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Eighty-three years of professional football history; 12 world championships; 20 hall of fame players and coaches; countless epic games; the only town-team remaining in pro sports… ..yet one of the most enduring stories about the Green Bay Packers comes down to a dog. Dan Devine's dog. A dog long gone. It's a simple story clouded by more than 30 years of hearsay and sloppy reporting among the national media…not to mention fans of the Bears, Lions, and Vikings. When classicwisconsin recently stopped at its favorite Green Bay tavern, St. Michael's Pub on Riverside Dr., and overheard another variation of the dead dog story -- this one involved a pitchfork, not a shotgun -- classicwisconsin decided it was time to revisit the dark days of the 1970s in hopes of resurrecting the truth behind the untimely demise of Dan Devine's dog.
The team board of directors, led by its executive committee under president Dominic Olejniczak, began looking for a new coach, focusing its search on the college ranks. Among the prospects were Missouri's Dan Devine, Penn State's Joe Paterno, and Arizona State's Frank Kush. Devine had amassed an impressive 93-37-7 record in 13 seasons with Missouri, with two Big Eight championships and six bowl appearances, including a victory against Paul "Bear" Bryant's Alabama team in the 1968 Gator Bowl. The Packer executive committee selected Devine, but not unanimously. Five members, led by Olejniczak, supported the hiring; two others, including pro hall of fame halfback Tony Canadeo, wanted Paterno. The split-vote foreshadowed the dissent that would eventually wrack the organization from top to bottom. It did not help when Devine, in his first meeting with the squad, showed University of Missouri highlight films. Some of the veterans were offended from the start. "He tell us that the Green Bay sweep was really his play and Vince Lombardi got it from him," hall of fame safety Willie Wood told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a 2000 interview. "That's the kind of things he'd say." The 1971 season was a struggle. The Packers finished 4-8-2 under rookie quarterback Scott Hunter. Things were looking decidedly better -- at least on the surface -- in 1972, as Devine led his modestly talented team to a 10-4 record and the Central Division title. Devine was named NFC Coach of the Year. The team was hot going into the playoffs. "I think the Packer team in the last four, five, six weeks of that '72 season played as well as any Packer team I've ever seen," said Lee Remmel, the Packers public relations director and former beat reporter with the Green Bay Press Gazette.
His players recalled a different scenario. "We just got out coached," cornerback Ken Ellis told reporter Jerry Polling for the book "Downfield! The Untold Stories of the Green Bay Packers." By several accounts, Devine refused to make adjustments during the game and began overruling (then assistant coach) Bart Starr's play calling. It wasn't the first time that confusion reigned on the sidelines. The year before, Devine and another assistant publicly engaged in a tug of war that resulted in different plays being sent to the huddle simultaneously. The '73 campaign began where '72 crash-landed, and the Packers limped to a 5-7-2 record. "I could have coached better" that year, Devine admitted in his autobiography. The board of directors, coaches, and players began taking sides. One player circulated a locker room petition in support of Devine. Others would ignore coaching calls made during games. A players strike prior to the '74 season exacerbated the problems. The entire organization was mired in chaos. Devine decided that the '74 season would be his last in Green Bay. He had a standing offer from the University of Washington, and he would privately weigh other opportunities as the season wore on.
"It makes me sick," he added. Case in point: 1 slain dog. "In the four year since he abandoned a distinguished career at the University of Missouri to join the Packers," the article read, "Devine has been the target of physical threats, personal insults and professional criticism. He had been sabotaged by his assistants, undermined by owners, and harassed by hostile fans, who have literally pursued him to his front door. Early one morning two years ago, the Devines were awakened by a sharp bang: one of their dogs had been shot outside the house." Thus began one of the all-time infamous stories in professional sports, provided by Devine himself and fueled by no less a distinguished publication than TIME. Less than a month later, another bombshell landed when Devine mortgaged the future of the team by trading a slew of top draft picks for aging quarterback John Hadl. The ugly season came to an end, the Packers finished 6-8, and Devine had secretly accepted a college coaching position. He informed the Packers of his resignation and negotiated a buyout on the final year of his contract. Devine then relished telling the Packers that they had been duped. "By the way," he said, moments after consummating the buyout, "I'm going to be the next head coach at Notre Dame." On that note, Dan Devine's career with the Green Bay Packer came to an end.
But one thing didn't make sense. Devine said the shooting occurred two years prior to the TIME interview, in 1972…when the Packers were enjoying their first successful season since the 1967 Super Bowl run. Word of mouth in Green Bay maintained that a farmer took matters into his own hands after the dog repeatedly attacked the farmer's chickens. No matter. When Devine died May 9, 2002, thirty years after the incident, the dog returned with a vengeance. The Associated Press (AP) and CBS Sports explicitly reported that disgruntled Packer fans had killed Devine's dog. This, from CBS Sportline.com reporter Dennis Dodd: "Despite becoming the NFL coach of the year in 1972, Devine only lasted four seasons. During that time, some weirdo(s) shot his dog when the Packers were struggling." The AP story, written by Bob Baum, appeared virtually everywhere across the country since Devine was a College Football Hall of Fame coach. Packer fans, Baum wrote, "had grown disenchanted and ran Devine out of town. So angry were some, that Devine's dog was shot to death." The AP and CBS stories may have been based on the 1974 TIME article, or the reporters may have recycled the legend without checking the facts. Baum and Dodd did not respond to recent requests to discuss their stories. The dog story was given a new lease on life as recently as last year because of those national media stories, despite an earlier development that could have settled the matter once and for all from a pretty good source -- Dan Devine himself.
