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After Gerald Parsky ended his term as the head regent, Richard Blum took over this powerful position, and this change was important for many reasons. First of all, Blum was a major investor and owner of real estate, and he had major stakes in companies that handled defense projects and infrastructure building for the U.S. Military. Blum is also married to Senator Diane Feinstein, who sat on the defense appropriations committee, while her husband was submitting bids for defense contracts. According to Feinstein, she never knew which contracts belonged to her husband's interest because the contracts were listed without the names of the bidder. However, an investigative reporter, Peter Byrne, asked Blum's lawyer about this potential conflict of interest, and the lawyer responded that they gave Feinstein a list of all of Blum's bids, so she would know to remove herself when they were discussing her husband's contracts. Congressional records show that she never did remove herself.
Since Blum, as head regent, was involved in the process of choosing the money mangers and investment strategies for the UC system, it seems highly likely that he was able to steer UC money into his own interests. In fact, we know that Blum was a major stakeholder in the construction company URS and that in May 2001, UC announced that it would pay URS $150 million to manage the reconstruction of Santa Monica Hospital. In other words, just as his wife approved her husband's bids for defense contracts, Blum himself got the regents to accept his own company's construction bids.
But the story gets much worse; Byrne has reported that, "URS, which designs and sells advanced weaponry, also held a $125 million design and construction contract at UC's Los Alamos nuclear weapons lab. So URS had substantial interests in UC capital projects when Blum, its principal owner, became a "decider" on construction planning and awarding contracts." Blum was then not only married to a powerful senator who was the member of the defense appropriation committee, but as a regent, he helped steer the university into contracts with companies in which he held a major stake.
Perhaps the most destructive role Blum has played as a regent is his constant push to get the UC to invest more in real estate and high-risk derivatives. Even as the stock market was falling and real estate was crashing, Blum is on record telling the finance committee that they should increase investments into what we now call toxic assets. The UC now holds billions of dollars of assets and investments that cannot be priced, and this loss of money goes along with a loss of $23 billion in its investment and pension funds (see the assets links below).
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The largest of these flowers is less than one inch wide. The image was photographed in Full Colour using a Canon 450D and then a sepia effect was applied using Photoshop Elements 7. Finally I selected around one of these flowers and deleted that part of the sepia Layer to expose the coloured section.
love the colours and tones….beautiful!
Thanks Tara ! I had textures on it, but deleted them and went in this direction.
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gorgeous image! well done!
Thanks for your great feedback and the favourite !
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great work, lovely shot…
Thanks a lot ! I'm glad you like it.
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stunning capture James
Thanks very much, there are a lot of scenes and angles in that little patch of flowers !
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Ok. I may learn that stuff in the next 10 years. I can't believe these flowers are only one inch wide. You really got great details, not to mention the effects. Great job, James. xoxo
You could learn it completely in just a few attempts, refining your methods as you practice. I'll write you a Tutorial and send it to you in the next few days. :)xx Thanks for your comment and fave Lori. I still lost some clarity and detail because even when it seems dead calm, the wind is still blowing softly.
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Cool selective coloring. . . well done.
Thanks a lot ! I know how to do the B&W method but this has colour and I'm not much into B&W [ though it can be very effective ].
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Lovely work James!!
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This is just beautiful love what you have created here. Thank you also for the details how you did it as means I can have a go sometime as my processing skills develope.
Thank you Karen ! :) You need at least 3 Layers to have more control over the overall colours and strength of the Sepia effect. Duplicate the original Photo Layer twice and apply the Sepia Filter Effect to the middle Layer in the stack of Layers. Then change the Layer mode to Overlay, Soft Light, Hard Light or your preference for each of those two Layers so that they become somewhat transparent, still revealing the details of the Background Layer [ original photo ]. Then use a selection tool as mentioned above and press Delete. If you want to create an S/C effect with a B&W background choose Convert to B&W [ that menu item may have a different name in your software ] instead of applying a Sepia Filter to one of your Layers.
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Frog has always imagined how wonderful life would be -- if only she were a princess. Now her wish is about to come true. The Prince has lost his golf ball in the palace pond and has promised anything to the one who can find it! But being a princess is not at all what Frog expects. Frog must make public appearances on the royal balcony, at a ship launch and at a jousting tournament -- and all this before lunch! Tired, confused and utterly famished, Frog hopes to find food at the evening ball. When she discovers, with horror, what delicacies are being served, she decides that the life of a princess is not for her. With frogs' legs a-flying (both hers and those on the platters!), Frog makes a quick getaway and returns to her simple life.
