A fire at an underground electrical facility caused an 11 hour blackout that brought the world’s busiest airport to a standstill. The blackout at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport led to the cancellation of more than 1,500 flights and stranding tens of thousands of people in darkened terminals or on the tarmac, where some passengers sat for more than five hours on grounded planes.
The power outage began shortly after 1 p.m. leaving passengers in dim and overcrowded terminals as afternoon turned to evening. Frustrated travelers lighted their way through smoky corridors with cellphones. On Twitter, passengers reported waiting on the tarmac for more than five hours as the lack of power at the terminals made it hard to de-plane. Getting out of the terminals quickly became difficult as traffic snarled access roads and MARTA trains ran at capacity to downtown.
The train between terminals was shut down and elevators, escalators, automatic doors and baggage carousels stood still. Screens went black and the intercom for flight updates was silent. No one could get reliable phone or internet service to access texts, email, flight apps or social media. With a lack of information, travelers were too nervous to leave their spots, fearing the power might soon return at any moment and they’d lose their place in the line they were in.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed later said the fire was so intense that it damaged two substations serving the airport, including the airport’s back-up power system and prevented emergency crews from accessing the site for two to three hours. Paul Bowers, Georgia Power’s president and CEO said there was a failure in the switchgear that caused the fire and the fire was contained by 3:30pm. An estimated 30,000 people were affected by the power outage.
Delta bore the brunt of the impact, cancelling approximately 900 flights and diverting 48 more. The carrier said about 300 flights would also be cancelled on Monday, as the chaos spilled into one of the busiest air travel weeks of the year. The blackout led the Federal Aviation Administration to declare a ground stop at the airport, preventing Atlanta-bound flights in other airports from taking off and causing inbound flights to be diverted. The ground stop in Atlanta disrupted air travel across the United States.
Some power was restored just before midnight but stranded travelers were still sleeping on the floor the day after the outage. Long ticket and security lines were moving slowly as normalcy began returning to the airport Monday. Volunteers in shirts that said, “Ask Me,” tried to allay concerns and passed out doughnuts to those in line, many of whom shared horror stories about the night before.
Some travelers said airline and airport employees did their best to take care of stranded passengers, handing out blankets, beverages, even slices of pizza. Others reported a lack of communication, widespread rumors, the strong smell of fire near baggage claim and a taxi line that amounted to “pandemonium.” While some fortunate passengers were able to board the flights departing Atlanta the day after the outage, other passengers were being told they’d have to wait hours or days. One airline was telling passengers it would be five days before they could get a flight out.
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Officials say three people are confirmed dead and 70 injured in the derailment of an Amtrak passenger train that plummeted off an overpass in Washington state. Part of the train was left dangling over a busy freeway between Olympia and DuPont at the height of the Monday morning commute. The high-speed passenger train was on a trip from Seattle to Portland when it derailed. Federal investigators say the Amtrak train was traveling at 80 miles per hour when it barreled off the tracks in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. The accident sent some of the train’s cars tumbling onto the highway below.
The train, identified by Amtrak as the high-speed Train 501 from Seattle to Portland, was carrying 77 passengers and seven crew members when it derailed just after 7:30 a.m. local time. All but one of its cars and engines jumped the tracks and at least one fell to the roadway below. Multiple vehicles on the roadway below were struck by train cars that left the train tracks. Washington Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency to aid the response to the crash, which also clogged one of the state’s busiest roadways, used by some 60,000 people every day.
Amtrak Cascades trains began using a faster, more direct route that day, making this its inaugural trip. Previously, it used to snake along the edge of Puget Sound, which was a slower route but began running on tracks known as the Point Defiance Bypass, which are owned by the Sound Transit agency. The Washington State Department of Transportation says the Federal Railroad Administration funded and reviewed recent upgrades to the tracks. All told, the project’s budget was nearly $181 million.
