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Q: Keep submenu while moving mouse I want to make a menu (with submenu and div containing link for every submenu on hover).
Something like this:
AAAA | BBBB
     | bbb1
     | bbb2   HERE IS MOUSE (bbb2 LINK)
     | bbb3

It is possible to keep listing submenus when you try to open link? If you move mouse from "bbb2" link disappear.
what I have now:
http://i.imgur.com/vhFtaQc.png
and what I want:
http://i.imgur.com/BOQNMat.png
Here is JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/zu8Eu/
Hope you understand. Thanks!

A: I'm sure the are jQuery plugins that will provide you with what you want to achieve, but I'd say restructure you HTML and nest the elements properly.

Menu 1

                Submenu 1

                        Subsub menu

This way, you can use CSS to achieve what you want:
ul li ul{
  display: none;
}
ul li:hover > ul{
  display: block;
}
ul li ul li:hover > ul{
  display: block;
}

Once you hover on the first li, it will show the direct child ul, if you hover on that ul, it will still count as a hover on the first li, meaning it'll still be visible.
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/x54gZ/

A: As is noted you may need to nested the
 inside the li elements. But additional to keep the hover() you can use padding to set the white space:
HTML

  aaaa1

    Link for aaa1

CSS
.one {
display: none;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
left:100%;
}

The demo http://jsfiddle.net/zu8Eu/27/

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Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) is an FDA approved, non-invasive, non-pharmacological treatment of pain and edema. PEMF uses pulsing magnetic fields to kick start cells in your pet's body to wake up and get to work again. This results in improved circulation and provides long-term pain relief. When you're looking for alternatives to medications for your pet's chronic conditions, the veterinarian may suggest PEMF therapy.
One of the potential benefits of Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy is in improving how our cells use oxygen. Why is that important? It allows our pet's bodies to begin to heal themselves better and faster.
The Assisi Loop offers targeted Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (targeted PEMF) in a portable, easy-to-use device that can be used in clinic or in the home/stable. The Loop has been proven to reduce pain and inflammation and has been cleared by the FDA for palliative treatment of post-operative edema and pain in humans.


There is 1 Hunter Valley Wedding Beauty Service supplier from which to choose. Couples usually enquire with 3 vendors in this category and books 5 months out from their wedding date, typically after Lingerie and before Wedding Accessories. Wedding Beauty Service suppliers charge between $350 and $350, averaging at $350. Across Australia, the average cost is $545. Given Australian weddings typically cost $33,820, this means Australian couples spend 2% of their wedding budget on Wedding Beauty Service.


CHATHAM – Ever since Chatham took possession of the Eldredge Garage property, they have been asking for input about what exactly they should do with it.
The town paid $2.5 million for the 1.4 acre parcel.
Abutters and the general public attended a listening session on January 11th with the nine member property planning committee. They will hold another meeting on February 8th.
They are looking for both long and short term ideas.
Suggestions already received for the space's use include parking, retail, conservation and recreation, affordable housing, or any combination thereof.
Ideas will be accepted until February 23rd.
Those wishing to submit their thoughts by email can do so at kdonovan@chatham-ma.gov.


