Texas campaign seeks candidates for affordable health insurance

by JASON WHITELY

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WFAA

Posted on July 22, 2013 at 10:07 PM

Updated yesterday at 10:47 PM

DALLAS ? If the Affordable Care Act is ever to work, volunteers like Luis Veloz and Allison Brim from the Texas Organizing Project must be successful first.

Six days a week they go door-to-door in low-to-middle income neighborhoods explaining Obamacare to the uninsured.

Texas is among the states refusing to help implement the Affordable Care Act.

"Well it's sure going to be easier in places where they want the law to work," said Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Promoting the plan is the reason she came to North Texas, before sitting down in an exclusive one-on-one with News 8.

"We may not have the government of the State of Texas, but we have lots of locally elected officials, county officials, health care providers and others who very much want the law to work, and want Texas to know about it," Sebelius added.

Open enrollment begins October 1.

Uninsured can sign up for coverage at the Healthcare.gov Marketplace.

Blue Cross, Humana and Aetna have already agreed to provide policies, Dallas County said, but rates have yet to be set.

The Obama administration hopes to sign up seven million uninsured people across the country in the coming months. But in order to be successful, the program needs a balanced risk pool that includes young, healthy people ? lots of them. Otherwise, premiums will skyrocket and the program will be unaffordable.

"I think it's a given we're not going to be able to get everybody," said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. "It's going to be a monumental task, and we're going to have to do the very best we can do."

Jenkins joined Sebelius, religious leaders, representatives from Dallas ISD, and the Dallas County Medical Society on Monday to discuss strategy about how to notify the uninsured who are eligible for the program.

"It's much cheaper to go to an emergency room in Manhattan than it is for you to go to the emergency room in Dallas County, and that's because we have such a high rate of uninsured," Jenkins said.

Dallas County has 506,000 uninsured, the fourth largest population of its kind in the country, Jenkins added.

Those are the very people the Texas Organizing Project and other non-profits like it hope to find.

See the entire interview with Secretary Sebelius on "Inside Texas Politics." It airs this Sunday at 9:05 a.m. on WFAA Channel 8.

E-mail jwhitely@wfaa.com

Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/health/obamacare-216521921.html

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A Story Not Yet Told

How ya doin'? My nickname is Finn and I am somekind of a student whose language isn't english; obviously; seeing my 'Location'. I have quite a complicated life, so I'll just make it brief: I was raised with two languages so basically english is my third one. Probably, you'll notice as you read what I write that I don't have much english vocabulary yet however, I can promise you that I am learning english like a crazy dog cuz I just love the language somehow. Probably because many songs are in english?

Ah well, anyhow, about my future dreams, I have some irregular and impossible craps that would never really happen. . . but even though I'll tell you. I am dreaming about as I publice a book of mine, it will be taken into a movie where I am the director as well as the leading actor. Impossible is it? Well -- probably because I just enjoy writing, acting and managing things. You could say that I am somekind of a prefectionist, who can make many mistakes [I am human after all >->]

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Victim speaks out in bid to catch 2003 Washington rapist

Victim speaks out in bid to catch 2003 Washington rapist

12:10am Monday 22nd July 2013 in News By Mark Summers

A RAPE victim is today urging people to help catch the man who attacked her ten years ago.

Today (Monday July 22) is the anniversary of the knifepoint ordeal suffered by the victim, then aged 16, in Washington Old Village.

She was walking near the junction of the A1231 and Parkway at 8.30pm when a man dragged her into nearby bushes and raped her.

He threatened the girl with a knife leaving scratch marks on her throat.

The victim said: "Please help me find the man responsible for raping me so no one else has to go through what I am going through."

Detectives have continued to carry out extensive enquiries, but have not yet found the attacker.

DNA has allowed officers to eliminate more than 1,000 people from the enquiry.?

Superintendent Jim Napier, of Sunderland Area Command: ?Ten years ago a man raped a 16-year-old girl and threatened her with a knife in a vicious attack.

?Despite extensive enquiries he has never been caught and the victim has had to live for the past ten years knowing her attacker has never been brought to justice.

?We?re renewing our appeal to make sure he gets caught and faces the consequences of the attack and give the victim the opportunity to move on from the ordeal.

?The man will know he is wanted by police and our message to him is despite it being ten years since the attack, our enquiries will continue and new forensic advancements will mean we will find him."?

The rapist, now about 50, is 6ft tall and of medium build.

He was wearing a blue baseball cap, green cagoule or rainjacket, blue jeans and brown shoes.

