What's in a name? Lots when it comes to Obamacare/ACA

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Fewer Americans know what the Affordable Care Act is, compared with Obamacare, according to a CNBC survey.

What's in a name? When it comes to the debate over health care, apparently a lot.

In CNBC's third-quarter All-America Economic Survey, half of the 812 poll respondents were asked if they support?Obamacare and the other half if they support the Affordable Care Act.

First thing: 30 percent of the public doesn't know what ACA is, vs. only 12 percent when we asked about Obamacare. More on that later.

Now for the difference: 29 percent of the public supports Obamacare, compared with 22 percent who support ACA. Forty-six percent oppose Obamacare and 37 percent oppose ACA. So putting Obama in the name raises the positives and the negatives. Gender and partisanship are responsible for the differences. Men, independents and Republicans are more negative on Obamacare than ACA. Young people, Democrats, nonwhites and women are more positive on Obamacare.

By way of context, a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll asked if respondents believe the new health care law is a good or bad idea. Their results: 31 percent think it's a good idea and 44 percent say bad idea?roughly in line with the Obamacare response. A quarter of respondents said they didn't know enough to have an opinion, equal to the share in the CNBC poll who don't know or are neutral on Obamacare.

(Read more:?$11 a month? Obamacare super-cheap for some, Feds find)

The numbers about support for Obamacare vs. Affordable Care might seem at odds with the results CNBC released earlier this week showing Americans oppose defunding the new health care by a 44 percent to 38 percent margin and strongly opposed defunding it if it means shutting down the government.

Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster who conducts the survey for CNBC along with Democratic pollster Peter Hart, says Americans could be saying, whether they support it or not, "It's the law of the land. Let's give it a try."

(Read more:?Most Americans against defunding Obamacare: Survey)

Suggesting a huge uphill battle for the administration, feelings about the new health care are either negative or barely positive among those it seems most designed to help. For example, among people with incomes below $30,000, 19 percent don't know enough about Obamacare to have an opinion, and 31 percent have negative opinions compared with just 35 percent positive. Go up one income bracket to the $30,000 to $50,000 group and 51 percent have a negative view compared with 19 percent positive and 17 percent unsure.

One group that seems most informed on the issue: Republicans. While 30 percent of the public overall say they don't know enough about the Affordable Care Act to have an opinion, just 18 percent of Republicans and tea party supporters are unsure. Their opinions, of course, are highly negative.

?By CNBC's Steve Liesman. Follow him on Twitter: @steveliesman.

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Pine Tree ISD: No decision made on football coach, all other reports are 'speculation and rumor'

LONGVIEW, TX (KLTV)- Pine Tree ISD said no decision has been made regarding the status of Coach Derek Fitzhenry, who is alleged to have had a physical altercation with a football player at Pine Tree ISD's first football game on August 30.

Pursuant to Board Policy, at this time, he is placed on administrative leave.

The district confirms Coach Derrek Hennigan is serving as the acting head football coach at this time.

Vickie Echols, Director of Communication at Pine Tree ISD, said because this is a personnel issue, the school district is legally and ethically bound not to provide any details.

Echols said any statements made regarding the issues from unofficial sources are speculation and rumor.

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Athena Reading Central - Business Women's Networking ...

Fabulous networking for business women. The fastest, most effective way for women to grow their businesses. Athena business lunch meetings have informal networking time as well as a sit down lunch with a chance to promote your business for 60 seconds. Two business speakers deliver topics very relevant to women in business and there's a chance to identify people you would like to meet up with in the future. It is designed to support and inspire as well as to be a source of business contacts, have FUN and meet some fantastic women.

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Vibrant and fast-growing, Athena is the UK's premier business networking organisation for women in business and is establishing a significant international presence.

Focusing exclusively on women business owners or those fulfilling a business development role, The Athena Network offers inspiring opportunities to engage with business owners and decision makers from diverse industry sectors.

Founded on values of respect and integrity, Athena groups are committed to welcoming members and visitors in a relaxed, mutually supportive and ethical environment.

At the heart of Athena's activities, networking groups meet each month over lunch in an attractive venue to make new contacts, develop valuable business expertise and explore visionary ideas.

Some marvellous connections are being made as ladies find suppliers, clients and colleagues within the groups they attend. Many ladies are now working on joint projects and considerably enhancing the services they offer their clients.

