In fact, once everyone is paying for their actual risk, you no longer have insurance. You have a savings account with a middle man taking a huge cut.
So get rid of the middle man, and make huge savings - enough that virtually everyone's flat rate is less than their middle-man's risk-adjusted rate. A health scheme doesn't need an insurance company, it only needs doctors and nurses.
I should perhaps point out that the British National Health Service is just that - a scheme to maintain the Nation's health. And a very efficient way of doing that is to make it straightforward (and free) to see a doctor, so people generally start receiving treatment earlier, while they're still only mildly ill.
This is one of the reasons the UK's cancer survival rate is lower than the USA - almost everybody's diagnosed, while (presumably) many Americans without insurance simply die and are uncounted.
The nearest US equivalents to the NHS that I can think of are US Military Hospitals which may not have the swishest of decor, but the treatment is world class.
The researcher did not actually investigate what it is that dolphins do, he thought of what they could possibly do.
I would be more interested in finding out if this is actually the technique dolphins use or do they do something different?
"As for the dolphin: while acting as an inspiration for the technology, Leighton and his team later discovered this was not how the animals' sonar worked. Dolphins also send out twin pulses, but theirs vary in amplitude, not polarity, he said."
Forgetting to mention those are huge expensive boondoggles with very poor outcomes in the case of the VA.
So let me get this straight - if you and your entire family were offered lifetime VA healthcare with zero co-payment charges, for less cost to you than your existing healthcare plan, you would refuse it ?
No, because you've forgotten that there are two tritium atoms to a molecule, and you're assuming all the tritium atoms delay in the first year; the halflife is twelve years so each year 0.94 remains (since 0.94 ^ 12 ~= 0.5).
So you're out by a factor of eight or so, I reckon.
According to your reference, they measured the time taken to dial using the 7-8-9 and the 1-2-3 keypads, and the 1-2-3 was slightly faster:
"arrangement I-A had an average keying time of 5.08 seconds, and arrangement IV-A had an average of 4.92 seconds."
which is pretty much the point of the article: they measured this stuff.
Why isn't it up to the court to dictate what's acceptable? If Apple is complying with the letter of what the court demanded, how are they being contemptuous?
Because of an expectation of integrity. Introducing a mandatory user action (a scroll) takes the content off the home page.
I've been doing much the same with my son, who's now 13. From when he was three or so, we'd play 'if you were lost, what would you do' games in stores and shopping streets (in a shop, ask somebody at the till for help; in the street, go into a store); and I had him learn my mobile phone number; and we'd happily leave him to read books and magazines while we did our shopping. He timed out a few times and asked a shop assistant to call us on the intercom and we'd reassure him he'd done the right thing. The aim was to get him thinking 'oh bother, I'm lost/again/'.
When he was eight he moved to Denmark with his mum and they'd get a train each day - but his school was at an earlier stop than her office so he'd get off and walk the last half-mile or so on his own. A few weeks after he arrived there (and speaking no Danish), he got an earlier train back and she wasn't on it. So he got off at the right stop, went to a tourist bureau where he'd been before, and had them phone me in England on my mobile number. He was eight, and on his own in a foreign city - but not, technically, lost. Since then I've not really been too bothered about his finding his way about.
He's now back in England and quite happy to take trains and buses on his own which, of course, is how it should be.
The exception proves the rule - 'no blue bicycles' means that, as a general rule, (ie subject to exceptions) bicycles _are_ allowed. Proves in this case meaning demonstrates.
I hope you are not doing this in the UK... Its a breach of both the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.
To reinforce that point:
UK employers have the rightto monitor communications within the workplace as long as you are aware of the monitoring before it takes place. Monitoring can cover:
emails /
internet access /
telephone calls /
data /
images - with the proviso that - You have the right to see any information held about you (for example, emails or CCTV footage).
And there are clear rules in place describing an employer's responsibilities and the consequences of improper monitoring.
As to the 1979 CS degree, is there such a thing? PCs only existed since about 1984's so any degree he had has no relevance at all to modern computing.
At least some of the people who were designing machines in 1984 will have had a 1979 CS degree and if they're still designing machines today I'd hazard that they're quite good at it by now.
This is a renegotiation of the July 2007 agreement that the EU send passenger flight data to the US. Under the new agreement, the US 'should' share 'information about terrorism and serious transnational crime that results from the analysis of PNR data by non-EU countries' with Europol.
It's not what you say, it's what you do, and Darwin, regardless of the controversy he generated, was buried in Westminster Abbey, near Newton.
which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the Anglican church's attitude to science.
The UK government's human rights committee discussed the ownership of shopping centres in the context of legal protest.
I do not think actually the proper distinction is whether this was formerly publicly owned and now become private or not, I think the distinction to be made is whether this is perceived as community space.
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So get rid of the middle man, and make huge savings - enough that virtually everyone's flat rate is less than their middle-man's risk-adjusted rate. A health scheme doesn't need an insurance company, it only needs doctors and nurses.
I should perhaps point out that the British National Health Service is just that - a scheme to maintain the Nation's health. And a very efficient way of doing that is to make it straightforward (and free) to see a doctor, so people generally start receiving treatment earlier, while they're still only mildly ill.
This is one of the reasons the UK's cancer survival rate is lower than the USA - almost everybody's diagnosed, while (presumably) many Americans without insurance simply die and are uncounted.
