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Summary:Amazing night.
The VIP upcharge was in my opinion completely worth the money. Mazes were OK to Awesome.
Detail:We rolled into the park around sixish and got in line for the VIP registration. We were within the first 30 or so in, and immediately registered for our VIP tour/ "Insidious Paranormal Experience" - even landed in the first tour of the night.
The lounge was nice. A monitor ran a continuous documentary on the early (mostly focused on Uni) years of horror movies, heavy on the James Whale. Complimentary waters, pleasant seating, a balcony to watch the growing crowds below waiting apprehensively for the beginning of the Purge...
I get ahead of myself.
As we'd landed in the first tour, we missed rope drop and the opening ceremonies - got to hear them at least. A few minutes before seven we were introduced to our tour guide (Napoleon - damned right I'm name checking him here, he was great and we made sure to leave feedback to that effect on the way out) and headed out to the VIP trolley.
This is where to my view the VIP price was worth it - not to dismiss the rest of the benefits, but the VIP tour was everything I'd hoped for.
We headed down into the backlot with Napoleon giving us a horror-slanted tour as we drove into the darkening evening. The "Experience" itself focuses around a paranormal 'investigation' occurring in the backlot by the Jaws lake - I won't spoil what happens, but will say that the drop off in Five Points with the walk through the unlit backlot is something I'm going to remember for a long time.
The group was 20-30 people, the mood lighthearted, and it was in general a lot of fun.
The "Experience" itself... hmm.There's promise. It's a lot of flash, a few talent here and there, a little campy humor and then back to the trams. It's not in and of itself a massive inducement to go VIP, but paired with getting that after dark walk through Five Points it was a nice capper to our time in the lot. My personal wish would be something a little more "mazey" or barring that a little more interactive, but I get the feeling that this is something they're considering expanding in any case.
Continuing on.
We boarded our VIP tram and headed on to the next phase - the backlot "Walking Dead" invasion and the Backlot mazes. Keep in mind we hit this fairly early - checked the time heading into the Walking Dead queue and it was 8:00. The park had opened at 7:00, and the line for Walking Dead was already near two hours. Good for us we had Napoleon and our trusty wristbands...
The Metro sets were a thing of beauty. Walkers EVERYWHERE, working the crowd and shambling about as they should be. There were projections in many of the windows on the route in as well as in the central area of walkers chasing and occasionally catching victims, the area was a thing of beauty. My only complaint was the need to pack the lines in - I had been expecting a larger 'free roam' scare zone type area, but most of the real estate is taken up with the lines for Walking Dead and 13. Still, amazingly pretty.
I'm going to start this with my disclaimer. I am not capable of giving this maze a completely objective review; last year's HHN Walking Dead maze made me want to watch the show, and I've since become a fairly devoted fan to the point of rewatching the entire series to date JUST FOR THIS MAZE. That being said I'm pretty sure this was one of the highlights of the event.
Some of the environments - Cell Block C stopped me in my tracks for a moment - are amazing and I dearly hope more mazes use the verticality of space to this kind of effect in the future. There's a Horde rush effect in the maze that was pretty devastatingly effective. There are even a few "theme" zombies hanging about (though Michonne's walkers appeared in two separate attractions... my, they get around...?). The talent was enthusiastic, the makeup was good, this was definitely my highlight maze of the night.
But I also care about the source material. Please view the above with that grain of salt. This matters later.
Umm.I liked it. Don't get me wrong. I like Sabbath. Don't get me wrong.There's a reason WD:NSH had 100+ minute waits and 13 was perpetually under 20.
I can't quite explain what didn't gel for me here. Last year's Alice Cooper maze was one of my favorites, so I'm not against music mazes per se. I like the Knott's pioneered "prismatic as 3D" effects, so it's not that.I think it may be the lack of connectivity? It was a series of decent scenes with a few really pretty effects, one or two good scares, but it felt like a series of random 'classic horror' vignettes. Some of them were pretty cool in their own right - but there wasn't anything other than the general tenor of the music to hold it together.
I think Alice Cooper may have connected with me last year due to the theme carrying through the entire maze (seven deadly sins).
It wasn't a waste of time and I DEFINITELY would recommend a run through, but... meh?
Back with Napoleon, back on the VIP bus, back on the road we go for a quick trip over to the Terror Tram.
First up we got a visit with my favorite silly moment, the precision Zombie Gardening Squad. I don't mean to dismiss the talent, they're doing a workman job out there. But there's just something about a lineup of guys in heavily padded outfits and faceshields all wielding saws that scans as "gardeners" more than "OMG ZOMBIES WITH CHAINSAWS". I just can't buy off on it.
