In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, April 15th, 2018 was:
KATHLEEN MARKS
Houston, TX
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
4/9/18
Brittany Light
Jade Good
John Hardy
Jenifer Garza
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Eleazar Ruiz
April Ashcraft
Shelby Howke
Trish Musgrave
Michael Flagg
Cyndi Jansheski
Deborah Farris
April Denise Council-Redmond
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Jennifer Ramlet
Alexis Maureen
Kristina Rosson
Rebecca Honey Graham
Ashley Agner
Jennifer Lee Clack
Adaria Johnson
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Amanda Saltsman
4/10/18
Kathleen Marks
Trish Musgrave
Brenda Hartwig
Eleazar Ruiz
Adaria Johnson
Brittany Michelle
Belinda Haas
Marcy Coull
Ambreen Rouf
Kelly Jo Francisco
Amanda Peters
Jennifer Ramlet
Desire Kightlinger Swarm
Dale Fish
Dawn Raasch
Stephanie Beckwith
Be Schwerin
Lindsey McCoy
Amanda Saltsman
Lia Jill
4/11/18
Cheryl Hall
Jenifer Garza
Lia Jill
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Tiffany Borek
Sheri Boydston
Stella Methvin
Stephanie Beckwith
Amanda Peters
Be Schwerin
Tammy Dolby
Kathleen Marks
April Ashcraft
Christy Martinez
Rebecca Fauteux
Holly Kay
Lisa David Carr
Teena Sierson
Samantha Rentschler
Anggie Marie
Jessica Massaway
4/12/18
Trish Musgrave
Alicia Johnson
Jenifer Garza
Megan Rhyne
Jennifer Leffler
Tonya Velazquez
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Georgiann D’Angelo
Becky Freeman
Sherry Lilly
Kim Floyd
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Jessica Miller
Sarah Haught
Adaria Johnson
Sean Stover
Brooke Scott
Amber Chandler
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Michelle Bartley
4/13/18
Eleazar Ruiz
Sherrie McQueen Gilstrap
Beth Clevelan
Nacole Patrick
Ann Patrick
Bea Patrick
Angela Janisse
Andrew W Sauer
Emmanuel Johnson
Priscilla Shimp
Amber McGrath
Margaret Primos
Crystal Young
Tina Herrin
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
Brandi K Chaney
Sheila Carvell
Meg Tucker
Lauren Bradley
Brianna Ketchum
4/14/18
Lia Jill
Brittany Light
Deborah Farris
Amy Conyers
Tera Wardrip
Brianna Ketchum
Jenifer Garza
Kendra George
Christina Radcliff
Ashley Agner
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Amanda Rosario
Be Schwerin
Kate Stacy
Destiny Landsaw Davis
Mary Ann Cody
Sheri Boydston
Melissa White
Beth Embrey
Lauren Bradley
4/15/18
Kathleen Marks
Kim Floyd
Jennifer Leffler
Bea Patrick
Amber Chandler
Jenifer Garza
Angela Hendricks
Karen Brunet Moore
Nacole Patrick
Debbie Gremlin
Lauren Bradley
Betsy Brandon Riddle Smith
Jade Good
Debbie Garretson
Kristina Harris
Diane Hamric
Marie Beauregard
Brandi K Chaney
Dale Fish
Oreale Grace Awoumene
Tom Cavalli
Anna Nichols
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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The wave of teacher protests in recent weeks has shown no signs of slowing down. School districts in Oklahoma and Kentucky were forced to close due to statewide teacher sickouts. Thousands of Oklahoma and Kentucky teachers rallied Monday at their state capitals, demanding more education funding for students. Many say they’ll keep fighting until lawmakers meet their demands.
The state of Oklahoma has the lowest average teacher salaries in the US with many teachers saying they have not received a pay raise in 10 years. Many say that the lack of funding and low wages keep new teachers out of their districts which have seen classroom sizes swell to 40 kids because of teacher shortages.
The Oklahoma teachers union wants $10,000 raises for teachers, $5,000 raises for support staff such as janitors and cafeteria workers and $200 million in education funding. Ultimately, the governor signed legislation last week granting teachers’ pay raises of about $6,100, raises of $1,250 for support staff and $50 million in education funding. The state’s two largest school districts, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, announced that schools would be closed Monday as the strike enters its second week.
