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OK, wanted to wait a couple of days and a few drives after my APIM replacement before posting anything. Dropped my car off last Wed (5/29) and was suppossed to pick it up Fri (6/1), with a rear caliper replacement as well, under warranty. Needless to say, through a series of disasters I ended up getting it back Tue (6/5) night.
Unfortunately, by the time they got around to pulling the APIM, getting the serial # off it, and ordering a new one, it was too late to get one shipped out overnight for Friday delivery (their fault). Fortunately, FEDEX actually delivers twice to them on Saturday. Unfortunately, by the time FEDEX delivered it, the only guy on staff that day that could do it had gone home for the day.
So they dove into it Monday morning with the new APIM install. Unfortunately, it was a defective module (not their fault) they received and had to order another one for overnight delivery to arrive on Tuesday (which did and was not defective). In the dealership's defense, I had a loaner from them the entire time and when I went to pick it up/settle up Tuesday night, the service manager apologized greatly for the inconvenience and said "I don't want to add insult to injury so the other stuff is on us." They covered the oil change/summer tire swap.
So he pointed me in the direction of my car and he asked if I wanted him to come out and help me get my phone paired up and help with any other settings, etc. I'm sure they are used to dealing with the non-technical user base but I said thanks but no thanks, I am comfortable with the system, I got it.
Got in my car, started it up, and tried to pair my phone. Things got off to a bad start when the phone wouldn't pair. Tried three times, nothing. Finally did a reverse-pair and that worked. Plugged my iPod in and headed off. It only took about 4 minutes to index/BVC which made me suspicious. Tried some voice commands. No better, no worse with the new hardware. The new version really has a problem with short song titles by voice. While I was without my car I spent some time over on the syncmyride owner's forum and from some of the stuff I was reading over there, this was done on purpose, it was programmed to give a wider margin of error because people were having problems with it playing the wrong song after a command was given, to give people more control by offering choices instead of just launching the wrong song. These are songs that I never had a problem with before, on v2.11, by voice so I don't know that I buy that explanation/excuse. I still just want my old voice-recognition back.
Got in the car to head to work Wed morning and lo and behold no street location under the compass. That was fast, only 12 hours until that disappeared. Set my work address as a route, activated it, cancelled it, and the street location was back under the compass. So, this problem is not hardware related, it is just piss-poor programming. Also, still no street location in the Nav tab if I go from Nav screen to any of the other three category screens unless, like before, I go to yet another category screen and back the one I entered from the Nav screen. Then it is there. Again, piss-poor programming.
So in a nutshell I guess I am saying if anyone is at their dealership and the service dept wants to install a new APIM to take care of the problems I have seen come up over and over again in this forum, obviously it is your decision but from my experience it does nothing but leave you without your car for a while (but after 7 days in a loaner it was oh so nice to get my car back for a number of other reasons about the car).
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But when the Atlanta Braves came to Seattle Friday for the first of three games against the Mariners, there was no denying this wasn't a normal ho-hum type of interleague game.
This night, it paired the National League leading Braves, who came in 24-games over .500, against the Mariners, the American League's best team at 22-games over .500.
The home town Mariners didn't disappoint the sellout Safeco Field crowd, getting another great starting performance from Freddy Garcia and enough offense early for a slim 2-1 win.
Seattle (44-21) maintained an eight-game lead over Oakland, who knocked of Montreal earlier in the evening.
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Garcia (7-6) was simply magnificent all game long, spotting his fastball and mixing in his devastating offspeed stuff.
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Seattle took advantage of some shotty Atlanta defense to score both of its runs in the first inning.
Mark McLemore scored from second base on a two-out Edgar Martinez single off of shortstop Rafael Furcal's glove for their first run. Furcal tried to throw Martinez out at first, but nobody was at the bag so the Mariners' 40-year-old designated hitter advanced to second base.
John Olerud followed with a single to score Martinez, making it 2-0.
That would prove to be all the Mariners' could score off of Atlanta starter Russ Ortiz, who came over in the offseason from San Francisco. Ortiz kept his pitch count low and held the Mariners to seven hits through 7.2 innings.
The Braves only run came in the eighth. Vinny Castilla singled off of Garcia to lead off the inning, and two batters later Marcus Giles doubled deep to right field to score Castilla all the way from first.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- University of Michigan wide receiver Devin Funchess (Farmington Hills, Mich./Harrison) was included on the 2014 Biletnikoff Award Watch List released Tuesday (July 15). The Biletnikoff Award annually recognizes the outstanding receiver in college football.
Funchess, who was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List last week, moves to wide receiver in 2014 after appearing in the first 26 games of his career at tight end. Last season, he was named the Big Ten Kwalick-Clark Tight End of the Year and a semifinalist for the John Mackey Award in addition to earning first team All-Big Ten acclaim after hauling in 49 catches for 748 yards and six touchdowns. His receiving yards were the highest single-season total by a U-M tight end in program history. In his career, Funchess has 64 receptions for 982 yards and 11 touchdowns. He enters the 2014 season having caught at least one pass in 14 straight games.
Funchess is one of six receivers from the Big Ten Conference on the preseason watch list. Ten semifinalists for the Biletnikoff Award will be announced Nov. 17, with the three finalists unveiled Nov. 24. The winner will be announced as part of the Home Depot College Football Awards Show broadcast live on ESPN on Dec. 11.
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[MLS REWIND: Week 25] If there was any doubt that the two-time champion LA Galaxy remains the team to beat in MLS, it laid that to rest Saturday night as Robbie Keane led the Galaxy to a 4-2 comeback win over Supporters' Shield leader Real Salt Lake with three goals, becoming the first player to record two hat tricks this season.
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Keane's three goals gave the Galaxy hat tricks in back-to-back games -- Landon Donovan had three goals in the 3-3 tie at FC Dallas last
weekend -- and four for the season. It holds the MLS record with five hat tricks in 1998.
