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New York State Workers' Compensation
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Comprehensive look at asthma and other allergies. Focus on symptoms, prevention and treatment.
The Facts About Repetitive Strain Injuries
Questions and answers about repetitive strain injury. Provides resources for dealing with these ailments and suggestions for products to reduce injury risk and symptoms. The primary focus is on computer users at risk of this injury.
Stress at Work
Job stress poses a threat to the health of workers. Through its research program in job stress and through educational materials such as this booklet, the National Institue for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is committed to providing organizations with knowledge to reduce this threat.
Spinal Cord Central
A place for you to submit questions on any aspect of Spinal Cord Injury/Disease or get information and resources that may help you resolve a situation. Service brought to you by the United Spinal Association and the National Spinal Cord Inury Association.
National Organization for Injured Workers
A website dedicated to the injured worker. It includes:
- Message forums
- News stories
- Web links
- Up-to-date press information
- Activities and groups
Medical News Today
An up-to-date source of medical news including over 150,000 news articles on a variety of medical issues. Updated hourly.
Interfacet - Workplace Training that Sticks
Interfacet is a training company that focuses on contemporary workplace issues including, but not limited to: workplace violence, harassment protection, cultural diversity, religion at the workplace, disability at the workplace, communication skills, conflict resolution. Their training programs and products are designed to help organizations avoid costly litigation associated with these and other issues.
Community Guide of Support Services in Ulster and Hudson Valley, NY
A source for support services, resources, health and human support services in Ulster County and the Hudson Valley New York areas.
American Spinal Injury Association
Association that focuses on all aspects of health care for individuals with spinal cord injuries and their families.
Its goal is to prevent injury, improve care, increase availability of services and maximize the injured individual's potential for full participation in all areas of his/her life.
Slips, Trips and Falls in the Workplace
Focuses on the causes of slips and falls and addresses standards for prevention in the workplace. Also, includes a comprehensive list of additional resources.
National Association of Federal Injured Workers
A source of information provided mainly by US Dept of Labor and/or Offices of Workers' Compensation Programs claimants.
Violence on the Job
Video which discusses practical measures for identifying risk factors for violence at work, and taking strategic action to keep employees safe - from the National Institue for Occupational Safety and Health
United Spinal Association
United Spinal Association is a national, nonprofit membership organization formed in 1946 by paralyzed veterans who pioneered the disability rights movement. The mission of the group is to improve the quality of life of all Americans living with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D), including multiple sclerosis, spina bifida, Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS), and post polio.
CVS Health Resources
CVS/Pharmacy brings you health resources online. It includes a comprehensive medical library, focuses on personal health and healthy living, and contains information on drugs. Of course, it will also lead you to their pharmacy and stores.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
A comprehensive look at healthcare research and quality from the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services.
Workplace Accidents
Articlesand videos providing tips and advice on workplace accidents from Allbusiness.com, a D&B company.
A look at the causes, symptoms, signs and treatment for pneumonia.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
Organization formed to improve the lives of people living with mood disorders A look at changes in mood, depression and bipolar disorder which are both highly treatable, medical illnesses. Focus on the signs and symptoms and how to help yourself and loved ones living with this disease.
The Mood Disorders Support Group of New York City
A non profit, self-help organization serving both individuals with depression and manic-depression (bipolar disorder), as well as their families and friends. They work to help people accept and manage their illness and improve the quality of their life. An independent affiliate of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance.
RX List - The Internet Drug Index
Index for prescriptive drugs and medications - provides definitions and explanations of diseases.
Workers Comp RX
Pharmacy services for injured workers.
American Pain Society
The American Pain Society is a multidisciplinary community that brings together a diverse group of scientists, clinicians and other professionals to increase the knowledge of pain and transform public policy and clinical practice to reduce pain-related suffering.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Society, with state chapters, designed to address the challenges for individuals and their families living with this disease. It funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, and provides programs and services that help people with MS and their families move their lives forward.
Health Helper
Site specializing in brain injury, concussion, chronic pain, performing arts, post traumatic stress disorder, sports, trauma.
Health Finder
A source of reliable health information provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Health Search Engine - comprehensive source providing medical information on illnesses and diseases with a look at symptoms, drugs, treatment and other pertinent information.
Institute for Work and Health
Conducts and shares research to individuals that protects and improves the health of working people and is valued by policy-makers, workers and workplaces, clinicians, and health & safety professionals.
Neck Pain
A look at symptoms, causes and treatment of neck pain and injuries from The Laser Spine Institute.
National Institue on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
Institute dedicated to improving the lives of those who are living with all types of communication disorders. One of its major goals is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat these diseases and disabilities.
National Hemophelia Foundation
Foundation dedicated to finding better treatments and cures for bleeding and clotting disorders and to preventing the complications of these disorders through education, advocacy and research.
American Stroke Association
Association committed to this disease - looks at stroke warning signs, how to live with the disease, news and developments and is designed to meet the needs of both individuals and their famiies living with the disease and professionals.
American Red Cross
Provides domestic disaster relief; offers community services to help the needy; support and comfort for military members and their families; the collection, processing and distribution of lifesaving blood and blood products; educational programs that promote health and safety; and international relief and development programs.
American Lung Association
Comprehensive source of information on lung disease. Committed to saving lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through Eeducation, advocacy and research.
American Diabetes Association
Association dedicated to this disease. Focuses on living with diabetes, latest news and research developments and is designed for both individuals and their families living with the disease and professionals.
American Cancer Society
Comprehensive source for information and resources on all types of cancer.
Arthritis Foundation
Foundation dedicated to helping individuals and their families who suffer from symptoms of arthritis. Website includes information treatments, prevention tips and pain relief advice as well as a look at the different types of the disease.
Paralyzed Veteran's of America
Non-profit organization dedicated to veteran's and their rights.
National Kidney Foundation
A major voluntary nonprofit health organization, dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases and improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by this disease. The organization also looks to increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
National Stroke Association
Familiarize the symptoms of a stroke as explained by this national association - knowing what to do in a crisis can save your life.
American Heart Association
Official website for The American Heart Association.
Repetitive Strain Injury
A look at causes of repetive strain injury, also known as repetitive stress injury.
Workplace Safety Advice
A look at the most common injuries and causes of accidents at work.
Lung Symptoms
A comprehensive look at various lung symptoms including diagnosis and treatment.