The change in route was met with criticism from some residents in the area after it was announced. Lakewood Mayor Don Anderson even predicted a deadly accident. “Come back when there is that accident, and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements, or you can go back now and advocate for the money to do it, because this project was never needed and endangers our citizens” Anderson said.
The National Transportation Safety Board says it’s too early to tell what caused the derailment and that its investigators would spend a week or more scouring the wreckage for clues. Ahead of the crash, the mayor of the city of Lakewood raised safety concerns about the new rail line, predicting earlier this month it could lead to multiple deaths. The train was not utilizing positive train control—a technology mandated by Congress, but rarely operating in Amtrak trains—which could have prevented the crash.
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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, December 24th, 2017 was:
SONDRA USELTON
Bruceville, 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:
12/18/17
Nicole Blaha
Kristina Harris
Karen Brunet Moore
Paula Rousseau
Helen Robinson
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Pamela White Brearley
Cheryl Golden
Nikki Hunsacker
Jenifer Garza
Jennifer Lee Clack
Amanda Rosario
Amy Chavis
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
Sheila Carvell
Diane Hamric
Stephanie Beckwith
Marcy Coull
Sheri Boydston
Mandy Agnello
Trish Hysell
Christy Hawkes
Annette Broxton
Crystal Gipson
Emily Rice Bowersock
Megan Hackworth
12/19/17
Brittany Light
Misty Shallcross
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Cheryl Golden
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tiffany Patrick
April Walrath
Kathleen Marks
Sheila Carvell
Holly Cajigas
Deborah Farris
Teena Sierson
Cheryl Hall
Adaria Johnson
Kate Stacy
Geri Rus
Karen Goodwin Delaney
Amanda Saltsman
Chelcie Malow
Alysia Jackson
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Helen Saez Deverter
Nitasha Shank
Amanda Peters
Coolmom Patrick
12/20/17
Christy Hawkes
Brittany Light
Jill Nauyokas
Lori Capobianco
Jennifer Ramlet
Coolmom Patrick
Crystal Gipson
Amanda Rosario
Deborah Farris
Trish Hysell
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Amy Marie Wilkinson
Marcia Hutcherson
Michelle Webb
Lisa Puckett
Sheila Carvell
Bea Patrick
Paula Rousseau
Tiffany Patrick
Megan Rhyne
Amber Chandler
Alexis Maureen
Allison Frederick
12/21/17
Trish Musgrave
April Ashcraft
Amy Conyers
Ashley Stamey Phillips
Terri Llexxes
Priscilla Shimp
Betsey Riddle
Nicole Banks
Len Nylanna
Charlotte Dennis
Sondra Uselton
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Katrina Worford
Brandi K Chaney
Jill Nauyokas
Alisa Jones
Michelle R. Carlino
Ann Patrick
Clever Lyon
Carla M. Williams
12/22/17
Carole Jacobs
Cheryl Hall
Jenifer Garza
Kathleen Marks
Brittany Light
Nicole Blaha
Priscilla Shimp
Dale Fish
Paula Rousseau
April Ashcraft
Jill Nauyokas
Carol Scheive
Misty Shallcross
Hayley Cordaro
Christina Radcliff
Trish Musgrave
Sarah Haught
Jennifer Kearney
Shelby Lynn
Sondra Uselton
12/23/17
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Cheryl Hall
Jill Nauyokas
Misty Dawn Moores
Jade Good
Kelly Jo Francisco
Ashley Agner
Dean Bruss
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Brittany Light
France Camer
Brooke Scott
Sheri Boydston
Traci Anderson
Deborah Farris
Kellie Lacy
Marcy Coull
Jodi Stevens
Hayley Cordaro
Eleazar Ruiz
Michelle Hughes
12/24/17
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
Christina Radcliff
Lauren Bradley
Kassi Krick-King
Deborah Farris
Brooke Scott
Lisa David Carr
Jenifer Garza
Shelley LaClear Colby
Michelle Rayeske-Jeske
Pamela Gonzalez
Abby Cox
Kathy Rubio
Sheila Carvell
Pamela Gonzalez
Karen Ann
Misty Shallcross
Adaria Johnson
Priscilla Shimp
Kalynnilene Carter
Michelle Hughes
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!!
