Ambulance phone operators begin strikes Nov 21, 2008
The United Services Union says the work ban is likely to lead to a backlog of non-emergency patients occupying hospital beds. It is hoping the Health Department will be pressured into returning to the negotiating table. (ABC Online)
St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital expanding Nov 20, 2008
St. Luke s Quakertown is also investing another $1 million to renovate and modernize 40 beds in medical-surgical and intensive-care units at the hospital. The trio of projects add to the more than $40 million Bethlehem-based St. Luke s Hospital & Health Network has already invested in the 62-bed Quakertown hospital since acquiring the medical center 13 years ago. (Philadelphia Business Journal, PA)
Prison Overcrowding Blamed For Health Woes Nov 20, 2008
3 billion bond measure that would add 53,000 prison and county jail beds. The governor has also transferred several thousand inmates to prisons in other states. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
UC to trim freshman enrollment if budget nixed Nov 20, 2008
People were upset about low pay for service workers, renewed contributions to the university's retirement plan and a proposal to eliminate 33 pediatric beds at UC Irvine Medical Center. Even a former tree-sitter showed up. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Barack Obama's girls, Malia and Sasha, tour their new lives with ... Nov 20, 2008
The girls will still make their own beds, do their chores and pour their own cereal and milk. But I couldn t but help envisioning the girls running into their rooms and running down the hall - with a dog, Mrs Obama told 60 Minutes. (Times Online)
Low temps drive many to shelters Nov 20, 2008
The shelter has 52 metal frame beds for visitors. For visitors beyond that, just mattresses are used. (The Augusta Chronicle)
ENCINITAS: Panel to hear Scripps Encinitas expansion plans Nov 20, 2008
He added that the parking garage is slated to be built first, with a critical care building with 27 emergency department beds and 36 medical surgical beds to follow. Collins said hospital planners have not committed to a particular time-line for building the other components of the plan. (North County Times)
The downside of a down economy: Hungry and homeless in Cambridge Nov 20, 2008
Jim Stewart, shelter director at First Church on 11 Garden St., said that single women have begun calling the facility, which has 14 beds for men only ... Men have claimed all 35 beds by noon every day for the last year, according to shelter director Jack MacEachern ... About a year ago, those beds were available later in the day, he said. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Editorial: Diversion center issue is grit of governance Nov 20, 2008
"A bare-bones center with 50 beds and not much else will cost $2 million (to build) and $656,000 a year to operate. Add a probation office and programs to help inmates kick drug and alcohol addictions, deal with mental problems and find jobs, and the cost rises to $2.6 million to build and $763,000 to run per year. ... "Voters approved spending $1 million in sales taxes on a diversion center in 2004, but that will cover only half the cost of even the most expensive option. "Athens-Clarke Manager... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Canada, As I Have Never Known It: A Londoners Story Part II Nov 20, 2008
A three bedroom apartment in London (they call them flats) is architecturally speaking made up of three different rooms, but because architecture has nothing to do with biology, the builders often forget that when beds are forced into bathrooms, peoples body would also need to adjust. Houses in Canada are not just bigger; they come with basements, something I am seeing for the first time. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Girl Talk's shows grow bigger and crazier Nov 20, 2008
On this tour we actually have a tour bus with beds and a driver and everyone sleeps on the bus. Last year this time I went on a relatively expensive tour, and I drove a Honda Accord the entire way and tour-managed myself and basically pulled up to every venue alone. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Six Decorating Secrets for Under $100 Nov 20, 2008
Add solar lights along flower beds or the walk leading up to your front door. Solar lights are not only eco-friendly, they create a gentle, welcoming glow at night. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Health center gifts headed overseas Nov 20, 2008
Good Shepherd donated beds to Global Health Ministries of Minneapolis. JEFF HEINZ/The Globe Gazette MASON CITY It was moving day Wednesday as Good Shepherd Health Center donated 40 used hospital beds and other health care equipment for delivery to a hospital in Tanzania ... Basic hospital beds worth $350 new, mattresses and items such as wheelchairs and walkers had been replaced through upgrades at the nursing home and were being stored at Good Shepherd, Mechler said. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
