Strike Out: Gil Meche, Kansas City Royals. Getting Graphic: Anonymous Designer. Sign Language: Adam, Taco Bell. Fareed Zakaria's Blog - Health Insurance Is for Everyone - March 19, 2012 10:02. [image error]By Fareed Zakaria Two years ago, Barack Obama signed into law the most comprehensive reform of American health care since Medicare.
Most of its provisions haven't been implemented yet. But the debate about it rages on at every level. Twenty-six states have filed legal challenges to it. And this month the Supreme Court will hear arguments about its constitutionality. The centerpiece of the case against Obamacare is the requirement that everyone buy some kind of health insurance or face stiff penalties--the so-called individual mandate. Twenty years ago, Switzerland had a system very similar to America's--private insurers, private providers--with very similar problems. When Taiwan--another country with a strong free-market economy--decided to create a new health care system in the mid-1990s, it studied every existing model.
The most striking aspect of America's medical system remains how much of an outlier it is in the advanced industrial world. Cookware: What to use what not to use! There are numerous types of cookware, made with different materials… but which ones are best to use, we’ll tell you!
Utensils, what to use and what not to useWhat kind of utensils do you have in your kitchen cabinet? Your cooking vessels must be made of materials that do not peel, chip, vaporise, dissolve, flake or crack easily. Additionally, it also ought to be a good conductor of heat to ensure your foods is cooked evenly. Certain types of cookware are known to be hazardous to health. NOOK Simple Touch To Feature E Ink Screen With First-Of-Its-Kind 'GlowLight' E Ink readers like the Kindle and the NOOK are great for reading in the sunshine, but when it gets dark out, you face a problem: You either have to attach a flashlight to the device or turn on a light in your home.
With its newest NOOK Simple Touch, which comes with an embedded technology called GlowLight, Barnes & Noble thinks it has eliminated that problem forever. Announced on Thursday afternoon, the new device becomes the first E Ink reader whose screen is also backlit. Barnes & Noble representatives say that the new screen illumination technology, which can be toggled on and off, makes its new NOOK Simple Touch the only device with a screen that is really readable both in direct sunlight as well as in the dark. After trying the new NOOK Simple Touch in both the darkness and the light, and comparing its readability to a new iPad and an E Ink Kindle Touch under similar conditions, I've gotta say: Barnes & Noble might have something game-changing for the e-reader market.
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Discovery[edit] Dry water was first patented in 1968 and was immediately snatched up by cosmetic companies as it appeared to have potential applications in the cosmetics field.[2] It was rediscovered in 2006 by the University of Hull, UK, and has since been evaluated and studied for its potential use in other fields.[2] The dry water itself is easy enough to manufacture.
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One of the key problems with the statute, according to legal experts, is that the law is not limited to one-to-one communications, such as emails, Facebook messages or texts. Blue Marlin: The Giant Ship That Ships Other Ships. When one needs to transport a large number of ships (perhaps they aren’t ocean-ready), move a gigantic oil rig (like BP’s Thunder Horse PDQ) or perhaps carry a damaged warship home (The USS Cole), the MV Blue Marlin heeds the call. Blue Marlin is a semi-submersible heavy lift ship designed to transport very large semi-submersible drilling rigs above the transport ship’s deck. It is equipped with 38 cabins to accommodate 60 people, a workout room, sauna and swimming facilities. Blue Marlin and her sister ship MV Black Marlin comprise the Marlin class of heavy lift ship. They were owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway, from their construction, in April 2000 and November 1999 respectively, until 6 July 2001, when they were purchased by Dockwise Shipping of the Netherlands.
HISTORY The U.S. Geometrically Surreal Illustrations - Oh Yeah Studio is Run By Hans Oren and Christiana Magnussen. Oh Yeah Studio is a Norwegian design house driven by two highly talented designers, Hans Oren and Christiana Magnussen. The two founded the multidisciplinary studio as a hobby project, which in turn grew into an internationally recognized creative company. The couple are perfect for cross media productions, both being trained in graphic design, visual communications and illustration.
