The 'Burning Stump' manifests as a section of tree with a 'living flame' burning in the middle and its appearance will make it the focal point of an evening on the patio.
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At the moment, it is 7:40 here in Melbourne, Australia.
I have checked the PlayStation Store countless times today to see whether or not it has updated and included the new DLC but it hasn't updated.
I have three questions for my fellow Austrlians on this forums but i also ask for help from the Americans and everyone else!
Is the dlc, Battle Of Forli, available in Australia yet?
Do i have to do an internet system update to update the store or does it update itself?
If it does update itself, what day and time should it update?
I appreciate all your help in advance and ask if you can please answer as quickly as you can!
It's currently 3 am here in Chicago and the Lineage movies are still at the top of the XBL list. I'd say give it a couple more hours.
As far as updating goes, I know there was a patch earlier this week to help prep for the DLC, but otherwise, you have to go to the store and get it yourself.
@Zesbeer - Thanks Zes! will probably have to download it tomorrow then!
@aquarianfae - Yes! I downloaded the patch today! and i will download it tomorrow!
I agree. It's annoying when it is advertised as released on the of 28th of Feb & also when you log into the game at the start screen. I say this to Ubi - please don't promise this to Aussie fans when you cannot come up with the goods. You probably have a good deal of fans down under so just be honest & say to them 29th of Feb!!!
Yeah it's 4 in the morning Chicago - it is 9pm here in OZ hehe.
im downloading it now!! woo!
It is now available on PSn in Aus but i need to wait till tonight to download it because i'll be away most of the day!
Thanks guys for your help! This thread can be closed now if the mods want!


There was a time in the late '80s and early '90s when it seemed like Nintendo was taking over the world. The company's games were wildly popular and their characters seemed to be everywhere. Making the transition to movies seemed like a logical next step guaranteed to bring the company more success—and then the Super Mario Bros. movie came out. Still the only official movie created by the company (though their characters made cameos in Wreck-It Ralph and Pixels), this oddity somehow delivered none of the game franchise's charm or excitement, boring and/or irritating audiences and earning a measly $21 million in North America.


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How many of you recognize this man? Put your hands up. Keep your hands up, if you know who this is. How about these familiar faces? (Laughter) From your show of hands, it looks like many of you have seen a Pixar movie, but very few of you recognized Ed Catmull, the founder and CEO of Pixar — one of the companies I had the privilege of studying.
Early in that process, one of the engineers had gone to Bill and said, "We're all too busy for this inefficient system of running parallel experiments." But as the process unfolded, he began to understand the wisdom of allowing talented people to play out their passions. He admitted, "If you had forced us to all be on one team, we might have focused on proving who was right, and winning, and not on learning and discovering what was the best answer for Google."
We studied a general counsel in a pharmaceutical company who had to figure out how to get the outside lawyers, 19 competitors, to collaborate and innovate. We studied the head of marketing at a German automaker where, fundamentally, they believed that it was the design engineers, not the marketeers, who were allowed to be innovative. We also studied Vineet Nayar at HCL Technologies, an Indian outsourcing company. When we met Vineet, his company was about, in his words, to become irrelevant. We watched as he turned that company into a global dynamo of I.T. innovation. At HCL technologies, like at many companies, the leaders had learned to see their role as setting direction and making sure that no one deviated from it. What he did is tell them it was time for them to think about rethinking what they were supposed to do. Because what was happening is that everybody was looking up and you weren't seeing the kind of bottom-up innovation we saw at Pixar or Google. So they began to work on that.


