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The Main Road East: The Light Show of Arthurs Pass
Ok - you can pay alot of money to see Glow-worms but in Arthurs Pass they are just along the side of the road. If you are there for a night - go for a walk, head out the main road east, past the police station - keep walking.
Be very aware of any traffic and get off the road if a car comes - they wont' see you or expect you!
Keep walking the road slowly turns right. Turn off your torch (flashlight - to the non locals), On the right side of the road there are some glowworms on the side of the bank.
No!!! turn OFF the Flashlight - your eyes need to adjust. And please don't touch them - it's kills ems.
Dress Code: Maybe a rain coat, and a torch.
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adjective: Afghan
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Independence: 19 August 1919 (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs)
Administrative divisions: 34 provinces (velayat, singular – velayat); Badakhshan, Badghis, Baghlan, Balkh, Bamian, Daykondi, Farah, Faryab, Ghazni, Ghowr, Helmand, Herat, Jowzjan, Kabol, Kandahar, Kapisa, Khowst, Konar, Kondoz, Laghman, Lowgar, Nangarhar, Nimruz, Nurestan, Oruzgan, Paktia, Paktika, Panjshir, Parvan, Samangan, Sar-e Pol, Takhar, Vardak, Zabol
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services: 10% (2004 est.)
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Ok! Check out Keinon and his boys! We know there are a lot but we just LOVE them all. They were so fun to shoot!
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Elephant sanctuary coming to Florida
FELLSMERE — Some 75 federal, state and local officials, along with elephant-care professionals and Fellsmere residents, converged Wednesday on the National Elephant Center's future site to help its officials break ground.
"This is the greatest step made for elephants in my 36 (career) years," center Executive Director John Lehnhardt said, his voice catching.
Lehnhardt recalled meeting his first elephants on Aug. 2, 1976 at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, where he had applied for a keeper position. By the end of the day, he said, he was hooked on the great animals.
Lehnhardt identified M.H. Williams Construction Inc., of Melbourne as the contractor to turn about 25 to 30 acres of orange grove into the estimated $2.5 million initial phase of the 225-acre elephant center on Fellsmere Grade, south of the C54 Canal.
"We should be starting in a couple of weeks," said Mike Williams Jr., the company's project manager. "And about November we'll be finished."
The first phase is to include a barn, a keeper station and four elephant paddocks, with enough pasture for up to 10 elephants.
Lehnhardt said the center board of directors chose Williams partly on the strength of its prior project, the animal hospital at the Brevard Zoo.
The National Elephant Center is a collaboration of 73 zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Lehnhardt said the center will help the zoos care for their elephants, especially when young males reach an age where they would normally leave their family herd and go off on their own.
"It's very, very hard to find a place for an elephant to go," he said. "There's no space to just move elephants among zoos."
The center would offer space for elephants until new zoo space could be arranged, he said. And then, he said, there are elephants kept in private hands, and others that need to go somewhere because their own zoos are no longer able to care for them.
"In the short run, we'll help the population of North American elephants," Lehnhardt said. "In the long run, we'll have training for veterinarians, keepers, curators and elephant managers."
The first phase is expected to house fewer than 10 elephants for the first few years, both the African and Asian species, while the full project, estimated at $12.5 million, is projected to allow for 36 pachyderms in coming years.
"Today an orange grove, tomorrow a pachyderm paradise," said center Chairman Rick Borangi, director of The Dallas Zoo.
Guests, meanwhile, cheered on the project, hailing it as an economic boon as well as a new spot on the map for Fellsmere.
"This is a great link between Indian River and Brevard counties," said state Sen. Thad Altman, R-Melbourne who said he hopes to run for a newly configured district that would include Fellsmere. "It's exciting to see our (Brevard) zoo step out and provide a service."
The Brevard Zoo in Melbourne doesn't have elephants, but is part of the zoo coalition that helped fund the center.
Dave Fuchs, a resident north of Fellsmere for about 12 years, said he thought it will be great to have elephants in the community.
"This is great for the community and the elephant center," he said. "It's a good merger of opportunities."
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Line up one hundred Mormons who are doing family history work, and you will hear at least that many miraculous stories. Supernatural help is common in the effort — the heavens are open, and many people there long to make eternal covenants that can bind their families together eternally and exalt them in the process. They intervene to move the work along and overcome hurdles slowing the work down. An Old Bible, Lost for Decades,...Read More
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I love hearing the stories of people who have converted to Mormonism — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It seems like in every case, the person was seeking. Either the person was not getting answers from the limited teachings of other churches, or the person was seeking religion for the first time and praying to find the truth. Each can trace the path they followed to their conversion to The Church of Jesus...Read More
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Earlier today I posted that I was thinking about creating a Chrome extension which would allow me to easily add new sites to my bookmarks section. My friend Devin responded asking if I knew about the Press This functionality. Although I was in fact aware of Press This, I had to admit that I've never actually used it before so I gave it a try. While I was quite impressed with what it did, it did not really do what I needed.
