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Thanks for the report and pictures. I'm sure that's as close as I will ever get to the Maldives. It sounds like you didn't consider it among your favorite trips. Why not?
Trip Report Maldives on the MV Orion
January 20-27, 2013
Pictures are at: https://picasaweb.google.com/1097400...vesJanuary2013
My dive-buddy husband and I have been diving for 12 years and have over 850 dives. We are not young (76 & 66). Weve been to most Caribbean locations and several in Asia/Micronesia: Palau (twice), Yap, Truk Lagoon, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines (three times).
This was our first trip to the Maldives. Laura at Ultimate Dive Travel arranged the trip for us. As usual, she did a fantastic job.
Weather in January was great; we had rain at night a couple of times, and one of our longer cruises between atolls was a bit rough.
The Maldives is an island nation in the Indian Ocean not too far from the southwest coast of the Indian subcontinent. The nation is 100% Muslim, but tourism is extremely important to their economy and we felt very welcome. The word atoll is from the Maldivian language and is the only Maldivian word to have found its way into the English dictionary (Atlas of the Maldives, 5th ed., p. 9). The Maldives is made up of 25 geographical atoll formations, spread out over about 540 miles and crossing the equator. Since an atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or a string of closely spaced small coral islands, enclosing or nearly enclosing a shallow lagoon (dictionary.com), there are literally hundreds of dive sites.
Getting to the Maldives is a long trip. We flew from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, and then took Emirates Air from Los Angeles to Dubai (nearly 16 hours). From Dubai, the Maldives is a four-hour flight. We landed at the Malé, Maldives airport at 8:20 a.m. and were met by an MV Orion representative who took us to an open air restaurant to wait for our flight to Kadhdhoo (an airport on one of the atolls south of Malé where we would board the Orion.
The MV Orion is billed as a luxury live-a-board and I would agree that it is. The standard room that we were in was larger than the typical live-a-board and very comfortable. Shampoo, shower gel, hand soap, and hairdryer are provided. There was a retractable clothesline in the bathroom very handy. There were also drying racks on the upper deck. There is Wi-Fi in the public areas but sometimes when cruising the reception was very weak. More important than the actual boat is the crew. And the Orion crew was excellent!
Our typical day on the Orion get up at 6 a.m. put on a swimsuit and cover-up; go to the 6:30 a.m. dive briefing (toast and coffee were available); dive; return, change clothes (again into a swimsuit and cover-up); eat breakfast (full breakfast buffet with eggs or omelets cooked to order and baked beans?); lounge about until the 10:30 a.m. dive briefing; dive; return, change clothes (again into a swimsuit and cover-up); eat lunch (a hot buffet lunch); lounge about (nap or read or sit on the sundeck) until the 2:30 dive briefing; dive; return, shower, change clothes for dinner; hang out in the public areas sipping a class of wine (they had some good fairly inexpensive wines for Asia-$29-30 a bottle); eat dinner (buffet with good selection). Chat with other guests for a short time and then to bed as diving wears us out. Food was good and plentiful. I particularly loved the local bananas. They are small and much sweeter than the ones that are imported to the US.
There were 16 passengers, all divers from Great Britain, Australia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, The Netherlands, Italy, and the United States. We were divided into four dive groups. All of our diving was done from the dhoni. The dhoni was a good-sized boat, set-up well for diving. Even with 16 passengers, 4 dive masters, and the dhoni crew we did not feel crowded. Our gear was left on the dhoni all week. Exit and entry to/from the boats was easy and the crew was very helpful with gear. Boats offered plenty of shade and towels. There was fresh coconut to chew on after each dive. We had baskets for fins, masks, etc. that fit under our seat very convenient. There was a nice area for hanging wetsuits. Two huge dip tanks, one for cameras and one for wetsuits, etc. were available. There was also a shower at the back. The crew cleaned our gear and set it out to dry after the last dive.
We had Enrico as our dive master. I cannot say enough good things about him and his regard for our safety. We did three dives a day with a fourth night dive on one day. While I preferred the four dives a day routine when I was a younger diver, I find that three a day is about it for me now. In fact, we did not do the one night dive that was offered.
