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In an effort to pay for better performance, the federal government is penalizing 169 Texas hospitals that had the highest rates of Medicare patients readmitted within 30 days of being treated for heart failure, heart attacks or pneumonia. Those hospitals will see their Medicare payment rates for all procedures reduced by up to 2 percent.
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Hospitals were first penalized for poor readmission rates this year as part of the federal Affordable Care Act — up to 1 percent of Medicare rates. Next year, the maximum penalty increases to 2 percent. On average, Texas hospitals will have their Medicare payments reduced by 0.32 percent in 2014; 115 hospitals will have lower penalties in 2014 than in 2013, while 83 hospitals will have higher penalties.
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This is silly.Senior citizens have relapses. Hospitals should not be penalized for providing care for serving people with fragile health.
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So what will the result of this be? Will they be kept in the hospital longer until fully recovered the first time? Or, will they refuse to readmit them and send them home to die?
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BRAVO to Obamacare for publicizing metrics that help us consumers make educated choices about WHERE we seek our medical care. Until now, such medical data has not been made available to the public. Also, thx to the Trib for putting this out here for us. Yes, there will be extenuating circumstances that affect these specific ratings but, let's face it, people (and the medical community) try harder in areas where they KNOW they are being measured.


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Btw, I've never played this game. Something tells me it is probably best used for orgy foreplay.
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Great plot twist!
@Kristian Well you do didn't miss out on much, it's not bad but can get boring rather quickly. Although I can imagine people using this for "sexy time" (thinking it will be so kinky and fun before getting disappointed) It's probably more enjoyable if you drank a bit before playing it at a house party or something, I've yet to try that.
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We Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) survivors are a diverse lot. Old and young; healthy and not; brains intact or not so much; female and male; working, retired or disabled; intrepid or terrified. Well, many of us are both intrepid and occasionally terrified. What we have in common, of course is that our hearts stopped, without warning. And somehow our hearts were re-started, unlike the 95% whose hearts were simply done. We came back. Some right away, some with a lag, some after unintentional or induced comas, but we came back. We 5%.
For our brains, the hard, cold fact of it is that if the heart is down longer than 4 minutes, the risk of brain damage sidles up. Cells begin to die after 4 minutes without sufficient oxygen. You get more time with serious CPR, more time with hypothermia - but the magic 4 minute mark means risk of Anoxic Brain Injury (ABI). Damage to the brain can be small, it can be moderate or it can be devastating.
I escaped ABI; my SCA happened so close to defibrillator paddles. Some other lucky souls were not as close to the paddles, but happened to be surrounded by people who knew how to do the new kick-ass CPR where your chest is really pounded, You may break some ribs, but you buy time for your brain.
We chatted recently - a small group of SCA survivors. We find each other online; we have those normal, quick online interactions. But now, we have talked; we had a conference call. It was a pleasure to hear voices. After a few minutes, it became clear that most on the call were dealing with ABI to some extent or another. And this was what they wanted to talk about, this dominates their lives. Sitting on the phone, I slid between stark sympathy and the guilty relief that it wasn't me. They may struggle with impulse control, with memory, with the ability to process information, and then there is confidence. What made my heart ache was the toll ABI took on their confidence to navigate life, to communicate. One was so fretful about her communication that she peppers her talk with "did I just make sense?" Of course, she made perfect sense. But she worried. They all make perfect sense. But they each worry that people are judging them, looking askance at their errors, not recognizing the heroics of their work to recover. This is their centerpiece, and it makes your human heart hurt.
As our call wound down, we talked a bit about the odd or annoying things that people ask or say to us about SCA. Most annoying is probably those who suggest we stop thinking about it and "move on". You want to say - try that. Let's say your heart stopped for no known reason and you have no idea whether it will stop again. Go ahead. Move on and stop thinking about it.
Try it. See how many inches you can move that thought of its stopping again - how many inches away from your consciousness can you move that idea?
We each had our other irritants, but we all shared the top question: "Did you see a light?" That question gets tiresome. And of course, it doesn't matter. We did, we didn't, we don't care.
Hearts stop. Some live, most die. Some brain cells are lost. Be kind, applaud the effort that it takes to embrace life with hearts that have mysteriously and unpredictably gone off the rails. Tell your ABI sister you are so proud of her progress that she fights, fights, fights for - fights for every single inch of it.
All that beats asking about the dumbass light.
