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Today was our valentine's day dance. People were trying to set me and this girl up, which didn't really work :(
Also, on my previous post, I mentioned a one and a half year goal. I don't know what I was thinking; one and a half years seems pretty long. I'll probably tell him a lot earlier.
So the field trip was really awesome.
Really really awesome.
58 hours with S. Also, the rooms we slept in were really, really, small. All the better. I think I'm better friends with him now, but that might just be me being delusional, as I am sometimes.
I guess I've always been a person to be close to everyone you know, and I like giving hugs and stuff so it doesn't seem weird to anyone that I hug S. a lot, which is good :3
I now have a goal. By the end of 2010, I have to tell him. One and a half years.
I also get to watch him sleep.
We're having an overnight trip.
Since its multi-class, I have a chance of getting the same room as S.
A family friend is here.
Apparently I was 3 last time I saw him.
I don't think he likes me very much.
Oh, did I mention how hot he is?
I guess this is what would be described as "lovesickness", what's happening to me. It's just terrible. I'm constantly thinking about him; even while doing schoolwork, studying, playing, trying to sleep, my thoughts constantly drift towards S. And then I'm just left with a feeling of sadness. It's completely overwhelming, to the point where I find it insanely hard just to keep my composure.
Earlier I said that I thought I was over S.
My life is now more complicated. Once again.
Life isn't better.
I've been noticing guys more and more, and it drives me crazy how they're probably not gay, and that I'd have no chance.
I wish there was some kind of way to tell immediately.
I mean, would it be possible?
Also scared to death of the LHC.
I don't care about why gravity is weak,
or why there's more matter than antimatter;
Something random about myself...
One of my biggest fears in murky water. The lack of not being able to see around you, and the general unknown of deep-water life.
I noticed this, probably, when I was smaller and playing Zelda 64 .
The water temple creeped me out.
My biggest fear is death.
So school started on the 2nd
It was a happy day; I met all kinds of people I'd missed.
I'm in the same class as my best friends, I got the locker right outside my class, My teacher marks easily etc.
And, seeing S., I guess I'm over him.
He doesn't seem special or perfect or anything.
Just not important anymore.
It's been hard to find time to post recently.
Hope to have a great year
"He just fell hard while riding his bike, that's all," Karen, 26 years old, explains to the doctor. She's holding her eight-year-old son, Daniel, by his hand tightly. His left arm has a hairline fracture, and is in a sling. Daniel remains quiet as his mother talks about him always falling, always dropping things, always getting into school fights.
Finally passed >.>
It was so hard supporting that stupid 10 pound brick.
Apparently I've got to support a 20 pound brick next course >.>
Only 5 more courses + 4 years till I can make money off of this.
Wondering though, Should I take life guarding or instructing?
Suggestions appreciated.
A lot's happened since I last posted.
After my last post, I finally went to pick up my parts; It took a day to build my computer, which didn't work, and then the rest of the week to figure out I missed the LPT cable >.>
This computer's a lot faster, and has better internet connection, Hooray!
After that I headed off to summer camp.
I know I said I'd have a class about now, but it was really vague for what I signed up for- when I got there, turns out it was remedial English, so I'm not going there anymore, hooray!
So anyway, back to the guy I was talking about yesterday (I'll refer to him as J), he's 2 years older than me, and probably the person that made me firmly recognize my sexuality.
So today was Canada day.
It was fun.
We went out to eat and then went to this big town-wide event
There were fireworks at 10:00, I got there at 8:30, so for and hour and a half I walked around.
There were cheap fairground rides, didn't go on many.
I saw a bunch of people there I knew
Including the hawt Gr8 that i mentioned a couple of entries ago.


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After posting last week about the OTC nausea thread I went ahead and took Sally(7 year old basset) to the vet that day.She has excessive drooling.She has had this a few years.Some days its extemely bad and other days while its still bad its not as bad as I know it can be.Originally it was thought to be because of gingivitis(she has it) and then we moved to stomach issues as she does have some issues with her stomach.We are now looking at neurological reasons for the excessive drooling.I was asked alot of questions about did I think she has seizures.I don't know alot about them but I have read about them here.I have never seen her have any of the symptoms described here or any noticeable ones that I read about after googling seizures.There were a few things that I did read under the symptoms that made me think of her,things such as clingy.A few of the symptoms that happen before a seizure.Also she does have this involuntary looking thing she does with her back end that is really weird but I never thought of it being related to seizures and it probably isn't.She twitches her back end around and rubs it against whatever she is by and goes under a chair and does it.It looks like she is trying to scratch something and never does it unless she is by something to rub against.We figure this is a itch.I have never seen her during all this time have any of the sympstoms that are common with seizures.I am with her all the time.I don't work out of the home.Our vet wanted to try phenobarbital for 7 days to see if it would work and by the third day I noticed a significant improvement.The fourth day she was totally dry that day.Today is the fifth day and she is still dry.I have wiped her after coming back inside but its was just your normal wetness from being outside.Is phenobarbital used for other reasons than seizures?If she has been having seizures are there any that you just would not really notice?TIA |
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- Posted by sylviatexas (My Page) on Tue, Dec 7, 10 at 16:04
We think of grand mal seizures as "seizures", but Petit Mal seizures are just as real & often are so mild that we don't notice or we just think "that was a little odd". Sometimes there's a kind of suspended animation effect, where the dog (or person) just goes blank & stands still; The drooling sounds like it might be this kind of seizure. But treating the symptom (seizure) isn't solving the problem: You might have her thyroid checked; Like heart disease in women, it's thought to be rare because when the animal dies, the cause of death is put down as something else. I don't know the uses for phenobarb; I do know that there have been many more drugs created that don't have the risk of "zombie" behavior that phenobarb has. |
- Posted by nancy_in_mich (My Page) on Sun, Dec 12, 10 at 23:42
Our Casey had two or more gran mal seizures last Christmas Eve, around dawn. After the second, we called to various emergency clinics and learned that there is an Animal Neurology clinic about a half-hour away. Casey was seen there that morning and the neurologist did a thorough exam and said it looks like he has a brain tumor in the right side of his brain. He put him on steriods to shrink the tumor and pheobarbitol to stop the seizures. Casey has been okay, not quite himself, but okay, since then. For the two week check up we went to out own vet and I asked her to do the thyroid test because of experiences Sylvia Texas shared with us all. Casey did have very low thyroid. Later, we were back at the neurologist and I asked if Casey could have JUST the thyroid problem, and the answer was no. He has too many other symptoms (including rage that is controlled with the proper doses of Prednisone.) So he takes the pred, phenobarb, thyroid hormone and a pain med twice a day. In humans, we use anti-seizure meds as mood stabilizers. I think that sometimes it is still used for detox from alcohol, too. From Wikipedia: It may also be used to treat seizures in horses when benzodiazepine treatment has failed or is contraindicated.[27]" |