The game marked the debut of Panamanian Jaime Penedo in
the LA goal in place of Italian starter Carlo Cudicini.
-- Colorado extended its unbeaten streak to nine games with a 2-0 win over Vancouver (goals
by Deshorn Brown and Edson Buddle) that moved the Rapids into second place in the Western Conference. Argentine Federico Higuain had two goals for the second straight game for Columbus in its 2-0 win over Toronto FC.
-- Three coaches were dismissed. Referee Ismail Elfath had enough of the verbal exchange between D.C. United's Ben Olsen and Montreal's Marco Schallibaum and tossed both of them. Chicago's Frank Klopas was sent to the showers in the second half of the Fire's loss at New England.
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-- Clint Dempsey made his first start since returning to MLS, but he can't solve all of
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-- FC Dallas' winless streak reached 11 games as it fell, 2-1, at Portland.
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13 D.C. United (0-10-3)
13 Chivas USA (0-4-9)
11 Toronto FC (0-6-5)
11 *FC Dallas (0-5-6)
7 Houston (0-4-3)
Vancouver (0-4-3)
-- Four teams are separated by one point at the top of the Eastern Conference after New York and Philadelphia tied, 0-0, and Montreal beat D.C. United,
2-1, on a pair of Marco Di Vaio goals. Only eight points separate the top seven teams in both conferences.
-- Portland, Houston, New York and
Montreal all sold out their home games.
MLS RESULTS, Week 25:
Saturday, August 17
LA Galaxy 4 Real Salt Lake 2.
RSL: Joao Plata (Ned Grabavoy, Nat Borchers) 53
LA: Robbie Keane (Juninho) 56
LA: Robbie Keane (Sean
Franklin) 67
LA: Omar Gonzalez (Landon Donovan) 75
LA: Robbie Keane (Sean Franklin) 86
RSL: Robbie Findley 93+
Att.: 24,237.
Saturday, August 17
Portland 2 FC Dallas 1.
POR: Ryan Johnson (Diego Valeri) 26
Mauro Diaz (Fabian Castillo, Blas Perez) 28
POR: Darlington Nagbe (Diego Valeri) 33
Att.: 20,674.
Saturday, August 17
Montreal 2 D.C. United 1.
MTL: Marco Di Vaio (Justin Mapp) 43
DC: Conor Doyle (Luis Silva, Perry Kitchen) 81
MTL: Marco Di Vaio (Patrice
Bernier) 83
Att.: 20,801.
Saturday, August 17
New England 2 Chicago 0.
NE: Juan Agudelo
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NE: Kelyn Rowe 91+
Red cards: New England -- Saer Sene 95+; Chicago -- Bakary Soumare 95+
Att.: 14,630.
England-Chicago Highlights (Agudelo Goal @2:03):
Saturday, August 17
Columbus 2 Toronto FC 0.
CLB: Federico Higuain 18
CLB: Federico Higuain 67 (Jairo Arrieta) 67
Att.: 15,352.
Saturday, August
New York 0 Philadelphia 0.
Att.: 25,355.
Saturday, August 17
Houston 3 Seattle 1.
HOU: Giles Barnes (Will Bruin) 17
HOU: Giles Barnes (Brad Davis) 21
SEA: Shalrie Joseph (Marc Burch)
HOU: Will Bruin (Brad Davis) 74
Att.: 22,289.
Barnes Goal #2:
Saturday, August 17
Colorado 2 Vancouver 0.
COL: Deshorn Brown (Vicente Sanchez) 36
COL: Edson Buddle (Nick LaBrocca) 79
Att.: 16,030.
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 25:
Sunday, August 18
11 pm ET
San Jose vs. Sporting KC, UniMas
Eastern Conference:
39 Sporting KC 11-7-6 36/24
39 New York 11-8-6 36/31
38 Montreal 11-7-5 36/35
Philadelphia 10-7-8 36/32
36 Houston 10-7-6 29/24
33 New England 9-8-6 29/23
31 Chicago 9-10-4 29/34
29 Columbus 8-11-5 29/30
Toronto FC 4-12-8 21/33
13 D.C. United 3-18-4 14/40
Western Conference:
41 Real Salt Lake 12-8-5 41/30
39 Colorado 10-7-9 33/27
38 Portland 9-3-11 34/22
37 LA Galaxy 11-9-4 39/32
36 Vancouver 10-8-6 37/31
34 Seattle 10-8-4 30/26
Dallas 8-7-9 31/35
30 San Jose 8-10-6 25/35
18 Chivas USA 4-13-6 20/40
14 Camilo (Vancouver)
14 Mike Magee (Los Angeles/Chicago)
13+2 Marco Di Vaio (Montreal)
Robbie Keane (Los Angeles)
10 Jack McInerney (Philadelphia)
9+2 Federico Higuain (Columbus)
9 Conor Casey (Philadelphia)
9 Alvaro Saborio (Real Salt Lake)
9 Dominic Oduro
9 Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC)
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 26:
Wednesday, August 21
10:30 pm
Chivas USA vs. FC Dallas
11 pm ET
Portland vs. Real Salt Lake
Friday, August
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs. Sporting KC, NBCSN
Saturday, August 24
7 pm ET
D.C. United vs. Toronto FC
7 pm ET
Montreal vs. Houston
9 pm
FC Dallas vs. San Jose
9 pm ET
Vancouver vs. LA Galaxy
9:30 pm ET
Real Salt Lake
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5 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. New York,
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New England vs. Philadelphia
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UEFA warns against UK team for 2012 Olympics
UEFA general secretary David Taylor has warned that forming a Great Britain football side for the Olympics could see Scotland 'disappear off the international stage'.
Calls are growing for the Home Nations to come together to field a British side in the London 2012 Games.
Yet there remains much opposition and Taylor, a former chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, fears Scotland could lose their footballing independence as a result.
'It is the quickest way for Scotland to disappear off the international stage,' he told BBC Sport, speaking as a Scot rather than on behalf of UEFA.
