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NIDA-funded researchers have gathered evidence that brief interventions can help adolescents move away from drug use. In a clinical trial, middle and high school students markedly reduced their substance use following two 60-minute sessions that combined motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy.
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The NIDA-supported Good Behavior Game recently was honored with the 2012 Mentor International Best Practice Award. The game, which focuses on reducing disruptive behaviors in elementary school classrooms, has been shown to prevent drug abuse and other problems in adolescence and young adulthood.
July 2012 Ninety percent of privately funded substance abuse treatment programs in the United States offer cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)...
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Pregnant women who received financial incentives to refrain from smoking during late pregnancy were more successful at remaining abstinent and less likely to have babies with low birth weight, according to data from three trials.
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July 2011 Reports on researchers who demonstrated the economic value of a computer-based treatment as an adjunct to standard addiction therapy.
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Cereals production seen up, to weigh on food pricesA projected rebound in global wheat and maize production this year will weigh on food prices but strong demand will prevent prices falling far from high levels, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. Maize production is More… |
Food prices rise third straight month in AprilGlobal food prices rose in April for a third straight month as surging dairy costs kept upward pressure on the United Nations food agency's index, but cereal output is expected to be strong this year. Food prices spiked during More… |
Food prices could rise again in 2013Global food prices eased slightly in the second half of 2012, in part due to good harvests in the southern hemisphere, but prices remain high and could increase further in 2013, a report said. Global food prices eased slightly in More… |
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Sudan inflation hits 46pc in Nov on food pricesSudan's annual inflation rate rose to 46.5 per cent in November from 45.3 per cent in October, driven by a jump in food prices such as meat and sugar, official data showed on Sunday. Prices have soared in Sudan since South Sud More… |
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G20 plans response as food prices soarThe Group of 20 countries are planning a meeting to co-ordinate a response to surging food prices, the Financial Times reported on Monday, as the worst US drought in more than half a century devastates crops, lifting grain prices to record highs More… |
Dubai deflation eases in May, food prices jumpDeflation in Dubai eased to its lowest annual rate in four months in May, data showed, dipping to 1.2 per cent to extend the emirate's longest period of price declines since inflation hit a record 10.8 per cent in 2008. Month on month pric More… |
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Janet Shea and Donald Lewis star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a cantankerous old Southern woman, who is white, and a man, who is black, hired to assist her. Over time they grow to depend on each other. At Westwego Performing Arts Theatre and North Star Theater. Thu.-Sun. May 9-June 2
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John Lopez, executive director of the Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation, presents "Lake Ponchartrain Basin Foundation: Where we have been, where we are going?" Free admission. 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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Why Atheists Are Wrong About Religion
That Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins are disappointed that religion hasn't gone the way of the dinosaur perhaps speaks to the fact that religion provides something of great importance to human beings, an importance that is beyond their grasp. Science provides the cold hard facts of life. Religion provides meaning. Even Dr. Krauss agreed that we make the meaning in our lives. Why can't that meaning come from religion?


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Gore Backs House Global Warming Bill
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Testifying in a congressional hearing, Gore called the Democratic bill one of the most important pieces of legislation ever introduced.
Gore, who has achieved international acclaim for his campaign on climate change, argued that global warming poses an urgent threat to humanity.
Another supporter of the legislation, former Virginia Republican Senator John Warner, called this a critical moment in U.S. history.
Democrat Gore said the legislation will simultaneously deal with climate change, the economic crisis and national security.
That, he argued, will be accomplished by reducing carbon-based pollution, creating new green industry jobs and ending America's dependence on foreign oil.
Republican critics and some moderate Democrats argue that the legislation will hurt U.S. industry while prompting a steep rise in energy costs.


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A key challenge facing many businesses is how to attract and recruit highly skilled workers. Business owners face this challenge even during economic downturns. In fact, the United States Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in its December 13, 2011 "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey" that there were approximately 3.3 million job openings at the end of October.
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One search through major job boards like Career Builder, Indeed and Monster and it's clear that there are available jobs. Finding the right talent to fill these open jobs is what business owners, their management teams and human resource professionals continue to try to figure out. Another challenge employers face is how to keep top talent, once hired, from walking out the door. Employee benefits and rewards programs that meet the demands and wants of the workforce can help employers like you to attract quality job candidates. These programs can also help you to retain your best workers.
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- Job Sharing Programs – These programs allow employees to acquire new work abilities without having to exit the firm and get hired at another company. Workers can also learn about internal job opportunities and gain skills that can help them get promoted when they participate in job sharing programs.
- Employee Assistance Programs – Through Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) members of your workforce can receive free counseling, guidance and advice around personal related legal (e.g. divorce) issues. These programs can cut down on the amount of time employees are away from work handling personal business.
- Fitness Centers and Programs – An onsite gym or fitness center helps employees to enjoy more work-life balance. Employees can exercise during their lunch break; they can also exercise before or after work. Fitness centers and programs also encourage healthy lifestyles, a factor causing employees to take fewer medical leave and personal days. Your company might also secure lower health insurance premiums if you offer employees an onsite fitness center and/or fitness program.
- Daycare Centers – As with fitness centers, onsite daycare centers provide employees with opportunities to improve their work-life balance. Workers, including top executives, with young children may especially appreciate this benefit.
Employee benefits and rewards programs make it easier for employees to create work-life balance. Some of these programs are non-monetary, while others require you to set aside a certain portion of your business profits to maintain. However, when you consider what it cost (e.g. resume sourcing, recruiting, training) to hire and train new employees, the expense may be worth it.
