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- Who are we?
- Why do we have a Privacy Policy?
- What does this privacy policy cover?
- What personal information do we collect about you, and when do we collect it?
- What personal information do we collect about you from other companies and organisations?
- Credit checking and account management
- Do we share your personal information with anyone else?
- For how long does BT keep personal information?
- How do we protect your data when it is transferred out of Europe?
- How can I find out what personal information BT holds about me?
- How can I change the personal information BT holds about me?
- How can I manage BT's contact with me for marketing purposes?
- How do we protect your personal information?
- How do you find out about changes to our privacy policy?
- Does BT's privacy policy protect me when I use BT's websites?
- When do we use cookies and how do we get your consent?
- Browser settings
- Further information
- Are third party sites covered by this policy?
BT Websites Privacy and Security Policy
We have developed this policy because we want you to feel confident about the privacy and security of your personal information
BT Group plc is the holding company for an integrated group of businesses that provide voice and data services in the UK and in many countries across the world . British Telecommunications plc is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and holds virtually all businesses and assets of the BT group.
BT has four customer-focused lines of business: BT Global Services, BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach. BT Retail, BT Wholesale and Openreach operate mainly within the UK, where BT is the largest communications services provider to the residential and business markets, supplying a wide range of communications products and services, including voice, data, internet and multimedia services, and offering a comprehensive range of managed and packaged communications solutions.
BT Global Services provides a range of products and services, including communications, networked IT and consultancy services to address the needs of major corporations, governments and multi-site global organisations. In April 2007, we announced a new structure, which included two new business units. BT Innovate and Design is responsible for the design and development of the platforms, networks, systems and processes which support our services. BT Operate is responsible for their deployment and operation.
When we refer to "we" or "our" or "BT" we are referring to BT Group plc (which includes British Telecommunications plc) and its subsidiaries, or any of them, as the context requires.
Why do we have a Privacy Policy?
We have developed this policy because we want you to feel confident about the privacy and security of your personal information. BT is registered under the data protection laws in the United Kingdom and takes all reasonable care to prevent any unauthorised access to your personal information.
When we refer to "personal information" in this privacy policy, we mean information, which identifies you as an individual, or is capable of doing so. Accordingly, we may hold and use data about you in your capacity as a consumer, a business customer, as an individual acting on behalf of a business customer, as a shareholder, or in any other capacity, for example, when you visit our websites.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you are visiting any of our websites or using any of our services, by continuing to do so, you indicate your agreement to our use of your personal information as set out in this privacy policy.
What does this privacy policy cover?
This privacy policy only applies to how BT deals with your personal information. It does not apply to any other company or to any other company´s websites even if you access them through BT. If you disclose your personal information to other companies your information will be dealt with according to their privacy practices.
What personal information do we collect about you, and when do we collect it?
We may ask you for information to enable us to provide a service to you and we collect this information by telephone, written correspondence or via a website. We may ask you for information including your name, private/business address, contact telephone numbers and email address. We may also ask you for other information that relates to the service you are using or ordering. For example, we may need your credit card number to charge you for certain services.
- When you (or someone using your telephone line) make a telephone call or send a fax that uses our telephone network or connect to the world wide web, we keep a record of that call (including the number called) to enable BT to charge for it. We also receive from other operators information about calls made over our network, where we need that information for connecting and billing purposes.
- If someone abuses or damages the telephone network, for example by making offensive or nuisance calls, we may keep information relating to that abuse.
- We have information about your use of our services (such as the amount of time you spend on-line), which we use to manage our network, and for billing. We may also use this information for marketing products and services but we will give you the option to opt out of receiving this material.
- If you enter into any of our competitions or promotions, we may ask for information about you, which will be made clear at the time you enter. We will also inform you of the purposes for which the information you provide may be used.
- We may ask you from time to time about what use you make of the services we provide, what other services you would like us to provide in the future, and for other information, such as lifestyle data.
- We collect information from visitors to our websites to help us to make improvements to the websites and to the services we make available. We know, for instance, how many visitors there are to each website, when they visited, for how long and to which areas of our website they went. We may share this information with our advertisers and to other companies which offer their goods or services on our websites. It helps to show these organisations how effective our websites are as sales channels for their products. You or any other individual cannot be identified from the information we share as the data is aggregated and anonymised.
- We may also monitor and record our communications with you, including e-mails and phone conversations. Information which we collect may then be used for training purposes, quality assurance, to record details about the products and services you order from us, and in order to meet our legal and regulatory obligations generally.
We do not use this information to:
- analyse your visits to any other websites (except that we may analyse visits to other o websites carrying our banner, but we do not identify personal details while we do this)
What personal information do we collect about you from other companies and organisations?
- We may receive personal information about you from other companies and organisations (for example, for marketing purposes) and we rely on these third parties to obtain your consent for us to use this information.
- We receive information from other telecommunications operators about their customers to enable us to enter their details (together with our own customer´s information) in telephone directories. We also make telephone numbers available on directory enquiry services unless customers (BT or other licensed telecommunications operators) have chosen to be ex-directory.
Credit checking and account management
1. Please note that when you order goods and services from BT we may make enquiries about you for credit reference purposes. These enquiries include searching your records held by Experian/Equifax or any other Credit Reference Agency (CRA) and checking any details held on you by the Interactive Media in retail Group (IMRG) Security alert or other Fraud Prevention Agencies (FPAs). When CRAs receive a search from us they will place a footprint on your file that may be seen by other organisations. At all times where your information is disclosed to us we may retain it and we will protect it in accordance with this policy and keep it secure. We will retain the outcome of searches we carry out with CRAs to avoid having to make repeat searches against your credit file in circumstances where we may need to carry out further credit checks in respect of additional products or services ordered by you. We will only retain this data for a reasonable period.
2. We will carry out checks while assessing your application for telephone service and will verify your identity. We do this to help protect you from identity theft and fraud, and also to prevent and detect crime and money laundering. We may also make periodic searches at CRAs and FPAs to manage your account with us.
3. If you tell us that you have a spouse or financial associate, we will link your records together so you must be sure that you have their agreement to disclose information about them. CRAs also link your records together and these links will remain on your and their files until such time as you or your partner successfully files for a disassociation with the CRAs to break that link.
4. Information on applications will be sent to CRAs and will be recorded by them. We may also give them details of your accounts and billing information, including how you manage it/them to CRAs We may tell them about payments you make to us, your account balances, and payment defaults We may also give them historical information we hold about your payment history with us. If you do not pay your bills on time, CRAs will record this information and it may be supplied to other organisations by CRAs and FPAs to perform similar checks and to trace your whereabouts and recover debts that you owe to them as well as us.
How to find out more
This is a condensed version and if you would like to read the full details of how your data may be used please visit our website at or phone [0800800150] or ask one of our staff.
You can contact the CRAs currently operating in the UK; the information they hold may not be the same so it is worth contacting them all. They will charge you a small statutory fee.
- Callcredit, Consumer Services Team, PO Box 491, Leeds, LS3 1WZ or call 0870 0601414 or log on to www.callcredit.co.uk
- Equifax PLC, Credit File Advice Centre, PO Box1140, Bradford, BD1 5US or call 0844 3350550 or log on to www.equifax.co.uk
- Experian, Consumer Help Service, PO Box 8000, Nottingham NG80 7WF or call 0844 4818000 or log on to www.experian.co.uk
Do we share your personal information with anyone else?
As a normal part of our business we share with other communications companies information for connecting and charging for calls over each others' networks.
We sometimes use other companies to provide services to you or to provide services to us. To enable them to do this, we may need to share your personal information with them. When we do so, these companies are required to act in accordance with the instructions we give them and they must meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act or other relevant legislation to keep the information secure.
