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Holy moley - that is getting bad. I guess a lot of output goes straight to the sandbox.
I am low on .223 and had contemplated restocking but - looks like my healthy case stock, and 2,000 FMJ's, will have to join company, plus a considerable amount of my time! Oh and throw in some powder and primers
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My primary carry gun alternates lately between glock 17, 19, and sig p220SAS. Yes, I favor larger guns and generally they provide me with no issues for the level of concealment I feel I need where I live. Anyhow, I gave in and bought a J frame today as there as been so much talk about how versatile they are on the forum for a good, long while now. So, for whatever it is worth I have been going back and forth for the last 6 or 7 hours moving the gun between 11 o'clock carry vs pocket carry trying to get a feel for which location would serve me most efficiently as a backup / secondary gun location.
Whether IWB or OWB, my primary carry location is in the 4 o'clock position, so I do like that the 11 o'clock position gives me different accessibility options than my typical primary location. Of course, pocket carry has the whole perk of being able to get a full grip on the gun while not looking suspicious, etc.
That said, my first impression is that I favor the 11 o'clock position because I can access the gun with either hand as needed. I'd most likely want to go with a 0 cant right hand holster as I'd prefer to be able to access with my right hand from this position. However, while slightly awkward, I can access the gun with my left hand from this position as well.
So, what are you all's thoughts on the 11 o'clock / semi-cross draw location for a back-up gun vs pocket carry? With the 0 cant AIWB type holster I could of course carry the J as a primary in the appendix region as well. Maybe I need to get both and have both options?

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Westboro Church's Fred Phelps is Dead
Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church, died last night at the age of 84.
Many will remember the infamous Phelps, a disbarred former lawyer, and his group for protesting the funerals of US military war casualties claiming their deaths were retribution from God for America's tolerance of homosexuality and other "sins."
Instead of celebrating the end of his life, we choose to remember how some counter-protested the Westboro efforts in creative, humanist and often endearing ways such as Lisa Lampanelli donating $50,000 to a gay charity in the church's name or the Foo Fighters performing a song just for them while they were protesting the band's show in his hometown.
Check out the Foo Fighters' performance below (Warning: explicit language and adult subject matter!) and enjoy the irony that today is also the International Day of Happiness.


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Catch The Royal Ballet's Ashton programme on BP Big Screens and in cinemas on 7 June 2017
1 June 2017
Join the Company around the world as they celebrate 70 years at the Royal Opera House.
Watch: Finding the light in Verdi's Il trovatore - 'There is love and there is hope'
18 July 2016
Verdi's opera is infamous for its darkness and violence, but the cast and creative team of The Royal Opera's recent production believe it has a positive message too.
Your Reaction: Verdi's Il trovatore on BP Big Screens and YouTube
14 July 2016
What did you think of David Bösch's new production of Verdi's operatic masterpiece, broadcast live around the world?
Watch: Verdi's Il trovatore on-demand
14 July 2016
David Bösch's new Royal Opera production is available to watch around the world for 30 days.
Your Reaction: Nabucco live on BP Big Screens and YouTube
9 June 2016
What did you think of Verdi's epic opera starring Plácido Domingo?
Watch: Verdi's Nabucco on demand
9 June 2016
Daniele Abbado's production starring Plácido Domingo will be live-streamed online and relayed to BP Big Screens around the UK.
Watch: The gruesome influences that shaped the staging of The Royal Ballet's Frankenstein
20 May 2016
Designer John Macfarlane gives an up-close look at the ballet's sets which include a full-size anatomy theatre complete with gory prop cadaver.
Watch: Darcey Bussell explores Frankenstein's emotional pas de deux
19 May 2016
The former Royal Ballet Principal joins choreographer Liam Scarlett in rehearsal with Laura Morera.
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18 May 2016
What did you think of the live relay of Liam Scarlett's Royal Ballet adaptation of Mary Shelley's iconic novel?
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Audiences around the world will have a chance to see The Royal Ballet's adaptation of Mary Shelley's iconic novel.


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Cuisine: Modern Australian, Pub Food
Location: Perth CBD
Given we had a little bit left over in our team budget and with the help of a voucher out of the entertainment book one of our team members had, the choice for our team lunch was Reveleys. This was one of the first places I had eaten at in my current job so I was hoping the food would be an improvement on last time.
I ordered fish and chips which was a reasonable meal but nothing fantastic. Chips were lovely but most of the seafood was slightly over deep fried which meant it was overly crunchy. Other team members ordered a lamb shank which was OK but the experience of the other 3 members left them feeling quite disappointed. The feeling was this felt like pub food but at higher prices. In comparison, one of the members was relating their experience at one of the pub hotels they recently ate at and the expectation for pub food is a reasonable solid meal, nothing fancy, at a good price. The meals they ate were far better than our experience here.
Reveleys Food Review Summary
Verdict: Below average, not really impressed
Price: Reasonable
Taste: Average
Value: Poor, not value for money
Recommendation: Eat At Home Instead
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Food Review of Reveleys – Sep 2007
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Lovely Family house built on one level and located on elevated position in Valderrama – Sotogrande, offering beautiful views to the sea and mountains. The Villa offers a big living-dining room with open fireplace, fully fitted kitchen with dining area, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms (master is en suite),one guest cloakroom and a big terrace facing the immaculate tropical garden with private pool. This nice family home is fitted with tiles, A/C hot and cold and offers also a carport with space for two cars. The urbanisation is close to the golf course and to all the amenities as restaurants, bars, shops and also near to the beach.
Sotogrande is one of the most elegant and secluded residential towns in the southern Spain and covers an area of more than 2,000 hectares from the Mediterranean coast to the hills above. Located to the far west of the Costa del Sol just 15 minutes from the rock of Gibraltar and 20 minutes to the cosmopolitan towns of Marbella, Guadalmina and Puerto Banus.
Sotogrande is famous for its world-class golf courses, International polo tournaments and superb yachting marina with a refined choice of water sports.
Valderrama, possibly the finest golf course on the European continent, once home to The Volvo Masters and The Ryder Cup, as well as various other courses close behind such as The Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, Almenara and San Roque make this a true golfer's paradise.
With beautiful surroundings and stunning private residences, Sotogrande offers comfort, discretion and tranquillity. From independent stately villas, to sea-front apartments and frontline golf properties in the surrounding countryside – life here is exquisite.
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text: Skinkers Readies Microsoft-Backed Web TV Venture LiveStation, an Internet television venture with some powerful backing, is gearing up to provide consumers with live TV streams that it claims will be free of the buffering that currently plagues online video offerings. livestation, an internet television venture with some powerful backing, is gearing up to provide consumers with live tv streams that it claims will be free of the buffering that currently plagues online video offerings. livestation is the brainchild of u.k.-based content delivery provider skinkers. however, the technology on which it is based came out of the microsoft ip ventures program, a redmond-backed research initiative intended to provide start-up companies with technology they can eventually bring to market. skinkers acquired the rights to microsoft's internet tv-related technology in june 2006. microsoft also took an equity position in skinkers and andrew herbert, managing director of microsoft research cambridge lab, joined skinkers' board as an observer. "one of the key aspects of this technology is trying to remove as much as possible the probability of buffering taking place," said skinkers ceo matteo berlucchi. "when you're watching live tv on a computer with traditional streaming, the most annoying thing is when the stream stops and starts buffering." with traditional p2p scenarios, users pull data from other users on the network, berlucchi said. "when you do live [tv], you want to push data," he said. "you want to make sure all the people who are interested in watching at the same time are relaying data to each other." "the crucial aspect of this technology is that it is designed for push rather than pull," berlucchi said. livestation is built upon two microsoft technologies, dubbed pastry and splitstream, according to a microsoft spokesperson. livestation, however, "is being developed by . skinkers, and not by microsoft," he said. pastry is a p2p application whose "nodes form a decentralized, self-organizing and fault-tolerant overlay network within the internet," according to microsoft. "pastry provides efficient request routing, deterministic object location, and load balancing in an application-independent manner." splitstream, meanwhile, is a high-bandwidth content streaming and distribution system that is built upon pastry. "it distributes the forwarding load among all the participants, has increased robustness to node failures, and is able to accommodate participating nodes with different bandwidth capacities," microsoft said. microsoft said last year that it would incorporate part of the final skinkers technology into its product line but berlucchi said it was "too early to say" how that might play out. livestation is currently in beta and open to users by invitation only. "we expect to start opening up this product gradually," berlucchi said. "i would like to have the first commercial offering in the market within six months at the latest." skinkers executives are "talking to various broadcasters" about offering their channels on livestation, he said. users who have secured beta invites can currently access streams of bbc news. livestation has been characterized by some in the media as a "joost killer", a description with which berlucchi takes umbrage. if anything, the videos on joost are complimentary to livestation offerings, he said. "when there's nothing on tv, you go to joost and there's a big archive of things," berlucchi said. but if users want to watch live programming but don't have access to a tv can click on livestation and watch their show of choice, he said.