"Rumors circulated that some disgruntled fans or anti-Devine people had shot my dog," he said in the book. "I honestly don't believe that was what happened." "We weren't so lucky with another one of our dogs," Devine continued. "It was only a couple days later, ironically, when the dog wandered over to a nearby farm and began chasing the farmer's ducks. The farmer, a neighbor who we knew very well, fired a gun at the dog, intending to scare him and get him away from his ducks. Well, the bullet happened to hit the dog and killed him. He had every right to shoot at the dog, and he knew it and I knew it. "Still, he felt terrible about what happened. I saw him walking toward our house, carrying the dead dog in his arms, crying uncontrollably. He kept saying, 'I didn't mean to kill him,' and I knew that was true. Still more rumors spread, even though it was a total accident, and that night I was down at his house, playing basketball with his kids." "All those rumors reflected badly on the good people of Green Bay. Most of the people we met were genuine and nice to us…" There it is. Devine was capable of being disingenuous, no doubt. He offered the dog story to TIME Magazine as evidence of poor treatment in Green Bay, and he let the legend metastasize for years, permanently besmirching the city's reputation. For what it's worth (not much if the national media reports are any indication), the former coach came clean in the end, leaving just one unresolved question: Did the farmer really use a pitchfork? |
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While I liked the pizza shop analogy, I don't think it went far enough. Your ISP won't tell you "oh, hey, we're making your connection suck". It will just suck. I think a better analogy would be to modify it to:
... as if you are trying to call Tony's pizza, the best pizza in town, and it seems to ring for 5, 10, 15 seconds (prior to the phone *actually* ringing at Tony's) and then AT&T breaks in with an automated message saying "Tony's Pizza seems not to be answering their phone very quickly. If you would like, we can connect you to Domino's, where they will answer right away! Press 1 to connect."
I'm sure you could word-smith this better.
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P.S. Now I'm getting really hungry and want to go to Tony's Pizza Napoletana in SF for lunch, which I cannot do! *fist-shake* ;)
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shroud2 wrote:Sounds more like you got a ticket for speeding. 81 > 75
For six over, in the state that didn't even have a set (daytime) speed limit for a few years? He got a ticket for having out of state plates. :-P My guess is it was a local cop trolling the interstate, rather than MHP, but who knows... And to the "ZOMG Mt. Rushmore isn't in Montana!!!!11!!1!" people, oblivious to South Dakota's caption: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECUrlnXCqk
As un thrilled as I am about this design, I sat here for a good 3 minutes trying to decide if I should buy one anyway in AA just to encourage you to keep offering them.
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jmhatfield07 wrote:Seriously, Montana has Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks...Yogi the bear joke would have been appropriate maybe. Needless to say, Montana does have notable things. Hello, Yellowstone National Park is pretty much a giant super volcano!
Okay I'm late to this kerfuffle over Montana claiming Mt. Rushmore but here we have the extra layer of funny: Montana does often claim Yellowstone which does make Wyoming go "Hey!" all. the. time. Well maybe it's just me who goes "hey!" every time. Hmm. Anyway. A thin strip of Yellowstone does lie in Montana and a thinner strip in Idaho, but all of the major features you go to see (geysers, falls, lakes, canyons) are in Wyoming. I feel better now, thanks!
Montana also has the Little Big Horn. It also could have said "Big Sky...whatever that means"
Obviously Louisiana was not amused by the lack of something to call our own so no one bought any shirts. Lessee...swamps, bayous, crawfish, gators, Cajuns, gumbo, French everything, etc, etc....
Harui wrote:Arkansas has a crater? I did not know this. I only knew of the one in Arizona (which I've been to). >_>
Arkansas has Crater of Diamonds State Park, which is really not the same as a crater. It looks like the artist didn't research this one very well. It's the diamonds that are significant (there's even one on the state flag), not the "crater," which these days is a plowed-up field of dirt.
palaguin wrote:It also could have said "Big Sky...whatever that means"
LOL. If you ever go to Big Hole National Battlefield, you'll understand what Big Sky means. However, that would have been a good caption.
I do like the arrogance of California. Captures the state well.
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CHICAGO, Sept. 7, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Krislov & Associates, Ltd. announce that the Lead Plaintiffs in the DVI, Inc. Securities Litigation have entered into Partial Settlement Agreements with three of the named Defendants in this Litigation, OnCURE Medical Corp., f/k/a OnCURE Technologies, Corp. ("OnCURE"), Dolphin Medical, Inc. ("Dolphin") and PresGar Imaging, L.C. ("PresGar") (the "Partial Settlements").
