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NCAA Tournament: Unfulfilled expectations for N.C. State
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RALEIGH — North Carolina State never came close to living up to preseason expectations.
The Wolfpack entered the year with a top-10 ranking and as the Atlantic Coast Conference favorite. N.C. State ended it with another year added to the program's extended ACC championship drought as well as a quick exit from the NCAA tournament with Friday's loss to Temple.
Second-year coach Mark Gottfried said afterward his team struggled with immaturity and a lack of consistent focus on defense, and even alluded to problems with having "everybody buy in all the way."
"At times this year, that just seemed to be a struggle for our group," Gottfried said. "That was a hard thing for us to overcome basically all year long, from the way we started. ... I think at the end of the day, you have a team that had a good year but didn't have a great year. It was good but nowhere I wanted it to be."
It was a good season for the Wolfpack (24-11) considering the state of the program when Gottfried arrived. N.C. State had missed the NCAAs and hadn't finished higher than ninth in the ACC for five straight years, but Gottfried guided last year's group to the ACC semifinals and a run to the NCAA round of 16.
It was a run that changed the expectations, especially when four starters returned from that group to join three McDonald's All-Americans to form the core of this year's team.
As a result, N.C. State was the preseason ACC favorite for the first time since the 1974-75 season. It also had a No. 6 preseason ranking, the program's highest since December 1983. And it had the preseason league player of the year in junior forward C.J. Leslie.
Yet it wasn't long before it became apparent that N.C. State would have to figure out how to handle the higher expectations. It also showed a tendency to let its intensity and focus wander during games, as well as its willingness to play defense from the opening tip.
"I wouldn't say it weighed on us," senior Richard Howell said of the preseason expectations. "But when you come in the season with a target on your back like we had, people are going to give you their best shot. There were times when we came out and didn't give other teams our best shot."
The Temple loss in the second round of the NCAA East Regional in Dayton, Ohio, offered an example of the Wolfpack's defensive struggles. While N.C. State shot nearly 56 percent, no one could stop Khalif Wyatt (31 points) and the Owls shot 48 percent with just five turnovers.
"At times we were really good defensively," Gottfried said. "At times we were not. This particular team never seemed to get to a point where we could sustain and maintain great defensive effort the entire game. That's on me. I didn't do a very good job with that. ... So that was something that certainly hurt our team this year, no question."
N.C. State was good enough to beat then-No. 1 Duke for a 3-0 ACC start, as well as end a 13-game losing streak to rival North Carolina that dated back to 2007.
The Wolfpack lost its finale at Florida State to blow a chance to secure a top-four seed and a first-round bye at the ACC tournament, then fell to top-seeded Miami in the semifinals as it fell short of the program's first title since 1987.
N.C. State ended up with a No. 8 seed to set up Friday's season-ending loss, though it matched last year's win total — the best for the program since 1988.
N.C. State will lose Howell and fellow senior Scott Wood, and must wait to find out whether Leslie and point guard Lorenzo Brown will enter the NBA draft. Rising sophomores Rodney Purvis, T.J. Warren and Tyler Lewis are expected to return, while N.C. State will add McDonald's All-America point guard Anthony "Cat" Barber as part of a three-man recruiting class as well as LSU transfer Ralston Turner.
It's a sign that N.C. State's rise under Gottfried should stay on course, even if this year ended up being a missed opportunity.
"We wanted to play a lot longer than one game in this tournament this year," Gottfried said. "We didn't. So that's disappointing, no question."


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15 Ways to Store Your Cookbooks: Inspiration from Our Kitchen Tours
Earlier today Dana offered some thoughts on organizing your cookbook collection. She admits that how you choose to organize your cookbooks is all about personal preference, but if you need some visual inspiration, where better to look than our Kitchen Tour archives? Here's a quick peek at how 15 different cooks find ways to store their beloved cookbooks in the kitchen.
1. Julie and Andy's Bright, Happy Kitchen
2. Sarah and Frank's Live-In Kitchen
3. Brian's Practical Logan Square Kitchen
4. Sam and Judy's Cozy, Welcoming Kitchen
5. Julie and Andy's Bright, Happy Kitchen
6. Tara's Hardworking Writer's Kitchen
7. Garden Writer Willi Galloway's Resourceful, Reclaimed Kitchen
8. Chef Ludo's Magically Delicious Kitchen
9. Sophie and Iain's Elegant Yet Family-Focused Vegetarian Kitchen
10. Kimberley's Food Blogging Haven
11. Alison & Kevin's Floor-to-Ceiling Kitchen Remodel in Seattle
12. Clara's Sweet and Stylish Rental Kitchen
13. Jenny & Asmund's $4000 Renovated Kitchen & Garden
14. Lauren Scott's Charming Petaluma Kitchen
15. Maggie's "Let's Eat at Home" Kitchen
This post was requested by MDG for Reader Request Week 2013.
