...Department of Health and Human Services HCS/212 October 18, 2012 The Department of Health and Human Services, also referred to as the Health Department, is the United States federal department and principal agency for protecting the health and welfare of all Americans; created in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officially opened on 4 May 1980 after it was removed from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). Attached were four major operating agencies of HHS: the Office of Human Development Services, the Public Health Service, HCFA, and the Social Security Administration (SSA). The major events during the 1980s at HHS concerned health care finance. A former U.S. Senator, Richard Schweiker, was appointed secretary of HHS by President Ronald Regan. He worked on changing the way in which the federal government reimbursed hospitals under Medicare from retrospective, or payment after the fact based on cost, to perspective, or payment in advance based on the diagnosis of the person as treated. In the early 1990s President William Clinton made welfare reform and health insurance his two priorities in the HHS realm. He failed in 1993 to get his health insurance proposals through Congress, despite a major publicity campaign help from his HHS secretary and former university president Donna Shalala. Therefore, he went with his initiative to end welfare as an open-ended entitlement and to substitute a program that...
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...Ss."Cyril and Methodius" University in Skopje Faculty of Law "Iustinianus Primus"-Skopje Master’s Degree programme in Intellectual Property Law (LL.M.) INTERNET LAW The abuse of the cyberspace - jeopardizing the copyrights Prof. Goce Naumovski, PhD Temelkova Simona 42321 I.I The rise of technology and Internet as a platform for new problems So cyberspace is real. And so are the risks that come with it. - President Barack Obama1 Despite the many and obvious benefits of the modern electronic communications development,it has also brought with it the worrying threat of intentional attacks against information systems and network platforms/infrastructures. As cyberspace gets more and more complex and its components more and more sophisticated, especially due to the fast development and evolution of (broadband) Internet-based platforms, new and unforeseen vulnerabilities may emerge.” And further that “in the hands of persons acting in bad faith, malice, or grave negligence, information society technologies (ISTs) may become tools for activities that endanger or injure, the life, property, or dignity of individuals or even damage the public interest. Technology-enabled crimes are also known as high-tech crime, computer crimes or cyber crime. They include crimes committed directly against computers and computer systems, as well as the use of technology to commit or facilitate the commission of traditional crimes, bringing unique challenges to law enforcement. IT...
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...Team Project: Game Plan X Portal Project B Ziad Alsuhaibani, Rayan Arab, Mohammad Farsi, Lucerito Marte-Calonge, Joseph Ruiz MBA 617 Professor Roman Wong, PhD, CPA Summer 2011 To access their webpage a user must open their Internet explorer or similar webpage browser and type GamePlanX.com. This will take them to the GamePlanX Homepage, see appendix A for the comprehensive schema for the website. Once signed in, a user has the capability to use the webpage to its full potential. For example, by clicking the Home button, a user will be re-routed from any part of the webpage to the homepage (appendix 1.1). Any of the website features can be accessed from the homepage, and this is the first page a user will view once they log in. Under the Homepage, a user has the option to access different parts of the webpage; these are the Mentoring section, Career, Wellness, Expert Blogs, Forums, E-Concierge and Multimedia (appendix 1.2 thru 1.8). Under the MyGPX section (appendix b) of the webpage, a user has many options. For example, under the Edit Profile section (appendix 2.1 and 2.2), a user can edit their personal information, which includes their name, address, privacy settings, email settings, password and photos. A user may also write and send messages. Appendix 3.1 and 3.2 illustrates what the users may view in the My Apps section. Here the user may install and then interact with their applications. Expert users have the authority to add or remove apps. In addition, Expert...
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...Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Technology plays an important role in society nowadays; technology serves as a communication tool. The alternative way to the society in terms of communicating is the internet. Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide. Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support email. W3C or World Wide Web Consortium is an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web. W3C is under the internet, W3C needs internet to access the sites, application or the data they use. Using Internet is the easiest way to communicate with other people. Social Networking Site (SNS) begins when two or more users share data, like personal information, with each other. SNS such as MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Hi-5 and other sites are designed to allow people to share their information, pictures and videos to others. Facebook is one of the top SNS in the whole world. Users use Facebook to communicate with their long distance friends, families and loved ones. Using it can also help them find new friends and new love. Facebook allows users to see other profile or information available, post comment, wall post, photo and video comments. Pamantasan ng Cabuyao (PnC) was established...
