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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Tennessee Tech softball team has powered up its lineup, and in the past five games has blasted two home runs three times. The Golden Eagles are looking to turn up the heat and put some pressure on rivals UT Martin and Southeast Missouri this weekend. The first pitch in doubleheaders on both Saturday and Sunday will be thrown at noon.
The doubleheaders kick off a tough Ohio Valley Conference stretch with rival UT Martin on Saturday. The Golden Eagles rallied through the losers bracket last season to make it to the OVC Tournament Championship game as the six seed and face the Skyhawks. The Golden Eagles stole game one, forcing an extra game for the championship, before bowing to the Skyhawks.
For the past three seasons, seniors Melody Christian, Brittney Spalding, Chanelle Spalding and Claudia Harke have ended their season against one team: the Skyhawks. With payback on their minds, the fierce rivals will battle once again.
Chanelle Spalding was the first bat to get hot, launching two dingers on the road at Eastern Kentucky. Just two games later, Kendall Hooper followed with a two-run homer. In the same contest, Christian Gibbs came off the bench for Melody Christian and blasted the team's second home run.
Sparked by the power in her earlier round trip, Hooper sent a deep shot over the left field wall at East Tennessee State. Olivia Bennett, watched on deck, and duplicated the upperclassman's power, sending her own deep shot over the same wall.
While Tech has collected 11 home runs, only two have come in conference action and the Golden Eagles will face the Skyhawks who boast the OVC individual leaders in triples and home runs.
Sunday provides a whole different challenge for Tech. The Golden Eagles host SEMO, a team in the middle of the OVC West pack. The Redhawks have snuck away from each series against Tech with one win, and two wins in 2011.
All-Time Series
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UT Martin: Tech leads the series, 42-28, The Golden Eagles are 3-9 over the past three seasons against the Skyhawks. UTM swept the series in Martin last season, but the Golden Eagles took one game in the OVC Tournament. Tech and UTM hold one of the longest series in program history, first meeting in 1988.
SEMO: Tech leads the series, 40-38 and won last season's series, 2-1. After dropping the first game in Cape Girardeau, 6-2, Tech won 6-1 and 3-2 to take the series.
Admission to all regular season home games is free. For fans who may not be able to attend, the Golden Eagle Sports Network will be providing a live webstream of all four games (weather permitting) on the OVC Digital Network. Airtime for both days will be 11:55 a.m. with Brandon Goodwin calling the action.
Quick Hits
- Tech is 13-16 overall this season after taking its first OVC series of 2013 at EKU and dropping both ends of a twinbill at ETSU.
- As a team, Tech is hitting .269, posting 120 runs scored, 97 RBI and a .340 on-base percentage through 29 games.
- The Golden Eagle pitching staff combines for a 1.75 conference ERA allowing 8 earned runs in 32.0 innings pitched in the OVC.
- Senior Melody Christian opened the season on a tear, connecting for at least one hit in each of her first 11 games of the season.
- Cortney Fry extended a streak of her own at ETSU, connecting for at least one hit in four straight games, including two hits in each of her last two outings at Eastern Kentucky.
- Five players have scored double-figure runs for the Golden Eagles, including Christian, with a team-high 23 runs and is the team's stolen bases leader.
- Christian is fourth in the OVC with 12 stolen bases on 15 attempts.
- Freshman Madison Taylor has a .338 batting average, collecting a multiple career-firsts during the opening weekend, including her three hits, four putouts, and 2 RBI.
- Five Golden Eagles have recorded triples, including newcomer Chelsea Burgess.
- Five Golden Eagles have hit home runs [B. Spalding (2), C. Spalding (2), Eldridge, Sakamoto, Taylor].
- Ketchum was named adidas® Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 11). Ketchum gave up just two hits in 10 innings of work.
- In a trip to the sunshine state, Tech ended the Under Armour Showcase 3-2, with key wins over Maine, LIU Brooklyn and Providence.
- Tech finished the Purple and Gold Challenge 0-1, losing its only contest to IPFW, 8-0.
- Tech posted a 2-2 record at the KSU Classic. The Golden Eagles opened the tournament sweeping its first two games with wins over Liberty (8 innings) and Mercer.
- The Golden Eagles finished the Eagle Round Robin hosted by Georgia Southern with a 2-2 record. The weekend was highlighted by a 3-1 victory over Akron as sophomore Taylor Ketchum threw a one-hitter Feb. 10.
- First year head coach Bonnie Bynum picked up her first win at Tennessee Tech after the team downed St. John's, 4-3 on Feb. 9. The Golden Eagles defeated St. John's thanks to a walk-off single by senior Chanelle Spalding, marking the first win against the Red Storm in program history and the first victory of the 2013 season.

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June 26. 2013 4:47PM
Compromise plan to narrowly align state insurance rules with 'Obamacare' sails through House, Senate
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CONCORD -- The subject of much consternation and debate earlier in the legislative session and as recently as last week, a compromise plan to narrowly align some of the state's insurance rules with provisions of the Affordable Care Act easily cleared final passage in the House and Senate Wednesday.
The Senate passed Senate Bill 148, formerly House Bill 668, on a voice vote, while the House roll call in favor was a lopsided 225-128.
The bill now moves to Gov. Maggie Hassan and she is expected to sign it into law.
"This measure is essential for protecting consumers and ensuring that we do not completely cede control of our health insurance market to the federal government," said her spokesman, Marc Goldberg. "The governor appreciates the willingness of legislators to rise above ideology and reach constructive compromise on this important legislation."
The House had initially passed a plan to broadly align the state small market insurance rules with the ACA, but Senate Republicans were concerned that the House, along with Hassan and the state Insurance Department, were trying to force the state into creating its own state-based exchange under the federal law.
Those Republicans cited an existing state law, passed last year when the GOP controlled both the House and Senate, that forbids the state from creating its own exchange. Democratic Gov. John Lynch signed that bill at the time.
The compromise plan passed Wednesday carves out state-regulated rules on "age banding" to avoid the potential implementation of pure community rating, which both sides realized would most likely lead to increased premiums and an upward costs spiral.
There was no debate in the Senate.
In the House, Rep. Dan McGuire, R-Epsom, opposed the bill, saying it will reduce the minimal flexibility state insurance companies have now in setting rates and move toward community rating, which will increase the costs of insurance for young people and those in good health.
But House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee Chair Ed Butler, D-Hart's Location, said the bill is a precise description of how market rules are to be implemented and allows the insurance department to continue to do its job.


