take time to learn and gain experience. Be patient with yourself! Focus on the positive. While it's human nature to dwell on the negative, if you focus on the positive, it will become your reality and you can progress forward. Find out who your resources are so you know who you can turn too. You can only do so much, you're just one person. When things become too overwhelming and you're in the verge of tears.......take a step back....breath......and get back into the groove of things. Most importantly, make sure you take time for yourself! Nursing is very rewarding, but it is also very stressful. You can't take care of a person well if you don't take care of yourself first! -
0Dec 17, '13 by ERnurse_kaylaGreat post to read. Honestly is helping me to relax and get to sleep before working in the a.m. I too am a new graduate nurse, just started a little over a month ago in an emergency department. It is helpful to know that others put there are feeling the same way that I do. I come home every night with such bad anxiety that I did something.wrong or forgot something in report. I totally understand how you are feeling. It's not an easy career! Hopefully the anxiety will dissipate with time for the both of us. We can do it!
1Apr 16, '14 by vnguyen3I literally took the words right out of my mouth! I am the same EXACT WAY. Step down unit, 5 patients, always running around. I too wonder if I was alone in not knowing what the hell I'm doing most of the time. Every other GN seems to be getting better, and I feel like I'm the only one who's scared and intimidated. I worked night shifts, one time (my 5th week into floor orientation with 3 patients) I went home, fell asleep, and wake up 2 hours later crying for like an hour LOL. I'm so glad I'm not alone in this. Thank you for sharing, and thank you veteran nurses for your kind support!kep308 likes this.


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I really need to figure out what I am doing with the site here. I want to post, but every time I look at the place the broken formatting bugs me. And unfortunately with the way my life is at the moment (moving back into house in one part of Dublin, trying to rent out another, buying a car, expecting child 2 in a few weeks, searching for a new job) I just don't have the time to devote to this.
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A keyword/tag cloud, and some meta links are nice to haves.
That's all not too difficult really is it? And once I have that in place then I can get back to ranting and raving, and explaining how I could run the world sooooo much better than everyone else.
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Dammit, I have most of my theme (Aquarium) working again, but I can't get the widgets in the side bar to update. Not sure what is happening.
I'd rather not have to go back to the start and rebuild the blasted thing.
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I had a tweet about a device I want, but can't have earlier today:
I want a tablet computer with 3G connection pen input sunlight viewable screen and week long battery life for less than €300
I thought I should expand on that a bit. I have a desktop PC at home, a laptop for work, a netbook for the sitting room, and an android phone. That is probably too many gadgets already. But each fits nicely in it's niche. I do travel a lot though, and I spend my time on trams, planes, buses and waiting in terminals reading magazines and books. It isn't practical to haul the laptop out for email, rss, twitter, or casual web surfing so I use the phone, but the screen is a bit small for comfort. So I would want a device that functions as an e-reader, can view and respond to email, and has a web browser. But it has to be bigger than a phone, and less bulky than a laptop, and it has to have built in 3G as who wants a dongle, or to be tied to WiFi islands?
Why a tablet, and what size of one? At my desk I have my laptop. There is no argument that the keyboard is the fastest and most efficient way to enter data. But I also have a Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch tablet (250mm x 175mm). That is invaluable for making notes when I have one hand on the phone, for annotating Power Point slides, and for sketching out diagrams. Rather than paper, I use it for all my notes together with software that allows me to search my scrawls electronically. I started using it about 3 months ago and you would have a fight to take it off me now. The only place it isn't used is in meetings. There the bulk of the laptop acts as a barrier between you and others, it looks odd, and carrying two devices is not convenient. Instead I have a Paperblanks notebook that is 130mm by 230mm, about the size of a DVD case. Important stuff gets transcribed into the laptop via the tablet after the meeting.
