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Judge saved by daughter's determination
By JENNIFER HORTON
Judge Bobby Capers of Mt. Juliet had a merry Christmas this year, and he owes it in large measure to his daughter.
Thats nice, you might think, but what makes this special?
Well, after a health scare that included a stroke and blood clots and doctors saying there was nothing else that could be done for him, Capers daughter, Dr. Christi Capers, Pharm.D., jumped on the Internet and found a procedure used in another state that can rid the body of clots, and in essence, saved her fathers life.
Capers, in an interview with The Wilson Post on Wednesday, said he suffered a subdural bleed (the bleed occurred between the dura, the outer covering of the brain, and the brain) before Halloween. Capers formerly served as Circuit Court Judge in the 15th Judicial District.
The bleed was so big it caused him to have a stroke, Christi said, noting the bleed occurred on the right side of her fathers brain which caused some left-side deficiencies. (Hes doing OK, now.)
He spent about two weeks in Summit Medical Center recovering from the stroke, but other health problems eventually developed. Capers said he spent the past three months in and out of different hospitals where doctors determined he had tumors and blood clots at various places in his body.
As his stays in the hospital continued, doctors essentially said there was nothing else they could do for him, but Capers said his daughter refused to accept that and began researching various treatments and procedures on the Internet to try and help her dad.
He developed a clot in his right atrium (of the heart), Christi said, noting its very uncommon.
Capers was in the hospital for the subdural bleed, she said, and suffered the stroke while in rehab. He was sent to the ER for what was at first believed to be a heart attack, but a friend of hers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center came and did an echocardiogram of his heart which revealed the clot in his right atrium.
Generally, open heart surgery would be the next step, but she said that was not an option at that point because of his condition.
Instead, she began searching the Internet and found three case reports where a catheter (a thin, flexible tube) was used to treat a pulmonary embolism, or a blockage in an artery in a lung. The blockage is often caused by a blood clot.
Christi informed her dads cardiologist about what she learned, and the procedure, which she described as a catheter with a vacuum-assist device was used on Capers which removed the clot, negating the need for open heart surgery.
He was my dad, she said, adding that initially nobody could tell me how me big the clot was.
Its been a really long road for him. Hes doing a lot better. Thats just what you do with your dad. Hes my dad.
Christi noted that in her occupation she works with a number of doctors and does not fault those treating her dad for not knowing initially about the catheter procedure that was eventually used. She now works for an oncology company but has worked in the past at the VA Hospital and at the Childrens Hospital at Vanderbilt.
I work with physicians. They have so many things they have to do.
Capers, 70, was in good health until his stroke and blood clot, only undergoing a total knee replacement previously, she said.
Capers said because of his daughters efforts, Im still alive today. I want people to appreciate what she did for her dad (and the) Christmas she gave her dad. I love her.


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A minute's walk from the Beverly Wilshire Hotel lies Hollywood's oldest talent agency. William Morris Endeavor Entertainment oozes "A-listers" – from Charlize Theron to Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and hundreds of others. The firm has a pedigree of box office stars going back to Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra. Straddling this star-spangled empire are two chief executives who personify Hollywood. "Super agent" Ari Emanuel is the brother of President Obama's former chief-of-staff turned Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, and the character upon which the edgy TV series Entourage and its Hollywood talent agent, Ari Gold, is based. Patrick Whitesell is the other joint CEO, another power player in the entertainment industry, who counts Hugh Jackman, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon among his entourage.
The two fast-talking, deal-making players merged their rival celebrity and artist management firms in 2009 to create WME, an agency that vies with Creative Artists Agency as the most influential gatekeeper of the feature film, music and television industry. How influential? Well, in August when Warner Bros anointed Ben Affleck as the next Batman – to widespread uproar from fans – it was Patrick Whitesell who cut the deal.
The month before Whitesell and Emanuel had closed another deal that reverberated all the way from Hollywood to Madison Avenue and beyond. Acutely aware that digital media and technology is usurping old hierarchies and the once-lucrative business models of the entertainment industry, they paid an estimated $US115 million ($125 million) for almost half of an advertising agency. Not just any old agency but Droga5, the New York hot shop founded by David Droga, Australia's most renowned, internationally awarded and youthful advertising creative export.
Set up in 2006, Droga5 blitzed the advertising establish-ment with pioneering and unconventional ad campaigns. "We've been courted by everybody and we've politely said no because I think the majority of the acquisitions that happen make the industry smaller not better," Droga told the New York Times in his only interview at the time of the deal. "So many alliances or deals are done out of necessity."
Eight weeks later on a couch in his New York office on the corner of 4th Street and Lafayette, a block down from New York University's Stern School of Business, Droga is still holding the line. A quietly spoken, understated yet frightfully ambitious character, he is determined to bring creativity into the heart of commerce. It's been a constant for more than two decades – he's just turned 45. "I've always said I want to build one of the most influential creative businesses in the world," he declares with a wry grin.