Hearing Aids - How to Choose the Right One
A look at hearing aid options and what to look for when buying a hearing aid.
Fractures and Broken Bones
A comprehensive source of information about the signs, symptoms, and first-aid procedures for treating fractures and broken bones. Includes links to sites that provide more detailed information on specific bone injuries.
Checklists for Lowering Your Cholesterol from The American Heart Association
Identifies steps you can take to lower your health cholesterol.
Heart Attack Symptoms and Warning Signs
Tips and information to familiarize individuals with the warning signs of a heart attack and what heart related chest pain feels like so that these symptoms are not ignored.
Website designed to be a complete resource for questions about how your shoulder works, and what happens when it doesn't. The information on this site has been written and reviewed by many orthopedic surgeons who specialize in shoulder injuries, shoulder surgery and sports medicine.
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
An organization dedicated to maximizing the quality of life and opportunities for people with spinal cord injuries and diseases.
Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care and Cure
A non-profit educational group dedicated to the prevention, care and cure of spinal cord injuries through public awareness, education and funding research.
Crash Survivors Network
Non-profit organization dedicated to helping families who have experienced loss due to a motor vehicle crash.
Mamaroneck Fire Department
Official website of the Mamaroneck Fire Department located in Westchester County, New York. Includes news and fire and safety prevention tips for the community.
Katonah Fire Department
Official website of the Katonah Fire Department which is located in Westchester County, New York. Includes news and fire and safety prevention tips for members of its community.
Hawthorne Fire Department
Official website of the Hawthorne Fire Department which is located in Westchester County, New York. Includes news an fire and safety tips for the community.
Goldens Bridge Fire Department
Official website of the Golden's Bridge Fire Department which is located in Westchester County, NY. Includes news and fire and safety tips for members of its community.
Croton Falls Fire Department
Official website of the Croton Falls Fire Department, located in Westchester County, NY, which provides fire protection, fire prevention, rescue, and emergency medical services, to the residents, businesses, and visitors of their fire district.
Banksville Fire Department
Official website of the Banksville Fire Department located in Westchester County, New York. Includes news and safety/fire prevention tips for the community.
Armonk Fire Department
Official website of the Armonk Fire Department located in Westchester County, New York. Includes news, information, safety and fire prevention tips for the community.
Ardsley Fire Department
Official website of the fire department of Ardsley, New York including news, information and safety/fire prevention tips for the community.
Archville Fire Department
Official website of the Archville Fire Department located in Scarborough, New York. Provides news, safety and fire prevention tips to members of the community.
Port Chester Fire Department
Official website of the Fire Department located in Port Chester, NY. Provides news and safety tips for the community.
New Rochelle Fire Department
News, information and safety tips from the fire department in New Rochelle, New York which is located in Westchester County, NY.
Elmsford Fire Department/EMS
News, information and safety tips from the Fire Department/EMS in Elmsford, New York which is located in Westchester County.
Fairview Fire Department - Greenburgh, New York
Public notices, official news and fire safety information from the fire department in Greenburgh, New York which is located in Westchester County.
Westchester County Volunteer Firemen's Association
Official website of the association. Includes news items, events calendar, application for firemen of the year and ohter information relevant to volunteer firefighters in Westchester County, NY.
The National Fire Protection Association
Source of information on fire, electrical and building safety.
UCubed - Helping Unemployed Workers Get Back to Work
An organization designed to help the 31 million Americans who have lost their jobs. It acts as both a support system and vehicle to help individuals find work.
American Postal Workers Union )APWU)
Website addresses issues affection union postal workers and is a comprehensive source of information including issues on worker health and safety.
Injured Workers of New York
A statewide, support and advocacy group for injured workers trying to navigate New York State's workers' compensation system.
Greater NY Hospital Association
An association of over 300 hospitals in the New York area and vicinity - Focuses on providing information and direction on health-related matters and hospitalization.
American Health Care Association
Association which advocates for quality care and services for the frail, elderly and disabled. Our members provide essential care to one million individuals in 11,000 nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and other long term care facilities across the country.
The Firemen's Home
The Firemen's Home is a firefighter rehabilitation center in New York which provides specialized rehabilitation for firefighters, the camaraderie of socializing with fellow firefighters, and continued connections to firefighting activities.
The Fireman's Association of The State of New York
The official website of the Firemen's Association of the State of New York (FASNY). A source of current information pertaining to New York State volunteer firefighting, training and legislation.
National Volunteer Fire Council - The Voice of the Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services
A non-profit membership association representing the interests of the volunteer fire, EMS and rescue services. The NVFC serves as the information source regarding legislation,standards and regulatory issues and is a source of information for those involved with the volunteer fire and emergency services.
Woirkers' Compensation - Acronyms
A look at the meaning of acronyms commonly used in Workers' Compensation programs.
Leagle - Popularizing the Law, Search Millions of Pages of Law with a Single Query
Laws, Life and Legal Measures - A comprehensive source of court cases and legal information
Houselogic - Brought to You By The National Association of Realtors
Helps homeowners better guard against liability claims by understanding what's covered by umbrella insurance and, equally important, what isn't.
New York Workers' Compensation Lawsuits
Ezine articles on various topics involving New York City's no-fault worker's compensation program which provides financial protection to workers who get hurt on the job and also, provides them appropriate medical attention.
New England Journal of Medicine
Up-to-date articles including the latest in health reform and influenza breakouts.
Needy Meds -- Find Help With the Cost of Medicine
A non-profit organization dedicated to helping people who can't afford their own medications.
National Library of Medicine -- National Institutes of Health
Extensive medical library.
Medline Plus -- Trusted Health Information For You
This service from the National Library of Medicine and The National Institutes of Health contains information on over 800 health topics as well as current health news and other health related topics including drugs and supplements, a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, resources, and directories in over 40 languages.
National Institues of Health
The Nation's Medical Research Agency covering consumer health topics from A-Z.
National Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Institute conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. It's focus is to seek better understanding of these conditions to help with diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of neurological disorders.
National Institute of Mental Health
Proviedes the most up-to-date research and information to help understand and treat mental illness.
National Health Law Program
A national public interest law firm that seeks to improve health care for America's working and unemployed poor, minorities, the elderly and people with disabilities.
