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"Men suck, huh?" said the woman next to me in the abortion clinic recovery room.
No, I thought. I suck –for getting myself in this position in the first place.
I was sitting alone in an abortion clinic waiting my turn. I remember waking up at 5am or so to get to the clinic by 6:30am for a 7am appointment. That turned into a 9am appointment. Let me tell you something. I've had very few humbling experiences like that one. I looked around the waiting room and recognized the look on so many of the women's faces. Most of them were there alone, like me. They had this expression on their face that I will never forget.
Their eyes all looked empty. Their mouths were tight. They avoided any and all eye contact. But I still could read their minds. They, and I, were thinking, "What wrong turn did I make to end up here? How did it get that bad?"
I made the decision to terminate my pregnancy quite easily. In fact, looking back on it, I'm alarmed at how easy that decision was. It was never a question. I was completely detached. The father did what a lot of men in his situation do and denied it was his, claiming I was lying and making it up. I can remember him coming over my apartment and giving me $150 dollars, not saying a word, turning and walking away. He wouldn't even look at me. I went in for my first appointment and was told to come back because I wasn't far enough along. Yes, I went through the first part, the blood tests, the waiting, the watching women walk in and out of the waiting room with this vacant look in their eyes not once, but twice.
I had two weeks before they could do the procedure. In that time, I did everything I could to avoid thinking that their was a small, peanut sized person growing inside me. It wasn't until the day before I went in for the second appointment that I found myself talking to him. Yes, I had this gut feeling it was a boy. I asked him to understand why I was doing what I was doing. That I wasn't ready, couldn't provide for him, blah blah blah. I gave him a few pat excuses. The real reason, at least this is what I told myself, was that I just didn't want him. It's quite easy to convince yourself of certainly realities and truths isn't it?
The morning before I went in, I remember looking at this picture of my Mother I have hung on my wall over my bed. That's when it really hit me. Here I was acknowledging a connection that I never really experienced or acknowledged as I was about to terminate another one. I said one final prayer to my Mom and asked her to take care of William for me. That was his name. It came to me so easily as I prayed, too. As if it had been there all along. The only person, other than Karen and the father, who knew was my uncle, a Franciscan priest. He wanted so badly to come with me that day, but for obvious reasons couldn't.
I remember waking up from the procedure and being walked into a really cold, sterile room. next to me was a woman who looked to be in her mid thirties. She was crying. Fucking great, that's what I need, I thought. My detachment process was once again kicking into place. Then the cramps came on. Then I vomited. As I sat in that chair with my head in my hands, I felt someone brush my arm. It was the woman next to me.
"Men suck, huh?" she said.
No, I thought. I suck. I suck for getting myself in this position in the first place. This was my fault (well, his, too but you know what I mean.) If I had only been strong enough to just be alone. If only I had been able to give to myself what I thought a man could give me. If only I could have owned up to my flaws and mistakes and tried to fix them, then I would have never been there in the first place.
Instead I allowed my loneliness to rule me. One night changed the direction of my life. The guy was nobody special or someone I was in an exclusive relationship with, but certainly someone I knew was not right for me. But he gave me attention. Back then that was all I needed to feel pretty and special. It last all of an hour and he left immediately after.
When I called him to tell him I was pregnant, he seemed incredulous. He listed a number of reasons why it couldn't be his. We used a condom, he said. Not the whole time, I said. I didn't even come inside you, he said. What are you, twelve? I said. I wasn't about to give him a crash course in baby making or remind him that condoms aren't 100% effective. It was clear not only did he not care for me (something I knew going in to that night) but he also didn't care for himself because he willingly had sex with me for part of the time without a condom. Years later I learned that he was in AA. I'm still waiting for my amends phone call, but I'm not holding my breath. Not only did I get knocked up by some guy who couldn't even pronounce my last name, and not only did he barely remember it, but he was an alcoholic to boot. Yeah, I sure knew how to pick 'em.
The lyrics to a song ran through my head as I sat there alone. You never could get it unless you were fed it. Now you're here and you don't know why.March 16th, 2002 at an Upper West Side Women's Health Clinic. That was the day I was finally fed it.
Accountability is a really powerful thing once you acknowledge how crucial it is to personal growth. It's not easy, and sometimes it's downright ugly. But you have to face up to it eventually if you ever wish to break the patterns. Nobody likes to look in that mirror or hear where they went wrong. Which is why there are so many people out there at 30, 40, 50 still single, still making the same mistakes, growing more and more battered and broken down and shut off to the idea of being with someone else. They keep trying to assign blame when the person they should be pointing the finger at is themselves.
Until you're willing to do that, you will continue to make the same mistakes. You will stay stuck, just like I did, causing you to pass up or making you blind to other opportunities. The longer you stay focused on the past or on the what ifs and if only's, the harder you try to make someone else pay for another person's mistake, the more you avoid truly getting to the heart of your issues, you're going to lose out. You will continue to seek out and attract the wrong person and you will completely overlook the right one. A relationship can not fix you. Another person can not heal you. Only you can do that. There comes a time when you have to own your choices, forgive yourself and let go of the past.
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Dell Precision T3600 Review: Dell's New Enterpriseby Dustin Sklavos on 4/23/2012 7:00 AM EST
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mfenn - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkNice to see some of the technology from their server line make its way into the workstations. Reply
cjcoats - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkAs the user of a previous-generation Dell T7500 forced on me by the bean-counters, I was appalled at the lack of potential storage--a max of four 3.5-inch drives (which is unheard-of for such a full-tower case).
Some of us do real storage-intensive tasks on our workstations, and this is simply unacceptable (a typical single run of what I'm working on generates about 2 TB of output, and there's no way I can do even two-way comparisons in the space available.
Is the T7600 likewise crippled? Reply
blackbrrd - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkSo, 4 hdd spaces of 3tb set in RAID 1 gives you 6TB space, enough to do a two-way comparision with 2TB of space left over. There are 3TB drives available... Reply
oynaz - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkHe wrote typical. that presumably means that some runs are larger. Reply
cjcoats - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkFoundation (input) files take up space.
Other projects take up space.
Model-calibration does multi-way comparisons, and wants at least 10 TB, but 6 TB was the most Dell would put in the machine.
My original spec had 16 TB, and was ignored by the bean-counters, because Dell could/would not put more than 6TB in the machine. (Which was delivered 3 months late, btw., and without the right monitor-cables.) Reply
TheTechSmith - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkClearly you have a special need, and the machine is meant for a broader audience. Consider using an external RAID enclosure with as many bays as you need, perhaps connected via eSata. Reply
sphigel - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkFirst of all the T7500 isn't really that big of a case. It is large compared to most modern desktops but accommodating 4 hard drives is perfectly reasonable for a case of its size. Secondly, if you need more than 4 hard drives in your system and aren't custom building your desktops you're going to have trouble finding desktops that work for you. It seems like you'd be better off using a high speed external raid enclosure. Also, you should have known the HD capacity of the system before you bought it. It sounds like your problem is with your "bean counters" and not Dell. Reply
ZeDestructor - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkI think you need a DAS, or else a GPU-equipped server. The brand new PowerEdge T620 has room for up to 12 3.5" drives or 32 2.5" drives.