Water temperature was 82°. Visibility was generally 60-70 feet. Deepest dive was 110 feet and shallowest was 53 feet. In general the diving here was deeper than we typically do 7 of 15 dives were deeper than 90 feet. We usually hang above the group when the diving is deeper than 80 feet (air consumption, watching our time to deco, older divers being more conservative). However, in the Maldives the currents are so crazy that we had to stay with the dive master at all times. We started out our trip near Laama Atoll; the checkout dive at a small thila (pinnacle) was okay. On our second dive at Fushi Kandu, the currents were the strongest that we have ever experienced. Other divers who had been to the Galapagos said this current was the worst they had been in. We reef hooked at 113 feet, but didnt see much. We were back at the surface in 26 minutes. My SAC (surface air consumption rate) is typically .30-.34, for this dive it was .70. While we did not complain, other stronger and younger divers did. By dinner time, the dive director, Mario, had checked with all divers concerning an itinerary change. Everyone agreed and we headed north. Very accommodating! Thank you, MV Orion! What did we miss by not staying south? Im not sure, but probably hammerhead sharks. We did one dive searching for hammerheads in Thaa Atoll, but didnt find any.
The rest of our dives were done at Thaa, Meemu, South Ari, and North Ari Atolls. Of course, we continued to have quite a bit of current on most dives, all the diving was drift diving; but these currents were manageable for most of us (more like Palaus Blue Corner or Peleliu). We reef hooked a couple of more times and enjoyed the diving very much. Our dive at Rangali Madivaru (South Ari Atoll) was incredible. We went to see the Giant Mantas, five showed up. They were very entertaining, gliding over our heads and interacting with one another almost as if dancing. Then we heard ping, ping, ping from a dive master. We turned around to see a whale shark swimming slowly through the channel right at our level (about 60 feet). Some in our group had seen a whale shark the day before at Maamigili Beyru (South Ari) while snorkeling; but this was my first!
Other than the Mantas and whale shark, the most amazing thing about Maldives diving in my opinion, was the huge schools of fish. In other locations, a large school might be 30 or so fish, in the Maldives, there would be hundreds. Beautiful!
Our trip was Sunday to Sunday. On Saturday, after two dives at North Ari Atoll, we headed for Malé where we would catch our flights on Sunday. We arrived in Malé late in the afternoon and were offered a walking tour of the city. Most of the people in the Maldives live in the city and it was quite modern. Our guide indicated that apartments were small so Maldivians tend to spend a lot of time outdoors. The evening was lovely and there were many families with lots of young children playing in the parks and squares.
On Sunday morning, transfer from the Orion to the airport went smoothly. It was a long way to travel and a long trip home, but definitely worth it.
Thanks for the report and pictures. I'm sure that's as close as I will ever get to the Maldives. It sounds like you didn't consider it among your favorite trips. Why not?
Joel, no not our favorite, but in the top 10 - we prefer more colorful coral, less current (e.g. Palau, Chuk, Philippines, Indonesia).
Wow, Susana, you've really stepped up from our Pensacola day trips in "L.A." on the Sea Scout. Very nice report and best wishes.


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Student after student broke down in tears while telling Education Secretary Arne Duncan their stories of what happened during Hurricane Sandy and how their lives have been since. Their teachers at New Dorp High School, and even the principal, also needed tissues, as they described narrow escapes, heroic rescues and losing everything.
Duncan listened, quietly asked questions, then pledged to help.
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What can I say? Making games is hard. :(
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Its so annoying to hear people complain that the weapons are the same stuff we've been seeing even if they are so what this game is still gonna be awesome! and thats a fact you all know your gonna buy why else would you be here lol
kinda lame that the prometheans vaporise after you kill em.
Wanna see the battlefield littered with bodies.
Some nice info in this video - looking forward to the game.
Though, to be honest, the commentary on the video sounds.. to be honest, painfully unfunny.
I'd much prefer a more concise and straight-to-the-point narrator.. or a narrator that is at least consistent. I mean, constantly like, switching between styles of writing and talking is like, totally uncool, man. It indubitably sounds like a miniscule amount of cogitation went into the script-creation for the presentation.