A typical group will have members from large corporates, SMEs and sole traders. Ladies should be able to find all the skills they need within each group to help them establish and develop their businesses and their business development skills.

Additional local and regional initiatives provide excellent membership value, through motivational workshops on networking skills and business planning, social events, training courses, informal networking events, business retreats and one-to-one consultancy services.

The Athena Network operates a 'one person per discipline' policy so once a profession is represented at a local group, all competition is effectively locked out and all business from the group is referred to that one individual. A group normally has 18-25 members and members are able to visit other groups if their profession isn't already represented.

In addition there is an informal network of Cappuccino Connections events run throughout the area for ladies who want to see what all the excitement is all about.

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Health Management Associates Names Charles Stewart Arkansas ...

by Lance Turner? on Monday, Sep. 9, 2013 10:40 am??

Charles Stewart

Health Management Associates said Monday that it had named?Charles Stewart as its Arkansas market CEO, overseeing?Sparks Health System and Summit Medical Center.

Stewart begins work Sept. 30.?

Stewart joins Sparks from Poplar Bluff, Mo., where was the Missouri market CEO for Health Management hospitals Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center and Twin Rivers Medical Center for the past two years.

His 30 years of experience in hospital management includes administrative and executive positions at hospital systems in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina. ? ?

"I am truly excited to be joining such a great health system, which has such a long history and tradition of serving the Fort Smith and Van Buren regions," Stewart said in a news release. "I look forward to becoming part of the community."

Sparks Health System includes Sparks Regional Medical Center, Sparks Clinic, Sparks PremierCare, Sparks Home Health and the Marvin Altman Fitness Center in Fort Smith.?Summit Medical Center is an accredited acute care hospital in Van Buren.

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Journalist Stands by Graphic Story of 8-Year-Old Child Bride Dying ...

The horrific report of an 8-year-old girl who died of internal injuries on her wedding night in Yemen after an arranged marriage to a middle-aged man is being flatly denied by local officials, Gulf News reports, but the journalist who broke the story says the officials are trying to cover up the tragedy.

The report has brought international attention and condemnation to the country, particularly on social media forums. Gulf News reported that bloggers have referred to the unidentified groom as ?an animal who deserve[s] to be punished severely for his crime,? and many are equally disgusted with the parents of the girl, who has been identified only as ?Rawan.?

Yemenis walk past Bab Al-Yemen (Gate of Yemen), entrance to Sanaa?s old city on January 12, 2010. (Getty Images)

But as the story gets more international attention, local officials are claiming that not only did the girl not die ? no such wedding even happened.

Via Gulf News:

Mosleh Al Azzani, the director of Criminal Investigation in Harradh district where the marriage was thought to have taken place, told Gulf News via telephone that he personally sent for the girl and her father to question them about the incident. The girl?s name is Rawan.

?When I heard the rumours, I called the girl?s father. He came with his daughter and denied the marriage and death of his daughter. I have the photos of the girl and will show it to anyone.?

The official said that the girl was eight years old and her father was in his late 40s.

?The man moved to Haradh 20 days ago. He is a father of Rawan, another married daughter and a son. I am ready to call them again if any journalist wants to investigate this issue.? he said, adding that he did not receive any information from the local hospital about the death of the girl.

Also in Hajja, Aziz Saleh, a journalist who runs a local website, said that he contacted the local authority?s office who denied the news.

?All of them maintained that neither the marriage nor death had taken place,? he said. [Emphasis added]

But Mohammad Radman, the freelance journalist from the Yemeni province who broke the story, insists the girl?s neighbors told him she was ?dead and buried.?

?They are willing to give their testimony on this issue,? he told Gulf News, adding: ?I think the officials are trying to bury the story.?

At this point, it is unclear what exactly happened to ?Rawan.?? She may have never existed ? Ahmad Al Qurishi, the head of SEYAJ Organisation for Childhood Protection said that sometimes ?people create these stories to get publicity and attention and aid from international organizations? ? but the integrity and investigative prowess of the local Yemeni authorities is far from dependable.

Subject not pictured. A Yemeni girl wears a traditional outfit during a birth ceremony known as ?Welad? in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013. (AP)

Azzani, who allegedly spoke with the girl and her father, could be lying, or the girl?s family could have brought another young girl to his office to quell suspicions, wanting to avoid a criminal inquiry. The fact that there is not a record at the hospital also means little, since she may never have been taken to the hospital.