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Westport Arts Center Welcomes New Director of Development
The Westport Arts Center today announced the appointment of Cathy L. Bromberg as the new Director of Development for the organization. Bromberg will be responsible for leading all development activities for the Arts Center, including fundraising, event coordination and grant management.
"We are thrilled to have an experienced, successful development professional join our team at the Arts Center," stated William Felton, Chairman of the Westport Arts Center Board of Directors. "Cathy will be a tremendous asset in continuing to expand our already strong donor and membership base," he added.
Bromberg brings more than ten years of fundraising and strategic planning experience to the role. She most recently served as the Director of Development for Stamford's Palace Theater, where she created and implemented a strategic development plan that increased contributed revenue by 43% over the previous year, and managed the organization's annual fundraiser.
Prior to the Palace Theater, she was the Director of Development for the Norwalk Community College Foundation. In this role, she designed and executed donor-centric special events, grew annual fund revenues by 26%, and developed customized stewardship plans to retain existing donors with an emphasis on major capital campaign contributors.
Bromberg also spent nine years on the Board of Directors for the New Canaan Chapter of the American Red Cross. She worked closely with the Chapter's Director of Development in staging the organization's annual gala and other fundraising events. She has served on the Board of Directors of Pura Vida for Children, Inc. and is currently on the Women's Ministry Team at Grace Community Church in New Canaan.
"I am excited to join this stellar organization known for enriching the lives of residents of the greater Westport area through the visual and performing arts. The Westport Arts Center already has such deep roots in this community and I look forward to meeting current supporters and building new relationships," said Bromberg.
Bromberg, originally from Houston, TX, holds a B.A. from Baylor University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. A corporate attorney admitted to practice in both Connecticut and New York, she studied constitutional law under Antonin Scalia before his appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States.
An avid New York Giants fan, Bromberg enjoys football and spending time with her husband, Marc, her four children, and her Golden Retriever, Reggie.
The Westport Arts Center will hold its annual gala on May 7, 2016. The event will celebrate the unique and diverse culture of Cuba with a "Club Havana" theme, immersing guests in the island country's rich and expressive arts heritage, its food and drinks, and its entertainment. The not-to-be-missed event will include a live auction, music by the Jay Prince Band, and the announcement of the "Club Havana" $10,000 grand prize raffle winner.
"Club Havana" corporate sponsors to date include EC Infosystems, Verde Energy, Finn Dixon & Herling LLP, Wells Fargo Advisors, Dragone Classic Motorcars & Auctions, Lillian August Home Furnishings, Moffly Media, Schumacher, Spiked Seltzer, twenty20 creative design, and 4th Row Films.
For further press inquiries, please contact Leslie LaSala at 203.222-7070 or leslie@westportartscenter.org. To purchase "Club Havana" raffle or event tickets, please call 203.222-7070 or visit westportartscenter.org.
About the Westport Arts Center
The Westport Arts Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting community through the arts, reaches more than 11,000 people annually through outstanding programs in visual arts, arts education, and the performance arts of Chamber music, Jazz, and film.
The Westport Arts Center also receives philanthropic support from the Aibel Foundation, the Arnhold Foundation, Artur and Heida Hermanns Holde Foundation, Inc., Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Bernstein Global Wealth Management, Borrowed – A Vintage Inspired Company, the Brant Foundation, CBP, Cannupa Foundation, the Carl Marks Foundation, Cohen and Wolf, P.C., the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Fairfield County Bank, Fairfield County Community Foundation, Festivities, Gault Energy, Geiger's, GWAY Marketing Gymnasium, the Hall Art Foundation, KD & J Botanica, Land Rover Milford, Landtech, LLBH Private Wealth Management LLC, Madison/Mott, Main Street Resources/Green Village Initiative, Meadow Ridge, the Mitchell's Family of Stores, Newman's Own Foundation, Riverside Management Group, Saugatuck Sweets, the Shack Sackler Foundation, the Sheffer Family Foundation, Sontag Advisory LLC, Stamford Tent, Steel Shed, Sun Hill Foundation, Tito's Handmade Vodka, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, Westport Family Counseling, Westport Now, Westport Resources, Westport Special Education PTA, William J. Rosenbloom Charitable Trust, Xerox Foundation, WPKN, WSHU Public Radio Group, and Yellowtail.
For more information, contact the Westport Arts Center at (203) 222-7070 or www.westportartscenter.org. The Westport Arts Center gallery is open Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. at 51 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT.
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By jsky September 4, 2012 in Interviews, Press No Comments
Exclusive Interview: Catherine Tyldesley
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The sun is shining but the wind is strong. We are sat in an outdoor booth at The Alchemist, Spinningfields sporting oversized sunglasses. It is the day of our interview with Manchester based Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley. She is warm, engaging and talks exclusively to WorldofJsky.com about life so far.
Widely renown for embracing changes in society and unbeknown to many as the longest running soap in the world, Coronation Street welcomed Catherine Tyldesley as a fully fledged cast member in 2011. Since then her character Eva Price has grown into a hugely popular, feisty, front runner winning over long term fans of the show.
Talk me through getting cast for Coronation Street. There must have been some pretty tough competition?
I'd been back and forth quite a lot to Granada over the years for different parts and the casting director Gennie Radcliffe had always said '…something will come up, it's just a matter of time'. So when the part of Eva came up I just fell in love with the role and I really, really wanted it, but I was really different from the other girls going for it. They were all….a lot younger than me [laughs], a lot thinner, a lot smaller…so, the odds were against me, I thought. I was absolutely thrilled to get it. We did the screen test to see how much Michelle Collins and I get away with being mother and daughter, and we don't really look like each other, but on screen we kind of pulled it off, so that had a lot to do with it as well.
Tell me about your singing?
I've always sang since I was little. That's what I started off doing really. At drama school my granddad bought me a PA system to earn money in-between acting and it just kind of took off. I started to sing for Manchester United and then I became their season singer and toured with them. From there I started doing private functions for the players. It was a good experience. It kind of grew from there and I still sing as much as I can. [Do you plan on releasing a single?] I'm going to be working with Elliot Kennedy later in the year; he's basically a number one factory, he's huge. We'll see what happens. We'll get in the studio and chill, and have a bit of a jamming session. If something comes, that'd be great.
Very much in support of local talent, Catherine relished the opportunity to star in the hugely successful Manchester based sitcom Shameless; her character, Carly diametrically opposed to Eva Price [Coronation Street].
"It was great because the character I had was so different. She was completely…yeah, oh god, I was so minging! She was quite rough and she had certain issues in her life, and a stutter. She was a very vulnerable character, very different to Eva who is quite independent and feisty. I'm a huge fan of Shameless; I absolutely adore the show."
You have done quite a lot of different roles. Do you still keep in touch with past cast members?
Yeah, pretty much from everything I've been on for a good amount of time. Lilies was my first big job, which was a period drama for the BBC, and I've stayed in touch with everyone from that. I went to New York a couple of weeks ago and Daniel Rigby (he played my brother in Lilies) and since then he's won a Bafta for his performance, I went to watch him and James Corden in One Man Two Guvnors. I hadn't seen him in so long and I didn't tell him I was going so that was dead nice. And yeah, I stayed in touch with the girls.
You were nominated for Best Newcomer at the Soap Awards…
Was I…[laughs]? I think I did. There are so many awards now, they all kind of blur into one. [What would be your ideal award to win?] I think the best…[sigh], I mean, the greatest award to win would always be Best Actress. That would just be amazing.
Do you have plans to go back and do any more films?
Yeah, I mean I love doing films. Who knows, never say never. At the moment I'm really happy doing Corrie. I'm hoping I'll be there for a while but yeah, I'd love to do some more films.
What other actresses do you admire?
Close to home, Katherine Kelly who played Becky has had an amazing career. Not many people know but before she was in Corrie she spent 3 years in the Royal Shakespeare Company and has had a succession of jobs in highly acclaimed dramas. Since she's left Corrie she has just flown. She's doing a big period drama at the moment, which sounds out of this world. She's incredibly versatile and she's always been like a big sister to me; an actress that I've always looked up to. And then there are people like Julie Walters who is a huge favourite. And growing up there has been people like Sue Johnson who is just coming into Coronation Street to play my grandmother. I adore her, so to be working with her now is just fantastic. And she is just so lovely; a real pleasure to work with.
Catherine's respect for her peers is clear by the way in which she talks of them in detail and makes reference to their successes. Her admiration and mutual appreciation for core values such as work ethics and a flourishing career are what will pave the way for what I anticipate to be a varied career. As she speaks I can see she is visualising her future.
What is the dream?
It has always been my dream to be in Coronation Street so I still pitch myself about that really. I'm completely in love with my job so if I can always be a working actress I count myself as incredibly lucky. I'm at my happiest when I'm acting so if I could be busy for the rest of my life, that would be great. [Do you prefer acting to singing, or are they equal?] I prefer acting. Acting is my passion. Singing is a very close second. I trained in musical theatre because I loved them both so much.
Not many people openly proclaim to be 'living the dream' these days; such a revelation. Here is a woman who has worked her way through the ranks and gets to work at her dream job. She is happy to work and humble. Her route to success was not paved by the hopes of reality television. Armed with a passion for acting, Catherine Tyldesley has crafted her skill and changed her life.
"I feel like I was prepared for it because I had already had friends on the show and I saw how crazy it is. You don't realise how massive Corrie is until you're in it. It's weird and you start getting followed, and you're not quite aware of people following you around and stuff like that. It's quite nerve wracking. [You haven't really had any bad press, have you?] Fingers crossed. I haven't got any skeletons in my cupboard, or whatever I don't think. It's part and parcel of the job and we are so lucky to do what we do, and most people are really lovely. As long as they don't get me with my skirt blowing up."
We don't often think about what happens after we get what we want in life. Sure enough we imagine how happy we will feel, but we miss out on the bigger picture about how our life will change day to day. Catherine Tyldesley was lucky enough to be surrounded by the right people to prepare her, but the real credit belongs to her in that she was grounded enough to welcome a healthy success with an appreciation of those around her.
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Iran hailed yesterday the successful launch of a home-built satellite carrying a rat, turtles and worms, amid Western concerns Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons.
Iranian state television said the Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket carried a capsule containing "live animals" – marking Iran's first experiment in sending living creatures into space. Television footage showed a white rat on its back in a container with tubes protruding from its mouth. Two other containers contained respectively several dark worms and small turtles.