Though, to be fair, he still probably did a better job than I would have. I'll probably never know. XD
Dear Chris Watters, just fyi, I'm Muslim, and I've been a huge fan of this website. However, in this video, saying things like Galactic jihad isn't funny. I know the media today use that word like its their job, but the fact of the matter is that Non-Muslims don't know what Jihad means. It simply means "to struggle". To say it in the manner in which it was said here only propagates a negative stereotype, and I *thought an institution such as this would be above such base actions. Please refrain from references of Islam on this website, or you'll lose a fan. Its genuinely offensive to see people teasing my faith. I don't tease others' beliefs, so don't tease mine. I'm not here to start a huge thread or debate, I would just like my wishes to be considered. Thanks.
This game really does look amazing. These Prometheans fit well into the current universe.
wow its been soooo long since i played halo on 360, looking great. i miss it boo hoo!! :(
I wish they brought in "aim down sights" feature. Come on Halo peoples Everyone does that now.
Aside from that the game looks good.
Victory squats! Hahahah, that was a good one! I thought that was something that only happened in consoles but I'll be damned if some kid didn't take the time to come over to my corpse and do it while I was playing some FPS I no longer remember on PC. Truth be told though it was the one and only time I've seen it happen. So Microsoft never brought Halo 3 to PC...a shame that. Like most folks I enjoyed the gameplay of the prior two Halos very much. It is ominous that they wouldn't port their own games to their OS and I can only hope Microsoft changes their mind on PC gaming.
I'm glad they don't spoil to much of the campaign. That's the only thing I can play, when not on splitscreen. Anyway it looks great!
Still not sure about this one. I'll put it this way. Unless a game is a sequel to a series I really enjoy, I rent or demo before I buy. A game that's (to me, of course) good because it's just a blast to play or has a good story will be bought later on down the road. A game that has is returned to the Redbox that is closer to a place where I can buy this game 24 hours later. Hey, I have to at least get my rental out of the deal.
man this multiplayer looks like the best yet! I want to buy a xbox 360 so much just to play this game
Bad jokes? Depends on the mood really.. I thought this review was funny.
Both the guns and enemies seem like improved versions of the old ones.. sooo.. meh.
But they did add a flak-cannon, which makes my day
someone said that a lot of people are gonna be playing halo instead of voting, i could definitely see some of that lmao. since voting day IS November 6th
Prometheans? Prometheus? Plus, they look like the bad guys from Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. Anyone? It's like Microsoft kidnapped half of Retro Studios. I wanna know what they think about Halo 4.
The Promethean Knights look like complete badasses. Can they possibly be as cool as Covenant Elites, though? I guess I'll have to find out.
First off, I have to say that this is a really well produced video. Well done, GameSpot.
Secondly, GAH!! I intended to step away from the Halo series. Stop giving me so many good reasons to stick around! *throws arms up in the air and walks away*
Hey Gamespot staff, when Halo 4 comes out in Nov. 6, please do the Gun Show please Gamespot.
@luigidude77 That's my plan. Why vote for the lesser evil when I could just play Halo instead?
@Blue-Sky you came onto this video specifically to post a comment saying you're not gonna watch the video?
I understand that. I am not a COD fan at all personally (and I tried... just not for me), but you have to admit that "Aim down sites" feature should not be something that just COD has. I also think other shooters use this, like Borderlands and that is not COD.
Good Point.
Nevertheless, I get a feeling Halo 4 will be awesome and I was sleptical at first.
@inkyspot Not a bad shout. It could work for a Non-Spartan. For me I don't think the Chief needs it really. He does have enhanced vision :-).


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01-19-2013, 08:10 AM #2632nope, ill pop in here once. ill go with curky.
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01-19-2013, 08:57 AM #2633Good morning guys, just got up after a long night. I think SurrealOne will be back.....
01-19-2013, 08:58 AM #2634well almost cut i hit post and donyms beat me by a sec. so I will go with donyms again lol
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01-19-2013, 10:54 AM #2635You got it buddy I still think Surreal will pop in soon.
01-19-2013, 07:22 PM #2636Not exactly soon, but I'm here as requested. Donyms again...
01-19-2013, 07:48 PM #2637nope, I say surreal again
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01-19-2013, 08:52 PM #2638Nope, me now. SurrealOne will be in soon..............
01-20-2013, 08:07 AM #2639Not before me though. Don't have duty on my duty day so I'm taking full advantage of today to get some things done. But first, the big news, after almost 3 years together, I was gonna get my truck shipped up here to Virginia (1000$). Long story short I called it off. Gonna wait till the first deployment is over with and gonna wait till before Kate comes up.