Whatever the case, it does not mean that the practice of marrying off young girls to older men is not a widespread issue in much of the world.

In Yemen, a 2009 law set the minimum age of marriage at 17, but was soon repealed after conservative lawmakers said it was ?un-Islamic,? according to Al Bawaba. Parents can now sell off their girls at any age, though the men are theoretically supposed to wait until the girls hit puberty before having sexual intercourse.

An 11-year-old Yemeni girl,?Nada Al-Ahdal, recently made international news after fleeing her parents? home when faced with an arranged marriage. In a video she made, the girl asked ?what have the children done wrong?? to deserve such a fate. She cited the story of her aunt, who was put in a similar situation at age 14. After a year of beatings, sometimes with metal chains, Nada said she ?poured gasoline over herself and set herself on fire.?

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) estimates that between 2011 and 2020, roughly 140 million girls will become child brides.

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The freshman 15: How to avoid gaining weight when you go to college

POP MATH QUIZ: How many calories are in all that junk food and pizza that you gobbled down during your first year in college? Answer: enough to pack on that Freshman 15 ? or 20-25 pounds. (Photo illustration by Cyrus McCrimmon, The Denver Post)

When Leanne Weinshenker came home after her first year at Northwestern University, she was aghast when she couldn't zip up the dress she kept for formal family gatherings.

"I was aware that I'd put on some weight, but I had no idea how much until I went to put on a dress I'd worn multiple times, and it was nowhere close to getting zipped up," she said.

"For me, it was the combination of being in school at a time when big, baggy clothes were in, and going months without really seeing myself naked. And waiting in line at the dining hall: 'Oh, look! Fresh dinner rolls!' 'Oh, they just put out some fresh cookies! I'll snack on those while I'm waiting in line.' I was eating without realizing that I'd eaten more than I normally would. For me, the 'Freshman 15' was more like the Freshman 20 or 25."

The Freshman 15 ? the added weight that an average 18-year-old packs on within a few months of leaving the family home for a college dorm or first apartment ? might be a trope, but it's also a real risk.

"It's something that quietly happens, a subtle change in lifestyle, when kids who play on a team or have structured exercise in high school suddenly don't have daily exercise as part of their lives," said Children's Hospital adolescent medicine physician Amy Sass.

"The Freshman 15, if it happens, happens pretty quickly, within that first semester. The kids might not really be aware of it until they go home for Thanksgiving or winter break, and people say, 'Wow! What happened?'"

So, what happened?

Two a.m. pizza parties. All-you-can-eat buffets. Friday and Saturday night keggers. Dessert bars with all-you-can-eat ice cream and toppings. Economy-size bags of Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Midday runs for burgers and fries. Those tasty frozen drinks provided in ubiquitous red plastic cups at parties.

Alcohol alone can contribute most of the dreaded Freshman 15. Yes, underage drinking is illegal, but it's pervasive on and off campus. Often young adults don't realize how many calories are in the drinks they're throwing back.

"Alcohol is high in empty calories, and for many students, drinking is something they're definitely engaging in, especially binge drinking," Sass said.

"I'm not sure if students do the math for how many calories are in a beer, or how much alcohol it takes to get dangerously intoxicated. Kids get some nutrition information in high school, but it's mixed in with everything else. When they leave home, there's stress, social eating, and suddenly nobody is monitoring them the way their parents used to. "

A University of Illinois at Chicago study found that when young adults eat fast food, they consume an extra 309 calories between deep-fried food, high-sugar drinks and side orders. That's not a problem for a high school student who plays in a soccer league or runs for the cross-country team. But it becomes a problem for a college student who doesn't make the cut for the university sports teams.

"Exercise, for the majority of kids, decreases with that transition to campus life," Sass said.

"Some of it is a lack of awareness. Some kids don't know where the gym is. And for community college students, there may not be a school gym, and they may be intimidated by the joining fee and monthly fees of commercial fitness centers, especially if they're on a budget."

But, as Sass noted, walking around campus counts as exercise. So does joining an intramural team or the school outdoor club, which can lead to an interest in hiking and other activities that continues well past college.

And then there's nutrition.

"It's all about seeking balance," Sass says.