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TO: ALL PERSONS OR ENTITIES, OTHER THAN DEFENDANTS IN THE LITIGATION AND PLAINTIFFS NAMED IN WM HIGH YIELD FUND, ET AL. V. O'HANLON ET AL., NO. 04-CV-3423 (E.D. PA.), WHO PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED THE SECURITIES OF DVI (DVI's COMMON STOCK AND 9 7/8% SENIOR NOTES) BETWEEN AUGUST 10, 1999 AND AUGUST 13, 2003, BOTH DATES INCLUSIVE (THE "CLASS").
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the Partial Settlements terms include releases of the class claims asserted against OnCURE, Dolphin and PresGar, but not other defendants, brought pursuant to Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lead Plaintiffs have settled their claims against OnCURE, Dolphin and PresGar for cash payments of $1,175,000, $960,000 and $750,000, respectively, for total Partial Settlements with these Defendants of $2,885,000. The final amount distributed to Class Members will depend upon the amount of interest earned on these funds and the amount of Court-approved attorneys' fees, costs and expenses, and Notice and Administration Costs.
The parties do not agree on the amount of damages per common share and per Senior Note that would be recoverable if the Class were to prevail on each claim alleged. The parties disagree as to whether the Class suffered damages, the amount thereof and how to measure damages.
The Lead Plaintiffs are proposing the Partial Settlements because, upon consideration of, among other things, the record, the potential damages, the strength of the Class' claims and the risks and cost of continued litigation, the Partial Settlements provide substantial recovery to the Class, is fair, reasonable and adequate, and is preferable to continued litigation. OnCURE, Dolphin and PresGar deny any liability or wrongdoing, but desire to resolve the claims asserted under the terms set forth herein and, in more detail, in the Settlement Agreements.
A hearing will be held before the Honorable Legrome D. Davis in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on November 9, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. to determine whether the proposed Partial Settlements are fair, reasonable and adequate to the Class and should be approved; whether the proposed Plan of Allocation is fair, reasonable and adequate to the Class and should be approved; whether a proposed Final Judgment should be entered; to determine the amount of fees and expenses that should be awarded to Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel; and to rule upon such other matters as the Court may deem appropriate.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SHARE IN THE PARTIAL SETTLEMENT FUNDS. If you have not yet received a Proof of Claim form and the full printed Notice of (i) Proposed Partial Settlements of Class Action, (ii) Hearing on Proposed Settlements and Petition for Attorneys' Fees and Costs, and (iii) Right to Share in Settlement Funds, you may obtain copies of these documents by contacting the Claims Administrator at:
DVI, Inc. Securities Litigation c/o Strategic Claims Services Claims Administrator 2710 Concord Road, Suite 5 Aston, PA 19104 www.strategicclaims.net (610) 364-2693
Inquiries, other than requests for the Notice and Proof of Claim form, may be made to Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel:
Clinton A. Krislov Michael R. Karnuth Krislov & Associates, Ltd. 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1350 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 606-0500
To participate in the Partial Settlements, you must submit a Proof of Claim no later than January 3, 2007. If you are a Class Member and do not submit a proper Proof of Claim, you will not share in the Partial Settlements, but, unless you exclude yourself from the Class on or before October 12, 2006, you will be bound by the Order and Final Judgment of the Court.
Further information may be obtained by directing your inquiry in writing to the Claims Administrator at the address above.
PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE COURT OR THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE COURT FOR INFORMATION OR ADVICE. If you have questions about this notice, you may consult an attorney of your own choosing or any of Plaintiffs' Lead Counsel, whose names and other contact information are listed above.
DATED: August 18, 2006 BY ORDER OF THE COURT
More information on this and other class actions can be found on the Class Action Newsline at www.primezone.com/ca
CONTACT: Krislov & Associates, Ltd. Clinton A. Krislov Michael R. Karnuth (312) 606-0500


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The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias
By Don Van Natta Jr.
"Van Natta's work spirits the reader away on this fairy-tale story with grace and humor. An enormously inspiring life story for a new generation of female achievers."
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"Engaging. . . . Marvelously narrates the forgotten life of 'the greatest all-around athlete of all time,' a story that every American sports fan should relish."
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"A wonderful read about a woman who charged through life, shattering stereotypes on the playing fields and off. As a boy I followed her amazing career in the sports pages as she changed the face of golf and the Olympics, but now, thanks to Don Van Natta, I have the complete story of this authentically American trailblazer who was so much more than just a gifted athlete."
—Tom Brokaw
A nearly forgotten American superstar, Babe Didrikson was perhaps the greatest all-sport athlete ever, male or female. An exuberant tomboy who grew up in poverty in Beaumont, Texas, she quickly proved herself spectacularly accomplished in basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, and especially golf, which would take her to extraordinary heights. Males would refuse to compete with her, having witnessed her triumph over other men in nearly every sport she attempted, couching their fear in claims that women were simply not meant to be athletes. Yet despite these attempts to keep women from competing in the 1920s and '30s, Babe excelled.