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Annemarie Provisero recalls every detail of the crash.
She can point exactly to where she left blood streaks on the pavement of Dean Road.
She knows exactly where her broken body lay in the crosswalk after she was struck by a neighbor's car at the intersection of Buck Road the afternoon of Nov. 1, 2011.
Provisero, now 44, landed about 15 feet from where she had been standing. Her legs were broken and her head split open after it bounced against the ground. The woman who had hit her held Provisero's broken skull in her hands until emergency responders arrived.
She remembers exactly what she was thinking: "OK, everything is about to change. I'm not sure how, but here we go."
Remembering the pain, the fear and the shock has been vital to her recovery, she said.
It has taken 18 months of surgeries, physical therapy, a stint in a nursing home and soul-searching for Provisero to be able to walk back to the spot in east Orange County where she was run down just a few minutes from her home.
Despite the agony, Provisero — a certified life coach — is trained to recognize the gleam of a silver lining.
She doesn't blame the driver, Meredith M. McIntyre, now 46, who received a ticket for careless driving. Provisero blames the region's culture of negligent driving that has made the area one of the deadliest in the country for people who walk. Becoming a voice for Orlando's pedestrians is a path Provisero is considering as she continues her recuperation.
"What's two seconds of inattention for you is a lifetime for somebody else," said Provisero, who wants local officials and engineers to find solutions to protect pedestrians. "How much would it cost you in time to sit at a red light versus what it's going to cost somebody that you damage for the rest of their life?"
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Part 2: Do penalties fit drivers' crimes?
Part 3: Changing behavior could be hardest part
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Personal stories: A rage that consumes; Crash cuts short Special Olympian's life; Teen withdraws after crash kills man; Victim considering advocacy; A life on hold; Delivering the awful news; Collision haunts man
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Proving that there is life after committing career suicide, Dixie Chicks' resident rabble-rouser Natalie Maines opens up about relationships, romance and regrets (but, thankfully, not politics) on her stellar but stark solo debut, "Mother."
We already knew that she was a little bit country, as well as a little bit ditzy, but on "Mother," Maines proves she's a lot bit rock 'n' roll. While she's more Sheryl Crow than Lita Ford, mind you, the Dixie Chick-turned-rock chick's rock 'n' roll roots are showing throughout the album's 10 tracks.
Talk about career suicide. Not since Sinead O'Connor's Pope-shredding performance on Saturday Night Live has an artist sealed their fate with a single stage gesture as Maines did when she told a London audience on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq that the Chicks were "ashamed that the president of the United States (at the time, George Dubya) is from Texas." Her off-the-cuff, anti-Bush banter in 2003 resulted in being blacklisted on country radio, as well as garnering a fierce backlash from country music fans. Personally, I don't know what's scarier, not being able to speak your mind (no matter how unpopular one's views might be) or the fact that anyone would take someone seriously who calls themselves a Dixie Chick.
One of Maines' greatest gifts is her ability to take on other people's songs and make them her own. She has the uncanny knack to be able to tap into the rich, emotional undercurrent of a song (in some cases, some of which were never fully realized by the original artist) and expand on them by allowing herself to be intimate and unguarded, vulnerable and real. On her first full-fledged musical effort since the Dixie Chicks swept five Grammy Awards for "Taking the Long Way" six years ago, Maines teams up with Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and guitar wizard Ben Harper, who co-produced the record with her. Recorded with Harper's band mates, the result is an introspective collection of stripped-down rockers that are intimate and telling, despite most of the songs being covers.
Maines sings about hitting rock bottom and then going through a spiritual rebirth in the process on the Eddie Vedder cover "Without You." Featured on the Pearl Jam front-man's "Ukulele Songs," a lo-fi drone of rudimentary reverberating guitars give way to Maines' caressing, encompassing vocals, which are a perfect match for Vedder's overly earnest, lovelorn lyrics. Singing about how she wouldn't trade her emotional scars or her basket-case soul mate for anything in the world, Maines has a complete understanding of the sentiment, as she embraces the telling words for all they're worth.
In a period in our history when "Big Brother" is watching your every move, listening to your phone calls, reading your emails and, quite possibly, ruffling through your underwear drawer, Pink Floyd's classic "Mother" resonates with more meaning and more paranoia than ever before. Maines, who knows a thing or two about being put in front of a proverbial firing line, plays both the roles of an inquisitive, naive waif and over-protective, hygiene-obsessed, neurosis-inducing matriarch on this compelling and rich character study, made even more so by her intense and beautiful phrasing. After the resonating irony of Maines singing, "Mother, should I trust the government?" the traditional acoustic guitar strums of the original kicks in. Wrestling with relationship and trust issues, Maines, who doesn't tweak the male-centric lyrics about her girlfriend woes or getting her private parts broken, expands on the original and gives it a fierce, feminine voice.
With her intimate, conversational style meshing with a light and breezy arrangement of subtle slide guitar and jangly keyboards, Maines takes us on a soul-searching journey to wipe away the years and the tears on Dan Wilson's "Free Life"… When she warmly serenades us with "Let's fall in love again with music as our guide/We'll raise our ready hands and let's go for the ride," it's virtually impossible to resist her invitation to join her.
"Silver Bell," which is a reference to a fictitious fleabag motel (not a festive, seasonal classic), finds a down and out Maines scheduling a secret rendezvous with a former confidant and lover. Ready to confess all her sins (and, maybe, commit a few new ones), a spunky and sassy Maines gushes, "I did a stupid thing" (and, no, she's not talking about the Dubya debacle). Accompanied by a chug-a-lug acoustic guitar, roaring electric guitar, an indelible bass line and stomping backbeat, this Patty Griffin cover is one of the album's best straight-ahead rockers and could be a country hit. That is, if country music fans find it in their collective hearts to forgive Maines' indiscretions of the mouth.
Maines is a restless spirit who's "too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run" on Jeff Buckley's "Lover, You Should've Come Over." Maines, who sounds like an honorary Cowboy Junkie here, is intense and passionate as she gradually reveals her unbridled passions and undying commitment for the emotionally rich material. When she soulfully cries out for companionship, it's enough to make you run out of your house to find her, even though you don't know where to even start looking for her.
On the Harper original "Trained," Maines complains that her lover got her trained like a "circus freak" ("to go behind my ears with my feet"). If my calculations are right, that's no "circus freak." That's a "super freak," but that's beside the point. If you get beyond the song being a dumb blonde joke waiting to happen, "Trained" is a soulful and funky delight with a sassy, call-and-response between Maines and Harper, who, vocal-wise and guitar-wise, does a dead-on Lenny Kravitz impersonation here.
Speaking about impersonation, Maines does her best Sheryl Crow impression on the "Come Cryin' to Me," a Dixie Chicks outtake written by Maines and her fellow Dixie Chicks Martie Maguire and Emily Robison. Considered to be "too rock" for the multi-Grammy-winning "Taking the Long Way," this radio-friendly, touchy-feely, neo-hippie opus is a pleasant enough trifle at best.
On the album closer, "Take It On Faith," Maines (who co-wrote the track with Harper) tries to convince her dubious lover that she will stand by him through thick and thin. If only the same could be said about her fair-weather fans. On this intimate and telling confessional, Maines' tender and vulnerable voice permeates through a moody blend of baroque piano, subtle acoustic guitar and somber strings. You can feel the heartache and heartbreak in her voice, as well as the reassuring devotion and strong belief that things are going to get better. And, at the point of the song where things could go either way, a promising, rocking crescendo shows they certainly have.