I myself want a taller version of the T620 chassis to build a monster watercooled gamingrig because it has so much space inside and doesn't look too bad either. (assuming you add the bezel) Reply
eanazag - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkBasically, what does the motherboard's SATA count look like? I am guessing cjcoats would be looking at an external storage solution. I think this would likely require a SAS/SATA add-in card. You may be able to go the 4 x 2.5" drive route, but doubt you will be able to get enough free space to work it.
Stick it to the bean counters with a 10GbE external iSCSI storage. CJCoats will likely have storage issues no matter what workstation they roll with if it is not a a 4U size chassis. Reply
MichaelD - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkI couldn't help but notice the physical configuration of the CPUs in the dual-CPU models.
They are one right behind the other, in a line. So with the front-to-back cooling flow, the hot air from CPU0 blows right into CPU1. This is far from optimal in a workstation where cooling performance is attenuated in the name of acoustics. In a server with 1K CFM of airflow it wouldn't matter.
I know all this gets tested out in product development, and I'm sure the thing would probably run forever in the desert, but it's worth noting.
Other than that niggle, I feel Dell has done an admirable job with this new line of workstations! I really dig the hotswap PSU (long time overdue IMO) and the move to a slim DVD drive. The article mentions a possible 4x2.5" drive cage in place of the DVD drive. Is that a definite option? That much additional onboard HDD Storage would really add value in this market segement. Reply
eanazag - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkI'd like to see how their new cards compete in this all nVidia review. The only problem I see is I can't make sense of how many different series AMD has.
http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/WORKSTATION/GRAPHIC... Reply
thetuna - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkOne of us doesn't know what a page fault is... Reply
YaBaBom - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkI like the Dell workstations, and administer a few of them. But I have to agree with cjcoats--the limited options for disk expansion--especially in the 7x00 series--are inexcusable.
I wish they would take a queue from something like the Fractal Design Arc Midi that has 8 internal 3.5" bays. Reply
bobj3832 - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkThe machine itself is nice but it is the custom power supply, custom drive brackets, etc. that I hate.
We have a ton of Dell computers at work. The ability to change out the PSU quickly is great for an IT department IF they buy some extra power supplies and have them sitting in a closet. Unfortunately our IT dept doesn't. PSU blows and it will either be 2 days to get a new one FedEx'd or Dell is out of stock for the 3 year old computer PSU model. With regular ATX PSUs I can buy a new one at a local store and put it in in less than 5 minutes.
I also couldn't put a full length graphics card or double slot graphics card in some Dells at work.
A CPU fan died and I can't just replace it with an off the shelf model because it's enclosed in this giant custom Dell air vent.
Rant over. Reply
killazys - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkHi, could someone elaborate exactly what testing is being dome with x264? What's the source clip, encoding settings, whether or not avisynth is being used, etc? Its interesting that the gpu is listed, because x264 encoding is purely software based unless you're using something like DGSource in Avisynth. Reply
killazys - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkDone*. Please excuse me as I am posting from my phone. Reply
Rocket321 - Monday, April 23, 2012 - linkI've long been jealous of the enterprise/workstation Cases from both HP and Dell. They are designed for such ease of service and have good attention to airflow and ascetics. My HP z600 at work is great with the handle/latch side door, steel panels, etc. I wish an aftermarket case maker would copy some of this stuff! Reply
otherwise - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - linkAgreed. I've been building computers for almost 20 years now, and the Z600 has to be the best designed case I've ever worked in. Reply
randinspace - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - linkIs Dell hoping to bring up fond memories of the Playstation 2 or something? Reply
cjb110 - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - linkThe model name orientation suggests they designed it to be horizontal, but the logo on the mesh suggests vertical?
Unless they have a rotatable logo like the PS3? :)
Interestingly at work we've just switched outsourcing from HP to IBM, and as part of that any new desktops and laptops are now all Dell. Not this class though, just the i3/i5 models. They definitely look nicer and don't scrimp on memory like the 1/2gb HP ones did. Reply
ggathagan - Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - linkDustin,
I realize this is a preview, but was RMT demonstrated to you, or did Dell simply describe its operation to you?
If you are able to do a full review in the future, that would be one of the 1st things I would want to see tested. Reply
Doberman777 - Friday, April 27, 2012 - linkHmm, I'm reading that the new Mercury Playback Engine in Adobe CS6 apps dumps the use of CUDA in favor of OpenGL/OpenCL, whereas the NVIDIA website is claiming that their Quadro cards with CUDA further enhance performance. Which is correct, and in view of this, I'm really confused about choosing a new graphics adapter for CS6 apps. Reply
Hansz - Friday, July 06, 2012 - linkOur t3600 appears to have only 2 working SATA ports onboard (SATA0+SATA1). There are 4 more Sata ports which are labeled HDD0 - HDD3 but they dont appear to work. Those HHD ports cannot be seen or activated in BIOS. Some PCI-E controller has been added by Dell which allows more than 2 drives. However it would be nice to be able to use more than 2 onboard SATA ports.
So what's up, did Dell decide to disable the additional ports because of some problems?
Also the BIOS info about 3x HDD Fans is a bit confusing as there do not seem to be any HDD fans.. there are 3x system fans.. Reply
Mafeer - Thursday, February 07, 2013 - linkHai,
how is this system for working auto desk 2013 products like auto cad, 3ds max and maya rendering. our main purpose is rendering 3ds max and maya.
below the specs which i received from one of my vendor, could any evaluate this,
Model – Del™ Precision™ T3600
Base – Standard 635W Base
Processor – Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-1620 (Quad Core, 3.60GHz Turbo, 10MB)
Memory – 16 GB
Graphics – 2 GB NVIDIA Quadro 4000 (2DP & 1DVI-I) (1DP-DVI & 1DVI-VGA adapter)
Operating system – Windows 7 Professional (64Bit) English
Thanks Reply
Caryn - Thursday, May 30, 2013 - linkCurious if this would be a good computer for me to do my Photoshop (PSE9) and my husband to do his gaming (WOW, etc) ?? I have an older Dell and its been a great computer but having a hard time handling what we are making it do these days. Looking for a new yet not so expensive system and trying to compare. Advice appreciated :) Thanks!! Reply
Chris Rodinis - Thursday, June 27, 2013 - linkHere is an overview of the T3600: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99VvEY58m9g Reply

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Megna proving to be enigma for Pens organization
Watch Baby Pens rookie forward Jayson Megna in practice, and he looks like a future star.
He's got speed, skill, explosiveness, a sturdy 6-foot, 200-pound frame and a shootout move that calls to mind a right-handed version of Pavel Datsyuk.