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Home » Should the Bahamas Be Permitted to Register Cruise Ships?
Should the Bahamas Be Permitted to Register Cruise Ships?
By Jim Walker on November 20, 2014
Three Shots In Just 12 Hours reads the headlines in the Tribune newspaper today. Other articles in the local newspapers in Nassau include Tourist: I was Victim of Sex Attack by Jet Ski Operators.
The U.S. Embassy in Nassau has issued a warning to U.S. citizens of the danger of women (including girls) being sexually assaulted by jet ski operators on Paradise Island near the Atlantis resort.
The murder count in the Bahamas just reached 106 for the year and is rising. Last year 111 people were murdered there. The body count will exceed that number this month. The vast majority of the homicides involved local citizens and occurred in Nassau (New Providence) with a population of only 250,000. By contrast Miami-Dade County has a total population of 5,500,000 with only 229 murders (Miami-Dade has twenty-two times as many people and only twice as many murders as Nassau).
Compounding the problem is the inability of the local police in the Bahamas to solve these crimes and prosecute the criminals. The same police officers who can't solve a crime when a U.S. tourist is robbed at gunpoint in downtown Nassau are often tasked with investigating crimes on Bahamian-flagged cruise ships.
Cruise lines like Carnival, Disney, NCL and Royal Caribbean register many of their cruise ships in Nassau to avoid U.S. taxes, labor laws and safety regulations. By flying "flags of convenience," the Miami-based cruise ships divest the U.S. authorities from law enforcement duties. In cases where U.S. citizens are victims, the FBI has special maritime jurisdiction and are permitted to become involved (although the FBI rarely does).
But when the victim is not a U.S. citizen (over 95% of the crew are not) the FBI has no jurisdiction and the responsibility to investigate crime on Bahamian-flagged ship falls to the Bahamas.
This is, of course, an absolute joke. There are well over a thousand ships registered in the Bahamas, including not only cruise ships but tankers, bulk carriers, and cargo ships of all types. Does anyone really think that the local police in Nassau have the interest or resources to fly to Bahamian cruise ships around the world and solve crimes when they can't solve a crime when a tourist is assaulted in front of their own police station?
I have never heard of the police in Nassau ever solving a single crime on a Bahamian-flagged cruise ship. But if you are a crew member from the Philippines assaulted by another crew member from Central America, it's the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) who has jurisdiction. The BMA won't do anything but may (but usually not) delegate responsibility to the Nassau police. The local police, in turn, will simply not show up.
Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, the Quantum of the Seas, has dominated the news as of late. There's endless news about all of the technological marvels on the ship. But Royal Caribbean registered the ship in crime-infested Nassau. When the first violent crime occurs on the Quantum, don't expect anyone from the Bahamas to show up and investigate.
Have a thought? Please leave a comment below or join the discussion on our Facebook page.
Don't forget to read: An "Outlaw Industry" Watched By "Paper Tigers"
Photo Credit: Tim Clarke / Tribune
Tags: assault, bahamas, convenience, cruise, danger, flag, flags of convenience, murder, nassau, sexual, ship
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Christopher J. Friend
Current Position(s):
Vascular and Interventional Radiology Staff, VA
Associate Professor of Radiology, UCSD
Personal Statement:
Dr. Christopher Friend grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. He attended Juniata College where he majored in Chemistry and minored in Art History. He attended medical school at University of Pittsburgh and also earned his MBA from University of Pittsburgh. After his general surgery internship at Emory University, he completed his radiology residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. He is fellowship trained in both musculoskeletal imaging (University of Arizona) and vascular and interventional radiology (Emory University).
Interventional Radiologist, April 2018 to present at VASDHCS, San Diego, CA
Interventional Radiologist, April 2018 to present at UCSD, San Diego, CA
Chair, Clinical Competency Committee, UCSD IR Residency Program
Member, Program Evaluation Committee, USCD IR Residency Program
Interventional Radiologist, July 2015 to present at Baylor Scott & White, Round Rock, TX
Director of Interventional Radiology (2016- January 2018)
Member of the Radiation Safety Committee
Interventional Radiologist, July 2011 to May 2015 at UPMC/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Staff Radiologist, July 2007 to July 2010 at Inland Imaging, Gilbert, AZ
Medical Director of Inland Imaging Arizona
Clinical Instructor/Radiologist, July 2006 to June 2007 at the University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Staff Radiologist, July 2006 to 2007 at the University Physicians Healthcare, Tucson, AZ
2014, Masters of business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
2001, Doctor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
1997, Bachelor of Science, Juniata College
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Physician Leadership and Management Certificate Program, University of Pittsburgh-Katz School of Business and UPMC. 2013
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Well, I had a very special opportunity this week. I was invited to a meeting of the Trillium Embroidery Guild in Whitby. I have to say, what a very special group! They made me feel very welcomed to their group.
I was invited by a friend, Carol A. who I met while attending the A Needle Pulling Thread booth at Creativ Festival. Carol does some amazing work. She is very creative. I always enjoy talking with her about things.
Carol had asked me to bring the pieces I had completed for the Mastercraftman in Counted Thread through the Embroiderers' Guild of America. I decided to bring pieces to show where I had started in embroidery and where I was now with designing and being published.
The groups was very welcoming and I felt at home as I spoke about some of the pieces and how I got the idea to do what I have done.
In case you're wondering, my theme seemed to be..."be curious", ask "what if...", and "see what happens."
I found as I was speaking, it is true... if you are curious, you explore and discover.
If you ask "what if I..." then try it. I did that when I decided to send an ornament to Queen Elizabeth. I wanted to see if I would get a response. I did! In fact, now I have three letters from her. I sent another ornament and a sampler to celebrate her jubilee.
As to the "see what happens..." I have done that with trying to get designs published. I have been very fortunate and will write more on this in later posts.
The important thing is to find something you enjoy, be willing to try something new and have fun!
I would like to thank the Trillium Embroidery Guild. I really enjoyed my visit. I look forward to the next time we meet.
Happy stitching this week! I hope you have fun while you create.


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Q: MSSQL - Node - Memory leak I created a Node API that query a Microsoft SQL Server. I am using Node 10.13.0 with MSSQL 5.1.0. I've made a module to execute query easily.
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I discovered I had a memory leak because the memory keeps increasing when people are using the Node API. I did some Heap Snapshots with the DevTools, used --inspect. I think this is related to my MSSQL module that query my Microsoft SQL Server. I do not know much about Node DevTools in Chrome, but I can see there is a lot of () in (closure). They all contain the same object, and inside of it there is a reference of pool in ConnectionPool, which are my variables.
Am I missing something? Do I badly close connection? Thank you for your help.

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My passion for Artistic Expression led me to a formal education in Fashion Design using Haute Couture methods and later in Multi-media Design, Drawing and Painting. Combined with many years as an Arts Educator, my training and practice have led me to a creatively rewarding life dedicated to Art, Design and Craft as a Textile Artist.
People have been using Art and Craft over centuries as a career, to protest, comfort, heal, teach, support, clothe, keep records, hide messages, claim their voices and tell their stories. Although throughout history and to the present, women, in particular, have been pinholed into the role of homemaker and domestic seamstress, we have also been able to tell our stories through needlework by drawing and painting with threads. These skills cannot be lost or forgotten, because it is part of our history and is interwoven and ingrained in our culture. I tell my stories through this medium.


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Three of my favorite writers' birthdays are today: Seuss, Irving and Wolfe.
Today is the birthday of three of my favorite writers: Writer and illustrator Dr. Seuss (born Theodor Seuss Geisel) , writer John Irving, and 20th century writer and cultural anthropologist Tom Wolfe.
In the fall of 1936, Geisel was coming home from Europe, stuck below deck during a long rainy stretch. He started making up words to fit the rhythm of the ship's engine, and the poem he composed in his head became his first children's book: And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937). His manuscript was rejected more than 20 times; editors disliked the fantasy, the exuberant language, and the lack of clear morals. One day, after receiving yet another rejection, he finally decided to give up and burn his manuscript. He was thinking about this as he walked down Madison Avenue in New York, when he bumped into an old classmate from Dartmouth, who had recently become a children's book editor for Vanguard Press. After hearing his story, the classmate took Geisel back to his office and introduced him to some executives, and it wasn't long before he had a book deal. He said later: "If I had been walking down the other side of Madison Avenue, I'd be in the dry-cleaning business today."
John Irving keeps a practiced routine when he writes. He sits at an L-shaped desk surrounded by notepads and notebooks and writes his books by hand before typing them. "I have lots of notebooks around, because one great advantage of writing by hand — in addition to how much it slows you down — is that it makes me write at the speed that I feel I should be composing, rather than faster than I can think, which is what happens to me on any keyboard."
Irving's most recent book is Avenue of Mysteries (2015).
He said, "If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack."
And while Wolfe had a Ph.D. he decided to be a newspaper reporter. Then, in the early 1960s, there was a newspaper strike in New York City, and the paper he worked for was affected. He was out of a job for a while, and he decided to pitch an idea to Esquire magazine for a story about the hot-rod car culture around Southern California.
The editor agreed, and Wolfe went out to L.A., hung around car shows, drag races, and demolition derbies, and ran up a $750 bill at a Beverly Hills hotel. He'd taken lots and lots of notes, but he couldn't figure out what the story should be or how to write it up — not even by the night before his magazine deadline. The editor told him to type up his notes, send them, and he'd go ahead and put together the story. Wolfe sat at his typewriter and banged out a letter to his editor with his ideas and observations. His editor liked it so much that he just removed the salutation ("Dear Byron") at the top and published Wolfe's notes as a feature article. The story was a huge hit and became the title piece in Wolfe's first published book, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965).
Read a lot more about these writers here: at The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor


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Topeka is the capital city of the State of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 127,473. The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census.
The name Topeka is a Kansa word that means "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose the name in 1855 because it "was novel, of Indian origin and euphonious of sound."
The mixed blood Kansa Native American, Joseph James, called Jojim, is credited with suggesting the name of Topeka. The city, laid out in 1854, was one of the Free State towns founded by Eastern antislavery men immediately after the passage of the Kansas Nebraska Bill. In 1857, Topeka was chartered as a city.The city is well known for the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson and declared racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional. Three ships of the U.S. Navy have been named USS Topeka in honor of the city.Being the state's capital city, Topeka's largest employer is the State of Kansas employing about 8,400 people, or 69% of the city's government workers. Altogether, government workers make up one out of every five employed persons in the city.


Hal Freeman, "The Great Commission and the New Testament: An Exegesis of Matthew 28:16-20," Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 1.4 (Winter 1997): 14-23.
Richard D. Land, "The Great Commission Imperative: Proclaiming God's Truth in Word and Deed,"Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 1.4 (Winter 1997): 62-70.
Robert L. Plummer, "The Great Commission in the New Testament," Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 9.4 (Winter 2005): 4-11.
Thom Rainer, "The Great Commission to Reach a New Generation," Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 1.4 (Winter 1997): 40-50.


