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Summerfest Announces Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard Headliners and Performance Dates
Get excited for these great headliners in advance by listening to the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard playlist on Spotify.
MILWAUKEE, WI (April 25, 2016) – Summerfest officials are excited to announce the highly anticipated lineup of headliners slated for Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard with Coors Light and Tap Milwaukee during Summerfest 2016.
The Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard with Coors Light and Tap Milwaukee will feature the following headliners:
June 29 10:00 pm Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
June 30 9:30 pm Jack & Jack
July 1 10:00 pm O.A.R.
July 2 10:00 pm Gavin DeGraw
July 3 10:00 pm The Wailers
July 5 9:30 pm Stephen "Ragga" Marley
July 6 2:30 pm The Grass Roots
10:00 pm Mike D (Dj Set)
July 7 9:30 pm Kool & The Gang
July 8 10:00 pm Phil Vassar
July 9 4:00 pm Neil Finn
10:00 pm Ben Folds
July 10 9:45 pm Matisyahu
Get excited for these great headliners in advance by listening to the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard playlist on Spotify. All performers and show times are subject to change. Please check Summerfest.com for updates and to purchase general admission tickets, weekday admission tickets, 3-Day Passes and the 11-Day Power Pass.
Now through April 29 at 11:59 pm CDT, fans can buy a 5-Day Day Pass for $50 when they use the discount code: HA5DAY. Simply add a 5-Day Pass to the shopping cart and apply the discount code at checkout. This represents a $25 savings and $100 in admission value per 5-Day Pass purchased.
Summerfest 2016 will take place June 29 – July 3 and July 5 – July 10 from noon until midnight and will be closed Monday, July 4. Following its 1968 debut, Summerfest has evolved into what is now recognized as "The World's Largest Music Festival" and Milwaukee's cornerstone summer celebration, bringing the music industry's hottest stars, emerging talent and local favorites along with approximately 850,000 people from Milwaukee and around the world together each year for an unforgettable live music experience. During the festival, the spotlight shines on over 800 acts, over 1,000 performances, 11 stages, delectable food and beverages and interactive activities, all in a world-class festival setting. Patrons can also enjoy Miller Lite, the Official Beer of Summerfest. For more details, visit Summerfest.com, Facebook.com/summerfest or Twitter: @Summerfest.
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Policy Statement
Coverage Under Age 65:
Trends, Implications, and Issues
Hospitals, Health Systems, and their Associations
AHA Strategic Planning Committee
November 2000
Approved for Distribution to and Discussion with the Membership
AHA Board of Trustees
November 16, 2000
America's hospitals are committed to caring for the sick and injured and improving the health of their communities. Hospital trustees, executives, and staff understand that people with health insurance 1, from private or public sources, have greater access to health services, use services at an earlier time in their illness, and receive more comprehensive services, especially for chronic conditions. Because health insurance improves access to care and contributes to improvements in care, the American Hospital Association (AHA) and its members support the goal of "Coverage for All" and continue to pursue initiatives to expand coverage.
Medicare provides almost universal acute care coverage for the population over age 65. Our society has been less successful in providing coverage for all persons under 65. As a new century begins, major changes in coverage for the under-65 population are now threatening the ability of hospitals to care for their communities: some employers are considering reducing their support of group health insurance, cost shifting is increasingly unacceptable to private health plans and the employers who pay their premiums, and the number of uninsured has increased in a time of strong economic growth.
This report by the AHA's Strategic Planning Committee takes a serious look at the growing problem of coverage for those under 65. It reviews the present trends in insurance coverage and highlights how changes in employer practices and the continuing problems of the individual insurance market could dramatically impact coverage.
After a look at present coverage trends and potential developments, the Strategic Planning Committee has identified the implications of coverage changes that hospitals, health systems, and their associations should begin addressing. If our nation is to attain the AHA Vision of "a society of healthy communities, where all individuals reach their highest potential for health," hospitals must understand developing trends and work actively to protect existing coverage and expand coverage to the uninsured.
Coverage Under Age 65
Illness and disease are not evenly distributed. Some fortunate people are well virtually all of their lives, use very few medical services, and die after a short illness. Their medical care costs are modest and could be self funded across a period of time. But many others are either chronically ill across a wide span of their life or have serious illnesses requiring intense interventions.
Because of the variation in the incidence of illness and use of services, researchers find that approximately ten percent of the population uses about seventy percent of the services. This ten percent of the population can not generally fund their own medical care costs.
Historically, our society has used three mechanisms to subsidize the high-cost ten percent in the under-65 population:
- Employment-based, group health insurance has been a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system for sixty years. It has allowed the small percentage of the workers or dependents with major health care needs to be supported by the larger population with only limited needs.
- Cost shifting through which insured patients, primarily those with employment-based group health insurance, are charged more than their costs to create the resources necessary to subsidize both the uninsured and some government programs which pay less than cost, and
- Government programs for the lowest income citizens, especially children and women who head single parent families.
A shifting combination of these three sources has enabled the health care system to care for large numbers of the sickest ten percent of the population.
In examining future coverage trends, it is useful to examine four distinct coverage groups under 65: people who have
- employment-based coverage
- individual coverage
- governmental coverage, and
- no coverage
Each of these groups faces distinct trends, which individually and collectively, may undermine the ability of hospitals to care for the under-65 population in the future.
Employment-based Coverage
The largest group of persons under 65, 155 million or 65 percent, have work-based coverage. From the perspective of pooling risks, employment-based coverage has been successful because the people it brought together included many of the lower-cost persons and a few of the higher-cost persons. Employment-based coverage also has lower administrative costs, less adverse selection (which allows a lower average premium), and benefits that are not taxed as income. Admittedly, employment-based pooling has worked better for larger employers than for small employers because a small number of high-cost individuals may have a major impact on premiums.
Employment-based coverage hinges, however, on the willingness of employers to offer coverage as a benefit. In general, the likelihood of health benefits varies directly with firm size: large employers typically offer coverage; smaller employers often do not. This pattern of employer coverage has been used by some to allege that small employers are a major cause of lower coverage rates. Small employers do have lower coverage rates, but recent data show that health insurance has increased as a benefit among small employers from 1995-1999.
Beyond firm size, employment-based coverage is not uniform. Some industries are more likely to offer coverage than others. Finance, government, hospitals, insurance, manufacturing, mining, real estate, and transportation have traditionally offered coverage while agriculture, construction, fast food, personal service, and retail trade industries have not.
Recent research by HRET and Rand has led to new ways to categorize firms that do not offer coverage. Workers least likely to be covered are those who work:
- in firms with a low average wage (i.e., below $10.00 per hour)
- part-time
- as temporaries, or
- on a contract basis.
The number of persons with employment-based coverage has also been affected by the growing number of people who turn down employer coverage for themselves and, more often, for their dependents. Certainly some who decline employer insurance have coverage through an alternative source, such as a working spouse or military retirement. But many who decline coverage simply remain uninsured.
A number of large employers that have offered health care coverage are questioning whether to continue their traditional practice. They are considering moving to a "defined contribution" model. The incentive to move to defined contributions reflects a number of factors, not necessarily in the following order:
- Positive employer experience with defined contribution retirement plans.
- Concern over future increases in health care costs resulting from the backlash against managed care, projected increases in technology and service use, and more state and federal mandates. For example, new HRET research shows the average monthly premium for employer-provided coverage increased 8.3 percent in 2000, almost double last year's 4.8 percent. Some employers are experiencing substantially greater increases than this average.
- Employee criticism of employers actively managing health care costs for employees by restricting and changing insurance arrangements.
Three alternatives are being discussed, all under the common heading of moving to a defined contribution:
- Fixed payment to selected options. In this alternative, the employer continues to evaluate insurance options, negotiate for premiums, and administer employee (and dependent) enrollment. The employee picks from at least two options, but the employer makes the same premium contribution regardless of which the employee selects. Recent estimates are that about 25 percent of employers presently offering a choice of coverage plan make a fixed contribution regardless of the plan selected.
- Fixed payment with no selection. In this potential option, the employer no longer selects insurance options or negotiates premiums. Rather, employers provide employees, or their selected insurer or broker, with a fixed premium contribution. It is the employee's responsibility to identify, select, and contract for insurance coverage.
- Cash compensation without health benefits. In this scenario, employers eliminate their role in health benefits completely. Those advocating this approach have generally accepted the economists' argument that benefits are simply a part of compensation and conclude that pure cash compensation is easier to administer than pay plus benefits.
Employers presently offering "defined benefit" coverage or the "fixed payment to selected options" for a defined contribution recognize that moving to the latter two forms of defined contribution-fixed payment with no selection or cash compensation without health benefits-would be difficult in today's tight labor markets. However, they are considering the options because a significant recession or an increase in employer liability could make the latter options more feasible.
In summary, employment-based coverage has been the predominate form of coverage for the under sixty-five population. There are, however, defined contribution options being discussed which could dramatically alter historical coverage patterns and undermine the financial stability of hospitals.
First, movement to either fixed payments with no selection or cash compensation without health benefits could lead employees to select less comprehensive coverage with a lower premium (or more out-of-pocket costs). In either case, hospital bad debts are likely to increase.
Second, if employees decline employer coverage because of its cost and do not replace it with individual coverage, the number of uninsured could increase dramatically. For example, if employment-based coverage declines by 10 percent, the number of uninsured would increase by 35 percent if individuals did not acquire individual policies.
Individual Insurance
15.5 million people, or 6.5 percent of the under-65 population, have individually purchased coverage. The distribution of this population by age is:
|Under 18
|5.3 million
|2.7 million
|1.6 million
|2.1 million
|1.8 million
|2.0 million
The number of people who think of themselves as having individual coverage may be larger than these numbers indicate. For example, most survey data report COBRA continuation coverage as employer-based coverage. However, some individuals may view COBRA as individual coverage because they are paying the full premium. This would parallel the experience in defined contribution pension plans where some individuals see the plan as their employer's plan, some see it as the investment firm's (e.g., Fidelity's) plan, and others see it as their own plan.
The individual insurance market has a number of dysfunctional attributes, which undermine the concept of insurance pooling. Individuals often seek to purchase insurance only when they have a high likelihood of using it. Insurers want to sell insurance only when individuals are unlikely to use it. As a result, insurers have instituted waiting periods, exclusions, underwriting evaluations, and premium surcharges to limit their risk of adverse selection. Each of these insurer responses increases the price (or decreases the value) of the insurance and tends to reinforce the purchaser's view that the insurance is worthwhile only if you know you are going to use it.
In the past decade, many states have responded to this spiral of dysfunctional behaviors by enacting insurance reforms for the individual coverage market, addressing guaranteed issue, pre-existing conditions and exclusions, and the allowed variation in premiums. In some cases, the adverse impact of the regulation has been a withdrawal of insurers from the individual market.
Despite the difficulties of building a viable business model for individual insurance coverage (at least without a mandate requiring a large number of purchasers), there is a renewed interest in expanding individual coverage.
- Some advocates favor individual coverage because a personally-owned policy reduces job lock, is portable, and has only one pre-existing condition waiting period.
- Some advocates, such as those promoting Medical Savings Accounts, believe individually-owned policies will reduce the demand for health care services and result in increased cost containment.
- Some advocates want to expand individual coverage to address the problems of persons who work in small firms, who are self-employed, or who work part-time. By using tax credits or tax deductions, they seek to give the individual the same tax benefits enjoyed by the population with employer-based coverage.
- Finally, some advocates are concerned that the employment-based system will not survive two forces: (1) increasing global competition and/or (2) the increasing tendency of state and federal governments to increase the cost and regulatory burden of offering health care coverage. These advocates want to develop an individual coverage system as a parallel to and backup for the employment-based system.
The U.S. health system has 60 years of experience with persons covered by employment-based, group health insurance. The impacts of moving to a substantially larger number of individually- insured individuals are unknown.
Government Coverage
A third population under age 65 obtains coverage through local, state or federal government programs. The largest programs are Medicaid, SCHIP, CHAMPUS, CHAMPVA, and Medicare disabled/ESRD; however, there are numerous other programs, including local welfare programs.
Presently, 34 million persons, 14.3 percent of the under 65 population are covered by government programs. It should be noted that this does NOT include government employees or active duty military personnel and their dependents who are generally considered to have employment-based coverage.
From a coverage perspective, the most significant issue in government coverage is the many eligible persons not enrolled for Medicaid and SCHIP. In a traditional fee-for-service arrangement, eligible individuals who are not enrolled may delay care unnecessarily, use care inappropriately because they lack a regular source of care, and pose major administrative challenges when finally seeking care. Each of these consequences makes the program less effective.
When a government program adopts a managed care model, the delay in enrollment is a major threat to the health plan. If an individual enrolls only upon receiving service, the health plan may receive only one month's premium as payment for a large medical bill. This is not a sustainable business model if it persists in large numbers. Some government programs reduce this risk to health plan solvency by requiring individuals who are enrolled when seeking care to be in a fee-for-service programs for the first six months of coverage. This provides an opportunity to address existing health problems before enrollment in a capitated plan.
A second coverage problem is the variation in Medicaid, SCHIP, and some other programs across the states. Where the program is a joint federal-state effort, federal requirements usually specify a minimum level of eligibility and number of covered services for the state to receive "matching" federal funds. States are generally able to adopt more generous programs up to a ceiling on eligibility and covered services. As a result, coverage in many of the government programs varies widely across the states. Some states include large number of eligible persons and a broad package of services. Others offer a limited number of services to a smaller population.
