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Most nurses take their job seriously. It doesn't matter if they are working doubles in the ER, pulling life or death surgery rotations, or just nine to five deals at the local doctors' office: nursing is a serious business. That said, we all try to have some fun and add a little excitement to our work. My role at my latest job includes being called the naughty nurse. It was just a joke until one man changed everything. I didn't know who he was but I knew the second I laid eyes on him that he would be trouble.

From the poems of the enlightened nuns of the Buddha's time contemporary followers of the noble eightfold path can receive a great deal of instruction, help and encouragement. These verses can assist us in developing morality, concentration and wisdom, the three sections of the path. With their aid we will be able to work more effectively towards eliminating our mental defilements and towards finding lasting peace and happiness.

Quinn Morgan is just barely scraping by from day to day. She's never had much money, and although a little more would certainly ease her stress levels, she's never cared about being wealthy. So when her grandfather passes away and leaves her his multi-million dollar estate, Quinn isn't quite sure how to navigate this new life. Making her transition easier is Ivan, the half-human, half-machine butler who came with the estate.

The only thing that mattered to me was having the baby that my late wife and I could never have. I shouldn't have let the surrogate agency talk me into using Tasha Williams, but she was my only option - or so they said. But now, I've got a black baby that should have been born white. Tasha may have duped me, but I'm not letting her off the hook. The contract says the baby is mine and there's nothing she can do about it.

When best friends, Travis and Stephanie, frivolously spend all of their college funds, they are left with little options to continue their higher learning. Their roommate, Tammy concocts a get-rich-quick scheme that may very well solve all of their financial woes. However, they have to decide if they are willing to jeopardize their bond by agreeing to an offer that is not only lucrative, yet taboo by nature.

Budgeting Is More Liberation than Limitation takes a holistic look at your finances and budget. It highlights the importance of creating and following a budget by speaking to the one thing that everyone understands: freedom. While providing practical examples and insights, this book shows you how budgeting and actively managing your finances can give you the freedom to live the life you desire.

No matter how hard I tried, week after week, I found myself in the same place. My mind and my life were littered with chores and unfinished projects. I wasn't being productive. I was overwhelmed and discouraged. It seemed there just weren't enough hours in the day. I always teetered on the brink of success, but had failed to hit the mark. Sound familiar? Lucky for you, I found the secret in 76 productive habits.

Have you ever wondered how to keep your house from being so cluttered that you cannot do anything without being frustrated over the mess? Maybe you've come searching for some advice on how to fix your house and save it from getting out of hand. Lives can get far too stressful to be able to do everything we want to, and a lot of the time there just aren't enough hours in the day to clean as well as we might like.

Mags McManus has just become a war widow in her mid-20s. Her late husband, Randy, left for the Army right after their wedding. Instead of celebrating his homecoming and living in marital bliss with her soul mate, Mags finds herself living in constant agony.

No witch is just born into being. Becoming a witch is much more than just the initial interest one has due to a movie or book that has been watched or read. Being a witch involves much learning, much reading, and a strong desire. There is no how to guide that will lead you down the path to being a witch of any sort.

The Book of Shadows acts a little like a Wiccan's guide book, holding a varied amount of knowledge from rituals and spells to beliefs and traditions. Written by Gerald Gardiner in the late 1940s to early 1950s for his coven of Brickett Wood, it was written to guide beginning Wiccans. They used information from this book, adding and leaving out information to suit their own books.

It's amazing how much better your results are after a workout if you place extreme focus on the postworkout portion. This short article focuses on what to do after a workout to increase your muscle and/or aerobic gain. It also provides why this postworkout routine must be done and why it will never hurt to add a postworkout into your routine.

Ein Haustier für Anton und Lena: Ein Hund, eine Katze oder ein Meerschweinchen? Bis sich die Geschwister entscheiden können, hüten sie erst einmal Willi, den Hund ihrer Nachbarin, und lernen viele andere Tiere beim Tierarzt und in der Tierhandlung kennen - auch so exotische wie einen Papagei oder eine Schildkröte. Dabei erfahren sie viel über die Pflege von Haustieren und hören ganz unterschiedliche Tierstimmen: das Schnurren einer Katze, das Quieken von Meerschweinchen, Hundegebell und vieles mehr. Mit vielen Tierstimmen und -geräuschen zum Mitraten.

Anton und Lena gehen gerne mit zum Einkaufen, ob im großen Supermarkt oder am kleinen Obst- und Gemüsestand. Sie wissen natürlich auch schon lange, dass Äpfel gesünder sind als Gummibärchen. Aber heute lernen sie noch ganz viel Neues zum Thema Einkaufen, Kochen und Essen: Was braucht unser Körper wirklich? Wo kommt unser Essen eigentlich her? Wie bezahlt man? Dabei gibt es für die kleinen Zuhörer wieder viele Geräusche zum Entdecken und Mitraten.

Anton kann es gar nicht mehr erwarten, dass er in der Schule Rechnen und Schreiben lernt wie seine große Schwester Lena. Aber bis es so weit ist, gibt es für ihn noch viel Spannendes zu erleben: die Anmeldung an der Schule und eine kleine Führung durch die Klassenzimmer, den Ranzen kaufen und eine Schultüte basteln, und natürlich den sechsten Geburtstag feiern. Dann ist endlich der große Tag da. Für die kleinen Zuhörer gibt es wieder viele Lieder zum Mitsingen und viele Geräusche zum Entdecken.

Anton und Lena sind ganz aufgeregt: Endlich dürfen sie einen richtigen Reiterhof besuchen. Bisher kannten sie nur die zwei Ponys im Streichelzoo...

Anton und Lena auf den Spuren der Dinosaurier. Allosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus - bei den Dinosauriern in ihrer Spielzeugkiste kennen...

Vor einem Termin beim Kinderarzt muss kein Kind Angst haben - im Gegenteil: Es gibt ganz viel Spannendes zu entdecken...

Anton und Lena verbringen mit ihren Eltern spannende Ferien an der Nordsee. Dabei lernen sie viele neue Geräusche kennen...

Die Urgemeinden der Christenheit im Nahen Osten hatten eine große Vergangenheit. Eine Zukunft scheinen sie nicht mehr zu haben: Im Irak, in Ägypten, in Syrien, überall geraten sie unter Druck. Konnten sie unter den brutalen, aber säkularen Regimen Saddam Husseins oder Baschar al Assads noch unbehelligt ihre Religion praktizieren, so sehen sie sich nun von radikalen Islamisten bedroht, verfolgt, verjagt. Vor allem im Irak fallen Christen gezieltem Terrorismus zum Opfer.