'It is about the identity of the countries and it is a matter for the football associations.
'But, when I was in Scotland and chief executive of the Scottish FA, we had a clear and firm position and I understand that is still the position - that Scotland should not take part in an Olympic GB team.'
Taylor is wary of assurances from world governing body FIFA that Scotland's identity would not be compromised.
He added: 'FIFA is comprised 208 countries and we have had situations in the past when the privileges of the British associations, one of which is to compete separately in international football tournaments, has come under attack.
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"Archaic," is how district Superintendent Dale Kirsch described the alarms at Horace Mann School.
"It should be in the Smithsonian," school board President Thomas Harley said of the alarm system in Ben Franklin Elementary.
That's about to change. The school board on Monday hired Westmoreland Electric to replace the alarm systems at a base cost of $181,000 plus $500 for additional pull stations, strobe lights or horns.
District officials had expected to spend about $70,000 to upgrade the alarm systems but architects told the administration that an overhaul would not be feasible, said Business Manager Jared Cronauer.
The district has about $600,000 remaining from the recent energy-efficiency improvement project and would use that cash, in a dedicated capital project fund, to pay for the work.
The district architect continues to study the alarm system in Eisenhower Elementary School, Cronauer said. Board members briefly considered waiting for a recommendation and possibly rewriting the project to include all three buildings, but decided to act on the proposal as presented.
The contract was approved on a vote of 6-0, with Harley, John Barbor, Deborah Clawson, Diana Paccapaniccia, Brian Petersen and John Uccellini in favor. Directors Hilliary Creely, Julia Trimarchi-Cuccaro and Robert Gongaware were absent.
The original alarms in the remaining buildings were upgraded in renovation projects.
In other business, the board:
• Hired Patrick Snyder as the district athletic director for three years through June 30, 2017, at an annual salary of $15,880.
Snyder retired at the end of the school year after working 35 years in the district as a health and physical education teacher at the senior high school. He served many years as the A.D. and earned $15,880 for the extra-duty, extra-pay position each of the last two years.
Under terms of an agreement approved Monday by the school board, the district won't provide fringe benefits but will reimburse Snyder for expenses. The agreement calls for him to serve an average of 25 to 29 hours a week.
• Approved the proposed curriculum for a Contemporary Pottery course to be offered as an art elective for 11th- and 12th-grade students at the senior high school.
Board members said the course would offer broad understanding of the art. Students would apply chemistry, math and geometry skills, Paccapaniccia said.
Barbor said students should be ready to work in the class.
"My son, who is a professional ceramic artist, was extraordinarily impressed with the curriculum presentation," Barbor said. "He thought it was absolutely first class.
"It won't just be a day at the beach playing in the sand," Barbor said.
• Hired Dawn Shaffer as a pre-kindergarten teacher at a salary of $48,000 and Ashleigh Henning as a pre-kindergarten teacher at a salary of $66,105, based on their certification and experience, effective Aug. 20.
• Hired Anita Small and Jill Paouncic as licensed practical nurses at pay rates of $15 an hour.
• Hired Kathy Yosurack as a housekeeper, effective today, at a pay rate of $11 an hour.
• Appointed Crystal Miller as assistant girls' soccer coach at a salary of $2,675 and Matt Gaudet as assistant cross country coach at a salary of $1,492.
• Authorized administrators to create and fill two part-time para-educator positions. The employees would work up to five hours a day, mainly with the pre-kindergarten program.
• Accepted a donation of a shade structure that will be built as an Eagle Scout project by student Payton Smith, on the grounds of East Pike Elementary School.
"Community support would be appreciated," Harley said. "In addition to building this, his project includes raising the funds for it.'
• Authorized the administration to set up a college savings payroll deduction program through the Henderson Brothers investment firm.
Kirsch reported that the district expects to finish moving classroom supplies between elementary buildings by the end of this week, in advance of the reassignment of students in the four elementary buildings.
The asbestos removal project at Eisenhower School has been completed, and the staff will be allowed back
Horace Mann and Eisenhower schools will house fourth- and fifth-grade students beginning next month, and Ben Franklin and East Pike will have the pre-kindergarten through third-grade classes.
District resident Douglas Steve, a former school board member, questioned whether Ben Franklin and East Pike have enough classroom space to house all the students expected in the early elementary grades, and asked if the district would achieve savings of $600,000 to $900,000 through the realignment plan.
Kirsch told the board that the cost saving estimate remains unchanged, and said following the board meeting that Ben Franklin and Eisenhower each have one extra classroom available to allow for additional enrollment.
The district has posted details about the impending realignment on the district website at www.iasd.cc under the "Realignment Info" tab on the main site menu.


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The Formula One Teams' Association has announced it has disbanded with immediate effect, ending weeks of speculation with regard to the future of the organisation.
Revealing the news, FOTA secretary general Oliver Weingarten said: "I can confirm that FOTA has been disbanded as a result of its members having re-evaluated their requirements in the face of a changing political and commercial landscape in Formula One."
Red Bull mock reports of Vettel 'hissy fit'
FOTA was formed in 2008 to serve all the teams on the Formula One grid, offering a collective voice in discussions with the FIA and the sport's supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Matters came to a head two years later when FOTA was at the heart of talks regarding a potential breakaway series before a resolution was reached with the FIA over new commercial agreements.
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1/17 McLaren - MP4-29
The Woking-based outfit launched their MP4-29 on January 24, with drivers Jenson Button and rookie Kevin Magnussen joined by reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne. However, the main talking point was the absence of team principal Martin Whitmarsh following the return of Ron Dennis
2/17 Williams - FW35
Williams were the first to unveil their car, albeit a computer-generated design. The real thing is yet to roll out of the garage at Jerez, with some last minute adjustments holding up its debut. Former Ferrari driver Felipe Massa joins the team to try and return them to the top of the sport, and he will partner Valteri Bottas who is retained from last season
3/17 Ferrari - F14T
The Italian manufacturers have pushed Red Bull hard in the past few years, but they hope the F14T will finally surpass their rivals and give either Fernando Alonso or the returning Kimi Raikkonen another World Championship to add to their collection
4/17 Ferrari - F14T
Raikkonen gets reacquainted with the Ferrari cockpit after a four-year absence from the prancing horse, but...