"Is it OK to eat pizza with friends at 2 a.m.? Yes. Should you do that every night? No. Be mindful of how you're sweetening your coffee. Do you know that there are 300 calories in a 20-ounce vanilla soy latte? It's about nutrition, but it's also about regular physical exercise, getting enough sleep, being mindful about a consistent bedtime, and turning off your cellphone and your computer when you're supposed to be sleeping."

Claire Martin: 303-954-1477, cmartin@denverpost.com or twitter.com/byclairemartin

Tips on avoiding college weight gain

? Don't eat when you're stressed, studying or watching TV

? Try not to skip meals, especially breakfast

? Establish a regular meal schedule, and include a fruit and vegetable with your main course

? Resist the temptation for extra helpings

? Avoid vending-machine snacks and fast food

? Stock healthy snacks (baby carrots, fresh fruit, nuts, yogurt) in your dorm refrigerator

? At parties, be conscious of how much alcohol you consume, and drink one or two nonalcoholic drinks for each alcoholic drink

? Choose lower-fat options (skim or 1 percent milk, light salad dressing instead of full-fat) when possible

? Keep it simple if you eat fast food ? a burger, not a double cheeseburger, salad bar instead of fries, water instead of soda

Dessert in a glass: Alcohol calories add up fast

Consumers who self-righteously pass up pie or cake may not realize that their party drink contains as many, or more, calories than the dessert they foreswore.

Here are calorie counts for six alcoholic drinks popular among young adults. Beer may look like a relative bargain, but how many people drink only one beer at a kegger?

Beer (regular, 12 ounces): 150 to 190 calories

Margarita (2 ounces tequila, 2 ounces margarita mix, 1 ounce triple sec, lime juice, 1 teaspoon sugar): 550 calories

Mudslide (1.5 ounces coffee liqueur, 1.5 ounces Irish cream, 1.5 ounces vodka): 417 calories

Long Island Iced Tea (1 ounce each of vodka, gin, rum, tequila and triple sec, 2 ounces sour mix, splash of cola): 380 calories

White Russian (1.5 ounces vodka, 1.5 ounces coffee liqueur, 1.5 ounces cream): 320 calories

Pi?a Colada (1.5 ounces rum, 1.5 ounces coconut cream, 3 ounces pineapple juice): 293 calories

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Why Apple suddenly needs Google again

Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt warmly shake hands at the original iPhone launch in 2007. | Image: Apple

Once back-slapping friends, the relationship between Apple and Google was torpedoed by the ascendency of Android. Eric Schmidt resigned from the Apple board, Steve Jobs declared "thermonuclear war" against Android, and little by little Apple disentangled Google services from its products as retaliation.

It's that last point that that Apple must now reconsider.

As much as any product announcements Apple will make this week, renewing its partnership with Google on services would re-energize the Apple ecosystem. There are mixed signals in terms of the likelihood of such a move. But, there is a scenario in which a renewal of ties could be good for both companies while still allowing them to compete as stewards of the world's two largest mobile device platforms.

As you follow the flurry of iPhone news this week, keep in mind that Apple devices don't just need larger screens and fashionable hardware and lower prices for emerging markets. No, what Apple devices need more than anything else is data and services. These are not things that the company can develop quickly and they are not core competencies. Apple is now in a position where it is going to have to partner well and integrate swiftly. And, it's going to need to allow deeper hooks into the platform for developers.

In its recent Oral History of Apple Design, Fast Company observed:

"One of the key ingredients in Amazon, Facebook, and Google is data. Those businesses were built on deep technical understanding of how to manage swaths of data. Apple doesn't know how to do that."

I've been using iPhone and Android side-by-side every day since the beginning of 2010. Over the past year I've increasingly spent more time on Android because that device knows me better, regularly anticipates my needs, and integrates more smoothly with the services that I care about.

At the center of this experience sits Google Now, one of the first applications that has demonstrated the value of big data to consumers. Apple can't replicate that. It doesn't have enough of the data or the expertise to make it actionable. Even Google can't replicate it on iOS at the moment. It has already released an iPhone version of Google Now, but the service is inconspicuously tucked away in the Google search app and its usefulness is limited by the mediocre iOS notifications system.

The problem is that because of larger business conflicts, Apple has acted punitively toward partners such as Google and Amazon and limited the functionality of their services in the iOS ecosystem. In both cases, it has hurt iOS and Apple's users far more than Google or Amazon.

