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I'm a 2013 graduate of CSU Bakersfield with an MA in Communications and a minor in Business Administration. I'm currently pursuing a Master's degree in Public Policy Administration with a concentration on non-profits. In 2011, I founded the Campus Gamers student organization at CSUB. Campus Gamers has been honored with 18 "Outstanding Student Leadership" awards, including "Club of the Year." I am the event coordinator and emcee for the "Gamer Education Day" events at CSUB, which feature award winning speakers from the game industry. I am the event coordinator for Team Bakerfield's "Extra Life" events since 2012. To-date, 700 participants have raised over $35,000 for our local children's medical center. In 2014, we raised $21,000, finishing #20 out of over 6,200 teams in North America. In late 2014, I launched the Campus Gamers Network, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, that unites gaming clubs on multiple campuses for the purpose of collaboration, competition, and charitable fundraising. Being honored by the Microsoft MVP program has been instrumental in my ability to execute the Campus Gamers, Gamer Education Day and Extra Life programs. Xbox serves as the centerpiece of these programs, running all FPS tournaments (Halo, Gears, CoD), dedicated Xbox 360 machines for games like Rock Band, Fantasia and Just Dance with Kinect sensors, and even Steel Battalion on the original Xbox.


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In the Arkansas gubernatorial race, there are different views on what to do with the surplus, and what to do with that pesky grocery tax: "Democratic Party nominee Mike Beebe has said he wants to phase out the tax over time and tie its elimination to state revenue growth, while Republican Asa Hutchinson says there's enough money in the surplus to eliminate the tax immediately." LINK
Per the AP, Ohio gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland (D) picked up endorsements from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Columbus Dispatch this weekend. LINK
In a Dallas Morning News poll, Gov. Rick Perry is outshining his opponents among Hispanic voters. Perry has a strong record with Hispanics in Texas. A Perry advisor estimates that 50% of the Hispanic vote will go to Perry. LINK
In Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Gov. Schweitzer said a Bill Ritter win in Colorado would complete a "blue bridge from Alberta to Mexico," a string of Democratic governorships stretching across Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona -- states that all broke for Bush in 2004. LINK
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) and state Treasurer Phil Angelides squared off in their first and only debate over the weekend.
While the Democrats' candidate for California governor Phil Anglides was receiving instruction from his advanceman about which camera to speak into Saturday's night, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) was livening up a "dull" debate, writes George Skelton. LINK
More from the Los Angeles Times on Democratic candidates in California who are scared that Angelides poor performance against Schwarzenegger may hurt their ballot chances in November. LINK
Richard Marosi of the Los Angeles Times wrote over the weekend that immigration is the hot topic for the California gubernatorial race, but both candidates are treading lightly around the issue. LINK
"Presidential hopefuls routinely use midterm elections to illustrate their party loyalty and fund-raising heft. But this year is notable (sic) because the nation is facing the first presidential contest in decades without an incumbent or obvious front-runner from either party," writes Jeanne Cummings of the Wall Street Journal on 2008 presidential hopefuls involvement in the midterms. LINK
On Sunday, the New York Post's David Seifman columnized about Mayor Bloomberg enjoying all the 2008 presidential buzz surrounding him of late. LINK
2008: Republicans:
Can Rudy Giuliani's September 11 performance and the image as "America's mayor" thereafter carry him through an entire presidential campaign?
"For many loyal Republicans -- and more than a few independents and Democrats -- his national security message seems to work, blotting out the central question facing his candidacy: whether a supporter of legal abortion, gay civil unions, immigrants' rights and gun control; a thrice-married, Catholic New Yorker whose split with his second wife took place publicly and none too neatly, can win Republican presidential primaries and caucuses," writes the New York Times' Richard Perez Pena of Rudy Giuliani's 2008 presidential prospects. LINK
2008: Democrats:
Some big Democrats are coming to Nevada this week to help out Senate and House candidates: Former President Bill Clinton, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D-MT) and Former Sec. of State Madeline Albright. LINK

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|Concert (center stage): 11,800
Concert (end stage): 10,414 Basketball: 11,193
Ice Hockey/Indoor Soccer: 9,737
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Stockton Arena is an indoor arena in Stockton, California. It opened in December 2005 and seats a maximum of 12,000 fans.
It is the home venue of the Stockton Thunder ECHL professional hockey team. Former tenants include the Stockton Lightning arenafootball2 team, the Stockton Cougars Professional Arena Soccer League team, the Stockton Wolves independent indoor football team, and the California Eagles American Indoor Football professional indoor football team.
Between January 29-30, 2015, it was announced the arena will be home to the Stockton Heat for the 2015-16 season of the American Hockey League who are the relocated Adirondack Flames from Glens Falls, New York [5] Affiliated with the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames, the Heat will replace the Thunder, who are moving to Glens Falls, New York to become the Adirondack Thunder for the 2015-16 season of the ECHL.[6]
The Stockton Arena is part of a downtown, waterfront entertainment center which includes Stockton Ballpark, the home of the Stockton Ports minor league baseball team and the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel.