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Disney is set to buy a major part of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion. Both sides have said it will likely take 12 to 18 months to complete. They will still have to sell the deal to government regulators, who must review the merger to determine its effects on competitors and consumers. That task will likely fall to the Justice Department, which weeks ago took the rare step of suing companies in a different blockbuster deal: AT&T’s bid for Time Warner.
Members of Congress have already stated that they want to hold hearings on Disney’s billion dollar bid to buy 21st Century Fox. Key voices on competition and consumer protection fear the deal will only solidify Disney’s dominance in entertainment — granting it too many major box-office franchises and too much power over regional sports networks and streaming video services. Lawmakers don’t actually have a say in major mergers but they tend to scrutinize them anyways since the Department of Justice investigations happen outside of public view. Hearings-sometimes featuring testimony from major chief executives — can ultimately shape public opinion about the companies’ plans.
If the deal goes through, Disney will own the rights to everything from the Avatar movies to FX’s The Americans. They will also own the film rights to the Marvel comics characters associated with the X-Men and Fantastic Four, which Marvel sold off to Fox long before either was a Disney subsidiary. Federal Communications Commission regulations state that no one company can own more than one broadcast network and since Disney already owns ABC, Fox broadcast network was off the table.
Fox, will maintain the rights to Fox News, Fox Sports 1, the Fox broadcast network and the Fox studio lot in Los Angeles. Fox broadcast network is home to everything from The Simpsons to New Girl to The X-Files. The network launched in 1986 and by the mid-’90s, it was a mainstay in most American homes, competing with ABC, CBS, and NBC.
The massive deal would consolidate two of the biggest players in Hollywood and would reshape the media and entertainment industries. Disney will also get Fox’s 30 percent share of ownership of Hulu in this deal. Disney already owns a 30 percent share so Fox’s share will now make Disney the majority shareholder in Hulu. NBC still owns a 30 percent stake and Warner Bros. owns the remaining 10 percent.
Disney already announced plans for its own streaming business in 2019, which will feature films from Disney and Pixar, content that specifically won’t be available on Netflix. Hulu already has 12 million subscribers so it remains to be seen whether Disney will piggyback their own streaming business with Hulu or just convert Hulu into Disney’s streaming service. Disney’s Marvel and Lucas film franchise will still appear on Netflix as part of a multiyear agreement, but that runs out in a few years and will almost certainly be exclusive to their own streaming service.
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Around 1,500 people including, bereaved family and survivors of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire gathered at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for a memorial service, along with British Prime Minister Theresa May, Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn and the royal family. The fire killed 71 people when it swept through a poorly built public housing tower and was the worst fire in Britain since World War II. The memorial ceremony lasted just over an hour and at the end of the service, a Grenfell banner was carried out of the cathedral, followed by mourners, who held white roses and photographs of their loved ones.
Of the 293 people believed to be in the 27 story building, 222 escaped; 65 of those survivors were rescued by firefighters. Some residents appear to have moved up the building to escape the flames, only to become trapped in the apartments of friends and neighbours on the upper floors. Twenty one people died on the top floor of the tower block and the fire to raged for 60 hours before finally being contained.
Two days after the disaster, the Prime Minister promised families would be rehoused within three weeks. Six months after the fire, according to a report published by the government, of the 395 households displaced by the fire, 300 were living in hotels, 75 were in apartments, nine were living with friends and family on a temporary basis and only 11 had found new permanent accommodation by the end of September.
Maxine Holdsworth, the official responsible for rehousing the people who lost their homes in the Grenfell Tower fire says Theresa May made and unachievable commitment in the aftermath of the fire. The current promise is that everyone will be rehoused within a year. The number of staff working on rehousing Grenfell tenants has increased since the summer from five to 20. They have been given a budget of $235 million to replace the homes lost in the tower. They are currently in the process of buying 300 new homes, at a rate of two a day, and hope to have done that by Christmas.
