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Middle Men (2009)
IMDB: 6.7/10 (19,130 votes)
Lang: English | Subs: English, French, Spanish, Dutch
DVD-R | 105 min | PAL 16:9 (720x576) | AC3 5.1 - 448 Kbps | 4,33 GB
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama | USA
In 1995, straight-and-narrow businessman Jack Harris who builds the first online billing company dealing exclusively with adult entertainment, finds himself in the middle of a whirlwind filled with starlets, con men, Russian mobsters, federal agents, and international terrorists. Caught between a porn star and the FBI, Harris learns that even becoming one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of his generation may not be enough to keep him out of trouble.
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Moving database
I'm trying to move my WordPress site to a new server.
When I upload the backed up .sql file through PHPMyadmin, it appears as though its created the database successfully. I then edit the wp_options accordingly.
However, I do not see the database in my Cpanel.
Also, even after changing the wp-config file, I am unable to login, even after changing the password in the wp_users table in PhpMyAdmin. I also tried requesting a new password, but although I've confirmed that the wp_users table has my correct email, it says that no user exists.
Clearly I am doing several things wrong and any assistance would be sincerely appreciated.
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Kendall Jenner Posts A Very Strange, Shady Instagram
Sorry, Taylor.
Previously, supermodel and former(?) squad member Kendall Jenner made her stance on the whole Kim Kardashian vs. Taylor Swift feud known through a pro-Kim retweet (since deleted) and some choice anti-Swift tweet likes (since removed).
This afternoon, Jenner served up her first original post: a chic fashion editorial shot with a very choice caption. Look at what she's drinking in that "tea time" shot:
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Water is not tea, so chances are, Kendall is sipping on the other, gossipy kind. Unless of course, there's like, Crystal Light Tea in that Poland Spring bottle, in which case, yum!
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Joe and Jill Biden announce The Biden Foundation in new vid, plan to focus on cancer research, violence against wom… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 01, 2017
Posts Tagged 'foundation
Vice President Biden Isn't Going Anywhere And We Love It
Tags: #ItsOnUs, Biden, cancer, Cancer Moonshot, Domestic Violence, Foreign Policy, foundation, jill, Joe, vp
The President's Day Two In Greece
Tags: Acropolis, address, athens, berlin, Center, foundation, Germany, Greece, Niarchos, Obama, Parthenon, President, speech, Stavros, Stavros Niarchos, tour
President Barack Obama makes a speech at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece
President Barack Obama walks from the Propylaia with Eleni Banou, Ministry of Culture director of Ephorate of Antiquities for Athens, during a tour of the Acropolis
President Barack Obama tours the Acropolis Museum
President Barack Obama arrives in Berlin, Germany
Early Bird Chat: POTUS And FLOTUS At The CBC Dinner
Tags: 2016 Elections, awards, Barack Obama, Caucus, cbc, Dinner, foundation, gala, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Obama, phoenix, President, speech
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner
A Wonderful Tribute
Tags: beau, beau biden, Biden, foundation, Political And Funny Tweets, tribute, tweets
We're proud to announce the launch of the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. Visit beaubidenfoundation.org to learn more!—
Beau Biden Fdn (@BeauBidenFdn) April 07, 2016
A Tweet Or Two
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, britain, bush, elections, fast track, foundation, kerry, Library, Nepal, NSA, police brutality, Political And Funny Tweets, putin, racism, russia, Scotland, Tony Robinson, TPA, TPP, trade, tweets, ukraine
We're thrilled to announce that the Obama Center will be #RootedInChicago. Let @BarackObama & @FLOTUS do the honors: youtu.be/d2Q3xFpf-KE—
The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) May 12, 2015
The Obama Library goes to Chicago, but Foundation says NYC and Honolulu don't leave empty-handed http://t.co/bqnR2mTEie—
Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) May 12, 2015
Barack Obama Presidential Center #Chicago Announcement (Full Version) youtu.be/FcFzEkqRIaI—
Dudette (@Dudette9t9) May 12, 2015
Barack Obama Foundation - Maya Soetoro-Ng Message for Hawai'i youtu.be/j3TLDVdKIhY—
Dudette (@Dudette9t9) May 12, 2015
Your potential replacement for Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill: Harriet Tubman wapo.st/1IyEqsS http://t.co/oF6pyUHM3f—
Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 12, 2015
Obama administration stands up to health insurers on birth control coverage and more. My latest @Eclectablog: eclectablog.com/2015/05/obama-…—
Amy Lynn Smith (@alswrite) May 12, 2015
America. *Sigh*
19-year-old dies in Indiana police custody on 5/11 usatoday.com/story/news/nat… http://t.co/IdiYJZww6y—
deray mckesson (@deray) May 12, 2015
The hanging death of #RooseveltChampion has been officially deemed a suicide. myfoxatlanta.com/story/29033480… http://t.co/KRzG5iDQlx—
deray mckesson (@deray) May 12, 2015
No Charges For NYPD Cop Who 'Stopped and Frisked' 14 YR old & Smashed His Head Through Window countercurrentnews.com/2015/05/no-cha… http://t.co/p1Ah2a5NSd—
thoughtcrime (@rawdawgbuffalo) May 12, 2015
"I believe that we will win." Hundreds March to Capitol #TonyRobinson http://t.co/No5suHRN03—
Curtis Sails III (@CurtisSails) May 12, 2015
No charges for Officer Matthew Kenny, who shot and killed Tony Robinson Jr. in Madison, WI in March washingtonpost.com/news/post-nati…—
Wesley Lowery (@WesleyLowery) May 12, 2015
I didn't have to watch the livestream. I didn't have to read an article. I didnt even have to look on Twitter. I knew that cop would go free—
KayRay (@RE_invent_ED) May 12, 2015
THIS---> US cited for police violence, racism in scathing UN review on human rights via @AJAM alj.am/1zTRhV8—
Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) May 12, 2015
Black men in Madison are more likely to be killed by police than a car accident. #TonyRobinson http://t.co/mRKpixIykL—
deray mckesson (@deray) May 12, 2015
Not only are black people presumed guilty.
We are presumed worthy of EXECUTION until proven otherwise
5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) May 12, 2015
Prove he was a good kid.
Prove he wasn't on drugs
Prove he didn't like rap
Prove he got good grades
Prove he deserved to live.—
5'7 Black Male (@absurdistwords) May 12, 2015
Some days, it's too much. Parents, children, families are being killed everyday. Some days, it's too much
You try to remember a time when the name of a dead black person and a cop wasn't in your head. A new name arrives. A new cop arrives.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You look across the office at black coworker sitting at her desk. You wonder if she knows the name of this dead black person and this cop.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You want to ask her but you're so tired and she's so far away — and there are the names of all these dead black people and cops between you.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You consider getting the names of this dead black person and that dead black person and that dead black person tattooed on your body.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
But there will always be more names of dead black people and cops. And you only have so much body, so much black skin.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
Your white coworkers will read your tweets about dead black people and cops and waver, unsure of what to say. They check their scripts.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You try to remember the last time your wore a hoodie.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You wonder if America will ever need to learn your name, your son's name, your sister's name. You wonder if #YourName will trend.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You want to be parent one day but not in this America.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
White people who didn't know your name until they saw your tweet just now tweet you about cops defending themselves against thugs.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You turn into fog for a moment and no one even notices.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
You ask no one and everyone "At this point, what black person wouldn't run from a cop pointing a gun at them?"—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
"A village is always somewhere burning / And if you do not look because it is not your village / it is still your village." - Elana Bell—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
Sometimes you've just gotta put "Jolene" by Dolly Parton on repeat and act like America isn't trying to systematically kill you.—
Saeed Jones (@theferocity) May 12, 2015
formula for a no-indict announcement
1) late start
2) irrelevant rambling
3) victim smearing
4) announcement
#TonyRobinson #MikeBrown—
Hmmm... (@AmandaMichelle) May 12, 2015
This DA could've released a statement, instead he chose to smear #TonyRobinson in a press conference.—
Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) May 12, 2015
The President's Day
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President Barack Obama is presented a plaque by philanthropist Lois Pope and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, during the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial dedication ceremony in Washington. President Obama paid tribute to disabled U.S. veterans on Sunday, pointing to the dedication of a new memorial honoring those severely injured in war as a symbol of the nation's perseverance and character.