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A. Adoptees can request nonidentifying information, such as location and time of birth, from the adoption agency. If you don't know the name of the adoption agency, call the state social services department or the birth hospital to ask. Unfortunately, this isn't always successful: I made calls to the Virginia Department of Social Services <www.dss.state.va.us> and the University of Virginia Hospital <hsc.virgtnia.edu>, and both organizations said their records date to only the 1940s. If you do learn the name of the adoption agency but discover it's out of business, check with local historical societies to see whether they have the records (or know who does).
A more costly approach — but the one that potentially could yield the most information — is to petition the court to open the records. First, locate the county that holds the adoption record, so you know where to file your case. Start with the Clerk of Circuit Court for Albemarle County, where your mother was born, and then check the county where her adoptive parents lived. Keep in mind that birth mothers sometimes used aliases, and adoption agencies generally didn't verify birth information.


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Rating: Air Display is an app for your iPad and iPhone that allows you to use their displays as a secondary monitor in a matter of minutes. A simple download on your Windows PC or Mac and you can pair the devices using the app and voila, you have a secondary monitor. While the monitor will not be a 22" … Read More
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Turning my iPad into a second monitor was one of the first things I did with it. Luckily there are a number of apps of varying quality on the App Store that allow you to do so. I actually wrote my own in the end, because they weren't quite up to my needs at the time. It was also a … Read More


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City Officials Will Decide to Keep or Toss Ban on Big Box Stores
SACRAMENTO -- Tonight's the night Sacramento's elected officials decide whether to toss out their ban on big box stores.
The idea was to save local small businesses and not see the big stores overrun Midtown Sacramento.
The result, the big boxes went in to surrounding communities and with it millions of dollars in sales tax revenues.
Now the city is considering streamlining its regulatory process in the hopes of attracting some big retailers into the area.
The Sacramento Bee reports big box retailers made more than $7 million in charitable contributions to groups supported by the Mayor and City Council. And opponents say welcoming big boxes into the city is just a glad hand from City Hall.


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Spring into new beauty
April 15th, 20100
With summer just around the corner, the thought of bare arms, bare legs and generally having more skin on show than we've had on show (even in doors) for a long time is a little daunting! However, a little bit of preparation now will go a long way! We do love summer dresses and skirts but we don't like having to shave all the time. Guys we know you have to shave everyday, but the odd bit of stubble on a man can be sexy, on a woman however, it's not sexy at all! So ladies better get those razors/wax strips/hair removal creams out and at the ready. For those of you that suffer from sensitive skin, especially after shaving, try a basic, unperfumed moisturiser as it will soothe and cool the post-shave burning feeling and will also leave your legs soft and well moisturised. Exfoliating on a regular basis helps to boost the skins radiance and to encourage new skin growth, this will leave your skin glowing. This seasons skirts, dresses and shorts are short so the more preparation you do now, the more confident you will be in this season's hemline.
As the sun's rays strengthen it's even more important to be wearing a facial moisturiser with an SPF of at least 15. It's also a good time of year to start thinking about eye protection. We've had some lovely sunny days already this year and it's just as important to protect your eyes from the sun's rays as it is your skin. (Like you needed an excuse to go out and buy a fabulous new pair of sunglasses)!
One thing to be grateful for is that beauty is going natural. Although we do enjoy experimenting with false eyelashes, they're great fun and very now, but overall the emphasis is on natural effortless beauty which means less time getting ready and more time enjoying ourselves and our natural beauty. Hurray!


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Characteristics of Courses that Fulfill "Diversity in American Society"
Diversity in American Society – The United States is a society of immigrants; and the diversity in ethnic, religious, and national influences that we enjoy as a result is one of our nation's greatest strengths and sources of pride. Nevertheless, it is surprisingly easy in the U.S. to live in virtual isolation from this rich diversity of cultures, and even to be ignorant of the ways in which race, class, gender, and sexual orientation shape an individual's view of American society. It is essential, at the beginning of the 21st century, that a university education address this most pressing of national issues. We recommend as part of the general education curriculum the successful completion of a course that focuses on the issues of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation in American society
Course Guidelines
To qualify as fulfilling the campus-wide general education requirement in Diversity in U.S. Society, a course will include five general approaches to understanding diversity explained below. Your responses should include specific references to assignments, lecture topics, activities and readings that address each approach.
1) Definitional: The course will impart an awareness of the ways multiple factors such as race/ethnicity, class, gender, religion, disability, and sexual orientation shape individual lives, how they are embedded in and have shaped our social institutions, and how they produce markedly different outcomes and opportunities for individuals and groups.
2) Personal: The course will develop an awareness of students' own potential biases regarding diversity, the origins of those biases, and their implications for social, economic, and political interactions.
3) Social: The course will lead students to an awareness of their own position within a privilege-oppression continuum, and enable them to explore the implications of that position for their lives and for their responsibilities as citizens of a multicultural democracy.
4) Historical: The course will develop an appreciation of the culturally constructed nature of distinctions based on several important diversity categories, such as race/ethnicity, class, disability, gender, religion, and sexual orientation, and of how they have varied historically.
5) Global: Although the course may focus on a specific American minority culture, the course will impart an awareness of how U.S. culture has been, and continues to be, influenced by diverse Asian, African, Middle Eastern, Oceanic, and Central- and South- American cultures, both historical and contemporary.


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Month After Roof Collapse, Queen of Peace Students Celebrate First Day of School
There's still a hole in the roof.
But that didn't stop nearly 400 young students from marching into Queen of Peace Academy for their first day of school, today.
It was only last month that the roof over Walsh Hall -- a building used as the kitchen area -- caved in.
But that didn't stop the start of school.
Some students were putting together art work. Others were working on a song and dance in their Chinese class.
And the school -- which was founded eleven years ago with around 60 students -- has another reason to look forward.
Queen of Peace has been nominated for a Blue Ribbon Award.
School leaders will find out in September whether they won the award.
Officials say they are waiting to hear back from insurance adjusters before they begin repairs to the roof.
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Sports Roundup 1-4-12
Friday, Dec. 28
Girls basketball
Chief Sealth 55, Cedar Pk. Chr. 54
Haywood hit 21 points as the Seahawks scored a one-point victory over Cedar Park Christian in the second day of the King's tournament Friday, Dec. 28.
Saturday, Dec. 29
Girls basketball
King's 73, Chief Sealth 30
Chief Sealth played the King's tournament host on the third day and took a lopsided loss.
Thursday, Jan. 3
Boys basketball
Olympic 57, Evergreen 38
Evergreen came back from Christmas break to play Olympic this past Thursday -- and took a 57-38 loss.
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Proposed new law sparks rift in U.S. fashion industry
By Mary Angela Rowe
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - A proposed new law that would extend copyright protection to clothing has designers in an uproar and threatens to widen a rift in the American fashion industry.