Uninsured Persons
While estimates vary, it is generally believed that about 44 million persons under age 65 lack health insurance coverage. This is a population larger than the total Medicare population or greater than the combined population of California, Oregon, Washington State, Alaska, and Hawaii.
Traditionally, the uninsured have been described by their personal characteristics. They are most likely to be self-employed, part-time, unemployed, legal or illegal immigrants, low wage workers, and minorities. Workers in the fields of agriculture, construction, retail trade, personal services, and business services are also likely to be uninsured. There is also a geographic disparity in coverage with individuals in the Southeast, South Central, and Southwest least likely to be insured. Finally, the smaller the firm, the less likely employees will be covered.
Many of the characteristics of the uninsured are related to each other. For example, immigrants are more likely to be minorities, live in the Sunbelt, have low wage jobs, and work in small firms. While this convergence of characteristics makes it easier to estimate the likelihood that an individual will lack coverage, it increases the difficulty in understanding which of the person's characteristics most contributes to the lack of coverage. It also makes it more difficult to know which characteristic to use to address the problem.
The characteristics of the uninsured have been quite consistent over time. Nevertheless, there is change in who is uninsured. In the last few years, the numbers of uninsured have grown in part because of decisions by employees not to cover their dependents, particularly children. One estimate is that 800,000 children lost coverage in a recent year. The numbers of uninsured have also increased as individuals have moved from welfare to work.
Restructuring of the labor market has changed the composition of the uninsured as well. Increasingly, people work in parts of the economy with low coverage rates. These include the service sector, non-union jobs, part-time employment, or contract work. Restructuring has also affected public-sponsored coverage. For example, the percentage of the total under 65 population without coverage has grown by one percent as a direct result of downsizing civilian government and military employment.
In the past two years, several studies have been published which separate the uninsured into those who are not offered coverage and those who fail to accept coverage. Given these recent findings, the uninsured may be best thought of as six subgroups:
- Coverage Not Available
- Employers in firms with a low average wage
- Temporary, part-time, contingent employees
- Persons not working
- Available but not enrolled
- Turned down employer coverage
- Medicaid eligible
- SCHIP eligible
Because of the failure of comprehensive health reform and the differences between these subgroups, the policy community increasingly views distinct, incremental solutions as the most feasible way to reduce the number of uninsured.
One encouraging development is new Census Bureau data released in September 2000 showing a decline in the number of uninsured for the first time in a decade. The decline is primarily due to employers offering coverage for workers and their dependents. Whether this represents the beginning of a new trend or the consequence of a tight labor market that will disappear in the next recession is unknown.
The lack of health insurance does not mean people do not receive health services, including hospital services. Research does show the uninsured have less access to care, use fewer services, fill fewer prescriptions, receive only acute care for chronic illness, and often use the hospital's emergency service as their doorway to diagnosis and treatment. For the hospital, uninsured patients result in fragmented services and unpaid hospital bills.
Traditionally, hospitals charged paying patients, especially privately insured patients, more than their costs in order to subsidize the costs of the uninsured. The practice is known as "cost shifting." However, in the past decade, the move to fixed prices for hospital care, on a per diem or per case basis, has reduced the use of cost shifting as a subsidy mechanism. Thus, growing numbers of uninsured threaten the ability of hospitals to care for patients without regard for their ability to pay.
As noted above, even small changes in employer support for health insurance could increase the number of uninsured dramatically.
The Economy's Impact on Coverage
The economy's growth rate and strength have traditionally had a strong impact on employer-sponsored health insurance, government-sponsored coverage, and the number of uninsured.
A strong economy helps maintain employer-sponsored coverage. Many employers have offered health insurance to improve their recruitment and retention of personnel. In a strong economy with a tight labor market, employers already offering coverage have continued it and other employers have begun to offer it. But employers are re-examining their traditional practices.
Some employers who considered moving to either a fixed payment with no plan selection or cash compensation without health benefits have not adopted these changes because they want to maintain employee support and loyalty. This is especially true in today's tight labor market. How long tight labor markets will last is uncertain, but all indications are that if unemployment increases, more employers will move from defined benefit health care to defined contribution health benefits.
Employers in some fields do not have to provide health care coverage to attract and retain their workforce despite the high employment rates of the past several years. To increase employer-sponsored coverage in these firms, the employers must perceive advantages beyond recruitment and retention. One alternative advantage would be an increase in employee productivity as a result of employee and family wellness, reduced sick time, and more rapid return to work. Unfortunately, there is only very limited research demonstrating the productivity benefits to employers of sponsoring health care coverage for their employees and/or employee dependents.
A strong economy helps stabilize employer coverage. A weak economy reduces employer coverage and increases both the role of government programs and the number of uninsured. If the economy remains strong, John Shields at The Lewin Group estimates 54 million will be uninsured by 2007. If the economy slows, the projected number of uninsured grows rapidly. Custer and Ketsch, at Georgia State University, estimate that 60 million will be uninsured by 2008 if the economy slows. Stephen Schroeder, president of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, estimates that 67 million will be uninsured by 2010 if the economy experiences a recession between now and then. The projections for the number of uninsured, in both good and poor economic times, will severely challenge the ability of hospitals to provide care without regard to the patient's ability to pay.
Implications for Hospitals and Health Systems
The AHA's Strategic Planning Committee believes there are at least seven major implications for hospitals and health systems of potential changes in the coverage of the population under age 65:
- The sixty-year foundation of employment-based coverage may change rapidly in the next decade. All other conditions being equal, a strong and tight labor market will reinforce present patterns of employer-sponsored coverage. A weak economy and substantial unemployment would cause some employers to eliminate coverage, move to a fixed contribution with no selection, or shift to cash-only compensation.
- If employers reduce their role in selecting and financing health insurance, health services will have to compete with employee preferences for consumer goods. Hospitals and health systems will care for more people who are uninsured, delay seeking care, and use the system in episodic ways.
- A multi-tiered health system is incompatible with the present regulatory and accreditation system for health care, which requires a single standard and quality of care for all. However, if employees bear more of the costs of health insurance, a multi-tiered coverage system is likely to increase as individuals attempt to reduce the cost of their coverage. Some plans will offer fewer, less comprehensive benefits. Other plans will promise the same benefit package but reduce payment rates to providers. Finally, some plans will provide comprehensive, first dollar coverage to those who can afford it.
- While individual coverage is seen by some as a replacement for employer-sponsored coverage, this is unlikely. Individual coverage has major weaknesses in its business model despite numerous state initiatives to regulate the marketplace. Greater reliance on individual coverage is likely to increase the number of uninsured persons.
- The increase in immigrants from low-income and developing countries has increased the population without a tradition of private insurance coverage. Hospitals are increasingly bearing the costs of caring for this uninsured population because the nation allows increased immigration without developing any mechanism for providing even basic health care coverage as they enter the country.
- A major recession is likely to increase substantially the number of uninsured as individual lose jobs and employers have less incentive to offer coverage.
- A major economic recession will lead to fewer persons having employer-sponsored and/or individual coverage, will increase enrollment in and the demand for cost containment in public programs facing budget deficits, and will facilitate employer interest in arranging defined contribution to health benefits.
Each of these developments weakens the hospital's ability to serve its community. The threat is greater if any of these changes move rapidly or if the strength of the economy declines substantially. On the other hand, government funding could be available now to reduce the number of uninsured. For example, federal government and state governments have record budget surpluses, now and for the projected future. Also, states are beginning to receive funds from the tobacco settlements which could be used to provide coverage for the uninsured.
In light of the potential changes in coverage and the implications for hospitals and health systems, the AHA Strategic Planning Committee recommends members and their association consider and actively discuss the following issues:
Issues for Consideration by Hospitals and Health Systems
- It will be very difficult for hospitals and health systems to persuade other employers to offer health care coverage more generous than that offered within the health system. Hospitals and health systems should review their health insurance benefit programs to assess the standard they imply for the employer community.
- Hospitals and health systems should encourage other employers to continue their role in arranging for and offering health insurance as an employer benefit.
- Hospitals and health systems should work with small employers in their communities who do not provide health insurance benefits to create mechanisms through Chambers of Commerce or other organizations to offer group health insurance coverage.
- Hospitals should encourage employers to broaden the choices available to employees in order to allow employees to maintain the same plans, physicians, and providers across a long span of time. Continuity of coverage is likely to increase enrollment and contribute to appropriate use of the health system.
To help assure that uncompensated care does not create a "falling domino" effect in the health system, hospitals and health systems with limited demand for uncompensated care should support special payments, whether through appropriations or health care payments, for hospitals with a large burden of uncompensated care. Special payments should be explicit and focused on hospitals with the largest uncompensated care net costs and include annual reports showing how the funds were used.
Issues for Consideration by the American Hospital Association
- The AHA should continue actively advocating its three-part incremental approach to increasing coverage for the uninsured: (1) expanding the eligibility of children for Medicaid and SCHIP; (2) extending Medicaid and SCHIP to the parents of eligible children; and (3) enacting refundable tax credits for persons not eligible for coverage from an employer, Medicaid, SCHIP, or Medicare. (See attachment A for a summary of AHA-recommended incremental steps for improving coverage.)
- The AHA should continue to advocate for employer-based, group health insurance for the population under age 65.
- The Health Research and Educational Trust should undertake and/or encourage empirical research that (1) documents the economic benefits to employers of providing coverage to workers and their dependents, (2) evaluates the efficiency of alternative coverage models, and (3) determines why persons offered coverage turn it down.
- With the employment-based market for coverage having reached a likely plateau, the AHA (and state associations) should cautiously support the development of a complementary individual insurance market by supporting tax benefits for individual coverage equivalent to the tax treatment provided employer-sponsored benefits.
- If the number of persons with coverage in the individual health insurance market increases, the AHA should work with state associations to monitor the availability and stability of coverage in the individual market.
- With hospitals obligated under EMTALA to provide screening and stabilization care regardless of the patient's ability to pay, the AHA should consider advocating for a requirement that all coverage plans pay for the EMTALA-required services. The AHA should also consider advocating that governmental programs be established to underwrite EMTALA-required services for the uninsured.
- The AHA should work with state associations to increase the enrollment of eligible children in the joint federal-state SCHIP program.
- The AHA should work with state associations to identify ways to insulate Medicaid and SCHIP from the consequences of an adverse business cycle.
- For government programs which fail to enroll all eligible persons, the AHA (and state associations) should advocate that any authorized funding not spent because of low enrollment be retained in a special state trust fund and used to pay for services provided to the eligible, but uninsured, population.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) supports incremental policy measures designed to expand health care coverage across three specific population groups: 1) children, 2) working families and individuals, and 3) the "near elderly" and early retirees. The AHA believes that incremental steps are likely to be more politically viable and ultimately, will allow greater future receptivity to more comprehensive health reform.
Children: For children, AHA's goal is to achieve universal coverage by first expanding existing public programs. Under this proposal, states will be required to provide 12 months of continuous enrollment for children up to the age of 18, enrolled in either Medicaid or SCHIP, regardless of any changes in their family's income during that period. States could also expand Medicaid and SCHIP coverage to legal immigrant children. To bolster the states' confidence in SCHIP and encourage states' willingness to expand their SCHIP programs, the AHA proposal calls for permanent federal appropriations for the SCHIP program beyond 2007.
Working Families and Individuals: To increase coverage for working families/individuals, the proposal allows states to expand SCHIP to include families of SCHIP-eligible children. AHA also proposes to extend SCHIP and Medicaid coverage to low-income pregnant women, including legal immigrants. Additionally, states could expand Medicaid coverage to single, childless adults with incomes up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL). Families making the transition from welfare-to-work could also retain their Medicaid coverage for 24 months after leaving welfare. States also would be encouraged to automatically extend Medicaid coverage to Temporary Assistance to Needy Family (TANF) recipients with an enhanced federal match.
Other proposed changes that would benefit working families/individuals involve modifications to the federal tax code. Low-income individuals and families with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level would be eligible for a fixed-dollar refundable tax credit for the purchase of health insurance. To encourage small businesses (up to 25 employees) to provide health benefits, the AHA supports a tax credit for small employers for the purchase of health insurance. Self-employed taxpayers may deduct payments for health insurance from their adjusted gross income at 100 percent. The proposal requires employers who offer health insurance coverage to allow part-time employees to buy into the employer health insurance. Additional mechanisms to increase affordability include establishing purchasing cooperatives, expanding high-risk pools, and providing federal grants to states to develop affordable insurance products for low-income single individuals.
Near Elderly and Early Retirees: To improve access for near elderly and early retirees, AHA proposes the following: refundable tax credits for health insurance (ages of 55 and 65) and extension of COBRA coverage until they purchase other insurance, they are covered by a spouse's health insurance plan, or they become eligible for Medicare.
Financing options include: 1) funding initiatives out of the projected federal surplus; 2) establishing a modest cap on the employer health insurance tax exclusion; and 3) encouraging states to invest tobacco settlement proceeds in health coverage and access initiatives.
|The Committee recognizes that health care coverage includes both purchased insurance policies and self-insurance programs. For simplicity of presentation, this paper will use the phrase health insurance to include both alternatives