Thankfully past that point things got MUCH better. Last year I was a little saddened by TT. Drop off, herd the crowd past a series of modest WD themed setpieces, dump them in WOTW, back on the trams we go. Oh, with gardening zombies. This year, Napoleon kept referring to the TT as a "maze" and I'm pretty sure that marks the attitude of HHN management. There were SEVERAL fully developed setpieces - the entry area was past a corner of the Prison, there's a cattle trough scenario of 'humans' taking swings at you and yelling at you to get outta Woodbury, the open area trail included not only a few fairly heavily developed setpieces but some of the most creative talent I saw all night (one pair was using a 'zombie' quietly infiltrating the group as a shill to physically attack - good job, guys). Lot of stuff that was VERY WD related. I deeply enjoyed the experience, but again, I'm a Walking Dead fan. I'd hope it translates to the non-initiates.
From there, we joined back with Napoleon and journeyed back to the main park.
We were dropped off at the normal Studio Tour offloading point - the boarding for the regular Backlot and Terror Trams was... interesting... and I didn't really have need to pay attention. Sorry if you were hoping for that.
We headed up to the VIP lounge for dinner. The buffet was definitely satisfactory - the food was varied, fresh, and enjoyable. My stepson attacked the prime rib table repeatedly and proclaimed it excellent, my SO was fond of the keylime desserts (mine was the dulce de leche and macadamia cups), it was a lovely moment to recuperate before heading out. I have a suspicion the bar may be using the lower alcohol 'festival' brews but that's a minor complain compared next to the price of 'two drinks included with your ticket'.
I really wanted to love this maze. I really liked La Llorana last year. The opening half of the maze was pretty good, and some of the mechanical effects were decent.My problems were two. First, past a certain point the maze was essentially La Llorana. Second, the masks they gave the talent portraying the titular character were for all intents and purposes horror versions of the Warner Brothers airplane gremlin from old Golden Era Bugs Bunny. I just couldn't take it seriously.
The problems I read about previously - not being able to hear the narration - seem to have been solved. He's WAY the heck up in the mix now. It doesn't solve a major issue in the maze, though... when talent's jumping you and the teenage chorus is in full scream behind you, I don't think you'd *want* the soundtrack loud enough to drown them out.
So, exiting the latter deja-vu-filled half of El Cucuy, we headed to the lower lot.
Also didn't have anything really funny to write about the maze. This was my second favorite maze of the night. I'm more a Raimi/Campbell ED fan and there wasn't a huge amount of silly to this maze, but it was effective. Some of the scenes - walking up to the full front facade of the cabin for instance - were breathtakingly well done. The talent were also working things well, though to be honest there's a scene or two that really just don't work and might not be saveable (when your victim is a motionless dummy in full view for far too long and from too far off for your talent to distract from this, you're probably not going to fix that). Overall this was an excellent maze though, and highly enjoyable.
Enough that we looped around and did it twice in a row
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Remember back where I said that the entire thing about being a fan of the IP meant likely appreciating the Walking Dead maze more? This is where that comes back into play.
I don't know Insidious. Just don't. Never saw it, wasn't really interested. My total concrete knowledge of what is involved in "Insidious" came from the VIP experience earlier, which for whatever faults it had was incredibly broad and did not require having seen the movie to follow what happened.
This maze... *sigh*
From my outsider's point of view it was a really awesome old-school haunted house maze with some decidedly odd random moments.
Here's a seance in a demonic atmosphere!
Wait, why is one of them wearing... a gas mask?
Here's a demon lunging out from behind a portrait!
Wait - Darth Maul? WTF?!?!?
And then... and then you left the "house". And any possible effort a non-initiate could make to understand the maze become futile. Here's a dark corridor FILLED with Darth Maul! Here'e a wall of corpses! Here's a sewing room! Here's a bloody...
Wait, why was there a sewing room?
Last year's Silent Hill maze was a strong example of this kind of issue. The maze stayed fairly standard issue but SH themed "horror" until the very end when it visited the Silent Hill theme park. For me, this was an amazing callback to the original games and thrilled my gamery little heart to it's binary core. The guy behind me just wanted to know what the heck was up with the bunny costumes and why was this supposed to be scary.
So yeah.
This one... I can't even really judge how it fit in to the overall arc of the event. I just don't have the knowledge. It was cool, but a bit confusing. Then it was a little bit dull but VERY confusing. The end.
