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Belgian citizens are asking for a new government to be formed as quickly as possible
Belgian citizens are asking for a new government to be formed as quickly as possible. In Mexico, appeals to end the violence are multiplying online. And a web user has made a video promoting the work of NASA.
Political crisis in Belgium
« We have decided not to shave until Belgium forms a government. If people think, like us, that it is high time we had a government and that all sides must make an effort, then we invite them to join us, grow a beard and demonstrate that we all stand together for a united Belgium. »
This is the original method used by Belgian actor Benoit Poelvoorde to denounce the fact that Belgium has been in a political impasse since June 2010. He launched this appeal for people to express their frustration over Belgium's lack of government on television on Tuesday and it has since been widely circulated online.
And the actor is not alone in demanding the political authorities put an end to this situation which many Belgians view as increasingly absurd. Flemish journalist Kris Jannsens has taken a stand via YouTube. In this video, subtitled in French, he considers ways of getting politicians to form a new government and is asking his fellow citizens to take concrete action and take to the streets to demonstrate their exasperation.
A mass demonstration is in fact planned in Brussels on Sunday 23rd January to protest against the politicians' inability to bring the country out of crisis and campaign for a united Belgium. The three students from Brussels behind this initiative hope it will push politicians to enter into constructive dialogue.
And Belgian citizens can always share their anger and fears via social networks. They can notably display the "shame" logo, designed in the colours of the Belgian flag, on their profile to mark their disapproval of the current situation. And on the Twitter thread #shameBE, micro bloggers can share their discontent and demand a quick solution for the country's institutional problem.
Mexicans say no to violence
The message expressed in this musical video clip is basically « we want an end to the violence in Mexico ». 2010 was a particularly bloody year and Mexicans are mobilizing online to denouncing the violence which is polluting the country.
In view of this situation, which shows no signs of improving, ordinary citizens have decided to take a stand and appeal for peace, as we see in these online videos where men and women explain how they live in fear of violence on a daily basis. This fear sometimes prompts unexpected behavior, like this young woman who says she does not want to have children because she is worried they will end up being killed in the street.
Children are often the victims and according to activists from « la otra division del norte » they are often caught up in clashes between the state and drug traffickers. The group has launched a public poster campaign asking, amongst other things, for members of the cartels and the authorities to take into consideration that there are children in the streets.
But the mobilization is mostly taking shape on social networks, with the campaign "No mas Sangre" meaning no more blood. Mexicans are being asked, notably, to display this drawing on their profile pages and also in public places. Web users can also follow this initiative on Facebook and via the Twitter threads #no mas sangre and #basta de sangre.
Finally, by typing in the key words #MexicoRojo Red Mexico, citizens can also use the micro blogging site to share accounts of violent acts in their neighborhoods, as they happen, as was recently the case in Torréon in central Mexico. Users reported, in real time, on the gun fire heard in the streets followed by the police intervention.
Mount Royal
With the interactive documentary « Sacrée Montagne » web users can learn about the history of Mount Royal, a highly popular place with residents of Montreal in Canada. The project is very poetic and full of sensibility. It was set up by Hélène de Bailly and Gilbert Duclos, both huge fans of this urban park so that other fans, from all walks of life, could share their stories and memories, as we see here.
Explore travellr
Enter the name of the country you would like to visit and Explore Travellr will look after the rest. The site centralizes all the information available on YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, along with questions from travellers posted on forums. Everything is then gathered together on one page providing a different view of the chosen destination. This is a practical way to prepare your holiday online.
Video of the day
Reid Gower felt that NASA were not communicating sufficiently online and so this young Canadian, and science enthusiast decided to make this promotional video detailing the United States Space Agency's activities. The video clip is called "Nasa – The frontier is everywhere", and displays spectacular images, reminding web users that space exploration remains one of humanity's greatest challenges.


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Beatles News Roundup
Monday, January 28, 2013
According to a highly reputable inside source close to the Paul McCartney's Archive Collection, McCartney's 1976 chart-topping triple-album set, Wings Over America is expected to hit "June-ish." The collection, quote, ". . . will definitely include (McCartney's concert film) Rockshow and will contain far, far more bells and whistles than all of the other Archival Releases to date."
McCartney told us that he looks back to the 1975/1976 Wings Over The Word tour with particular pride: "I remember Wings, we did have some good lineups. And I think '76, with Joe (English) and Jimmy (McCullough), and Denny (Laine), and Linda, we had -- I think that was pretty good lineup, and we did some good stuff then."
Wings Over America was McCartney's sixth and final chart topping album of the 1970's.
Yoko Ono & The Plastic Ono Band -- featuring son Sean Lennon -- will celebrate Yoko's 80th birthday on February 17th with a special show in Berlin. A retrospective of Yoko's work will kick off on February 15th in Frankfurt before moving on to Denmark, Austria, and Spain over the next two years. Yoko will be reissuing all of her albums between 1968's Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins and 1985's Starpeace some time this year in celebration of the 80th birthday. (NME)
Although all her concert performances are played under the billing of the Plastic Ono Band, we asked Yoko why she's been recently billing her highly successful dance remixes as "Ono" rather than use her full name: "Because people are used to, y'know 'Yoko' and 'Yoko' was part of 'John and Yoko' kind of thing. And 'Ono' is good, it's kind of like coming out new, y'know?"
Paul McCartney tweeted a photo of him and son James recording James' new album. The photo was taken in the control room of The Mill -- McCartney's studio since 1985. Over the years McCartney has recorded such solo favorites Press To Play, "The Russian Album," Flowers In The Dirt, Off The Ground, Flaming Pie -- and the 1994 and 1995 Beatles reunion sessions at The Mill.