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Megna had three goals and four assists in 32 games entering this weekend, including no points in his past 12.
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"It's obviously frustrating because it's my first year at this level and you want to succeed and contribute," Megna said, "but I think you just have to keep working hard: Stay after practice. Watch video. Keep working."
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"We met a lot this summer and talked a lot about how both teams, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh, would like to go deeper in the playoffs," Hynes said. "Part of that is playing a certain way and being prepared for certain situations in a series."
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Some players who get traded are excited a new team wants them. Others are bitter that their old team cast them aside.
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His size (5-11, 198), strength and skating are questionable, but he's fifth in scoring in the Quebec Junior Hockey League with 82 points in 52 games for Val-d'Or. Two weeks ago, he had three goals and 12 points in a four-game stretch.
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In what's sure to be a pleasant surprise for the pale Anglophile in your life, British art-pop act Florence And The Machine has announced the completion of its forthcoming sophomore album—or, as they'd call it in Dear Old Blighty, a "lorry." According to Pitchfork, no U.S. release date has been set for the follow-up to the band's 2009 debut, Lungs—though those aforementioned England-obsessives can rest assured that U.K. import editions of the record will be available Nov. 7. In the meantime, they can content themselves with a nice spot of tea and "What The Water Gave Me," a preview track from the Paul Epworth-produced LP. As heard in this un-embeddable Vevo video (bollocks), the song is a goth-tinged droner that teases at cathartic release before finally delivering it with a Wembley Stadium-filling heft that owes a considerable amount to Florence Welch's fellow Brits in Radiohead and Coldplay. (And, in case "What The Water Gave Me" didn't salute the Union Jack adamantly enough, it's also apparently inspired by the suicide of Virginia Woolf. Blimey.)
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Changing Social Status of Pensioners and the Prospects of Pension Reform in the Czech Republic
The changing social status of pensioners is described and structured according to stylized periods. First, I identify the salient features of the communist regime that shifted pensioners to the margins of society. Second, I attempt to trace how the position of pensioners changed as a result of the democratic transition, which empowered pensioners as voters and which led to their rising relative income. Third, I review the recent debate about pension reform - which, as an unresolved issue, has entailed the maintenance of the status quo - and pensioners' swing towards the left. Fourth, the possible impact of current reform proposals on the future income of pensioners are considered. In conclusion, the importance of bringing children back into the pension system and increasing the activity rate of older persons are stressed.
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Synapse Films is releasing slasher classic Prom Night on DVD and Blu-ray September 9th! Prom Night was directed by Paul Lynch (The Keeper, two episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess) and starred Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween, True Lies) and Leslie Nielsen (Airplane, The Naked Gun). Here's the trailer-it's old and the picture needs a little help, but it's watchable:
And now I give you the accompanying synopsis, because I'm predictable that way:
"Four Hamilton High seniors are hiding a terrible secret. What happened to Robin Hammond six years ago was a game that turned into a horrible tragedy, and someone saw what they did… someone waiting for gruesome revenge! Wearing a black hood and wielding an axe, a killer brutally slaughters the teenagers one by one at their high school prom. As the spotlight falls on the newly crowned prom king and queen, the psychopath will show everyone his new favorite game to play…"
As always, Synapse Films chose to bring back another great horror classic, and they went all out to make it great for everybody. I love these guys. They do an awesome job. Here's the special features they've included:
Brand-New 2K High-Definition Transfer from the Original 35mm Camera Negative
New 5.1 Surround Remix Specifically Created for this Release (Original 2.0 Mono Included)
Audio Commentary with Director Paul Lynch and Screenwriter William Gray
THE HORRORS OF HAMILTON HIGH: The Making of "Prom Night" – Featurette
Collection of Additional Scenes Added for Television Broadcast
Never-Before-Seen Outtakes from "Prom Night" *Exclusive to Blu-ray
Motion Still Gallery *Exclusive to Blu-ray
Original Theatrical Trailer & Television Spots
English Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Jam-packed with great stuff. Read on for the general disc info.
General disc info:
Directed by: Paul Lynch
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen, Eddie Benton Run Time: 92 minutes
Release Date: September 9, 2014
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The vehicle is a 1918 Roamer 4-Passenger Sports Touring. A very expensive vehicle is its day depending on how it was equipped it could cost from $2200 up to as much as $4900. It copied the Rolls-Royce Radiator Grille shape and caused some controversy! Roamer production moved from the USA to Canada in 1924 but the company closed its doors in 1929, another casualty of the stock market crash and a lack of an engine supplier
Last Sunday my concours judging assignment was in Canada for a second weekend in a row, a real rarity.
The event was the inaugural Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance in Georgian Bay, Ont., and I have to say it was absolutely amazing.
One hundred cars lined up along the edge of the 18th fairway were reminiscent of Pebble Beach.
I have to take my hat off to the event founder and chairman Robert S. McLeese, his family and all other staff at the Cobbler Beach golf course and the volunteers who made the event run as smoothly as a Swiss watch.
The judging team was made up of a group of seasoned veterans who travel around North America together (yours truly included) and was led by my mentor John Carlson from Belcarra.
The master of ceremonies, whose voice was heard throughout the day, was none other than Ed Lucas who is the MC at a number of events during the concours season.
A very special guest at the event, who brought her 1930 Packard 740, was 103-year-old Margaret Dunning. I have never met such an amazing person. I suggest you Google the name! She remembers Henry Ford coming to her house to visit her father.
There is always one car that seems to catch my attention and on Sunday morning it was the 1918 Roamer four-passenger Sports Touring owned by Larry Burns and David Granger of Bradford, Ont. I have seen this car at other events but it did not stand out as it did on Sunday morning.
The white coachworks with red wheels and trim with the bay in the background was truly breathtaking.
Roamer automobiles were built by the Barley Motor Car Company in Kalamazoo, Mich., from 1916 until 1924 and later in Canada.
Albert C. Barley purchased the assets of the Streator Motor Car Company, which went into receivership in 1911.
He partnered with Cloyd Y. Kenworthy and Karl H. Martin and with a $50,000 investment the company was formed in 1916.
The name of their first model, the Roamer, was at the suggestion of Kenworth's chauffeur after a famous racehorse of the era. It was marketed as America's Smartest Car. If you look closely at the grille, you will see a striking resemblance to the famous Rolls-Royce trademark.
This was an expensive car, varying in price from $2,200 up to as much as $4,900. Roamer used Continental engines up until 1925, then switched to Lycoming as a supplier, a firm that also supplied engines to Deusenberg. But because Deusenberg was in financial difficulty, the supply of engines to Roamer dried up.
With poor sales and the pending stock market crash, the Roamer Motor Car Company, incorporated in 1924 in Toronto, and headed up by George P. Wiggington, came to an end and the factory doors closed.
