In February 2012, a spokesman for Higgins told the Irish Independent to mind its own business when asked if Higgins had private health insurance.

Independent lab testing confirmed the presence of phthalates, or hormone-disrupting chemicals that may pose a particular health risk to babies and young children, in 12 of the 14 products — including those marked'all natural.

" In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court held that a penalty directly imposed upon individuals for failure to possess health insurance, though a tax for constitutional purposes, is not a direct tax.

The 2008 ad was sponsored by several organizations that have, in the past, advocated diverse views on health care, including The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Hospital Association, the Catholic Health Association, Families USA, and the National Federation of Independent Business.

* Independent Medicare Advisory Council, intended to monitor health care in the United States

A review in the British Medical Journal publication " Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry " from 2003 says cyberchondria was used in 2001 in an article in the United Kingdom newspaper The Independent to describe " the excessive use of internet health sites to fuel health anxiety.

The Independent reported that Heartland's receipt of donations from Exxon and Philip Morris indicates a " direct link "..." between anti-global warming sceptics funded by the oil industry and the opponents of the scientific evidence showing that passive smoking can damage people's health.

In 2004, a Corrections Independent Review Panel appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and led by former Governor George Deukmejian noted " California's $ 6 billion correctional system suffers from a multitude of problems — out-of-control costs ; a recidivism rate far exceeding that of any other state ; reported abuse of inmates by correctional officers ; an employee disciplinary system that fails to punish wrongdoers ; and the failure of correctional institutions to provide youth wards and inmates with mandated health care and other services.

* Community Police Consultative Group for Lambeth Independent forum for community and statutory agencies to address community safety and policing issues.

After being warned by novelist and Independent State of Croatia ( NDH ) minister Mile Budak that the Croatian authorities could not guarantee his safety in Split, he moved to Zagreb in September 1941.

* The Independent Verification and Validation Facility ( IV & V ) in Fairmont, West Virginia was established in 1993 to improve the safety, reliability, and quality of software used in NASA missions.

The Independent Transport Safety Regulator ( ITSR ), an agency of the Government of New South Wales, regulates safety and accredits railway operators pursuant to the.

Atomics International had primary responsibility for safety while Sandia National Laboratories was responsible for the Aerospace Safety Independent Review and conducted many of the safety tests.

The ITC was formed by the Broadcasting Act 1990 to replace the television regulation functions of the Independent Broadcasting Authority ( formed by the Broadcasting Act 1954 ) and Cable Authority.

The Independent Counsels law expired in 1999, and was effectively replaced by Department of Justice regulation 28 CFR Part 600, under which Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald was appointed to look into the Plame affair.

For example, within the federal government the three sides often consist of: various congressional committees, which are responsible for funding government programs and operations and then providing oversight of them ; the federal agencies ( often Independent agencies ), which are responsible for the regulation of those affected industries ; and last, the industries themselves, as well as their trade associations and lobbying groups, which benefit, or seek benefit, from these operations and programs.

It was arguably a key factor in the strong regulation of ITV ( by the Independent Television Authority ) written into the Television Act 1954.

Independent schools are allowed to be privately funded and subject to less government regulation in setting out their curriculum.

-- Principals of the 13 schools in the Denton Independent School District have been re-elected for the 1961-62 session upon the recommendation of Supt. Chester O. Strickland.

Armenia is a member of more than 40 different international organizations including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Trade Organization and La Francophonie.

The National Federation of Independent Businesses, an organization that lobbies for small businesses, called the ADA " a disaster for small business ".

Independent battalions were also deployed as ' stiffeners ' for infantry divisions, and the StuG III's anti-tank capabilities contributed greatly to the German's ability to draw out World War II after they had lost the strategic initiative.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, at which time Belarus gained its independence, Belarus became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ), the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ( OSCE ), NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank.

The Catholic Church does recognise as valid ( though illicit ) ordinations done by breakaway Catholic, Old Catholic or Oriental bishops, and groups descended from them ; it also regards as both valid and licit those ordinations done by bishops of the Eastern churches, so long as those receiving the ordination conform to other canonical requirements ( for example, is an adult male ) and an orthodox rite of episcopal ordination, expressing the proper functions and sacramental status of a bishop, is used ; this has given rise to the phenomenon of episcopi vagantes ( for example, clergy of the Independent Catholic groups which claim apostolic succession, though this claim is rejected by both Orthodoxy and Catholicism ).

The Independent Women's Forum continued on with a goal of remaining a high profile group of women to advocate for economic and political freedom and personal responsibility.

Category: Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead winners

The current Senate composition is as follows: 20 seats are held by the Coalition of Parties for Democracy ( CPD ): Six Christian Democrats ( PDC ), eight Socialists ( PS ), three Party for Democracy ( PPD ) and three Social Democrat Radical Party ( PRSD ); 17 by the Alliance for Chile ( APC ): nine Independent Democratic Union ( UDI ) and eight National Renewal ( RN ); and one independent leaning right.

The current lower house — the Chamber of Deputies — contains 65 members of the governing coalition: 21 Christian Democrats ( PDC ), 15 Socialists ( PS ), 22 Party for Democracy ( PPD ) and seven Social Democrat Radical Party ( PRSD ); 54 from the center-right Alliance for Chile ( APC ): 34 Independent Democratic Union ( UDI ) and 20 National Renewal ( RN ); and 1 from the Independent Regional Force ( FRI ) coalition: 1 Regionalist Action Party of Chile ( PAR ).

* Appeared on-camera for the PBS program Independent Lens: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.

In February 2006, the Independent Monitoring Commission ( IMC ) blamed the CIRA for planting four bombs in Northern Ireland during the final quarter of 2005, as well as several hoax bomb warnings.