The Arena is part of a master-planned waterfront design on the western edge of the downtown Central Business District. The 360 Architecture designed venue is situated next to the Stockton Ballpark. A multi-purpose sporting and event center, the arena was envisioned as part of the region's quality of life improvements. Construction delays and inclement weather caused the Stockton Thunder and California Cougars to play on extended road trips during the beginning of their 2005/2006 season. Stockton Arena opened its doors to the public on December 2, 2005 with a Neil Diamond concert. The first sporting event was a Stockton Thunder hockey game on December 10, 2005 in front of a sold out crowd of 10,117, a game where the Thunder beat the Phoenix RoadRunners, 4-0. [7]
The Stockton Arena hosted the 2008 ECHL All-Star Game, World Wrestling Entertainment house shows for both SmackDown/ECW and Raw, and the July 26, 2008 EliteXC: Unfinished Business MMA event.
On March 15, 2009, The California Cougars won their first ever league championship in the Stockton Arena, as the 2008-2009 PASL-Pro North American Champions.[8]
On December 9, 2009, The Arena hosted the "Stockton Showcase" which featured a matchup between the Nationally Ranked California Golden Bears and the Pacific Tigers men's Basketball teams in front 8,704 fans, the largest crowd ever to see a Pacific Tigers basketball game in Stockton.[9]
On June 19, 2014, the San Jose Sharks announced that the arena would host a split-squad exhibition game featuring the Sharks and the Vancouver Canucks on September 23, 2014. Sharks won 5-3.
- ^ Cooper, Audrey (April 17, 2004). "Groundbreaking a Tribute to Brownfields Cleanup". Stockton Record. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
- ^ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–2014. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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- ^ "AHL Board of Governors Announces Major Moves". AHL. January 29, 2015.
- ^ "ECHL Board of Governors Announces Major Moves". ECHL. January 30, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
- ^ Stockton Arena - Stockton Thunder
- ^ Dhillon, Jagdip (April 7, 2009). "Cougars Sale Official". Stockton Record. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
- ^ Highfill, Bob (December 10, 2009). "More Than Shots, Fouls: Pacific Takes Another Step Beyond Campus Borders in 'Showcase'". Stockton Record. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
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PRLog - April 6, 2012 - PETERBOROUGH, U.K. -- One PC Howard Limited's 100 drivers, Dave Brittain who is 65 years of age today, joined the company in January 1994 giving the business valued 18 years of service. Dave initially joined as a 7.5t driver based at their head office in Kings Cliffe Peterborough working on the then parcel business, and subsequently moved to the Palletways department driving an 18t vehicle.
In 2005 David took the opportunity of being based at the company's additional depot in Brixworth Northampton where he continued as the 18t C&D driver for the Daventry area.
Dave was keen to develop the business within this area and took great pride in obtaining and passing on leads, which earned him bonuses that have yet to be exceeded. In 2008 Dave was asked to head up the Brixworth warehousing site that was a challenge with the volumes that had been developed for not only the Palletways business, but also full load work, and storage that incurred plenty of deliveries in and out of the site, a big happy birthday to Dave Brittain.
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Pop Culture Happy Hour: A Barrie Special Episode, Rehashed!
With Linda at the SXSW Interactive conference to talk tweets (and other such things), and with Thompson running around chickenlike getting ready to go down for the music part of the festival, we've decided to have a week or two off.
So please enjoy this, one of two PCHH classics that we've chosen from the archive — if you're new to the podcast, it's probably new to you! If not, please have a listen again anyway, and tell us how much we've improved/degenerated since we recorded this one.
Specifically, this was our first Barrie Special Episode — the one we made as a salute to our new-mom colleague Barrie Hardymon, with a whole raft of recommendations about the pop-culture essentials you'll want to stockpile if you're thinking of raising a little nerd. Enjoy!
And though we didn't do a podcast this week, we're still occasionally to be found on Facebook. And, of course, on the Twitter: Linda, Stephen, Glen, Mike and little ol' me.
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iPhone 4S: 'Siri-ously awesome'
First there was the buzz generated by Apple's onstage demos. Exciting, yes, but often not a good indicator of how features will behave in the wild. However, as a lucky few users lay hands on the iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and, more to the point, Siri, unfounded optimism is transitioning firmly into, "Holy cow, it really is that cool."
I haven't played with Siri, Apple's new voice recognition technology, but I'm nevertheless an early booster. If works half as well as Apple's onstage demo, it's going to rock.
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"Apple's all-new voice controlled digital assistant is Siri-ously awesome. Seeing is believing, so our demo video is definitely worth a watch," writes Stuff.tv.
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A number of crimes were foiled by Batkid on November 15 in Gotham City, thanks to five year old Miles Scott and the Make A Wish Foundation. Miles was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 18 months old and was given a chance to emulate his hero Batman with a little help from the people of San Francisco. This video shows Batkid helping a damsel in distress who was tied to tram tracks. Credit: Funktified13
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama stepped on stage during the White House Fourth of July Celebrations to pay tribute to the military, military families, and veterans. To a cheering crowd, he said, "We want to wish you the happiest fourth of July, and remind ourselves that freedom is not free – it's paid by all the folks who are here today, and all the folks who are around the world." Credit: YouTube/The White House
The five-day Glastonbury Festival is a much anticipated annual event for music fans worldwide. It also provides an opportunity for people to express themselves through a wide range of artistic mediums. Callum paid a visit to the 2015 festival and put together a video production showing some of the most memorable moments from the event. Credit: YouTube/Callum Bickers
Viewers of Cody Iddings' YouTube channel have gotten to know young Cassius since he first started learning to surf when he was barely two years old! By the time Father's Day 2015 rolled around, Cassius had learned so much in the year gone by. On a picture perfect coast near San Diego, Cassius appeared extremely happy with his progress. Credit: YouTube/Cody Iddings
The unpiloted Russian Progress supply craft berthed at the International Space Station (ISS) on July 5, two days after its launch from Kazakhstan, bringing with it 6,100 lbs of supplies to the Expedition 44 crew.The success follows two previous supply mission failures. On June 28, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a supply capsule, exploded shortly after takeoff. On April 28, a Russian supply craft spun out of control and failed to reach the same orbit as the ISS. Credit: YouTube/NASA
The White House shared this footage showing the annual Fourth of July fireworks on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on July 4. The video shows the scene from the White House's South Lawn, according to the description. Credit: YouTube/The White House
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Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise:
New Plutonium Research Facility at Los Alamos May Not Meet All Mission Needs
GAO-12-337: Published: Mar 26, 2012. Publicly Released: Mar 26, 2012.