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Murder in the First Review: Who Dun It?by Carla Day at . Updated at . Comments
Not one murder. Not two murders. Three potentially connected murders were introduced in the Murder in the First premiere.
That's crazy, right?
All three deaths were connected in some way to billionaire tech wizard, Erich Blunt, played by Harry Potter baddie, Tom Felton. Instead of introducing and solving a new murder case each week like other procedurals, Murder in the First will track these cases from the beginning to the end over ten episodes.
Murder in the First Season 1 Episode 1 opened by introducing us to the two detectives who would be investigating the murders, Terry English and Hildy Mulligan. So far, they haven't had much trouble finding and interpreting the evidence necessary to move their case forward.
They uncovered the truth about Kevin's connection to Erich and possibly to Sarah Harbach's murder 22 years before without any difficulty. It will be interesting to see if these murders come up again or if the police are satisfied that the duck tattoo man killed Kevin on his own. I'll be disappointed if there's not more to them.
Out of all the characters introduced, Erich, is by far the most complex and intriguing. Is he a murderer? Or, perhaps unlucky by birth? I'm not sure, but he's a young, successful and powerful man who's used to getting what he wants and doesn't care what others think about him.
While I don't like Erich, he has a special charm about him. When Terry and Hildy first visited him, he dismissed them and gave her a wink. It was in that moment that I was drawn into Erich's persona and wanted to find out more about him. He's arrogant enough to believe he could get away with the killings, but I hope it's not him.
If he was going to kill someone or have someone killed, wouldn't Jeremy have been a better target? Despite Erich's dismissal of Jeremy's claims appeared to have some validity. Jeremy didn't come across as someone who was trying to take advantage of Erich's wealth, rather someone who was cheated out of his contribution.
The big difference is that if Erich killed Kevin or Cindy, it would have been out of a personal rage and anger. His "sperm donor" wasn't a good man and seemingly killed his mother and he had a romantic fling with Cindy. In this first hour, there wasn't any mention of forensic evidence so it's difficult to know at this point, what's what.
I'm intrigued to find out how Cindy ended up at the bottom of her staircase naked. if it wasn't Erich, my next guess was her boss, Bill Wilkerson, but the pilot seemed genuinely upset and perplexed when he found the body.
The pace of the case and investigation in the first hour gives me hope that Murder in the First won't fall into the never-ending, slow pace that other recent single case shows have fallen into. HIldy and Terry's investigative methods were top notch. I especially liked how they scared the wits out of the two young copper thieves.
As engaging as I found the murder investigations, I can't say the same about Hildy or Terry's personal lives. Her life as a single mother didn't provide an real insight into her character or her ability to do her job. The only exception was when she found the rubber ducky and that was margin at best.
Terry's wife's condition and her coming death clearly affected his ability to do his job. His outbursts were unprofessional and threatened his job entirely. While it was touching how much he loves his wife and struggled, it didn't feel right for the story. It felt forced upon the rest of the hour. That could change as he deals with Emily's death, but that was one aspect of the show I wish wasn't there at this point.
Overall, the premiere was entertaining. The multiple murders and people involved have set up for a season-long mystery that I'm looking forward to seeing solved.
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The psychotic gaming program girl with the curly black hair killed them all because she loves him. See through plot - especially when she adds the dead girl to the fantasy program. Lame.
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The pilot killed Cindy- thats my gut feeling. Maybe D Hop did c a man with a bird tattoo or a bird motif- like when the detectives go to the pilots house they see a bird logo on his car and many men in uniform have tattoos would love to see a tattoo on the pilot. Tom felton is delicious in his role as usual.
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Tom Felton really lost his British accent completely for this show. He speaks English (US) and you cannot even tell that he is British, impressive!! Definitely his days as Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter;s movies are gone!!!
