Concord Woman Named 'Extreme Huntress 2012'
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Woman won online essay contest and popular voteA Bay Area woman has just claimed an award even she didn't expect: Extreme Huntress of 2012. Think of it as the "Miss America" of the hunting community. It's a big deal. Concord resident Tiffany Brewer recently won the nationwide contest, sponsored by Tahoe Films and Tom Opre, host of the NBC Sports outdoors show "Eye of the Hunter." Entrants had to submit a 500-word essay on why they considered themselves the Extreme Huntress. Ten finalists were chosen based on their essays, then it was up to popular online vote to determine the...
Published on Saturday 19th of May 2012 12:27:29 PM
Video: Saudi Arabia to Probe 'Dancing Nurses' (YouTube - Asian Nurses at Hospital Birthday Party)
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Video: Saudi Arabia to probe 'dancing nurses' U-Tube (sic) video shows Asian nurses dancing during birthday party at hospital Saudi health authorities have opened an investigation into three films published on U-Tube showing Asian nurses dancing at a mixed-gender birthday party inside a government hospital. The three separate films showed several male and female nurses were involved in the concert that included music and dances, which are strictly banned at Saudi hospitals and other public facilities. The films showed the party was held at King Fahd Hospital in the eastern town of Hofouf and the participants were apparently from the...
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(Goddess) Belgian Nurse Who Saved American Soldiers During Battle of Bulge Honored 67 Years Later
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<p>BRUSSELS (AP) -- A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II was given a U.S. award for valor Monday - 67 years late.</p>
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Tampa woman saves man's life, then finishes triathlon
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ST. PETERSBURG — A Tampa woman saved the life of a man who had a heart attack during a triathlon Saturday morning, race officials said. Teresa McCoy, 37, was just about to finish the bike portion of the Meek and Mighty Triathlon, part of the annual St. Anthony's Triathlon events, when she saw two police officers huddled over a fellow rider along Bayshore Drive. McCoy recognized the middle-aged man as runner No. 100. The two had chatted briefly before the start of the race. McCoy, a nurse at Tampa General Hospital's cardiac lab, was No. 96. With other riders speeding...
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Vanderbilt Abandons Policy Forcing Nursing Students to Do Abortions
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Vanderbilt Abandons Policy Forcing Nursing Students to Do Abortions Nashville, TN -- After a pro-life legal group filed a complaint against Vanderbilt University for a policy requiring incoming nursing students to assist in abortions, the college has caved and modified the policy. http://www.lifenews.com/2011/01/12/vanderbilt-abandons-policy-forcing-nursing-students-to-do-abortions/
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Danbury nurse, shot at work, files intent to sue Newtown Police (Shot in Danbury)
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NEWTOWN -- Andy Hull -- the Bethel nurse and former Marine shot three times while on the job at Danbury Hospital in March -- has notified the town of Newtown that he may sue if because of the way town police dealt with the 86-year-old man accused of shooting Hull. Attorney Daniel Rosen, of New Haven, filed the papers last week informing the town of Hull's intent to sue. Rosen represents Hull and his wife Erica. Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra confirmed Monday that the town has received the notice of intent to sue and has referred the matter to...
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Controversy in Saudi Arabia over Fatwa Permitting Breastfeeding of Adults
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Controversy in Saudi Arabia over Fatwa Permitting Breastfeeding of Adults By: Y. Admon* Introduction Sheikh 'Abd Al-Muhsin Al-'Obikan, an advisor at the Saudi Justice Ministry, recently issued a fatwa allowing the breastfeeding of adults. The fatwa is aimed at enabling an unrelated man and woman to be secluded in the same room, a situation which Islam considers forbidden gender mixing. The rationale behind the fatwa is that breastfeeding creates a bond of kinship between the man and woman, rendering the man her mahram,[1] thus making it acceptable for them to be together in seclusion. The fatwa created a stir...
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NY Hospital Apologizes to Nurses Punished for Refusing to Facilitate Abortion (Right, and?)
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Wednesday May 5, 2010 NY Hospital Apologizes to Nurses Punished for Refusing to Facilitate Abortion Hospital conscience policy still illegal? By Kathleen GilbertNEW YORK, April 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The president of a New York hospital has reversed punishment against eight nurses who refused to take part in an abortion, and has issued an apology to some of them, reported Newsday on Thursday. However, there remains question as to whether the hospital would have persisted in coercing the nurses, in conflict with New York and federal law, had the patient's case been accurately deemed an "emergency situation.""We erred in our...
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Nurses who refused to assist in abortion disciplined
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EAST MEADOW — Eight nurses who refused to participate in an abortion at Nassau University Medical Center here March 31 are resisting disciplinary action levied on them by hospital officials. “This is a horrendous situation,” said one of the labor/delivery nurses disciplined who asked that her name not be used. She and the others, she said, had signed paperwork at the time they began working there stipulating that they would not be required to assist in abortions but have often faced pressure to do so. Some of the nurses involved have lost vacation time and others have their cases still...
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