5/17 Ferrari - F14T
His joy is short lived as he becomes the first to suffer from unreliability as his car stops on track, requiring a lift back to the pit lane. He certainly won't be the last though
6/17 Sauber - C33-Ferrari
Sauber have followed the 'anteater' nose design for 2014, and hope for a more successful year than last with Adrian Sutil joining Esteban Gutierrez at the wheel
7/17 Lotus E22
Lotus launched their 2014 challenger, the E22, on the same day as team principal Eric Boullier left the team, with Gerard Lopez replacing him at the helm. With Romain Grosjean now the team leader, many will be watching how he and livewire Pastor Maldonado get on this year. Thta's if they turn up, as their absence from Jerez doesn't bode well
8/17 Mercedes - W05sup
Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton unveil the Mercedes W05sup at Jerez, which thankfully avoids the 'anteater' nose
9/17 Mercedes - W05sup
Many are tipping Hamilton and Rosberg to take the fight to Red Bull this year with the W05sup undoubtedly one of the nicer looking cars on this season's grid, but will it be as fast?
10/17 Red Bull - RB10
Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull are going for a record-equalling fifth straight drivers' and constructors' championship. They have also avoided the 'anteater' nose, and rival Mercedes for the best looking car of the year award. Is there anything Red Bull don't want to win? Daniel Ricciardo makes the step-up from Toro Rosso to replace the now absent Mark Webber
11/17 Toro Rosso - STR9
Toro Rosso's design sure isn't pretty, but they have taken a step into the unknown with rookie 19-year-old Daniil Kvyat. The Russian impressed in practice towards the end of last season, but how will he get on against his more experienced team-mate Jean-Eric Vergne?
12/17 Toro Rosso - STR9
The 'anteater' nose of the Toro Rosso SRT9, likened to a sex toy by lingerie makers Ann Summers
13/17 Force India - VJM07
The ever-impressive Nico Hulkenburg returns to the team he left at the end of 2012 having missed out on a seat at Ferrari, Lotus and McLaren. The German will have a point to prove once more, but he'll have a difficult enough time to beat team-mate Sergio Perez first
14/17 Caterham - CT04
After a short delay which saw their early morning unveiling cancelled, Caterham eventually rolled out their CT04 in the afternoon, with another rookie in Marcus Ericsson at the wheel, while the returning Kamui Kobayashi took the picture
15/17 Williams - FW36
Williams finally got their FW36 running after a delay on day one of testing at Jerez, with Valteri Bottas taking to the track
16/17 Marussia - MR03
Two days later than scheduled, Max Chilton eventually left the garage in the Marussia MR03 for its first run at Jerez
17/17 Marussia - MR03
Chilton brings the car back in after completing an installation lap
But in 2011, FOTA's unity was shattered when Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Ferrari and Sauber withdrew their support following a dispute over the way forward with regard to cost-cutting proposals.
Seven teams continued to form FOTA, under the chairmanship of former McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh.
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Rosa grew up an orphan in a remote, watery island fastness on the wild East coast of Yorkshire. Taken in as a small child by the motherly Mrs Drew, she realised as she grew up that this large and seemingly close farming family contained many troubled souls. Mr Drew, whose religious fervour held a dark secret; Jim, the eldest son, who was terrified of something from his past; Delia, longing to escape from the island; and tall, handsome, confident Matthew, who wanted only one thing – Rosa herself.
But Rosa's background was one of mystery. Her mother, before she drowned in the dyke near their home, had always promised that one day Rosa's father would return to her – a handsome Spaniard, with jewels and silks in treasure chests, sailing in on a ship with golden sails. Mr Drew knew the secret of Rosa's past – and so did the two mysterious Irishmen, who came back to the island after many years and who threatened everything which Rosa held most dear.
Other novels by Valerie Wood include: The Hungry Tide, winner of the Catherine Cookson Prize for Fiction, Annie, Children of the Tide, The Romany Girl, Emily, and Going Home.
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Professional Fishing
The Rugged Reality Of Being A Pro Fisherman
It's not just the fishing that's tough; it's the lifestyle. Pro anglers, as I mentioned, are constantly on the road, going from tournament to tournament. They try to show up early so as to have a few days practicing on the lake — hard research that might not even pay off if the weather changes, the effects of which could completely alter their strategies.
And did we mention that they get there all by themselves? To understand why, you need to understand one of the pro anglers' most important tool: his boat. Boats are as important to anglers as fishing rods. They're sleek, incredibly fast (up to 70 mph) and not cheap — think the $30,000-$50,000 range. They're absolutely necessary in order to traverse the large bodies of waters in which most tournaments take place. Mike Iaconelli told me that when he won the 2003 Bassmaster Classic in Louisiana, he had to travel on his boat at top speed for two and a half hours just to reach his chosen spot for the day. And because they're, well, boats, they need to be driven around the country by the fishermen themselves. No first-class airplane tickets for them.
Incidentally, this is where Toyota comes in. The Tundra has become a popular vehicle for pro and amateur fishermen alike — you can't tow these things with a car.
So, not only do they need to get to the tournaments themselves, but they've got to pay to play as well. Whether you're a newcomer or Kevin VanDam, everyone has to pay the same entry fee, which is usually around $5,000. (Can you imagine if Tom Brady had to shell out five large every time he stepped out onto the field?) With 100 anglers in each competition, there's no guarantee they'll walk away with anything but empty pockets. "A lot of guys go broke doing this," VanDam tells me. The bigger players enjoy sponsorships, but even those are negotiated and handled by the anglers themselves, sometimes with their spouses' help. Heck, they don't even have managers to help them set their schedules.