National Alliance on Mental Illness - Mental Health Support, Education and Advocacy
This national association provides easy-to-understand information about mental illnesses, mental health care, diagnosis, treatment and recovery as well as programs and services for people whose lives have been affected by serious mental illness and connects individuals with support groups including online discussion groups.
The Merck Manual Medical Library: The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy
This online medical library,The Merck Manuals, is a series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers.
Internet Mental Health
A free encyclopedia of mental health information created by a Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Phillip Long.
Health & Medical Information: Health and Medical Directory, Online Pharmacy Since 1955, Cheap Prescription Drugs
A site which provides an online health and medical directory along with an online pharmacy in existence for over fifty years and a source for obtaining presription drugs inexpensively.
MdLinx - Medical News and Information
Medical News and Information - Medical Journals, Medical Research News, Continuing Medical Education
Mayo Clinic medical information and tools for healthy living.
Kids Health
A focus on children's health with sections for parents, kids and teens.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome Resource Center
Focus on irritable bowel syndrome from healingwell.com. Includes articles and information on living with the condition plus forums providing opportunities to chat with others dealing with this situation.
American Society of Hypertension, Inc.
Professional organization of scientific investigators and health care professionals committed to eliminating hypertension and its consequences. The mission of the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) is to promote strategies to prevent hypertension and to improve the care of patients with hypertension and associated disorders.
Huntington's Disease Society of America
Information about the disease with a focus on research, living with it and how you can help.
Hepatitis B Foundation
Foundation for Hepatitis B which focuses on news, living with the disease, treatment, support and education.
Hereditary Hemorrhagictelangiectasia
International Foundation for HHT
The latest news in heart disease.
Heart Health - Heart Conditions and Heart Healthy Tips
A comprehensive look at heart health including provided as a service from NBC and IVillage.
E-hand.com - The Electronic Textbook of Hand Surgery
Explanations of common hand problems with diagrams.
The American College of Gastroenterology
Digestive disease specialists dedicated to quality patient care.
ProHealth Wellness Portal
Discover Better Healthy by perusing this site to research and find treatment information, support commmunities, solutions and more on a wide variety of conditions and diseases. Includes over 33,000 medical articles and abstracts.
Epilepsy Foundation
Trusted, reliable information for people with epilepsy and their caregivers.
National Down Syndrome Society
The mission of this society is to be the national advocate for the value, acceptance, inclusion of people with Down Syndrome.
Search sponsored goods and services on healthy eating, weight loss, diets, diet pills and more.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
Dedicated to finding a cure for juvenile diabetes.
American Diabetes Association
All about diabetes including care, treatment, research and living with the disease.
Dr. Ivan's Depression Central
This site is the internet's central clearinghouse for information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Improving the lives of people who have communication disorders.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
A nonprofit donor-supported organization created to assure the development of the means to cure and control cystic fibrosis and to improve the quality of life for those with the disease.
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
A non-profit, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to finding the cure for Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.
American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Comprehensive information for patients and surgeons.
American Speech, Language and Hearing Association
Information for the public, audiologists and speech/language therapists.
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue
Treatments, symptoms and diagnosis
A look at cerebral palsy and treatments.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Health information and funding from the National Institute of Health.
United Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) is the leading source of information on cerebral palsy and is a pivotal advocate for the rights of persons with any disability. As one of the largest health charities in America, its mission is to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with disabilities through an affiliate network.
Information and resource site for both the general public and physicians.
National Cancer Institute
U.S. National Institutes of Health in depth look at cancer.
Cancer News on the Net
Cancer News on the Net® is dedicated to bringing patients and their families the latest news and information on cancer diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Cancer Care - Professional Support for People Affected by Cancer
A national nonprofit organization that provides free, professional support services for anyone affected by cancer.
Cancer Resources from OncoLink - Treatment, Resources, Coping, Clinical Trials and Prevention
Cancer resource from the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
Association of Cancer Online Resources
A free online lifeline for anyone affected by cancer and related disorders. Designed to provide timely and accurate information in a supportive environment.
American Cancer Society
Information and Resources for Cancer. Focuses on breast, colon, prostate, lung and other forms of cancer.
National Breast Cancer Coalition Fund
Grassroots advocacy in action. See what they are doing.
Breast Cancer Connections
A community resource providing information and support.
American Brain Tumors Association's Primer of Brain Tumors
A patient's reference manual from Massachusetts General Hospital and The Harvard Medical School.
National Association for the Visually Handicapped
The mission of this association is to help the "hard of seeing™" worldwide cope with the psychological effects of visual impairment and to provide low vision services, visual aids and training to anyone in need of these services. Learn more about the association and what they provide by visiting this site.
American Foundation for the Blind
Foundation focuses on learning to live with vision loss for people of all ages and their families.
American Council of the Blind
This site provides general information about the American Council of the Blind, including recent issues of their monthly publication, The Braille Forum.
A comprehensive guide to health conditions.
National Institute of Mental Health - Bipolar Disorder
A compelte look at bipolar disorder from the National Institute of Mental Health.
CHADD, Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
A membership organization founded in 1987 in response to the frustration and sense of isolation experienced by parents and their children with AD/HD.
University of Virginia - Focus on Pediatrics
A look at asthma from the University of Virginia Health System
HealingWell.com on Diseases, Disorders and Chronic Illness
An arthritis resource center.
Arthritis Foundation
A look at arthritis symptoms, treatments, prevention tips and pain relief advice
Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, Inc.
Fighting bone marrow failure diseases through patient support and research since 1983.
American College of Rheumatology
A focus on rheumatology education, treatment and research.
Alzheimer's Association
National site for the Alzheimer's organization.
The Aneurysom Information Project
A project focused on aneurysoms by David Tilson from Columbia
The ALS Association
Fighting to improve Lou Gehrig's disease.
ROBY Institute -- Advanced Institute for Healthy Living
Hormonal allergies.
CDC - National Prevention Information Network
A look at HIV, viral hepatitis,STD and tuberculosis.
Your Surgery.Com
Easy to understand information for common and specific surgical procedures.
Yahoo Directory
Yahoo Directory of diseases and conditions
Healthy Women.Org
National Women's Health Resource Center
A women's community focusing on health, beauty, pregnancy and entertainment
Rx List - The Internet Drug Index
The internet drug index
National Institute of Mental Health
Organization whose goal is to transform the understanding and treatment of mental illness through research. Site includes breaking news as well as health topics.