(Images: see linked posts for full image credits)
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Cool.,,but that second one, the precarious looking stack, how on earth would you go about getting at a book you need in the bottom/middle?
I like the ones where the cookbooks are more integrated into the whole kitchen design!
It's a vertical bookshelf. Like these... http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/high-and-low-vertical-stack-bo-83090

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Saturday, 19 December 2009
Unsafe Staffing: Time to Jump Ship.
I have a meeting with our chief nurse next week. Again. Let's hope he shows up this time. I am going to ensure that my words ruin his christmas.
I am sick of nurse leadership. They don't have a clue. They don't know what to do.
I'd like to organise something like this for as long as I stay here.
Recently worked a 12 hour shift. There were two staff for over 20 beds. That was it. Twenty heavy medical patients that mostly required two to transfer, multiple IV's, patients with dementia constantly falling out of bed, 10 or 12 of them crying and screaming for a nurse all at once all shift. WE couldn't even physically get to any of them 90% of the shift.The shift after us had one nurse.
Our sister ward had one member of staff.-an RN and that was it. A 35 bed surgical-ortho ward had 1 nurse and 1 care assistant. Express medical admissions had 2 people staffing it for 12 hours. So basically I had it good. My patients are a lot more stable and there were 2 RN's. Horrendous but better than other wards. I have never had so much back pain in my life. I am in agony and can barely sit still while I type this. Merry fucking Christmas. Decent hospital management is supposed to invest in frontline staff and regular staff pools as well as on call staff. They cannot invest enough in this kind of thing and it would save them money in the long run. But instead they let everyone go, and try to band aid everything with agency care assistants (NOT NURSES). Then they refuse to allow us to call agency anyway.
A couple of Patients were on the phone (mobiles) to their families about the lack of care.... who then got all upset and tried to ring the ward and speak to the "nurses" to find out what was going on. The constant ringing phone just took us away from those patients even more. They complained about us if we didn't answer the phone, but when we did leave the area where we could see the patients to answer the phone our patients got hurt. Not one of those family members rang management to complain about staffing levels. They just laid into the nurse who was trying to get away from the phone and get back to the patient area.
The site manager (nurse supervisor on duty) did what he could. There was no staff anywhere in the hospital to pull from. He tried to come to each ward for some minutes and take over to give each staff member a quick break. He did this all night. No stopping for him. Twelve hours is a long time to go without food and water and constant cognitive overload.
A teacher, office worker, etc would have lost their rag after 10 minutes. Imagine a teacher's reaction to having to work 12-14 hours non stop in an area of education that they were not used to teaching. Then give them 30 kids they never met before. Then set it up in such a way that they are having to leave their classroom every 2 minutes to answer the phone and speak to families members of their pupils. When I call my kids' school I leave a message for the teacher and she rings me back in the next day or two. And it's not like she has life and death situations to walk away from in order to answer the phone! Imagine if a classroom teacher had to run to the office and answer the phone every two minutes and imagine if this action could get one of her pupils killed. Then imagine that her headteacher was threatening her with disciplinary action every time the phone didn't get answered while refusing to hire admin staff. Teachers would run a mile in this situation. Run a mile.
My patient had a reaction to a drug. Scared me enough to really make me tremble and get nauseous. The drug I needed to stop the reaction was not on the ward. Pharmacy was closed. I had to leave him and my other patients and ring around until I found a ward that had the drug. The only other member of staff had a bleeder and we were dealing with that as well. Could not leave the ward. My patient was not crashing out but very unwell. Believe me when I say we could not leave that ward. Add a dozen 90 year old patients to the mix screaming for their mamas over and over again and you can get a feel for the situation.
But then I had to ring around and find a ward that had the drug and enough staff on duty for one to leave and bring it to us. Couldn't leave my ward with only one person. God knows what the porter was doing. He said he couldn't get the drug and bring it. I asked him what he was possibly doing that was more important! They are fucking porters for christ sake not professionals with accountability. Rather than waste time arguing I went back to ringing wards and found one with 3 people on duty and my drug. They legged it up to me. It took me way too much time on the phone to obtain this drug in an emergency situation.
When the ringing relatives managed to get their call answered they pissed and moaned about the line being busy for so long, the phone not being answered right away....keeping me away from the patients even longer to give me an over the phone bollocking. These people must have some level of mental retardation. Morons probably think I was on the phone chatting to one of my boyfriends. Remember that everything these idiots ever learned about Nursing comes from the Daily Fail and No Angels.
We are getting no help from the NMC, the unions etc.
Make no mistake about it, nurses and senior nurses have been reporting these issues and believe me the NMC will to go after frontline staff. If the NMC, the RCN, and Unison say that we haven't been whistleblowing then they have confused me completely. Those in a position of power will not even acknowledge the staffing issues and the antiquated system/layouts/and ward set up nor will they acknowledge other management failures. Our incident and grievance forms are probably being used to light some administrators oven. Too many NHS nurses cannot function at all in their working conditions, not even the good ones.