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CHICAGO - Actor Tom Cruise didn't jump on Oprah Winfrey's couch this time. Cruise was in Chicago on Thursday to tape an episode of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," a tribute to his showbiz career that took off 25 years ago when he danced in his underwear in "Risky Business." It was half of a two-part interview Winfrey did with Cruise that will air Friday and Monday. For Friday's show, Winfrey interviewed the 45-year-old actor at his home in Telluride, Colorado. Monday's show was taped at her Chicago studio in front of an audience. In a preview of Friday's show posted on her website, Winfrey asked Cruise if he feels he has been misunderstood, thinks he has come under attack unnecessarily and how he has been accepted by his wife Katie Holmes' family. Winfrey also asks about his criticism of actress Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants and his tiff with "Today" show host Matt Lauer over whether psychiatric treatment helps people. "This is the clearing up everything," Winfrey says in the preview video. At the show taping in Chicago, Cruise was accompanied family members, including Holmes and their two-year-old daughter Suri, said audience member Jenny Hume of England. Audience members said Cruise's demeanour on the show was nothing like his infamous coach-jumping incident three years ago when he proclaimed his love for his now wife. "He was really calm and collected," said Diane Andonovski of Toronto. Sally Maddy of Duluth, Minnesota, said Cruise talked to audience members during show breaks and seemed "so sweet and so sincere," not to mention good looking. "He's even cuter in person," she said. Audience members got a box of Cruise's movies on DVDs as a gift.
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Mr. Sakkers (Netherlands, 1965) has been with the Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission since 1997. During his first 3½ years in DG Competition he worked in the so-called Merger Task Force. From 2001 he worked in the area of antitrust enforcement in DG Competition, where was a Head of Unit in the Cartels Directorate. Since July 2010 he is Head of Unit of the European Competition Network in the Policy and Strategy Directorate.
Prior to joining the Competition DG, Mr. Sakkers worked in the trade policy department of the European Commission, on anti-dumping and anti-subsidy issues, where he started in 1993. Before that, he was in-house legal counsel with KPN, the Dutch telecommunications company.
Ewoud Sakkers is a lawyer by education. After spending an initial year of (undergraduate) university education in the U.S., Mr. Sakkers obtained a law degree at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1990, where he specialised in Dutch civil and European law. In 1991 he obtained an LLM degree in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. His publications include a major chapter on cartels (389 pages) with F. Arbault in Faull and Nikpay Eds, The EC law of Competition. (Oxford University Press, 2007) He is also co-author with J. Ysewyn of the looseleaf European Cartel Digest, with Kluwer Law International (2008). He is visiting professor for the LL.M programme of Brussels School of Competition.


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BOZEMAN - Shawn Dirden's first tenure as an assistant basketball coach at Montana State ended in the spring of 2008, but his relationship with Bobcat head coach Brad Huse didn't. The mutual admiration between the two again moved into the professional sphere Wednesday, when Huse hired Dirden as a Bobcat assistant coach.
"Having to hire a coach at this time of year is not ideal," Huse said, "but we came out of this in good shape with the addition of Coach Dirden. His background and experience at MSU will allow him to hit the ground running. In addition, he has the ability to generate relationships quickly and I know the players will respond to him positively."
Dirden fills the position vacated by George Pfeifer, who left college coaching to join his wife in Spokane earlier this summer. A former University of Idaho standout, Dirden joined Huse's first MSU staff in 2006, remaining for two seasons. Dirden coached at Cherokee Trail High School in Aurora, Colo., from 2008-11, and for the past two seasons served as an assistant at the University of South Dakota.
"Shawn is a well-rounded coach and is about the person first," Huse said. "That showed in the positive relationships he had with our team during his first couple of years at MSU. He's very good on the floor and I know firsthand the positive impact he had in the development of some of the better perimeter players we've had during my time here, guys like Carlos Taylor and Erik Rush."
Dirden graduated from Idaho in 1997, capping a fine two-year career with the Vandals during UI's final two seasons in the Big Sky. He earned that school's Chris White Sportsmanship Award as a senior, finishing his college career in the Big Sky Tournament in Worthington Arena, and was also an All-Region 9 player at Otero Junior College. Dirden played professionally overseas until 2002.
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Several shots of old cars on a scrap heap. Men break down the cars for metal that will be melted down and reused. Three men are seen on the top of a truck with a sign reading 'Scrap Car King'. (Location of events unknown.)
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Guest blogging services today seem to be one of the safest options available for getting links whilst also remaining favourable with Google's guidelines.
If done correctly, guest blogging can indeed be one of the best ways to serve a multitude of functions, such as brand building, link building and relationship building – all whilst offering true value to internet users in search of quality content.
However, SEO practitioners from some of the biggest names in the business – such as SEO Moz and Econsultancy – are now beginning to question the validity of guest blogging as a long-term strategy to build links. When considering the evidence, it's really no wonder.
Warning signs
With regular updates from Google, such as this recent reminder warning webmasters against selling links, or "entire advertorial pages with embedded links" in order to pass PageRank, it seems like the guest blogging bubble could very well be about to burst.
In the same way that Google clamped down on directories, mass article farms and press releases with its Penguin update, it isn't too difficult to foresee the same thing happening to guest blogging.
As mentioned in my last post, about Google's future updates, we know that Penguin version 2.0 is on its way. This will further root out black hat SEO techniques like keyword stuffing and duplicate content – issues that can affect the guest blogging space.
The company has also said that paid advertorials will be a target, as are link networks – which could apply to obviously interconnected blogging sites.
New quality control efforts
Other new quality control efforts include the development and implementation of Google Authorship in articles – a measure that it's taken to whittle out fake authors and encourage the production of more quality, attributable content.
It's even been mooted that Author Rank could have an impact on search rankings; positively lifting works by quality authors in the search engine results pages. In addition, social signals are likely to play a greater role in helping Google decide what content is of enough interest to the reader to be truly worthy of merit.