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Because they're competitive and led by a coach in Todd McLellan who despises losing and a forward in Joe Pavelski who saw a chance at perfection, the San Jose Sharks left New York unhappy Monday night. They didn't play well in a 5-2 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden and ended their six-game road trip on a sour note.
But when the disappointment of the single loss eases, the Sharks can look at this stretch of road games as the time they affirmed what we all expected this past summer -- they are as real a Stanley Cup contender as there is in the NHL.
When they began their road trip, the Sharks had just one win in four games, but GM Doug Wilson wasn't ready to evaluate his team even if some of us wondered whether it was suffering from the same kind of playoff hangover that hit the Tampa Bay Lightning, Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks early on this season. He didn't necessarily agree with the phrasing when I asked him about the Sharks' early struggles to start the season.
"When you say early struggles -- opening night we played great," Wilson said during a Monday afternoon phone conversation. "We had a couple games -- three games we played OK. Ten games is really a judge of where your team is, not an aberration of two or three games."
So now the judging begins on the team we picked to win the Stanley Cup. The Sharks are 6-4 through 10 games and currently sit as the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference. They finished a grueling road trip 5-1, including impressive victories against the Bruins and Detroit Red Wings. San Jose has the most wins of any of the four teams that advanced to the conference finals last season.
"We look at 10-game segments, and the reality of it is we think we're trending in the right direction," Wilson said. "We think we're playing the way we're capable of. We expect to get better."
The road trip showed just why the Sharks will be dangerous come playoff time. One of the issues with the Sharks early on in McLellan's tenure was that they were built to be successful by focusing on one style of play. That meant the Sharks were successful against some teams but struggled against others, so playoff success hinged on facing the right opponent.
The Sharks now have evolved into a team capable of beating any style of play, and they showed it on this trip.
They can roll out size and physical play with Brad Winchester, Douglas Murray and Andrew Murray that allows them to manhandle a team like the Red Wings, which they've done now for a couple of years. The speed of Patrick Marleau, Martin Havlat, Torrey Mitchell and Andrew Desjardins allows the Sharks to play with faster teams. When the spring gets here, more than ever, it'll be less about whom the Sharks are playing than how they're playing.
"We can play any way we want to play," Wilson said. "We've got a big team, but we've got skill. Sometimes you have to play different ways. We know systematically how we want to play. We have a big, physical team, and we're very comfortable in that style of game."
The new additions are fitting in well with the Sharks. Defenseman Brent Burns, who struggled at times defensively against the Rangers on Monday, is still a plus-5 this season and has five points in 10 games with the Sharks. Havlat, acquired for Dany Heatley in one of the summer trades with the Wild, has five points in six games. He's still looking for his first goal. Wilson also mentioned Michal Handzus as a player he's been impressed with. The 6-foot-5 center has two goals this season and is winning 53.8 percent of his faceoffs, just one of two Sharks (Joe Thornton) winning more than 50 percent of those battles this season.
The Sharks go home a little disappointed but headed in the right direction.
"The road trip has been good, but we can play even better," Wilson said.
• The Sharks advanced to the Western Conference finals last season, but the organization thinks it had to exert too much energy just to make the playoffs last season, costing it a real shot at winning the Stanley Cup. "It wasn't a scramble, let's be honest," Wilson said. "We were in 12th place in mid-January." That's why earning points early on in the season and on their recent road trip was so crucial to the Sharks. They don't want a repeat of last season. "It gets tougher as it goes forward," Wilson said. "In the Western Conference, it is so tough that you'd better play well soon. You can't wait and do what we did last year. That came with a cost."
• Give the Professional Hockey Writers Association, Zack Hill and the Philadelphia Flyers' PR staff a lot of credit for quickly correcting what could have turned into an ugly situation in Philadelphia. It was decided that Ilya Bryzgalov would be unavailable to the media the day before starts -- as well as the morning skate before a start -- a decision apparently spurred by Bryzgalov's comments after the ugly loss to the Winnipeg Jets last week. The Philadelphia chapter of the PHWA immediately filed a grievance with the NHL and worked internally with the league to voice its displeasure. Hill was able to restore proper media access to Bryzgalov, who still won't talk on the morning of games, which is fairly typical for starting goalies. Flyers fans deserve a chance to hear what Bryzgalov has to say about his play and his team. It sounds as though they will continue to get that opportunity.
• Latvian prospect Zemgus Girgensons is getting pressure to leave the USHL to instead play junior hockey in Canada, but he reiterated the stance to Ryan Clark that he intends to continue developing his game in the USHL. "I don't see my future in the CHL," Girgensons told Clark. "[Kelowna] drafted me and didn't say anything to me about it. After that, I felt they disrespected me a little bit. They pushed it a little bit onto my adviser, and I don't think he really liked it."
• Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald doesn't see a trade coming for the Bruins, nor does he think a trade is the appropriate solution for the underachieving team. He says it's up to the current team to turn things around.
• According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Sidney Crosby won't make his season debut on the Pittsburgh Penguins' West Coast trip this week. The date more and more people are pointing to for a possible Crosby return is Nov. 11 at home against the Dallas Stars.
• While NBA owners and players fight over the division of revenue, Helene Elliott of the L.A. Times wonders whether we're seeing a preview of the coming NHL collective bargaining agreement negotiations. NBA owners want a 50-50 split of revenues. In the NHL, players got 57 percent of revenues last season. NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr told Elliott he's following the NBA talks but doesn't see it impacting future NHL negotiations too much. "Even though we use the same terms in all the sports, like compensation and free agency, they don't mean the same thing," Fehr said. "And the economics of all four are different. I think there are self-contained negotiations."