George Harrison's son Dhani Harrison has followed in his famous dad's footsteps by recently recording in London's famed Abbey Road Studios. Dhani recorded the score for the movie Beautiful Creatures, which will open on February 14th, and enlisted the help of Ben Harper and bandmate -- and Abbey Road engineer, Paul Hicks -- son of Hollies guitarist Tony Hicks, who also played on the score. Dhani spoke to Rolling Stone about recording in the Beatles' legendary workplace: "I spent my whole life in and out of Abbey Road. Paul really spent a lot of his life there, 12 years mixing and engineering. Recording at Abbey Road was emotional: My first time recording there, my first time hearing something we composed for an orchestra of that size and my first major Hollywood film soundtrack. . .I was able to put a 54-piece orchestra in Studio Two, which is really weird. It's where my dad spent a lot of his formative years, as well as Paul's dad, who recorded in Studio One."
Dhani Harrison told us that ultimately he learned his way around the studio directly from his father: "Dad was very good at making records. And I spent a lot of time with him in the studio, and he was often just by himself. He didn't really think of himself as a very good guitarist or singer even. He thought of himself as a better producer or record maker. And I spent a lot of time with, like, the (Traveling) Wilburys and stuff, and their philosophy was 'get in a room with a microphone and hit something.' Y'know?"
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Medical Malpractice in Tennessee
Do you think that you may have been a victim of medical malpractice in Tennessee? If so you should really find out a little more about state medical malpractice laws.
Medical malpractice laws vary from state to state, and in Tennessee, it is embodied in the Medical Malpractice Act. One of the conditions for determining if a claim has merit is to establish that a physician, nurse, or other healthcare professional failed to uphold the standard of care expected of them. This standard is defined as the generally accepted procedures and practices for a patient with particular medical condition for that geographic area.
The plaintiff in a medical malpractice claim in Tennessee must also establish that the failure to uphold the standard of care was the direct cause of your injury. This may take the form of a birth injury, wrong site surgery, retained surgical instrument, and so on.
Medical malpractice is perhaps the most insidious of personal injury cases because health professionals are specifically tasked to safeguard the health and well-being of patients. According to the website of personal injury lawyers of Pohl & Berk, LLP, we place a lot of trust in healthcare professionals and institutions, especially doctors, nurses and hospitals. This trusts makes it particularly egregious when they act in a careless or reckless manner, exposing their patients to serious harm.
In general, medical malpractice is not easy to prove because there are many factors that have to be considered to satisfy the definition of a breach and if it was in fact the proximate cause of an injury. It requires the expertise of the relevant healthcare professional and an experienced medical malpractice lawyer working in tandem to expose the negligence.
You have one year from the time of the injury to file a medical malpractice case against a healthcare professional or institution. That's not a lot of time, so if you believe you are a victim of medical negligence, consult with a medical malpractice lawyer in Tennessee as soon as possible.
An Overview of Silicosis
Silica or silicon oxide is perhaps one of the most common compound minerals found in nature, existing in various forms in soil, rock and sand. Its variety and abundance has made it an important component in many industries including construction, electronics, and food. As a consequence, it is estimated that more than 2 million workers in the US may be at risk for a medical condition called silicosis.
Silica can be present in the air as dust when working with materials that contain them such as concrete as extremely tiny particles that can be inhaled by anyone who is in the immediate area such as Nashville residents around a road being built. This is called respirable silica dust. Because it is so small, even a relatively small amount of silica can create a heavy concentration of silica dust. Somewhat similar to asbestos, when the silica particles are inhaled, they get into the lungs. This builds up over time and develops into a condition called silicosis, a type of pneumoconiosis, which is considered an occupational disease for workers who are repeatedly exposed to the dust. On average, 250 workers in the US die from silicosis every year.
The main problem with silicosis is that it makes it difficult for the patient to breathe, causing a perennial shortness of breath, and weakens the immune system so that the risks of developing respiratory, autoimmune and infectious diseases are much greater than a person without silicosis. And because there is no cure for silicosis, the only way to manage it is to do preventive measures. As any Nashville personal injury lawyer may point out, it is the responsibility of employers and contractors to ensure the safety of their workers and other people from silica exposure to prevent silicosis.
There are three types of silicosis: acute (heavy exposure over a short time); chronic (regular exposure over an extended period ~10 years); and accelerated (regular exposure over a longer time ~20). It is difficult for the sufferer to detect the early symptoms of the disease because they can appear to be symptoms of a cold or flu (dry coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, feelings of tiredness). Some remain asymptomatic for years after exposure. If a person begins developing silicosis, the disorder will progress even when there is no further exposure to the mineral.
If you have contracted silicosis or other injury due to silica exposure, you may be able to get compensation from the responsible party. Consult with a toxic exposure in your area to discuss your legal options.
Staying Green in Infancy
Being a baby is not exactly the best thing for the environment. Babies, like all humans, can contribute to pollution. While this is kind of inevitable in our consumption-driven capitalist society, there are ways parents can reduce baby's carbon footprint.
One of the easiest ways to help curb baby-related pollution is to simply recycle your baby products. All those glass jars baby food comes in can be either repurposed in some cute DIY project, or simply sent to the recycling plant.