The studio aims to inspire emotional responses and heavy reactions through its visual projects. Beyond the designer's personal exhibition and project work, the team reaches deep into the area of commissioned graphic work. Teodoro L. Locsin Jr.: Forget Singapore, think Lee Kuan Yew. InterAksyon.com means BUSINESS The Economist newspaper - that's what the English call magazines (the word for stacks of artillery shells) -may have finally laid to rest the nonsensical notion of Third World politicians to turn their country into another Taiwan, South Korea or Singapore.
It will never happen. Rich countries must start rich. The Economist notes that developing countries no longer look to the West but to Asia for inspiration and instruction, with the exception of the Philippines, meaning us. We remain the prime example of poor performance in a progressive part of the world, and that's not going to change. Africa looks to China, with good reason. Africa along with other poor countries like ours looks to Vietnam for its swift recovery from a devastating war which, however, ended nearly half a century ago.
Just how BIG is Hacienda Luisita? First Pacific eyes more investments in PH sugar sector First Pacific Co Ltd is scouting for new investments in the Philippine sugar industry after buying a stake in Roxas Holdings Inc (RHI). COCKTALES | After losing Tarlac, Hacienda Luisita battles peasants over Pangasinan farm After losing the decades-long land redistribution litigation in Tarlac, Hacienda Luisita is now waging an uphill battle to eject farmers over a smaller piece of company land in Pangasinan. Land reform advocates remember 'martyrs of Luisita' Clergy of the Iglesia Independiente Filipina, or Aglipayan church, and agrarian reform advocates on Thursday commemorated the March 13, 2005 murder of Fr. Solon claims DAR overpaid P167 million to PNoy's kin for Hacienda Luisita. Anonymous Hackers Plan More China Site Attacks. SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous plans to launch further attacks on Chinese government websites in a bid to uncover corruption and lobby for human rights, a member of the group said on Monday.
Anonymous, a loosely knit group that has attacked financial and government websites around the world, hacked into Chinese government websites last week, defacing several, media reports said. The group used the Twitter account "Anonymous China" to publicize the attacks, posting links to data files that contained passwords and other personal information from the hacked websites. ( "First we want to alert the Chinese government that we aren't afraid, and we are going to show the truth and fight for justice," Anonymous hacker "f0ws3r" told Reuters. The hacker, who declined to provide any personal details, was contacted through Anonymous China's Twitter page.
Facebook to buy Instagram for $1 billion. Mark Zuckerberg Announces Instagram Acquisition By Facebook. Instagram. The Introvert's Power. They probably wouldn't like to hear it, but introverts are having a moment in the spotlight as new research shows their creative power. We may live in what Time writer Bryan Walsh calls the “land of the loud and the home of the talkative,” but social scientists have discovered that introverts are often better friends, wiser managers, and more creative thinkers than extroverts. “Introverts are better at listening, and can spend long periods of time in solitary work, which turns out to be the best way to come up with fresh ideas or master a skill,” writes Walsh.
“Introverts forge deep and rewarding relationships, and often make smarter decisions than extroverts, because they’re more cautious and deliberate.” Pelvic Thrusting Cats. 7 Crazy, Fun Cakes You Can Make. Chocolate and vanilla cakes are great, but sometimes you want to have a little more fun with your frosting and filling. Try these! By Usha Sahay | Recipes from Taste of Home Loading Swiss Swirl Ice Cream Cake Ice cream and hot fudge hide under a shell of Swiss Cake Rolls.
Get the recipe on TasteofHome.com. Pizzeria Capanna by K-studio. Greek architects of the atelier K-Studio have just completed a rustic pizzeria Capanna in the centre of Athens, Greece. During frequent heat waves „the floor to ceiling windows can slide upwards allowing the restaurant to spill out onto the pavement“. The basic concept of this project was to create a space with an specific „italian courtyard“ atmosphere.