His new partners had been on the hunt for an adland acquisition for a year. They knew their artists needed to get into bed with big brands in a way that was vastly more imaginative than the standard celebrity endorsement. Droga had shown everyone how with a show-stopper from hip hop's biggest artist, Jay-Z, and Microsoft-owned Bing – a benchmark for coining it without selling out. The campaign, which won Droga yet another Grand Prix at the prestigious Cannes Advertising Festival, simultaneously launched Jay-Z's memoir Decoded while creating an art-led, digital and mainstream media campaign for Bing. Google's search arch-rival sent out a series of online clues that linked with street art through which fans could track down locations where various events in Jay-Z's life had happened – much of it around his childhood roots in Brooklyn. It is the sort of "new-world" advertising that progressive brand owners are hankering for. They want their brands entwined with entertainment and pop culture rather than hard-sell and commercial messages that often fail to fire up the masses. That work was what put Droga at the top of Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell's shopping list.
Best in the business
"It was pretty easy to work out David is the best in the business today," says an impeccably attired Whitesell, from his WME office overlooking downtown Beverly Hills. "The work he's done with brands is above and beyond, so that's where it started. That combination of what Ari and I need and everything we are doing here is what David and his group are doing there. We've seen isolated events and experiences that can happen but it's never come together holistically."
For Whitesell and Emanuel – the latter is said to sleep a maximum of three or four hours a night – it's all about content. "Content for us is only going to get bigger and more important," Whitesell says. "The fragmentation of media and the disruptiveness of technology is changing everything. Television and feature films are changing like you've seen with live music. In all of those areas, advertisers are getting closer to the content and frankly, the content creators need to create a better, more direct relationship with them."
Not dissimilar to the nascent days of broadcast TV when business models were busted open, digital media and technology is providing fertile ground for Hollywood and Madison Avenue to rethink how they operate and interact. Until now, however, no one has been able to get it right.
WME's arch rival, Creative Artists Agency, unnerved Madison Ave more than a decade ago when it started dealing directly with the world's biggest advertiser, Coca-Cola, to make ads – the early versions of Coke's Polar Bears theme came out of CAA. And Hollywood directors and producers have flirted with making commercials for decades. Ridley Scott is among the most renowned with his "1984" campaign for Apple. But, like CAA's tie-up with Coke, attempts to reboot alliances have mostly crashed.
Four decades of separation have made it tough for the world's biggest advertising networks and Hollywood to sync, although Whitesell says such alignments are more crucial than ever. Indeed, WME's equity stake in Droga5 and the aggressive ambitions of the three creative entrepreneurs to do things differently is probably the best chance yet to see if Hollywood and Madison Ave can produce some magic beyond the common practice of product placement where BMW or Jaguar might pay producers to have James Bond drive one of its cars.
"It's the daydreamers that change things," says Droga. "It is the practical people that make it happen but you need the daydreamers, the storytellers and the creative people for anything interesting to happen."
His own man
That David Droga shunned the advertising establishment and sold a stake in his company to a hot Hollywood firm spooked the big international advertising agencies. For years bosses from ad net-works in Tokyo, Paris, London and New York had been beating on Droga's door to buy into the agency he owned with a handful of employees. They figured one of their own would eventually win Droga over. But they were wrong.
"I've always wanted to do work that is more than what a lot of the advertising industry is about," Droga says. "I wanted to work across politics, social good and Wall Street; to help figure out where growth comes from. How do you take billion-dollar brands and make something more of them in the next 10 or 20 years? That's why WME felt like a natural fit. They are the best at what they do in entertainment and content. If we could complement each other but also do things that have never been done before, that's got to be worth a crack. It's going to be amazing because the consumer doesn't care where they get content from, whether that's commercial messaging or entertainment. So now it's how can we take the best of WME's abilities – their access to the entertainment industry, their ability to package things up and influence pop culture – and combine it with our abilities in creative and strategy on brands and really make something of it. Neither of us had to tweak our language about what our aspirations were."
Aspiration is putting it mildly. Relentless, unbridled ambition to dominate is more apt on both sides of this deal. And somewhat ironically, the two modern-day creative super groups are headed back to the future. Or at least the halcyon days of the 1950s when the links between brands, Hollywood and the booming TV industry were at their zenith.
David Droga is the youngest of five brothers raised in the NSW alpine town of Jindabyne. Their Danish mother labelled her sons' clothing with their surname and chronology. Droga1, Marcus, is a senior investment advisor with Macquarie Bank. Droga2, Ari, is the Australian boss of Global Infrastructure Partners. Droga3, Daniel, co-founded hedge fund BlueLake Partners. Droga4, Jeremy, is a sculptor in Paris. Their sister, Annika, leads Social Altitude Treks, an NGO that raises money for single mothers in India. (A half sister, Jessica, works for online publisher BeautyHaven). Their late father Harold was known as "black Harry" because he was "quite a tough operator", says Droga5. Harry, who ran the Perisher ski resort for nearly two decades for Kerry Packer, actively stoked intense sibling rivalry. He would take his sons out on Lake Jindabyne, forcing them to jump into the freezing water and swim to shore to toughen them up. "To this day, every one of us has a phobia of water, cold water," David Droga says. "He wanted us to have that bonding. When he and Mum split, he left the kids the boat. I think it was sold before the afternoon was over."