Another huge baby contribution to pollution is one-use diapers. Aside from being filled with baby waste, disposable diapers take up a great deal of space in landfills and smell bad. While it is definitely more work, having reusable cloth diapers can drastically cut back on baby-related pollution. Think about it: A baby can go through several disposable diapers a day. Over the course of a few years (until baby can go potty by herself), this will add up to hundreds of diapers being disposed of. Additionally, you'll save a lot of money not buying a new package of diapers every few weeks.
Radiology Errors as Medical Practice
Attending physicians are often targeted for medical malpractice lawsuits for delayed or wrong diagnosis, but they are not always the only parties concerned. In most cases, a physician will make a diagnosis based on results from blood work and radiology.
Radiology is a specialty field of medicine dealing with the use and interpretation of the products of various imaging technologies. Film X-ray radiology are the most commonly recognized technique, but there are also other techniques such as ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) scan, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and positron emission tomography (PET). Each of these techniques has a specific use, but they are all primarily diagnostic tools. A radiologist is a doctor who is qualified not only to perform the test but to interpret the raw data. A radiology technician, on the other hand, is only trained to take the images but is not qualified to "read" them.
The interpretation of the radiologist of what is in an image is what reaches the attending physician, which will use it together with other data to make a diagnosis. According to the website of law firm Crowe & Mulvey, LLP in New Hampshire, errors in reading the image are more common than people know. If the interpretation is wrong, or there was a perceptual error (missed something), the attending physician is likely to make a misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis, which can both have serious consequences for a patient who needs to be treated correctly in a timely manner.
Yet this is an aspect of medical malpractice that is often overlooked because of a multiplicity of errors. While fault may not lie entirely with the radiologist, it is important that they are also held accountable to minimize the occurrence of preventable errors in interpretation and perception of diagnostic images.
If you have suffered harm because of a delayed or wrong diagnosis, there may be others responsible aside from or instead of the attending physician. Bring your medical records to a Massachusetts personal injury attorney experienced in handling diagnostic error cases to get an accurate assessment of who should be held liable and sued for in your potential medical malpractice case. An experienced attorney will be able to determine the most likely defendant for your case to succeed against.
'Ware Elevator and Escalators!
It may seem like a pretty bad premise for a movie, like sharks attacking from the air, but elevators and escalators can be more dangerous than you think. If you are like millions of people who use these contraptions several times every day and never had an accident, it may be difficult to believe that anything bad can happen. But just like walking along the sidewalk leading to your house and having a piano fall on you, anything is possible.
In general, most elevator accidents happen in construction work sites, but they can also occur in passenger elevators. There are several ways that elevators and escalators can seriously ruin your day. These include but not limited to:
- Sudden starts and stops
- Floor shifting or lurching
- Uneven floor or steps
- Missing steps
- Failure to open (elevators)
- Comb plate or side entrapments
- Falls
Elevators, especially, have had its share of accidents over the years since the modern elevator was first invented in 1823. But because it is so convenient, especially if you live on the 98th floor with bags of grocery to carry, the government imposed a whole lot of laws and regulations to make it safer rather than scrap the whole thing. The same is true of escalators, although to a lesser degree. Today, riding an elevator or escalator should be completely safe.
Like with any mechanical contraption, regular maintenance and inspection are crucial in keeping them working properly. When an elevator or escalator malfunctions and causes an injury, it is most likely that some regulation had been broken. According to the website of the Law Offices of Vic Feazell, P.C. in Austin, the failure to maintain property (and its components) properly to prevent injury constitutes negligence, and may be actionable. You will need a competent lawyer experienced in premises liability cases to help you get compensation for your injuries.
But before that happens, remember that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. The next time you step inside an elevator, you may want to first check out the inspection sticker.
Bankruptcy: Cutting your Losses
Stick-to-itiveness is something that is considered a virtue. It is that characteristic that is often associated with someone who refuses to be defeated by the odds. That is true in most cases, but it is also a virtue to know when to throw in the towel.
Circumstances sometimes create a situation where you just can't win no matter what you do, and while going down with a sinking ship may be noble, there are more important things. IN cases where financial troubles threaten to overwhelm you, you have to cut your losses and save what you can from the wreckage. This is where bankruptcy is the ideal option.
Bankruptcy can get you out of debt, stop foreclosure, and help you make a fresh start. You will not have to contend with debt collectors, and you can start concentrating on changing your lifestyle to foster better financial management and avoid getting into such a situation again. There was a time when filing for bankruptcy was considered an admission of failure, but that is no longer the case. With proper management, filing for bankruptcy could be the smartest thing you will ever do.
Of course, bankruptcy is not the answer to everything, and it is not all roses. There are consequences to filing for bankruptcy depending on the type you file for, and bankruptcy laws have safeguards to prevent true slackers from taking advantage of its protections. This can make it difficult for those truly deserving a break to file, which is where the bankruptcy lawyer can be very important.
A lawyer that specializes in bankruptcy law will know how you can derive the maximum benefit for your filing. The lawyer will also take care of the documentation, minimizing delays due to technical errors. Considering that a successful filing could mean saving your home from foreclosure and retaining what you need to make a new life for yourself and your family, it is something that you want to invest in.
Recent Developments in Depakote, DePuy and Risperdal Litigation
Civil lawsuits typically take a long time to come to trial, and for drug companies, the costs can be prohibitive, especially if the verdict goes against them. In most cases, a settlement is preferred, but it really depends on the terms of the settlement.
Abbott Laboratories chose to settle the civil suits filed against them by the state and federal governments for the marketing of Depakote, an anti-seizuredrug, to nursing homes for health conditions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not approve it for. The settlement reached $1.6 Billion after four years of investigations. The settlement was to reimburse public healthcare systems that paid for the medication, and did not include lawsuits filed by individuals for adverse side effects of Depakote which included congenital malformations and other birth defects. The civil lawsuits allege a failure to warn, and are currently ongoing.
