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Hi! My name is Ginger Stevenson
I am Domestic Shorthair from Holts Summit, MO
Nicknames: "Spice Girl" and "Ginger Snap"
Age: 10 years old
Gender: F
Coat: short haired
Education: Ginger is my hospitality cat. When visitors come to my home, Ginger assumes the role of hostess, making each guest feel welcome and cared for. In fact, she takes her hostess role so seriously that I have to gently remind her that not everyone enjoys a cat on the lap or a nosey kitty sitting in their purse!
My favorite tricks and treats are: Ginger has a cute way of throwing her "mousy" up in the air with her paws and trying to catch it before it hits the ground. and Ginger's favorite treats are crunchy tartar-control snacks.
Where I hang out: Ginger's most favorite place is the "cat chair" where she can watch the birds in the yard or the hummingbirds at the feeder.
My favorite grubs: Because her brother Sampson needs to eat Hill's GD prescription diet for weight control, Ginger enjoys eating it too. It keeps her slim and trim and her coat shiny and sleek.
My pet peeves: Ginger has become "Queen Kitty" in our home. She and her litter mate Sampson have been together all their lives, and even shared the same cage (by their own choice) at the animal shelter for three years before they came home with me. So when they set up housekeeping in my house, it was just natural that they sleep, play and eat together. They even enjoy bathing each other. But when their new little "brother" Darcy came to live with us, Ginger was not happy with the intrusion of this little five-month-old "wild child." Ginger has finally learned to tolerate Darcy and even playfully romp through the house with him. But when Ginger has had enough of his kitty antics, she puts her paw down and lets him know with a hiss, a growl, and even a swipe of her paw or a little nip. Queen Ginger is still on her throne!
What I love about my owners: Hello, I'm Ginger. My brother Sam and I were born in 2006 and brought to the animal shelter. We lived together in the same cage for three years until my owner brought us home to live with her. I'm so glad she took us both, because I sure didn't want to be parted from my brother. He irritates me sometimes, but I really do love him. After my owner brought me home, she gave me a fuzzy mouse. It was filled with catnip which just made me crazy. I love my owner so much that at night when she goes to bed, I bring her my mouse as a gift and lay it on her bed. When she finds it in the morning, she cuddles me and gives me kisses. Once my mouse disappeared for a long time. My owner looked and looked for it, but she thought it was lost. She brought me another mouse just like the first one, but I didn't like it as much. Then one day she found my old mouse in her bathrobe pocket. I was so happy to have my old mouse back. Now we have "old mousy" and "new mousy." My brother Sam likes new mousy, so he can have it. I can tell my owner really loves me, and I think she's pretty special too!
My cat hobbies: Ginger loves to nap in her favorite cat chair, often with her front paws crossed, or leaning back looking like a miniature kitty "buddha." In the winter, she enjoys sitting in front of the heat register or finding that elusive patch of sunshine on the floor.
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Ginger is a very special kitty. Her homecoming was actually a last-minute decision, but a decision I'll never regret. When I found my big blue Sampson at the Callaway Hills Animal Shelter, all I was looking for was one adult cat. But as I was getting ready to bring Sam home in the cat carrier, the shelter manager said, "Don't you want to take his sister too? They came to us together and have lived in the same cage here all their lives." Taking a big deep breath, I asked to see Sam's sister. She was a beautiful apricot dilute tortoise shell with delicate black eyeliner, and I noticed she had the same blue-gray as Sam interspersed in her lovely coat. A little shy and with gentle inquisitive eyes, my heart just broke. Somehow, we "crammed" two adult cats into the cat carrier. Since I was only traveling a few miles, we thought the siblings would be okay. Their journey home was uneventful and they amazed me at how quickly they settled in. Even though Sam was the more outgoing one, Ginger stole my heart with her charming ways and sweet intelligent eyes. I'm so grateful to the animal shelter for encouraging me to not separate brother and sister. Ginger has now established her throne as queen of the house!
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The participation of patients and family members on our Patient and Family Advisory Councils is very important in helping us continually improve the services we offer to the community. As a council member, you work alongside healthcare professionals to tackle issues that are easier to see from "the other side of the bed." This includes helping to identify issues that are more important to patients and families than healthcare professionals realize. With your input, we can design programs and services that meet real healthcare needs as patients and families define them.
See a list of our Advisory Council's accomplishments.
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In addition to being on a formal committee, there are many other ways you can participate in our Patient and Family Advisory Councils. Here are some of the ways you can make a difference:
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Don't do windows? Need some help with stone floor care? If so, it might be time to look into hiring a subcontractor or two.
Even the largest building service contractors do not always have on staff the skilled technicians necessary to handle the many special service tasks of our industry. Subcontractor experts in specialty areas bring that expertise to your business.
Moreover, if you have any regional and national contracts, you might have certain accounts that extend outside of your business's geographic capability. Subcontractors can provide the extra coverage needed in those remote locations to secure more business.
Understanding how subcontractors can help you create a more scalable business is the easy part. The hard part is hiring a quality, reliable, honest individual or business. Keep in mind that the subcontractor is representing you and your business to your customer.
To protect your business and the subcontractor's business, the working relationship mustn't begin without a comprehensive, detailed written agreement.
Why a written agreement?
A written agreement should protect your business (and the subcontractor) in many ways. It goes far beyond the simple agreement to perform the work. First, you need to specify in writing that your subcontractors (whether they're individuals or other businesses) aren't employees and that they're responsible for paying their own taxes and benefits.
Second, the agreement must spell out the scope of work, including the subcontractor's responsibilities, and the payment rate (project or hourly) and deadlines. The agreement document also should contain a provision allowing your company or the contractor to terminate the contract within a certain amount of notice – 30 days, for example. Additionally, the agreement should include provisions in the event of non-payment or incomplete or substandard work. Also determine which party would be responsible for correction of substandard work.
Addendums to the agreement. The written agreement is the foundation of the subcontractor agreement. It is the base document in the file of documentation you will need to keep on each subcontractor you hire. There are three more key pieces necessary to obtain from subcontractors prior to the start of work.
Certificates of insurance. Include a provision in the agreement that requires subcontractors to obtain and maintain worker's compensation, general liability and automobile liability insurance. Ask for a certificate of insurance, which is a form issued by the subcontractor's insurer that details the coverages, expiration dates and limits of their policies. Requesting a certificate of insurance does not transfer any risk, but it does tell the contractor whether the subcontractor has adequate coverage.
Indemnification. Require subcontractors to sign a "hold-harmless" or indemnity agreement, which are non-insurance, contractual agreements used to transfer risk from one party to another. This basically means the subcontractor agrees to take responsibility in the case of a lawsuit against your business as a result of an incident related to the subcontractor.
Compliance with immigration laws. The third document to be obtained in tandem with the written agreement is a certificate of compliance with immigration laws and regulations. When signed, the subcontractor is disclosing that workers are legally allowed to work in the United States.
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Newcastle Mall in KZN opens its doors
Newcastle Mall regional shopping centre is a hive of activity ahead of tomorrow's opening, located in KwaZulu-Natal.
Tenants are putting last minute finishes to their stores and window displays while builders and contractors hurry to clean and clear the way for tomorrow's onslaught of shoppers looking to capitalize on the many opening specials.
"Life will certainly change for local shoppers, who till now have had to wrestle with the limited facilities, inadequate parking, and restricted trading hours of an over-traded CBD or travel long distances to shopping centres in Durban, Pietermaritzburg, and Johannesburg" said Centre Manager Hester Malan.
The opening of Newcastle Mall tomorrow will henceforth redefine the shopping experience for people living both within Newcastle, and surrounding towns. With 94 top quality stores spanning food and fashion, furniture and décor, footwear, eyewear, home-wear, sports-wear, audio, electronic, and banking, shoppers can look forward to more choice, quality, and convenience than ever before.