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Check out this Follow Focus! Wow! Really neat Engadget!
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Devin Coldewey over at www.Crunchgear.com showed us this bad boy from the folks at Swedish Chamelon. It's called the FlyingV…..looks pretty scifi badass to me. What do you think?
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Homebodies presents work by contemporary artists who examine the space of the home, both literally and metaphorically, as an integral site for making art. Featuring an expansive range of artworks, some made of materials found in the domestic sphere and others that represent or re-create a sense of domesticity, Homebodies demonstrates a new understanding of how the domestic context has influenced the creation and interpretation of contemporary art. The exhibition incorporates various media, including paintings by Hurvin Anderson; sculptures by George Segal and Rachel Whiteread; installations by Alexandre da Cunha and Do Ho Suh; photography by Marina Abramović, Barbara Kruger, Doug Aitken, and Adrian Piper; video by Martha Rosler, Rivane Neuenschwander, and Guy Ben-Ner; and a living-room environment by Dzine that doubles as a nail salon. (To make an appointment visit the Imperial Nail Salon program page.) The exhibition is likewise international in its reach, drawing from six continents to include more than forty artists at various stages in their careers.
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Yields 3-1/4 cups.
Use this sauce for on pizza, in calzones, or as a dipping sauce for stromboli. If using for stromboli, make at least 1 day ahead so that the flavors can meld, but don't add garlic, as the raw garlic flavor will be too strong.
Whisk the tomatoes, vinegar or lemon juice, and any optional ingredients together in a bowl. Add just enough water to thin the sauce so that it is easy to spread. Use thinner sauce for pizza and thicker sauce for stromboli and calzones. Season with salt and pepper.
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nutrition information (per serving): Size : per 1/4 cup; Calories (kcal): 20; Fat (g): 0; Fat Calories (kcal): 0; Saturated Fat (g): 0; Protein (g): 1; Monounsaturated Fat (g): 0; Carbohydrates (g): 5; Polyunsaturated Fat (g): 0; Sodium (mg): 170; Cholesterol (mg): 0; Fiber (g): 1;
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by prauch, 5/28/2009Excellent. Simple. Much easier and just as appropriate than the 2-hour sauce I made in the past.
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Story | Dec 11, 2012 | 4:37 PMTALLAHASSEE — Sheldon Adelson's company has spent a lot of time in Florida the past few years trying to persuade lawmakers to open Florida's markets to destination casinos, including Las Vegas Sands. But nationally, he's getting quite the reputation... -
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If you are curious about patient or health advocacy, and how it is treated by the media (newspapers, radio, TV, web) you may find any of the following links interesting.
News by or about our Alliance Patient and Health Advocate Members can be found at the top of this list.
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News By or About The Alliance of Professional Health Advocates and its Advocate Members
- Nancy Ruffner, APHA member, was quoted by the Business Section of the Raleigh News & Observer in Backstory: Connecting adult children, elderly with health services
- The News and Observer quoted APHA member Nancy Ruffner in Small-business owners said mistakes include not firing an employee, thinking too small
- APHA Member Cindi Gatton was interviewed in Atlanta by ENT Dr. Gallups Doc Talk: Crazy medical bills, online healthcare, hair restoration and more.
- The Alliance (Ohio) review published an article about member Steve Okey, Ohio Patient Advocates, called
Member Robin Shapiro, Allied Health Advocates, was quoted in a Puget Sound Business Journal article, Niche industry of health advocates continues to grow in Washington, about the first annual meeting of the Washington State Health Advocates Association.
- APHA Member Jack Whelan was featured in Cancer Today as an advocate for clinical trials and rare cancers: Betting On Science
- Linda Adler, APHA member and CEO of Pathfinders Medical was featured in an article at MarketWatch called What you'll really pay for health care
- AdvoConnection.com was featured in an article in US News & World Report called How to Be an Empowered Patient
- Massachusetts advocate and APHA member Karen Balerna was quoted in Go Local Worcester's Study: Massachusetts Residents Wait Up To 2 Months For New Doctors
- Robin Shapiro and Beth Droppert of Allied Health Advocates were interviewed on KKNW Radio (Seattle) discussing what health advocates can do for seniors
- Navigating the health-care system from the Canton Rep features APHA member Steve Okey and the Alliance's Director, Trisha Torrey
- David Sandhu, APHA member, and his company SoCal Health Advocates, were featured in an article in the Orange County Register: Patient Advocates, On Your Side.
