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The medical insurance you are taking out whenever you travel overseas is really a entirely unique pastime towards the medical, hospital cover you've for everyday existence.
Australian people are handled by medical insurance with the Australian Government's Medicare insurance program, however, many very first time vacationers are vulnerable to departing themselves available to financial difficulty through not understanding this cover does not extend to overseas locations.
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Meanwhile, General insurance policies are individuals other insurance policies such as the public liability, travel, auto, and companies. In other nations, these insurance policies aren't categorized into general insurance, they'd have different classes. Where as with Australia, they're simplified and classified in to the General Insurance category. It's also split into two classes: liability insurance generally comprised of motor insurance, business insurance, workers comp, and etc. Another Property insurance featuring its house/home contents, traveling, and cars.
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A sweet little Frerard one-shot, with Gee comforting a depressed Frankie. Theres not really any proper romance, except tension, but its certainly fluffy and sweet.
Dangerverse. Turns out a life of solitude was less cool and more boring than he'd anticipated.
Panic/MCR/Green Day crossover. Ryan was never a good loser.
Oneshot. Blood is more permanent than paint.
BAby Frerard :) It's cute,Gerard is five and Mikey is almost 4 and Frank is 3
Life in the zones, the story you guys auditioned for!!! :D
Frerard! HighSchool era! Not completely according to fact... Hehe.... Read please:') Not a boring one. It's gonna be a Good'un!
GAHHH my art teacher said Frank was ugly and then said he looked like him so i'm just gonna rant.
We're all a little insane sometimes. Well some people are just a little more insane then others. One's an Alcoholic, 2 are drug addicts and one is anorexic. They've all met and become like a messed...
California, 2029. The Missile Kid seeks out her revenge.
Frank leaves the band, leaves his friends..leaves the love of his life. Gerard finds the heartbreaking note he left behind...
He was the only one apart from Frank's mother who knew about what Frank did, though that's not all too surprising considering that Frank was a test subject for an illegal drug company.
During the first two weeks of the World Contamination Tour, Gerard has a scary encounter with Pedicone.
A girl on the run from her troubled past... And who she meets along the way ;)

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Good PDFs are designed to look great at a single page size. Everything fits on the page, the paragraphs are broken at the right places, there are no widows or orphans, illustrations or tables appear where they are needed, vertical spacing is adjusted to make the page look right, etc.
Good ePUBs are made to look good at every (most) page sizes, font sizes, etc. The page won't look "perfect", but it will be good enough and, more important, it will look equally good if you cange the size, the preferences, etc. And you could even disable illustrations
For your own use (fixed parameters), there is nothing you can do with ePUB that you cannot do with PDF, and there are things you can do with PDF that are not possible with ePUB.
As soon as you send the files to others, since they'll have different tastes, needs, devices, etc., there are things they can do to the ePUB that they cannot do to the PDF.
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The Cat CP-323C vibratory soil compactors have a 10,190-pound operating with ROPS/FOPS. It also has a 3-inch blade cutting depth, 13.2-inch curb clearance, 38-gallon fuel tank capacity, 50-inch drum width and 13.6-inch ground clearance. It tires use 11.2-by-24-inch, eight-ply traction.


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And Now Netflix Wants More Episodes of 'Arrested Development'
In an interview with CNBC Thursday, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings beat the proverbial dead horse by saying the company is open to filming a fifth season of Arrested Development – if the cast wants to do it, anyway.
"Arrested is unique, because that's really up to the talent. If the talent were willing to do more, and interested in that, I'm sure we would be willing," Hastings said earlier this morning.
The quote came only a few days after Netflix unveiled the much-anticipated return of Arrested Development, which Hastings claims has already done gangbusters for the company. ("It's been huge, just as we had hoped," he said.)
Still, despite the alleged success (Netflix is holding off on releasing any official numbers, saying it's not a ratings-driven network), a potential fifth season seems pretty unlikely at this point, if unwanted; reviews for season 4 were mixed at best, and many die-hard fans of the show seemed to think Netflix had made a huge mistake by bringing it back in the first place.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Dancing with the Stars" co-host Brooke Burke said on Thursday that her surgery for thyroid cancer had gone well and that she had not lost her voice.
"Thank God it's over. I'm clean, surgery went well & I can talk. Losing my voice was my biggest fear. Thx for all your prayers & light," Burke said in a Twitter posting.


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With the sudden disappearance of every single woman who stepped forward to accuse Donald Trump of rape, celebrities are looking for fresh bait to spark their self-righteous outrage. Jessica Chastain and a bunch of kindred spirits found such a burning ember in news that... read more
On this week's Last Men on Earth podcast Matt and I try to figure out how a titty wall calendar became a testament to intentionally aged and wrinkled women, why Tom Cruise will never find happiness no matter his amulet count, offer some advice to Mariah Carey on breakup... read more
Topless wall calendars were popularized long ago by auto parts company that realized that chicks with big tits would make for free brand promotion hanging in every single working garage around the world. read more
The MTV Movie Awards aren't a tribute to the tastes of teenagers who one day will be servicing park vending machines as part of a workfare program so much as a completely staged Viacom publicity event. There were a couple notable faces and Jessica Chastain's tits cinched... read more
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Rebecca Romijn and Rebecca Gayheart are set to share a same sex kiss and embrace on an upcoming episode of hit sitcom "Ugly Betty."
Rebecca Romijn and Rebecca Gayheart are the next to share same sex kiss and embrace. The two actresses are set to do the scene on the upcoming episode of hit sitcom "Ugly Betty."
Claiming to have no problems smooching Gayheart, Romijn said, "The smooch wasn't nearly as bad as the embrace we had to endure afterwards. For some reason they needed this long embrace to happen and neither of us could keep it together."
No other details on the special episode are being released.
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Congress last month once again extended the FAA's current authorization and aviation taxes until December 14, making it increasingly unlikely that the question of how to pay for operating the FAA and simultaneously modernizing the entire air traffic system will be settled anytime soon. Meanwhile, President Bush urged lawmakers to modernize the FAA according to his administration's "blueprint," which would establish a new financing mechanism and governing structure to "ensure that these reforms are carried out in wise and cost-effective ways." Bush's "blueprint" would raise the general aviation fuel tax for jet fuel and aviation gasoline to 70 cents per gallon and the commercial fuel tax to 13.6 cents per gallon, in addition to a vast user-fee system that includes departure and en route charges, as well as fees for use of congested airspace.
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1 Rue des Minimes (Downtown Brussels)
1000 Brussels city | Belgium
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Organic Food - Ukkel
Poissonnerie de France
Fishmonger - Ukkel
There are two arrogant, unabashed guys at the late- hour service during the week- end period who should keep themselves far away from service industry. do not stay alone with them in the shop, anything can happen. They do not have the book of complaint and they will refuse the access to their supervisors. They are not ashamed to touch you or your property. Better shop elswhere! /Les gens des services du soir sont gonflés et arrogantes, surtout la pire expérience du shopping en Bruxelles! Absolument non recommandee!/unerchrokenen personaal, bleiben nicht allein mit dem Personaal des wohenendes, da alles passieren kann.
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Ghent, Belgium - ActoGeniX NV, a recently founded biopharmaceutical company, announced the successful closing of its Series A financing round, raising ?11.5 million (~US$15 million) from a syndicate of leading life sciences investors. The transaction was co-led by GIMV (Antwerp, Belgium) and Life Sciences Partners (LSP, Amsterdam, The Netherlands), with Biotech Fund Flanders also participating. ActoGeniX is a spin-off from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB) and Ghent University and was founded last June with seed capital from GIMV, VIB and individuals of the management team.


