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Great Britain - The RNID (Royal National Institute for the Blind), an online resource for anyone interested in deafness, hearing loss and tinnitus is just a click away. After months of focus groups, research and user testing, RNID launched its new website on March 17. Packed full of new features, and with a fresh, modern look, it is easier to navigate, fully inclusive and has a powerful new search engine to help you find what you're looking for faster. "Overall it will be a completely new experience for our users, comparable to the best websites out there," says Website Manager Sara Ashton. "People have the same expectations for all websites and charities are not exempt from this."
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The Kingdom of Great Britain was ruled by a single monarch, as had the island of Great Britain been since 1603, following the Union of the Crowns. (excepting the Interregnum and during the joint reign of William and Mary). However, from 1707 the monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain ruled by the power of a single unified Crown of Great Britain, rather than by the power of both crowns of the previously separate Kingdoms.[1] The succession to the throne was determined by the English Act of Settlement, rather than the Scottish equivalent, the Act of Security. The adoption of the Act of Settlement required that the heir to the English throne be a Protestant descendant of Sophia of Hanover, effecting the future Hanoverian succession. The Act of Union 1707 extended this to the new unified Kingdom of Great Britain.[2]
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Millions of Brits could be playing Russian Roulette with their health buying prescription-only medicines from rogue internet sites, according to research conducted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). In response to this growing online danger, the RPSGB today rolls out the Internet Pharmacy Logo, a visual tool to help the public identify if a website is being operated by a bona fide pharmacy in Britain.
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The ss Great Britain is the forerunner of modern passenger liners, making regular voyages to the USA and Australia (it is estimated she carried around 16,000 emigrants to Australia during her years of service). As with the ss Great Western, after her launch, the ss Great Britain mainly operated from Liverpool from where she made her maiden voyage to New York. On 23 September 1846 she ran aground at Dundrum Bay in Ireland. Brunel visited the site and wrote to his colleague Christopher Claxton:
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Louise Roskell, from North Yorkshire, Great Britain, a member since September 2006, invited 15 family members to view her Ancestry.com tree. "[They] recalled stories about different members of the family and even began researching more themselves," said Roskell. "Before I knew it, I had a wealth of photographs and was in touch with several relatives I had never met before, through Ancestry.com."
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Most practicing general physicians in Great Britain are part of the National Health Service, although some ... have private patients. Established in 1948, the service provides full, and in most cases, free medical care to all residents. Patients, who may opt for a particular physician, pay minimal charges for prescriptions, adult dental treatment, eyeglasses and dentures, and some locally administered services, such as vaccinations. Most dentists, pharmacists, and medical specialists take part in the service. Each general practitioner may have no more than 3500 registered patients under the plan, for each of whom he or she receives a fee. The National Health Service is financed through general taxation, with national insurance payments contributing some 14% of the total cost.
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