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MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James scored 38 points, Michael Beasley made two free throws with 9.2 seconds left to put Miami up for good, and the Heat beat the Atlanta Hawks 121-119 in overtime on Monday night.
The Heat wasted an early 13-0 lead, then rallied from seven points down in the final 90 seconds of the fourth quarter. Ray Allen made three free throws with 8 seconds left in regulation to send it to overtime, after getting fouled by Atlanta's DeMarre Carroll.
Allen finished with 19 points, Mario Chalmers and Chris Andersen each scored 12 and Chris Bosh finished with 11 for the Heat, who played without Dwyane Wade and still beat the Hawks for the ninth straight time.
Jeff Teague scored 26 points, Paul Millsap made seven 3-pointers on the way to a 25-point night, and Al Horford finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds for Atlanta.
Kyle Korver scored 15 for the Hawks, who had a chance to win it at the end of overtime, but never got a good look. Chalmers used Miami's foul to give with 2.3 seconds left, sending Atlanta back to the huddle where it used its last time out to draw a play.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tyreke Evans made a memorable return, scoring a season-high 25 points and adding 12 assists to help New Orleans snap a four-game losing streak.
The Pelicans pulled away in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Kings 36-23 to salvage their only victory on a five-game road trip. Evans was a major factor in the second half, scoring 13 points.
DeMarcus Cousins had 24 points and 14 rebounds for the Kings, who committed 22 turnovers in losing for the sixth time in eight games. Isaiah Thomas had 21 points and Marcus Thornton had 19. Rudy Gay made 2-of -12 shots and scored 11 points.
Anthony Davis had 21 points and 11 rebounds for New Orleans. Jrue Holiday had 17 points and 10 assists, and Eric Gordon also had 17 points.
PHOENIX (AP) — Gerald Green hit six 3-pointers and scored 22 points and Miles Plumlee grabbed a career-high 20 rebounds.
Plumlee added 17 points while having his way inside with an ailing Pao Gasol in the Suns' third straight win.
Marcus Morris added 19 points on 5-of-6 shooting from 3-point range for Phoenix, which held a 62-39 edge on the boards in their eighth win in nine games.
Nick Young scored 19 points and Jodie Meeks 18 for the undermanned Lakers, who fell to 1-2 since Kobe Bryant was sidelined with a knee injury.
Gasol, who sat out Saturday's loss to Golden State with an upper respiratory infection, started but had little energy as Plumlee scored on alley-oop dunks, post moves and putbacks.
DENVER (AP) — David Lee had 28 points and 10 rebounds for his ninth straight double-double.
Stephen Curry, battling foul trouble much of the night, added 14 points in the first meeting between the teams since the Warriors, as the sixth seed, ousted third-seeded Denver 4-2 in the first round of the playoffs last spring.
Klay Thompson scored eight of his 13 points in the fourth quarter, helping Golden State overcome a fourth-quarter deficit for the fourth time this season and sending the Nuggets to their season-high fourth consecutive loss.
Ty Lawson had 16 points to lead Denver, which was outscored 25-15 in the final period. Andre Miller and Timofey Mozgov had 14 points apiece.
HOUSTON (AP) — Dirk Nowitzki scored 31 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter for Dallas.
Houston cut the lead to six after a 3-pointer by Aaron Brooks with about 3 ½ minutes left, but Nowitzki knocked down consecutive baskets to push the Mavericks lead to 107-97.
Dwight Howard had 29 points and 15 rebounds for the Rockets, who were playing their second straight game without leading scorer James Harden, who was out with a sprained left ankle.
Dallas started the final period by using a 9-4 run powered by three 3-pointers, including two from Jae Crowder, to push the lead to 95-82.
Jeremy Lin, who has been out since Dec. 13 because of back spasms, scored 20 and Chandler Parsons had 21 for Houston.
NEW YORK (AP) — Lance Stephenson scored a career-high 26 points in his hometown, Paul George also had 26, and the Indiana Pacers went on to their third straight easy victory.
Stephenson, who recorded his NBA-leading third triple-double of the season Sunday in a rout of Boston, did most of his damage as a scorer, back where he did plenty of it in high school. He became the career scoring leader in New York state, scoring nearly 3,000 points at Abraham Lincoln High School.
David West finished with 13 points for the Pacers, who pulled away in the third period, when Paul Pierce was ejected for a flagrant foul in only the second scoreless game of his career.
Indiana followed its only losing streak of the season by beating Houston and Boston by a combined 60 points, then blew this one open after a competitive first half.
Joe Johnson scored 17 points for the Nets, who lost their third straight. Kevin Garnett, moving to the center spot after Brook Lopez was lost to a broken right foot, had 12.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Al Jefferson had a season-high 26 points, and Kemba Walker nearly had a triple double as the Bobcats won for the fourth time in five games.
Jefferson was 12 of 23 from the field as the Bobcats (14-15) overcame an 18-point first half deficit.
Walker had 25 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, and Anthony Tolliver had 12 points on four 3-pointers. Rookie Cody Zeller added a career-high 12 points.
It's the third time in the last four games the Bobcats have come back from at least 16 points down to win.
Brandon Knight had 26 points and 14 assists to lead the Bucks (6-22), who have lost five of their last six games.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony had 19 points before leaving the game with a sprained left ankle in the third quarter.
New York led by 25 points before having its lead cut all the way to a point in the fourth quarter. Beno Udrih hit six straight free-throws in the final 26 seconds to help preserve the win.
J.R. Smith added 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The Knicks also got a boost from the return of Raymond Felton, who had missed six games with a strained left hamstring. They earned their eight straight victory over the Magic.
Arron Afflalo led Orlando with 26 points. Glen Davis added 20 and Jameer Nelson 17.
The Magic have lost three straight and 11 13.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Smith scored 25 points, Brandon Jennings added 21 and Detroit won for the seventh time in eight road games.
Jennings also had 13 assists for Detroit, which went ahead for good midway through the first quarter and built a 21-point lead late in the first half. The margin reached 28 points in the fourth quarter as the Pistons rolled to their biggest win of the season.
Kyrie Irving scored 21 points for Cleveland, which last lost four of five.
Cavaliers center Andrew Bynum was scoreless in 22 minutes, missing all 11 shots from the field and getting seven rebounds.
Detroit is 6-10 on its own court and was coming off home losses to Charlotte and Houston, but took control early.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Tony Parker had 26 points and eight assists for San Antonio.
Manu Ginobili had 18 points and Danny Green was 4 for 6 on 3-pointers in scoring 14 points for San Antonio (21-7). Kawhi Leonard added 13 points and 10 rebounds after missing Saturday's game due to a dental procedure.
Kyle Lowry and Terrence Ross had 23 points each and DeMar DeRozan added 13 points for Toronto (11-15).
The Raptors had won two straight and four of five entering Monday's game. They got within three or less on numerous occasions in the second half, but couldn't complete the rallies against the Spurs.


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President Obama is the most popular world leader on Twitter; Chavez is second.
The Washington Post put together an interesting map using data from the Digital Policy Council's December report about tweeting by world leaders.
The map shows nearly every leader tweets throughout North and South America but adoption of the social networking site is lighter among European, Asian and African leaders.
The report claims 75 percent of world leaders now tweet but those numbers are a little fuzzy because the list includes some heads of state whose roles are largely ceremonial. Some of the leader's accounts are managed by assistants rather than by the leaders themselves.
President Obama is the most followed world leader with about 24.6 million followers when the report was published. The president -- who is a leading tweeter, not just a tweeting leader -- has grown his base to 25.6 million followers since then.
Venezuela's bombastic president Hugo Chavez ranks second with roughly 3.9 million followers, though his followers may be after something more than just the president's revolutionary rhetoric.