We hit a run through Transformers at this point and started thinking about heading out. We escalated our way on up to the upper lot and after a bit of discussion decided to grit our teeth for
*shakes head*
I don't know what they were thinking. This maze left me DEEPLY confused. Is it a rave where monsters broke out? A random Halloween maze that someone thew a rave in and didn't bother to inform the talent? Some other bizarre mashup of monster and rave?I get that there's not much they CAN do in here. They're limited by the setpieces that need to be left intact for the rest of the year. There's already a limited amount of space they can stick talent into, and the talent locations and such are leftovers from a previous era of maze design philosophy. But this...
Sorry, just don't get it.
And with that, we left.
Top to bottom, here's my ranking of the mazes:
Walking Dead
Evil Dead
El Cucuy
Monsters Remix
I'm not even going to try to rank Insidious for reasons above.
The VIP was worth every penny. I can't stress that enough - we hit the lounge twice, both times it was a blessing to be able to sit down, have a meal (or snack), a few cold drinks, then head out. The "Gate A" access was also an obvious benefit, but even moreso was the pairing of the Backlot mazes and Terror Tram on the VIP tour section - it meant we never used the main trams, meaning less stress for us and fewer people clogging up the very impacted tram system they'd set up.
First, Uni's DAS system. Using the Gate A lines means you get to see this in action. Wheelchair party rolls up, hands the line monitor a card, line monitor looks at the ride time posted on the board in full view and says come back in x minutes. My favorite moment: "WHAT? We can't just go in? DISNEYLAND DOESN'T DO THIS CRAP!"
Oh, how little they know...
Construction... oh Lord, construction. HP's coming fast. Amphitheatre's gone, the entire complex surrounding Shrek is gone including the carnival games. Everything between the new Plaza and the Mexican restaurant that used to include perpetual rainfall dining is gone. Even in the dark there were a lot of glimpses on the road down and back of large project piles forming up - I'm planning on reupping my AP in the next month or two and am looking forward to seeing that happen. Despicable Me is plunging along as well - the outlines of Gru's mansion and surrounding buildings are pretty solid now.
It's a good time for Uni
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I've said many times how I believe that our 4 seasons in Southern Ohio are a great reason to live here. I truly love all the seasons, but each year, more and more I hate to think they're over. I know that as each one arrives one has to leave, but I find that each year I have so many things I planned for the season and the season just doesn't last long enough.
As the days get longer, and the nights shorter, each day is filled with change. This may be great temperature variation, winds, sunshine, rain, sleet, and/or snow. We may have a spring day, and then 3-4 more winter days. Those of us who live outside tend to always be in tune with the weather, because we know the only way we get anything done, is to plan around the weather.
As January and February loosen their grip, March becomes such an unpredictable time of influx. The sap is up, but the leaves aren't out. The robins and bluebirds reappear, but so does snow. The cattle can't decide whether to eat hay or wait for grass to grow. The flocks are migrating back, blackbirds are among them.
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While rolling out the hosted UC service to the U.S. as well as countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa next year, BT and Cisco will build new data centers in Manhattan and Chicago.
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He also seems to love the campus, coaches, facilities and everything else South Carolina has to offer. Rolin plans to visit South Carolina Memorial Day weekend and there's a chance he could commit to South Carolina. If he doesn't, look for a public commitment to possibly come in early July when he attends The Opening in Oregon.
This is a player that will make an immediate impact at linebacker with athletic ability, big hitting skills and intelligence.
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Rather, the problem here is that when I pull a group of mobs, I don't want someone else stepping in and tagging them away from me in the name of help. So there are plenty of ways to help that don't include stealing my XP-- drop a DoT on something that's been tagged (I do this all the time on my Shadow Priest), or throw me a heal (always appreciated, even if my Mana Tide totem is off cooldown). And just paying attention is nice, too-- nothing burns me more as a Rogue than taking the time to sneak up on a mob, only to have them charged by an overzealous warrior who claims afterwards that they didn't see my Distract go off.
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Lowdown: The fortune cookie I received after lunch read, "Old wine, old gold and old friendships are best." Beijing is young now, but it might become an old friend, especially if the cooks spike the heat level.
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When Jack sees older and sick Al, he says that he had seen Al only 22 hours before and Al was fine. So if only 22 hours had passed, how did Al have time to see a Doctor in the present and have a nurse come to his house every day? I don't get it.