GOOD DEED MISSION: Furnishing lives, one home at a time Nov 20, 2008
Bruce C. Murison, executive director of Mission of Deeds, recently gave a backroom tour of the Reading-based agency that provides beds, furniture and other household essentials for people in need from Middlesex and Essex counties. Since its inception in 1993, the nonprofit group has helped more than 7,000 families many of them struggling mothers leaving shelters with their children, victims of fire or other tragedies, elderly residents without families, mentally ill people building independent... (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
One buck per bed: Turn paper mattresses into real sleeping spots Nov 20, 2008
Designed to raise funds that will be used to buy beds for mothers and their children, many of whom are starting a new life after living in a shelter for homeless or battered women, the campaign asks area residents to pitch in $1 at a time. From Nov. 17 through Dec. 31, residents of Woburn, Winchester and other neighboring towns, can help the Reading-based Mission of Deeds provide beds for families this holiday season by purchasing a paper bed for $1 at one of many locations ... The need for beds... (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
Raiders ready to defend state title Nov 20, 2008
Throw in another win at Central and two more in the District 4AA playoffs and the Raiders have to like their chances when waking up in their own beds in the morning. We take that homecourt advantage pretty serious and fortunately so does our fan base, Lien said. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Willamette Falls Hospital closer to merging with Providence system Nov 19, 2008
Willamette Falls, which has 91 beds and a staff of 750, looked at many different options before starting talks with Providence, Oregon's largest hospital system. "When all was said and done, we determined that Providence was the best fit," Reinhard said. (OregonLive, OR -- Business)
Finding bargains for the home: They can be inexpensive and still perfect Nov 19, 2008
Dining sets, sectional sofas and four-poster beds are crammed next to racks of clothes, big-screen televisions and crystal chandeliers. Hidden gems on a recent excursion included a lamp with a red drum shade, a mirrored bar and Italian leather chairs. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
C.diff 'a factor in more deaths' Nov 19, 2008
Information obtained by the BBC investigations unit through freedom of information requests also revealed that across the country almost half of hospitals which responded had seen cleaning budgets go down in real terms this year, while almost a third had beds closer together than recommended guidelines. Nasty as you can get. (BBC News -- UK)
Trial Begins Over State Prison Crowding Nov 19, 2008
Some inmates at the California Institute for Men in Chino, for example, sleep on benches installed in narrow cages because the prison lacks sufficient beds and cells, according to a court filing by Doyle Wayne Scott, an expert witness for the plaintiffs. Scott, the former head of the state prison system in Texas, also found that inmates at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy washed themselves with water from a 30-gallon garbage can because there weren't enough showers. (KSBW 8, CA)
Workers' anxieties grow as UTMB begins layoffs (w/video) Nov 19, 2008
UTMB already had been making cuts before the storm, reducing the number of hospital beds from 600 to 500 on Sept. 1 and laying off more than 70 employees. Officials now say it will be months before the hospital has 200 beds available. (Houston Chronicle)
Birthing Center delivers for patients Nov 19, 2008
The Birthing Center has the same number of beds as before (24), but now they are all in single rooms spread out in a ward that is twice as large, with three halls that meet at the nursing station ... Because the renovated wing is not quite as large, instead of window seats there are fold-out sleepers that double as beds as well as slightly smaller closets ... Designed to feng shui principals such as color, sunlight and mood, the rooms reflect the hospital s movement toward patient-centered care... (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Former nurse finds child care relaxing Nov 19, 2008
There is a green bathroom decorated with frogs, a toy room and a nap and TV room with little beds and sleeping bags. A garage holds more toys and a glider. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Pontiac mayor goes on the attack with parolee stats Nov 19, 2008
