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Yeah, that's about right.

Yer just jealous.

2 words...Hidden Camera.

I suspect that if these cheaters were to get out into the field hey wouldn't have one another to rely on either when they have to do that med math they cheated on during their exam.

Ummmm, okay. Not gonna touch that.

I'll send you a picture of my snow thrower one day. Would do your driveway in about 1 minute,

I think you told me about that in a different thread.

Clutzy, don't you guys have a Snocat down there?

Welcome to the city!! Feel free to jump into any conversation which interests you, or create one of your own. Hope you find success in school, there are many great programmes in Alberta, unfortunately, there are also some shady ones as well. If the program you applied to is with a reputable educational institution, all should be well. Best of skill and keep us informed!!

pericardit......awww screw it.

I'm a medic in my ambulance. Elsewhere I'm just a really really smart first aid provider.

errr, of what year? Something tells me there won't be a lot of snow by then.

I offered to send this to Boston. Their response was rather non-commital....I don't think they believed I was serious. Actually, their comment was "Thanks, we could probably use it!" but this was yesterday and likely difficult to arrange shipping.

Look at the crime he committed, would you really expect him to have any?

And here I thought it stood for North East Meteorological Occurrence.

I've known several transgendered and transexual individuals. All I can really say for certain is that if a transexual were to be recognised as such, especially post surgically, they would be devastated. A transexual has only one desire, and that's to be accepted as an individual of their preferred gender. I've known TS individuals, some of which were close friends, to commit suicide solely because someone heard from someone else that she used to be a guy and "outed" them because it would be fun. Not realising that they've just irrevocably destroyed someone's life.

However, a requirement of gender reassignment is for the candidate to live and work amongst the populace as that chosen gender for a particular period of time, (typically 12 - 24 months) prior to being considered for reassignment surgery. Transgender individuals are not a sexual orientation issue. There are many schools of thought and no one has actually proven one specific cause to transgenderism. What has been agreed though is that all of the causes boil down to two specific categories. Medical or psychological. Hormone imbalances in-utero, Chromosome abnormalities, an innate feeling that an individual is trapped in the wrong gender. These people go through a very strict psychological assessment prior to being considered for reassignment. Transgenderism is not a mental illness. Therefore, to discriminate against an applicant who is transgendered is not a discrimination based on sexual orientation, but physical disability. Edit: Check this out: http://transequality.org/Resources/NCTE_UnderstandingTrans.pdf One other interesting point, there is a difference between transgender and transexual. A transgender person lives their life as the opposite gender, but does not follow up with gender reassignment surgery, as transexual does.

Hmm, I've always referred to it as the pulmonic valve....

Very well done!!! Does spelling count? I'll just give you 14 points, -1 for each error.