She achieved all-American status in basketball and, at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, was proclaimed by many as the world's greatest sportsperson, winning two gold medals and a silver medal. The first woman to play in the PGA and one of the founders of the LPGA, Babe won more consecutive tournaments than any golfer in history—before or since. All the while, she continued to be criticized by those who believed women had no place in sports. Despite vicious personal attacks, she became an international superstar, an icon of invincibility and charm.
Then, at the height of her fame, she was diagnosed with cancer. At a time when celebrities kept their illnesses private, Babe took her most daring step of all: to go public and try to win again, with the hope of inspiring the world. By the next year, ravaged by cancer, she completed an incredible golf comeback, winning her third U.S. Women's Open by an amazing twelve strokes. But the one challenge she could not surmount lay ahead.
June 26 would have been the one hundredth birthday of this sports and feminist icon, and, just in time, the new biography WONDER GIRL: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, by veteran New York Times reporter Don Van Natta Jr. (Little, Brown; June 2, 2011; $27.99 hardcover; ISBN: 978-0-316-05699-1), assures that her incredible story will not be forgotten.
Among his voluminous research, Don Van Natta Jr. obtained countless letters that Babe had written, and scoured the scrapbooks that her mother had assembled for her while she played. He interviewed both her friends and nearly every surviving competitor of hers on the LPGA tour, and plumbed oral histories at the USGA and at an Olympics archive in Los Angeles for accounts of Babe's basketball and track-and-field exploits. He has written the most heartfelt and thorough biography of Babe to date. Finally, Babe has the biography she has long deserved.
DON VAN NATTA JR. is a national correspondent for the New York Times. He has been a member of three Pulitzer Prize–winning teams and is the author of the bestselling First Off the Tee and coauthor of Her Way. He lives in Miami with his wife and two daughters.
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I bought this on a whim, with a discount coupon, desperate for something that would help my hair. And this did. It has no silicones, wich my hair hates. It just makes it look wonderful, not heavy, and very hydrated. I bought the big bottle, 500mL, and it was definetly worth the price. Other conditioners make my hair really heavy if I want it to look slightly hydrated. I'm in love.
I kind of got stuck with this product when the old leave-in got discontinued. I don't love it like I did the other leave-in, but it keeps my dry, kinky hair moisturized better than any other leave-in I've found. I blame L'Oreal - I guess the French don't realize Americans of all hair-types prefer a better leave-in. I appreciate that the smell is very light and generic.
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Got a sample of this -- it's amazing stuff! I'm about to buy the full-size. ,Haven't seen anything work this well on frizzy, damaged hair.
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Perfect. I totally love it as a leave-in (didnt try it as a reg conditioner yet). No frizz, soft, bouncy hair! Hooked! I think its much better than their Leave-in, I do consider that one more mosturizing due to the coconut oil. Anyhow, i totally love this one, makes my hair look much better!
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Flash Sale Sites: Scams or Money Savers?
So I'm not going to name names here, but something happened the other day that really irked me.
I got an email from a flash sale site (which shall remain nameless) advertising a big weekend toy blowout. Now, given that we have a toddler, it's not a stretch that I might be buying some toys this Christmas.
Interestingly, they had some toys that I was looking for … and which were also readily available at Target and Amazon. Now, how can prices at either of these two sites get any cheaper, right? But in my head, I thought, well, it's a flash sale … it HAS to be cheaper!
But alas my friends, think again. As I looked at the price of one toy in particular, I knew I had seen it for less at Target that very same day. So I headed to the website. And guess what? I was right … it was way cheaper at Target.
Like, by more than $50 cheaper. So then I checked a KidKraft dollhouse; it was $65 less on Amazon.
Now, in all fairness, there were things on the flash sale site that were priced at or below those same products at Target and Amazon. But that was not the majority.
So, what is the moral of the story here? Be very, very careful when you're purchasing from a flash sale site. Always check to see if one of the larger sites or major retail chains has it for less money.
In many cases, flash sales do have good prices and I often blog sales from flash sites over at Smart Mom Deals … but they are usually sales on small items made by small vendors.
I did a little digging around the interwebs and found other people have had the same experience with other sites too, on home goods, wedding gear, and other goods. And then there's the "rare" items that get marked way, way up because it's so hard to get your hands on the goods.
Some even consider flash sale sites to be a "gateway drug" for would-be shopping addicts.
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Lisa didn't know Marlene well, but she'd heard some of these things. So she stopped by Marlene's bungalow, which is next door to Four Winds. Although Marlene had a full house that night, she took Lisa in. She has watched over her ever since.
When Lisa's boy was born seven months ago, Marlene practically became his grandma. She fed him, sang to him, loved him. And this generosity has helped Lisa to stand tall. She has learned how to use computers. She has made plans to attend college this fall. She's hoping to get her own place. But no matter what she accomplishes, she and her baby will continue to visit the basement of Four Winds and sit among the women.
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MISSOULA — With the largest components of the recent health care law kicking in at the start of 2014, businesses have a lot of decisions to make this year about how they will react to new rules and regulations.