A review of building regulations ordered after the Grenfell Tower fire found the system is “not fit for purpose” and open to abuse by those trying to save money. The report into building safety called for an overhaul of the construction industry to put safety above cutting costs. The report called for an end to cost-cutting on materials. It is suspected that an attempt to drive down the price of refurbishing the tower in west London led to cheaper, flammable material being installed on its exterior.
The tower was built in 1974 but was remodeled in 2016. Fire safety experts have pointed to cladding on the building as a possible reason the blaze spread so quickly. New cladding was fitted as part of the refurbishment of the tower in May of last year. Footage has shown the fire travelling up one side of the building, before engulfing the entire block.
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New York City police have identified the suspect in the bombing attack in a Midtown Manhattan subway station that took place during the busy Monday morning commute. The accused attacker was identified as 27-year-old Brooklyn resident and Bangladeshi immigrant Akayed Ullah. Ullah was carrying a pipe bomb strapped to his body with Velcro and zip ties whe he detonated it in a tunnel connecting the busy Port Authority and Times Square terminals. Five people were treated for minor injuries at area hospitals, while the suspect was said to be seriously injured.
Investigators have been pouring over surveillance footage of the area. Ullah was first spotted on a security camera as he climbed the subway station stairs to the 18th Avenue F. train platform in Brooklyn at 6:25 a.m. He then switched to the A train at Jay St./MetroTech stop in Brooklyn before exiting the train at the Port Authority Bus Terminal stop in Manhattan.
The blast detonated around 7:20 a.m. in an underground walkway connecting two subway lines beneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal, near Times Square, which accommodates 220,000 passenger trips a day. Surveillance footage shows commuters walking through a tunnel when a burst of smoke erupts into the hallway, quickly filling it. Commuters flinch and take cover, and when the smoke clears, an injured man, Ullah, can be seen lying on the ground in the hallway.
Law enforcement officials say Ullah was inspired to set off a bomb in retaliation for U.S. attacks against ISIS in Syria. He faces five federal terrorism-related charges and three state terrorism-related charges after he allegedly detonated the homemade device made of a battery, wires, metal screws and a Christmas tree lightbulb during the busy morning commute. According to Department of Homeland Security, Ullah is a Bangladeshi immigrant who has been living in the United States since 2011 on an F43 family immigrant visa. He is a legal permanent resident living in Brooklyn and has no criminal record in the United States.
According to a federal complaint, Ullah admitted to investigators that he built and detonated the device and said he was inspired to do so by ISIS. He said that he was prepared to die and told investigators he was motivated in part by pro-ISIS Christmas attack propaganda circulated about a month ago online with an image of Santa Claus over Times Square. Investigators recovered a passport in his name with a handwritten message: “O America, die in your rage.” Investigators say Ullah’s ISIS radicalization began in 2014 and he began researching how to build improvised explosive devices about a year ago. He began collecting the necessary items to make the device two to three weeks ago, and built the bomb in his home a week ago.
According to law enforcement officials, Ullah had two homemade devices with him but they did not elaborate on the second device. Andrew Cuomo said in an interview that the device was an amateur, “effectively low-tech device” that partially detonated. The explosive chemical ignited, but the pipe itself did not explode, lessening its impact. Cuomo added “Fortunately for us, the bomb partially detonated, he did detonate it, but it did not fully have the effect that he was hoping for.”