In 2007 developers Zenprop Property Holdings (Pty) Ltd acquired the rights to develop the shopping centre on the 21ha site adjacent to the Black Rock Casino and Hotel, on the corner of Oak Avenue and the Ladysmith Road and within close proximity to the intersection with the N11. Ground works on this R 400m development commenced in January 2011, and with construction progressing well and largely ahead of schedule, Newcastle Mall stands ready and poised to welcome shoppers come 9am tomorrow.
Newcastle Mall offers 94 stores spanning 38 000m2 of air-conditioned retail space. There's an exceptional line-up of leading South African major retail chains including Woolworths, Checkers, Game, Pick n Pay, and Edgars, a vast array of restaurants, services, and banking institutions alongside a host of local offerings and a sprinkling of international brands.
Newcastle Mall will also play home to several retailers and food operators that are new both to the town and the region at large. These include popular coffee shop franchise, Mug & Bean; Capello's, a popular Johannesburg-based bistro-lounge; a Fish-Aways and Debonaires combo store; and a new generation Milky Lane / Giramundo combo store providing flamed grilled chicken and delectable ice cream products.
On the fashion front, new-comers include leading international clothing brand, Kurt Geiger, Trappers Trading, Rage Shoes, Bargain Books, American Menswear Lifestyle, and Street Gear. Additional boutique-style outlets delivering the latest in fashion and accessories, as well as a specialized bridal boutique, the latest in eye ware, hair, and beauty products will complete the Mall's vibrant tenant mix.
Abundant free on site parking together with multiple public transport drop-off points and state of the art security will ensure that shoppers enjoy unhindered access to a world class shopping environment that is clean, safe, and secure. Designated parking for the disabled and mothers with young children has also been allowed for.
While 29 March will be all about shopping, shoppers are also invited to attend our celebrations on Thursday 5 April. Ms Remona Moodley, the 2011 Miss SA 1szt Princess, will be among the list of VIPs attending our launch function, and will be making a public appearance and signing autographs inside the mall during the afternoon on 5 April.
On the evening of 5 April, Newcastle Mall will light up the skies with a fantastic aerial display of fireworks. The display will commence at 7pm and will last approximately 15 minutes. His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelethini will be on hand to depress the plunger and detonate the display, setting the sky above Newcastle ablaze with colour and light. Residents of Newcastle are invited to join us on site in front of entrance 2 to witness the magical display.
We also urge residents within the area to take the necessary precautions with regard to their animals and pets during this time.
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> I'm running Windows XP on the PC I use to access the server.
The odds are extremely good that you already have OpenSSH and OpenSSL on the
Fedora server. The ssh server is also likely to be running. What you need
is a Windows client, if the server is headless. Google around for Putty.
The secure shell program, a secure copy program, etc., will all fit on a
floppy, and it's all a free download from a single site. I never travel
without it. If I need the programs, I copy them straight from the floppy to
the desktop and run them from there. If you've never used an ssh client
before, you'll probably be reading a couple of docs, but it's not that
If the server is headless, you can't connect from your PC with Putty, and
you think you're using it correctly, then you'll obviously have to hike
over to the server room and connect a monitor and keyboard. You may have to
restart the server to for it to find the new hardware. Login as root, and
type 'service sshd start'. You should see:
Starting sshd: [ OK ].
You might try connecting via PC/Putty again now, to ensure that all is well,
and get out of the cold noisy server room.
Bear in mind that Fedora 2 is in legacy maintenance now, and your server
quite probably needs an update. I don't like the up2date system, but odds
are good it's already configured and will trundle along. So, still as root,
type 'up2date -u'. You may have to do this a couple of times, due to some
mirrors no longer carrying Fedora Core 2 packages.
The rootkit hunter probably is not installed on the server. I see a post
from Moe Trin about that, so I'll not go into it. Hopefully it's on your
news server as well.
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Dal Bo spent years sifting through Salvation Army donations, collecting homeless-home-videos for her series of VHS weavings. The works are a sort of homage to those intentionally or perhaps unintentionally discarded memories, dropped off at the doorsteps of secondhand shops.
Sitting for hours in front of an industrial Jacquard loom, Dal Bo skillfully throws a custom shuttle of the shiny tape back and forth across a warp of up to 1600 threads. Despite the minimalist results, those familiar with fibers will appreciate her unique and challenging material approach. The rest of us can marvel at the way this once ubiquitous object has been thoughtfully transformed. • Read More: To see other projects Dal Bo had been involved with visit The Institute Of Every Day Life, a innovative art-lab led by Ingrid Bachmann in Montreal, Quebec. (Image: 1, 3, Dana Dal Bo; 2. Hexagram)


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RANGOON — Over 10,000 local companies have been called out for failing to pay taxes to the Burma government during the 2012-13 fiscal year.
The Internal Revenue Department (IRD) on Thursday released a notice on its website listing 10,670 companies that are required to contact the department by March 20 because they did not pay taxes in the last fiscal year, which ended in March 2013, and have not been in touch since then.
It remains unclear whether these companies are still operational, according to Tin Htun Oo, director of IRD, who said many of them had not paid taxes in several years.
"Most companies have had no connection with our department for four or five years, so we want to know clearly which companies have stopped their businesses, and also which companies are newly founded and have not started operating yet. Companies that do not contact the department by March 20 will be considered abolished," he told The Irrawaddy on Friday, adding that any company found to be operational would be forced to pay its overdue taxes.
Tax evasion is a major problem in Burma. Even more than 10,670 companies did not pay their dues for the 2012-13 fiscal year, according to the IRD director, but the others contacted the department over the past year, after receiving reminder letters to pay immediately.
"If taxpayers evade their dues, the government can't operate its necessary public works," he said, adding that a majority of operational companies did pay their taxes.
The IRD formed in 1972 and falls under the Ministry of Finance. It currently collects four types of taxes and duties: income taxes, commercial taxes, stamp duties and state lottery taxes.
A separate list of 100 companies that paid the most in commercial and income taxes for the 2012-13 fiscal year showed that tobacco and alcohol companies, along with a mix of other businesses in a range of industries from mining to tourism and banking, were among the biggest taxpayers. Relatively small companies were the most heavily taxed, while huge conglomerations bore a lesser tax burden.
The current fiscal year for 2013-14 ends at the end of this month.
Advice to Burmese companies : Keep in touch with tax officials.They are flexible enough..
If the government fails to track tax issues, it is rid problem. Quarterly reports and year end reports must be required by the law. The government seems unable of knowing which companies are operational and what companies are out of business. The poor job done by the government is to blame. Track them and fine them if companies fail to comply with the law.
It's not going to be easy to follow up on those investigations in the absence of viable law enforcement.
Companies must be audited every year if they are believed cheating taxes. Other than that the country may never be financially viable.


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The news lately about the Delphi retirees' battle with the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. and the Obama administration hits close to home with me. I have numerous relatives and friends who are retired from Delphi / Packard Electric, some hourly and some salaried.
One principle most of us were raised on is the idea of fairness. For example, liberals have made an issue in the current presidential campaign of Mitt Romney - and many people who earn income through investments - paying only 15 percent tax on capital gains earnings, saying that income is income regardless of the source. OK, then how can the Obama administration justify eliminating the medical benefits and slashing the pensions of Delphi salaried retirees while making whole the pensions and benefits of hourly (unionized) employees of the same company?
The explanation by union officials that GM's bailout and reorganization followed standard procedure is hogwash, to put it mildly. Based on the emails exchanged between President Obama's Auto Recovery Task Force and his Treasury Department, we now have proof that the Obama administration made the call on this. They even ''disinvited'' the PBGC to a meeting scheduled to discuss the issue when it was being decided.
Obviously there is still a heavy union influence in this area, but ask yourself this: How would you feel if the company you recently retired from had to be bailed out to avoid bankruptcy and some of the employees' pensions and benefits were guaranteed while you were one of those whose medical was canceled and pension slashed in half - for political reasons?