How Press This Works
- The title tag of the html document is inserted as the value of the post title.
- If any text was selected, it is inserted into the content box
- A link to the document is appended to the content box.
What I Need to Do
- I need to create a bookmark and not a post.
- I need to automatically set the title.
- I need all custom taxonomies to display.
- I need to set the name and value of a custom field.
On my site I have one custom post_type registered (mfields_bookmark) which I use to archive interesting articles about web development that I have read. Unfortunately, Press This only seems to enable you to create "posts". My initial idea was to create a custom popup window by copying the code from
press-this.php into a custom function which would be triggered via
admin-ajax.php. Seemed like a good idea, but it also sounded like a lot of work! After thinking about it, I really didn't need the popup window, I would be happy if my bookmarklet just opened
post-new.php in a new tab. So I started hacking
post-new.php's query string to see if the post form would recognize any values… And it did!
Post Title
The post title can be injected by setting a value to post_title. Something Like this works rather well:
Although, I will not need to set the content here, I found that it can easily be set in much the same way:
Custom Field
I only need one custom field to be defined for a bookmark post to function properly. I couldn't find any hooks that I could use in core so I decided to try a bit of javascript. I came up with the following code which I added to my theme's functions.php file:
add_action( 'admin_head-post-new.php', 'mfields_process_bookmark_bookmarklet' ); function mfields_process_bookmark_bookmarklet() { global $post; if ( isset( $post->post_type ) && 'mfields_bookmark' === $post->post_type && isset( $_GET['mfields_bookmark_url'] ) ) { $url = esc_url( $_GET['mfields_bookmark_url'] ); print <<< EOF <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery( document ).ready( function ( $ ) { $( '#metakeyselect' ).val( 'resource_url' ); $( '#metavalue' ).text( '{$url}' ); } ); </script> EOF; } }
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Basically when you call this function, it will open post-new.php in a new tab sending the title and url of the document you were just viewing as well as setting the value of post_type to mfields_bookmark.
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I hope that someone out there finds this useful. I'm pretty excited about it as it will really cut down the steps involved in posting bookmarks on my site.


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Daytona Beach, Florida, (March 10, 2012) - Justin Barcia was fastest in the mud during qualifying for tonight's Daytona Supercross, the GEICO Powersports Honda rider turning a 1:26.076 on the rutted infield course, beating out Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett's 1:26.862 for fastest time in the Lites division.
Justin Barcia before the storm.
Red Bull KTM's Ken Roczen edged J-Star KTM's PJ Larsen by two tenths of a second for third-fastest time.
Fifth-fastest time went to Rockstar Suzuki's Blake Wharton, with Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Darryn Durham, GEICO Powersports Honda's Justin Bogle finishing sixth and seventh.
Track crews are currently scraping the top off the course, in an effort to get the mud off the top, however, radar indicates more showers coming tonight.
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On Photographing People: Pt. 1
Let me back up. A few months ago, I met with all of the Strobist's correspondents in Los Angeles. We were brainstorming to fill the knowledge gaps in the site's content. Suddenly Sara started off on this tangent on all of the things that get lost in the shuffle when thinking about lighting and lenses and cameras, etc. Picture a tiny Italian woman gesturing continuously as she uncorks a full brain dump (from a very, very creative mind) on all of the little things that many people never think of when photographing others.
As I was listening I kept thinking, "Someone should be writing this stuff down RIGHT NOW."
English is Sara's second language, and I normally smooth it out a little when editing her pieces. Not today. I am sending this through largely untouched. Should you come across an unusual way to express something, just imagine the Italian accent behind it.
On Photographing People, Pt. 1: Before the Shooting
By Sara Lando -- So you know your f-stops, you can balance speedlights with ambient, you can overpower the sun and color correct light to the point you can walk into a room and guesstimate the Kelvins like a boss... and yet all you get are sharp images of really uncomfortable people?
Can you be a people photographer if you're not a people person?
My best asset, according to clients and subjects, is the fact that I can make people enjoy having their picture taken and, as a result, I can ask them to do almost anything and they'll be happy to oblige.