In an effort to produce for state revenue so more can be allocated to education funding, the Oklahoma Education Association (OEA), working in collaboration with lawmakers, is seeking to end the strike by Tuesday following Friday’s passage of a revenue and tax bill that is expected to raise $20 million from an internet sales tax and $24 million from the legalization of “ball and dice” gambling in the state. The union praised the senate’s action on Friday and called for two additional measures of removing capital gains exemptions, saying that this would add an additional $100 million in revenue, and for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin to veto the repeal of a tax on guests at hotels and motels—another regressive measure.
Meanwhile, more than 30 Kentucky school districts had schools close after massive teacher call outs. Educators were furious after the state Legislature approved changes to their pension the day before. Kentucky teachers have opposed changes to their pension, which was in Senate Bill 1 that proposed reducing benefits. But in a surprise move, elements of Senate Bill 1 were tucked into another bill, Senate Bill 151, which had been about sewage services. The nearly 300-page Senate Bill 151 passed both the state House and Senate on Thursday.
The Kentucky Education Association, which represents teachers and other education professionals, slammed the maneuver as a “classic legislative bait and switch.” “It stripped all the ‘local provision of wastewater services’ language out of SB151 and replaced it with many of the harmful provisions of SB1,” the association stated.
Under the new pension bill, new hires will have to use a hybrid cash balance plan, rather than a traditional pension, which will drive new teachers to leave the state. Other elements of the bill include limiting the number of sick days teachers can put toward their retirement and no changes to the annual cost of living adjustments, which will remain 1.5%.
Gov. Matt Bevin supports reforming the system and says it’s critical to fix the pension crisis, which ranks as one of the worst in the US. He said a wider demonstration like a teacher strike would be “illegal.” “I would not advise that,” Bevin said during a Capitol news conference. “I really wouldn’t. I think that would be a mistake.” In Kentucky, public employees are prohibited from striking.
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During the trial of Noor Salman, widow of the Pulse Nightclub shooter, testimony has revealed that the father of shooter Omar Mateen had worked as an FBI informant. Seddique Mateen, Omar’s father, was a confidential FBI informant from 2005 to 2016. He is now under investigation for money transfers to Turkey and Afghanistan.
FBI Special Agent Juvenal Martin, who was on the stand in the terrorism trial of Noor Salman, said Omar’s father, Seddique, was upset and had called him while his son was being investigated for the extremist comments in 2006. Martin testified that, during the call which took place a decade before the Pulse attack, Seddique told him something like “if he had done those things he was being stupid.” Martin said the FBI interviewed Omar two other times as part of that investigation, but eventually determined he wasn’t a security threat. The bureau even considered turning Omar into a confidential informant himself, according to Martin’s testimony.
The trial produced several revelations about the shooting. Prosecutors said Mateen originally intended to attack Disney World, using a gun concealed in a baby stroller, but changed his mind after seeing police at the entertainment complex. Government witnesses, using data from Mateen’s cell phone, said he looked up information about Orlando nightclubs and went back and forth between two of them before setting on Pulse as his target.
Omar Mateen’s widow, Noor Salman, was found not guilty of all charges against her in the only trial to stem from the deadly June 2016 shooting rampage. She was accused of helping her husband plan his terror assault on the Orlando, Florida, nightclub and of falsely denying her role afterward. The government equated Mateen’s actions with supporting terrorism, because he repeatedly pledged allegiance to ISIS before and during the attack, which left 49 people dead and 53 injured.
Salman was charged with aiding him in providing material support to a terror group. She was also charged with obstruction of justice, accused of misleading police and FBI agents by making contradictory statements about whether she knew what he was planning. In opening statements, defense attorney Linda Moreno said Salman was a person with a low IQ who did not know “she would wake up a widow, and Omar Mateen a martyr for a cause that she didn’t support.”
In a November 2016 interview with The New York Times, Salman apologized for her husband’s act and claimed she was unaware of his plan. “I don’t condone what he has done,” she told the newspaper. “I am very sorry for what has happened. He has hurt a lot of people.” FBI agents arrested Salman in January 2017 inside the California home she shares with her young son and she had been in custody since then.