For Maria Cornejo, whose Zero + Maria Cornejo label is a favorite of First Lady Michelle Obama, the Design Piracy Prohibition Act (DPPA) would protect her work for three years from knock-offs.
It would also put the United States on par with Europe and Japan where fashion has strong copyright protection.
Like other independent designers in America, where labels and logos are protected by trademark but clothing designs aren't, Cornejo says her work has been copied.
"We had other designers coming and shopping in our stores. I felt like crying afterwards because I knew they were buying samples (to copy)," said Cornejo.
"They're basically putting their hand in my head, which is my bank, and stealing ideas. It's basically robbery."
But Isabel Toledo, creator of Michelle Obama's inauguration outfit, fears the DPPA could widen the rift between the fashion and apparel industries - and leave consumers with fewer options.
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2012 Decluttering challenge - 575/2012
Don't get me wrong I am not saying the right after having a new baby you should have a neat/clean house. NO WAY. Trust me, I went WOHM 5 weeks after 1st child, and 6 weeks after second (and a csection to boot) and 6 weeks after third. I felt like getting myself out of bed and to work after being up at night was a feat in itself. I am talking more like once they are sleeping at night, napping during the day. I am not talking about pristine, museum houses, with no toys etc to be seen. I am talking about dirty floors, tubs needing scrubbing, piles of laundry. That sort of thing. How long does it really take to mop a floor? Or scrub a tub? Not long. If those basic things aren't getting done it would seem there is an underlying problem.
Sometimes I spend time online I should be throwing in a load of laundry or sweeping the floor. Yes this is important to me, but after taking the poll on how long you spend online a day 2 hours seem HUGE. That was more what I was getting at. Is it because of poor time management? Is it lack of concern? Family history? My house is actually clean and mostly neat. The typical toys, afghans on couch, socks on the floor to me are normal. Just interested in your thoughts. This is not a judgemental thing AT ALL!!!
Gosh, I guess I would be the one mom to take this the wrong way. I'll spare you the details of my current situation or the steps I have take to try to get my house and keep my house in better shape. I just wish you would have spared me the, "my mom could keep her house clean and so could I, why can't you?".
I come to this forum for inspiration and ideas, not shaming.
We have a clean house.
But, it would be less cluttered if I did not put emotions on objects.
Like I need to sell my sons toddler bed, he never slept in it but I have a hard time getting rid of it.. why, I dont know?!: And then stuff like his old clothing, toys and all that kind of stuff I dont want to get rid of because I have memories with each thing..
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Gosh, I guess I would be the one mom to take this the wrong way. I'll spare you the details of my current situation or the steps I have take to try to get my house and keep my house in better shape. I just wish you would have spared me the, "my mom could keep her house clean and so could I, why can't you?".
I come to this forum for inspiration and ideas, not shaming.
I live in two different places, one messy and one cleanish. I'd say that the problems behind the messy one are:
- Too much stuff. - Badly arranged storage, largely resulting from too much stuff.
- A lack of example and training in systematic housekeeping. My parents were lousy housekeepers.
So I'm learning some improving housekeeping habits, but so far those habits are very strongly dependent on "a place for everything", and with so much stuff, I don't have an easily accessed place for everything.
But you asked a general question, as to what keeps people from being able to have a neat house. Often, the causes are mental processing issues. I don't mean that people are lazy, or don't care, or any of that. I mean things that stem from good characteristics - from a good work ethic, from a desire to do a good job, from a desire not to be wasteful or sloppy - but that go too far and end up paralyzing people.
Below, I'm talking about other people having these issues. I want to emphasize that I'm not doing this from a position of superiority. I have my own housekeeping and mental/processing issues, I just don't happen to have the ones I describe below. (I think.) And I'm not saying that housekeeping issues are all about processing issues. They may be about health issues, or special needs children, or living with a stubborn or even deliberately-passive-aggressive slob, or living with a hoarder, or a bunch of other things. I'm just posting about the processing issues.
- Perfectionism. This seems to be the biggie, the one that utterly, totally paralyzes progress. Perfectionism causing a cluttered house seems counterintuitive, but it does cause it.
One reason is that it often leads to "do it perfectly or don't do it at all." Sometimes this means that every action, however small, must be done _perfectly_, without the slightest flaw or error or even the slightest chance of a flaw or error. In my mother's case, this means that she can't just go in a room, pile up the papers that are scattered over the flat surfaces, and dump them in a box to file later. It means that she has to deal with each and every sheet of paper as she picks it up. Perfectly. Without any chance whatsoever of error.
So she picks up an investment statement. That must be filed. In the file cabinet. Perfectly. In a filing system that doesn't yet exist. So she needs to create a filing system. Perfectly. One that correctly anticipates every category. One where she'll never, ever go back and say, "You know, those five categories should really go together, and this category should be split into two." It must be perfect on the first try. And to make it, she has to clear the stuff already in the filing cabinet drawers. Perfectly. Filing everything she finds. Into the filing system...that doesn't exist. This is everything that she must do before she can handle _one single sheet of paper_. Imagine that the second sheet is a recipe - now she has to reorganize her whole kitchen.
This sounds like an extreme case, but I assure you that it is true of my mother, and my mother has only a moderate case of this problem. My mother was not only unwilling to stack those papers together and move them, she had a great deal of trouble even comprehending the idea.
In the past, I've told my mother to pick up a stack of newspapers and dump them in a box that was at hand - something that should take perhaps five seconds. It took her about ten minutes, in spite of all the time pressure that I could exert, because she simply _could not_ imagine, and act on, the idea of just picking up a stack of papers and moving them without going through each one and making individual decisions about them.
In the case of the papers on the flat surfaces, I couldn't even get her to _understand_ the idea of piling up and moving the papers en masse until I told her to imagine that there was a flood and that nasty creepy unsanitary water was making its way toward the papers, that the water would engulf them in seconds. That finally caused the "click" and she was able to _try_ to snatch up the papers quickly. Even then, there were repeated protests of, "But that's the...but I should take care of that...but...". I had to tell her, over and over and over and over and over, "It doesn't matter. It's about to be soaked. Just pick it up."
You can see how a moderate case of perfectionism would utterly, totally stall my mother's housekeeping efforts. Even a very mild case can cause paralysis. If you're OK with giving the bathroom counter a quick swipe every time you brush your teeth, it'll get cleaned pretty often. If you feel that you're a total slob if you don't clean counters, floors, cabinets, and toilet every time you clean anything in the bathroom, you'll seldom clean anything. If you're OK with carrying two toys upstairs every time you go there, and leaving the other toys until the next few times you go upstairs, you may stay somewhat tidy. If you feel that every time you tidy you should put away _everything_, you'll wait until you have time, and you may never have time.
So perfectionism often doesn't allow you to perform a small task in a small amount of time and go on to another related small task later. That small task is almost always an incomplete task - imperfect. And often the small tasks aren't part of a big concrete plan, so a small task might end up being the wrong task - for example, maybe those toys that you took upstairs should really stay downstairs, because someone was coming over for a playdate. Again, imperfect. And as far as I can tell from my mother, these tiny imperfections that I would consider harmless - less than harmless, because I wouldn't even notice them - are a _big scarey deal_.
I can easily see how this would result in a total housekeeping shutdown when kids come - without kids, you'll often have time to do the whole job from start to finish, so your need to do it that way doesn't hamper you too badly, or perhaps it doesn't hamper you at all. With kids, you'd have to do everything in tiny snatches of time, so you could never do it "right" without interruption. In the past, I think that Mom often put the kids in a playpen for long periods so she could get her work done, so, again, it was possible to do it all and do it "right". These days, playpens are pretty much out of fashion, and without them, doing housework in snatches of time may be the only way to do it.
Another story about my mother: As a kid, I once heard her lamenting that she didn't have time to make her bed, so I made it for her. It wasn't perfect. She still didn't have time to make it. So she _unmade_ it, pulling all the covers out. She didn't criticize me; this wasn't a way to make me remake it perfectly. I think she was even apologetic about unmaking it. This is as clear a demonstration as I can imagine of someone who feels that it's better not to do it at all than to do it imperfectly.