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"Each of you endured a moment that shaped the arc of your lives & that speaks to our debt as a nation" —Obama to disabled vets at the @AVDLM—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 05, 2014
"In the United States of America, those who have fought for our freedom should never be shunned and should never be forgotten." —Obama—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 05, 2014
Military veterans stand as they are recognized by President Barack Obama and are applauded during the dedication of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial
"Let us stand united as Americans and welcome our veterans home with the thanks and respect they deserve." —President Obama #HonoringVets—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 05, 2014
"To every wounded warrior, to every disabled veteran—thank you." —President Obama at the @AVDLM #HonoringVets—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 05, 2014
Veterans and invited guests listen to President Barack Obama speak
"Let's never rush into war—because it is America's sons & daughters who bear the scars of war for the rest of their lives." —President Obama—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 05, 2014
President Barack Obama shakes hands with actor, musician and military advocate and National Spokesman for the American Veterans Disabled for Life (AVDL) Foundation Gary Sinise
President Barack Obama stands with Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Vietnam war veteran and Disabled Veterans' Life Memorial Foundation co-founder and President Arthur H. Wilson
Rise and Shine
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On This Day: First Lady Michelle Obama greets guests during a Mother's Day Tea in the State Dining Room of the White House, May 7, 2010 (Photo by Samantha Appleton)
Today (All Times Eastern)
11:05 ET: President Obama departs the White House
1:35 ET: Arrives Arkansas
3:50 ET: Travels to central Arkansas to view the devastation from the recent tornadoes and severe storms and meet with the families affected by this disaster, as well as first responders and recovery workers. The President will deliver remarks.
4:35 ET: Departs Arkansas
8:0 ET: Arrives Los Angeles
9:55 ET: Delivers remarks and answers questions at a joint fundraiser for House and Senate Democrats, private residency, Los Angeles
11:10 ET: Attends USC Shoah Foundation dinner, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles
The Week Ahead
Thursday: Participates in a DNC roundtable in Los Angeles before traveling to San Diego to participate in a DCCC event. The President will then travel to San Jose where he will participate in two DNC events and remain overnight.
Friday: Participates in an event on energy in the San Jose area. Following the event the President will return to Washington, DC.
USC: USC Shoah Foundation To Host President Obama As Featured Speaker At 20th Anniversary Gala
On May 7, 2014, USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education will gather in Los Angeles for its 20th Anniversary Ambassadors for Humanity Gala. To help mark this occasion, the Institute will have the great privilege of welcoming President Barack Obama, who will speak to common values and shared responsibilities in building a brighter future.
Institute founder and USC trustee Steven Spielberg will recognize President Obama with the Institute's highest honor, the Ambassador for Humanity Award for his global efforts to protect human rights, his commitment to education and expanding educational technology, and his work advancing opportunities for all people.
"President Obama's commitment to democracy and human rights has long been felt," Spielberg said. "As a constitutional scholar and as president, his interest in expanding justice and opportunity for all is remarkably evident. The president's recent appointment of the first special envoy for Holocaust Survivor Services in United States history demonstrates his staunch commitment to honoring the past while building a better future. I am extremely grateful to have President Obama join us on this significant milestone of the USC Shoah Foundation."
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Bloomberg: Insurers Say Most Obamacare Customers Paid First Premiums
Three large health insurers including WellPoint Inc. (WLP) and Aetna Inc. (AET) say that a high percentage of their new Obamacare customers are paying their first premiums, undermining a Republican criticism of enrollment in the program.
As many as 90 percent of WellPoint customers have paid their first premium by its due date, according to testimony the company prepared for a congressional hearing today. For Aetna, the payment is in the "low to mid-80 percent range," the company said in its own testimony. Health Care Service Corp., which operates Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in five states including Texas, said that number is at least 83 percent.
Making the first monthly payment is the last step to confirm enrollment in plans sold under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Republicans have made the question of how many paid a line of attack on the law.
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Lucy McCalmont: Obama: Nigeria Kidnappings 'Awful'
President Barack Obama called the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls in Nigeria "awful," and added that the U.S. will "do everything we can" to help Nigeria. "Obviously, what's happening is awful and, as a father of two girls, I can't imagine what the parents are going through," Obama said in an interview with CBS, one of a collection of interviews the president gave to local and national TV outlets on Tuesday afternoon. Coverage of the incident has grown since the kidnappings occurred three weeks ago, thanks in part to the social media hashtag #BringBackOurGirls, which has been trending worldwide, and has been tweeted more than a million times, according to BBC News.
Obama said in his interview with CBS that the White House is "sending in a team made up of our military, and law enforcement and other experts and we're very glad that Nigeria's accepted the help." Obama called Boko Haram, the group that has claimed to have taken the girls as "one of the worst, regional or local terrorist organizations in the world." Boko Haram, whose name roughly translates in English to "Western education is sinful," is an Islamic terrorist group based in the Northeast region of Nigeria. "We've long sought to work with Nigeria on dealing with them and we're going to do everything we can to assist them in recovering these young women," Obama said, adding that more work is needed in targeting the group. "More broadly though, we're going to have to really tackle a pernicious problem inside that country — an organization that has carried out ruthless attacks and killed thousands of people over the last several years," Obama said.
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Jonathan Cohn: See How Right-Wing Media "Covered" Obamacare's Big News Day
Monday was a pretty big news day for Obamacare. But you wouldn't know it by reading conservative media.
In the morning, Gallup reported that the percentage of adults without health insurance had dropped to 13.4 percent, at least according to its surveys. That's the lowest rate the organization has recorded since it began asking the question in early 2008. Then, in the afternoon, the Annals of Internal Medicine published a major study, based on data from Massachusetts, suggesting that giving people health insurance makes people healthier—and that, by extension, the Affordable Care Act could end up saving more than 10,000 lives a year.
The news got lots of attention from the mainstream media and from health-care policy analysts. But on the right? Crickets.
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Brian Beutler: Democrats Should Absolutely Boycott the GOP's Phony Benghazi Committee
Events are still unfolding, but everything that's happened so far today points to the likelihood that House Democrats will protest the Select Committee on Benghazi, leaving Republicans to re-re-re-re-re-re-investigate the 2012 attacks, and their aftermath, in partisan fashion.
When initially contemplated, the idea was met with swift derision by some members of the commentariat. Ron Fournier, a tribune for bipartisan comity, thinks a boycott would be an error.
And the broader vibe is that a boycott wouldn't be a sporting move. But that argument is incorrect. A boycott would be excellent politics, and Democrats have none other than Mitch McConnell to thank for the insight.
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AP: US To Let Some High-Skilled Immigrant Spouses Work
The Obama administration wants to allow some spouses of high-skilled immigrants to work in the United States, the departments of Homeland Security and Commerce announced Tuesday. The rule change, which is set to be published in the Federal Register later this week, would affect spouses of as many as 100,000 holders of H-1B high-skilled visas. "The proposals announced today will encourage highly skilled, specially trained individuals to remain in the United States and continue to support U.S. businesses and the growth of the U.S. economy," said Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker said the rule change would help the U.S. attract and keep "world-class talent" working in the United States. The new rule is the latest in a series of administrative actions President Barack Obama has announced as efforts to win broad immigration reform in Congress have failed. The H-1B visas for high-skilled workers are among the most sought-after by high-tech firms. Earlier this year the 85,000 H-1B visas available for 2015 were gobbled up in just a week. The same thing happened last year.
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The New Yorker: Ronald Reagan's Benghazi
If you compare the costs of the Reagan Administration's serial security lapses in Beirut to the costs of Benghazi, it's clear what has really deteriorated in the intervening three decades. It's not the security of American government personnel working abroad. It's the behavior of American congressmen at home.