We may share your personal information with other parts of BT to enable them to conduct their own businesses and to market their products and services to you. We provide this information in accordance with our code of practice on the disclosure of customer information. This code limits BT´s ability to share information in this manner and is intended to prevent BT gaining unfair competitive advantage over its competitors.
We may share your personal information with other companies so that they can contact you with details of other products or services you may be interested in. We will only do this if you have agreed to this and where the companies agree to use your personal information for that purpose only. If you have agreed to receive information about products and services from another company and later decide not to you will need to contact that company yourself to let them know. You can of course ask us not to continue to provide your personal information to any more companies in future.
We may provide information, in response to properly made requests, for the purposes of the prevention and detection of crime, and the apprehension or prosecution of offenders. We may also provide information for the purpose of safeguarding national security. In either case we do so in accordance with the Data Protection Act or other relevant legislation. We also provide information when required to do so by law, for example under a court order, or in response to properly made demands, under powers contained in legislation.
If there is a change (or prospective change) in the ownership of BT or any of its assets, we may disclose personal information to the new (or prospective) owner. If we do so, we will require them to keep it confidential.
If you believe the personal information we hold on you is incorrect you may amend it by following the procedure set out below in "How can I change the personal information BT holds about me?"
For how long does BT keep personal information?
The time period for which we keep information varies according to what the information is used for. In some cases, there are legal requirements to keep data for a minimum period. Unless there is a specific legal requirement for us to keep the information, we will retain it for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the data was collected or for which it is to be further processed.
How do we protect your data when it is transferred out of Europe?
Countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) are required to have a similar standard of protection of personal data but this is not always the case in countries outside of the EEA. We do sometimes transfer data outside the EEA but before doing so take steps to ensure that your data will be given adequate protection as required by the Data Protection Actor other relevant legislation.
How can I find out what personal information BT holds about me?
If you want specific information ie.:-
- copies of fault reports
- copy invoices
then you must contact Customer Services.
If you are asking for a full subject access request then put your request in writing, enclosing a cheque for £10 made payable to BT plc and send to British Telecommunications PLC, PP M3042 DSAR, Colindale House, The Hyde, Colindale, London NW9 6LB.
You will also need to provide the following information so that we can process your request:
- The relevant account number/s
- The relevant telephone number/s
- The relevant address/s
- The date and time if requesting a call recording (see also note below)
If you have any information such as reference numbers, dates and times of contact then please include them in your request.
(BT does record some calls for Quality and Training purposes, however, not all calls are recorded. Calls are only held for a short period of time. If you want a call recording it is essential that you provide the information requested above, otherwise we will not be able to proceed with your request).
Once we have all the relevant information we will process your request within the 40 day time limit allowed under the terms of The Data Protection Act.
How can I change the personal information BT holds about me?
If the information we hold about you is inaccurate, please let us know and we will make the necessary amendments and confirm that these have been made.
How can I manage BT's contact with me for marketing purposes?
You may choose not to receive marketing information from BT and, if you are already receiving such information from us, you can ask us to stop at any time. If you would like BT not to call or mail you with details of products, services and special offers, please call 0800 800 150 (residential customers) or 0800 400 400 (business customers) or contact your Account Manager. If you would like to stop unsolicited telemarketing calls from other companies, please contact the Telephone Preference Service on 0845 0700707 or do this online at www.tpsonline.org.uk and register your telephone number(s). Direct marketing calls should stop after 28 days. If you would like to stop unsolicited direct marketing mailings from other companies, please contact the Mail Preference Service on 0345 034599 or do this online at www.mpsonline.org.uk. Direct marketing mailers should stop or significantly reduce after 3 months. (Remember to re-register if you change your address).
How do we protect your personal information?
We are serious about guarding the security of your personal information and the details of any transactions made. We take appropriate organisational and technical security measures to protect your data against unauthorised disclosure or processing. We use a secure server to store the information you give us when you register or make an order (including your credit card details and your password). Any personal data you send us on-line is securely encrypted.
Please note that your billing account number is a sensitive piece of information, which can be used with your telephone number to find out information about your use of BT´s services. Please be sure to keep this information safe, and do not share it with others. For access to information such as itemised billing and some business account and ordering services, extra proof of identity and authorisation may be needed.
How do you find out about changes to our privacy policy?
We may change our privacy policy from time to time. New policies will be published on our web sites.
Does BT's privacy policy protect me when I use BT's websites?
BT´s privacy policy also applies to information collected when you use any of our websites.
You do not have to register to access most of our websites. However, if you provide information via the "contact us" or any of the other interactive features, you indicate your consent to our use of your personal data in the manner described in this privacy policy.
- If you do register on one of our websites, we may ask you to provide personal details such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and, where appropriate, BT account number. We also ask you to choose a password, and to complete a password security question and answer, in case you forget your password for any reason.
- Once you have registered on one of our websites, we may keep a record of your use of any of the services made available via that particular website. (Please see "When does BT use cookies" below for more information on how we do this).
- If you choose not to register with us and only browse our websites, we may gather information to help make your visit to our website more satisfying. However, this information will not identify you personally. (Please see "When does BT use cookies" below for more information on how we do this).
- If you do not wish to register, you will still be able to use and order some of the services offered via our websites. We will only ask you to provide such information as necessary to enable us to carry out the transaction in question. We will not use that information for any other purpose. You should note that some services are only available if you register on the website first.
If you have registered for any of the services available through our websites you may choose to cancel that registration at any time. You can do this in one of two ways:
- return to the original registration page and following the instructions for cancelling the registration; or
- send an e-mail to us by completing the feedback form
Please ensure you inform us of the service which you wish to cancel.
If you do either of these, your personal details will be deleted from our website database.
If you have registered you have direct control over information in your personal profile on our website. You can access and change this information at any time by using the "Update your profile" link.
Over and above what BT does to safeguard your privacy and security on-line, there are a number of things you can do to protect yourself from Internet fraud:
- Choose a password (letters and digits) you can remember but others will not guess, change it regularly and, if you do write it down, keep it somewhere safe and secure.
- When you have finished your session on our website, make sure you prevent your details being seen by anyone that you do not wish to see them. So, if you have registered and logged in, remember to log off.
- Clear any cache so there is no record of any transactions left on screen - both Netscape and Internet Explorer let you do this.
- We also recommend you then close your browser so any history of the session is cleared. As an extra precaution, your session on bt.com will time out if you have not used the site for 30 minutes.
- We collect information from visitors to our websites to help us to make improvements to the websites and to the services we make available. We know, for instance, how many visitors there are to each website, when they visited, for how long and to which areas of our website they went. We may share this information with our advertisers and to other companies which offer their goods or services on our websites. It helps to show these organisations how effective our websites are as sales channels for their products. You or any other individual cannot be identified from the information we share as the data is aggregated and anonymised.
- We do not use this information to:
- analyse your visits to any other websites (except that we do track you if you go to websites carrying our banner, but we do not identify personal details while we do this)
When do we use cookies and how do we get your consent?
What are cookies?
A "cookie" is a text file containing a small amount of information which a server downloads to your personal computer (PC) or mobile when you visit a website. The next time you visit that website or any other website, your PC checks to see if it has a cookie that the website recognises. If it has such a cookie, it communicates with the website and enables the website to read the information held in that cookie. Different cookies contain different information.
There are different types of cookies which may be used to do different things, such as letting you navigate between different pages on a website efficiently, remembering preferences you have given a website, and improving your overall experience. Others are used to provide users with advertising which is more tailored to your interests, or to measure the number of site visits and the most popular pages users visit.