It hasn't always been like this, though: the first time I had to photograph someone that wasn't myself, I spent the night before puking, and it was half a disaster. Ten years later, these are the things I wish someone had told me back then.
Before you can even think about what to do when you're photographing someone you have to convince them to be in front of your camera. And a lot of people find this to be really hard (after all a camera is one of the best ways to avoid talking to other human beings...).
There are basically two possibilities: hiring a professional model vs asking someone, be it a loved one or a stranger (I'm intentionally not going to cover how to steal portraits from unaware passers by with very long lenses). If you're really uncomfortable with asking people you know, I highly recommend avoiding paying for a professional model. Yet, it is often harder to take a good portrait of a model because they have enough experience to save your pictures when you don't know what you're doing. So you end up mistaking a photo of a beautiful girl for a beautiful photo. You learn very little and waste lots of money.
Also, models won't tell you what you did wrong (but they'll tell the next female photographer they work with, aka: me), while a wife is probably making a list the moment you unzip the camera bag. Suck it up and go for it!
I very rarely meet someone who doesn't hate to have their picture taken though, so we meet our very first obstacle:
How to convince people to be photographed by you
Truth is, people don't hate having their picture taken. People hate being tagged on Facebook in awful photos that everyone will see.
My advice is to start with friends and loved ones, people you feel comfortable with and can easily speak to. If you already know your friend Bob is a Star Wars fan, he will not pass on the opportunity of posing for a portrait with a full Darth Vader costume. And if you've been married for years to a woman who hates the shape of her ears, you won't make the rookie mistake of having her hair up for the pictures (ending up with her forbidding you to EVER show them to anyone).
Volunteer as the official photographer at your nana's 90th birthday. Bribe your kids. Do it again and again.
I was incredibly shy when I started photography so I decided to take a bazillion self portraits instead. Whatever you decide to do, the main goal is to build a very small portfolio of decent pictures you can show to potential
This is important because it takes an incredible amount of trust to let someone take you picture and you have to reassure people you actually DO know how to operate a camera. The only way to do so is by having work to show.
This alone isn't going to be enough. Most of the time, people will still be wary. Why would you want to take their picture? Why them?
Spot the difference between "Can I take your picture? I asked everyone else and they said no," and "Can I take your picture? I have this image in mind for a personal project and you would be the perfect fit for that. You can say no, of course, but can I show you my moodboard first?"
The second sentence works best for several reasons:
• you don't sound like an a-hole
• you are making them feel worthy of being photographed
• you imply you have an actual project in mind
• you are giving them the chance to say no
If you don't have a picture to show what you have in mind, this is where moodboards come in really handy. I can use less words and be more effective. I'm sure you can perfectly understand what I'm going after if I say: "Botticelli's Spring, Vivaldi, champagne colored tulle, and really soft hand gestures" rather than "Biker gang in a smokey bar, runaway girl, smeared mascara and a missing tooth."
Even a quick sketch can be helpful when you're trying to explain a concept. Here's an example of a concept sketch and the resulting image (takes a good leap of imagination, but it still works better than "I want to paint your face.")
Of course you need to make sure you're picking the right idea for the right subject. Don't be the one who sidelights the girl with bad skin using hard light or tries to force the shy girl into a skimpy bikini; if the picture comes out awful it's not because they're bad models, it's just that you're a jerk.
The same approach is valid even if you are contacting potential subjects on Facebook or on websites for test shootings. Have pictures in your portfolio, approach people with a project that is designed around them and be professional about it.
If you're working with a creative team everyone needs to receive the same reference material. You're the director of the whole thing. If it comes together, it's thanks to the team. If it fails, it's your fault.
Once you start planning a shooting, the first thing you might want to do is to gather all the data you will need: contact info, location availability, measurements, details that might ruin the photo shoot (e.g. a long haired model who just cut her hair really short, or has a big tattoo you weren't aware of). You can send a questionnaire to fill out, you can talk to people over the phone.
I'd rather invite them for a coffee. This is great for several reasons:
• you get to see them in person and you can start figuring out their best angles
• you get to see how they move
• you can start building a relationship with them, making them excited about the shooting
• you can answer any question or address any concern they might have and see if some of your suggestions rub them the wrong way
There's a bunch of questions first time subjects always ask me:
1) what clothes do I bring?
Unless the concept is very specific or I have a stylist involved, I usually ask them to bring something really basic, preferably in plain color. A black top, a white top, something they are very comfortable in, and a bunch of their favourite clothes. I want them to feel beautiful. Everyone has that pair of pants they wear when they want to impress. It might not be what you end up using for "The Picture," but it's a great starting point.
