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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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!!
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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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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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
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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South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeals has more than doubled the prison sentence for Olympic and Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius, who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. The sentence has now been increased from six years to 15 years, with time served. Under that initial sentence, which the court called “shockingly lenient,” Pistorius could have been released on parole in mid-2019. Now, the earliest he’ll be eligible for parole is 2023. Supreme Court judges are generally reluctant to change sentences handed down by trial courts, and it’s rare for them to change one so dramatically.
Pistorius killed Steenkamp in the pre-dawn hours of Valentine’s Day 2013 by shooting four times through a closed toilet cubicle door with his 9 mm pistol. He claimed he mistook the 29-year-old model and reality TV star for an intruder. Throughout the trial, the prosecution had been looking to prove that the couple had gotten into an argument, and Pistorius intentionally murdered his girlfriend. A few of Pistorius’s neighbors testified to hearing an argument that lasted nearly an hour, followed by a woman screaming before and during the shots being fired.
A police ballistics expert concluded that the first shot fired through the bathroom door hit Steenkamp in the hip and caused her to collapse. The second shot missed. Prosecutors tried to prove that Steenkamp screamed while she was hit by two more shots as she covered her head with her arms in a desperate attempt to protect herself.
Pistorius was initially convicted of manslaughter by trial Judge Thokozile Masipa. That conviction was overturned and replaced with a murder conviction by the Supreme Court in 2015. Masipa then sentenced Pistorius to six years for murder, which prosecutors called much too lenient.
Supreme Court Justice Willie Seriti said a panel of judges unanimously upheld an appeal by prosecutors against Pistorius’ original six-year sentence for shooting Steenkamp. The Supreme Court agreed that the sentencing was too leniant, saying in a full written ruling released later that “the sentence of six years’ imprisonment is shockingly lenient to a point where it has the effect of trivializing this serious offence.” The Supreme Court said Pistorius “displays a lack of remorse, and does not appreciate the gravity of his actions.” As Seriti delivered the verdict he said “Pistorius should have been sentenced to the prescribed minimum of 15 years for murder.”
The new sentence of 13 years and five months took into account the one year and seven months Pistorius served in prison and under house arrest after his manslaughter conviction. The new sentence was backdated to start on the day he began his murder sentence, on July 6 last year. Pistorius must serve at least half of the 13 years and five months — nearly seven years — before he can be considered for parole. He has served a year and five months of his murder sentence.
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The three UCLA basketball players who were accused of shoplifting at three high-end stores in China publicly apologized before coach Steve Alford announced they were being suspended indefinitely. Freshmen LiAngelo Ball, Jalen Hill and Cody Riley won’t be allowed to suit up, practice or travel with the team while the university continues to sort out the circumstances of the incident in Hangzhou, China. Alford didn’t specify what the indefinite suspensions mean, saying only that the three players would have to earn their way back onto the team and at some point the trio may be permitted to join team workouts, meetings and practices, but that timeline has yet to be decided.
The players were in China as part of the Pac-12′s global initiative that seeks to popularize the league’s athletic programs and universities overseas. UCLA was scheduled to play Georgia Tech on November 11th. The incident occurred when the team was given 90 minutes of free time on Nov. 6th in Hangzhou. The trio visited several stores, took items from three stores and returned to the hotel. The next day, police arrived at the hotel shared by UCLA and Georgia Tech and interviewed both teams in an attempt to identify the culprits. Police searched the players’ personal belongings and the team bus before identifying Ball, Hill and Riley. The three players were accused of stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store.
The players were arrested and taken to a police station for questioning. They were later released on $2,220 bail on Nov. 8th. They had to give up their passports and agree to travel restrictions. Upon their release, they remained in a hotel at UCLA’s insistence. After their teammates beat Georgia Tech, the team moved on for the next game while the three accused players remained in Hangzhou to face their charges. Chinese law is often criticized for being harsh and the nation boasts a 99% conviction rate. Crimes like shoplifting can carry a sentence of 3 to 10 years in prison.