"The law is like a 2,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Right now, only a few of those pieces are put together. Some pieces may not fit, some pieces don't exist right now," said John Doran, the director of strategic marketing services with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana.
Doran, along with other representatives from Blue Cross Blue Shield, traveled around the state in 2012, conducting seminars to inform companies and individuals about the changes that are coming as a part of the recent federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act. He said Blue Cross Blue Shield is planning to hold more seminars across Montana over the course of the year.
While employers might not fully understand how the law will affect them, Doran said there is a foundation they can work off of to start planning for 2014, when many of the provisions of the law take effect.
These requirements include a mandate that large employers offer health coverage to their workers or risk paying a penalty. That coverage also must be deemed affordable or the employer will be required to pay a different penalty.
"The misconception is that this law will be detrimental to small businesses across Montana. This isn't the case. It could actually provide more options for small businesses," Doran said.
Requirements to kick in
Next year, all large employers — those with more than 50 full-time employees — will be required to offer affordable health insurance to full-time employees or face penalties. Health insurance is deemed affordable if the cost to the employee is not more than 9.5 percent of their annual household income.
Individuals will be required to have insurance for themselves and their dependents that provides a minimum level of coverage or face penalty fees. This insurance can be through government systems such as Medicare and Medicaid, employer-provided health insurance, or insurance purchased from a private insurance company or through an insurance exchange.
The ACA provides subsidies on a sliding scale for individuals and families who make up to 400 percent of the federal poverty level (currently around $92,000 a year for a household of four) and who buy insurance on a health insurance exchanges.
If a company required to provide insurance does not, it can face a penalty of $2,000 a year for every employee after the first 30 if even one employee gets care at a federally subsidized rate through a health insurance exchange. If the coverage is unaffordable, a penalty of $3,000 is applied for every employee who buys from an exchange and receives a federal subsidy.
Employers also will be able to sign up employees for affordable plans through a specific small-business exchange that will become available later this year.
Full-time employees are those who work on average 30 hours per week or more. Part-time workers whose hours add up to be 30 hours a week are used to determine the number of "full-time equivalents" a business has, but are not required to be offered health insurance.
Employers with fewer than 50 full-time employee equivalents will not be mandated to offer health insurance. In addition, smaller companies — those with 25 or fewer employees — are eligible to receive tax credits if they decide to offer insurance to their workers anyway. In 2014, this credit will apply only if small businesses use plans from the heath insurance exchanges.
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According to a report by the the University of Montana Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 97 percent of Montana businesses have fewer than 50 full-time employees and therefore are exempt from having to offer health insurance to workers. Eighty percent of employers in the state have fewer than 10 employees.
Also beginning in 2014, insurance plans are prohibited from restricting coverage from or charging higher rates for people with pre-existing health conditions or because of gender.
All insurance plans also will have to offer "essential coverage benefits," meaning the plan must cover at least 60 percent of the costs of at least these 10 services: ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services, and chronic disease management; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care.
This is equivalent to what the lowest tier of the exchange plans, "Bronze level," will offer. Better exchange plans will offer a higher percentage of cost coverage. Costs for the exchange plans have not yet been set, but in 2010 the Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost of a Bronze individual plan at less than $5,000 and a family plan at less than $12,500.
The health insurance exchanges will have limited open enrollment windows every year. This would be the only time that, excluding very specific circumstances, individuals would be able to sign up for a plan or change plans. These open enrollment periods are meant as a way limit adverse selection, in which people simply wait and pay the penalty until they get sick, then buy insurance to cover treatment. This year, the exchange will have an extended enrollment starting in October.
The ACA also includes a reinsurance fee on all private insurance plans to offset the cost of the public exchanges. The $25 billion in fees will be collected for three years starting in 2014. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that the fee will be $63 per person covered by a private insurance plan in 2014, and decrease slightly over the next two years.
Patrick Barkey, director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at UM, said employers will find a way to be ready when the changes do arrive.
"There's a cottage industry of consultants for this. There are a lot of workshops trying to help businesses prepare. Regulatory compliance is just a part of doing business," he said.
Both Barkey and Blue Cross Blue Shield's Doran said that when an employer looks at the cost of offering care versus paying the fee, they might choose the latter.
"It might end up being cheaper for employers to release their employees onto the open exchanges and just pay the penalty. It's something that is going to be governed by markets, and employers will make decisions and workers will adapt," Barkey said.
Companies might opt to take the known cost of the penalties, rather than the unknown and shifting cost of coverage, he said.
Barkey said that due to the amount of new rules brought in by the ACA, costs likely are going to rise.
"Regardless of whether you like or dislike it, it is a large increase in regulation. So the cost of regulatory compliance is going up. Even something as benign as electronic medical records can be an enormous investment for a small health provider," he said.
Every year, the BBER hosts a seminar that looks at the state of economic issues in Montana. The seminar has a major theme every year, with this year's being health care. The seminar will include a keynote by Larry White of the Western Montana Health Education Center and a special industry outlook by Gregg Davis, the director of BBER's health care research. More details about the seminar, which will be held in multiple cities around Montana through the end of March, is available on BBER's website, bber.umt.edu.