Which brings us to Warren Mayor Doug Franklin. He wrote a letter to the editor this week saying he felt bad for the Delphi salaried retirees and that both union and salaried should be treated fairly. Well, he's ''a day late and a dollar short,'' as they say, because a week or so ago Mr. Franklin showed much sympathy for the unionized employees and none for the salaried retirees. I don't know why, since the unionized workers' pensions were made whole.
Furthermore, if he really cared about GM employees, then why are most or all the vehicles Warren purchases Ford products? Franklin was safety-service director for eight years before being elected mayor and a councilman before that, so he had plenty of say in what make of vehicle the city bought. Way to support GM employees, Mr. Mayor.
Speaking of ''leaders'' who are supposed to support ALL the people in their jurisdiction, I see where Congressman Tim Ryan - in whose district Packard / Delphi originated and where many of their retirees still live - refused to sign the bipartisan letter asking House and Senate leaders to demand documents from Treasury and the PBGC which would help clarify this issue. Is this Mahoning Valley still so beholden to radical unionism that even our elected officeholders will publicly stick it to non-unionized employees?
The craven and coldhearted decisions made by the Obama administration during GM's bailout and reorganization are other reasons why I've lost faith in labor unions. I worked for 23 years at Copperweld Steel in Warren before it closed in 2001, and seven years at a packaging company where I belonged to the paper workers union. At both companies, if you had a grievance but didn't have close friends at the union hall, then you may as well use that grievance form in the outhouse because they would ''throw you under the bus.''
Frankly, with union / biased leaders like Obama, Ryan and Franklin - who pick and choose who they'll represent - it's no wonder so many people have lost faith in the whole process.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Summerville Medical Center received a new state-of-the-art MRI unit Tuesday morning. The suite was so large it was airlifted in from a crane and dropped down into the hospital.
The suite has new features no other in the area does:
Imagine looking up at scenes of a Tahitian beach and listening to classical music as you have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan done at the hospital.
As Summerville Medical Center (SMC) upgrades its MRI suite, the hospital is adopting innovative changes to help ease patient anxiety. At the same time, the new scanner's design and accompanying technology will allow more people to benefit from MRI scans, which can be an important diagnostic tool.
"We're continuing to invest in state-of-the-art capabilities so our community doesn't have to drive downtown for specialized treatment. Our nationally recognized quality care is the result of the technology we offer and the passion of our team," says CEO Lou Caputo.
Highlights of SMC's $1.9 million MRI makeover:
• New dimensions – SMC is replacing its current MRI equipment and adding GE Healthcare's Optima MR 450W with the Geometry Embracing Method (GEM). The new scanner is quieter and more comfortable. The diameter of its inner tunnel (bore) is wider and shorter, so the patient won't be as enclosed, helping to prevent claustrophobic reactions. The added width of the opening will allow larger patients (up to 500 pounds) to have MRI scans done at SMC. New technology will expand the types of neurological, pediatric and breast MRI scans available at SMC.
• A soothing, sensory approach – SMC is incorporating Caring Suite features with adjustable music, visual imagery and mood lighting. Before they enter the MRI suite, patients will be given an iPad that allows them to choose from a menu of options. Patients can bring in their own iPads or iPods if they prefer to listen to their own songs. "The whole goal is to give them some sort of control in an environment where they don't feel like they have a lot of control," says Director of Imaging Greg Williams. SMC is the only location in the Charleston area to offer Caring Suite.
• Mavrik capabilities - SMC will add in GE's new Mavrik SL imaging application, which should make it much easier to read MRI scans of bone and tissue near metallic implants, such as joint replacements, or certain kinds of dental work. Kevin Morris, GE product specialist for South Carolina, says Mavrik is not being used anywhere else in the Charleston area, but has been well received in other areas. "The feedback that we've been getting so far is that the doctors are very impressed with it."
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The IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® defect- and change-tracking system captures and tracks all types of changes for any type of project. The Rational ClearQuest Web feature provides access to repositories through a web-based interface.
Performance has often been a concern for Rational ClearQuest Web customers. Before deploying a new IBM® Rational® ClearQuest® version, customers will usually test whether the new version meets their performance requirements. If it does not, they try to determine the source of the performance problems and to do the necessary performance tuning.
Rational ClearQuest Web 7.1 architecture has changed substantially with the introduction of Web 2.0 technology and Change Management (CM) Server. Because of these architectural changes, the performance testing and tuning techniques for ClearQuest Web v7.0 (that is, the techniques described in CQWeb: Performance and Tuning) no longer apply to Version 7.1.
This article describes a systematic approach to performance testing and tuning that is suitable for ClearQuest Web 7.1. Most of the content in this article has been validated by using it on a customer site.
What's different in ClearQuest Web 7.1
There are two main differences in ClearQuest Web 7.1 that affect performance testing and tuning methods significantly:
- CM Server. This provides server-side support for Rational ClearQuest and IBM® Rational® ClearCase® WAN interfaces. It replaces the Request Manager in ClearQuest Web v7.0 and has different tuning guidelines from that version. The About Change Management Server topic in the Rational ClearQuest Information Center provides a general introduction to CM Server. A link to the topic is available in the Resources section of this article.
How to design test scenarios
A test scenario must emulate the situations that occur in the actual production environment.
The test scenarios designed by the Rational Performance Engineering team are available in the developerWorks article IBM Rational ClearQuest Web Version 7.1 Performance Reports. Review these performance tests before you start to create your own.
It is essential to understand the application before testing it. Teams often design test scenarios based on their own experience or guess about how others use ClearQuest Web. This approach often does not reflect the real usage model, which you can obtain by analyzing the ClearQuest Web IHS log file,
- In v7.0, using the Microsoft Windows operating system, the file is located at
C:\Program Files\Rational\Common\rwp\logs
- In v7.1, the file is located at
C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\common\IHS\logs.
The log file contains information such as the IP addresses that have accessed ClearQuest Web, the date and time that ClearQuest Web was accessed, the HTTP access method (for example, GET or POST), and the URL that was accessed.
The file has the following format:
220.127.116.11 - - [14/Jul/2010:14:31:53 +0800] "GET /cqweb/cqhelp.cq?action=welcomepage HTTP/1.1" 200 7604
It is usually safe to assume that each different IP address corresponds to a different end user. Use the Firebug add-on to the Firefox browser to analyze ClearQuest Web HTTP requests and help you map URLs to end-user transactions. A link to download the Firebug add-on is available in the Resources section of this article. To use the Firebug add-on:
- Open Firebug.
- Execute one transaction in ClearQuest Web, watch the corresponding HTTP requests in Firebug, and log the requested URLs.
- Repeat Step 2 until you get the URL information for all of the transactions of interest or for all of the URLs listed in the
- Use this information to map the URLs to the transactions. This is feasible because different transactions usually have different URLs. However, if more than one transaction shares the same URL, group them as one combined transaction.
After you obtain the list of users, access times, and transactions, write a program to analyze it and get enough information to help design test scenarios to gather data for real production uses, such as these examples:
- User load How many users accessed the system within a specified hour? How did the user load change over 24 hours in a specified day?
- TPH (transactions per hour)
How many transactions did one user execute, on average, during a particular time period (e.g., from 9am to 10am on 2010-08-09)? How the TPH changes over time (e.g., from 2010-08-09 9am to 2010-08-10 9am)?
- Transactions
What were the main transactions? What was the percentage of each main transaction? For a combined transaction, after you get its percentage, distribute the percentage to member transactions based on your experience when you design the percentage of test transactions.
Pick the peak time, analyze the corresponding
access.log file, and get this information so that you can design better test scenarios. Repeat this analysis periodically to get a better understanding of your production environment and guide your future testing.
How to create test scripts
After you have designed test scenarios, the next step is to transform them into test scripts. The importance of this step is often underestimated. People assume that a performance testing tool such as Rational Performance Tester can generate a test script accurately. Unfortunately, sometimes that is not true. Use the following guidelines to create an accurate test script:
- Do not record a transaction once. Instead, record each transaction two times and measure the performance separately. For example, for a "Find record by ID" transaction, search record 1, search record 2, make them two transactions, and measure the performance separately. You record transactions twice because of ClearQuest Web rich client, which does caching and prefetching at both client and server side. Therefore, the HTTP requests sent the first time can differ from those sent the second time.