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...spatial information in the images .These visual features can be described locally or globally. Globally visual features are defined for the complete image whereas locally are defined for various regions of a single image. Semantic content is obtained either by textual annotation or by complex inference procedures based on visual contents. Context link information is available in form of links between multimedia objects and context objects .These context objects are the objects which are provided by the users directly or indirectly. These context objects are the tagged data with each image as in flickr or that may be title data or caption data. In flickr, each image is tagged with some proper data by the uploader of that particular image or by some user who is authorized by the uploader of that image. Other examples of tags are tagging URLs on delicious, Hash tag on twitter, tagging photos on social media sites like Facebook and Orkut and tagging various news and reviews on different...
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...How to Submit the Required Documentation DO NOT FAX THIS PAGE Choose an option (Online or Fax) and follow the steps Online (Recommended) 1 Print, fill out and sign the Sworn Affidavit & Proof of Loss Statement. Found on page 2 of this document. 2 Scan or take pictures of both the completed affidavit and your valid photo ID. Acceptable forms of photo ID: valid driver’s license, passport, federally issued ID card or matricula consular ID. 3 Upload both documents at phoneclaim.com/verizon-uploader Fax 1 Print, fill out and sign the Sworn Affidavit & Proof of Loss Statement. 2 Photo copy your valid photo ID and handwrite your Claim ID number on the paper. 3 Fax both documents to 1-877-595-1399. How to prevent delays in processing your claim The document is marked with a barcode that is specific to your claim. Using a photocopy with an incorrect barcode will delay your claim Make sure you have a valid photo ID • Acceptable forms of photo ID: valid driver’s license, passport, federally issued ID card or matricula consular ID • Unacceptable forms of ID: student ID, work ID, birth certificate and Social Security card • Name on the ID must match name of the Verizon Account Owner/Account Manager who completes the Sworn Affidavit & Proof of Loss Statement • If name does not match, then you may need to provide additional documentation • The ID cannot be expired. If the ID appears altered, forged, illegitimate or unreadable, we will not be able to proceed with your claim Make sure...
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...In this age of globalization, the advent of internet is something that has shaken almost all spheres of personal, social and professional human life. Wikipedia.org, 2012 cited that with the rapid growth of people who use or have access to the Internet, millions of people can stay connected together using the web provision called Social Networking Sites (SNSs). According to Chelly and Mataillet, 2012 that social networking sites are interactive web links that give people an opportunity to create, share and publish information, build communities and communicate around the world. Specifically, social networking is a common online activity that allows people to communicate with those they would not usually have contact with and this communication includes information, news, ideas, pictures, technology, cultural practices, and anything else that people can say to each other in face to face interactions (wikia.com, 2012). Moreover, SNSs provide place for other online activities like searching information, gaming, shopping, viewing videos, listening music, uploading and viewing pictures, reading posts, blogging, and online banking; and, those activities are positively the reason why many students are interested in checking out these sites (Asilo et al, 2010). Indeed, a study in the USA revealed that teenagers are keen users of the internet; 87% of teens aged between twelve and seventeen years use the internet, increasing to 94% for Year 11 and Year 12 students, (virtualmedicalcentre...
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...------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Browse Don't want to upload? Get unlimited downloads as a subscriber SIGN UP NOW Once you upload an approved document, you will be able to download the document Google Glass yajnasanjay Upload a document for free download access. Select files from your computer or choose other ways to upload below. SELECT FILES TO UPLOAD For multiple files hold down the shift key when selecting. Drag files here from your computer. Supported File Types: pdf, txt, ps, rtf, epub, key, odt, odp, ods, odg, odf, sxw, sxc, sxi, sxd, doc, ppt, pps, xls, docx, pptx, ppsx, xlsx By uploading, you agree to the Scribd Uploader Agreement. Add files from Google Drive, Gmail, Dropbox and more with FilePicker.io. Add files from multiple cloud and file storage services. Pick Files More reasons to publish on Scribd Scribd's platform is designed to help you easily publish your content on the web and mobile devices, distribute it to a wide and global audience, and potentially make money from selling that content. Here's more on the benefits of publishing on Scribd. 1. Reach Scribd's audience of 90 million monthly readers. By publishing on Scribd, your content can be seen by up to 90 million people from all around the world who use Scribd. 2. Turn your content into a beautiful HTML5 webpage, that you can even embed on another website. Scribd's patent-pending conversion technology instantly turns documents into...