- An article in the Wall Street Journal, How to haggle down your medical bills, featured APHA member Linda Adler.
- APHA, NAHAC and many members of both organizations were recently featured in the American Airlines in-flight magazine: A New Breed Navigating Health Care
- Elisabeth Russell, APHA member, was featured in two articles: Working in Retirement – How to Be a Patient Advocate, and Patient Navigators, a Port in the Storm
- APHA member Linda Garvin, is published Part II of "How to Be Your Own Health Advocate" in the American Chronic Pain Association's newsletter. (See page 14.)
- Julie Harris, APHA member, featured in Akron Beacon Journal: Sisters with nursing background start advocacy firm
- APHA member Linda Garvin, is published in the American Chronic Pain Association's newsletter, "How to Be Your Own Health Advocate".
- From the Libertyville News: Libertyville nurse advocates for patients features APHA member Teri Dreher
- Member Mary Harris, Lifelong Wellness, published an article in Colorado Health: Stem Cell Medicine Can Improve Lives and Reduce U.S. Health Costs
- Forbes featured APHA member Alan Blaustein and CarePlanners in an article entitled Why Digital Health Is Different From Any Other Business
- US News and World Report's Best Hospitals 2012 featured member Mary Aime-Juedes in an article about medical advocates.
- NPR looked at patient advocacy including an interview with Elisabeth Russell
- CarePlanners' Alan Blaustein, APHA member, was featured in New York StartUp Wants to be Your AAA for Healthcare
- Linda Garvin was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle about paying cash, and negotiating the price of healthcare.
- Member, Mary Harris's article The Evolution of Assisted Living was published by Colorado Health.
- The Wall Street Journal wrote about Patient Navigation and featured Elisabeth Russell in Health Navigating Health Care System.
- Read about Ken Schueler, and the Schueler Patient Advocacy Compass Award from the Great Neck News. (learn more about the award here.)
- AdvoConnection is cited in an article in SeacoastOnline (Portsmouth, NH) called Patients Are Urged to Advocate for Themselves
- Karen Mercereau of RNPatientAdvocates was interviewed by the Arizona Daily Star for The Business of Health Advocacy
- APHA member Mary Harris's article "Independent Private Patient Advocates" was published in the Berthoud Weekly Surveyor.
- CureToday.com quoted APHA member Elisabeth Russell in its article entitled How to Talk to Your Doctor About What You Find on the Internet
- AdvoConnection is mentioned in the May 2012 issue of Health Magazine (Get the Right Diagnosis Every Time – page 20.)
- Linda Adler, member of AdvoConnection, published Understanding Patient Advocates and Patient Navigators at the blog, The Doctor Weighs In
- Compliance from a Patient's Point of View – written by APHA member Jacqueline O'Doherty and published in the Journal for Patient Compliance (p. 10)
- The Pittsburgh Post Gazette featured 'Health concierges' and other helpers cloud health services quoting APHA member Elisabeth Russell
- Nurse Together featured an article about the career of private patient advocacy written by Debi Quirk, iRNPA and member of AdvoConnection.
- AdvoConnection featured in Woman's Day Magazine: 6 Things Your Patient Advocate Wants You to Know
- APHA member, Linda Garvin interviewed regarding a senior who was being denied benefits on KCBS San Francisco.
- Sharon Gauthier appeared in the Windsor Patch: Sharon Gauthier Speaks for Those Who Cannot
- AdvoConnection mentioned by the Wall Street Journal, What to do when your condition is uninsurable
- Dr. Steven Kussin, APHA Member, was featured in a Syracuse Post Standard article about his Shared Decision Making practice
- Simone Khan of RN Patient Advocates of Wichita (Kansas) was featured in KWCH's "In Case of Emergency" including an online chat with viewers.
- Claudia K. Nichols of Pilot Health Advocates was interviewed about professional patient advocacy on the Call Kira show (see September 16.)