One piece of advice I always give: do not wear stuff your kids might mock you for, 20 years from now.
2) What about makeup?
Having a makeup artist can be great (it makes people feel pampered and special and really cuts the time you spend post producing skin.) But I often like to work without one and for a first timer I'd rather have no other people on the set.
Usually women can take care of their own makeup, but I still ask them to keep it natural. A nice base and some mascara will be enough not to make them feel "naked" and a bad makeup can really ruin a good photo.
This is also when I reassure them about skin imperfections: I will take care of them. The lights I use will make their skin beautiful and if there is a pimple, I will get rid of it in 2 seconds in Photoshop. I also send them this rollover image.
Why would I do that? Because people will obsess about a single zit and they will try to cover it with their hand, hair or hiding it away from the camera. I want them to completely forget about it when we are working. Photoshopping away an imperfection takes less than 2 seconds, but I cannot photoshop away a scared expression.
3) can I bring someone?
I don't mind people watching me work now, but it used to make me really nervous. I've always been honest about it, and I still prefer not to have people sitting around just watching.
Some may get very self-conscious while others are watching them—even more when it's loved ones—because they are afraid of being judged as "vain". My policy now is that if someone is on set, they work. I have them hold reflectors or strobes, I ask them to throw rose petals in the background. Wind machine? Pppft. I'd rather use a big piece of cardboard and someone's escort.
There are things subjects usually don't ask, but I tell them anyway:
a) bring your own music.
I like people to bring their i-Pods or burn CDs of music they love. It's something familiar in a very unfamiliar situation and can be the difference between getting to the shot in 10 minutes or 2 hours. I ask for something specific according to the mood I'm going for: bring music that makes you feel powerful. Bring the kind of music you'd listen to on a rainy day. Bring music that makes you wanna dance. If they have the reference images and I have asked them to pick songs, I can be pretty sure they will be rehearsing in front of a mirror.
One of my best purchases has been the Jambox by Jawbone. It's a small, powerful wireless bluetooth boombox you can take with you on location.
b) What I will do with your photos and what I won't do with them.
You have to have this conversation before people step into your studio. They need to know they'll be asked to sign a release and they need to be comfortable with it. I take the time to explain that the release also prevents me from using their pictures for commercial uses without their consent and that I will never publish something they haven't approved first.
c) I give them my contact informations and collect theirs.
Not only I will need this information for the model release, but I will definitely need to get hold of people if something happens and there's a change of plan and I need to make sure they can contact me if they have any problem.
My advice for dealing with "models" who don't want to give you their phone numbers or at least an email? Don't bother booking shootings with them. The pizza delivery place asks for my phone number when I place an order: it's part of what they do. No number, no pizza.
Make sure the studio (or location) you'll be shooting in is going to be clean, comfortable, with the right temperature for the clothes your subject is going to wear and a separate place for changing into them. If you don't have a changing room, a screen or a sheet stretched between two light stands will do just fine. If you're going to be outdoors, invest in a small popup tent.
Get food and water for the shooting. This might be obvious to some of you, but I assure you most photographer don't even offer their subjects a glass of tap water.
I usually go for tea and cake, but also have bottled water and fresh fruit available. I'd recommend avoiding stuff that stains teeth (no cranberry juice) and keep disposable toothbrushes and dental floss available: you don't want to photoshop speck of food out of people's smiles.
Have a list of shots you want to do and figure out in which order you are going to shoot them: you'll want to keep the time you spend building sets while your subject is standing there to a minimum. But you also might want to think about makeup and props: go from simple to most messy. If you have several steps of makeup, remember that building up is easier than taking away.
Build the first set and test your lights. Mark the spot in which you want your subject to stand. I usually ask my husband to stand in (after all that's part of his marital duties), take a bunch of self-portraits or use my pig mask impaled on a light stand, which works just as well. (You don't need to be fancy: I have used upside-down mops duct taped on chairs for quite a while and it works like a charm.)
I check my gear: batteries must be loaded, cards must be formatted, lens must be clean.
I make a call sheet and send it to everyone involved in the project: location address should be written on it, as well as everyone's contact info and a list of things they are supposed to bring and a rough schedule of the shooting. It might sound something really silly to do if it's not a big production, just like you might feel uncomfortable asking your friends to sign a model release because, after all, they're your friends, right? To answer your question: my mum signed a model release when I took her portrait.