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...rely on other persons to seed so you can download faster. Therefore your downloading speed will be restricted by the amount of seeders. If there are few seeders you’re going to download slower. With Usenet, your downloading speed isn’t restricted by the amount of seeders and lechers. There’s no restriction. The downloading speed in only limited by your broadband. So if you have a fast internet, you’re going to download movies and shows quick. Usenet speeds are as fast as the end users internet connection. File availability Usenet vs Torerent, which one have the best file availability? The first movies and songs appeared on Usenet even before the birth of Napster & BitTorrent. Even today, the majority of content from top site uploaders gets on Usenet first, and then spread to the P2P communities. This is the way online distribution works, and there is no indication that this will change any time soon. Content uploaded to Usenet have a close to definite lifespan. Therefore Usenet have a clear advantage over torrents in terms of file availability. Content on Usenet have a retention time of around 900 days and it’s still increasing. Files uploaded to BitTorrent relies on seeders, over time content on BitTorrent will die. Seed ratio How can we really compare Usenet vs Torrents, when Usenet don’t rely on seeders? Usenet gives you some definite benefits for a relatively low price and when you factor in the tens of thousands of people using dedicated servers and paying...
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...Here are step-by-step instructions for installation: Download the torrent (which will take a while since there are so few seeds) Download and install Daemon Tools Lite for free. Windows 2000/XP/Vista users can find Daemon Tools on this site http://www.disk-tools.com/download/daemon Make sure you don't have any CD's or DVD's in your CD/DVD drive and no images already mounted. After installing daemon tools, it's icon should pop up on the bottom right side of your toolbar. Right click it, select "Virtual CD/DVD ROM, select "Device...no media," and then click on "mount image." Mount the ISO file that you downloaded from this torrent. Select "autorun" and the game should start installing. When it asks you for the serial key, enter one of the serial keys below (which are also found in the text document "Installation info..." in the file "Game" of this torrent): QCZH-6Z9X-VXUD-5VXA-JRLD HHQY-5XHK-QGMM-ZQG5-SRLD WPS2-229S-X4BE-CX4R-JRLD E8YQ-PW5G-AWT9-MAW9-ERLD 4FBK-GV88-6PDC-Q6PT-GRLD 8QCL-UVG7-CHDM-BCHU-RRLD UY2J-SXDC-EMKH-NEM2-NRLD HXQY-ZRM3-J4U5-V7Q0-1911 Make sure when is getting towards the end of installation and it asks you if you want the game to automatically get updates or if you want to register the game, select "NO" because they're right. This isn't an originally copy of the game, and if you select "YES," your game will probably get screwed :) ...oh, and one of the bad things about playing a free version of the Sims 3 game, is that you...
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...File Sharing and the Revenue of the Creative Industries Introduction File sharing hosts, who provide online storage to share various files ripped from media like recorded music, films, and books, have been considered as a type of internet piracy that threatens the creative industries, including films, music, software, and books. (Van Eijk, 2011) However, after the shutdown of Megaupload, one of the most popular file hosting site, a series of ripple effect happened, causing several other file sharing hosts either deleted their files, or set up an access restriction. (Peukert and Claussen, 2012) It appeared to be an impact on the internet piracy and the revenue of the creative industries would go up — But it didn’t. According to Peukert and Claussen (2012), for example, the revenue of the film industry have decrease ever since Megaupload’s shutdown. The purpose of the essay is trying to analyze the relationship between the internet piracy via file sharing hosts and the revenue of the creative industries — how does the former interact with the latter — and a solution to resolve the declined revenue of the creative industries. Internet Piracy and File Sharing As its name suggests, “Internet Piracy” refers to manufacturing and distributing unauthorized copies, ie. “pirate copies”, on the Internet. (Panethiere, 2005) While the term “File Sharing” means to share a file with another person physically, such as storing and distributing a file in a CD, DVD, or a drive, or via uploading...