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Mom of boy, 16, killed by cops: 'He was bipolar, depressed'
Tribune reportersRelatives say a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by police after he allegedly fired at people on the street and then at pursuing officers suffered from a bipolar disorder. But they are still at a loss to explain what happened to their "playful,...Tags: Firearms, Mental Illness, Music, Bipolar Disorder, Behavioral Conditions
UIC to go tobacco-free this summer
RedEyeStudents, faculty and other employees of the University of Illinois at Chicago will have to kiss their tobacco products--and their electronic cigarettes--goodbye this summer thanks to a new tobacco-free campus policy that will go into effect July 1....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at Work, Health Insurance Cost, Tobacco Products, Rush University
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Tribune reporterTwo cousins are accused of discharging pepper spray into the face of a New Jersey man riding the Orange Line and taking his iPad Monday morning on the Southwest Side, authorities said. Judge James Brown set bail today at $500,000 for Thomas Garner, 18,...Tags: Apple iPad, Hospitals and Clinics, Theft, Chicago Transit Authority, Hazel Crest
Man held on $500K after being shot, trying to run down cop
Tribune reportersA man who was shot after he allegedly tried to run down a police officer in the Humboldt Park neighborhood over the weekend was ordered held. Roosevelt Hartman, 26, of the 100 block of North Laramie Avenue was charged with attempted murder of a police...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Chicago Police Department, West Chicago, Prosecution, Hospitals and Clinics
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Tribune reporterA 23-year-old man was shot by police and a police officer was injured during an investigation of drug sales in the Humboldt Park neighborhood this morning, officials said. Chicago Fire Department paramedics responded to the 3900 block of West Chicago...Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Chicago Police Department, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Fire Department, Shootings
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Several people hurt in senior high-rise fire
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Convicted murderer dies of flesh-eating bacteria
Tribune reporterA man sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man during a home invasion in 1998 died of blood poisoning and the so-called flesh-eating bacteria, an autopsy has found. Robert J. Turner, 32, died Friday at the University of Illinois Medical Center...Tags: Necrotizing Fasciitis, Hospitals and Clinics, Sepsis, Cirrhosis, Punishment
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A man serving a 40-year sentence for murder has died in custody, authorities said today. Robert J. Turner, 32, who was serving time at the downstate Dixon Correctional Center at 2600 Brinton Ave., suffered multiple medical problems including cirrhosis...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cirrhosis, Punishment
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Tribune reporterJesus Lupian died doing the thing he loved most — playing soccer. "It absolutely was his passion," his former Glenbrook South varsity soccer coach, Paul Agombar, said. "It's ironic that that's how he went."...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Students, High School Sports, Ethics, Values
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The announcement that the school was beginning a football program was made during a press conference on Thursday in Waco at the school's Murphy Campus.
The first game will be played in the fall of 2014, and the man tasked with leading the program is Walter Dunson, who'd already been the school's athletic director.
The team will play its home games at Heard County's stadium
"I am grateful for this opportunity to lead the WGTC football program," Dunson said. "This is a great day for West Georgia Tech. We'll work hard, we'll build character, and we'll do things the right way to represent our college and our local communities."
Skip Sullivan, the school's president, made the announcement before a crowd of more than 100 people.
"We are pleased to announce that we are adding a football program to serve our local communities, our area high schools, and the state of Georgia," Sullivan said. "This is a major step for our college and we anticipate this will provide additional opportunities for high-school athletes to continue their academic and football careers, and stay at home to do so."
West Georgia Tech will be a Division I member of the National Junior College Athletic Association.
Only one other school in Georgia, Georgia Military, competes at a Division I level in the junior-college ranks.
The school has already started the recruiting process, and the first freshman class will be in place next fall.
"We will be a place where football players who aren't academically eligible to compete for NCAA schools to come play," Sullivan said. "We'll also be a place where local talent can come here and play when they otherwise would have to go to faraway places to play football. We want to embrace to local communities and their fan bases.
Sullivan also said he was grateful to Heard County for its willingness to share its football stadium.
"We want to express our gratitude to the administration of Heard County High School," Sullivan said. "We will embrace that community. We look forward to maintaining a partnership with them as well as all of our local high schools."
Dunson, who graduated from Central-Carroll High, expects to have a coaching staff in place by the spring, and he said the team will have an 85-person roster and will play an 11-game schedule.
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The van stopped when it was involved in an accident with a car (presumably staged by the thieves). The drivers stepped out of the van, at which point two men attacked them with tear gas before getting into the van and driving away with 400,000 euros worth of on-rails shooter and popular multiplayer.
According to the AFP report, a second robbery happened on Saturday, when three armed bandits hijacked another van's worth of games, and the total loss at this point is over 780,000 euros, and another win for French surrealism.
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In February and March each year, Canada's capital city Ottawa, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice breaking and clearing operations along the Rideau River between Rideau Falls and Hogs Back. This allows water to flow unrestricted and it alleviates potential spring flooding in flood-prone areas. So together with Human Planet Rivers team director Ciaran Flannery, technical wizard Patrick Murray and cinematographer Gerry Dawson, we set out to document this amazing spectacle. We first met the men who operate the Amphibex, which is pretty much a JCB that floats on water. This machine can dredge, gouge and crush anything on water and it was tasked with breaking the ice at the bottom of the falls so that when the controlled explosions further up the river take place, the avalanche of ice that is carried down stream actually has somewhere to go.
At the base of the falls is the Ottawa river here the ice is around 3 meters deep . The idea was for the Amphibex to clear away the ice from here but today it broke down. Tomorrow, the explosives will be set on the Rideau river at the top of the falls, and seven miles of ice will come crashing through the opened sluice gates, piling on top of the ice you can see here. In previous years this has resulted in a mountain of ice piling up as high as the falls themselves and stretching out 500 yards across the river. 2010 however, is unique. Ice dam workers have never experienced such high temperatures at this time of year. The Ottawa river ice is melting and opening up very quickly, which means the residue ice coming over the falls should clear very quickly.