It's easy to think that people with this kind of perfectionism should just 'snap out of it'. But it's just not that easy for them.
- Problems with sorting and categorizing
Some people have trouble with sorting and categorizing things. This was already mentioned in this thread, with the description of how a half-read book is different from just a book, so it doesn't belong to the same category.
As another example, let's go back to those papers, the ones that my mother must put away absolutely perfectly on the first try. Here's a bank statement. Maybe it should go with bank statements. But it's the bank statement that reflects her purchase of a computer. So maybe it should go with the paperwork from the computer. But it also reflects some small investment returns. Maybe it should go with her investment papers. But it's also this month's bank statement. Maybe it should go in "current papers". But it hasn't been balanced yet. Maybe it should go with her checkbook. But it has a really great picture of the state bird, because that's part of the bank's logo. Maybe it should go with pictures.
To me, a bank statement is a bank statement. I have no trouble assigning it a primary category, and if I want it for one of those other purposes, I'll go get it from the bank statement folder. To my mother, the primary category is not at all obvious - she doesn't know which one to pick. And since the category isn't obvious now, she knows that it won't be obvious later, so she won't know where to find it later if she wants it. The situation is full of ambiguity. No matter where she files the statement, it might be a mistake. And remember the perfectionism? A mistake is a big, hairy, scary deal. A mistake is horrible. So it's safer to just leave this bank statement right here, "where she can see it", and just put off this huge decision.
So let's move on to the recipe. It's for a birthday cake. So maybe it should go in Holidays. But it's a dessert, so maybe it should go in Desserts. But it's Aunt Jane's recipe, so maybe it should go in Family Recipes. And it's in Aunt Jane's handwriting, so it should go in Family Papers. And she made it for one of her kids' birthday parties, so maybe it should go with the cards from that birthday.
In fact, see how I originally called this thing a "recipe" and I made that a subcategory of "papers"? I assigned it a category and subcategory without even thinking about it. I don't know if my mother would call it a "recipe" - it's just a piece of paper with some information on it. Or is it even a piece of paper? Since it has family handwriting, is it a family heirloom? Can my mother even clearly distinguish a piece of paper from a coffee cup? I don't meant that she doesn't know what they are or what they're for, I mean, can she effortlessly categorize things into "papers" and "dishes", or does she get all scrambled up with "family heirlooms" and "new stuff" and "stuff I carried in my suitcase during my trip Back East in 1982"?
For the purpose of decluttering, "papers" and "dishes" are the useful, functional categories. But I think that _she doesn't know that_, not quickly and easily and effortlessly. Or maybe even if she does know that, her mind is all cluttered up with, "That's the coffee cup I used when I had Mary Rose over for lunch." When I categorize things, no details about them clutter my mind - I can effortlessly switch from "category thinking" ("let's stack up these papers") and "object thinking" ("That's that funny postcard from Cousin Sue.") I don't know if my mother can do this, or if all the object details are constantly distracting her.
Again, my mother's problem is moderate - not extreme and not mild. But, again, even a very mild case of this would be paralyzing. Cleaning the house requires _constant_ categorizing and subcategorizing and recategorizing. I usually do this effortlessly, with only an occasional realization that I've miscategorized ("These T-Shirts that I never wear but keep for sentimental reasons are souvenirs, not clothes, and shouldn't be in the main closet.") If I had to actually think about this, I'd be paralyzed too.
- Problems with decisionmaking and priorities
I think that this is sort of a version of "problems with sorting and categorizing", but relating to intangible things. Imagine that my mother's kitchen is covered with stacks of really old papers, to the point that she can't cook. In my case, I would say that those papers are old, and it's unlikely that I'll need anything from them soon. Keeping those papers really handy is a relatively low priority. On the other hand, being able to cook in my kitchen is a high priority. So I'll make the decision that I'll box up those papers and deal with them later, so that I can cook today.
Again, my mother doesn't see those priorities. She can't "sort" the high priority from the low. She has trouble seeing that cooking is more important than going through three-year-old papers, that washing the dishes is more important than cleaning behind the kitchen trashcan with a toothbrush, that getting her laundry done is more important than going through the charitable solicitations that she's received.
And in the case of the three-year-old papers, of course to even frame the facts that I'm basing the decision on, I have to be able to form categories. I've categorized the whole snowdrift as "three year old papers", while she may not even be recognizing the category "papers", but instead seeing each and every individual paper based on its own merits.
Decisionmaking and priorities is also an issue with throwing stuff out. At the most extreme, many people can't distinguish garbage from valuable items. I remember seeing a TV show about a hoarder who had to struggle, _hard_, before she could throw out a used band-aid.
Again, the extreme version of this is easy to see. But even a mild version can slow you down, and when combined with the perfectionism, which makes it a horrible big deal if you make the wrong decision or choose the wrong priority, it can again paralyze.
- "Out of sight, out of mind"
Many people, including my SO, have trouble remembering the existence of stuff that they can't see. I recently put several four-packs of drinks away, filling the available storage for that category. (Category! Again! See how handicapping a lack of categorizing would be?) They had been lined up on the counter. I know that I need to keep an eye on my SO now, because with those things out of sight, they don't exist any more, and he will think that he needs to buy more.
The same is true of bills - if he hasn't paid it yet, he wants it to stay out where he can see it. Books he's going to read - he leaves them out so he'll remember them. Clothes he's going to wear - it really annoys him when I hang up his coat. And so on. Having stuff stashed away is uncomfortable.
Again, sometimes these traits are very strong, and they may lead to major hoarding. But even when they're mild, they would make housekeeping _much_, much more difficult. If you combine that with any other challenges, then keeping a neat house may be essentially impossible. The solution isn't will power, or working harder, the solution is more likely to be recognizing these processing issues and working directly on them.
|We have a clean house.
But, it would be less cluttered if I did not put emotions on objects
What stops me from having a neat house? I don't like cleaning and tidying and de cluttering. It's boring.
And I don't like our house. We never should have bought this house, my heart isn't in it.
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What are your favourite websites?
I don't have the time to casually drift through websites and I don't use the internet for entertainment - it's too laborious.
What was your online purchase?
I've never made one. I wanted to buy airline tickets from britishairways.com but I had a number of questions to ask so it was easier to book with a live operator.
What was your most recent technological faux pas?
Like most people - wiping a whole day's work by accident.
Ever been in a chat room?
I observed one when I was at Channel 5, but I never participated. In all honesty, I thought it was slightly sad - a way of conversing without real engagement.
Main news source on the web?
It varies between ITN.co.uk, CNN.com and BBC.co.uk.
How much time do you spend on the net?
Probably less than an hour a week.
What do you think is the most useful website?
I don't find any particularly useful.
Which do you find the least useful website?
Most search engines because they are more like search oxon walking around a water well. Engine? Whoever thought of that? Picturesque, but not exactly ideal.
Do you use a screensaver?
I don't regard them as a piece of entertainment.
What do you find the most irritating thing about the internet?
Slow connections and downloads - the intense frustration of the world wide wait. I envy watching my student son manipulating the web with great dexterity and finding what he wants instantly. I guess people who can't programme their own video recorders feel the same.
What is the least useful site?
Even allowing for the huge exaggeration of expectation a year ago, it's tough for companies to have confidence in the medium. When advertising is going through a big dip in the UK, internet business models dependent on it have got to hold their breath and hope they can survive. Advertisers have doubts about the currency. Do banners work? Do people ignore them? Is there a good enough measuring system? All of those things have knocked the confidence of advertisers and agencies.
Do you still bother with old media?
All the time. In my life, there has been no displacement by the internet at all.