This might make me look a bit of a nutjob, but the night before the shooting I mentally go over the whole process: I lay in bed staring at the ceiling and imagine every step of the shooting; me taking out the camera and choosing a lens, me moving lights, etc. if I get stuck at some point, I know I have a problem to solve, then I figure out a way to do that and I come up with a plan B. This is particularly helpful when you have to transition between several sets. Your model will need to wash her face from glitter before wearing a white dress and you'll be outdoor: did you get wipes?
It's not going to be like this each and every time, of course. And experience is going to play a great part in being able to get a good portrait even if my hair is on fire and my subject hates me. But being prepared gives me the luxury to make the most of the time I will have with them. If I get the picture I want in 15 minutes and the model is there for a whole hour, I now have at least 55 minutes to experiment and that is exactly what I want (I'm not great at math, but I'm quite good at pushing time limits).
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MINNEAPOLIS -- What a couple of weeks it has been for Corey Brewer.
Just 14 days ago he was a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves -- the team that drafted him seventh overall in 2007. Then, he was sitting in a Milwaukee hotel room by himself, awaiting the finalization of a trade that would send him to the New York Knicks.
Less than a week later, he was bought-out by the Knicks, signed a three-year extension with the Dallas Mavericks and found himself back in Minnesota for Monday's 108-105 victory over his former team.
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"It was a whirlwind," Brewer said as he did the rounds. "It was crazy. It was tough. Being in New York, going there, to getting the buyout to getting on (Dallas). This is a good situation. So it's good though."
It was just Brewers third game in Dallas and he only got six minutes of run and scored two points as he continues to get familiar with a new team and a new offense.
"The more he plays, the better he's going to play and the more acclimated he's going to become," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said. "All that is a process. Heck he's only been here four or five days and he's going to be able to make an impact. He's a quick learner and he loves to play. And he's young and he has a future. All those things we're excited about."
Brewer said he had never been in the visitor locker room -- often regarded as one of the smallest in the league -- and admitted coming back, especially this soon, left him with some mixed emotions.
"I really didn't want to leave (Minnesota)," Brewer said. "The best-case scenario for me would have been to sign my extension (in Minnesota) but I didn't get one. So I am in a good situation and I am happy. Can't look at the past."
The Wolves made a large investment by drafting Wesley Johnson fourth overall in the 2010 draft so Brewer, who plays the same spot as Johnson, all of a sudden became expendable.
Although get passed over a by a team you want to stay with in a town you call home is never easy, Brewer understands that once you reach this level, it stops becoming a game and starts becoming a business.
It wasn't just the Mavericks that were after Brewer's services. He said that he got phone calls from multiple teams, including the Boston Celtics and the San Antonio Spurs, but ultimately settled on Dallas.
"San Antonio and Boston are both great teams," he said. "Both playoff teams, contenders, and I like both those teams, both the coaches were great when they talked to me about coming there. But you know, coach Rick Carlisle, (assistant) coach (Dwayne) Casey and (owner Mark) Cuban, they all said 'you have a spot here, you have a chance to help us.' And I felt like it was good for me and good for them. Then, also, they gave me some job security so it was good to come here."
For the first time in his NBA career Brewer is on a winning team. After ending his collegiate career with back-to-back NCAA Championships with the Florida Gators and being named Final Four MVP, the Wolves won just 75 games in his three-and-a-half seasons in Minnesota. By comparison, the Mavericks have 46 wins this season alone and are currently the second-seed in the Western Conference playoff race.
"I am sure it is terrific thrill for him (to play on a winning team)," Wolves coach Kurt Rambis said. "It's an incredible opportunity, we're happy for him."
"I have only been here for two games but you can tell that every night is about winning," Brewer said. "Not just winning the game but it's about trying to win a championship, so that's what we're trying to do this year."
Although he says it is nice playing for a contender, Brewer did admit he misses his old friends in the home locker room.
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Next steps in HCA work for nursing students plan unveiled
Around 200 students on paid placements will test out controversial government plans to require future nurses to spend up to a year working as a healthcare assistant before starting their degree.
A 16-member steering group, including several high profile nurses, has also been announced to oversee pilot schemes for the plan, which includes several outspoken critics of the idea.
The pilots are scheduled to begin in the autumn, as revealed in April by Nursing Times.
The idea was the central proposal in the government's response to the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust Public Inquiry report.
While Robert Francis QC's report had recommended students spend at least three months working on the direct care of patients before their degree course, the government expanded it to up to year.
The idea drew largely unfavourable responses from nurse commentators and unions. Royal College of Nursing chief executive and general secretary Peter Carter invoked a public row with the government over the idea last month when he described the policy as having "more holes than a Swiss cheese".