Outside the courtroom, a spokesman for Salman’s family said “The family really wants to first say that we’re very sorry for the family members and friends of the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting and also the survivors of that horrible attack.” “Noor can go home now to her son, Zack, resume her life and try to pick up the pieces.”
The June 2016 Pulse Nightclub massacre was the deadliest single gunman mass shooting in United States history until the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. It is the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in U.S. history and the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil since the September 11 attacks of 2001.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, April 1st, 2018 was:
JESSICA MILLER
Maumee, OH
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
3/25/18
Wilma Mast
Nicole Blaha
JoBeth Butsher
Karen Brunet Moore
Nai Merri
Jenifer Garza
Amber McGrath
Kacie Rogers
Maria Bouchard
Jennifer Marie
Amber Critchley
Sara Haught
Alicia Dansby
Lenis Abshire
Sheila Carvell
Heather Marocco
Melissa Maestas
Tonya Velazquez
Amanda Peters
Stephanie Beckwith
Cyndi Jansheski
Jessica Miller
3/26/18
Karron Redfield
Lia Jill
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Holly Cajigas
Jenifer Garza
Jodi Stevens
Kathleen Marks
Lena Perry
Anna Nichols
Carla M. Williams
Cheryl Lynn
Meg Marshall
Brooke Scott
Kim Floyd
Angela Porter
Christy Hawkes
Farrah Miller King
Darlene Whyte
Mary Mcmenamy
Stephanie Griffith
Ambreen Rouf
Amanda Peters
Samantha Rentschler
Trish Marks
Teena Sierson
3/27/18
Eleazar Ruiz
Nicole Blaha
Sheila Carvell
Tonya Velazquez
Vinessa Vasquez
Paula M Bondy
Michael Flagg
Tanya Mattox
Diane Hamric
Jennifer Kearney
Jenifer Garza
Priscilla Shimp
B M Armstrong
Adaria Johnson
Toi Minnifield
Kim Avery
Justin Griffis
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Melissa White
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Eva Biggs
Anna Nichols
Tracy Shafer
April Ashcraft
Ruthi Helen Boilard
3/28/18
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tonya Velazquez
Phylicia Phillips
Amanda Nicole Young
Jennifer Lang
Kendra George
Jenifer Garza
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Crystal Dougherty Merrill
Jennifer Marie
Alisa Jones
Alicia Johnson
Diane Hamric
Harley Magoon
Susanne Killion
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Hayley Cordaro
Wilma Mast
Lori Capobianco
Dawn Raasch
3/29/18
Kathleen Marks
Cheryl Ralley-Messick
Hayley Cordaro
Lia Jill
Tina Mimick
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Amber Chandler
Carla M. Williams
David M Still
Ashley Agner
Sarah Haught
Jennifer Lee Clack
Alexis Maureen
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Wendi Black
Shelley Ann Peoples
Anna Nichols
Kim Avery
Amanda Peters
Helen Saez Deverter
3/30/18
Nicole Blaha
Karen Brunet Moore
Lia Jill
Chelsie Nicole
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Ramlet
Trish Hysell
Sheri Boydston
Deborah Farris
Debbie Gremlin
Amanda Peters
Nacole Patrick
Jennifer Marie
Samantha Rentschler
April Ashcraft
Tracey Smith
Be Schwerin
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Chrissy Kim
Kayte CookWatts
Nia Rammal
Bea Patrick
Sherri Kidwell
Amber McGrath
Kristi Cervantes
3/31/18
Lia Jill
Kelly Jo Francisco
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Nicole Blaha
Jade Good
Jenifer Garza
Kathleen Hickman
Jodi Stevens
Diane Hamric
Brandy Williams
Brenda Hartwig
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tracey Smith
Amy Cantrall-McDaniels
Lori Capobianco
Alexis Maureen
Heather Marocco
Stacy Lynn Nelson
Sheila Carvell
Morgan Fam
4/1/18
Lia Jill
Brenda Hogue-bella
Nicole Blaha
Wilma Mast
Michelle Hughes
Nacole Patrick
Pam Johnson Rowland