The story in Beirut wasn't over. In September of 1984, for the third time in eighteen months, jihadists bombed a U.S. government outpost in Beirut yet again. President Reagan acknowledged that the new security precautions that had been advocated by Congress hadn't yet been implemented at the U.S. embassy annex that had been hit.
The problem, the President admitted, was that the repairs hadn't quite been completed on time. As he put it, "Anyone who's ever had their kitchen done over knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish it would." Imagine how Congressman Issa and Fox News would react to a similar explanation from President Obama today.
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ThinkProgress: Here's Why Nigeria Hasn't Yet Found Its 300 Missing Girls
The world isn't just aware of the plight of three hundred girls kidnapped from their boarding school in Nigeria now. It has become, finally, invested. Globally, people are demanding that the Nigerian government do more to find the 276 girls still missing, while a hashtag, #BringBackOurGirls, unites the web behind their cause.
BREAKING: Official says `many, many' killed in extremist attack on Nigerian border town, property razed.—
The Associated Press (@AP) May 07, 2014
MORE: The information commissioner says that many shops and homes were set ablaze and razed in a Nigerian town: apne.ws/1irt6xX—
The Associated Press (@AP) May 07, 2014
The world is eager to see the girls, stolen away in the night three weeks ago, returned. But part of the reason why the girls remain abducted lies in just how the government has waged its war against the terrorists who carried out the kidnapping over the last half a decade. And the terrorists who hold them captive remain an unpredictable factor, leaving even experts unsure just how to bring about their freedom from the men determined to prevent them from gaining an education.
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BREAKING: Russia media: Putin says May 11 referendum on autonomy in southeast Ukraine should be delayed—
The Associated Press (@AP) May 07, 2014
#Putin calls on separatists in east #Ukraine to postpone May 11th secession referendum, via @Reuters—
Jack Stubbs (@jc_stubbs) May 07, 2014
3 #Ukraine journalists shot, others attacked while covering recent clashes in #Odessa, according to @pressfreedom. bit.ly/1mANYLz—
Jim Roberts (@nycjim) May 07, 2014
BBC: Ukraine Crisis: Pro-Russian Troops Seize Back Mariupol City Hall
Pro-Russian separatists have seized back the city hall in the southern Ukrainian port of Mariupol, hours after being ousted by security forces. Government forces first raised the Ukraine flag on the building but later left – allowing the rebels who captured it last week to be back in control. Rebels have occupied official buildings in dozens of towns in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks. The Kiev government has sent troops to restore its authority. Shortly after the Russian and "Donetsk Peoples' Republic" flags were hoisted over Mariupol's city hall, the scene of tensions moved to the police station where 16 arrested pro-Russian activists were being held.
Putin's war against Ukraine has already cost Russia's economy kyivpost.com/content/busine…—
Ed Dolan (@dolanecon) May 07, 2014
Heavily-armed police fired warning shots into the air as an angry crowd of friends and relatives gathered at the police gates concerned that the detainees would be moved to another province, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from the scene. Earlier on Wednesday, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said government troops had taken over Mariupol's city hall following a joint operation by ministry troops and the army. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meeting the chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Moscow, said he was ready to "seek ways out of this crisis".
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President Obama returns to the Oval Office after giving interviews in the Rose Garden of the White House, May 6, 2014 (Photo by Pete Souza)
TPM: Charlie Crist Says He Became A Democrat Because Of GOP Racism
Charlie Crist said once again Tuesday that racism motivates many of President Obama's most hostile GOP adversaries.
It was partly for that reason that Crist, the former Republican governor of Florida who's now trying to reclaim his old job as a Democrat, broke with his former party.
"I couldn't be consistent with myself and my core beliefs, and stay with a party that was so unfriendly toward the African-American president, I'll just go there," Crist told Fusion's Jorge Ramos. "I was a Republican and I saw the activists and what they were doing, it was intolerable to me."
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Sam Baker: Another Obamacare Attack Goes Bust
Health insurance companies say the number of people who paid their Obamacare premiums will be higher than House Republicans implied. The House Energy and Commerce Committee said last week that, based on information it received from insurers, only 67 percent of people who signed up for private coverage through Obamacare's exchanges had gone on to pay their first month's premium. Conservatives have fixated on the number of unpaid premiums, arguing that the White House's statistics—8 million people have selected a plan—are meaningless. Consumers aren't truly enrolled until they pay their first premium, so the number of paid enrollments is indeed a more accurate picture of how many people the law's exchanges are covering.
But this week, in written testimony to the same committee, insurers say the 67 percent figure was premature—and that they warned the committee not to draw sweeping conclusions from the information it requested. Energy and Commerce's figure included people who signed up for coverage but whose first premium hadn't come due at the time of the committee's inquiry. And that's a lot of people. Wellpoint, the largest insurer in the Obamacare exchanges, said the payment rate is closer to 90 percent among people who reached their first payment deadline. The company has given investors the same estimate. Health Care Service Corp., which administers Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in several states, told the committee the same thing: Of plans that have reached their payment deadlines, about 80 percent to 90 percent are paid enrollments.
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Great news: Mayor @Michael_Nutter just raised the minimum wage for city contract workers in Philly: cbsloc.al/1jxRRNF #RaiseTheWage—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 06, 2014
Michael Dunn: Nutter Raises Minimum Wage For Most City Contract Workers
Mayor Michael Nutter has decided to raise the minimum wage that companies doing business with the city must pay to their workers. And he extended that requirement to subcontractors as well. "This is something that's been on my mind for a long, long time," he said today. "I finally came to the conclusion that the unemployment rate is coming down, more and more people seem to be working, the city is doing a little better.
And I came to the conclusion that we cannot leave folks behind — that if people are doing better in this city, that we need to make sure that some of that benefit is being spread to those who need it the most." And, with that, Nutter signed an executive order that does two things: it extends the living wage requirement to subcontractors, and secondly, effective next January, it raises the wage rate from $10.88 an hour to $12 an hour. The mayor said he was convinced to do this both by urgings to all mayors by President Obama, and by the local work of city councilman-at-large Wilson Goode Jr.
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Steve Benen: Following GOP Misstep, Senate Slowly Fills The Federal Bench
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) no doubt understands that his party's majority status is in jeopardy and his eight-year run heading the chamber may be wrapping up at the end of this Congress. The question is what he intends to do with the next several months. Part of the focus will be on what Senate Democrats call their "Fair Shot" agenda. Republicans have already killed proposals on pay equity and the minimum wage, but Dems still have other policy measures in mind – including an upcoming fight on college affordability – that the party hopes will leave them better positioned for the midterm elections. But Reid is also thinking ahead when it comes to confirmation votes.
Yesterday, for example, the Senate confirmed Kansas Supreme Court Justice Nancy Moritz to fill a vacancy on the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. There's been a lot of these kinds of votes lately. On Thursday the Senate confirmed two district-court judges. The day before, six other district-court judges were confirmed, which followed an appeals-court confirmation the day before that. In late March, shortly before the Senate broke for its Spring recess, the chamber confirmed another appeals-court nominee and four other district-court nominees. All told, we haven't seen a flurry of jurists fill vacancies on the federal bench like this in quite a long while. Had it not been for the so-called "nuclear option," we almost certainly would not see all of this progress.
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Eugene Robinson: Time For Some Happy Talk From Democrats
Democrats, if you want to win in the fall, take some advice from Pharrell Williams: "Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth." The Mountie-hat-wearing pop singer's infectious "Happy" should be the Democratic Party's theme song for the midterm election. Despite Republican claims to the contrary, things are definitely looking up. Democrats ought to be clicking their heels and spreading the good news. Friday's announcement that unemployment fell to 6.3 percent was huge. The fact that the economy added 288,000 jobs in April — despite continued bad weather early in the month in parts of the country — suggests that the recovery has greater momentum than pessimists had feared. Economists were expecting decent numbers. These are great. The stock market, meanwhile, is flirting with an all-time high. The Dow has risen about 10 percent over the past year; the S&P 500, more than 16 percent; the Nasdaq, about 22 percent . During President Obama's term in office, the Dow has more than doubled. If he were a socialist, as his harshest critics claim, he'd be a truly lousy one.