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US Biz Groups Rail Against China-Focused 'Cybersecurity' Law
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The head of the U.S.-China Business Council has criticized a new law aimed at stopping cyberattacks.
John Frisbie, the group's president, objected to the law in a letter sent Monday to the leaders of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Section 516 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, requires multiple government agencies -- including the Justice Department, the Commerce Department and NASA -- to get approval from law enforcement officials before purchasing IT systems sourced from companies having connections with China.
Although President Obama signed the appropriations bill containing the provision, White House spokesperson Caitlin Hayden last week told The Hill that the administration intended to work with Congress to revise it, as it could be highly disruptive in its present form.
Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Va., who chairs the House Commerce, Justice and Science subcommittee, expressed concern last October that Chinese telecommunications companies, including Huawei and ZTE, had close relationships with the Chinese Peoples' Liberation Army.
He included language in the fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill prohibiting the purchase of telecom equipment produced by Chinese state-owned or state-directed companies.
Wolf declined to comment for this story.
Political Pressures
While noting that national security remains critical, the U.S.-China Business Council's Frisbie stressed that it should not be used as a means of protectionism and called upon leaders of both parties to block similar measures in the future.
The move has also created concern that Chinese officials might respond in kind and could harm U.S. interests.
"The U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) is working to ensure that government decisions, both in Beijing and Washington, are not politicized," said Marc A. Ross, spokesperson for the group.
"Government reviews from both countries and subsequent decision making in areas such as investment security reviews, government procurement decisions, and trade remedies such as anti-dumping and countervailing duties cases must be fact-based," he noted, as well as "shielded from political pressures, and non-retaliatory."
The U.S.-China business Council is not the first to argue for reconsideration of the new law. A number of organizations -- including the Information Technology Industry Association, the Business Software Alliance and Tech America -- aired their concerns in a letter to Congress last week.
Security Threats
The ostensible purpose of the law was to provide greater security for U.S. interests following Chinese cyberattacks, and this included a new review process for U.S. government technology purchases. Section 516 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act was added to the funding bill signed into law last month by President Barack Obama.
The measure in essence requires certain government agencies to get approval from law enforcement officials when buying new information technology systems produced, manufactured, assembled or containing parts from China, or made by a firm owned, directed or subsidized by China.
"Any product that is touched by the Chinese in anyway has to undergo an assessment by the FBI," said Trey Hodgkins, senior vice president for global public sector government affairs at TechAmerica.
This would likely create a slowdown in the approval process, as it could be difficult to track many products -- which likely have components from multiple factories -- in order to ensure compliance.
"Most companies don't know which factory produced an individual semiconductor or microchip," Hodgkins told the E-Commerce Times. "That information isn't generally made available. To even try to comply is very challenging and this simply doesn't fit with most current business models."
Effects on Competition
Critics of the law contend not only that it is unnecessary and actually discriminates against Chinese firms, but also that it could lull the U.S. into a false sense of security. Moreover, it could seriously impact competition in the IT sector.
"This law does not help American security or competitiveness," said Jon Lindsay of the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. "This will be perceived as protectionism by China, which will likely retaliate with their own security provisions on U.S. technology, which will harm market access."
"China already has instituted technical barriers to trade in the name of security, which are more likely motivated by their policy of indigenous innovation," Lindsay told the E-Commerce Times.
Winners and Losers
While this law came about due to concerns over security threats posed by China, it isn't clear that this measure could actually stop any threats -- or that it would not have a negative impact on technological advancement.
"Given the incredible complexity of the IT supply chain and the cybersecurity environment in which it operates, the reliability of IT components has far less to do with where they are manufactured than how they are actually designed and integrated into the system an organization uses," said Lindsay. "This ill-considered and poorly debated measure could even have the consequence of making it harder for U.S. government organizations to acquire the most cutting-edge security tools."
The question is exactly who wins and who loses with this law in place?
"There are no winners," said Hodgkins.
"There are losers on the industry side because they can't sell their products to the government, and the government loses because this is causing a considerable review process," he pointed out.
"The compliance system is unique in the government sector, and they can't get the products as fast as they need them," Hodgkins added. "Some products may no longer even be available for government acquisition."


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St Tropez has long held the reputation of being the 'black sheep' of the renowned French Riviera holiday resort towns, where anything goes and the more sinful the better. Sexy starlets were flaunting themselves topless here back in the 1930s, long before the beautiful people dared disrobe elsewhere, and St Tropez' reputation as a kinky carnival town attracting the more bohemian members of the 'in' crowd continues to this day. The fairly inaccessible fishing village of St Tropez, situated on a peninsula, was 'discovered' late in the 19th century by a bunch of reprobate writers and artists, and its reputation as a flamboyant and fashionable holiday destination quickly spread.
There is little left of the medieval Provencal atmosphere of the original town, but behind the rows of yachts fronting the terraced cafés of the waterfront are some narrow, picturesque streets full of shops. The hub of the St Tropez town is the Place aux Herbes, a busy enclave of fish, fruit, vegetable and flower stalls, where the tourism office is located.
From May to September, St Tropez is the wild holiday destination people imagine, but in the off season the town virtually shuts down, reverting to a quieter, calmer existence as just another charming French port town.
Don't miss the huge outdoor market at Place des Lices on Tuesday and Saturday mornings. Visitors will find big name boutiques throughout St Tropez with high-end fashion labels for the jet set, and plenty of generic shops selling suntan lotion and other beach accessories. For top end art work visit Galerie des Lices. Popular souvenirs from St Tropez include olives and products made from olive trees. There isn't a concentrated shopping district in St Tropez, with many shops tucked away in side streets. Avoid the shops along the waterfront, as the prices are significantly higher than those just a block or two inland.
There are numerous good restaurants around the waterfront, most with good views and set menus. Place des Lices is lined with cafes and patisseries.
The area around Quai Jean Jaures on the waterfront is where the best of the nightlife can be found. Within town, check out the charismatic and laid-back bars in and around Place des Lices. For celebrity spotting and pricey champagne cocktails get dressed up and head to Nikki Beach. For a more casual night there are some popular expat pubs.
The beach in St Tropez is famous, and has a number of bars, cafes, and watersports options, especially the popular Plage de Tahiti, three miles (4.5km) out of town. The beaches west of St Tropez are popular with nudists. Stroll the Sentier Littoral, a coastal walking route with fabulous views. Visit the Musée de I'Annonciade, which has an exceptional collection of post-Impressionist paintings.
St Tropez is expensive, and has little in the way of attractions for younger children. During peak summer months (July to August) it is expensive and getting into bars and restaurants can be difficult.
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WE ARE TOLD in the Scriptures, "Of making many books there is no end; and much study is an affliction of the flesh. (Ecclesiastes 12:12, King James version)
Travelers these days note that most books seem to be read on an e-book device or e-reader, which is a mobile electronic gadget designed mainly to read e-books and periodicals. There are the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble, Nook, Sony Reader and PocketBook, among others.
Amazon.com said in July that e-book sales had outstripped hardcover sales. It's now selling three times as many e-books as it did a year ago. Amazon is said to account for about two-thirds of U. S. e-book sales.
CALL ME old-fashioned, but I still need the heft of ink on paper, whether hard or softbound, to feel like I'm into serious reading — fiction or non-fiction.
One book that has given me particular pleasure recently is Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, written by William Ferris, who is the Joel R. Williamson Eminent Professor of History and and associate director of the Center for the Study of the American South at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Publisher is The University of North Carolina Press.
I have to admit that it's a modern product in that the inside cover has a pocket holding both a CD of original music and a DVD of original film.
The book is also non-traditional in size, at about 8 by 10 inches, and the format features photographic illustrations of many of the singers.
MOST NOTABLE is B.B. King. Prof. Ferris writes that "B.B. King, my dear friend, understood the importance of building an academic home for the blues and blessed my work in so many ways over the years, From our first visits at Yale in the seventies, to the donation of his blues collection to help create the Blues Archive at the University of Mississippi in the eighties, to his visit to the National Endowment for the Humanities during my tenure as chairman in the nineties, B has been incredibly supportive of my work. His life and his music are an inspiration for all that I do."
Prof. Ferris divides his book into four sections: Blues Roots, Blues Towns and Cities, Looking Back, and Sacred and Secular Worlds. His journies took him from Memphis south, roughy paralleling the Mississippi River, to the Louisiana border.
ONE OF THE most poignant parts records a visit to Mississippi's Parchman Penitentiary, an 18,000-acre penal farm in the heart of the Delta. For many years it was farmed with mules driven by white and black convicts, who were segregated.
Prof. Ferris writes that prisoners were given nicknames that reflected either personality traits or physical characteristics. Johnny Lee Thomas was nicknamed "Have Mercy" when he protested the brutal beating of another prisoner.
SEVERAL musical forms were used to ease the pain of the downtrodden andprobably helped keep them sane. Among them were one-strand instruments, bottles to blow, banjoes, spirituals, hymns and prison work chants.
The author writes that when he, a white Mississippian, worked in his home state in the 1960s and '70s, the people he interviewed and recorded opened his eyes to much more than music. " [They] revealed the fabric of life in their families and communities in powerful ways,"
The dust jacket lists accolades from several well-known men, including the actor Morgan Freeman, raised in Mississippi. He wrote that his life is shaped by the blues, adding, "This book captures those rich voices so well."
My daughter Sally and her husband Paul Jones are both associated with UNC-Chapel Hill, where they have become friends with William Ferris. He gave and inscribed this book to me, and I certainly cherish it.