PDR Health - Physicians' Desktop Reference
From the publishers of the Physicians' Desk Reference, a leading drug resource for over 60 years
Medicine Net
Health and Living: Nutrition, Diet, Fitness, Recipes, Weight Loss, Prevention, and more for healthy living
The New England Journal of Medicine
Research and review articles on diseases and clinical practice
NeedyMeds - Find Help with the Cost of Medicine
Information on low-cost medicines
National Library of Medicine
Current health news
National Institutes of Health - The Nation's Medical Research Agency
Health information, clinical trials, news and research
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Information regarding reducing the burden of neurological disease
An online resource for all your medical needs.
Virtual Naval Hospital
Virtual Naval Hospital is a digital library of naval medicine and military medicine and humanitarian medicine
Third Age
Health and Wellness, Money and Work and more for the baby boomer generation
AARP Health and Conditions
Information on drug interactions, side effects and more.
Quack Watch - Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud and Intelligent Decisions
Guide to health fraud from Dr. Stephen Barrett
National Health Law Program
Securing health rights for those in need.
National Alliance of Mental Illness
Information, support and opportunities to "take action"
The Merck Manuals - Online Medical Library
On-line home edition for patients and caregivers
The Merck Manual Medical Library
On-line versions of a series of health care books for medical professionals and consumers.
Internet Mental Health
A look at mental illnesses
Free CME, Medical News, Full-Text Journal Articles and more health news
MedLIne Plus - Trusted Health Information For You
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Medical World Search
Health and Medical News
MedicineNet - We Bring Doctors' Knowledge To You
Comprehensive review of health and medical information including what's new in the field
Medline Plus - Trusted Health Information For You
Medical informationa news provided as a service from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and The National Institutes of Health.
Medical dictionary, medical abbreviations and other medical news.
Med Explorer
An online pharmacy.
MDLinx - Medical News and Information
Medical news reviewed by nurses and doctors.
Mayo Clinic
More than 3,300 physicians, scientists and researchers from Mayo Clinic share their expertise to empower you to manage your health.
Kids Health
KidsHealth provides information about health, behavior, and development from before birth through the teen years. The site includes separate areas for parents, kids and teens.
Jama and Archives
Journals of the American Medical Association offers their articles for perusal online.
Aetna InteliHealth
A look at diseases, conditions and focusing on a healthy lifestyle with content commentaries and news from the Harvard Medical School.
Human Anatomy Online
An in-depth look at the human anatomy.
Consumer Health news, information and resources on a wide variety of medical conditions.
Healthopedia --
A medical and health consumer information resource containing comprehensive and unbiased information in patient-friendly language from trusted sources on over 1,500 health topics, 70 focussed health centers, and more than 11,000 drugs and medications.
HealthlinkUSA - The Healthy Way To Search Today's Best Sites
Excellent Health Information concerning treatment, cures, prevention, diagnosis, risk factor, research, support groups, email lists, personal stories and more. Includes up-to-date information in an area marked "today's news."
A Worldwide Resource for Healthcare Consumers and Professionals Providing links to health Services and Products, Alternative Health, Education, Dental and Medical Resources, Hospitals, Employment, Healthcare Publications, Mental Health and Much More!
Health Hippo
Health Hippo is a collection of policy and regulatory materials related to health care, with some graphics sprinkled in. It would be wise to confirm anything you intend to rely on with a hardcopy of the reference.
Health Conditions -- Information Provided from AARP
A look at health conditions as well as insurance, medicare and prescription drugs.
Health Grades -- Guiding America to Better Health Care
A leading independent healthcare ratings association. Includes reports and ratings to guide you to better care providers including physicians, hospitals and nursing homes.
Health Central
Comprehensive health center including an opportunity to "ask the experts."
My Optum Health
A web site designed to help you optimize your health and well being; addresses health issues for women, men, young adults and children.
Health Answers Education
A focus on clinical medicine for medical sales professionals.
Healing Well
Community, information and resources on diseases, disorders and chronic illnesses.
Gray's Anatomy
A look at the anatomy of the human body.
Family Doctor.org - Health Information for the Entire Family
A comprehensive health guide for the entire family.
The Uncommon Drugstore
An online pharmacy.
Drug Guide - An Online Drug Dictionary and Information
An online resource which addresses different drugs as well as diseases and conditions.
Doctor's Guide to the Internet
Latest news in medical resources and new drugs.
CBS Healthwatch
Breaking health and fitness news stories from CBS Health and video from CBS News.
America's Doctor
An online doctor focuses on affordable healthcare, discount medicine, antiobiotics, news and other health related matters.
American Psychological Association
Official website of the American Psychological Association which addresses over forty topics from aging and emotional health to trauma and workplace issues.
American Psychiatric Association
Official website of the American Psychiatric Association which focuses on the latest in mental health research.
American Medical Association
Official website of the American Medical Association including information on news and events.
Alternative Medicine - Ask Dr. Weil
Official website of health advisor, Dr. Weil with a focus on healthy lifestyles and healthy aging.
Allrefere Health
Extensive information on over 4,000 medical topics plus extensive information on more than 1600 diseases, conditions, illnesses, and disorders.
Retroactive ATF Deposits Are Legal
A motion had been filed with the Appellate Court, a couple of weeks ago, on a case in which a Board panel, with one dissent, had determined that mandatory payments to the Aggregate Trust Fund (ATF) can be retroactively applied. That motion had been withdrawn at the request of all parties because the Board had scheduled a similar case for Full Board Review. At the Full Board Meeting Tuesday this week, the Board, with one dissent, affirmed that the mandatory payment to the ATF, included in the 2007 Amendment to the Workers Compensation Law, could and should be applied retroactively.
The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
A group dedicated to providing the transportation construction industry and the general public with comprehensive information to improve motorist, worker and pedestrian safety in roadway work zones.
Acronym List for Workers Compensation
This site provides a definition of some of the most common acronyms associated with workers compensation cases
CMS/MSP Requires Deceased Beneficiary Information
CMS has announced that workers' compensation information concerning deceased beneficiaries must be reported by insurance carriers.
MSA Bulletin - Medicare Setaside Information from Attorney John J. Campbell
John J. Campbell, a practicing Elder Law Attorney has amassed extensive information about Medicare Secondary Payer Statute and Medicare Set Aside Arrangements as they apply to workers compensation and other areas. A great resource
Injured Workers of New York
Statewide support and advocacy group for injured workers.