In terms of Google, Apple has spent a lot of effort in removing deep integration with Google apps and services. It killed the native YouTube app that had been built into iOS and it stopped using Google Maps to power the built-in Maps app and replaced it with its own Apple Maps, which has been nothing short of a functional and PR disaster. Google has released its own third-party versions of both apps and they are now among the most downloaded free apps by iPhone and iPad users. However, in both cases, they've lost the deep integration with iOS itself.

In the case of Amazon, Apple disallowed app providers from integrating or even linking to their e-commerce stores from within their iOS apps, unless they shared the revenue with Apple. As a result, Internet companies such as Amazon that already operate on thin profit margins have effectively had to remove shopping functionality from their apps.

In Amazon's case, this meant removing the ability to find and purchase ebooks from within its Kindle app and the ability to find and purchase audiobooks from within its Audible app. You now have to make those purchases from the web browser and then go back into the app and download them. It's an inconvenient user experience.

As a result, this issue of deep integration is an area where iOS is losing to Android. The convoluted purchase issue is one thing (in Android, you can still purchase Kindle books and Audible audiobooks from directly within the apps). However, the larger issue is the deeper hooks that Android allows developers to get into the platform itself. There are security and privacy implications, but the functionality benefits are substantial.

I have many of the same apps and services installed on both iPhone and Android. The iPhone versions of most apps have almost always been better-designed, updated more regularly, and nicer to look at. Nevertheless, over the past year I keep gravitated toward Android more and more for interacting with excellent services like Evernote, Dropbox, Google Drive, Pocket, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Flickr, etc. Instead of having to go into the apps to do everything like I have to do in iPhone, in Android there are menu options to upload things, share things, and save things from virtually any web page or file or app or service. It eliminates extra steps and it creates a more powerful set of options.

That's why it's time for Apple to stop blocking valuable partners from offering robust functionality in iOS and to start allowing more companies deeper access into the iOS platform. And the company it show go to and convince to be first in line is Google.

Google has stated time after time that its primary motivation is promoting greater Internet usage in general and the company has continued to produce quality iOS apps from Gmail to Google+ to Chrome to its Google search app with excellent voice recognition. Google won't take much convincing to go deeper on iOS.

And, Apple can still differentiate itself from Android by also cutting deals with Yahoo and Microsoft to leverage their massive audiences, popular services, and mountains of data in deeper and more meaningful ways on the iPhone. Both of those companies are already doing excellent iOS apps as well. It won't take much convincing if Apple offers to open up the Kimono and let them see what they can do in iOS to use their own big data stacks to deliver more powerful user experiences.

When Apple first launched the iPhone in 2007, it was closed to third-party apps, other than a few select partners. A year later, when Apple opened up the platform more broadly to developers, that's when the mobile app explosion happened and the iPhone really took off and leapt ahead of its smartphone rivals. Now, one of the best opportunities for Apple take another big leap forward is to open up its platform more deeply to developers in order to unleash a fresh wave of innovation. The company's favorite neighbor in Mountain View should be the first partner on the list.

The long thawing of the frosty relationship between Google and Apple has been uneven, to say the least. Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt met at a cafe in 2010. Larry Page visited Jobs on his deathbed in 2011. Tim Cook and Larry Page reportedly met in 2012 to talk about settling the patent war between the two companies.

In July 2013, Schmidt said that he had "a lot of respect for Apple." He also indicated, "We're sort of in constant, constant business discussions on a long list of issues. These are two proud, well-run, different companies."

At the January 2007 event where Apple announced the iPhone, Jobs invited a handful of special guests on stage to show that key partners were invested in the iPhone. One of them was was Google's then-CEO (and Apple board member) Schmidt.

In introducing Schmidt, Jobs said, "[The iPhone is] the Internet in your pocket for the first time ever. Now, you can't really think about the Internet, of course, without thinking about Google? We're working with them on Google Search ? and Google Maps. We've been working very closely with them to make this all happen and we're thrilled with the results."

Has too much happened for the companies to work together that well again? To no one's surprise, Google still appears to be willing. The difference now is that Apple needs Google's partnership more than ever. That sets the stage for a new collaboration that could benefit both companies, and hundreds of millions of users.

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