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The next stage of the process after channels have been cut in the ice, is to drill holes for the explosives. Sticks of dynamite that really do resemble the Acme ones we used to see the Wily Coyote use to no avail against the Roadrunner, are then strategically dropped through the holes into the river to maximum effect. Fortunately these experts have far more success than the hapless coyote.
However this visual feast of amphibexes carving out flow channels in the Ottawa river, buzz saws cutting 50 metre blast channels, dynamite, explosions and mountains of ice flowing downstream just doesn't happen by itself. It requires a dedicated team to pull this off. They are a handful of city of Ottawa workers who are each specialists not only in their knowledge of the flowing water of both the Ottawa and Rideau rivers, but in ice dams, heavy duty machine cutting, dynamite explosives and above all, safety. These men take to the ice every year and are passionate about the job that they do. In temperatures as cold as -20 these men will be out on the ice doing what they do best. You could almost say that it is a labour of love.
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Off the Felt is interviewing your favorite people in the poker industry to find out more about their lives — you've got it — off the felt. We recently sat down with recent WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Player of the Series Mike Leah to talk a little sports, prop bets, and music.
What is your favorite tournament spot?
Not sure if I have a favorite "spot." I look forward to WSOP all year but that is all about the event itself not the location. I really enjoyed playing San Remo last year and look forward to going back.
Where is your favorite vacation destination?
I love going on beach holidays, so Mexico, or Jamaica — really anywhere hot with a nice beach and I'm happy.
What are some of your hobbies away from the table?
Playing and watching just about any sport. Oh, and my fantasy sports leagues take up a lot of my time.
Can you tell us the most ridiculous prop bet you've participated in?
Well, my poker friends and I bet on just about everything. One of my favorites is throwing random objects in garbage cans (laughs) – but we have made bets where the loser had to wear the other guy's favorite hockey team jersey, last-longer bets where the first out had to pick up breakfast and deliver to all the other guys; nothing overly ridiculous but still fun.
Do you have any hidden talents?
I must not have found them yet, but maybe counting chip stacks. I'm pretty good at that.
As a self-proclaimed fantasy sports expert, what is your favorite sport to bet on?
I actually don't bet on sports at all. My fantasy leagues are for money, but they last for months and it's more about the competition with friends. Fantasy Football would probably be my favorite.
As a sports buff, would you rather spend a day with the Toronto Blue Jays, the New York Yankees, or the Dallas Cowboys?
The Blue Jays for sure as I detest both the Yankees and the Cowboys (laughs).
So you're big on music. Who is your favorite band/artist?
With iTunes I have a lot more favorite songs than artists nowadays but a few of my current favorites are The Black Keys, City & Colour, Muse, Linkin Park, Metric, and Ray LaMontagne.
What is your favorite concert ever attended?
Most of my favorite concert experiences have been music festivals like Lollapalooza, Edgefest, etcetera. Nothing beats a summer music festival. An intimate theater performance can be pretty cool, too; the Counting Crows, BB King, Jonny Lang are a few that stand out.
What is one thing you want people to know about you?
Please don't smoke around me, and chew gum before you sit next to me after smoking. Thank you.
If you could pick anyone to star you in a movie about your life, who would it be?
Well, first I need to win a few WSOP bracelets. And then I don't know, maybe Mark Wahlberg (laughs).
What is your greatest poker achievement?
I have yet to achieve it, that's for sure. I am proud of my WCOOP, FTOPS wins, leaderboard finishes, and just last week I won the WSOPC Circuit Horseshoe Hammond Player of the Series. Right now my main focus is on winning the Player of the Year at WSOP and winning my first of many bracelets.
Do you have any superstitions before you begin a tournament?
Nope, just waking up on time to play is my main focus!
What's the most interesting story you've ever heard at the table?
There are lots of interesting stories and many not interesting ones. I love the ones about bad beats that they took ... not!
What would you being doing if you weren't playing poker?
I had a nice cushy management job before I left to play poker full time, so I would still be working there if I hadn't discovered poker. The rest of my hobbies would be the same but I would have to wake up earlier during the week.
What's next on your poker calendar?
I will likely be going to go to the new WPT event in Montreal in November. I'm hoping there will be a FTOPS series before the end of the year. Then in January I'm looking forward to PCA and TCOOP.
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Adam "Roothlus" Levy, who has over $1.9 million in career live tournament earnings, has launched a contest with 99designs, for a new personal logo. Levy will create a poll for fans to vote on the designs this weekend, and the winning logo will be displayed on his personal website. The winning designer will earn $200.
On Thursday, Levy retweeted the following from Lauren Gard of 99designs:
Hey poker-loving designers! Design a Logo for World-Class Poker Player Adam "@Roothlus" Levy @99designs http://t.co/LxxqHfjG #pokerOctober 25 2012Follow
On average, 110 designs are submitted per contest on 99designs, and there is a design uploaded every five seconds. Since the inception of the company, $42.3 million has been paid to designers who have submitted logos to the site.
If you want to submit, view, or rate the logos, you can check out 99designs.com.
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Johnny Chan is hosting a new reality TV show called "Full House with Johnny Chan." With 10 WSOP bracelets and years of experience under his belt, Chan will act as a mentor and backer, taking the reigns to help Las Vegas grinders succeed.
The concept is simple: Chan will house five local cash-game grinders in his personal abode and stake each of the players for $200,000 so they can compete in weekly cash-game sessions. An interesting concept, indeed, but what is really intriguing is how the players were appointed to their positions on the show.
"Everyone knows that playing poker in Las Vegas is not a guaranteed success. You see players appear and disappear throughout the year. Everyone on the show has survived playing in Vegas for years; they have fought the variance, and have jumped past the tough economic times and are still in Vegas playing today. They have become priority and Johnny Chan and myself are here to help them succeed further," producer Jay Ishimaru told PokerNews.