There is always one car that seems to catch the attention and it was the 1918 Roamer four-passenger Sports Touring owned by Larry Burns and David Granger of Bradford, Ont.
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Volleyball: Injuries cost Red Wing chance against Holy Angels
Thanks to a rash of injuries that hit the team this week, Red Wing struggled to get anything going against Academy of Holy Angels on Thursday, falling in straight sets 25-14, 25-9, 25-11.
Going into the Missota Conference match, the Wingers were already without McKenzie Cota, who is out for for the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, according to head coach Heidi Ulwelling. Sarah O'Keefe also missed the game with an ankle sprain.
Then against the Stars, libero Maria Furlong went down with a knee injury.
Having to adjust in a hurry, Sydney Book, Red Wing's best hitter, was moved to setter. In that role, she still managed to lead the team with four kills.
"Sydney took the reigns as setter and did an excellent job stepping into that role," Ulwelling said.
Taylor Steger finished with four ace serves, and Sara Kelly tallied six digs in her back row debut. Furlong had seven digs prior to her injury.
"We started out very strong," Ulwelling said, "then midway in the first set, we had a few serve-reception errors and just couldn't rebound from them. With the injury to Maria, a captain and definite leader of our back court, we lost a chunk of
our communication on the floor and that had an impact on the remainder of the game. I just kept telling the girls to keep their heads up, have some fun and keep playing hard."
Still in search of its first win, Red Wing (0-12, 0-4 Missota) play in the Hopkins invitational on Saturday. To open pool play, the Wingers will face Hopkins and Elk River.


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THE HAGUE, April 15, 2014 (AFP) – Dutchman Robert Gesink will undergo a
heart operation after suffering pain during last week's Tour of the Basque
Country, the Belkin rider revealed Tuesday.
The 27-year-old has pulled out of Sunday's Amstel Gold race and will also
likely miss July's Tour de France.
"At the Tour of the Basque Country last week, I felt pain again. Short but
around the heart," said Gesink at a press conference in Schipol near Amsterdam.
"It's not the first time it's happened and it's worrying."
Gesink revealed he had been to see a radiologist who had decided he needs
an operation to correct the problem.
It's not the first time he has suffered from such a condition and Gesink
said he was also afflicted by hyperventilation, which could have precipitated
the heart problem.
"Every time I suffered from hyperventilation, my heart raced," he added.
"It makes me worried when that happens and it affects my performances as
I'm afraid something bad will happen."
Earlier on Tuesday the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper had reported that Gesink
would miss the Amstel race, the first of three Ardennes Classics.
They had claimed he suffers from stress in major races which had triggered
the problems with his heart beat.
Gesink retired during the fifth stage of last week's Tour of the Basque
country, while in March he also failed to complete the Tirreno-Adriatico.
He previously had to pull out of the 2011 Dutch championships and the Giro
d'Italia last year.
An all-rounder, Gesink has enjoyed some success in stage races, winning the
Tour of Oman in 2011 and the Tour of California a year later.
He also finished fifth in the Tour de France in 2010 and three times
claimed top seven spots at the Tour of Spain.
He's also performed well in the Ardennes Classics in the past, finishing
fourth at La Fleche Wallonne in 2008 and third at the Amstel Gold race a year
In 2008 he finished 10th in both the road race and time-trial at the
Beijing Olympics.
Robert Gesink To Undergo Heart Surgery, Misses Amstel Gold
THE HAGUE, April 15, 2014 (AFP) – Dutchman Robert Gesink will undergo a


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Cash Warren – hubby of actress Jessica Alba – was spotted carrying his oldest daughter, 4-year-old Honor, as the couple made their way to a salon in West Hollywood, Calif. on Wednesday (December 19).
It looks like Cash is on daddy duty because Jessica is busy filming the sequel to Sin City.
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A family member of mine fell off of his front porch while intoxicated. This was right before Christmas 2012.
He broke knee cap, and dislocated shoulder. Surgery was performed on knee. A few days later be began to suffer from alcohol withdrawal, and withdrawals from prescribed pills. why would the hospital withdrawal him from prescription medication instead of administering it to him?
They then put him on a ventilator, stating that he worked himself up and wag having difficulty breathing.
He did have COPD and emphysema. He ripped the ventilator tubes out on his own, and did fine breathing for himself.
They transferred him to a private room after knee surgery, where the family received a call the following day stating that he went into cardiac arrest, and that it took 15 minutes to resuscitate him. Originally they said 12 minutes, then bumped it up to 15.
After the cardiac arrest he was placed on the ventilator once again.
The hospital sent him for an MRI and a cat scan, to which they delivered no results to the family. They told us "there is some brain damage." And didn't elaborate any further.
His medical chart was sitting in the room and in big writing it read "SEPTIC SHOCK/CBlueARDIAC ARREST"
nobody was aware of septic shock! There waa never one word spoken about septic shock.
Doesn't his surrogate decision maker/durable power of attorney have a legal right to that information?
My thought is they were short staffed over holiday, he got septic shock due to knee surgery, which lead to cardiac arrest, all because of it being a holiday.
All of his symptoms were that of shock.
Low blood pressure
Blue lips
Starting off into space
The hospital later told us that he had the mentality of a 7 year old.
I personally do NOT believe that.
He was flipping nurses the middle finger, moving all if his limbs, including the leg that was operated on. Nodding yes/no to questions, giving hugs and kisses, doing special handshakes that he had with different people, expressing pain or anger etc.
The hospital also told his mother that if he was administered a tracheostomy, that it would likely be permanent..although be was breathing above the vent and was breathing on his own about 12 hours a day.
Due to the false information the hospital gave his mother, she decided against the tracheostomy and signed DNR paperwork.
He was doing things that were HIS personality. NOT that of a child.
I feel the hospital attempted to cover their own ass by claiming brain damage, and not bringing up the shock, whIch was ultimately killing him.
At the time where he was struggling to breathe, he was completely off medication, and they said to him "Don, your breathing is bad, you're not skiing good..do you want morphine to help keep toy comfortable?" He shook his head no.
His mother asked for the morphine and they administered it..hut at the time he wad completely competent and says he did not want it!
At NO point during his competency did the hospital ask him if he wanted to be resuscitated, or if HE wanted the tracheostomy.
Could this all be a result of a short staffed hospital over a holiday weekend, letting septic shock cause all of this, when this man should be alive, well, and in rehab right now?
I can't understand how a broken kneecaused an otherwise healthy man to die in hospice!?
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FTOPS returning to Full Tilt Poker in December
With less than a month to go before the scheduled relaunch of Full Tilt Poker, the new owners of the site, longtime FTP rival PokerStars, has ramped-up their marketing efforts in an effort to get people excited about the return of the online poker giant after over a year of being offline. Last week Full Tilt Poker signed their first "Ambassador" former Team Full Tilt Poker pro and owner Gus Hansen; this week Full Tilt has announced the return of its popular tournament series, the Full Tilt Online Poker Series.