They are only focused on going after individual nurses.And like the public they are blind to the real issues. They just don't want to face it. It's more fun to go after the frontline nurses who are trapped in a situation where they cannot function.
It's time to jump ship. I have said this for a long time but have not been pro-active about it. But the housing market is improving. Had a long talk with the other half recently. He hasn't got a transfer back overseas yet that we have been waiting for. We are not waiting any longer. I hate to mess up his career in this economy but he is packing it in and we are getting out. It's a big thing to ask. But he understands and is supportive. At least someone (who is not a nurse) is understanding and supportive. I am sure that somewhere in the NHS there are wards functioning well...but they probably won't be for long and I am not going to risk it.
30 comments:
Get out, out, out Anne, if you can. The NMC are a bunch of fuckwit poodle stooges. Good luck.
- 19 December 2009 23:17
- Nurse Anne said...
I am really hating the NMC and their £76 registration yearly fee.
When I get settled overseas I will not be renewing with the NMC. Instead I will, however, be sending a singing telegram complete with profanity and a little diddy with lyrics that tell them exactly how I feel to their headquarters in London.
I think I will title it fucktwit poodle stooges.
We need a nurses march on London. We should be picketing right outside their headquarters..and the government.
Let's be honest, we can harass the RCN etc but what can they actually do about staffing levels? What can the NMC do? They cannot make management invest in trying to improve ratios.
They could,however, back us up and educate the public rather than jumping on the ridiculous and incorrect too posh to wash bandwagon.
We are going to have to educate people.
- 20 December 2009 03:30
Hi. It's Casey. So very sorry that it's come to this. It's the only sane choice you have left. I am glad you have a spouse who understands and "gets it". It's going to take mass implosion for the NHS to make real changes for the better. You are doing the right thing. Someone is going to get killed before things really come to a head; and you don't need to be anywhere near such a potential mess. ANY nurse with the ability to take another job or just quit altogether and lie low for awhile should do so now. One nurse for thirty-five patients in any condition is absolutely insane! It cannot physically be done. A ratio of one to ten is still extremely unsafe! I have said it before and I will say it again: It is insane to close pharmacy in a hospital at night! Insane and unsafe! It is also an antiquated practice. In the States, we have pharmacists in the hospital 24/7. It is safer and patients get medicines in a timely manner. It is insane to expect nurses to answer the phone in addition to trying to take care of ten patients. I have said it before, and I'll say it again: The nurses need to turn out at Parliament and at the Prime Minister's door and demand a seat at the table and a bigger say in how the hospitals are run! Of course, I put it a little more crudely the last time I said it...Forget educating the public! They are having way too much fun jumping on the We Hate Nurses bandwagon created by your irresponsible media. I am not familiar with your laws, but nurses should definitely contact an attorney regarding the sensationalism that is creating an even more hostile work environment for you - not to mention causing patients further harm. Forget trying to gently educate the public. You have tried and failed. It is time to retaliate. Of course, nobody can make this decision for the nurses in your country. It is much easier said than done, I know. I do not blame you and your colleagues for not retaliating. I am not working in this system, and I do not have to suffer the consequences. But I do think as long as your colleagues suffer in silence, your continued exploitation and oppression is guaranteed. Women tried to wait patiently for men to give them the right to vote and got nowhere. It was only when they began misbehaving (having hunger strikes, picketing, turning out en masse to demand their right to vote) that they got results. There were casualties, of course. Women went to jail. But here we all are; and we can vote. All because someone decided that the right to vote was worth imprisonment, defamation, and loss of approval. Either direction your colleagues decide to go will be difficult. I feel for you and your fellow nurses. I am not a religious woman, but I am a believer in a Higher Power. You and your colleagues are in my prayers. May God bless and keep all of you.
- 20 December 2009 13:25
- Dr No said...
Nurse Anne - Well spoken. One of the problems - at least for me - is the dilemma between our short term duty to look after today's patients and our longer term duty to tomorrow's patients. By staying today, by not jumping ship, we prop up an already dangerous system - to the point where it is now so dangerous it is failing today's patients. So, by staying, we end up failing both today and tomorrow's patients. Not good. So it is the right thing to jump ship now, not only to save your own life, but also to hasten the implosion of the system.
We have before us many months, if not years, of hardship. NHS funding is set to collapse, morale is at an all time low, and our unions, associations and political masters have no interest in the survival of the NHS.
The answer, for me, is obvious: shoot the managers, and return to consensus management and the primacy of the clinician. It works - we know that. It is also the only thing that will work. When I qualified, the wards were full of real nurses, and patients got cared for not just safely, but well. Today when I go on a ward, I see your opposite number (if I'm lucky), harassed and struggling, and a bevy of charming but useless HCAs. In the not so distant background I hear the wailing of distressed and uncared for patients. It makes me deeply ashamed.
Not so long ago I was talking to a service manager. He gushed that he had a "passion" for his service. Bullshit. The service was falling apart as he said it. The only passion he had was for his own importance. That is why I say "shoot the bastards - simple, but effective!".