The video posted on the show can be found on YouTube and the TwoPlusTwo forums with less than complimentary feedback. "Viewers need to know that it is not a trailer but a physio reel (demo) where the players were forced to over act because the purpose is to sell the concept to the networks," said Ishimaru.
Jay Ishimaru and Johnny Chan are working together pitching their series to various networks in New York and Los Angeles. Offers have been made, but nothing has been finalized as of yet. "We are planning to start shooting within 60 to 90 days and most likely you can see the show air by early February."
Although the reel may have been scripted for selling purposes, the actual show will not be intended as such, but actually show the "reality" of the game as the players study and are coached by Chan, to then play one another each week. From the video you can also see that Doyle Brunson will have some involvement. It's hard to determine what his role will be but one can only assume that he might serve as a poker coach, as well.
With so much conversation on Twitter about the show, Matt Glantz asked Brunson about the show, to which Brunson responded:
@MattGlantz @Adzizzy I have no clue about this show. Chan asked me, we are friends so I said ok. I didn't even know what the taping was forOctober 22 2012Follow
Once shooting begins, the games will be played at a set table in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino and not on a dining room table as portrayed. As each show is filmed, viewers in the area will have a chance to see the games played live so watch out for that when the time comes. You can find updates on TwoPlusTwo, or second producer, Javier Prato's personal page.
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On Friday, Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree announced via Twitter, the release date of a reality television show she was working on. The show, called I Bet My Life, follows Boeree and Kevin MacPhee during their travels on the road as professional poker players. I Bet My Life will debut on the Travel Channel on Nov. 4 at at 11 p.m. EST.
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Have you ever wanted to put your boss in his or her place? I recently had the opportunity to do just that in the Season 9 European Poker Tour Sanremo Media Tournament — but I failed to take advantage. Instead, my boss, Donnie Peters, shamed me with a runner-up finish and went on to capture the title and accompanying €460 prize. Not only that, he got bragging rights, and that's what it was really about.
Before I talk about Donnie's incredible run of luck, let me set the stage. EPT Sanremo, which takes place on the Italian Riviera, was my second visit to Europe in as many months. I went to live report the Main Event for PokerNews, and usually live reporting gigs are all work and no play. With that said, the EPT knows and appreciates all the media's hard work and rewards us with a Media Tournament at most stops.
Such events, which are scheduled when everyone is free, are either freerolls or feature a low buy-in, and they're more about getting to know your colleagues outside the media room than winning paltry sums of money. No one takes it too seriously; instead, everyone discards their inhibitions and enjoys drinks and laughs. That was the case on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, at the Casino Sanremo when the €20 buy-in Media Event took place.
The tournament attracted 39 players, which included an eclectic mix of media such as local Italians, the PokerStars Blog team, photographers, videographers, etc. Representing Team PokerNews were myself and Donnie, as well as bloggers Emilis Pakenas, Josh Cahlik and Marc Convey; hostesses Lynn Gilmartin and Sarah Grant; and PokerNews.NL's Frank Op de Woerd. We wanted to represent, but there was also quite a bit of foolish pride on the line to be the last PokerNews player standing.
Players began with 4,000 in chips and there were four starting tables. I ended up being seated at the same one as Lynn and Josh, with the latter being to my direct right. I got off to a hot start by eliminating Lynn with when she moved all in holding on a flop. It was a turbo tournament with the blinds going up every 15 minutes, so I don't blame her for taking a chance. Plus, it was still within the rebuy period, so I didn't feel too bad.
I continued to run well and built a big stack, which allowed me to survive the rapidly increasing blinds and antes. Cahlik fell a short time later, also at my hands, but not before I three-outed him on the river in one memorable hand. I don't recall the preflop action, but I do know I held on a flop. He check-called a bet, and then we both checked the turn, which was a blank. The river completed my straight and Cahlik check-called a bet of 900. I had no idea he held and had flopped the nuts with the nut redraw. Talk about getting lucky.
Eventually I made the final table and had my sights set on finishing in the money, which was the top six. My stack dwindled a bit, but then I hit some cards at the right time and coasted into the money. It was there that an interesting hand developed against PokerStars PR magician Scott Collins, who I had observed raising without looking at his cards earlier in the tournament. He put out a big preflop raise, and I was 100 percent sure he hadn't look at his hand. I picked up and put in a three-bet, and then action folded back to Scott. We had both been drinking and I couldn't help but laugh. "I know you didn't look at your cards," I told him. Maybe he didn't believe me, but I was the one who couldn't believe what happened next — Scott moved all in, and he still hadn't looked. I was second in chips with five players left and he was third, so it was a huge pot. I'm glad to say his did not improve.
Shortly thereafter, Donnie eliminated two players in the same hand and we were heads up. I held a 2-1 chip lead and could taste victory. Neither of us wanted to chop, there was just too much pride on the line. He may run the show off the felt, but this was my chance to show him who the real boss was at the poker table.
I managed to cut Donne's stack in half with my superior play before he moved all in with and I called with , making me a 59.69 percent favorite according to the PokerNews Hand Calculator. I got it in good and was safe on the flop, but then a on the turn gave DP the lead and his first double. I was still up 2-1 when I raised with and he moved all in. I decided to go with it and was ecstatic to see I had his crush; in fact, the PokerNews Hand Calculator says I was a 68.66 percent favorite to win the hand and the tournament. Unfortunately the luckbox caught a on the flop and doubled into the chip lead.
Now I was playing from behind and saw a flop of holding . DP checked, I bet, and then he check-raised all in. I decided to go with the open-ended straight and was up against DP's . Unfortunately I didn't get there and Donnie became the media champion, notched his first cash since 2010, and got to pose for the winner's photo.