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Anyone who has kids knows there is a list of essentials you need to get before the bundle of joy arrives. One of these is a changing mat. As I had some John Lewis vouchers, I decided to get my changing mat from there - and in fact bought two, which was definitely NOT essential but I wanted to have one downstairs and one upstairs.The mat itself is white with plastic covering with a multi-coloured spot design in yellow, red and light blue. The mat is nice looking - not too babyish and neutral enough to be unisex. The mat is flat with raised sponge padding around three sides.I have to say it was very helpful for me to have somewhere to change my baby both upstairs and downstairs ... and a bit of a luxury! But having two mats turned out to be useful for another reason...After just a few months of use, the plastic covering on the raised sides of the mats started to split. Eventually I threw away one of the mats and although, after 18 months, I do continue to use the other one, the sides are full of splits and several bits of plastic have peeled. Although I tolerate this now, if it had been this bad when my daughter was any younger I would have had to throw the mat away. As it is I put up with it now as I won't need it much longer and I don't want to have to buy another one at this stage. The main area of the mat is fine and still in perfect condition.As the mats were nearly £9 each I was very disappointed at the poor quality of the plastic covering. Although I'm not a changing mat expert, I am sure there are other mats out there (probably cheaper ones!) that have a longer shelf life than this one!


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simple se how to wire a auxiliary cap
I have seen 50/50 and 80/80 capacitors on ebay they look like they have 4 connection terminals.
Can these be used as the auxiliary cap? Is this a preferred type of cap? How do you hook these guys up? If I was to get a cap that is just one sided (?terminology?) does it matter how they are hooked up ( are they polarized)? Thanks, Paul |
3rd July 2009, 03:39 AM | #2 |
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You need to be a little more specific about your reference to these capacitors. There are multi-section can type electrolytic capacitors that come in 50-50 and 80-80. These are not suitable. You need a MOTOR RUN capacitor. These are non polarised, so it does not matter what way around you connect it. If, by chance, you have a multi-section motor run cap (some for air conditioning units have two values in them, one for the fan and one for the compressor) you could parallel them.
Easiest solution is just to get a 80-100uF cheap motor run from ebay or similar. THere are some threads on this. I picked one up from here ebay capacitor but some forum members have stated that the postage was pretty high, so you might like to look for some other sources. Regards, Chris |
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Paul, as mentioned, the big motor run caps in cans are not polarized so connection either polarity is fine.
Motor start caps are not suitable as they are not designed for continuous duty. The multisection caps sometimes have 4 connections (essentially two caps in one can) and sometimes they have three terminals that share a ground, so two positives and one negative. The important thing is that they are run caps and not start caps. The cap technology is paper in oil (PIO). If you shake them, you can hear the oil sloshing around. Only electrolytics are polarized, film caps and PIO caps are not. |
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This is the story of a fearless girl and her encounter with the wicked cold wind god
4.32 / 5.00 5,845 ViewsMy entry into the Halloween '07 contest. Tried to go for a sort of horror movie, noir style. Runs in 25 fps, and was done in little less than 2 months with a mouse. If I somehow manage to win even the smallest sum of money on this, the first thing I will buy is a graphics tablet. XD
This reminded me of the one short from the anamatrix and i think you should keep it that way so if a graphics tablet is going to change your art style at all i say screw it and get some thing else to make more amazing vids like this one maby try to put a little more of a story into it but i understand where your coming from with this i kinda feal like going nuts and killing people who are like your to old to be out thats B+S so ya keep up the good work!
Wow, I had no idea. I remember when Casey was born, and now he's Flash Master Grande. The movie? Disturbing, yes - but that was the point, wasn't it? I'm a cat lover too, but you know... Nice work!
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Casey does have 2 cats, well, one and a furry lump that will occaisionally move. He also spent alot of time on this toon, or perhaps he was listening to "avante garde" (aka "crap") jazz, I could never tell. Oh, and Casey: your personality just oozes out of your warning like...well "oozes" is a strong enough word for that.
As for the toon, I'm actually impressed that you not only finished it, but it was pretty good. I really liked the swish of the cat's tail before it um...died... I liked the constant movement of the characters, it added a nice creepy feel. Only bad thing is the sound. For the first part I thought my speakers were broken, but then I realized there wasn't any sound at all. I figuered you'd at least use a creak for the door or something. That woulda made the flash start off better, and make it a bit creepier. Thanks for finishing it though!