A proper tablet PC would merge the two functions of being a full computer with the option of pen input, but that isn't an option that work offers me. And the size and bulk would still be a bit of a nuisance to haul out on a tram. Instead I would want something about the size and weight of my Paperblanks notebook (or the Wacom tablet), and would weigh less than 500g. It needs to have pen input, as that is the best way to enter data one handed. One handed typing just isn't a runner, and I stopped writing with my fingers when I was in infants. Software wise it should automatically sync my handwritten notes on my main machine.
The other key features, are a screen that is really visible without difficulty in bright daylight, so no the iPad will not cut it. And it needs to have a stonking battery life. If I am away somewhere for a couple of weeks I don't want to worry about charging it if I am taking things easy on wireless usage. My ideal price point for such a magical device is about €300, as it is meant to be a supplement to all my other gadgets.
Does it exist? Of course not. But maybe in 5 years it will. The problem then is what do you do if you don't have the ideal device? What sort of compromises should you be willing to make. After my post today I did some checking on the Amazon Kindle or the Sony Reader Touch. Depending on the version and how I got it (*cough* direct from the US without paying tax) they would be between €100 and €200. The Kindle lets say ticks a lot of the boxes, being right on size, battery life, weight, screen readability and it would even offer some of the web functionality I want, but…
It isn't in colour, and it certainly doesn't do pen input. The latter is a real mystery. I helped launch pen input tablet PCs for Microsoft 10 years ago. The technology has been there for a decade in high end devices, and in the likes of the Palm and Sony Ericsson phones at the middle and low too. But in the rush to launch tablets and iPad wannabes no one is going for the killer function of the pen! The other big problem with the eReaders is the whole DRM mess. Whenever I meet a person raving about eReaders I have a run a little conversation with them which usually goes like this:
SK: So read anything good recently?
eReader Supporter: Yeah, I just finished such_and_such.
SK: Oh right, I heard that is good. Could you lend it to me?
eReader Supporter: ehhhh
Books by their nature, tradition, and purpose are to be shared. But the DRM restrictions applied to them means the "rights" getting protected are not those of the purchasers and readers. My worry is that by giving my money to the likes of Amazon or Sony for these devices I am effectively backing their strategies.
Now I have seen there is software like Calibre for scraping files and making them into ebooks (perfect for the Irish Times or The Economist), and there is even a eBook lending library in Dublin. But if I buy a shelf of real books they remain mine even if I drop my eReader under a bus or the company that sold it to me goes bust, and I can lend them or resell them legally. Not so with ebooks and that is a major restriction to buying them.
You might have noticed I didn't whinge about the price of ebooks. That's because I read this good article from Charlie Stross on the industry.
For now, I need to go away and have a think. Is 2nd best good enough?
Funnily enough on the tram home, as I was thinking about all of this I noticed the guy opposite me was reading from an Amazon Kindle. If I was the supersititious, fate believing kind I would have said it was a sign. I just thought it was an amusing coincidence
It must be because it is election season, but a post of mine from July 2009 is getting a lot of traffic these days. Back then I was having a rant about Dun Laoghaire and Richard Boyd Barett of the socialst workers party people before profit alliance. It got a few comments at the time. and then I thought little of it. Except the comments kept coming in. One in January last year, another in May, two in July, and now 17 since December. I was wondering what was driving all the traffic so I did a little googling.
On the 25th of January I was the 6th item on the list for RBB. I checked again this morning and I am up to second place, after Wikipedia, and right before his website. There it is, the screaming headline that RBB "is an enemy of the people". It's an accidental google bomb. Although I still stand over my sentiments at the time. And if you re-read the article you will see that I was right about the Carlisle pier not being demolished, and Stena have not bought Dun Laoghaire harbour, as dumb an idea as you will ever hear outside of a meeting for people thrown out of a conspiracy theory conference for being too weird.
I am happy to see the comments and the discussion. As long as people are not shilling for some products, or being personally abusive I am don't mind providing this forum to all takers, whether I agree with their views or not. Although I reserve the right to give abuse to, and delete posts from people using txt spk which I think is a sign of laziness.