Some cookies are allocated to your PC only for the duration of your visit to a website, and these are called session based cookies. These automatically expire when you close down your browser.
Another type of cookie is known as a "persistent". These cookies would remain on your PC for a period of time.
What are the new rules?
Website operators already have to give users information about the cookies they use and why they use them. Now they also have to have your prior consent to use them.
In order to comply with these new rules, we have developed a system of classifying the different types of cookies which we use on GlobalServices.BT.com, or which may be dropped by third parties through our websites. This system of classification is based on the purpose the cookies are used for, and also determines the way we will ask for your consent to use them. The classification explains more about which cookies we use, why we use them, and the functionality you will lose if you decide you don't want to have them on your PC. We have also designed a series of icons which represent the different categories of cookies, and these icons link through to a more detailed description of those cookies and their purpose. The icons are shown on a 'sliding scale' which you can use to adjust your choices about the types of cookies which you agree to have on your PC at any time as the toolbar which displays these icons is always visible on the footer on all the pages you view on GlobalService.BT.com.
How we ask for your consent
When you visit GlobalServices.BT.com for the first time after we introduced these icons we will show you a notice which tells you that we use cookies, why we use them, and how you can change which cookies you chose to accept using the sliding scale toolbar and clicking on the icons. If you enter GlobalServices.BT.com having seen this notice without making any changes to the existing cookie settings we have provided we will take this as your agreement to those settings as we have told you about them and we assume you are happy with them. If you change the settings using the icons on the sliding scale, you are giving your consent to use those which you have not disabled.
However, one of the categories of cookies which we have identified is those which are 'strictly necessary' to enable us to provide you with any service which you have requested from us to be delivered online. We do not need to ask for your consent to use these, as we would not be able to provide the service you had asked for without them.
A further category of cookies which we have identified we have called 'Performance cookies' and we use these only to improve our site or measure response rates. All information collected by these cookies is anonymous and does not in any way impact on your privacy. We need to use them to maintain our site's effectiveness and ease of use, so we have not provided an opportunity via the icons and sliding scale for these to be disabled, and by using our site and online services you are agreeing that we can place these types of cookies on your PC.(but see below).
Using the sliding scale and icons
You can access the cookie classification and icons wherever the 'cookie preferences' tool bar appears. To make your choices, just slide the bar to the icon which represents a type of cookie based on its function. If you click on the icon you will see a detailed description of the type of cookie represented by that icon, why we want to use them, and what would happen if you don't chose to accept them. We also give a list of the individual cookies we use in each category in the 'more about cookies' section, so that if you check your internet settings, you know what these are if you have agreed we can use them.
My Account users
By agreeing to the Terms and Conditions laid out within the My Account login process, My Account users will be accepting the creation of the relevant My Account cookies listed in the More about cookies page. These cookies are needed to ensure the large number of back end systems connected to My Account will function correctly and provide the appropriate services a user has signed in to use.
Accepting these Terms and Conditions does not change the initial Cookie settings you may have chosen when using our primary Globalservices.BT.com website outside of the My Account portal.
In addition to using the icons, cookies can also be removed from your PC using browser settings but there will still be some deterioration in the service you receive (for example, you may receive many pop up boxes containing the same advertisements or you may not be able to access a page you earlier personalised).
Your browser lets you choose whether to accept, not to accept or to be warned before accepting cookies. These can be found in the advanced preferences.
The categorisation and icons are also used in a 'cookie code' developed by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) for use by website operators to comply with the new rules. There is also more information to be found on www.allaboutcookies.org.
Are third party sites covered by this policy?
Third party Internet sites that you can link to from BT´s websites are not covered by our privacy policy, so we urge you to be careful when you enter any personal information online. BT accepts no responsibility or liability for these sites.
Other companies which advertise or offer their products or services on our website may also allocate cookies to your PC. The types of cookies they use and how they use the information generated by them will be governed by their own privacy policies and not ours.


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Freelancer Urban Black
Striking and seductive, a note of black color has just appeared on RAYMOND WEIL's musical score. Through its modernism, the first freelancer model in black PVD, the freelancer Urban Black, serves as a window to the future of the collection. This new watchmaking instrument plunges us into a universe of intense urban sophistication for a brief moment, like the pause between notes.
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New Zealand's clean, green reputation has formed part of our philosophy for decades. Today we strive to emphasise sustainability in everything we do, from comprehensive recycling programs in New Zealand and abroad, to continual energy and water consumption reduction efforts both in manufacturing and new product design.
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Fisher & Paykel has long been committed to environmentally conscious operations as a business, and to creating new products that increasingly limit the impact on the environment's natural resources.
Fisher & Paykel aims to meet the highest industry standards with our appliances achieving top ranking results with Energy Star and WELS water ratings. Over the past thirty years our appliance energy and water usage has decreased across all our appliances.
The most dramatic result in energy use is from the highest-consuming large appliance in the house, the refrigerator, which has reduced energy consumption on average by over 60 percent. Water use by our dishwashers and clothes washers has also decreased, with these appliances now using around 55 percent and 80 percent less water on average respectively.
Last year we announced our world-leading, revolutionary refrigerator compressor design that is up to 35 percent more energy efficient than conventional compressors and further reduces the consumption of the most energy-hungry appliance in the home. The compressor is now in trial and will be entering the market in the next couple of years. We continued our environmental improvements in 2012, this time in the laundry with our unique Direct Drive motor technology providing eco-friendly engineering and design innovation behind our new suite of washing machines.
When we developed Direct Drive motor technology 20 years ago, the focus was on delivering higher performance and reliability in our washing machines at a lower cost to the consumer. Today, the Direct Drive motor technology continues to evolve and play a powerful role, enabling new efficiencies across the upgraded SmartDrive™ washing machine range. Consumers can now select machines based on their household's unique needs, be it excellent water and energy efficiency or optimal clothes care for a longer-wearing wardrobe, all due to technology developments at the core.
In addition to the development of efficient technologies, sustainable manufacturing is key. We're interested in more than just a sticker on a product; we have committed ourselves to consider the environment in every step of a product's life cycle. Our designers avoid construction techniques that combine incompatible materials in a way that cannot be easily separated for recycling and we also put identification marks (to International Standards) on plastic mouldings showing which raw materials they are made of.
Materials Selection
We have always had a philosophy of avoiding the incorporation of scarce resources into our products wherever possible. Currently we are changing grades of ABS to ones that give off much less styrene monomers during processing and we have also set ourselves a goal of eliminating brominated fire retardants in plastics.
Manufacturing technologies
All our factories operate On-line manufacturing. This results in less waste and less inventory. Within our factories, we have eliminated our production paint shops which inefficiently painted large empty white boxes with high solvent wet paint. All packaging received by our factories is either reused or recycled, which eliminates waste and reduces the amount of packaging that is dumped into landfill.
Cleaner production methods
Our component to circuit board assembly process has eliminated the use of CFC's in cleaning (and avoided the use of HCFC's). In addition, we are trialing VOC-free fluxes for this circuit board assembly.
The products that we design and manufacture will always be cornerstones within our sustainability approach. However, reducing the impact on the environment goes far beyond making more efficient products. Fisher & Paykel has been committed to environmentally responsible processes, right across its operations, long before the words sustainability and global warming became commonplace.
The company's philosophy is not only evident in its end products, but is carried through all aspects of the organisation. Fisher & Paykel and its people take an active role in government lobbying and are involved in writing industry standards. Our company's experts were also involved in the Montreal delegation that worked on CFC riddance and played a key part in developing the Ozone Protection Bill.
Many of Fisher & Paykel's printed communications are printed to care for the environment. In 2008-2009, Fisher & Paykel have reduced C02 emissions by almost 32,000 kg by printing green.