Maternal role model
From their political and environmental activist mother Vibeke, who is also a poet, the Droga kids learned the not-so-fine art of persuasion, being pushed to ring local MPs to agitate on anything from saving the whales to halting the logging of old growth forests. Droga talks fondly of his mother as the "family matriarch and compass". Like his older brothers, Droga was shipped off to boarding school at Tudor House near Bowral in NSW and then onto Kings, where he excelled at being average.
He wanted to be a writer of some kind and it was not until he got a break as a teenage despatch boy at Grey Advertising, where Siimon Reynolds was emerging, that his ambition took some shape. That was the late 1980s when Reynolds was making his name as a creative wunderkind with ads like the Grim Reaper AIDS TV commercial. Droga had earlier done work experience in John Singleton's advertising agency where he spent the week washing the adman's line-up of prestige cars. "I remember thinking, wow, I'll never make someone do that." At Grey, Droga delivered the mail to the creative department's desks and would take sneak peaks at the ads. "I would say to myself 'I can write better than that', or so I thought."
Droga at that stage was sleeping on Marcus's sofa in Tamarama, near Bondi beach. Within two years he was at OMON, the new agency Reynolds and two partners kicked off in 1988. Shortly after, they created the award-winning Triple M TV commercial featuring a winged satyr. It had a production budget of $1 million, massive in those days.
At 23, Droga had a reputation as a relentless worker, regularly burning through midnight on briefs, tearing up iterations and starting over. "I don't know if it's a work thing or it's paranoia," says Droga, who lives near his New York offices and returns to work once his four children are in bed. "I like to believe I'm very good but the work ethic guarantees you. I used to think if I'm as talented as I think I am and if I work really hard it will take me over the edge."
The approach worked but Droga was becoming frustrated by personality politics among OMON's partners and handed back his shareholding for zip. "It was funny because the celebrity of Siimon took off so quickly," he recalls. "I felt he got distracted from the agency. He was on all of the people to watch lists and the sexiest man stuff."
In 1996 Droga finally succumbed to wooing from Saatchi & Saatchi's worldwide creative director Bob Isherwood and took a job as the regional creative director across Asia and the Middle East, based in Singapore. He was the youngest creative director in Saatchi's global network. Within a year, the Singapore office was scooping the world's top advertising awards. "I wanted to prove you could be great from Asia," he says of a time when the Brits, Americans and the fanatical Brazilians dominated the global advertising scene. He regrets seeing little of Asia other than from planes, offices and perhaps a few bars. "I worked my arse off, we became global agency of the year at Cannes and we became an agency the Singapore government rallied around. It was an amazing time. I travelled a lot but didn't explore Cambodia or the beaches of Vietnam."
Saatchi beckons
Droga's trajectory was such that within two years he was offered one of the most prestigious but troubled jobs in adland: creative director of Saatchi's flagship London office. It was 1998 and he was 29, preceded only by two other big name creatives plus Maurice Saatchi, who had been dumped by investors from the agency he and his brother Charles founded. The reaction among the Brits inside Saatchi's London office to the announcement of a blow-in from Jindabyne was cold.
"It was such a chilled reception when I got there – so over the top, really cynical and distant. You can imagine you're at Saatchi in London and there's an Aussie coming in who's under 30 but not only that, he's come via Singapore. Their reception was so cold it actually had the reverse effect. I remember thinking, right, game-on, I'll show you."
Droga shook up the old hierarchies, allowing emerging writers and art directors to have a go on some of the most prestigious client brands, those usually reserved for the agency's Don Draper-like glamour creatives. "Very early on I took away the ghettos because most agencies have star [creative] teams. But again it was brick by brick. It was a closed-door type of place, everyone was suited and booted and I was very different. I was scrappy. I was sitting in people's offices and talking about the work for as long as it took. That's my favourite thing today. I want a brainstorm and that's probably the only thing I'm good at. So I'd spend all my days just wandering the corridors, talking to people about their work, giving them my thoughts. I fought very hard and good work started to get through the system. The whole body language of the creative department changed drastically. There was someone on their side. That was probably a year in. Then it became an amazing entity."
But after three years, Droga's ambitious restlessness kicked in. There was talk of him being groomed as a successor to Isherwood, a position he says today that he didn't want. "I didn't want to sort of interfere, like I was knocking on his door," Droga says. "I love London but I wanted to move beyond Saatchi in London. I started predicting the conversations I was going to have."
The Paris based chairman and CEO of Saatchi's parent Publicis, Maurice Levy, recruited him as worldwide creative director with a blank canvas to turn it into a creative powerhouse. He chose to base himself in New York but three years later he'd had enough of the big, financially driven multinational groups.
In 2006, with the blessing of Levy and some initial funding from Publicis, Droga set up his own shop using his mum's monicker. Droga5 quickly made an impact with big and small brands from Puma to Prudential, Microsoft and Coke Zero. And he stormed the awards. Among Droga's early work was a mockumentary for fashion designer Marc Ecko in which he repainted a Boeing to look like the US presidential plane, Air Force One, and then filmed what appeared to be graffiti artists breaching security to paint the words "Still Free" on the fuselage. When most were still working out what YouTube was, Droga uploaded the video and the streetwear maker got global exposure.