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YBCSN collaborators Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN, Louis Josof, and Madeline Harris, MSN, RN, OCN; photograph by Mike Strawn
News for aNd about the uab school of NursiNg Spring | 2013
Throughout the UAB Health System, multidisciplinary teams are working together, not just to deliver care, but to transform it. As a full partner in this mission, the School of Nursing plays a collaborative, leadership role in improving the future of health care, here in Alabama and around the globe. Those of us committed to health care will spend our entire careers asking one central question: How can we improve health? That question, of course, leads to many more. How do we engage and empower the diverse patient populations we serve? How do we shift our focus from treating disease to promoting wellness? How do we ensure safe, quality, patient-centered care for all? The UAB School of Nursing partners with one of the premier academic health centers in the country and a world-class health system. We join our colleagues in asking those questions daily as we also explore potential solutions. We recognize that, for all the great strides made in health care, there are just as many new hurdles to overcome. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, such chronic diseases as cancer, diabetes, obesity, and heart disease account for 70 percent of all deaths in the U.S. The consequences are significant for patients, families, and communities, and yet, in many cases, these diseases are preventable. We face the Triple Aim challenges, also referred to as the "iron triangle," of cost, access, and quality. The entire health care community must work together to contain sky-rocketing costs, dramatically improve access, and significantly enhance both the quality and coordination of care. Successful care coordination means health care providers need to engage and effectively communicate with patients, as well as each other. "Our system is so complex that only very skilled, highperforming teams can deliver positive outcomes for patients and ensure their safety during treatment—or, better yet, avoid treatment altogether by successfully preventing illness and promoting wellness," said Dean of Nursing Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN. "We are committed to producing the kind of nurse leaders who can team with their colleagues across disciplines to transform health care at the highest levels—highly educated, talented, nurses who discover and use knowledge to change the world for the better."
Our nurse scientists believe that creating a healthier population has as much to do with prevention as treatment, and that education and communication are just as critical as advanced technology. The buzzword "high-touch" (as opposed to high-tech) was featured in a recent CNN documentary called Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare. The newest outreach program from the UAB School of Nursing— the Young Breast Cancer Survivors Network (YBCSN)—represents a marriage of high-touch and high-tech, combining internet and telephone information delivery with personal, targeted support for young survivors, their families, and their communities. This new network grew out of sustained interprofessional research by Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN, who is the associate dean for research at the School of Nursing and co-leader of the Cancer Control and Population Sciences Program at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. Meneses has been an oncology nurse specialist and scientist for more than 30 years. Specializing in survivorship, she had personally observed a trend toward younger breast cancer survivors. A recent study published in the Journal of American Medicine brought that trend to the forefront, citing a small but statistically significant increase in advanced breast cancer survivors ages 25-39 over the past three decades. The YBCSN is developing partnerships among providers, advocates, and organizations that (1) offer pre-menopausal survivors education and support; (2) increase public and family awareness about the special needs of young survivors; and (3) facilitate networking and education by developing a website for the YBCSN. Part of a collaborative effort directed by the School of Nursing, the YBCSN is supported by the Women's Breast Health Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham. It is a prime example of how treatment and education go hand-in-hand to promote health and wellness. "Treatment lasts a year, at most, but these women are survivors for the rest of their lives," Meneses said. "The more prepared they are—and the more prepared their families are—the better their lives will be. It was very gratifying to see all the resources we have at UAB, as well as those available through our community partners, come together to make this happen."
Pictured left (from left): Nurse Anesthesia students Hollie Gray, Krista Miller, and Jeff Mathe with faculty member Laura Wright PhD, MNA, CRNA; photography by Rob Culpepper
Graduate Nurse Anesthesia Program
The School of Nursing lays the foundation for effective teamwork from the beginning and continues it through advanced degrees, with both the undergraduate and graduate education of nursing students. At UAB, a key component of education and training—both graduate and undergraduate—involves interprofessional simulations with high-fidelity mannequins. "Health professionals are expected to work as a team when they graduate," said Jacqueline Moss, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor and chair of the Adult/Acute Health, Chronic Care and Foundations Department at the UAB School of Nursing. "It's better to educate students as a team so they have a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of other team members, particularly during an emergency situation."
Interprofessional Clinical Simulation
Though advanced technology makes simulations possible, the goal is to teach students to focus on the patient, not the technology itself. Students learn to pay close attention to subtle physical changes simulated by their mannequin-patients and to communicate effectively, not only with fellow members of the health care team, but also with emotional "family members," sometimes portrayed by nursing faculty. These clinical simulations teach students to treat people, not just diseases, and to think and work as a patient-centered team. Nursing students at UAB participate in simulated scenarios with students from the schools of Medicine and Health Professions. They have access to three simulation labs: one in the UAB Learning Resources Center, one
at Children's of Alabama (available to students primarily during pediatric clinical rotations there), and one at UAB Hospital, which offers an operating suite, a large classroom, a debriefing room, and five simulated hospital rooms. "I'm passionate about this," said Marjorie White, MD, MPPM, MEd, medical co-director of the Pediatric Simulation Center at Children's and acting co-director of the Office of Interprofessional Simulation at UAB. "We practice in teams, and many of the medical errors and other problems in health care happen because we don't communicate well as a team. Physicians and nurses are trained differently and think differently. The simulation setting is the perfect environment for medical and nursing students to learn how to communicate before they're responsible for a patient. Those team experiences need to begin early and continue throughout their training." "When we bring students from Nursing and Medicine together for a simulation, there's a great divide between them, initially," said Penni Watts, MSN, RN, CHSE, director of simulation and training for the schools of Nursing and Health Professions. "But by the fourth scenario together, they're very comfortable with each other and communicate much more freely and effectively." As part of the School of Nursing's global outreach, Watts has helped the schools of Medicine and Nursing at the University of Zambia strengthen their clinical simulation and skills lab to provide better educational opportunities for health professional students there.
The simulation lab at UAB Hospital is especially helpful to students in the nurse anesthesia program, which recently moved to the School of Nursing from the School of Health Professions. Interprofessional education for these students includes perioperative simulations designed by nurse anesthesia faculty Chad Epps, MD, and Laura Wright, PhD, MNA, CRNA, in collaboration with the School of Medicine's Department of Anesthesiology. Epps and Wright frequently team with Watts. "Simulations offer on-demand experience," Epps explained. "In the clinical environment, you could go months or years without exposure to a specific critical event, whereas we can make it happen immediately. By digitally streaming live video of the simulations into a classroom, we enable more students to participate in the debriefing that follows." Debriefings like this allow our nurse anesthesia students to hone their clinical reasoning, technical, and team skills with other students, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, anesthesiologists, and anesthesia residents.
"We have to work together across all health care professions, pooling our interprofessional resources and knowledge, always centered on improving health care delivery for patients and families. That's what sets UAB apart and attracts nurse leaders." -Dean Doreen C. Harper, PhD, RN, FAAN
As our students and faculty study and train with their colleagues from other health care professions, they learn, throughout their careers, about the critical need for teamwork and communication, developing the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead. "The stakes are higher than ever before," said Dean Harper. "Nurses must be willing to do things differently, to be a partner in redesigning clinical care, to be innovative and open-minded. Our nurse leaders want to play a meaningful role in shaping the future of health care—understanding that interprofessional collaboration is critical. Working together, we know that we truly can transform health—and not just locally, but globally."