- 21 December 2009 00:40
- Prisoner of Hope said...
I'm sure your decision is the right one. So what can we, who have followed your plight and "get it" do? Perhaps your decision will be a call to arms.
It is one thing to "get it" its another to do something about it! In a way "getting it"- is too easy and can breed a smugness while walking by on the other side content that at least the problem is being aired and kept alive . In a way your postings act as a safety valve.
Maybe what "we" can do now is to ensure that in the next 6 months - in national and local elections - that candidates for office are a) acquainted with the true facts and b) asked whether they are satisfied and if not what "they" will promise to do about it.
Maybe what is needed to get there is a co-ordinated series of requests - under the Freedom of Information Act - for Nurse Staffing : Patient Ratios by shift, ward, Nurse grade and qualification.
These requests could be made to individual acute hospitals and to the Local PCTs and need to be at least daily or 6 hourly figures (if that makes sense). These figures should then be compared to what happens elsewhere and what is considered to be "safe", "acceptable" and "excellent".
Before you go - do you or any of your followers want to suggest how such a request should be worded so that it gets at the truth?
I would be willing to set up and maintain a web site to act as a rallying point to help co-ordinate matters, if that would help.
- 21 December 2009 02:39
- Nurse Anne said...
Thanks Casey. As usual you are spot on. This is why I titled this blog militant medical nurse. I am about ready to don army greens and chain myself to something until this situation gets addressed ha ha.
Dr. No, Our service managers gush as well. One of them was openly saying publically that he knows nothing about any staffing problems and wanted to know what was wrong with 2 nurses on a 30 bed ward. But during the day when this post happened multiple calls were put out to chiefs-management-chief nurse etc. They did not respond and they certainly did not come into work. You would have thought that the matrons would have been on their wards that were down to 1 RN. They did not even respond to the calls that were made to them.
POH, I won't stop blogging yet, things are going to take some time to organise. You have some briliant ideas. I was going to get another petition going. The last one failed. I am going to try and word this one better. Using the freedom of info act and posting the numbers next to reasearch would be grand if we can get honest stats. Will work on the wording.
- 21 December 2009 05:48
Glad you have an out Nurse Anne.
I'm a Mental Health Nurse who loves your blog.
Tragically, Casey, people are already dying preventable deaths due to the current NHS situation. I know this is the case in my area. As in Nurse Anne's experience, I have seen nurses blamed for incidents caused by lack of resources/staffing due to decisions made by long since gone managements consultants who have moved on to get another big fat cheque for their "innovations" in some other NHS trust.
I feel helpless and powerless, except to do my best for my patients in increasingly demanding, even impossible, situations. Propping up the dangerous system and delaying the inevitable implosion, as Dr.No suggests.
What to do?
Nurse Armadillo
- 21 December 2009 07:18
Well of course they dont respond or show up (sr management) because then they might have to do something and that would be bad (for them) as they have a) no idea b) no desire to make changes c) dont want to admit there is a problem - so they will blame it on the nurses saying that they "cant cope" or "are disorganized" etc so it makes them look good. If I wa s the chief nurse I would put these fuckwits on duty in exactly the same circumstances you work in now and see how long they last. Im guessing 10 minutes. (being generous) Ann if you come back to USA check out careers at humana.com.
- 21 December 2009 08:55
- Nurse Anne said...
Thanks. We are looking at a place in the North/Midwest (job for hubby) and possibly Canada. That gets me nearer to my brothers and their families.
- 21 December 2009 08:59
- Prisoner of Hope said...
Check your email if you want to get in touch at all about ways I may be able to help.
- 21 December 2009 10:51
yes but in the
uk we dont ususally tie our patients to the bed when they are confused. we use chemical restraint rather than physical. isnt it in america they do and are allowed to use restraints. dont get me wrong, i often want to put "boxing gloves"(bandages) on a patient who has pulled out their i.v. line, trache and ng tube unpteem times..........but the point is we dont: we "special them" in the US........they do tie them up............or am i wrong?
- 21 December 2009 12:47
- Nurse Anne said...
We don't "special" them Capgrass because there are two of us to 30 of them.
US hospitals are much more likely to bring in an extra member of staff or agency to simply do a one to one or special. Even a patient who came in with an intentional overdose was automatically placed on a one to one. They always brought a nurse or carer in just to sit with that single patient.
If they have to use restraints they do so carefully not on a whim. My experience was a doctor had to review the patient and restraints every few hours or so.
Such was my experience over there anyway.
We would have a lot less banged up heads and broken hips if we used them in the UK.
In the UK they leave two nurses to 30 demented patients and orders for rubbish like Haldol. Useless. Benzos are just plain scary in old people. I do not sedate elderly people unless I have too. They can react really badly. The worst ones are the detoxers and they docs won't prescribe benzos for them and haldol, of course, just makes a person worse.