When Obamacare stats come in positive, GOP has no option but to fabricate bad news: ow.ly/wqQ1a—
Michael Hiltzik (@hiltzikm) May 03, 2014
The numbers prove that Obama is, in fact, a skillful capitalist who guided the economy out of its worst slump since the Great Depression. He accomplished this feat despite being saddled with a Republican opposition in Congress that reflexively opposes his every initiative — even those based on policies the GOP supported in the past. Speaking of which, the Affordable Care Act — which is based, you'll recall, on a framework developed in Republican think tanks — is clearly a success and may soon be seen as a triumph. More than 8 million people have signed up for insurance through the federal and state exchanges; Obama's benchmark had been 7 million. Enough of these enrollees are young and healthy to ensure the program's continued viability. Democrats now have a positive story they can tell in their campaign ads and speeches: "We promised you that these were the right policies to get the economy on track and reform health care. We said it would take time to see results and asked for patience. You gave us your trust, and now we're seeing the benefits. This is just the beginning. Give us a mandate to keep moving forward on an agenda that is working." Listen up, Democrats. You fixed the economy. You expanded access to health care. Oh, and you ended two wars. Show a little happiness. It's contagious.
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Florida girl graduating from high school and college in same week. cbsnews.com/news/florida-g… …. . http://t.co/lHk4anRbwE via @3ChicsPolitico—
Kathryn Brusco (@KathrynBruscoBk) May 06, 2014
On This Day
Sen. Obama on board his campaign plane at Midway Airport en-route to Washington DC, May 7, 2008 in Chicago
First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden wait for the start of the Women's Leadership Forum Issues Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2010 (Photo by Samantha Appleton)
First Lady Michelle Obama chats with a member of her mentoring program, as her mother Marian Robinson looks on at the State Dining Room of the White House May 7, 2010
President Obama arrives to discuss the April jobs numbers outside the Oval Office, May 7, 2010. With him are Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, Budget Director Peter R. Orszag, Secretary of Commerce Gary F. Locke and Chief of the National Economic Council Larry Summers
President Obama and First Lady Michelle leave Komi restaurant in the Dupont Circle neighborhood May 7, 2010 in Washington, DC
First Lady Michelle Obama receives applause following her commencement address to the 2011 graduating class at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa, May 7, 2011 (Photo by Lawrence Jackson)
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama leave Tosca Restaurant in Washington, DC on May 7, 2011
President Obama greets 2010 Fermi Award recipients Dr. Burton Richter, right, and his wife Laurose, and Dr. Mildred S. Dresselhaus, third from right, and her husband Gene, in the Oval Office, May 7, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Barack Obama and President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea walk on the Colonnade of the White House before a working lunch in the Cabinet Room, May 7, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a book signing, May 7, 2013, at the Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC.
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Feb. 2, 2009 – Pete Souza: "The light was streaming through the windows behind his Oval Office desk as the President talked with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki."
A brotha is FINALLY getting some health insurance, thank you Mr. President!—
Marc (not Mark) (@DrMarctagon) January 30, 2014
Washington Post: Life After Jan. 1: Kentucky Clinic Offers Early Glimpse At Realities Of Health-Care Law
The envelopes began arriving in December across eastern Kentucky, one of the sickest and poorest corners of the country. "Dear member . . . We want you to be healthy . . ." read the letter to Mary Combs, and with it came a plastic card representing the first insurance she ever had: a Medicaid plan made possible by the nation's new health-care law, effective Jan. 1. Nine days into the new year, the 41-year-old call-center worker headed to the health clinic on Highway 15. She saw a doctor about her chronic stomach ulcers, had her blood drawn for tests and collected referrals for all the specialists she had been told she needed but could never afford. The next week, she saw a neurologist, who found lesions on her brain and prescribed medicine for the cluster headaches, which are also called "suicide headaches" for pain that is far more intense than a migraine and which Combs had been treating with an alcohol-soaked cloth wrapped around her head.
"That's the big question — does getting insurance bend the cost curve or the health outcomes curve?" said Karen Ditsch, the executive director of Juniper Health, which runs the nonprofit Breathitt clinic. Life since Jan. 1: The number of uninsured has dropped by 520 people, which represents about 21 percent of the those without coverage. Of that 520, 472 qualified under the health-care law's expanded income parameters for Medicaid, which is aimed at the working poor. Here and there, for-profit clinics that never accepted the uninsured have hung "Welcome new patients!" signs on doors. A new blue billboard hovering above the Hardee's advertises surgery to treat acid reflux.
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Hot off the press at #RWJFRR - Kentucky official says 195,502 have used Kynect to get coverage (up by 12,000 this week). 44,160 are in QHPs.—
Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) January 31, 2014
Michael Hiltzik: What's Behind Anthem's Huge Premium Increase? Not Obamacare
Insurance companies, bless their hearts, seem determined to remind us why we need the Affordable Care Act. The latest example comes from Anthem Blue Cross, which has just hit 306,000 customers in California with premium increases of up to 25%. As reported by my colleague Chad Terhune, the increases average 16% and are scheduled to kick in April 1, unless the state Department of Insurance jawbones Anthem into backing down.
Here's the kicker: No one can blame these increases on the mandates of the Affordable Care Act, a popular argument among critics of the act. That's because the increases are for grandfathered policies exempt from the act.
"It's a rich irony," says Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access, a leading California consumer advocacy group. "The insurers can't have it both ways — they can't blame the increases on the ACA while increasing rates on their non-ACA-compliant plans as well." Luckily, Anthem customers have a choice this time around. They can check the state's insurance exchange at coveredca.com to see if they can replace their old plan with a new one that might well be better, at lower cost.
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Why? Because corporatists are spinning the political dialogue and STUPID PEOPLE are buying it. http://t.co/bLMl3gqVS5—
RC deWinter (@RCdeWinter) February 02, 2014
Sandra Fluke: What Mike Huckabee Wants To Take Away From Women
Memo to former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and the bosses at for-profit corporations who think they belong in every doctor's office and that they should be able to decide whether their employees have access to birth control: Women who use birth control do not have an "overactive libido." We are not looking for a handout from "Uncle Sugar" to score a contraceptive fix. We are not sluts. This is not the reality for women — it never has been and never will be.
In fact, women who use birth control are your mother, partner, sister, and daughter. Ninety-nine percent of sexually active American women have used birth control at some point in their lives. We are just regular people trying to take care of ourselves medically and financially. That's why seven in ten Americans believe that health insurance companies should be required to cover the full cost of birth control, just as they do for other preventive services.
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Jonathan Cohn: Farewell To Henry Waxman, A Liberal Hero
One of America's most accomplished lawmakers—a crusader responsible for cleaner air, safer food, and healthier kids—is calling it a career. On Thursday, Congressman Henry Waxman announced that he would retire at the end of this term, 40 years after he first came to Congress. The list of laws for which he deserves substantial credit is simply staggering—not only for its length, but also for its breadth. Waxman was behind the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, plus laws regulating lead, greenhouse gas emissions, and formaldehyde. That arguably makes him his generation's most influential lawmaker on environmental issues.
He was also behind a series of Medicaid expansions, the Ryan White Care Act, the Orphan Drug Act, the Waxman-Hatch Generic Drug Act, and, of course, the Affordable Care Act. That almost certainly makes him the most influential living lawmaker on health care issues. Other major accomplishments include the Food Quality Protection Act and the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act—and, somewhere along the way, he found time to modernize the postal service. How has Waxman done it? For one thing, Waxman recognizes that lawmaking requires patience and persistence—that you have to build the case for legislation, through investigations and stagecraft, even if that takes years or even decades.