Far from the image of the idle fisherman enjoying a lazy day in the sun, pro angling is a tough, competitive sport where the best enjoy a modest (by pro sports standards) income, and the worst go bankrupt. There's no doubt that sports stars of all stripes work hard — but you gotta hand it to the anglers, who do it all by themselves, and still seem to love every minute of it.


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Question - Does anyone know of an inside-the-home defensive situation where more than 1 or 2 shotgun shells were fired by the defender? Has a defender ever run their repeating shotgun dry defending their home?
I ask this because I know most are wont to have extended mag tubes on their defensive shotguns (which I feel adversely affects the "swingability" of the shotgun), while others swear you "need" a Saiga with a detachable high-cap box mag to defend your castle.
My shotgun has a standard 4-shell mag tube, and while I keep an extra 6 shells on the butt (keeps the weight close to me so the gun is faster in the swing vs the extra shells being on the receiver), I would feel quite comfortable with a double barrel. To my mind, the extra ammo is there for reloading the gun after things are over, just in case they are not.
Once the shotgun starts barking, I don't think too many thugs are going to stick around and try to take you on.
And while I certainly understand the idea of having too much ammo is better than not enough, I'm just trying to get a realistic picture of what "enough" shotgun ammo really is. My gut tells me it isn't much. And too much ammo in/on the gun, which makes the gun heavier and thus slower in action, might actually be a detriment.
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If someone enters your home and threatens you, Pennsylvania law allows you to use deadly force to protect yourself. But one Susquehanna Valley lawmaker wants to expand the rights gun owners have to defend themselves in other places as well.
York County Republican Scott Perry is behind the bill. He says it's desgined to give law-abiding gun owners the right to protect themselves and their families in vehicles as well as other places where they have been invited (you can read the entire bill here). The right to deadly force is their's if the attacker displays a firearm or if they reasonably believe they are being attacked and feel immediate action is necessary to prevent death, kidnapping or rape.
Perry says clarifying the law removes the worry of civil liability that can make an already difficult situation even worse.
"That's not the time to be trying to decide, 'Am I going to go to jail for this or not.' You have to defend your life and your family first. We want to err on the side of the law-abiding citizen when right now the scale is tipped on the side of the criminal," said Perry.
The bill is being considered by the House appropriations committee. It would need to be passed there before moving to the full House of Representatives for a vote.
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Clean bad BBA off driftwood?
I let my aquarium go and it's overun with BBA. Is my driftwood salvageable? If so, how to I clean it? This beard algae seems to be permanently stuck.
If u can pull it out u can spray with h2o2. You can also use excel. You could also do a bleach dip which I think is a 1:20 dilution with water and then cleaning with water overdosed with dechlor. Look on the forum as there is more in depth descriptions. Personally I would pull it out if possible and scrub with a toothbrush and dip it in h2o2.
If u can't remove it you can spot treat with excel or h2o2 using a syringe. Look up the safe dosing amounts of h2o2 if doing directly to the tank.
You can just run hot water over it. Itll turn red and die off after a few days
If you can remove the wood then scrape the BBA off with a dull knife and rinse the wood. It probably would be a good idea to try to kill any remaining BBA with H2O2 while it is out of the tank. You want to get its 'roots' off as well as the brush part. Even if you do stay on top of things and BBA doesn't return those little bumps aren't very nice looking.
Will BBA die off on its own with addition of co2?
I had most of my BBA die off after a 2 wee power outage, but I'm not sure how to get ride of the last few bits of it. It's also on pieces of wood that I really cannot take out of the tank anymore without disturbing everything.
I've got a little that lives on despite CO2. The best thing I've found is running a high dose of Excel in it for a while, that tends to keep the stuff knocked down.
If you cannot take out the driftwood:
Figure out how much Excel OR hydrogen peroxide is the maximum dose for your size tank.
Turn off filters, power heads and any other water moving equipment.
Use a syringe without the needle and squirt that much Excel OR hydrogen peroxide right into the densest parts of the BBA. If there is still a lot of BBA you might not get it all treated in one go.
Let it sit for a while, then turn the filters etc. back on.
The next day do a partial water change (25% minimum) and repeat. If you were not able to treat all the algae the first day, you could treat the remainder today.
When it turns pink, it is dead. Sometimes it takes 2 treatments like this to kill it. Sometimes it dies with just one treatment.
If you have so much BBA that it will take more daily treatments, then I would do larger water changes, practically drain the tank, then squirt or spray the Excel or H2O2 directly on the exposed BBA. The stronger concentration of either of these materials when the algae is in the air can kill it better that gambling that the water is still enough to maintain the concentration when you treat a full tank. When you do it this way (drain the tank, treat exposed algae) you can use about double the amount of H2O2. Then wait until the bubbling quits before refilling. Most of the H2O2 will have changed to water and oxygen so is not toxic.
Rub it with dry or very concentrated solution of KH2PO4, leave it for 15 mins,
will turn red by the next day, got better result than standard 3% H2O2.
If you can remove the driftwood many things will work. Then a good rinse and return it to the tank. Any of the materials listed are safe to add to the tank in the small amount that would cling to the wood if it was not well rinsed.
Anyone ever tried treating with boiling water to kill the bba?
just let the wood sit out for a an afternoon
will still stay water logged but outside will be dried, along with bba
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I have a '99 WJ with only 56K miles on it. bought it last week. I have noticed that there is a definite clunk from the rear after stopping while still in drive. I have the 4.7 V8 and Quadra TracII. I am new to this system. The clunk occurs after being stopped for about 5 seconds but the time lapse varies from two seconds to about 20 seconds. The clunk doesn't happen at any other time. When it does happen I can feel it as well as hear it.