DePuy, on the other hand, continues to battle it out before a judicial panel in multidistrict litigation which alleges that a defective hip implant of either the DePuy ASR or Pinnacle Hip Implant type caused serious health problems in patients. It had earlier offered a multi-state settlement of $4 billion to cover more than 8,000 claims on the condition that at least 94% of those claimants would opt in. In the meantime, more cases are being filed and there are now in excess of 14,000 cases pending.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals successfully appealed a multibillion verdict in a state case brought before the Arkansas Supreme Court on a technicality. However, it agreed to settle with civil litigants for the off-label marketing of their product Risperdal for a $1.25 billion pot. It is an anti-psychotic drug that was approved for short-term treatment of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, but not for dementia. As mentioned in an article on the website of law firm Williams Kherkher, the company also made no mention of the risk of gynecomastia (breast enlargement in males) with the use of the product in the warning label.
These are just three of the dangerous medical products that have come to the public's attention in recent history, but there are more out there. If you suffered serious side effects from a drug or medical device which you were not warned about, it could be an actionable case. Consult with a personal injury lawyer experienced in handling cases against drug companies to find out more.


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17-3012.01 - Electronic Drafters
Draw wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, schematics, and layout drawings used for manufacture, installation, and repair of electronic equipment.
Sample of reported job titles: Design Drafter, Designer, Drafter, Integrated Circuit IC Layout Designer (IC Layout Designer), Layout Designer, Mask Designer, Printed Circuit Board PCB Designer (PCB Designer), Printed Circuit Board PCB Draftsman (PCB Draftsman), Senior Designer, Senior Printed Circuit Board PCB Designer
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- Consult with engineers to discuss and interpret design concepts, and determine requirements of detailed working drawings.
- Examine electronic schematics and supporting documents to develop, compute, and verify specifications for drafting data, such as configuration of parts, dimensions, and tolerances.
- Draft detail and assembly drawings of design components, circuitry and printed circuit boards, using computer-assisted equipment or standard drafting techniques and devices.
- Locate files relating to specified design project in database library, load program into computer, and record completed job data.
- Review work orders and procedural manuals and confer with vendors and design staff to resolve problems and modify design.
- Generate computer tapes of final layout design to produce layered photo masks and photo plotting design onto film.
- Key and program specified commands and engineering specifications into computer system to change functions and test final layout.
- Supervise and coordinate work activities of workers engaged in drafting, designing layouts, assembling, and testing printed circuit boards.
- Compare logic element configuration on display screen with engineering schematics and calculate figures to convert, redesign, and modify element.
- Review blueprints to determine customer requirements and consult with assembler regarding schematics, wiring procedures, and conductor paths.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Desktop computers
|Drafting kits or sets — Drafting machines
|Personal computers
Technology used in this occupation:
|Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD software; Mentor Graphics Expedition Enterprise; PTC Pro/ENGINEER software; Zuken CADSTAR software
|Computer aided manufacturing CAM software — 1CadCam Unigraphics
|Data base user interface and query software — Design specification database software; Microsoft Access
|Electronic mail software — IBM Lotus Notes
|Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Bowen & Groves M1 ERP; Made2Manage Systems M2M ERP; Sage ERP Accpac; SoftBrands Fourth Shift Edition
|Project management software — Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Project Management; PTC Pro/INTRALINK
|Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
|Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
|Design — Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
|Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
|Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
|Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
|Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
|Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
|Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
|Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
|Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
|Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
Work Activities
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
|Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment — Providing documentation, detailed instructions, drawings, or specifications to tell others about how devices, parts, equipment, or structures are to be fabricated, constructed, assembled, modified, maintained, or used.
|Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
|Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
|Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
|Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Work Context
|Electronic Mail — 98% responded "Every day."
|Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 98% responded "Every day."
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 82% responded "Every day."
|Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 84% responded "Extremely important."
|Spend Time Sitting — 84% responded "Continually or almost continually."
|Work With Work Group or Team — 77% responded "Extremely important."
|Telephone — 65% responded "Every day."
|Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 52% responded "Extremely important."
|Time Pressure — 48% responded "Every day."
|Contact With Others — 44% responded "Contact with others most of the time."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
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H.R.45 - Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009
To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)
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- Short: Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Official: To provide for the implementation of a system of licensing for purchasers of certain firearms and for a record of sale system for those firearms, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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If you really are too damn lazy to do it yourself…..
Fact: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year, or 6,849 every day. Often the gun is never fired and no blood (including the criminal's) is shed.
-"Targeting Guns", Dr. Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University, 1997
Fact: Every day, 550 rapes, 1,100 murders, and 5,200 other violent crimes are prevented just by showing a gun. In less than 0.9% of these instances is the gun ever actually fired.
- "Targeting Guns", Dr. Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University, 1997
Fact: 60% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. 40% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed.
- James Wright and Peter Rossi, "Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms", NewYork: Aldine, 1986
Fact: Felons report that they avoid entering houses where people are at home because they fear being shot.
- James Wright and Peter Rossi, "Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms", NewYork: Aldine, 1986
Fact: 59% of the burglaries in Britain, which has tough gun control laws, are "hot burglaries" which are burglaries committed while the home is occupied by the owner/renter. By contrast, the U.S., with more lenient gun control laws, has a "hot burglary" rate of only 13%.