Anna Nichols
Jennifer Vega
Lori Capobianco
Bea Patrick
April Ashcraft
Tammy Dolby
Jennifer Lee Clack
Marcy Coull
Amber Chandler
Trish Musgrave
Sandy K High
Beth Stelzer-Smith
Barbara Griffitts Austin
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, March 25th, 2018 was:
TIFFANY BOREK
Angola, NY
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
3/19/18
Christy Hawkes
Kristina Rosson
Kathleen Marks
Brittany Light
Anggie Marie
Tanya Mattox
Jenifer Garza
Edward John
Deborah Farris
Tera Wardrip
Kendra George
Misty Shallcross
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tiffany Borek
Eleazar Ruiz
Nicole Blaha
Anna Nichols
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Alysia Jackson
Debbie Garretson
Amanda Saltsman
Penny Fernandez
Becky Freeman
Tracey Smith
3/20/18
Mikey Mellor
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Jenifer Garza
Jodi Stevens
Brandi K Chaney
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Amber McGrath
Nicole Blaha
Brooke Scott
Isis Sample
Cheryl Hall
Amanda Rosario
Jane Peterson
Misty Shallcross
Sheri Boydston
Marilyn Wall
Kathleen Marks
Kari Reed
Lindsey McCoy
Karen Cantrell
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Karen Bondehagen
Anggie Marie
Samantha Rentschler
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
3/21/18
Mikey Mellor
April Ashcraft
Katrina Worford
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Lee Clack
Betsy Riddle
Kathleen Marks
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Alexis Maureen
Tina Kaiser
Eleazar Ruiz
Chelcie Malow
Suzie Mize Lockhart
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Karina Hernandez
Cheryl Hall
Lenis Abshire
Sheila Carvell
Lia Jill
Myranda Medlin
Kelly Jo Francisco
3/22/18
Brittany Light
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Christy Hawkes
Christina Domingue
Stephanie Griffith
Carla M. Williams
Tanya Mattox
Deborah Farris
Kacie Rogers
April Ashcraft
Debbie Gremlin
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Christy George
Trish Musgrave
Becky Holland
Be Schwerin
Kayte CookWatts
Jenn Hess
Kimberly Taylor Hall
Holly Cajigas
Kristi Cervantes
Diane Hamric
Brittany Joyner
Sara Haught
Lori Capobianco
3/23/18
Jenn Hess
Katrina Worford
Lenis Abshire
Heather Lynn Rood
Ashley Tipton
Amber Critchley
Lia Jill
Kimberly Snyder
Eleazar Ruiz
Beata Tybor
Alisa Unfred
Kelly Jo Francisco
Pamela Garner Sloss
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
April Ashcraft
Heather Jacques
Brenda Hogue-bella
Margaret Gipson
Brandi K Chaney
Emma Leport
3/24/18
Lori Capobianco
Christy Hawkes
Traci Anderson
Brittany Light
Stephanie Griffith
Jenifer Garza
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Debbie Farris
Lenis Abshire
Samantha Rentschler
Sheri Boydston
Cyndi Jansheski
Amanda Nicole Young
Sherry Lilly
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Mary Bubel Smith
April Ashcraft
Kelly Kriefall
Dawn Raasch
Lia Jill
3/25/18
Wilma Mast
Nicole Blaha
JoBeth Butsher
Karen Brunet Moore
Nai Merri
Jenifer Garza
Amber McGrath
Kacie Rogers
Maria Bouchard
Jennifer Marie
Amber Critchley
Sara Haught
Alicia Dansby
Lenis Abshire
Sheila Carvell
Heather Marocco
Melissa Maestas
Tonya Velazquez
Amanda Peters
Stephanie Beckwith
Cyndi Jansheski
Jessica Miller
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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At Health Insurance 4 Everyone, we not only want to improve our customer service but also interact with our customers on a social media level that wasn’t available before. Interested in connecting with us? Look us up on….
Twitter: Healthinsurane4 (Follow Us On Twitter To Receive Faster Notifications When Daily Trivia Questions Posted, & To Be Immediately Notified When Weekly AmEX Gift Card Winners Are Announced!!)