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I'm rethinking the noise and it may be the transfer case I suppose and My hearing is not that great. I just can't figure out what could be making the clunk noise after the car has come to a complete stop and has been idling at a stop light for several seconds since nothing should be moving. Makes no sense to me. The clunk noise does not happen if I shift into neutral before I come to a complete stop and doesn't happen when I put the trans back into gear.
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Thinking about it, i had something alike happening after my transmission rebuild. It was finally the transmission shifting from 1st gear into 2nd gear with the jeep standing still.
There are 5 pressure switches in the TRS/solenoid assy which are used as a feedback signal to the TCM. When the TCM selects a gear, the pressure switch shows the TCM that the pressure is there.
If the signal is not received, the TCM thinks that 1st gear (in this case) is not selected and it will take 2nd gear instead. This shift is felt as a clunk, due to the releasing of one clutch and then applying of an other clutch. On my jeep the fault was with one of the pressure switches.
Did you check if a DTC is set? To do so, do the key dance: switch ignition switch off/on three times and leave it in on at the third time. The odometer will show " DONE" when all ok, or any fault code.
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Thanks for the info I'll give that a try!
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I too have been thinking... If you were to do a "stop and go" and take off again before the clunk decided to say hello how does the jeep feel?
Does it take off in first, or does it seem to be bogged down and possibly in second?
Re: Clunk in Rear Differential or T-case
I tried doing the key dance but nothing showed up on the speedo. I have an OBD-II scanner but it is not showing any codes. I'll try the stop and go before the clunk happens to see what happens and let you know.
Thanks for the replies.
Re: Clunk in Read Differential
When i had this problem before and it went into 2nd gear, i didn't realise it at first. The torque converter let it all go fluently and the engine has power enough to take off in 2nd. I only had a fault code set, which made me start trouble shooting and find out what was going on.
You should try to compare the acceleration after a stop without the clunk with one with the clunk, to see if you will feel any differences, which could confirm the "being in 2nd" gear theory.
Re: Clunk in Read Differential
I did the stop and go several times, with and without the clunk and it always took off in first gear. I'm going to get under it this weekend just confirm that nothing is loose. I get a lot of noise out of moaning out of the rear brakes, the sound is that which is made when you don't have your foot on the brake pedal hard enough and the car wants to pull ahead. Probably totally unrelated but will check it out.
Is the transmission sensor that you mentioned something that can be changed easily and if so I might change it out just for peace of mind.
Thanks for any info.
Re: Clunk in Read Differential
Mine moans like crazy as well. Frango100 will have to answer the sensor question, I am unsure what sensor he was hinting at. There is a transmission speed sensors that are on top of the trans driver side accessible from the ground. One in the front (input), and one towards the rear (output) and both SHOULD be the same part number.
Usually with the sensor you will get a code if it is failing or has failed like what happen to Frango100
Does this clunk happen every time? If you roll forward at an idle and stop again does it clunk again?
Re: Clunk in Read Differential
No codes wih my scanner and no check engine light. Did the key dance again and it worked this time and the word DONE came on the speedo. I does not clunk on the first few stops and seems to be a bit more pronounced if I stop harder. If I slow the car to a gentle stop it does not clunk. I does not clunk again if I roll forward at idle. It always starts in low. I'm thinking more and more that something is loose.
I really appeciate all the replys and suggestions.
Re: Clunk in Read Differential
The TRS/solenoid assy is not a sensor, its in fact the electric/hydraulic heart for the transmission shifting. It has 5 clutch control solenoids,1 pressure control solenoid, 5 pressure switches and several switches which are actuated depending on the shift lever position. Its inside of the tranny, mounted on top of the valve body. Not a very cheap item to change (approx. USD300 + filters + fluid + rtv), so you need to be sure that the problem is in there. When you have a speed sensor problem, you probably get a code set and for sure the shifting will be harsh.
Can it be that you release a bit the pressure on the brake pedal and that then the clunk shows up? I would indeed check the rear brake components and especially the 4 nuts which hold the brake backing plate on the back side, those nuts tend to come loose sometimes.
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Thanks for the info Frango...I'll be under the car this weekend, pulling the back wheels off, etc.
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Discussion in 'Football, Baseball, and Hockey' started by Buckeyes#1, Nov 17, 2006.
We will miss you Bo.
I miss Bo.
Talk about timing, too. One day before The Game. Rest in Peace, Bo. May you prove victorious in the Rose Bowl in the sky.
RIP Bo . You will be missed
Probably the last Lions coach I actually liked.
Mo, you're thinking of Gary Moeller.
Nope, didn't Bo take over for like one week after Bobby Ross I think. ???
Gary Moeller
looked it up. You're right.
Bo was a great coach...but more importantly, he was a great person. Yeah, he always irritated me because he usually had his way with MSU...but I always respected the guy for his fire, dedication, and integrity...always a straight-shooter. I hope Bo's passing this day will help to temper the animosity of OSU & UM fans tomorrow in the horse shoe, in a rivalry that Bo & Woody created...and cause the fans to come to appreciate the fact it's just a game, and something to be enjoyed...win or lose. You da man Bo!
At first I thought this thread was about BO = body odor. I'm glad it's not. It's a good thing Shembechler has some greenbacks saved. That's a long last name for a gravestone.
Zoo Maybe you're to young to remember. I have to say...your post was pretty cold. Bo deserves respect from all football fans.
I'm sure Gazoo meant no offense. He's not like that. He probably really mistakenly thought that and was just lightening it up a bit. Besides, Gazoo is no spring chicken.