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1In bowl, cream butter until fluffy; beat in cheese and mustard.
2Combine flour, salt and cayenne; add to bowl and stir just until mixture holds together, being careful not to overmix.
3Form into disc and wrap in plastic wrap.
4Chill for 30 minutes. Divide into 1 tablespoon balls; roll each ball into 10 inch strip.
5Twist ends over each strip to form pretzel; place on baking sheet.
6Brush with egg white; sprinkle with poppy seeds.
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So it's worth considering The Retail Consumer Report, based on research conducted by Harris Interactive with individuals who made online purchases during the past Christmas season.
Just how important was customer service to these consumers? Consider these responses:
- 95% have taken action after a bad customer service experience, and 79% have told others about it.
- Nearly all consumers (82%) have stopped doing business with an organization as a result of negative experience and most (75%) do not return.
- After a negative holiday shopping experience with an online retailer, 21% of consumers decided not to buy anything from the retailer.
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- 68% of consumers who posted a complaint or negative review on a social networking or ratings/reviews site after a negative holiday shopping experience got a response from the retailer. Of those, 33% turned around and posted a positive review, 34% deleted their original negative review, and 18% turned into loyal customers and bought more.
- 85% of consumers said they would be willing to pay anywhere between 5-25% over the standard price to ensure a superior customer experience.
- For those consumers that had a positive holiday shopping experience with an online retailer, 21% recommended the retailer to friends and 13% posted a positive online review about the retailer.
- And 66% cite good customer service as the most significant driver encouraging greater spending.
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I know that this is pretty well off-topic, but I have just been approached by a TV researcher I know in America who has asked me for some comments. I am flummoxed. Over to you guys...
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- Michael Malone said...
I think I've seen this video before. I'd like to see the actual video instead of video of the video. I'll see what I can remember/find.
- stormwalkernz said...
I too have seen this a while back, Ive catagoriesed it as an unknown as the first being seems to slide through the narrow bars of the fence.
Somwhere there is an enhanced closeup of the being and it definately looks humanoid.
There are stranger things in heaven and the earth and i believe this is one of them.
Its actually intersting how technology has helped so much now in theis field as if it wasnt for the security cameras we would just have ignored dogs or a scetchy eyewitness account. - 10:26 PM
- dinosaurman said...
This might well be some weird creature from who knows where, but it might also be a piece of cloth, hung from a wire in front of the camera. Has anyone noticed that the shadow on the ground does not meet the object's 'feet', meaning that what ever it is, is apparently 'floating'.
- Gilbert J. Avila said...
A walking baseball bat and Gumby.
- John said...
I'm in agreement. I just can't tell from the video of the video what I'm supposed to be looking at. We should see if we can find the original video in it's fullest resolution. I have a security system and it records everything as MPEG video.
If we had the original MPEG video, and could do some processing on it, we might have something.
If it's a not an outright hoax, it could be quite fascinating.
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"We're in the competition and we've got to give it the best shot we can. If we get through the two qualifiers there are another six games before Christmas, and we know how difficult that is for any club. But we have got to try and enjoy it, meet it head on and give it a go."
Bruce named a 21-man squad for the two possible qualifiers on Friday but neither Maynor Figueroa nor Andrew Robertson will be involved.
The former has been given time off after his World Cup exertions with Honduras while the latter has still to complete his move from Dundee United.
Bruce is confident of having the full-back on board this week.
"Club to club, the deal had been done we have agreement in place," Bruce said. "The boy is travelling down with his representatives and his mum and dad. We think he is an exciting young player and we really hope we get it over the line so let's hope we can get it done."
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The primary objective of the UC Davis MIND Institute IDDRC Neurobehavioral Analysis Core (NAC) is to help investigators generate detailed phenotypic characterizations of individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD). Phenotypic characterization requires measures that are appropriate for a representative sample of individuals with IDD and are designed, executed, and analyzed with the most precision and fidelity possible. Existing standardized tests, rating scales, and checklists are often not adequate for such characterization and adaptations of such measures or the creation of new measures are required. Moreover, many measures are often applicable to only a very narrow segment of the IDD population of interest. The NAC will assist IDDRC investigators in ensuring that they have the measures needed to generate advanced biobehavioral characterizations that can stand alone, be used to assess environmental contributions to IDD, or provide the evidence base for the development and evaluation of targeted treatments for IDD. To achieve this objective, the NAC will draw on the interdisciplinary expertise and already developed measures of several MIND Institute and UC Davis faculty and staff to provide key services for investigators conducting neurobiological studies of cognition, emotion, language, and other aspects of brain and behavior in human research participants with neurodevelopmental disorders that create IDD.