keep-sarcasm-alive wrote on Nov 18, 2008 3:44 PM:" Reader5208, if Blago has a plan then please encourage him to implement it. Because so far there doesn't seem to be one. Let's pretend for a second that it is a good idea to close Pontiac Correctional Center. MAKE A PLAN and do it. There is no plan. Everything is fly by the seat of your pants. If there was a plan then inmates would NOT have to be driven around in a van all night. Beds would be ready for the transferred inmates. Toilets would... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Anti-United Nations measure stalls in House vote Nov 19, 2008
Some people will believe anything if they have an parinod outlook (do they look underneath their beds at night to make sure ther's no UN solider waiting to ambush them. This is a huge embrassing event for any sensible thinking Monana resident. (Yahoo News -- United Nations)
Attempted child abducted reported in Beaches Nov 19, 2008
Check closets, piles of laundry, in and under beds, inside old refrigerators--wherever a child may crawl or hide. If you still cannot find your child, immediately call your local law enforcement agency. (CTV.ca)
Ireland's Most Famous Park Nov 19, 2008
All are synchronized to be in the ground and come into bloom precisely when beds containing hundreds of tulips come into full flower ... Beds surrounding the center become an eye-popping display of red and pink geranium edged in sage and interspersed with cineraria, fuchsia and heliotrope. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Bare bones or full service?Diversion center vote coming up Nov 19, 2008
A bare-bones center with 50 beds and not much else will cost $2 million and $656,000 a year to operate. Add a probation office and programs to help inmates kick drug and alcohol addictions, deal with mental problems and find jobs, and the cost rises to $2. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Staycation gardening Nov 19, 2008
Although we have a huge variety of indigenous tropical plants, an indigenous African garden tends towards beds filled with beautiful flowering aloes, strelitzias and veld grasses, creating that bushveld feel. Make it a garden that will attract and encourage interesting species like birds, insects, frogs, hedgehogs, lizards and butterflies. (iAfrica.com)
Girls Hurt When SUV Crashes Into Bedroom Nov 19, 2008
One of the beds was pushed into a wall and the other was covered with bricks and debris. The girls' stepfather said police were chasing the Escalade when the crash happened. (Click2Houston, TX)
The Sims 2 Expansion Out... Nov 19, 2008
In addition, you can completely re-invent your Sims' gardens with a colorful foundation of flower beds and shrubs including delicate irises, cheerful daylilies and bright sunflowers. Each different architectural style has a 00001114 unique look and feel. (IGN PC Games)
Green thumbs up: Winterize your landscape Nov 18, 2008
When spring comes, it serves as an ideal, organic additive for planting perennials or preparing new beds. The empty pots are thoroughly cleaned inside and out to eliminate any pests and diseases and the dried containers are stored in my shed, garage or basement. (Kingston Mariner, MA)
13 Great Sites for Feel-Good Holiday Gifts Under $50 Nov 18, 2008
com has well-designed, green gifts for your furry friends, from dog beds made out of recycled plastic bottles to organic catnip toys and reclaimed cotton sweaters. Earthtechproducts. (PR Newswire)
Dr. George Weimer Goldthorpe Nov 18, 2008
The hospital had ICU, surgery and 24-hour emergency units with 12 acute beds. Dr. Goldthorpe and his wife also built a child care center to provide child care for their employees and the community. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
All aboard: Riding the rails from Los Angeles to San Antonio Nov 18, 2008
It has two seats, which convert into beds at night. There's enough room to stash a minimum of gear and I can spread out my papers, snacks, computer and toiletries. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Work 30 percent done at Gillette College Nov 18, 2008
The student housing will cost about 9 million and will house 20 suites that will serve three to seven students each, for a total of 96 beds. Young hopes to have the dorms ready by July or August 2009. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
How to Grow Cauliflower Nov 18, 2008
Starting seeds indoors or in cold frames several weeks before time to plant out in garden beds provides the gardener with a head start and eliminates having to wait for the ground to thaw. Cauliflower seeds germinate best at a temperature of 70. (Suite101.com)
Justice served? Nov 18, 2008
She wrote of the thousands of young Chechen men dragged from their beds in the middle of the night, never to be seen again. They were things the militia commanders in Chechnya and their bosses in Moscow did not want the outside world to hear about. (BBC News -- Europe)
Hawaii workers who rely on tips hit harder by weak economy Nov 18, 2008