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Like us on facebook: HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions, LLC
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A gunman killed three women in a standoff at a Northern California military veterans home. The three victims—Jennifer Gonzales, 32; Christine Loeber, 48 and Jennifer Golick, 42; worked for a counseling program at the Pathway Home nonprofit, which helps military veterans overcome PTSD and transition back into civilian life. The shooter, 36-year-old Albert Wong of Sacramento, was a military veteran and former patient at the center who was kicked out of the program just days before the shooting spree, after he threatened its employees- including one of the women killed.
Records show Wong was in the Army reserves from October 1998 until December 2002 and served in active duty from May 2010 to August 2013. He was deployed to Afghanistan April 2011 to March 2012. He received several awards and medals, including an Army Commendation Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with two campaign stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and Expert Marksmanship Badge with Rifle before being honorably discharged.
According to law enforcement sources, Wong was armed with a rifle and a shotgun when he entered the room where a going-away party for some departing Pathway employees was taking place. According to sources, Wong entered the building and exchanged fire with a deputy. Witnesses say he calmly entered the room brandishing a rifle and let at least 4 employees leave-firing shots into the rest of the room as they left.
Napa County Sheriff John Robertson said dozens of law enforcement officers responded about 10:20 a.m. local time to a report of shots fired. Reports indicate that as many as 15 to 30 shots were fired before Wong took the hostages at the Veterans Home, on the second floor of The Pathway Home. Everyone at the Veterans Home was told to shelter in place and lock their doors, and the entire facility was placed on lockdown for hours.
Authorities say the gunman shot at police as they surrounded the building. SWAT, FBI, and ATF all responded to the incident, but no one was able to reach him during the standoff. The gunman and the three hostages were found deceased after a nearly seven-hour standoff. It’s not yet known what his motives were or if the victims were chosen at random. Jen Golick’s father-in-law, told news outlets that she had ordered Wong’s removal from the Pathway program two weeks prior to the shooting. She called her husband, Mark Golick, around 10:30 a.m. Pacific to let him know that she had been taken hostage. He never heard from her again.
The Veterans Home is one of the largest in the United States, housing at least 1,100 men and women. The Pathway Home, located on the Veterans Home grounds, operates an independent 35,000-square-foot center within the Yountville veterans’ home, has treated more than 400 veterans since 2008. Male veterans enrolled in the live-in program are mostly soldiers returning from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars who have difficulty transitioning into civilian life. Many returning veterans have graduated from the program, including Adam Schumann, the subject of the book and film “Thank You For Your Service”.
In 2016, the program began transitioning from a group that focused primarily on housing and treating veterans with PTSD into a program with a wider mission, including helping vets with academic and career development. Loeber was the executive director of the Pathway Home and Golick was a staff psychologist and clinical director there. Gonzales was a clinical psychologist with the San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System. Yountville Mayor John Dunbar said he was not sure when or if the facility will reopen. Six people currently enrolled in the program will continue to receive care, he said.
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Authorities say six people have died after a 960-ton span of a pedestrian bridge collapsed on Thursday, onto a busy street below, killing six motorists under an avalanche of concrete and metal. At least nine others were injured in the collapse of the nearly 200-foot-long bridge, which was under construction near the campus of Florida International University. The bridge, which was still being installed at the time of the collapse, was built to connect Florida International University with downtown Sweetwater, where many students live. The bridge was not scheduled to open until 2019.
Senator Marco Rubio said suspension cables on the bridge “were being tightened when it collapsed.” Police are enlisting the help of engineers as they investigate the cause of the collapse. The National Transportation Safety Board, Miami-Dade homicide detectives and prosecutors are focusing on the government agencies and two contractors — Munilla Construction Management, which was building the structure, and FIGG Bridge Group, which engineered and designed the span.
A lead engineer with the private contractor FIGG Bridge Engineers -who constructed the bridge, left a voice mail for a state transportation official warning of “some cracking observed on the north end of the span” two days before the structure collapsed. In the message, which was not retrieved until Friday, the engineer said he did not consider the crack a safety issue. The Florida Department of Transportation official to whom the voice mail was directed was out of the office on assignment. Footage of the collapse, taken from a vehicle dashcam, suggests the concrete came apart on the north end — the same area that the bridge’s design engineer spoke about in the message.