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Associate Salaries Bobble But Remain Essentially Flat
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Starting associate salaries at large law firms have remained essentially flat since 2007, despite some erosion of the prevalence of $160,000 as the norm. New research from NALP reveals that first-year associate salaries of $160,000 are still widespread at large law firms of more than 700 lawyers — especially in large markets — and became somewhat more prevalent in 2013 compared with 2012, as a result pushing the median for this group of firms as a whole back up to $160,000 after it had dropped to $145,000 in 2012. Thus once again more than half of first-year salaries were reported as $160,000, as has been the case every year since 2008 with the exception of 2012. In 2013, about 56% of the starting salaries at firms of more than 700 lawyers were $160,000, compared to nearly two-thirds of the salaries in 2009, thus confirming the characterization of 2009 as the recent high point for large firm salaries. It also remains the case that $160,000 is also the high starting salary at these firms and has been the high since some firms moved to this starting salary in 2007. In this sense large firm salaries have remained essentially flat since the recession, as the high has generally remained unchanged for six years.
$160,000 Remains the Norm at Largest Firms as Prevalence Rebounds a Bit
As might be expected, in many markets, including Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington, DC, first-year salaries of $160,000 are still the norm at the largest firms, though they are not as widespread as they were just a few years ago. For example, in 2009, about 90% of offices in firms of more than 700 lawyers in Los Angeles and Washington, DC reported a first-year salary of $160,000; in 2013 about 70% did so, up from about two-thirds in 2012. Overall in firms of more than 700 lawyers salaries of $160,000 accounted for 56% of reported first-year salaries, compared with 46% in 2012, 54% in 2011, 58% in 2010, and 65% in 2009.
In firms of 251-700 in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Washington DC, a number of firms pay first-year associates $160,000; however, the number paying less is enough to result in medians just below $160,000. The median in San Francisco for firms of 251 or more lawyers is $152,500, reflecting about equal numbers of first-year salaries of $145,000 and $160,000, with not quite enough $160,000 salaries to return the median to the $160,000 figure, which was reached only in 2009. Only in New York is the $160,000 starting salary still dominant, with 75% of firms of more than 250 lawyers paying that amount and over 90% of firms of more than 700 lawyers reporting that as the first-year associate salary.
Overall Median Is Flat
NALP's 2013 Associate Salary Survey reports that the overall median first-year salary at firms of all sizes was $125,000, unchanged from 2012. Medians ranged from $78,000 in firms of 2-25 lawyers to $125,000 in firms of 501-700 lawyers, and $160,000 in firms of 251-500 lawyers and in firms of more than 700 lawyers. The median at firms of 251-500 lawyers was $145,000 in 2012 and had been at $125,000 from 2009 to 2011, while that at firms of 501-700 lawyers remained at $125,000 after edging up from $120,000 in 2011.
"The story is really one of no change, or at least not much change," noted James Leipold, NALP's Executive Director. "Compared to the period of 2006 through 2009, when associate salaries were rising year on year at a steady clip, in the period since the recession we have seen associate salaries remain more or less static. At the largest firms in the largest markets, a starting salary of $160,000 remains the norm, though its prevalence has ebbed and flowed a bit over the last several years. Associate salaries at smaller firms have shown very modest movement, both upward and downward, over the last four years, also remaining essentially flat. And," he concluded, "there is nothing about the current market that suggests starting associate salaries will be moving up any time soon."
Anticipated Median Salary for Incoming Associates Relatively Steady
Information reported by firms concerning their anticipated base pay for incoming Class of 2013 associates, lawyers who will start work in fall 2013, suggests that while $160,000 will remain the most common starting salary in firms of more than 700 lawyers, it will continue to be the starting salary for not quite half of these firms, resulting in a median of $147,500 for these firms, compared with the $145,000 anticipated salary that was reported last year for the Class of 2012. The small difference reflects a slightly larger proportion of $160,000 salaries in 2013 compared with 2012. Anticipated base salaries for other size firms remained relatively steady, except in firms of 251-500 lawyers where the median anticipated base salary for incoming associates rose to $145,000 compared to about $135,000 for 2012.
Impact of Levels-Based Salaries Apparent in Reported Data
In recent years, a number of firms have moved to a compensation system in which associates move through levels, with compensation decisions within each level primarily based on skills mastered rather than on class year. Firms using a levels-based system typically have three, or sometimes four, levels. In 2013, the median level of compensation within the first level was $152,500 in firms of more than 700 lawyers, and $122,000 overall. The median in the second level of compensation was $185,000 in the largest firms, and $143,500 overall. The respective figures for the third level were $216,000 and $160,000. Compared with 2012 there was considerably more reporting of levels-based compensation information, thus allowing more analyses by firm size. In general, however, the range of salaries reported for each level aligns with those reported for 2012, as do the average figures. Median figures are also similar, although at the first level the median was down from $133,000, reflecting more smaller firms reporting levels-based compensation figures.
Data Represent Broad-Based Reporting
A total of 665 law offices responded to NALP's 2013 Associate Salary Survey by providing salary information as of April 1, 2013. With about 9% of respondents representing firms of 50 or fewer lawyers and 51% representing firms of more than 500 lawyers, the report sheds valuable light on the breadth of salary differentials among law firms of varying sizes at the national level.
As expected, each year of associate experience brings several thousand dollars in increased compensation: median salaries for eighth-year associates ranged from $101,000 in small firms to over $250,000 in firms of 251-500, with a median for all reporting firms of $170,000.
Regional and Geographic Differences Apparent
The volume of data reported on this year's survey allowed analyses for 27 individual cities as well as additional states and regions not encompassed by those cities. These analyses reveal a wide range of law firm compensation. For example, the overall prevailing salary for first-year associates in firms of more than 700 lawyers was $160,000 in the Northeast, Midwest, and West, but only $145,000 in the South. The highest first-year salary reported was $170,000. As noted earlier however, that figure was the exception and not at all typical. Outside of the largest markets, salaries of $160,000 were not typical. The median in Seattle was $120,000, and in a number of markets including Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Pittsburgh, $110,000 was the typical starting salary. Contrasts between large and smaller metropolitan areas are also evident. For example, in large metropolitan areas with populations of more than 5 million, the median first-year salary in firms of 501-700 lawyers was $135,000; in metropolitan areas of fewer than 1.5 million, the median was $100,000.
Salaries for Intellectual Property Lawyers
The 2013 Associate Salary Survey also gathered information on salaries for intellectual property (IP) lawyers, salary levels for staff attorneys and law clerks, and information on the prevalence and size of bonuses for prior judicial clerks. Information on salaries for intellectual property attorneys was more limited, and in large part only reported by firms of more than 250 lawyers. The information reported suggests that, compared with firms of this size as a whole, those with IP lawyers pay an entry-level salary of $160,000 far more often. When IP salaries at these firms are compared with firms of more than 250 lawyers as a whole, the median and prevailing salary is $160,000 instead of $145,000 and is about $50,000 higher among senior associates. Also, not all firms with IP lawyers have a differentiated salary scale for IP lawyers.
Staff Attorney Salaries, Post-Clerkship Bonuses, Also Reported
Salaries for staff attorneys are about $108,000 per year and were most commonly reported by firms of more than 250 lawyers. Median hourly salaries for law clerks typically range from $25 to $50 per hour depending on firm size.
While about two-thirds of firms of more than 250 lawyers pay a bonus to prior judicial clerks, smaller firms usually do not. Bonuses of $10,000 to $25,000 are most common, depending on the type of court, but can be higher, particularly for prior U.S. Supreme Court clerks.
More detailed results by city and region for associates through the eighth year, information on salary ranges and bonuses, and information on salaries for firms that have established a levels-based system tied to the mastery of competencies, are found in the complete 2013 Associate Salary Survey report, now available from NALP's bookstore for $160 plus shipping and handling.
Median Base Salaries by Associate Year and Firm Size (as of April 1, 2013)
Associate Year FIRM SIZE — Number of Lawyers
2-25 26-50 51-100 101-250 251-500 501-700 701+ All Sizes
Median # Rept Median # Rept Median # Rept Median # Rept Median # Rept Median # Rept Median # Rep Median # Rept
First $78,000 17 $110,000 25 $100,000 55 $110,000 73 $160,000 65 $125,000 105 $160,000 90 $125,000 430
Second 84,100 14 110,000 23 102,500 46 112,500 70 162,500 70 129,000 99 164,675 92 130,000 414
Third 85,000 12 122,150 22 108,000 52 119,900 66 175,000 62 130,000 97 175,000 95 136,000 406
Fourth 85,500 10 115,000 23 110,000 51 121,625 72 190,000 66 140,000 101 190,000 96 141,050 419
Fifth 100,000 13 120,000 25 120,000 51 129,450 67 205,000 72 144,425 102 201,975 94 148,450 424
Sixth 92,000 9 125,000 23 120,000 56 132,500 64 215,000 71 152,000 103 210,000 97 155,000 423
Seventh 95,000 9 140,000 19 128,500 45 135,500 69 240,000 66 160,000 94 226,875 95 165,000 397
Eighth 101,000 10 138,925 15 129,375 42 142,250 58 255,000 57 169,125 100 225,000 83 170,000 365
Summer Associates ($/week)
1st year — — 2,000 14 1,800 19 1,800 48 2,600 77 1,900 101 3,075 70 2,100 333
2nd year 1,800 6 1,800 25 1,725 41 1,900 60 2,650 90 2,300 125 3,075 109 2,300 456
3rd year — — 1,750 6 2,500 9 2,025 13 3,075 41 2,500 53 2,700 36 2,500 160
The "# Rept." column indicates the number of offices reporting. For purposes of this summary report, medians have been rounded to the nearest $25.
About NALP: NALP is an association of over 2,500 legal career professionals who advise law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools in North America and beyond. What brings NALP members together is a common belief in three fundamental things. First, all law students and lawyers should benefit from a fair and ethical hiring process. Second, law students and lawyers are more successful when supported by professional development and legal career professionals. Third, a diverse and inclusive legal profession best serves clients and our communities. That's why NALP members work together every day to collect and publish accurate legal employment data and information, and champion education and standards for recruiting, professional and career development, and diversity and inclusion. For more than 40 years, NALP has played an essential role in the success of our members and the lawyers and law students they serve.
For additional information about NALP research, contact Judith Collins (jcollins@nalp.org), Director of Research, or James G. Leipold (jleipold@nalp.org), Executive Director, at 202-835-1001. Mailing address: National Association for Law Placement, 1220 19th Street NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20036-2405.