No offense meant. I respect Bo, but I also don't believe in blowing sunshine up someone's ass just because they have just passed away. I believe in respecting (or not respecting) a person equally in life and in death. So, let me give you an honest assessment, because I AM old enough to remember: Bo lost a lot of big bowl games on the West Coast with his crappy, conservative offenses. This philosophy of running the ball constantly and having a time-possession offense is Bo's staple. This is a philosophy UM fans are still dealing with today because Carr is Bo's boy. So Bo has wielded a guiding hand over UM's football program even after he retired (which I think is a bunch of crap). He was terrible as the Tigers GM (he fired Ernie Harwell for God's sake!). That being said, he also fired Bill Frieder, which made him indirectly responsble for UM winning the b-ball national title in 1989. I don't think they run the table with Frieder. Good job by Bo ("I want a Michigan man"). Also, he found ways to beat Ohio State and actually had some balls with the media, unlike the current UM coach, who needs to have a cattle prod shoved up his ass to show any life whatsoever. I loved watching Bo on "Michigan Replay" every Sunday morning because he was actually very uninspiring, but mostly that was because he was unwinding from the day before. He methodically went through the previous day's plays and I learned a lot as a fan. So, to give an objective view, Bo did a lot for the football program at UM, but his ego (and the wimps in the athletic department) has kept the program in the dark ages. I'm sure some will be offended by this post, but I really don't care. Telling it like it is.
I don't see a problem with that.
Zoo I agree with your assessment. Your prior post just seemed a little off color.
Yeah, it probably was. It's just that I live across the street from a cemetery, and I was walking by the gravestones the other day and noticed that some of them had the letters squeezed in. I guess I should not share everything. Diarrhea of the mouth.
The Wolverines were in squalore...sp, before Bo arrived. He righted the ship. He was like 2 and 8 in bowl games. He didn't know what a forward pass was. With UoM and O.S. 2 and 1, I think he died in bliss. Good time to go. He's had about 5 heart surgerys. He had one during a Rose Bowl. P.S. he brought Woody to his demise. Yeah!!! RIP ... B.S.
Was just listening to Lou Holtz (Internet archive) remember Bo. Holtz said in one sentence that Bo was "his own man" and then turns around and calls him "a little Woody." The "little Woody" comment is funny on its own merit, but also goes to show how truly stupid Holtz is to say something like that. I don't think Bo was a personification of Hayes at all, but others might disagree. Can't imagine Bo slugging an opposing player on national TV after an interception. Way to go, Woody!
He studied under Woody. Woody gave him his manhood. It's a fair comment. But no... Bo never went psycho. He just fired Harwell. smile
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meeting 03-Oct-2006?
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Master's Education in Nursing and Areas of Practice
Graduates with a master's degree in nursing are prepared for a variety of roles and areas of practice. Graduates may pursue new and innovative roles that result from health reform and changes in an evolving and global healthcare system. Some graduates will pursue direct care practice roles in a variety of settings (e.g., the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL), nurse educator). Others may choose indirect care roles or areas of practice with an aggregate, systems, or organizational focus, (e.g. nursing or health program management, informatics, public health, or clinical research coordinator). In addition to developing competence in all nine of the Essential core areas delineated in The Essentials of Master's Education in Nursing, each graduate will have additional course work in an area of practice or functional role. This coursework may include more in-depth preparation and competence in one or two of the Essentials or in an additional/ supplementary area of practice. For select areas of practice, specialty nursing organizations have developed nationally recognized competencies and curricular recommendations, which are required for certification and practice in these identified areas. Information regarding these areas of practice and linkages to the appropriate documents or competencies are included in the table below. Brief descriptions are presented of the major areas of practice for which master's graduates are currently prepared.
Direct Care Roles
Clinical Nurse Leader
The Clinical Nurse Leader or CNL is a master's prepared nurse and clinical leader in the healthcare delivery system in all settings in which care is delivered. The role may vary depending upon the setting and patient population. The CNL is educated with a focus on improving quality of care delivered at the microsystem or unit level. The CNL applies advanced competencies in nursing leadership, interprofessional communication, care environment management, integration and coordination of care, risk assessment, implementation of evidence-based practice, and evaluation of clinical outcomes. Nationally recognized competencies for the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) are delineated in the White Paper on the Education and Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader (AACN, 2007).
Students in a CNL program are eligible to sit for CNL certification offered by the Commission on Nurse Certification (CNC) immediately prior to or after graduation from an approved CNL master's or post-master's program. Eligibility criteria and additional information regarding the certification process and resources can be found at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/cnl/cnc.
Nurse Educator
The AACN Preferred Vision of the Professoriate in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs (2008) states that "courses in the nursing program will be taught by faculty with graduate-level academic preparation and advanced expertise in the areas of content they teach." There is national recognition, however, of the growing shortage of nursing educators to fill faculty and other educator roles within the healthcare delivery system. Master's programs that prepare graduates for nurse educator roles are designed to meet these needs. Nurses with a master's degree may teach patients and their families and/or student nurses, staff nurses, and a variety of direct-care providers. As outlined in Essential IX, all master's-prepared nurses will develop competence in applying teaching/learning principles in work with patients and/or students across the continuum of care in a variety of settings. However, as recommended in the Carnegie Foundation report (2009), Educating Nurses: A Call for Radical Transformation, those individuals who choose a nurse educator role, as do all master's graduates, require preparation across all nine Essential areas, including graduate-level clinical practice content and experiences in an area of nursing practice.
A program preparing individuals for a nurse educator role, in addition to focusing on the competencies in all nine Essential areas, should include course work in curriculum design and development, teaching methodologies, educational needs assessment, and learner-centered theories and methods. The master's prepared nurse educator differs from the baccalaureate nurse in depth of his/her understanding of the nursing discipline and nursing practice in addition to the added pedagogical skills. Further, in order to teach students, patients, and caregivers regarding health promotion, disease prevention, or disease management, the master's curriculum for the nurse educator builds on baccalaureate knowledge with graduate-level content in the areas of health assessment, physiology/pathophysiology, and pharmacology to strengthen the graduate's scientific background and facilitate his/her understanding of nursing and health-related information. In addition, the master's student who is being prepared for the educator role needs additional content in an identified area of nursing practice and opportunities in the practice environment to integrate this new knowledge and skills into one's nursing practice. Those master's students who aspire to faculty roles in baccalaureate and higher degree programs will be advised that additional education at the doctoral level is needed (AACN, 2008).