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Two rescued after boat capsizes in Piscataqua River in Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH ? Two boaters were rescued after their boat overturned in the Piscataqua River Sunday evening by crew members of a lobster boat in the area.
Portsmouth Fire Capt. Mike Hogan said a report of an overturned boat with two occupants came in at 6 p.m. to emergency crews in New Castle and Portsmouth. Hogan said the boat overturned in waters off the causeway between Portsmouth and New Castle near Route 1B.
Portsmouth Fire sent an engine, a fire boat and an ambulance, but none were needed after a nearby lobster boat crew rescued the two people.
Calls to the New Castle fire department were not returned. A U. S. Coast Guard officer said the incident was handled entirely by Portsmouth and New Castle.
Hogan said he was informed that both individuals were cold, but OK.


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At 9:13 p.m. Sunday, officers and a deputy took a report of theft in the 500 block of North Elm Street. An iPad valued at $125 was taken from a residence.
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How Did Steve Jobs Get His Liver?
Steve Jobs used his advantages to get a donated liver. Should it have gone to somebody else?
Also in Slate, Farhad Manjoo explains why Steve Jobs won't return to Apple even if his health improves. Annie Lowrey says shareholders deserve more disclosure from Jobs about his health.
What's wrong with Steve Jobs? Apple won't say. On Monday, the company said he was taking a medical leave —his third since 2004—but refused to disclose why. Yesterday Apple touted its market prospects in a conference call but again said nothing about its CEO's health. You can argue that Jobs' medical privacy is more important than the interests of Apple's investors. But there's another reason why he should tell us what's going on, and it's bigger than money. It's life and death.
Two years ago, Jobs gamed the transplant allocation system to get a liver that could have saved somebody else. At the time, skeptics doubted that he should have received the organ, since he'd been treated for pancreatic cancer—in fact, he may have sought the liver because of the cancer—and the likelihood of the cancer's recurrence made him a bad bet for putting the liver to best use. If his health is now failing because of the cancer, that suspicion may be vindicated.
Jobs lives in Northern California, but he got his liver in Tennessee. Why? Different parts of the country have different waiting lists, and the wait in Northern California was three times longer than the wait in Tennessee. In fact, the median wait in the Tennessee area where Jobs snagged his liver was around 15 percent of the national average. Jobs confirmed last year that this is why he went to Tennessee: "My doctors here advised me to enroll in a transplant program in Memphis, Tennessee, where the supply/demand ratio of livers is more favorable than it is in California here."* Legally, you're allowed to get on multiple waiting lists around the country. That's how you game the system.
So why doesn't everybody do this? Because they can't. First you have to show up for an extensive in-person evaluation. Then you have to be available for a transplant in the area within hours of an organ becoming available. And while one jurisdiction might accept you as a charity case, if you want to play the field you'll have to prove you can pay for the transplant yourself. You also get priority points for being able to guarantee follow-up medical care, since this assures transplant allocators that the organ will be well cared for. Ordinary people can't compete with billionaires at meeting these tests. They can't go to multiple states for evaluations. They don't have private jets. Their insurance doesn't cover multiple evaluations and may not cover much of the half-million dollar transplant, much less the follow-up care.
If Jobs was on multiple lists, he wasn't just multiplying his chances and shortening his projected wait. He was increasing the odds that one of the transplant centers where he was listed would give him a liver despite his cancer history. That's another way to game the system: criteria shopping. "Patients who are smart or who have savvy primary care doctors know that different transplant centers follow different rules in deciding who to admit," Arthur Caplan, an expert in the transplant allocation process, observed two years ago. "Some would view a liver transplant for a person with cancer as a 'waste' of an organ. Some might take a chance on a patient with cancer." Caplan called this a likely factor in the targeting of Tennessee: Jobs had to find a transplant center that would "take him despite his cancer." And, being a CEO, he succeeded.
Jobs never explained the reason for his transplant. But it's hard to believe it was unconnected to his cancer. One expert notes that the kind of cancer Jobs had in 2004 commonly spreads to another organ—the probability of metastasis is 75 percent—and that organ is usually the liver. Jobs' pre-transplant health problems—weight loss and hormone imbalance—also match the symptom list for a recurrence of his cancer. And doctors sometimes try a liver transplant when the cancer has migrated there.
It's a dubious strategy. Half the time, the cancer comes back. The patient, impaired by immunosuppressive drugs because of the transplant, is often more vulnerable to the cancer. At the time, the Wall Street Journal cited a surgeon's warning that attempting a liver transplant in such a scenario was "controversial because livers are scarce and the surgery's efficacy as a cure hasn't been proved." And Caplan pointed out that
there were roughly 16,000 people on the national liver waiting list when Jobs got a liver. He was one of 1,581 people who got livers in the United States in the first quarter of [2009]. Almost none of those people had any form of cancer. In fact, if Jobs' tumor has spread from his pancreas into his liver as is likely, some transplant surgeons say that they would not recommend a liver transplant because there is no data that shows a transplant will stop or even slow the spread of the cancer. This raises the question: Is this the best use of a liver?
Caplan posed that question a year and a half ago. Now Jobs is taking yet another unexplained medical leave. Given his symptoms, in the absence of further information, the most likely reason is recurrence or complications of his cancer. If that's the case, then Jobs, having gamed the system to obtain a liver that could have saved somebody else, might soon take that liver to his grave. And he's had it less than two years.
To his great credit, Jobs has used his influence to help others in his situation. As Nicholas Carlson reported in Business Insider, Jobs pressed last year for a new law in California that requires applicants for a driver's license to be asked whether they'd like to be organ donors. *
But now comes the new report of Jobs' illness, and with it, the unresolved question of whether he should have gotten that liver. We don't know what's ailing him, because he won't say. "My family and I would deeply appreciate respect for our privacy," he pleads.
I hear you, Steve. We're all pulling for you. It's your life and your family. But that liver wasn't yours. Somebody died to make it available. And other people who aren't billionaires may have died on waiting lists so you could have it. What was your cancer situation when you got the transplant? Has the cancer returned? You owe us some answers.
Correction, Jan. 19, 2011: I originally wrote that Jobs "never explained why" he went to Tennessee. But after the article was posted, I found Nicholas Carlson's Business Insider story, which quoted Jobs' comments on this subject at a press conference last year. In these remarks, Jobs confirmed that he went to Tennessee for an easier waiting list. More important, Jobs attended the press conference to promote the California organ-donor legislation, and Carlson detailed Jobs' role in lobbying for the bill. I've added a paragraph to note this contribution by Jobs. It doesn't erase the questions of inequity and judgment in Jobs' transplant, but it does attest to his character. (Return to the corrected sentence.)
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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 13, 2013