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The loose, flowing tunic everyone wears in movies about ancient Greece is called a chiton. Chitons had an open design that kept the ancient Greeks cool in the hot Mediterranean weather. People of all ages wore these draped garments -- adults wore them long and kids wore them at knee-length. If you want to make your own outfit for Halloween or a costume party, a chiton is a quick, simple project that doesn't require any special tools or skills.
Fold an old sheet in half. Stretch out your arms to the sides and ask an adult to hold the sheet against you, with the folded edge by the fingertips of one of your hands and the long side of the sheet level with your shoulders.
Ask the adult to put a row of pins going down the sheet at the end of your other hand and a second row of pins going across the sheet at the level of your knees. Have her put the pins through both layers of the fabric.
Cut through both layers of the sheet along the lines of pins, or ask the adult to do it for you. When you have finished cutting, the double-layer of fabric should be as long as you are from your shoulders to your knees and as wide as your arm span.
Lay the fabric flat on the floor, still folded in half. Find the middle of the top edge of the fabric. Measure 6 inches to the right and left of the middle point, and put a safety pin through the two layers of fabric on each side.
Pull the fabric over your head, and poke your head through the space between the two safety pins. On the side of the garment where the fabric is folded, put your arm through the gap between the fabric and the safety pin, so the side of the chiton is under your arm. Lift your other arm above the open side of the chiton, and have the adult safety-pin that side closed.
Tie a rope, belt or sash around your waist. You can pull the top part of the chiton up a little, so it billows over the belt, or you can leave it tight.
To make a more feminine version of the chiton, before you pin anything, fold the top 6 inches of the fabric down so they create a draped layer in front of the upper body.


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Rental Management: Does it make sense to have specialist rental divisions?
By Peter Thomas and Will Liftwich17 July 2009
Does it make sense to operate specialist rental divisions within a general rental business? Peter Thomas and Will Leftwich looks at the pros and cons.
What is the best structure for a national rental business? Why should the economic climate, whether in growth or recession, impact the fundamental structure of a successful business model?
These questions are likely to be asked by every large rental company across the world, not just in the UK where the recession is widely forecast to hit hardest and longest.
The vast majority of the UK's large national renters have grown in part through the existence of specialist divisions, whether organically or by acquisition, and there is obvious logic to maintaining the individuality of an acquired specialist business.
Recently, however, the UK rental sector has seen Speedy Hire reorganising toward a customer/market led model rather than being product driven, and Hewden has collapsed its specialist divisions into a generalist structure.
At HSS Hire, meanwhile, the management team has broadly retained the tool hire structure it inherited from venture capitalist firm 3i in 2007, with specialist divisions comprising Training and the office-based One Call operation. When HSS was bought in 2004 by 3i, one of the first actions the new 3i management team took was to eliminate HSS's specialist divisional structure and in effect return it to the core HSS Hire Shops management structure, and install product managers to oversee the specialist product areas.
At first sight it would appear these are simple cost cutting measures - in the case of Speedy and Hewden as a response to the current recession, and for HSS under 3i to build the bottom line towards its eventual exit in 2007. However, each management team involved must have been convinced the results of these actions would be beneficial, or at least the lowest risk route to protecting net profit.
It is interesting to note in comparison the A-Plant strategy. On its website, A-Plant states it offers equipment through two business streams - 'Plant & Tool Hire' and 'Specialist Equipment'. So A-Plant has retained a single dedicated management umbrella for the whole of its specialist areas, which include accommodation units, powered access, traffic systems, generators, specialist pumps, welding equipment and rail equipment products.
In assessing the rights and wrongs of specialist divisions, consider first why the UK's national hirers, each of which originated with a single generalist plant and tool hire structure, found the best route to market for specialist product to be its own dedicated management and depot structure.
There is only so much product knowledge that even the best Hire Controllers, service and repair staff, and management can retain on a day to day basis. Each specialist product area, such as portable accommodation, toilets, lifting gear and height safety, and welding, requires a lot of expertise in dealing with specialist customers and applications.
A specialist division enables a company to focus on growing that area by allocating responsibility, channelling its investment in the most appropriate equipment, and attaining the best standards of product knowledge and customer service through the provision of the necessary staff training, and where required specialist delivery vehicles and support facilities.
There would have been additional incentives to opening specialist divisions. In the case of HSS the specialist divisions initially shared space in larger HSS branches or took over vacant premises that could not be sublet, utilised a common software system and finance function, and thus leveraged use of an existing cost base. The existence of supplementary management structures also offered additional scope for staff advancement and aided staff retention.
In due course, in any business, the volumes achieved in shared sites are likely to outgrow the premises, and new specialist openings can then be justified alongside core rental openings.
All well and good, whilst the business is growing and it's ROCE (return on capital employed) improving. However, at that point the fixed cost base (or breakeven point) starts to rise. As the specialist business grows so does its management structure, its vehicle fleet and its support structure, such as health and safety, debt collection and workshop facilities.
Perhaps larger customers, in construction or facilities management, now have multiple contact points in the business. The imposition of single contact points over the divisional structure can create friction or internal barriers in the overall business, due to increasing complexity.
So what is the alternative structure to specialist divisions?
A successful move to an integrated management chain is likely to necessitate:
• Retention of specialist product managers to handle the macro management of product investment, and key customer relationships.
• Relocation of specialist products to larger geographically strategic depots alongside the requisite vehicles and other facilities, and the disposal of sites that become vacant.
• Ensuring specialist product trained hire controllers, drivers and fitters are resident in those branches. This may well entail a number of redundancies and retraining where the location of relevant staff and branches become mismatched. Holiday and sickness cover can be maintained by floating staff.
• A well planned and closely controlled transition to the new arrangements so that it is seamless to the customer.
• Close and effective customer communication.
• Continued marketing emphasising specialist capability.
One factor that has facilitated such reintegration is the trend towards opening larger locations. When, for example, HSS opened its specialist divisions on 2000, it had relatively few superstores (the first being Slough back in 1995), and under its new management the acceleration in the opening of 'premier centres' provides HSS with effective national coverage for specialist product rental within its core estate.
As HSS closed smaller, less efficient branches over the last 5 years, and successfully eliminated vacant leased premises, it has substantially improved its turnover to fixed cost ratio. To pull such savings through to the bottom line efficient stocking and delivery processes are a prerequisite.
In the current recession taking such steps are essential, but surely the minimisation of fixed costs should be a constant aim for any business at any time? Obviously that's why all the nationals have recently been closing branches and cutting staff. In the preceding decade we saw a chase for growth and market share, and perhaps that fundamental requirement was put on the back burner.
The general expansion of product range which fuelled the growth of specialist divisions has probably contributed to the trend towards larger locations, which has blurred the boundary between tool hire and small plant hire, for the 'hire shop' operators in particular.
In practice we have seen specialist divisions develop in a time of growth and a return to generalist structures in the recession.
Is it therefore likely that in the near future, when the next generation of managers is in charge, and further consolidation and growth through acquisition is again well under way (as is almost inevitable), that someone has the bright idea of setting up dedicated divisions to manage specialist product? A continued move towards fewer and larger premises might argue against that.
It may be more likely that any revival of specialist divisions would come from another direction. If the largest nationals continue to consolidate in structural and depot terms, then any of the following may perceive an opportunity to fill a market gap through differentiation:
• The next tier down of renters, such as GAP Plant.
• The Builders Merchant rental operators such as Brandon Hire, who potentially have access to a myriad of sites.
• Newer entrants such as Supply UK Hire Shops.
• Successful independent specialists.
• Or even a large mainland Europe based rental business taking advantage of the recession to enter the UK market.
The key for all the national rental companies to eliminating specialist divisions and managing the business under a single management chain is how the customer interface is controlled. The importance of this is probably best demonstrated by reviewing the Speedy strategy given on its website, which lists eleven key aims. Number 1 reads: 'Our strategy is growth driven by customer intimacy and operational flexibility.' Number 2 reads, 'To retain a high degree of customer intimacy'.
Of the remaining nine aims, seven include the word 'customer'. In the property market, the equivalent would be 'location, location, location'. In the rental business it clearly should be customer, customer, customer!
As always in business there is no right or wrong way. There are a number of accepted models, until someone innovates and finds a new and better way.
Such innovations are likely to include increasing use of the internet and integration with customer's operating systems, making the rental company a virtual department of the customer, which will suit some customers but definitely not all.
In any event the recession has caused a shake down of the rental industry's strategic plans. Most are battling hard but having to stretch their existing resources.
This in the long run will affect efficiency and reliability. Maintaining a high standard of quality, safety and (increasingly) corporate responsibility will continue to be the key differential for the customer.
For specialist expertise and equipment the independents will perhaps steal the march. For those lucky enough to be cash rich instead of debt laden, opportunity is definitely there. For the big boys the necessity is to retain skills, and maximise the benefits of extensive stock availability and local presence nationally. The game is on to see who really can give the customer not just good intentions, but truly great service.
Whether specialist or not the paying customer has the advantage of plenty of suppliers to choose from, but the experience of renting from them is the real differential. Get it wrong and it will cost you very dear!
The authors are Peter Thomas, with the assistance of Will Leftwich. Mr Thomas is a qualified accountant and an experienced rental executive who was finance director at HSS Hire from 1992 to 2004. Since 2004 he has worked with Chobham Consulting. Mr Leftwich, founder of Will Leftwich Associates (WLA), has 27 years experience in the rental industry, consulting on operational management, health and safety and business development in the UK, Europe and the US. Contact WLA at: Tel: +44 (0)121 242 5196, E-Mail: will@wlassociates.co.uk.
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Translated, this Mackmyra whisky is called Swedish Smoke. It is very light on the nose. Fresh fruits, lots of vanilla, citrus and a hint of smoke.
There is much more peat in the taste. Burned wood, vanilla and citrus as well, but it is still very fresh. Much like the smell actually. The peat wears off a bit in the finish, and you are left with the other notes. But in a good way!
A great peaty summer fresh whisky from the Swedes. It is a bit Irish in the style. I will give this 87/100 (21/22/22/22).