- Become familiar with Firebug and with the HTTP requests and responses for the transactions of interest.
- Examine the test script that is generated by the testing tool. For each transaction, compare the test script with what you actually see in Firebug to determine that they are consistent. In addition, compare Firebug output with your actual perceived performance.
On the other hand, Firebug sometimes indicates detects many ongoing HTTP requests, but the user perceives the performance as good because the requests occur in the background and have no impact on the user experience.
- Test your script to verify that it is correct. Check the error log file
SystemErr.login ClearQuest Web to make sure that there are no error messages. The log file in Windows is by default located at
C:\Program Files\IBM\RationalSDLC\common\CM\profiles\cmprofile\logs\server1\
How to tune performance
After you are satisfied with the test script, the next step is running the performance test. If the result meets your requirements, then congratulations! Otherwise, follow these steps to tune the performance:
- Tune your usage of ClearQuest. ClearQuest is flexible, and has few limitations on what you can do with query or hook code. The downside, of course, is that this flexibility can be abused and result in slow performance.
- Tune CM Server and WebSphere Server.
- Tune the underlying SQL database.
Tuning ClearQuest
This section covers query optimization and schema optimization. Query optimization concerns how to improve the performance of slow queries. Schema optimization concerns how to improve the performance of record-related operations.
Query optimization
A slow ClearQuest query is generally caused by underlying SQL syntax that is slow. Once you realize this, the optimization becomes straightforward: optimize the SLQ query and then transform between the SQL query syntax and the ClearQuest query syntax. There are many resources on how to do SQL optimization, e.g., SQL Performance Tuning by Peter Gulutzan. A link to this book is available in the Resources section of this article.
To view the underlying SQL statements:
For a ClearQuest query, get the generated SQL in the ClearQuest Eclipse client or ClearQuest client for Windows (note that it's not supported in ClearQuest Web).
- For an Eclipse client, select the query, and from the context menu, select SQL > View SQL.
- For ClearQuest client for Windows, verify that the menu item View > View SQL pane is checked. Then run or edit the query to display the various editors for the query, and click SQL editor.
If the ClearQuest query contains prompts, you must perform a preliminary step to view the statement: Copy the original query to a temporary folder, and replace the dynamic filter with a static filter. Then obtain the SQL statement by using either of the previous method.
After you obtain the SQL statement, you will find that the performance issue is caused by:
- The ClearQuest query itself. In this case, tune the query.
- The ClearQuest query does not have the capability to generate efficient SQL. In this case, transform the query to SQL, as instructed in the help topic Editing a query as SQL text. A link to this topic is available in this article's Resources section.
You usually do not need to optimize the SQL statements. Most of the issues can be resolved by tuning the query filter definition in the ClearQuest client. Slow SQL is usually caused by an inefficient WHERE clause, which corresponds to inefficient query filter definition in ClearQuest. To solve this problem, examine the whole filter tree systematically:
- Examine the filter execute plan.
- Check each query filter, including its field name, operator, and filter value.
- Consider whether the filtering operation can be done efficiently. If not, try to transform the filter to one that equivalent but more efficient.
The following tips can help you avoid some common mistakes.
- Database index is critical to query performance. A query is often slow because it has no index or an inefficient index. Determine whether a field has an index and, if so, whether the query can efficiently use the index.
- ClearQuest creates an index for
REFERENCE, and
REFERENCE_LISTfields, as well as for fields with unique keys.
- ClearQuest does not create an index for
SHORT_STRING, or
MULTILINE_STRINGfields. Therefore, if a query filter field is one of these types, and the associated table is large, the query can be very slow. To improve the query performance, consider manually creating an index for these fields.
- Use history table fields very sparingly as filters (for example,
history.action_name). This is because the history table is usually quite large, and ClearQuest does not create index for most of the fields. Manually creating an index is not recommended because the history table is frequently updated and the index could hurt update performance. However, ClearQuest does create a combined index for fields
entity_dbidby default in versions later than 22.214.171.124, if your database is created prior to 126.96.36.199, you should follow the guideline in Indexing the History table for ClearQuest to manually create one. A link to this tech note is available in the Resources section of this article.
- Use the filter operator
CONTAINSsparingly, because the CONTAINS operator does not use the index.
Schema optimization
For most record-related operations, slow performance is caused by inefficient schema design and hook code.
Some good materials are available about how to design schema for performance, such as the developerWorks article IBM Rational ClearQuest general schema design performance and the help topic Performance considerations for using hooks. A link to the help topic is available in the Resources section of this article. This article will not duplicate the main content but will highlight the following points:
- Limit the use of
Recalculate choicelist
- Reduce use of the call
- Use the following format to get a nested field value:
- Do not build a query to get a field choice list. Instead, use the following:
- Use the
REFERENCE_LISTfield sparingly. Each use adds two SQL queries.
- Avoid using Field hooks
- Prudently use back-references
- Make sure that the attachment table has an appropriate index. If your ClearQuest database is created prior to 220.127.116.11, the Attachments table is not indexed by default, you need to follow the guideline in the support document Indexing the Attachments tables for ClearQuest to manually create one. A link to this support document is available in the Resources section of this article.
To increase your understanding about when ClearQuest executes each kind of hook and to help you evaluate the hook code, see the Information center topic Execution order of field and action hooks. A link to this topic is available in the Resources section of this article.
Tuning CM Server and WebSphere Server
The tech note Change Management Server (CM Server) configuration guidelines for ClearQuest Web contains important guidelines on configuring the CM Server for optimal performance. A link to this tech note is available in the Resources section of this article.
Two CM Server parameters in particular,
maximumActiveServers and
activeHttpSessionThreshold, affect performance. The maximum number of users supported by a server is the product of the two parameters values. Given a desired number of users that you want the server to support, you can adjust the two parameters to achieve the best response time. When you adjust
activeHttpSessionThreshold, adjust
serverWorkerThreadCount also, a good starting point is to keep them same, which allows one thread to serve one session when each session has one on-going task.
WebSphere performance tuning is a big topic. Both the WebSphere Application Performance web site, and the developerWorks article Case study: Tuning WebSphere Application Server V7 for performance offer helpful guidelines. A link to the WebSphere website is available in the Resources section of this article. Two parameters, in particular, are useful in practice:
- JVM heap size. It's recommended to increase both the initial and maximum heap size to 1.5GB.
- Thread pool size. In one customer environment, we start with the default maximum value of 200 and do testing by increasing/decreasing 50 each time and finally found the maximum size of 250 for both Default and Web Container thread pool achieves the best performance. But it could be very different for your environment, it's recommended to follow WebSphere performance tuning guideline and do your own performance testing and get the best suitable value for your environment.
Tuning the database
As mentioned before, a database index is critical to performance. ClearQuest creates an index for certain types of fields, which should cover most use cases. However in edge use cases, you might want to manually create indexes to speed up certain operations. Be careful when you manually create indexes. Document every change that you make, and consult IBM support/service.
To analyze database-related issues, enable ClearQuest core tracing so that you can track slow SQL statements. In Windows, set the following registry keys to enable tracing:
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Rational Software\ClearQuest\Diagnostic] "Trace"="SQL;DB_CONNECT;" "Report"="MESSAGE_INFO=0x40B;DIAG_REPORT=0x01" "Output"="c:\\trace.txt"
This article introduces a systematic approach to performance testing and tuning the new ClearQuest Web 7.1 architecture. In terms of testing, it introduced two main phases: how to design test scenarios to emulate production usage and how to make sure test scripts reflected both test scenarios and user-perceived performance. In terms of tuning, this article introduces tips for query optimization; schema optimization; and CM Server, WebSphere, and database tuning. Many performance issues are caused by inefficient use of ClearQuest, and thus can be resolved by following best practices, as well as the tuning methods and related resources highlighted in this article. But, like any tuning guidelines, your own environment can differ and you must therefore validate these methods.