Collaboration is a cornerstone of signature programs at UAB's School of Nursing, and it permeates every aspect of nursing education, research, and clinical practice. In 2011, the School of Nursing partnered with M-POWER Ministries to create a nurse-managed PATH (Providing Access to Healthcare) Clinic, spearheaded by Cindy Selleck, DSN, RN, FNP, associate dean for clinical affairs and partnerships at the School of Nursing. The school recently received a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to expand services at the clinic, located in an underserved Birmingham community. With this new funding, clinic hours have expanded, patient volume has dramatically increased, and a collaborative, team-based practice model is being fully developed. This innovative model involves interprofessional UAB faculty—as well as clinical and nonclinical providers—from nursing, social work, nutrition, optometry, medicine, informatics, and health information management. As faculty delve into the elements of highperforming teams, they serve as role models and educate their students in chronic disease management and care coordination. And as they deliver high-quality care here locally, they will be developing a model that can be translated, transforming care in other underserved communities globally. Already, the clinic has had a powerful impact on the Birmingham community and on the UAB Health System. More than 1,500 uninsured diabetes patients received treatment at UAB Hospital in 2011, which was costly—about $70,000 per hospitalization. And because these patients lacked access to follow-up care after discharge, their health suffered, and many of them were readmitted, often multiple times. A partnership with UAB Hospital and a contribution to help support additional clinicians, supplies, and pharmaceuticals make it possible for the PATH Clinic to treat many of those patients in a more cost-effective, enterprise-wide, and personal way. Now, these patients have access to nurse practitioners and other health care professionals who see them frequently, building a relationship and educating them about lifestyle changes that will help manage their chronic disease and prevent others.
2 Pictured above (from left): 1. Michael Rambin, BSN, and faculty member Loretta Lee, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC, practicing at the nurse-managed PATH Clinic at M-POWER Ministries in Birmingham, Alabama. 2. Cindy Selleck, DSN, RN, FNP, associate dean for clinical affairs and partnerships at UAB, pictured at M-Power Ministries; photography by Rob Culpepper
SUSTAINABLE SCHOLARSHIP Our nurse leaders believe that creating a healthier population has as much to do with prevention as treatment, that education and communication are Celebrating 40 Years of Doctoral Education just as critical as advanced technology. The UAB School of Nursing will be hosting the 40th Anniversary Celebration of our doctoral nursing programs in Fall 2013. We hope all of our doctoral nursing alumni will be able to join us here at the School to help us celebrate this special milestone and reflect on the rich history of the DSN, PhD, and DNP programs. Details of the events are forthcoming. Please contact the Office of Development and Alumni Relations with any questions you may have at (205) 975-8936 or email@example.com.
Events Deliver record suPPort One great success often leads to another, and that's exactly what's happening with two annual events created by our Board of Visitors (BOV) and Junior Board of Visitors ( JBOV). Every year, these fundraisers heighten awareness of UAB nursing and make it possible for the school to attract and financially support the best and brightest nursing students. In 2011, the BOV replaced its annual MASH (Make Another Scholarship Happen) fundraiser with an event featuring a variety show with live performances in music and dance—Applause for the Cause: Educate a Nurse. Held at UAB's Alys Robinson Stephens Performing Arts Center on April 26, 2012, Applause netted $90,000 for the Endowed BOV Scholarship Fund. UAB Medicine was the lead sponsor for this event, with a $25,000 gift from a coalition of donors, including BOV member Nancy Watts, BSN, RN, and her husband, UAB President Ray L. Watts, MD, former Senior Vice
President and Dean of the School of Medicine at UAB. Dr. Watts, who coordinated Medicine's sponsorship, said the coalition's gift reflects "the close bond that physicians and nurses have in providing care for patients and their families." Sue Ellen Lucas, MSN, RN, who coordinated Applause and recently completed a two-year term as BOV chair, expressed her thanks: "We are honored that UAB Medicine chose to support the School of Nursing and quality nursing education." Another winner in 2012 was the JBOV's annual No-Show Ball, held November 4. Rather than attending an event, donors purchase totes that include dinner for four, along with wine and treats from local businesses, all delivered to their doorsteps the afternoon of No-Show. This year's ball sold a record 482 totes—almost twice as many as last year—and netted $108,000 from the sale of totes and sponsorships, combined with gifts. NoShow 2012 was particularly close to the hearts of JBOV members, who dedicated proceeds to establish the new Seth Houston McCoin, Jr. and Elizabeth Morgan McCoin Endowed Scholarship in Pediatric Nursing. The scholarship was created in memory of Seth and Elizabeth McCoin's twin babies, Houston and Morgan, who, sadly, lost their lives too soon with complications from their premature birth. For Seth and Elizabeth, who is a JBOV member, the scholarship offers a way to celebrate their children by creating a legacy to support lifelong learning for nurses
who deliver the kind of outstanding care they feel their babies received. "Through this scholarship, we honor the grace that has been shown and continues to be shown by Morgan and Houston's mother and father," said Mary Katherine Cabaniss, founding JBOV chair and a friend of the McCoin family. "And we honor nurses. We honor those special, special nurses who cared for Houston and Morgan. We honor, too, nurses of the future who will be educated at UAB's nursing school with the help of scholarship funds that we in the JBOV are raising in memory of these babies." JBOV Chair Ashelynn Falkenburg Smith urged continued donations, with a goal of boosting this scholarship well beyond the $100,000 mark. (To lend your support to nursing scholarships, contact UAB School of Nursing Major Gifts Officer Andrea Cofield at 205-9967453 or email@example.com.) Pictured below (from left): 1. Seth and Elizabeth McCoin 2. Dr. Bruce Burns, Eileen Meyer, Drs. Alison and David McGiffin 3. Dr. Adam Gordon and Becky Gordon 4. Mike and Sue Ellen Lucas, Gail and Ted Mills 5. Dr. Doug Rigney and Renita Rigney 6. Barbara Eddleman, Fabian Sanchez, Bill Eddleman, and Dean Doreen C. Harper 7. UAB School of Nursing JBOV members; photography by Mike Strawn
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Alumni Night 2012 School of Nursing Celebrates Distinguished Alumni The UAB School of Nursing could have no greater ambassadors than the dedicated nurse leaders who have graduated from our programs, carrying the torch for high-quality, patient-centered care. A highlight of the school's annual Alumni Night and awards dinner is our salute to just a few of these outstanding alumni. The school's 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award was presented to Marcia Stanhope, DSN ('81), RN, FAAN, a national leader in public and community health nursing. (See her profile on the right flap.) Also presented during this special event, held at the UAB National Alumni Society House on October 19, were two Jo Ann Barnett Awards for Compassionate Care and three Young Alumni Merit Awards. The Jo Ann Barnett Awards went to Martin Maloney (Acute/ Chronic Care), BSN ('86), RN, and Debra P. Goswick (Administration), MSHA, BSN ('12), RN. Maloney is a nurse manager at UAB Hospital CICU, where he brought about a major culture shift by playing a key role in the effort to implement open visitation. Goswick is the administrative director of nursing at St. Vincent's East, where she implemented the clinical nurse leader role on both the medical-surgical and medical/oncology units. Young Alumni Merit Awards were presented to three recent graduates serving in Birmingham-area hospitals: Matthew Banks, MSN ('11), BSN ('09), RN; Sharon Engle, BSN ('11), RN, BS, CCRN; and Sarah Beth Slappey, BSN ('08), RN. Banks is the executive director of nursing/operations at Shelby Baptist Medical Center, where his initiatives have dramatically improved nursing care. Engle, manager of the CICU and cardiac step-down unit at St. Vincent's East, is committed to mentoring other nurses and advocating for improved clinical practice by promoting the value of certification in her hospital and nursing community. A hematology/oncology staff nurse at UAB Hospital, Slappey regularly volunteers with M-POWER Ministries, providing nursing services and health education to the underserved, and she consistently serves as a clinic leader and patient advocate. Please join us in congratulating all of the esteemed nurses recognized during Alumni Night 2012.