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"Cover stories are crown jewels that are coveted by celebrities," said Vanessa K. De Luca, editor of Essence. "Our covers are usually influential and are a way to say that certain celebrities are relevant, of the moment and attention-getters."
"For The Hollywood Reporter, the cover is everything. It's more important than being on the home page of our website. It reflects back on our brand, and we want to be first, cutting edge and insightful," noted Janice Min, president and chief creative officer of The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group, which is affiliated with Adweek.*
"We create magazines that break through. Covers have a tangible aspect, and they're about what we can say to fans that's timely and generates conversations," added Chad Millman, vp editorial director of domestic digital content at ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine.
All three editors participated in a panel at the recent AMMC (American Magazine Media) Next Up Conference in New York, moderated by Jess Cagle, editorial director at People and Entertainment Weekly. They tackled the topics of cover stories and photo shoots as well as the dynamics involved in magazine-celebrity relationships and how they've shifted over time.
What's changed: fewer A-listers, more media outlets, content that pops
"Hollywood doesn't mint as many big stars anymore. Most stars are just at the C level now. As editors we have more leverage as celebrities get needier. We had 20 years of writing vanilla profiles. But now celebrities know they need to bring it to get traction and make news," Min observed.
"Athlete celebrities have more outlets now," said Millman. (example: The Players' Tribune) "It's still important for ESPN to have access and report on athletes and why they matter. Sometimes ESPN writes critical stories and athletes threaten no further access but eventually they return."
Editor-driven celebrity content holds more sway than stars' social media postings
Cagle posed the key dilemma: "Now we have to offer something in print that readers can't get for free on our website. But celebrities often control their own messaging."
"What celebrities announce on their Facebook page doesn't have the same heft," Min replied. "Most celebrities like having an editor write about their careers versus bragging about it themselves." (With the possible exception of Donald Trump or Kanye West.)
De Luca agreed: "Celebrities still want their content to be associated with a trusted brand that they can't create on their own."
"It's a mutually beneficial partnership. Celebrities need editors' help to find ways to frame things and establish context in magazine stories," added Millman.
Behind-the-scenes at cover shoots, cooperation is key
"Sometimes celebrities behave badly during cover shoots so that becomes the story," said Min. She explained that it's in both parties' interest to cooperate, since there are only a few agencies that control A-listers, so they all hear about it if issues arise.
"If celebrity athletes don't give enough time for a cover interview or shoot, then we may just use a stock photo or walk away," Millman cautioned.
Cover stories promote other vested interests
"Aside from getting readers excited, we use our covers as leverage for our live events and festivals to keep the conversations going," De Luca explained.
Millman said that athletes can take their cover issues to potential sponsors or put them on their walls. Min offered a prime example, noting that when THR interviewed Donald Trump, his office walls were covered with all his magazine covers.
Internal and external politics signal high stakes in magazine cover choices
"We pick stars that deserve to be on our cover. Billboard's Justin Bieber cover became the trending topic of the day, and he began as a YouTube star," said Min. "So far The Hollywood Reporter hasn't put a social media star on the cover, but I'm open to the idea."
Time Magazine's highly-anticipated Person of The Year issue was discussed during a lunchtime session at AMMC about politics. Late night host Seth Meyers moderated and Time's editor Nancy Gibbs was a panelist. When the topic of Donald Trump surfaced, she reported that he wasn't happy about Time's choice of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
"We discussed the choice politely with Trump. We told him that Time never jumps the line by selecting a presidential candidate. But we said that if he wins the race, he'll be in a sweet position next year to be named," Gibbs reported.
In the past few days a couple notable controversies surrounding magazine covers have occurred. One involved Kanye West lobbying for the cover spot on Rolling Stone, and the other entailed internal strains and reader backlash over the presence of the Kardashians on the cover of AD/Architectural Digest's "Celebrities at Home" issue.
These both underscore the tradeoff of risks and rewards for media brands, as characterized by Min: "When a magazine promises a great story but doesn't deliver, it reflects badly on the brand. So you don't want to put yourself in that position."
*I once worked for Nielsen Business Media, which at the time owned The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard.
(Justin Bieber Cover Courtesy of Billboard)
(Architectural Digest Cover Photography Courtesy of Roger Davies)