Also, it has been incorrectly reported that two of Kim Phuc's brothers were killed in this incident. Those arrested are denied counsel and hauled before "security committees" with many suspects tortured or executed under the guise of 'shot while attempting escape.
This was a false report, and it mattered not that this false report was later corrected. According to Peter Braestrup, a Newsweek story on the battle of Khe Sanh displayed 29 photographs.
During the presidency of Richard Nixon, troop levels were gradually reduced until the last combat units were withdrawn in The average age of an infantryman fighting in Vietnam was At 5, feet Capt.
December 9, - Giap begins a careful counter-offensive by attacking the French outpost at Tu Vu on the Black River. Helicopters in Vietnam seldom flew above 1, feet which is traffic pattern altitude for bombers and were always exposed to hostile fire even in their base camps.
In fact, after the 5-year post-service period, the rate of suicides is less in the Vietnam veterans' group. Congress cut off funding. Americans who deliberately killed civilians received prison sentences while Communists who did so received commendations.
During his term, Eisenhower will greatly increase U. Dooleya doctor and anticommunist activist whose best-selling book Deliver Us from Evil made an early argument for US intervention in Vietnam.
One out of every 10 Americans who served in Vietnam was a casualty. This was a totally fictitious report. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam.
Without that commitment, Communism would have swept all the way to the Malacca Straits that is south of Singapore and of great strategic importance to the free world.
Media The following is not meant as an outright criticism of the media neither is it intended to excuse their reprehensible behavior. April - Eighteen distinguished nationalists in South Vietnam send a petition to President Diem advocating that he reform his rigid, family-run, and increasingly corrupt, government.
In Nixon started US troop withdrawals that were essentially complete by late Rudi Dutschke shot and wounded. Approximately 12, helicopters saw action in Vietnam all services.
In all, a very scary time for our country.- The Vietnam War Of all of the wars fought by the United States, the Vietnam War was by far the most controversial.
After the defeat of French forces, Vietnam was divided into two sections: North Vietnam, and South Vietnam. The protest movement in opposition to the Vietnam War was a complex amalgam of political, social, economic, and cultural motivations, factors, and events.
"Against the Vietnam War" brings together the different facets. The Vietnam War - A pictorial.
In the 's the United States began to send troops to Vietnam. During the following years the ensuing war would create some of the strongest tensions in US history. Vietnam War. Remembering Vietnam is an exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on display from November 10,through January 6,featuring records related to 12 critical episodes in the Vietnam War.
The National Archives has a wealth of records and information documenting the U.S. experience in the Vietnam conflict.
The following map is a result of a colloborative project between the United States Military Academy and the United States Air Force Academy.
Restraining the military in Vietnam in hindsight probably prevented a nuclear war with China or Russia. The Vietnam War was shortly after China got involved in the Korean war, the time of the Cuban missile crisis, Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe and the proliferation of nuclear bombs.


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The Chairman Enyimba FC Aba, Mr Felix Anyasi had said Calabar, the Cross River State capital, would now serve as the home ground of the team this season.
Addressing reporters at the UJ Esuene Sports Stadium in Calabar on Wednesday, Anyasi-Egwu said this is because the Aba Stadium is undergoing renovation.
He said the club would be in Calabar until the end of the 2017 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) Season.
"We don't want to be treated as outsiders. The team would be fully based in Calabar and would not have to be travelling from Aba down here for our home matches. I know we are called Enyimba of Aba, but now we are Enyimba of Calabar.
The club would host Sunshine Stars of Akure at the UJ Esuene stadium Calabar on Sunday in their first match of the season. The league kicks off on Saturday.