- Dr. Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University (1997) and Kopel (1992 and 1999)
Fact: Washington D.C. has essentially banned gun ownership since 1976 and has a murder rate of 56.9 per 100,000. Across the river in Arlington, Virginia, gun ownership is less restricted. There, the murder rate is just 1.6 per 100,000, less than three percent of the Washington, D.C. rate.
- FBI, "Crime in the United States", 1998
Fact: 26% of all retail businesses report keeping a gun on the premises for crime control.
- U.S. Small Business Administration, "Crime Against Small Business", 1969, Senate Document No. 91-14
Fact: In 1982, Kennesaw, GA passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate dropped 89% the following year.
- Dr. Gary Kleck, "Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force", Social Problems, February 1988
Fact: A survey of felons revealed the following:
• 74% of felons agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime."
• 57% of felons polled agreed, "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police."
- Dr. Gary Kleck, "Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force", Social Problems, February 1988
Fact: Firearm misuse causes only a small number of accidental deaths in the U.S. For example, compared to accidental death from firearms, you are:
• Four times more likely to burn to death or drown,
• 17 times more likely to be poisoned,
• 19 times more likely to fall, and
• 53 times more likely to die in an automobile accident.
- Dr. Gary Kleck, "Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force", Social Problems, February 1988
Fact: In 2001, there were only 65 accidental gun deaths for children under age 13. About 11 times as many children die from drowning.
- National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Spa and Pool Institute
Fact: In 1993, there were 1,334 drownings and 528 firearm-related accidental deaths from ages 0-19. Firearms outnumber pools by a factor of over 30:1. Thus, the risk of drowning in a pool is nearly 100 times higher than from a firearm-related accident for everyone, and nearly 500 times for ages 0-5.
- National Center for Health Statistics, and the National Spa and Pool Institute
Fact: Medical mistakes kill 400,000 people per year – the equivalent of almost three fully loaded Boeing 747 jet crashes per day – or about 286 times the rate of all accidental firearm deaths. This translates
into 1 in 6 doctors causing an accidental death, and 1 in 56,666 gun owners doing the same.
- Medical death statistics from Dr. David Lawrence, CEO Kaiser Permanente. Gun deaths 1993, CDC report
Fact: Less than 1% of all gun homicides involve innocent bystanders.
- Sherman, Steele, Laufersweiler, Hoffer and Julian, "Stray bullets and 'mushrooms'", 1989, Journal of Quantitative Criminology Deaths
Fact: About 11% of police shootings kill an innocent person – about 2% of shootings by citizens kill an innocent person. The odds of a defensive gun user killing an innocent person are less than 1 in 26,000. And that is with citizens using guns to prevent crimes almost 2,500,000 times every year.
- C. Cramer, and D. Kopel "Shall Issue: The New Wave of Concealed Handgun Permit Laws". Independence Institute Issue Paper. October 17, 1994
I could go on, but you get the point.
- shaniqua12 05/01/2009 12:50pm
1,334:528 ≠ 30:1
- harley05dog 05/11/2009 2:23pm
You really are dense. Read it again and when you understand it, do the math.
HEY CONGRESS! Remember, you work for us. Let us also remember that we have the right to ask them to step down if they are not representing the goals, needs and rights of their respective constituencies.
We do not have to set back and accept their voting patterns which are based on an internal process of 'saving their job' more than saving their charges.
If your Congressman or Senator is failing, make it VERY PUBLIC, as many times as you can, on as many blogs as you can. Email the very public News entities who can post your true feelings about Political Failure.
What have you got to lose? Your freedoms that the boys in Iraq, Afganistan, Vietnam, Korea, and the WW2 laid down their lives for.
They say they are doing for the good of the Nation, but its for their own that they craft a bill to remove our rights while giving themselves raises, full benefits, and full retirement as nothing but "PART-TIME" workers.
It's total B.S. What really gets me is that even if you're able to maintain the stupid license required to own a gun, you still have to wave your rights, allowing the officials to enter your home at any time (without a warrant) to make sure your gun is locked and out of reach of children. They hide behind the "we want to keep children safe" caveat, but really that's just their way of taking away our rights and getting around the warrant process. How am I going to keep my kid safe if I can't get to my gun when I need it? Basically, if you own a gun, you're opening your door to officials at any time. Welcome to the start of socialism/communism/total government control. So, if this passes, I can say, "hey criminal, come into my house and do whatever you want. I have a gun, but don't worry because it's locked up securely enough that I can't get to it in time to protect myself." Congratulations criminals. This is your lucky day! Sleep easy fellow Americans!
It is our second amendment right to keep and bear arms. WHEN GUNS ARE OUTLAWED, I WILL BECOME AN OUTLAW!!!! I do not think this is the approach our government should try to take. Good for you I agree completly with you. If we keep voiceing our opinion maybe they will hear us!!!
I couldn't agree more with you. Haven't Congress been hearing whats going down in Mexico-unarmed citizens and fully armed drug traffickers. The same thing will happen here with all of these unnecessary restrictions. Continue buying AWs and ammo before it is too late.
At the end, it says that this bill WILL become law in one year. It was put up last Jan-Feb (2009) so my question is, has it already become a law? And what happened to the good old days when AMERICAN citizens VOTED?? If our representatives or senators are voting FOR this, we should make sure they are out of office ASAP!! And to Shaniqua12…let go of the spelling fetish, it makes you look ignorant to nitpick at something so inconsequential.