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The estimated cost to construct the CMRR has greatly increased since NNSAs initial plans, and the projects schedule has been significantly delayed. According to its most recent estimates prepared in April 2010, NNSA determined that the CMRR will cost between $3.7 billion and $5.8 billionnearly a six-fold increase from the initial estimate. Construction has also been repeatedly delayed and, in February 2012 after GAO provided its draft report to NNSA for comment, NNSA decided to defer CMRR construction by at least an additional 5 years, bringing the total delay to between 8 and 12 years from NNSAs original plans. Infrastructure-related design changes and longer-than-expected overall project duration have contributed to these cost increases and delays. GAOs review of NNSAs April 2010 cost and schedule estimates for CMRR found that the estimates were generally well prepared, but important weaknesses remain. For example, a high-quality schedule requires a schedule risk analysis that incorporates known risks to predict the level of confidence in meeting a projects completion date and the amount of contingency time needed to cover unexpected delays. CMRR project officials identified hundreds of risks to the project, but GAO found that these risks were not used in preparing a schedule risk analysis. As a result of these weaknesses, NNSA cannot be fully confident, once it decides to resume the CMRR project, that the project will be completed on time and within estimated costs.
NNSA considered several options to preserve its plutonium-related research capabilities in its decision to build CMRR at Los Alamos. NNSA assessed three different sizes for a new facility22,500, 31,500, and 40,500 square feet. In 2004, NNSA chose the smallest option. NNSA officials stated that cost was the primary driver of the decision, but that building a smaller facility would result in trade-offs, including the elimination of contingency space. In the end, NNSA decided to build a minimally-sized CMRR facility at Los Alamos with a broad suite of capabilities to meet nuclear weapons stockpile needs over the long-term. These capabilities would also be used to support plutonium-related research needs of other departmental missions.
NNSAs plans to construct CMRR focused on meeting nuclear weapons stockpile requirements, but CMRR may not meet all stockpile and other plutonium-related research needs. NNSA analyzed data on past workload and the expected need for new weapon components to help ensure CMRRs design included the necessary plutonium-related research capabilities for maintaining the safety and reliability of the nuclear stockpile. However, some plutonium research, storage, and environmental testing capabilities that exist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory may no longer be available after NNSA consolidates plutonium-related research at Los Alamos. Furthermore, NNSA conducts important plutonium-related research in other areas such as homeland security and nuclear nonproliferation, but it has not comprehensively analyzed plutonium research and storage needs of these other programs outside of its nuclear weapons stockpile work and therefore cannot be sure that the CMRR plans will effectively accommodate these needs. As a result, expansion of CMRR or construction of more plutonium research and storage facilities at Los Alamos or elsewhere may be needed in the future, potentially further adding to costs.
Why GAO Did This Study
Plutoniuma man-made element produced by irradiating uranium in nuclear reactorsis vital to the nuclear weapons stockpile. Much of the nations current plutonium research capabilities are housed in aging facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. These facilities pose safety hazards. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has decided to construct a multibillion dollar Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility (CMRR) to modernize the laboratorys capabilities to analyze and store plutonium. GAO was asked to examine (1) the cost and schedule estimates to construct CMRR and the extent to which its most recent estimates reflect best practices, (2) options NNSA considered to ensure that needed plutonium research activities could continue, and (3) the extent to which NNSA's plans reflected changes in stockpile requirements and other plutonium research needs. GAO reviewed NNSA and contractor project design documents and visited Los Alamos and another plutonium facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
What GAO Recommends
GAO is making recommendations to improve CMRRs schedule risk analysis and to conduct an assessment of plutonium research needs. NNSA agreed with GAOs recommendations to assess plutonium research needs, but disagreed that its schedule risk analysis should be revised, citing its recent decision to defer the project. GAO clarified the recommendation to specify that NNSA should take action when it resumes the project.
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Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Recommendation: To strengthen cost and schedule estimates for the CMRR and ensure needed plutonium research needs are sufficiently accommodated, the Secretary of Energy should, once NNSA resumes the CMRR project and prior to establishing a new cost and schedule baseline, incorporate all key risks identified by CMRR project officials into the project's schedule risk analysis, and ensure that this information is then used to update schedule contingency estimates, as appropriate.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Recommendation: To strengthen cost and schedule estimates for the CMRR and ensure needed plutonium research needs are sufficiently accommodated, the Secretary of Energy should conduct a comprehensive assessment of needed plutonium-related research, storage, and environmental testing needs for nuclear weapons stockpile activities as well as other missions currently conducted at other NNSA and DOE facilities, with particular emphasis on mitigating the consequences associated with eliminating plutonium research, storage, and environmental testing capabilities from NNSA's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
Status: Open
Comments: When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.