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@chucktodd @meetthepress this the process laid out originally, so not moved—
Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44) February 02, 2014
@chucktodd @meetthepress yep, always been the process—
Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44) February 02, 2014
.@pfeiffer44 @chucktodd @meetthepress right. And @PressSec laid out process Friday including comment period for other agencies—
Matt Lehrich (@Lehrich44) February 02, 2014
Hannah Allam: Kerry's First Year As Top U.S. Diplomat Yields Breakthroughs On Thorny Issues
A year ago, John Kerry succeeded Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, joking on one of his first days at work that he had "big heels to fill." Now a year into his role as America's top diplomat, Kerry has proven that any trepidation about following such a high-profile figure was misplaced. Kerry's anniversary this week – he assumed office on Feb. 1, 2013 – finds him, in the opinion of foreign policy analysts, with more significant, concrete breakthroughs than Clinton had in her entire four-year term. As showpieces they hold up the nuclear deal with Iran and the chemical weapons pact with Syria.
A year into Kerry's tenure, Ross said, the picture from Asia is brighter. Ross, who's in Beijing for six months, said U.S. diplomacy has brought about improved cooperation with China on North Korea, including landmark banking and other sanctions. And while there are still no U.S.-Chinese military agreements, he said, there are deeper military contacts so that American officials can "pick up the phone and call them if there's an escalation." "Secretary Kerry speaks with a quieter voice and made real policy adjustments," Ross said. "The quiet approach has been more useful than his predecessor's."
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How many hours it would take you to make a living working at Costco vs. Walmart? bit.ly/1k8jBXO http://t.co/i216UBU5qI—
Mother Jones (@MotherJones) January 29, 2014
Robert McCoppin and Lolly Bowean: Low Wage Workers Struggle To Get By
In the bitter cold, dark hours of the night, as many others are sleeping, Rocio Caravantes begins her hourlong journey on public transportation from her home in Logan Square to one of her two jobs downtown. Once she arrives at work, Caravantes spends hours vacuuming and scrubbing floors, polishing sinks and toilets, cleaning the bar areas and event spaces and tidying up the rugs in an upscale luxury hotel where she can't afford to spend a night. Panic at times grips her as she thinks about how she will pay all her bills, she said.
"It is impossible to live on $8.25 an hour," Caravantes said in Spanish, through an interpreter. "Not even three jobs are enough. I earn $495 biweekly. The first check goes to rent — it's $500 a month. The second is for transportation, food, (phone) and education." Caravantes, 40, is one example of the minimum wage workers who have become the focus of a national conversation about salaries for the working poor. It's a political debate in the Illinois governor's race, and Gov. Pat Quinn used his State of the State address last week to renew his push for an increase in the state minimum wage. President Barack Obama weighed in on the issue too when he asked Congress to increase the federal wage to $10.10.
But the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research organization in Washington, D.C., paints a broader portrait of low-wage workers. "People tend to think of low-wage workers as teenagers who are working on the weekends for extra spending money," said David Cooper, an analyst with the institute. "While that is a portion of these workers, the vast majority don't fit that stereotype." According to the institute's research, more than half of low-wage workers are older than 30.
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Jacob J. Lew: MyRA: A Start To A Secure Retirement
As President Barack Obama made clear in his State of the Union address, it is time to focus on restoring opportunity for all. That means helping to make sure more Americans can take part in our growing economy and build some economic security for the long term. To get that done, we are putting forward real, concrete solutions to our most pressing problems – from college affordability and job training to fair wages and a stable retirement. This program, which will begin later this year, is called myRA or My Retirement Account. This account is designed to help low- and middle-income workers, who are too often overlooked or ignored, begin saving for retirement. We are talking about the waitress who is holding down two part-time jobs to support her kids; the recent graduate who landed a job but is grappling with student loans; the janitor who has never been given the chance to invest in a retirement account.
Here is how myRA, which is simple, safe and affordable, will work. You will be able to start saving with an initial deposit of as little as $25 and contribute as little as $5 each payday. If an employer chooses to participate, contributions are made through automatic payroll deductions, making them hassle-free. There are no fees – 100 percent of any contribution goes into the account and is invested in a Treasury security. That means it will be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, will earn the same interest rate that is available to federal employees for their retirement savings, and the balance will never go down. Finally, myRA is not tied to any one employer – it belongs to the worker, not the workplace. In other words, the account is portable and can be easily rolled into a Roth IRA. And if myRA savers ever need to, they can withdraw their contributions tax-free, at any time.
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Christie alleges #BridgeGate official will "say anything to save" himself in new email: talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chris…—
Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 01, 2014
Brian Murphy: Well, That Escalated Quickly
It is utterly irrelevant if Chris Christie 'wins the day' or the weekend or the next 5 minutes or the next week. Irrelevant. The bottom line is that he is in serious trouble, politically and legally. On the legal front, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey is probing allegations by the mayor of Hoboken that a member of Christie's cabinet and the lieutenant governor linked federal Hurricane Sandy relief funds to the the mayor's support for a redevelopment project in Hoboken that would exclusively benefit one of Christie's closest allies – whom he appointed to chair the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
This morning on his MSNBC show Steve Kornacki discussed reporting he and I (and producer Jack Bohrer) did showing that those federal Hurricane Sandy funds have not been monitored by the Christie Administration as required by a law that Christie himself signed last March. Furthermore, relief funds have been extremely hard to account for because Christie vetoed a bill that would have created a single website to track Sandy funding and contract information. Based on the reactions of two congressmen who watched the report with me, officials in Washington will be loath to trust Christie with the next round of federal funds and we should not be surprised if an investigation is on the horizon.
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The Obama Foundation (@44Foundation) January 31, 2014
Chicago Tribune: Push To Bring Obama Library To Chicago Begins
The push to build Barack Obama's presidential library officially got underway Friday with the establishment of a foundation managed by three of his longtime supporters. "The president's future library will one day serve as an important part of our nation's historical record, and our mission is to build a library that tells President Obama's remarkable story in an interactive way that will inspire future generations to become involved in public service," Nesbitt said.
The foundation is responsible for developing a library that reflects Obama's values and priorities, according to Nesbitt. He said it will focus on economic opportunity, inspiring an ethic of American citizenship and promoting peace, justice and dignity around the world, among other things.
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Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
St Louis, Feb. 2, 2008
Pete Souza: "White House valets had moved the sofas in the Oval Office to accommodate the large number of press photographers that were covering the President's meeting with Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas. When the photo-op ended, the President said to Gov. Douglas, 'let's move the sofas back in place.' Gov. Douglas didn't quite know what to do as the President did the heavy lifting. The valets now good-naturedly cringe when they look at this picture because it was their responsibility to move the sofas back in place." Feb. 2, 2009
President Obama walks to the Oval Office after returning to the White House following a trip to Nashua, N.H., Feb. 2, 2010 (Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
First Lady Michelle Obama speaking alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Democratic Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, on childhood obesity during a meeting with Cabinet and Congressional members in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House, February 2, 2010
Vice President Joe Biden talks with Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., after President Barack Obama signed the New START Treaty in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2011. Behind them, the President talks with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif (Photo by Pete Souza)
President Obama is updated on the severe winter storm currently moving across the country during a phone call with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in the Oval Office, Feb. 2, 2011 (Photo by Pete Souza)
Vice President Joe Biden snaps a photo of President Barack Obama and keynote speaker Eric Metaxas during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., Feb. 2, 2012 (Photo by Pete Souza)
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Pete Souza: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden provide encouragement to Erick Varela, who was about to introduce the President, prior to an event to outline new efforts to help the long-term unemployed, in the Green Room of the White House
Chicago Sun-Times: Foundation Launched To Pick Site For Obama Presidential Library
The first steps toward building President Barack Obama's library and museum were announced on Friday with the launch of a foundation to oversee the competitive selection process with the target date of picking a site early in 2015. Martin Nesbitt, Obama's close friend who will run the effort with two other Obama associates, told me in an interview they are committed to a "thoughtful, consistent, fair and transparent" process with the ultimate choice left to Obama and first lady Michelle. "We have no preconceived idea about what these proposals will look like. We want to create a blank canvass, create sort of a white canvas with some guiding principles that allow people to respond in a thoughtful and creative way and we will evaluate them when they come in," Nesbitt said.