- mgregory44 03/16/2009 2:31pm
I agree completely!!! I believe that the majority of people in this country want to be taken "care of" by our government so they can sit on their fat asses watch T.V, play on the computer,get drunk or due drugs or all of the above. The major problem here is that these people vote, and they do not have a clue that the government will be happy to take care of them, but at a SERIOUS PRICE!!!!! All of our freedoms!!!!!! Get off your asses, work, pray, and fight!!!!!
Pull your heads out of your asses america!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am a US Marine, I swore to defend our constitution from all enimies both forign and demistic over 12 years ago and every four years after that. This includes our second amendment. That being said, I'll make sure this gets passed around the ranks and see what me fellow Marines think about it. I bet they will all go take leave and buy more guns and prepair for another war. OOOOOOHRAAAAAAAAA !!!
- onedaycloser 03/23/2009 6:22pm
I do understand why you think the HR 45 Bill should be passed. However, my concern is the people on the streets. They have more opportunities to obtain firearms illegally. This would make it much easier for them to injure or kill more innocent people because we, as the innocent people, wouldn't be able to defend ourselves against something like that. I wouldn't have so much of a problem with this bill if you were able to keep illegal arms off the streets. They're the ones that concern me. Not the ones that don't want to cause harm to anybody. It looks to me that it's much easier for the people that don't have any business having guns (the criminals) than it is for someone who wants or needs to defend their home and families. In essence, I do not agree with this Bill. I believe we as the United States of America, have the right to bear arms!!!!
Like your comment. Trying this "reply" route because system won't take my comment!
This bill is an outrageous attack on the 2nd Amendment. It is one of several efforts by this Congress & Executive Branch to increase the power of Government over the individual. H.R.45 would circumvent the Supreme Court's affirmation of the 2nd Amendment's applicability to individual citizens. It strikes at one's very ability (and biological necessity) to defend oneself, family and property. H.R.45 proves the correctness of Albert Camus' judgment made over 60 years ago: "The greatest evil of our time is the state, whether of the right or the left" (from memory, but intent is accurate).
- Waytwofast 04/08/2009 6:03pm
This is just another Gun-Control Bill that the Anti-Gun people want to push through during a Democratically controlled Congress. There are already enough licenses for firearm ownership, we do not need more. Vote against this bill!
- Waytwofast 04/14/2009 9:24am
The National Rifle Association is against this bill and so am I, All Senators and Representatives must vote NO!
- shaniqua12 05/01/2009 12:52pm
if the national rifle association told you to shoot yourself with one of their rifles, would you do that too?
- racinfanatik 04/22/2009 11:10am
In 1929 Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953 20 million dissidents were exterminated.
In 1911 Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917 1.5 million Armenians were exterminated.
In 1938 Germany established gun control. From 1939 to 1945 13 million Jews and others were exterminated.
In 1935 China established gun control. From 1948 to 1952 20 million political dissidents were exterminated.
In 1964 Guatemala established gun control. From 1964 to 1981 100,000 Mayan Indians were exterminated.
In 1970 Uganda established gun control. From 1971 to 1979 300,000 Christians were exterminated.
In 1956 Cambodia established gun control. From 1975 to 1977 One million educated people were exterminated.
In 2009 United States of America established national gun control. From 2009 to ? how many will be exterminated?
- New_Crusader 04/22/2009 3:03pm
Excellent post!
Thanks Brian4jc
The New Crusader
- leelee0807 04/29/2009 5:53am
I agree 100%. Why impose restrictions on the law-abiding citizens? It is the criminals they are after – why don't they try cutting down on the illegal sales of firearms instead of adding to the legal sales which already has enough restrictions of its own. Tas payers dollars could be doing a lot to cut down on the illegal sales but you have to think, are the black market people smarter than those in the government and law enforcement or are they allowing this to go on so they have something to bitch about and to restrict the law abiding citizens even more…? I believe the government needs to get their heads out of their asses and pay attention to more important things.
You are 100% right, this HR 45 would be a severe breech of all Americans civil rights, including 2nd ammendment rights.
Passage of this law would criminalize all law abiding citizens who own guns.
Not to say increased taxes on registration, fees etc is NOT in our best interest. I read below … there will not be enough jails to hold us all or the courts would overflow.
Is George Soros footing the bill for $$$?
- raginrepub 05/05/2009 2:13pm
The second ammendment IS my license to own a gun. Period.
Fellow Americans and patriots, this continual assault on the 2nd amendment has absolutely nothing to do with safety or keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. No my friends, as has been proven so many times now, this is ALL about disarming the public so that they have no means to defend themselves against their own tyranical government should the need arise. Not only did the Founders create this to make it possible for the populace to repel invaders from without, provide food and defend themselves, but also to have the means to rise up and remove a government that no longer represents their interests in any fashion. Everything else the leftists say is just a smoke screen to hide their real intent. Once you understand this, the rest becomes HD clear. If they are ever able to disarm us, freedom will become a distant memory.
"Columnist David Codrea of Guns Magazine, calls it a "ridiculous affront to liberty." "This is nothing less than a declaration of war on American gun owners," Codrea writes in Gun Rights Examiner. – Drew Zahn, WorldNet Daily
War is a viable option. I need to start another group "1 million rednecks – with guns.com.


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A five-passenger sporty mid-size sedan, the 2004 Nissan Maxima has received updated styling for the new year and is powered by a 265 hp 3.5L V6.
2003 Nissan Maxima
The 2003 Nissan Maxima is a mid-size sports sedan that seats five passengers and boasts a 255 hp/246 lb-ft of torque 3.5L V6 engine that is available with an automatic or manual transmission.