Therefore, materials such as cement tiles, stucco plaster, travertine stone, blackened steel railings, and characteristic narrow wooden shutters were used. The stove and pizza bar are placed in the volume tiled with the travertine and located in the backside of the restaurant. Another volume located above it is tiled with the shutters and contains storage facilities, kitchen and sanitary facilities. Extreme Weather Of The Week (PHOTOS) The deepest 'musical' note in the known universe comes from a black hole! - Facts - Mar 28, 2012. The rumblings of a black hole in the Perseus galaxy is 57 octaves below middle C.
For comparison, a typical piano has 7 octaves. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory was used by NASA in the discovery of the black hole in 2003. The black hole they recorded is 250 million light years away from Earth. It was the first time sound waves were found around a supermassive black hole. It supports the theory that black holes are not 'holes' but rather really dense concentrations of matter. Rtkmio.jpg (634×1033) Old-growth-redwood-above-younger-growth-redwoods-above-the-canopy.jpg (800×600) Apple computers infected with Flashback Trojan virus in 'rude awakening' for Mac users. Trojan has compromised 550,000 machines, claims Russian security firmAttack is 'rude awakening' for Mac usersCyber threat infects machines via any of four million infected web pages By Rob Waugh Published: 10:11 GMT, 5 April 2012 | Updated: 09:22 GMT, 6 April 2012 A new computer trojan has infected 550,000 machines running Apple's Mac OS X - and many could still be vulnerable.
The infected machines are now part of a 'botnet' of zombie machines which can be controlled by cyber criminals and 'told' to download new malicious software. The attack has been described as a 'rude awakening' for Mac users. The attack has afflicted machines in America and the UK worst, according to Russian security vendor Dr Web's statistics. Coincidence? Poor Cat. An Imperfect Union: Europe's debt crisis. (CBS News) Ten European countries are in a recession.
In order to avoid default, three have needed bailouts from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, and more might be necessary. The 23 Funniest Tumblr Blogs That Will Make You LOL. The Breathtaking Giola Lagoon in Greece. Apr 7, 2012 On the beautiful island of Thassos, Greece lies a secluded lagoon near the village of Astris called Giola.
Giola-lagoon-natural-pool-thassos-greece-8.jpg (800×533) Giola-lagoon-natural-pool-thassos-greece-1.jpg (800×533) It’s a trap. 13 Simple Steps To Get You Through A Rough Day. Colliding Rivers in Geneva, Switzerland. Apr 7, 2012 In this incredible photograph we see the junction of the Rhone and Arve rivers in Geneva, Switzerland.
The river on the left is the Rhone, which is just exiting Lake Lehman. The river on the right is the Arve, which receives water from the many glaciers of the Chamonix valley (mainly the Mer de Glace) before flowing north-west into the Rhone on the west side of Geneva, where its much higher level of silt brings forth a striking contrast between the two rivers. [Source] The comments did not state who the photographer was, and neither did an image search on Google and Tineye. 3753502_700b.jpg (530×663) Eadweard Muybridge. In 1874 he shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover, but was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide.[3] He travelled for more than a year in Central America on a photographic expedition in 1875.
In the 1880s, Muybridge entered a very productive period at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, producing over 100,000 images of animals and humans in motion, capturing what the human eye could not distinguish as separate movements. Hot-girls-2011-09-09-14.jpg (525×700) 3717937_460s.jpg (460×517) 3722321_460s.jpg (458×6406) 3721319_460s.jpg (460×539) 3717583_460s.jpg (460×346) 3719835_460s.jpg (460×1033) 3719703_460s.jpg (460×632) d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/3724846_700b.jpg. d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/3724262_460s.jpg. d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/3719183_460s.jpg. d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/3724476_460s.jpg. d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/3726220_460s.jpg. 3717873_460s.jpg (460×649) 3727145_460s.jpg (460×380) 3729686_460s.jpg (460×375)
3719116_460s.jpg (460×334) Siege of Sarajevo. The Siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare.[5] After being initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army, Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days) during the Bosnian War.
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