New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
News and information about on-the-job safety and health
Workers' Compensation: An Overview from Cornell School of Law
Cornell University School of Law
Workers' Compensation Research Institute
Research on public policy issues involving workers' compensation
Workers Compensation Center at Michigan State University
This site provides up-to-date information on all states and addresses how to deal with medicare in worker's compensation claims.
John Burton's Jr.'s Workers' Compensation Website
This site provides workers compensation information on: benefits, costs, insurance, work-related injuries and work-related rights
The Workers' Comp Service Center
This national website providews workers' comp news and information for employees, employers and medical providers.
Workers Compensation Alliance
The Workers Compensation Alliance is a leading proponent of protecting the rights of injured workers in the State of New York. The WCA is on the front lines in the everyday fight against big business and insurance whom are consistently trying to destroy the rights of injured workers and their families!
Injured Workers Bar Association
The website and resource for the New York State wide injured workers' bar - the leading entity of injured workers representatives/attorneys.
Disability Scholarships
A great number of scholarships exist for people with disabilities. This site explores many of them ranging from financial aid for students with learning disabilities to scholarships for disabled veterans to grants for students with vision loss, hearing loss, and mobility impairments, among others.
Workers' Compensation Board
The administative agency that handles workers' compensation claims
Medical Dictionary, Medical Abbreviations and other Search Engines. MediLexicon contains searches, information, news and resources for the medical, pharmaceutical and healthcare professional.
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Diabetes public health resource.
Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America
Association focused on making Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome widely understood, diagnosable, curable and preventable.
The Body: The Complete HIV/Aids Resource
A complete resource with over 550 topic areas
Medical Matrix - Ranked, Peer Viewed, Annotated, Updated Clinical Medicine Resources
Links to many medical resources that have been peer approved and rated by a team of physicians and medical librarians.
Social Security Disability
Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities
This site offers access to a full range of services that may be needed by persons with disabilities through their lives. Through its administration of vocational rehabilitation and independent living programs, it coordinates policy and services relating to: Transition Services for students with disabilities from school to adult services, Vocational Rehabilitation services for individuals with disabilities, ages 16 and up, Independent living services for people of all ages, Employer services for hiring a qualified diverse workforce.
Disabled Sports USA
Disabled Sport USA's mission is to provide national leadership and opportunities for individuals with disabilities to develop independence, confidence and fitness through participation in community sports, recreation and educational programs. As of August 2009 Disabled Sport USA had 100 local chapters serving permanently disabled individuals around the United States.
Alzheimer's Association
The leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.
Knee Pain Info
A comprehensive look at various causes of knee pain, basic knee anatomy and function, knee injuries and osteoarthritis. Also provides links to related websites that focus more directly on specific knee related issues and injuries.
National Resource Center for Safe Aging
An organization dedicated to gathering and sharing the best information and resources on senior safety, including fall prevention, pedestrian and motor vehicle safety, and prevention of elder abuse.
National Center for Assisted Living
Provides information for both assisted living providers, residents and their families throughout the country. Statewide groups are part of this national organization to make it easier in serving the needs of the assisted living community.
Medicare Advantage Fact Sheet
This updated fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage program, describes program changes made by the new drug law in plan participation and beneficiary enrollment, presents data on benefits and premiums, and explains changes in Medicare payments to participating plans.
Does Medicare Cover Pregnancy?
A woman on medicare because of a disability ask whether medicare will cover pregnancy and childbirth.
No Action Needed to Receive Social Security Stimulus Check
A reminder from American Consumer News that no action is required to receive your social security stimulus check and answers to frequently asked questions about the stimulus payment.
Some Social Security recipients' $250 stimulus checks will have to be repaid at tax time
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Most people are aware that the Social Security Administration is a part of the federal government and that it pays older, retired people monthly checks. What you may not realize, however, is that the Social Security Administration also issues monthly checks to disabled children and disabled adults less than 62 years of age. This artlicle will help you understand whether or not you qualify for payments.
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One-time $250 bonus coming from $787 billion national stimulus package.
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Windows Server 2012
Dear Symantec,
Microsoft Windows Server has been released on 4. September 2012 and you still dont have a Backup Exec Version compatible with it????
Guys, this is a really long time!
There have been betas and RCs from Microsoft, you had enough time to test and develope.
In August or September there will be the release of Windows Server 2012 R2. How long will we have to wait for a compatible Backup Exec version then?
I would have expected more and a much better customer support from Symantec...
You even dont have Windows Server 2012 listed in your operating system list in this forum!
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Hello Stegerius,
We understand your concern and Symantec is doinf its best to catch up with support of Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2 in future.
Symantec has already started with the Beta program for BE 2012 SP2 which will have support for Windows 2012 included in it. You will be able to install BE Remote agent on Windows 2012 server and perform a backup of it. Please note that installing Backup Exec 2012 on Windows 2012 is still out of scope of SP2.
Please register for the Beta program to get the Beta release of BE 2012 SP2 at the following link:
You will also get more information about new platforms that are added in the support.
Hope this piece of Information Helps you... and if it does then mark this response as Solution....!!!
This has been a known issue for a long time now...nothing new. Symantec have acknowledged this, and are addressing it...see below as these are pinned to the forum and would be seen as soon as you access the BE section:
You can read up on those blogs above.......
Alternative ways to access Backup Exec Technical Support:
...correction, you're selling "their" products...I am not a Symantec employee. Read the blogs...they explain in detail why/what/how etc.
Alternative ways to access Backup Exec Technical Support:
Stegerius we do understand that we have been way behind our competetion in supporting Server 2012. There have been a lot of changes since in Symantec Management over the last few months and we are driving Backup Exec to improve the quality.
The news about Server 2012 is that we had a successful Beta during the last month or so. The registrations are now closed. We are expecting the final public release before end of July 2013. Having said that, I don't have the exact date yet.
Stay tuned on the blogs mentioned by others before me. As soon as we go live with the final release the Announcements will be made in those blogs and on Twitter.