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I said, "Give us the black sheep. I want artists who are frustrated. I want the ones who have another way of doing things that nobody's listening to. Give us all the guys who are probably headed out the door." A lot of them were malcontents because they saw different ways of doing things, but there was little opportunity to try them, since the established way was working very, very well. We gave the black sheep a chance to prove their theories, and we changed the way a number of things are done here.
I had to shake the purist out of them—essentially frighten them into realizing I was ready to use quick and dirty "cheats" to get something on screen… I'd say, "Look, I don't have to do the water through a computer simulation program… I'm perfectly content to film a splash in a swimming pool and just composite the water in." I never did film the pool splash [but] talking this way helped everyone understand that we didn't have to make something that would work from every angle. Not all shots are created equal. Certain shots need to be perfect, others need to be very good, and there are some that only need to be good enough to not break the spell.
Involved people make for better innovation… Involved people can be quiet, loud, or anything in-between—what they have in common is a restless, probing nature: "I want to get to the problem. There's something I want to do." If you had thermal glasses, you could see heat coming off them.
In my experience, the thing that has the most significant impact on a movie's budget—but never shows up in a budget—is morale. [what's true for a movie is true for a startup!] If you have low morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about 25 cents of value. If you have high morale, for every $1 you spend, you get about $3 of value. Companies should pay much more attention to morale.
If you walk around downstairs in the animation area, you'll see that it is unhinged. People are allowed to create whatever front to their office they want. One guy might build a front that's like a Western town. Someone else might do something that looks like Hawaii…John [Lasseter] believes that if you have a loose, free kind of atmosphere, it helps creativity.
Then there's our building. Steve Jobs basically designed this building. In the center, he created this big atrium area, which seems initially like a waste of space. The reason he did it was that everybody goes off and works in their individual areas. People who work on software code are here, people who animate are there, and people who do designs are over there. Steve put the mailboxes, the meetings rooms, the cafeteria, and, most insidiously and brilliantly, the bathrooms in the center—which initially drove us crazy—so that you run into everybody during the course of a day. [Jobs] realized that when people run into each other, when they make eye contact, things happen. So he made it impossible for you not to run into the rest of the company.
One thing Pixar does [is] "PU," or Pixar University. If you work in lighting but you want to learn how to animate, there's a class to show you animation. There are classes in story structure, in Photoshop, even in Krav Maga, the Israeli self-defense system. Pixar basically encourages people to learn outside of their areas, which makes them more complete. [and more creative].
Passive-aggressive people—people who don't show their colors in the group but then get behind the scenes and peck away—are poisonous. I can usually spot those people fairly soon and I weed them out.
Walt Disney's mantra was, "I don't make movies to make money—I make money to make movies." That's a good way to sum up the difference between Disney at its height and Disney when it was lost. It's also true of Pixar and a lot of other companies. It seems counterintuitive, but for imagination-based companies to succeed in the long run, making money can't be the focus.
Great tips, although I think they mislabled them as nine lessons when it's actually ten... but you get the point Bird is trying to get across.
Actually, it's two different lessons. I think they mislabled them. I went to the actual article and noticed the same thing.
Honor mentions this at the bottom of the post.
Awesome Stuff. I am forwarding this to the president on my company right now.
I like the lesson on Morale. It is so true. I work at a small publishing company in West Palm Beach. And if morale is low no one is productive.
As to the last point I think Phil Vischer (the founder and creator of VeggieTales) said it best when he said, "A company has to make money, just like a person has to breathe. But just like no one lives to breathe, a company shouldn't live to make money."
Great interview. Hopefully, it will carry over to Feature Animation and lose any possible animosities between them and Pixar, as well as at WDI and even the whole of the Disney company - revitalizing the entire creative machine.


