How do Canadian primary care physicians rate the health care system? – Video

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How Do Canadian primary care physicians rate the health system? Survey results from the 2012 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Doctors. Bulletin 7 in the Health Council of Canada #39;s Canadian Health Care Matters compares the experiences of primary care physicians across Canada and internationally in the areas of access to care, coordination of care, use of information technology, and practice improvement and incentives.

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Refugees in Canada have poorer access to health care than in refugee camps

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Has the day come when access to basic health care is worse in Canada than in a refugee camp? It has, thanks to cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program. Refugee claimants from 27 designated countries of origin, announced on Dec. 15, will now be denied almost all health care services.

We never thought we would see this day. As health-care professionals experienced in working overseas with Mdecins Sans Frontires/Doctors Without Borders (MSF), we have seen the stark realities of refugee camps. We have struggled to provide basic medical care when water is scarce and living conditions crowded. Infectious diseases like measles run rampant because it is hard to get adequate supplies, maintain vaccines at the right temperature, and keep our staff safe. Two of our colleagues were kidnapped from Dadaab camp in Kenya, more than 14 months ago. Their whereabouts are still unknown.

We do this work, with its inherent risks and difficulties, because we think refugee health is important. We have gone from volunteering overseas with MSF to volunteering at home in Toronto clinics that offer free health care to refugees, because cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program have left many people with no other access to care.

We are astounded and horrified that here in Canada, refugees are now being denied access to basic health care. It is a terrible irony that while Canadians donate millions of dollars to care for refugees abroad, refugee claimants in Canada are now being refused such basic services as childhood vaccinations, prenatal care, and treatment of chronic illnesses.

This is a humanitarian issue, right here at home.

Cheap and easy to implement, basic health care can greatly reduce human suffering. Chronic illnesses like diabetes, heart disease and mental health issues can be stabilized with regular checkups and adequate medication. Patients retain their dignity and remain productive.

Without treatment, these diseases progress and patients end up in emergency departments in diabetic comas or half-paralyzed by strokes. The Interim Federal Health Program provides no coverage for these life-threatening emergencies. Seriously ill patients cannot ethically be denied care, so treatment costs are absorbed by hospitals and provincial budgets. Not only are patients at risk of irreversible harm and greater suffering, it is much more expensive to provide care at this point.

Health care is a human right. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, to which Canada is a signatory, states: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for . . . health and well-being, including . . . medical care and necessary social services.

We refuse to triage patients based on their immigration status. People should be treated based on their medical needs, not their ability to pay, nor their country of origin. Yet we are now being asked to do just that: ascertain patients immigration status, ask them where they are from, and then provide or withhold care accordingly.

Here in Canada the universality of health coverage is a crucial principle. Refugee claimants should be treated with the same fairness, according to medical need. As health-care professionals, our ethics demand this equality. We will not alter our standards of care depending on where people come from. We refuse to participate in arbitrating who deserves care, and who does not.

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Health care disparity reveals Russia's income inequality crisis

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Comparing the Divide: Income dictates access to health care in the capital cities of Russia and the United States, where lawmakers debate policy mere miles from some of the countrys most underserved communities. Russias Gini coefficient, at 0.420, is actually better than that of Washington, D.C. at 0.435.

MOSCOW Pensioner Galina Nikolaeva, 65, cries with affection when she recalls how she was looked after when she suffered a seizure on New Years Eve.

If I hadnt made it to this hospital, I wouldnt be alive anymore. Im sure of this. I believe the Lord sent me here, says Nikolaeva, whose 8000-ruble ($264) monthly pension does not allow her to afford even low-budget state care.

Nikolaeva was admitted to Saint Alexei, a respected Moscow hospital financed by the state and the Russian Orthodox Church that provides free medical care. She doesnt think she would have survived her latest run of bad health without what she calls the dedication and love of the medical staff.

This isnt empty praise, Nikolaeva says. I am just saying what it is like. And I am in a position to judge Ive been in and out of hospitals for the last 25 years.