"Carey said the biggest downturn in tourism is on the Big Island, where 25 Outrigger employees were recently laid off and more could follow.Needed employeesThe people who depend on tips are the tourism industry's first line of aloha: They park cars, greet guests at the door, take their bags, bring food and refill glasses. They also make the beds and make sure there are clean towels in the rooms.They are asked to be engaging and cheerful and tend to get more tips if they are.But it's not always... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Living on the run in Congo Nov 18, 2008
Stay at home, hide under your beds, said the announcement on the radio. We were hardly going to go out. (AlertNet)
REGION: Three quakes hit Palomar region Nov 18, 2008
After jolting people out of their beds as far away as Twentynine Palms and the U.S.-Mexico border, the earthquake centered 10 miles north of the Palomar Observatory was followed by a tiny aftershock of magnitude 1. 0 five minutes later. (North County Times)
Holiday Wish List Nov 18, 2008
It even has built-in technology to avoid flower beds and potted plants, plus a feature that prevents it from harming pets and kids. For those seeking a green lawn but who are also green minded, the $3,100 price tag is worthwhile. (RealtyTimes)
New McLean County jail is all business Nov 18, 2008
That would be the beds, mortared cinder blocks, topped by concrete and softened with a mattress ... The jail is on the main floor and can house from 20 to 24 prisoners, with room for 41 if all beds were bunked, though a daily average of a dozen prisoners is anticipated. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Top Hotels For Business Travelers Nov 18, 2008
(That, and the hotel's historic architecture, impeccable service and large comfy beds. . (Forbes)
Lara Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement With Sprott Resource Corp. Nov 18, 2008
The claims in Colombia cover sedimentary sequences containing various phosphate-rich beds. About Lara. (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
Malaria effort a rare public-health success story in Africa Nov 18, 2008
There are all the children who did not die, of course, but also a 50-per-cent reduction in hospital admissions, freeing up beds in grossly understaffed hospitals. The percentage of women delivering low-birth-weight babies also has been cut in half, because clinics are presumptively treating for malaria (pregnant women are at much greater risk). (Globe and Mail)
Increase in inmates opens door to private prisons Nov 18, 2008
Over the last decade, the number of inmate beds in private prisons has jumped sixfold to about 112,000 in mid-2006, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics ... Prison industry analysts, impressed with the growing demand for private prison beds, are upbeat ... Operates 65 prisons with 72,000 inmate beds in 19 states and the District of Columbia. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)
Local business -- in brief Nov 18, 2008
Offering expert services in the fields of design, structural analysis, project management and repair development, MTU AENA has grown its operation considerably, recently with the participation in the development of a new generation of engines, the Geared TurbofanTM. The company is part of this effort from the early stages of development involved in the design for a demonstrator test engine, through the on site support of the flying test beds on an Boeing 747 and an Airbus A340 and the current... (Rocky Hill Post, CT)
North American Energy Resources, Inc. Completes Oil Well Nov 18, 2008
Headquartered in Austin, TX, North American Energy Resources, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties with the goal of extracting coal bed methane from coal beds using unconventional methods and new technology as well as drilling for oil and gas using conventional methods and techniques to maximize production possibilities and minimize costs. It operates in the upstream segment of the oil and... (Primezone Releases)
Panel weighs immigration enforcement options Nov 18, 2008
Currently, ICE has about 700 beds at facilities it contracts with in Colorado and Wyoming, said Lance Clem, a spokesman for Colorado's Department of Public Safety. Panel members also said they think the federal government should repay the state for what it costs to hold illegal immigrants in Colorado jails. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Spearfish hospital, insurance fight hurts customers Nov 18, 2008
Currently, Spearfish Regional, which has 40 beds and 275 employees, is the only hospital in South Dakota that doesn t have a contract with Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Share This Story. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Joe Swash up against glamour model Nicola McLean in I'm a Celebrity... Nov 17, 2008