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The dollar set a fresh 5-year high yesterday, as the greenback continued to get a beating on concerns that the long-awaited turnaround in the US economy could soon falter.
After hitting US68.78c in New York trade on Wednesday night, the dollar closed at US68.44c in local trade yesterday, up US0.09c on its previous local close.
While the dollar was outflanked by the stronger rises in the yen and euro yesterday, Westpac senior currency strategist Allison Montgomery said the release of US payroll data tonight would, if worse than expected, prove pivotal in determining the short-term direction of the Australian dollar.
"One of the reasons that people are questioning the sustainability of the US recovery is that the jobs data has been weak," Ms Montgomery said.
She said Westpac had upgraded its relatively conservative end-of-year forecasts for the dollar yesterday from US68c to US69c, while holding its end-2004 forecast at US73c.
Given the continued strength in the domestic economy, Ms Montgomery said the Reserve Bank of Australia was most likely to be the first dollar-bloc central bank to lift interest rates, which would maintain interest in the local currency.
NAB market analyst Michael Jansen said: "The market has moved to a position where the bias is to sell dollars. So you're really looking for any excuse to sell them."
With currency traders keeping a hair trigger on their sell orders on the greenback, Mr Jansen said the dollar could be outper-formed by the euro in the medium term, particularly if investors become more risk averse and shy away from peripheral markets such as Australia.
Mr Jansen also ruled out any further strong rises against the greenback until the market undertook a "cleansing experience".
"The cupboard is full of euros, yen, Aussies and Kiwis," he said, noting any poor jobs data out of the US would not be as positive for the dollar as it would have been two weeks ago.
But CommSec senior analyst Craig James said: "If we see further falls in employment in the US, that could catapult the dollar to US70c a whole lot quicker than everyone's expecting."
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A Journey with Nature
An illustrated account of the wonders of the natural world.
de Richard Winn
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A journey through life, with nature as the backdrop. The book starts off in Nepal, stopping off in the Royal Chitwan National Park and the Annapurna Conservation Area. The author then relates his experiences as he interacts with the natural world closer to home in the UK, through a series of short stories. He explores the Scottish Highlands and the Somerset Levels on the way.
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- Etiquetas short stories, Somerset Levels, Scottish Highlands, nature, wildlife, landscape, animals, photography, experiences, journeys, travel, Nepal, Himalayas, Chitwan, Annapurna, ipad, iphone, ebook
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Biomedical Scientist and Nature Photographer from the UK. I enjoy photographing all forms of nature, from animals, through to natural landscapes. I specialise in photographing landscapes and wildlife in the south west of England and have a collection of images form the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Skye. Subjecy matter ranges from macros of shield bugs, damselflies and dragonflies, through to wide landscapes and seascapes. Some of my images were shortlisted for the inaugral British Wildlife Photography Awards in 2009.
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Thirty years after Motown moved to L.A., abandoning the hit machine of Detroit jazz and R&B musicians who made the labels soul sound legend, The Funk Brothers get their overdue tribute in a celebratory documentary and reunion concert a la <b>Buena Vista
To paraphrase Martha And The Vandellas, summer's here and the time is right for dancing in the seats! Aged musicians reunited amid hilarious anecdotes, dramatic reconstructions and archive footage make a joyful noise in this tuneful, tearful, wonderful story of Motown's unsung house band.
Someone observes that, with respect to Motown's great singers, it didn't matter who was in front of these men - a point proven in an electrifying gig as younger vocalists join them on hits like I Heard It Through The Grapevine and I'll Be There. The songs are as powerful and sweetly exhilarating as ever.
Several Brothers are gone but marvellously evoked by their raconteur friends. Two more have died since filming. Thank goodness Justman, enthused by Allan Slutsky's 1989 book, made it his mission to capture a remarkable oral-visual history that is indispensible for pop historians and utterly captivating for music lovers.
Just fabulous. Entertaining, absorbing, irresistable for anyone who loves prime Motown Sound. And for anyone who doesnt you surely will after this.


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The united states of America is the second largest in numbers behind china with 1,400,000 active troops (China has 2,333,000 troops but America has a budget of $577 billion, where China's budget is only $147 billion.) America also is superior in technolgy. Donald Trump is a proven bog business man and he could handle these finances and organization of delegating the different roles of Government. That is what he done in his own multi billion dollar BUSINESSES, but when it comes to politics he will need to delegate this to others with prossional experience and I feel that Donald Trump could become the figure head. I also ask the question, what will he do when the first international crises arroves, will he leave his Military to His seccretaruy of defense (A ex four star retired Marine General Mattas (who was the head of Nato in Europe military forces at one time)
I feel this is the right man and would work out fine if he delegated all decisions concerning the United States military in times of crises and Donald Trump could just be the figure head (like Queen Elizabeth 2nd is for Britain) in tomes of a real crises.
If we watch Donald Trump as he could pave the way to Agenda 2030 starting from next week after he is inaugurated.
This will be a very interesting four years of a Trump Presidency
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Are you (or a friend) planning a wedding? Or would you just like an awesome excuse to sample delicious desserts? The downtown Bozeman Bridal Walk was made for you and it's happening on Saturday April 14th, 2012.
Comedian Daniel Tosh is performing to a sold out crowd this Wednesday night (August 10th) in Billings at the Alberta Bair Theater but YOU CAN BE THERE, with my 2nd row tickets that we're giving away since I can't go.
Having choices in life is important. At least it is to me. That's why I like these contests that we have every single month on The MOOSE because when you win, you get to CHOOSE what you win. That's the way it should be. January's big "Tie The Knot" showcase is a perfect example, even if you have NO intention of getting married anytime soon. God knows I don't.


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Karim Benzema caught driving at 216 kilometres per hour
The Real Madrid striker committed the offence just hours after Madrid had lost 0-1 to Granada. Another car, rented out by Madrid, was spotted driving at 260 kmph at the same time.
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was caught driving at 216 kilometres per hour on a motorway on the outskirts of Madrid on 3 February, just hours after Madrid had lost 0-1 to Granada. The Frenchman was driving at 116 kilometres per hour over the speed limit.
The radar also detected a Porsche rented by the club, with an unidentified driver, driving even faster than Benzema, at 260 kilometres per hour.
The pair were driving close to La Finca, an exclusive suburb of Madrid inhabited by celebrities.
Benzema was ordered before a judge on Tuesday to declare before a court for a crime against road safety, for exceeding the speed limit by more than 80 kilometres per hour.
Real Madrid confirmed the facts, and declared that the player went to the court to ask for the case to be delayed, owing to the importance of the match at the Camp Nou on Tuesday night.
Benzema could face a possible prison sentence of between three and six months, or ordered to pay a fine of between five and 400 euros a day for between six and 12 months.