- Here are the resources that are mentioned in this article:
- Rational ClearQuest Performance Improvement
- developerWorks articles:
- IBM Rational ClearQuest general schema design performance
- WAN Performance, reliability, and scalability improvement for IBM Rational CM Server for Rational ClearCase Remote Client and ClearQuest Web
- IBM Rational ClearQuest Web Version 7.1 Performance Reports
- Performance Resources for IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest
- Case study: Tuning WebSphere Application Server V7 for performance
- Information center topics:
- WebSphere Performance web site
- ClearQuest tech notes:
- Firebug
- SQL Performance Tuning by Peter Gulutzan
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At root is the concept of speciation, in which an entirely new species is made from existing ones. By species though, all that truly has to apply is that the animals do not mate with one another. It does not, in nature, necessarily have to take on the scientific ideal that their gametes will literally NOT cause blastula formation.
Examples of this are literally everywhere, of speciation:
1) Mule dear and whitetail deer, blacktail deer, elk....all of these are thought to be VERY recent breakoffs of a common ancestor, and their continued speciation is seen everywhere that the species co-exist. In part of the American West, for example, whitetail deer are under tremendous predation pressure. Because of this, as I can attest to personally, whitetails out there are typically larger than they are found elsewhere. They also have larger ears, as many of the large predators found there give strong selection pressure to it. Contrasting this to the whitetails where I live, there is a strong selection pressure here to be mobile, faster, as starvation and smaller animal predation is the pressure.....make no mistake; this is MACRO-evolution at work. These are now two totally different species, with different mating patterns, size, physiology, WITH mixed-breeding of the larger whitetails....this actually gives even more genetic advantage, as a whitetail that is large enough, big-eared enough, are found to mate with MULE deer. This produces a genetically superior offspring, as the fawn is larger than its competition. It has occurred over many generations even recently, with marked speciation.
One can apply this same process to squirrel (gray vs red, now different species that do not mate with one another), salmon (sockeye vs keta), foxes, etc....all of these are showing active speciation.
2) The debate about where micro becomes macro is as old as evolution itself. The overwhelming consensus is that this line is completely artificial, and has never been accurately defined....what if one set of bears decides to move to higher elevations in a given place for food reasons, just by chance....and only the offspring that are large enough to now be able to take on the prey at that elevation, with the normal high culling rate in nature....and if over many generations the higher elevation, now more predator-like bears will no longer mate with the smaller ones down below.....is this a new species? Most would say yes, as I have just described black vs brown bears. In many places though, they intermingle, and DO interbreed. This is the key, the intermediate step.
3) Describing evolution in Darwinian terms is indeed a false argument, as the science has progressed so far since then....the REAL question for skeptics of macro-evolution is much simpler: find peer-reviewed studies by multiple scientists that have successfully challenged and won the debate in proving it does not exist....so far, this has not happened.
4) The idea that "ergo, God exists" is an absurdity, especially in an argument set upon the idea of "irreducible complexity". In order for their to be a complex God, there must have been an even MORE complex God that it came from. If this is not the case, then the idea that there must be a "beginning to everything" has collapsed.
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Acute Adominal series
A series of images ( often called Three way abdomen ) consisting of K U B, errect or upright abdomen, and a PA chest.
Anatomical Position
An errect body position with palms forward, feet together, and arms at sides. Radiographs are typically displayed in the anatomical position.
Anterior Posterior Projection
A projection in which the X - Ray beam travels from the front to the back of the patients body.
Caldwell Method
A posteroanterior axial projection for head work requireing a 15 degree cauded angle.
Decupitus Position
A recumbent body position ( lateral, Ventral, or dorsal ) requiring the use of a horizontal central ray.
Fan Lateral Position
A true lateral position of the hand with the digits slightly flexed and seperated. This position provides optimal demonstration of the entire hand with minimal digit superimposition.
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A lateral position of the hip with the knee flexed and the thigh abducted 40 to 45 degrees from the vertical ( modified cleaves method ).
Fuchs Method
An anteroposterior projection with the chin extended used in demonstrating the dens within the foreamen magnum.
Lordotic Chest Projection
An anteroposterior projection of the chest eighter while the patient leans back or with a cephalic central ray angle in order to demonstrate the apical chest region.
Mortise View
A 15 to 20 degree internal oblique position of the ankle best demonstrating the mortise joint.
Open mouth odontoid
a method of imaging the odontoid process ( dens ) through a patients open mouth.
Posteroanterior ( PA ) Projection
A projection in which the X - Ray beam travels from the back to the front of the patients body.
Settegast ( sunrise )
A tangential projection of the patella while the patient is supine with the knee flexed.
swimmers Position
A postioning method in which the patient is in the lateral position with one arm raised and one arm lowered used in demonstrating the cervicothoratic junction.
Trendelenburg Position
a recumbent body position with the table angled to place the feet higher than the head.
Twinning method
an upright swimmers lateral method used in demonstrating the cervicothoratic region.


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Nursing is a horrible job. Yes, the money is good, but is it worth it when you cry all the time, you have anxiety attacks that do not let you sleep, and you never feel successful at work? I went to school for years to be a BSN and now regret every minute of it. I should have listened to my gut and done something else. Most nurses are vultures and I have currently resigned from my first job. I have connected better with the aides on my floors than the other nurses. I suggest to anyone who is thinking about being a nurse to be a LPN first and then go onto being a RN, that way you don't throw your life away if you hate it. I am in therapy from all the anxiety I feel from this horrible job. Nursing sucks.
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Hi everyone!
I have read many of the stories on this site especially the ones about nursing.
At first I was thinking that maybe this isn't for me and the horror stories had scared me a little, but then I thought about it.
I love being a nursing student and as a student I have been able to work as a student nurse technician and so far I LOVE IT.
I have worked administrative asst. jobs in the past and I loved that too. I also have worked food service and liked that also. Now it's not because I was just lucky enough to get great jobs. There were and ARE plenty of people I work with that HATE it. I've learned it is all about attitude and if you hate the politics... then DON'T get involved.
All I'm saying is don't let stories of people who hate their job get you down and stop you from pursuing a nursing career.
I know many students who hate their clinical rotations and say that they think it will get better later. I tell them if they hate it now then they need to find a new career to pursue.
Nursing isn't a career you should just fall into. It is easy to tell in school if it is for you or not.
After ten years of nursing, I am finally getting out. I retire next month. I have no plans to go back, and the new job I am going to has very little to do with medicine.
For several years I worked as a traveling nurse. That was fun in that I could visit different places and have someone else pay for everything. I went to places that I never would have been able to visit otherwise. I got to see parts of America that few see, and my travel journals are packed so full of notes and photos that it would take weeks for someone to read them.
Then I made the mistake of "settling down" at a permanent job. What a big mistake. I quickly remembered why I became a traveler years before. As a traveling nurse, I was only in a place a few months, not long enough to get involved in all the usual crap that goes on in a job.
Here are the factys. Most nurses are bitches, even the males. Nurses are anal-retentive, backstabbing bitches who have a great level of hate and resentment for others. I have witnessed physical, sexual and mental haraasment by nurses, all of whom seem to feel that they themselves are above the law. I have grown to hate nurses and nursing as I have ben unable to find any "agnels" to work with and focus on.
Retiring from nursing to a higher paying job with better hours and people who act like professionals for a change took a little doing, but it will not be my final blow to nursing: I have a big surprise for the hospital and the managers I am leaving. My attorney and I have a big harrassment suit that we are going to file theweek after I leave, which will not only publically ruin the reputation of the hospital, but can expose the horrors of nursing nationally as well. Not to mention that the monetary settlement will drain the bank account of the hospital, taking the money away from the patients doctors and yes, the nurses, and putting it in my pocket instead.