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Alongside appliance recycling, we launched a local program for operational appliances ten years or older in partnership with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).
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AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas health program that serves more than 100,000 low-income women will shut down if Planned Parenthood is allowed to continue participating, the state's health and human services chief said on Thursday.
Planned Parenthood has asked a federal appeals court to reconsider a lower court ruling that allows Texas to ban it from the program.
"If they prevail in that case, and the courts say, 'You have to include Planned Parenthood,' then, yes, (the program) goes away," Texas Health and Human Services Executive Commissioner Dr. Kyle Janek said.
The Texas program is at the heart of a dispute between the Republican-dominated state government and the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama. Several other states have tried to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood.
The federal government, which pays for 90 percent of the $39-million-a-year program, has said it will not renew the funding because Texas decided to enforce a law that had been on the books for several years barring funding for abortion providers and affiliates.
Texas is creating its own program for 115,000 low-income women using state funds. It is set to begin November 1.
State officials previously had said the program would not continue if Planned Parenthood participates, but rules unveiled by Janek on Thursday for the state-funded program make that official.
The current federal-state health program provides contraception and health screenings. The state-funded program will provide those services plus treatment of certain sexually transmitted diseases, Janek said.
Rochelle Tafolla, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which serves Houston and surrounding areas, said ending the program would be devastating for patients.
"It's shocking that they would rather end a program for low-income, uninsured women than to allow Planned Parenthood to provide these services," she said in an interview.
Planned Parenthood, which is still serving women through the program, says it does not provide abortions at clinics that participate in the program. The state objects to the family planning group's affiliation with clinics that do provide abortions.
Nearly half of the women in the program are served by Planned Parenthood, Tafolla said.
A study released this month by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services raised questions about whether other facilities would be able to absorb the patients now served by Planned Parenthood.
"There is no evidence that they are prepared to sustain the very large caseload increases that would be required to fill the gaps left after Planned Parenthood affiliates are excluded," the study said.
But state officials say they have added hundreds of new providers to the program.
"I have every expectation we'll be ready on November 1," Janek said. He added: "We're peddling as fast as we can, trying to get a good, robust network."
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United scout 28-goal Berbatov replacement
Schalke are determined to keep Manchester United target Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and will try to persuade him to extend his contract, reports Setanta Sports.
The 28-year-old Dutch international has been in red hot form in the Bundesliga this season, netting an impressive 14 goals, adding to his overall tally of 28 for 2011-12.
Red Devils boss Sir Alex Ferguson is a known admirer of Huntelaar, and is believed to be considering an attempt to bring him to Old Trafford in January, in a bid to further strengthen his forward line.
Manchester United chief scout Martin Ferguson has recommended the former Ajax, Real Madrid and AC Milan striker to his brother on a number of occasions, and was reportedly present for Schalke's 2-1 win over Hertha Berlin - a game that Huntelaar scored in last Friday.
With Ferguson set to freshen up his strikeforce in the New Year, the long-term future of Dimitar Berbatov continues to be the main talking point amongst Manchester United fans.
Of course, the Bulgarian was linked to Schalke in a potential swap deal for Huntelaar back in November, but the German outfit waved away suggestions, and remain determined to convince the in-form striker to pen a new deal.
"We want to tie him to us beyond 2013," confirmed the club's sporting director Horst Heldt. "But when Klaas-Jan continues to play so well, there will probably be enquiries from huge clubs.
"He has already been at Real Madrid and AC Milan - negative experiences. This could be to our advantage."News Now - Sport News


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Forum Post: The 'Economy' is a Carefully Constructed Machine, NOT a force of 'Nature'
Posted 6 years ago on July 8, 2013, 6:53 p.m. EST by elf3
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Outsourcing, Downsizing, Off-shoring, Off-headquartering, Overseas Banking, In-sourcing, 400 percent mark-ups, Monopolization...OUTRIGHT BRIBERY...
These are the largest pieces to our puzzle. The corporate media propagandizes that the economy is some force that can not be contained. They give us the weather report: "Like nature, the economy has its own ebb and flow", (a 'global' one at that) The corporate elite and wealthy one percent of this nation have perpetuated this lie long enough!
We the people need to forcefully boycott, disband, and break down Corporate Monopolies in America, as well as instigate an overthrow of the corrupt Supreme Court, in order to take back our power to control our economy; we the people have the power to take back our government, we the 99 percent have the power to determine how much profit corporate America deserves to keep from OUR labor done with our backs and to determine how much they are allowed to own and then DEMAND from the wages we have earned when it is time for us to purchase commodities, buy a home, or purchase a degree. We the people have the right to determine that no corporation should be allowed to undercut, outsource and downsize, monopolize, nor dictate the interest rates paid by the American workforce and citizenry...
(They dictate the wages, they dictate your ability to compete and choose, then they dictate the price for you to live. They also bribe the government to give them huge chunks of your tax money not only through bail-outs but through purchase orders and write offs as well as national policies that benefit their bottom line - aka war profiteering).
If fortune 500's can't provide a livable wage nor affordable commodities that are in line with their non-livable wages, then perhaps we no longer need or want fortune 500's: Perhaps we want the chance to be entrepreneurs and run our own economy. The Corporotocracy has blasted entrepreneurship and our ability to be self reliant out of the water. They have bribed our government into making us slaves and servants and consumers of their mal-functioning, elitist monopolistic and fixed market criminally insane and immorally driven caste system.
We the people have determined, we want our system back. We want our freedom: Economic justice is freedom.
The economy is NOT a force of nature; It is a carefully designed machine that has been constructed to power the egotistical and shallow desires of the rich elite and consumer zombies. Take back your freedom, take back the system, take back the economy.
Move to Amend!! The economy belongs to the people, not the one percent - to put it in the only terms the corporately insane can understand - WE the people are or should be our governments largest shareholders.


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What's your snow personality?
With the impending "fiercest (snow) storm in 20 years" about to hit the mountainous regions all over Israel, people can't help but react. Studies have shown that someone's personality can be determined by how they react to predictions of snow in Israel. It is called the snow personality. Here are a few:
- The nay-sayers ("You believe that? The weathermen just predict what they want, not what they expect")
- The grouches ("Ugh, snow? I moved to Israel to get away from the snow!")
- The cynics ("Snow? I'll believe it when I see it…")
- The happy-go-lucky ("Snow! Whoohoo! Hot cocoa at my house tonight!")
- The over-reactor ("Snow? Oh man, where's my shovel? I better stock up on bottled water and all of the food on my grocer's shelves just in case…")
What's my snow personality, you say? I've got some of that happy-go-lucky, but no small measure of over-reactor. You see, if I'm going to have hot cocoa at my house, I'm going to be darn sure that I won't run out of it. Okay, I don't so much worry about my shovel, but I do want to make sure that we have a sled… and boots, and gloves, and waterproof pants, and any gear we may need for ultimate snow-playing, snowman-building, angel-making, snowball-fighting, and, of course, lots and lots of photographing.
Okay, I get a little overeager when snow is expected. I guess there's a bit of little girl stuck inside me, waiting for her moment to, yet again, emerge into a white winter wonderland, eyes alight at the fluffy snowflakes floating down to coat her world in wintry sparkling magic. A fleeting moment where time stands still, life and responsibilities are put on hold, and an enchanted world exists where everyone can be a child again.
Snow is a mini vacation that arrives at my door. A vacation of fun, family time, hot cocoa with marshmallows, and new memories made and preserved in so many photos.
So what's my snow personality? A born-again child, reliving the wonders of snow days gone by, while assuring the magic continues for the next generation. In Israel, snow days are unusual and special. Let's make the most of them….