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Members of the Church, often self-righteous and blinded by their own prejudices, have not been reluctant to use moral and physical pressures and threats to attempt to convince the Jews of the veracity and superiority of Christianity (Morley 197).
The strongest example of the Church's enactment of anti-Judaism is the Inquisition, which when it began in 1181 targeted "heresy, magic, and sorcery, and any dissent from official policy" (Burns 85) but which by the fourteenth century was directed largely though not exclusively at Jews. From 1300 to 1492, the year of the so-called Expulsion (of Jews and Muslims from Spain), many apostate Jews (conversos) either converted or pretended to convert to Christianity in the wake of pogroms. Baer's thesis is that most conversos were privately observant Jews (Baer 273). The religious basis for the Inquisition can be interpreted as anti-Judaism, but punishment of conversos suspected of being bad Christians appears to have gradually transfigured into race hatred. Hence the Expulsion.
Langmuir (313-15) discounts the religious (i.e., anti-Judaism) explanation of antisemitism as insufficient to accounting for special hatred of Jews in Europe. He (211ff) cites what a central event in this regard, a fanciful eleventh-century monograph by English cleric Thomas of Monmouth that describes the murder of a child as Jewish ritual murder, which in turn was the provenance of the "crucifixion accusation" (236), or blood libel, that spread throughout Europe in succeeding ages.
It cannot be said that pre-Christian or medieval hatred of the Jews is coeval with the intellectual content of the Final Solution. Nor is it clear that during World War II the Catholic Church as an institution or Pius XII as Church leader in that period held antisemitic views or took the blood libel seriously. But it can be said that whatever the provenance of antisemitism, its sturdiness as cultural myth could be connected to familiar symb...


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text: Politics 19 July 2007 Through a glass darkly When your retro wardrobe becomes hip again, beware. Sign up for our weekly email * They say that, if you wait long enough, everything comes back into fashion. Not that this has ever particularly interested me; if I buy something to be in fashion, I expect it eventually to go out, and if I have something that's not in fashion, I actually get quite annoyed when suddenly, everyone else starts wearing it, making me look like I'm following the herd. (It's fine to follow the herd if that was your intention, but when the herd suddenly catches up with you, that's quite different.) Twenty years ago my cousin Mary, who was - and is - a long-haul air hostess, brought me back a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarer IIs from some far-off land. She was always bringing back things that seemed wonderfully glamorous (this was some time before the internet, when things were harder to find). I wore them constantly, come summertime. At some point in the late 1980s, I had them fitted with optical lenses to help correct my -0.75 myopia, which meant that I was rarely out of them. Wayfarers have not been fashionable now for years and years. Oh, the pitying looks I got off people when they saw that my sunglasses were so completely hors de mode. It's not that I didn't have other sunglasses. I did. My metal-framed Calvin Kleins were beautiful and I looked good in them, but the lenses were small in comparison to the almost saucer-like circumference of my Wayfarer IIs and so they let the sun in at the top and at the sides. I have my super-trendy Jil Sander sunglasses with their blue glass and silver metal frame, but the design is a bit stupid and the bit that sits on top of your ears digs into my head, giving me a headache. So I rarely wore them. My Wayfarers, on the other hand, were perfect. They did everything sunglasses should. God, I loved them. However, in terms of fashionability, things got so bad that I did, I admit shamefully, start to apologise for my Ray-Bans before people could even comment on them. "I know they're really unfashionable, but they're really good at keeping the sun out/they've got optical lenses . . ." Then, at the beginning of this year, a funny thing started to happen. People started saying, "Wow. Wayfarers - they're really trendy." (If you're interested, they're the sunglasses Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany's and the design is 55 years old.) My sunglasses were back in fashion. To be really trendy, however, you're meant to buy them in white; but these actually suit no one, so people buy them in tortoiseshell, just like mine. This April, and just as Wayfarers were starting to appear in all the glossies, my pair fell on a stone floor and broke. I was inconsolable. I have tried, but nothing else comes close. Despite my boy friend's pro testations (he hates them and says they cover my whole face; I think this is a good thing), I am going to buy exactly the same thing again. Annalisa Barbieri was in fashion PR for five years before going to the Observer to be fashion assistant. She has worked for the Evening Standard and the Times and was one of the fashion editors on the Independent on Sunday for five years, where she wrote the Dear Annie column. She was fishing correspondent of the Independent from 1997-2004. Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 23 July 2007 issue of the New Statesman, Pink Planet More


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'Have a nice day'
The receipt that the gas pump rolled out told me to "have a nice day."
Even a gas pump can be kind, I guess.
Marlene Colville of Kittanning sent me this poem that was written in 1995 and published in 1996. I like it and it is what brought me to this Meandering, so here is the poem:
I See A Time
I see a time where fears are great,
Wherever you turn less love, more hate,
Mankind suffers and kills his own
In a faithless world, no mercy shown,
I see a time, where love is almost silent.
Without reasons, without answers,
Lost and searching we stumble through,
A world in mayhem Godless faces,
Children lost, some spared, so few,
I see a time, where love is almost silent.
No one knows what lies ahead,
How many tears must there be shed,
How many hearts must break before
We call out to God, "Please Lord no more!
I see a time, where love is almost silent.
Maybe somewhere another time,
We'll all know life of a different kind.
One that no longer destroys or cries
But binds us together, universal ties,
I see a time, where love is almost silent
Ms. Colville, I agree. We have all seen that time, too, when love is silent. And we hope for better.
I think that we can only act individually and hope that one small stone tossed in the stream will work toward creating a larger wave down stream, as limiting, daunting and frustrating as it may seem.
Put more simply but more eloquently by Mahatma Gandhi: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
I have read that films and books and news accounts that show people taking altruistic action will spur others to do – or at least want to do – simple beneficial things.
It is that "pay-it-forward" kind of thing and it is worth our consideration.
Yet a day does not go by in which the majority of what we hear and see runs counter to the spread of love and understanding. It can be downright painful.
Young people are shooting other young people, neighbors are fighting neighbors, politicians speak harshly about one another and there is war and killing almost everywhere we look. This Tuesday was the 68th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.
Throughout my career in the newspaper business, I have heard the complaint that all that gets coverage is the bad news, and I would always respond that there is plenty of good news being covered. It is just that it is the bad news that is the anomaly and hence the "news."
Some cynically say "if it bleeds, it leads" and there is some truth in that, and so the good news is found in secondary positions in the newspapers, the magazines, the TV broadcast.
But news reports, books, films and the like are NOT reality, much as we might think (or fear) they are.
The reality is in this current moment and how you talk and work and play with the people nearest you, even those who might otherwise trouble you.
It is the only place we can start that ripple of change. We cannot control how far efforts to act in peace and love will flow.
Hold a door for someone, help somebody pickup what he or she has dropped, give way to the other driver at an intersection, hug your children and grandchildren, offer encouragement. Take action where we can.
And then, learn from the guru inside the gas pump and "have a nice day."
Meandering appears Fridays. To share your thoughts on this column (or on most anything) with News Editor Mike O'Hare, write to the Leader Times, P.O. Box 978, Kittanning, PA 16201 or via e-mail to email@example.com.