In closing I want to tell anyone who has a bad experience in nursing or with nurses: Don't get mad, get even ! Call your attorney today, they will handle it from there.
I concur with the above and hope you are suing MY hospital.
Along with rude patients, co-workers, MD's, and managers, don't forget the stupid, stupid visitors! These people can make your life miserable and they are backed up by female managers looking to kiss ass.
Giving CPR and a scum-bag visitors yells, "Stop it! You're hurting him!" and they WANT visitors there, per our policy.
I totally agree with you....nursing sucks!! I just graduated last May as well and I feel like I made the biggest mistake of my life by getting into nursing. It is not at all what I expected. I have never experienced depresssion and now I know what it feels like. I just quit my job, and I have no idea what I am going to do next. All I know is that I could not take another day of it. It was making me metally, and physically ill. I hope no one ever has to feel the way I do right now.
i worked at a small rural hospital in the willamette valley in oregon and have to concur that nursing can indeed suck. i am a younger male nurse and experienced such sexist remarks as whipping boy, typical lazy male, etc. i have never experienced such blatant sexism and unprofessionalism in my life. i am currently pursuing a lawsuit. message to people going into nursing: there is a reason the burnout is so high and a shortage is pending, it isnt the job as much as it is the attitudes of the losers that have made a career out of nursing. my suggestion go into something that is more respectfull, let these idiots drive themselves into the ground.
If I didn't know any better, I'd say that I had written this "I hate nursing post". The only way I knew I hadn't is because I've quit all forms of nursing, nor do I have a current job as the economy is down (other fields just aren't hiring), consequently, I cannot afford therapy. LMAO. Ahh... anyhow, I haven't worked since August 2004, it's now September 2004. I really wanted to be nurse midwife, but after seeing how bad things are in the hospital on the scheduling and staffing front. I said forget it, but not so nicely. I have been lied on and barred from working for a specific company because I asked for help with a heavy assignment and when I was given the ultimatum by my supervisor to either take the assignment as is or resign, I resigned. However, she told HR that I abandoned my patients. Never mind the fact that I gave her report before I left. After seeing what the medical field is actually like, I would like to line up all hospital administration, nasty doctors and co workers, lazy staff members and throw fistfuls of rocks at them. Nothing to kill or hurt anyone, but the little pelting kind that cause pain, not injury but stinging pain. Then when the police get ready to haul me off to jail or the nuthouse, I'll tell them that the rocks are my pets and that they attack anyone who poses a threat to my well being. And in the perfect world, the police will then leave me alone because that's an acceptable story. Umm... know of any therapists that take charity cases?
When I was in college, I studied old videos of Skinner's rats. B.F. Skinner was the "father" of behavioral psychology. He dedicated his life to studying how far rats (and people) were willing to go in order to receive a reward or avoid a punishment.
As a culmination of his research, he randomly assigned either a yummy rat food pellet or an electric shock to be delivered to rats who navigated a maze. These rats had been conditioned to expect that they would receive a food pellet when they reached the end of the maze. However, in this experiment, their speed or accuracy had no bearing on the outcome. Sometimes they received a pellet; sometimes they received an electric shock. In all other respects, the rats received all of their basic needs. They received adequate sleep, adequate food, adequate socialization, etc. The only uncertainty was what they received when they navigated the mazes each day.
The effects of this experiment were remarkable. Some rats curled up at the start of the maze, refusing to complete the task for which they had trained for years. Other rats became overtly aggressive, attacking any other rats attempting to run the maze. Still other rats became blinded to their surroundings, oblivious to anything but the goal of completing the maze. When they finished, regardless of whether they received a reward or a punishment, they would return to the starting area and run the maze again and again. All of the rats experienced some sort of ill effect, such as sleep disturbances, appetite changes, increased aggression, self-mutilation, etc.
Nursing reminds me a lot of being one of Skinner's rats. Sometimes I get a manageable patient load--and sometimes I'm in WAY over my head. Sometimes I speak with a physician who is courteous and professional--and sometimes I get verbal abuse, condescension, or worse, despite my best efforts to be prepared and professional. Sometimes I get patients who appreciate my efforts--and sometimes I get spit on or battered. For me, that's what makes nursing so difficult. I am the person who has ultimate responsibility for the patient, but no matter how hard I try, no matter how fast I work, no matter how balls-on accurate I am in my craft, I have no effect on the outcome. Worse still, I am as powerless as Skinner's rats. Because of our hospital culture, I am powerless to speak out against managers, physicians and patients who present unfair expectations.
As a result of this powerlessness and random nature of rewards/punishments, I see the same effects in my co-workers as Skinner saw in his rats. Resignation, horizontal violence, insomnia, "nursemares", obesity, ulcers, anxiety, ETOH and drug abuse, "eating their young" and so on...
I want no part of that. The IDEAL of nursing may be noble, but the REALITY is far less inspiring. God help the patients. I can't imagine anyone in their right mind going into nursing.
I came across your website out of desperation one day. I am not a nurse, but a Physician assistant at a local inner city hospital. I am absolutely at my wits end with the confrontational nature and aggressive and rude behavior of the nurses where I work. From the day I walked inthe door and the Nurse manager on the floor took me aside and said" I control this ER,don't try to bring patients back without my approval, Or I will make your life miserable.(not to mention that a diabetic with a blood sugar of 600 has been waiting 2 hours).", It has been an uphill struggle to do do my job. At every turn I am bucked. If I order a catapress for a guy with a BP of 190/110, I get"why are you doing that,its unecessary, he doesn't need that,Im not giving it." Or refusing to draw very basic labs on a diabetic with a blood sugar of 341 and urinary retention up to 1200ml. So while I not only bring the patients in on my own, change the bedding and clean the room, and do the H&P and discharge them because the nurse doesn't fell like my course of treatment is appropriate,I also now draw all my own, and get my own meds. Why do I need the nurse at all if Im going to do everything. These women are bitches and they get away with it, when I confronted a nurse about her behavior and the told the charge nurse. "I was told, there is nothing you can do,nothing will happen" I am good at what I do, and its a shame, but because of these Pitbulls in heat, sophmorish, backstabbing, back bitting, immature little girls, I am almost sure I am on my way to greener pastures, away from nurses. And you know what, the charge nurse is right. Nothing will ever be done.
you are friggin crazy.
As a new RN working in Ontario Canada, I can tell you that they eat their own here as well. I've been slapped on the butt, cussed at, yelled at, gossiped and ratted on, etc. Nothing is ever good enough for them. If you are new get ready for a turf war on your hands. They are suffering anal retentive narcissistic obsessive compulsive personality disorders. Its not easy at all, being a male nurse. I've had no problems with the doctors, the aides, etc. But as for the nurses, its often been the threshold of hell. And by the way, some of them are as sweet as pie to their patients, but when it comes to you the new nurse, prepare for the beast to open its mouth and show its teeth! Its a Jekyll and Hyde penomenon.
The union is impotent, and the hospital is always overbudget and cutting back. Yes there is a shortage, yes nurses are doing non-nursing tasks, etc. etc. etc. BUT, there's one important factor of all: nurses have become their own worst enemy.
If there are any Americans reading this I'll tell you what few Canadians will admit to you: if you paid the taxes we pay you'd be aphalled. And yes, the government always finds new taxes and ways to misappropriate our money. Waiting times in ERs can last for hours, MRIs are on 3 month waiting lists, hospitals have quotas on how many patients with certain illnessess they'll treat because they can't afford to treat more, ambulances were turned away at ERs because they couldn't/wouldn't take more patients until a 17 year old patient with acute asthma died in the ambulance, and eventually after incidents like that the paramedics got fed up and said, "we're dropping them off at your ER whether you like it or not!" The further north you go there are communities with no access to a family practitioner, (never mind that we have doctors from other countries driving taxis and mopping floors because Canada in its wisdom feels they are not qualified), the list goes on and on!