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When Jack sees older and sick Al, he says that he had seen Al only 22 hours before and Al was fine. So if only 22 hours had passed, how did Al have time to see a Doctor in the present and have a nurse come to his house every day? I don't get it.
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....let me try once more, you are hung up on the "22 hours" issue...time "over there" may be only 22 hours.....but days and days have passed on this "level", while less than a day passed while Jake was "gone" down the rabbit hole...time travel is difficult to get your brain wrapped around, and I'm far from expert...hope that helps some...
I think that this issue has been discussed, and verified by Ms. Mod. I can't find the thread. say sorry.
GNTLGNT, I am kind of with hn333, whilst I have read it all, and understand that, but the strange thing to him, and now me too, thinking about it, is that
Al gets his diagnosis at the end of 4 years in the past which equates to 2 minutes in the present
the book indicates that Al has been getting home visits from a nurse in the present, as he seems to be on friendly enough terms with (is it Doris?) to suggest that she has been visiting him on a regular basis. But because Al had been fine just one day ago (present time) he would have to have come out of the rabbit hole, gone to a doctor, and already had at least one home visit from a nurse within 24 hours. Being from England, I am not sure how likely that is in the USA, and also, I can't remember if the book actualy states how frequently she has been visiting Al.
If I remeber, when I was reading this I also had the same thoughts but just said "meh, I'm not assed, it's obviously not the important bit and the book is already very engrossing" and just ignored it.
We've been married over five years but it took me a while to get used to the difference between Canadians and Scottish folk.
'You're taking the piss".
And this guy is wearing a "syrup of figs" (means 'wig' in Cockney):
Andy spent some time in London running a pub so he picked up some of that too - the Cockney sayings that is - not the guy in the wig!
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The centerpiece of The Aegis Project is a production of William Mastrisimone's severe and enlightening Extremities that will tour college campuses in Western New York. The production will be part of a larger effort to raise rape awareness on college campuses in the area. My goal for each college campus is for the show to be followed by a Rape Awareness Week on that particular college campus. Extremities would likely tour for about a month, though if we could find the venues, the tour would certainly last longer! The initial goal is to create a whole month of rape awareness that spans anywhere from 8 to 12 colleges & universities...where awareness ribbons, rape whistles and the like are sold on campuses. Self-defense workshops will be held, pamphlets will be handed out, speak-outs will be held, etc. The production will be free for students to see, but we will be asking for donations at the door.
These donations and the revenues from selling different awareness items are for another goal of The Aegis Project, which is to raise money for local battered womens' shelters. The idea behind selling items and collecting donations is clear, but my ambition is for the students to conceive and actuate the awareness weeks themselves. This way, they don't simply experience The Aegis Project, but they are a part of it. I want students to know that they can make a difference simply by trying to help. Additionally, it gives them partial ownership of The Aegis Project. They're the ones running things on their own campus. They can decide where the donations go based on what shelter or service center needs it most.
It was born out of my own need to do something about the epidemic of violence that is ravaging college campuses. Not specifically one or a couple, but all of them. Most rapes are not reported. According to the United States Department of Justice, 1 of 6 U.S. women has experienced an attempted or completed rape. On college campuses, that number leaps to 1 of 4 women. However, some types of rape are excluded from official reports altogether; the FBI's definition, for example, excludes all rapes except forcible rapes of females, a significant number of rapes go unreported even when they are included as reportable rapes, and a significant number of rapes reported to the police do not advance to prosecution.
Like most men, I had absolutely no idea just how prevalent rape was until somebody I knew experienced it. Somebody very close to me was raped, and I began to wake up to the violent reality of a rape society. This was the reason that I decided to direct the play, and when I decided to direct Extremities at SUNY Geneseo, where I went to school, people started coming out of the woodwork with their stories. They were raped, their sister was raped, their mother was raped, their brother was raped...the parade of horror went on and on and on, and this was happening all around me, and I had no idea. The show never made it to the stage due to unforeseen circumstance. I then directed the play at SUNY Alfred with the same results - people cried during the show and began sharing their stories with me. Due to the supreme efforts of a woman named Nikkie Hockenberry, ribbons and other small items were sold as part of a rape awareness week at Alfred State. I was thrilled at the success of it all. But I realized that there is still so much more work to do. Not enough people were reached.After the idea percolated for sometime, The Aegis Project was born. It's been a road fraught with challenges and setbacks, but there has been success and so much support, too. The Aegis Project is not what it can be. Not yet. But through the support of some seriously wonderful people, and with some tenacity (that borders on being completely obstinate), we'll get there.