Tips for keeping your guest blogging viable
Google's head of Web Spam, Matt Cutts, has made it clear that guest blogging in itself isn't a bad practice. What he has said, however, is that it needs to be done for the right reasons and that the focus should always be on promoting high-quality before links.
A few top tips you can take on board today then to ensure your guest blogging efforts remain viable include:
- Producing high-quality articles – This means everything from writing inspiring posts that seek to provide guidance, educate or inspire, while always co-citing your references. Posts shouldn't be duplicated, nor heavily spun off the back of already published material. Your spelling and grammar should also be top-notch.
- Use real, informed writers – If your chances of getting a blog placed (on a good site) ultimately come down to the quality of the work, then why not have an expert write it for you – or at very least someone who can write well? You might find your article performs better thanks to the profile of your writer and their connections.
- Avoid low-relevancy sites – There's little point writing having a blog about your coffee shop hosted on a kids' toys site. Keep your blog placements thematically relevant and avoid one-stop shops which appear to write about everything. It's better for your blog to be recognised on a specialist site, rather than a generalist one.
- Chill out on the anchor text – Your blog should be easy to read and have plenty of relevant and useful links for users. Don't over optimise a keyword and instead attempt to utilise longer-tail links. Long-tail links might have a greater chance of attracting hits and also look less spammy.
- Seek out social signals – Always post on sites where there is already a passionate community and readership. This way, it's more likely that community will connect to your posts and share your article, therefore giving it even more credibility and visibility.
Finally, it's also important to state that guest blogging is just one of the many, many ways in which you can build quality links to your website. There still remain a great deal other (more organic) ways of attracting hits and building authority for your domain, such as making the content on your site plentiful and that which people will naturally want to link to and reference.
Only time will tell whether guest blogging remains a viable way of building links, but providing you follow some of these tips, your efforts to date shouldn't be too negatively impacted.
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Beyond Kununurra lie the East Kimberley plains, fenced in by sprawling cattle stations. We traverse a parched salt flat fronting the Cockburn Range, hook onto Gibb River Road, then ford the Pentecost River. A cluster of boabs and a new stone wall indicate the entrance to Home Valley Station. Held in trust for the Balanggarra and Ngarinyin peoples by the Indigenous Land Corporation, which fosters sustainable partnerships for native title landholders, this 615,000-acre parcel is managed by a stockman named Nick Bradley. He grew up at Carlton Hill Station, where Luhrmann shot key location scenes for Australia. Bradley shows me around the campgrounds and livestock paddocks, discussing the station's Aboriginal education mission. "I'm not out here to play cattle king," he says. "We have a training program for the locals that gives them skills and pays them to learn on the job. Some have never had that."
Nick's brother, Richard, unexpectedly flings open the car door and jumps into the backseat. When Richard hears I'm eager to get back on a horse, we saddle up for a ride in the scrub. A thrill-seeking jackeroo who wears custom-made Spanish riding boots, Richard can cling to a bucking horse—at least, until the saddle bunches forward and he's thrown to the ground. Since my Tony Lama boots keep slipping out of the steel stirrups and I have no desire to eat eucalyptus, I keep my mount at a safe trot. When we finally dust off the trail, I meet Nick and Richard's mother, Susan Bradley. (Luhrmann says locals call her "Queen of the Kimberley." He consulted her about outback life at Carlton Hill.) She directs a campaign to protect the isolated northwest Kimberley, a wild region lacking much modern infrastructure, from industrial development. Not only is the Top End rich in minerals, it has untapped reserves of uranium ore and natural gas, some of them temptingly sited on Aboriginal land trusts. "This is a powerful country of great extremes," she says. "Some things should not be for sale. I have lived in the Kimberley for 40 years and hate to think my grandchildren or great-grandchildren will not be able to camp out under the stars in unpolluted river gorges."
At last, I see a willy willy. It blows across our path on Gibb River Road when Saliba and I start the long trek eastward toward Darwin. Shirley Drill, who belongs to the Willy Willy Dreaming, mentioned it during our visit days ago in Purnululu. Perhaps it's her parting gift. These harmless twists of wind puff up randomly; as the dust storm dances ahead of the car, I watch leaves whirl upward in a column before they drop onto the spinifex plain.
It takes a day to drive to the Mary River floodplain, three hours beyond Darwin, on the doorstep of Kakadu National Park. We gratefully unpack at Bamurru Plains, an eco-conscious bush camp that occupies a stretch of Swim Creek Station. The earth-toned lodge has a collection of modern Aboriginal art, a communal dining table, and an open bar of coveted Australian vintages. That night, I eat kangaroo shepherd's pie by kerosene lamp. After my first hot shower in many days, I collapse onto a soft platform bed, as wallabies hop around in the brush outside.
At dawn, Bamurru Plains manager John O'Shea takes me out on the river in a Tornado airboat. A former Australian army commando, he wears a .357 Magnum strapped to his belt as defense against crocodile attacks. When I ask how good his aim is, he just smiles. We drift through clumps of blooming pink sacred lotus. Magpie geese and long-legged jabiru hunt for breakfast among rushes. O'Shea steers toward the opposite shoreline, and nudges the flat-bottomed boat between acacias growing in a backwater clogged with algae. Our only croc sighting is a coy pair of ridged eyes; however, a foot-long barramundi churns to the surface and, just as quickly, disappears again.
After two thankfully uneventful nights on the Mary River, Saliba and I finally leave the Top End. By the road, halfway to Darwin, we pass a small nature marker. The sign depicts a frilled-neck lizard, its spiny orange ruff extended in full display. A jolt of recognition leaves me unnerved. This creature inhabits savanna woodlands across northern Australia, and for Aborigines it's a powerful totemic rainmaker, bringing both emotional storms and cleansing. I've seen this lizard only once before—after the Warmun joonba, glittering gemlike in the absolute darkness of a dream that Peggy Patrick predicted for me. When I confess this to Saliba, she doesn't even blink. "Mate, they let you in for a second," she says. "They're in your heart, and you are in theirs."


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Our Tradition of Excellence
The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine is a leader in veterinary medical education. Although the College stays on the cutting edge of technology and research, it is encumbered by a lack of the space required to train new veterinarians to serve a growing population that demands high-quality livestock and companion animal care.
