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Original Technorati articles tagged “act”

• in Film
  Death With Dignity: How to Die in Oregon (2011; now on DVD)
  Would you want the right to choose when it’s your time?
  by missbobetier / on Feb 6, 2012
• in Politics
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.--What Made His Dream so Profound
  Against the backdrop of the dark days of his civil rights work, he saw a time of equality for all
  by efrank / on Jan 16, 2011
• in Green
  Ohio Hopes to Bring Plugged-in Electric Vehicles to Major Cities
  Ohio Department of Transportation working hard for "green" federal grants.
  by goatcheesejunkie / on Aug 28, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “act”

 

• To Succeed, Obamacare Needs This Group On Board

  
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  While the debate continues to rage over whether President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will be good or bad for the country, one group has remained out of the spotlight: the uninsured young. ACA legislation clearly targeted groups like this one, whose inability to afford coverage leads to emergency room visits that ...
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• States Link Access to Health Care

  
  Optical News from OpticalCEUs — Authority: 123
  “With only a few months remaining before Americans will start buying coverage through the new state insurance exchanges under President Obama’s health care law, it is becoming clear that the millions of people purchasing policies in the exchanges will find that their choices vary sharply, depending on where they ...
  19 hours ago

• Unlike U.S. Federal Courts, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Hears Only One Side Of Every Issue

  
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  The proceedings are not adversarial: they are based entirely on the DOJ’s presentations through its Office of Intelligence Policy and Review.WashingtonElectronic Privacy Information Center Statement On FISC Procedures Original EPIC Document Protect American Act… The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance CourtFISA ...
  19 hours ago

• House of Lords to resume debate of equal marriage bill

  
  PinkNews.co.uk — Authority: 658
  The House of Lords will resume debate of the same-sex marriage bill this afternoon at 3pm. Following this month’s successful second reading vote in the Upper Chamber, the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is now being put through its committee stage. Once again, several opponents of the bill have tabled a series ...
  20 hours ago

• Protect America Act Of 2007 Establishes Rules For Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

  
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  An acquisition under this section may be conducted only in accordance with the certification of the Director of National Intelligence and the Attorney General, or their oral instructions if time does not permit the preparation of a certification, and the minimization procedures adopted by the Attorney General. The ...
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• NRG Assets: From Our Case Files

  
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  On behalf of our client, Lemberg & Associates recently filed a complaint in U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, against NRG Assets. Our client alleges that NRG Assets began to make phone calls to both her home telephone and place of employment in an attempt to collect a $700 debt. She told the ...
  21 hours ago

• SolarMax Technology Acquires ActOne

  
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  SolarMax Technology, a leading provider of clean energy solutions in California, announced that it has acquired the assets of ActOne—a leading provider of LED lighting solutions in the U.S. Founded in 2000, ActOne designs and sells LED-related products and its peripherals which include LED commercial monitors, LED ...
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• PRISM thwarted terrorist plots in 20 countries, says report

  
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  Since Edward Snowden blowed the whistle about the NSAs alleged PRISM program, tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple have released statements to clarify their stance as far as...        
  23 hours ago

• VIDEO: National Security Administration admits that analysts do not need a court order to intercept phone calls!

  
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  3 MINUTE UPDATE WhatsApp being banned in Saudi Arabia? PRISM surveillance program is still on people’s minds. Plus Oxford English Dictionary, just officially added “tweet” “follow” and “follower”! Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To ...
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• USA: Tomorrow Another Possible Day for US Supreme Court Rulings on Marriage Equality

  
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  So far, we have three more announced dates for rulings from the US Supreme Court this month – tomorrow, thursday, and the following monday. And Rachel Maddow’s statement Friday night that some court watchers expected them to come tomorrow, we’ve seen nothing else to support one day over another, other than a ...
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• Healthcare consolidation perverted by pricing power

  
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  Last week, I noted Eduardo Porters warning that the ACA was spurring hospital consolidation, which increases the hospitals pricing power. Thats the downside of consolidation. Below, that post is updated with a snapshot of the upside of consolidation, realizable when the power to set prices lies elsewhere. --- ...
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• Did Nepotism Charges Lead To Action On Act 10?

  
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  A few days ago, Lisa Kaiser of the Shepherd Express , broke the story of the nepotism, cronyism and favoritism that has been going on at the states Department of Human Services in Milwaukee County. I added my two cents by pointing out that due to Act 10, there is a greater rate of turnover of workers, making ...
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• Sunday Reads: Fair Pay in Texas? Hell No. Have a Merry Christmas, Texan Style? You bet your…

  
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  Jenny on the Job plays it safe with low heels. New in WWII Posters collection. (via Jenny on the Job Steps Ahead with Low Heals | Vintagraph) Good Morning Well, I guess you can tell from the title of the post, we will start this morning by talking about the big ol’ state of Texas. This is the first link from ...
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• SHIELD Act Part 2 and Other Proposals to Combat Trolls

  
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  The latest incarnation of the SHIELD Act was introduced on February 27, 2013, and changes direction as if the first iteration were waived off in disgust before it could even lower its gears. SHIELD Act 2, scuttles the “reasonable likelihood of succeeding” idea floated and introduces a new tool aimed at walling ...
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• OMG! iPhone Updates Will Include Presidential Alerts That You Can’t Shut Off

  
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  The President, whether his last name is Bush or Obama, is slowly becoming that one girlfriend we’ve all had that you just can’t get rid of.  If he’s not stalking you through NSA surveillance programs or harassing you through the IRS, he’s now sending you text messages in the middle of the night … and you ...
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• AP IMPACT: Snowden’s life surrounded by spycraft

  
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  FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and Washington, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for “No Such Agency.” But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency’s looming presence ...
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• California to Expand Medicaid

  
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  The Legislature approved a measure, part of the federal Affordable Care Act, to broaden coverage to 1.4 million low-income people in the state.        
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• Peter Facinelli Faces Divorce News with a Smile During Outing with Daughters

  
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  The actor was busy with youngest daughters Lola and Fiona when his split from Jennie Garth was finalized
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• NZ Herald plagiarist declares MP’s bill “mean spirited”

  
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  I note with wry amusement that this week’s column is a lot shorter.   Not easy to write your own stuff, is it ? Industrial strikes were a part and parcel of growing up in the 1970s and 80s. My first job as a journalist at the age of 18 was to report the outcome of a meeting between the management and the union ...
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• Congress: Honor Senator Lautenberg and Generations by signing his Chemical Safety Improvement Act!

  
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  OPINION: New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg(D), a phenomenal champion of American Children and Nature, passed on last week at 89. At his NY funeral he was deeply honored by half the Senate on both sides of the aisle, plus NJ Governor Chris Christie (R), Hillary Clinton and Vice President Biden for his passion and ...
  2 days ago

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