California gives consumers detailed rates under healthcare overhaul

Californians can now see specific rates from competing health plans on a new state-run insurance market set to open Oct. 1.

Covered California, the new state marketplace, launched an online feature Thursday enabling consumers to get detailed price comparisons for their area for the first time.

Previously, the state's online calculator gave general estimates of statewide premiums without any comparison of different plans and prices.

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Starting in January, health insurance premiums will be based on a person's age and location. Separately, federal subsidies are available to help pay premiums based on household income and size under the Affordable Care Act.

Officials cited the following example Thursday for a family of four in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, ZIP Code 90023.

The parents, 40 and 38, have two children and a household income of $65,000 annually.

Insurers on the state exchange will sell four different levels of coverage labeled as Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum.

Bronze is the lowest-cost option because it offers the least amount of insurance coverage toward a person's medical bills. Coverage increases from there up to the most-expensive Platinum plans.

In the state's example, the website recommended Bronze and Silver plans as the most affordable options for the family of four.

The family also qualified for a monthly subsidy of $300 a month based on their income.

Taking that into account, the family's monthly premiums for a Bronze plan ranged from $284 with L.A. Care Health Plan to $374 a month with Anthem Blue Cross.

The price for a Silver plan ranged from $425 a month with Health Net Inc., to $477 with Anthem Blue Cross, to $495 a month with L.A. Care.

Officials acknowledged that some cash-strapped consumers may bristle at those rates.

"We haven't made healthcare free," said Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, at a recent town hall meeting. "We feel good about having a wide range of affordable products. Job 1 is affordability."

These new health plans also include limits on what an individual or family would pay out of their own pocket for medical care. In the earlier example, the family wouldn't pay more than $12,700 annually out of pocket.

For the enhanced Silver plans, the family maximum is $10,400 a year.

Individuals earning less than $46,000 a year and families below $94,000 annually may qualify for subsidies. In California, individuals earning less than $16,000 can get coverage through an expansion of Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for the poor.

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Source: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-california-health-insurance-rates-20130830,0,3963045.story?track=rss

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2013 NFL Preseason Predictions: NFC South (Trifone)

Here are my 2013 preseason predictions for the NFC South:

1. Atlanta Falcons (schedule): 10-6

I wasn?t a big fan of the Falcons last year. I found them unimpressive in many of their victories, and I didn?t see them being deserving of the credit that they were receiving.

Many thought they were on the same level as the best teams like the 49ers, Seahawks, or Broncos. I know they beat the Broncos, but that was in Week 2, only Peyton Manning?s second game back from missing the entire season with a neck injury, and it was at home. I also know they beat the Seahawks in the playoffs, but if you watched the game, it was clear who the better team was. Seattle was awful in the first half, but Atlanta did everything they could to let them back in the game, losing a 20-0 first-half lead, and getting outscored 21-3 in the fourth quarter.

Still, I think the Falcons have a chance to get on the level with the handful of teams with Super Bowl hopes. The addition of Steven Jackson is a good one, and until they give me reason to doubt them again this year, I?ll call the Falcons a contender going into the season.

2. Carolina Panthers (schedule): 10-6

The Panthers were the opposite of the Falcons last year. The Falcons won nearly every close game, while the Panthers lost them. Some might see that as the good teams knowing how to find a way to win, and to some degree that might be true. But it?s not true when it happens every game. The best of the best teams should not be eking out game after game.

Although their records didn?t indicate it, the gap between the Panthers and Falcons was not that wide. Carolina won five out of their last six games to finish the season, after losing heart-breakers to the Falcons by two, Seahawks by four, Cowboys by five, Bears by one, and Bucs by six in OT.

I think Cam Newton is going to get better this year, and the Panthers are going to be a team no one wants to play come January.

3. New Orleans Saints (schedule): 8-8

The Saints finished 7-9 last year, but will get their coach back this year, and are no longer facing the distractions they faced last year.

Drew Brees is clearly one of the best in the business, and I think the Saints can get off to a great start, with a relatively weak schedule early on. However, the back half of the year has them facing Dallas, San Francisco, @ Atlanta, @ Seattle, @ St. Louis, and Carolina twice.

New Orleans had the best passing offense in the league last year, but was 25th rushing the ball, and was ranked 31st and 32nd respectively against the pass and the run.

Brees may or may not throw for another 5,000 yards this season, but it didn?t help his team reach the playoffs or the .500 mark last year.

4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (schedule): 8-8

The Bucs are another team that I could see on the rise.

Adding Darrelle Revis to help secure the defense could prove to be a pretty big move, and in another year, the Bucs may be one of my surprise teams to potentially do some damage in the playoffs. The NFC is loaded this year, though, and I think the Bucs may fall a bit short. The NFC South is pretty loaded, especially if you think that the Panthers are going to be as good as I think they should.

Still, I?m projecting a one-game improvement over last year?s record to get them to .500.

All of our contributors will make their division and Super Bowl picks and we will track those on this centralized predictions page.

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Source: http://eatdrinkandsleepfootball.com/blog/2013/08/2013_nfl_preseason_predictions_nfc_south_trifone.html

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Syrian coalition urges strike on Assad, military support

PARIS (Reuters) - The opposition Syrian National Coalition urged Western powers to launch a punitive strike against Bashar al-Assad's government quickly and offer real military and political support to stop people being "exterminated".

President Barack Obama has made a case for a limited military strike against Syria in response to last week's alleged chemical weapons attack, but any action could be slowed by the presence of U.N. weapons inspectors near Damascus and the need to ease divisions in Britain and among U.S. lawmakers.

Syrian National Coalition president Ahmad Jarba told the French daily Le Parisien in an interview published on Thursday he hoped to see a strike and support for the Syrian Free Army.