On Thursday, shortly before the bridge collapsed, a meeting was held regarding the crack that appeared on the structure. The university said that the meeting was convened by FIGG and Munilla Construction Management (MCM), which built the bridge. “The FIGG engineer of record delivered a technical presentation regarding the crack and concluded that there were no safety concerns and the crack did not compromise the structural integrity of the bridge,” the university said in a statement, adding that representatives of the school and the state Department of Transportation attended the session, which lasted two hours.
News outlets speculating over the cause of the collapse have focused on the cracks reported but experts say other factors, including the tensioning work going on at the bridge’s north end are of more concern. They say cracking in new concrete is not uncommon and not necessarily a sign of failure. Tightening of steel cables, or tendons, that run through concrete structural elements is a delicate operation, and over-tightening can cause concrete pieces to twist and break apart, experts say.
Rescue workers dug through the rubble nonstop for two days, pulling out crushed vehicles in search of victims. All six victims were identified by Saturday morning as Florida International University student Alexa Duran, 18; Brandon Brownfield, a tower crane technician, husband and father of three; Rolando Fraga Hernandez, 60, was a systems technician at ITG
Communications; Osvaldo González, 57 and Alberto Arias, 54. Navarro Brown, 37, an employee with Structural Technologies VSL, died at a hospital shortly after the accident. Two other employees of the company were hospitalized at Kendall Regional Medical Center in Miami in stable condition.
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The serial bomber, now identified as Mark Anthony Conditt, 23, killed himself with an explosive device as police were closing in on him. After a fifth explosion happened early Tuesday at a FedEx sorting facility near San Antonio, investigators used video surveillance images of a man dropping off two packages Sunday at a FedEx store south of Austin to identify Conditt. Another unexploded package bomb was discovered at another FedEx facility near Austin.
Officials say they tracked him to a hotel in Round Rock, about 20 miles north of Austin, after reportedly identifying him using receipts, internet searches, witness sketches and the surveillance video. Authorities were outside the hotel Wednesday morning when Conditt left the hotel. They followed him until he was forced into a ditch on the side of Interstate 35 where he detonated a bomb inside his vehicle, killing himself and injuring a SWAT officer. Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said Conditt sensed that authorities were closing in on him on Tuesday night and recorded a 25-minute video confessing to building the explosive devices — but didn’t explain why he targeted his victims or a motive for his actions.
After the fourth explosion occurred over the weekend, authorities in Austin, Texas, warned the public that the series of package explosions are connected. None of the packages were mailed, instead they were placed near the individuals’ homes. They warned civilians to not open suspicious packages and to call the police. Over 500 agents from the FBI and ATF were assisting the Austin Police Department in the investigation.
The explosions started on March 2, 2018, when 39-year-old Anthony Stephan House was killed while opening an apparent package bomb at his home. On March 12th, two more explosions occurred within hours of one another at two separate residences. The first killed 17-year-old bassist Draylen Mason and injured his mother. The second explosion that day, severely injured a 75 year old woman. Authorities say those two bombs were triggered upon being picked up.
A third explosion on March 18th injured two men in a residential neighborhood. The two men, a 22 year old and 23 year old, suffered serious although not life-threatening injuries from an apparently tripwire-activated parcel bomb left on the side of the road. After the last explosion, authorities warned the public of a “serial bomber” possessing “a higher level of sophistication, a higher level of skill” than initially thought. Frederick Milanowski, special agent in charge for the ATF said that the bomb was anchored to a metal sign near a hiking trail and triggered by a wire as thin as fishing line that would’ve been incredibly difficult to see.
Authorities first offered a reward of $65,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the bomber or bombers but later raised the reward to $115,000. Police were looking at surveillance video in the neighborhoods in hopes of being able to identify a suspect. At a news conference, interim police Chief Brian Manley said the pair were walking on either the sidewalk or the median when the device was triggered by a trip wire. “That changes things,” he said, “Our safety message to this point has been involving the handling of packages, and telling this community, ‘Do not handle packages, do not pick up packages, do not disturb packages.” “We now need to have an extra level of vigilance and pay attention to any suspicious device, whether it be a package, a bag, a backpack — anything that looks out of place — and please do not approach it.”