2002 Nissan Maxima
The 2002 Nissan Maxima is a mid-size sports sedan that can sit five passengers and it has received updated styling treatments and a new V6 engine for the new model year.
2001 Nissan Maxima
The 2001 Nissan Maxima is a stylish and sporty mid-size sedan with seating for five passengers and a 222 hp V6 engine under the hood.
2000 Nissan Maxima
A true sports sedan, the restyled and updated 2000 Nissan Maxima seats five passengers and houses a 222 hp 3.0L V6 engine under it's hood.
1999 Nissan Maxima
The 1999 Nissan Maxima is a mid-size sports sedan that features a 190 hp 3.0L V6 engine and the choice between a manual or automatic transmission.
1998 Nissan Maxima
A mid-size sports sedan that features a 190 hp 3.0L V6 engine, the 1998 Nissan Maxima seats five passengers comfortably.


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As I understand it all the real games programmers want opengl 4.x. So we still have to wait some longer, but it is really nice to see this progress.
Phoronix: Intel Hits "Almost There" GL 3.0 Support In Mesa
There's just a week and a half left to the year, but will Intel be successful in their goal of open-source OpenGL 3.0 support in Mesa for their Sandy/Ivy Bridge hardware in 2011? It looks like they will fall just short...
As I understand it all the real games programmers want opengl 4.x. So we still have to wait some longer, but it is really nice to see this progress.
Big congrats and thanks to everyone involved!
(Although I'll repeat myself after the commit that actually enables it...)
The really good part seems to be that we are not just close to gl 3.0 but also 3.3! So I hope that version numbers will be increased in the subsequent releases. However, I have to admit that I have no idea whatsoever about how difficult newer glsl versions will be. 1.3 seemed like a huge pain...
Or maybe GL 2.0+ is just enough for pretty much everyone those days .
I personally think that GL 3.0/4.0-focused games and applications will start to appear on Linux as soon as Mesa will get to support GL 3.0 on its own. It will be really interesting time by then.
As long as we have the functional plumbing to get GL 3.0+ to render correctly, we can spend time optimizing it to be faster. What point is there to making a broken implementation run faster if all you're doing is displaying garbage output?
Direct3D11 is seeing much more uptake and interest because it -- unlike anything OpenGL ever has or likely ever will do -- offers very real API improvements that make a huge difference. One of those features is compute shaders, which in Khronos land are a separate API (OpenCL). The other is kick-ass threading support, which is impossible to ever offer in an equivalent way in OpenGL without completely rewriting the API.
The threading is the big issue with OpenGL, aside from just being a generally horrible API. OpenGL requires and depends on magic global variables for state, while D3D uses explicit object handles. With OpenGL, the only way to handle threading at all is to put all of your graphics code into critical sections, use some crazy code to switch the active context objects in certain cases, and then pray the driver handles it correctly which it isn't required to do. It's literally impossible to do efficient threaded GPU resource creation or drawing command queue generation in GL. D3D11 on the other hand allows you to create multiple context objects attached to the same device object, and those context objects are directly part of the API calls for resource management rather than being implicit global state across the entire process like GL, so each thread can manage independent resources with no application-side locking overhead or complexity. It also allows for the creation of complete command queues (more efficient and flexible than what the deprecated display lists API in GL does) in those threads, which can then be efficiently submitted by the main thread for actual rendering. Without that, threaded "rendering" is basically limited to occlusion/frustrum culling of objects and nothing else. With it, all the complex state management and rendering setup for drawn objects can also be distributed to the threads and handled in the same pass as the culling, in addition to the generation or modification of any streaming buffer state those objects need (like the uniform buffer objects you'd want to fill up with bone transformation information for animated characters, or particle state updates for physics-using particle engines that can't be done entirely on the GPU).
GL has long just been a crappy API, but it's gotten to the point now where that API is actually making it impossible to maintain feature parity with D3D. It needs to be rewritten. GL5 really just needs to break back-compat and be a whole new object-based API. That unfortunately is not likely to happen, and we are unlikely to see a non-Microsoft graphics API that can truly compete with D3D until Apple, Google, and/or some other companies with a stake in graphics APIs gets fed up with Khronos' uselessness and pushes a competing open API standard. Or the FOSS folks push something, which Gallium is making very easy to do: there's not much stopping someone from writing a new API as a state tracker for Gallium other than a lack of will. Making such a working API and showing that it's efficient and easy to use would be a good way to get the graphics hardware vendors and "alternative" OS vendors to pay attention and get on board, too, I would think.
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The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) in Belize, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, convened a seminar on 11 December 2009, in observance of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2009. The conference aimed to sensitize participants to the right to the highest attainable standard of health (the right to health), taking into consideration the theme of Human Rights Day: "Embrace diversity, end discrimination". The seminar followed a similar half-day event on 10 December that also focused on the right to health and targeted the staff of United Nations (UN) agencies in Belize.
Ms. Sandra Jones, PAHO/WHO HIV/Gender Advisor, chaired the seminar and welcomed 46 participants, comprising representatives from the Ministry of Health, UN agencies, non-governmental agencies, and community-based organizations. Dr. D. Beverley Barnett, PAHO/WHO Representative in Belize and Mr. Simeon Sampson, Co-Chair of the Human Rights Commission of Belize (HRCB), made opening remarks.
Dr. Barnett noted that the Human Rights Day theme was critical to the progressive realization of human rights and reminded the participants of the Preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and Articles 2 and 25 of the Declaration, which dealt with non-discrimination and health, respectively. Mr. Sampson assured the group that, contrary to doubts expressed by some persons, the HRCB was still functioning despite its limited resources, and gave a brief history of the Commission. He indicated its continued focus on civil and political rights, though it was mindful of economic, social and cultural rights, given the interdependence and indivisibility of human rights.