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(@44Foundation) January 31, 2014
Incorporation papers for the newly created Barack H. Obama Foundation were filed Friday in Washington, D.C. The foundation is led by Chicagoan Nesbitt, the co-CEO of The Vistria Group and treasurer of Obama's two White House campaigns; Julianna Smoot, a co-chair of the 2012 re-election bid and the 2008 National Finance Director and J. Kevin Poorman, the Wilmette businessman who took over several companies run by Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker when she stepped down to join Obama's cabinet. Obama asked Nesbitt to take on the duty of running the foundation last summer, and I broke the news that Nesbitt and Smoot would helm a foundation last July.
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Terry Tang: Tape Of Martin Luther King Jr. Ariz. Speech Found
Mary Scanlon had no idea a $3 purchase from a Goodwill store in Phoenix would turn out to be a rare link to the civil rights movement's most revered leader. Last April, Scanlon was at the thrift store when she spotted a pile of 35 vintage reel-to-reel tapes, including one labeled with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s name. Despite the moldy and torn packaging, she snapped up all of them. "I didn't really necessarily have any expectation that this tape would be rare," Scanlon said. Arizona State University archivists have found that tape is the only known recording of speeches the slain civil rights leader gave at ASU and at a Phoenix church in June 1964.
The hour-long audio has since been digitized and is now available for listening on ASU's website through June 30. The tape illustrates that King had been eager to visit supporters in Arizona, a state that would draw criticism more than 20 years later for rescinding the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Scanlon, who donated all the tapes to the school, said the find is one of the high points of her life. "To have anything about myself connected in any way to Martin Luther King, what more could a person ask for? I'm so proud," Scanlon said.
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NYT: Ex-Port Authority Official Says 'Evidence Exists' Christie Knew About Lane Closings
The former Port Authority official who personally oversaw the lane closings at the George Washington Bridge, central to the scandal now swirling around Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, said on Friday that "evidence exists" the governor knew about the lane closings when they were happening. In a letter released by his lawyer, the former official, David Wildstein, a high school friend of Mr. Christie's who was appointed with the governor's blessing at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls the bridge, described the order to close the lanes as "the Christie administration's order"
and said "evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference" three weeks ago. During his news conference, Mr. Christie specifically said he had no knowledge that traffic lanes leading to the bridge had been closed until after they were reopened. "I had no knowledge of this — of the planning, the execution or anything about it — and that I first found out about it after it was over," he said. "And even then, what I was told was that it was a traffic study."
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Chris Geidner: Edith Windsor's Lawyer Seeks To Argue In Utah Marriage Appeal
Three same-sex couples — represented by the New York lawyer who represented Edith Windsor in her successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act — have asked the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to allow them to intervene in the pending lawsuit challenging Utah's marriage laws.
In a Friday filing at the court, Roberta Kaplan argued on behalf of the couples that they should be allowed to intervene in the appeal — a move they acknowledge would be an "exceptional case" — in order to raise questions about other portions of Utah law that prevent recognition of same-sex couples.
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3 weeks later this is the water they are asking the people of West Virginia to drink... would you? #WVWaterCrisis http://t.co/SFXlLsm2sr—
erin brockovich (@ErinBrockovich) January 31, 2014
7 Facts that weren't in the new State Department report on Keystone XL thkpr.gs/1hZr1eO—
ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 31, 2014
TPM: Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Clears Major Hurdle For Construction
The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada has cleared a significant hurdle after the State Department raised no major environmental objections to its construction. The department's report was released Friday. It says Canadian tar sands are likely to be developed regardless of U.S. action on the pipeline and other options to get the oil from western Canada to Texas Gulf Coast refineries are worse for the environment. The latest environmental review stops short of recommending approval of the project. State Department approval of the project is needed because it crosses a U.S. border. A decision is not expected before the summer.
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Jonathan Chait: Six Reasons Chris Christie Is Probably Guilty
1. Wildstein is claiming evidence exists that Christie knew. He would look bad if such evidence does not come to light. 2. Wildstein spent time with Christie while the lanes were closed. If you had been ordered to close traffic lines for punitive reasons, and you saw the governor, wouldn't you either tell him about it, or else already know he approved?
Undertaking an action like that without knowing the governor approved it, and without having any desire to take credit, seems like an implausible motivation. 3. Christie has changed his story about when he knew about the lane closings. Having first asserted he learned on October 1, Christie later claimed he learned earlier, though would not say when. 4. His campaign manager is pleading the fifth.
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Dylan Scott: Study: Thousands Of People Will Die In States That Don't Expand Medicaid
As many as 17,000 Americans will die directly as a result of states deciding not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare, according to a new study. Researchers from Harvard University and City University of New York have estimated that between 7,115 and 17,104 deaths will be "attributable to the lack of Medicaid expansion in opt-out states" in a study published in Health Affairs.
"The results were sobering," Samuel Dickman, one of the authors, said, according to theMorning Call. "Political decisions have consequences, some of them lethal." They projected that 423,000 fewer diabetics would receive medication to treat their disease. If opt-out states had expanded Medicaid, 659,000 women who are in need of mammograms and 3.1 million women who should receive regular pap smears would have become insured, the study found.
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Powerful commercial. Native Americans are human beings and the NFL is disgusting for not treating them as such
Sahil Kapur: Boehner Promises GOP No Path To Citizenship In Immigration Reform
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told House Republicans that the immigration blueprint his leadership team released on Thursday was "as far as we are willing to go" to make reform happen, according to a source in the room.
The blueprint supports legal status for undocumented immigrants, which is already further than many conservatives want to go. If Democrats demand the promise of citizenship for people living in the U.S. illegally, as the bill passed by the Senate would do, the Speaker said the House would block reform.
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OFA: What Does Health Insurance Mean To This 20-Something?
In 2009, I was healthy, preparing to graduate from college, and getting ready to start on a career that I love with an exciting opportunity at a new startup in an emerging field. And when I say startup, I mean startup. Shoe-string, even. There were only two of us. It was pretty risky, but I was beyond excited.
But then—out of the blue—I was diagnosed with a chronic condition that nearly derailed it all. Luckily, I was able to get treatment and was soon back to being myself. But I had two things added to my life: daily medicine to keep the condition in check, and a "pre-existing condition." That's when I really got why this whole health insurance thing matters.
thanks to the Affordable Care Act, it's going to stay that way. When it was time for me to shop on the marketplace for my own coverage this winter, I was protected: No plan could deny me because of my pre-existing condition. I found one that is really comprehensive and is still within my budget. Now, I'm healthy, and I've got my own plan that I can afford and rely on.
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Mayor Miner -- Duke may be a worthy opponent, but I'm sticking with the Orange for this one. --VP @Syracuse1848 http://t.co/Mmg1SyDRM7—
Office of VP Biden (@VP) January 31, 2014
Reuters: Two Obamacare Exchanges See More Health Insurer Competition
At least two U.S. states running their own Obamacare health insurance exchanges expect new insurers to enter their marketplaces and bolster competition in 2015, officials said on Friday.
Kynect, which is Kentucky's marketplace, and the Rhode Island Health Benefits Exchange have had separate talks about 2015 with health insurers that could opt to join the online marketplaces set up under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law. Kentucky also expects an expansion of physician networks available within current plans.
Increased competition would increase consumer choices and tend to put downward pressure on health insurance cost trends. It could also help ensure the future of Obama's Affordable Care Act, which depends on the success of new online marketplaces.
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Good luck to the @Broncos and @Seahawks!
Who's gonna win it all?
1. #Omaha!
2. #12thMan
#SuperBowlXLVIII, http://t.co/NnopE3ZWLZ—
The White House (@WhiteHouse) February 01, 2014
Pete Souza: POTUS during Google+ hangout today
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ThinkProgress: The Remarkable Slowdown In Health Care Costs Since The Passage Of Obamacare
A new survey of health care premiums for employer-sponsored health care coverage shows that health care inflation is slowing, further undermining critics' predictions that costs would skyrocket in the aftermath of the Affordable Care Act.
…. Other reports have also uncovered a slowdown in cost increases. The number of double-digit rate increases requested by health insurers in the individual market has plummeted over the past four years and Medicare's projected spending between 2010 and 2020 had dropped by over $500 billion. Under the new cost scenario, the entitlement program would, by 2085, make up 4 percent of the economy instead of the previously projected 7 percent.