Recommendation: To strengthen cost and schedule estimates for the CMRR and ensure needed plutonium research needs are sufficiently accommodated, the Secretary of Energy should, using the results of this assessment, report to Congress detailing any modifications to existing or planned facilities or any new facilities that will be needed to support plutonium-related research, storage, and environmental testing needs for nuclear weapons stockpile activities as well as other missions conducted by NNSA and DOE.
Agency Affected: Department of Energy
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SPRINGFIELD Willard Leland Lawrence, died Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013.
He was born Jan. 3, 1924, in Springfield, the son of Lawrence and Mary Leland Lawrence.
He was a 1941 graduate of Springfield High School, and received a bachelors degree in business administration from Northeastern University in Boston.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving with the Glider Division during WWII.
Following his honorable discharge from the service, he married Ruth Becker of Bellerose, N.Y., in February, 1948. They moved to Springfield, where he worked at Lawrence & Wheeler Inc., beginning an insurance career that lasted more than 40 years.
He was president of the Vermont Association of Insurance Agents (1962-63), president of Springfields Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Vermont Industrial Development Authority, as well as the Springfield chapter president, and district governor of Rotary International.
He was a long-time member of the First Congregational Church, where he was also a member of the choir and a bass soloist.
He was a founding member of the Crown Point Country Club, the 1953 club champion at Walpole Country Club, and a former member of the Ekwanok Golf Club in Manchester.
He enjoyed golf and family reunions.
Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Ruth Lawrence, now of East Providence, R.I.; four sons, Stoddard L. Lawrence of Dublin, Ohio, Thomas E. Lawrence of West LaFayette, Ind., Jeffrey W. Lawrence of Framingham, Mass., and L. Davis Lawrence of Lancaster, Pa.; a daughter, Leigh Anne Lawrence Mosco of Barrington, R.I.; 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by a son, Richard B. Lawrence, a grandson, Matthew T. Lawrence, and a sister, Mary Elizabeth.
A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church in Springfield on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at 11 a.m.
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Last week, the National Women's Law Center issued the third report in a series examining insurance plan compliance with the Affordable Care Act, State of Breastfeeding Coverage: Health Plan Violations of the Affordable Care Act. Previous reports on women's health coverage and birth control coverage found extensive violations of the law. The third report examines insurance plan noncompliance with the ACA's breastfeeding benefits and comes to similar conclusions.
The ACA Is a Huge Step Forward
The ACA made dramatic improvements in women's health coverage. The ACA ensures that health insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women, and requires plans to offer women coverage for maternity care and prescription drugs. And they must cover preventive services, such as breastfeeding supports and supplies and birth control, without any copayments, deductibles or coinsurance.
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The Obama Administration gave expectant moms a belated mother's day gift. Guidance issued yesterday clarifies that new insurance plans must cover preventive prenatal services without cost sharing for all dependents — including expectant mothers enrolled on a parent's plan. This is great news for expectant mothers who discover once they are pregnant that they don't have maternity coverage under their parent's plan.
What New Plans Must Cover Read more »
Yesterday, the National Women's Law Center issued an extensive report on insurance issuers' compliance with Affordable Care Act requirements for women's health coverage. We found violations in health plans offered in all 15 states in our study — which tells us that women covered by other issuers, and in other states, are probably also being denied coverage for the critical women's health services guaranteed by the law.
The ACA made dramatic improvements in women's health coverage by ensuring that health insurance companies can no longer discriminate against women, and requiring plans to offer women coverage for critical health services like maternity care, birth control and prescription drugs. But these guarantees ring hollow when insurance issuers are able to offer coverage that violates these requirements. Read more »
Here at NWLC, we are big fans of the Affordable Care Act's birth control benefit because it removes cost barriers to birth control and has the potential to change women's lives. Which is why the findings in our report, "State of Birth Control Coverage: Health Plan Violations of the Affordable Care Act," are so troubling. While most women are getting coverage of birth control without out-of-pocket costs like the law requires, some insurance companies are not complying with the law. Some insurance companies charge women for their birth control, do not cover it at all, charge for services associated with the birth control, or place unallowable limits on the coverage. When we uncover these violations of the law, we know that women aren't able to access their birth control method because of the cost barrier. Read more »
Is it working? In the health care context, you might ask this about a prescription drug, a chemotherapy regimen, or a rehabilitation plan. But we don't really need to ask that any longer about the Affordable Care Act. According to the latest Gallup-Healthways survey, the uninsured rate among American adults has fallen to 11.9 percent — a drop of more than 5 percentage points since the end of 2013, which was right before coverage began through the ACA's health care Marketplaces.
While it is exciting enough to see the uninsured rate for American adults fall by nearly one-third, it is even more exciting to see that the groups most likely to lack insurance — low-income Americans, Latinos, young adults and African Americans — have seen the most change under the law. The good folks at Gallup-Healthways haven't broken down their data by gender, but we do know that 54 percent of Marketplace enrollees are women — which tells us that many of the individuals with new coverage are likely to be women. Read more »
Can you believe it? The ACA is already five years old. It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating the law's passage. Today, we can celebrate the law's continued success.
It's clear the law is working. Because of the ACA, women are protected from discriminatory health insurance practices, health coverage is more affordable and easier to obtain, and women have better access to many of the health services they need. Read more »
Earlier this week, the House released a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2016 (FY2016) which would leave millions of women and their families without the financial security of high quality health insurance, unable to access the health care services they need, and facing dramatic increases in their healthcare costs. To learn more about the details of House budget proposal, our analysis is available here.