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KHAKASSIA, Russia 1/20/12 (PennWell) -- Restoration of Russia's Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric plant took another step forward as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin put a new unit into service during a recent ceremony.
Sayano-Shushenskaya reported that the unit was installed several weeks ago.
The unit -- designated as Unit No. 1 -- is important as it marks the facility's first new unit Although restoration work has been ongoing ever since an accident killed 75 and flooded a turbine hall in 2009, Unit No. 1 is the first that wasn't simply restored.
Equipment manufacturer Power Machines of Russia will now launch three new units (including replacements for four refurbished units) annually until 2014, with the result being that each of the plant's remaining units are replaced. Power Machines won the contract for this work in November 2009.
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A. Indecent behavior with juveniles is the commission of any of the following acts with the intention of arousing or gratifying the sexual desires of either person:
(1) Any lewd or lascivious act upon the person or in the presence of any child under the age of seventeen, where there is an age difference of greater than two years between the two persons. Lack of knowledge of the child's age shall not be a defense; or
(2) The transmission, delivery or utterance of any textual, visual, written, or oral communication depicting lewd or lascivious conduct, text, words, or images to any person reasonably believed to be under the age of seventeen and reasonably believed to be at least two years younger than the offender. It shall not be a defense that the person who actually receives the transmission is not under the age of seventeen.
B. The trial judge shall have the authority to issue any necessary orders to protect the safety of the child during the pendency of the criminal action and beyond its conclusion.
C. For purposes of this Section,"textual, visual, written, or oral communication" means any communication of any kind, whether electronic or otherwise, made through the use of the United States mail, any private carrier, personal courier, computer online service, Internet service, local bulletin board service, Internet chat room, electronic mail, online messaging service, or personal delivery or contact.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the transference of such images by a telephone company, cable television company, or any of its affiliates, free over-the-air television broadcast station, an Internet provider, or commercial on-line service provider, or to the carrying, broadcasting, or performing of related activities in providing telephone, cable television, Internet, or commercial on-line services.
E. An offense committed under this Section and based upon the transmission and receipt of textual, visual, written, or oral communication may be deemed to have been committed where the communication was originally sent, originally received, or originally viewed by any person.
F. After the institution of prosecution, access to and the disposition of any material seized as evidence of this offense shall be in accordance with R.S. 46:1845.
G. Any evidence resulting from the commission of a crime under this Section shall constitute contraband.
H.(1) Whoever commits the crime of indecent behavior with juveniles shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than seven years, or both, provided that the defendant shall not be eligible to have his conviction set aside or his prosecution dismissed in accordance with the provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of indecent behavior with juveniles on a victim under the age of thirteen when the offender is seventeen years of age or older, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than two nor more than twenty-five years. At least two years of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
(3)(a) In addition, the court shall order that the personal property used in the commission of the offense shall be seized and impounded, and after conviction, sold at public sale or public auction by the district attorney in accordance with R.S. 15:539.1.
(b) The personal property made subject to seizure and sale pursuant to Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph may include, but shall not be limited to, electronic communication devices, computers, computer related equipment, motor vehicles, photographic equipment used to record or create still or moving visual images of the victim that are recorded on paper, film, video tape, disc, or any other type of digital recording media.
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The goal of this project is to strategically tailor new phytosanitary treatments to be of benefit to the sweet cherry industry. The research objectives are to establish robust toxicological and phytotoxicological data sets for industry consideration.
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Utilize a cooperative effort between USDA-ARS, other government action agencies, and industry to address fumigation challenges for the Washington State sweet cherry industry. The research team will scale promising technologies from laboratory-, through pilot-, and into commercial-size chamber fumigations with APHIS and specialty crop-specific industry input (i.e., confirm technical feasibility). Performance measures will build on each year's progress and will relate to the identification of most effective and cost efficient postharvest processes for controlling pest insects.
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Do South Carolinians need more health insurance?
What they're saying in Columbia
The Medicaid expansion debate in South Carolina tends to fall along party lines. Democrats are for it. Republicans are against it.Here's what a few policymakers are saying about the Democratic proposal: "First, there is no such thing as a temporary entitlement program, and second, no matter how many promises Washington makes, we're not buying it, and we're certainly not putting the people of South Carolina on the hook to the tune of billions of dollars for a program that already doesn't work."Gov. Nikki Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey"The bottom line is our association is for expanding coverage and if this is the way — or a way — it can be done and passed, we are supportive of it."Rosalyn Goodwin, director of policy research for the South Carolina Hospital Association"The sheer idiocy of the 'temporary' Medicaid expansion idea is shocking — even by Democrat budgeting standards."The South Carolina House GOP Caucus on Twitter"We think it's a no-brainer. It's a basic math solution ... I don't buy into the premise that in three years we won't have the money and will have to kick everyone out of the system."S.C. House Minority Leader Todd Rutherford, D-Richland
It's a deceptively simple question.
