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  2. Acadian Ambulance - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.acadian.com. Acadian Ambulance is an employee-owner private ambulance service that covers most of the state of Louisiana, a large portion of Texas, two counties in Tennessee, and one county in Mississippi. In 1995 it was recognized as the largest privately owned ambulance service in the United States.

  3. History of Lake Charles, Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    By 1860, the area become known as Charles Town, in Sallier's honor. The Rio Hondo, which flowed through Lake Charles, was later called Quelqueshue, a Native American term meaning "Crying Eagle". Transliterated through French, that became the name of Calcasieu Parish. On March 7, 1861, Lake Charles was officially incorporated as the town of ...

  4. PayPal Mafia - Wikipedia

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    The " PayPal Mafia " is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies based in Silicon Valley [1] such as Tesla, Inc., LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, Affirm, Slide, Kiva, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. [2] Most of the members attended Stanford University or ...

  5. Maine Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    Maine Medical Center. /  43.653°N 70.276°W  / 43.653; -70.276. Maine Medical Center (commonly abbreviated to MMC or contracted to Maine Med) is a 700-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Portland, Maine, United States. Affiliated with Tufts University School of Medicine, it is located in the Western Promenade neighborhood.

  6. Rush University Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    Rush University Medical Center has 664 patient beds at its 14-story, 830,000-square-foot location on Chicago's Near West Side. The hospital is known for its butterfly-shaped tower, designed to handle mass casualty events. [8] Rush offers more than 70 residency and fellowship programs in medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.

  7. Target Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The company is one of the largest American-owned private employers in the United States. The corporation was founded in Minneapolis by businessman George Dayton in 1902, and developed through the years via expansion and acquisitions. Target, the company's first discount store and eventual namesake, was opened in 1962.

  8. Effects of overtime - Wikipedia

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    Woman experiencing stress. Employees who work overtime hours experience numerous mental, physical, and social effects. In a landmark study, the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization estimated that over 745,000 people died from ischemic heart disease or stroke in 2016 as a result of having worked 55 hours or more per week.

  9. Leave of absence - Wikipedia

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    Labour laws normally mandate that these paid-leave days be compensated at either 100% of normal pay, or at a very high percentage of normal days' pay, such as 75% or 80%. A furlough is a type of leave. There are many subcategories of paid leave, usually dependent on the reasons why the leave is being taken.