Earlier this month, the Council of Deans of Health published a paper claiming the proposals should come with a "serious health warning" for the NHS, with "potentially serious unintended consequences" for the role of HCAs, mentorship of students and patient safety.
It argued that focusing on the year after a newly-qualified nurse joined the profession "may be far more significant" than the year before a student joined their course.
However, student nurses themselves appear divided. A Nursing Times survey of over 1,400 students in April found 42% thought it was a good idea and the same percentage that it was a bad idea.
The national steering group announced yesterday by Health Education England will be chaired by Sir Stephen Moss, a former nurse and manager, who is currently a non-executive director at Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust. His most high profile role was as turnaround chair of Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust from August 2009 until January 2012.
The group also includes leaders from the RCN, Unison, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the Department of Health.
It will oversee the pilot programme to "see how best to take forward these proposals and assess the most appropriate timescale", Health Education England said in a statement. The group will also be responsible for evaluation in areas, including the ability to test for values and behaviours and reductions in attrition rates.
The statement added that the pilots were "likely to involve up to 200 nursing students on paid placements across the country from this autumn".
Professor Ian Cumming, chief executive of Health Education England, said: "The healthcare experience will allow students to understand whether nursing and hands-on care is right for them.
"It should be hard to be a nurse – a vocation, a real desire, not just something you accept as second best so you can do a degree course."
Sir Stephen Moss, Chair of the steering group, said: "I am delighted to have been asked to chair the steering group for this important piece of work."
He added: "It is vitally important that we deliver skilled patient care, with kindness and compassion, and piloting this pre-degree experience will enable us to test out the effectiveness of exposing potential students to front line care and professional values at an early stage, before their formal degree programme.
"Of one thing I am certain, that is that things cannot stay as they are. We owe it to those we serve to continually seek new and innovative ways to meet their needs."
Steering Group members:
- Sir Stephen Moss (Chair), Non-executive director, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Lisa Bayliss-Pratt (Vice-chair and project director), Director of Nursing, Health Education England
- Jo Lenaghan, Director of Strategy, Health Education England
- Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer, NHS England
- Viv Bennett, Director of Nursing, Department of Health and Public Health England
- Peter Blythin, Director of Nursing, NHS Trust Development Authority
- Peter Carter, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing
- Gail Adams, Head of Nursing, UNISON
- Ieuan Ellis, Chair, Council of Deans of Health
- Dame Christine Beasley, Chair, North Central and East London, Local Education and Training Boards
- Dean Royles, Chief Executive, NHS Employers
- Mark Newbold, Chief Executive, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, CEO Provider
- Sally Brearley, Chair, Nursing and Care Quality Forum
- Jackie Smith/Judith Ellis, Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Ann Farenden, Care Quality Commission
- Alan Robson, Deputy Director of Workforce Development Strategy, Department of Health
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'Steering Group' and what about representatives from the 'shop floor'? A Nursing Student or newly qualified nurses??
This could very possibly end in tears - I'm not sure who will be doing the crying, but quite possibly someone will be reduced to anguished tearfulness, over this one !
or even a patient?!
It will be a hard job removing the poor practice habits that these potential students will pick up while working as HCA's for a year. The message is coming through very clearly that those in high places obviously believe that there is NO difference between Student Nurses studying to become Registered Nurses and HCA's. It is because of this ill conceived belief that Student Nurses are not qualifying with the required skills as they are being counted in the Ward numbers while in practice and are not being given the opportunities to undertake drug rounds, or management of patients/wards. What is needed is a root and branch review of how students are treated while in practice.
I would like to see the Steering Group, work as HCAs, giving direct patient care for 2 solid months. To refresh their skills + perspective of frontline care, as well as gaining contemporary experiences of what is required from staff currently (not a few years ago) - or are they 'too posh to wash' ;o)
If working as a HCA for xx months before a nursing programme (for those who want to become registered nurses) is paid at the correct rate, of course students (especially younger students) would love to earn a bit of money before the tough programme of juggling clinical work and academic studies takes over their lives. It might be a bit tougher for those who has changed careers. However if undersupervised, undersupported, or received inadequate training, it is easy to pick up bad habits which is then much harder to retrain someone whose spent a year reinforcing poor practice. All of which isn't good for patients care.
Most student nurses are currently working 50% clinical practice:50% academic work, equating to about 1.5 years hands-on work by the time they qualify, on top of which, some work extra shifts as HCAs due to the needing more money to survive on (otherwise they'll quit the course, at any stage of their programme)
When student nurses are being used as an extra pair of hands, the quality of their learning is fair poorer than when properly supported / supervised by registered mentors. When appropriate, a combination of getting stuck in and taking a step back + being able to see and reflect on their own + other staffs clinical practices is much better for a students' development.