Of course I wanted to win, but if it wasn't me I'm glad it was DP. We like to give each other a hard time, but I figure he'll be hard pressed to talk too much smack knowing he put his money in bad on two occasions and sucked out. Plus, we had swapped 10 percent so he had to fork over a little extra dough. It was definitely a highlight of the trip, and one day I'll assuredly have my revenge.
Buy-in | Entrants | Rebuys/Add-ons | Prize Pool |
€20 Entry | 39 | 21 | €1,200 |
Place | Player | Country | Prize |
1st | Donald Peters | USA | €460* |
2nd | Chad Holloway | USA | €300 |
3rd | Antonio Sapio | Italy | €200 |
4th | Frank Op de Woerd | Netherlands | €100 |
5th | Scott Collins | England | €80 |
6th | Neil Stoddart | England | €60 |
* - For his win, DP also earned a €50 EPT Concierge gift certificate. For Season 9, EPT Concierge is there to help players find just about anything you need on tour. The service can set you up with almost anything you need while at an event, so take advantage of it. As examples, EPT Concierge can help you book restaurants, tours and activities, spa treatments, golf outings, VIP night club service and hotels. For more information, send an email or call one of the team members at firstname.lastname@example.com or (0034) 93 352 10 10.
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Traveling is time consuming. Playing poker tournaments takes up time too. These are the reasons that we haven't seen a rant from Daniel Negreanu since his post-WSOP rant.
Now that he's back, Negreanu took some time to put together a rant. His latest video release focuses solely on The Lederer Files.
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On Wednesday, PokerStars released a new ad focused on the newest addition to Team SportStars — tennis champion, Rafael Nadal. In the spot, Nadal meets up with his poker coach, Isaac Mayolas, to learn how to bluff. What ensues is Nadal dressed as a cashier at a golf course, "bluffing" patrons who don't believe he's "Tony" instead of Rafa. Truth is, we probably wouldn't believe it either.
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A week full of experiences...
Once upon a time there was a little girl who always knew that a card game — namely poker — will play an important part in her life. Well, okay, this is not exactly the truth. I had other plans in mind as a little girl, but perhaps the best thing that could have happened was poker crossing my path.
While sitting in school, I felt that I needed something to satisfy my adrenaline addiction, and then someone unexpectedly entered my life who introduced this superb game to me, taught me the basics, and I've loved the game ever since — for more than four years now.
I love playing it and I grab every opportunity to sit to the table. So far, I have mostly played face-to-face. I like when there is a personal contact between the players, and to be honest muliebrity is often advantageous at the table. So why have I started to like online poker nowadays? I am going to speak about it a little bit later.
I graduated college last year as a communications-cultural manager and I was thinking a lot how to connect the worlds of media and poker, since both of them are truly exciting areas. And at this point the creative power of thought, which plays a huge role in every area of life, came into force. My phone started ringing about a month ago, I got the opportunity to accompany the PokerNews team to Barcelona, the first stop of European Poker Tour's ninth season. When I had first learned what was waiting for me and how I could be of help for this professional team, I was really frightened because, although I am familiar with Hungarian media, poker is an area which needs great professional expertise and knowledge, and moreover I couldn't use my mother tongue. It seemed to be a hard nut to crack, but I love challenges so by hearing the good news I was jumping for joy.
I am always very confident at the poker table and in other areas of life as well, but now I have stepped into the unknown. Unknown but apparently also very exciting.
I only had a week to prepare. I tried my best. I was traveling to the wonderful Spanish city on Aug. 19 and upon arrival I met the PokerNews team. I can say that every anxiety and fear slipped away immediately. I got into a very friendly, helpful, and incredibly professional atmosphere where everyone knows their duties and fulfills them completely. Although I had no knowledge and experience, it felt like I had arrived "home."
Kristy Arnett and Lynn Gilmartin have been pillars of the team for years now. They are reporters and show incredible professionalism in the work they do. They were the ones who took me under their wings and I couldn't have been in better hands. They answered all my questions with great patience, taught me, and I am very grateful to them for accepting me as member of the team. I know them as very valuable and interesting persons with whom there's no way of getting bored because something crazy always comes to their minds (in a positive sense).
The girls threw me in at the deep end on my first day. I did interviews, followed them and tried to learn a lot from them, since they possess all the knowledge and skills. I felt increasingly confident with each day, I felt I know more and more and I would like to follow in their footsteps in many things.
Beside the lot of work, there were also chances to fool around, watch:
After sitting with Kristy so much in the PokerNews media room, we got on the same wavelength and started showing up in matching clothes.
Kristy and Lynn are both beautiful and very different characters. After I joined the team we were representing three continents — Asia, Australia and Europe — but let the pictures speak for themselves:
I had many positive experiences during that week. I worked with a fantastic team, very good people, got acquainted with many renowned and talented players, and last but not least, I have learned a lot. I expanded my knowledge in a field which I love and adore and consider a very important part of my life. I am grateful for every moment I could spend there.
But this story is not over yet…
I arrived home from Barcelona on a Sunday and since I couldn't sleep the previous night because of the plane's departure, I tried to get some sleep in the afternoon. As a result, I was no longer tired by the evening. I hopped on PokerStars thinking if I can't rest, at least I will try my luck. I had $150 in my account and I usually participate in small-stake games, but I had a strange feeling. I caught a glimpse of the Bigger $55 — a $55 buy-in tournament.. What I did next cannot be called a professional bankroll management — I entered the tournament.
I thought, if I fail, I send money to my account. But to be honest, I was concentrating so much on being among the best that I only looked at how much it will pay for the first three places. I refused to pay attention to the others. The long and short of it is, being equipped with the loads of positive experiences gained in Barcelona, I sat down on the couch to play with 5,056 fellow players at 10 p.m. and finished second at 9 a.m., for which I won $29,500. If something, this was definitely the culmination of my happiness.