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Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Abyss
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(Greek abyssos).
Abyss is primarily and classically an adjective, meaning deep, very deep (Wisd., x, 19; Job, xxxviii, 16). Elsewhere in the Bible, and once in Diog. Laert., it is a substantive. Some thirty times in the Septuagint it is the equivalent of the Hebrew tehom, Assyrian tihamtu, and once each of the Hebrew meculah, "sea-deep", culah, "deep flood", and rachabh, "spacious place". Hence the meanings: (1) primeval waters; (2) the waters beneath the earth; (3) the upper seas and rivers; (4) the abode of the dead, limbo; (5) the abode of the evil spirits, hell. The last two meanings are the only ones found in the New Testament.


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Lot 28: Sun Record Co. Check to Dewey Phillips for $500 (10/5/56) Signed by Sam Phillips and Dewey Phillips
The Auction at Graceland - October 29, 2016
by The Auction at Graceland
29 October 2016
Memphis, TN, USA
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From a New York State Collection
Dewey Phillips was a key player in the legendary launch of the career of Elvis Presley and the seismic shift in the landscape of popular American music that followed. It was Dewey who couldn't stop playing the still-warm copies of "That's All Right" that Sam Phillips handed to him that fateful night in July of 1954. And it was Dewey, after the studio phone blew up with kids clamoring to hear the song again and again, who got the young singer in the studio for a quick interview, in which he made sure to ask him what high school he had attended to let his fans know his race. Dewey was also one of the few people close to Sam Phillips, whom Sam socialized with on a regular basis. They could often be seen together after hours around Memphis, knocking back some refreshments or getting a late meal and letting their hair down.
The offered Sun Record Co., Inc. check no. 1918 for $500 written to Dewey Phillips on October 5, 1956 is signed on the front by Sam Phillips and on the reverse by Dewey. It represents an unprecedented opportunity to acquire two of the most sought-after signatures from the era, from the two men responsible for lighting the match that became a wildfire. And on a Sun Records check, no lessâit couldn't be a more fitting canvas. Dewey Phillips' tragic decline in the years that followed led to his death in 1968 at the age of only 42, making his signature incredibly rare. As to what the sizeable payment was for, let the conspiracy theories begin! As close as Sam and Dewey were as friends, it's not very likely that a payola check was necessary, but the notion is enticing! Regardless of the circumstances, we are fortunate to be left with an artifact that captures the signatures of two seminal figures in the history of rock 'n' roll. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Graceland Authenticated.
Condition Report: The check is very clean with few distresses, the expected cancellation holes and stampings notwithstanding. Near Mint condition.


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This is a sketch from church at LCBC this week. Pastor Keith Walker spoke about feeling safe and having safety under God's grace.
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This is a caricature of my good friend Daniel Barkley drawn from a photo that I took while we were stationed together in Quantico, Virginia.
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Thanks Matt and Reena!
To Matt and Reena who were awesome tour guides while visiting Atlanta. We ate at the Varsity and that is why the hot dog is on the card. It is a little difficult to see but this is a pop-up card. I am not very happy with how patchy it turned out. I used some pretty cheap paper that the ink just spread into a little uncontrollably and now I have lines that are a bit too thick and blotchy areas.
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Bill Ritter's commutations draw praise, bitter rebukes
Only days after I posted a few remarks about Bill Ritter's play-it-safe approach to pardons and his reluctance to commute excessive sentences, the departing governor delivered a slew of bolder pardons and even a few commutations, stunning some grateful convicts and raising hackles elsewhere.
Ritter won't have to worry about the mixed reviews, though. He's outta there tomorrow, and the inequities in Colorado's justice system are now another guy's problem.
On Friday, Ritter issued nineteen pardons to individuals who've already completed their sentences, mostly for drug, theft or domestic violence offenses. By far the most welcome pardon, though, was a posthumous name-clearing of Joe Arridy, a mentally impaired 23-year-old who was framed and executed for a murder he didn't commit in the 1930s. If there's a hell, the lawmen who coerced a confession out of Arridy (said to have an IQ of 46), then got him to change his story after the murder weapon was found in someone else's possession, should have a very warm seat there.