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I was really looking forward to seeing this show! It was good and I have some comments. Best part: Tom Felton's acting. Really, his portayal of computer whiz kid, Erich Blunt, had a depth and complexity not often seen on television. Viewers have to watch him carefully because anything could happen and he might give away a clue about his guilt (or innocence) with a gesture. Congratulations on casting him in such a key role. Now for a suggestion that will make it easier for viewers to follow:
Please, please mark a return to the show from a commercial. Use a
musical riff and an establishing shot so that we know that the story has returned from commercial break. (Best example is NCIS with a black and white shot from the end of the segment.) This is really important because many of us also take a break--even if it's simply to focus our attention elsewhere. An established cue will make sure we don't miss any dialogue or plot developments. Also, I realize that years of CSI and NCIS have spoiled us with forensics reveals that allow the plot development to move forward...I mean, DNA results in minutes?...but it seems that forensic evidence is
not used as much in this investigative team. That is perfectly OK but it would be nice to have it at about the same level as a real investigation. One last thing: would it be possible to give us a few scenes from the next episode that are identified as such? At the end when you ran the scenes I didn't know if you were reviewing the episode we just saw or catching us up with a time lapse. It was confusing. If I'm seeing scenes from next weeks show, I need to know that before I see them. Thank you for listening to my feedback. Murder in the First looks like a promising series and I would like to see it be a smashing success! Sincerely,
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This was a pretty good pilot.
I did not love it but I enjoyed it enough to tune in again next week.
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Can anyone tell me the name of the actress who played the dying wife?
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Anne Marie Johnson.
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I enjoyed the pilot. Good charactor intro but do not like the cases going over several shows. I think I will dvr and watch several at the same time several weeks from now. God willing I will be able to .
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IKR? 'The Killing' tried that and we all know how that ended up
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Washington – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is planning to sign an archaic anti-gay bill into law, according to a government spokesperson. The bill, which once even included the death penalty, calls for gay Ugandans or anyone "promoting" homosexuality to be jailed – potentially for life. Museveni made the decision to sign the bill after consulting with a panel of "medical experts." The co-chair of that panel has publicly claimed that being gay "is just deviant behavior. It can be learned, and it can be unlearned."
"Unless this bill is stopped from becoming law, lives will be destroyed, and countless people will be punished for an immutable characteristic," said Human Rights Campaign President Chad Griffin. "Anti-LGBT Americans advocated for laws further criminalizing LGBT people in Uganda, and it looks like they are now getting their wish. Whether it's Brian Brown advocating for anti-LGBT laws in Russia or Scott Lively calling for the further criminalization of LGBT people in Uganda, anti-LGBT Americans must stop exporting their hate abroad."
Chief among the American extremists whipping up the hatred fueling this legislation are Scott Lively and the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer. Two months ago, Fischer in support of the Ugandan bill and called for making "homosexuality contrary to public policy. It can be done." Fischer has even defended Scott Lively's direct involvement in Uganda, insisting he was simply standing up for "natural marriage."
Scott Lively's 2009 visit to Uganda is currently the subject of a lawsuit in Massachusetts in which he stands accused of committing crimes against humanity for inspiring hatred and violence towards gay people. In addition to his efforts in Uganda, Lively also claims to be one of the masterminds behind Russia's brutal crackdowns on the civil rights of LGBT people. Lively's fringe views, which include blaming the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide on gay people, are rejected by reasonably thinking Americans.
The idea that being gay is "deviant" and something which can be "unlearned" is not only harmful, but scientifically inaccurate. While many extremist organizations continue to promote the idea that someone can change their sexual orientation, the nation's leading medical organizations have spoken out against such practices precisely because of their inherent harm. Those organizations include the American Medical Association, the American Psychological Association and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
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I was visiting a brewery in western North Carolina called Pisgah brewing company.
They have a sweet bar there and an outside patio area, amongst other things.
My wife and I were sitting outside having a few beers. They had planted a few hop rhizomes, and they had grown to about 10 feet tall.
I'm pretty sure one of the employees had just planted them there for fun, & not for use in the brewery, but who knows.
All of a sudden, a brewery tour ended and a door opens to the patio and a group of 10 emerge, led by the man himself.
We called him John-Ralphio (if you've ever seen parks and recreation). He was the perfect blend of frat daddy & king duche (albeit not a rare blend).
He brings his group over to the hop plants and starts explaining to them how he has done extensive research on growing hops.
He had this theory on latitude & longitude that makes a certain 10 acres in Western North Carolina a hotbed for growing hops.
And as it just turns out, his parents had bought him the property, and he had plans for a large scale hop farm.
Interestingly, as flawed as his theories were (more or less pre-fabricated lies), he actually knew a few hop varieties.