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HIE Participation Doesn't Create Test Savings, Study Says Physicians in Colorado HIE ordered fewer lab tests and the same number of imaging tests, but costs remained constant.
EHR Mandate Riles Massachusetts Doctors Doctor's angry blog post calls attention to year-old law that would punish those who don't meet Meaningful Use EHR criteria with loss of their medical licenses.
ONC Steps Up MU Stage 2 Preparation Agency releases interoperability guidelines, launches training modules to help providers meet criteria for information exchange.
Why Some Doctors Don't Lean On EHR EHR use has less to do with doctors' tech savvy than how they deal with clinical uncertainty, suggests research.
DOD Seeks Commercial EHR Hagel shoots down possibility of DOD adopting VA's Vista and sinks the joint iEHR. Epic Systems might win out.
15% Of Physicians Declining EHRs: Deloitte Survey Deloitte survey contrasts with other data that finds near-universal adoption, reports EHR resisters tend to be older and solo practitioners.
Healthcare Reform Too Focused On Doctors: Telemedicine Pioneer Hopkins physician Jay Sanders, known as the father of telemedicine, says emphasis should be on changing patient behavior.
EHRs, Communication Can Co-Exist For Doctors, AMA Says American Medical Association report finds that doctors who use EHRs during exams can maintain a good relationship with patients as long as electronic devices don't get in the way.
Health Plans Seek EHR Data For New Payment Models As value-based payments take hold, insurers aim to access EHR clinical data and move to automated, real-time information exchange.
HL7 Preps Healthcare Clinical Messaging Standard Framework aims to simplify writing interfaces between healthcare information systems, help researchers gather clinical data from EHRs.
ONC Webinar Reveals Details of Data Exchange Projects Agency seeks feedback on interoperability efforts in the field while continuing to guide private sector's efforts.
20 Health IT Leaders Who Are Driving Change Innovation is tough amid today's regulatory checklists. These leaders are getting it done.
Medicare Incentives Spur Jump In E-Prescribing Surescripts annual report shows 38% growth in electronic prescribing in 2012, plus growing use of online medication histories and benefit data.
Why Telemedicine Should Be Integrated With EHRs, ACOs Telemedicine expert Rashid Bashshur says mobile health technologies must integrate with EHRs to make accountable care organizations work.
Lyfechannel Wins HHS Mobile App Challenge Myfamily app presents content from Healthfinder.gov site to help consumers take charge of their healthcare.
Rx Abuse Data Tools Sought By Healthcare Doctors, pharmacies could more easily join fight against drug diversion if states followed uniform data rules, says standards organization NCPDP.


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The Bahamas' World Championships team - history and prospects
Published: Aug 01, 2013
The Bahamas has participated in all 13 International Association of Athletic Federations' (IAAF) World Outdoor Championships, since 1983 in Helsinki to 2011 in Daegu, South Korea.
The first medals won by The Bahamas were a gold by Troy Kemp in the men's high jump and a silver by Pauline Davis-Thompson in the women's 400 meters (m) in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden. At the last championships, Trevor Barry captured a bronze medal in the men's high jump. This year's championships will be held in Moscow, Russia, from August 10-18.
Overall, The Bahamas has won seven gold medals, five silver medals and seven bronze medals for an overall total of 19 medals.
1995 - Gothenburg - Troy Kemp - high jump - 2.37m (7' 9-1/4"); 1999 - Seville - 'Golden Girls' (Savetheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Debbie Ferguson and Eldece Clarke) - 4x100m relay - 41.92 seconds; 2001 - Edmonton - Avard Moncur - 400m - 44.64 seconds; Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie - 200m - 22.52 seconds; Avard Moncur, Chris Brown, Troy McIntosh, Tim Munnings and Carl Oliver - 4x400m relay - 2:58.19; 2005 - Helsinki - Tonique Williams-Darling - 400m - 49.55 seconds; 2007 - Osaka - Donald Thomas - high jump - 2.35m (7' 8-1/2").
1995 - Gothenburg - Pauline Davis-Thompson - 400m - 49.96 seconds; 2005 - Helsinki - Nathaniel McKinney, Avard Moncur, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown and Troy McIntosh - 4x400m relay - 2:57.32; 2007 - Osaka - Derrick Atkins - 100m - 9.91 seconds; Avard Moncur, Michael Mathieu, Andrae Williams, Chris Brown and Nathaniel McKinney - 4x400m relay - 2:59.18; 2009 - Helsinki - Sheniqua Ferguson, Chandra Sturrup, Christine Amertil and Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie - 4x100m relay - 42.29 seconds.
1997 - Athens - Savetheda Fynes - 100m - 11.03 seconds; 2001 - Edmonton - Chandra Sturrup - 100m - 11.02 seconds; 2003 - Paris - Chandra Sturrup - 100m - 11.02 seconds; Leevan Sands - triple jump - 17.26m (56' 7-1/2"); Avard Moncur, Dennis Darling, Nathaniel McKinney, Chris Brown and Carl Oliver - 4x400m relay - 3:00.53; 2009 - Berlin - Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie - 200m - 22.41 seconds; 2011 - Daegu - Trevor Barry - high jump - 2.32m (7' 7-1/4").
The Bahamas has won a medal at every IAAF World Outdoor Championships since 1995!
Prospects for Moscow men's 4x400m relay
The Bahamas is highest ranked in the men's 4x400m relay, which they won at the London Olympic Games. Demetrius Pinder has been injured since April and will not participate. At the moment, they rank fourth with a time of 3:02.23 that was ran at the Penn Relays in April. The team consisted of Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu, Chris Brown and Stephen Newbold.
Two athletes have been added to the squad. LaToy Williams ran a 400m 'A' standard qualifying time of 45.26 seconds at the BTC National 'Open' Track and Field Championships in Grand Bahama. Newcomer Wesley Neymour ran 45.54 seconds. The team of Williams, Neymour, Ojay Ferguson and hurdler Jeffery Gibson captured the silver medal at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Championships in July in a time of 3:02.26.
At the Berlin World Championships, the team was disqualified in the heats for running out of the exchange zone. In Daegu, two years ago, the team just missed the final after sitting out Chris Brown and Demetrius Pinder in the heats. In the last three championships, it took 3:00.97 to qualify for the final in Daegu, 3:02.36 to qualify in Berlin, and 3:02.49 to qualify in Osaka. Track and Field News has predicted The Bahamas to capture the silver medal in Moscow. One thing they must do is to run well in the heats and final.
Anthonique Strachan
Strachan, the IAAF Rising Star for 2012 is ranked fifth in the 200m with a clocking of 22.32 seconds, done at the BTC National 'Open' Championships in Grand Bahama in June. Just this past weekend Strachan finished in third place at the London Diamond League meet in 22.63 seconds.
Shaunae Miller
Miller won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Indoor Championships title in March and finished with a best of 50.70 seconds for a personal best time in second place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Her 50.70 seconds places her in 14th place worldwide. The University of Georgia student has decided to participate in Moscow in the 200m. In this event, her personal best, ran in Grand Bahama, is 22.45 seconds. This places her in 12th place worldwide. She has not run since the BTC National 'Open' Championships. In the last three championships the minimum qualifying time for the final was 22.85 seconds in Daegu, 22.64 seconds in Berlin, and 22.78 seconds in Osaka. Both Shaunae and Anthonique have an opportunity to advance to the final. Both will have to run near or better than their best. Once they reach the final, it is a different ball game. To win a medal, each will have to run personal best times.
Men's 400m
The only time that a Bahamian won a medal in this event was in 2001 in Edmonton when Avard Moncur won the gold. Chris Brown has been close several times, finishing in fourth a couple times. This year, Ramon Miller has the best time by a Bahamian, 44.93 seconds, done at the nationals in Grand Bahama. He has also run well on the professional circuit.
Michael Mathieu (45.21 seconds), Chris Brown (45.24 seconds) and LaToy Williams (45.26 seconds) have all run the 'A' standard for this event. At this time, Mathieu's choice is not known. He has an 'A' standard qualifying performance in the 200m of 20.35 seconds. Mathieu's 400 time ranks him 21st and his 200m time ranks him 32nd. Which one would you run if you were Michael? The Bahamas is still hoping for a medal in this event.
Men's 4x100m relay
The Bahamas' 4x100m relay team of Jamial Rolle, Trevorvano Mackey, Adrian Griffith and Shavez Hart won the Sr. CAC title in Morelia, Mexico last month with a new Bahamian national record of 38.77 seconds. This qualified them for Moscow and places them eighth in this year's list. To qualify for the final in Moscow they will have to run faster, judging by the times ran in the last three championships.
In Daegu, the slowest time advancing to the final was 38.47 seconds. In Berlin, it was 38.72 seconds and in Osaka it was 38.70 seconds. An alternate on the team is Warren Fraser who participated in the 100m in London last year but is now recuperating from an injury. The goal of this team should be to advance to the final and run another Bahamian national record.
Women's long jump
Bianca Stuart's best this season is 6.73m (22' 1"), done in Dakar in June. Just last week in London, she jumped 6.46m (21' 2-1/2") to win the silver medal in the London Diamond League meet. To advance to the final she has to either jump the 'A' standard of 6.75m (22' 1-3/4") or finish in the top 12. In the last three championships, it took 6.44m (21' 1-1/2") in Daegu, 6.52m (21' 4-3/4") in Berlin, and 6.59m (21' 7-1/2") in Osaka to advance to the final. Stuart should be able to do that. Her personal best from 2011 is 6.81m (22' 4-1/4"), a new Bahamian national record.
Men's high jump
Donald Thomas has not had a great year but made the 2.31m (7' 6-3/4") 'A' standard a few weeks prior to the deadline. He is the 2007 World Champion with a best of 2.35m (7' 8-1/2"). Ryan Ingraham is the World Junior bronze medalist from Barcelona in 2011. His best is 2.30m (7' 6-1/2"). This will be his first trip to the "Big Leagues". As in the women's long jump, each of them has to make the 2.31m qualifying standard or finish in the top 12 in the qualifying round. This is a particularly competitive event this year.
Jeffery Gibson
Gibson will be the first Bahamian to participate in the 400m hurdles since Greg Rolle and David Charlton in the inaugural championships in 1983. He has qualified at the 'A' standard with a new national record of 49.39 seconds. Gibson has a great chance of advancing to the semi-final rounds but he would have to break his personal best by nearly a second to make the final.
Sheniqua Ferguson
Ferguson has run well this season and concentrated on the shorter sprint. Her best time this season is 11.18 seconds. This can advance her to the semi-final but she has to do much better than her season's best to advance to the final.
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
Ferguson is competing in the 100m, her weaker event. She has run 11.32 seconds this year. She might be able to advance to the semi-final but not the final in this event. This will probably be Ferguson-McKenzie's last time out for The Bahamas.
Other relays
For the very first time in history, The Bahamas has qualified in all four relays. The women's 4x100m relay has Sheniqua Ferguson, Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Nivea Smith, Cache Armbrister and Shaunae Miller in their pool. There is a slight opportunity for them to advance to the final if they are able to handle to passes well.
In the women's 4x400m relay, there is no chance for them to advance to the final unless they are able to smash the national record. The team of Lanece Clarke, Amara Jones, Shakeitha Henfield, Miriam Byfield and Cottrell Martin just do not have the leg speed to advance. The Miller camp has decided not to participate in this event.
Summary of prospects
It is believed that The Bahamas will win at least one medal again this time as the country has done since 1995. Our chances are best in the men's 4x400m relay which we won in London. As in all things, some athletes will do their best, some better than their best and some below their best. Let us encourage the entire Bahamian team to do their best in Moscow and send them our love.
We all remember the outburst of nationalism when the 'Golden Knights' won in London last year. Let us have that pride and spirit even if we do not win in Moscow.
Correction: Last week we wrote that Reese Hoffa was not on the USA team. Contrary to that report he is on the USA team.