So the question is: what are we going to do about it? Leave the job, hire an attorney, and tell anyone who will listen the crap that goes on because in the end not only do we get screwed, so do the patients and the next patient nedding the system could be your own dear mother. SCARY THOUGHT!
I am an RN and I am beginning to hate my job. I am sick and tired of being treated like a second hand citizen by patients. I work at a university teaching hospital, one of only two Trauma I's in the valley. Do they (patients and moron families) realize that for 25 bucks an hour I clean up butts and puke?!?! Patient satisfactions rate fell drastically in a week at my place...probably because nursing satisfaction sucks, also......
i too,am a nurse. lpn to be exact. i work in long term care. i waited along time to go to school to be a nurse and iam sorry i did. i am good at it..but what a shame to have to admit i wasted my time going to school for something that at times i see a sham. most if not all nurses lie through their teeth. im tired of following up and doing something that should have been done 48hrs ago. and the nurse or nurses or should have done that work..well,nothing is said to them..oh no..they work double shifts,they always come in. their excuse is "oh i didnt know".."no one told Me"..our don states"tell us whats going on"..they dont care when it was done..as long as it was done. the ones who do work get no cerdit...the ones who brown nose do. im tired of medicated residents for the sake of the staff or rn supervisor because they dont want to put up the residents behavior..so they are awake..its night time...their quiet..not trying to get up out of bed..that doesnt warrant an ativan. i work nights. i work with rn''s that aare always tired or hurt..so who has to pick up their load..me. then its ..you're not getting your work done..duh...i wonder why. on and on it goes. im so tired of it. i have read all these postings. i agree and can relate to everything that has been written here. nurses are the biggest gossipers i know. professionalism not existant. they eat their own as the saying goes.
I like to call nurses "angels." Just come to the reality that there is no perfect job or career.
i am sorry you are going through this. i also feel i should never became a nurse. its such a thankless job, especially from your head nurse. you are not appreciated, and made to feel like a terrible nurse. Put down's all the time, and harressment.now and then a patient will thank you, but the only ones head nurses thank are their buddies.
If nursing is not for you, get out. I'ts the people who are miserable in their profession that don't give decent patient care. You are a burden on us who respect our careers.
nursing is hard hard work. even the best and most committed nurses complain about their jobs. the difference between a good nurse and a crappy one is not necessarily the complaining, but what kind of job are you doing. are you doing the best that you can? or are you playing lazy with someones life? I am a nurse that quit the "proffession" i am basically a new grad, worked for only a few months and figured out very quickley that this job and responsibility is not for me. i don't want the stress, and frankly i think the job is damn boring. that is my opinion, others feel very fullfilled with it. I do beleive that if you are going to be a nurse, you better be a good one. all of us at one point will be taken care of and it is hard to be taken care of by people who resent and hate the` fact that you even exist. if you can't handle nursing then get out, it is only the right thing to do considering you are taking care of human beings with feelings and families and problems and pain and hurt and fear. don't be a mean and cold nurse, even if you hate the job, fake it as` much as you can for the sake of the the human you are taking care of. if you can not be a good actor or actress, get out all together. don't abuse people because you chose the wrong career, it is not their fault you where suckered in like most of us into the promise of respect and money. get out for your sake and theirs. be true to yourself
what do you do about a head nurse who plays favorites. only talks to you when your in some kind of trouble. tells her friends that work under her what ever you tell her, andharresses people all the time who are not her friends, and management looks the other way. She is a backstabber, and sneaky, and prejudice in my opinion.
i sure hope your sueing my place as they need it for them to wake up and get rid of nasty head nurses and staff nurses, who don't care nothing for the patients, etc. just there for the pay check, so sad.
what do you do when you have a head nurse who in my opinion is prejudice. plays favorites and constantly harresses you for no good reason, other then she doesn't like you. Shouldn't she at least recognize you as a good nurse. This nurse doesn't. she gives awards to her day shift only, and to her friends, which is so unfair to other good nurses.she is running nurses away and then denying she is the problem.She claims she is a christian. what kind of christian would do this? She has no management skills at all. she should never have gotten this position.What ever you talk to her she tells other people, including showing them papers you hand in to her. other people like her co workers.How do you get rid of a bad nurse like her? I love the job, but not working under her.
i think it is great that all the nurses who hate their job can express that. but complaining about it does not help. quit. quit as fast as you can. i don't want any of you people taking care of my family. believe it or not we all have or will need hospital care some day. and believe me, when you are sick it makes such a difference if your nurse is nice and caring. i agree with another poster. fake it. even on my worse days, a patient will never know it because i don't believe in taking out my frustrations on the patients. they are someones child, mother, father, aunt, sibling. remember that. bedside nursing is not some fluff job. you people should have known that getting into it. did you not think you would have to deal with body fluids? people are sick for God's sake, that is why they are in the hopital. Quit and get a grip.
It is very frustrating when you are not treated fair and right as nurse. I am also the kind of person that no matter how bad or depressed i feel i cover it up in front tof the patients, as they are sick and dealing with their own problems and going in there room and feeling like heck doesn't help them.But sometimes nurses get so overwhelmed. doesn't mean they dont want to care for the patient though.You said you wouldnt want some of these nurses to care for your love one. I take it your not a nurse, and don't inderstand what is happening to make a statement like that. Just cause a nurse is not smiling 24 hrs a day doesn't mean she doesn;t give excellant care to her patients.Sure we all try and hide our feelings but we are human.
Nursing Bites, blows, sucks, etc. I realize that nurses (myself included) must be somewhat crazy to do such a brutal and mentally, emotionally, and physically abusive job day in and day out. The rationale that I've used to validate my "career of choice" is that I'm able to eek out a living, pay rent, etc. I'm sick of crazy, delusional managers; co-workers that do jack and want every little detail in report; pompous, jackass, condescending doctors; insuboordinate nursing assistants who spend more time on their smoke breaks than they do working; crazy, irrational, nitpicking visitors; and finally crazy patients with two working hands that want their butt wiped by a perfect stranger. I don't like crazy people and healthcare is full of them start to finish. I'm sick of running my butt off and getting nothing done. For all you know-it-all nurses who are shaking your head saying "she's just not organized," you know I'm right and I know you're the one giving everyone line infections, not changing your tube feeding tubing or infiltrated ivs and leaving your patients in a pile of stool for me to clean up. Yeah, nursing's tolerable if you're a lazy wad who let's evryone else pick up your slack. Am I complaining? Looking forward to my next job that has nothing to do with healthcare. Anyone considering nursing as a job....I wouldn't know whether to laugh at you or cry for you. Try retail or keeping some rich person's pool. You'll be much happier.
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Session 40 - Supernova Remnants & SN 1987A.
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The galactic supernova remnant G299.2-2.9 was first identified as a SNR in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) data in 1995. These data suggested a center-filled remnant 0.5 kpc distant, approximately 1000 years old, with a low initial kinetic energy. Slane, et al. pointed out that the issues of distance, age, and initial energy were poorly constrained by the ROSAT data and that the possibility of a more typically energetic, more distant remnant provided a more plausible interpretation. Recent observations of G299.2-2.9 with ASCA as well as optical observations reveal a remnant that, although not center-filled, has substantial emission within its borders. Spectroscopic and optical analyses also confirm that the G299.2-2.9 is a middle-aged SNR, being approximately 5 kpc distant and of slightly below-average explosion energy.
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I bought two cans of organic coconut cream and after about 5 minutes my stomache felt really uncomfortable, slightly painful. Happened with the second can too. The cream has added guargum so I'm not sure if this could be the problem? I've never had stomache problems with coconut oil, but sometimes it feels a little itchy in my throat. Could this be an allergy/intolerance? I always thought coconut is really hypo-allergenic
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LOS ANGELES � The Denver Nuggets ran the court and drove the lane with all the intensity they lacked in their playoff opener. They double-teamed Andrew Bynum, harassed Pau Gasol and scored relentlessly in the paint.
Nope, still not enough to beat Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Not even enough to get a lead.