PopChat.com, a popular webcam chat destination for singles and online dating, released an article on how to make friends in video chat rooms. PopChat.com has been providing singles with an access to free video chat rooms and has been gaining its popularity since the launch early last year. The ease of use chat rooms, simple user interface, lack of lengthy profiles and an ability to chat without creating accounts or specifying a lot of personal information attribute to success of popchat.com. New article is aimed at existing and new users of webcam chat rooms that are looking to meet friends or find a relationship in online video chat rooms.
The first suggestion mentioned in the article is to find a video chat room that match ones personal interests. "It takes a little bit of time and careful observation of the conversations in video chat rooms to find a group of people you would enjoy communicating with" said Andre Starr, the founder of PopChat.com. "In the end, joining a group of people you enjoy talking to is well worth the effort and makes it much easier to find friends and love."
Next important tip is to use a a quality webcam and a reliable fast internet connection. As the first impression always matters, it is important to avoid using outdated webcams and internet connection that is not fast enough to support video streaming. Frequent disconnects from a video chat room or bad quality image usually leads to people loosing interest and makes it very hard for singles to get to know each other.
Being interesting and friendly is another tip provided by the article on how to meet friends in video chat rooms. It is important to come to a chat room ready to discuss various topics and being able to join conversations.
Finally, it is strongly advised not to be rude and to be courteous at all times. Video chat rooms is a destination for people from different parts of the world and from different cultures, and it is possible that a seemingly harmless joke may offend someone. The article strongly suggests to be friendly and courteous to avoid being ignored or even banned from a video chat room.
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Ravens left guard Ben Grubbs, an unrestricted free agent, is in New Orleans today to meet with Saints officials -- and he just got good news. Carl Nicks, who had manned the left guard position for the Saints, has signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We'll see if the Saints let Grubbs leave town.
According to ESPN, Nicks' contract is worth $47.5 million -- including $31 million guaranteed -- which makes him the highest-paid guard in the league. That monster deal, coupled with New Orleans' newfound need for a guard, could mean that Grubbs gets the big payday he is said to be looking for.
The Ravens, according to our sources, before the start of free agency made Grubbs an offer similar to the five-year, $32.5 million deal they gave to right guard Marshal Yanda last offseason. There is chatter that Grubbs wants a much more lucrative contract -- and Nicks' deal might help him get it.
It's unclear how much wiggle room, if any, the Ravens have after their current offer to Grubbs, but you have to figure if another team offers him $8 million a year, he's gone.
The Ravens have been quiet so far in free agency, but if they lose Grubbs or decide to pull their offer first, the activity should pick up a bit. Grubbs is this offseason's biggest domino for the Ravens, but they want to re-sign some of their other free agents, too, including Jarret Johnson, Jameel McClain and Cory Redding.
As far as replacing Grubbs goes -- if he leaves of course -- the Ravens have 2011 third-round draft pick draft Jah Reid as an option at left guard, but at 6-7, he would be on the taller side at that position. If they go the free agent route, the list of available guards includes Steve Hutchinson, Bobbie Williams, Jake Scott, and Evan Mathis. They are also expected to draft at least one lineman next month.
The Ravens have also been linked to right tackle Eric Winston, but he has already scheduled a visit with the Miami Dolphins and after may also meet with the Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams. We'll see if Winston, the top right tackle out there, makes it through that gauntlet without a deal.


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Palestine Regional Medical Center is looking for a BC/BE Family Medicine physician who is comfortable practicing in a solo practice setting. This is a hospital-employed position to include the full-scope of primary care (no OB). A competitive salary and benefit package will be offered, along with a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance. With the need in the area, expect the volume to quickly develop into a busy practice.
Palestine is a graceful, romantic city second only to Galveston in the number of historic Texas landmarks, with more than 1,600 historical sites. Educational opportunities abound in this community. Palestine has two school districts. Palestine Independent School District includes five elementary campuses, one intermediate campus, one middle school and one high school, with programs for gifted and talented students as well as high school honors and Advanced Placement courses. Westwood School District employs almost 200 teachers with a student teacher ration of 21:1 and programs in special education, gifted and talented, and honors. Trinity Valley Community College has served the Palestine community since 1972, offering vocational, technical and associate degree programs as well as diverse continuing education and community services. The Palestine campus of The University of Texas at Tyler offers bachelor degrees in nursing, business, health professions and interdisciplinary studies with teacher certification for Pre-K through 4th grade. Master degrees are offered in nursing, business and educational leadership. Other higher education institutions within driving distance include Texas A&M at College Station, Sam Houston State University, Stephen F. Austin University, Tyler Junior College and University of Texas at Tyler. The Palestine Community Theater produces four plays each season. Named the "Outstanding Library in the United States" in 1992, the Palestine Public Library has more than 70,000 volumes. The Palestine Civic Center offers 25,000 square-feet of entertainment possibilities under one roof. Palestine is host for the Spring Dogwood Trails Festival and the annual Texas Hot Pepper Festival.
Just 20 miles north of town, 25,000-acre Lake Palestine offers abundant opportunities to fish, sail, camp or simply relax. Just north of town is Davey Dogwood Park, 200 acres of streams, trees and winding roads. In addition, there are 700 acres in the Palestine Community Forest. Additional recreational opportunities include golf, canoeing, cycling, hiking and tennis. Or you can enjoy a ride on the Texas State Railroad, an 1896 train pulled by one of the original steam locomotives that takes you on a 30-mile tour of scenic East Texas forests. The Palestine YMCA offers a full range of services from youth sports activities to programs for senior citizens, all designed to help promote healthy lifestyles.
For more than 60 years, the citizens of Anderson and surrounding counties have depended on the healthcare facilities in Palestine. Serving approximately 100,000 people, Palestine Regional Medical Center and Palestine Regional Rehabilitation Hospital provide two facilities and 150 beds with highly skilled staffs of healthcare professionals. A full range of comprehensive care is offered including the latest in diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, both on an inpatient and outpatient basis. Approximately 500 employees and 50 volunteers work closely with the medical staff, which includes more than 80 physicians representing 28 different medical specialties. Our 11,500 square-foot Birth Place shows our commitment to family-centered maternity care. Four spacious labor/delivery/recovery rooms allow mothers and their newborns to enjoy quality care in a homelike atmosphere equipped with the latest obstetrical equipment. Palestine Regional has recently invested $16 million in advanced healthcare technology. This includes the purchase of a new state-of-the-art MRI system, addition of four new surgery suites, expanded recovery rooms and a new cardiac cath lab featuring the most current digital rotational angiography. Other projects include expansion of the ER and Day Surgery areas, the renovating and expanding of radiology and registration, and the remodeling of patient rooms.