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This past week, I participated in GISHWHES, AKA the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen. Below are some items I worked on that I'm particularly proud of, all of which were done in collaboration with Jess Marcotte and whomever else we could wrangle at the last minute to help us out.
ITEM #50: Virtual reality interfaces are absolutely amazing. The technology is mind-blowing. Using virtual reality and augmented headsets like the Hololens and Oculus, I have stood on the surface of Mars at Jet Propulsion Laboratories and examined the undercarriage of the Mars Rover, been in the eye of a hurricane, and have been attacked by heavily-armed 19th-century militia. It's mind-blowing. Your task is to create a virtual reality experience totally unlike any VR experience to date. This video will require a super-short, adrenalin-pumping intro-teaser, which will let the viewers know that they are about to experience VR like never before. THEN, abruptly cut to a 360-degree clip of the most mundane activity you can imagine. BORE US TO DEATH.
ITEM #76: Nobody ever talks about the fact that 250 years ago, stormtroopers who had been abandoned on planet Earth were forced to assimilate into pre-Industrial culture. Dramatically re-enact this difficult time. Show a stormtrooper getting back to basics using a spinning wheel, butter churn, or other old-fashioned tool or machine in a rural setting. Feel free to add accessories to the stormtrooper's outfit to make their assimilation more complete—a Shaker-style hat, a musket slung over the shoulder, etc.
ITEM #98: Your choice! Either a panda made of sanitary pads – a "Padna," if you will, or a likeness of a totalitarian world leader made entirely of feminine hygiene products. (…yeah, we went for the padna.)
ITEM #103: Everyone thinks Zombies are slow and stupid. This is not at all true! In fact, you recently lost your job to a zombie because they demonstrated a willingness to work long hours without food, sleep, pay, or encouragement. Let's see the zombie who replaced you at your place of employment, doing whatever you used to do to make a living. The image must show your former boss or coworkers proudly watching the zombie perform your old job better than you used to do.
ITEM #118: Paint a Bob Ross painting. We must see both the painter replicating the Bob Ross painting and the playback of the Bob Ross video the painter is replicating. You must paint in real-time while he is painting. The video should end with a side-by-side comparison of your masterpiece and Bob Ross's.
ITEM #120: Beauty is on the inside. Photoshop a revised version of your reflection in a mirror. Show us a photo of you standing in front of a mirror. But the reflection we see is what you look like on the inside. Interpret this however you like with the caption on the image: "Beauty is on the inside."
ITEM #128: At gishwhes headquarters, we do almost everything right, with one glaring exception: we have not yet commissioned a gishwhes theme-song. We need a catchy, 10-second jingle that we can play every time the Slangaroo takes the stage.
ITEM #129: Welcome to Slangatoilegami. You don't see the phrases "Slangaroo", "bathroom tissue", and "origami" together nearly often enough. Let's fix that.
ITEM #148: Art changes lives. Contribute to the gishwhes art gallery by submitting an image taken by you or of you that captures the notion of identity in the 21st century.
ITEM #158: If there's one thing all of us over the age of 35 are nostalgic for it's the rotary dial phone. We pine for that satisfaction of being able to insert our fingers in that hole and spin the dial. Help bring us back to those halcyon days: Make a smart-phone app that interfaces with a real, old-fashioned rotary phone. (Note: this must not be an app that renders a digital simulation of a rotary phone. It must be an app that somehow works in concert with an actual rotary phone.)