Later on in the afternoon, I found myself waiting at the bar right next to him. I mentioned that I overheard his plans to grow hops.
He kind of muttered under his breath something like, "yeah, but I'm too cool to talk to you about it".
I asked him if he had ever been to the pacific northwest. He said yes, but it was way too rainy there to do any good growing hops.
Still haven't heard anything in the brewer news about John Ralphios hop farm.
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Popularized in cuts by T-Wayne and DJ Drama, "Turn Down for What" was one of last year's most popular hip-hop catchphrases—and it's gonna be even bigger in 2014, if Lil Jon and DJ Snake have anything to say about it. This joint promotional single is a quirky, minimalist dancefloor-scorcher in the tradition of Major Lazer. Syncopated snares and clattering hi-hats collide with chopped and tweaked vocal samples as Jonathan Smith repeats the record's only lyric—which also happens to be the title. DANIELS's newly-released visuals tell the increasingly bizarre story of a dude who can't stop pelvic-thrusting. No, really. Originally released via Columbia in December, Turn Down for What is available now for purchase on iTunes.
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Some part of our anger with 'Mr Ills' is not so much about the work itself, but that he forces us to ask questions
The man I'll call "Mr Ills" is the contractor we hired to make changes and repairs to our apartment. During his work, we've had to put up with tantrums, sulking, pleading for money, empty promises, rash promises, delays and outright lies. We've had to endure damage to property, bad design and shoddy finishing and yet were expected to pay him huge sums of money whenever he wanted it.
It was all good in the beginning. We saw an example of his work elsewhere and liked the finishing. As he started, he enforced a high standard of his workers, with no prompting from us. Sadly, Mr Ills turned out to be a "95 per cent-er". We all know about the 95 per cent perspiration and that it's the last five per cent where personality shines through. It is your chance to show you're a person of quality, someone with a spine who stands up for what he or she believes in. For it's the last five per cent that the job is at its most vulnerable — one slipped hand, one minute too long, one wrong button push and everything can be ruined.
This is where Mr Ills lost our respect. After promising he'd supervise and hand over a perfect home, we moved into a place with cracks where there was crack repair, white paint splotches where there was black paint, yellow paint spots on the floor ... and then there was the sink. Our expensive double stainless steel sink had first been messed up because it hadn't been covered during other work and was then cleaned with what I can only imagine was a pumice stone. A few days after we spotted this, Mr Ills sent us his "final bill". So I promptly sent Mr Ills our final bill, totting up the cost of work he hadn't done and letting him know how much he owed us.
My phone started ringing at the instant (I presume) he read that mail. I was driving at the time, so couldn't answer; he called four times in ten minutes and then sent a text: "I wanted to give you your cheque as per your e-mail," it said.
"What a diva!" exclaimed my wife, not for the first time. Later, when I called him back, he said he had just wanted to wish us Happy New Year — the sort of non-straightforwardness that drives us crazy.
Both of us are often told that when you're nice, people take advantage of you. We strive to be nice to everyone we deal with — and though it's sometimes difficult, it feels like a more respectful and natural way to live. We're surrounded by people who treat other people badly, often with no provocation at all (and we're not always little angels ourselves), so we want to know that being good to people pays off in the end. But when we're cheated of our five per cent, we start to wonder — should we have been pushy and difficult from the start, a manner I know many people adopt when dealing with people such as Mr Ills? Should we have been less emotional and simply turned down entreaties, held back money and generally ordered everyone around? Would we have got better work and less goodwill? Or worse work and no goodwill? And finally, what use is goodwill?
All hard questions to answer, but hard questions to ask as well. Some part of our anger with Mr Ills is not so much about the work itself, but that he forces us to ask these questions of him, of ourselves, of human nature. There are cracks in the plaster and we don't know who to blame.
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The traditional art of Beijing opera has gone high-tech.
A 3D filming of the classical Chinese play Farewell My Concubine had its international premiere at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on May 30, the first time a Beijing opera production has been captured in 3D and the first time any mainland Chinese film has been made with both native 3D photography and Dolby Atmos surround sound technology.
Beijing opera originated in the late 18th century and is a highly stylized theatrical form that includes singing and acrobatic combat. In shooting Farewell My Concubine, the first of several Beijing operas that will be given the 3D treatment, director Junjie Teng adjusted the traditional staging and performance techniques in order to make the art form more accessible to younger and Western audiences. He also shortened the play's runtime by half an hour, to 100 minutes, and used different materials for Beijing opera's signature makeup and costumes in order to make sure they would hold up to the close-up scrutiny of the 3D camera.