- Mary Aime-Juedes appeared with Boomer and the Babe discussing patient advocacy on Blog Talk Radio
- Amy Cuykendall was interviewed by Dale Carter on BlogTalkRadio.
- Hear an interview with Mary Aime-Juedes on The Pulse-AZ Radio Show
- APHA member Ida Schnipper, was quoted in this Reuter's article: Shopping for health insurance? 5 tips on how to get it right
- Raquel Gabriel-Bennewitz, APHA member, was featured in Advocates Navigate the Health Care Hurricane in the Chicago Tribune
- APHA Member Amy Cuykendall received the 2011 Leaders in the Law Award
from the Florida Association for Women Lawyers. - Mary Aimé-Juedes, APHA member, was a featured guess on the My Money Place radio program.
- Member Joanna Smith featured in Marketwatch video, When Health System Fails You, Advocates Can Help
- How to Get Retiree Health Insurance Before 65 (from US News and World Report) quotes APHA member, Elisabeth Russell
- Why You May Need a Health Advocate (by Director of AHRQ, Dr. Carolyn Clancy, AARP Bulletin)
- Private Healthcare Advocates Offer Other Options (from the Wall Street Journal and Market Watch)
- Patient advocates harness the potential of EMRs by APHA member Jacqueline O'Doherty
- Navigating Through the Healthcare Maze (Vienna / Oakton, VA Connection) Feature on Elisabeth Russell and her story of building Patient Navigator
- Many APHA members are mentioned in this excellent overview of the business of patient advocacy in Modern Healthcare called Empowering the Patient
- Amy Cuykendall, Best Patient Advocates, and AdvoConnection legal advisor was named 2010 Young Professional of the Year/ St. Petersburg, FL
- Joanna Smith, Healthcare Liaison, interviewed by Modern Healthcare Magazine.
- Elisabeth Russell, the President of Patient Navigator LLC was quoted in an article published on the AOL "Wallet Pop" column by Tom Barlow, Caught in a Medical Nightmare – A Patient Advocate Might Help
- Kathryn Gohman's work is cited in Scientific American: The Rise of the Empowered Patient
- Savvy Smarts: Deriving the Most Benefit from Your Next Medical Appointment (by Linda Garvin)
- Someone on Your Side — from O Magazine includes three of AdvoConnection's health advocates - Hari Khalsa, Gail Gazelle and Ken Schueler
- Learn how to handle complex and confusing healthcare systems from Jacqueline O'Doherty
- Advocates Help Patients Navigate the Healthcare Maze (NPR – featuring APHA member Dianne Savastano)
- Ken Schueler Interviewed by Dr. Christine Horner
News About Health and Patient Advocacy in General or as a Career
- From the New York Times: A gray Jobs Market for All Ages
- From Caregiver Survival Network: Is Hiring a Patient Advocate Right for You?
- From Forbes Magazine: Everyone Needs a Healthcare Coach
- From the San Diego Union-Tribune: Helping Patients Find Their Way
- From the Montreal Gazette: Navigating our health-career maze
- From Kevin MD / Steven Reznick, MD: Patient advocacy is essential in health insurance appeals
- From Fierce Healthcare Patient advocates often connect in ways doctors can't
- From Judith Graham / Chicago Tribune: Patient Advocates help navigate medical maze
- From Judy Foreman / Boston Globe: For when a doctor and a nurse just aren't enough
- From Lesley Alderman / New York Times: After a Diagnosis, Someone to Help Point the Way
- From Tara Parker-Pope / New York Times: Hiring a Patient Advocate (see mention of AdvoConnection)
- From Entrepreneur Magazine: Hot Trends to Explore (up and coming new careers)
- From Marty Nemko at US News and World Report: Ahead of the Curve Careers
- From Richard Knox at NPR: Advocates Help Patients Navigate Health Care Maze
- Learn to be a patient advocate at About.com
- From Sign-on San Diego Patient advocates can make a difference


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A Straits Affair
Think of investing in Asia and markets like China and India immediately spring to mind. China seems to be preoccupying everyone. And why would it not with the Shanghai Composite Index more than doubling over the last 12 months, thanks largely to nearly 90 million retail investors. Their hunger for a piece of the action has caused share prices to skyrocket.