Russia's Constitution guarantees free health care for everyone, but many Russians say the reality is not so egalitarian. They say that health care is divided into two camps: those who can afford private clinics or paid state treatment; and those who must queue for crowded and second-rate care if they cannot draw together the necessary funds.

Since the Soviet collapse, years of unbridled western-style capitalism driven by high oil prices have transformed Russia, still the worlds largest energy exporter, but many believe it has mostly enriched the wealthiest slice of society while the majority remains little better off. Though in Soviet times personal wealth was kept well out of sight, Russia today is rife with ostentatious displays of personal riches.

The disparity in health care access reflects what analysts call a widening gulf between the rich and the poor in a country with a minimum wage of $170 a month but which has almost a hundred dollar billionaires. Those billionaires own 30 percent of all the country's personal assets, according to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report.

A volunteer dries Galina Nikolaeva's hair at Saint Alexei Hospital in Moscow. (Yuri Kozyrev/GlobalPost)

Russias Gini coefficient the standard measure of income inequality ranks Russia as more equal than the United States and the four other BRICS countries. But Russia performs well on this ranking in part because the government handed citizens their apartments in a mass privatization effort after the Soviet Unions collapse.

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Gary Barlow – Forever Autumn (Live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre 19/01/2013) – Video

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Gary Barlow - Forever Autumn (Live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre 19/01/2013)
Gary Barlow performing Forever Autumn live in concert on his "Gary Barlow: In Concert" solo tour. Gary recorded this song on "The New Generation" updated version of Jeff Wayne #39;s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds, released in 2012. Filmed live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre on Saturday 19th January 2013.

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Gary Barlow – Piano Medley (Live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre 19/01/2013) – Video

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Gary Barlow performing a piano medley of The Circus, Love Ain #39;t Here Anymore, Lie To Me, Why Can #39;t I Wake Up With You and Forever Love live in concert on his "Gary Barlow: In Concert" solo tour. Note: I #39;d Wait For Life began the medley, but I missed it off. Filmed live at Scarborough Futurist Theatre on Saturday 19th January 2013.

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Dior Homme creates the space-age businessman, in strong futurist show

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A model wears a creation by Belgian fashion designer Kris Van Assche for Christian Dior's fall-winter 2013/2014 men's fashion collection, presented in Paris, Saturday, Jan.19, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

PARIS - It was cosmic musing for Dior Homme's Kris Van Assche, who injected a space-age fiber into the house's DNA of fitted black suit, white shirt and black tie.

A sanitized all-white set saw elegantly suited, droid-like gentlemen file by with galactic high collars, and super high buckled waists, which cut the torso in half in lab white, luminous deep midnight blue as well as grey and black.

Though at times there was a slight feel of vintage Pierre Cardin the collection's starting point was apparently the sci-fi movie "Gattaca," in which humans are genetically modified to be better prepared for the future.

One result of this futurist exploration was the businessman as superhero.

As it happens, the other result was also one of the stronger shows the Belgian designer has done in a while.

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Freedom! Parkour / Free running! ( Twixtor 6000 fps ) [HD*] – Video

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Freedom Rider featured among local MLK programs

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Published: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 6:22 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 11:12 p.m.

The group known as the Freedom Riders boarded buses, trains and planes to test a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation in all interstate public facilities, which at the time often had separate drinking fountains, restrooms and lunch counters for blacks and whites.

Patton will speak at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Stetson University in DeLand. The presentation is one of a host of events being held over the next few days in Volusia and Flagler counties in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Among the stories that helped shape the civil rights movement Patton will share is the night the Freedom Riders met with King in Montgomery, Ala., after the group suffered brutal beatings at the hands of a white mob.

Patton took part in a bus ride to Jackson, Miss., where his group was arrested for entering a "whites only" Greyhound Bus station waiting room, said Robert Bickel, a law professor at Stetson University.

Patton accompanies students on a summer travel course conducted by Bickel during which the students meet prominent figures in the civil rights movement from Nashville, Tenn., to Montgomery.

"It is important to retell the stories of the civil rights movement, because the movement itself was a significant event in American history, and even more important that we have the opportunity to hear such stories by the people who lived them," Bickel said in an email.