Brash campaigns
Droga has continued that brash program of brand projects, traversing campaigns for street and challenger brands along with the big names. He has also created an experimental technology lab. Even the institutions of power have jumped on the Droga5 train – last year the United Nations signed up. For their first project, Beyonce sang inside the UN to launch World Humanitarian Day and the agency used its lab-developed Thunderclap to spread messages far and fast through online social networks.
With the WME deal, Droga and his 400-plus creatives in New York, Sydney and a new London office are in heaven. Brands that have been busting to align themselves with the entertainment sector are gushing, including some of Australia's biggest. "It's the most exciting and forward-thinking deal to happen in modern communications," says Telstra's influential chief marketing officer, Mark Buckman, who also heads the telco's push into digital content and digital TV platforms. "It's the most impressive amalgamation of creative assets in generations with a unique combination of digital technology, venture capital, media and entertainment that is going to bring new possibilities for blending talent, music and brands."
As for Droga, well, he's hell-bent on taking his old stomping ground in advertising to new frontiers. With some symbolism he has just shunned Madison Ave, long the home of venerable international advertising agencies, and signed up for digs in the heart of New York's financial district, at 120 Wall Street.
"I'm in a different industry to that," he declares of the Madison Avenue crowd. "I'm trying to sort of push into places no one is going or very few have gone. I'm trying to take myself into uncharted waters. Usually for the brands that make a difference, creativity is the game changer. That is true of society, in advertising and in life."
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LORE CITY The village here will celebrate its 100th anniversary with the Lore City Centennial Celebration 2004, sponsored by the Lore City Ladies Association, on July 30 & 31.
Lore City was incorporated on Jan. 9, 1904.
To kickoff the festival, there will be a community potluck dinner on Thursday, July 29 at 7 p.m. in Leatherwood Park.
The dinner will include musical entertainment and festival royalty will be crowned at 7:15 p.m. Individuals wishing to attend the potluck dinner are asked to bring a covered dish, beverage and lawn chair.
Festival activities on Friday, July 30 include a parade at 7 p.m. and the live band Denim & Lace begins playing at Leatherwood Pavilion following the parade. The bands musical offerings include country and rock music. On Saturday, the festival begins at 10 a.m. Following a day of activities, Timberline a Bluegrass band plays from 8 to 11 p.m.
Other featured events during the two-day celebration include:
Historical speakers on Civil War, Pearl Harbor, railroad and coal mining.
Primitive art demonstrations, including basket weaving, blacksmith, quilting, spinners and weavers, flint and wood carvers, and various others.
Historical book signings.
Local crafters.
Post Office cancellation stamp, designed by local artist.
Horseshoe tournament.
Baking contest and auction.
Dance Central performance.
Additional activities scheduled for children of all ages are games, sack races, scavenger hunt, pie eating contest, seed spitting contest; and watermelon eating contest.
Several local groups and individuals will offer food and refreshments during the two day event, including the Lore City Methodist Church (Friday night dinner); Lore City Volunteer Fire Department (chicken barbecue and snow cones); St. Peter & Paul Council of Catholic Women (nut rolls, baked goods and cookbooks); Lore City Sticktogether 4-H Club (pancake breakfast); Lore City Girl Scout Troop 90 (food stand); J.R.s Kettle Popcorn, Pork Rinds and Corn-on-the-Cob; Community Development Corporation (hot dog stand); Dance Central (watermelon slices); Joyce Beach Food Stand and various other vendors.
The Lore City Ladies Association was founded in September 2002 to create activities for the youth of the community and surrounding communities. The association is a non-profit organization.
In addition to the Centennial Celebration, the Ladies Association conducts fund raisers for such events as the villages Halloween and Christmas parties, childrens dances, playground improvement and historical preservation.
The Ladies Association is currently selling raffle tickets for a drawing to be held May 1 with $1,250 in cash prizes and numerous door prizes to be given away.
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Amount Awarded $1,353,642.00
Awarded on: 1/25/2001
Time frame: 2/1/2001 - 11/30/2002
Grant Number: 41461
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Does anyone have kids in any of these: Little Starz, Bishop's House or Kennington Park Children's Centre?
Or any other suggestions in the area?
I am a bit at a loss trying to get any personal recommendations.
Hi there,
I don't have any personal experience but I too am looking for nurseries in the Kennington area as am expecting my first baby. I went to see the Kennington Park one, and I thought it was nice and v cheap. I've also had it personally recommended to me. I've got an appointment with Bishop's house and have heard good things.
I also went to see Magic Roundabout (inbetween Kennington and Walworth Rd) - I wasn't that keen as its very big and a bit chaotic. Saying that it wasn't horrible or anything and seemed good value.
I saw a lovely one at Waterloo yesterday called St Patrick's. However, it is very expensive. There is also a good one called the Pelican in Kennington, but it only takes them from 2.