However, things are not looking so rosy at the moment. In February, the Shanghai Composite tumbled 9%. And after hitting another record high on May 29, the extremely volatile index has lost almost 7% as of June 8. Some analysts are anticipating yet another sharp correction. Norman Chan, director of PCM Capital Limited says, "We expect Shanghai to find major support at around 3,300, but at the moment there still is five to eight percent further downside."
For investors, who are less than thrilled to ride the Chinese stock market rollercoaster, the good news is, that you have options – very good ones at that.
In fact, many investors are already channeling their funds out of markets like China and into 'safer havens'. Malaysia and Singapore are the top two beneficiaries of this capital outflow, capturing just over US$1.6 billion worth in investments. The Straits Times Index hit a fresh high of 3579.35 points on 4 June while the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index hit a record 1372.38 points just this past Thursday (7 June). Both indexes have gained more than 40% over the past 12 months.
There are other reasons why Malaysia and Singapore are favored by investors. Compared to their South East Asian neighbors, the two countries boast of having the highest gross domestic product growth, with inflation kept in check.
Also worth considering is Singapore's success in navigating through troubled periods like in the Asian Financial Crisis. This is largely attributed to well-crafted micro and macroeconomic policies and comprehensive corporate and financial regulations, traits that continue to serve Singapore well to this day.
Malaysia was more severely affected by the financial crisis in comparison to neighboring Singapore. However, in the last decade, the corporate debt-to-equity ratio of ailing Malaysian companies has been sharply reduced. Nonperforming bank loans have been brought down to a more manageable level, and GDP has been restored to pre-crisis levels of around US$100 billion.
"You are starting to see recovery take place … you are starting to see an improvement in industrial perception, you are also starting to see the government starting to do things positively to attempt to attract investment," says David Roes, CEO of ASEAN Investment Management. And that is the icing on the cake to invest in the Malaysia and Singapore markets.
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Initial Investment | S$500 |
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Management Fee | 1% per annum |
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The UOB UniFund was launched in April 1986 and is denominated in Singapore dollars. Frederick Wong, Director of UOB Asset Management, said that the fund's strategy is to ride on the long-term structural theme for Asia and apply that to Singapore and Malaysia. He is very positive on these two countries and expects the timeline for returns to be about six to 12 months.
"Malaysian companies offer superior earnings growth and positive earnings revisions. Besides, some companies are in the initial stage of gains due to restructuring. Also, Singapore's economy should grow above long-term growth rates over the next few years," he noted.
Just over 60% of the UOB UniFund's investments are Malaysian listed companies. Wong said that companies are selected based on their absolute returns above a certain hurdle rate. "There is a bias towards Malaysia because we are able to find more companies that meet our projected hurdle rate," he said.


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Yesterday, Google held a press conference at its Mountain View headquarters to provide the world with an update on its new operating system, Chrome OS.
A lot of new details were forthcoming, which have have been well-covered by others. The questions on everyone's mind: is Chrome OS the real deal? Where does it fit in? How will it impact the OS market. My answers: it isn't, nowhere, it won't. Here are 12 reasons why Chrome OS is going to fail.
- The web matters, but so does the desktop. With Chrome OS, Google is betting that desktop apps don't matter to the average consumer. Is that a good bet? Probably not. While there's no doubt that you can do a lot on the web today, but that doesn't mean the desktop is dead. From accounting programs (e.g. Quickbooks) to P2P software (e.g. Limewire) to the desktop software that comes bundled with devices like digital cameras, there are plenty of desktop applications that average consumers still use, or might want to use.
- Less isn't more. Even if 95% of what you do is on the web and Chrome OS seems like a viable choice, why buy a machine that can do less than the machine you have today? Unless the machines packing Chrome OS are significantly cheaper, the average consumers is not going to pay approximately the same amount of money for less functionality and flexibility.
- Google's focus on netbooks is short-sighted. Netbooks may not be dying, but the ultrathin is fast becoming the new netbook. Some low-end ultrathins sporting more powerful ultra-low voltage (ULV) CPUs from Intel and AMD cost as much as high-end netbooks with much less powerful processors. The question for a consumer is why you'd want to run an OS clearly designed for yesterday's netbooks on your new, more powerful ultrathin. The obvious answer: you don't.