He said Assad should be tried in the International Criminal Court in the Hague.

"Assad's regime has complete support from Russia, Hezbollah and Iran. We have nothing. Our allies have given us none of what we have asked for. We need real support," Jarba said.

"If Western states, which profess democratic and humanist values, stay quiet, Assad will deduce that there is no obstacle to him carrying out crimes. Our people risk being exterminated."

France has said it is ready to punish those behind the chemical attack, but Britain changed its stance on Wednesday, saying the United Nations Security Council should first see the weapons inspectors' findings and that the British parliament would hold two votes before any military action is taken.

A French warship, the Chevalier Paul, left its dock at the Mediterranean port of Toulon this week, shipping authorities told Reuters on Thursday, though they declined to confirm a media report that the frigate was headed to Syria.

Military sources said France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier was still docked in Toulon as of Thursday.

Jarba urged the allies to make a decision.

"If there is intervention, the regime will not survive for long. What's essential is to take a courageous decision," Jarba said. "We need our friends. They should not stop at just words."

(Reporting by Catherine Bremer, editing by Elizabeth Piper)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-coalition-urges-strike-assad-military-support-065618022.html

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How The Syrian Electronic Army Hacked Twitter, Huffington Post, And The New York Times Yesterday

Daniel Goodman / Business Insider

The Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-Assad hacking group, successfully compromised some large media sites yesterday?by attacking Twitter, The New York Times, and Huffington Post UK.

It was able to do this by interfering with these sites' domain name systems (DNS), altering high-level details about how people access these web pages.

It began in Australia at a company called Melbourne IT, which handles the New York Times' Web hosting. The SEA used phishing tactics (which usually means tricking someone to type in a password and capturing it as it's typed) in order to break in.

Once inside, the hackers knocked the Times offline by reassigning its DNS information. DNS is best understood as the phone book of the Internet ? when you type ?"newyorktimes.com" into your URL bar and press enter, DNS turns this into a query of the server at the appropriate IP address. It's much easier to remember "New York Times" than it is to remember "170.149.168.130," for example.

By severing the NYT's connection to DNS, the only way anyone could actually access the site was by typing in the IP address, and this is just not information people care to remember. Since everyone types out the DNS-enabled URL ? newyorktimes.com ? and because the hackers had total control of the DNS settings, they were able to reroute anyone attempting to access the site to a different web page of their own choosing.

In fact, some people who tried to access the Times' site yesterday were redirected to this image instead:

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Twitter was compromised as well, though it remained online and operational while the "viewing of images and photos was sporadically impacted." Again, the source of the trouble was the Syrian Electronic Army fiddling with DNS. Although repairs have begun to normalize everything, image problems still persist across Twitter for some users, with the occasional blank user avatar and the blank picture attached to tweets.

If this is the first time you've heard of the SEA, it isn't some brand-new organization. The group's been active since 2011 and hasn't been afraid to cause all kinds of big-time trouble since then. This is just the group's most recent display of its capabilities.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/syrian-electronic-army-hacks-2013-8

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Innovation In Consumer Technology: Microsoft Sends New Windows ...

(By Tech World)

?As we consider the code we just handed off, and the new intuitive and fluid computing experience it provides ? anytime, anywhere, across all devices ? we?re confident we made the right bet.?

Microsoft on Tuesday began sending a revamped version of Windows to makers of computers, smartphones or tablets powered by the software.

?We?ve hit an important milestone for Microsoft,? Windows team executive Antoine Leblond said in a blog post.

?In many ways, this marks a new day for Microsoft, reflecting a number of rapid-release firsts.?

Developers of applications tailored to run on Windows devices were irked, however, to find out that they will not get their hands on the finished version of Windows 8.1 until it hits the market in October.

In the past, developers had early access to new versions of Windows to allow time to make sure their applications work with the software.

?Seriously, has Microsoft fallen off its rocker?? a developer asked rhetorically in a chat forum below Leblond?s blog post.

?This decision is yet another that leaves me questioning the judgment of Microsoft?s current management.?

Microsoft in June provided developers with a preview version of the ?re-blended? Windows 8 operating system released late last year.

Windows 8.1 incorporated feedback from users and developers, and came with the promise that the US software giant was speeding up its release cycle to adapt to the dizzying pace of innovation in consumer technology.

?Windows 8.1 is a significant update,? Leblond said.

?As we consider the code we just handed off, and the new intuitive and fluid computing experience it provides ? anytime, anywhere, across all devices ? we?re confident we made the right bet.?

Windows 8.1 remains true to the vision of an operating system tuned for touch-screen controls and multi-gadget lifestyles increasingly revolving around tablets and smartphones, according to Microsoft.

Microsoft is under pressure to adapt to a huge shift in how people engage with computers.

Smartphones and tablets have vanquished the days when people devoted the bulk of computer time to Windows-powered desktop or laptop machines.

The overhauled Windows 8 operating system released in November was designed to power the array Internet-linked devices.

Better adapting to the shifting Internet landscape is believed to be among the reasons behind the unexpected announcement last week that Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer will retire within 12 months.

?There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the right time,? Ballmer said Friday in a written release.

?My original thoughts on timing would have had my retirement happen in the middle of our company?s transformation to a devices and services company. We need a CEO who will be here longer term for this new direction.?

Ballmer took over as CEO in 2000 from co-founder Bill Gates, a classmate and friend from their days at Harvard University in the 1970s.

While its Windows software is used on the vast majority of personal computers, Microsoft has had little impact in the fast-growing segments of tablets and smartphones.

(Source: Yahoo)

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Source: http://risenetworks.org/2013/08/28/innovation-in-consumer-technology-microsoft-sends-new-windows-operating-system-to-computer-makers/

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