Report upcoming
Monica Lindeen, Montana's commissioner of securities and insurance, recently commissioned a report from the BBER about the impact of health care changes on businesses in the state.
Barkey couldn't discuss the details of BBER's findings, as the report was currently being reviewed by Lindeen's office.
Lucas Hamilton, the communications director for Lindeen's office, said the findings of the report will be made available Jan. 12.
"We're reviewing it to make sure that what we had asked to be included is there, and that it is written in a way that is accessible to the public," he said.
On the day it is released, a representative from the BBER will be at an event in Helena to discuss the findings, and the full report will be available online.
Barkey and Doran agreed that the ACA doesn't do enough to address the cost of health care, focusing instead on the cost of insurance. To really bring down premiums, they each said, the cost of care is what will need to be addressed.
Doran hopes that last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling means the main components of the law will go forward, and businesses will develop their plans for it.
"My caution is, this is a very political piece of legislation. People need to get beyond the politics of it and see how this bill is going to impact them. It's possible, and maybe even likely, that it will impact them positively, at least financially," Doran said.


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Together, August Watters and Jose Lezcano explore the vibrant sounds of mandolin and guitar. From the indigenous musical traditions of Europe and Central and South America to the concert repertoire of three centuries, the duo highlights the connections between folk music traditions and more formal concert repertoire. Their timeless music captures a wide range of texture and emotion while aspiring to the highest standards of artistry and technique.
Described by the New Millennium Guitar Magazine as "a superb guitarist as well as a first-rate composer and arranger," twice grammy-nominated musician José Manuel Lezcano has captivated audiences on four continents. His programs featuring traditional and Latin American repertory, and his own original compositions have taken him as recitalist, collaborative musician, and concerto soloist from Carnegie Recital Hall and the North-South Consonance Series in New York City to major venues and festivals in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, China, the Czech Republic and Germany.
Born in Havana, Cuba in 1960, Lezcano was invited to join the faculty of Keene State College in New Hampshire in 1991, where he is Professor of Music and teaches courses in guitar, music theory, and Latin American music. He earned degrees from Peabody Conservatory (BM), University of South Carolina (MM), and Florida State University (Ph.D. music theory). Dr. Lezcano's own Guitar Concerto (2004), has received critical acclaim. Fanfare Magazine wrote, "Colorfully scored ... agreeable music, and dashingly performed by the composer." Dr. Lezcano has performed his concerto with the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Peru, and orchestras in Ecuador, Colombia, and New Hampshire. In 2008, Lezcano's work on the CD "Remembrances/Recuerdos" was nominated for two Grammys, for "Best soloist with orchestra," and "Best contemporary composition." Dr. Lezcano has earned numerous awards, including first prize in the MTNA National Guitar Competition, the NH State Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, NHMTA Composer of the Year (2002 & 07), KSC Distinguished Research Award, and a Fulbright Award to Ecuador where he performed as orchestral soloist and pursued research on indigenous guitar traditions. Jose's scholarly publications include Latin American Music Review, Soundboard, and the Latino Encyclopedia. He has lectured throughout the state for the NH Humanities Council on Ecuadorean Indian guitar traditions, rituals, and mythology.
August Watters is a multi-stylistic, improvising mandolinist, composer/arranger, and teacher in the Boston area. As an international clinician he has taught in Italy, Germany, Canada, England, and the Czech Republic. He has performed with some of the leading figures in today's revival of this most elegant instrument, including Carlo Aonzo, Roland White, Matt Flinner, Butch Baldassari, Bill Keith and Marilynn Mair. His work as an improviser, interpreter, composer and arranger bridges contemporary classical music, jazz, bluegrass, folk music traditions, and the historical concert mandolin repertoire.
Watters teaches at Berklee College of Music, where he is an Associate Professor of Ear Training. In addition to founding the Berklee New Acoustic Music Ensemble and other original curricular offerings addressing the needs of improvising string players, Prof. Watters has taught Berklee classes in harmony, composition, and arranging, as well as private mandolin lessons. He is also an Emmy award-winning arranger, with dozens of studio credits as arranger, orchestrator and conductor for television and film music. Prof. Watters is also founder of Boston Mandolins, the New England Mandolin Ensemble, and Cape Cod Mandolin Camp. He holds a Masters of Music Education from Boston University, and a Bachelor's of Music from Berklee College, majoring in Jazz Composition and Arranging.
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Coimbra is "electric" as it can be for young people. It's a famous city in Portugal known for its students and academic tradition, as it has the older universities in the country. Studying, alcohol, and parties make for an explosive mixture. The students will need some rest so where else can they head off to but to the bear park! -
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The Panaad sa Negros Festival, also called the Panaad Festival, is a festival held annually during the month of April in Bacolod City, the capital of the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. Panaad is the Hiligaynon word for "vow" or "promise"; the festival is a form of thanksgiving to Divine Providence and commemoration of a vow in exchange for a good life. The celebration is held at the Panaad Park and Stadium, which also houses the Panaad Sports Complex, and is participated in by the 13 cities and 19 towns of the province. For this reason, Negros Occidental dubs it the "mother" of all its festivals.