The week in Barcelona and the success after it in the game contributed to one of the happiest periods of my life and I hope I will have the opportunity again to show how committed I am to this beautiful sport, poker.
Mr. Poker, I remain your faithful devotee, both at the table as well as around it by walking with a microphone.
On Friday, PokerStars released its latest ad campaign featuring the company's new mobile poker app.
"I'm still quite new to playing poker and am focused on becoming a better player, so I really didn't need to act very hard when shooting these scenes," Rafa Nadal said. "Since PokerStars now has a mobile app, I can play with friends wherever I go, whether it's on my mobile phone or tablet.
"My friends know I'm naturally competitive, which has served me well in my tennis career, I'm hoping some of the skills I've developed on the court will help me improve my poker game."
The 30-second television spot, filmed earlier this year in Barcelona, is one part of PokerStars' global marketing campaign featuring Nadal. He will also be featured in outdoor and online ads in selected countries.
"Rafa is a highly competitive athlete, a strategic player and known for his integrity both on and off the court," said Alex Payne, PokerStars' Chief Marketing Officer. These qualities make him an ideal ambassador for PokerStars and a compelling spokesperson for the game. Rafa's endorsement helps correct some of the misperceptions of the game, and emphasizes the great mix of entertainment and skill in poker when played responsibly."
What do you think of the commercial? Let us know below and as always, follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news.
As a poker blogger, I've had the opportunity to travel to some great tournaments across the world. I've covered events in South America, the Bahamas, and even in Australia, but despite these great experiences, I always longed to visit Europe. That chance finally arrived in mid-August when for the first stop of the PokerStars European Poker Tour's ninth season — EPT Barcelona.
Aside from a quick jaunt to England in my college days, I'd never visited Europe, so you can imagine how excited I was to travel to Spain and cover my first EPT. I arrived a day before the start of the €50,000 Super High Roller and took the opportunity to explore the city. I accompanied the lovely Lynn Gilmartin and Kristy Arnett, who were filming welcome videos for the PokerStars Blog and PokerNews respectively, as well as two cameramen and my fellow blogger, Emilis. Together we aimlessly wandered the city streets, occasionally stopping whenever the girls fancied a location.
We briefly visited the beach where it was not uncommon for women to bask topless. While this no doubt sounds agreeable to most male readers, you have to remember that the bad comes with the good and oftentimes the former outnumber the latter considerably. In other words, you might see some things you'd rather not at the topless beach. Also, in case you're wondering, neither Lynn nor Kristy opted to let loose.
From there, we ventured down to the tree-lined La Rambla, a street in Barcelona that is known for street performers, living statues, and kiosks. It was there that Kristy took us all to a tucked away marketplace that served everything under the sun. Meats, cheeses, and nuts were aplenty, but what interested us was the vast array of fresh-squeezed fruit juices. The kaleidoscope of colors offered no easy choice, but ultimately I settled on an orange-peach concoction that pleased. Without a doubt, the best €2.00 I spent the entire trip.
After the girls finished filming at returned to the hotel, Emilis and I opted to take a bus tour of the city. For just €24.00, we got to see vast expanses of the city including the area where the 1992 Summer Olympics were held, the Plaza Monumental de Barcelona bullfighting arena, Port Vell Aerial Tramway, and Magic Fountain of Montjuic, just to name a few locations. The tour allowed us to get off at anytime and explore at our leisure, but given our time frame we opted to stay on the bus and take in a much of the city as possible. There was a lot we didn't get to see, but I was happy with what we saw in such a short period of time.
That evening, Donnie Peters, who had flown in earlier in the day, invited me out. Our party included Kristy; Garry Gates; Kyle Julius and his girlfriend, Justine; and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and his fiancé, Erica. The dinner, which was at a restaurant at the marina, was decent, but the real treat was the company and conversation. Both Kyle and Jason were set to play the €50K the following day, but that didn't stop them from having a good time.
While everyone else was enjoying wine, I ordered some sangria. What I didn't realize until it was too late was that I had inadvertently ordered a large sangria; more specifically, I had ordered a full pitcher of sangria. Of course others wanted to sample, and I was more than happy to oblige. Four pitchers and a couple bottles of wine later, and everyone felt pretty good — except for Kristy, who uncharacteristically abstained.
This was my first time interacting with Jason and Kyle socially, and while I got the sense that they'd be lost without their better halves, both guys proved to be a blast. That part of the group, along with Donnie, extended the night by visiting a hookah bar, while the rest of us returned to the hotel to prepare for the €50K Super High Roller, which I had the privilege of working that event from start to finish.
It was a truly remarkable tournament; in fact, I rank it among my favorite events I've ever covered. I say this because of the eclectic mix of players. I've covered super-high roller events with Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Erik Seidel and the like on more than one occasion, but I've never had the chance to cover one with European players. At the EPT Barcelona, I finally had the chance to witness legends like Philip Gruissem, Juha Helppi, and Tobias Reinkemeier; in addition, I observed online legends I had only previously written about in Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies, Terje "Terken89" Augdal and Ignat "0Human0" Liviu.
In my opinion, the lineup of the EPT Barcelona €50K Super High Roller surpassed that of the $1,000,000 buy-in Big One for One Drop, and I wasn't all that surprised to see Dan Smith take down the title. I watched him win a similar event back in January, and the guy is something special. His meteoric rise in 2012 is as impressive, if not more, than Seidel's accomplishments the year prior.
After the €50K wrapped, it was time to cover the €5,000 Barcelona Main Event. It was a week's worth of great action, but the highlight for me was watching Sahamies, who had taken fourth place in the €50K, navigate the 1,082-player field and make it to the final table as the chip leader. It was there that a fellow Finn, Joni Jouhkimainen, joined him and together the pair put on quite the show.