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This shall be known as the podcast in which Amanda and Kay took their stands on the important matters of Grey's Anatomy. The episode's title was: "I Saw Her Standing There." Coincidence? We think not!
First we take a stand on the Japril ship or maybe we just can't stand it.
Mama Avery is back! And we stand in front of the welcoming committee.
Arizona stands in front of a mirror and it's beautiful, but it's when
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Derek admits that he hates teaching and we agree… Mr. Impossible Tumor suits him better than Mr. Cranky Teacher.
We take a Nazi inspired stand on BCB… And we mean it.
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Whole Systems Design utilizes an interdisciplinary team of land planners, ecological designers, builders, and educators that live in their designs. We unify conventionally disparate fields to develop resilient and regenerative places.
We differ from other designers in that we actually live inside of our work everyday - building and productive landscape systems that feed our bodies and our design approach. We build soil, tend to fruit trees, dig and maintain ponds and roads, tweak wood stoves, sharpen axes, fell trees, bring in the firewood, raise vegetables, fruit, fish, poultry, livestock, tune solar hot water systems, plow snow, live with garden pests and farm challenges, and learn from the innumerable ways one lives in a productive landscape across the seasons. Without such daily experiences we could not deliver valuable site and building design and construction experience. We practice the content of our design on a daily basis because we love it and because it allows us to be competent designers of such places for our clients.
Since the practice of modern architecture and land design is usually far removed from the consequences of its application it reliably produces dysfunctional spaces unfit for vibrant people and other living things. This distancing of designer from the designed is why these fields have consistently failed to deeply protect and enhance human culture and biological diversity for the past few generations. Our practice is part of the design-build, owner-builder movement that is transcending the industrial process which has passed for 'design' for far too long.
We work with our team of specialists we've developed over the past 15 years in Vermont to implement projects.
Ben Falk, M.A.L.D: Design, Planning, Systems Optimization
Ben developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben's integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings. His home landscape and the WSD studio site in Vermont's Mad River Valley serve as a proving ground for the regenerative land developments featured in the projects of Whole Systems Design. Ben has studied architecture and landscape architecture at the graduate level and holds a master's degree in land-use planning and design. He has conducted more than 300 site development consultations across New England and facilitated dozens of courses on permaculture design, property selection, microclimate design, and design for climate change. He has presented workshops at venues ranging from Bioneers to the Omega Institute and has consulted on projects in various countries and across much of the United States.
Ben is the author of the award-winning book the Resilient Farm and Homestead (Chelsea Green, 2013).
An interview on CBC's Spark with Nora Young is a nice overview of Ben's approach, as is Ben's TEDx talk.
An introduction to Ben Falk and some of the work at our farm from Costa on Vimeo.
Cornelius Murphy: Project Management, Studio Manager, Communications, Design
Cornelius has worked with WSD for more than eight years, growing with the firm into a world class design shop. He manages the WSD office, provides project management, and synthesizes CAD and dynamic animation with hand drawing and other graphic media to produce compelling design communications. Cornelius worked as an associate designer in several California-based landscape architecture studios before coming to Vermont and Whole Systems Design. He holds a Permaculture Design Certificate from the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, CA and a degree in Landscape Architecture from Temple University. Cornelius is the illustrator of the award-winning book the Resilient Farm and Homestead (Chelsea Green, 2013).
Erica Koch Falk, ND, MEd: Whole Systems Skills Instructor, Medicinal Crops, Herbalist
Erica is a Vermont licensed Naturopathic Physician, health educator, gardener, and medicine-maker. She earned her Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from National College of Natural Medicine and a Master of Education from Rutgers University. She has practiced in diverse settings including corporate wellness at Nike, integrative oncology hospitals, and private clinics. She enjoys teaching people about nutrition, herbs, growing food/medicine and integrating practical measures into daily life to promote resilience and health. She is currently credentialed at Gifford Medical Center and recently earned her Agri-Safe certification in Agricultural Medicine.
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Vicsal Development Corporation (VICSAL), is a private family corporation primarily engaged in the retail business. It owns and operates a chain of department stores and supermarkets popularly known as Metro.
Incorporated in 1981, Metro opened its first department store and supermarket in 1982. Its inception was through the vision of the late Sir Victor Gaisano, a seasoned retailer and one of the revered members of the Gaisano family. The Gaisanos owned and managed the former White Gold Department Store, the first department store and supermarket business in Cebu. White Gold lasted for 30 years and became the largest of its kind since its establishment in 1949. With the help of his wife, Sally Gaisano, and four children — Margaret, Jack, Edward and Frank, Victor Gaisano envisioned a department store and supermarket that will offer quality and a variety of merchandise in a friendly atmosphere and at prices that are highly competitive and reasonable. Metro's business operations were shaped and influenced by the combined experiences of the Gaisano family in the retail industry. It has an aggressive advertising and promotion strategy which calls for constant visibility in print, radio and television throughout the years. It enjoys the patronage of all types of customers and is the leading retail store in Cebu.
Metro's vision is to become a world-class retail store and enjoy the process of attaining it. Its mission is to provide quality environment, quality service, and to be responsive to customers' needs in the highest current standard. Metro was built firmly on the philosophy of customer centeredness.
Today, Metro is known for its comfortable and friendly outlets that offer a wide assortment of fresh and quality products at reasonable prices. Their retail activities typically range from supermarket operations, department store operations, appliances, fine jewelry, pharmacy, fast food outlets, bakeshops, coffee shops, photocopying, framing, embroidery and gift wrapping services.
Through a series of expansions and partnerships with Ayala Land Inc. and other major developers, it now operates 7 retail outlets, located in the city of Cebu with two, Mandaue, Legazpi, Lucena, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City and Angeles City, Pampanga. All Metro Department Stores and Supermarkets are located inside multi-level store buildings
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Actor Bill Murry (no, not the ghostbuster), has out Modern Warfare 4. Murray voices Captain Price in all three Modern Warfare games and allegedly told This Is Xbox "Yeah, on Monday I am off to meet Infinity Ward about the next game, Modern Warfare 4, I'm doing work on the sequel to Modern Warfare 3, it carries straight on and I only ever appear in the Modern Warfare games.". It is important to not however, that this isn't an official announcement by Activision or Infinity Ward.
According to Infinity Ward, the developer responded via Twitter that whilst the news was "Interesting", they've "not talked with any voice actors, so all news is speculation.
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Source: IGN.
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The Findings: Brains, not brawn, determine which birds turn to theft to feed themselves and their young.
The Back Story: Snatching food foraged by others, known as kleptoparasitism, is a well-documented behavior among birds. But some bird families--including falcons and eagles--are far more inclined to steal than others, according to a new analysis published in Animal Behaviour. Researchers in Canada and Spain analyzed 856 reports of avian food theft from the scientific literature and found that, while a large body does not correlate with thieving behavior, a big brain does. Only 197 out of the 9,672 known bird species have been observed swiping food, and those species tend to be criminal masterminds--with big brains for their body size--rather than thugs.
The Big Picture: The association between kleptoparasitism and larger brains indicates that the ability to snag food from rivals may stem from greater cognition, not aggressiveness. In other words, for birds, stealing is the smart thing to do.