The theme for this year is "Organik na Negros: Rising to the Challenge of Globalization in 2015″.
The first Panaad sa Negros Festival was held at Capitol Park and Lagoon in a three-day affair in 1993 that started April 30. The festival was held at the lagoon fronting the Provincial Capitol for the first four years. As the festival grew each year, it became necessary to locate a more spacious venue. In 1997, the festival was held at the reclaimed area near where the BREDCO Port is located today.
The construction of the Panaad Park and Stadium paved the way for the establishment of the Panaad Park as the permanent home of the festival.
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Panaad sa Negros Festival Comparative Sales Report (2013 and 2014)
April 08, 2014Sources: Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA), Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) and Technology and Livelihood Development Center (TLDC)
21st Panaad sa Negros Festival (2014) Summary of Winners
April 07, 2014Festival Dances Competition, Panaad Composo Competition, Panaad Rondalla Competition, Latin Dance Sport Competition, Philippine Folk Dances Competition, Lin-ay sang Negros 2014 Winners, Drum and Bugle Competition, Destination Pavilion and Festival Costume Exhibition, Panaad Trade Fair and Exhibits
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April 07, 2014The Municipality of Pontevedra defended their title after bagging the championship honor for the second time during the 21st Panaad sa Negros Festival "Banda Diri, Banda Didto" Drum and Bugle Competition - Elementary level held at the Panaad Football Grounds, yesterday.


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"You Didn't Build That" Comment Leads Virginia Baker to Say No to Biden's Business
Gotta love a person that stands on principles against a 'president' that disparages hard work, favors criminal illegal aliens, and panders to the lowest common demominator by promising them other peoples money. (Of course the bedwetting libs will accuse the guy of being a racist) It's time that we vote the inept, corrupt clown Obama and his idiot sidekick out of office in November.
On July 13, 2012, President Barack Obama told an audience in Roanoke, Virginia that "If you've got a business – you didn't build that." Many business owners, especially small business owners who work 70-80 a week and more to build and maintain their business, took offense the president's statement, and rightly so.
A month later, Vice President Joe Biden was campaigning in Virginia when his advance team entered a small bakery in Radford, about an hour's drive southwest of Roanoke. They approached Chris McMurray, the owner of Crumb and Get It, and told him that the vice president was coming through town and they had selected his bakery as a stop for Biden. They explained that it would be a great opportunity for his business with free advertising and photos of him and the VP.
Without any hesitation, McMurray politely informed Biden's advance team that he was opting to refuse the business and publicity because he felt strongly about Obama's statement that he didn't build his business. Both he and his wife work almost nonstop in the small bakery that only opened in May and while the publicity would have helped his business, he felt his principles were more important.
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Over the last 12 months or so I have been battling with a shortage of letters in the alphabet. I sought support from here and had some excellent responses (thanks to those people).
Nothing really seemed to do just what I wanted, but yesterday I found something that I thought I should share, just in case someone else might find it useful. I refer of course to Symbolic Links. I also use libraries across the network locations. Now I have the best of both worlds. I have a windows 2008 server (though the OS is largely irrelevant in my situation). It contains 8 x 2TB drives. I use a server because it also runs a website, WSUS, DB servers (SQLLITE and Firebird), Coldfusion server and various other bits and pieces. There are a total of 28 partitions across the 8 drives. I realise I could have used raid to combine these drives and reduce the number of partitions, but that would have simply shifted the problem from partition to folder. The command to create the symlinks is mklink /d <link> <target> /d is used because /J requires that the symlinks be local to the target, and /H is typically not supported for directories. There is one gotcha though. You might see an error message saying that the link cannot be followed. To fix this, fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation L2L:1 R2R:1 L2R:1 R2L:1 Where R=Remote, and L=Local. This command enables symlinks for all 4 scenarios. So, in my case, I had 4 separate drives of 2tb each called movies, documentaries, TV shows and Home Made. Previously I had 4 mapped drives, now I have one. When I click movies I see the links to the other three. Yes, shortcuts could have been used, but they have their own idiosyncrasies. Hopefully, this might help someone else... Tanya |
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The truth is you can't control what your gut reaction is to the news and how wildly your emotions may react afterward. In his book Straight Parents, Gay Children: Keeping Families Together, Robert A. Bernstein acknowledges that parents can go through "a painful range of emotions, from shock, disbelief, and guilt to denial, anger, and depression." Dealing with these emotions and making sense of everything happens at different paces for different people. But every time you acknowledge an emotion and seek out why it is there, you are doing a good thing for both you and your child. If you need additional assistance working through your thoughts and emotions, consider contacting a support group such as PFLAG Canada (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays).
Choosing to come out to you is a big step and not one your child will have taken lightly or without being certain of their feelings. He or she has likely spent an extroardinary amount of time searching through emotions before coming to this decision for himself or herself and then trying to figure out how to explain it to you. So although it is natural to be surprised and think that perhaps it's "just a phase," saying that can be extremely hurtful. It's important that you acknowledge your child's bravery in being able to determine his or her sexuality and then to have the courage to speak to you about it.