The RCVS Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Nurses is set out in full below - clicking the linked contents will drop down to the corresponding section. The supporting guidance may also be accessed using the menu.
You may also search the Code and supporting guidance via keywords, using the search box on the right (or below on mobile).
The RCVS regulates the veterinary nursing profession through the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966, the Royal Charter and the Veterinary Nurse Conduct and Discipline Rules 2014 to protect the public interest and to safeguard animal health and welfare.
Only those appropriately registered with the RCVS have the right to practise veterinary nursing in the UK.
" I PROMISE AND SOLEMNLY DECLARE that I will pursue the work of my profession with integrity and accept my responsibilities to the public, my clients, the profession and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and that, ABOVE ALL, my constant endeavour will be to ensure the health and welfare of animals committed to my care."
The RCVS Code of Professional Conduct sets out veterinary nurses' professional responsibilities. Supporting guidance provides further advice on the proper standards of professional practice.
The Code and supporting guidance are essential for veterinary nurses in their professional lives and for RCVS regulation of the profession.
These standards should be considered in the context of the five principles of practice.
Veterinary nurses have professional responsibilities in regard to animals; clients; the profession; the veterinary team; the RCVS; and the public. These responsibilities are considered further below.
On occasion, the professional responsibilities may conflict with each other and veterinary nurses may be presented with a dilemma. In such situations, they should balance the professional responsibilities having regard first to animal welfare.
1.1 Veterinary nurses must make animal health and welfare their first consideration when attending to animals.
1.2 Veterinary nurses must keep within their own area of competence and refer cases responsibly.
1.3 Veterinary nurses must provide veterinary nursing care that is appropriate and adequate.
1.4 Veterinary nurses in practice must take steps to provide emergency first aid and pain relief to animals according to their skills and the specific situation.
1.5 Veterinary nurses who supply and administer medicines must do so responsibly.
1.6 Veterinary nurses must communicate with veterinary surgeons and each other to ensure the health and welfare of the animal or group of animals.
1.7 Veterinary nurses must ensure that clinical governance forms part of their professional activities.
2.1 Veterinary nurses must be open and honest with clients and respect their needs and requirements.
2.2 Veterinary nurses must provide independent and impartial advice and inform a client of any conflict of interest.
2.3 Veterinary nurses must provide appropriate information to clients about the practice, including the costs of services and medicines.
2.4 Veterinary nurses must communicate effectively, including in written and spoken English, with clients and ensure informed consent is obtained before treatments or procedures are carried out.
2.5 Veterinary nurses must keep clear, accurate and detailed clinical nursing and client records.
2.6 Veterinary nurses must not disclose information about a client or the client's animals to a third party, unless the client gives permission or animal welfare or the public interest may be compromised.
2.7 Veterinary nurses must respond promptly, fully and courteously to clients' complaints and criticism.
3.1 Veterinary nurses must take reasonable steps to address adverse physical or mental health or performance that could impair fitness to practise; or, that results in harm, or a risk of harm, to animal health or welfare, public health or the public interest.
3.2 Veterinary nurses who are concerned about a professional colleague's fitness to practise must take steps to ensure that animals are not put at risk and that the interests of the public are protected.
3.3 Veterinary nurses must maintain and develop the knowledge and skills relevant to their professional practice and competence and comply with RCVS requirements on the Period of Supervised Practice (PSP) and continuing professional development (CPD).
3.5 Veterinary nurses must not: hold out themselves or others as having expertise they cannot substantiate; hold out others as specialists or advanced practitioners unless appropriately listed with the RCVS; or, hold out others as veterinary nurses unless appropriately registered with the RCVS.
4.1 Veterinary nurses must work together and with others in the veterinary team and business, to co-ordinate the care of animals and the delivery of services.
4.2 Veterinary nurses must ensure that tasks are delegated only to those who have the appropriate competence and registration.
4.3 Veterinary nurses must maintain minimum practice standards equivalent to the Core Standards of the RCVS Practice Standards Scheme.
4.4 Veterinary nurses must not impede professional colleagues seeking to comply with legislation and these standards or with the RCVS Code of Professional Conduct for Veterinary Surgeons.
4.5 Veterinary nurses must communicate effectively, including in written and spoken English, with the veterinary team and other veterinary professionals in the UK.
5.1 Veterinary nurses other than student veterinary nurses must be entered in the Register of Veterinary Nurses.
5.2 Veterinary nurses must provide the RCVS with their PSP and CPD records when requested to do so.
5.3 Veterinary nurses and those applying to be registered as veterinary nurses must disclose to the RCVS any caution or conviction, including absolute and conditional discharges, or adverse finding which may affect registration, whether in the UK or overseas (except for spent convictions and minor offences excluded from disclosure by the RCVS).
5.4 Veterinary nurses and those applying to be registered as veterinary nurses must comply with reasonable requests from the RCVS as part of the regulation of the profession, and comply with any undertakings they give to the RCVS.
5.5 Veterinary nurses must report to the RCVS those veterinary nurses removed from the RCVS Register at the direction of the VN Disciplinary Committee who nevertheless continue to give medical treatment or carry out minor surgery unlawfully.
6.1 Veterinary nurses must seek to ensure the protection of public health and animal health and welfare, and must consider the impact of their actions on the environment.
6.2 Veterinary nurses must report facts and opinions honestly and with due care, taking into account the 10 Principles of Certification.
6.3 Veterinary nurses promoting and advertising products and services must do so in a professional manner.
6.4 Veterinary nurses must comply with legislation relevant to the provision of veterinary services.
6.5 Veterinary nurses must not engage in any activity or behaviour that would be likely to bring the profession into disrepute or undermine public confidence in the profession.


Receiving a cancer diagnosis is devastating and life altering, but as a young adult with lung cancer the challenge was even more daunting. Like most people I was oblivious that I could get lung cancer, after all as a young woman I thought I was more likely to get breast cancer because I had breasts. I never fathomed that because I had lungs I could get lung cancer . I know differently now.
Even after beating the odds of living 5 years beyond diagnosis, the first question I'm asked when people find out I am living with lung cancer is "did you smoke?" The idea that smoking causes lung cancer is so entrenched in our psyche that most people have no idea that up to 60%1 of lung cancer patients have either never smoked a day in their lives, or quit decades prior to their diagnosis resulting in an unfair stigma being placed on patients and their families.* The notion that someone deserves their disease is a ridiculous concept to me, but a 2010 national poll showed more than one in five Canadians said they feel less sympathy for people with lung cancer than those with other cancers because of its link to smoking2.
I started down this road in 2009 when a small bump on my collarbone sent me to my doctor. Despite being unconcerned he sent me for an x-ray. That simple action would lead to the cascade of tests that would ultimately lead to the diagnosis of locally advanced adenocarcinoma of the lung. I am lucky! Things could have gone differently, I could have been inoperable, I could have been sent home, I could have been ignored, I have many friends who were, they didn't get diagnosed until they were very sick, and sometimes even too late.
Once I peiced the tatters of my life back together, recurrence hit. I was devastated once again. My worst fears had come to pass. Beating Lung Cancer once was hard, I knew beating it twice would be damn near impossible, after all, at 17%, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer remains one of the lowest of all the major cancers3.
Finding out that I was a mutant was a relief…I know what you are thinking?? What! I'm sure most people would opt for a super power, but knowing I had an ALK-EML4 fusion meant I had options, so for me it was just as good. Prior to this revelation, I had few to no options left as a 32 year old stage 4 recurrent lung cancer patient. I was literally waiting to get sick so I could get treated and hope it wasn't too late knowing full well I'd likely become one of the 85% of lung cancer patients. Dead.
I found information about a targeted therapy in clinical trial in a blog, much like this one. At the time I didn't know anything about trials, targeted therapies, or driver mutations but I immediately jumped on this and looked for any way I could get in to the trial. Luckily there was a trial close to my home. In Sept. 2011 I was admitted and randomized to the drug group and began taking an ALK inhibitor. From that time until July of this year I had been NED (No Evidence of Disease, the best letters of the alphabet) and being unrmarkable was fantastic, but things change. I have always known that change would come, cancer is cunning and insidious.
Fear not dear reader, I am in a new trial for a third generarion targeted therapy. Targeted therapies mean I can live a fairly normal life. I don't have to worry about neutropenia and infection, or other damaging side effects. I am able to live and travel. I am able to advocate and volunteer. I am able to plan a wedding, buy a house and plan on a long life ahead. It isn't a cure, I will likely never be cured, but I gladly put my faith in research, after all it has given me five years and counting.
What's disturbing is that every year, 26,100 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer, 20,800 of those diagnosed will die4. It takes the lives of more Canadians than breast (5,000 lives), prostate (4,000 lives) and colorectal cancers (9,300 lives) combined5. Yet it is one of the most underfunded.
It is exciting times in lung cancer research and diagnosis. Less invasive procedures, genetic testing, screening procedures, and many new targeted therapies are being developed and improved upon and patients are benefitting in so many ways. From prolonged life and higher quality of life to the freedom of taking their treatment at home and living life unremarkable or not to the fullest. You may think, great! They don't need funding or support, but in actuality, the disease receives only 7 per cent of cancer-specific government research funding and less than one per cent of private cancer donations6. I can only imagine what they could do with 3%.
Living with a chronic disease, isn't about how many days we have to live, it's the ability to live life in the days we have. When it is my time to leave this earth, I will do so having no regrets. I will know that I did not let my diagnosis define me but allowed me to be the person I was meant to be.
*Current smokers had smoked 100 or more cigarettes and currently smoked. Current non-daily smokers were current smokers who smoked only on some days. Former smokers had smoked 100 or more cigarettes and no longer smoked at all7.
Canadian Cancer Research Alliance 2007, CRA 2009, Canadian Cancer Society 2010.
Husten, C. G. (2009) How should we define light or intermittent smoking? Does it matter? Nicotine Tobacco Research 11(2), 111-121.
Please excuse the late post! I was truly hoping to have this post up earlier, much earlier infact, but today was one of those crazy days where life goes topsy turvy. Now before I get to that, I wanted to share a few Halloween pictures since this was our first in our new home. After prepaing for a barrage of kiddos, we ended up only getting about 20, so leftovers abound as evidenced by some of the pictures.
These aren't the droids you are looking for.
Lacey's costume wearing lasted long enough for pictures.
Barkners in crime…complete with phtttt tongues.
Okay now back to the crazy day! It was November 1st yesterday marking the beginning of Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Usually I am busy attending or participating in Lung Cancer Canada's press conference where they present our Faces of Lung Cancer Report that details the current status of lung cancer in Canada, however this year it was held in our Nation's Capitol, Ottawa. I made the choice to stay home in Toronto as I had a project of my own that I wanted to launch. Since I hadn't gotten a good sleep the night before (hello 7am sleepy time) I was just getting up, when I got a call to see if I was available to do an interview. Of course I said yes! Anything to help raise awareness!!
So up I got and scrambled to get my self and the house ready incase they came here. Needless to say, I just had enough time to shower and meet with the interviewer. The topic of the interview was the rising incedence of lung cancer in women and lung cancer as a women's health issue. Now far be it from me to tell the media that they missed the ball on that one (It was one of the main topics of the first Faces of Lung Cancer Report), but I answered as best as I could. It went well and I went home and set the PVR. Here is the link. If I had a wee bit more time, I know I could have avoided all the ums and ahs.
When all was said and done, I got to work on my #LCAM project. Some may or may not have noticed a new menu button on my home page, but one has been added and it links to my new storefront (Hope Happens). If you click it, you will find handmade jewelry made by yours truly. It is symbolic of the hope I have for myself and for others who have been diagnosed. All the jewelry features pearls as pearl is the colour for lung cancer. It is my hope that I can raise $21,000 by next year at this time for the almost 21000 Canadians who will die from this disease in 2016. So please take a look and help me to support research and programs for patients and their families.