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"This way, we can begin to let Western audiences understand Eastern art, understand how each culture has its own brilliance," Teng told The Hollywood Reporter at the post-screening reception. "Then we can grow closer to one another and appreciate culture from all over the world as valuable."
The Hollywood screening was presented by the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and Television and supported by China's consulate in Los Angeles to mark the 35th anniversary of China's diplomatic relations with the United States.
Farewell My Concubine is set in ancient China circa 200 B.C., when warring states Western Chu and Han fought for control of the land. In the play, Western Chu leader Xiang Yu (portrayed in the 3D film by actor Shang Changrong) is on the verge of defeat and his beloved consort, Yu Ji (actress Shi Yihong), refuses to abandon him. The play was heavily referenced throughout the acclaimed 1993 Chen Kaige film of the same title.
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Open enrollment began November 15, and continues until February 15. But if you want your coverage to be effective January 1, you'll need to complete your enrollment or plan change by December 15. You can still enroll in the two months following that date, but your coverage would be effective later in 2015: February 1 if you enroll between December 16 and January 15, and March 1 if you enroll between January 16 and February 15.
HHS has not announced enrollment numbers for each state yet, but they're providing a weekly look at the total enrollment across the 37 states that are using HealthCare.gov. In the first two weeks (November 15 – 28), enrollments were completed for 765,135 people in those 37 states, including Nebraska. During the 2014 open enrollment period, Nebraska had less than 1 percent of the total enrollment through HealthCare.gov, but that's to be expected given its population density.
2015 carriers and rates
Four companies are selling policies through the federally-run marketplace in Nebraska in 2015: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska, Coventry Health Care, CoOportunity (an ACA-created health care cooperative), and Assurant. Health Alliance Midwest offered policies in 2014, but is not participating in 2015. Assurant is new to the Nebraska exchange however, so the number of carriers remains unchanged for 2015.
The Nebraska Department of Insurance released a sampling of 2015 rates in September. They illustrated 15 different scenarios, with varying household sizes, ages, and geographic locations across the state. For each carrier, they showed the rate change for each scenario, along with an average for all 15 scenarios from each carrier.
Across all four carriers, the unweighted average for the 15 sample scenarios is a 10.7 percent increase in premiums. But one carrier – Coventry – had an average rate decrease of 3.4 percent. And while Assurant's average rate hike across the sample scenarios is 16 percent, their prices in 2014 (off-exchange) were lower than those offered by the exchange plans – they gained market share in 2014 even though they were only available off-exchange.
PricewaterhouseCooper LLC analyzed individual market premiums, calculating weighted average rates for the 2015 open enrollment period. They found an average increase of 9 percent across the four Nebraska carriers, including on and off-exchange plans (the study was conducted throughout the late summer/autumn, and rates are current as of late November).
But the Kaiser Family Foundation did another analysis in November, looking at a 40 year old enrollee in the Omaha area, who enrolled in the benchmark plan (second lowest-cost silver plan) in 2014 and is willing to switch plans – if necessary – in order to continue to be covered by the benchmark plan in 2015. For that scenario, they found an average price decrease of 2.6 percent.
People in the Omaha area who renew the benchmark plan from 2014 instead of switching to the new benchmark plan could be in for some sticker shock however, and the Omaha area is a perfect example of why auto-renewal is not in your best interest, even if it's available to you. The NY Times put together an interactive map showing how the benchmark plans are changing for 2015, and there's a stark difference between renewing versus switching if you're in northeastern Nebraska.
2014 enrollment numbers
During the first open enrollment period that ended in April, 42,975 people finalized their private plan Obamacare enrollments in the Nebraska exchange (as of April 19). And another 10,360 people had enrolled in ACA-compliant plans off-exchange.
An additional 9,879 exchange applicants had been found to be eligible for existing Medicaid in Nebraska (Nebraska has not expanded Medicaid under the ACA, a decision that disproportionately impacts the large rural population).
A recent WalletHub study projected only a slight drop in Nebraska's uninsured rate post Obamacare implementation. 14.71 percent of the state's residents were uninsured last year, and the projection is that 13.69 percent will be uninsured this year. States that expanded Medicaid experienced the largest drops – in some cases, as much as ten percentage points – but states like Nebraska that have not expanded Medicaid are experiencing only minimal reductions in their uninsured populations.