"This event is also important because our efforts to advance social justice today can be successful only if we understand the cause courageously advanced by men and women of the civil rights movement."

Events held Sunday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day include a gospel program followed by a candlelight vigil in Deltona presented by the Deltona Dream Keepers from 4-6 p.m. at the Deltona Alliance Church.

Also scheduled Sunday is a celebration beginning at 4 p.m. presented by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's student chapter of the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals that will include songs, poetry, and remarks by Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry. The event will be held on the university's campus on Clyde Morris Boulevard in Daytona Beach.

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Dig This, Beaches and Vacos advance to semis

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Monday, January 21, 2013

Dig This, Beaches and Vacos represent the cream of the eight-team crop featured in the NMI Volleyball Association/Godfathers House Bar's Co-Ed Sunset Beach Volleyball Tournament, which started back on Jan. 11 on Fiesta Resort & Spa's sand courts.

The frontrunner squads made it unscathed through the second round of play last Friday and got automatic finals bids this Friday evening at 5pm.

Dig This, Beaches advanced over the Managaha Boyz, 15-8, and, 15-6; while Vacos defeated Harapwang Face also in two sets, 15-6, and, 15-12.

The lower bracket results include team Managaha and Monam'Ko living on to fight another day.

Managaha ousted Something Fishy, 15-3, and, 15-9; while Monam'Ko eliminated team Fiesta Resort & Spa, 15-10, and, 15-7.

Managaha will take on the Managaha Boyz and Harapwang Face collides with Monam'Ko in this Friday's lower bracket matches.

Matches were formatted as a best-of-three set series with game point for the first two matches set at 15 with a cap of 21 with the third set played out as a race to seven with the cap removed; up to six players can be on a team and four required on the court with coed rules in effect at all times.

Modest cash prizes, in-kind gifts, and bragging rights go to the overall winners; the finals are scheduled for February 15.

Fiesta, Brabu, KZMI 103.9 FM, and Gold's Gym also sponsor the event. The proceeds benefit NMIVA's youth volleyball development programs and international travel.

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Scientist: Beaches grow as Elwha dams are removed

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PORT ANGELES, Wash.

A scientist monitoring the shoreline near the mouth of the Olympic Peninsula's Elwha River says beaches are starting to grow as two massive dams are removed.

Ian Miller, a coastal hazards specialist, tells the Peninsula Daily News ( http://is.gd/k9t0fH) that some of the sediment held back for nearly a century by the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams is accumulating in sand bars shaped nearly every day by the river's flow. Beaches to the east of the Elwha's mouth are growing slightly and becoming sandier as more sediment is released.

Miller regularly surveys four sites near the mouth: three just to the east and one just to the west.

A key question is how much Elwha sediment is reaching the surrounding shorelines, and whether it can stop or reverse beach erosion that has been documented for decades.

The Elwha Dam was removed last spring. The Glines Canyon Dam is expected to be removed by May.

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Canterbury cools off on the beaches

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The soaring temperatures which hit Christchurch over the weekend are set to continue this week.

MetServiceduty forecasterPhilippa Murdochsaid a ridge was building over most of the country, bringing clear skies and warm weather to Christchurch.

"It's going to be fine today. Tomorrow and Wednesday will be warm and sunny with some cloudy periods developing tomorrow evening," she said.

"Today we're expecting a high of 19 degrees, but tomorrow a high of 26 and a high of 29 degrees on Wednesday".

However, the weather would take a turn on Thursday with a period of rain."It will cool off a little bit and we are forecasting some showers."

Murdoch was hopeful the wet spell would be over before next weekend."It's a little harder to forecast that far away, but at this stage it is looking like it will clear."

The balmy weekend weather saw thousands at Christchurch beaches.

Met Service forecaster Ian Gall said some parts of the city exceeded 30 degrees on Saturday and yesterday the mercury rose to about 25C.

Winds reached about 65 kilometres per hour on Saturday, strong enough to be noticed but not strong enough to cause damage.

A Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving spokeswoman said it had been "an awesome weekend". At its busiest, more than 1500 people were on the beach.

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