I hope that if I am ever suffering from dementia or combative that I either get a one to one or go into restraints if a one to one is unavailable. Preferably a one to one though. My 25 year old sister had an op and ended up in restraints in recovery after she went cuckoo from the anaesthetic. Ha ha. And no one took any bloody pics for me! She understood and was cool with what they did.
and why
I think it is completely idiotic to leave two nurses to 30 demented constantly falling patients as well as refuse to bring in one to one staff and then NOT use geri-chairs and restraints.
How are we supposed to keep these people from falling when we cannot even get anywhere near them because there are so many of them?
- 21 December 2009 14:21
We are not allowed one-to-one at my hospital, most of the time. Even if they came in as an intentional overdose.This is in the USA. Of course, I work in one of those wonderful "right to work" states that has managed to effectively crush any effort at unionization. DO NOT come to the southern part of the United States, Anne! You just might find yourself in the same situation you escaped from! Stay in union states, if possible. But don't go anywhere near Mississippi, Louisiana, or Florida right now.
- 21 December 2009 15:51
- Nurse Anne said...
Hi Anonymous. I heard that about the South. It's a shame because there are other positives about living in Dixie. But as far as nursing goes it has a rep as a no go area. I think I would be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
- 22 December 2009 00:08
- Prisoner of Hope said...
When the time comes to submit one or (hopefully) more requests under the Freedom of Information Act you - and others perhaps - might find the What Do They Know web site is a useful way to get results and alert others to the current status of any responses.
- 22 December 2009 09:09
- Nursing Student said...
GOOD FOR YOU! Can't say I'm not at least dissapointed or saddend that the NHS is losing yet another great Nurse though. When will it ever end? I hope things change by the time I qualify, but will they really though? It remains to be seen. But I hope you will still keep this blog going right? When you are far away on another continent, make sure you think of us aswell!
- 22 December 2009 11:00
- Dr. Liz Miller said...
For what it is worth, this has to come from everyone, doctors, nurses and patients.
I cringe at the way many doctors talk about nurses, especially on Doctors Net uK - (which should be shut down) I do not know how many NHS managers dare come to work in the morning
There has to be change. At the moment the NHS is soaking up millions and not giving value for money. It has gone from being cheap and inefficient to expensive and inefficient with no stage in between. I preferred cheap and inefficient
Change has to come from the grassroots. No one gives up power voluntarily. Not least the overpaid, fat cats appointed to keep the gravy train running.
In the meantime, if our relatives are in hospital and we care about them, we need to physically role up our sleeves and help the nurses look after them. These are our relatives and the UK is a third world economy. It is a waste of time complaining, better to spend the energy looking after your own and those around you.
I love your blog and trust you will keep us updated with your experiences!
- 23 December 2009 00:20
- Nurse Anne said...
Dr Liz,
I had a doc telling a nurse who was running between 35 patients singlehandedly that if only nurses weren't so thick and knew how to prioritise properly that there would be no problems with patient care.
Also had this same type of attitude from a surgeon. He showed up on a ward where one RN had 15 patients. Two were critically ill as in sepsis with a BP of 50/20 critically ill. She and the medical junior were dealing with that patient. The other critically ill patient had pancreatitis---no beds in ITU_---- and his medical doc had given her a million orders to implement on that patient and then walked away because he had to see another critically ill patient on another ward.
So the surgeon walks up smack in the middle of all this and demands that she stop what she is doing and attend his ward rounds. Sometimes we are half medical patients and half surgical patients. We get no say in this stuff.
It was 10 AM at this point and she was still right in the middle of running between these two critical patients and she hadn't even started her 8 AM drugs yet WHICH MEANS that she had not even set eyes on her 13 other patients yet during the 3 hours she had been on duty----only health care assistants had.
That is a good way for a nurse to get struck off i.e. not seeing your patients for over 3 hours.
Surgeon walks right up to her in the middle of all this, demands that she attend his ward round NOW and she refused. His round would have pulled her away from those other patients and left them nurseless and dead because their docs orders would not get started in time if she went off on a round for over an hour.
So he goes on a rant about how nurses don't know how to prioritise properly and she better not ring his team later with stupid questions as a result of her "non-attendence" on his ward round.
Why oh why are they such ignorant dicks? Go ahead and post that on Doctors.net.
You can also tell them that no competent doc would admit his patients to a ward where there is more than 6 patients to one RN.
My cousin is a doc overseas and he will not admit patients to wards that have poor ratios. Only an idiot would expect a nurse to manage such high patient loads.
Can't type this morning holding wiggly new puppy.
Prisoner of Hope I got your email and have tons of questions so I will get back to you when I can sit and focus. Thanks for such a great idea.
- 23 December 2009 01:03
Ooo! Wriggly puppy! :)
Happy news.
Having cheered myself with that thought, I'm now tempted to peek at doctors net and upset myself before heading for the late shift.
Nurse Armadillo
- 23 December 2009 03:43
- Nikita said...