However, several CND members and supporters have stood for election at various times as Independent Nuclear Disarmament candidates.

* Association for the Promotion of Independent Disease Control in Developing Countries

Thereafter, he ran for governor in 1971 and the United States Senate in 1978, both times as an Independent candidate.

Independent travel was permitted within the GDR, with motoring or taking a railway trip through the country the most popular options.

The builder was John Jay of London Wall, whose varied work included substantial railway construction contracts, rebuilding the Houses of Parliament after the 1833 fire, and smaller architect-designed projects such as the Abney Park Chapel and Trinity Independent Chapel.

* November 15 – Independent Estonian national railway company is established on the basis of Looderaudtee ( North-Western Railway ), Esimese Juurdeveoteede Selts ( First Association of Approach Tracks ) and military and other railway lines.

During World War I Offenburg was one of the first cities to experience the effects from aerial bombardement, the operations against the Offenburg railway sidings mostly being flown by aircraft from the Independent Force out of Ochey aerodrome.

It has a post office under Bath, a railway station, two chief inns, a church, an Independent chapel, a national school, and an endowed hospital.

:* flag of United Nations-Kalman Mizsei, director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, expresses the UN's support of the controversial Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway project.

Railwaymen dominated local politics in railway towns, particularly Francis Webb's ' Independent Railway Company Party ' in Crewe and George Leeman in York.

The Motion Picture Theatre Owners of America and the Independent Producers ' Association declared war in 1925 on what they termed a common enemy — the " film trust " of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, and First National, which they claimed dominated the industry by not only producing and distributing motion pictures, but by entering into exhibition as well.

To prevent any commercial network reverting to the ' vulgar ' nature of US commercial networks at the time, the act created the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ) to heavily regulate the industry and to award franchises.

Gibsontown is the location of the International Independent Showmen's Association, Inc (" Gibtown Showmen's Club ") a non profit private organization made up of people in the outdoor amusement industry.

During the Victorian era a lot of new buildings and industry were established, such as Independent Chapel ( 1822 ), Holy Trinity ( 1836 – 37 ), Christ Church ( 1837 ), Castle Railway Station ( 1846 ), Wesleyan Chapel ( 1846 ), The Corn Exchange ( 1848 ), Methodist New Connexion Chapel ( 1848 ), W. N.

Lambert later expressed some regret on her time in the film industry in a feature for The Independent newspaper.

However, in the last decade of the 20th century, some US policy makers and academics projected that the electrical power industry would ultimately experience deregulation and Independent System Operators ( ISOs ) and Regional Transmission Organizations ( RTOs ) were established.

The Independent, a London-based periodical, has credited her for " famously putGore on the spot about his business interests in the industry " during this confrontation.

Independent animation is animated short cartoons and feature films produced outside the professional Hollywood animation industry.

In the UK, four trade associations that help to regulate the industry are the National Association of Chimney Sweeps, the Guild of Master Chimney Sweeps The Institute Of Chimney Sweeps and the Association of Professional Independent Chimney Sweeps

The Independent Games Festival ( IGF ) is an annual festival at the Game Developers Conference, the largest annual gathering of the indie video game industry.

It was a time of bitter political discontent and bickering between the NPL ( Nonpartisan League, which supported state-owned industry ) and the IVA ( Independent Voters Association, which opposed state ownership of Industries ).

Most of the London-based broadsheets also review, in particular The Guardian and The Independent, while arts industry weekly The Stage publish a large number of Edinburgh reviews, especially of the drama programme.

It was reported in the Independent in December 2011 that Hoban had been involved in meetings with bankers lobbying to avoid proposals in the Vickers Report that were intended to reduce risks in the banking industry.

The event comprises an expo, networking events, awards shows such as the Independent Games Festival and the Game Developers Choice Awards, and a variety of tutorials, lectures, and roundtables by industry professionals on game-related topics covering programming, design, audio, production, business and management, and visual arts.

Sir Denis Forman, one of Granada's founders, wrote that there was " trench warfare " between the programme and the industry regulator, the Independent Television Authority ( ITA ), in the years between 1966 and 1969 as World In Action sought to establish its journalistic freedoms.

In the late 1980s local businessman John Barnett started lobbying the radio industry regulator for a distinct Independent Local Radio ( ILR ) licence for the Blackpool and Fylde area.

Since 2002 Paul East has been Independent Chairman of the Charity Gaming Association ( Inc ) which is the industry organisation for charitable trusts which operate electronic gaming machines (" pokies ") to raise funds for community purposes.

Marshall remained active in the energy industry through many personal endeavors with Great Northern Oil Company, Koch Industries, Coastal Corp ( now El Paso Corporation ), Independent Refinery, International Oil and Gas, various exploration syndicates and culminating in 1984, when he founded Marshall Petroleum.

Frank Dunne left the music industry for sports journalism, and is currently an Italian football correspondent for The Independent newspaper.

He became a leader in the coal industry, serving on the board of directors of the Kentucky Coal Association, chairing the Board of the National Independent Coal Operators Association, and becoming a member of the Kentucky Deep Mine Safety Commission.

Goodreads. com, in a joint sponsorship with the Association of American Publishers ( AAP ), started the Independent Book Blogger Award in April 2012, open to all independent bloggers who have an account with Goodreads and who blog on a regular basis about books or the book publishing industry.

Independent testing suggests that molecular sieves meet all government requirements but the industry has been unwilling to fund the expensive testing required for government approval.

The Independent Education Union of Australia ( IEU ) with a current membership of over 68, 000, is the federally registered industry union representing all employees working in non-government schools and institutions across Australia.

There is no longer a ceiling on membership and the Society of Independent Brewers is now one of the most authoritative and respected bodies in the brewing industry.