Subsequent presentations by Dr. Barnett, Ms. Anita Zetina, UNICEF Officer-in-Charge, Mr. Alejandro Morlachetti, PAHO Human Rights Consultant, and panel presentations by Ms. Cynthia Pitts, Ombudsman; Dr. Jorge Polanco, Deputy Director of Health Services; Ms. Antoinette Moore, Secretary, HRCB; Ms. Joan Burke, Director, Belize Family Life Association; and Ms. Judith Alpuche, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Human Development and Social Transformation, highlighted the following points:
§ Despite the fact that Belize has signed, but not ratified, the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which is the treaty with the major statement on the right to health, as set out in Article 12 and amplified through ICESCR General Comment 14, the right to health is recognized in several other treaties that Belize has ratified. In addition, through international customary law, non-ratification of a treaty does not mean that there is no obligation on the part of the main duty-bearer, the State Party (the government and its authorities and agencies) to ensure progressive realization of the rights set out in the treaty. In Belize, the Supreme Court has already used international human rights treaties in interpretative decisions, and is likely to continue to do so
§ The right to health does not mean the right to be healthy, since health depends on a number of factors, among them genetics, individual susceptibility, and lifestyles. The right to health therefore should be understood as the right to the enjoyment of a variety of facilities, goods, services, and conditions necessary for the realization of the highest attainable standard of health. The community has a responsibility to keep itself healthy through the adoption of relevant lifestyle, environmental, and other measures – health is a shared responsibility.
§ The 2003 UN Common Understanding of the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development Cooperation emphasizes analysis of the human rights claims of the rights holders and the corresponding obligations of the duty bearers, as well as the immediate, underlying, and root causes of the non-realization of rights; assessment of the capacity of the rights holders to claim their rights and of the duty bearers to fulfill their obligations, with development and implementation of strategies to build the capacities; monitoring and evaluation of both outcomes and process, guided by human rights principles; and incorporation of recommendations from treaty bodies and mechanisms into programming, including support for synchronizing national laws with treaty obligations.
§ The human rights system is not perfect, but it exists; it should be remembered that before the UN Charter and the UDHR (1948) there was no system for elucidating and monitoring human rights. General Comments by treaty bodies provide guidance to countries in how to fulfill their obligations, and the aim is to get the rights inserted into domestic law, taking alleged violations to international courts only as a last resort.
§ Though the Constitution of Belize, domestic law, and current health legislation and policy may not explicitly mention the words "right to health", several of the principles are mentioned in these instruments, including non-discrimination. The Belize Health Agenda 2007-2011 speaks to availability, accessibility, and quality of health services, which are key aspects of the right to health. Notwithstanding the recognized need for significant strengthening of the knowledge and application of the right to health principles, there are many interventions and programs that are consistent with them.
§ There has also been greater collaboration and coordination among social sector ministries, and the move to multi-year and program budgeting will facilitate strengthening of these efforts.§ There is need for more effective alliances in reaching a common understanding, sharing the same vision, and taking a coordinated approach to the fulfillment of the right to health; many rights holders are not aware of their rights and how to claim them, and many duty bearers are not aware of their obligations and how to fulfill them.
§ Human rights should not be seen as "anti-government" – their observance is an integral part of good governance. We need to become more willing to uphold the rights of others, and we have an obligation to speak not only on our behalf, but on behalf of those whose right to health is being denied.
§ Some laws deny the right of some people to some health services, and other services are not user-friendly; this results in discrimination, which is against right to health principles.§ Caution should be exercised to avoid the erosion of non-citizen access to health services, which might be done inadvertently with the restructuring of the health system and the expansion of the National Health Insurance scheme. The following recommendations for the way forward came out of the spirited discussions that followed the presentations:
§ UN agencies should provide technical cooperation to:o Disseminate information on the right to health, the human rights treaty monitoring system, and treaty body reports and recommendations, which all Non-Governmental Organizations, Community-Based Organizations, and other organizations, agencies, and institutions can use to promote and advocate for the right to health, and implementation of the recommendations.o Disseminate information on the Constitution and its references to health.o Sensitize, educate, and train duty bearers and rights holders on their obligations and rights regarding the right to health, including health care workers as duty bearers.o Promote health and human rights, including to senior policy makers as a key target audience.o Carry out planned capacity assessment of some Ministries, to facilitate strengthening their capacity to fulfill their obligations as duty bearers.o Support the development of a national framework for monitoring the country's progressive realization of human rights.
§ UN agencies should enhance integration of the human rights-based approach into its planning and programming cycles, including meaningful participation.
§ The status of the draft General Health Act and obstacles to its finalization and enactment should be determined.
§ Stakeholders should lobby for:o Advancement of the draft General Health Act;o Strengthening the Office of the Ombudsman and other national human rights institutions;o Belize's ratification of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; ando Amendment of the Constitution to strengthen the inclusion of economic, social, and cultural rights.
§ The Ministry of Health should consider including aspects related to the right to health principles of availability, accessibility, acceptability, and quality in any evaluation of the National Health Insurance scheme.
PAHO/WHO Belize will continue to collaborate with national counterparts, partners, and other levels of PAHO and WHO in developing and implementing sensitization, education, and training strategies to strengthen national capacity for the progressive realization of the right to health.
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The Right to Health in Practical Terms (222.42 kB)
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