UGA is dedicated to producing the best veterinarians in the country professionals trained to meet future challenges such as aging human and pet populations, emerging infectious diseases, humane food animal production, and issues regarding the environment and food safety.
U.S. population growth has substantially outpaced the supply of new veterinarians, yet only one new veterinary college has opened in the last 30 years. Nationally, there are 3,509 people per DVM, with 9.7% growth in population since 2000. In Georgia, there are 4,174 people per DVM, with an 18.3% increase in population since 2000.
With our states population growth exceeding the national average, the shortage of veterinarians in Georgia will only magnify. Our applicant pool is increasing annually, with a 15% increase from 2007 to 2008. We deny 4 applicants for every one admitted. Clearly there is a need to increase our enrollment, but our facilities cannot sustain such an expansion.
Our Challenge
Current societal expectations for animal care far surpass those of the 1970s, when the current veterinary hospital at UGA was designed. Anyone visiting the Teaching Hospital where faculty, students and staff are elbow-to-elbow can attest to the space deficit.
Since the current Teaching Hospital opened in 1979, our annual caseload has grown 37% and the full-time staff has increased 339% but the hospital square footage has grown only 4%. We have 1,700 fewer square feet per student than our peer institutions (see chart, left).
The solution to these problems is clear: we need a new, larger hospital to provide improved care for clients and their animals, and enhance the quality of education for present and future veterinary students.
Our Future
The plans for the new hospital include a larger facility with approximately 140,000 square feet of hospital space (nearly three times larger than the current hospital), flexibility for existing needs and future expansion, green space for animals, and easily-accessible parking areas.
Classrooms and support spaces for third- and fourth-year students will be included. Clinical faculty, interns, residents, and technical staff also will relocate to the new facility. The new hospital will be located off of College Station Road, just 2.7 miles from the existing veterinary medicine campus.
The new facility will allow us to increase enrollment from 102 to 150 students, address problems of faculty and staff retention and recruitment, facilitate patient care and expand existing specialties, and develop new programs to keep up with medical advances.
Our Goal
Through the support of our clients, alumni and friends, we hope to raise $32.7 million in private support for this project that is so urgently needed.
If you are interested in donating to the campaign for a new Veterinary Medical Center, please click on the "Donate Now" button to make a secure online tax-deductible contribution.
This page was last reviewed on January 20, 2015.


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KS1000 RW Roof Panel
Applications -
The KS1000 RW is a trapezoidal form roof system with a standard fastening method (a through fix), which is suitable for all building applications, where the roof slope is:
- Higher than 4° (7%) for roofs with one panel in the slope direction
- Higher than 6° (10%) for roofs with two or more panels in the slope direction.
The KS1000 RW panel is universal and can be also used for wall cladding.
Dimension and Weight -
d– core thickness (mm) 25 40 50 60 70 80 100 120 D– overall dimension (mm) 60 75 85 95 105 115 135 155 Weight (kg/m2),
sheet 0.5/0.4 mm9.34 9.94 10.34 10.74 11.14 11.54 12.34 13.15 Product Tolerances
Panel length For panel length under 6 m +-4 mm Panel length is equal or over 6 m and under 12 m +-6 mm Panel length is equal or over 12 m +-8 mm Panel width +-3 mm Thickness Panel thickness d ≤ 50 mm +-2 mm Panel thickness 50 mm < d< 100 mm +3 mm -2 mm Panel thickness d ≥ 100 mm +3 mm -3 mm Squarness of the cut end ≤ 0.5% of the panel width Panel bow (Δ1 + Δ2) / 2 ≤ 10 mm
Available Lengths
The standard panel length is between 2 and 14.5 meters. It is possible to deliver panels shorter than 2 m and longer than 14.5 m, but this should be discussed with Kingspan first.
Product Tolerances Panel End Lap Cut Back
Panel cut-backs for roofing and wall panels can be divided into three types
CUT BACK 1 unseparated cut backs 50–250 mm CUT BACK 2 separated cut back with insulation not removed 50, 80, 150, 200 and 250 mm CUT BACK 3 separated cut back with insulation removed 50, 80, 150, 200 and 250 mm
If the project requires panels to be connected in the direction of the roof slope, the panels must have an overlap. Depending on the overlap length, the insulating core at the panel end under the overlap must be removed during mounting. For these situations, we can deliver panels with cut backs already made. These panels are normally delivered with a cut back up to 250 mm, but other cutback lengths are possible (see below). Cut backs for all types of panels (roof, wall, PUR, mineral wool) can be ordered.
The minimum length of a panel on which a cut back can normally be made is 2,700 mm. Cut backs on shorter length panels are possible by special arrangement.
Materials -
Galvanic protection options
- Hot-dip zinc coated steel with a total of 275g/m2 of zinc, according to EN 10147:2000. This can be finished with a number of coating - polyester, PVDF, Plastisol and Foodsafe finishes.
- Galvatite coated steel in accordance with EN 10147, for Celestia finishes.
Galvalloy (hot-dip coated with eutectic alloy of approx. 95% Zn, 5% Al and other elements) in accordance with EN 10214 for coated steel HPS200.
Substrate thicknesses
- Standard external sheet thickness 0.50 mm.
- Standard internal sheet thickness 0.40 mm.
Other thicknesses are available by arrangement with Kingspan.
External Coating Options
1. Standard Polyester – PES
Polyester is a universal, economic coating system suitable for exterior and interior applications. The nominal coating thickness is 25 µm.
PVDF offers unequalled colour and gloss retention and good corrosion resistance. The nominal coating thickness is 25 µm. It can be used in climates with extremely high UV radiation combined with extreme temperatures and relative humidity. The standard colour range includes metallic silver.
3. HPS200 (by Corus)
HPS200 is a premium architectural coating system, tested in the laboratory and on site in severe climates, for use worldwide. Its tough, 200 µm (nominal thickness) coating has the unique Scintilla finish and is available in bright or subtle hues, providing architects with an extensive palette of colours.
4. Plastisol 200 µm
Plastisol is a high performance coating system with a grain finish and a nominal thickness of 200 µm. Typical properties of Plastisol are excellent abrasion, high corrosion resistance, excellent flexibility and therefore very good scratch resistance.
