Month: December 2013

That championship season

On November 16, the 7U Panthers won against the 7U Sharpsburg Stallions for the 2013 Superbowl. Pictured are players and coaches. Charlie Clem #1, Will Clem #3, Charles Cochran #5, Jack Ryan #8, Jayden Jackman #13, Logan Inagawa #16, Regelio Gerena #17, Colton Smith #20, Ethan Bramblett #31, Dorsey Benefield #34, Ben Logan #37, Griffen Sellers #45, Mitchell Sellers #77, Bo Walker #88. Jacob Weissflog #97, John Winter #98, Grant Dougher #99 and coaches Kyle Ryan, Chris Smith, Randy Clem, Seth Benefield, Ron Clem, Tom Dougher, John Cochran. Not Pictured: Chad Walker and Jody Logan.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-02-2013/championship-season

Lifting a hand to fight hunger

Patrons of the Southside Theatre Guild donated over 200 food items to the Fairburn Community Food Bank recently as part of a food drive associated with the production of Pinocchio.

Participants were asked to bring a non-perishable food item in exchange for a concession treat to help stock up the food bank during the upcoming holiday season.

Southside Theatre Guild, an all-volunteer community theatre has been entertaining audiences for the past 41 years and was happy to have this chance to along with their great patrons give back to the city of Fairburn and the surrounding community.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-01-2013/lifting-hand-fight-hunger

Where Europe’s Million-Earning Bankers Can Be Found

The chart below showing where Europe’s wealthiest earning bankers can be found should come as no surprise.

… Especially to those who recall this chart from a few years back.

And some commentary from Bloomberg:

The number of bankers in the European Union who earned at least 1 million euros a year rose 11 percent in 2012, the EBA says, as bonuses exceeded caps set to take effect next year. The U.K. accounted for 77 percent of the 3,529 bankers paid at least a million, while Germany and France accounted for 6 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

As for the US, well that’s what the Fed’s wealth effect is for.


    



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Where Europe's Million-Earning Bankers Can Be Found

The chart below showing where Europe’s wealthiest earning bankers can be found should come as no surprise.

… Especially to those who recall this chart from a few years back.

And some commentary from Bloomberg:

The number of bankers in the European Union who earned at least 1 million euros a year rose 11 percent in 2012, the EBA says, as bonuses exceeded caps set to take effect next year. The U.K. accounted for 77 percent of the 3,529 bankers paid at least a million, while Germany and France accounted for 6 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

As for the US, well that’s what the Fed’s wealth effect is for.


    



via Zero Hedge http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/zerohedge/feed/~3/xmvAF5TrB2I/story01.htm Tyler Durden

Good Enough for Healthcare.gov: “Log out and wait 30 minutes and then try again”

The image above represents serious improvement. For the first
time since early October, when I created an account at
Healthcare.gov, I’ve actually been able to get back into my
account. On a weekly basis, I had tried and failed, and could never
get the system to successfully send me a reset password email.
Today, I got that email, logged in, and got the message above. Two
times after following logging out and waiting. 

So we’re getting there, with there being the
moment in time when I can actually scroll through the site.


Peter Suderman suggests that for all the hoopla surrounding the
“tech surge” on Healthcare.gov and Obama admin claimes that 90
percent of users are now able to access the site successfully, it’s
going to a long while before even the front-end of the site is
working the way it should. And then stuff gets really dicey, since
30 percent to 40 percent of the site has yet to be built.
Including the ability to “make payments to issuers in
January,” when plans kick in.
That quote is courtesy of congressional testimony by deputy
hoo-had at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Something tells me my wait – and yours – is going to be longer
than 30 minutes.

Related: J.D. Tuccille gets some
complimentary code salad at Healthcare.gov.

This seems like a good time for a 15-second video about HHS
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius bringing in the “The A-Team”:

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Good Enough for Healthcare.gov: "Log out and wait 30 minutes and then try again"

The image above represents serious improvement. For the first
time since early October, when I created an account at
Healthcare.gov, I’ve actually been able to get back into my
account. On a weekly basis, I had tried and failed, and could never
get the system to successfully send me a reset password email.
Today, I got that email, logged in, and got the message above. Two
times after following logging out and waiting. 