" Bookmakers have tipped Swash as the 4/1 favourite to win the show, but 52-year-old Navratilova, though joint third in the odds at 6/1, has so far proved more attractive to punters. Model McLean and ex-MP Robert Kilroy-Silk, 66, are the outsiders to win at 16/1. Sunday was the contestant's first day in the jungle and already tempers were soaring as a storm flooded the camp and wiped out electricity.For the first time the 10 contestants were split into two teams based on whether they had arrived... (Telegraph.co.uk)
A healthcare system badly out of balance Nov 17, 2008
A recent Massachusetts study concludes that the price of inpatient care at hospitals is rising by 10 percent a year, while overall use of hospital beds is declining ... But it's high by Massachusetts standards: Partners collected 35 percent of statewide hospital profits last year, even though it owns only 16 percent of the beds ... Those earnings have allowed Partners to launch a five-year $4 billion construction program that includes the addition at least 180 new hospital beds and several... (Boston Globe)
MRSA's toll climbs, but hospital is slow to change Nov 17, 2008
But Harborview was also a contagion's land of dreams 300 beds, with a burn unit and bustling intensive-care ward, a concentration of patients with weakened immune systems and open wounds ... Its beds now, 400-plus fill up most every day. (Seattle Times)
Reunion inspires recollection of Mama's skill at chores Nov 17, 2008
"Make six beds every morning. Do washing, ironing for Mama, Papa, my three brothers, myself. Clean all seven rooms and do dishes, of course. And I help Mama with the canning. I preserve meat, candle eggs, dill pickles, smoke ham and bacon. I wait on tables, 40 hands at harvest time; and I make glug (a fruited alcoholic drink).". "You do?". (The Augusta Chronicle)
LETTERS: NCT, Nov. 16, 2008 Nov 17, 2008
Check under their beds and of course, the closet when tucking your precious little ones in bed at night. You are as bad as Chuck. (North County Times)
Want to party like nobility? Rent a castle Nov 17, 2008
Tannenburg has no beds, however, so guests generally spend the night in tents in the bailey, noted Stefan Uhe, one of the castle's operators. A weekend with full board costs 42 euros per person. (Sify.com, India)
Every child deserves a safe home - Monday, November 17, 2008 Nov 17, 2008
But there have been times it had to turn children away because all its beds were occupied, Albrecht says ... And so the shelter has begun making plans to build a second facility that would offer an additional 16 beds and position the nonprofit to welcome more children in need. (Missoulian, MT)
Fort Bragg baby boom overwhelms hospitals Nov 17, 2008
The impact of the baby surge is being felt all across Fayetteville, a city of 210,000, from the registries at Fleishman's Tiny Town to the civilian hospital, Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, where the overflow of military patients sometimes has to labor in the waiting room until beds become available ... With only 11 beds, Womack's labor and delivery unit quickly filled up, and the patient load was capped at 260 deliveries a month - but soon exceeded that number. (International Herald Tribune)
Another View: Governor's fun tax idea is not amusing Nov 17, 2008
Now, let's also take into account the loss of significant indirect tax revenue from fewer occupied hotel beds, fewer restaurant meals, fewer souvenirs sold and so on. Consider, for example, just the loss in bed tax revenues. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Reports of Squalid Conditions at New Orleans Prison Nov 17, 2008
But since Katrina, there are fewer beds than ever. His name went on a waiting list. (Yahoo News -- Prison Issues)
Patients wait days for beds Nov 17, 2008
At the county's busiest hospital, 30 or more mentally ill patients a month are occupying emergency room beds, or observation rooms, pending admission to an appropriate psychiatric facility ... When mentally ill patients are cooling their heels for days in the emergency room, the beds they occupy cannot be used by people who need immediate medical care. (News & Observer)
Donate your TV coupons Nov 17, 2008
HGRM is always looking for gently-used furniture or other essential household goods, such as beds, bedding, pots and pans, and baby goods. To learn more about our specific needs, visit our Web site at hgrm. (Acton Beacon, MA)
FAIL TO THE CHIEFS Nov 16, 2008
What kind of president lets our trans-Pond cousins get bombed in their beds every night for months ... And he was so unprepared for the Japanese attack military theorists had predicted for years that our sailors got bombed in their own beds from Hawaii to the Philippines. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Line-X shop back from the ashes Nov 16, 2008
Bedliners for pickups are the main consumer application, but the coatings can be applied to horse trailers, flatbeds, enclosed trailers and boats ... "Over the rail" is an extra $75 and colored beds are an additional $259 ... At the former location, in an average month, they would do 40 to 50 beds, according to Matt. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