Anyone with any information should contact Northumbria Police on 101, extension 69191 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Source: http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/10562185.Victim_speaks_out_in_bid_to_catch_2003_Washington_rapist/?ref=rss

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Ca?n Vel?squez y Junior Dos Santos promover?n pelea el 30 de julio en L.A. Live de Los ?ngeles

El Ultimate Fighting Championship? ha anunciado las fechas, los sitios y los peleadores que ser?n parte del UFC World Tour, una serie de acontecimientos para la prensa y los seguidores con el fin de apoyar cuatro eventos importantes de pay-per-view que cerrar?n el a?o 2013. Cuatro campeones y cuatro retadores al campeonato atacar?n a la vez 11 ciudades en un tour ?nico.

El presidente del UFC Dana White dar? una conferencia de prensa en vivo el 30 de julio en el Club Nokia a las 11 a.m. Entre los asistentes estar?n Ca?n Vel?squez, Junior Dos Santos, el campe?n de peso semicompleto Jon Jones, el desafiante n?mero uno al t?tulo de peso semicompleto Alex Gustafsson, Georges St-Pierre, Johny Hendricks, la campeona de peso gallo femenino Ronda Rousey y la desafiante n?mero uno al t?tulo de peso gallo femenino Miesha Tate.

Vel?squez y Dos Santos se frentar?n el s?bado 19 de octubre en el Toyota Center en Houston, Texas. El evento contar? con la participaci?n del campe?n de peso completo Ca?n Vel?squez (12-1, representando a San Jos?, California) y el ex campe?n Junior dos Santos (16-2, representando a Salvador, Bah?a, Brasil) en una revancha por el t?tulo de peso completo. Las entradas salen a la venta para todo el p?blico el viernes 2 de agosto a las 10:00 a.m.

Source: http://www.hoylosangeles.com/news/2013/jul/19/cain-velasquez-y-junior-dos-santos-promoveran-pele/

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EPA says 3 Mo. groups getting cleanup funds

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Three Missouri groups are getting a total of $1.6 million in federal funds to clean up polluted sites.

The Environmental Protection Agency said in a release Monday that agencies in Jefferson City, St. Louis, and Springfield, will receive a total of $1.6 million in supplemental revolving loan funds to help clean up and redevelop polluted sites.

The Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority in Jefferson City, and the St. Louis Development Corporation will each receive $300,000 to address hazardous substances and $200,000 to address petroleum contamination. The City of Springfield will receive $250,000 to address hazardous substances and $350,000 to cleanup petroleum.

EPA's Brownfields Program targets abandoned and contaminated sites to encourage redevelopment.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/epa-says-3-mo-groups-134406772.html

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New Mexico Angels to invest in biotech startup

The New Mexico Angels have committed to investing $250,000 in the New Mexico biotech startup Tyrosine Pharmaceuticals Inc. Pictured is New Mexico Angels President John Chavez.

The New Mexico Angels have committed to investing $250,000 in the New Mexico biotech startup Tyrosine Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Tyrosine is developing a new class of drug aimed at protecting against stroke injuries, utilizing technology developed at the University of New Mexico by company CTO Dr. Surojit Paul.

?There?s not a lot of therapies for strokes,? said John Chavez, president of New Mexico Angels, an early-stage investment group. ?UNM had the research worked out, and worked on it for 10 years, and we licensed it.?

The Angels closed on the deal late Wednesday night, Chavez said.

The goal, Chavez said, will be to identify which tests will be required to prove efficacy, and to possibly do animal tests.

?If we can do that, we?ll shop it to a big pharmaceutical company,? Chavez said.

Tyrosine was awarded a $1.6 million National Institutes of Health grant in February of this year to research the new therapy.

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First Photo of Kim Kardashian After Baby Posted on Facebook

Posted Saturday June 29, 2013 7:00 PM GMT

She?s been out of the public eye since giving birth on June 15, but on Saturday (June 29), Kim Kardashian resurfaced in a snapshot taken by her sister Khloe.

The new mom to baby North is shown sleeping soundly, wrapped in a blanket next to her sis?s boxer puppy, with her little one not in sight.

Though Kim?s baby daddy Kanye West has been out since the baby?s arrival, Kim has been staying at home and focusing on bonding with her little girl.

Meanwhile, proud grandmother Kris Jenner told reporters at an event for Genlux Magazine her granddaughter is doing great and looks like both of her parents.

Kris gushed, "She's great! She's beautiful, and amazing, happy and healthy."

Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/kim-kardashian/first-photo-kim-kardashian-after-baby-posted-facebook-880701

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