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This weeks challenge is Memorial Cards.
I am fortunate to have three memorial cards and the original photographs which were used in these cards in my possession, each coming from my husband's family.
|Christina Jacobina Scheef nee Glock 1842-1912
|Margaret Waters 1879-1905
Shauna's post set her off in the direction of finding out how the little boy died. However, as I know the life stories of these three people I have decided to investigate the company which produced these cards.
Jacob Scheef's card (1904) was produced by The Memorial Card Co, 142 King Street, Sydney.
Margaret Water's card (1905) was produced by NSW Memorial Co, 542 Geo Street, Sydney.
Christina Scheef's card (1912) was produced by The Memorial Card Co, 142 King Street, Sydney.
Advertisements can be easily found on Trove in the Freeman's Journal, The Catholic Press, The Australian Town and Country Journal and country newspapers.
|Freeman's Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1932), Thursday 30 May 1907, page 28
|The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW : 1901 - 1946), Friday 12 September 1902, page 2


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NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (bankrate.com) -- You shouldn't buy a house.
"If you buy a house and are locked into a payment, you're kind of stuck there."
Nancy Jones Financial planner
Believe it or not, that's good advice for some people, no matter what the mortgage lender says. Depending on their financial status and aims in life, some consumers will likely be better off renting for a while and buying later, or maybe not buying at all, experts say.
"If you buy a house and are locked into a payment, you're kind of stuck there," says Nancy Langdon Jones, a certified financial planner in Upland, Calif. Get the wrong person into the wrong place, she adds, and "it's really easy to lose your house because that's the first thing to go."
For some buyers, if it feels like it's time to enter into "the biggest financial commitment you'll ever make," it is. But there's a reason experts urge people to be cautious rather than hasty when buying a home. Problems with job security, personal goals, financial resources and credit history can all wreak havoc on a transaction, and it's often too late to fix them after the closing. So rather than jump right in, consumers should see if their situations match one or more of the ones outlined below. If they do, those consumers might be better off putting down that pen for a while.
"People get into financial difficulties and it can happen very quickly," says David Morganstern, a certified financial planner who is co-president of Capital Management Consulting in Portland, Ore. "What we try to do is to try to look more broadly than 'What is the answer to the one question on the table?'
"If they say, 'I just need advice on buying a house'," he adds, "we always counsel them to think more broadly."
Job shaky? Don't buy One of the first things to evaluate is job security. Workers on shaky ground with their employers or those who don't think they'll be able to find jobs nearby if the plant goes belly up might want to wait on getting mortgages, for example. The same goes for people who plan on jumping ship soon.
"If they have been contemplating shifting gears or contemplating moving to another company or just having their resume out or headhunters calling, that would obviously not be a good time to incur debt and the hassle of going through and buying a home," Morganstern says.
The monthly payment isn't the only obstacle to this kind of customer. There are also the required closing costs and other home-buying fees, as well as the commission that most owners end up paying to real estate agents when they sell their homes. Those charges can actually leave someone in the hole if the property is sold after only a short amount of time.
"You're talking a huge loss should there be a drop in property values and you have to move for some reason," Jones says. "If you need to turn your house over quickly and you just put out a huge outlay for escrow and title and points and who knows what else, that's just a slam-dunk for a huge loss right off the bat that will be real difficult to recoup."
Into investing? Don't buy
Trouble also can pop up for people who enter the home-buying process with unreasonable expectations.
Those who think a house will earn them a lot of money as a short-term investment, for instance, might be better off renting, if they can do so cheaply, and investing their cash in the stock market. With home-price appreciation averaging about 3 percent to 7 percent today, they're probably not going to be able to match the historical after-tax return that stocks deliver -- 8 percent.
Property-value gains are by no means guaranteed, either.
Jones recalls the plight of home buyers in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., a few years back. They figured new development and shopping centers filling to capacity with workers, tenants and consumers alike would support their area's economy. But the subsequent opening of the huge Ontario Mills Mall nearby changed the landscape completely. Stores relocated and took jobs with them. "For Sale" signs sprouted from area lawns like weeds. Asking prices fell.
"These were new houses. When people moved in, they put up additional money for landscaping and decorations and putting in pools, et cetera," she says. "But there was a lot of money lost -- and being lost right now."
Dreams too big for budget? Don't buy Not everybody treats a home as an investment, however. To some, it's the only thing they've wanted in life. Unfortunately, that mindset can lead people to throw every penny at the down payment and forget about the cost of fixing leaky pipes, painting the baby's nursery and painting it again when it turns out the ultrasound was wrong. Buyers in this situation are taking big risks because they haven't built up any reserves.
"The problem really becomes, the way I see it, the maintenance of the home," says Bob Crew, a certified financial planner at Critical Mass LLC in Wichita, Kan. "Three or four years later, the house needs painting and they don't have the extra $1,000 or $1,200. They can't keep the home in the kind of repair and upkeep they want because their monthly budget is strapped."
Damaged credit? Don't buy People with tainted credit histories might also want to hold off on buying. Even though many will be able to get loans in today's easy-credit environment, doing so can sometimes just make things worse.
Rates and terms on subprime mortgages run much higher than they do on conventional loans. That makes it tougher to come up with the monthly payment. Some lenders in the subprime sector of the mortgage industry don't bother to report payment loan performance to the credit bureaus either, according to government officials. So, somebody who diligently pays the bills may not be rewarded with the chance to refinance at a lower rate elsewhere down the road.
"If you're overextended as a client and you want to buy a house on top of that, or a more expensive house, that's not a prudent set of decisions," Morganstern says.
The wait will be worth it Though this kind of unconventional wisdom may not be music to some buyers' ears, it can help them out. Experts say they'll find ownership is truly better for those who wait because doing so will improve their financial lives.
"There are going to be other houses coming along," Morganstern quips.


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A key federal panel Friday recommended placing new restrictions on Vicodin and similar prescription painkillers.
At the conclusion of an emotional two-day hearing, the Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted 19-10 to recommend the agency change how drugs that contain the opioid hydrocodone are classified as controlled substances.
If the agency goes along with the panel's recommendation, which is typical but not required, the drugs would be more stringently regulated, moving to so-called Schedule II from Schedule III.
The change would impose a variety of new restrictions on the drugs. For example, doctors could only write prescriptions for 30-day supplies and could no longer call in new prescriptions without patients coming back to the office. In addition, nurse practitioners and physician assistants in some states would no longer be able to prescribe them.
The vote was praised by those seeking new restrictions. "I believe that this change will mark a turning point in the epidemic," said Dr. Andrew Kolodny of the Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. "It will lead to less people becoming addicted, which is the most important thing that needs to happen to bring this crisis under control."
But pain specialists expressed concern about the effect of new restrictions on patients struggling with debilitating pain. "If the FDA agrees with the advisory committee, the decision will have far-reaching impact on access and cost to pain care," said Dr. Lynn Webster, president-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. "I hope people in pain won't suffer as a result."
Top officials at the FDA will now consider the vote in making a recommendation to the Department of Health and Human Services, and the agency isn't saying when that might happen. In 2008, the FDA rejected a similar request.
"We will pay close attention to everything we've heard as we proceed," the FDA's Douglas Throckmorton told the panel at the conclusion of the hearing.
Drugs containing hydrocodone are at the center of an emotional debate that pits the needs of pain patients against efforts to fight widespread abuse of these and other opioid painkillers.
More than 136 million prescriptions for these products are dispensed every year, making them the most widely used prescription drugs. Vicodin is probably the best-known hydrocodone medicine, but there are many others, sold under brand names such as Lortab and Norco.