I've never seen so many four and five bets, and I learned a lot about the sheer power of aggression. The Finns are truly fearless; however, neither Jouhkimainen nor Sahamies managed to capture the title, finishing in third and second places respectively. It seemed to me the duo celebrated a bit too early and overindulged in drinks, which opened the door for Belarusian Mikalai Pobal to swoop in and claim the €1,007,550 first-place prize.
I'd be remiss if I didn't briefly mention my first "football" experience. Now if you read football and thought the NFL, then you're way off track. Outside the United States, football is the common name for what we Americans would call soccer, and believe me when I say it's a big part of their culture. While in Barcelona, the hometown team took on Real Madrid. Now I know very little about the game, but I was told they were two of the best teams and the electric atmosphere surrounding the game backed that up.
Plenty of poker pros took the night off to attend the game at Camp Nou, which is the largest stadium in Europe with a 100,000 capacity, but at €250+ for a ticket, our gang opted to watch it at the Barcelona Sports Bar on La Rambla. The usual cast of characters were there, but my experience was exemplified by the inclusion of Marc Convey, Chris Hall and Neil Stoddart — three Brits who knew the game well. They were king enough to answer my naïve questions and provide me some background on the clubs and players.
The game started slow but definitely picked up steam in the second half. I got to watch Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo work their magic, and rousing match ended up 3-2 in Barcelona's favor. It was only one match, but I took away a whole new appreciation for the game — I really like that there were no commercial interruptions.
My trip to the EPT Barcelona was full of great experiences. The poker action was the best I've seen, and there was no shortage of things to do in the city. Other than being a bit too hot and humid for my liking, I had an amazing time in Spain. It may have been my first EPT, but if I have my way, it won't be my last.
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KISS and Motley Crue told the crowd at their concert in Colorado that they would donate $100,000 to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund.
"Following the heartbreaking news of the senseless shootings in Colorado, we wanted to do something to help the families and victims," said Crue bassist Nikki Sixx. "We bonded together with our tour partners and friends Kiss to donate money, but we also hope it inspires others to do the same, no matter how big or small."
"The terror these innocent victims of the Aurora massacre must have experienced and the profound loss their families now face is unimaginable," added KISS frontman Paul Stanley. "We hope that our small gesture helps inspire others to band together in compassion and financial support for all involved in this unspeakable tragedy."
You can help the victims by donating to the Aurora Victim Relief Fund, by visiting Giving First.
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For every child receiving a back-to-school haircut at one of the 22 Hair Cuttery salons in the metro Richmond area from Aug. 1-15, Hair Cuttery will donate a free haircut to a child in need in the community in which the haircut was purchased. Facebook fans can also donate haircuts by sharing the "Share a Haircut" Facebook app from July 18-31. Hair Cuttery's 13th annual Share A Haircut event is expected to donate 75,000 haircuts nationwide. Through partnerships with local government and nonprofit social service organizations including the Henrico County Department of Social Services, vouchers are distributed to local children in need to obtain a free haircut in August. Last year, more than 15,000 haircuts were donated in Virginia. For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/haircuttery . *** Ron Moody, co-founder and leader of the Richmond-based band Ron Moody and the Centaurs, and Richmond music personality, Steve "Mr. Beach" Leonard, now host the new radio show "Retro Richmond, The Music and The Memories" on WLEE News Talk 990. The show, dubbed "Musical Mayberry," is a fast-paced weekly mix of memorable music and nostalgic conversation for local baby boomers. Each week is a specially planned salute to a year or theme. Listeners are encouraged to call in and share their own special memories at 788-0990. The show is heard every Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The broadcast also streams via a "live" internet simulcast at http://www.wlee990.am . *** Henrico-based The Lingerfelt Companies has announced its acquisition of the Nashville Airport North Portfolio of five Class A buildings totaling 484,047 square feet from Highwoods Properties. The properties are located in Nashville, Tenn. within three mature office parks. This recent purchase will increase the 1.5 million square feet of office and healthcare-related properties valued at over $200 million that the company has added previously to its portfolio in less than two years. *** Sheehy Auto Stores, Inc. and its family of 16 auto dealerships have raised more than $120,000 to benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation as part of their 15th annual 50-day campaign that concluded last week. From May 9 to July 2, 4,842 automobiles were sold – just under the company's goal of 5,000. *** CarLotz, the consignment store for cars, has opened a second location at 8406 W. Broad St. This location will be more accessible to consumers that live or work in the western and northern areas of central Virginia. CarLotz's original location is in Midlothian. CarLotz enables consumers to achieve private market used vehicle values without the traditional hassles of the sale-by-owner market, such as meeting with strangers, arranging for financing and warranties and handling DMV paperwork. |
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By Ben Panko, Special to the Citizen 05/19/2013
For parents looking to keep their kids outside and away from the video games this summer, the Virginia Cooperative Extension is still accepting registrations for the 2013 Henrico Junior 4-H Camp.
The camp will be held June 17-23, and is open to boys and girls ages 9-13. A total of 10 spaces for boys and 27 spaces for girls remain available, and registration is open until May 24. The cost is $230, which includes lodging, meals, programs, instructional materials and charter bus transportation. > Read more.
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By Sarah Story, Citizen Events Editor 05/16/2013
Shrimp, barbecue and ice cream definitely go together this weekend in Henrico! The kids might even enjoy a tea party with Alice and the Mad Hatter. Other fun events for the family are Imagination Richmond and May Play Day. For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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Tran's Pho 1 Grill will serve Vietnamese fare
After nearly a year out of the restaurant industry, a well known 30-year Henrico restaurateur is ready to open up his fifth venture in Short Pump.
