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The Exchange will also have information on customer satisfaction and other things that will give people the option to make choices based on things other than price. But air travel and healthcare are not an apples to apples comparison. I probably quoted too much of the article. It's not much longer than my post. Give it a read.

That may be so. But is that necessarily a bad thing? If your preferred doc is too expensive and gets bad results, then is it a bad result that they are no longer in network, and you will have to pay more to use them? Obviously not the product we were sold, and just a long-term effect this guy predicts. But that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. You really should consider reading the linked article.

Thought this was a very smart take on the anticipated effects of Obamacare (and that this was a more appropriate thread for this article, since everything on the front page right now is about Obamacare as it pertains to the govt shutdown/slimdown/showdown/budgetgate or whatever) The comparison shopping, and ease of purchase, is going to be the first thing that really hits anyone who has ever bought in the individual market. http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2013/10/01/4-ways-new-exchanges-will-radically-alter-health-insurance/ ...

Suicide league thread

You also have to remember that what you are seeing has gone through two selection processes to push that narrative. She has this vodka samm thing when she's drinking. I've certainly known more than one person with "drunk persona" things that are funny among friends. And what sorts of pictures is she going to put on a "vodka samm" twitter feed? Ones of her in a modest outfit going to church? Of course not. Pictures with bottles/drinks, and alcohol-branded clothes. Then it's being edited through again, when Huffington decides which pictures to post along with the story. Again, not every picture from her twitter feed, just the ones that best feed the narrative. I'm not saying you're entirely wrong. But it's a shaky foundation to make judgments about her life revolving around alcohol more than the average college student's does.

Roger Goodell has just fined #34 his allowance for a month for the cheap shot at 0:25.

Seriously. That costume is awesome. I wonder how long it took before this guy noticed that the Falcons logo looks like an "F"

I'm currently watching The Wire as well. S2 Ep 2 up next. I borrowed from a friend who has the series on DVD. Not sure about other providers, but HBO's OnDemand lineup on DirecTV is awesome. As far as I can tell, it's every episode of every series they've ever done, new or old. The Wire, Oz, Band of Brothers, Sopranos, Game of Thrones...everything. I'll be ordering it for a month or two soon to watch S3 of Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire.

Has anyone watched Orange is the New Black? I've been hearing good things.

Something like this happened to a friend of mine. When she was 16 she was driving near a VA hospital in Tampa, and a guy in a wheelchair wheeled himself right out in front of her car and she hit him. SHe was hysterical of course, no clue what to do. Lucky for her someone who worked at the VA saw the whole thing and came to her rescue. Apparently the wheelchair guy was well-known to the folks at the VA for pulling this scam often, and the witness basically told the guy to hit the road and leave her alone. Desperate times, I guess.

Well it worked. Didn't find any loose wires and the sensors were plenty clean. I unplugged it (apparently these problems are sometimes electrical and fixed with a reset), increased the force with which it opens the door, plugged it back in and it worked fine. Unplugging and plugging back in is the duct tape of the 21st century. Fixes just about anything.

Interesting. There is a small dent on the top panel, from when someone with lumber or something sticking out of the back of a pickup truck backed too far into my driveway. But that happened a few years ago and this is a recent problem. Still, possible it could have gotten a little worse. Did that bend prevents yours from working manually? I can open mine manually without any problem. Yeah, I saw that too. It is weird. I'm going to try taking a closer look at the sensors tonight just to make sure that they're clean and that there aren't any loose wires. I don't think that's the source of my problem though. I should probably just unplug it and plug it back in. The classic fix...

Anyone have experience with garage door openers? On 1 of ours, the opener will only work if you press and hold the button wired in the garage until the door is all the way open. A quick press and release (which used to work fine) and the door will only go up about a foot, then it stops suddenly. Pressing and holding the button in the car does not work. I've unlocked the garage door and manually opened and closed, and it goes smoothly and there aren't any areas where I feel like I'm forcing it. No obstructions, and the sensors are lined up fine. Press and release to close the door works fine. Any suggestions before I bite the bullet and pay someone to come out and try to fix it?

maybe, maybe not. http://news.msn.com/pop-culture/russian-runners-kiss-athletes-say-it-was-celebratory

That was just painful. She had zero independent knowledge or thought, and pretty much no information at all about him or his book, other than the author's name and religion. Compare and contrast: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-july-17-2013/reza-aslan

Trailer for the new movie from Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity", looks awesomely terrifying. I am a HUGE fan of his last movie, Children of Men. Love his style for shooting action scenes like this. This trailer is a 2 minute single shot.

Letter from candidate for VT homecoming queen to Sub Pop records. Wow, lol. But what really gets me...maybe even more than the fact that this person clearly has no clue who Nirvana is...is the stationary. http://subpop.tumblr.com/post/56280869076/earlier-today-in-the-sub-pop-mailbag-we-received

80s hottie thread

People who run onto the field are idiots. And selfies are a little lame. But somehow the two combined... And a vine of her doing it: This was at the final game of the college world series.

Oh my god that was tremendous. This one might be his best:

Break out your periodic table: (or you can read the explanation here, but it has some language. http://totalfratmove.com/this-is-100-the-best-yearbook-quote-youll-read-all-year/

I think you need to delete that one for being the pic equivalent of circumventing the profanity filters, which would give you "mother****er" instead of with just one asterisk in the middle.

okay, not from a forum post, but a piece of junk email I just got...