I'd be interested to hear how you get on!
thanks for that MrsFT. the waiting lists are beastly. KPCC is saying January to new applicants. We've been on the waiting list there since November and they say slight chance something will open in September, but my LO is something like 27th on the list!
Bishops House is very cagey about dates, but say they have people waiting more than a year.
Thats interesting as with both KPCC and Bishops House, I asked if I should put my name down now (even though baby not due til May 09 and I don't need a place til May 10). They both laughed and said it would be fine to wait until the baby is born. I'm wondering now if I should just put my name down anyway!
I did see one called Buffer Bear at Lambeth North that had places now, although to be honest I didn't like it and neither did the other mums to be in my NCT class.
The whole thing is so stressful and I've not even given birth yet!!
well done for being so organised. I knew i should have gotten on it sooner. (but he was only three months when we applied everywhere!)
one that people rave about and you may want to look into is Coin Street, near Waterloo, on Stamford Street. I've not even bothered getting on the list because it's so long, but it could be worth it for you. (reasonably priced too.)
Can someone tell me what KPCC is?
Can anyone offer an opinion about Coral Day Nursery? (www.coraldaynursery.co.uk)
I am currently looking in around Waterloo for a nursery for my daughter, but I'm currently living in America. (Coming back in 7 weeks).
I was going to put myself down for Buffer Bear, but am a little concerned given the comments above.
Fantastic nursery called The Arc at London Bridge, might be a bit far, depending on whether you're going be travelling to work. Coin Street is great but has a specific catchment area which they give priority to and doesn't cover Kennington - in any case, unfortunately the baby waiting list is completely closed at the moment.
Kennington Park Children's Centre is next to St Agnes' church which is behind the cafe in the park. Can't comment on the nursery I'm afraid but there are lots of great activities on if you are on maternity leave, most are free and some even have a creche.
Have you tried joining the borough babies yahoo group? I'm sure people there would have lots of advice too.
I'm also looking for a nursery for my little boy who will be one in August. We only need something for a year because he will go to the Pelican Nursery (in St Anselm's Hall at Kennington Cross) when he's two. We have another child there already and can't recommend it highly enough. It's also quite cheap.
I enquired at KPCC and was put off a bit by the application process. Because it's a local authority run nursery there's a long questionnaire about why you want a nursery place and what your personal circumstances are (like what time do you finish work and how long is your journey, which personally I think is none of their business!). And they only do visits at set times - I'm always slightly suspicious about places that won't let you look around any time.
We're off to see Little Starz this week. I've heard other parents say that it's ok for babies but a bit limited for older children so a lot of them tend to move over to the Pelican when they turn two. The ofsted report is fairly average - not glowing but not critical either.
I'd be really interested in any other views. Or any suggestions in the Stockwell area?
hi there, I wonder how you got on with Little Starz? I had the opposite reaction when I visited - I thought it looked good for the toddlers as far as space and activities, but just not enough space for the babies, so we decided against it.
I agree the KPCC application was a bit silly, but not like it matters to me anyway, as DS (now 10 months) has been on the wait list for 7 months and no sign a place will ever open up. Same for Bishops House, which acknowledges as much.
I know a couple of people who are going with Asquith Day Nursery, somewhere in Stockwell, not sure exactly where? We've put DS down for Lambeth Walk Day Nursery, near Waterloo, but honestly am not at all thrilled about it and am going to meet some childminders and praying a nanny share will materialise out of thin air.
Good to know about Pelican. Do you have to apply long in advance? Only fear is we may be moving from the area before DS is two ...
Sallyrandall - I'm in Stockwell and my two-year-old daughter goes to Bright Horizons, on Jeffreys Road. It's brilliant. The staff are that rare breed of people who genuinely love being around little kids all day, and the atmosphere is always happy and energetic. My daughter goes a few days a week and even asks if she can go on her days off, and she's always happy and having a great time when I pick her up. I feel really lucky to have found them.
To anyone looking in Kennington: if you find a nursery where the staff wear dark-blue tabards, think twice before sending your kids there. I don't know the name of the place, but they all had an outing to Kennington Park swings while we were there this morning and the staff were FOUL. Really bad-tempered, nasty, all threats and scowls and put-downs. I didn't see one staff member smile at a child once. Beware!
St Patrick's which is close to Waterloo is excellent - it's not the cheapest in the area but the staff, management and facilities are great.
wigsy, i reckon that was little starz. but lots of nurseries wear those blue tabards, Lambeth Walk do too but they are way too far away to have been in Kennington Park.
in the end, we're moving to East Dulwich and have arranged a nanny share, but in the meantime DS has been going to Lambeth Walk Day Nursery (near the Imperial War Museum) one day a week (with childminder the other days) and we've been happy with it. (in case anyone is considering it.)
My daughter attended Little Starz from 7 months until 2 yrs , very happy the staff are caring and she was happy. But the age group is only until age 3 so i decided to change her to a nearby nursery called Pelican, most of the Little Starz childern move onto the Pelican. Another great nursey and she settled quickly.