Annual growth of medical spending has also slowed "from a high of about 8.8 percent in 2003 to an average of about 3 percent per capita from 2009 to 2011, according to data reported in January by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services."
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USA Today: States predict more insurance customers
Estimates from 19 states operating health insurance exchanges to help the uninsured find coverage show that at least 8.5 million will use the exchanges to buy insurance. That would far outstrip the federal government's estimate of 7 million new customers for all 50 states under the 2010 health care law….
…. "It's not a positive development for the Republican opponents who would like to see this fail," said Paul Ginsburg, president of the Center for Studying Health System Change…..
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ZOMGTRAINWRECK! RT @aseitzwald: Signups for Obamacare exchanges outperforming expectations. Good news for law. http://t.co/M2jUHedHFf
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) August 20, 2013
Jamelle Bouie: Anti-Obamacare Rage, Once a GOP Hit, Fizzles Despite Town Halls
Tea Party Republicans had a huge hit with their rage against Obamacare. It gave them control of the House of Representatives in 2010, fueled their anti-spending crusade in 2011, inspired the most vocal of the GOP presidential candidates, and elevated a host of right-wing politicians to the Senate, providing a national platform for the crusade against the so-called government takeover of health care.
Hits aren't built to last, however, and after a while, this one began to fizzle … The magic has fizzled so much that some Republicans have begun to walk away from the project altogether, even as others work to turn Obamacare funding into cause for a government shutdown.
… Heritage can play as many of the old tunes as it likes. When October 1 comes, the Affordable Care Act will be there, ready to confer benefits, provide security, and begin the slow transformation of American health care.
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TPM: Rick Perry In Talks To Accept Obamacare Funding For Elderly
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R), an ardent opponent of the Affordable Care Act, is in talks with Obama administration officials to accept an estimated $100 million in care for the elderly and disabled through Obamacare….
Texas health officials are seeking to enroll in the so-called Community First Choice program available via the law's Medicaid expansion. Perry officially declined to enroll his state in the program, saying in April that expanding the program for the poor would make Texas "hostage" to the federal government.
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TPM: Only One in Four Young Adults Know About Obamacare Exchanges
Only one in four young American adults are aware of the online health insurance marketplaces that will open on Oct. 1 as part of the federal health care reform law, according to a report released Wednesday.
In a survey of adults ages 19 to 29 by the non-profit nonpartisan Commonwealth Fund, just 27 percent said they knew they would be able to purchase insurance on the marketplaces, also known as exchanges, starting Oct. 1.
The young adult population has been the focal point of the Obama administration's campaign to promote the marketplaces. The White House has said that it wants to enroll 2.7 million people ages 18 to 35 in the exchanges by next year; 7 million people in total are expected to sign up for health coverage.
The new report underlines the challenge that the administration faces in reaching that population….
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Michael Tomasky: Republicans Move to the Center? Nope, They're Crazier Than Ever
If you thought the GOP would adopt more moderate positions after its 2012 debacle, you were wrong. From debate threats to defunding Obamacare and even more purges, Michael Tomasky on how the insanity's only increasing.
If you'd asked me six months ago whether the Republican Party would manage to find a few ways to sidle back toward the center between now and 2016, I'd have said yes. But today, on the basis of evidence offered so far this year, I'd have to say a big fat no. With every passing month, the party contrives new ways to go crazier. There's a lot of time between now and 2016, but it's hard to watch recent events without concluding that the extreme part of the base is gaining more and more internal control.
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App Alerts Customers To Unsanitary NY Restaurants
A New York student has managed to create a public service that provides timely and relevant information to users who subscribe to Foursquare. The donteat.at application was developed by Max Stoller for the NYC_Big_Apps competition, which is sponsored by the NY Economic Development Corporation and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication for New York City.
The app works by accessing the public data for flagged restaurants, which is updated on a weekly basis by the city. New York City health inspectors grade restaurants on a points scale, where less points mean a better ranking. If an establishment goes above 28 points, the restaurant is flagged.
If you're interested in using the service, just go to donteat.at. There, you will be asked to link to a Fourquare account, after which the rest of the service is automatic. Users need to visit the donteat page just once. From then on, just use Foursquare as you normally would and if a hungry eater uses their Fourquare account to check into a restaurant, a text message will appear on the user's phone to alert them to the fact that the restaurant has been flagged by the city's health inspection office.
Stoller says that an alert will come "in under a minute–I worked very hard on that". The app developer is targeting the city of San Francisco to expand the app's reach but admits that it will be more difficult to implement there. Stoller is also looking into alerting users to restaurants that have been unflagged.


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Tim Sherwood sacked by Aston Villa
Tim Sherwood has been sacked as manager of Aston Villa.
The team sit 19th in the Premier League table after defeat to Swansea City at home yesterday.
Sherwood only took over at Villa Park in February and steered the club away from the relegation zone last season.
However, in 10 games this season Villa only picked up four points and had lost the last six league games in a row.
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Aston Villa Football Club has parted company with manager Tim Sherwood today.
The Board has monitored the performances closely all season and believes the results on the pitch were simply not good enough and that a change is imperative.
However, the Club would like to place on record its sincere thanks to Tim for all his efforts during a difficult period last season and for the many positive contributions he has made to the entire football setup during his time with the Club. We wish him well in the future.
Assistant manager Ray Wilkins, first-team coach Mark Robson and performance analyst Seamus Brady have also left with immediate effect and do so with our best wishes.
A search for a new manager has commenced and the squad will be managed in the interim by Kevin MacDonald.
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In the various roles he has undertaken through the years, Val J. Halamandaris has been a singular driving force behind the policy and program initiatives resulting in the recognition of home health care as a viable alternative to institutionalization. His dedication to consumer advocacy, which enhances the quality of life and dignity of those receiving home health care, merits VNA HealthCare Group's highest recognition and deepest respect.
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I have the highest respect for them, especially for the nurses, aides and therapists, who devote their lives to caring for people with disabilities, the infirm and dying Americans. There are few more noble professions.
- President Barack Obama
Home health care agencies do such a wonderful job in this country helping people to be able to remain at home and allowing them to receive services
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee
Home care is a combination of compassion and efficiency. It is less expensive than institutional care...but at the same time it is a more caring, human, intimate experience, and therefore it has a greater human element...it's a big mistake not to try to maximize it and find ways to give people the home care option over either nursing homes, hospitals or other institutions
- Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
Medicaid covers long-term care, but only for low-income families. And Medicare only pays for care that is connected to a hospital discharge....our health care system must cover these vital services...[and] we should promote home-based care, which most people prefer, instead of the institutional care that we emphasize now.
- Former U.S. Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-CD)
We need incentives to...keep people in home health care settings...It's dramatically less expensive than long term care.
- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Home care is clearly the wave of the future. It's clearly where patients want to be cared for. I come from an ethnic family and when a member of our family is severely ill, we would never consider taking them to get institutional care. That's true of many families for both cultural and financial reasons. If patients have a choice of where they want to be cared for, where it's done the right way, they choose home.
- Donna Shalala, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
A couple of years ago, I spent a little bit of time with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and its president, Val J. Halamandaris, and I was just blown away. What impressed me so much was that they talked about what they do as opposed to just the strategies of how to deal with Washington or Sacramento or Albany or whatever the case may be. Val is a fanatic about care, and it comes through in every way known to mankind. It comes through in the speakers he invites to their events; it comes through in all the stuff he shares.
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Val's home care organization brings thousands of caregivers together into a dynamic organization that provides them with valuable resources and tools to be even better in their important work. He helps them build self-esteem, which leads to self-motivation.
- Mike Vance, former Dean of Disney and author of Think Out of the Box
Val is one of the greatest advocates for seniors in America. He goes beyond the call of duty every time.
- Arthur S. Flemming, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Val has brought the problems, the challenges, and the opportunities out in the open for everyone to look at. He is a visionary pointing the direction for us.