I wasn't too good at the game but the look of it was amazing, had a really crisp professional look too it, well done!
This is a very beautiful, professional looking/feeling game...and fun! I got caught up in it immediately. My ONLY complaint is that the sound effects are not very satisfying. The music is great, but the sounds are...meh.
I really enjoyed playing this game and would like to see a longer version! The blend of puzzle and action games was really enjoyable.
it wasnt my game i bet others will enjoy it to !!


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* Carl Risse (Sänger) (1810?–nach 1845), deutscher Opernsänger (Bass)
 Carl-Hermann Risse (1942–2022), deutscher Schauspieler, Regisseur und Hochschullehrer


You must pre-register for classes 3 hours in advance.
Mindflow offers several different classes/workshops at our Murrysville location. We offer courses that run consecutively for 4, 6 or 8 weeks. The courses are on broad meditation topics that are best covered over several weeks, each week building on the previous one. We also run several drop-in classes during the week that cover a variety of useful meditation topics. Scroll down to see the "workshop" courses and the individual classes/special class (occasionally we will add some different classes not listed here so be sure to check the calendar). Register online or on the day of the class. Mindflow will also be running different events or classes in different locations so be sure to check back often or join our email list to keep updated.
An 8 week class teaching all aspects of mindfulness. You will learn about the benefits, the practical ways you can implement it into your daily life and develop an ongoing practice.
Some of topics addressed include: breathing awareness, posture, challenges during meditation, body scan, thoughts and emotional intelligence, mindfulness while moving and eating, being calm in the chaos, developing generosity and gratitude meditations, love and kindness meditations, communicating mindfully, self awareness through practice, mindfully dealing with pain, anxiety, anger, stress and fear. Ways to implement mindfulness into your daily life are also discussed.
The class will feature presentations utilizing video, actual meditation practice and interaction among participants. Zafu/Zabuton cushions are provided or straight back chairs if you do not wish to sit on the cushions. It is advised to bring a Yoga mat however we do have some available. Seating is limited so be sure to register early. Hope to see you there!
A 6 week course exploring sounds both ancient and modern to enhance your meditation practice. Each week will feature a different sound element consisting of three parts. 1. An introduction to the instrument and/or sound. 2. Meditations utilizing the sound. 3. A discussion and Q&A to conclude the class. Each class will run 90 minutes.
Tibetan singing bowls providing both meditative sounds and vibrations.
A seven quartz crystal bowl meditation where the lights will dim and chromatic colors will encircle you.
A gong "sound bath" where you will bathe in the powerful mysterious sounds of gongs.
A music meditation in surround sound filling you with positive emotions and joy.
Sounds of nature from ocean waves, hand/ocean drums, distant birds to babbling brooks taking you on a imagined meditative journey of serenity.
Vocal sounds, chimes, tuning forks and chants using positive mantras to guide you to a place of purpose, awareness, deep calm and relaxation.
Zafu/Zabutons and chairs provided. You will be advised during the class to bring additional items as needed.
This is an 6 week course. Are an athlete training to be your best? Are you an entrepreneur wanting to take your business to the next level? Are you a sales representative striving to exceed sales goals? This class is for highly motivated individuals who want to tap into the infinite power within to enhance to mental fitness. Welcome to APEX Mind, the ultimate flow state.
APEX mind uses a three prong strategy to excel.
1. Mindfulness: Become aware of the present moment. Stop reacting emotionally and bring yourself into the present moment.
2. Meditation: MVP (Motivate Voice Power) – A mantra style mediation using powerful affirmations and gestures to anchor. Use these affirmations/movements in the playing field in order to recall your winning strategy. Take immediate control and not allow the external chaos to hinder you.
3. Envisioning: See yourself mentally as the person you wish to be and rehearse it in your mind. Remove bad habits and negative emotions that interfere with self confidence.
You train hard physically. Now train hard mentally. Achieve an APEX mind to achieve maximal performance!
In addition to the 4, 6 and 8 week classes we offer workshops. The majority of the workshops run 45 minutes in length with a select few offering a 30 minute option. Some topics may be combined into one session. Please try to arrive 10 minutes early for workshop. Unfortunately we do not let people in once the door is closed.
When the day is nearing its end, stop by to decompress, unwind and prepare yourself for slumber. This 45 minute session will help you shut off your busy mind and get in sleep mode. Once the class is over, you'll be able to transition much easier to bed when you arrive home.
Benefit from the healing properties of sound. Bathe in the sound and vibrational power of gongs, Tibetan singing bowls or crystal bowls. This 45 minute session features a guided meditation leading up to soothing sounds.
Self-compassion is about finding a kinder and friendlier way to relate to yourself. As you look within and take time for self-observation, this class will energize your heart center and help you connect with your creativity, self-expression, and compassion. This workshop is offered in both 30 and 45 minute formats.
Listen to guided meditations, music and binaural beats through wireless headphones to dive deep within your inner being. This 45 minute session will take you on a mesmerizing meditative journey.
This 45 minute session will boost your mood and energy. Here we will feature different styles of music. (Be sure to check the calendar to see which genre you would like to attend). Music is a powerful force to take the mind to new dimensions.
This meditation focuses on one body part at a time, bringing awareness and relaxation to every part of the body. This 45 minute relaxing mindfulness journey helps you get to know your physical self without judgment.
This mindfulness meditation will guide you into present awareness simply through the awareness of your breathing. Learn to focus on your breathing in order to become calm and clear your head. This practice grounds you in the here and now. The session is offered in both 30 and 45 minute formats.
This class features meditation practices in both 30 and 45 minute formats to delve within and focus on receiving/developing positive energy. Extract negative detrimental self-talk. Stop the nagging internal put downs. Give yourself a meditative pep talk and feel better, happier and joyful.
A meditation focusing on simply finding calm in the present moment. It starts with focusing on the breath, letting go of any tension and taking some time to simply be peaceful and at ease. Calm is offered in 30 and 45 minute formats.
A Mindflow exclusive. Learn how to use three envisioning/visualizing techniques to reveal your true potential. In this 1 hour class you will not only envision the outcome but develop the strategies to take productive action to make it a reality.
This class is 90 minutes. It consists of a brief introduction on CBD, then a mindful drinking practice where CBD-infused tea will be served. The class begins with sipping the tea mindfully while listening to music. This is followed by a guided mediation featuring a mix of calming sounds including singing bowls, gongs and drum beats.
*Prices start at this rate.