Hi Anne,
Saddened to hear that you intend to jump ship, but I can totally understand the reasons why. The USA's or Canada's gain will be the UK's loss.
With regards to your statement regarding the RCN and the NMC. The NMC could and should inform the NHS that it is its intention to order its members to withdraw from wards where they are operating within dangerous staffing levels as they are in breach of their Code of Conduct. But I guess they will not as it is easier to jump on the publc bandwagon and not offer support to those they supposedly serve.
Recently, I toyed with the idea of a mass petition to the government from ALL health professionals concerned with the steady demise of the NHS. I emailed two 'feelers' to blogging docs, asking advice of how to approach or where to start with the medics to get this of the ground. However, no response! Nothing! Not even the courtesy of saying "Sorry, can't help here." All talk and no action, Anne.
I did suggest they could canvas Doctors Net uk to drum up support, but after reading Dr. Liz Millers comment, I think I am rather naive as I did not realise it was used to slag nurses off.
Whatever you decide to do after receiving advice from the Prisoner of Hope - count me in! I will email you sometime within the holiday period. Until then, Happy Christmas and hopefully a Happier New Year. Give the pup a hug from me.
Mags. xxx
- 23 December 2009 12:32
how does someone work on a medical ward, have a husband, children and a wiggly puppy? r u related to Sarah Palin? do your admire her?
how do you juggle all these balls in the air and have time to write with so much conviction and passion about such important topics. your blog is very popular
- 24 December 2009 10:44
- Nurse Anne said...
You busted me. I am actually Sarah Palin and I can see Russia from my house.
Now I am off to do some shooten since we don't have any wolf meat in for christmas dinner.
Todd, Trig,Trip,Twig and someotherstupidname, will only have fresh kill wolf meat on christmas day.
You don't happen to know what the Bush doctrine is do you?
Have A Merry Christmas Ya' all!!
- 24 December 2009 16:17
I ca
me across this blog recently:
I reckon that this is the only hope for the UK. Now that the US seems to be following the successful European model of socialised healthcare Britain with its failing nationalised system will be left out in the cold.
- 28 December 2009 07:08
- satish said...
Well, I agree with you, Job of nurse is not easy, it as a lot of responsibility and i m sure your are taking right decision
- 29 December 2009 10:09
- Nurse Anne said...
Hi Anonymous,
I stay away from politics on this blog but as someone who believes that all government is bad,both major political parties are evil,all politicians are useless, and the reason that the US system is such a messed up failure is because of the government controlled corporate monopoly on health care rather than free market I actually really LIKE nurses for reform.
Many similiarities between what the NFR is saying and my hero here:
- 29 December 2009 11:02
- Nurse Anne said...
and Saint Obama's plan will fail.
- 29 December 2009 11:16
- Nurse Anne said...
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Is it just too hot where you are? Yes, here too. Maybe you have no power at all, after the storms that ripped through the Midwest and Atlantic regions on Friday afternoon, and you're looking for something nourishing that doesn't require a fridge or any heat from the kitchen.
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What a delightful round-up of recipe ideas for summer. Thanks for putting this together. I'm bookmarking this. It's a great collection for the next 8 to 10 weeks or on other days we don't feel like staying in the kitchen too long. Happy summer!
This is erie! I just made and relished (for the 3rd time in the past year) the Warm Chickpea Salad with Cumin & Garlic for lunch today. Seriously, Faith, this is hands down the best chickpea salad I've ever eaten. Folks, what are you waiting for?
Great to see this round-up! I've been without power in the DC area for 3 days and hunting for / attempting to concoct recipes just like these. Last night, I tried a version of Mexican Caviar (black beans, corn, chopped tomatoes, onion, peppers, lime juice, and Mexican herbs & spices) with canned chicken for extra protein and meatiness. Served it with tortilla chips, and it was perfect for a 95 degree day with no electricity. (http://galleykitchengal.com/2012/07/02/kitchen-nightmares-no-power-what-to-cook/) Thanks for even more ideas!
YUM! even though it is winter here, i love the look of that chickpea salad and have bookmarked it for the weekend.
I made the no bake nutella peanut butter cookies a few days ago when the urge to bake struck me on a particularly hot day. They were fantastic! And since they're mostly just nutella, peanut butter and oats, I ate them for breakfast too!
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Today, we wanted to share our own pie process - a gallery of photos and the basic process of making a pie crust. Pies can seem intimidating and time-consuming, but as our own pie here will attest - it's not the looks that count! So just jump in and try, and if you want a quick refresher on making a pie crust, here it is.
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- Prep your ingredients. A traditional pie crust is made of just a few things: Flour, salt, maybe a little sugar, and fat and liquid. There are great debates over what fat makes the best pie crust - lard? Butter? Shortening? Oil? We use a mix of butter (for taste) and shortening (for flakiness) in this crust. Yes, shortening is not so good for you, but this is a special occasion treat, and you can also find transfat-free shortening in the organic grocery.