Respecting everyone, patients, relatives, all levels of staff is one of the things will help to improve practice all round.
who's bad habits may i ask! dont forget students are under the instruction of matron, ward managers,sr, sn come on!
Who is going to be mentoring these HCAs??!! By the sounds of the previous commentator, there is no one fit to do so....never mind anyone who is going to have the time!
no! to much paperwork!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Speaking from my own experience, I wholeheartedly agree with what anonymous said at 12.30. We're not learning to become nurses, we're already working as HCA's while on placement. We're allocated mentors who are staff nurses, but the reality is that the majority in my experience do use us as HCA's instead because they are so stretched and unsupported themselves and have no time or energy to teach us.
Does Professor Cumming have an evidence base to support his assertion that students currently enrol in nurse education 'as second best so you can do a degree course'? I have never met a student who has done this and in the unlikely event I ever did they would not remain a student for long! I fear Prof. C. would fail his degree if he used unsupported assumptions like this in his work.
Mmm, might be useful experience so let`s see what can be learned from this trial. This will not, however, prevent under-staffing and incompetent bonus-chasing, harm-causing management.
This is just my opinion. I am waiting to hear managers` opinions. Are any of you reading this ? Would love to hear what you think the problems and solutions are and what you have done to help the health service.
That`s if you get any time left after sending out countless emails.
Respect to my colleagues. RNLD `96
What the hell are the RCN and Unison, (who know how stupid, pointless and wasteful this idea is) doing participating in the steering group? This is exactly the problem with these two. Behaving like slightly petulant but easily ignored children is NOT the way to represent nurses and the profession. STOP COLLUDING with this bunch of NHS-hating morons and mount proper opposition to the ministry of feckin' silly ideas.
DH Agent - as if ! | 10-May-2013 12:25 pm
tears don't work either!
Anonymous | 11-May-2013 12:02 pm
Oh, I'm not suggesting that the tears will work - simply that I feel some people will be driven to tears over this one !
I'm still trying to figure out, exactly what does work re improving NHS behaviour/services. Lots of 'counting of things' on its own isn't enough, but that seems to be the only thing the NHS is really keen on.
RGNs and HCAs are two distinct and separate animals. By working as HCAs the assumption is that RGNs don't care but that HCAs do.
As mentioned above what should happen is that Students are afforded the luxury of not being in the numbers. They should be the shadow. The current 50:50 split of practical and theory would work as it was intended if Students just absorbed - not grafted.
This can only work if wards are staffed and run well. As we know this is not the case (the staffing more than the running) what do we do? We don't address the problem of understaffing we simply add on and add on layers of other working. Ridiculous and very wrong.
Thought the panto Dame had retired, still got her seat on the gravy train the fat pig.
redpaddys12 | 12-May-2013 3:00 am
now who is trolling?
redpaddys12 | 12-May-2013 3:00 am
"Thought the panto Dame had retired......"
Oh no she didn't!! She's still got the truffle-snorting gear snuffling after public money. She's got to eat, after all.
OK, at least there's a trial...but really.
I could understand 3 months experience, and anyone wanting to be a nurse would (probably) have some or get some sort of experience in healthcare (HCA most likely) just to get some insight if they really are keen (i know i did).
Yet again, the Gov takes advice & recommendation and does their own thing!
I wonder if nurses from other countries look on and think WTF.
I know i do.
I am greatly concerned about the bad habits or ill informed ways of doing basic care that these students will pick up from carers.
Please I am not knocking carers.
I have seen and experienced for myself where carer are not taught or mentored, they just have to get on with it.
I have always been very concerned that carers with little or no experience are Not Taught and Assessed.
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When Thomas Norman DeWolf learned he descended from the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, it changed his life. He became sensitized to white privilege, America's history of slavery and the continuing legacy of racism. He participated in a family journey that resulted in the Emmy-nominated film Traces of the Trade and the publication of his book Inheriting the Trade.
Sharon Leslie Morgan's epiphany came as she researched her family genealogy and found at least a dozen people who had been enslaved. That some of these ancestors were fathered by white men exacerbated feelings of alienation and anger. She re-visited the past to make sense of her present and helps others do the same through her Our Black Ancestry website.
In 2008, Tom and Sharon embarked upon a "healing journey." They committed to learning more about the legacy of slavery, its impact on their lives, and the implications for people throughout the United States and internationally.