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2 Chronicles 4 Afraid of Jesus?
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2 Chronicles 4:1 He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and ten cubits high.[a] 2 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits(b) high. It took a line of thirty cubits[c] to measure around it. 3 Below the rim, figures of bulls encircled it—ten to a cubit.[d] The bulls were cast in two rows in one piece with the Sea.
4 The Sea stood on twelve bulls, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east. The Sea rested on top of them, and their hindquarters were toward the center. 5 It was a handbreadth[e] in thickness, and its rim was like the rim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held three thousand baths.[f]
6 He then made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. In them the things to be used for the burnt offerings were rinsed, but the Sea was to be used by the priests for washing.
7 He made ten gold lampstands according to the specifications for them and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
8 He made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north. He also made a hundred gold sprinkling bowls.
9 He made the courtyard of the priests, and the large court and the doors for the court, and overlaid the doors with bronze. 10 He placed the Sea on the south side, at the southeast corner.
11 And Huram also made the pots and shovels and sprinkling bowls.
So Huram finished the work he had undertaken for King Solomon in the temple of God:
12 the two pillars;
the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
the two sets of network decorating the two bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars;
13 the four hundred pomegranates for the two sets of network (two rows of pomegranates for each network, decorating the bowl-shaped capitals on top of the pillars);
14 the stands with their basins;
15 the Sea and the twelve bulls under it;
16 the pots, shovels, meat forks and all related articles.
All the objects that Huram-Abi made for King Solomon for the temple of the Lordwere of polished bronze. 17 The king had them cast in clay molds in the plain of the Jordan between Sukkoth and Zarethan.[g] 18 All these things that Solomon made amounted to so much that the weight of the bronze could not be calculated.
19 Solomon also made all the furnishings that were in God's temple:
the golden altar;
the tables on which was the bread of the Presence;
20 the lampstands of pure gold with their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
21 the gold floral work and lamps and tongs (they were solid gold);
22 the pure gold wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes and censers; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place and the doors of the main hall.
a. 2 Chronicles 4:1 That is, about 30 feet long and wide and 15 feet high or about 9 meters long and wide and 4.5 meters high
b. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters
c. 2 Chronicles 4:2 That is, about 45 feet or about 14 meters
d. 2 Chronicles 4:3 That is, about 18 inches or about 45 centimeters
e. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 3 inches or about 7.5 centimeters
f. 2 Chronicles 4:5 That is, about 18,000 gallons or about 66,000 liters
g. 2 Chronicles 4:17 Hebrew Zeredatha, a variant of Zarethan
The easy English site has some notes on the importance of the items for the Temple.
The altar was in the temple area in front of the temple. It showed that the way to God was by means of sacrifice. For us, that sacrifice is the Lord Jesus Christ. So, we do not now need to sacrifice animals because Jesus died as a sacrifice for us all (Hebrews 10:8-12).
The large basin was between the altar and the south and east corner of the temple. The large basin had two rows of bull's images round it. It seems that these images were perhaps bull's heads. These images were part of the same piece of metal as the large basin. The priests washed in the large basin ( Exodus 30:17-21). The large basin shows that to approach God we must be clean from sin. So we need God to forgive our sins. And Jesus died so that God can forgive our sins
Each basin was on a cart with wheels. The priests took water from the large basin into the smaller basins. The water in the basins was to wash the sacrifices.
The light of the lamps and the loaves of bread were to show that the LORD was there. While in the desert, the lamps had to burn through the night (Exodus 27:21). This taught the Israelites that God brings light.
The holy tent had just one open area. The temple had an open area for the priests and a larger open area for the people. Between these open areas, there were doors. The workmen made the doors out of olive wood and they covered them with bronze. The open area for the priests was higher than the larger area. So the priests' area was the upper area. The larger area was the outer area.
This is a list of some gold objects which were inside the temple. Solomon used only bronze outside the temple. But he saved the gold (which was the most precious metal) for inside the building.
It must have been a beautiful building.
I keep wanting to highlight something in the commentary. See where it says "to approach God we must be clean from sin"? We don't have to be clean from sin..... we only need to be tired of dealing with life without a Savior. Sometimes these commentaries must assume that they are preaching to the choir. The idea of having to be clean from sin before accepting Christ as our personal Savior is dangerous.
I know a girl... she'll recognize herself when she reads this.... who was afraid of Santa Clause. She just cringed every time we went near. She didn't want to talk to him face to face. I'm glad I'm old enough to know... if a kid is scared... ask them why! She was afraid of Santa Clause because she was afraid he wouldn't like her. A great big hug and a lot of reassurance got that little girl on Santa's lap.
Let me assure anyone who might be reading this..... Jesus knows you're a no good dirty rotten scoundrel. Are you worse than the men who drove the nails in his hands? Are you any worse than the guy who beat Jesus for no good reason? Are you worse than the guy who gambled for his clothes? Are you worse than the guy on the cross who made fun of Him? He forgave them... in front of everyone....
You don't have to get clean in a fancy bath or own a gold wick snip..... all you have to do is ask.... sincerely.... just ask and He'll not only for give you... He'll adopt you as a brother or sister and throw a big party to celebrate!
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SXSW Releases Initial List of Performers, Causing Me to Type a Lot
By Zac Crain Published in FrontBurner February 8, 2008 2:17 pm
Are you planning to head down to Austin for the annual South by Southwest Music Festival? I am. And so are a bunch of bands with local ties. Jump for the list. But before that, maybe grab a cup of coffee and a scone; it's going to take a bit of time. Also, if you want to see everyone who is on the schedule (subject to change, and–spoiler alert–it always does), go here. Also, also: my favorite band names of bands not from here who are playing this year: Care Bears on Fire, Death Sentence: Panda!, and, of course, Made Out of Babies. Okay. Still here? Let's do this thing.
Bavu Blakes, Best Fwends, Big Red Rooster, Black Tie Dynasty, Bowling for Soup, Brave Combo, Doug Burr, Ryan Cabrera, Matt Caldwell, Calhoun, Corn Mo & the .357 Lover, The Crash That Took Me, Deadman, The Drams, Faceless Werewolves, Faux Fox, The Feds, Fishboy, Ghosthustler, Robert Gomez, The Hourly Radio, Joe Jonas, Kenny and the Kasuals, Lumba, The Marked Men, Mitra, mom, The Mullens, The New Frontiers, Play-N-Skillz, Pleasant Grove, PPT, Reyez, The Strange Boys, The Theater Fire, Tree Wave, Tum Tum.
Well, I guess it wasn't that long. Felt that way when I typed it, though. Keep in mind: this is just a list, not a recommendation. Frankly, there are a ton of bands on here I have never heard of, and at least a handful I wouldn't want to hear again. But there you go. Also, the lovely and talented N'Dambi, one of Erykah Badu's former backup singers, should also be appearing at a showcase or two, but her name is not on the official list yet.
8 responses to "SXSW Releases Initial List of Performers, Causing Me to Type a Lot"
dissapointed says:
the bar you suggested in o.c. sucked
Zac Crain says:
Sorry. Print out this post and redeem it for the domestic beer/well drink of your choice next time you see me. Except today. Low on cash.
Don in Austin says:
The Cowsills. You left out the Cowsills!
i may have been a little harsh. who said all of you people at d were arrogant?
Mr. FixIt says:
Perhaps you should look into an invention known as "cut & paste".
is there going to be a north by southwest in D this year?
Yeah, it was either cut and paste, like, 50 times, or just type it out. Potato, potahto.
HIOUSTON says:
potato(E), LOL