This listing is for one 18″ box blade shank with heat treated shank and scarifire point. 18″ long, 3/4″ wide and 2-1/2″ deep with four (4) 5/8″ adjusting holes that are 2″ on center. Replaceable crimped on point to extend the life of this box shank. These shanks are compatible with box blades from 4′ in width thru 8′ in width. Contact us for combined shipping!
These shanks have been used by many manufacturers including International, WAC, HawkLine, Midwest, TN River, King Kutter and many more.


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Q: Why does this configuration end up with an `index.htmlindex.html` url? Likely extremely obvious for those who understand it, but I have been breaking my head over this for a couple of hours, using the following configuration:
root /var/www/web/public/;

location ~ ^[^.]+?$ {
    default_type text/html;
    alias /var/www/web/public/index.html;
}

location / {
    # First attempt to serve request as file, then
    # as directory, then fall back to displaying a 404.
    index index.html;
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}

I end up seeing (emphasis mine)

2016/01/26 18:56:59 [alert] 32364#32364: *1 "/var/www/web/public/index.htmlindex.html" is not a directory, client: 81.82.199.24, server: [...].com, request: "GET / HTTP/2.0", host: "[...]"

in my log when accessing the root of my server. My intended goal is to have requests without .'s in them go to index.html and the rest should just be staticly served.
So just to be extra clear about my intentions:

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*www.example.com/some/page does not contain a . and thus is a page and should end in index.html (working)

*www.example.com/some.file contains a . and thus is a file and should serve the respective file (working)

*www.example.com does not contain a . and thus is a page and should end up in index.html (not working, tries to load index.htmlindex.html)

A: Replace
alias /var/www/web/public/index.html;

with
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And make sure your main config has this (or similar) in it so Nginx knows to show index.html when the user requests a directory
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Acadian Air Med Expands Operations into Texas
By firefly-wp May 1, 2017 October 9th, 2019 No Comments
May 1, 2017- Since 1981, Acadian Ambulance has provided Air Med services in Louisiana. As of May 1, 2017, Air Med has established its first Texas helicopter base in Silsbee. A Twin Engine, Single Pilot IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) EC135 with night-vision goggle capabilities will provide emergency first response air transportation services in Texas.
The Silsbee base is the company's eighth and is centrally located for faster response to Southeast Texas residents with medical emergencies and to remote areas inaccessible by ground ambulances within a 150-mile radius.
In 1981, Acadian Ambulance launched Air Med Services in order to quickly reach rural areas and offshore emergencies. Then, Acadian's service area spanned 14 South Louisiana parishes. Today, Acadian Ambulance serves 34 Louisiana parishes, 37 Texas counties, and one Mississippi county.
Acadian Air Med helicopters fly more first response emergency medical flights than anyone in the nation and is an industry leader in simultaneous and coordinated responses with ground and air resources. Their fleet comprises more than 500 ground ambulances and medically equipped and configured helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Air Med staffs all of our helicopters with nationally registered critical care flight paramedics, registered nurses and experienced instrument-rated and current commercial pilots.
Acadian Regional Vice President Michael Burney says, "Our ground ambulance operations have been in Southeast Texas for 10 years; in fact, Southeast Texas was where we got our start. Through these years, we have truly become a part of this community. Adding a dedicated Air Med helicopter based in Silsbee elevates our commitment to the community."
To assist in the transition and expanded service, Acadian Air Med will conduct multiple training sessions with local law and fire departments, in addition to hospital and first response personnel, to ensure aircraft communications are seamless and safety of flight is first and foremost in everyone's mind.
"We have provided outstanding lifesaving service and transportation in Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico since 1981, and today, we are honored to begin providing the first of many Air Med helicopters to service Texas on a regular basis," says Air Med Vice President Erroll Babineaux.
Acadian Ambulance is one of the largest ambulance services in the nation, offering emergency and non-emergency transportation to areas in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Since 1971, Acadian has been dedicated to providing the highest level of emergency medical care and transportation possible. The company has expanded to include a diverse suite of services designed to offer the very best support and education in health, safety, and transportation.


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Home » Entertainment » Milla Jovovich Opens Up About Having an Emergency Abortion
Milla Jovovich Opens Up About Having an Emergency Abortion
Milla Jovovich is opening up about her abortion. After Georgia and Alabama passed bills banning abortions after six weeks, celebrities, including Busy Philipps, Jameela Jamil and Alyssa Milano have spoken out against the ban, with Philipps and Jamil sharing their personal stories.
Jovovich, 43, shared her story explaining that while she normally doesn't get political, she felt she had to in this case.
She captioned a selfie: "Our rights as women to obtain safe abortions by experienced doctors are again at stake. Last Tuesday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a draconian bill into law that outlaws all abortions after six weeks — before most women even realize they're pregnant — including in cases of RAPE OR INCEST. This makes Georgia the sixth state to pass such a restrictive six-week abortion ban, joining Ohio, Mississippi, Kentucky, Iowa, and North Dakota. These laws haven't been passed yet, but lawmakers in these states are trying."
She went on to describe the impact having an abortion can have, while describing her own.
"Abortion is hard enough for women on an emotional level without having to go through it in potentially unsafe and unsanitary conditions," she wrote. "I myself went through an emergency abortion 2 years ago. I was 4 1/2 months pregnant and shooting on location in Eastern Europe. I went into pre-term labor and told that I had to be awake for the whole procedure. It was one of the most horrific experiences I have ever gone through."
Jovovich, who shares two children, Ever, 11, and Dashiel, 4, with her husband Paul W.S. Anderson, said she still has "nightmares" about the procedure.
"When I think about the fact that women might have to face abortions in even worse conditions than I did because of new laws, my stomach turns," she wrote. "I spiraled into one of the worst depressions of my life and had to work extremely hard to find my way out. I took time off of my career. I isolated myself for months and had to keep a strong face for my two amazing kids. I started gardening, eating healthier and going to the gym everyday because I didn't want to jump into taking anti depressants unless I had tried every other alternative."
Several celebrities, including model Helena Christensen, voiced their support for Jovovich in the comment section.
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La Chapelle Sixtine est le nom que Friedrich Dürrenmatt a donné à ses toilettes après avoir peint ses parois. Elles se trouvent aujourd'hui au Centre Dürrenmatt de Neuchâtel, dans la partie de l'ancienne maison de Dürrenmatt.

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Sur les murs, cette chapelle est couverte de peintures de personnages (Hercule, le cyclope ou encore un virus) ou d'objets (comme la Tour de Babel ou encore une version de l'Arsenal du dramaturge, titre d'une de ses encres de chine) qui font partie du monde dürrenmattien; au plafond sont représentés des personnages, sérieux et bien habillés, qui regardent les personnages sur les murs, d'une manière sévère et austère. C'est une belle mise en abyme. Serait-ce aussi une critique des visites touristiques de la vraie Chapelle Sixtine?