I do have another post that continues to attract traffic years after it went up – Holy shit, would you look at the size of that thing! from August 2006. That one was about a big spider I found in the house in Shankill. It has 37 comments and is number three in google if you search for "Giant Spider Ireland". Surprisingly I don't appear under "big spider ireland" so I guess people feel my example of Tegeneria Gigantea was on the massive side of big.
Silly Seamus, I never realised that QR codes could be used for more than just URLs. They also allow you to store up to 4300 characters of text as well . So this is my first self generated QR code (using the help of this site).
Watching the finale of the first season of Mad Men last night (Laura and I get our best TV by DVD) I was thinking about how difficult it would be to conceal an affair from your spouse in this day and age. It helps that people have their own phones, but email, social networking sites and the like provide so many more ways to get caught it you are not careful. It isn't enough that you have to cover your own tracks, you also have to worry about what the other person is doing on the very public Internet (looking at that story it always surprises me how many people make so much of their Facebook profiles public).
If you want to keep your wife and girlfriend from discovering each other you will have to do a bit more work. For starters you are going to need a new email address, and a second mobile phone. The first is easy, but be sure to clear the browser history after you look at it to cover your tracks. The second phone is a little more difficult as there is a cost issue, and you need to keep the "cheating" phone hidden. Apparently Nokias are the preferred phones for cheaters.
When if comes to Facebook and the like, you can probably claim "I am not on it", but it would look a little odd if you ask your new girlfriend not to mention your name, or put a photograph of you on the site in case it turns up in someone else's search. And how do you conceal your existing profile and relationship with your wife?
All this means you now have a new set of suspicious behaviours for your spouse to look out for, apart from the traditional overnights at the office, strange perfume smells, and lipstick on the collar (a sign of a kisser who need to sober up, or get better contact lenses).
My advice then for a spouse worried they are being cuckolded is to watch for their significant other deleting their Facebook profile pictures, changing their privacy settings to be more restrictive, or just deleting their profile. They may also set their browser to automatically clear the history and cache on exit. Be alert for signs they have a new mobile phone, and check if they have changed the password on their email account recently (Laura and I know each other's email passwords *smug*).
Of course if the cheater and the person they are cheating with know the affair is illicit then it becomes much easier. Until such time of course as one party discovers that the other will not leave their spouse as they promised*. Then you have a whole range of options for digital bunny boiling. Maybe I will make that my next post…
* I have never really understood the appeal to a woman of having an affair with a married man. If he has betrayed one woman (his current wife) he can betray another.
I understand people often turn to the Internet and Google to suggestions and advice. But if you are worried about "where should I hide the bodies" it is worth remembering that they record the details of all searches, and searchers.
I know I said this wouldn't happen. But you can find me now on The Twitter. Look for 101001101001011. There should have been a leading 0 there, but Twitter crops your user name.
Going on holidays helps you to put your things into perspective. Take RSS feeds. I was checking a computer only every few days when I was on holiday, so Google Reader soon was registering 1000+ unread items. I had to prioritise my reading and "Mary all as Unread" the rest. Now I am back I decided to take stock and cull a few feeds. Who is getting the chop on this round of sliabh downsizing? Two big ones to be told to put their stuff in a cardboard box are BoingBoing and Wired.
BoingBoing just bores me. Too much is just promo material for Cory Doctorow's books, I really don't like some of their guest bloggers (like the guy raving about crop circles recently), and most of what remains I can get from other sites. So for that reason **chop** BoingBoing gets pink slipped.
Then there is Wired. A lot of people believe if you are in the tech business you have to follow what is coming up in Wired. They spot the trends, they shape people's minds. Maybe, but it's just a shame they are almost totally blind to what is happening outside the US, they seem to be on Steve Jobs payroll when it comes to promoting Apple products, and frankly their correspondents don't know their arses from their elbows when it comes to mobile technology.
Take this article on "Why you can't get a good phone with Verizon". Their take:
"Verizon's extremely conservative approach to new handsets, the company's long and rigorous testing procedures, and its emphasis on the network rather than the phone have created a portfolio that's a complete buzzkill, say experts."