Both highly recommemded , Little Starz may be small but staff are friendly and the childern are kept busy with lots of fun activities.
My son has been going to Kennington Park Childrens Centre for about a year, but they are planning on closing it down in march 2011 despite a parental campaign against it. They are moving to a new site (less space and facilities ) at Henry Fawcett school.
i found this message thread really helpful as i've just started looking into nurseries in the area. I was quite surprised at the first few places i visited (Little Starz, St Wildfreds and Magic Roundabout), when i asked about waiting lists, they seemed relaxed and said to wait until the baby was born or up to three months old, but perhaps there are the less good ones? I thought Little Starz seemed fine, staff are all qualified, its small so probably not so great for bigger kids in terms of outside space. They have recently received a good rating in an oftsed report. Then i popped into St Wilfreds, which is based in a church hall on Lorrimore Road, the staff seemed slighlty more engaged with the kids that at Little Starz (who seemed to be talking to themselves) but i feel its so hard to judge from one short visit. Then I visited Magic Roundabouts, again thought it was fine, the staff seemed to be interacting well with the kids and it didn't seem chaotic but thats probably because its nice weather so lots where outside.
I've just phoned Pelican and told there is a long-ish waiting list but was reassured something should come up in nine months time. Its hard to know to believe them....
The Bright Horizon's is the only place near by (apart from Coin Street) that has an outstanding OFSTED report so it must be good. I haven't visited yet...
Teht KPCC only takes kids from age two i was told but i've still booked in for a viist.
Any advise or other parent's experiences would be useful.
Thank god for this thread! I am expecting my first child in July and, as I won't be taking a full year off on maternity leave, have begun to think about nursery places already. I didn't realise waiting lists would be so long (naive of me)! It's good to get a few recommendations as I have just moved into Kennington, don't know anyone here with children, and have no children myself. I'm going to check out Coin Street and Bright Horizons... The Pelican nursery is just down the road to us but unfortunately it only takes children from 2 years and we'll need a nursery from 6-7 months.
I was wondering where you saw the OFSTED report for Bright Horizon as outstanding, cause I have read it and it said it was only satisfactory. Want to make sure I am reading the correct one?
Also Coin St was god with some outstanding elements.
I have recently been looking to place my baby in little angels @ oval way. It's good to get a few recommendations as I have just moved into Kennington myself, i have found lots of really useful information regarding Day Nurseries In Kennington
Just stated to hunt for daycare in Kennington so any advice appreciated!
Not impressed with Little Starz, just called them a few mins ago- woman who could barely speak English answered and sounded half asleep! Told me to call back in one hour...think I'll try the others first!
Little one not due until Mar 2012 but hear the waiting lists are lengthy. I may need to use day care from as early as 4-5 months, hope I can find the right one!
If any Kennington mums/mums to be fancy meeting up to share info, please send me a message! : )
Hi all my LO will be 3 in aug.and were looking for a good nursery.any advice and 'no-goes'?
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mammamads, did you find somewhere in the end? I only ask as there is a wonderful nursery in St Mary's garden, Kennington. It is called Toad Hall Montessori. My 3 year old is currently there and loves it! It is in a converted Victorian building and has such a calm welcoming atmosphere. My daughter got to watch chicks hatch at easter for their spring project! The provision and dedication to the individual children made me feel more comfortable about the whole thing as i am new to this process and making a childcare decision seemed like a huge decision to make. I am afraid I can't advise about anywhere else as this is obviously the one we went for!
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District college notes: Latrobe grad named Shippensburg basketball coach
Chris Fite, a former men's assistant basketball coach at St. Vincent College and a graduate of Latrobe High School, has been named men's basketball coach at Shippensburg University.
Fite, who has spent the past seven seasons as a men's basketball assistant at Indiana (Pa.), succeeds Dave Springer, whose contract was not renewed after 12 seasons as coach at Shippensburg.
"It's a fantastic opportunity, and I'm still coming to grips with it," said Fite, a 1988 graduate of Latrobe. "The potential is there to win, and the program can turn around and become competitive. Other programs at Ship have had success and there's no reason that men's basketball can't, too."
During his time coaching at IUP, the Crimson Hawks compiled a 149-65 record while qualifying for the NCAA Division II Tournament the past five seasons.
Before arriving at IUP in 2006, Fite spent the 2004-05 season as an assistant at St. Vincent before returning to his alma mater, Rochester, as an assistant in 2005-06.
Fite graduated from Rochester in 1992 with a degree in integrated sciences. A 2005 inductee into the school's Hall of Fame, Fite is Rochester's all-time leading scorer (2,066 points) and shot blocker (179) and ranks second in rebounding (1,023) and field goals made (731).
A 6-foot-9 forward, Fite was a two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches All-American who was named the Most Outstanding Player of the 1990 NCAA Division III Final Four as a sophomore, when Rochester won a Division III championship.
He later played 11 seasons as a professional in Europe.
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A total of 54 student-athletes at St. Vincent have been named to the 2013 Presidents' Athletic Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll for achieving a grade-point average of at least 3.6.