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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, December 17th, 2017 was:
CRYSTAL DOUGHERTY MERRILL
Brighton, 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:
12/11/17
Jennifer Marie
Jenifer Garza
Tina Mimick
Trish Musgrave
Brittany Light
Trish Hysell
Jakara Jackson
Kathleen Marks
Nicole Blaha
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Michelle Hughes
Kathleen Hickman
Helen Saez Deverter
Chelcie Malow
Brooke Scott
Dawn Raasch
Melissa D’Ornellas Curtis
Sheila Carvell
Debbie Burke Garretson
Wayne Gallas
Paula Rousseau
Vickie Gipson
12/12/17
Mary Ann Cody
Jodi Stevens
April Ashcraft
Angie Cantrell Jenks
Rosalee Jacklin
Kaitlyn Rutherford
Kassi Krick-King
Sheri Boydston
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Teena Sierson
Althea Thomas
Anggie Marie
Karen Goodwin Delaney
Brittany Light
Amanda Nicole Young
Cheryl Reagin Burns
Adaria Johnson
Debbie Burke Garretson
Marilyn Wall
Mikey Mellor
12/13/17
Lisa Garrett
Emily Rice Bowersock
Paula Rousseau
Melissa D’Ornellas Curtis
Jennifer Leffler
Wayne Gallas
Lisa David Carr
Brian Fulop
Preeti Chand
Kristina Rosson
Eva Biggs
Wilma Mast
Adaria Johnson
Alicia Johnson
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Trish Hysell
Anggie Marie
Ambreen Rouf
Sheila Carvell
Marcy Coull
Bea Patrick
12/14/17
Carla M. Williams
Jennifer Downing
Paula Rouseau
Mary Ann Cody
April Ashcraft
Jenn Anthony
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Amanda Rosario
Pamela White Brearley
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Katrina Worford
Sherry Lilly
Jennifer Ramlet
Crystal Dougherty Merrill
Alicia Johnson
Hayley Cordaro
Minta Boggs
Sheila Carvell
Kellie Lacy
Diane Hamric
12/15/17
Dean Bruss
Hayley Cordaro
Brittany Light
Alexia Maureen
Cheryl Golden
Kim Floyd
Wilma Mast
Alexandria Fields
Jenifer Garza
Brian Fulop
Michelle Cervantes
Marilyn Wall
Jenn Hess
Jessica Miller
Chelsie Nicole
Misty Shallcross
Vickie Gipson
Darlene Whyte
Adaria Johnson
Emily Rice Bowersock
Rondi Clark-Conn
Cassandra Berholtz
Kendra George
12/16/17
Christy Hawkes
Cheryl Hall
Teena Sierson
Jill Nauyokas
Brittany Light
Lori Capobianco
Crystal Young
Mary Mcmenamy
Jenifer Garza
Adaria Johnson
Michelle Hughes
Trish Musgrave
Mary Alice Ford
Amanda Peters
Nyeasia Pippin
Sandy Nevels
Chelcie Malow
Amanda Rosario
Dawn Raasch
Carla M. Williams
Melissa White
12/17/17
Chelsie Nicole
Trish Musgrave
Kathy Rubio
Jill Nauyokas
Kathleen Marks
Georgiann D’Angelo
Misty Shallcross
Amber Chandler
Cheryl Golden
Adaria Johnson
Sheri Boydston
Crystal Dougherty Merrill
Sarah Bellestri Shih
Nikki Hunsacker
Michelle R. Carlino
Jean Simmons Homfeld
Karen Brunet Moore
Diane Hamric
Megan Landor
Jenifer Garza
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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, December 10th, 2017 was:
MICHAEL FLAGG
Kernersville, NC
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:
12/4/17
Emily Rice Bowersock
Jenn Anthony
Brittany Light
Justin Wilcox
Brian Fulop
Mary Ann Cody
Jenifer Garza
Michelle Cervantes
Michelle R. Carlino
Dawn Raasch
Maria Bouchard
Heather Way
Crystal Gipson
Sheri Boydston
Kathleen Marks
Lori Capobianco
Carol Yemola
Susanne Killion
Jessica Davis
Jennifer Downing
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Andrea Workman
Shelby Lynn
Jennifer Ramlet
Trish Musgrave
12/5/17
Priscilla Shimp
Kristina Harris
Taschia Miller
Paula Rivers
Mary Alice Ford
Jill Nauyokas
Holly Cajigas
Eleazar Ruiz
Crystal Gipson