The National League for Nursing (NLN) has identified specific competencies related to the educator role as well as tasks associated with each of these competencies. These competencies can be accessed at http://www.nln.org/profdev/corecompetencies.pdf. A certification for academic nursing educators is also available; additional information regarding the certification criteria can be found at http://www.nln.org/certification/index.htm.
Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) Roles
In 2004, the member schools affiliated with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) voted to endorse the Position Statement on the Practice Doctorate in Nursing. This decision called for moving the current level of preparation necessary for advanced nursing practice from the master's degree to the doctorate-level by the year 2015. This transition is moving forward rapidly. As of April 2011, 153 DNP programs were enrolling students at schools of nursing nationwide, and an additional 160 DNP programs were in the planning stages. DNP programs are available in 37 states plus the District of Columbia. Despite this rapid transition of APRN programs to the doctorate-level, it is recognized that for a variety of reasons not all programs will be transitioned by 2015. Master's degree nursing programs preparing graduates for any of the four APRN roles: certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), certified nurse-midwife (CNM), clinical nurse specialist (CNS), or nurse practitioner (NP), must include preparation in all nine Essential areas and must include three separate graduate-level courses in the following areas: advanced physiology/pathophysiology, advanced health assessment, and advanced pharmacology. These three courses, identified as the APRN Core, must meet the criteria delineated in the 2008 Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education. In addition the expected outcomes for each of these three APRN core courses are delineated in The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice.
Nationally recognized competencies for each of the APRN roles have been established by the profession and are listed in the table on Graduate Roles and Advanced Role Competencies (p. 44). In addition to the role competencies, the APRN graduate must be prepared with nationally recognized competencies in at least one of six population foci. The population-focused competencies for the family/across the lifespan, pediatric acute care and pediatric primary care, neonatal, women's health, and psychiatric/mental health NP are under revision and should be available by early 2012. The population-focused competencies for the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP and the Adult-Gerontology CNS are available at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education-resources/competencies-olc.
The components of the APRN curriculum are shown here:
Indirect Care Roles or Areas of Practice that Focus on Aggregates, Systems, or Organizations
Public Health Nurse
Specialist level competencies in public health nursing reflect preparation at the graduate degree level, which traditionally has been recognized at the master's degree level. Graduate education for advanced public health nursing practice is in transition. In 2007, the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (ACHNE) published a statement that supports the national movement toward the practice doctorate as a terminal degree for advanced nursing practice. The document also addresses titling, challenges to the public health nursing workforce, characteristics of graduate prepared public health nurses, and educational content in a graduate public health nursing program. Public health nursing is recognized as the preferred title; this designation differentiates this area of population-focused nursing practice from other practices that are community-based but are not population-focused. ACHNE also recognizes that the transition to the DNP degree may require the development of a variety of collaborative education models and will require the development of specific competencies for the doctorally prepared advanced public health nurse.
Public health nursing competencies have been delineated by the Quad Council, which is an alliance of the four national nursing organizations that address public health nursing issues: the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators (ACHNE), the American Nurses Association's Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (ANA), the American Public Health Association-Public Health Nursing Section (APHA), and the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing (ASTDN). The approach utilized by the Quad Council builds on the core competencies for all public health professionals and differentiates those aspects that are unique to public health nursing practice. Public health nurses are population-focused; however, these nurses also practice at the individual and family level.
Public health nurse educated at the master's degree level are prepared across all of the nine Essential areas with more in-depth preparation in Essential VIII (Clinical Prevention and Population Health for Improving Health). The master's graduate in advanced public health nursing would also demonstrate achievement of the competencies delineated by the Quad Council (2003).
The TIGER or Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform initiative represents a collaborative of leaders and organizational advocates focused on nursing's role and responsibility in informatics. In addition to developing a minimum set of informatics competencies that all nurses need to have to practice in the current health care system, the TIGER vision recognizes the need for developing leaders in management and informatics. The beginning-level for specialty education in nursing informatics is recognized as the master's degree level. In addition to preparation with the outcome competencies in all nine Essential areas, the graduate would receive more in-depth content and experiences in Essential V, Informatics and Health Care Technologies.
Clinical Research Coordinator
The clinical research coordinator is educated to work with the doctorally prepared nurse or health professional researcher. The clinical research coordinator is prepared to provide support on and coordinate a variety of types of nursing or other health related research. In addition to preparation in all nine Essential areas, more concentrated coursework or further development of the knowledge and skills embedded in Essential IV, Translational Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice, are needed to prepare the nurse to manage research projects for nurse scientists and other healthcare researchers working in multi-professional research teams. As in all master's degree nursing education programs, students should have formal clinical/practice experiences within the program to further develop and integrate new knowledge and skills in an area of nursing practice. Currently, no nationally recognized competencies and curricular recommendations exist for this specific master's education track.
Nurse Administrator or Manager
Preparation of the nurse administrator or manager is at the graduate level, either the master's or doctoral level. Individuals with graduate level preparation in nursing management or administration are needed to fill a variety of roles across the healthcare delivery system. In addition to preparation in the nine Essential areas, more in-depth preparation in Essential II, Organizational and System Leadership, will provide knowledge useful for nursing management roles. The Council on Graduate Education for Administration in Nursing (CGEAN) and the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) have developed nationally recognized competencies for the educational preparation of nurse executives. These competencies can be accessed at http://www.aone.org/resources/leadership. In addition, two separate certifications are offered by AONE for graduates with a focus on nursing administration or management: Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP) and Certified Nurse Manager and Leader (CNML). Graduates with a master's or higher degree with a focus on nurse executive practice plus two years of experience are eligible for the CENP. Graduates of BSN or higher degree programs with two or more years of experience in a nurse manager role are eligible to sit for the CNML, offered in partnership with the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Additional information regarding eligibility and certification in these two areas can be found at http://www.aone.org/resources/certification/about_certifications.shtml.


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