The author then rambles off about handsets without mentioning the elephant in the room (obvious to anyone who actually works in the mobile industry) – Verizon's network is CDMA. This is the runner up technology for mobiles. Back in 2008 it was down to 0.8% of handsets globally. That creates an economy of scale problem for manufacturers. Why spend money porting your fancy new handsets to a niche technology when you will never make the money back? That's the real reason phone choice is poor with Verizon. It's also why US Apple fans can wish for it all they want, but the iPhone is highly unlikely to ever work with the current Sprint or Verizon networks (both of which are CDMA).
That is not the only poor Wired example though. Take this one – "Why isn't wireless net Access available everywhere" which credits the iPhone with driving the build out of mobile data networks. Bzzzzt. Wrong. The volume of data traffic due to mobile broadband is 5 times that from smart phones. That more than anything else is what is driving the growth in this area.
So wired raises my blood pressure regularly, and the rest of the time I only see something to interest me about once a week. For that reason they are "Tired" and take the drop into the pit full of snakes as well.
I don't think I will miss either of them. And slashdot, you are on probation.


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Re: Peanutbutterjelly time
It's time
Re: Van GO's
Clever and colorful!
Re: Candy Outbreak
The typo in deliciousness was fixed in the final art. :p
Re: Never Forget
A fun idea, Kevlar!
Re: Makin' Biscuits
I remember saying "You got this!" last time. Don't make me a liar, woot voters!
Re: Legend of Dragons
Girls rule.
Re: Nature's Sweet Balance
Fun idea and clever drawing!
Re: Yin and Yangcakes
Collaboration with Maharbar.
Re: Tanooki Tee
Collaboration with Ignorant.
Re: Happy Pumpkin/Sad Pumpkin
So...How would the tees from this derby print? On just a tee, or with a hoodie, or what?
Re: StalkQR
I hope if any of the "back in back" HM's make it to the winner's circle, woot remembers they need to print on the back!
Re: We shall use my largest scales
For all your large wooden badger-building needs.
I love it!
Re: i.asciimov
This friendly robot needs a place in your heart-
Re: "Breakfast" Club
Don't you... Forget about me... Get it? 'Cause it's the song... from the Breakfast Club?
Re: Dracowolf
The Dracowolf is on the hunt...
marceepauff wrote:Don't you... Forget about me... Get it? 'Cause it's the song... from the Breakfast Club?
Awesome shirt!!! I'd def wear this !!! Brings back memories from the iconic beat pack movie!
Re: Pocket Of Holding
COME ON, PRINT YOU! Another roleplaying Orabbit design I need from a double-take derby. ;)
Re: Mustascii
Need this for No Shave November!
Re: I know things
The robot band is back together!
Re: Just Another Day At The Office
Re: The Starry Night on the Bald Mountain
Re: Owl Day & Owl Night
Don't know why this isn't in my closet...
Re: My Daily Balance
The perfect hangover shirt- fall asleep drunk- wake up caffeinated...
Re: PhD in Horribleness
I'm happy to see this one again!
Ochokittehs = GMV again ... and again.
Re: Work Fuel
It re-vote time.
Re: Baking Bread
I still need this shirt in my life, possibly more than ever. GMV!
Re: A Sinking Feeling
This is how I want my nephew to learn this story...
Thanks Narf! :^)
I +1'd this one too. It makes me giggle every time.
I think I was the very first +1 on this one. Deserves a print, for sure! Good luck!
Hey there robot friend!
So bob ross??
Re: Vincent Van Fro
Re: Mirror Mirror
Always loved this one. Awesome design!
I'm proud to say I was vote #1! Love ocho's designs, and was severely disappointed when this didn't print last time. Very excited for a second chance.
Re: Ravens Nest
beautiful and creative
Re: Inspired by Follow the Sun
Poor Pluto...