Alumni Honored by National Black Nurses Association Two of our graduates received high honors from the National Black Nurses Association in 2012. Stephanie Davis Burnett, DNP ('10), MSN ('09), RN, ACNS-BC, CRRN, was named Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year for clinical excellence at the advanced practice level. Burnett is advanced nurse coordinator for UAB Medicine. Valencia Vann, BSN ('09), RN, CLNC, was named staff nurse of the year, recognizing outstanding clinical nursing practice. Vann is a staff nurse at Children's of Alabama. Congratulations to these UAB nurse leaders. Pictured right (from left): 1. Debra Goswick, Dean Doreen C. Harper, Sharon Engle, Megan Terrell, Connie Lee, and Kimberly Haun 2. Nancy Hazard, Marcia Stanhope, Melinda Rowe, and Carolyn Willians 3. Becky Hawkins and Jason Watkins 4. Martin Maloney and Ivy Cardwell 5. D'Ann Somerall, Pat Cleveland, Erica Lumpkin, Lindsey Harris, Shannon Glaze, and Rocky Caldwell 6. Karen Meneses, Patrick McNeese, Linda Moneyham, and Jeannie Horton 7. Erica Arnold and Martha Seahorn; photography by Mike Strawn
UAB Nurse Leaders Inducted Into Hall of Fame The UAB School of Nursing is pleased to congratulate two of our nurse leaders on their 2012 induction into the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame:
DSN, JD, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN Alumnus and Associate Professor
RACHEL Z. BOOTH, PhD, RN Dean Emerita
Booth and Raper join a distinguished group of alumni and friends who are now members of the Alabama Healthcare Hall of Fame: JUANZETTA S. FLOWERS, DSN, RN (2004) Alumna, Associate Professor Emerita and Board of Visitors Member MADELINE G. HARRIS, MSN, RN, OCN (2010) Alumna FLORENCE A. HIXSON, EdD, RN (2010) Founding Dean JEAN A. KELLEY, EdD, RN, FAAN (1998) Alumna and Professor Emerita CHARLES A. (SCOTTY) McCALLUM, JR., DMD, MD (1999) Former UAB President, UAB Professor Emeritus, and Board of Visitors Member MARGARET I. MILLSAP, EdD, RN (2010) Alumna SURPORA S. THOMAS, MBA, BSN, RN, FAAN (2006) Alumna
2012 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI MARCIA STANHOPE Marcia Stanhope, DSN, RN, FAAN, is a 1981 graduate of UAB and Professor Emeritus of the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Nursing. After earning her bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing from UK and Emory University, respectively, she came to UAB for her doctorate in public health nursing, with a minor in health policy and consultation. Among her most significant contributions to public health has been her continued work with underserved and vulnerable populations through her involvement with a highly successful nurse-managed clinic serving the homeless. The clinic evolved into the nationally acclaimed, nurse-managed Good Samaritan Nursing Center, providing primary care clinical services, health promotion, and preventive outreach. It has been sustained for over 25 years, thanks to Stanhope's leadership. Stanhope has been extensively involved with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and has worked tirelessly to advocate for nurse certification. Among previous leadership roles she has held at the national level are president of the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators; Publications Board member for the American Public Health Association; and charter Editorial Board member for the American Journal of Public Health Nursing. Most recently, she served as a member of the Global Health special interest group at the American Academy of Nursing and co-authored the paper "Global Health Diplomacy: An Integrative Review of the Literature and Implications for Nursing," which was published in the MarchApril 2013 issue of Nursing Outlook. In 2012, Stanhope retired from the UK College of Nursing, where she helped spearhead the first Doctor of Nursing Practice program in the country and was most recently Professor and Good Samaritan Chair in Community Health.
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The USC sand volleyball team has its sights set on a national championship as 2014 opens
2014Lauren Sieckmann will redshirt her first season with the Women of Troy per NCAA transfer rules.
PEPPERDINEAs a member of the Pepperdine sand volleyball team, Sieckmann went 4-2 in the spring of 2013; 1-1 with Jazmine Orozco and 3-1 with Katie Messing.
WAYNE STATESieckmann played the 2012 fall indoor volleyball season at Wayne State and appeared in 16 matches as an outside hitter... had 206 kills (fourth on the team despite playing in only half of the season's matches) and averaged a team-best 3.75 kills per set... had 10-plus kills 12 times and had five kills-digs double-doubles... had 130 digs, 16 assists, 11 aces and 23 blocks.
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PERSONALLauren Elizabeth Sieckmann was born on Feb. 2, 1994, in Omaha, Neb... parents are Tom and Deb Sieckmann... father, Tom, played golf on the PGA Tour from 1984 to 1994... lists her father as her biggest sports hero... majoring in psychology with a minor in consumer behavior.


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Treat holiday guests to elegant comfort food at its best. Our beef osso bucco boasts a thick, savory sauce complimented by the addition of gremolata, a chopped herb condiment made of lemon zest, garlic, and parsley. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin
Featured In: Our Favorite Slow Cooker Beef Recipes
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 6 beef shanks (14 ounces each)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup white wine or beef broth
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1-1/2 cups beef broth
- 2 medium carrots, chopped
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 celery rib, sliced
- 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1/3 cup minced fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat.
- In a large skillet, brown beef in butter and oil. Transfer meat and drippings to a 6-qt. slow cooker. Add wine to skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan; pour over meat. Add the tomatoes, broth, carrots, onion, celery, thyme, oregano, bay leaves and remaining salt.
- Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours or until meat is tender. Discard bay leaves.
- Skim fat from cooking juices; transfer juices to a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth; gradually stir into the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
- In a small bowl, combine the gremolata ingredients. Serve beef with gremolata and sauce. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Beef Osso Bucco in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2012, p25
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Restaurants are where we celebrate special occasions, from graduating law school to quitting a corrupt law firm to take justice into your own hands. Make every occasion special with this Groupon.
$10 for $20 Worth of Comfort Food
Two sides, bread, and a beverage accompany select entrees ($8.50) on the cafeteria's rotating menu. Frequently offered dishes include beef stroganoff, lemongrass chicken, and meatloaf with creole sauce.
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From the breadcrumbs used down to the hand-breaded fried items, every element in Boulevard Cafeteria's comfort food is made from scratch. In the family-owned eatery's 4,000-square-foot industrial kitchen, cooks conduct their own food processing, from shredding the salad bar's cheeses and veggies to tenderizing meat. Since 1948, classic ingredients have made up the majority of Boulevard Cafeteria's simply prepared entrees, from glazed baked ham and fried flounder to grilled chicken livers. And while the classics still remain, the menu has also evolved to include options for vegetarian and vegan diners, as well as to accommodate gluten allergies.
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SHOPSUI opened its second branch at Glorietta 3. Hope to see you guys there! :) Operations starts tomorrow, June 30.
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Our business acumen has served
organizations in both the
public and private sectors. We know how to manage the risks and capture
opportunities that lie within a wide variety of business ventures in
agriculture and natural health product sectors.
International Food Focus Ltd. is owned and operated by Carol T. Culhane, a Professional Home Economist with a Master of Business Administration and a Certificate in International Food Law from Michigan State University. Carol has more than twenty-five years of multidisciplinary experience in the food industry. She is highly regarded for her knowledge of food, regulations, business development strategies, business acumen, and her enthusiasm for the challenges of new ventures. Her expertise and wisdom has been shared with many individuals and organizations through her work at IFFL, courses and seminars, and, her contribution to professional, trade and community organizations.
November 2, 2015
Carol weighs in on the growing trend towards natural food colours; read of her expertise and observations in this area, as well as those of other prominent stakeholders.
Nov 2, 2015 (npr.org) ~ Move Over, Yellow 6. More Natural Colors From Plants Are Coming
March 2015 Ontario Home Economics Association Founder's Honour Award
The Founder's Honour Award recognizes a Professional Home Economist who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession in the broader community in which they practice.
The recipient of this award was Carol Culhane,P.H.Ec. (pictured far left). Carol has been a regular contributor and OHEA representative at many public policy government meetings. The award was presented by Evelyn Hullah, P.H.Ec.
In 2013, Carol served as a judge for three Institute of Food Technology competitions
- Student Poster Competition
- Innovation in Food Award
- Media Award for Excellence in Consumer Journalism
Read IFT's "Everything you want to know about Gluten" written by Carol
Carol is currently a member of the advisory board of the 8th Annual American Food Technology and Innovation Summit
Carol Culhane is profiled in "Where are they now?" eBulletin - Telfer School of Management - December 9, 2009
Carol Culhane is quoted in Chatelaine, Septermber 2009 in "Ask an expert"; her role with the CIFST is one of her many volunteer positions.