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A colorful frittata seasoned with fresh dill and packed with eggs, breakfast sausage, roasted red peppers, spinach, tomatoes and feta cheese.
Italian in origin, a frittata combines eggs with whatever ingredients you happen to have on hand be it meat, vegetables, herbs or a combination of all three.
I sound like I know what I'm talking about, don't I? Thanks to the hundreds of frittatas sprawled across the web that I've drooled over.
It isn't from experience because I never made one before. Ever. What an embarrassment for my Italian ancestry.
I'm completely prepared to make up for lost time. Frittatas are the bomb! Even cold from the fridge. At midnight.
A colorful frittata seasoned with fresh dill and packed with eggs, breakfast sausage, roasted red peppers, spinach, tomatoes and feta cheese.
- In a large skillet cook the sausage over medium heat. Remove to a paper towel lined plate.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Drain off the grease; add a tablespoon of oil and saute onion and red pepper over medium-low heat 3-4 minutes, seasoning well with salt and pepper.
- While the onion is cooking whisk the eggs, milk and a very generous pinch or two of salt together until fluffy. Season with pepper and whisk in the dill and onions/pepper.
- Grease a 10" frying pan or line with parchment and spray lightly with nonstick spray. Pour the eggs in the pan and place the sausage rounds all over followed by the spinach. Sprinkle the feta and tomatoes over the top.
- Bake about 20 minutes until firm in the center. Cut into wedges and serve.


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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Representatives of Congo's government and Congolese rebels have agreed on procedural rules for peace talks to stem violence in eastern Congo.
Delegations from the M23 rebels and the Congolese government have been meeting in the Ugandan capital Kampala since Dec. 9, in talks mediated by a regional bloc known as the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region.
The two parties now must agree on the agenda for the negotiations, according to a joint statement Tuesday.
The talks got off to a slow start, with both camps trading accusations over who is responsible for the violence in Congo's North Kivu province.
The rebels, who last month took the eastern city of Goma before withdrawing under international pressure, are believed to be backed by Rwanda. Rwanda denies the allegation.


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Rincon de La Vieja Challenge will be the first 100mile MTB race in Costa Rica and in all of Latin America. Actually, is the only race in the world going around a volcano. Luis Leao Pinto has confirmed his presence in this event.
Rincon de la Vieja is becoming popular for endurance sports. Events like this new race , the North Face Endurance Challenge, The Ecogreen series , The Adventure Race Costa Rica , and other.
The diverse terrain and the climate of Rincon de la Vieja Volcano in Guanacaste, were some of the reasons to choose this location out of many possible locations.
The event is sponsored by Red Bull and Specialezed .
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When the federal health care mandate takes effect next year, it could bring a new financial burden on some people who don�t already have insurance.
When the federal health care mandate takes effect next year, it could bring a new financial burden on some people who don�t already have insurance.
But an estimated 869,000 North Carolinians � including thousands in Cleveland and Rutherford counties � will be eligible for premium tax credits aimed at softening the blow, according to a national nonprofit that has studied the issue.
The supplements are designed to make it easier for many individuals and families to cope with the complex changes of the new law.
Here�s a question-and-answer rundown of how you may be affected:
What�s changing?
The affordable care act is putting individuals, families and small business owners in control of their health care, with the largest middle-class tax cut for health care in history.
Americans without insurance will be able to choose the coverage that works best for them in a new open, competitive insurance market. Advocates say it will pool buying power and give Americans new affordable choices of private insurance plans, which will have to compete for their business based on cost and quality.
So everyone will have to be insured?
Yes. The new law will require everyone to be enrolled in a health insurance plan that meets basic minimum standards. If you aren't, you may be required to pay an assessment. You won't have to pay an assessment if you have very low income and coverage is unaffordable to you.
What if you like the insurance coverage you have?
You can keep it, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
When will people begin buying health insurance through the new process?
Open enrollment in the new health insurance marketplace will begin Oct. 1. The policies people purchase will take effect in January 2014.
How much will it cost?
That depends. For job-based health plans, employers will decide how much of the premium to pay on behalf of workers and their families.
Beginning in January 2014, if your job doesn�t offer health coverage, you can apply for a tax credit to help pay for coverage purchased through the new marketplace. Small business owners can also qualify for that assistance.
The structure of the tax credits means that people will be protected from having to spend more than a set percentage of their income on health insurance premiums, officials say.
Who will be eligible for the new premium tax credits?
About 869,000 North Carolinians will be eligible in 2014, based on a simulation run by Families USA, a nonprofit health care advocacy group enlisted to study the impacts.
Most of those people will be in working families and will have incomes between two and four times the poverty level.
For example, a family of four with a household income of between $47,100 and $94,200 will likely be eligible.
Because the size of the tax credits will be determined on a sliding scale based on income, those with the lowest incomes will receive the largest tax credits. Officials say it will ensure that the assistance is targeted to the people who need it most.
Officials who crafted the health care law assumed that uninsured people with incomes below 100 percent of poverty will be enrolled in Medicaid.
Reach Michael Barrett at 704-869-1826 or twitter.com/GazetteMike.
More details
About 24,000 residents total in Cleveland, Rutherford, Polk and McDowell counties are expected to qualify for health insurance tax credits. Individual county numbers were not made available. Here�s a breakdown of the people in that group:
Employment status Total Percentage
Employed 21,390 88.9 percent
Unemployed 2,680 11.1 percent
Age range Total Percentage
Under 18 5,450 22.6 percent
18-34 7,230 30 percent
35-54 7,580 31.5 percent
55 and older 3,810 15.8 percent
Race/Ethnicity Total Percentage
White 19,960 82.9 percent
Black 2,780 11.5 percent
Hispanic 680 2.8 percent
Other 650 2.7 percent