Here are the honorees by sport (former high schools in parentheses):
• Baseball: Jordan Britcher, Ben Carnahan, Joey Fearer, Matt Loftis, Vince Murphy (Derry), George Muzika, Nolan Russell.
• Basketball: Ashlee Darby, Taylor Mathers, Ariel Rocco, Emily Satkovich.
• Golf: Jack Boros, Jayna Cline (Latrobe), Sam Cline (Latrobe), Derek Lingafelt, Kelsey Linstrum, Nate Nesser, Sarah Rebitch.
• Lacrosse: Kaley Burkardt (Latrobe), Jess Drury, Megan Fisher, Maggie Garvey, Hannah Hackman, Peter Hronis, Sean Kretovics, Matt Mackey, JD Mayer, Helena Shoplik, Bridget Synan, Alex Walsh.
• Softball: Maria Adams, Lynn Buffoni, Shannon Hite, Candace Scanga, Ally Vrcek.
• Swimming and diving: Tanner Beal, Jayna Cline (Latrobe), Katie Custer, Caitlin Dempsey, Mary Kate Kenna, Zach Ligus, Matt Linebaugh, Kelsey Linstrum, Molly McCloskey, Nick Patton, Page Pecora (Ligonier Valley), Molly Ruffner.
• Tennis: Chris Andrejcik, Tony Constantino, Patrick Hiles, Sean Malone, Anthony Nemanic.
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Testing for cervical cancer with vinegar
It turns out there may be a simple answer. It's a cheap and easy test developed by scientists at Johns Hopkins University and other institutions. And it relies on something many people have in their kitchen.
In the village of Dervan in the state of Maharashtra, doctors have set up a temporary clinic in the shell of an empty store. A sheet hangs from the ceiling to provide some privacy. There is no electricity - not even a light bulb - in the storefront.
About a dozen Muslim women in headscarves have come for the test. One is on the exam table, her long brown skirt pushed aside. With her friends sitting nearby, she looks calm and ready.
Dr Archana Saunke takes a cotton swab and applies a clear liquid to the woman's cervix.
"We wait for one minute, and we see if there is any yellowish patch," she explains.
If the liquid makes the normally pink cervix turn white or yellow, that means there are pre-cancerous cells - cells that could become cancer.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:11 AM
Skidmore (35,254 posts)
1. Vinegar is an amazing liquid.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:48 AM
mfcorey1 (7,306 posts)
2. Uses for vinegar
Cleaning with Vinegar
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No-wax floors:
To wash no-wax floors, add ½ cup of white distilled vinegar to a half-gallon of warm water.
Carpet stain removal:
A mixture of 1 teaspoon of liquid detergent and 1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar in a pint of lukewarm water will remove non-oily stains from carpets. Apply it to the stain with a soft brush or towel and rub gently. Rinse with a towel moistened with clean water and blot dry. Repeat this procedure until the stain is gone. Then dry quickly, using a fan or hair dryer. This should be done as soon as the stain is discovered.
Windows & Walls
Streakless windows:
Window cleaning with vinegar will make your windows gleam and will not leave the usual film or streaks on the glass. Mix equal parts of white distilled vinegar and warm water. Dry with a soft cloth.
Washing woodwork:
You can ease the job of washing painted walls, woodwork and Venetian blinds by using a mixture of 1 cup ammonia, ½ cup white distilled or cider vinegar and ¼ cup baking soda with 1 gallon of warm water. Wipe this solution over walls or blinds with a sponge or cloth and rinse with clear water. Dirt and grime comes off easily and the solution will not dull the painted finish or leave streaks.
Water or alcohol marks on wood:
Stubborn rings resulting from wet glasses being placed on wood furniture may be removed by rubbing with a mixture of equal parts of white distilled vinegar and olive oil. Rub with the grain and polish for the best results.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:52 AM
lonestarnot (77,097 posts)
3. Welp you left off one and is the topic of this discussion. LOL
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:58 AM
Fawke Em (11,366 posts)
6. The first thing I thought of was douching, as well.
On edit: Although douching isn't reasonable unless you've had some illness. In fact, it's downright stupid to douche with vinegar for the most part. The female body already cleanses itself regularly.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:52 AM
Baitball Blogger (26,107 posts)
4. And removing that chalking surface of tile which has just been grouted.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 01:53 PM
RebelOne (30,947 posts)
10. It is also great for stopping hiccups.
Just one sip and hiccups are gone. Works for me every time.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 09:56 AM
lunatica (33,949 posts)
5. Vinegar is a great hair rinse after a shampoo
It leaves your hair really soft and silky. Just be sure to rinse it all out because you don't want to small like vinegar!
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 10:01 AM
onecent (4,864 posts)
7. Vinegar is also used for heartburn and gerd.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 12:49 PM
Viva_La_Revolution (28,791 posts)
8. Organic Apple Vinegar
is all kinds of good-for-you.
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Wed Dec 5, 2012, 01:04 PM
Barack_America (28,724 posts)
9. We basically do this here.
After paps come up suspicious or positive.