Bernstein explains that "in the shock of the parents' first reaction, the child of their cherished images seems no longer to exist." Though the news may catch you off guard, remember that your child is still exactly the same person they were before coming out. Some of the visions you may have imagined of the future might have to change, but all those traits you love about your son or daughter are still there. Sexuality is only one part of a person, and your relationship doesn't have to change because of it.
Over 25 years ago, Ellen Degeneres came out to her mother, Betty. When she did, Betty admits to requiring an "adjustment period," meaning a time to step back, refocus and accept the fact that children have to live their lives as they are meant to rather than by what may have been envisioned for them by their parents. The National Organization for Women reports that "lesbian, gay and bisexual youth are at a four times higher risk for suicide than their straight peers." A lot of this can come down to the sense of isolation and loneliness as well as the fear of rejection they experience in their daily lives. Your child coming out to you is a sign that he or she doesn't want to feel alone anymore and wants to have you on their side. Take a moment to appreciate the level of trust your child is bestowing upon you by doing so. Both you and your child hope he or she will be happy, and it's only by working together and giving yourselves time that this can happen.
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2nd EMT, Cody Medley, dies after crash involving ambulance, car
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INDIANAPOLIS - A second emergency medical technician died Sunday, a day after a crash involving an ambulance and a car that claimed the life of another EMT early Saturday morning.
Indianapolis EMS said Sunday morning that Cody Medley passed away at Wishard Memorial Hospital.
Medley, 22, had been with IEMS since June 2010. He was from Pennsylvania. IEMS said friends described Medley as fun and outgoing and that he enjoyed his job.
Medley had been a member of the Sunman Fire Department before joining IEMS.
"Cody was a skilled paramedic, a loyal colleague and a wonderful friend," said Dr. Charles Miramonti, chief of Indianapolis EMS, in a news release. "While the past 28 hours have been filled with extraordinary grief, loss and sadness, we've come together to remember two extraordinary young men."
Medley's father, grandfather and step-mother attended a press conference that was held Sunday afternoon.
"I could not be prouder (of) this boy, this man right here. He's an incredible person. I wish you all could have gotten to know him," said his father, Jeff Medley.
Dr. Miramonti explained that some fellow paramedics were too grief-stricken to return to work so paramedics from other fire departments, including Pike Township and Wayne Township, had offered to fill their spots for the time being.
The families of the EMTs are planning out-of-state funerals, but Dr. Miramonti said the city was trying to organize a large tribute for both men for Thursday or later in the week.
Mayor Ballard extended his request to lower flags at all City-County facilities to half-staff to honor IEMS Specialist Medley and IEMS Private Timothy McCormick.
EMT Timothy McCormick died shortly after the crash at the intersection of St. Clair Street and Senate Avenue just after 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
"We grieve with our IEMS family as we learn of the passing of Specialist Cody Medley," said Department of Public Safety Director Troy Riggs, in a news release. "Please keep his family and his friends in your thoughts and prayers."
Crisis support teams and an employee assistance program are being made available to all IEMS staff.
Police said Jade Hammer, 21, told officers that she had consumed one and a half drinks before the crash. The traffic light at the intersection was flashing yellow for the ambulance and red for the car Hammer was driving, police said.
On Sunday afternoon, a top official involved with the case said that preliminary blood tests were "borderline" and "not a slam dunk" for being intoxicated at the time of the crash. Police reported a delay of a couple hours in drawing her blood after the crash.
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VADODARA: Residents of a posh locality in Tarapur town of Anand district allegedly lynched a robber and badly beat up two of his companions. The three were part of a gang of nine who were caught red-handed by the residents of the Ayesha Park Society, a cluster of bungalows.
The gang entered the society, located behind Saadad Hospital on Tarapur highway, to loot a locked house.
However, a youth - Ovesh Aslam Vohra - noticed the gang and raised an alarm. Vohra's father is trader.
Vohra got suspicious when he noticed that the light near his house in the residential society had gone off at around 2.30 am. He saw some unidentified persons gathered opposite his house while others were trying to climb the roof. The youth raised an alarm after he found that his house was locked from outside.
Hearing the commotion, the locals and neighbours assembled and caught hold of three robbers while six escaped. They thrashed them until the three fell unconscious.
Tarapur police hospitalized the alleged thieves at Saadad hospital but one of them died during treatment. The deceased was identified as Jayanti Bhala Vaghri, a resident of Andharia Amli near Nadiad. The two injured have been identified as Abesinh Jivabhai and Ravsinh Narsinh Vaghri.
Based on Abesinh's complaint, police have registered an offence against a mob of 50 unidentified persons under Section 302 (charge of murder) of the Indian Penal Code. On the basis of complaint submitted by Vohra, police also registered a complaint against the gang.
"We are still investigating the matter and recording statement of all the eye-witnesses," police sub-inspector and investigating officer S K Macwan said.
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