Commutations are more difficult, since they involve executive intervention in a sentence that's still being served. Ritter trimmed the time of ten convicts, including four who committed terrible crimes as juveniles but were tried in adult court. They range from Dietrick Mitchell, who was serving life for a hit-and-run that occurred when he was sixteen (a case discussed in this 2009 article on Ritter's baffling clemency policy), to Jennifer Reali, who executed her lover's wife nearly twenty years ago in Colorado Springs and was expected to serve at least another two decades behind bars.
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Releasing Reali early (she's now eligible for parole in June) drew understandable protests from the victim's family. It's hard to judge the aptness of many of Ritter's decisions, since little information is released about mitigating circumstances or the degree of rehabilitation the offenders have demonstrated. One of the individuals on Ritter's list, Garry Izor, killed a store owner during a robbery in 1977 but so impressed corrections officials with his progress that he made it to community corrections in 1998 -- only to end up back in prison after a brief relapse with alcohol six years later. Ritter slashed six years off the time he was doing for that mistake, giving Izor (a thoughtful man interviewed here about the state's disastrous shipping of inmates to Texas a few years ago), in effect, a third chance.
The complete list of Ritter's last-minute largesse can be found on his website.
But the sharpest criticisms of Ritter's mercy moves have to do with the sentences he didn't commute. None of the 49 prisoners who committed crimes as juveniles for which they're now serving life without parole -- the "LWOPs" -- got any sentence reduction. That distresses Mary Ellen Johnson, executive director of the Pendulum Foundation, which has lobbied long and hard to address the LWOP problem in Colorado and nationally.
"The idea that he didn't find any of them deserving of a reduction in sentence is, we feel, a total betrayal," Johnson says. "It's a big middle finger to us."
Johnson says she's pleased for the convicts, including Mitchell, who did receive some consideration. Pendulum was instrumental in getting legislation passed that gives juveniles convicted as adults parole eligibility down the road, but the law isn't retroactive. Ritter established a juvenile clemency board in an effort to avoid more legislative battles, but Johnson complains that the board's work is so confidential that it was impossible to figure out why the LWOPs kept getting turned down -- and whether it was Ritter or the board who rejected them. Mitchell's application, for example was reportedly rejected by the board last year, but then was apparently granted anyway.
Johnson reels off the names of several LWOPs who have solid, if not perfect, records of good behavior in prison and have already served many years for violent crimes committed in youth. She would like to know more about why they weren't on Ritter's list -- maybe not for immediate release, but for at least a crack at parole at some future date that would give them hope, a reason to keep trying to turn their lives around. But there's no transparency to the process, she says.
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"What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder"
William Shakespeare
"Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: / But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD."
"He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do."
"So zestfully canst thou sing? / And all this indignity, / With God's consent, on thee! / Blinded ere yet a-wing."
Thomas Hardy
"But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting."
"He that is thy friend indeed,He will help thee in thy need:If thou sorrow, he will weep;If thou wake, he cannot sleep:Thus of every grief in heartHe with thee does bear a part.These are certain signs to knowFaithful friend from flattering foe."
"If thou remember'st not the slightest folly that ever love did make thee run into, thou hast not loved."


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National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA)
National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) carried out for admission to Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch) program. Top institutes, universities, private and government institutes accept the NATA score. NATA conducted by National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture, Pune. NIASA is an educational unit of the Architecture council.
Structure of NATA Exam
NATA paper covers of two papers. There is a two-part examination. It covers a paper-related on drawing examination of two hours of duration including of two questions with one-question covers two sub questions and a computer-related online aesthetic sensitivity examination lasts one hour including of 40 Multiple Choice Questions. There is no negative marking.
NATA Syllabus or main contents of NATA tests are as follows:-
- Architects and their Works
- Architectural Awareness
- Architectural terminology
- Awareness of persons, places, buildings
- Design and drawing of geometrical/abstract shapes
- Historical and contemporary buildings of Architectural importance
- Identifying commonly used materials and objects
Section- B
- Aesthetic
- Analytical reasoning mental ability
- Creating dimensional compositions
- Development of 3 Dimensional objects
- Elements of Design
- Elevations and 3D views of objects
- Generation of plan
- Principle of Design, Harmony, Balance
- Sensitivity and Drawing Skills
- Theory of colors
- Visualizing different sides of Three Dimensional objects
Section- C
- Freehand sketching of objects and Activities commonly seen in the rural or urban/suburban context
- Scale and proportion
Eligibility Criteria
The educational qualification needed for admission through NATA is a pass in 10+2 or its equivalent. Students appearing for +2 exams can also attend NATA. For B. Arch or B. Planning aspirants need to have mathematics as mandatory subject with minimum 50 % marks in aggregate at +2. Aspirants with International Baccalaureate Diploma with 50% total marks and Mathematics as a topic can also apply. The applicants must be a resident of India. They must have attained minimum 17 years as on July 1st of the ensuring year of the test. Mental and physical fitness of the aspirant needed while the admission is taking place.