Entrepreneur of the year
Carol Culhane was selected, through peer review and recognition, as one of 24 global experts qualified to participate in a worldwide post-marketing surveillance of the safety of genetically-modified food, should the need ever arise. Carol is the only private-sector member of the seven Canadians deemed to have the expertise and integrity to assume such a task. See:
- Survey of Post-Marketing Surveillance of Potential Human Late Health Effects of Genetically Modified Foods' Initiatives: Lessons for Canada's Strategy
Carol's professional memberships, industry participation and community involvement is wide ranging and includes:
- Past President of the Ontario Home Economics Association
- Chair of the Functional Foods Division of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology
- Member of the Editorial Board of Food in Canada
- Professional Member of Institute of Food Technology and active in:
o Food Laws & Regulations Division
- Member of Women in Food Industry Management. See Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
- Member of the Telfer School of Management Alumni Leadership
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Ramona Rea provides business expertise to scientific and health-related organizations. Strong research and analytical skills enable Ramona to synthesize complex information from a variety of sources and present it in a clear and logical format. With 15 years experience communicating and commercializing in the life sciences sector - from food and nutrition products to a broad range of biomedical technologies – her expertise dwells in disseminating scientific information in an understandable way to diverse audiences.
While at the University of Toronto's Innovations & Partnerships Office, Ramona was responsible for assessing and commercializing early-stage life science technologies. Prior to that, she was Senior Science Officer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, where she communicated scientific research results to fundraisers, health professionals and the public.
Ramona has worked with International Food Focus on several projects related to the food industry, including the calculation of total vitamin D in the Canadian food supply, classification of imported processed food products under Canada's Customs Tariff system, literature reviews, regulatory compliance, market research and market assessment for the commercialization of food and nutrition products, and surveys of consumers with regard to food practices.
Ramona holds an MSc in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Toronto and an MBA from York University.
Linda Tanugraha is a skilled commercialization consultant, experienced in scientific research, statistics and analysis, and, new product launches in several sectors under the life sciences umbrella. Accordingly, she contributes a unique combination of a strong science background and a solid grip of the multiple facets of marketing and business development.
Having graduated cum laude from the School of Life Sciences and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology (the most reputable university in Indonesia), Linda pursued her Master of Applied Science in Biotechnology at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, under a scholarship from the Australian Government.
Upon joining the workforce, she discovered a new (at least for her), exciting field, which was pharmaceutical marketing, and, later, the fast-moving consumer packaged good sector. Linda acquired a strong successful track record as a product/brand manager with multinational companies in Indonesia such as Glaxo, Merck, and Kimberly-Clark, where she oversaw all marketing aspects of several products, including budgeting, analyzing market and trends, and developing marketing strategies of existing and new products.
As an internationally trained professional working in Canada, Linda has proven herself to be adaptable and effective while also contributing new perspectives to the table. A lifelong learner with a passion to deliver fresh ideas, she is eager to handle projects that allow her to stretch her own limits. In fact, "What I like best about working for the IFF is the fact that each project challenges my comfort zone – and expands it."


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Superyacht E & E (ex Jasmin II) is a 42 m explorer yacht by the Turkish shipyard Cizgi Yachts launched in 2011. E & E Yacht is a new generation explorer designed by the well known Vripack studio who, other than designing her elegant exterior, made sure of the sea going comfort for both the Owner's family and their charter guests. E & E charter yacht is available for charter in the Mediterranean - summer season as well as Caribbean during the winter months. The yacht offers accommodation, designed by Art-Line Studio, to 10 guests in 5 luxuriously outfitted cabins.
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
pictul {watermarking made easy}
for my fellow photographer friends out there, you've got to try pictul! i used to pull each blog image/collage into photoshop separately to resize and stamp them with my watermark brush, but that meant time wasted while photoshop opened and saved each
ben {denver newborn photographer}
we met andy and lauren through our new church when we first moved to denver, and we were placed in the same "getting to know the church" class. for the first two weeks i had no idea that lauren was 6 months pregnant because they got to our table
bon jovi
i was beyond excited for the opportunity to photograph bon jovi at a private event benefitting the center for dependancy addiction and rehabilitation {CeDAR}. it was also a a celebration of their 5th anniversary, and i was so lucky to be there! for a more in
san antonio
i just got back into denver after a great trip to san antonio for this year's imagingusa conference. just as last year's conference, it was an amazing learning opportunity that left me completely exhausted afterwards {but totally worth it}. this
tina & steve {breckenridge engagement photographer}
tina & steve live in maryland and they both love to travel. in fact, they were engaged in hawaii {these two know how to pick great destinations}. when they booked a last minute ski trip to breckenridge, they figured it would also be a great time and
erin & matt {denver colorado wedding photographer}
erin and matt both worked with the peace corps. and met on a plane ride to moldova {not many people can say that!}. apparently, it was pretty obvious that they were smitten with each other, so a friend gave matt the encouragement to kiss erin on new
my resolution
this one's a day or two late, but better late than never, right? normally, i don't make new year's resolutions. really, i'm not sure that i've ever made one; i've always thought they were kind of silly. however, i've
erin & matt {a few more}
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Utility brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 196 Designs von 33 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Need a logo which suggests professionalism, strength, utility-like reliability, etc.
Utility Backup Solutions, LLC
Need a logo to use on website and marketing materials. Company provides online data backup services to small-and-medium sized businesses, and logo should communicate strength, safety, security, but should also be crisp and professional-looking.
- Open to creative ideas...Perhaps show some logos with all three words "utility backup solutions" and other just with "utility backup". Please be sure that logos can be resized (ie, vector format).
- Could be cool to incorporate a lock and a plug or socket, perhaps with the logo 'plugged in' to the lock in some fashion...
- Could also be interesting to incorporate a cloud in the logo. idea being that the utility backup service puts your data up on the internet cloud...
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Kenny Chesney Spent New Year's Day Surfing…Without His Trusty Hat!
Surf's up!
Here's a sight you don't often see. Country superstar Kenny Chesney spent his New Year's Day surfing in Hawaii with a pal. He shared a photo of his NYD fun, sans his trusty cowboy hat.
We don't often get a gander of Chesney without a hat, so it's always a big deal when we do. It's an exciting event, especially for the singer's large female fanbase, since they get a better, longer look at the superstar's handsome face.
See the photo of Kenny, his hatless head, his friend and a surfboard below!
Looking good, Kenny! We hope he was able to catch some serious waves on the first day of 2014.
That background scenery sure looks like paradise to us. That's quite a way to ring in the new year, for sure.


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Our Mission
We, the Felege Hiywot Center, serve urban youth of Indianapolis, second generation Ethiopians in Indianapolis, and orphans in Ethiopia. We teach gardening and environmental preservation. We encourage youth to embrace the virtues of community service. We perform this mission as an expression of our Christian faith.
We follow Jesus' guidance in Matthew 25:40:
Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my Brethren; you did it to me.
As we teach youth and reach out to the community, we practice our faith and demonstrate Christ's love among those we serve.


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The Genome Editing and Animal Models Shared Resource makes transgenic technology accessible and affordable to the members of the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC). It uses the personnel, facilities and equipment of the campus-wide University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center's Transgenic Animal Facility.
Transgenic and genetically engineered mutant animals provide one of the most valuable mechanisms for generating in vivo models for unraveling the molecular and genetic mechanisms of cancer and for evaluating new strategies for treatment and prevention studies. Efficient generation of transgenic animals requires great technical skill that is acquired only after extensive experience with animal husbandry and breeding, animal surgery, embryo manipulation and micromanipulation.
Learn more about the Genome Editing and Animal Models Shared Resource's Scientific Accomplishments.
Any published research which received funding from the UWCCC Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG), including the use of UWCCC Shared Resources to generate or analyze data or conduct clinical trials, must reference the UWCCC. See Acknowledging UWCCC in Publications, Posters and Presentations.
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