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MIMS CHAPEL, TEXAS (Marion County). Mims Chapel is on Farm Road 729 by a tributary of Alley's Creek a mile north of Lake O' the Pines, sixteen miles northwest of Jefferson in northwestern Marion County. It is believed to have been founded about 1843, when a log church was built on the site. The church was known as the rock church, because of a large nearby rock where outdoor services were held. Soon thereafter a new structure, called Mims Methodist Church, was erected there and named for John W. and Henry Mims, two brothers who helped pioneer the community and were instrumental in securing the lot for the church. The first iron furnace in Texas was built by Jefferson S. Nash (see NASH'S IRON FOUNDRY) near the Mims Chapel community in 1847. A post office called Alley's Mills, presumably for a mill operated on the nearby creek, was opened on the site in 1852, and in 1861 the name of the post office was changed to Nash's Foundry. Between 1847 and 1861 Nash and his associates experimented with methods of iron ore production, and by early 1858 the Clarksville Northern Standard claimed that Nash's Foundry had produced more than 10,000 pounds of iron and shipped it to Jefferson. Nash's Foundry was rechartered by the Confederate government during the Civil War, and both the foundry and the post office were renamed the Texas Iron Works. The company had limited success in producing war material for the Confederacy, and Nash sold the foundry to the Kelly Plow Company around 1863. The new owners closed the plant and removed what they could to Kellyville, a site near Jefferson. Although all that was left of the old iron works by Mims Chapel was a rusting furnace, the post office became Nash's Foundry once again in 1866 and was discontinued in 1868. A new post office was opened on the site in 1870 and called Mims Store. In 1880 the name of this post office was changed to Mims Chapel, and in 1885 the post office was renamed or moved to Amicus. The Amicus store and post office was run by the E. O. Taylor family and appears to have been either on the same site as Mims Chapel or quite close by. In the early 1890s Amicus had an estimated population of twenty-five and a general store, and J. W. Mims was justice of the peace. The Amicus post office, the last to operate in the community, was discontinued in 1906. In 1907 there were four schools in the Mims school district, two for fifty white pupils and two for ninety-three black pupils.
The Mims Chapel community was caught up in the iron-ore business once more in the early twentieth century. In an attempt to promote the iron industry in East Texas, the Port Bolivar Iron Ore Railway Company was formed about 1911. The railroad was planned to run from Longview to a point seventy miles north. The first stretch was built about 1912 from Longview to Ero, a station just north of Mims Chapel, but the building was interrupted by World War I, and plans for the railroad were abandoned by 1927. In the 1930s Mims Chapel had a school, two churches, two businesses, a sawmill, and a number of dwellings scattered along the road; in 1938 the school had forty-nine elementary students and two teachers. The school was consolidated with that of Lassater by 1955, and by 1961 Mims Chapel had the Mims Chapel Methodist Church, a cemetery, a rodeo grounds, and several widely scattered dwellings. In 1983 there were two churches in the community, and a Mims Chapel community center was located a short distance to the south.
Jack Reed Harvey, Survey and Proposed Reorganization of the Marion County Schools (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1940). Jefferson Jimplecute, June 17, 1965, May 3, 1984. Robert L. Jones, "The First Iron Furnace in Texas," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 63 (October 1959). Bill Winsor, Texas in the Confederacy (Hillsboro, Texas: Hill Junior College Press, 1978).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Mark Odintz, "MIMS CHAPEL, TX (MARION COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrm84), accessed October 04, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is leaning on insurers to help it out of its own Obamacare debacle, urging for-profit coverage providers to begin covering enrolled customers when Jan. 1 rolls around, even if those customers haven't paid their first premium.
There's a reason for that — though it's not a good one. In order for customers to pay for something they buy online, they first have to be able to use a website that offers them a payment mechanism. HHS still has not been able, with any consistency, to nail down that part of the Healthcare.gov website infrastructure that's supposed to send would-be enrollees to the final-step pages where they pay their insurers directly.
Some customers believe they have paid — and maybe they have — while others can't get that far into the enrollment process because the website crashes or locks them out. Still others believe they have enrolled in, and attempted to pay for, one kind of insurance — when, in fact, the website instead magically enrolls them in, and bills them for, a different plan.
"What's wrong with 'urging' insurers to offer free care?" Forbes contributor Avik Roy wrote over the weekend. "That's not the same as forcing them to offer free care."
Except that the government is using the full force of its regulatory powers, under Obamacare, to threaten insurers if they don't comply. All you have to do is read the menacing language in the new regulations that HHS published this week, in which HHS says it may throw otherwise qualified health plans off of the exchanges next year if they don't comply with the government's "requests."
The government is requiring people to get on health insurance. It has set enrollment deadlines. But if you can't pay, you can't be enrolled. And if the Federal website that Obamacare's implementation team has set up to allow people to sign up and pay for insurance isn't working, there's no way for people to pay for a health plan — if they're fortunate enough to make it that far into the glitchy process. The law obligates people to buy insurance, but the lawmakers who've so encumbered their constituents make no accommodation to facilitate a timely compliance with the law.
And since, under the Obamacare scheme, the government is just a go-between that passes customer enrollment through to the private insurers (whom customers must ultimately pay), it lacks the free-market compulsion that drives private businesses to avoid, by any legal means, losing money. So HHS sends out emails to the insurance companies "urging" them to give customers who can't use the broken Federal website a break.
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Stop Doing, Start Performing, Continue Achieving
Last week during a workshop at work we used the Stop, Start, Continue Framework. The purpose of the exercise was to identify the behaviours our management team wanted to stop doing, start and continue doing. The model inherently means that there are things that you are currently doing that are bad, good and that you should begin doing.
Although the model was used in a work context, it was very clear to me how it could also very easily apply to everyday life.
If I take the goal of eating healthier, for example. I can STOP choosing unhealthy snacks at night, STOP buying unhealthy snacks with my groceries. I can START preparing vegetables in advance so when I want to eat something it's an easy choice. I can START a food journal for a week to see my eating habits and spot opportunities to improve them. I can CONTINUE having healthy lunches of home cooked meals versus frozen pre-packaged lunches.
This is a simple example, but it illustrates well a behavior modification strategy. These are all simple behavior modifications that can be easily achieved by anyone – we are not talking major life changing modifications. I think the success of any sustainable behavior change is the capacity to incorporate the change into everyday life and make little changes that are manageable. Once a little change is made you can piggyback on that change and move towards the next modification you want to make.
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Man Candy Monday: The Do or Don't Edition
"Our findings confirm that beardedness affects judgments of male socio-sexual attributes and suggest that an intermediate level of beardedness is most attractive while full-bearded men may be perceived as better fathers who could protect and invest in offspring," the researchers concluded in the abstract of their study. Translation: Facial hair, according to the researchers, makes men seem more mature and masculine.