5. Celestia (by Corus)
Celestia is a metallic-finish cladding steel with a 120 µm (nominal thickness) high performance Plastisol coating. The standard product has a high performance polyester coating on the reverse side. The metallic finish captures light and movement, giving depth and life to the cladding surfaces.
Internal Coating Options1. Polyester
Polyester coating with a nominal thickness of 15 µm. The standard colour is grey white, (similar RAL 9002).
2. Lining enamel
Lining enamel with a nominal thickness of 22 µm with a white finish.
3. Foodsafe
The surface of this 150 µm thick polymer coating is non-toxic and resistant to mould, durable and easy to clean. It is chemically inert and safe for continuous contact with unpacked food. The standard colour is white. Consult Kingspan about the availability of other colours.
Other coating systems are available by discussion with Kingspan.
INSULATION CORERigid polyurethane closed-cell foam is the standard insulating core used. It is made to a non-deleterious specification and is CFC/HCFC free.
Plain and coloured aluminium is available on a project specific basis. Contact Kingspan Technical Services.
- Hot-dip zinc coated steel with a total of 275g/m2 of zinc, according to EN 10147:2000. This can be finished with a number of coating - polyester, PVDF, Plastisol and Foodsafe finishes.
Perfomance -
Thermal Insulation
Panel Thickness
U value (W/m2K)
HCFC Free = 0.022
Kingspan insulated sandwich panels are immune to attack from mould, fungi, mildew and vermin. No urea formaldehyde is used in the construction, and the panels are non-deleterious.
KS1000 RW insulated sandwich panels have been tested and approved and comply with National Building Regulations and Norms. The panels do not propagate fire spread.
Panel Thickness (mm) Fire rating 25/60 40/75 50/85 For detailed information please 60/95 contact the local Technical Dpt. 70/105 80/115 100/135 120/155
All KS1000 RW panels have a single figure weighted sound reduction Rw= 25 dB.
Packing and Delivery -
Standard packing – road transportation
KS1000 RW panels are stacked weather side to weather side (to minimise palette height). The top, bottom, sides and ends are protected with foam and timber packing and the entire palette is wrapped in plastic.
The number of panels in each pack depends on panel thickness and length. The table below is shown as a guide. Quantities are reduced for exceptionally long panels. Typical palette height is 1,100 mm.
Maximum palette weight is 3,500 kg.
Panel core thickness (mm) 25 40 50 60 70 80 100 120 Number of panels in package 23 17 15 13 11 9 7 6
All deliveries (unless indicated otherwise) are by road transport to project site. Off loading is the responsibility of the client.
Structural Tables -
KS1000 RW ROOF SYSTEM – LOAD SPAN TABLE – (kN/m2) max. sag L/200
- The calculation have been made in accordance with the Preliminary European Recommendations for Sandwich Panels (ECCS no.66-2000).
- The table contains allowed characteristic values of live load for given span.
- Consult with Kingspan for the table values of other profiles, as well as dark colours.
- Allowed deflection considered in the table values is L/200. If required otherwise, special calculation must be made.
- The table is to be applied for short-time live loads (for instance snow or wind load) and consideres the influence of common winter and summer temperatures valid for Central Europe. If other type of loading is applied (long-term load, thermal load in cold store etc.), special calculation must be made.
- The minimum support width is amin = 40 mm (end support), bmin = 80 mm (intermediate support) . It has been determined assuming one screw of 6.3mm diameter is used for the support width. If arranged otherwise, this width is to be adjusted accordingly.
- The above-mentioned calculations apply to panels with standard steel skin strength specification of the fy=320 MPa.
Site Instalation -
Roof Panels
Installation Procedure KS1000 RW
These panels lap at the sides and ends, so they must be fixed in sequence to ensure reliable performance.
1. Start with the eaves (or bottom) corner panel, with the projecting side and end laps to the outside of the building. Install fasteners and apply sealant as specified.
2. Locate the second panel upslope or above, so that it overlaps the first, adjusting its position carefully before contacting the sealant. Repeat up to the ridge or eaves/gable.
3. Start the second tier from the eaves (or bottom), side lapping the first panel, sealing and fixing, as specified. Repeat the procedure for the complete roof .
Quality/Waranties -
Kingspan insulated sandwich panels are manufactured from the highest quality materials, using state of the art production equipment to rigorous quality control standards, complying with ISO9001:2000 standards, ensuring long term reliability and service life.
Building Regulations
Kingspan KS1000 RW insulated sandwich panels conform to the National Building Regulations and standards.
Guarantees & Warranties
Kingspan will provide external coating and product guarantees on a project by project basis.
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Who's Who in the Syrian Opposition
Released on 2012-10-18 17:00 GMT
Email-ID | 2740588 |
Date | 2011-05-01 20:23:58 |
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Meet the brave souls who dare to stand up to the guns of Bashar al-Assad.
Bashar al-Assad never saw it coming. In a Jan. 31 interview with the Wall
Street Journal, the Syrian autocrat boasted that his regime was immune
from the revolutionary wave spreading across the Middle East because it
"very closely linked to the beliefs of the people."
Over the past month and a half, Syrians have made a liar out of their
president. Small protests broke out in Damascus on March 15 and have
slowly spread to towns and cities throughout the country. And as the
movement has gained strength, Assad's crackdown has increased in
brutality. The Syrian regime has killed at least 450 people since the
uprising began, according to human rights groups, and this week sent
tanks into the mutinous southern town of Daraa to quell the protests.
So who's leading the charge against Assad? The president has accumulated
no shortage of enemies over his decade-long rule, many of whom have little
in common besides their enmity toward the Syrian president. If he
continues his ruthless crackdown, however, it just may be enough to unite
them.So far, the regime's attempts to quash the demonstrations have only
caused them to increase in size. Tens of thousands of Syrians came out to
the protests this Friday, with crowds demonstrating in more than 50 towns
throughout the country. The protests' growing strength has produced a
reaction in Washington: Following days of escalating statements, President
Barack Obama issued new sanctions today against three of the regime's most
notorious officials, including Bashar's brother, Maher al-Assad. The U.N.
Human Rights Council also denounced Assad's use of violence against
peaceful protesters on Friday, calling for a team to visit Syria in order
to "ensur[e] full accountability" for those who perpetrated the attacks.
With most foreign journalists banned from Syria, a small group of Internet
activists are playing an outsized role in spreading information about the
nascent revolt inside the country.