No Medicaid expansion in Nebraska
Although Nebraska has not yet expanded Medicaid, a bill was introduced in the 2014 legislative session that would have expanded Medicaid to cover the 33,000 Nebraska residents who have fallen into the coverage gap – they aren't eligible for current Medicaid, but they have incomes too low to qualify for subsidies in the exchange.
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services held a public hearing on LB887, the Wellness in Nebraska Act, on January 29, and the issue has general support from state residents – 56 percent of poll respondents in Nebraska are in favor of Medicaid expansion. But the bill ultimately died in the legislature, although proponents have vowed to take up the cause in next year's session.
Chuck Hassebrook, the Democratic candidate for Governor in the 2014 election said that he'd make Medicaid expansion a priority. Hassebrook noted that the survival of rural hospitals depends on Medicaid expansion. But ultimately, Pete Ricketts, a Republican who is opposed to Medicaid expansion, won the election. Governor-elect Ricketts is opposed to the ACA in general, and prefers ideas like tort reform, tax credits, and expanded health savings accounts (HSAs).
Supporters of Medicaid expansion are pushing for legislative reform in 2015, but are also considering a ballot initiative in 2016 if they are not successful in the legislature.
HHS is running the exchange in Nebraska via HealthCare.gov. Residents who need enrollment assistance can contact Community Action of Nebraska or the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska – both received federal grants to hire navigators, who can answer questions and assist with the enrollment process.
Community Action of Nebraska has a toll free number (1-800-318-2596) that people can use if they want to enroll over the phone. Residents who want in-person help can also visit one of Community Action's offices to meet with a navigator.
Grandmothered plans
Nebraska's Department of Insurance allowed pre-2014 plans to be extended in 2014. Following the Obama Administration's announcement in March that pre-2014 plans could be extended for up to two more years, the Nebraska Department of Insurance decided in late April to allow pre-2014 health insurance plans to be extended out as far as October 2016.
It will be up to each carrier to decide whether to accept this option; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska announced in May that they would allow pre 2014 plans to be extended into 2016.
Exchange history in Nebraska
Despite work completed by the Nebraska Department of Insurance (DOI), Gov. Dave Heineman announced in November 2012 that the state would not operate a health insurance exchange. In rejecting a state-run exchange, Heineman said it would be much more expensive for the state to run its own exchange. He also expressed doubt that even a state-run exchange would give Nebraska much authority over exchange operations.
Governor Heineman has also refused to expand Medicaid, but state Senator Jeremy Nordquist is pushing for Medicaid expansion and called on Heineman in December to forfeit his own health insurance until all Nebraskans are able to have coverage.
Before Heineman's final decision, he had expressed some support for a state-run exchange, and the DOI had studied that option. The DOI gathered input from stakeholders, developed a set of working assumptions around policy and operations, and issued a number of requests for information and requests for proposals to engage subcontractors in developing an exchange.
While the federal government manages most functions for the new marketplace, Nebraska oversees participating health plans. The Nebraska legislature also authorized a workgroup, called the Nebraska Exchange Stakeholder Commission, to provide input to state and federal officials on how the marketplace should operate.
In early December, 2014, the Nebraska Exchange Stakeholder Commission announced their recommendation that Nebraska continue to have a federally-run exchange, noting that it would be costly and difficult to switch to a state-run exchange at this point, especially given that federal funding is no longer available to establish a state-run exchange. Despite the possibility that subsidies could be taken away in federally-run exchanges if the Supreme Court rules against the subsidies in King v. Burwell (ruling expected in June 2015), Nebraska will continue to have a federally-run exchange for the foreseeable future.
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Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪti /
(also maty) British informal
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adjective (matier, matiest)
Familiar and friendly; sociable: a matey grin
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Used as a familiar form of address to a man: shove off, matey, she's mine
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Fame is a difficult game and it doesn't happen over night. Well, it didn't used to, although now with the internet and reality television it's probably a bit easier. Back in the day, when some of the most established Hollywood stars of today were working to get their big break, they had to do less savory jobs in order to make ends meet. From Jackie Chan to Marilyn Monroe, here are ten of the best and most famous stars who quietly started their careers in porn.