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Adigun, Emmanuel Ayowole URN etd-06222011-154908 Document Title Reputation based trust in service-oriented network environments Degree MSc Department Computer Science Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof J H P Eloff Committee Chair Keywords
- service-oriented network environment
- routers
- routing devices
- reputation system
- trust
Date 2011-09-09 Availability unrestricted Abstract Trust plays an important role in our daily life, both implicitly and explicitly. Our decisions are based on our estimation of how trustworthy a person is or how reliable a service is. Consequently, there has been a rise in trust systems that model human trust in a virtual or computing environment. These trust systems or trust models help to bridge the gap of human feelings and intuition in an unfamiliar environment. Trust models collect information regarding the participants' activities and give a trust rating based on observed activities.In a network environment, a plethora of network devices are in constant communication as data packets are transported from source to destination. The autonomous nature of network environments and devices make it difficult to monitor the services and devices from a central point. Security mechanisms, such as IPSec, exist in routing protocols to safeguard network packets travelling in a network, however routing devices that act as service providers are not protected by malicious attacks. For example, an attack aimed at the routing architecture of a network involves a routing device advertising itself as another routing device in order to divert network traffic away from its intended destination. This dissertation investigates trust models in network environments as a possible approach to predict and ultimately eliminate at- tacks on routing devices. To accomplish this, the role of routing devices as service providers and requesters must be stated explicitly. Activities on a routing device must be collected and used to determine the trust level of the routing device.
This dissertation presents the TSONE - Trust in Service-Oriented Net- work Environment - model. The model incorporates traditional service- oriented architecture (SOA) principles to define a service-oriented network environment. Services in this environment are then defined. Furthermore the characteristics of this environment are adapted from SOA principles. An approach is defined to collect and measure activities on routing devices. This is later used to determine the trust level of the routing device. Finally, a pro- to type illustrates that incorporation of trust models is a possible option in assessing availability and reliability of routing devices.
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The Top Tips on Feeding New Foods to Picky Tots
Convincing a picky eater to try a new food can be frustrating to say the least. Unfortunately, it's not the sort of crusade that you can abandon. No one should go through life eating only dinosaur chicken nuggets and the occasional cookie. For a picky toddler the problem is comprised of several different elements making it difficult to solve in a quick skirmish. Instead, getting a picky eater to try new foods is like fighting a war against a singularly cranky banality of diet.
It can be done, but boy do you get tired of it all. Here are some tips that might help you out in planning your next battle. Remember, that as long as you continue to fight the good fight for truth, justice, and a variety of healthy dietary options, your toddler will eventually grow into a more open minded adult.
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Bear with your child through the age of picky eating. He or she is just beginning to exert some control over his or her universe and it's a big, intimidating world out there. Now that your toddler can eat solid foods there's taste, texture, color, and smell to consider during mealtimes. That can be a little daunting once you realize that the new stuff just keeps on coming. You toddler may be saying no simply because he or she can or your toddler might be clinging to the safety of routine by refusing to give up the mac and cheese.
Either way, don't try to force your toddler away from their favorite foods. Those will change soon enough. Instead, respect the newfound powers of your child and offer them some choices. Make at least one option available from the playbook of favored foods, but then feel free to change your other food offerings up a little.
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Ask your child to help you when you are preparing his or her food. Either in the kitchen or in the vegetable garden, it helps when you have a hand in making your own food. This will give your child a reason to try new things. Another tactic might be to serve contested foods to your child's guests. If another child approves the offerings, your child is more likely to reconsider his or her dislike. Everyone knows there is safety in numbers. You can play that game too, by the way. If you like something, make sure your toddler knows about it.
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50/50: New Prints 2015/Winter opens next week - January 15, 2015!
New Prints 2012/Summer - Selected by Shahzia Sikander
Opening Reception: May 31, 6-8pm
On View: May 24 - July 27, 2012
Curatorial Essay (PDF)
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11-6 July Hours (starting July 2): Monday - Friday 11-6
International Print Center New York presents New Prints 2012/Summer, on view May 24 through July 27, 2012 in its gallery at 508 West 26th Street, 5th floor. The show consists of seventy-eight prints by seventy-two emerging to established artists, selected from a pool of over 2,500 submissions.