Late yesterday, the Senate released their counterpart [PDF] to the House budget. The strategy is the same: repeal the Affordable Care Act and cut Medicare and Medicaid. The results would be the same, too: millions of women left without access to affordable health coverage and the care they need.
Specifically, the Senate budget proposes: Read more »
Imagine an insurance market where only 12% of health insurance plans include maternity coverage. Imagine further that if a woman wanted to add maternity coverage, she would have to pay thousands of additional dollars each year and, even then, the insurance would not cover her pregnancy until she passed a one or two year waiting period. If a woman was pregnant when she applied for coverage or had a previous caesarian delivery, she could be denied health insurance.
It shouldn't be too difficult to imagine, since this was the individual health insurance market in the United States just fifteen months ago.
When LaDonna Appelbaum became pregnant in 2010, she discovered that her health insurance did not cover maternity care — it did not cover any costs related to prenatal care, nor any related to her eventual miscarriage. When she searched for a new policy that would provide these benefits, she was told that she would have to endure a one-year waiting period for pregnancy coverage — and then her premiums would quadruple.
The individual health insurance market failed women like LaDonna before the passage of the Affordable Care Act. On Wednesday, March 4, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could bring those failures back. Read more »
On March 4th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in King v. Burwell, a case challenging a core provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court will decide whether individuals and families will continue to receive tax credits to help purchase insurance on the federally-facilitated health insurance marketplaces. There are currently 37 states that utilize this kind of marketplace.
The loss of tax credits would have dire consequences in these states — we estimate that nearly 7 million women would lose access to affordable coverage. Last year, 86 percent of people who sought coverage in the federally-facilitated marketplaces used tax credits to lower their premiums [PDF], and this year's enrollees similarly rely on this help. If such a high proportion of Marketplace enrollees lose coverage following the Court's decision, premiums for remaining enrollees would skyrocket, further destabilizing the market. Read more »
Yesterday the House of Representatives passed H.R. 30, a bill to chip away at the Affordable Care Act's requirement that employers provide health coverage for employees who work at least 30 hours a week, amending it so that employers would only be required to provide health insurance coverage to those who work 40 hours per week. Read more »
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PAWTUCKET ŌĆō An amazed Alan Ket sits on a bench above the steep bank of the Blackstone River as three colorful dragon boats glide over the choppy surface of the brackish river, drum beats pounding and the sounds of oars slicing through the water.
ŌĆ£This is so cool,ŌĆØ says Ket, who lives in New York City and has never seen a dragon boat up close.
Ket, his wife, Andrea, and their baby daughter, Aya, were in Pawtucket on business for the weekend and were looking for something to do on their down time. Ket says he and his wife saw a story in the local newspaper previewing SaturdayŌĆÖs 14th annual Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival, one of the highlights of the month-long Pawtucket Arts Festival, and thought theyŌĆÖd check it out.
ŌĆ£We didnŌĆÖt know what to expect. ItŌĆÖs great,ŌĆØ says Ket.
Thousands of people packed Festival Pier off School Street to watch the competitive dragon boat races and take in the accompanying cultural festival, which featured, among other things, Chinese music and dancing, arts and crafts and food.
Since its inception by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council (BVTC) in 2000, the Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival draws thousands of spectators each year for the race competition, as well as the festival, which celebrates the Chinese culture through arts and crafts, music, dancing, food, a ŌĆ£Chinese dumpling eating contestŌĆØ and other family activities.
The races began when the BVTC used wooden dragon boats shipped from Hong Kong and gifted by local businessman Louis Yip. In 2003, the BVTC received the gift of six fiberglass dragon boats from the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that are now being used for the event.
Bob Fasha, 75, of Pawtucket, has been coming to the event since the beginning, content to just sit along the bank and watch the boats paddle by. ŌĆ£I come every year,ŌĆØ he says. ŌĆ£Usually IŌĆÖm sitting here fishing, but today IŌĆÖm enjoying watching the dragon boats.ŌĆØ
The Taiwan Day Festival is co-sponsored by Taipei Economical & Cultural Office in Boston, which represents the interests of the Republic of China (Taiwan) in New England. Its service areas cover five New England states, including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
ŌĆ£We are delighted to share in this fun tradition with our friends from across Rhode Island, and especially in Pawtucket,ŌĆØ said Anne Hung, director general of the Taipei Economical & Cultural Office. ŌĆ£Through the race and festival we have seen the friendship between the peoples of Rhode Island and Taiwan grow closer with each passing year, thanks to the wonderful support of the community.ŌĆØ
At the organizationŌĆÖs tent, there were long lines of people waiting to sample the wide variety of Taiwanese food, including tea leaf eggs (eggs soaked in spicy tea for three days), egg rolls, sun cakes, bubble tea and Taiwanese buns.
ŌĆ£These are all traditional snacks in Taiwan,ŌĆØ said Grace Li, who volunteers with the Taipei Economical & Cultural Office.
The festivalŌĆÖs opening ceremony kicked off at 10 a.m. with a mesmerizing dragon dance in which three sets of costumed dragon dancers made their way up separate aisles that led to the main stage and podium, where the speakers included Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung, and U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline, to name a few.