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Religion of Tuesday, 19 August 2014
Source: GNA
Reverend Vincent K. Dagadu, Youth Programme Officer of the E.P. Church Sunday exhorted the youths of the Church to demonstrate "genuine faith in order to see the hand of God in their lives".
He was preaching the sermon at the end of the 21st Annual National Congress of the Evangelical Presbyterian Students Union (EPSU) in Ho under the theme, "God of life, the Word is Truth and Spirit."
"So long as your faith is genuine whatever you say can come to pass," Rev Dagadu said.
He said it was that genuine faith demonstrated by the biblical David the shepherd that enabled him to confront and slay Goliath who had held the entire Israelite army in fear.
"His (David's) life and character were admired by God. Child of God let your faith be genuine and you shall reap the fruit of God."
Reverend Dagadu therefore urged members of the Union to be steadfast anytime they were confronted by difficult situations because such situations were designed by God to prepare them for great exploits.
Mr Eyram Natson Amengor, National President of the Union reminded members not to bear the tag of indiscipline, reminding them that indiscipline starts small and grows bigger until it becomes uncontrollable and festers into lawlessness.
Mr Amengor urged them to guard against individualism and willingly render sacrificial service as Christians.
He urged members of the Union to embark on vigorous evangelism because "our evangelism has become the "marking scheme" in the Church.
Mr Amengor pledged that the Union would not do anything to bring the Church and the Union into disrepute.
"Pray for this to come to pass," he exhorted.
In a message during the opening session of the Congress, Right Reverend Francis Amenu, Moderator of the E.P.Church urged delegates to uphold good behavior and be shining examples that others would emulate and identify with the Church.
He expressed the conviction that the EPSU would continue to work tirelessly "in the Lord's vine yard" for the growth and progress of the Church.