So, in the spirit of this facial-hair breakthrough, I thought we'd explore our own preferences with some of our favorite gents...
There you have the evidence, friends. Do you agree with the results of the study? Are you a fan of stubble or not so much? Look for my pick in the comments! xoxo
P.S. Remember the Man Candy: Boy Band round-up?
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- Always Maylee said...
I am not a fan of facial hair, although I appreciate it's appeal. It certainly does make a man look more... sexy. But without the proper maintenance, it can get out of control, haha! :)
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
- May 6, 2013 at 10:32 AM
- onebreath said...
Hmm, I like the rugged look when my boyfriend has a couple days growth, but I don't like the razor burn when we kiss!
- May 6, 2013 at 10:47 AM
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss said...
John wears a beard (and sometimes it's downright enormous!), but I love it when he trims it down a bit–it suits him so well!
- May 6, 2013 at 11:37 AM
- Megan Maguire said...
About time there were studies done, I have been ranting for years about how I love beards. I guess it's why I never liked guys my own age haha. I think hair is super sexy tbh.
Come on over to blog for a giveaway if you like :-) xo
- May 6, 2013 at 12:00 PM
- Melissa Blake said...
Ha, so true, Maylee...i'm not a fan of the ones that get out of control.
- May 6, 2013 at 6:34 PM
- Melissa Blake said...
i think i prefer medium stubble, more like bradley cooper!
- May 6, 2013 at 6:36 PM


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Grace Brethren shuts out Kilpatrick, 29-0
The Grace Brethren High football team found the end zone once every quarter of its season opener at Griffin Stadium, and it was more than enough for the Lancers.
Grace Brethren was carried by its running back combination of Dylan Suchomel and Corey Phillips on Friday night.
Suchomel rushed 16 times for 105 yards and two touchdowns while Phillips carried the ball 14 times for 148 yards and a touchdown in the Lancers' 29-0 win over Kilpatrick.
"I'm very pleased with the way some of our guys stepped up," Grace Brethren head coach Barry Tolli said. "We had a lot of questions, but that's what preseason is for — it helps you find out who's who."
Friday's win could be a steppingstone for Grace Brethren, which only returns two starters from last year's team and is very much a young team this season.
"We're starting three sophomores and three freshmen," Tolli said. "We took a big step tonight (and) it's always fun to win."
Grace Brethren struck on its first drive of the game.
Suchomel started off by returning the opening kickoff 55 yards.After four more plays and 42 yards gained, Suchomel capped off the drive with a 3-yard run into the end zone. The Lancers' second-quarter score required a longer drive to the end zone, as they had to go 83 yards and were assisted on a late hit penalty. Suchomel capped off the drive with a 32-yard run.
Grace Brethren continued its sustained hold on the game in the second half, scoring in the third quarter. A 2-yard TD run by Corey Phillips capped off a five-play, 42-yard drive.
The Lancers' fourth-quarter score required 12 plays and 80 yards, which ended when quarterback Matt Woodard ran 10 yards for the team's last score.
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Top Afghans Tied to '90s Carnage, Researchers Say
By ROD NORDLAND
Published: July 22, 2012
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — The atrocities of the Afghan civil war in the 1990s are still recounted in whispers here — tales of horror born out of a scorched-earth ethnic and factional conflict in which civilians and captured combatants were frequently slaughtered en masse.
Stark evidence of such killings are held in the mass graves that still litter the Afghan countryside. One such site is outside Mazar-i-Sharif, in the north. It lies only half-excavated, with bones and the remains of clothing partially obscured by water and mud from recent flooding. Experts say at least 16 victims are here, and each skull that lies exposed is uniformly punctured by a single bullet-entry hole at the back.
The powerful men accused of responsibility for these deaths and tens of thousands of others — some said to be directly at their orders, others carried out by men in their chain of command — are named in the pages of a monumental 800-page report on human rights abuses in Afghanistan from the Soviet era in the '80s to the fall of the Taliban in 2001, according to researchers and officials who helped compile the study over the past six years.
The list of names is a sort of who's who of power players in Afghanistan: former and current warlords or officials, some now in very prominent positions in the national government, as well as in insurgent factions fighting it. Many of the named men were principals in the civil war era after the Soviet Union withdrew, and they are also frequently mentioned when talk here turns to fears of violence after the end of the NATO combat mission in 2014. Already, there is growing concern about a scramble for power and resources along ethnic and tribal lines.
But the report seeking to hold them accountable is unlikely to be released anytime soon, the researchers say, accusing senior Afghan officials of effectively suppressing the work and those responsible for it. For their part, human rights activists say the country is doomed to repeat its violent past if abuses are not brought to light and prosecuted.
At the same time, some officials here — including some American diplomats — express worry that releasing the report will actually trigger new civil strife.
Titled simply, "Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan Since 1978," the study, prepared by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, details the locations and details of 180 mass graves of civilians or prisoners, many of the sites secret and none of them yet excavated properly. It compiles testimony from survivors and witnesses to the mass interments, and details other war crimes as well.
Former Afghan Warlords Dispute Leaked Report Linking Them To Atrocities
By Frud Bezhan
July 25, 2012
Afghanistan's former warlords and militia leaders have slammed the leaked findings of an unpublished report that implicates hundreds of them in atrocities committed during the country's devastating civil war in the 1990s.
Titled "Conflict Mapping In Afghanistan Since 1978," the damning report accuses up to 500 members and leaders of rival ethnic and political groups, some of whom currently hold prominent government positions, of being involved in widespread human rights abuses from the communist coup and subsequent Soviet invasion of the late 1970s to the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Details from the exhaustive 800-page report, compiled by Afghanistan's Independent Human Rights Commission, have reignited debate over the country's contentious recent history. With Afghanistan's long-warring groups having written their own versions of events shaped by their own ideologies, a single narrative of what happened and who was responsible has proved elusive.
Afghanistan's hushed-up killings
by Rahimullah Yusufzai
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Afghanistan has been a killing field from times immemorial due to foreign invasions and also the age-old tendency of its tribal population to settle deep-seated ethnic, sectarian and factional disputes by the use of force. Obviously, these past atrocities and killings haven't been documented. However, an effort to document the carnage that took place during the 1990s in the Afghan civil war involving a struggle for power between armed factions has revealed disturbing information about 180 mass graves containing the remains of those summarily executed.