One of the most prolific is Ausama Monajed, who, from his home in Britain,
tracks the death toll across Syria, connects eyewitnesses on the ground to
international media organizations, and links to the most recent gruesome
YouTube videos from inside the country. Monajed uses the Syrian Revolution
News Round-Up group on Facebook, as well as an active Twitter feed, to
distribute information across the globe.
Wissam Tarif, the Lebanese-born executive director of the international
human rights organizationInsan, also plays an important role in sifting
through the massive stream of videos and firsthand reports coming out of
Syria. "#Daraa streets isolated. City cut into slices. Information coming
out from specific few streets. rest in Dark for 4th night," reads one
representative tweet from his frenetic feed.
But neither Tarif nor Monajed are a one-man operation. Both depend on
brave witnesses of events on the ground and a coalition of volunteers that
translate material and confirm its accuracy. Shortly after the first
protests broke out on March 15, Monajed held a conference call with the
administrators of the largest Facebook groups, YouTube channels, and
activists on the ground to pool their efforts. This coalition, he said,
has only expanded his reach. "As anyone who has studied business would
tell you, when you merge two groups with 20 percent of the market, you
don't end up with 40 percent -- you end up with 60 or 70 percent of the
market," he told FP.
Monajed, a professed devotee of non-violent protest guru Gene Sharp, said
that he is thankful that Syria's uprising occurred after the revolts
elsewhere in the Arab world. It has given Syrians a chance "to learn from
these past experiences," he said. "From Libya, for example, we have
learned never, ever to use violence."
"Damascus Spring" Veterans
Following the death of Bashar's tough-minded father Hafez in 2000, a brief
window of political debate appeared to open in Damascus -- before being
slammed shut as the younger Assad consolidated power. But in this abortive
moment of political liberalization, a number of regime critics continue to
play a prominent role to this day.
Among the best known is Michel Kilo, who defines himself as "a democrat,
an Arab, and a leftist, in that order" in Dreams and Shadows, journalist
Robin Wright's book about reform in the Arab world. It's not an
ideological combination that has endeared him to the Assad regime. Kilo
was one of the organizing forces behind the 2005 Damascus Declaration,
which called for political liberalization in Syria and denounced the Assad
regime as "authoritarian, totalitarian, and cliquish." He was then jailed
in 2006 for three years for signing the Beirut-Damascus
Declaration calling for a normalization of relations between Lebanon and
Syria, which then occupied Lebanon.
Kilo has treaded more carefully during the current round of protests.
In an article published in the Lebanese daily As-Safir earlier this month,
he called for a negotiated solution to the Syrian unrest rather than a
revolution. As the protests gained strength and the government crackdown
has grown more brutal, however, Kilo's rhetoric has sharpened. If the
Assad regime attempts to quell the protests solely through force, "they
will be turning Syria into a breeding ground for all kinds of extremist
movements," he warned on April 20.
Riad Seif, a businessman and a former MP in Syria's rubber-stamp
Parliament, was moved to oppose the Assad regime after his attempts to
change the system from within failed. Seif would write that his time in
the legislature convinced him that the Assad regime was incapable of
internal reform, and that "corruption is a natural result of tyranny and
its legitimate offspring."
Seif went on to found one of the most important forums of political debate
during the short-lived "Damascus Spring." For his efforts, he has spent
the last decade in and out of prison. In 2001, the Syrian regime accused
him of "attempting to change the constitution by illegal means" and
"inciting racial and sectarian strife," jailing him for five years. He was
imprisoned again from 2008 to 2010 for his support of the Damascus
Declaration. He currently resides in Damascus, though is reportedly in
hiding as the regime tightens its grip on its old enemies.
The Ancien RA(c)gime
Bashar's ascent to a leadership role in 2000 was not entirely smooth, and
he earned himself enemies among former regime stalwarts that persist to
this day. Former Syrian Vice President Abdul Halim Khaddam, an architect
of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon in the 1990s and a prominent ally of
Rafiq al-Hariri, the late Lebanese prime minister, was the most prominent
casualty of this changing of the guard in the House of Assad. After being
excluded from any role in Syria's political affairs, and following the
2005 assassination of Hariri, Khaddam abruptly resigned his remaining
government positions and fled to Paris.
Khaddam has spent the years since trying to organize an opposition
movement from France, to little effect. He forged an alliance with the
Syrian Muslim Brotherhood in 2006, only to see it collapsein 2009.
Khaddam's failure is at least partially due to the fact that regime
opponents detest him for the same reasons that they detest the Assads --
and often for the same crimes. Only a particularly naA-ve observer could
believe that Khaddam's true objection to Assad is his failure to
liberalize, rather than his anger at being excluded from the political
Khaddam's widespread unpopularity has made him a useful boogeyman for the
Assad regime as it attempts to discredit the protest movement. Wiam
Wahhab, a staunch Syrian ally in Lebanon,revealed on Saturday a check for
$400,000 allegedly signed by Saudi Prince Turki bin Abdul Aziz made out to
Khaddam's son, Jamal Khaddam. Syria's government-controlled press has
also recently accused Khaddam, a Sunni from the restive village of Banias,
of sponsoring armed gangs and trying to foment chaos in the country.
Muslim Brotherhood/Kurdish Opposition
The Assad family relies on support from the Alawite population, an Islamic
sect that makes upperhaps 10 percent of Syria's population, to perpetuate
its rule. Over the Assads' four decades at the top of Syria's political
pyramid, they have curbed the political influence of groups outside their
clique and brutally suppressed communities viewed as a threat. Infamously,
Hafez al-Assad put down a revolt by the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood in 1982
by massacring tens of thousands of Sunnis in the city of Hama -- a lesson
in indiscriminate brutality and collective punishment that came to form
the "Hama rules" of Syrian politics.
The Brotherhood, though a shadow of the organization it was before Assad's
crackdown, has thrown its weight behind the protests. The
organization released a statement Friday accusing the regime of
"perpetrating genocide" and urging the Syrian people to "not let the
tyrants keep you in slavery." Former Brotherhood leader Ali al-Bayanouni,
based in London, also penned an article for theGuardian assailing Assad as
a "dictator," while disavowing claims that the Brotherhood organized the
Perhaps more interesting than the Brotherhood's support of the
demonstrations is the country from which they've issued their
denunciations of Assad: Syria's erstwhile ally, Turkey. The group's
Secretary General Riad al-Shaqfa and political chief Mohamed Tayfur held a
press conference in Istanbul in early April, pouring cold water on the
idea that Assad would ever reform Syria's political system and encouraging
the protests.