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...personal video with each other using e-mail. To sum up, YouTube was created, so that one could easily share videos with one another and furthermore it became a portal where one could find popular and wanted videos without having to surf the internet for hours. After a year, YouTube announced that more than 100 million videos were being watched every day and around 60.000 videos were being added on a daily basis. The first video on the site is called “Me going to the zoo” uploaded by Jawed Karim on the 23’rd of April and it only lasts 19 seconds. Today YouTube has evolved with great pace. It was bought by Google in November 2006 for the sum of 1.65 billion US$. I have my own channel on YouTube, partly so that I can follow my favorite uploaders, currently I subscribe to 99 channels and 15 people follow me. I also use my account to upload stuff. This is a very delicate matter to me; I have only uploaded a few of my favorite songs that were not already uploaded. Finally I have an account so that I can comment on videos of my interest and discuss with other people. YouTube is a community, and I have actually made a couple of virtual friends there. Some channels, such as “Smosh” and “Ray William Johnson”, are wildly popular on YouTube, Ray for example has a total of 5.4 million subscribers and 1.7...
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...The Failure of Yahoo! LACK OF PRODUCT LEADERSHIP → Introduction ‘From Yahoo!'s founding, the company has had its fingers in a lot of pies. Through Bubble 1.0 and Bubble 2.0, the Yahoo! machine was always humming to suck up venture-backed firms at healthy valuations. Integrating them cohesively was a different story and left a string of disparate businesses under the Yahoo! roof. Yahoo! has seen a deep corrosion of its core business over the past few years. To make matters worse, the boon in market share that Google has enjoyed seems to have been cut directly from Yahoo's market share. As compared with MSN/Live, Ask, and AOL, these companies have seen small gains or remained fixed for the most part. → Main Issue (Lack of product leadership) & Analysis Yahoo has seen numerous problems with its products and the management of its products. Instead of focusing on the search engine aspect, Yahoo! has been dipping its toes into other not as profitable side businesses. Some failed business ventures include Yahoo! 360°, Yahoo! Tech, Yahoo! Mash, Yahoo! Photos, Yahoo! Geocities, and Yahoo! Auctions. These services have, thus far, offered little value to Yahoo!. The company has spent its time and resources maintaining services with a huge, financially unjustified overhead; all the while, its search market share continues to dwindle. In contrast, Google, realizing its product line was stretched too thin, has spent the past 2 years aggressively vertically integrating its...
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...In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms.[1] A torrent file does not contain the content to be distributed; it only contains information about those files, such as their names, sizes, folder structure, and cryptographic hash values for verifying file integrity. Depending on context, a torrent may be the torrent file or the referenced content. Torrent files are normally named with the extension .torrent, as in MyFile.torrent. Contents * 1 Background * 2 File structure * 3 Extensions * 3.1 Draft extensions * 3.1.1 Distributed hash tables * 3.1.2 Multiple trackers * 3.1.3 HTTP seeds * 3.1.4 Private torrents * 3.1.5 Merkle trees * 4 Examples * 4.1 Single file * 4.2 Multiple files * 5 See also * 6 References * 7 External links Background Typically, internet access is asymmetrical, supporting greater download speeds than upload speeds, limiting the bandwidth of each download, and sometimes enforcing bandwidth caps and periods where systems are not accessible. This creates inefficiency when many people want to obtain the same set of files from a single source; the source must always be online and...
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...and for this, may need to type the extensive amount of words to express ideas and send messages, which may convey various meanings. Without this feature, users may have to share messages in short batches in order to pass out information. In addition, Facebook also allows users to edit a post after it has been uploaded in case of errors that need to be corrected or a statement that needs to be withdrawn. Whereas, Twitter has a limit of about 140 characters with which its users can post information. This makes it very difficult if a user wants to upload contents that have a lots of words and might make it impossible to convey meanings if contents are broken, as a result, readers or consumers may lack interest, which is very bad for the uploader, especially if he or she uses the platform to advertise, or for publicity in general and also serves as a source of income. Moreover, Twitter does not allow editing once content has been uploaded. This gives a user no choice but to delete their post should they want to correct errors or withdraw their statements, and have to deal with the stress of typing all over again. Second, Facebook provides a marketplace feature which allows users to sell and buy products efficiently and cost-free compared to using online retail stores like eBay and Amazon, which charges both seller and buyer an exuberant amount for their services. This is very handful when someone wants to sell a product immediately for financial reasons. Facebook also provides...
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