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 Centre Dürrenmatt de Neuchâtel

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A year ago I made the decision that I wanted — no, I needed — new carpet in my home. Believe me, it was time. So that very day I started the process. I found a few hours in my insanely busy schedule and got to work shopping for carpet. I started online, but that was just too hard. There was no way to see and feel the carpet or really ask questions. So I headed to the carpet stores; two I had chosen through my online shopping. Now, let me reiterate: I was ready, more than ready, to buy carpet. In my mind the deal was done, the sale was closed, and the price was really not, or at least not the major issue.
I visited both stores. Both had a great selection, knowledgeable sales people, and a variety of carpet styles, colors etc., from which to choose. So much so that I left a little overwhelmed. Both shops and their sales people were very helpful. They encouraged me to take a few samples home, test them out, see what I like, and then give them a call back.
Well, can you guess what happened next? See, like you, I am busy as heck. Once I got home and put the carpet samples in the rooms, my busy life again took over. For the next six months, those carpet samples lay on the floor in the three rooms in which I wanted carpet. Every week or so, I would make a plan to head back to the store, give a call or something, but I never did; my life just got in the way. Again, I was ready to buy. The nice people from both carpet stores would call me and follow up, and ask if I was ready to buy. I would assure them that as soon as I had time I would head on over. Even with all that encouragement and support, I just never made it back to buy carpet, and they never closed the sale.
Then, as luck would have it, I ran into a friend of mine at a party, and I was talking, okay really whining, about the fact that I needed new carpet, but just could not find the time to get over to the store and pick it out. She suggested I call her "carpet guy." She said Tom was great, he'd come to my home, bring his samples, and schedule a time right there, that night, to set it up and get started. She added that he was completely trustworthy, all her neighbors used him, so I would not even have to be there at installation if time was an issue. I was stoked; this was perfect! She even told me he would meet me after-hours or on weekends, whatever worked for me.
Perfect. Bingo. I got his number, called Tom, and in one night we selected the carpet, I paid the deposit and within two weeks, my six-month carpet drama came to an end. Now, I will have to tell you, Tom was more expensive than either carpet store, and I am not even sure if his selection was nearly as vast or wide, but he had the one thing I needed and wanted; the one thing that would make sure this sale would close: he was easy, and I mean easy to do business with.
If you want a sale to close, if you want to seal the deal, in today's economy, the Trust & Value Economy, you have to be easy to do business with. More often than not, sales don't close, not because of what you the sales person or business professional are doing, but because the priorities for some reason have shifted with your prospect. People are busy today. So busy, they barely have time for their must-do's. So unless you are selling something that is life-saving, there is a good chance you need a new approach to ensure that your sales move to close. You need to follow these three steps to ensure you are easy to do business with.
1. Understand the Obstacle – Take note: if your sales aren't closing, there is reason, and your job as a professional sales person is to dig in and figure out why. Often your prospect doesn't even clearly understand why. People, especially prospects and clients, communicate volumes through their language and actions. Pay attention, and you will learn a lot.
2. Provide The Solution– Once you understand the obstacle, then ask: What is the solution? How can you take the one reason your client is not buying and turn it into a reason they will buy?
3. Take Action To Make It Happen – as Nike says – Just Do It! Once you understand the obstacle and identify the solution, then I promise that if you take action, if you make the change, you will close more sales and seal more deals.
Take it from Tom, a man who has been in business 30 years, and has built a business and a career by being easy to do business with. He understood the obstacle, provided the solution and took action. Tom pays attention to his target market, notices how and why his clients change, and then adjusts his selling style to better meet their needs. If you want to succeed in the Trust & Value Economy, if you want to close more sales, then you need to make sure you are easy to do business with.


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Vancouver Float Homes: Scorching Real Estate Market Pushes Buyers To Sea
Into float homes, that is.
Rhianna Schmunk— The Huffington Post Canada
05/13/2016 08:53am EDT
A veteran realtor says an increasing number of buyers are getting on board float homes as the traditional property market in the Vancouver area heats up.
Judy Ross, who began specializing in float home sales in the '80s, said "more and more" people are calling her up.
"People are seeing float homes as a viable, lesser-priced housing alternative right now," she told The Huffington Post B.C. in an interview. "[The interest] is kind of filtering down from all the other activity.
"In the past, it wouldn't be unheard of for it to take a year to sell a float property, but it's much quicker than that now," Ross added.
The benchmark price for a detached home in Metro Vancouver surpassed $1.4 million in April, marking an increase of over 30 per cent from the same month last year, the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said Tuesday.
It was also the highest-selling April on record for the area, with about 4,700 residential properties changing hands.
Ross, who's currently in between float homes herself, said people are looking at alternatives so they might have a chance at ownership.
"There's people coming because they want something less expensive and thinking they might actually be able to buy something in this market," she said.
'Fully equipped homes'
Not to be confused with seasonal house boats, float homes are full-time residences with no motors built on floating barges. They can be built with all the same amenities found in a home on land.
Float homes have electricity, running water, and proper plumbing; some even come with fireplaces, patios, sprawling kitchens, car garages, and dining areas.
"It's basically like a detached, subdivison home you've taken off its lot," Ross said. "It just happens to be floating on the water."
Float homes à la "Sleepless In Seattle" are available with amentities just like buyers would find in a house on land. (Image: YouTube)
It's tricky to compare the price of a float home to that of a detached one in the city because of the number of variables attached to each, but Ross said listings show that houses on the ocean are the better bargain.
A 1,300 sq.-ft resale float home with two bedrooms and two bathrooms "would probably sell for about $800,000" at Mosquito Creek Marina in North Vancouver, Ross estimated.
Traditional townhomes of similar size and amenities in the same area are often listed for more than $1 million.
Two of the main marinas in the Greater Vancouver area — one downtown at Coal Harbour, and the other at Mosquito Creek — have a limited amount of space, and Ross said competition is getting fierce.
A line of houseboats at Coal Harbour in downtown Vancouver. (Photo: Valerie27/Flickr)
But still, Ross said she hasn't seen any bidding wars, or houses selling for millions over their asking prices like the market has seen onshore.
"It's a great way to live, and [the market] is definitely having a positive effect on the float home world," Ross said. "For sure, a silver lining."
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Annual Check Up and My Hat Off to Gilda Radner
August 15, 2013 by Culture Bean	1 Comment
Charlotte had her 8 year old check up last week. It was no surprise that she had gotten taller (54.75 inches) and heavier (around 60 lbs.).
But, there were surprises and it was all I could to do hold back tears in front of Charlotte. It seems like we've kind of glided from the STAR-band (2006) and second heart surgery (2007)through first grade, able to pretend that she's just a regular kid. But, truth is, she's not. She's our special, quirky, bright, medically fragile kid. She is covered with physical scars and may bear more psychological scars than are apparent.
It's Always Something
Gilda Radner wrote that cancer gave her "membership to an elite club I'd rather not belong to." Sometimes I feel like that as the parent of a medically fragile child. She is less fragile than many kids. The "fragile" refers not to her physical state as to the potential for medical upheavals in her life, I think.
Most days, the club I belong to is the mother's club. It's not so elite. As my friend Kath has quipped, it is rather extraordinary that you need a license to drive, but anyone can be a parent, whether they enter the pact with forethought or not.
Radner's It's Always Something (1989), the tale of her struggle as a strong, brave, funny woman to enjoy life despite a terminal cancer diagnosis is one of the best memoirs I've ever read. I remember buying the hardcover as a college student (who did that?!) and staying up all night to finish it. It is a book I refuse to cull from my shelves and imagine reading again. I will, as soon as I can get it out of its box.
In the meantime, we're living it, sort of. We are reminded that we belong to this club of parents with medically fragile kids. Kids whose early life diagnoses can rear their head somehow at any point, or seem to at least.
Charlotte has a curvature in her lower spine which I have noticed for the past several months. Scoliosis is, I know, common and can occur in the spines of kids who are not medically fragile. I get that. I also get that we're no longer in the world of Judy Blume's Deenie and that if it is scoliosis, it may not necessarily mean surgery or a back brace. But I can't help thinking of that.
You see, for me this is just more upon more. It's one more doctor–Charlotte understood that immediately and wasn't happy about that. Maybe one more regular therapy appointment–she understood that, too, and immediately began worrying about having OT, PT, Hebrew school, and piano. "Mommy," she said, "when will I play? How can I do any other after school clubs?" I had to tell her take a deep breath and that we'd figure it out once we see the orthopedist.
To top that off, at the mere mention of the possibility of an optional vaccine, Charlotte had what I call a "frustration fit" and you, dear reader, might call a temper tantrum. Charlotte was not "terrible two." And she wasn't a "frightening four." But the past several months have been challenging, with more frequent meltdowns, typically related to having to follow adult instructions or white coat anxiety. The upshot of her meltdown at the doctor's office is a follow up with a child psychologist. She understood that, too, and later told me, "She'll just want me to talk about my feelings [how did Charlotte know that?] and that's a waste of time. I feel fine. I just don't like shots and don't like to be told what to do."
Now we wait for further diagnoses and follow up plans. And we try, in Ms. Radner's honor and memory, to enjoy every minute as we wait. We know how lucky we are that Charlotte is as healthy as she is and that we are so lucky to have her with us. But I can't help feeling like I want to bang my head on a wall or hide under a blanket for a week.
Written in honor of Brandon and Jeremy and in memory of Jeremy Roignant
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Economy And The Numbers
Poland Holds Rate Unchanged
By RTTNews Staff Writer ✉ | Published: 1/13/2021 11:26 AM ET
Poland's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, and said the scale of the possible economic recovery this year, after the coronavirus pandemic, remains uncertain.
The Monetary Policy Council left the reference rate unchanged at 0.10 percent, the National Bank of Poland said. That was in line with economists' expectations.
The bank said it will continue to purchase government securities and government-guaranteed debt securities on the secondary market, the timing and scale which will depend on the market conditions.
The NBP also said it will offer bill discount credit aimed at refinancing loans granted to enterprises by banks.
"The further course of the pandemic and its impact on the economic situation in Poland and abroad remain the main sources of uncertainty for the economic outlook in Poland," the bank said.
Growth in economic activity may be limited by the heightened uncertainty and the weaker sentiment of economic agents than before the pandemic that will lead to a significant slowdown in investment growth, the bank added.
The lack of a visible and more durable zloty exchange rate adjustment to the global pandemic shock and to the monetary policy easing introduced by NBP is also expected to slow the economic recovery.
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Q: Explain "You People" please I heard this phrase in Tropic Thunder. This isn't the first time I've seen a character in a movie/TV show use you people and be accused of racism for it. If I remember correctly, this also appears in Anger Management.
I'm confused by this phenomenon, since to me you people refers to the group that is standing around the speaker.
So, why is you people interpreted as you people belonging to an ethnic group?