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Kentwood Christian ChurchXpressive Mobile
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At Kentwood Christian Church we sincerely try to follow the Bible and its teachings. However, our ability to logically figure everything out is not the basis for our acceptability before God. Our salvation is based on what God has done for us through Jesus Christ. What we must be right about is the fact that we cannot be right about everything and are therefore completely dependent on God's graciousness and mercy.
With our official mobile app, you are able to :
- Stream sermons directly inside our app
- Access important information about KCC, including service times, etc
- Communicate with other members, and request prayer, via our Prayer Wall
- Ask Pastor Gill a personal question, directly inside our app
- Plus much more...


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The Custom Building Products TileLab 24 oz. Stone Enhancer is a color enhancer and penetrating sealer for all types of porous natural stone and grout. Rejuvenates the color and appearance of worn, faded stone, tumbled-marble and other rustic-look stones. Can also be used to darken the color of grout.
- Provides long-lasting protection against oil, grease and stains
- Water-based, low-odor formula can be used for interior and exterior use
- Seals for stain protection and enhances the look
- Darkens most stone to a wet look


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Does anyone know if there are any parks which are close to a train station/town centre and have good activities so you could visit without a car?Thanks.
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Rio Earth Summit: Green goals, and why india sees red
The Rio-plus 20, a conference of around 200 nations in Rio de Janeiro, will be held from June 20 to 22. At the event, various countries will put their heads together to work out sustainable growth parameters.world Updated: Jun 19, 2012 00:05 IST
The Rio-plus 20, a conference of around 200 nations in Rio de Janeiro, will be held from June 20 to 22. At the event, various countries will put their heads together to work out sustainable growth parameters.
The summit covers
Two themes — the green economy in the context of sustainable development and institutional framework for sustainable development, and seven priority areas - decent jobs, sustainable cities, food security, sustainable agriculture, water, oceans and disaster preparedness.
Sustainable development
Sustainable development means meeting current needs with an eye on the future. Can be met through green economy norms, with emphasis on economic progress as well as environmental protection.
Significance of meet
Globally, around 1.4 billion people are poor. By 2020, global population will grow from 7 billion to 9 billion but food production will not grow as fast. Natural sources for fossil fuels will dry up in 30 years, and climate change will reduce agricultural production.
Why now?
Realisation has dawned that the economic slowdown may actually compel countries to adopt sustainable growth models. It marks the 20th anniversary of its first Earth Summit at Rio in 1992.
India's stand on upcoming summit
India says the agreement should be based on the original Rio principle of "equity" and "common but differentiated responsibility".
What are equity & CBDR
Equity means the right to growth, and eradication of poverty without any restrictions. CBDR (common but differentiated responsibility) means everybody has to contribute to sustainable growth, but targets should be mandatory for rich nations and voluntary for countries that are still developing.
India's objections
a) India says green economy norms are aimed at blunting India's "economic advantage", and sustainable development goals till 2030 infringe on its sovereignty.
b) New accounting norms impinge on India's domestic monitoring procedures
c) The norms mean to introduce trade barriers in the name of sustainable growth
d) Promises made by rich nations at 1992 Rio meet yet to be fulfilled
Likely outcome
A political statement on growing in an environmentally sustainable manner.


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Meu Pescador, Meu Velho Trailer (2013)
28 September 2013 Factual 59 mins
At a 2005 Carnival night, something mysterious happens at Porto Formoso bay, leaving the fishing boats wrecked. Fishermen decide to build bigger boats, but at the small village harbor it is impossible to deck them. They demand the construction of a new harbor, but many inhabitants are opposed due to a Castle ruins that lay there. If to some residents ruins look worthless, for others they are the village soul and future, as a lot of tourists would like to visit them...While the landscape transforms, we follow the Director voice through the story of the last seven years of this community.
Watch the official Meu Pescador, Meu Velho 2013 trailer in HD below or find more Meu Pescador, Meu Velho videos on Vidimovie.