Greetings, I was recently at a conference at which this federal government pilot project was announced. I signed up for an account at the website and although it is currently rather unwieldy, feedback from beta users would help address the issues and to streamline the information. With the discussions regarding MDTs and AVL, this initiative could prove useful in emergency response as well as real time GPS navigation rerouting due to road closures. Information is not just limited to road information; weather warnings, natural or man made disasters, floods, and any other information that may affect emergency responses can be included. The United States has a similar system in place but the name of it escapes me. http://www.masas-x.ca/ Background Situational awareness (SA) is essential to the planning and execution of emergency response efforts. In broad terms, SA is being aware of what is happening around you and understanding what that information means to you now and in the future. Those working in critical environments, like responders, incident commanders or emergency managers, are highly dependent on SA information to make decisions and perform their duties. SA tools enable access to knowledge, facilitate the sharing of information in real time, and assist in making strategic decisions and developing proactive solutions. Several different SA tools are used across Canada and the ability to connect these different tools for shared SA is a critical capability to improve interoperability and ensure a more efficient and effective response. Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System Development Initiative (MASAS) MASAS is a multi-stakeholder federally-led initiative that aims to develop and support capabilities that will enable the sharing of location-based situational awareness information and alerts between emergency management and response agencies using open standards and an open architecture. The MASAS initiative is led by the Defence R&D Canada – Centre for Security Science, in partnership with Public Safety Canada and Natural Resources Canada, and represents an impressive collaborative effort involving federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments, non-governmental organizations and industry. MASAS Information Exchanges (MASAS-X) Pilot Project In November 2011, the Defence R&D Canada – Centre for Security Science launched the MASAS-X Pilot Project in support of the broader MASAS Development Initiative. MASAS-X is focused on operationalizing the pan-Canadian operational, exercise and training information situational awareness information exchanges that link the many stakeholders. These core operational services are being managed through a centralized office to offer a stable, reliable, resilient, long-term shared situational awareness capability within the Canadian public safety (and critical infrastructure) community. MASAS-X is the first step in building an enduring national MASAS capability that aligns with Public Safety Canada’s Communications Interoperability Strategy and Action Plan for Canada. MASAS-X Content MASAS-X supports the distribution of authoritative alerts and situational awareness information, with a focus on non-sensitive content that can be openly shared within the greater emergency management and public safety (EMPS) community. As per MASAS principles and technical architecture, the content in MASAS-X is published directly by the source, with some content coming from polling authoritative public domain sources, such as government Web sites and various sensor systems. Registered Pilot participants can, without fee, post and consume situational information to and from other users through MASAS-X by using their own application(s) or by using the basic MASAS-X tools. Examples of MASAS content include: Road closures, including planned (due to road maintenance or security operations) or imposed by natural hazards such as floods and blizzards. Community closures or temporary relocations in the north or remote regions. Natural hazard alerts (i.e., earthquake, tsunami, space weather). Hazardous materials or incidents involving chemical, biological, radiological-nuclear or explosives agents. Water/stream level sensor alerts. Points of interest information (i.e., rest stations, first aid, emergency shelter, etc.). Perimeters of wildfires, quarantine zones, events, etc. Search and rescue activity. Sandbagging operations, dike construction, pumping stations. Health alerts, pandemic zone demarcation, etc. In addition to alerts and points of interest, MASAS-X supports the distribution of documents, pictures, audio, video files and other geospatially-referenced information products (e.g., situation reports pertaining to an incident or alert message). MASAS-X does not specify the maps to be used, only the formats for the individual content files so that they may be presented on any one of a number of standard and custom base maps. Anticipated Outcomes MASAS-X now serves a very diverse community of public and private stakeholders, with local, regional, provincial/territorial, pan-Canadian and international scopes of focus. It is anticipated that this project will: Promote the adoption of an improved way of sharing trusted information for better and more accurate decision-making. Increase the efficiency of critical event coordination and promote the more efficient use of resources. Introduce situational awareness tools to a broader base of practitioners and/or easily integrate MASAS capabilities into systems already in function. Reduce duplication of S&T efforts. Ultimately, the project team aims to transition the MASAS-X capability from a DRDC CSS-funded pilot project to an ongoing independent self-sustainable program.

encantada conocerte I'm actually just learning espanol so I can impress my friends and family when we vacation in Cuba. I don't really know much either.

Hola Saundra. Bienvenido a la ciudad.

I had one who worked for me in the past. She moved on to university and is a very successful mechanical engineer now whose work has been used in police, military, and television applications. I'd post her picture but I don't have access to that storage drive because I'm at a conference today.

And discuss....

Woulda left it in place to block the hole and shoved another tube down the other nostril. I finally have a couple of days off so this might be the vast quantity of Irish Coffee talking...but wtf is an intermediate provider doing a nasotracheal intubation for anyways? Is there anyplace where ETT placement is an Intermediate skill, let alone NTT? Methinks someone is very lucky he doesn't have stinging fingers 'cause I sure as hell would have rapped them before kicking is ass out of my organisation. Edit, I meant to put Intermediate and had BLS in error.