ŌĆ£I am so proud of the Pawtucket Arts Festival and the annual Rhode Island Chinese Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival, which are so important to building our community and building our culture,ŌĆØ Grebien said. ŌĆ£I really commend these efforts to bring pride back to our city and to focus on whatŌĆÖs really important in life.ŌĆØ
The Pawtucket Arts Festival was drawing big crowds at other spots in the city yesterday.
Over at the Armory Arts Center on Exchange Street, the Arts Marketplace featured a dazzling array of fine art and handcrafted items by over 50 professional artists from throughout New England.
This exhibition and sale, which continued Sunday, featured music, steamroller printmaking demonstrations by the Ink Monkeys, and food truck vendors parked outside.
Running concurrently with the Arts Marketplace was the XOS Exchange Street Open Studios, a unique opportunity to catch a glimpse of some 60 artists at work as they opened the doors to their studios at 10 Exchange Court, 163 Exchange Ct., 59 Blackstone Ave., and 65 Blackstone Ave.
Stationed in the middle of all of these cultural events was the cityŌĆÖs first food trucks festival, ŌĆ£Food Trucks on the Blackstone,ŌĆØ sponsored by the Rotary Club of Pawtucket. Vendors offered a wide variety of gastronomical delights along Roosevelt Avenue, as well as near the Armory on Exchange Street. A beverage tent offering beer, wine, soft drinks and water was located on Roosevelt Avenue.
Also taking place Saturday was the new In-Ovation Festival at Slater Mill, where musicians, artists and performers were showcased for most of the day. Among the diverse lineup were the Duke Robillard Jazz trio, the Maui Nighthawks and the Eastern Medicine Singers.
Capping off the Saturday night fun was First Lights: the Pawtucket River Bridge Lighting, which took place at Taft Street and Roosevelt Avenue and featured a huge block party, food trucks and refreshments. The event celebrated the inaugural lighting of the new Interstate 95 highway bridge.
On Sunday, Slater Mill brought back its annual Labor and Ethnic Heritage Festival on its grounds by the Blackstone River from noon to 5 p.m. Performers included members of Magnolia, the Greg Abate Quartet, Zimmerman, and more. Admission is free.
On Wednesday, the cultural vibe continues as the award-winning Gamm Theatre offers a free performance of two one-act plays, ŌĆ£A NumberŌĆØ and ŌĆ£Far Away,ŌĆØ by British playwright Caryl Churchill. Showtime is 8 p.m. Ticket vouchers are available in-person at the Gamm Theatre box office, 172 Exchange St., starting today (box office open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Limit two tickets per guest.


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Winning surf contests and excelling in the classroom comes seemingly natural for Lucas Hansen.
The 15-year-old goofy-foot (a surfer who surfs with his or her right foot forward) from Tequesta was one of a couple hundred surfers from throughout the United States who qualified for the 2012 National Scholastic Surfing Association National Championships in Huntington Beach in June.
However, it was his 3.5 GPA during his final year at Jupiter Middle School that earned him a spot, along with about 150 other surfers nationwide, on the 2012 NSSA Surf Scholar Honor Roll that his mom, Deanna Hansen, was most proud of.
"He's been surfing for about five years now and it definitely gives him something to focus on," Deanna said.
"Surfing has also helped him meet some new friends so he can keep doing it as long as he keeps his grades up. I don't want him to be a professional surfer I want him to be a professional student first."
Lucas approaches school the same way he does surfing and is looking forward to beginning his freshman year later this month at Jupiter High School where he's enrolled into the Health and Science Academy.
"Surf contests are kind of like school because they both test you mentally," Lucas said. "I've been competing in the NSSA for three years now and this was the first time I made the NSSA Honor Roll."
Lucas credits surfing as being a catalyst for his success at school, but the feeling of winning a surf contest has seemingly fueled a fire inside of him that doesn't appear to be burning out anytime soon.
"Surfing has become a big part of my life and it's something I want to do for the rest of my life," Lucas said. "I'm looking forward to winning a few more contests this season."
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Newcastle had a very good season last year, when we finished 5th top and qualified for Europe for the first time in six seasons, and then of course in the season just finished, we managed somehow to finish 5th bottom and just avoid relegation.
Alan Pardew – under pressure to deliver
And talking about yo-yos, those are the things we used to use way back in the 1950's, and I was fairly good at it, and could do "rock the baby" and "walk the dog" – my claim to fame – but by all accounts yo-yos have been in existence since 500 BC – well would you believe it.
These days yo-yo is also meant as a term for going up and down, and we've had yo-yo clubs get relegated from the Premier League a number of times,and then be promoted from the Championship, and they have included clubs like West Brom, Sunderland and Birmingham.
We are hoping Newcastle are too good to follow that path, but our confidence last season was severely dented – but we'll put it down to too many games in Europe and too many injuries.
But of course top clubs play in Europe every year and sustain injuries too, and they still finish in the top four – clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal.
But last season proved we are just nowhere near those clubs these days – although we were when Bobby Robson was running the club ten years ago.
Newcastle finished so pathetically low in the league table last season, behind Southampton and West Ham, two of the promoted clubs, and we were even beaten at home by Reading, another promoted club who were immediately relegated.
If it's true that the extra games in Europe and injuries were the major reason for Newcastle's poor performance in the league, then we should be able to do much better in the coming season.
If we don't finish say in the top eight next May, then it says something is wrong, other than our squad is not big enough, and if we struggle again, we could even see a new manager come in.
That's the challenge Alan Pardew and his team of John Carver, Steve Stone and Andy Woodman face next season, to turn things around, and it will be important to get off to a good start in August.