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0 Cigmo Court, Springtown, TX 76082
- Sold
- Closed
- Farm
- 10 Acres
0 Cigmo Court, Springtown, TX 76082 View this property at 0 Cigmo Court, Springtown, TX 76082
0 Cigmo Court Springtown TX 76082
Map & Location
Property Description
Own a piece of Texas! Beautiful 10 ac with lots of trees. Several building sites and excellent hunting. Quiet and secluded. Would make a great weekend getaway or build your dream home.
Full Property Details for 0 Cigmo Court
- Taxes: $1,092
- Status: Closed
- Type: Farm
- Added: 359 day(s) ago
- County: Wise
- Subdivision: Top Kick
- Driving Directions: West on HWY 199 from Springtown to right on Salt Creek. Left on County Road 3657, left on R&R Rd, then left on Cigmo. Property on left starting at the corner. SOP
School Information
- School District: Bridgeport ISD
- Elementary School: Bridgeport
- Middle School: Bridgeport
- High School: Bridgeport
- Home Owners Assn.: None
- Utility Description: All Weather Road, Outside City Limits, Electric Avail. Off Site, Septic System Required
Lot Features
- Lot Size (Acres): 10
- Lot Size (Sq. Ft.): 435,600
- Lot Size: 10
- Frontage: Asphalt
- Development Status: Streets Installed
- Present Use: Hunting/Fishing
- Potential Use: Cattle, Hunting/Fishing, Residential Single
- Zoning: Residential
- Lot Description: Acreage, Heavily Treed, Horses Permitted
- Fencing (Description): Barbed Wire
Financial Considerations
- Tax Amount: $1,092
Disclosures and Reports
- Legal Description: ACRES: 10.000, LOT: 32, SUBD: TOP KICK
- Restrictions: No Known Restriction(s)
- Exclusions: three vehicles on property.
- Lot: 32
Listed by RE/MAX Trinity, Pamela Brown
Sold by Keller Williams Realty, Jaton Crownover


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Mouse With Components of the Human Immune System
Mouse With Components of the Human Immune System
Transgenic mice with a diverse hu-
man T-cell antigen receptor repertoire;
This modification is the precondition for the immune system to destroy cancer cells. The researchers developed a mouse with a whole repertoire of these human T cell receptors with the aim of utilizing these receptors in the future for targeted immunotherapy in patients.
The T cells of the immune system possess receptors on their surface with which they can recognize invaders and which enable the immune system to fight and destroy them. At the same time, however, T cells must differentiate between between the body's own proteins and foreign proteins – so that the immune system tolerates the body's own tissue.
In cancer diseases, however, the immune system appears to be restricted in its response. Cancer cells originate from the body's own tissue, which is why the immune system obviously has trouble recognizing them – and that, although cancer cells often have antigens which make them recognizable as tumor cells and pathologically altered cells.
Professor Thomas Blankenstein and his team want to break this tolerance towards cancer cells. In their research they utilized a process which in mammals automatically makes mature immune cells out of immature T cells. Immature T cells do not yet possess any T cell receptors and thus have to migrate from the bone marrow to the thymus. In this gland, which is part of the immune system, the T cell receptor genes, with which the T cell recognizes antigens, undergo random gene rearrangement.
Each of the millions of generated T cells expresses only one T cell receptor on the cell surface with which an antigen is recognized. In the thymus, however, all T cells which recognize "self" structures are deactivated. T cells which specifically target foreign antigens are spared from these tolerance mechanisms. The mouse, for example, does not develop any tolerance toward human cancer cell antigens.
Professor Blankenstein and his research team increased the DNA building blocks of humans into embryonic stem cells of the mouse. "Probably no other transgenic mouse has that many human gene segments," said Blankenstein.
"These human T cell receptors in the mouse recognize human antigens of human cancer cells. For the mice human tumor antigens are foreign," Blankenstein explained. "Such highly effective T cell receptors do not exist in humans. They are destroyed in humans in order to prevent them from attacking the body's own structures. Only T cells remain with less effective T cell receptors," he stressed.
The researchers aim to isolate these high-affinity human T cell receptors of the mouse, for which human cancer antigens are foreign, and to introduce them into the T cells of cancer patients. In this way the patients' ineffective T cells shall be boosted in their effectiveness to destroy the cancer cells.
MEDICA.de; Source:
Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC) Berlin-Buch


text: Media Inquiry Form Type of Inquiry* Select Media Credential Other Inquiries Orlando City SC would like to thank all members of the media who cover the Club. We are excited to welcome you for another year of Orlando City, Orlando Pride and Orlando City B, in the Clubís brand new downtown stadium. As we look at 2017, there are several media credential process changes to ensure proper accommodation in a soccer-specific stadium, including moving primarily to a single-game credential process to better manage space for working media. The single-game credential application is now open. Please read the following reminders and updates: Only single-game credentials will be available through this application. Due to the stadium capacity as a whole, the Communications Team asks that only media members who plan to attend for editorial coverage apply. Credentials and seating space in the Press Box are limited and priority will be given to those working on a deadline. Credentials are for media outlets, who need game day press box and/or field access to produce editorial coverage, not to watch the match. This includes newspapers, TV, radio and legitimate digital websites that produce consistent and professional content adhering to accepted journalistic principles. Applications from freelance writers, photographers or videographers must come from a direct supervisor validating a person's professional and editorial need for media access. All applications using an online-based email address, such as Gmail or Hotmail, must provide validation for their outlet. Previous coverage examples are required. Credential applications must be submitted within 48 hours of match kickoff, however a limited number of credentials will be available for each match. Media members are encouraged to apply as early as possible. This form will allow application for Orlando City, Orlando Pride and Orlando City B matches on a monthly basis. 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Thread: Maintenence Plan Questions
08-18-04, 14:53 #1Registered User
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I wanted to know at what time should I be scheduling the data optimization and data integrity jobs? Will these jobs hinder performance? If so then I should probably schedule the jobs after work hours.
Also, we were not going to use the backup/recovery jobs that sql server offer, we have our own backup software. So, will the data integrity or data optimization job affect backups? Should I perform these jobs before or after backups?
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That is a good plan. The optimizations are NORMALLY non-intrusive, but particularly the first time they are run after significant changes they can hit the database like a freight train.
Your plan to start the optimizations after the backup finishes is a good one.
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I would recommend not to use 3rd-party backup tools (unless it's SQLLiteSpeed) to backup live database/transaction log. Use native or purchase SQLLiteSpeed to create OS backup files, and only then use other tools to backup to a tape, for example."The data in a record depends on the Key to the record, the Whole Key, and
nothing but the Key, so help me Codd."
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Ok thanks for the responses, it helped me alot


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desperately need help to replace plastic brackets
A friend says:
April 27, 2016
I am desperately in need of help. I have 3 broken drawers, specifically the plastic bracket pieces that go on the drawer gliders have broken on my tall chest of drawers. I have tried looking at local hardware stores, Home Depot and all over the web with no luck. I don't want to have to replace a piece of furniture because of a few plastic pieces so I really hope you have the product or can point me in the right direction. I include a picture of the brackets and another from the Internet of what the chest looks like.
Tom from SWISCO responded:
April 29, 2016
A friend says:
April 29, 2016
Hi this is Robyn again. Thanks so much for getting back to me! Finally someone somewhere responded to me :) I think mine looks a little different from those so it's hard for me to tell what would work best, but I took more pictures if this helps.
Tom from SWISCO responded:
May 2, 2016
Hello again, Robyn. We always try to respond, of course! Your pictures are very helpful. Now, the key measurement here is the depth. Based on your pictures, your depth appears to be 1-1/4", which matches our 32-334. The other important dimension is the spacing between the installation hole centers. This measurement also happens to be 1-1/4" for the 32-334. Is this the same for yours? If so, you can re-use your old installation holes without having to redrill anything. If not, you may need to adapt the 32-334 to work by redrilling holes or finding another way to attach it.
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May 5, 2016
Thank you! It doesn't look like the same shape to me but hopefully that doesn't matter. I will get enough for one drawer and see if that works and then stock up on them if it does! Thanks again! :)
Tom from SWISCO responded:
May 5, 2016
My pleasure! The shape is different, but I'm hoping you have the room in the dresser to play around. Please let me know how it works out!


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text: Complement your elegant room decor with the charming Tavenna 5 x 8 Wool Rug. Masterfully crafted from low-cut wool, this rug is durable, long-lasting, and extremely comfortable on your feet. Lay it down on your floor and watch its dark gray shade augment your ambience perfectly. The rust beige accents enhance the rug's appeal and add a subtle, yet definite sophistication to your living space. The Tavenna 5 x 8 Wool Rug also helps keep your precious flooring safe from scratches and stains.