Some of the information is from the still classified 800-page report compiled by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission and titled, "Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan Since 1978." It is a study of human rights abuses in Afghanistan from the communist Saur Revolution of April 1978 to the fall of the Taliban regime in December 2001.
The Cloak of Silence: Afghanistan's Human Rights Mappings
posted: 27-07-2012 / by: Ahmed Rashid
On 22 July, the New York Times came out with an article on human rights abuses in Afghanistan which it wrote up based on a document that has neither been published (although it is waiting for publication since many months, and Afghan groups have now demanded that it finally happens)(1) nor it apparently has been able to read in full. Our guest blogger, Ahmed Rashid(*), finds it highly unfair that it has billed it an exclusive and demands that it should not overlook previous work by human rights activists and other journalists.
[The destroyed Dar-ul-Aman palace in Kabul is the symbol of the Afghan factional wars and the human rights abuses linked to it — photo by Thomas Ruttig]
The unpublished report, prepared by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and researched by a team of Afghan and international human rights specialists, is called a 'Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan Since 1978'. On some 800 to 1,000 pages, it is known to painstakingly detail the numerous human rights abuses committed during the different phases of the Afghan civil and factional wars over the more than 30 past years. It was a project of the 'Action Plan for Peace, Justice and Reconciliation', that had to be imposed on President Karzai in 2005 by Western governments who, in turn, also only acted because of non-governmental pressure and their very few allies in the Afghan government, like – then – presidential advisor. The Action Plan never flew, apart from a few symbolic gestures and expired without extension in March 2009 into oblivion.
Afghanistan's Bonn Agreement One Year Later
A Catalog of Missed Opportunities
December 6, 2002
(New York) - One year after the signing of the Bonn Agreement, Afghanistan continues to face serious obstacles in protecting human rights and establishing basic security, Human Rights Watch said today.
A 12-page briefing paper, "Afghanistan's Bonn Agreement: A Catalog of Missed Opportunities," released today by Human Rights Watch, analyzes conditions in the country one year after the agreement that formalized the end of the Taliban's rule. The briefing paper outlines a number of areas in which the Afghan government and international actors have missed opportunities to improve security and protect human rights. Human Rights Watch makes several recommendations to international and Afghan actors to help realize key provisions in the agreement.
The Bonn Agreement was signed on December 5, 2001 by representatives of several different anti-Taliban factions and political groups. It established a roadmap and timetable for establishing peace and security, reconstructing the country, reestablishing some key institutions, and protecting human rights. The agreement contains provisions addressing military demobilization and integration, international peacekeeping, and human rights monitoring.
"One year later, the Bonn Agreement still embodies Afghanistan's best chance for putting an end to chronic instability, violence and a history of massive human rights abuses," said Brad Adams, executive director of the Asia Division at Human Rights Watch. "Yet many of the agreement's promises have not been fulfilled in the last year. The international community has missed several good opportunities to sideline local military rulers and to better promote security and the protection of human rights."
Afghan rights report stalled by warlord fears
Government report on 30 years of violence may not see the light of day because it names politically-connected warlords.
Ali M Latifi Last Modified: 28 Jul 2012
A recent report detailing atrocities committed over three decades of conflict in Afghanistan was supposed to provide answers to the families of one million people killed and 1.3 million left disabled by the violence, but now some fear that a focus on naming politically-connected perpetrators could prevent the document's release.
The report, "Conflict Mapping in Afghanistan Since 1978", based on six years of research by a team of 40 researchers and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), has not been released to the public, apparently because it implicates prominent warlords in various abuses.
News of the report's stalling was first covered by the New York Times on July 22. It is set to be the first officially sanctioned, Afghan-produced account of human rights abuses over the past three decades.
The findings of the 800-page document including evidence of 180 mass graves, killings of civilians and prisoners, arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, and destruction of towns and villages - quickly angered powerful men within the Afghan government. First vice president Marshal Fahim, for example, was livid that his name was among the 500 linked to the mass killings of fighters and civilians from 1992 to 1996.
Mr. President! Justice must have the final say!
Afghan civil society organizations
24 July 2012
For the first time in the past 10 years, in the final months of his presidency, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has referred to the need for the accountability of the Taliban and other armed groups for their crimes in a recent speech about peace with them. He said: "We want peace, but they [the Taliban and other armed groups opposed to the Government] must know that we remember all the murders and crimes they committed and shall not forget them. If they are from this land or from other lands, they must know that they will account for them one day."
Furthermore, in the opening session of the Women Judges Conference, the President said that the justice system and judicial organisations had important duties, and encouraged the prosecutors and judges to provide justice, because the people of Afghanistan have suffered great harm in this respect. He also reminded: "I hope that the opening today shall serve as a foundation to provide for justice, to achieve which the people of Afghanistan have long been waiting… The people of Afghanistan desire that their Government shall provide for justice and security and serve them after the withdrawal of foreign troops from this country."
Correcting Details: More on the NYT Reporting the Human Rights Mapping
posted: 30-07-2012 by: Kate Clark
Afghan Analyst Network
The New York Times piece 'Top Afghans Tied to '90s Carnage, Researchers Say' 'revealed' what everyone knows and rarely says, that many of today's senior Afghan politicians have murky pasts. Talking about the war crimes of the last thirty years has proved difficult for Afghans and the international powers alike. The decision, in 2005, to put together a Conflict Mapping Report of the alleged war crimes from 1978 and the communist coup d'état of 1978 to December 2001 and the transition of power to Hamed Karzai was taken partly to help the nation discuss its troubled history. The Times article raised the possibility of those senior politicians trying to block publication of the report. Unfortunately, says AAN analyst, Kate Clark, the article was so peppered with inaccuracies that it risked giving ammunition to those who want to bury the crimes of the past together with the report. She also asks why did the Times yet again duck mention of the alleged presence of US Special Forces at one of the massacre sites. [Mass grave in Dasht-e Laili, near Shibarghan — photo courtesy of the Physicians for Human Rights website]
In a guest blog for AAN last week, Ahmed Rashid accused The New York Times of arrogance in claiming an exclusive on a subject which many other journalists and human rights activists had been risking their lives to cover for years. For me, reading through the piece, it was the inaccuracies which were glaring – and surprising because the reporter, Rod Nordland, is usually excellent.