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National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
On the 89th Amendment of the Constitution coming into force on 19th February 2004, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has been set up under Article 338A on the bifurcation of the erstwhile National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to oversee the implementation of various safeguards provided to Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution. The Commission comprises a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and three full time Members (including one lady Member). The term of all the Members of the Commission is three years from the date of assumption of charge:
Shri Kunwar Singh Chairman
Vacant Vice Chairman
Shri Lama Lobzang Member
Smt. Prem Bai Mandavi Member
Shri Buduru Srinivasulu Member
Duties and functions:
Constitution of India under Article 338A has assigned the following duties and functions to the Commission:
(a) To investigate and monitor all matters relating to the safeguards provided for the Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution or under any other law for the time being in force or under any order of the Government and to evaluate the working of such safeguards;
(b) To inquire into specific complaints with respect to the deprivation of rights and safeguards of the Scheduled Tribes;
(c) To participate and advise in the planning process of socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes and to evaluate the progress of their development under the Union and any State;
(d) To present to the President, annually and at such other times as the Commission may deem fit, reports upon the working of those safeguards;
(e) To make in such reports, recommendations as to the measures that should be taken by the Union or any State for effective implementation of those safeguards and other measures for the protection, welfare and socio-economic development of the Scheduled Tribes, and
(f) To discharge such other functions in relation to the protection, welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes as the President may, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament, by rule specify.
The Commission shall discharge the following other functions in relation to the protection, welfare and development and advancement of the Scheduled Tribes, namely:-
(i) Measures that need to be taken over conferring ownership rights in respect of minor forest produce;
(ii) Measures to be taken to safeguard rights of the tribal communities over mineral resources, water resources, etc. as per law;
(iii) Measures to be taken for the development of tribals and to work for more viable livelihood strategies;
(iv) Measures to be taken to improve the efficacy of relief and rehabilitation measures for tribal groups displaced by development projects;
(v) Measures to be taken to prevent alienation of tribal people from land and to effectively rehabilitate such people in whose case alienation has already taken place;
(vi) Measures to be taken to elicit maximum cooperation and involvement of tribal communities for protecting forests and undertaking social afforestation;
(vii) Measures to be taken to ensure full implementation of the Provisions of Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (40 of 1996);
(viii) Measures to be taken to reduce and ultimately eliminate the practice of shifting cultivation by tribals that lead to their continuous disempowerment and degradation of land and the environment.
Powers of the Commission:
While investigating the matters referred to in sub-clause (a) to inquire into any complaint referred to in sub-clause (b) of clause 5, the Commission have all the powers of a Civil Court trying a suit and in particular in respect of the following matters:
(a) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person from any part of India and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring the discovery and production of any documents;
(c) receiving evidence on affidavits;
(d) requisitioning any public record or copy thereof from any court or office;
(e) issuing summons/communications for the examination of witnesses and documents;
(f) any other matter which the President may by rule determine.
Consultation by the Union and State Governments with the Commission:
In accordance with clause 9 of Article 338A of the Constitution, Union and every State Government shall consult the Commission on all major policy matters affecting Scheduled Tribes.
The Commission while investigating matters relating to the safeguards provided under the Constitution monitors the implementation and working of safeguards which include:
a) Acting upon Article 23 of the Constitution which prohibits traffic in human beings and forced labour, etc.; in respect of STs
b) Prohibition of child labour under Article 24; in respect of STs
c) Educational safeguards under Article 15(4) for reservation of seats in educational institutions
d) Economic safeguards under Article 244 and working of Fifth and Sixth Schedules and release of grants for raising the level of administration in tribal areas
e) To safeguard the distinct language, script or culture under Article 29(i)
f) Working of service safeguards provided under Articles 16(4), 16(4A), 16(4B) and 335 providing for adequate representation of Scheduled Tribes in appointments or posts
g) Enforcement of various laws such as:
(i) The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
(ii) Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 (in respect of Scheduled Tribes)
(iii) The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 (in respect of Scheduled Tribes)
(iv)State Acts and Regulations concerning alienation and restoration of land belonging to Scheduled Tribes
(v) Forest Conservation Act, 1980 (in respect of Scheduled Tribes)
(vi)The Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996
(vii) Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (in respect of Scheduled Tribes)
The working of the Commission:
The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes functions from its Headquarters at New Delhi and from the State Offices of the Commission located in six States.
There are four Wings at Hqrs.
1. Administration & Coordination Wing
2. Service Safeguards Wing
3. Atrocities Wing
4. Economic & Social Development Wing
There are 6 State Offices of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes which work as 'eyes and ears' of the Commission. They keep a watch on the formulation of policy and issue of guidelines relating to the welfare of Scheduled Tribes in the States/UTs and keep the Commission's Headquarters informed about the development periodically. Policy decisions taken by any State Government/UT Administration affecting the interests of the Scheduled Tribes are brought to the notice of the concerned authorities for necessary action.
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Location, Jurisdiction & Telephone Numbers of the State Offices of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
Headquarter & Jurisdiction
Designation of the officer-in-charge
Office Telephone Nos.
Orissa, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry
Research Officer
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, 91, Satyanagar, Bhubaneswar-751007 (Orissa)
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes,
Room No. 309, Nirman Sadan, CGO Building, 52-A, Arera Hills, Bhopal-462011 (M.P.)
Director (Additional Charge)
C/o Shri Judhishthir Meher, R-26, Sector-2, Avanti Vihar, Post Office Ravigrame, Raipur-492006 (Chhattisgarh)
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu & Kashmir, Chandigarh and Daman & Diu
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, C-29, Lal Kothi Scheme, Behind SMS Stadium, Pankaj Singhvi Marg, Jaipur-302015 (Rajasthan)
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim
Assistant Director
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, Temple Road, Lower Lachumire, Shillong-793001
Jharkhand, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh
Research Officer (Additional Charge)
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, 14, A.G. Co-operative Colony, Kadru, Ranchi-834002 (Jharkhand)
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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Liu, Xianzhi Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-0603103-102219 Title Wind Loads on Multiple Cylinders Arranged in Tandem with Effects of Turbulence and Surface Roughness Degree Master of Science in Civil Engineering (M.S.C.E.) Department Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Marc Levitan Committee Chair Dimitris Nikitopoulos Committee Co-Chair Steve Cai Committee Member Keywords
- pipe rack
- turbulence
- surface roughness
- multiple circular cylinders
- wind tunnel
- circular cylinder
- wind loads
Date of Defense 2003-05-21 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe goal of this study is to investigate the characteristics of mean drag and lift forces for a series of cylinders arranged in tandem with varying flow turbulence and surface roughness. This goal was fulfilled by building a wind tunnel test section capable of generating both smooth flow and turbulent flow, and by adopting cylinder models with certain types of surface roughness as well as the smooth surface. In both smooth flow and grid-turbulence flow conditions, single cylinders as well as multiple cylinders were tested. The tested Reynolds number ranged from 2.7×104 to 8.6×104. For multiple-cylinder tests, a majority of the tests were conducted with cylinders aligned in tandem or as tops-leveled for unequal diameter cases. A limited number of experiments were conducted for different alignment cases as the comparison. The mean drag and lift coefficients were reported for individual cylinders as well as for combinations.
A significant effect of flow turbulence was observed on both drag coefficients and lift coefficients. The critical spacing was observed for most combinations in the smooth flow condition, which featured with an abrupt change of drag coefficients with a small change of spacing. However, this feature was much less pronounced when these combinations were tested in the turbulent flow. It was also found that for the combinations with larger cylinder in the upstream position, large combined drag coefficients and small lift coefficients were more likely to occur, especially in the smooth-flow conditions. The force ratios were reported for all the tested combinations, which measure the reduction of the combined drag force compared to the sum of the drag forces when the cylinders stand independently. Results of force ratios showed that there was more reduction with more cylinders in the tandem group, and the reduction became less when the spacing between the cylinders increased. Recommendations for the design practice were developed based on the force ratios obtained from the tests in the turbulent flow condition.
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text: "We are actually in a good or better position than we were at this time last year," Hemsley said. "But we think we are being cautious, and we think the market should be cautious as well."UnitedHealth Group Inc. will deliver its first 2013 earnings forecast next month at its annual investor meeting. In the third quarter, the health benefits provider earned $1.56 billion, or $1.50 per share, overall. That compares with $1.27 billion, or $1.17 per share, in last year's third quarter. Analysts had forecast earnings of $1.34 per share, and UnitedHealth said earlier this month its net income would be at least $1.45 per share. Revenue rose 8 percent to $27.3 billion. That fell short of average analyst expectations of $27.58 billion, according to FactSet. UnitedHealth said Tuesday its third quarter was helped by Medicare and retirement revenue that swelled by $1.2 billion, as Medicare Advantage enrollment grew by 400,000 people compared with last year. Medicare Advantage plans are privately run, subsidized versions of the government's Medicare program for the elderly and disabled people. UnitedHealth is the largest provider of these plans, and it made a couple of acquisitions within the past year to help spur growth. Big health insurers have been snapping up smaller Medicare Advantage plan providers to prepare for the millions of Baby Boomers who will become eligible for this coverage over the next couple decades. Aside from the Medicare growth, the insurer also recorded a $390 million benefit in the quarter because claims left over from earlier periods came in lower than expected, which freed up money held in reserve. That compares with a $200 million benefit in last year's quarter. UnitedHealth is the first major insurer to report earnings every quarter, and Goldman Sachs analyst Matthew Borsch said in a Tuesday morning research note the report should set a positive tone for the sector, which also includes WellPoint Inc. and Aetna Inc.