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6 Critical Healthcare Legal Tips.
Healthcare matters can involve a whole host of medical and legal complications. At best, 
these issues may affect you financially; at worst, they could mean the difference between life and death. Whether you go to the hospital for a routine procedure or an emergency, there are steps you can take to help avoid complications.
If you are a member and have any questions, contact your LegalShield provider law firm. Your provider law firm information can be located on your LegalShield mobile app or through the “Ask Erin” feature available to members.
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- Have an up-to-date Medical Power of Attorney or Advanced Medical Directive (“Living Will”). In the event you cannot make medical decisions yourself, these documents entrust decisions about your care to a person you designate. Advise your family of your designation so that person is notified when decisions must be made.
- Make sure your name, identifying information and all other information is completely accurate at each doctor’s appointment, outpatient surgery and hospitalization. Serious problems involving medical care sometimes begin as simple clerical errors. A small error can create a major treatment crisis. Reduce the chance of error by carefully reviewing all your doctor’s office or hospital admissions paperwork. During hospitalization check your hospital wristband for errors.
- Understand your health insurance coverage before you get sick. It is important that you understand all the limitations and exclusions in your insurance policy. Your policy may require you to obtain pre-authorization for medical procedures. In addition, you may need supplemental coverage or disability coverage in the event of a long recovery. Review your health coverage now. It is too late to make critical changes after you get sick.
- Save any documents you receive regarding your care or billing. Even a regular doctors visit can result in multiple letters and bills. Save your medical documents throughout the year. Retaining your medical documentation helps track medical expenses at tax time and is crucial in the event of a fee dispute, insurance dispute or medical malpractice claim. Documents can be easily misplaced in the confusion of care and recovery. If you are too ill to organize your own paperwork ask someone you trust to help manage your documentation.
- Ask for a second opinion if you are unsure about your diagnosis or treatment. Healthcare decisions can be incredibly difficult to make, so it is important to make sure you fully understand your options before committing to a treatment plan. You always have the right to speak with another doctor or caregiver if you are uncomfortable with the diagnosis or treatment recommendations being made. You always have the right to refuse a treatment and seek help elsewhere.
- Advocate for quality care. It is important to speak up for yourself in healthcare situations. If you or a loved one have been hospitalized and have concerns about the quality of care, speak to a doctor or nursing supervisor. If you are unable to advocate for yourself due to the nature of your illness, medications or treatments, have a friend or family member stay with you. Many hospitals have a designated advocate on staff. If you feel your concerns are not addressed ask to speak with a patient advocate.
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In an effort to broaden the company’s “social interaction” with our clients and FaceBook fans, Daily Trivia Questions are posted on both of our business pages. Here are the weekly standings for this past week, and the winner of the Sunday night Weekly Drawing for an AmEx gift card!
Congratulations – To this past week’s Trivia Contest Winner!! Our latest contest winner for the weekly FaceBook HealthInsurance4Everyone/Health & Life Solutions, LLC Trivia Contest, drawn randomly by computer late Sunday evening, March 18th, 2018 was:
BE SCHWERIN
Lincoln Park, MI
Winner Of A $25.00 AmEx Gift Card
Each day, fans who have “liked” either of our company FaceBook pages (HealthInsurance4Everyone or Health & Life Solutions LLC) are able to test their skills with our Daily TRIVIA QUESTION. The first 20 winners who post the correct answer to the TRIVIA QUESTION, will then get entered into the weekly drawing held late on Sunday evenings for a $25.00 Am Ex Gift Card.
Weekly Gift Card winners will be posted in our blog at this site. Remember to become a FaceBook “fan” on either of our company pages to enter and post your answers.