UCLA had been cooperating with the authorities in China following the arrested. White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly, had been working with Chinese officials, UCLA coach Steve Alford, and the families of the players to help find a resolution. President Trump was in China last week as part of his 12-day tour through Asia. He said he had a long conversation with Chinese president Xi Jinping about the status of the freshmen players and asked that the matter be resolved quickly.
The Chinese authorities reduced the charges and the three players were told they could return home. They arrived back in Los Angeles after a 12 hour flight home on November 14th. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said in a statement. “We want to thank the president, the White House and the U.S. State Department for their efforts towards resolution.”
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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 3rd, 2017 was:
SHELBY LYNN
Vienna, VA
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:
11/27/17
Shelby Lynn
Kathi Taylor
Nikki Hunsaker
Wilma Mast
Nicole Blaha
Ambreen Rouf
Isis Sample
Jill Nauyokas
Kaitlyn Rutherford
Christian Mayle
Teena Sierson
Jennifer Leffler
Deborah Farris
Janice Cash
Gracie Hudson
Brandi K Chaney
Tera Wardrip
Sheila Carvell
Lia Bonita
Stephanie Beckwith
Mary Mcmenamy
Bethany Henry
Nyeasia Pippin
Elena Davis
Trish Marks
Marie Beauregard
11/28/17
Jenifer Garza
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Mary Ann Cody
Brenda Hogue-bella
Jennifer Vega
Taschia Miller
Wayne Gallas
Kathi Taylor
Misty Shallcross
Nyeasia Pippin
Cheryl Hall
Megan Rhyne
Mary Pettiford
Angela Hendricks
Melissa Ann Stura-Bassett
Ambreen Rouf
Tiffany Patrick
Crystal Dougherty Merrill
Tiffany Greene Elliott
Peggy Burdick Buchanan
11/29/17
Jennifer Kinner
Deborah Farris
Tina Auth
Kelsey Staples
Jennifer Ramlet
Kaitlyn Rutherford
Jill Nauyokas
Shelley LaClear Colby
Alexandria Fields
Sherri Kidwell
Mike Adamski
Lotorya Patrick
Tonya Velazquez
Priscilla Shimp
Paula Rousseau
Annette Broxton
Amber McGrath
Emily Rice Bowersock
Jessica Massaway
Bea Patrick
Christy Hawkes
11/30/17
Paula M Bondy
Jill Nauyokas
Priscilla Shimp
Gracie Hudson
Jenifer Garza
Lia Bonita
Christian Mayle
Amy Chavis
Alexis Maureen
Sheri Bodyston
Kathleen Hickman
Crystal Gipson
Annette French
Bethany Henry
Eleazar Ruiz
April Ashcraft
Paula Rivers
Susanne Killion
Cheryl Hall
Jenn Hess
Tabitha Sinks
12/1/17
Kathleen Marks
Brittany Deaver
Trish Musgrave
Deborah Farris
Jill Nauyokas
Jenifer Garza
Tonya Velazquez
Christian Mayle
Jennifer Ramlet
Lia Bonita
Kendra Lynne Ramsey
Beata Tybor
Siobhain Perez
Crystal Young
Amanda Peters
Nyeasia Pippin
Crystal Gipson
Tara Lennox
Abby Cox
Jennifer Alice Duran
Cheryl Hall
Wilma Mast
Sara Heller
12/2/17
Kathleen Marks
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Brittany Light
Sheila Carvell
Dawn Raasch
Amanda Rosario
Jade Good
Alexis Maureen
Amanda Peters
Shelby Lynn
Priscilla Shimp
Geri Rus
Kathleen Hickman
Jenifer Garza
Emily Rice Bowersock
Christina Montes
Tank Stewart
Kristina Rosson
Amy Chavis
Jennifer Ramlet
Mary Bubel Smith
Jill Nauyokas
Chrissy Kim
Kellina Fernell Murphy
12/3/17
Hayley Cordaro
Shelby Lynn
Sunney Michelle Johnson
Tina Mimick
Tracy Shafer
Joanie Waterman
Kathy Rubio
Kristina Rosson
Althea Thomas
Kayla Clemons
Wilma Mast
Brooke Scott
Jennifer Saavedra
Pam Johnson Rowland
Tabitha Sinks
Christy Hawkes
Dale Fish
Hollie Jahnke
Brandi K Chaney
Melissa D’Ornellas Curtis
Brittany Light
Misty Shallcross
Kaitlyn Rutherford
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….