...Colposcopy is performed with the patient lying back, legs in stirrups, and buttocks at the lower edge of the table (a position known as the dorsal lithotomy position). A speculum is placed in the vagina after the vulva is examined for any suspicious lesions.
Three percent acetic acid is applied to the cervix using cotton swabs. Areas of acetowhiteness correlate with higher nuclear density. The transformation zone is a critical area on the cervix where many precancerous and cancerous lesions most often arise. The ability to see the transformation zone and the entire extent of any lesion visualized determines whether an adequate colposcopic examination is attainable.
Areas of the cervix which turn white after the application of acetic acid or have an abnormal vascular pattern are often considered for biopsy. If no lesions are visible, an iodine solution may be applied to the cervix to help highlight areas of abnormality.
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Bush Underfunds Special Education. The Bush budget continues to retreat on its commitment to students with disabilities, proposing that, for the second year in a row, the federal government provide a smaller share of States' total costs for special education. Funding for IDEA Part B State Grants would rise by $100 million, for a total of $10.7 billion. This would provide just 17 percent of the national average per-pupil expenditure toward meeting the excess costs of educating students with disabilities – less than half of the 40 percent "full funding" level that Congress committed to paying when the IDEA was first adopted 31 years ago. This is down from 18 percent in FY06 and 19 percent in FY05. The Bush budget also falls further below the authorized levels in the IDEA Improvement Act of 2004. The proposed level of $10.7 billion falls $6.3 billion short of the FY07 authorized level of $16.9 billion; the shortfall in FY06 was $4.1 billion.
Bush Cuts 2 Million Students from Afterschool Programs. The Bush budget leaves behind 2 million students who would receive afterschool services if the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program were funded at the level promised in NCLB. 21st Century funding would remain flat, at $981 million – $1.5 billion below the $2.5 billion authorized level for FY07.
Bush Eliminates 42 Programs: The Bush budget eliminates 42 programs, for a total of nearly $3.5 billion. The programs include: all the vocational education programs ($1.3 billion), ed tech state grants ($272 million), GEAR UP ($303 million), Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities State Grants ($346 million), selected TRIO programs ($456 million), Even Start ($99 million), and LEAP ($65 million).
Bush's High School Reform Program Hides Additional Cuts. As he did last year, the Bush has proposed a high school reform package that would make formula grants to States to improve the performance of students who are most at risk of failing to meet State standards and to develop State reading and math assessments at two additional grades in high school. The $1.475 billion proposed for this program would be more than offset by the elimination of several programs it is designed to replace: Vocational and technical education ($1.3 billion), GEAR UP ($303 million), three TRIO programs -Talent Search ($145 million), Upward Bound ($278 million) and Upward Bound Math/Science ($33 million), and Smaller Learning Communities ($94 million). The programs targeted for elimination total $2.1 billion in FY06.
Bush Freezes Pell Grants Again. The Bush budget freezes the maximum Pell grant award at $4,050, the same level as in FY03, despite rising tuition costs. In 1975, the Pell Grant covered 80 percent of the cost of a four-year public college education. Today, that number is about 40 percent.
Bush Eliminates the Perkins Loan Program. The budget proposes eliminating the Perkins Loan program and recalling the Federal portion of revolving funds collected by participating institutions for a total of $664 million.
Bush Proposes Major Cuts to Job Training. The budget includes a total of $8.4 billion for job training, a decrease of $819 million, or 8.9 percent. Job Corps is reduced by $55 million, or 3.5 percent. The budget once again includes a legislative proposal to consolidate the three job training programs and the Employment Service grants into a block grant to States. States would be required to use 75 percent of the block grant funds for a new voucher program called the Career Advancement Accounts. Only 22 percent ($751 million) of the remaining funds would be available to provide the current basic employment services.
Bush Eliminates Head Start for Many Poor Children. The budget level-funds Head Start at $6.79 billion. Given the need to provide cost-of-living adjustments to current grantees, the President's budget will result in eliminating Head Start services for many poor children. The program currently serves only about one-half of the children eligible for the pre-school program, and much fewer in Early Head Start.


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Cool 'n Easy Strawberry Pie
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Recipe by AmyZoe
This is easy, creamy, and delicious. I substituted raspberry gelatin and still loved it. Recipe courtesy of Kraft recipes. Cook time doesn't include chilling time.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 2 cups strawberries, divided
- 2⁄3 cup water, boiling
- 3 ounces strawberry gelatin
- ice cube
- 1⁄2 cup water, cold
- 8 ounces whipped topping, thawed
- 6 ounces graham cracker crust
Directions See How It's Made
- Slice 1 cup strawberries and refrigerate for later use.
- Chop remaining berries and set aside.
- Add boiling water to gelatin mix and stir 2 minutes until completely dissolved.
- Add enough ice to cold water to make 1 cup.
- Add to gelatin and stir until slightly thickened. Remove any unmelted ice.
- Whisk in cool whip.
- Stir in chopped berries.
- Refrigerate 20 to 30 minutes or until mixture is very thick and will mound.
- Spoon into crust.
- Refrigerate 6 hours or until firm. Top with sliced berries.


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