How to Apply ?
Applicants who are appearing for the NATA have to fill-in a pre-registration form. The form is available in the official website. They will get a project from the examination center once they pay the examination fees. After that, the applicants get the receipt and the appointment verifier with informations of the time and date from the examination Center. The fees of NATA is Rs.800. it can be paid at the time of registration. Another option is to be paid before the collection of the appointment voucher. Applicants can pay the fees by DD or cash.
Online Application
The pre-registration form can collect from the website of NATA. Those who are applying through online can download it from the website. The site address is http://www.nata.in. Aspirants can fill the form according to the necessary information. Once it filled, they can print and post to NIASA with the necessary attachments. Forms can collect from the designated test centers.
Offline Application
Aspirants who are interested to collect the application forms by post can send a request letter to http://www.nata.in. Aspirants must show the number of registration at the top of the letter. Specimen signature must be included at the backside of DD.
Important Dates
The exam starts on March first week 2012. Appointments listed on a first-come, first-served basis. The aspirant can attend NATA any number of times. The fees must pay for all attempts. They can contact the appropriate exam center for registration.
Contact Address for the NATA
- Council of Architecture, India habital Centre, Core 6-A, 1st Floor, Lodhi Road, New Delhi- 110003
- Tel: 011-24648415, 24654172,
- Fax: 011-24647746
- E-mail: email@example.com
- Website: www.nata.in
Reference Books for NATA
- Architecture Entrance Book by P.K. Mishra
- Arihant Book's A Complete Self Study Guide for B. Arch Entrance Examinations
- B Arch Exam Guide by PK Mishra
- Engineering Drawing by N.D.Bhatt and Pancha
- NATA/AIEE B.Arch. Question Bank-2011
- Verbal & Non Verbal Reasoning Book by R.S. Agarwal
Study Plan
Those who are selecting the architecture program must have a interest towards it. They should be imaginative with the ability to draw. Sometimes questions are from architectural awareness and identification of national and global buildings. If the candidates want to answer these questions, they must have a better idea about architectural subjects.
More details about the architecture subject is available in internet. The written test will be easy once they go through the reference books. Another study plan is to work out the previous question papers. Therefore, students can get an idea about the exam pattern. This will help to improve their confidence.
How and Where To Get the Results?
The scorecard of NATA is available in the official website. The website address is http://www.nata.in/PublicSC/. The applicants can enter their ID in the text box. Enter the 2 words accurately as spelled in the second text box. The two words must divide by a space. Once the score came, it will display the similar once clicking the given button. The applicants should verify the ID and appointment number in the scorecard to found genuineness of the score.
NATA Cutoff
The cut off marks varies based on different institutes. However, the aspirants must obtain minimum 80 to pass the test. Once they calculate the B.Arch cutoff, the aspirants +2 mark is also considered.
Score Validity
NATA score validation is up to two years for the admission process of the B.Arch program. The potential aspirants must verify the approval status of the colleges before taking admission. It can make from the COA website.


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Not All Twelve Tribes of Israel are Jewish?
The Jews of today are composed of the 12 tribes. Some, in clear contradiction of the Holy Bible, pretend that all twelve tribes of Israel are Jewish. Such woefully ignorant or deceptive people deny the biblical distinctions between the 12 Tribes and pretend there's only one tribe: Judah.
Jacob-Israel had 12 sons. Each son became a patriarch of the tribe named after them. For example there's Judah, whose descendants are Jews. There's also Joseph, whose descendants are Joes. Joseph isn't Jewish!
The 12 Tribes of Israel became the nation of Israel that later split in two: Joseph was the leader of the Northern Kingdom with its 10 tribes, capital Samaria, and Judah was the leader of the Southern Kingdom, capital Jerusalem.