What will also be important is that we keep our best players this summer, and there have already been moves reported for both Hatem Ben Arfa and Papiss Cisse, so early in this transfer window, and that's a little worrying.
It's a really important summer for Newcastle, and it could decide whether we continue to be mediocre like last season, or start putting together a squad that can challenge for a top six place, and also challenge in the two local cups next season.
Where do Newcastle United want to be in two or three years time – is a good question to ask right now.
We don't see many yo-yos around these days, and things are certainly a lot different than they were back in the 1950s.
Newcastle won the FA Cup three times in 1951, 1952 and 1955 – and that's another big difference.
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Warren Sapp & Corey Chavous, not super high on Fairley, but are on Dareus. Jamie Dukes is super high on Fairley, and Casserly likes him a lot, but doesn't love him.
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I underrstand why on both players. Dareus comes from Alabama where Saban works their tails off and i'sn't a one year wonder. Fairley many critics think he takes plays off (although Fairley said it was the system) and only had one outstanding year.
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Not only an interesting shape but also, excellent use of DOF, light and materials!
Thanks David… I do have my moments.
Thanks also to you Micheal, not only for your supportive comments, but also for sharing more of your wonderful artwork and not least for sharing some of your techniques and providing some pointers as to how others can develop their own. It's what we like most about our Bryce community.
Meanwhile, I've made some purchases in the DAZ store today and have invested in some of David's products.
Here is my first play with the "Bryce 7 Pro HDRI Captured Volumetric Skies 1"
It's a great product and certainly improves skies to volumetric standard without the increase in render times associated with using volumetric clouds. And even though the bulk of the effect does come from a pre-rendered sky saved as an HDRI, you can still edit the Bryce sky elements and customise them all to suit your scene. Loving it David, you can now expect to get fed up with seeing your skies in Show Us Your Bryce Renders 5. :+)
So just a very quick test render, with sky made orange and sun edited slightly, model of freebie ship added and rendered at Premium at 9RPP (to get all the rigging to render properly). Rendered in 20 minutes.
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Ultra high-tech armor for weapons-based MMA
The "Unified Weapons Master" system is a new brand of high-tech armor, especially designed for mixed weapon sparring. As well as offering good protection and mobility, UWM has built-in force sensors that instantly transmit impact data to an external computer:
The Aussie developers plan to road-test the system by setting up a weapons-based MMA league. IMO this has a lot of potential for all kinds of weapons competition formats (kendo, longsword fencing, Filipino and European stick fighting styles, etc.), not to mention true weapons-based MMA. If it all works as advertised, it would solve a lot of problems re. judging that type of contest.
The fact that the fighters look like a cross between Robocop and Iron Man is just a bonus, though it might make UWM a hard sell for MA traditionalists.
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I'd love a suit for crime fighting.
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I've been a pretty harsh critic of this GM and this Owner but I must say that I'm quite enthused for Reds baseball next season and will definitely be going to some games.
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I've been a pretty harsh critic of this GM and this Owner but I must say that I'm quite enthused for Reds baseball next season and will definitely be going to some games.
Contract sounds even better than reported according to Reds.com:
A source told MLB.com on Wednesday that Madson will get a one-year guaranteed contract that pays him $6 million in 2012 with an $11 million option for 2013 that carries a $2.5 million buyout. Some of the money will be spread out over four years.
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Latos deal= Excellent
Marshall deal= I can deal with it.
Madson contract= Excellent with a side order of AWESOME!
Very well done Mr Jocketty!
If the Reds are only paying Madson $6M, then there's probably enough for Theriot and Ludwick or Ross.
I might have over looked it, but I don't think this has been posted yet. Pretty interesting read about Madson's changeup.
.What's the best "neutralizer pitch" in baseball?
What we're asking is which pitch best shuts down hitters who bat from the side opposite of how the pitcher throws.
You might think, as a colleague suggested, that the standard-setter for right-handers is Mariano Rivera's cutter.
But because Rivera throws the pitch almost all the time, it doesn't quite have the value of the one that was the statistical champ for righties in 2011 -- Ryan Madson's changeup
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By the way, this is a great deal for the Reds -- even if they use the option in 2013 (assuming he performs well in 2012 and so do the Reds), it's still a good deal.
I'm going to miss Johnny Beisbol
1) Is it a mutual option for sure?
2) Can someone explain the point of a mutual option, other than taking care of the leg work of a contract upfront?
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Yea, the changeup is deadly because of the optical illusion effect. In the ongoing cat and mouse game, the pitchers who have this pitch as a plus have a distinct competitive advantage. You also see more and more young guys coming up with the fastball/changeup combo.
The fastball/changeup is probably the one combo where a starter can be effective with only two plus pitches.
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I'm trying to recall, did Soto have anything besides fastball/changeup? I seem to remember him throwing a curve.
If he threw a curve, it was rarely. Fastball-changeup was all he needed.I'm trying to recall, did Soto have anything besides fastball/changeup? I seem to remember him throwing a curve.
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SoSurreal: beans are a great way to eat both healthy and cheap! I love lentils, 15 bean soup, and red beans and rice. If you add some sort of sausage to them, boil it first and it will take a lot of the grease out. I am married to a cajun and his red beans will never be w/o sausage:)! I usually take one or two slices and cut them up into small pieces so I feel like I'm getting a little with each bite and the kids are happy to be left with the rest!