- Margaret (Peg) Cushman, Professor of Nursing and former President of the Visiting Nurses Association
Although Val has chosen to stay in the background, he deserves much of the credit for what was accomplished both at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, where he was closely associated with me and at the House Select Committee on Aging, where he was Congressman Claude Pepper's senior counsel and closest advisor. He put together more hearings on the subject of aging, wrote more reports, drafted more bills, and had more influence on the direction of events than anyone before him or since.
- Frank E. Moss, former U.S. Senator
Val's most important contribution is pulling together all elements of home health care and being able to organize and energize the people involved in the industry.
Anyone working on health care issues in Congress knows the name Val J. Halamandaris.
- Kathleen Gardner Cravedi, former Staff Director of the House Select Committee on Aging
Without your untiring support and active participation, the voices of people advocating meaningful and compassionate health care reform may not have been heard by national leaders.
- Michael Sullivan, Former Executive Director, Indiana Association for Home Care
All of us have been members of many organizations and NAHC is simply the best there is. NAHC aspires to excellence in every respect; its staff has been repeatedly honored as the best in Washington; the organization lives by the highest values and has demonstrated a passionate interest in the well-being of patients and providers.
- Elaine Stephens, Director of Home Care of Steward Home Care/Steward Health Systems and former NAHC C
Home care increasingly is one of the basic building blocks in the developing system of long-term care. On both economic and recuperative bases, home health care will continue to grow as an essential service for individuals, for families and for the community as a whole.
- Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
NCOA is excited to be part of this great event and honored to have such influential award winners in the field of aging.
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Health care at home…is something we need more of, not less of. Let us make a commitment to preventive and long-term care. Let us encourage home care as an alternative to nursing homes and give folks a little help to have their parents there.
- Former President Bill Clinton
The Pediatric Home Care Association of America open forum provides a unique opportunity for pediatric home care providers to share ideas and information that impacts pediatric home care. The forum is open to all and promises the participants a lively and engaging discussion that addresses key issues home care providers face in caring for medically fragile children.
Faculty: Susan Wade-Murphy, RN, BSN, Senior Clinical Director Home Care Services, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH ; Mary Carr, RN, MPH, Associate Director for Regulatory Affairs, National Association for Home Care & Hospice
Government continues its push for interoperability in health IT. Yet barriers prevent routine exchange of critical information during transitions in care. A major reason for the low level of interoperability is the expense of connecting different electronic health record systems (EHRs). The HITECH Act partially addresses the issue by offering incentives for doctors and hospitals to adopt EHRs. It does not offer similar incentives to long-term and post-acute providers, though effective exchange of information plays a crucial role when patients transition between care settings. How can home care and hospice surmount this and other roadblocks? Join the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) to learn how your agency can get better connected to enhance patient care.
Faculty: Moderator, Richard D. Brennan, Jr., MA, Vice President of Technology Policy, Government Affairs, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Alisa Ray, MHSA, Executive Director and CEO, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), Chicago, IL; Elizabeth Palena Hall, RN, MIS, MBA, LTPAC Coordinator, Project Officer, State HIE Program, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC); Marianne Yeager, MBA, Executive Director, Healtheway, Inc., McLean, VA; Mark Solomon, Director of Innovation, HealthMEDX, Inc., Ozark, MO; Thomas Peth, President, Thornberry, Ltd, Lancaster, PA
Course Level: Intermediate; Nursing 1.5 CEs; Accounting 1.5 CPEs; Social Workers 1.5 CEs, NASW (except CA and MI),BBS (BBS except marketing credits)
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Medicaid is fast becoming the center of home care services for all age groups, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. At the same time, Medicaid home care is fast evolving with innovative home and community-based care programs starting in the States, expansion of Medicaid Managed Long Term Services and Supports (MMTSS), and the major expansion in Medicaid enrollment slated for 2014. NAHC's National Council on Medicaid Home Care will host its third annual open forum that offers an electric dynamic focused on the hottest Medicaid issues of the day. This is one of the sessions that you must not miss if you have any interest in Medicaid home care whether as a provider or supporting vendor.
Faculty: Moderator: William Dombi, Esq., Executive Director, National Council on Medicaid Home Care, Washington, DC
Course Level: Intermediate; No CEs or CPEs awarded for this session
Track: Financial
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The Medicare Hospice Program has entered an era of rapid change that is being driven by regulatory and legislative initiatives. This session will provide insight into the latest regulatory issues hospice providers must address, as well as changes that are anticipated in the not-too-distant future. The session will also serve as an opportunity for attendees to become acquainted with staff and leadership of NAHC's Hospice Association of America.
Faculty: Katie Wehri, Hospice Regulatory and Operations Specialist, NAHC, Washington, DC; Theresa M. Forster, Vice President for Hospice Policy & Programs, NAHC, Washington, DC
Course Level: Intermediate; 1.5 nursing CEs; 1.5 CPEs (NASBA/SKA); Social Workers 1.5 CEs, NASW (except CA and MI), BBS (BBS except marketing credits)
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Come meet and share a dialogue with the PDHCA Advisory Board Members at the open forum as we discuss the exciting news on industry trends, the Private Duty Community and the current political climate including health care reform employer mandates and the federal companion exemption.
Faculty: Lucy Andrews, RN, MS, CEO, At Your Service Home Care, Santa Rosa, CA; Brittnei Salerno, BS, Administrator and President, La Jolla Nurses Home Care, La Jolla, CA; Shelle Womble, BS, BA, Chair, Private Duty Homecare Association, Louisville, KY
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Once again, the Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers Association (HHFMA) presents its open, no holds-barred forum meeting to pull together all the crucial information presented in the financial management workshops, legislative and regulatory developments, and innovations in health care. This session will address any and all issues of interest to the conference faculty and attendees. The insights are endless, all the advice is free and the experience is priceless. All are welcome to attend and get engaged!
Faculty: William Dombi, Esq., Vice President for Law, National Association for Home Care & Hospice, Executive Director, Home Care and Hospice Financial Managers (HHFMA); Director, Center for Health Care Law, Washington, DC
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Soo i met this guy and we went on a great date he had to go to training for a month he is a marine and they are making him stay out longer. I decided to wait for him and he barely gets signal there so we dont talk that much but i feel something with him he called me today and told me when he gets back he has two weeks before he has to go to war zone training then in January he is going to afghanistan for more than a year then will be getting stationed somewhere new every year for 3 years. He wants to end us because we won't get to see each other and i want to fight for us... I told him this and we decided to talk about it when he gets home in mid august. Should i fight for an us since its still new or just give up?
We had one date then he went to training for a month now being deployed?
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Customary biker tattoo themes include skulls, eagles, a motorcycle or motorcycle parts, the American flag and hearts. Popular biker tattoos often include symbols that celebrate travel and the open road. Tattoos that send messages are also popular. The biker cross is often depicted and is inspired by the iron and Maltese crosses. Skull tattoos are popular mixed with symbols such as flames, snakes or glowing eyes.Continue Reading
Eagles are often chosen for their patriotic message that celebrates freedom. Tattoos of hearts with girls' names or hearts combined with cascading ribbons are used to commemorate special connections.
Many biker tattoos feature the classic brand name Harley-Davidson in combination with eagles or the Harley-Davidson logo. Some bikers prefer mythical creatures. The symbols are used as signs of strength, honor and bravery.
On sites such as CreateMyTattoo.com, visitors can view hundreds of biker tattoo designs that can be purchased and printed or stenciled. The site features a comprehensive collection of themes such as tribal emblems and designs, skulls, and hearts with daggers. CreateMyTattoo.com gives visitors access to over 20,000 tattoo designers who can create customized tattoos based on their specifications. Each design is presented with 10 variations.
Biker tattoos originated in the 1940s and 1950s when they were worn to symbolize affiliations to specific groups. Tattoos were a way to celebrate the connection of brotherhood, often to specific gangs. Post-1953, bikers modeled themselves after Marlon Brando in the film "The Wild One." In 1969, the movie Easy Rider also became a symbol of outlaws and the open road.Learn more about Tattoos