It's not only the Muslim Brotherhood that would be eager to see the Assad
regime go. Syria's Kurds, who make up around 10 percent of the country's
population, have long been marginalized by the Syrian regime; one of
Assad's first concessions as protests escalated was to grant Syrian
nationality to as many as 300,000 long-stateless Kurds on April 7. That
doesn't appear to have been enough to assuage Kurdish anger -- protesters
have turned out en masse in the city of Qamishli, a Kurdish stronghold in
Syria's northeast.
New Enemies
Just as the Damascus Spring inspired the rise of a small cadre of regime
critics, the current unrest is bound to elevate new opposition leaders to
the forefront. For now, however, many of the organizers remain underground
due to Assad's efforts to squash the movement.
There are, however, a few names to watch: Nasser al-Hariri and Khalil
al-Rifae, two Syrian members of Parliament representing Daraa, resigned
their seats on April 23 to protest the government crackdown. More than 200
members of the ruling Baath Party from the regions around Daraa also
resigned during the past week, as well as at least two dozen Baathists
from the city of Banias. There are also reports that a Syrian army
division made up of conscripts from Daraadefected to the side of the
protesters, leading to clashes with a loyalist army unit.
And that's not even counting the thousands of Syrians who have lost a
family member or friend during the crackdown. Even if Assad manages to
cling to power, these new opponents will be a thorn in his side for years
to come -- and a constant reminder that the president's boast of his close
relationship with the Syrian people was nothing more than self-delusion.--
Yerevan Saeed
Phone: 009647701574587


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Include the PSA in Your Estate Planning
One of the easiest ways to donate to the PSA is to include the association in your estate planning. You can specify a specific amount or a percentage of your estate. The PSA Endowment Fund was started with a bequest of $3,000 to the PSA from the estate of one of the association's past presidents, Samuel H. Jameson, who served as president in 1938.
The following is an example of making your wishes known in your estate planning. Please note it is always wise to consult a financial or legal advisor when planning your estate especially for tax benefits and other details.
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How many Nurses had their CNAs before Nursing School? - page 4
I am asking these questions to help a friend out, to prove a point. Did you have your CNA before going into Nursing School? Is having a CNA required by law to go into Nursing School? Does... Read More
0Jan 27, '13 by LadyFree28, BSN, RNQuote from Hygiene QueenYes...these "tasks" ARE NURSING....thanks for the clarification...always a pleasure Hygiene Queen!!
These "mind-numbing" and "demeaning" tasks that involve "filthy work" are actually part of nursing.
It is striking that there are those who hold disdain for what it is the CNA does, yet I am certain those same people would have no issue with CNA's providing this care to them or their loved ones.
The assumption that CNA's are all intellectually inferior or lackadaisical in their intellectual pursuits is preposterous and an assumption I would not be so quick to make.
I agree the standard of education should increased-- even for CNA's, but I agree with nothing more in your post.
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0Jan 27, '13 by Sand_Dollar, BSNMy school requires you to have your CNA license (you didn't have to work as a CNA though) to apply to their BSN program. Initially, I thought it was waste of time and money. However, my experience has shown me otherwise. In my first semester we skipped all of the ADLs and stuff CNAs learn, so we started right off with nursing skills. On the first day of nursing clinicals a call light went off and I confidently could say "I got this". There is no being scared of real patients, you have done patient care before. I have a friend in another University in town that does not have the CNA requirement, who didn't actually touch patients until her second semester.
Many of my classmates, including myself have worked prior to and are working as CNAs during school. I can not say yet, but I think having that experience on the resume will definitely help, especially for brand new grads. With CNA experience and being in nursing school many of us (about 25%) currently work in hospitals. -
1Jan 27, '13 by BlindsidedNo, I haven't heard of it being a requirement, but I believe it really helped me with fundamentals. I did this usually 24-32 hours per week while I was in nursing school. I had three children also, so it was a struggle for sure.tokmom likes this.
1Jan 27, '13 by tokmom, BSNQuote from IcySageNurseAre they to be abolished after you finish your online program?I disagree with the many people who think "all nurses should be CNAs" first.
A CNA is a very low education program - most places allow someone to become a CNA in about 6 weeks. The nursing profession already has enough image issues, mainly due to how low our education standards are. We don't come across as professionals. Requiring someone to skip college after high school to go perform a practically minimum wage/low education job would only further diminish our standing with other professionals. Regardless of how important experience is, and it certainly is, education is the only way to gain respect.
IMHO - all nurses should be required to have a BSN, and online programs should be abolished. Maybe then people will understand what a difficult profession it is and give us credit for our knowledge and education. You wonder why some doctors/members of the public are scared of nurse practitioners, think of how they would feel if the CNA whose job was cleaning up poop and changing linens just 5 years earlier is now writing prescriptions and diagnosing their loved ones.
Education is the key. Stop pushing for lowering our respect even further, please.
For the record, online programs aren't easy. There is no spoon feeding of information and for those that have no brick and mortar near by it might be the only option.
Personally, I would rather have an MD or ARNP have a history of wiping butts and taking care of people. Those interactions, though demeaning to you, can give much insight on a human being and even why they are admitted. Pt's will talk to you during baths, linen changes and tell you things that they didn't tell the MD.
Secondly, don't ever dismiss wiping up poop. You can learn a lot from your pt. Did they not teach you in nursing school of the different colors, odors and consistency? I have nailed diagnosis by looking at bowel movements.Last edit by tokmom on Jan 27, '13 : Reason: grammarHygiene Queen likes this. -
3Jan 29, '13 by Glycerine82, CNAQuote from IcySageNurseCNA work is nursing work. The reason I think nurses should be CNAs first is to weed out the ones who have the mentality that they are better than others. There is nothing demeaning about being a CNA. It i demeaning to crap in your pants and have to go through two nurses before someone finds you a CNA to clean up when in reality said nurse should pull up her sleeves and get to it. Nursing is more than education and school. Nurses who are CNAs first will know first hand how HARD CNAs work and they will know a good CNA is worth their weight in gold. They will know what to expect when they get into school and they will know NOT to refer to their helpers as having a demeaning profession when really, they just know its simply something they couldn't do themselves because they don't have the STOMACH for it or the HEART it takes to care for people so intimately. I am honored and privileged to be a CNA and care for these people who need te help so desperately. When I am done with nursing school it will make me a more compassionate and knowledgeable nurse.Making it optional is fine, but many are saying "I think it should be required."