Christian Mayle
LaKishia Wagers
Lia Bonita
Sheila Carvell
Emily Rice Bowersock
Kathy Rubio
Kathleen Hickman
Rushell Tuggle
Beeg Reeb
Isis Sample
Mary Storer
12/6/17
Amber McGrath
Kristy Curlee
Diane Hamric
Holly Kay
Jennifer Downing
Aaron Chambers
Eva Biggs
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Michelle Cervantes
Kendra George
Taschia Miller
Brittany Light
Preeti Chand
Misty Shallcross
Annette Broxton
Jill Nauyokas
Tina Mimick
Tonya Velazquez
Priscilla Shimp
Cheryl Golden
April Ashcraft
12/7/17
Shelley LaClear Colby
Brittany Light
Christy Hawkes
Anggie Marie
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Trish Musgrave
Dawn Raasch
Tonya Velazquez
Alicia Johnson
Kayla Clemons
Geri Rus
Tabitha Sinks
Michael Flagg
Allison Frederick
Jennifer Lee Clack
Karen Rimiller Presley
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Samantha Brwn
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Sheila Carvell
Cheryl Lynn
Joann Tompkins-Winborn
12/8/17
Brenda Hogue-bella
Trish Musgrave
Tonya Velazquez
Brandi K Chaney
Cheryl Hall
Maria Bouchard
Candy Dyer
Michelle Webb
Eleazar Ruiz
Kimberly Snyder
Michelle Hughes
Lisa Puckett
Michelle Cervantes
Lisa David Carr
Priscilla Shimp
Brian Fulop
Lesa Moats
Kizzy Alvarez DeSantis
April Ashcraft
Nyeasia Pippin
12/9/17
Cassandra Berholtz
Beth Embrey
Anggie Marie
Jodi Stevens
Bethany Henry
Coolmom Patrick
Trish Musgrave
Kimberly Necolie Garrasi
Priscilla Shimp
Jade Good
Bea Patrick
Brooke Scott
Kim Floyd
Samantha Brwn
Sheila Carvell
Isis Sample
Lesa Moats
Nicole Blaha
Elena Davis
Georgiann D’Angelo
Wilma Mast
Marcy Coull
12/10/17
Jennifer Lang
Misty Shallcross
Christy Hawkes
Jan Lehman
Isis Sample
Anggie Marie
Hayley Cordaro
Trish Musgrave
Luis Y Katie Santos
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Cheryl Reagin Burns
Tonya Velazquez
Rachael Dakota-Two-Feather Smith
Marcia Hutcherson
Alicia Johnson
Brooke Scott
Kaitlyn Rutherford
Kalynnilene Carter
Neil Anderson
Michael Flagg
Bea Patrick
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!
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In the latest of accusations of inappropriate behavior, longtime NBC “Today Show” anchor Matt Lauer has been fired after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace. Several women have stepped forward to accuse Matt Lauer of sexual harassment or sexual assault. NBC News chairman Andrew Lack said, “While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he’s been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.”
Various news sources have reported that Lauer once gave a sex toy to a colleague along with a note about how he wanted to use it on her. Lauer is also accused of exposing himself to a colleague and reprimanding her when she rejected his advances. The New York Times reported that one former NBC employee was summoned by Lauer to his office in 2001 where he allegedly locked the door and sexually assaulted her.
Lauer, 59, who co-anchored the Today Show for more than 20 years, offered an apology, “There are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain I have caused others by words and actions. Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. Repairing the damage will take a lot of time and soul searching and I’m committed to beginning that effort. It is now my full-time job. The last two days have forced me to take a very hard look at my own troubling flaws. It’s been humbling. I am blessed to be surrounded by the people I love. I thank them for their patience and grace.”