SoSurreal: I know how hard that is. I second the recommendation for beans, and we still eat pasta but watch portions (and that si very difficult to do).
I have a good and bad update. The good news is that the plan to walk 30 min a day is going great. I actually walked 22 minutes all at once yesterday, a week ago I didn't think I could do more than 8 min at a time! I discovered the benefits of a good stretch before working out, and found out that I can walk longer with my ipod than I can while watching tv. Also, I've been sticking to my points pretty well so overall it's been a nice, successful stretch of a few days. yesterday I was very emotional over some family stuff and I didn't binge, instead I journaled and hopped on the treadmill. I am amazed I was able to get through that without inhaling the kitchen.
The bad news is the scale is up. I have no idea why! I drink a gallon of water a day, work out, eat healthy, it's not my time of the month... I am really frustrated with this. My WW weigh in is on Sunday and I really do not want to have a gain but I feel like I've done everything in my power to lose and the scale is just not cooperating. :(
I guess this will be the week to concentrate on Non Scale Victories. :/
(Edited to add: I forgot to mention that I measured myself and I've lost 13 inches, including 2.5 inches from my waist! that is super exciting, I had to keep measuring to be sure I was reading it right.)
Attila- When I increase my workouts, I tend to hold onto or even gain what I assume is water weight for a week or so. Sometimes lasting 2 weeks. Focus on the way you feel and the inches you're losing this week and the numbers on the scale will come eventually(I know, easier said than done). You are doing great...I can't believe how much you have increased your walking in such a short period of time! Even if it's slower than you would like, you are moving in the right direction:)
Atilla- I am thinking a gallon of water is too much.
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Craziest week ever. I had to work 3 times as much as usual and got no sleep this week. Only 2 work outs all week and one day I ended up eating really badly because I had no food left with me and was looking at 10 more hours of being at work. And then, I got my period this morning. Ugh. Got on the scale today and I am still 226, no change from last week. Glad to have not gained I guess. Hoping next week will be a better one!
oh I am such a slacker- I thought joining this group would help me stay motivated and provide some accountability. I have busy the last couple weeks getting ready for a friend's wedding and preparing for Easter. I haven't stepped on a scale since my first weigh-in of the month I was encouraged that the dress I wore in my friend's wedding was actually too big! It was supposed to be a strapless dress but we had to sew the straps on the dress in order to keep me in it! The dress fit perfectly when I bought it last Sept so it is encouraging to know that I am making progress! I will weigh myself in next Wednesday to see how the numbers look.
Hi LtLers! I have a mega lot to lose, about 170lbs. I am trying to start walking and really, really struggling. I think 12 minutes at a time is my limit, then I feel actual pain in my lower back and feet. Actually, the pain starts around 8 minutes, by 12 it's unbearable. I am walking on the treadmill, 1.5 mph and no incline. (and I am embarrassed to admit that)
Anyone been there? Have any words of advice or anything? I really feel like giving up, it hurts so badly. I am tempted to try to lose a chunk of weight first and then start exercising. :/
Hi Attila! I'm in the same place you are - i've got 200lbs to lose myself. I confessed my true weight here, something I'd never dare to do even to my IRL BFF. Don't be embarassed because you are among friends.
Walking is horrible for me too. I get about 10 minutes in and my feet, my bad knee, and my lower back all start aching. The worst is when I stop - the pain and stiffness when I move again is almost unbearable. I've found that if I take a lot of fish oil and tumeric (careful, it's a blood thinner too) each day, my joints feel better, but not enough to counter the pain fully. I don't really have any advice, just wanted to let you know that you have a buddy who knows what you're going through...PM me if you want to talk privately.
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So I'm right back to where I started - 385lbs.
I know that the last few weeks have been super busy and stressful for me and I've been binge eating every speck of sugar and fat in the house. DH has decided to perfect his cinnamon roll recipe, making 48 rolls at a time. It is SOOOOOO hard to restrain myself from eating all of them!
So back on the wagon I go. Giddyup, cause this fat butt has got to go!!!
Starting weight: 385lbs.
Current weight: 385lbs.
1st Goal Weight: 380lbs.
Final Goal Weight: 175lbs.
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Alright, it seems that I belong on this thread, lol. I've been THINKING about losing weight for over a year, and that strategy has caused a gain of 20lbs or so. Time to be a bit more active about it, no?
My issues - time, mostly. I have three tiny kids - a nearly 3-yo and 5 mo twins, and my DP works a lot, so I don't really get time without them to work out. I'd been getting up to do yoga first thing in the morning, but then the 3yo started waking up and wanting me to lay with her (or just getting up for the day) way too early, so that has fallen by the wayside... A gym is not an option for financial and logistical reasons. But I like working out, so at home usually works for me.
My plan - right now I'd like to get back into the daily (or most-days) yoga routine, eat sensibly, and walk with the kids every day. I just bought a triple stroller so I can push all three kids on walks. It weighs 60lbs (and my kids weigh 65 together) so it seriously intensifies a walking workout. Plus this is a hilly town. Yesterday I made a new friend and we walked 4 miles (2 hours!) That's not feasible every day, but 30 mins/1.5 miles should be doable most days.
My stats -
current weight 223lbs
long-term goal 150lbs
short-term goal 175lbs
mini-goal 210lbs by May 30
2 weeks and another 2 pounds lost. I'm gearing up for the 2nd and 3rd trimesters as I'm 11 weeks today. I'm hoping to get back into walking and some slow jogging. Lately I've just been too TIRED.
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