The nearest US equivalents to the NHS that I can think of are US Military Hospitals which may not have the swishest of decor, but the treatment is world class.
Following links to here we find:
"As for the dolphin: while acting as an inspiration for the technology, Leighton and his team later discovered this was not how the animals' sonar worked. Dolphins also send out twin pulses, but theirs vary in amplitude, not polarity, he said."
ICD = Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
Pacing - a series of low-voltage electrical impulses (paced beats) at a fast rate to try and correct the heart rhythm
Cardioversion - one or more small electric shocks to try and restore the heart to a normal rhythm
Defibrillation - one or more larger electric shocks to try and restore the heart to a normal rhythm
Forgetting to mention those are huge expensive boondoggles with very poor outcomes in the case of the VA.
So let me get this straight - if you and your entire family were offered lifetime VA healthcare with zero co-payment charges, for less cost to you than your existing healthcare plan, you would refuse it ?
However, not everything is better in Europe: a glass of water might cost €2
In England restaurants and bars which sell alcohol are legally obliged to serve free tap water to their customers.
Oh good, now I can make a back-up fingerprint in case I lose my finger...
No, because you've forgotten that there are two tritium atoms to a molecule, and you're assuming all the tritium atoms delay in the first year; the halflife is twelve years so each year 0.94 remains (since 0.94 ^ 12 ~= 0.5). So you're out by a factor of eight or so, I reckon.
According to your reference, they measured the time taken to dial using the 7-8-9 and the 1-2-3 keypads, and the 1-2-3 was slightly faster: "arrangement I-A had an average keying time of 5.08 seconds, and arrangement IV-A had an average of 4.92 seconds." which is pretty much the point of the article: they measured this stuff.
Belize isn't a typical Central American country. It's a member of the Commonwealth with Queen Elizabeth as the Head of State.
"The structure of government is based on the British parliamentary system, and the legal system is modelled on the Common Law of England."
Here's the US Department of State's view.
Why isn't it up to the court to dictate what's acceptable? If Apple is complying with the letter of what the court demanded, how are they being contemptuous?
Because of an expectation of integrity. Introducing a mandatory user action (a scroll) takes the content off the home page.
> I don't know how large a fine the court is allowed to impose for contempt, but I imagine it's pretty large
It's unlimited.
http://www.mondaq.com/x/151402/Crime/Contempt+Of+Court+Why+Ignoring+A+Court+Order+Could+Land+You+In+Serious+Trouble
> I don't know how large a fine the court is allowed to impose for contempt, but I imagine it's pretty large. It's unlimited. http://www.mondaq.com/x/151402/Crime/Contempt+Of+Court+Why+Ignoring+A+Court+Order+Could+Land+You+In+Serious+Trouble
I've been doing much the same with my son, who's now 13. From when he was three or so, we'd play 'if you were lost, what would you do' games in stores and shopping streets (in a shop, ask somebody at the till for help; in the street, go into a store); and I had him learn my mobile phone number; and we'd happily leave him to read books and magazines while we did our shopping. He timed out a few times and asked a shop assistant to call us on the intercom and we'd reassure him he'd done the right thing. The aim was to get him thinking 'oh bother, I'm lost /again/'.
When he was eight he moved to Denmark with his mum and they'd get a train each day - but his school was at an earlier stop than her office so he'd get off and walk the last half-mile or so on his own. A few weeks after he arrived there (and speaking no Danish), he got an earlier train back and she wasn't on it. So he got off at the right stop, went to a tourist bureau where he'd been before, and had them phone me in England on my mobile number. He was eight, and on his own in a foreign city - but not, technically, lost. Since then I've not really been too bothered about his finding his way about.
He's now back in England and quite happy to take trains and buses on his own which, of course, is how it should be.
The exception proves the rule - 'no blue bicycles' means that, as a general rule, (ie subject to exceptions) bicycles _are_ allowed. Proves in this case meaning demonstrates.
http://people.csail.mit.edu/mrub/vidmag/
To reinforce that point:
UK employers have the right to monitor communications within the workplace as long as you are aware of the monitoring before it takes place. Monitoring can cover: emails / internet access / telephone calls / data / images - with the proviso that - You have the right to see any information held about you (for example, emails or CCTV footage).
And there are clear rules in place describing an employer's responsibilities and the consequences of improper monitoring.
At least some of the people who were designing machines in 1984 will have had a 1979 CS degree and if they're still designing machines today I'd hazard that they're quite good at it by now.
This is a renegotiation of the July 2007 agreement that the EU send passenger flight data to the US. Under the new agreement, the US 'should' share 'information about terrorism and serious transnational crime that results from the analysis of PNR data by non-EU countries' with Europol.
In the UK, Asda (owned by Walmart) are selling eight Imperial pints for £2 = 52p per litre = 196p / US gallon = $3.11 / US gallon. http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=milk&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=257979
The first London subway line opened in 1863, so it's not a new thing. In terms of milage, it's the second largest metro system in the world (ref. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems) And 45% of its 249 miles are underground. There are some facts and figures here: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonunderground/1608.aspx
Well, let's wait and see how Bob Crow and the Olympics play out before making that judgement, shall we ?
It's not what you say, it's what you do, and Darwin, regardless of the controversy he generated, was buried in Westminster Abbey, near Newton. which pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the Anglican church's attitude to science.
Drinking water for dehydration can be lethal.