The request for the change came from the Drug Enforcement Agency, which, along with others, argues these drugs are just as addicting and abused as frequently as other powerful opioids such as Oxycontin and Percocet, which are Schedule II drugs.
While powerful painkillers, opioids are highly addictive and are abused by millions. The number of Americans overdosing from these drugs has been increasing rapidly in recent years, and more than 15,000 now die every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
But about 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, and many of them and their doctors fear the change would make it difficult, if not impossible, for these patients to get drugs they need.
The concern is that many people, such as the elderly and those living in rural areas, won't be able to make the extra trips to the doctor to get new prescriptions, or afford additional visits. Doctors worried about getting into trouble with the DEA may also stop prescribing the drugs, and insurance companies may stop paying for them.
In addition to testimony from DEA and FDA officials and from pain and addiction specialists, the committee heard from several parents whose children died from overdoses after becoming addicted to hydrocodone products. Many of them broke down in tears or expressed anger at the widespread availability of the drugs.
"They are highly addicting. My son is proof," said Cheryl Placek of Niagra Falls, N.Y., who sobbed as she described how her 28-year-old son Daniel committed suicide after becoming addicted to hydrocodone he received for back pain.
"All he did is follow his doctor's instructions," she said. "In the end, the drug took his life. We look for medicine to get us better, not kill. The addiction to hydrocodone stole my son's life and destroyed his family."
The committee also heard from several patients suffering from chronic, debilitating pain. They pleaded with the committee not to impose new restrictions.
Shani Weber of Mount Airy, Md., said she depends on the drugs for managing pain from
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which among other things causes her joints to suddenly dislocate, triggering intense pain. She described one incident that occurred last week.
"I awoke with a pain level so high I was struggling to breathe," Weber said. It was all I could do to not fall into a fetal position screaming.... I was extremely thankful for access to hydrocodone."
In addition to the DEA request, some doctors and addiction specialists want the FDA to change the labels on all opioids, including drugs such as Oxycontin and Percocet. They want the labels to say they should only be prescribed for severe pain, at much lower doses and for no more than 90 days.
The goal is to get drug companies to stop marketing these drugs as aggressively and get doctors to be much more cautious about prescribing them. The FDA's has scheduled another hearing on that request next month.
From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.
And I'm Melissa Block. A Food and Drug Administration panel has endorsed new restrictions on Vicodin and similar prescription painkillers. This is a recommendation, not yet policy. Supporters say the new restrictions are needed to fight rising abuse of these drugs. Addiction to painkillers is widespread, and there are thousands of overdose deaths every year.
But there are those who oppose limiting access to these drugs; among them, some doctors and their patients who suffer from debilitating pain. NPR's Rob Stein joins us now to explain the debate and today's vote. And Rob, the DEA and others call prescription painkiller abuse an epidemic in this country. How big a problem is it and who, exactly, is abusing these drugs?
ROB STEIN, BYLINE: It's really two different kinds of patients. One of them are patients who get prescribed these drugs for legitimate medical reasons. They have an operation, or they have back pain, and they end up getting addicted; these drugs can be highly addictive. And the second group are people who are just kind of looking to get high - you know, teenagers who are rummaging through their parents' medicine cabinets - and they start taking these drugs, and they get addicted.
And everybody agrees that it's a really big problem that's getting a lot worse. There are millions of people who are estimated to abuse these drugs, and millions who are addicted. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there are at least 15,000 deaths from overdoses occurring every year, and that's more than cocaine and heroin combined.
BLOCK: Now, we mentioned Vicodin as one of these drugs, but that's not the only drug that they're talking about here, right?
STEIN: Right. They're talking about any drug that includes hydrocodone - that's an opioid, with another product that - they're called combination hydrocodone products. And there are lots of products like this that - on the market. They have names like Lortab. And their - estimate is that there are about 136 million prescriptions written for these every year, and that's the most widely prescribed prescription drug of any kind.
BLOCK: Now, what does the Drug Enforcement Agency want to happen with these drugs?
STEIN: Right. What they want to happen is, they want these drugs put in the same legal category as other prescription painkillers, like Oxycontin and Percocet. And that would have fairly wide-scale implications. It would have all sorts of new restrictions; including, for example, doctors would be limited in how much of the pills they could prescribe at any one prescription. And certain medical professionals, like physician assistants and nurse practitioners, would no longer be able to prescribe these drugs.
BLOCK: We mentioned, Rob, that some doctors and their patients are quite concerned about this. What is their concern, exactly?
STEIN: The concern is that there are an estimated 100 million Americans out there who suffer from chronic pain. And this can be quite debilitating. These are people who have terrible pain all day long - never goes away - and they are really dependent on these drugs to exist, to function on a daily basis. And they're worried that these restrictions really could make it difficult - if not impossible - for them to get drugs they need. It could mean that they could not afford the extra visits to the doctor that they would need; that some doctors may just stop prescribing them because they're afraid of getting into trouble with the DEA; or insurance companies might stop paying for them.
BLOCK: And what do the people who are pushing for the restrictions say to that?
STEIN: What they say is that, you know, if a doctor has a patient who really needs these drugs, they still could get them the drugs. They'd still be able to prescribe them. They could do things like give them several prescriptions at one time, that are dated in the future. So they couldn't fill it all at once, but they could - when they run out, they could fill the next one and then the next one.
BLOCK: OK. Well, the FDA was hearing this today. What happened at that hearing?
STEIN: You know, I've covered a lot of these hearings; and this was one of the most intense, one of the most emotional hearings that I've actually encountered. You know, there were the usual experts - the pain specialists, the addiction specialists, the government officials. But then there were - lots of testimony from individual patients; you know, parents who lost their children through overdoses and, you know, recounted the stories, and they were crying, and very angry and upset; and also, lots of pain patients who were describing what it's like to live with this terrible pain, and the fears that they had, that what they would do if they just couldn't get the drugs they needed?
But in the end, the committee voted fairly lopsided - 19 to 10 - to endorse the new restrictions; and they decided that the benefits of that would outweigh the risks.
BLOCK: OK. NPR's Rob Stein. Rob, thanks so much.
STEIN: Oh, sure. Thanks for having me. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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- 3 T. Goya barley (from a 16 oz. bag found in the dried beans section of the store) .07 cents
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- 1/4 C. dried split peas (from a 16 oz. bag) .10 cents
- 2 cups Hunts Tomato Sauce (16 oz.) .75 cents
- 1/2 bag of wide egg noodles .75 cents
- Put all ingredients into a large soup pan.
- Cover this with 7 cups of water. Bring to a boil. Stir occasionally for 30 minutes.
- Add the Tomato Sauce
- Bring back to a boil. Stir and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Next, add 1/2 bag of wide egg noodles to the pan.
- Bring back to a boil. Then cook on medium, stirring occasionally for 10 minutes.
- Serve topped with a little Parmesan cheese (optional).
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Varna [8] (Bulgarian: Варна) is the third-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv. Commonly referred to as the marine (or summer) capital of Bulgaria, Varna is a major tourist destination, business and university centre, seaport, and headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy and merchant marine
Get in
By plane
Airlines and destinations - connections are mostly seasonal (the list is not full):
By train
The central train station is located within walking distance from city centre and cruise terminal, there is a bus and taxi connection to airport, bus stations, and resorts. Daily services are available from Sofia, Plovdiv, and Rousse.
There is one direct international train always available. Night train #059 departs Kiev daily, journey time is just under 35 hours. On its way to Varna, this train also stops in Lviv (25 h) and Bucharest (8 h). During the summer seasons several more destinations are added. Which cities have a direct connection varies from year to year but expect Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Minsk from the east and Prague and Warsaw amongst others to be on the list.