They are essentially saying it should be required for every person who wants to be a respected professional to spend time at the bottom of the ladder doing demeaning tasks. More time should be put towards education and making sure we know more about the chemistry and biology of the body, not more time learning how many different colors poop can come in. It's this mentality that it's a "rite of passage" or all nurses to endure demeaning, mind-numbing, filthy work in order to make it to the top that causes us to not be as respected once we get to the top.
Trust me, a physician will be more impressed by a Nurse Pactitioner who says he or she did cancer research during undergraduate school than one who said they were a CNA. Requiring all nurses to be a CNA during nursing school would mean they wouldn't have the time to pursue these more intelectual interests, such as working in a lab during undergraduate, and instead passing their days changing beds and learning very little that will actually help at the graduate level.
I rarely see nurses complaining about the need for more education or more standarized tests, etc. It's always "Well I think we should have a minimum of 5 years cleaning sh*t first." It's like nurses only measure success in terms of tons of sh*t they've cleaned. News flash: Education is the most important aspect of being a graduate level nurse provider (NP, CRNA, etc). We would gain more respect if:
1. Nurses were all required to have BSNs.
2. No online programs, especially for NPs.
3. The "DNP" was more clinical hours and advanced coursework, as opposed to theory classes that makes it look like a joke.
4. Entrance to NP school required: A BSN with ONE YEAR minimum experience as a BSN RN. A standized exam, like the MCAT, which measures knowledge of biology, health, etc.
5. A nurse residency type program after graduate school.
We should be complaining to get these things, about QUALITY education, and yet 90% of the posts on here are about "What's the fastest way to get an NP online with 0 experience!" It's sad, it's causing this profession to decline drastically, and if they keep opening these overnight online NP schools and don't get it together and make sure NP school put more value on academic acheivement, research, and test scores over the amount of sh*t someone has cleaned, it's only a matter of time before NP's start to make some major patient safety mistakes and malpractice, and states step in to limit their power.
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2Jan 29, '13 by Glycerine82, CNAQuote from Hygiene QueenThank you. Holy crap there is STEAM coming out of my ears!! Some people have nooooo business in bedside nursing IMO.
These "mind-numbing" and "demeaning" tasks that involve "filthy work" are actually part of nursing.
It is striking that there are those who hold disdain for what it is the CNA does, yet I am certain those same people would have no issue with CNA's providing this care to them or their loved ones.
The assumption that CNA's are all intellectually inferior or lackadaisical in their intellectual pursuits is preposterous and an assumption I would not be so quick to make.
I agree the standard of education should increased-- even for CNA's, but I agree with nothing more in your post.
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2Jan 29, '13 by tokmom, BSNQuote from YouwishiwasyourCNANo worries working at bedside with this one. He will advance to bean counter status and make rules and regulations about a profession he thinks he knows about, because any work below that would be demeaning. I did see some posts about wanting to be an FNP, through an online course. No way would I want this person taking care of any family member with the attitude I see here.You on the other hand, can be my Cna anytime! I wish more had your attitude.We would make a great team.Thank you. Holy crap there is STEAM coming out of my ears!! Some people have nooooo business in bedside nursing IMO."No day but today"Glycerine82 and soxgirl2008 like this.
0Feb 8, '13 by frekiI went to school in Idaho. One school required a CNA for entry, but the others did not. I obtained my CNA in high school (senior year) and I think working as a CNA prepared me for nursing more than any other thing. The most important thing I learned as a CNA was how to interact with patients and co-workers. They may teach that in nursing school, but I think think it takes most nurses a while to learn the skill, and some never seem to.
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0Feb 9, '13 by Ladybug031302Quote from GarrettLeonardChiming in late here. I have not read all of the responses but I think I can answer these questions here. No, you do not NEED to have your CNA to apply and gain acceptance to UW. However, you do need health care experience and the UW requires applicants to have experience working directly with RNs. The easiest way to get to that point is working as a CNA. If your friend is serious about applying to UW, she should get working in health care or at least volunteering ASAP. UW is super competitive and many applicants are applying for the second or third time. They've had time to work in health care and gain the experience UW wants to see. They want to see you understand what nurses do and that you feel you can handle it. UW has one of their info sessions online and I highly suggest your friend watches it. Good luck to her!!Does the University of Washington School of Nursing Require you to have a CNA for entry?Can you transfer to the University of Washington School of Nursing with just an Associates in Pre Nursing?Thank you and I heavily appreciate all responses. Just my girlfriend is working on getting into the ACT program at her Job Corps Center, and everyone she talks to seems to be brainwashed you need your CNA to transfer.!
0Feb 9, '13 by Ladybug031302Quote from IcySageNurseWow. Nursing is about more than intellect. Any nurse who feels above taking care of a patient's basic needs is one I hope I don't have to work with. Doing the "dirty work" is unpleasant for sure, but we are all human and being able to take care of patients when it is uncomfortable for us allows for personal growth more impact full than taking a class or doing research IMHO. Being aCNA has allowed me to see what nurses do in a way no other entry-level position would. We all gotta start somewhere and there's no shame in providing care that assists patients with basic needs.^ My point was that by requiring someone to be a CNA during nursing school it would take time away from doing more academic and scholarly things, such as research. I think more emphasis should be placed on turning out more intelligent nurses vs more hard working nurses.


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A little girl who was once fighting for her life has found inspiration from her cancer treatments.
Nine-year-old Allison Litvak, of Denver, Colo., used to go through painful chemo treatments after she was diagnosed with cancer years ago.
She is currently in recovery, and she attributes a lot of it to her therapy dog.
Now, she wants to provide the same kind of comfort to other sick children by baking and selling dog biscuits from her front yard.
"Allison has always been one to count her blessings," her mother, Dianna, said. "She would be getting some yucky treatment or getting a transfusion, and she would say 'I'm lucky. I have you here. I have all these friends. I have a wonderful sister.' That's always the way she looked at life is (she) looked outside of herself."
Allison has now raised nearly $20,000 for what she calls the "stink bug project."
Her mother explained how Allison's idea to help other children came about.
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