Here are the daily contestants from last week’s Trivia Contest that were entered into the Sunday drawing:
3/12/18
Mikey Mellor
Dave Miller
Cora Persephone
Priscilla Shimp
Brooke Scott
Jane Peterson
Susanne Killion
Lisa Bloomberg Wahl
Heather Lynn Rood
Brandi K Chaney
Helen Robinson
Sameh Saeid
Robin Griffitts Pratt
Eleazar Ruiz
Kimberly Snyder
Rondi Clark-Conn
Amy Chavis
Mary Achio
Penny Fisher
Alisa Jones
3/13/18
Jodi Stevens
Amy Chavis
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Sheri Boydston
Lia Jill
Nitasha Shank
Andrew Norton-Spingola
Kim Minton
Anna Nichols
Amber Critchley
JoBeth Butcher
Nancy Scharnhorst
Kelly Jo Francisco
Kathleen Marks
Emily Rice Bowersock
Beth Cleveland
Kimberly Snyder
Amber Chandler
Myranda Medlin
Jenn Smith Jackson
3/14/18
Sheila Carvell
Priscilla Shimp
Jennifer Saavedra
Lia Jill
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Ambreen Rouf
Jennifer Kinner
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Tracy Shafer
Brenda Hartwig
Diane Hamric
Vickie Gipson
Belinda Haas
Tonya Velazquez
Monica Meador
Jessica Massaway
Mary Achio
John Hardy
Jennifer Ramlet
Denesha Brown
Samantha Rentschler
Stephanie Beckwith
Anna Nichols
Karen Brunet Moore
3/15/18
Mary Ann Cody
Jodi Stevens
Lia Jill
Jenifer Garza
Misty Shallcross
Kathleen Marks
Lauren Bradley
Chelsie Nicole
Megan Rhyne
Jennifer Marie
Sherry Lilly
Samantha Rentschler
Nyeasia Pippin
Rondi Clark-Conn
Mary Bubel Smith
Meg Marshall
Cassandra Berholtz
Deborah Farris
Ambreen Rouf
Paula Rivers
Sheri Boydston
Wendi Black
Tonya Velazquez
Harley Magoon
3/16/18
Patricia Oehlert Vazquez
Lia Jill
Jennifer Marie
Kayte CookWatts
Kelsey Brooke Vinson
Shannon Scott
Jodi Stevens
Rondi Clark-Conn
Ann Patrick
Kimberly Snyder
Nicole Blaha
Christy George
Anna Nichols
Jennifer Kinner
Amanda Saltsman
Stephanie Beckwith
Samantha Brwn
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Heather Lynn Rood
Deborah Farris
Tina Auth
Beth Stelzer-Smith
Felicia Block
Melissa Maestas
Becky Holland
Jamie Johns
Jennifer Lee Clack
3/17/18
Jennifer Kinner
Cheryl Hall
Jennifer Ramlet
Christina Domingue
Luis Y Katie Santos
Alexandra Vindiola
Alicia Smith
Jenifer Garza
Wilma Mast
Christy Hawkes
Phylicia Phillips
Kayte CookWatts
Lia Jill
Bea Patrick
Nicole Blaha
Amanda Saltsman
Rebecca Honey Graham
Tabitha Sinks
Sandy K High
Nacole Patrick
3/18/18
Be Schwerin
Jennifer Ramlet
Lia Jill
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Anna Nichols
Anggie Marie
Meg Marshall
Brandy Williams
Margaret Gipson
Brandi K Chaney
Michael Flagg
Maria Bouchard
Susan Clarke Jette
Amy Conyers
Amber Critchley
Jennifer Kinner
Christy Hawkes
Beth Stelzer-Smith
Mary Bubel Smith
Wendy Messer-Brinnon
Bethany Henry
Be sure to watch both of our FaceBook pages for your chance to win and enter again next week, with questions posted daily on HealthInsurance4Everyone or at Health & Life Solutions, LLC!!
Remember that if you try your hand at answering the Trivia Question several days each week, your odds of winning the Sunday weekly drawing are much better.
Also note that a number of the posted answers each day are from contestants who have forgotten to “Like” one of our pages, so their names WILL NOT be entered at the end week drawing for the gift card, giving our fans a better chance!
You may also find that if you “Like” BOTH of the business pages, you will receive faster notifications of the other players as they post their answers to compete with you!
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