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS) was a bi-annual to quarterly tournament series at the site, and was among the most hyped and prestigious series among online poker players. The FTOPS XXI is scheduled to take place in early December according to Shyam Markus who heads the current public relations department for Full Tilt Poker. Markus announced the return of the FTOPS on the 2+2 poker forum, although very few details were given.
According to the post, the tournament series will take place from December 2-16, 2012, giving Full Tilt Poker a chance to run the usual satellites into FTOPS events.
Remarkably, the winner of the last FTOPS Main Event, Blair Hinkle is still waiting for his winnings from that event (over $1 million) and with the way the US Department of Justice has been dragging its feet with regards to the repayment of US players, it's quite likely that the winner of the December FTOPS Main Event will have access to their funds sooner than Hinkle!
It's unclear if Full Tilt Poker will be online in several European countries by the time the FTOPS gets underway, as the site is still seeking the return of its licenses in France and Italy, as well as the new regulated European markets of Spain, Belgium, and Estonia. This will also be the first FTOPS played without US players, and with it occurring so close to the relaunch date it's unclear what type of turnout can be expected for these tournaments, or how Full Tilt Poker will set the guarantees.
When visitors head to the fulltiltpoker.eu website they are now greeted with a message with information on their account as well as the takeover of Full Tilt poker by PokerStars. In the upper right corner a "Countdown to Relaunch" calendar has been added with the number of days until Full Tilt poker comes back online, scheduled for November 6th, which is fittingly election day in the United States.
Here is the post from the 2+2 poker forum: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=35183250&postcount=1349
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PEOPLE feel starved of solid information about climate change and are unsure about what practical measures are being taken to deal with it, data gathered over the past year by the federal government's Climate Commission shows.
''There is a lot of confusion out there about the science of climate change, about the carbon price and other policies, but generally people have been very keen to find out more and find out what they … can do,'' said its chief commissioner, Tim Flannery.
The commission has held 15 public forums in 17 cities and towns, covering each state and territory, and most were attended by more than 200 people who afterwards completed surveys about the value of the information. Its first annual report will be released today.
Professor Flannery and his fellow commissioners have been heckled, hissed at and, on one occasion, accused of genocide, but the overwhelming majority of people who filled out qualitative surveys said the forums were valuable.
Of the 1423 people who took part, 92 per cent said the presentations were ''very good'' or ''good'', while only eight of the people who filled out surveys described the forums as ''poor''.
The self-selected participants should not be taken as a representative sample of the population as a whole but the results suggested a grassroots desire for better information, Professor Flannery said.
Polls consistently show most of the population is concerned about climate change but that people are divided on what to do about it.
''Most Australians we met were concerned about climate change and thought that Australia should take action to reduce our carbon emissions,'' the report found.
''While we also met some who do not agree that climate change is caused by human activity, the majority of the people appreciated that carbon pollution is the primary cause … Overall, the commission has found that Australians are hungry for information on climate change.''
The most common question asked by the public was ''What can I do?'', according to a review of the video recordings of each session.
The lowest level of public satisfaction was recorded after a forum in Sydney last year, when members of a right-wing group attempted to hijack a presentation with claims of genocide, but the majority of respondents still endorsed the commission's presentations.
The agency was set up by the government a year ago to provide ''plain English'' advice to the public about global warming from scientists and business leaders. It looks at science and the impacts of climate change on different regions of Australia, but does not comment on partisan issues such as whether Australia should have a carbon price.
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As I've traveled around the country asking questions about American religion recently, I've been hearing something that may fleetingly imply a surprising trend among American sisters.
It's a matter of hearing a word that sounds like another word with a different spelling, something linguists call a homophone. For real.
So I'll be interviewing someone who seems to make a claim that Catholic sisters are growing rapidly. The comment rattles me for a moment until I remember to unscramble the puzzle.
What the person has said is something like, "N---- are the fastest growing group in the country." What the person is referring to, of course, is the hottest category in religious survey research, the so-called "Nones" who identify themselves as belonging to no religious group. Over the past few years the percentage of Americans who would come right out and say so has more than doubled, from roughly 7 to near 16 percent. And climbing. This datum has become the empirical evidence that makes church officials nervous. It undergirds what most already knew in an "unscientific way,"that organized religion is on the downslide. It's become a flash point for discussion and debate. To be a "none" has become something of a status symbol rather than the mark of an outcast.
The verbal blurring of "nones" with "nuns" may give sisters something of a temporary advantage. Americans love growth and winners and success is usually defined by upward trends. It's what the "Mad Men" and their heirs would call aura. Seeing the difference in print naturally removes that possibility, but chances of that are slim in an increasingly reader averse society and the hearer may wander away with an entirely mistaken impression. I'm assuming that nuns themselves aren't looking for any such benefit, however pyrrhic.
You may want to alert yourself to this quirky exchange of same-sounding words, however. It just might pop up in conversation and, if so, recall your fondness for sisters and the slipperiness of words.
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This article was published 11/6/2013 (1532 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MONTREAL -- Car-racing officials have issued a statement of condolence following the death of a volunteer marshal at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Mark Robinson was killed at the end of the weekend event in Montreal.
"This tragedy has affected us deeply, and the whole of motor sport is profoundly touched by it," said a statement from Jean Todt, president of the FIA world body.
"In volunteering to be a marshal, Mark had made the choice to give his time, his knowledge and passion in the service of motor sport."
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10mm reloading cost?
a non-reloader friend asked about the cost since its getting hard to find. i never had an interest in 10mm and told him i had no idea. does anyone have a quick figure?
Aside from the brass, components are readily available. Standard .40 caliber bullets, large pistol primers and a wide variety of powders are appropriate. If one is simply reloading brass already on hand, reloading is not really any more expensive than .40 S&W.
I have approx 1000 pcs of brass that I've been reloading over the last 4 years. So I'm only using $7 of components per 50 rd box. Imr sr4756 powder, cci primers, ranier 155gr to bullets.
thanks,guys. i was too tired last night to get out the calculator and catalogs after he called at 10pm. he doesnt save brass-a big expense. ill have to buy dies-another expense. and of course the bullets. the pluses- i have the equipment,the manuals,5000 primers,and i may have a powder that will work. is 10mm that hard to find or do i have a cheap friend?
It's pretty difficult to find if you are looking for bulk quantities for general plinking. But 10mm is such a versatile cartridge, you can't reach all of the potential unless you reload. You can reload is pretty cheap using cast bullets and a low powder charge. I load mine pretty hot and use FMJ bullets from Zero.
Is he too lazy to pick up his brass? I pick up everything I can. Non-reloadable brass goes in the recycle bucket to be traded for lead at the scrap yard. Let me kbnow when and where he shoots. I will try to make the trip to get the brass.:rolleyes:
Use heavier bullets and you can still load hot enough to be worthy of calling it "10mm," while reducing leading from driving the bullets too fast. I'd guess it could be done for around $6-$7 per 50, using cast bullets.