10. Sylvester Stallone
Stallone didn't always look like he does (why does 'Marshmallow Man' spring to mind?). No, he used to be an 'Italian Stallion,' which, funny enough, is the title of the re-release of the 1970 softcore porn flick he was paid $200 to be in - previously known by the hilariously dated title, The Party at Kitty and Stud's. Embarrassingly for Stallone, the movie was re-released to cash in on the fame he found after the Rocky and Rambo movies. We're sure Stallone has gotten over it all and frankly he probably acts less woodenly in Italian Stallion than he does in the rest of his movies.
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better stay along the line of the car tracks. You will find me in
room seven, Police Headquarters, at noon to-day. The authorities
have already taken up the case. You may have something to tell us
then. Good luck to you."
Muller hurried on, after he had taken a quick breakfast in a little
caf'. He went at once to headquarters, made his report there and
then drove to Fellner's house. The latter was awaiting him with
great impatience. There the detective gathered much valuable
information about the first marriage of Asta Langen's long-dead
father. It was old Berner who could tell him the most about these
long-vanished days.
for Mrs. Grant, having by this time run through the usual
resources of ladies residing in the country without a
family of children--having more than filled her favourite
sitting-room with pretty furniture, and made a choice
collection of plants and poultry--was very much in want
of some variety at home. The arrival, therefore, of a sister
whom she had always loved, and now hoped to retain with
her as long as she remained single, was highly agreeable;
and her chief anxiety was lest Mansfield should not satisfy
the habits of a young woman who had been mostly used
to London.
come easy to me now. I'm going round by the road. I couldn't
bear to go by the Birch Path all alone. I should weep bitter
tears if I did."
Anne was welcomed back to school with open arms. Her imagination
had been sorely missed in games, her voice in the singing and her
dramatic ability in the perusal aloud of books at dinner hour.
Ruby Gillis smuggled three blue plums over to her during
testament reading; Ella May MacPherson gave her an enormous
yellow pansy cut from the covers of a floral catalogue--a species
of desk decoration much prized in Avonlea school. Sophia Sloane
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Sean Penn. He's an actor. Wearing a tux in this pic. He loves smoking and used to be married to Madonna.
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text: What happened to all our more left leaning democratic members? You can't tell me that they are surprised or saddened by what they knew was going to happen. Even the most liberal democrats in this country knew that our mainstream Americans would never tolerate a significant attempt to move this nation toward a more socialist society, so why all the (apperently) long faces? No administration or congress can announce plans to dramatically increase spending, the size of government, taxes on the wealthy and corporations AND social programs....all during an epic recession and expect mainstream Americans to sit quietly and say, "Yeah, this is ok"....that will never happen in our or at least my lifetime. Personally, I don't want them to leave the board because it will fall apart without them. We must argue!!


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Originally published Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Wash. voters get final say on gay marriage law
Three years after approving an "everything but marriage" expansion to the state's domestic partnership law, voters get the final say Tuesday on whether Washington will join a handful of other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to get married.
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Three years after approving an "everything but marriage" expansion to the state's domestic partnership law, voters get the final say Tuesday on whether Washington will join a handful of other states that allow gay and lesbian couples to get married.
Referendum 74 asks people to either approve or reject the state's new law legalizing same-sex marriage. That law, passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Chris Gregoire earlier this year, is on hold pending the outcome of the election.
Washington is one of four states where voters are being asked about gay marriage. As in Washington state, voters in Maryland and Maine will decide whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage. In Minnesota, voters will determine whether to place a ban on gay marriage in the state constitution, as 30 other states have done previously.
About $13.6 million has been spent on Washington state's campaign so far, with the bulk of it spent by gay marriage supporters. Washington United for Marriage has far outraised its opponents, bringing in more than $12 million compared to the $2.7 million raised by Preserve Marriage Washington, which opposes the law.
The road to gay marriage in Washington state began several years ago. A year after the state's gay marriage ban was upheld by the state Supreme Court, the state's first domestic partnership law passed in 2007, granting couples about two dozen rights, including hospital visitation and inheritance rights when there is no will. It was expanded a year later, and then again in 2009, when lawmakers completed the package with the so-called "everything but marriage" bill that was ultimately upheld by voters later that same year.