Consumers are comfortable with Windows. Love it or hate it, Windows is in a long-term relationship with consumers. Getting them to cozy up to a different kind of OS is a huge marketing challenge. As is getting them to keep their Chrome OS machine once they realize that it's a Chrome OS machine. As an example, consider MSI, which has in the past attributed the high return rates for some of its netbooks to the fact that they were running Linux:
"Our internal research has shown that the return of netbooks is higher than regular notebooks, but the main cause of that is Linux. People would love to pay $299 or $399 but they don't know what they get until they open the box.
They start playing around with Linux and start realizing that it's not what they are used to. They don't want to spend time to learn it so they bring it back to the store. The return rate is at least four times higher for Linux netbooks than Windows XP netbooks." - Windows 7 rocks. Microsoft's new OS has received a lot of positive press, and as someone who is running it on a new ultrathin ULV laptop, I can say that it's a very decent OS and is much, much faster than Vista. In fact, if I owned an underpowered netbook I suspect I still might be able to get away with running Windows 7 on it. As a fun comparison, consider that (according to Net Applications) Windows 7 has already achieved greater marketshare in the OS market since mid-September than the Chrome browser has achieved in the browser market since December 2008. Yet Google has promoted the Chrome browser on some of the most trafficked properties in the world, including on its homepage. That shows the significant mountain Google faces in penetrating the OS market.
- Google doesn't have a monopoly on web apps. Chrome OS is a viable option if you can use web apps exclusively. But so is Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or any other operating system that runs a web browser. After all, you can run web apps -- including Google's -- in just about every modern browser. In other words, when you get right down to it Google isn't really offering you anything that you don't already have.
- Support? What support? If you're an average consumer and something goes wrong with your Chrome OS netbook, who are you going to call? Certainly not Google. And without massive usage, it's hard to see local computer techs (or services like the Geek Squad) jumping over themselves to support Chrome OS users.
- HTML5 isn't here. Google's belief in web apps is inherently based on its belief in HTML5. There's only one problem: HTML5 isn't here and it will almost certainly be years before developers really start looking at it seriously.
- The interesting features are technical. Google is bringing some interesting things to the table with Chrome OS but most of them are subtle details that appeal to techies. The problem is that you can't really sell technical details to the layman with enough specificity to be meaningful.
- Only 'referenced hardware' will be supported. Chrome OS may be open source but it will only run on hardware Google chooses to support. There are obvious, logical reasons for this but make no doubt about it: this is a huge barrier to adoption and in my opinion will even make it difficult for Chrome OS to compete with Linux. That's bad news for Chrome OS, since we know how well the Ubuntus of the world have fared.
- The Chrome browser hasn't taken the world by storm. While one could debate how respectable Google's results with the Chrome browser are, one can't debate a simple fact: Chrome is clearly not taking over the world. Which begs the question: if consumers aren't flocking to download Chrome the browser for free, why will they flock to pay for machines with Chrome OS when the key selling points are largely the same? Answer: they won't.
- At the end of the day, Chrome OS is the Chrome browser. When you take a few steps back, all Google has really done is built an 'OS' to run a web browser. Not a big deal.


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Two Generations - 20 years of contemporary Chinese art
From March 30 - May 5, the University of Newcastle will be hosting an exhibition of some of China's best contemporary artists as part of 'Experience China - The Year of Chinese Culture in Australia'.
Two Generations is staged by the iconic Red Gate Gallery - the most respected contemporary art gallery in China - and features work of 11 senior Red Gate artists who have each nominated a young emerging artist. The works of the two generations of artists will be exhibited side by side to celebrate the achievement of one generation and to herald the promise of the next.
The City Weekend Magazine, Beijing says the "contrast between the works is dizzying and inspiring". Indeed, audiences are in for a visual treat!
The exhibition is a result of partnerships, collaborations and ongoing reciprocal cultural exchange between Australian and Chinese contemporary artists, curators, galleries, businesses, educational institutions, government departments and media organisations.
The Confucius Institute is proud to be a major national sponsor of this exhibition. As part of the University's commitment to enhancing the understanding of Chinese language and culture within Australia, the Confucius Institute is pleased to support this exhibition and the vital and expanding links between Australia and China.
The University Gallery provides an energetic space for the presentation, promotion and discussion of artistic and cultural developments and achievements in the Newcastle and Hunter regions.
For more information, please visit the University Gallery's website