I use once from BulletsDirect.com as they seem to be some of the cheapest hardcast bullets around.
I did the reloading calculation on my components using a pretty high powder charge, and 180gr FMJs and I'm feeding my 10mm for $0.17/round, $8.61/box of 50, and $172.20/case of 1000.
If I switched out the FMJ bullet for a 180gr cast lead bullet from Missouri Bullet, it will take my cost down to $0.11/round, $5.91/box of 50, and $118.20/case of 1000.
thanks for doing my job for me. Ive been reloading for 10 yrs and at one time knew the cost of every round i fired. over the years Ive settled on a favorite for the 6 calibers i load for and have not paid attention to prices. i know brass,bullets,powder,and primers have all gone up and the tire shop looks at you like a thief if you pick up a used wheel weight i may shoot my friend a deal that if he buys everthing Ill load em if i can keep the dies.he now says he only wants 500.
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BLOOMING heck! Busy park rangers have planted a staggering 200,000 plants as Tendring gears up for the summer season.
Flowerbeds across the district are a blaze of colour after being transformed in time for the holidays.
It's taken six weeks to strip out the old plants and replace them with fresh displays.
Tendring Council environment boss Nick Turner said Clacton and Frinton's award-winning seafront gardens were among the best in the country.
"Our seafronts and open spaces draw in many visitors each summer," he said. "They are also enjoyed by our residents and the locations are full of vibrant colours."
Most of the planting for summer has now been completed.
The plants will remain in the beds until late September when work starts on the spring displays.


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Aspinwall's new manager has local ties
A Fox Chapel Area High School graduate is returning home to become Aspinwall's borough manager.
Officials voted to hire Melissa Lang, daughter of Magisterial Judge Elissa Lang, earlier this month. She begins work April 29. Her starting salary will be $55,000 per year.
Lang takes over for Ed Warchol who was brought back as a part-time manager in 2011 after April Winklmann resigned earlier that year after less than a year on the job. Warchol had retired in December of 2010 after 16 years working for the borough.
Lang is currently the director of the west branch campus at Mercyhurst University in Erie. She is also the president of a local chamber of commerce in Erie. That experience led her to want to get more involved in working with residents and businesses on a community level.
"I've really gotten involved in the community and found that was something I would ultimately like to do," Lang said.
Before working for Mercyhurst University, she was a student at the school when it was Mercyhurst College.
She earned a master's degree in leadership after receiving a bachelor's degree in biology. Lang graduated from Fox Chapel Area High School in 1995.
In Aspinwall, Lang said she is especially interested in working on the Aspinwall Riverfront Park project.
"I'm just interested in seeing how that's going to really add to the community and especially Aspinwall with the economy," Lang said.
After spending part of her academic and professional careers at Mercyhurst, Lang said she is excited to take on a new position.
"I'm excited to move on and do something completely different," Lang said.
Tom McGee is an associate editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-856-7400, ext. 1513 or email@example.com.


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EPT host finds luck of the Irish
Kara Scott may be the hottest woman in poker right now and we're not just talking about the way she looks.
The PokerStars European Poker Tour TV presenter took three days off from her day job to play the Irish Open over Easter weekend and managed an amazing second-place finish, cashing for over €300,000.
This, less than a year since she showed the poker world she's got game by going deep in the 2008 WSOP Main Event, eventually finishing a respectable 104th.
"It's pretty surreal," Scott told PokerListings over the phone as she made her way by train from Dublin, Ireland back to her Brighton, U.K. home.
"I know a lot of people don't think I can play and there are always going to be people who say I can't. But I have made the final of a female championship, I won a Sports Star Challenge, I went deep in the World Series of Poker Main Event and now I've come second in the Irish Open.
"I think my game is improving."
Scott said she felt great going into one of Europe's oldest and most prestigious poker tournaments with 699 other runners at Dublin's City West Hotel this past weekend.
It was almost as if the stars were aligned.
"It's kind of weird, but all the way through I felt like it was going to happen," she said.
"Right before the final day I got so short, I was down to just six big blinds after losing a massive pot, so it was tense for a while, but I got those chips back and after that it was just an amazing run."
She grabbed the chip lead at the final table and even went into heads-up with the eventual champion, Sweden's Christer Johansson, holding a slight edge.
"It was just one really big hand that swung it," Scott explained. "I played it really badly. I had two pair and he made trips on the river. I probably could have gotten him off the hand a little earlier, then he value bet it and I paid him off."
Before the Irish Open, Scott followed up her 2008 WSOP with another deep run at EPT Budapest, cashing with a 52nd-place finish.
She claims the experience she gathered in the sweltering Las Vegas summer has proved invaluable.
"I certainly felt a lot stronger coming into the Irish Open because of it," Scott said. "I think at the World Series I was blown away by the size of the whole thing. It actually freaked me out a bit.
"The Irish Open is smaller and more comfortable and I think my game has gotten a bit better since then."
On the personal side of things, Scott recently moved in with her boyfriend - high-stakes online stud Brian "sbrugby" Townsend.
However, she claims this really hasn't helped her game as much as some might think.
"We don't really talk about poker," she said.
Although she did run into a few true professionals who gave her some respect over her three days in Dublin, Scott admits her game is helped by the fact so many players don't believe a woman can make aggressive plays on the felt.
"A lot of guys think 'oh, she's just a girl'," she said. "So I three-bet them light all day and they let me get away with it."
Despite the overwhelming nature of her recent success and her passion for the game, this former-Thai-boxer-turned-TV-personality said she has no plans to leave her job on the EPT anytime soon.
But there's no doubt she's itching to play even more poker.
"I'm definitely not a full-time professional player," she said. "I love the live game and I love the competition, but I also love working in television. We've still got San Remo and Monte Carlo left this season so we'll see what happens.
"I would also really love to play [the 2009 WSOP]; we'll take a look at the schedule and see what I can do with my shiny new poker bankroll."
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The often-stunning beauty of symmetry is well-known. I have begun an exploration of it using objects and patterns which I find fascinating but which will not stand alone as finished images. In creating symmetries from these elements I made an astonishing discovery which will form the basis of a long-continuing exploration: I found that in making a symmetry of an object I revealed its spirituality.
Many of my elements were wild things which contained huge energies and movements -- formations of high thin clouds created by strong winds, waterfalls, and smoke from wildfires. In making symmetries of these wild objects, I found I was taming them. I was beginning with elements of power and chaos, and by introducing the formality of symmetry I completely changed them. They still held their mystic power but now that power could be held, examined, studied, worked with, placed in a context and used as a context.
Other elements contained stillness -- the equally formidable feminine powers of plants and flowers, feathers, wood, bones and stones. In this series I have combined wild and still elements -- the elements of life and freedom, earth and sky -- to make dream landscapes in which the tamed forces pose, play, interact, tease, and lay themselves open to question, examination and admiration.