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Life cycle
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AMES, Iowa - The Kansas women and Texas men are the 2013 Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Champions. It is the first indoor title in school history for the Jayhawks, while the Longhorns claim their sixth indoor crown.
Kansas finished with a team total of 150.5 points, besting second-place Texas by just 2.5 points. The Jayhawks came into the meet as the highest ranked women's team in the nation at No. 5. Texas posted a team score of 135 points, finishing the meet 26.5 points ahead of runner-up Oklahoma.
Patrick Casey (Oklahoma) won the men's high point scorer award, with 22.5 points at the Championship. The senior claimed his second and third titles of the weekend on Sunday, first winning the one mile run with a time of 4:00. 81. Casey then returned to the track to win the 1,000 meter run, clocking a time of 2:22.39. He was also part of the Sooners' first-place distance medley relay team on day one.
Betsy Saina (Iowa State) garnered the women's high point scorer award for the second straight year with a point total of 30. Saina collected her second title of the meet when she won the one mile run with a time of 4:44. 68. She came back later in the day to edge out teammate Meaghan Nelson in the 3,000 meters for her third victory of the championship.
Tia Brooks (Oklahoma) won the day's first event as she defended her Big 12 title in the shot put with a throw of 60-09.25. The senior broke her own indoor meet record and will try to defend her NCAA title at the national championships next month.
Kansas State's Erik Kynard broke the second Big 12 Championship record of the day in the long jump, clearing a mark of 7-7.00 (2.31m) to take home his third indoor high jump title. Zach Riley finished second in the event to give the Wildcats their first one-two finish in the high jump in school history.
Kennedy Kithuka (Texas Tech) broke his second Big 12 meet record in the 3,000 meters, clocking a new mark of 7:53. The senior set an indoor record in the 5,000 meters on day one.
Kansas' Andrea Geubelle won her second straight triple jump title with a mark of 44-03.25. In the women's high jump, Texas junior Shanay Briscoe took home the title, clearing a mark of 5-09.25 (1.76m). To round out the day's field events, Baylor freshman Felix Obi won the men's triple jump with a leap of 53-01.00 (16.18m).
Baylor junior Tiffani McReynolds won her third indoor title in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.12. On the men's side, Texas' Keiron Stewart took first with a time of 7.72. Steward set the meet record in 2011 and finished runner-up a year ago. In the women's 400 meters, last year's Big 12 and NCAA champion Diamond Dixon (Kansas) claimed the crown for a second straight year with a time of 52.52.
TCU swept the 60 meter dash as Charles Silmon and Chaniqua Corinealdi each won their respective events. The two victories gave the Frogs their first-ever Big 12 indoor titles.
Baylor picked up three more individual titles as Joe Barb won the men's 600 yard run, Mariah Kelly was victorious in the women's 1,000 meters and Blake Heriot claimed victory in the men's 200 meter dash.
The Bears won the men's 4x400 meter relay in a time of 3:07.91. The Texas women earned the victory in the women's relay with a 3:33.54 mark.
The Texas duo of Johannes Hock and Hayden Baillio snagged victories in the the men's heptathlon and shot put, respectively. Hock finished with a total of 5,858 points. In the shot put, the Longhorns took two of the top three spots, as Baillio tossed a 64-05.00 (19.63m) throw to earn the win. Will Spence followed in the third slot with a throw of 61-05.00 (18.72m).
The 2013 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships are set for March 8-9 at Randal Tyson Track in Fayetteville,Ark.
1. Texas, 135
2. Oklahoma, 108.5
3. Kansas State, 96
4. Baylor, 79
5. Texas Tech, 76
6. Kansas, 74.5
7. Oklahoma State, 73
8. Iowa State, 61
1. Kansas, 150.5
2. Texas, 148
3. Iowa State, 142
4. Baylor, 72
5. Oklahoma State, 48
6. Texas Tech, 43.5
7. Kansas State, 41
8. Oklahoma, 38.5
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Punch up your desk-to-cocktails wardrobe with this bebe button up blouse, featuring luxe lightweight drape and colorblocked neutrals. Try it with classic black suiting pieces for the office and a pair of boyfriend jeans for the weekend.
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Event: Rakhi Sawant, Shweta Tiwari and many other celebs celebrated Holi on the sets of Comedy Circus.
Guest List: Rakhi Sawant, Shweta Tiwari, Krishna Abhishek, Bharti Singh, Kapil Sharma
Venue: Mohan Studios, Mumbai
Date: 17-Mar-2011View event video
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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DescriptionThe elusive common otter has sleek brown fur, which is often paler on the underside, and a long lithe body with a thick tail and short legs (3). Adaptations for an aquatic lifestyle include webbed feet (3), the ability to close the small ears and the nose when under water, and very dense, short fur which traps a layer of air to insulate the animal. Many sensitive hairs ('vibrissae') frame the snout; these help the otter to locate prey (2). Vocalisations include a high-pitched whistle between a mother and her cubs, twittering noises produced during play-fighting and cat-like noises when fighting (2).


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Newmar began by building high-quality travel trailers. In 1971, the company introduced the Kountry Aire fifth wheel, making Newmar one of the first and largest fifth wheel builders in the industry.
Newmar continued to grow at a rapid pace through the 1970s. In 1984, Mahlon Miller, who at the time was president of the Holiday Rambler Corporation, left his position and purchased a 51% stake in the Newmar Corporation.
In the 1980s, Newmar entered the Class A market, building premium-quality motor coaches in small numbers. In 1990, the company introduced two iconic motor coaches that still exist today: Dutch Star and Mountain Aire. At the same time, Newmar began pioneering concepts and features that would change the industry, including the first traditional slideouts and flush floor slideouts ever featured in a Class A coach.
In 1991, Mahlon Miller purchased the remaining 49% of Newmar Corporation, becoming sole owner. Just one year later, the company built a new, 116,000 square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Nappanee, helping to further centralize production.
By the late 1990s, Newmar became the first to offer full body paint on both its towable and motor coach products. To support the growth of this innovative practice and ensure superior quality, Newmar added a 45,000 square foot paint facility. Then, in 2004, a 150,000 square foot chassis prep and welding facility was added to accommodate the growing complexities that come with manufacturing top-quality motor coaches.
In 2006, Mahlon Miller's son Matt became Newmar's new president. When the economic recession arrived soon thereafter, Matt Miller insisted Newmar stay the course by maintaining its commitments to dealers and customers. In 2012, Newmar exited the fifth wheel segment that helped shape the company decades earlier, choosing to focus entirely on crafting the finest Class A motorhomes the industry had ever seen.
Today, Newmar is stronger than ever thanks to an unwavering commitment to service, quality and innovation that remains unmatched.


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Volunteers Needed in Walker County
Houston-Galveston Area on Aging Ombudsman Program
18 people are interested
Be an Ombudsman (advocate) for the residents of local nursing homes and assisted living communities, and help monitor the quality of care they receive. You could be the only advocate and visitor some residents receive. If you have good communication skills and a deep concern for the well-being of the elderly and disabled, you'll receive in-depth training and certification that will equip you to work with a nursing home's staff and residents in mediating problems that arise. Volunteer according to your schedule. Time commitment can range from a few times a month to once a week.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Long-term Care Ombudsman Program is a federally mandated program wherein volunteers advocate for resident rights in nursing and assisted living facilities. It is jointly sponsored by city, county, and state agencies, with the lead agency being the Houston-Galveston Area Council and Area on Aging Ombudsman Program. Volunteers receive certification from the State of Texas, Department of Aging and Disabilities Services and are individually assigned to one nursing or assisted living facility. Volunteers have a wide flexibility in deciding whether the hours they put in would be on weekdays or weekends, during the daytime or early evening
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Triangular Treasures: Distressed Mirror, Area Rug & Mersman Table
In some circles, the triangle signifies change. Maybe it's time to switch it up and try something new in your living room. These shapely things might just help you with that.
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