It has been reported that there are as many as eight accusers, though they have asked to remain anonymous. Several accusers have said they complained to executives at the network about Lauer’s behavior, which fell on deaf ears. NBC has denied this telling NBC News “current NBC News management was never made aware.”
An NBC spokesperson confirmed Lauer will not receive a payout for the rest of his contract. Lauer, who had just signed a contract last year that would keep him in the anchor chair through 2018, had a contract worth a reported $20 million. After firing Lauer, NBC News’ human resources department said they’re now sifting through Lauer’s emails in an effort to bring more justice to any colleagues who may have suffered in silence. NBC News president Noah Oppenheim promised swift action against anyone who may have known about sexually inappropriate behavior and didn’t report it.
Lauer’s first wife, Nancy Alspaugh, whom he was married to from 1981 to 1989, said she was shocked by the longtime “Today” host’s firing amid sexual misconduct claims, and she said called him one week ago to let him know she had been approached by a reporter working on an exposé about him. Alspaugh said the accusations against Lauer are shocking and out of character. “I think, for the people that really know him and really love him and they want to get the good stuff out. I want to get out the fact that he made a contribution to my nonprofit, that he helped me when my husband died. The selfless, giving part of him, which people tend to forget whenever this kind of a situation comes up. He would give you the shirt off his back if you really needed it. He did that for everybody. From the lowest person on set to, you know, the highest powers. “
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Dr. Larry Nassar, the acclaimed osteopathic physician accused of molesting over 100 young athletes and children while working for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University pled guilty to multiple charges of sexual assault. Nassar, the 53-year-old father of three appeared in an Ingham County courtroom on seven counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving girls who were 15 years old or younger. He remains in custody while awaiting sentencing on those charges.
The charges relate to Nassar’s time as a faculty member at Michigan State University, from 1997 to 2016, when, the university said, he was fired after the allegations surfaced. Three of those charges applied to victims under 13, and three applied to victims 13 to 15 years old. Nassar had been charged with 22 counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and 11 counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct at the state level but the other charges were dismissed or reduced as part of a plea agreement. Nassar also agreed to a minimum sentence of 25-40 years in prison.
As part of the plea agreement, the Michigan Attorney General’s office will no longer prosecute cases reported to MSUPD, which is a total of 115 cases. In exchange for Nassar’s admissions of guilt, U.S. attorneys in Michigan will not pursue charges related to “interstate/international travel with intent and engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places,” between 2006 and 2012 involving two other children. Prosecutors also agreed to not pursue allegations that Nassar assaulted two children in his family’s swimming pool in the summer of 2015.
Separately, Nassar is also awaiting sentencing on federal charges of receiving child pornography, possessing child pornography and a charge that he hid and destroyed evidence in the case. In that plea deal, Nassar has agreed to plead guilty to three federal charges related to possession of child pornography with each charge carrying a potential sentence of up to 20 years. In exchange, U.S. attorneys will recommend a combined prison sentence of about 22 to 27 years for all crimes. All 125 victims who reported assaults to Michigan State Police will be allowed to give victim impact statements at Nassar’s sentencing, according to the plea deal.
Seven former Team USA gymnasts and dozens of other women have accused Nassar of sexual assault. Nassar served as a volunteer physician for USA Gymnastics, the organization that trains and selects Team USA gymnasts, for nearly 30 years, and treated gymnasts at four Summer Olympics. Nassar also worked full-time in the school of osteopathic medicine at Michigan State, where he treated the Spartans’ gymnasts and other college athletes. The majority of the more than 100 women who have sued Nassar and Michigan State have alleged assault in connection with his employment at the university.
Officials at USA Gymnastics have received heavy criticism over their handling of the situation. Once they were aware of allegations, they investigated on their own for five weeks before reporting him to the FBI.USA Gymnastics ended its relationship with Nassar in July 2015, but did not publicize the separation. In that time, Nassar continued to work at Michigan State, and treat athletes and children at a university clinic, until last August, when a woman filed a criminal complaint with the university police.
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