The first 7 images in this series were completed within a few weeks in the spring of 2001. Each was constructed beginning with a mirror-image symmetry of a sky, but in each image the basic piece which was reflected was of a different shape – i.e. each did not start with a full-frame slide, but with a cropped piece of either a 35mm or 6x7 chrome. Then a foreground was added, again each being unique to its own image. Bizarrely, all but one of the finished images came out to virtually the same aspect ratio.
Also bizarre was the fact that in each image I began with a sky with thin, high clouds in interesting formations. Such skies are rare in northern California, where I live, but as I began the series in the spring of 2001, inspired by a recent cloud photograph, I noticed that almost every day we had such clouds, for a period of over 6 weeks. I think this is incredibly unusual. I now have a large stock of cloud images to work with and will keep adding to them and revisiting the series – watching it grow and evolve as each individual image does.


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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
HIV and AIDS
What Does The Rash For HIV Look Like?
I had unprotected sex 10 days ago and now I have a rash that looks like little red dots that itch. If you scratch them they blotch up red and patchy. The rash has moved from my arms to my hands and feet. I also have a little on my back. I do not feel bad otherwise, except for the stress I am putting myself through thinking this could be acute HIV symptoms. I also have a paste in my mouth. What does the rash for acute HIV look like and does it itch?
The skin rash of acute HIV infection is characterized by a generalized reddened macular and papular eruption, usually involving the trunk and limbs. It may be mildly pruritic or itchy.
Pamposh Kaul, MD
Assistant Professor
College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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The goal of this continuing education offering is to provide the latest information to nurses about cultural competence and culturally congruent care. After reading this article, the learner will be able to:
Now more than ever, nurses and other healthcare providers must be prepared to care for a diverse group of patients. National data show that 12.9 % of the U.S. population was born in another country.1 A disparity exists between the current nursing workforce and the population of patients. According to Dudas, the current nursing workforce is 83.2% white and thus is not representative of the current patient population in the United States. 1 This author suggests that cultural competence is a key component of preparing nurses to meet the needs of our changing society.
Nurses and other healthcare providers are expected to deliver culturally congruent care.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has developed a cultural competency toolkit for nurse educators to use when teaching nursing students about culture and cultural care.2 The Joint Commission has developed standards for cultural competence;3 however, nurses and other healthcare providers do not always understand the significance of cultural beliefs and values. Furthermore, becoming culturally competent is a process that requires lifelong learning and understanding of various cultures.4 As Galanti observed, "cultural competence is a journey not a destination."4
Clinical Vignettes
Why is it so important to become culturally competent and to deliver culturally congruent care? Consider for a moment the following vignettes and think about how you might respond to these situations. What strategies might you employ if you had knowledge of the culture, beliefs and values of these patients?
These vignettes demonstrate how healthcare providers may misinterpret the behaviors of their patients if they do not have adequate knowledge of each patient's culture, beliefs and values. Because of our lack of knowledge and understanding, we may not realize the significance of these practices. It is important to include your knowledge of culture and to conduct an individualized cultural assessment on all of your patients. Don't assume or presume to know how a person will think or feel based on his or her culture.
Many nursing programs and healthcare organizations provide education about culture, so most of us have a basic understanding of the relationship of culture to healthcare. Several terms are used when discussing culture and cultural competence.
Culture is a learned, patterned behavioral response acquired over time. It includes implicit vs. explicit beliefs, attitudes, values, customs, norms, taboos, arts and life ways accepted by a community of people.5
Acculturation is the process by which a cultural group incorporates some of the cultural attributes of the larger society.6 We live in a global society, and it is important to note that as people assimilate into a new area, they will often embrace at least some of the cultural practices. For example, some people who move to America may decide to celebrate Thanksgiving Day or Independence Day, even though this was not something they celebrated in the countries where they previously lived. They may also continue to celebrate special holidays or practice rituals they performed in their previous homelands.
Cultural awareness is being knowledgeable about one's own thoughts, feelings and sensations, as well as the ability to reflect on how these can affect one's interactions with others.5,7 It is important to reflect on your own culture, values and beliefs so that you can become more aware of other cultures. This self-awareness involves both positive and negative views of various cultures, values and beliefs. You don't have to agree with everyone's cultural practices, but as a healthcare provider you are expected to treat people with respect and should not judge others for their beliefs.8,9 Of course, if the practice might be harmful to a patient, you should consult with your administrators.
Cultural imposition intrusively applies the majority cultural view to individuals and families. Prescribing a special diet without regard to the patient's culture and limiting visitors to immediate family borders on cultural imposition. In this context, healthcare providers must be careful expressing their cultural values too strongly until cultural issues are more fully understood.5
Cultural sensitivity is experienced when neutral language - both verbal and non-verbal - is used in a way that reflects sensitivity and appreciation for the diversity of another. It is conveyed when words, phrases, categorizations, etc. are intentionally avoided, especially when referring to any person who may interpret them as impolite or offensive.5,6 Words or gestures often have different meanings across cultures, so it is best to avoid these types of words and gestures.7
Cultural Competence
The first step toward becoming culturally competent is to complete a self-assessment of your own beliefs and biases. Such assessments are readily available on the Internet. Next, you need to develop an understanding of the factors that influence a person's culture, values and beliefs. The next step is to learn about the various cultures and utilize that knowledge when providing patient-centered care.4,7,9 Nursing culture is made up of its history, rituals, myths, routines and stories, along with underpinning assumptions and values. Culture is communicated and maintained through the socialization process and in everyday interaction, through ceremonies, rituals, myths, symbols and artifacts.7,10
One author has observed that "Culture acts to maintain internal cohesion in a group and serves as a defense against external threat and the anxieties which emerge from both real and perceived intrusion from others outside of the culture.10
Models and Theories
Providing culturally congruent care is a goal for which healthcare providers develop an individualized plan of care based on the patient's cultural values and beliefs.9,11 Several practice models have been developed to guide nurses and other healthcare providers in the delivery of culturally congruent care.
Madeline Leininger is credited with the seminal work that led to the development of transcultural nursing .12 Leininger developed the Culture Care Diversity and Universality Theory based on her nursing experiences, life experiences and the anthropological work of Margaret Mead.13 The central purpose of the theory is to discover and explain culturally based care factors that influence the health, well-being, illness or death of people or groups.13
Leininger also developed the Sunrise Model, which presents the emic and etic relationship of patients and caregivers, health and illness, and cultural influences. It encompasses political and legal issues, religious and philosophical beliefs, holistic healthcare, education, illness and death, individuals, families and groups, and care.13
Campinha-Bacote developed the Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Healthcare Services (PCCDHS) in 1991, and it has undergone several revisions. The latest revision to the model was in 2010.12 According to Campinha-Bacote, individuals as well as organizations and institutions begin the journey to cultural competence by first demonstrating an intrinsic motivation to engage in a cultural competence process. 14 Campinha-Bacote emphasized that a cultural assessment is necessary for every patient, because every patient has values, beliefs and practices that must be considered when rendering healthcare services. Therefore, cultural assessments should not be limited to specific ethnic groups, but rather conducted with each patient. The current PCCDHS model includes five constructs:13
According to Campinha-Bacote, the most important construct in the model is cultural encounters that enable the healthcare provider to learn more about various cultures and continue his or her journey to becoming culturally competent.