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Discussion in 'Microsoft Outlook Express' started by madnankn, Oct 19, 2005.
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*One week ago (02-04-11), Melanie Few Harrison, founder of the Super Bowl Gospel Celebration, did not know if the event she'd planned for an entire year would take place.
For over a week, Dallas, TX, and the surrounding area of Arlington, where Super Bowl 45 would be held, wrestled with a seemingly relentless winter storm system — the worst in 15 years.
Numerous flights and other scheduled events were canceled. Few wondered if poor road conditions would cause her to cancel. But, no rain nor winter storm could stop this holy ghost party.
Few-Harrison and her team prayed for a successful outcome and an acclaimed list NFL players, an all-star slate of gospel entertainers, Jessie Jackson and perhaps the most faithful fans in the grid iron showed up for another Super Bowl Gospel Touchdown! Not only did fans show up, but Super Bowl Gospel 12 sold out!
Held at the Fairplex Music Hall, Super Bowl Gospel is the only NFL sanctioned event.
Few Harrison said, "… for these people to turn out like this, it was all God."
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The 12th Annual Super Bowl Gospel Celebration will air on the Word Network. Check your local listings for air dates and times.


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After completing a Bachelor of Music Education in 2011, I am currently studying at WAAPA. While I continue my study I would like to teach privately to help students gain a love of low brass instruments and hone their skills in music.
I am happy to travel within the metro area or make other arrangements for lesson venues, but I cannot currently teach from home.
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A remote beach in Sicily, Italy,
was named on Thursday as the best beach in the world by a survey
of travellers, while a UK beach managed to sneak into the top
Rabbit Beach came top in the first annual awards for the
world's best beach based on millions of reviews and ratings by
international tourists on the TripAdvisor website.
Rabbit Beach, on the island of Lampedusa off the south coast
of Sicily, was described as an unspoiled nature reserve that can
only be accessed by boat and one of the few places in the
Mediterranean where loggerhead sea turtles go to lay their eggs.
Second place went Grace Bay, Providenciales, in the Turks
and Caicos, while Australia's Whitehaven Beach in the state of
Queensland came third.
"Rabbit Beach's is clearly a big hit with travellers and
it's easy to see why with its stunning turquoise water and white
sand," said TripAdvisor spokeswoman Emma Shaw.
In recent years the southern Italian island of Lampedusa has
been in the news as the landing point for tens of thousands of
refugees and would-be migrants during the Arab Spring uprisings.
Thousands of migrants risking the dangerous voyage across
the Mediterranean Sea in small overcrowded fishing boats died as
a result of shipwreck, harsh conditions at sea or a lack of food
and water, setting off a crisis that threatened to overwhelm the
Shaw said this award would be a boost for Sicily's tourism.
Beaches in Brazil, Spain, Puerto Rico, Bermuda and Aruba
also featured in the top 10, praised for their white sands and
swaying palm trees.
But one surprise in the list, coming 10th, was Rhossili Bay
in Swansea, Wales, which beat beaches in Hawaii, the Caribbean
and more exotic locations to make the top 10 list.
Rhossili Bay, on the Gower Peninsula, stretches for three
miles (5 kms) and its vast expanse of sand backed by sand dunes
and towering cliffs make it popular with surfers, paragliders
and ramblers.
"We are delighted, but not surprised, that Rhossili Bay has
been acknowledged … We hope that many more visitors continue
to enjoy its outstanding natural beauty," David Phillips, leader
of the City and County of Swansea, said in a statement.
A spokeswoman for TripAdvisor said the best beach awards
were based on the quality and quantity of traveller reviews and
ratings for beaches on the website gathered over a 12-month
Following is TripAdvisor's list of the Top 10 beaches in the
1. Rabbit Beach, Sicily – Italy
2. Grace Bay, Providenciales – Turks and Caicos
3. Whitehaven Beach, Queensland – Australia
4. Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha – Brazil
5. Flamenco Beach (Playa Flamenco), Culebra – Puerto Rico
6. Playa de las Catedrales, Ribadeo – Spain
7. Lopes Mendes Beach, Ilha Grande – Brazil
8. Horseshoe Bay Beach, Southampton Parish – Bermuda
9. Eagle Beach – Aruba
10. Rhossili Bay, Rhossili, Swansea – Wales, UK
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Copenhagen - The father of a Danish yachting family held captive by armed Somali gunmen for more than six months says he wished they never had sailed into the pirate-infested waters off the Horn of Africa.In the first interview after their release, Jan Quist Johansen says it was "the decision of my life that I regret the most".His wife Marie told the Politiken newspaper on Thursday they "cried and were afraid many times" but their Somali captors never hit them. They also were able to stay together during the ordeal that ended September 06.The parents and their three teenage children were captured along with two Danish crew members on February 24 after their yacht was seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean.Danish officials have refused to comment on whether a ransom was paid.
If I was sailing, I would never go near there. Stupidity on their behalf.


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Cultivating gratitude.
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Every week, review the photos you have taken. Imagine the impact this will have on you after a week or two. Or, after a few months (or years!).
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text: So I was just curious if anyone has dropped their Captivate or Vibrant from a decent height and what happened (if anything). I personally have let it slip out of my hands a few times but it's never fallen more than a foot before I caught it. It did slip inbetween the seat in my car but still looks brand spankin new. The backplate has a tiny tiny scratch but that's it. Also, in your opinion, what would survive a fall better? The Captivate/Vibrant or the iPhone 4? Beyond the fact that the iPhone has a glass screen and shatters ridiculously easy, I have no clue what the Captivate screen is made of (AMOLED, I know, but that's the screen). I haven't seen any disastrous pics of dropped Captivates so I'd like to know what you guys think.


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Dr. Lewis, is a native to Southern California, having been raised in the San Fernando Valley. He completed both his Bachelor of Science in Biology and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees at UC Davis in 2003.
Dr. Lewis enjoys working with dogs and cats, and he has developed a special interest in dermatology, internal medicine, pain management.Continue…
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Dr. Kopit (on the left) is our mobile radiology specialist. He has over 20 years of experience in radiology and ultrasonography, and completed his residency in 1984 at Tufts University.
Dr. Kopit can provide detailed results quickly about ultrasound findings, and can perform ultrasound guided biopsies in the hospital. He is internship trained at Angell Memorial Animal Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in Anaheim.
Dr. Howard Fischer
Dr. Fischer is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons and he has provided specialty surgical services for over 50 Southern California Veterinary Hospitals.
Dr. Fischer's team of technicians have over 25 years of combined experience, and they have the necessary specialized equipment to perform a variety of specialized and technically complex procedures in our hospital.
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Now this may not be your cup of tea, but if you are looking for a bloody/gory horror film... then you'll love Hostel.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Welcome to Your Worst Nightmare.
Yup, that would be the tagline for my #22 scary movie pick - Hostel (Roth, 2005). This horror, mystery, thriller is about three backpackers who head to a Slovakian city believing that they will find a hostel with plenty of women who will want to sleep with them. However, they have no idea the hell that awaits them! The director, Eli Roth, is one twisted dude and it definitely shows in this film. The plot is tricky to figure out and the violence continues to get scarier and grosser as the film progresses. Be prepared to see things cut off, blood splattering everywhere, and the most unimaginable torture scenes. I think it starts off a bit slow, but the middle and end certainly make up for that! As Kyle Smith of the New York Post wrote, "Hostel is a screaming good time."
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