- Mix the flour, salt and sugar. Some people sift it together; we just whiz it in the food processor. If you don't have a food processor - that's just fine. Stir together in a big bowl, and jump ahead a few photos; we'll show you how we mix in the butter by hand.
- Cut the butter into small chunks. The shortening, too. We like these shortening sticks that are premeasured. Also, make sure your butter and shortening are very cold. The colder the better. But you know what? If you forget to put your butter in the freezer, that's OK too. Just throw it in - pie is better than no pie!
- Whiz the butter and shortening with the dry ingredients in short bursts. Use short bursts until the flour is crumbly with evenly distributed fat in sizes no bigger than a pea. The first couple photos here show it before it's done; you don't want big clumps of butter still in there.
- If you don't have a food processor, get your fingers in there! Mix, squeeze, and crumble the butter in with the flour. Some prefer a pastry blender to do this, to keep the butter from getting warm, but we find it faster to just use our hands. Squeeze, roll, and crumble, until the flour and butter are evenly distributed into each other.
- Put the flour and butter in a big bowl and quickly mix in the liquid. The liquid should also be ice cold. Stir quickly with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon JUST until the dough comes together. Don't overmix - and don't worry; the dough will cling together just fine after it's been chilled.
- Wrap in plastic and put in the fridge. The big key to pie dough? Time and cold. It's not difficult, not hard, but it needs time in the fridge. Put the big disc of dough you just created in the fridge to chill for at least an hour.
- Unwrap and sprinkle with flour, then lay parchment or wax paper on top. Then roll, roll, roll, until it's much bigger around than your pie plate. (Meanwhile, you'll have lightly sprayed your pie plate with baking spray or lightly buttered it.) When you're done rolling (make sure it's all of even thickness) remove the parchment or wax paper.
- Lay your pie plate upside down on the dough then flip over and tuck in. Flip the whole thing upside down and tuck the pie dough into the plate, using your thumbs to arrange it evenly. Then use the rolling pin and roll off any dough hanging over the lip of the plate. Again, use your thumbs to pinch or crimp the edges best you can - this is obviously not our strong suit.
- Back to the fridge! Chill the pie for another hour, then take out, brush with egg yolk, fill, and bake! (We used this blackberry apple filling for this particular pie. It was delicious.)
That is our basic pie method - and greatly open to improvement, good ideas, and good tips. Pie making is famously fussy, and there are definitely ways to make any pie better. But we do think it should be a simple, homey dessert, and this method works well for us.
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The Best Pie Bakeoff 2008: We talked a lot about pies these last three weeks. We saw 29 smashing pies in our Best Pie Bakeoff, and we're excited to try some of these new recipes this week. Thank you and congratulations to everyone who entered a pie in the Bakeoff; thank you so much for sharing and participating. (Next week we'll share our three editorial Special Mention winners, too.)
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I actually think that making pie crusts is pretty simple - the secret is lard. I'm serious about this. Because it has a higher melting point than butter, I don't bother refrigerating the dough (adding ice cold water is a good idea though). I just mix it and roll it out.
A few other pie making pointers:
1. Instead of smashing the pie crust into the plate, try using a rolling pin to pick up the crust and set it into plate.
2. Use a knife to cut off excess dough. If you are making a single crust pie, leave about an inch of dough. For the bottom crust of a double crust pie, use the edge of the plate as a guide - you won't need any excess dough. For the top crust, you will want about an extra inch of dough.
3. A lot of people like egg washes - I think that milk washes make for much more attractive pies (for example http://www.flickr.com/photos/scanlonb/1584142952/)
This is seriously the best recipe in the world. I made an apple pie with it this weekend and the crust was perfect. I will note that I used all butter instead of butter/shortening. Perhaps that's why it was so damn good?
Why do the edges of my pie dough circle crack when I roll it out, and how can I get it to stop?
The food processor is the BEST tool for making pie crusts -- I add everything while it's in there, not sure why this recipe calls for changing to a separate bowl. I also like an all-butter crust. Otherwise, this is pretty much what I do and it works like a charm!
Butter is tasty. Vegetable shortening makes everything taste nasty.
If you handle all butter dough well it will be perfectly flakey, but not in that gross vegetable shortening oil-slick flakey way.
Lard also works well but you have to use high quality lard, not shelf stable stuff.
The non-hydrogenated shortenings are odd when used in pie crust - sort of weirdly sticky dough comes out. I have tried the Spectrum and the Jungle brands and I am not too thrilled with either.
I use the recipe in the cookbook that came with my Cuisinart. It uses all butter. Using the food processor makes it easy, and it's really delicious.
I like to use the pastry blender to avoid having to wash all the parts of the food processor. It also doesn't generate heat to keep the fats solid and cold.
SO....no ingredient measurements or anything like that.....difficult to navigate a recipe for a first time pie crust maker.