Bryant scored 38 points, Bynum followed up his triple-double with a career playoff-high 27 points and nine rebounds, and the Lakers weathered Denver�s late rally for a 104-100 victory Tuesday night, taking a 2-0 series lead.
Gasol had 13 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the third-seeded Lakers, who still haven�t trailed in two games despite several dicey moments in Game 2. They survived a much-improved effort by the Nuggets and Ty Lawson, who scored 25 points and led the fourth-quarter charge.
Bryant was too sharp in his 83rd career 30-point playoff game, more than anybody except Michael Jordan. After last season�s second-round ouster in their failed quest for a threepeat, Bryant and his teammates are happier and healthier � and they�ve been too much for Denver.
�I think we�re just playing much better,� Bryant said. �It�s tough to play against us, because there�s legitimately three guys you have to double-team.�
Game 3 is Friday in Denver.
The Lakers, however, didn�t get out of Staples Center without a little drama. Los Angeles� 19-point lead in the third quarter dwindled to four with 3 minutes to play, but Ramon Sessions scored four key points in the final 1:14 before Bryant�s game-icing free throws with 9.4 seconds left.
�I think losing last season, and the way we lost, we�re approaching this postseason much more focused,� Gasol said. �We�re not overlooking any team, any game. We�re doing whatever it takes to be successful. ... Overall, I think we played well again. We just allowed them to play their game a little more than in the first game.�
Lawson shook his awful series opener with 17 second-half points, but the sixth-seeded Nuggets lost their ninth consecutive road playoff game despite playing much closer to their preferred speedy tempo after the Lakers muzzled them in Game 1.
Kenneth Faried had 14 points and 10 rebounds, while Danilo Gallinari and Corey Brewer added 13 points apiece, but Denver still couldn�t consistently defend Bryant or negate Bynum, who played another outstanding low-post game on both ends until disappearing a bit in a three-point fourth quarter.
�It�s closer, (but) when you get down 19 points and try to battle back, it takes a lot of energy,� Lawson said. �I feel like we learned a couple of things from this game. At one point in the game, we�ve got to be up. It�s tough to be battling back the whole game.�
Sessions scored 10 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter for Los Angeles, which played just enough fast-break ball of its own to stay ahead of Denver � and now the Lakers are halfway to the second round. They only have lost one playoff series in franchise history after winning the first two games, going 42-1.
A 14-5 run in the final minutes eventually trimmed Los Angeles� lead to 98-84, but Sessions hit a teardrop layup with 1:14 to play, and Bryant made a slick steal on the other end. JaVale McGee�s tip-in with 30 seconds left trimmed the Lakers� lead back to four, but Sessions and Bryant hit their free throws.
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Hill produced another strong performance off the Lakers� bench a day after news broke of a felony assault charge against him in Houston, where he played for the Rockets before a late-season trade. Hill said Tuesday night he was �shocked� by the charges but thinks he won�t miss any time in the Lakers� championship quest.


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"Early in the morning, just as day is dawning, Kev feels he can offer a high quality e-mail newsletter design, development and send-out service."
Over the past 10 years working as a freelance web designer and developer, I've also been offering an e-newsletter design, coding and management service to my clients.
As a result, it is an area that I've become quite skilled and knowledgeable in.
In this post, I go into more detail as to the service I can provide, and also show some of the designs I have created during my time providing this service.
Firstly, I treat the process much like a regular web design and development project. With this in mind, I apply the following stages of planning, design and development, which are much the same as those I would apply to a regular web design and development project:
- A list of the on-page elements required, based on discussions with the client, and/or a supplied brief
- A wire-frame of how these elements are arranged on the design
- A visual of how the newsletter will look
- The HTML and CSS coding of the newsletter (based on the agreed planning, wire-framing and design from previous stages listed above)
- Special elements to allow the client to add and edit content and items themselves — via an easy to use web based system
- Set-up of the newsletter management system ready for the client to use and send-out campaigns
Designs are created with client branding in mind, so the newsletter is a seamless part of other project material.
Features of the system
As mentioned above, I have a system that allows clients to securely log-in and manage their campaigns via a web browser. Once an account is set-up and any templates have been added, the user has a variety of features at their disposal, which include:
- Send-out personalisation
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- Bespoke client branded templates (as described above)
- Ability for client to edit content (headings, text, images, links, repeating blocks)
- Send-out previews
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And the cost of this service?
The cost for the design and coding of templates is based on the needs of each client and their requirements. It is usual for either a brief to be provided by the client, or established via communication between myself and the client, of-which a proposal of costs and deliverables is then emailed for approval.
There is also a cost per send-out and per recipient, which is governed by a combination of quantity of subscribers and frequency of send-outs.
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^ That's not a line from one of those contemporary rap music songs all the cool kids listen to, but what is true is that my E-newsletter service is part of a "sack-full" of web based services I can provide clients with. Dare I say a "one-stop-shop"? Well, I just did ☺ Or to continue with another postie-pun: The complete package? Yeah. "Return your jokes to sender", is the heckle I hear from the back.
Jess-ting aside, if you would like to enquire about contracting me to provide you with this service, feel free to contact me.
If you're a developer and/or geek — or have an interest in that clever little language we call HTML, you might be interested in reading my previous post about my thoughts and the techniques for coding successful newsletters. Coding purists beware: there is an unavoidable mention of table tags in close proximity to the word "layout". I know. Perhaps it's best to wait until your lunch has gone down before reading? ☺


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HAMILTON -Marjorie Adelle Starkie, 92, formerly of Guilford Lake, passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Westover Retirement Community in Hamilton, Ohio.
Marjorie was born in Salem, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1922, the daughter of Clyde and Myrtle (Horn) Hanna.
She graduated from David Anderson High School in Lisbon in 1940. She was united in marriage with James Starkie on June 10, 1942.
Marjorie had been a 4-H leader, a deputy grand matron of the Eastern Star, and an aide at Bycroft School in Columbiana County. She loved traveling, reading, and church work. She was a former member of St. Jacob's United Church of Christ in Leetonia and a member of Carlson Memorial United Methodist Church in LaBelle, Fla.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by infant daughter, Susanne, her husband, James on Nov. 15, 2010, and brothers, Leroy and Richard Hanna.
She is survived by her son, J. Randall (Nancy) Starkie of Hamilton; cherished grandsons, Zach Starkie of Cincinnati and Ben Starkie of Dallas, Texas; sister-in-law, Myrtle Hanna; brother-in-law, Robert(Annie) Huffnagle; numerous nieces and nephews, and cousins. She will be greatly missed by her family and her many friends.
The family wishes to thank the Westover Healthcare staff and Crossroads Hospice for their loving care.
A memorial service will be held at St. Jacob's United Church of Christ in Leetonia on Saturday May 3, 2014, at 1 p.m., with friends received one hour prior to the service. Cremation has taken place.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Westover Retirement Community, 855 Stahlheber Road Hamilton, Ohio 45013.
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High Temperature Pasteurised Milk Drink with Vanilla Beans
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15 August 2016
yum my fav milk shake
British milk, gluten free, hardly any added sugar, recyclable packaging and tastes delicious! What more could you want love it Ps no idea what people are on about bananas for this is vanilla clues in the name!
07 April 2015
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I love this shake, it tastes fresh and natural. I'm not sure why other reviewers expected a banana flavour, as it doesn't appear in the list of ingredients? For me if was a yummy vanilla dessert
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Very Strange Taste
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I really don't like Banana, but I love this product. Would recommend the other flavours as well. Great taste, thickness and perfect size. I would really like it if you'd stock the Vanilla variant as well as the Chocolate and Banana, then when offering it as a 3 for you could get one of each flavour.
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actually tastes of banana!
I normally hate banana-anything, because there is nothing worse than fake-banana taste. I happened across this and thought I would give it a try - I am so glad I did! Not too sweet, not too thick, and actually tastes of banana and milk. Now trying the other flavours - highly recommended!
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