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Cuivre River State Park is a Slice of the Ozarks in Northern Missouri
How to plan a visit to Cuivre River State Park in Troy, Missouri
Cuivre River State Park offers camping, hiking, kayaking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails
A scenic, Ozark-like oasis awaits visitors at Cuivre River State Park
About one hour northwest of St. Louis, in the Lincoln Hills, resides 6,394-acre Cuivre River State Park. Surrounded by flat farmland, this oasis of nature offers nearly 40 miles of dirt trails, primitive and modern camping, equestrian facilities, picnicking, water sports, wildlife observation, and prospects for on and off-road bicycling and running.
The park's name is pronounced quiv·er ('kwivər), similar in sound to an archer's portable case for holding arrows. It's thought to have been named after the French Baron Georges Leopold Cuvier, a naturalist and paleontologist who studied flora and fauna in the area after the French acquired the territory west of the Mississippi River. On November 8, 1946, President Harry S. Truman signed a letter transferring the Cuivre River Recreation Demonstration Area to the state, creating Cuivre River State Park.
"I remember going to Cuivre River State Park as a kid, probably about 15 years old. Me and my older brother would camp at a primitive campground up on a ridge near the horse camps, and we'd look out over the valley and it was really, really pretty. What I really like about the park are the wilder areas," Mark Thompson reminisced of his childhood in the 1970s and 80s.
Areas Within the Park
There are three Natural Areas within Cuivre River State Park. According to Missouri State Parks, "the Missouri Natural Area System identifies and protects the highest quality remaining examples of the state's natural plant and animal communities."
There also are two Wild Areas within the park, which the Missouri State Parks defines as "large, undeveloped areas managed as wilderness for solitude and primitive recreation."
Lake Lincoln has a swimming beach, a boat ramp, fishing, and a 4-mile lakeside hiking trail. The 55-acre lake is stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, and white and black crappie.
"Lake Lincoln's sandy shores give it a beachy feel, while the lake water and surrounding forests give it a naturey feel," printed the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in July 2020.
In addition, the park has gravel bottom streams such as the Big Sugar Creek, which the Missouri Department of Natural Resources calls one of the "finest undisturbed streams left in northeastern Missouri."
Fish in, hike along, or picnic beside the picturesque creeks, ponds, and natural springs.
Multi-Day Explorations
Anna Klipsch smiled when remembering her visit, "We camped in Cuivre River State Park on a rainy October night about three years ago. It was a beautiful campsite with a lot of space. We were in a primitive campsite near the Cuivre River. We had a bonfire. It was really nice."
A wide range of camping opportunities exist in Cuivre River State Park. The main campground includes basic, electric, and sewer/electric/water sites that can be reserved in advance. The park also offers an equestrian campground, three group camps, family campsites, and primitive "backpack camps" scattered throughout. Backpackers must register with the visitor's section, "pack it in/pack it out" etiquette applies, fires are allowed in designated fire rings, and dogs are allowed on trails while on leash.
Although the campgrounds are open year-round, the showers and running water may only be available April 15 through October 31. Missouri State Parks asks that you camp only in designated campsites.
A range of camping opportunities are available at Cuivre River State Park.
There are a total of 12 trails for day hikers, with three of them allowing for primitive camping for backpackers. Two allow for mountain biking, and the 11.25-mile Cuivre River Trail — the longest in the park — welcomes horseback riding.
"We nearly had the trails to ourselves," said visitor Vân Nguyen. "We saw only one other hiker all day. It was the first week of May, and the dogwoods were blooming, and small white and blue flowers lined the trail. If you hike the northern section [of the Lone Spring Trail], be sure to visit Shady 80 Lake. A great spot for lunch."
The spring months bring flowering trees and wildflowers, while the fall entertains with bursting autumn colors. For those who enjoy hiking and camping in the cold months, I'm told Cuivre River State Park is a winter wonderland when filled with snow. The park is a refuge from summer heat and humidity, though be warned that this is the season for ticks, mosquitos, chiggers, gnats, and spiders who like to build their webs across trails at head height.
"Cuivre River State Park is the largest contiguous tract of ground in the area and, as such, is an IBA [Important Bird Area]. The huge expanse of green space offers migrating warblers and other birds a wonderful habitat along their travels where they can be viewed by park visitors," Cuivre River State Park Superintendent Jason Harrison told me. "The park offers unique prairie grasslands to eastern woodlands, where quail and woodcock to whitetail deer and the eastern wild turkey freely roam about."
Wildflowers at Cuivre River State Park attract other wildlife.
Hikers, campers, and other park attendees have seen possum, fox, raccoons, and rabbits. Those looking to the sky have spotted blue jays, woodpeckers, many types of owls, hummingbirds, cardinals, bald eagles in the winter months, and a seemingly endless list of sparrow, wren, goose, duck, and hawk. Those with a keen eye to the ground report different types of frogs, toads, salamanders, snakes, and turtles.
Taking Your Sports Off-Road
Rebecca Ragland and her partner rode their bicycles both on and off-road in the park. Of the off-road ride, she said, "The experience was a good workout; pretty and fun. It was very hot, and the workout was challenging. Afterward, we went swimming. Be ready for a challenge and expect surprises."
There are two mountain bike trails in the park, and many miles of paved road winding through the woods. Bike the Blackhawk Point Trail (5.75 miles), which is shared with hikers and is considered an easy to intermediate ride, according to MTB Project. The Old Schoolhouse Trail (3.85 miles), also shared with hikers, is considered by MTB Project to be a solid intermediate trail.
Hamilton Hollow Trail at Cuivre River State Park.
Prefer running to riding? Cuivre River State Park is home to the popular Quivering Quads and Timber 'N' Trails off-road races hosted by Fleet Feet St. Louis, which take place in the spring and fall, respectively.
And there you have it. In an ocean of flat farmland, an oasis of Ozark-like nature is waiting for your discovery. Enjoy it alone or come with a group to experience all four seasons in one of Missouri's diverse and unspoiled natural treasures.
Cuivre River State Park
678 State Route 147, Troy, MO 63379
Directions: From the town of Troy, go east on East State Highway 47 for approximately 3 miles to MO-147. Turn north (left) on MO-147. The visitor's center will be about 2 miles further on your left.
More Information: (636) 528-7247; mostateparks.com/park/cuivre-river-state-park
Author: Mogran Paar is a contributor to Terrain Magazine.
Top Image: Cuivre River State Park by Morgann Paar.
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Hi! We are Chris and Miriam and we created Horsesports in 2007 to provide quality affordable equestrian supplies online and in-store for everyday riding and horse care. Our equestrian supplies store sells everything from horse feed and horse gear, riding boots and casual riding wear to the latest trends in equestrian clothing for competitions – and our Auckland saddlery offers a large range of top saddle brands, and a world class saddle-fitting service.
We have, and continue to source, the best local and international lines so we can offer true variety and choice to ensure the best fit with your horse, and your budget, big or small.
The Horsesports experience is that we listen, so we really understand and can offer advice and recommendations relevant to your needs – 'expertise without attitude' is our motto.
Whether shopping for horse gear online or in person, you will always find us friendly and professional. We are committed to bringing a new level of service to the equestrian supplies industry, so no problem is too big or too small, and your feedback is always welcome.
Our equestrian supplies store and saddlery is handy to the southern motorway at 84 Spartan road in Takanini, Auckland. We have plenty of easy off street parking for horse trucks and floats. Pop in for a chat and see what we have. Great coffee is available next door at Sous Chef! We also serve horse riders across New Zealand via our online saddlery and through our saddle fitting clinics.
We have both been involved with horses, riding and competing for many years (Eventing, Dressage, Show jumping and Show Hunter). Miriam competes in ESNZ dressage and has worked as an Equine Sports Massage therapist qualified with the NZESMA. She has instructed and judged at many of the South Auckland pony clubs over the years, and is passionate about people developing skills and knowledge relating to their horse's welfare.
Chris has been a rider since he was seven, is qualified in Advanced Equine Studies and has been involved in the equine industry all his working life. Chris competed in ESNZ Showjumping and enjoyed his time as a registered show jump course builder. Now largely riding youngsters, or helping Miriam exercise their dressage horses, his passion is saddle fitting.
As one of New Zealand's leading saddle fitters with over 15 years' experience his approach is that riding is a partnership, with the saddle being the connection between horse and rider. He understands how critical a saddle is in ensuring that both horse and rider are totally comfortable; to allow them to perform to their best. Chris is acknowledged as being able to achieve great results for horse and rider through his attention to detail, working with the balance of the rider and the well-being of the horse.
With many years of experience between us (including working at pre-training facilities, stud farms, as well as breeding and starting our own young horses) we and the whole Horsesports team possess broad knowledge and are not afraid to consult our expansive range of colleagues and associates to find the right information. At HorseSports we do not make anything up just to sell you a particular product.
We are proud of the brands we carry and aim to cater for as many equestrian interests and types of horse riding as possible. We are always open to requests for specialist equestrian lines as we have a broad international supplier network to consult with and tap into.
We hope you will be in touch soon.
We really like the work that Abderry do.