By car
Varna can be reached by Haemus Motorway (A2) from Sofia, E70 from Rousse (and Bucharest), E87 from Constanta, Romania, and Cherno More Motorway (A3)/E87 from Istanbul, Turkey.
By bus
There are two bus stations in Varna, one serving the local area and one for longer connections to Sofia, Veliko Tarnovo, Burgas, Plovdiv, Istanbul, Greece, Romania, Central and Western Europe. They aren't that easy to find, so take a taxi. As you approach them from the city centre, the station to the left is the local one, to the right is the long distance one.
By boat
Varna is Bulgaria's only cruise destination. Cruise terminal is located near city centre, close to train station, walking distance to Sea Garden and beaches. Bus and taxi connection to city centre, bus stations, airport, and resorts. There are ferry lines (buses only) to Ukraine and Georgia.
There a ferry to Ilichevsk (Odessa) in Ukraine and Poti & Batumi in Georgia. [11]
Get around
If you're staying in the tourist suburbs of Varna, you can come to the centre by bus, by trolleybus, by a rented car.
On foot
There is a pedestrian area and a coast area with a lot of fun for the tourists. There you can get around by foot.
By bus
By bike
Explore the Bulgarian Sea Capital and ride to the Varna Sea Garden and a few of the most famous beaches of Varna.
By taxi
Be careful with taxis: you may pay 10 times the right price, so check for the fare per km - look at the small square paper plate located in the lower corner of the rear doors' windows. Good taxi companies are , OK Trans (OK Транс), Varna (Варна), Evro (Евро),Triumph (Триумф Такси), Alpha taxi (Алфа такси). Typical price is around 0.79 leva (0.40 euro) per km.
Varna Archaeological Museum has constantly carried out archaeological investigations and excavations on various sites all over Northeast Bulgaria. They now compose the Museum exhibition, more than 100 000 objects – monuments of past epochs from Varna, the Region and Northeast Bulgaria. The most important of them (one tenth of the whole Museum collection) are represented in the Museum exhibition halls. The Museum's arguably most celebrated exhibit is the Gold of Varna, the oldest gold treasure in the world, excavated in 1972 and dating to 4600-4200 BCE, which occupies three separate exhibition halls.
The museum also manages two open-air archaeological sites, the large Roman baths in the city centre and the medieval grotto of Aladzha Monastery at Golden Sands Nature Park.[12]
Naval Museum one of the symbols of Varna. Situated in the southern part of the sea garden.Beautiful museum building was constructed in 1890.The most valuable exhibit is the destroyer "Drazki" placed there in 1957, known for torpedoing the Turkish cruiser "Hamidie" on November 12, 1912 during Balkan war. This is the only ship of its type to be preserved until today. [13]
Museum of Ethnography The exposition of the Ethnographic Museum - Varna is sutuated in a revival house of so-called "symmetrical type houses" built in 1860. The museum shows the rich diversity in culture and lifestyle of the population of Varna end of the second half of the XIX and early XX century [14]
Battle of Varna Park Museum "Varnenchik" is memorial complex located in a unique park in an area of 30 acres. Located in the western part of Varna at the battlefield place dating back to 10.11.1444, where in the name of liberation of the Balkans and southeastern Europe perished Polish-Hungarian king Władysław III of Varna (Varnenchik). In the exposition are the armor and weapons,paintings,flags and sculptures of the era. [15]
The Sea Garden is the oldest and perhaps largest park.It is associated with the name of the Czech Anton Novak. At the request of municipality in 1894 K.Shkorpil invited the landscape engineer in Varna. There is a long alley of the Bulgarian revival with busts of the most honorable figures of the era.Perfect place for a pleasant walk, bicycle ride or outdoor sports. It contains also zoo and terrarium. The waterfront promenade underneath is lined by a string of beach clubs offering a vibrant (albeit noisy) scene of rock, hip-hop, American-style pop, house, and chalga (Bulgarian pop folk). The city beaches, also known as sea baths are dotted with hot sulphuric mineral springs and punctured by small sheltered marinas. The Garden is a national monument of landscape architecture.
Varna Aquarium The aquarium's exhibition focuses on the Black Sea's flora and fauna which includes over 140 fish species, but also features freshwater fish, Mediterranean fish, exotic species from faraway areas of the World Ocean, mussels and algae. [16]
Varna Dolphinarium the only dolphinarium on the Balkan Peninsula, one of the most entertaining attractions of city. Built in 1984 and has 1134 seats.
Nicolaus Copernicus Observatory and Planetarium [17],
The 2.4 km long, 50 m high Asparuhov Most bridge is a popular spot for bungee jumping.
Notable old Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox churches include the metropolitan Assumption of Mary Cathedral; the early 17th-century Theotokos Panagia; the St. Athanasius (former Greek metropolitan cathedral); the seamens' church of St. Nicholas the Miracle Worker; the Archangel Michael's chapel; and the St. Constantine and Helena church of the 16th century suburban monastery of the same name.
Varna's centre was rebuilt in late 19th and the earlier half of the 20th century by the nascent Bulgarian middle class in Western style, with local interpretations of Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Baroque, Neoclassicism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Aladzha Manastir (Аладжа Манастир) outside Varna is a beautiful monastery, which is dug in a giant rock. The entrance fee is quite low, and it's a very beautiful, and quite weird thing to see.
Pobiti Kamani (Побити Камъни) , literaly "the rocks which got hit", also outside Varna, are a bunch of gigantic rocks, standing up, in the middle of nowhere. The rocks are said to radiate energy and a lot of hippies stop by.
There is a large tourist place where you can enjoy whatever entertainment that can be bought for money. There is something for every taste. But, you can also have nice walks in Varna.
University of Economics and College of Tourism
There are a couple of large shopping malls (Grand Mall, Pfohe Mall, Central Plaza, Mall of Varna, Varna Towers) turning Varna into an attractive international shopping destination. There are also several international big-box retailers (Metro, Kaufland, Carrefour) on the outskirts and traditional downtown shopping streets with boutiques and gift shops. Plenty of tourist stuff in the resorts sold in small stalls.
There are many good restaurants at very descent prices comparing other EU countries.
Alba - a variety of traditional and international dishes at very nice prices. In summer you can choose between sitting inside or the outside garden. Located just across Archaeological Museum in a yellow-green painted house. Mains about 5 lev.
The Happy Bar and Grill, a Bulgarian restaurant chain, based in Varna. Tasty kebabs.
"Bistro Europe" - Boulevard Slivnitsa 11. Tasty french. A family run restaurant near the entrance of the sea garden. Its specialities are seafood, rustic dishes with a franco-bulgarian touch. The homemade cakes made by the owner are a talking point in the city.
La Pastaria offering traditional Italian food, home made pasta and pizza. Dragoman street 45
BM - a nice restaurant offering mainly traditional cuisine as well as sea food. Located at the end of sea garden near to the Port of Varna.
Rodna Striaha- a family owned and managed traditional Bulgarian restaurant offering a range of Bulgarian and British cuisine. Seating either inside or in the beautifully maintained garden which also includes a children's play area. Situated just 3 minutes off the Varna-Sofia highway in the village of Gabarnitsa, some 34Km from Varna centre.
The beach at night tends to have the most night life in the summer. Best beach nightclubs in 2011: Extravaganza, Copa Cabana, 4 as pik (chalga), Cubo.
There are also clubs and bars in the city but some of them are closed during summer: Horizont, Cargo, Bolla bar, Planet Club.
There are a number of hotels in the city ranging from 5 to 2 stars. North of Varna, along a continuous 20-km-long strip, are the beach front resorts of Euxinograd, Constatine and Helena, Sunny Day, Chaika, Riviera, and Golden Sands, with a total of more than 60,000 hotel beds, plus several villa communities offering private lodgings.