Shahzia Sikander was the sole juror for this exhibition, continuing IPCNY's tradition of inviting an individual artist to select the Spring or Summer New Prints show. Past artist jurors include Kiki Smith, Richard Tuttle, James Siena, Jane Hammond, Polly Apfelbaum, Philip Pearlstein and Trenton Doyle Hancock.
New Prints 2012/Summer - Selected by Shahzia Sikander is the forty-second presentation of IPCNY's New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY several times each year, featuring prints made within the past twelve months by artists at all stages of their careers. An illustrated brochure, including an interview with Ms. Sikander, will accompany the exhibition.
The complete artists' list is as follows: Golnar Adili, Felipe Baeza, James Bailey, Natalya Balnova, Joell Baxter, Joe Biel, Danielle Blevins, Nancy Bolan, Yael Brotman, Maria Providencia Casanovas, Phillip Chen, Tamar Cohen, Max Colby, Mauricio Cortes, Santiago Cucullu, Michael Dal Cerro, Rhonda Davies, Erin Diebboll, Stella Ebner, Orna Feinstein, Rochelle Feinstein, Yuko Fukuzumi, Ron Fundingsland, Shanti Grumbine, Libby Hague, Hannah Harkes, Dusty Herbig, Yuji Hiratsuka, Szu-Wei Ho, Anthony Holmquist, Traci Horgen, Gunnhilde Høyer, Raluca Iancu, Donna Ingemanson, Jon Irving, Elizaveta Ivanova, Oksana Judakova, Naomi Kazama, Mario Laplante, Michael Loderstedt, Janet Marcavage, Michael Marshall, Chris Martin, Kristen Martincic, Tokoha Matsuda, Elizabeth Mayor, Michael Miller, Samantha Mitchell, James Mustin, Yoonmi Nam, Thomas Nawrocki, Doris Neidl, Bridget O'Donnell, Sharron Okines, Alice O'Neill, Sara Parkel, Enoc Perez, Serena Perrone, Miriam Rudolph, Dan Rule, David Sandlin, Ursula Schneider, Susan Schwalb, Robert Schwark, Andrew Shin, Lesley Sickle, Brian Spolans, Keigo Takahashi, Fulvio Tomasi, Albert Webb, Alexi Worth, and Derick Wycherly.
In addition to the many independent artists included in this show, the presses, publishers and printshops represented are: The Art Department Print Studio at The University of Hawaii (Hilo, Hawaii), Cade Tompkins Projects (Providence, RI), DC Moore Editions (New York, NY), Derriere L'Etoile Studios (New York, NY), Le Dernier Cri (Marseille, France), The Leroy Neiman Center for Print Studies (Columbia University, New York, NY), Lower East Side Printshop (New York, NY), Jennifer Melby (New York, NY), and New West Editions (Seattle, WA).
New Prints 2012/Summer highlights prints, artist's books, three-dimensional objects and an installation, all made with a rich variety of techniques and pertaining to myriad themes. Fantastical landscape is depicted in Serena Perrone's impressive drypoint, Approach and Descent, while Dan Rule's screenprints, Mountain and Landscape, present both impressionistic and photo-based interpretations of the pastoral. Meanwhile, Traci Horgen's installation of 110 screenprints on a connective grid backing creates the effect of a large decorative quilt, and a lithograph by Yoonmi Nam titled, Toile, provides a dark update of that well known French pattern. Architectural structures are found in Enoc Perez's Lever House (Indigo) and Yael Brotman's Airstream - a 3-D model of a camper made with etching, sugarlift and drypoint. David Sandlin contributes a fold-out book that reads as a graphic novel and refers to the current economic climate, Mort Gage (crisis), and Rochelle Feinstein's self-commemorating anthology, (A Catalogue of the Estate of Rochelle F., The Estate of Rochelle F.) Prints from the Estate of Rochelle F. critiques the tradition of the catalogue raisonné. Many more exemplary prints are on display in this diverse exhibition.