Paul Tran, along with his wife Ellen will open up Pho 1 Grill, a Vietnamese restaurant, in June in the Towne Center West Shopping Center.
Tran has been serving up Vietnamese food since the mid-'80s, his first being Que Huong on Rigsby Road. He also owned Mr. Chan's on Horsepen Road and Saigon Gourmet on Hull Street Road. > Read more.
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Wine, for the win
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The Wine Loft opened in West Broad Village in January 2010, offering a full bar with wine, beer, spirits and a kitchen with tapas-style snacks. It offers a seasonal patio area along Whittall Way. Its walk-in wine "humidor" in plain view from the bar offers more than 85 wines by the glass ($6-$65) and about 250 by the bottle ($28 and up), with some emphasis on Italian wines. Culinary trained chefs plus partnership with Culinard (Culinary program of Virginia College). > Read more.
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The U.S. Supreme Court may have ended its debate over the Affordable Care Act, but the rhetoric over the historic decision is just heating up in Florida.
Opponents, including Gov. Rick Scott, say the health care law will cause huge tax increase for consumers and hurt businesses.
Supporters say those arguments are overblown. And they point out that consumers will soon receive a financial boost in the form of insurance rebates under the law.
Here's a look at some of the arguments and the background behind the health care law:
The biggest tax increase
Scott has been a longtime opponent of President Barack Obama's health care law. In 2009, Scott, then a private businessman, used $5 million of his own money to form an organization to oppose the measure, which was passed in 2010.
On a number of occasions, Scott has called the health care act, which includes a penalty for businesses and individuals who do not buy health insurance, the "biggest" tax increase in the country's history.
He repeated that accusation after the Supreme Court decision.
Independent analysts say that is not true.
Politifact, the Washington Post and several other organizations have collected data from the U.S. Treasury Department showing the taxes involved with the health care law would rank it about 10th among the major federal tax increases since World War II. It would be less than Ronald Reagan's tax increase in 1982 and roughly on par with tax increases backed by former Presidents George Bush in 1990 and Bill Clinton in 1993 — based on the taxes as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product.
It is a major tax increase. The U.S. Committee on Ways and Means estimated it would cost taxpayers some $800 billion over the next decade. The committee cited 21 different tax measures in the bill, including the penalty for non-buyers of insurance as well as a Medicare payroll tax and a tax on so-called "Cadillac" insurance plans.
Small businesses
Following the court ruling, Scott has several times related a conversation he had with a small-business owner who told him he would have to close his business when the health care law and its employer penalties took effect. He said he could not afford the insurance coverage.
"'I will be out of business,'" Scott quoted the owner as saying during a June 29 interview on WOKV in Jacksonville. Scott said the law will have a "devastating" impact on Florida businesses.
In other comments, Scott said the business he had cited had 20 employees, and the Tampa Bay Times later identified it as a Dairy Queen in Tallahassee.
But the Dairy Queen would be exempt from the requirement that businesses provide health insurance to their employees or pay a financial penalty. All businesses with fewer than 50 employees are exempt under the Affordable Care Act.
The overwhelming majority of businesses in the nation and the country have fewer than 50 employees. Nationally, a 2007 survey from the Small Business Administration showed 5.8 million of the 6.1 million business firms had fewer than 50 employees — allowing the White House to claim 96 percent of the businesses would be exempt from the penalty.
In Florida, some 393,000 business firms of the 432,000 in 2007 had fewer than 20 employees, according to the SBA.
Confronted with the exemption for businesses with less than 50 employees, Scott has not backed off his assertion the law will hurt businesses.
"That's not the issue," Scott said this week on America's Radio News Network. "The issue is small employers. Their health care costs are going to go up. There was a study that came out of the (National Federation of Independent Business), and what it said was nationwide, we're going to lose, I think it was, 125,000-plus jobs because the cost of health care is going to go up, and so these employers will not be able to afford it."
The definition of "small businesses" varies. In many cases, businesses with fewer than 500 employees are considered "small" on the national level.
Medicaid costs
Opponents and supporters of the Affordable Care Act have also clashed over the cost of expanding Medicaid, the health care program for the poor and disabled, under the new law.
Scott has said he will oppose the expansion, which could provide health care coverage to more than 1 million low-income Floridians, because of its cost. He has backed down from his original claim of a $1.9 billion annual cost to the state, saying it would be $1.2 billion to $2.5 billion over five or six years.
His opponents say those numbers are exaggerated.
The federal government will pay 100 percent of the expansion cost for the first three years, with the state eventually having to pick up 10 percent of the costs through a graduated schedule over the next decade.
A January analysis from Scott's own Agency for Health Care Administration showed the state's initial annual cost would be $121 million in the 2013-14 budget year, rising to more than $1 billion by 2020. Adding in an increase in payments to primary-care doctors who treat Medicaid patients, AHCA said the state's cost could rise to $1.5 billion a year by 2020.
Health care advocates say the numbers being used by Scott and AHCA are too high and assume a larger than expected enrollment rate for Floridians in the program.
An analysis from the Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy put the expansion cost for the state at $2.14 billion over the next decade, while saying the state funding would attract more than $20 billion in federal funding for the state.
Insurance rebates
While law's critics point to its potential tax and cost implications for the state, they largely ignore the financial benefits Floridians will receive under the law.
For example, some 1.2 million Floridians will benefit from $123 million in rebates from insurance companies, which must comply with a requirement that they spend 80 percent of their premiums on patient care and limit administrative costs.
On average, the rebate should equal $168 for each family. The rebates are higher for individual polices — an average $240 per family — than employer sponsored coverage. Those employed by large employers will have the smallest rebate, an average $94 per family, according to the federal government.
Eighteen companies in the state are expected to issue rebates, including United, Humana, Florida Blue (formerly Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida) and Golden Rule.
The rebates are due Aug. 1.