A: Contrast it with "we people", which places the speaker in the same group as those spoken to. "You people" implies that the speaker is not included in the group addressed.

A: In addition to what the other posters highlighted above, there is some loaded cultural context for this that relates to a specific public incident:
In 1992 during a United States Presidential campaign, independant third-party candidate Ross Perot gave a now famous (or infamous) speech to the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), a leading civil rights organization in the USA.  Although he was asking for their support in his campaign he notoriously achieved the opposite result by offending everyone through his use of "You People" to describe those he was addressing.  This was picked up by many cartoonists and commented on extensively becoming something of a "meme" in those largely pre-internet times.  In my opinion, a lot of the current sense of racial insensitivity (or worse) that comes from this usage stems from this incident.  You can find the speech on YouTube and there are many news articles that a Google search returns that can give you more context for all of this if you are interested.

A: tl;dr–  The term "you people" can reference an implicitly-specified nature of the listener apart from the speaker.  This term can appear in socially-divisive speech as a mode of addressing a listener socially-divided from the speaker without the speaker having to explicitly state the nature of the social-division.

Background: The term "you" and further qualifications to it.
The term "you" references the listener.  In the absence of further qualification, it's often taken to reference the listener as a person.
However, further qualifications can be added.  Qualifications can serve two purposes:

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*Qualify a sub-group of listeners.

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*For example, if a manager is addressing a large group of employees, they might say

You engineers design the new system.

to address the listeners who're engineers, rather than others who might be listening.

*Qualify the nature of the listener to be addressed.

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*For example, if Alice is speaking to Bob, if Alice wants to address Bob as a member of some group rather than as a person, Alice might say stuff like:

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You men [...]

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You people who like video-games [...]

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You Americans [...]

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You who think it's funny when kittens bat at yarn [...]

In those examples, Alice is addressing some nature of Bob's rather than identifying Bob from other listeners.
Alternatively, we can say that the two different usages above are actually the same thing: in both cases, the speaker is addressing some nature of the listeners, filtering out listeners who lack that nature.  For example,

You engineers go design the new system.

is speaking to the nature of the listeners as engineers, presumably filtering those who lack such a nature as they have no such identity to hear it.

The term "you people" references the listener with further, implicit qualifications.
Literally, "you people" speaks to the nature of listeners as "people".
One idiomatic usage of this is basically a variant of "you guys", e.g.

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Oh, you people are so sweet!  Thank you so much!

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Oh, you guys are so sweet!  Thank you so much!

, where the speaker is basically thinking of the listeners as a group apart from themself, and the qualifiers "people" or "guys" can serve to stress that distinction.

Note: In modern American-English, "guys" would tend to be preferred over "people" in most cases of the above.

In the above case, the speaker refers to others as "people" or "guys" without explicitly qualifying what they mean by that.  If we were to show the hidden implicit qualifications, then it might be something like

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Oh, you people [who gave me this wonderful gift] are so sweet [for having shown me affection or similar appreciation through having given me this wonderful gift]!  [I] Thank you so much [for the wonderful gift that you gave me]!

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Oh, you guys [who gave me this wonderful gift] are so sweet [for having shown me affection or similar appreciation through having given me this wonderful gift]!  [I] Thank you so much [for the wonderful gift gave me]!

, though generally it's not necessary to be so verbose because listeners can infer the implicit wording.
Point being, the term "you people" references the listener with further, implicit qualifications.

About negative cultural associations with "you people".
As explained above, the term "you people" refers to the listener with some implicit-qualifications.
This term can be especially useful to speakers who'd like to stress an implicit-qualification that they rather not state explicitly.  In bitter, adversarial exchanges, it might convey an implicit-qualification of the listener as they differ from the speaker.
Often such implicit-qualifications can involve race, social-class, political-affiliation, religion, or other social-framework with problematic divisiveness.

Summary.
In short, the term "you people" can reference an implicitly-specified nature of the listener apart from the speaker.  Because this term can be useful in addressing a listener in a socially-adversarial context, some have associated the term to socially-divisive speech.

A: "You people" in that context always means "as opposed to my/most/ordinary people", and carries with it the implication "… who are not fully worthy of my/our/ordinary people's respect."
Be very sure, though, that context is king.
A team leader giving a simple instruction, "You people do this, while the others do that" carries no negative imputation at all. That might be more easily seen if the leader pointed at the first group while saying "You people do this…" then turned to the other group to say "while you people do that".
When it is derogatory, tension might be racial but it's just as likely to be about class, culture or politics, among other things.
If I'm left-wing, "you people" prolly means right. If I like classical music, YP might mean rock. If I'm rich or poor, YP might mean poor or rich… whatever you're not.
The phrase will usually cause offense but part of the point is that people using those words feel such a sense of entitlement, the offence seems to them to count for nothing.
Hopefully different constructions like "Come on, people…" or "you guys" or "you all" are so much more obviously general, they show how specifically pointed "you people" can be, in that context.

A: The other answers are making this waaay too complicated.
"You people" roughly means "you and the group you are in", sometimes with a slightly negative connotation.
In the movie clip you posted, the joke is that the sergeant is referring to the black soldier's membership in the group of soldiers, but the black soldier interprets it as meaning the black soldier's membership in the group of black people.

A: You're right to pick up on a racial tension, perhaps because there's been a history of such use. But the phrase has a lot of potential for offense no matter the context. As Jack O'Flaherty pointed out, it draws a distinction between the person talking and the person they're talking to. It also generalizes: it creates a large, undefined group that the person or people being addressed represent or define. When this hypothetical group is drawn along lines that already define existing groups, the potential for offense or misunderstanding is even greater. "You're being so rude. I can't stand you people." What people? an ethnicity? a gender? a religion? left-handed people?  I just broadened my argument from attacking only you to attacking an amorphous group that you may not enjoy representing.
Ben Stiller sets up the joke by choosing "you people" in a sentence that was clearly addressed only to those around him. But while this usage of "people" is not uncommon ("Come on, people, let's go!"), a different construction like "you guys" or "you all" would have been more obvious.

A: This is a pet peeve of mine. Saying "you people" is racist or somehow reductive is similar to saying you are with us or against us. You are creating adversaries where none exist.
I live in New Jersey and we don't say y'all. More often than not in the northeastern United States, "you people" means the second person plural.
Years ago I saw a Jewish scholar speak at Howard University and he clearly used "you people" to mean the second person plural but many of the students looked at each other and smiled. They had evidently been taught that this gave them license to conclude that this man was a racist.
When a person speaks you must consider what he or she is trying to say. There are no keywords that allow you to label someone for using them.