An alternative to the pastry cutter and the food processor is the wire whisk. Use the whisk to cut the fat into the flour. It works beautifully, is more efficient than the pastry cutter and easier to clean than the food processor. I also use it for in biscuit dough.


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"We're extremely excited," John Underwood said. "This is something we've really worked hard toward, especially in the last couple of months.
"Brandi and I hadn't been married long when we started at the station. She started out as an assistant and I was really just doing odd-end jobs around here. Then I started helping with sales and she took more of an on-air role. From there, I went into sports and sales and she became assistant general manager."
Negotiations for the change began in October after previous station owner Tommy Young approached the Underwoods about purchasing the station.
"Tommy asked if we'd be interested in purchasing it, we said yes and it just sort of went from there," Underwood said. "We look forward to being able to have the freedom to do things differently, whether it be in programming or community involvement. A lot of things the station has been doing in the community has been because Brandi and I pushed for it.
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The Underwoods also hope to reach a wider listening audience across the station's coverage area, which includes all or parts of 16 counties. In doing this, however, the new owners look to use the station as a tool for attracting visitors to Bartow County and for raising awareness for local nonprofits.
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"I am very excited about working with John and Brandi," Adams said. "They were working really hard at the station when we all tried to make it go a couple of years ago.
"I watched their dedication. A lot of the things they did at the station they did for free to try to make that station a success and I am tickled to death they are taking over, because the station needed someone who was dedicated to the station and I can't think of two better people."
For Adams, the Underwoods are more than just former co-workers. In April 2011 when a tornado destroyed Adams' home and injured his mother, it was John and Brandi Underwood that came to help.
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The new owners are now looking for feedback from listeners and prospective listeners. The Underwoods and their partner, Detscher, are seeking comments and suggestions about the station's direction. Comments can be made via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
WYXC 1270 AM is located at 1410 Highway 411 in Cartersville. For more information, visit www.newstalk1270.com or call 770-334-8302.


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The economic health of the rotorcraft industry can be measured by numerous factors, not the least the number of aircraft orders announced at Heli-Expo. This year's event had several blockbusters and some other commercial surprises. On the whole, business is definitely looking up.
RedViking Engineering (Booth No. 2811) is at Heli-Expo 2014 with a little extra flair, now that it has merged with SuperiorControls. The merger seems to be a good deal for both companies.
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Barfield, a Sabena Technics company (Booth No. 7603), is celebrating the renewal of its Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) certification at Heli-Expo 2014. Barfield offers FAA- and EASA-certified AOG maintenance services to customers in North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. Barfield is also a manufacturer of air-data/pitot-static testers, RVSM air-data testers, APU testers, cable tensiometer testers, fuel quantity testers, pressure testers, nav/com and transponder test sets, pitot/static adapters and turbine temperature testers.
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Precision Fuel Components (Booth No. 5722) is holding a pedometer challenge here at Heli-Expo with an Apple iPad mini as the grand prize for the Heli-Expo attendee who logs the most steps on the shoe leather. More details and your pedometer are available at Precision's booth. Precision offers a variety of fuel pump overhaul services. In June the company began offering full overhauls on Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6T fuel pump series 025277-300 dash 07 and dash 08.
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The merging of glass cockpit technology to legacy Enstrom (Booth No. 8822) helicopters moved closer to reality this week, with Aspen STC announcing the completion of flight testing toward FAA supplemental type certificate approval to install the Aspen Avionics Evolution EFD1000H primary flight display (PFD) and EFD500H/1000H multifunction display (MFD) on current and future Enstrom models.
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For simpleton like myself you can read it here with easier to understand translation, also one piece & bleach is up there as well :D
ahahs i read both from panda & stream
I think its funny how everyone agrees that Mangastream is the better translation. Not saying it isn't, I just remember when there were other, better translators out there that far exceeded Mangastream. But now that so many have been shutdown, Mangastream is the best one left.
the translation from manga panda is usually not bad, but compared to what it is in the viz volumes, it is pretty weak
i think, the mangapanda one is rushed and sometimes you can tell by :
- some words spelt wrongly or sentences not making sense
mangastream, considering it comes out on a Thursday, its translation is better i think because it has more time to think of better wording
Mangastream isn't the best translator. Especially not recently. They just make the words flow easier for English readers, and their scans are higher quality. At this current time, Mangapanda has better translations.
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Mangastream isn't the best translator. Especially not recently. They just make the words flow easier for English readers, and their scans are higher quality. At this current time, Mangapanda has better translations.
yea but they make it easier to understand lol
i read the chapter on mangareader when it comes out and then read it again on mangastream just to fully understand it .
SO yeah i believe that there both good but sometimes mangareader screws up with the translation
Chapter 611, Mangapanda put wordballoons ON THE WRONG PAGES. How can it be better-translated if it left me utterly confused when instead of "Shinobi Alliance No Jutsu" Naruto said "Wind Element No Jutsu NO JUTSU Did they plan on hiding?" at the climactic two-page spread? Yes it said No Jutsu twice.
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