Stay safe
Varna is in general a fairly safe place, though special caution should be taken in regards to the mafia. There have been several cases of tourists being assaulted by the mafia for improper behavior, such as the brutal beating of an Icelandic teenage girl in the summer of 2007. Try not to give anyone who might be driving a black sports car, wearing a suit with glasses a bad eye. Common sense, courtesy and respect is always the best thing you can pursue.
Stay away from people offering money change on the street they are all cheaters. They usually are located in the area of the Cathedral(kozirkata) and also it's a typical place for pickpocketers so be careful.
If you are driving a car be careful where you stop because if you violate the parking restrictions, your car may be removed by the authorities and you will need to pay a penalty fee, not to mention losing a lot of time.
Get out
Outside the city are the Euxinograd palace, park and winery, the Ecopark Varna Botanical Garden, the Pobiti Kamani rock phenomenon, the cave monastery Aladzha, and the Kamchiya biosphere reserve (UNESCO-protected)


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BALTIMORE (AP) — Despite missing most of last season, outfielder Nolan Reimold more than doubled his salary when he agreed to a $1 million, one-year contract with the Baltimore Orioles.
The 29-year-old hit .313 with five home runs and 10 RBIs last year, when he didn't play after April 30 because of a herniated disk in his neck. He made $490,500.
Reimold's agreement, announced Friday, avoided salary arbitration. Baltimore has eight players still eligible to file Tuesday: catcher Matt Wieters; right-handers Tommy Hunter, Jason Hammel, Jim Johnson and Darren O'Day; left-handers Brian Matusz and Troy Patton; and infielder Chris Davis.
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Once Again, As The MPAA Whines About 'Piracy,' It Had Record Results At The Box Office
from the oh-look-at-that deptThere were reports late last year that the box office take for the movie industry was finally set to decline after years of records. It appeared that there just weren't that many big blockbuster hits last year, that many thought really hurt the industry. However, now that the numbers are out, it appears that, once again, the box office take has set a new record. And yet the MPAA still claims that its number one priority is "fighting piracy"? Why?
Obviously, some will point out that the DVD business isn't as strong as it once was, though it's unclear how much of that may be a result of new business models like Netflix and Redbox, as compared to file sharing. That said, I laugh any time the movie industry folks point to the DVD market as the reason they have to fight piracy. I mean, it was just 25 years ago that Jack Valenti was declaring the VCR was going to be "the Boston Strangler" to Hollywood. And yet, now, the home video market is its lifeline? Sorry, but hasn't the industry cried wolf a few too many times?
The simple fact is that there are all sorts of business model opportunities for the movie industry. Theater showings (the seats and the social experience are great scarcities that sell well) is one such model. Services like Netflix where you're paying for "access" and "convenience" rather than content, is another. There are plenty of others as well, for those who wish to explore them. Shouldn't the MPAA's "number one priority" be to help the industry figure out these opportunities, rather than worrying about "piracy"?
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Steve Rubel has written an interesting article over at AdAge about the future of the web. Which, according to Steve, is pretty much non-consistent. See (and I find it hard to argue with him), with regards to mobile and tablet platforms - or screens, rather - Steve argues that "...we will need to rethink, remix and repackage information for an entirely different modality than platforms of yore."
Quite so. To do this, we need to think about not only the content itself, but also context, collaboration and adoption, as Steve says, and base it all on the all-important data, that which Brian Newman coined "the new oil".
It's an interesting read and well worth some minutes of your time. Found via a blog by Emily Chang and a tweet by @anitafiander.


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There was 5 one hour class sessions Thursday and Friday and 4 class sessions today. Each session had 10 presenters in a class room setting or in the field. The list of presenters was a who' who of beekeeping, including several from our own Beesource.com.
This HAS was a great learning experience and well worth the minimal cost to go. The only glitches I noticed were not caused by HAS.
If you haven't been to a HAS conference you need to go to the next one at Marshall University in Huntington WV. If you have been to HAS you still need to go. Huntington is on Interstate 64 and Marshall is just a little over 2 miles off of the Interstate. It is a beautiful campus, Modern facilities, nice and level with everything close together.
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For the moment, the trend seems pretty clear. Money from far and wide rushes into the US stock markets because every other conceivable place to stash money produces no return, no interest, no increase, at a time when the value of central bank currencies is slip-slidin' somewhere south of Palookaville. The rush into equities gooses equities increasing the rush, goosing the goose. Consider, however, that trends by their nature must last longer than the moment to be trends in the first place. One thing you can be sure of: the trend will end. Another region of the trend concerns the recent peculiar behavior of gold and silver. Fear and greed may rule the trade in paper instruments, but something else rules the trade in hard metals: uncertainty. These days the uncertainty is very keen, not so much about the direction of the trade in paper - because the trend is up, up, and away - but whether the placeholders for the paper are for real, or whether you get to keep any of them when the dust settles at every dust-up. Markets can go wither they will, but it's another matter when the government slams on capital controls and you can't move your money or redeem it from your account. With the precedent of Cyprus now established (never mind MF Global), you'd think people all over the planet would be buying gold and silver as stores of value without counterparty risk, but the price keeps slowly sinking. I don't think it's because of the much chattered-about threat of confiscation. The US government could not be dumb enough to try to pull an FDR-style gold grab. This is a different land than it was in 1933. The people who hold gold are exactly the same people who are very heavily armed, and just because the Department of Homeland Security supposedly has been buying up all the ammo on God's green earth, virtually all the people who are heavily armed are already heavily stocked up on ammo, too, and have quite enough to start an insurrection if the treasury agents come calling for their life savings. Though I'm generally allergic to conspiracy theories, it smells like someone is engineering the downward behavior of the metals. The central banks of the US and Europe have a big incentive for driving the price down: it makes their currencies look stronger - despite the universal QE policies designed to make them actually weaker. That is, it gives the appearance that QE is not doing exactly what it is intended to do: wage currency war by driving down the value of money and incidentally inflating away the cost of debt denominated in these currencies. I think the Federal Reserve and its TBTF cronies will succeed in driving the price of gold down, perhaps as far as the $1350 range, for a while (a moment, let's say). But by the time it gets there they will have completely wrecked the economies they pretend to represent, and driven many citizens into penury. Now, consider that hyperinflation is always a rather sudden phenomenon. When it comes on, it comes fast and hard, by the day and then the hour. The Fed and its handmaidens will not be able to control it when it happens, because it will spring from all their previous actions, including the concealment of the loss of value of the dollar via manipulation of the gold and silver markets - and Ben Bernanke can't pretend that his helicopter is a time machine. There will be no going back to undo what he's already done. That's the point where you will see the price of gold very quickly head toward $3,500 or even $10,000 and beyond, depending on the damage done and the oafishness of the political response. QE to infinity really translates into dollar wreckage to infinity. History will record that this crisis of confidence in money was brought on by men who stupidly refused to acknowledge that the terms of daily human existence had changed in 2013. We could save the country and fashion a new economy appropriate to the new era of contraction, but it wouldn't look much like what you see out there now. It would be all about empty highways and empty WalMarts and people turning their energies elsewhere, to their communities, workshops, homesteads, and main streets. We'll get to that place, but the journey to it will be dark and lonely since it will be accomplished by individuals bravely venturing where no politician dares to speak of, and the lonely individuals will receive no support from their culture or any of the authorities who play at political leadership. There could well come a time, though, when those authorities will be disgraced, dragged down, and trampled, and I would tremble to be there on that dreadful day. That will be the day that the ultimate TV reality show debuts. Call it: Waterboarding the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. When elites circulate, things get messy.____________________________________
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