This year, lawmakers passed the law allowing gay marriage and Gregoire signed it in February. Preserve Marriage gathered enough signatures for a referendum, and the law never took effect, instead remaining on hold pending Tuesday's vote. If voters uphold the law, gay couples could start picking up their marriage certificate and license from county auditor offices on Dec. 6, a day after the election is certified. However, because Washington state has a three-day waiting period, the earliest the certificate could be signed, making the marriage valid, is Dec. 9.
The law doesn't require religious organizations or churches to perform marriages, and doesn't subject them to penalties if they don't marry gay or lesbian couples.
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The computer was replaced under warranty the second time the check engine light came on, and that appears to have fixed the problem.
I'm very pleased with the Sedona and would recommend it to friends.
I've now spent two years with this van and I am up to about 18000 miles.
We took it on a long trip last summer that took us through North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, and back to North Carolina.
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It is still comfortable and has plenty of space of five people (me, my wife, and our three sons, 10, 2, and 2).
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Texas is burning. Since Sept. 4, flames have engulfed more than 100,000 acres of the drought-stricken state, destroying more than 1,000 homes and killing four people. The worst wildfires in state history are also "forcing Gov. Rick Perry to walk a philosophical tightrope," says Patrik Jonsson in The Christian Science Monitor. "A strong advocate for a smaller federal government," the new GOP presidential frontrunner has nevertheless been "berating the Obama administration for dragging its heels in sending federal taxpayer money and resources to Texas." The federal government has stepped in, and President Obama told Perry more aid is coming. But is Perry's posture "hypocritical"?
Yes. Perry can't have it both ways: If "Perry hates the federal government so much," why is he "berating the feds for not spending more" on his fire and drought-ridden state? asks Alex Pareene at Salon. Yes, Texas needs the help — but only because Perry and the GOP legislature slashed funding for the Texas Forest Service and firefighters. "It is rational of him to ignore his rhetorical distaste for the federal government and demand that it help," but it still reeks of hypocrisy.
"Rick Perry's Texas cuts firefighting budget while wildfires burn"
Hold on. Perry isn't necessarily being inconsistent: Favoring small government and FEMA doesn't necessarily make you a hypocrite, says Erica Grieder in The Economist. "I think it's consistent for a 10th-amendment advocate" — that amendment essentially says that powers not specifically granted to the federal government are reserved for states — "to maintain that the federal government has an obligation to provide extra resources to states that are faced with unanticipated challenges." After all, "Texas didn't cause its drought" any more than New York caused Hurricane Irene.
"Texas on fire"
Hypocritical or not, Texas needs help: Perry can always fall back on the "unilateral disarmament argument," says North Carolina State University political scientist Andrew Taylor, as quoted in The Christian Science Monitor. Why should Texas "go without aid when no one else does?" But if I were Perry, I'd let other people fight over philosophy and "err on the side of just doing your job," however you think best. When your state is literally burning, "politics goes out the window."
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While "Zero Dark Thirty" seems to be the movie to beat at the moment, another picture is slowly gaining momentum. The punishing yet beautiful "Amour" is not only poised to be a major player in the Foreign Language category at the Oscars, but many think it could sneak into the Bes...Read More »
"Zero Dark Thirty" might have cleaned up at many of the critics' awards so far (and continued to dominate year-end awards and lists over the weekend for the most part), but it's not been allowed to have a total sweep of the groups, thanks to the Los Angeles Film Critics. The LAFCAs were given out to...Read More »
With each passing day, it's looking more and more like Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" is going to be the one to beat this awards season. As we cautioned earlier this week, this trajectory right now reminds us of David Fincher's "The Social Network," which got al...Read More »
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Awards season continues on apace, and if things keep on the way things have been going this week, Kathryn Bigelow may need to enlarge her trophy cabinet. Her follow-up to the awards-laden "The Hurt Locker," Bin Laden-hunt picture "Zero Dark Thirty" hasn't even opened in theaters yet, but it already ...Read More »
With November done, there's only a few weeks left of 2012, and as ever, they're positively stacked with movies. The month is back-loaded with the usual mix of family fare, blockbusters and awards hopefuls, and no less than sixteen major movies will hit screens between the 19th and the 28th of Decemb...Read More »
This morning saw the New York Film Critic's Circle fumble all day with Twitter, but finally announce their awards for 2012's best, marking the first critics' group to bestow their honors. Sometimes bucking against the tide ("The Accidental Tourist" and "Far From Heaven" are among past Best Feature w...Read More »
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