Two people from diverse backgrounds share the stories of their lives, those of their ancestors, and their journey together. Gather at the Table offers productive ways to discuss race using an approach that leads to understanding and healing for individuals and communities.
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Thomas DeWolf — a descendent of slaveholders — and Sharon Morgan — a descendent of slaves — come together to openly discuss how the legacy of slavery and racism has impacted their lives. Together, they disclose the various difficulties and rewards they experience as individuals striving to heal. Gather at the Table is a timely, candid, and deeply relevant book that offers an engaging model of restorative justice.
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Forget safety ratings, the only way of truly testing a car's toughness is to put it through its paces on a banger racing circuit, writes motoring journalist Rob Griffin.
Everyone wants to feel confident that their vehicle could protect them in a crash.
This is why manufacturers spend hours in specialist test facilities in the pursuit of coveted star ratings for safety.
But how would your vehicle cope with extreme forms of punishment?
TV show Top Gear famously tried everything to destroy a 1988 Toyota Hilux, including slamming it into a tree, hitting it with a wrecking ball, submerging it in water, and setting it alight.
They even strapped it to the top of a 23-storey tower block that was subsequently demolished.
But it managed to survive every attempt on its life and was still able to be driven away.
This may be a tad over the top but one place where strength and durability can be really tested is in the world of banger racing – especially destruction derbies where the last car running is the winner.
Over the past 40 years i''s hard to think of a car that hasn't been taken to its limits in this uncompromising sport where minimal strengthening is allowed.
Everything from Ford Fiestas, Vauxhall Astra Estates, Kia Prides, and MGB GTs, to Jaguar XJs, Rover P5s, Ford Granadas, Nissan Bluebirds, and Rolls Royces have all been used at some stage.
Of the modern day cars, however, Fords are proving pretty hard to beat, according to long-time racer Steve Anscombe, a star of the forthcoming "Banger Boys" series on the History Channel.
The former champion says: "The Ford Cougar, Ford Mondeo and Ford Scorpio Ultima are by far the strongest. The amount of rigorous crash testing that goes on has made them very tough."
In fact, the big Fords have proved to be so resilient that they are actually banned from many meetings across the country for being too strong for rival marques.
"Ford Mondeos (pictured right) are nigh on indestructible," says Steve.
"You've almost got to smash the wheels off to kill them.
"Cougars are even stronger at the back end and tend to stay together a lot better."
Other vehicles that are regularly raced include the Vauxhall Vectra and Lexus LS400.
"A lot of drivers like the Lexus but although the chassis is strong I feel the bodywork tears off too easily," Anscombe adds.
Steve's experiences with Fords are backed up by data from Euro NCAP, which provides independent assessments of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe.
It recently named the Ford Kuga, Ford B-Max, and Ford Transit Custom among its best in class winners for safety in 2012.
The others honoured were the Renault Clio, Volvo V40, BMW 3 Series, Fiat 500 L, and the Hyundai Sante Fe.
Class winners were praised for performing highly in four marking criteria: adult occupant protection, child occupant protection, pedestrian protection and safety assist systems.
Among the most recent market releases, Euro NCAP has given maximum five star ratings to four vehicles: the Renault Zoe, Skoda Octavia, Toyota Auris, and the Toyota RAV4.
The developments in safety witnessed in recent years have been welcomed – both for the drivers on the roads and those indulging their gladiatorial passions on the track, such as Steve Anscombe.
"The cars we were racing in the late 1980s and 1990s were incredibly weak and really suffered with rot," he says.
"The old MK 111 and MK IV Ford Escorts were pathetically soft and fell to bits if you hit things but that's changed with all the testing that takes place now and this will only get better."
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The ford Mondeo is probably the worst car I've ever owned new hubs constantly as well as calipers and discs and pads and not forgetting injectors diesel pumps get valves ecu the list goes on happy with my audi and with 204000 miles she still going strong German was always best
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SO hang on .. the safety experts (marketing?) give the impression that cars are much safer these days. Are we saying these guys above always drive cars from the last generation not this and that's why we have mondeos etc. in. Or are we saying lots of medium bangs to eventual destruction is different to injury from crash. Also more fords in the pot = more chance of survival of A ford, but not any given specific entered ford.
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Yes for my money it is all those (mostly Ford and Vauxhall) ol' thangs that made it to rep-mobile status and/or taxi work. Horribly thrashed, skimpily maintained but soldiering on in an often tatty state but with a proverbial two-fingered gesture of defiance to the world. (just like me!)
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