So we’re getting there, with there being the
moment in time when I can actually scroll through the site.


Peter Suderman suggests that for all the hoopla surrounding the
“tech surge” on Healthcare.gov and Obama admin claimes that 90
percent of users are now able to access the site successfully, it’s
going to a long while before even the front-end of the site is
working the way it should. And then stuff gets really dicey, since
30 percent to 40 percent of the site has yet to be built.
Including the ability to “make payments to issuers in
January,” when plans kick in.
That quote is courtesy of congressional testimony by deputy
hoo-had at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Something tells me my wait – and yours – is going to be longer
than 30 minutes.

Related: J.D. Tuccille gets some
complimentary code salad at Healthcare.gov.

This seems like a good time for a 15-second video about HHS
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius bringing in the “The A-Team”:

from Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog/2013/12/02/good-enough-for-healthcaregov-log-out-an
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Maybe Healthcare.gov Isn’t So Fixed

As Peter Suderman
noted earlier, the Obama Administration’s declaration of
victory over Healthcare.gov’s technical issues may be a little
premature. For the hell of it, this morning I tried signing in to
the federal Obamacare exchange Website to set up an account. I used
Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1. I picked Arizona as my state. Everything
went swimmingly…until I actually tapped the “Get Started” button.
I saw code salad, as the screenshot below demonstrates.

Healthcare.gov is still screwed

So I started over and tried again. And again. The third try was
the charm.

To be fair, I opened Google Chrome and was able to get in and
set up an account using that browser on the first try. My email
notification of “Marketplace account created” arrived soon after.
Just a thought, but maybe the tech wizzes working on Obamacare’s
woes might need a little more time to slap duct tape on the
website’s boo boos.

from Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog/2013/12/02/maybe-healthcaregov-isnt-so-fixed
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Maybe Healthcare.gov Isn't So Fixed

As Peter Suderman
noted earlier, the Obama Administration’s declaration of
victory over Healthcare.gov’s technical issues may be a little
premature. For the hell of it, this morning I tried signing in to
the federal Obamacare exchange Website to set up an account. I used
Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1. I picked Arizona as my state. Everything
went swimmingly…until I actually tapped the “Get Started” button.
I saw code salad, as the screenshot below demonstrates.

Healthcare.gov is still screwed

So I started over and tried again. And again. The third try was
the charm.

To be fair, I opened Google Chrome and was able to get in and
set up an account using that browser on the first try. My email
notification of “Marketplace account created” arrived soon after.
Just a thought, but maybe the tech wizzes working on Obamacare’s
woes might need a little more time to slap duct tape on the
website’s boo boos.

from Hit & Run http://reason.com/blog/2013/12/02/maybe-healthcaregov-isnt-so-fixed
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Holidays swing into full force this week

It’s beginning to look and feel like the Christmas season in Fayette and Coweta counties.

In Senoia, the Senoia Area Historical Museum at 6 Couch Street allows visitors to take a journey through the past.

The museum’s newest exhibit, “The Joy of Christmas Pasts,” opened Friday. The exhibit showcases over 50 Christmas cards from the first half of the last century. Come take a nostalgic trip down memory lane into the joys of Christmas past.

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via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-02-2013/holidays-swing-full-force-week

PTC Rotary donates books to library

Members of the Rotary Club of Peachtree City recently helped insert bookplates in some of the more than 100 books donated to the Peachtree City Library by the Rotary Club. Pictured, L-R, are Frances Meaders (Past President and Director of Community Services), Mary Chapman (Past President) and Amy Leuenberger (President) working with Lani Clancy, who is president of the Friends of the Library). The club is a sustaining sponsor of the library for the purchase of children’s books and e-books. Photo/Paul Lentz.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/12-01-2013/ptc-rotary-donates-books-library