The Northern Kingdom of Israel was defeated and deported by the Assyrians 130 years before the Southern Kingdom of Judah was defeated and deported by the Babylonians! Two separate kingdoms with separate tribes. The Northern Kingdom of Israel became known as the "Lost Ten Tribes." The Jews continued to be known as Jews (including exceptions among them to the general rule of relatively few Israelites who sojourned with them).
The first time in the Bible the words "Jews" is used is when the Northern Kingdom of Israel was allied with Syria against the Jews! This is important to note since some deny these great distinctions. The Joes are not and never were Jews! They're Joes.
2 Kings 16:5-6
5Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz [king of Judah], but could not overcome him.
6At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day.
Further proof that there are TWELVE TRIBES and not just the Jews/Judah can be found in the distinct blessings of all 12 Tribes by Jacob (Genesis 48-49) and later by Moses (Deuteronomy 32). They're addressed to each of the 12 Tribes of Israel and not just to Judah!
The High Priest had 12 precious gemstones representing the 12 Tribes of Israel - not just one stone in his breastplate, and shouldered two stones with six tribal names on one stone and six tribal names on the other (Exodus 28).
The Promised Land of Israel was divided among the 12 Tribes of Israel, as any biblical map will clearly reveal - not just one big inheritance for Judah.
Ezekiel 47-48 reveals a future division of the Land of Israel again between all 12 Tribes. The New Jerusalem makes mention of 12 Tribes - not just Judah (Revelation 21:12)
Those who dare deny these God-given distinctions mentioned in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation pretend all 12 Tribes of Israel have been merged into the one tribe of Judah, denying the distinct biblical prophecies for each of the separate tribes.
Some Jews have a haughty attitude against the other tribes, even against some Jews, and reject the "prodigal son" and would disinherit them contrary to God's Word and Will:
Ezekiel 11:15
15 "Son of man, your brethren, your relatives, your countrymen, and all the house of Israel in its entirety, are those about whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Get far away from the LORD; this land has been given to us as a possession.'
They want the Gentilized Israelites to remain lost and far away, feeling smug and exclusive, rather than acknowledge they are only a small part of the Chosen People, the Servant Nation, and should seek reconciliation, our family reunion, not further alienation.
Those who pretend that all 12 Tribes are now with Judah speak against the Law and the Prophets that reveal otherwise, as the Law states the People (Am Israel, the Nation or People of Israel - all 12 Tribes) will be restored under King Messiah, and the Prophets speak of two branches representing the two leading tribes of Joseph and Judah being reconciled and reunited.
Conclusive proof Joseph and Judah are still separate and unique identities and tribes:
Ezekiel 37:15-22
15The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
16Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions:
17And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand [they're two sticks, separate but brought together and joined by God].
18And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these?
19Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
20And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes.
21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
22And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all [which division still remains to this day until the restoration of all things].
Some Jews deny Joes are Israelites, and some Joes deny Judah is legitimate, accusing them of being Khazar converts and unworthy of the Jewish Homeland. I refute both hateful teachings with the plain truth of the Bible.
In Judaism, there's a concept, "Ma'ase Avot, Siman L'Banim," the deeds of the fathers are guides for the children. The actions of the forefathers are reflected in the lives of their descendants.
Joseph and Judah fought before and don't always agree today. Joseph's brethren were blind to his identity and Joseph was a world ruler who fed the nations. Some still don't recognize Joseph as the Anglo-Saxons or perceive that Joseph represented Yeshua the Pierced One, but in God's good time all will be revealed beyond any shadow of a doubt.
David Ben-Ariel is a Christian-Zionist writer and author of Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall. With a focus on the Middle East and Jerusalem, his analytical articles help others improve their understanding of that troubled region. Check out the Beyond Babylon blog.
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EU Leaders Under Pressure Over Turkey, Poland
Thursday, December 12 2002 @ 04:09 PM MSK
COPENHAGEN - European Union leaders came under heavy pressure on Thursday to offer better terms to Turkey and Poland as they headed for a landmark summit to seal the expansion of the 15-nation bloc into eastern Europe.
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the summit host, urged 10 leading candidates not to press unrealistic financial demands, and told the United States it was for EU leaders alone to decide when to start entry talks with Turkey.
Rasmussen warned the applicants not to price themselves out of the market, appealed to Turkey\'s new leaders for patience and pleaded for an 11th-hour deal to enable Cyprus to join united.