Shahzia Sikander is a New York based, multi-media artist whose practice includes printmaking, drawing, painting, video, performance and installation work. Sikander was born in Lahore, Pakistan and she studied Indian and Persian miniature painting at the National College of Arts in Lahore before completing her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her current output uniquely blends Eastern and Western techniques and influences. Sikander's pieces are held in numerous museum collections, such as the Whitney Museum of American Art and The Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum. She is represented by Sikkema Jenkins in New York.
International Print Center New York is a non-profit institution founded to promote the greater appreciation and understanding of the fine art print worldwide. Through innovative programming, it fosters a climate for the enjoyment, examination and serious study of artists' prints - from the old master to the contemporary. IPCNY depends upon public and private donations to support its programs.
All New Prints shows are available for touring through IPCNY's Exhibitions Touring Program. The program has taken both New Prints shows and curated exhibitions to new and diverse audiences at university art galleries and museums across the country. To book New Prints 2012/Summer for a tour, or for images and additional information about this show, please email email@example.com.
The New Prints Program is funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
The following funders have supported IPCNY this season: The American-Scandinavian Foundation, Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Deborah Loeb Brice Foundation, the Consulate General of Finland, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, Felicia Fund, FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Harsch Investment Properties, Hess Foundation, The Jockey Hollow Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, PECO Foundation, Porter Family Foundation, Thompson Family Foundation and numerous generous individuals.
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But even though Long may have been the production industry's best friend, Miami Beach police officials now regard his legacy a little more circumspectly. Sgt. Gary Bergert says his former colleague was operating with little accountability while on the force and acquired even more autonomy after his retirement. As production companies continued to go directly to Long for off-duty help, Bergert says, Long would contact officers himself, cutting the police department's administration out of the loop.
This scheme operated with the consent of the city manager's office. The city's film and print coordinator, Robert Reboso, who works under the supervision of City Manager Roger Carlton, says he referred production companies to Long if they needed off-duty personnel to comply with the requirements of a city-issue film permit. "It was my understanding that this was being done with the blessing of the police department," Reboso explains. "Everything was going as before [Long's retirement]. I was under the impression that he was doing the paperwork, collecting the administrative fees."
But city documents indicate that this wasn't happening. For example, records in the city manager's office reveal that during the first three months of 1994 Reboso put Long in charge of coordinating police services for at least 40 productions in Miami Beach. Among those that occurred in January -- fifteen in all -- only seven were recorded with the Off-Duty Employment Office, and administrative fees were collected for just two. In addition to the possibility that Long failed to report the whereabouts of off-duty officers -- a departmental policy -- these discrepancies may also be attributed to inefficient record-keeping and last-second alterations in production schedules. "I met Nelson Long personally twice," Captain Conwell says. "I was assured by Nelson Long that he was working with [the Off-Duty Employment Office] and that everything was properly documented."
Conwell explains that the department wants to know where its off-duty officers are at all times for insurance-liability purposes and in order to confirm whether an administrative fee had been paid for particular jobs. Longstanding police department rules prohibit a police officer from working an off-duty job without the approval and knowledge of the Off-Duty Employment Office. If he does, he can be subject to disciplinary action and risks losing his ability to work off-duty. (Conwell says he knows of no police officer who was disciplined for working directly for Long.)
Long's enterprise crumbled this past March when Bergert and another police official met with the off-duty fixer and told him he wasn't allowed to employ off-duty officers without the department's prior consent. The officers also met with film coordinator Reboso and clarified the city's policies, instructing him to refer all requests for off-duty officers directly to the police department instead of through unauthorized private firms or individuals such as Long. According to police officials and Reboso, Long promptly extracted himself from the production industry. (He was unreachable for comment regarding this story.)
"I think he was hoping the industry would collapse without him," says one location manager. "And people in the business were losing a lot of sleep during the transition." But the off-duty system didn't fall apart in Long's absence; industry officials say the police department has ably taken up the task. "It's almost as if Nelson is still here," the location manager says. With two ongoing investigations Long's legacy will live for at least a little while longer.