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Dec 07, 2011
Photo SEO: Use Photos to Multiply Your Search Effectiveness
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We know that multimedia content drives better press release results and in this post, we're going to tackle photo optimization, and explain how photos can help you multiply your opportunity of getting your content displayed in Google search results.
Photos find their way into four of Google's properties: universal search, news search, image search, and even Google Maps.
Images, search & buying behaviors
While most people rarely go to the second or third page of results when they do a text search on Google, the behavior is markedly different for image search. Eight 'pages' worth of photos are displayed on the first page of results enabling searchers to go deeper and see significantly more results for their query. Each 'page' has an average of 20 photos resulting in over 160 photos served up in the first set of results. With a single click, 24 more 'pages' of search results are displayed. If you follow some simple photo SEO tricks, you can easily increase the visibility of your photos.
Most users are browsing photos with intent; some are intending to buy a product, some are browsing for entertainment purposes and others are doing research. In terms of merchandising a product, the photo is a key way to catch someone's attention and then make that person feel a sense of comfort – something that can help initiate a purchase. Would you buy something on eBay if you didn't see a picture?
How Photo SEO Works
Google's search bots see the HTML tags of the images including the image source markup (img src) and the ALT Tags.
Google then pulls the image, indexes it and classifies it. Some of the classifications include:
- Is it a photo?
- Is it in color or black and white?
- Is it a person?
- Is it safe or should the safe search feature filter out the photo?
Google clusters duplicate and similar images like it does for text. It then renders one of the images in the search results.
Optimize Your Photo
It should go without saying but quality is important. The image should be clear and crisp and the content in the image should be engaging. While cameras on mobile devices are getting better and better, you can't beat an image from a properly set digital SLR camera.
In terms of image file formats, the most popular are JPEG (,jpg), PNG, and GIF. Avoid obscure file type and those not optimized for web viewing.
Whenever possible, include a caption. The caption should be descriptive and mention the 5 W's you learned in grammar school: who, what, when, where and why. Always put important keywords at the start of the caption and keep the entire caption less than 2,000 characters. You should use the same keywords in the name of your image as well (keyword-keyword-keyword.jpg).
Photos that are taken with most cameras have EXIF information embedded within the image including the camera manufacturer and model, the date and time the photo was taken, exposure settings, and even geo-location. You can embed your own metadata in the photo's IPTC and XMP fields by using one of the many free and paid applications out there, like PhotoShop.
There are conflicting accounts on whether Google actually looks at the information embedded inside the photo itself for indexing purposes however, it is prudent to embed the key information including the caption, location and photo credit in the image itself. This will add context to photos that are found separate from their related content as well as enable the photographer to be identified which is important for rights purposes.
There are a number of measures you can take on your own website to ensure photos are optimized for search engines and user consumption.
To guarantee the webpage loads as fast as possible, you should resize the image to fit the size that will be displayed on screen, resizing the image at the time of the page loading will slow down the user experience. While thumbnails will make pages load the fastest, you need to make sure people can see the image in a larger format. For best results, the image should enlarge to no bigger than the browser size. Photos less than 60 pixels by 60 pixels and those that have crazy aspect ratios will most likely be passed over by the search engines.
You can increase the chance of pickup by search engines, by placing the image at the top of the page and as close to the headline as possible. At the very least, make sure the image is above the fold so users don't have to scroll down for it.
The search engines will look at the content around your image to get a better understanding of what's in the image so keep your image inline in your content. The text around the image should be descriptive. Always utilize the HTML ALT tag for the image and use a 3-4 word descriptive phrase for the image.
If you have an image gallery on your website, to increase the likelihood of Google finding your images, you should look at creating a Google image sitemap and a Google News image sitemap.
Author Dan Hennes is PR Newswire's vice president of distribution products.
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This is some great information. We live in a time where everyone wants to see photos, videos and multimedia content. So many people these days are using images to relay messages rather than words because it's an effective tool to gain a broader audience and it's nice to see a light shined on the topic.
Long time SEO, first time commenter.
Now overall this is a good post, however there's a few missteps in here. This single biggest one has to do with the image you use. That image is showcasing results from Google Shopping. Google Shopping is in no way, shape, or form influenced by Google Image. For shopping you sign up for Google Merchant Center and provide an updated feed with images, brands, descriptions, categories, etc that will deliver those results. This image can be misleading to the user. Images do appear on a search engine results page but when they hit a SERP they will be called out "Images for " and may wind up being below the fold. This is more or less dependent on where Google is trying them to test effective placement strategies.
Second it's important to remember that search has evolved a great deal in even the past 12 months. SEOmoz recently released a post about "Headless Browsers". The moral of the store is to adopt a user-centric approach to every page, post, offering you put out there. Putting an image at the top of the post is okay but with a post like this you would want at least 3 (Top, middle, near the bottom). You want to PULL the readers through the post. Use a witty caption from the post, a humorous caption that references part of the post, something to keep them involved.
Additionally don't forget to let people know that they shouldn't rule out image hosting services like Flickr. They allow you to further optimize and tag the image. They can generate a life and use of their own. However this is not always the best idea but in some instances it's can do good things for you get a little more more value from the image.
Finally you stress the importance of image alt text attributes. I 100% wholeheartedly agree with this. However you seemed to have forgotten your own.
Take care, have a great weekend.
Hi Joshua – Thanks for the comment and catching our image mistake. We have updated the image and the ALT text. The SEOmoz post definitely provides some more color to using images the engage users. And we agree – Flickr is definitely a great resource for getting your images out to the masses. You can read our post about Flickr here: http://blog.prnewswire.com/2011/11/07/five-tips-for-using-flickr-to-host-multimedia-content/
search has evolved a great deal in even the past 12 months. SEOmoz recently released a post about "Headless Browsers". The moral of the store is to adopt a user-centric approach to every page, post, offering you put out there. Putting an image at the top of the post is okay but with a post like this you would want at least 3 (Top, middle, near the bottom). You want to PULL the readers through the post. Use a witty caption from the post, a humorous caption that references part of the post, something to keep them involved.
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