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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, November 26th, 2017 was:
KAREN DELANEY
Randolph, VT
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:
11/20/17
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The White House requested Congress approve $44 billion in disaster relief in what would be the largest single round of disaster aid to address the widespread damage inflicted by hurricanes and wildfires over the last three months. It is the third request since hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria slammed the Gulf Coast and Caribbean. The new request would add another $24 billion to the disaster relief this fall and bring the total close to $100 billion. It would also establish a new $12 billion grant program for flood risk mitigation projects. Smaller amounts would go to small business loans and to aid farmers suffering crop losses.
The White House is proposing the increased funding be offset by cuts to federal programs in hopes to deter members from Congress who might not vote for a disaster assistance package that adds to the deficit. Two previous disaster relief bills totaling nearly $51.8 billion that Congress approved earlier this year had no such offsets.
And that’s before most of the money to rebuild Puerto Rico’s devastated housing stock and electric grid is added in. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló has asked the federal government for $94.3 billion in disaster relief funds to help repair critical infrastructure and rebuild housing following Hurricane Maria. He said the sum will help the U.S. territory adequately recover from Hurricane Maria. Over half of Puerto Rico is still without power almost two months after Hurricane Maria made landfall. More than 10 percent of the island is still without running water.
The largest chunk of Rosselló’s request, $31 billion, goes to housing assistance with $17.7 billion to rebuild the island’s power grid and $14.9 billion for health care. “This is a critical step forward in the rebuilding of Puerto Rico where we’re not only looking to rebuild as was before but we want to make it much stronger and much more resilient and make Puerto Rico a model for the rest of the Caribbean,” Rosselló said. Ricardo Rosello also urged Congress to adopt a tax overhaul plan that addresses the territory’s specific needs to avoid an exodus of the companies that currently generate 42% of the island’s gross domestic product.
The relief request is over $30 billion more than a $61 billion relief request from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after Hurricane Harvey flooded parts of metro Houston and East Texas. The Florida congressional delegation has asked for $27 billion. It is likely that Congress will pare down the amount as they did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
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The Department of Defense (DOD) is planning to send 3,000 more troops to its Afghanistan operations in early 2018. The NATO contribution would boost the training mission, called Resolute Support, to around 16,000 US troops. About half of the additional troops would come from the United States and the rest from NATO allies and partner countries. The additional personnel will not have a combat role but the alliance hopes more soldiers can train the Afghan army and air force.
In August a new strategy in Afghanistan was unveiled which includes providing more troops, a stronger Afghan army, support from regional allies such as India and a harder line with Pakistan. The latest announcement of 3,000 more troops is in addition to the September announcement that another 6,000-plus ground troops from Fort Carson are slated for a future deployment to the country.
NATO allies have already promised almost $3 billion to help the United States fund the Afghan military until 2020, which is developing an air force to complement its ground forces. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference “We have decided to increase the number of troops to help the Afghans break the stalemate, to send a message to the Taliban, to the insurgents that they will not win on the battleground.” Stoltenberg said an attack on a television station in Kabul underlined the importance of fighting militants and supporting Afghan security forces. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the assault, without giving evidence.
Gen. John Nicholson, the top U.S. commander for Afghanistan, told reporters “My plan is to have U.S. forces focused on the things that only U.S. forces can do, so I would not like to have to divert U.S. forces to do things that allies could perform.” “We have made it very clear to the allies that we really need their help in filling these billets that we’ve identified.”
Hundreds of soldiers with the U.S. Army’s first security force assistance brigade are expected to deploy to Afghanistan in early 2018 as part of that ANDSF training mission. The Army intends to have a total of six brigades by 2022 with the primary mission is to train and advise foreign troops. In Afghanistan, the focus will be bolstering government forces, which have sustained heavy losses and huge swaths of territory to the Taliban since the U.S. combat mission ended in 2014.
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