EDITOR'S NOTE: David Brown is a freelance writer.
When she was the senior vice president and CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives last year (she currently is the system CNO of Carolinas Health), Maureen Swick, MSN, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, headed a group of nearly 10,000 leaders in nursing. Among her duties, Swick shepherded key initiatives, including workforce, quality and safety, along with future care delivery models. It is the future of healthcare staffing needs — in the inpatient and acute care worlds — which Swick recently discussed in a conversation with OnCourse Learning.
A: Even as more ambulatory care moves out into the community setting, what we've been seeing nationally is the continued need for acute care services. It's especially going to be that way on the inpatient side, when you talk about critical care, or the need for a high level of emergency care. Inpatient professionals had been thinking in the past that everything labeled "inpatient" was going to go outside of the hospital. But what most of my colleagues see coming is a deeper intensity of acute care service.
A: Look at our aging population of patients, and there's also been a big push for health and wellness on the preventive care side. Those factors are going to take more than a decade to have an impact on the acute care setting. You've got a growing elderly population, with people who have multiple chronic illnesses who are going to need treatment. The less-acute cases can be treated outside of the walls of the hospital, but there's also going to be a continued need, as the population ages, for a higher level of acute care on the inside.
A: New nurses are going to be needed in all settings, certainly from a home health perspective, with the expansion into the community. Everyone I've talked to in home health services has seen significant growth, and with that, there's a need for nurses. It's a huge need for nurses.
Whether there's an overall shortage, it will depend on the geographical area. Certainly, rural health is struggling to fill many of their positions, regardless if it's an outpatient or acute care setting. As far as suburban and urban areas, while they might be able to recruit enough nurses, the mix of experienced versus inexperienced nurses continues to be an issue. Nurses retire, some move on, so it's become an issue to make sure there's a balance of experience in the acute care setting.
A: Several years ago, the healthcare industry had a collective expectation that large numbers of nurses were all going to leave the workforce and retire. Due to issues in the economy, they didn't [retire] in the numbers expected. But with the economic recovery, many health systems are seeing more and more retirements now, so they're making some creative roles for those nurses to try and keep them on board. Helping to prepare newer nurses and keeping the experienced ones on in roles where, perhaps, they don't have to do a lot of labor-intensive bedside care.
Q: Why has the thinking changed?
Q: Is the industry properly prepared for this?
A: Many organizations and health systems are recognizing these needs now from a values proposition, ensuring the appropriate care is in the right setting at the right time, with the right caregivers in place. Many of those services have been moving to the outpatient world and into the community. But we're recognizing what the demands of those needing acute care will be in the next few years.
A: Rural health systems are looking to establish partnerships with their local colleges, doing some creative academic-practice partnerships, so that they can recruit and retain nurses for those areas. It's hard to take a nurse who went to school in Boston, to, all of a sudden, offer them a job in Montana. The likelihood of the rural places being able to recruit those nurses — it's a difficult proposition. Many of those rural areas are looking within their own communities to come up with creative practices.
Q: Is there an effort being made to encourage nurses — ones who might be considering retirement — to keep them longer?
Q: How is the need for more inpatient care going to change soon?
Q: What about the need for nurses, specifically? Is there a danger of a shortage?
Q: What can be done to encourage nurses to take jobs in rural settings?
Q: Are nursing-degree requirements a fluid situation?
Q: Are there more specific areas where nurses are in a shortage?
A: On a couple of levels. Related to your previous question, from the Institutes of Medicine report that came out in 2010, it was determined at that time that the degree necessary for the nurses of the future would be their baccalaureate. But this is one of the factors that have made filling rural jobs difficult. This is where creative academic-practice partnerships come in, with two-year associate's degree nursing schools and universities partnering with medical practices. This helps to guarantee that while nurses might be graduating from a two-year program, they're also continuing on with their education, and doing so within the setting of a practice, so that they will achieve their baccalaureate degree. There's also a need for APNs, particularly in the community setting. Many organizations are actively recruiting APNs. Rural areas are even struggling to fill openings for physicians, but they're able to hire APNs to fill those roles in primary care. APNs are allowed more practicing privileges, depending on each state's individual governing board, in terms of writing prescriptions or conducting medical tests.
A: Nationally, there's an extreme shortage of nurses in critical care, emergency and ORs. Many healthcare systems are struggling to find enough experienced nurses to fill these roles. Recruiting newer nurses is something they can do, but it takes a significant amount of time to train those nurses and get them up to speed within their specialty.


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Single Review | Sapphire Blues – Good Morning Britain
By: kieran Clark
Words: Kieran Clark | Header Image: Davidbutmore
As the UK has yet again gone through another Brexit Day, still remaining in the EU for the time being, Sapphire Blues have offered up 'Good Morning Britain'.
The cover, depicting Boris Johnson looking his usual disheveled self with a four pack of lager in his hands, gives us a real flavour of how this song will sound even before listening to it. I am a big fan of well made song artwork, and this is one of my favourite so far. It's budget look, with someone who is considered a mess to those outside of the Conservative party, more concerned in buying alcohol from the shop than sorting out the UK, perfectly summarises how this song is going to go.
The title itself, 'Good Morning Britain', leads us to think of another distasteful individual in Piers Morgan, a man who lives his life in controversy. Morgan is regularly vocal online in voicing his right wing and conservative views, that recently led to a petition for him to be sacked from Good Morning Britain. The fact the news show he hosts is the namesake for Sapphire Blues' latest song could be a point to the "horror" they reference in the opening lines.
"I wanted to watch a horror, so I turned on the News… No one had a clue, I hear your mixed reviews, good morning Britain you're hopeless, good morning Britain I lost my dreams". Thirty-four words that summarise how most of the UK have felt after a decade of Tory government and Brexit being the headline daily since 2016. An unapologetic punk tune, which combines the joy of old school rock n roll riffs and psychedelic guitar tones at points, matched with the honest lyrical content from vocalist Sam Jones, this song has a twinge of anger to it's bite, but relies on the fast pumping beat to drive the songs message home. Sam Jones lyrics take this song from a song I'd happily bop along to, to an exuberant masterpiece that will get any pit moving at a show. "I want to leave the country… 'cause it's pissing it down, it's always pissing it down", I would think most of us have thought about leaving the country the past few years, and there has been a rise in people applying for second passports within the EU from family connections. The UK is famous for the idea that it always rains here, but using that as the chorus hook is perfect, as it is metaphor for how bad the state of the country has become; there's no longer any sun, it's just constantly raining on us now.
Sapphire Blues describe themselves as a 'Pre-Brexit trio', and it's easy to see what side of the vote they landed on. UK Punk is back on the rise within popular music, and not necessarily within the 'punk music' genre, with artists hitting back at the years of being pushed down. Hopefully we'll hear more from bands like Sapphire Blues in the future, and hopefully they'll lead us into a progressive new world, or be the soundtrack of protest down a darker route. 'Good Morning Britain' is a beautiful release that will be stuck in your head for days.
Listen to 'Good Morning Britain' here:
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