Purnell developed the Purnell Model of Cultural Competence, which started as an organizational framework while he was teaching undergraduate students about different cultures. The model is depicted as a circle and includes 12 constructs that influence culture. The inner rim of the circle is the person, the next is the family, the next is the community, and the outer rim is the global society.15 Purnell conceptualizes the development of cultural competence along an upward curve of learning and practice. An increasing level of achievement of competence characterizes the model, which views the practitioner moving through four levels: from a stage of unconscious incompetence to conscious incompetence, followed by conscious competence, and finally unconscious competence.16
Although these models differ, they have common themes. Providing culturally congruent care requires a holistic interprofessional approach that is based on the patient's or family's culture, values, beliefs and expectations.
Folk Medicine
Culture has an influence on health and illness, and many people use folk medicine or a combination of modern medicine and folk medicine for some or all health ailments. Some patients may believe their illness is caused by a supernatural vs. physiologic cause. Therefore, it may be helpful to inquire about the "4 Cs of Culture"4 when assessing patients. What do you call your problem? This is an important question because some people may believe their illness is caused by a virus or bacteria, while others may believe their illness is due to a spirit, or mal de ojo (evil eye). This may occur if a jealous person compliments a baby without touching them, causing the baby to become ill.4
The next question is what do you think caused your problem? If someone believes an illness is caused by something supernatural because, he or she is going to seek help from a healer, such as a curandera.4
What are you concerns? How do you cope? It is important to relate care and treatment to the patient's cultural context.4
Many healing practices, rituals and beliefs influence a person's health and illness beliefs and practices. Nurses require some knowledge of these various beliefs and practices. For example, the Asian healing practices of cupping and coining may leave red marks on the patient's skin and are at times believed to be signs of abuse. Coining involves rubbing coins on the affected area and cupping may involve placing a heated glass jar directly on the patient's skin.4 Nurses must seek to avoid misinterpretation of healing practices and to understand the need for patients to incorporate these practices into their personal plan of care.
So-called hot and cold illnesses are another common issue, especially in the Hispanic culture. Hot conditions include pregnancy and hypertension, and cold conditions include pneumonia and menstrual cramps. Hot conditions are treated with cold remedies and cold conditions are treated with hot remedies.4 These are just a few examples of common folk medicine beliefs that can be incorporated into the patient's individualized plan of care.
Non-verbal and verbal communication are key components in providing culturally congruent care. Because words and phrases may have different connotations, it is best to avoid them.17 For example, "just now" means "later" in South Africa.4 Eye contact also varies among cultures. In American and European cultures, it is a sign of respect. However, in Asian and Muslim cultures, it may be a sign of disrespect. There may also be gender differences with regard to eye contact.4,8 With regard to gestures, the "thumbs up" sign in America means things are good, but in Islamic and Asian countries it is considered an insult. Touching is embraced by the American and Hispanic populations by may be taboo in the Asian, Muslim and Orthodox Jew populations. Healthcare providers need to be aware that some patients will require a caregiver of the same gender, or to have a parent or guardian present when care is being provided.4
This is just a brief overview of some of the common areas that can lead to mistrust and misunderstandings between healthcare providers and their patients. The nursing literature contains a wealth of information that provides comprehensive information on all of these factors. Because things are constantly changing, it is important to stay up to date with current literature about cultural care.
An Integral Role
Culture plays an integral role in healthcare. We may not always agree with our patients' cultural practices, but we must try to incorporate them into the individualized plan of care for our patients, as long as these practices do not cause harm. Becoming culturally competent is a journey that begins with self-assessment and continues with knowledge acquisition and integration of best practices that promote positive patient outcomes. This knowledge should be based on current evidence and standards. Using the following acronym may be helpful:
C: Care enough to learn about your patient's and family's cultural values, and beliefs.
A: Always complete a thorough cultural assessment of your patients and do your best to provide culturally congruent care.
R: Realize that many people develop their own unique culture, beliefs and values.
E: Evaluate your own beliefs and try not to judge others for their cultural beliefs and practices.
Now that you have completed the article go back to the vignettes and consider how you might develop a plan of care to provide culturally congruent care.
Deborah Hunt is an associate professor of nursing at The College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, N.Y.
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I learned how to drive with a manual transmission many years ago on my brother's Datsun 510. He lived on Oahu. There were plenty of Datsuns and Toyotas and Hondas rolling around the streets of Kailua back then. I stalled it more than once on hills in front of those cars. A few years later I went on to own a Datsun 310. With a manual. It is not one of the more memorable cars that I owned.
The point is, I have some history with "Datsun." So I wonder about the apparent excitement at Nissan this past Monday, when the Datsun name was affixed to the GO in Delhi, India.
Carlos Ghosn: Nissan Motor president and CEO: "This is an historic day for Nissan Motor Company and for our customers and partners in some of the world's fastest-grown markets. It's also an exciting moment for many women and men here in India here in India who—today—come one step closer to realizing the dream of purchasing a car."
The GO is "attractively priced below INR 400,000." That's about $6,678 U.S. or €5,119.
It is a five-door, front-wheel drive hatch with a 1.2-liter engine and five speed manual transmission. Which is probably quite close to that 310 in many ways.
The car was designed by Nissan at its global design center in Japan. Engineering was done by "local engineering resources and suppliers." It is to be built at a Renault-Nissan Alliance plant in Chennai, India, which has an annual capacity of 400,000 units.
The name of the car, the GO, goes back to the first Datsun, the DAT-GO.
Apparently, DAT signifies "lightening fast" in Japanese. The car probably isn't that by any stretch of the imagination. The letters D, A, T also stand for the names of the financiers who were being the car company back in 1914, Den, Aoyama, and Takeuchi, and it was subsequently used to stand for Durable, Attractive and Trustworthy.
Then in 1933 Nissan founder Yohisuke Aikawa took over the business and named the company for the DAT, but as the son-of-DAT, later Datsun.
I didn't know anything about that back-story until the reveal of the 21st century GO. This even though I'd had a history with the brand.
But it leads me to wonder whether the people in India—or those in Indonesia, Russia, and South Africa, the other markets where Datsun models will be launched—have even heard of Datsun, period. What's more, wouldn't they, having access to communications resources, be it magazines, movies or the 'Net, recognize names like "Nissan" and "Infiniti" but. . . "Datsun"?
Carlos Ghosn is a clever man. With the resurrection of the Datsun brand, he may be too clever for his own good.