With key issues undecided only hours before the summit opens in Copenhagen at 7 p.m. (1 p.m. EST), Rasmussen said he had arranged for the meeting to run into extra time if necessary.
\"Hopefully the meeting can be completed on Friday,\" he said in a welcoming letter to the 15 EU leaders. \"However the Presidency is prepared to continue into the weekend if that should prove necessary in order to achieve results aimed for.\"
The decisions the leaders make will redraw the map of Europe. But with little money to spare, they could give the biggest expansion in the EU\'s 45-year history a bitter taste for some newcomers and jeopardize public support in referendums.
\"The failure of the current wave of enlargement would mean the loss of an historic opportunity to create a space of peace, stability and prosperity and it would also mean the defeat of the basic ideals of integrating a democratic Europe,\" Czech President Vaclav Havel wrote in the Wall Street Journal.
The 10 nations set to be handed invitations in Denmark are Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Cyprus and Malta. They are expected to join in 2004. Bulgaria and Romania hope to join in 2007.
Poland has led the fight for more EU cash, especially for its farmers. But Warsaw appeared be preparing public opinion for a deal well short of its demands by describing the last Danish offer on the table as \"improved new terms.\"
President Bush has lobbied hard for Turkey, a crucial ally in any war with Iraq, to receive a firm date to start talks on joining the EU. Bush called Rasmussen and French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday to press Ankara\"s case.
\"The president expressed his hope that the EU would seize a historic moment and respond to Turkey positively and with vision,\" White House spokesman Ari Fleischer told reporters.
Rasmussen said he welcomed advice but the EU would not be pressured. Most member states back a Franco-German plan to open talks with traditional Muslim Turkey in mid-2005, if it passes a review of its human rights practices in 2004.
French Industry Minister Nicole Fontaine, a former president of the European Parliament, rebuked Bush for intervening.
\"It is certainly not for the president of the United States to interfere in such an important matter which essentially concerns Europeans,\" she told Radio Monte Carlo.
Tayyip Erdogan, leader of Turkey\"s new ruling AKP party, vowed in an interview in Germany\'s Sueddeutsche Zeitung to fight until the last second in Copenhagen for a date in 2003. Underscoring the strength of Turkish passions, the country\'s best-selling Hurriyet newspaper splashed Leonardo da Vinci\"s painting \"The Last Supper\" across its front page on Thursday.
\"This evening EU leaders meet for a dinner and make this decision: will the EU, like Christ\'s last supper, be purely for Christians or will there be a Muslim at the table?\"
Erdogan met Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis on Thursday to seek backing for an earlier EU date and discuss a political settlement on Cyprus. The EU would prefer a united island to join the bloc, but is prepared to admit the Greek Cypriot part if there is no accord with the Turkish Cypriots.
Though prospects for a deal this week look slim, the U.S. and U.N. envoys on Cyprus sounded an upbeat note in Copenhagen, where the two sides will negotiate on a revised U.N. peace plan.
\"We are closer than we have ever been to a Cyprus settlement. It is still possible to get a result in Copenhagen,\" U.S. envoy Tom Weston told a news briefing.
The United Nations\" point man on Cyprus, Alvaro de Soto, met Greek Cypriot President Glafcos Clerides and was to talk later with Tahsin Ertugruloglu, \"foreign minister\" of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, which only Ankara recognizes.
\"I hope to shuttle. I hope to persuade them until the last moment, whenever that is. I hope they will sign what the (U.N.) Secretary-General has asked them. That is the goal,\" he said.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded the north of the island in response to a Greek Cypriot coup backed by the military junta then ruling Greece.
While geopolitics were at play in the decisions on Turkey and Cyprus, money was at the root of last-ditch negotiations on admitting the east Europeans, all of them once communist states.
The candidates want the EU to grant them the full 42.5 billion euros ($43 billion) originally budgeted for expansion.
A \"final\" Danish offer falls two billion euros short of that, but the EU\'s main net contributors, notably Germany, say they can no longer afford more because of an economic slowdown.
Czech farmers angry over the level of subsidies the EU has offered them after accession blocked key border points with wealthy EU members Germany and Austria on Thursday.
\"Is liquidation of Czech agriculture a ticket to EU?\" read one banner held up at a border crossing on the road to Vienna.
The Copenhagen summit site was under tight security to head off plans by up to 30,000 protesters to disrupt the meeting.
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