In fact, it's one of the most politically-charged debates raging in Columbia right now and the fight to figure out the answer is officially on.
For more than a year, Gov. Nikki Haley and other Republican lawmakers in Columbia have been railing against the federal law commonly called "Obamacare," specifically one part of it that would extend Medicaid coverage to millions more low-income Americans.
They say Medicaid is already too expensive.
They say expanding it will spell the state's financial doom.
They say South Carolina will have no part of it.
S.C. Democrats disagree.
On Monday, they introduced a budget amendment in the state House of Representatives that would expand the health insurance program for low-income residents for three years while the federal government foots the bill.
The battle has begun, but it's far from over.
What's at stake?
In South Carolina, no matter your income, single adults with no children who are not disabled or pregnant do not qualify for Medicaid.
For many of these uninsured residents, the emergency room effectively serves as their family doctor — whether they're seeking treatment for a broken bone, a bad scrape or just the common cold.
Nearly everyone — both proponents and critics of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — agree this is an inefficient way to get primary care and an expensive drag on the system.
But this is not a problem unique to South Carolina.
The federal health care law establishes several programs to get more Americans insured.
One way the law will accomplish this is by penalizing those who qualify for insurance but do not enroll.
Starting in 2014, the federal government is also expanding eligibility for Medicaid — anyone earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level can sign up.
Who would benefit?
The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services estimates more than 340,000 state residents meet the new income threshold under the federal law.
What's the catch?
The Supreme Court decided last year that states aren't required to expand Medicaid because each state will eventually need to pony up some of the money to fund it.
The federal government has promised to pay 100 percent of the expansion costs for three years. After that, states will need to contribute some money, too — eventually 10 percent of the expansion costs by 2020.
Who's against it?
Gov. Nikki Haley, members of her cabinet and many Republicans in the General Assembly say South Carolina won't invest more money in a system that isn't making South Carolinians healthier.
More than one in five state residents are already enrolled in Medicaid and South Carolina consistently ranks as one of the unhealthiest states in the country.
Who's for it?
Many of groups who favor Medicaid expansion, including many Democrats, hospitals and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce, say South Carolina can't turn its back on billions of federal dollars. Most older South Carolinians agree with them. In a recent AARP poll, 54 percent of 800 adults interviewed disagree with Haley's position on the issue.
What's next?
The budget amendment to expand Medicaid is expected to be taken up on the House floor today.
Only time will tell how the General Assembly votes on the issue, but Gov. Haley has vowed to veto any budget that includes Medicaid expansion.
Reach Lauren Sausser at 937-5598.
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Joseph Z. "Joe-Joe" Baranowski, 63, of Columbia City, died at 1:15 a.m. Thursday, March 1, 2012, at Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.
Born Aug. 22, 1948, in Cherbourne, England, he was the son of Mieczyslaw and Janina Baranowski.
Survivors include his mother, Janina Baranowski and brother, George Baranowski both of Schererville.
His father, Mieczyslaw Baranowski, and sister, Jeanette Baranowski-Emery preceded him in death.
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Sony ups the Alpha in Germany
Sony has announced the latest models in its Alpha DSLR range with the A580 and A560 boasting full high definition video and 16.2-megapixel and 14.2 megapixel images respectively.
The cameras, launched today at the IFA tech show in Berlin amid a flurry of Sony news, brings a new generation Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor to proceedings which allows fast shooting of up to 7-frames per second, plus a refined auto focus mode.
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The headline feature here, on both cameras, is the inclusion of Full HD video shot in the now-standard AVCHD format, albeit at 1080i and not at 1080p. You can also shoot in "web-friendly" MP4 formats, which will allow easy uploads to YouTube and other social networking sites.
Both the A580 and the A560 feature a 3D sweep panorama mode which can be viewable on any 3D TV, just like the recent NEX-5 hybrid cam. They'll also be compatible with around 30 Alpha lenses already on sale.
The flagship A580 cam will be available as soon as October this year, while the slightly scaled down A560 won't be around until the new year.
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