Robbie Keane Cam

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Robbie Keane Cam 1st goal v Faroe Islands
Filmed by Peter O #39;Doherty, The camera follows Robbie Keane for a short period before his first of three goals against the Faroe Islands played at the Aviva stadium, Dublin.

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Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary to Host Fishing Photo Contest

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The nationwide contest opens on June 8 (World Oceans Day) and ends on Labor Day, September2.

The Sportfishing Conservancy will award weekly prizes for photos that show fishing in a national marine sanctuary or adjacent waters. Additional prize scholarships will be awarded for the four pictures that best exemplify youth fishing, family fishing or conservation in a sanctuary. As this is a photo contest, catch-and-release is encouraged and all participants are asked to follow the Sportfishing Conservancys best practices guidelines

By focusing on photographs, were able to encourage angling participation while promoting the joy of ethical catch-and-release fishing, said Tom Raftican, president of The SportfishingConservancy.

Outdoor activities, such as recreational fishing, give children and families a way to experience the sanctuary, learn about how we are part of nature, and foster a sense of responsibility for our environment, said Chris Mobley, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary superintendent. Were very excited to host this event and look forward to seeing our sanctuary represented in thecontest.

This is the second year of the Sanctuary Classic. Additional support for the event is being provided by national and local partners, including: The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, The Guy Harvey Foundation, The Sportfishing Conservancy, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, the National Marine Fishery Service and WestMarine.

For information on the 2013 Sanctuary Classic and how to enter, visit: http://www.sanctuaryclassic.org/.

NOAAs Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary was designated in 1980 to protect marine resources surrounding San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa and Santa Barbara islands. The sanctuary spans approximately 1,470 square miles, extending from island shorelines to six miles offshore, and encompasses a rich diversity of marine life, habitats and historical and culturalresource

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Remote Monitoring: Advancing the Science of Health Care Delivery – Mayo Clinic CV Grand Rounds – Video

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Remote Monitoring: Advancing the Science of Health Care Delivery - Mayo Clinic CV Grand Rounds
In this Mayo Clinic Grand Rounds video originally presented on September 7, 2012, cardiologists Charles Bruce, MD, Paul Friedman, MD, Lyle Olson, MD, and Vir...

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Client Perspectives: Why Central Bancompany, Inc. Chose ADP to Help Them Navigate Health Care Reform – Video

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Client Perspectives: Why Central Bancompany, Inc. Chose ADP to Help Them Navigate Health Care Reform
Christine K. Ellinger, SPHR, Senior Vice President Human Resources, Central Bancompany, Inc., a $9.8 billion Missouri-based bank holding company with 13 full...

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Marin leaders press for implementation of health care, immigration reforms

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In a combination pep rally and accountability session, Marin advocates and religious leaders Sunday outlined upcoming federal health care and immigration reforms and pressed public officials including Assemblyman Marc Levine about their commitment to implementing the reforms.

"More than 14,000 people in Marin County will become newly eligible for health insurance in October," Suzanne Walker, associate director of Marin's St. Vincent de Paul Society, told an audience of about 400 people from congregations and nonprofits gathered at the Novato High School gym.

Walker was referring to the fact that the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is expanding the number of people who are eligible for Medi-Cal. People will be able to enroll as of October 1 and receive care starting Jan. 1, 2014, and one of the meeting's objectives was to prepare for those dates.

"We are concerned that there are not enough eligibility workers to enroll residents, and we need public officials and agencies to act now," Walker said at the meeting, which was put on by the Marin Organizing Committee and Bay Area Industrial Areas Foundation.

The organizing committee is an organization of about 20 dues-paying congregations and nonprofits.

Additionally, "Immigrant reform is imminent, so we are expecting an increased demand for immigration services," said Meredith Parnell, director of communications at San Rafael's Congregation Rodef Sholom.

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"You committed to a meeting with us but when we arranged a trip to Sacramento, you were not available," Rodef Sholom Congregant Judith Bloomberg told Levine. "Will you commit to attending our meeting on immigration reform in late August?"

"Either I or my staff will be there," Levine answered. Asked whether he would commit to meeting in person for at least one hour every three months with representatives of the organizing committee, Levine agreed. "It is incredibly important for me to meet with you. I pledge to meet with you," he said.

Organizing committee representatives similarly grilled Marin County Supervisor Susan Adams, who committed to attending the immigration summit. Adams also committed to meeting with Bay Area IAF in what the group described as monthly health reform checkups.

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Comparison shopping for health care no easy feat

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FARGO It took Nicole Haaland three weeks to figure out she couldnt afford the treatment doctors recommended for her back pain.

She got the runaround before discovering the nerve-dulling injections at the Sanford Brain and Spine Center would cost $5,500 a year too much, she said. By then, she had already shelled out $1,500 for tests to see if that treatment would work.

Officials from the two local health systems say they do their best to help patients understand the possible cost of a procedure, but its hard to make price-shopping a reality.

Between deductibles on different insurance policies, the various government programs that help cover costs and the often unpredictable nature of medicine, it takes work to come up with even a ballpark estimate of a patients out-of-pocket costs.

The Center for Medicare Services data on hospitals average costs for some of the most common treatments gives a glimpse at how prices may differ between Sanford Medical Center and Essentia Health. Those differences are generally minimal.

But as throughout the rest of the country, there are some wild swings in prices for the same procedure at two hospitals in the same area.

In 2011, the newest data available, Sanford averaged $1,200 for an echocardiogram, a common procedure used to detect heart disease or other heart defects. It was nearly half that at Essentia, at $603.

At Essentia, a pacemaker implant cost an average of $33,515 in 2011, nearly 30 percent more than at Sanford.

Dr. Gregory Glasner, president and chief medical officer of Essentias west region, cautioned that those prices arent what an everyday patient receiving that treatment would actually pay. Glasner said he sympathizes with Haalands frustrations, but theres no way to build an accurate price menu that patients can look at before going under the knife.

I wish it was that realistic, Glasner said. It is so complex. I dont think its possible to do that in the way that health care financing has evolved.

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