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City Of Tampa Registers Nearly 114,000 Residents During Open Enrollment
Recent totals from the lat- est open enrollment period ending on January 30th shows the City of Tampa has regis- tered 113,821 residents for health insurance, nearly 37,000 more than the last round of open enrollment.
This number reflects 49% of our uninsured prior to open enrollment, that's the 11th highest ratio of new plan selec- tions to eligible uninsured in the country out of all Healthy Communities Challenge par- ticipants and Florida again led the nation in total number of residents signed up for health insurance.
In Tampa the Parks & Rec Centers were opened for health care navigators, passed out church fans detailing key in- formation for enrollment, recorded and sent out two rounds of robo-calls from Mayor Buckhorn, and placed ads in newspapers.
"I want to congratulate Milwaukee for winning the
MAYOR BOB BUCKHORN
Healthy Communities Chal- lenge," said Mayor Bob Buckhorn. "This round had a lot of stiff competition and in the end we all win.
"I've said it before, there is nothing more fundamental in our society than the right to af- fordable health care and when our neighbors are healthy our city thrives. Having health in- surance ensures that whether it is for preventative care or in an emergency situation, our residents are able to receive the treatment they deserve."
Tickets To Beyonce Concert May Be Hard To Come By
On Friday, April 29th, Beyonce will be bring- ing her “Formation” world tour to Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
With ticket prices ranging from $45 to $280, patrons are guaranteed a good view of the stage.
Although general sales don’t begin until next week, advanced ticket sales have given patrons a taste of what to expect: lots of emotion – good and bad – pouring out on social media.
The excitement at the prospect of attend- ing the show turns to frustration once ticket sales open. And then, the final two stages di- verge. One group secures tickets and are elated; the other, denied their chance.
You can thank a mix of fan demand and ticket scalpers for that. Both are aided and thwarted by new technology.
Bots can help scalpers scoop up huge quan- tities of tickets, leaving sellers trying to identify and block the unscrupulous purchases. This also leaves thousands of fans shut out.
(An Internet bot, also known as web robot, WWW robot or simply bot, is a soft- ware application that runs automated tasks (scripts) over the Internet. The
largest use of bots is in web spider- ing, in which an automated script fetches, analyzes and files infor- mation from web servers at many times the speed of a
human.
Common examples in-
cluding gaming bots, whereby a player achieves a significant advantage by
implementing some repetitive routine with the use of a bot rather than manually, or auc- tion-site robots, where last- minute bid-placing speed may
determine who places the win- ning bid - using a bot to place counterbids affords a significant advantage over bids placed manu-
ally.
Bots are routinely used on the
internet where the emulation of human activity is required, for example chat bots. A simple question and answer exchange
online may appear to be with another person, when in fact it is simply with a bot.)
State
State
Highway Patrol Investigates Separate Fatal Accidents
Florida Highway Patrol Troopers investigated four separate traffic accidents in a single day in the Tampa Bay Area. Four people died in the accidents.
The first accident occurred shortly after midnight on Mon- day on U. S. 19, north of Ridge Road, in Pasco County.
Henry Jakubczyk, 67, of New Port Richey, was driving a 1999 Volvo Semi in the center lane, traveling southbound.
Daniel Wayne Lero, 24, of Port Richey, was driving his 2009 Yamaha in the center lane, southbound on U. S. 19 at a high rate of speed. For unde- termined reasons, Lero failed to avoid the semi and struck the back of it. Lero died at the scene.
Jakubczyk, who was not in- jured, was not cited in the ac- cident.
The second accident took place on Interstate 4 in Polk County, at approximately 2:41 a.m., and involved a 2006 Isuzu Truck driven by 26-year- old Darrell Alexander Woodren, of Sanford.
Officials said Woodren was traveling eastbound in the outside lane and for unknown reasons, began to rotate. He
left the roadway and entered the center grass median. The vehicle then collided with the cable barrier and overturned.
Woodren was trans- ported to Lakeland Regional Medical Center. His passenger, a 48-year-old man from Ti- tusville, died at the scene. His identity has not been released. Charges are pending in the case.
Patrolmen responded to U. S. Highway 301 at the Estates Del Sol Drive, shortly before 6:30 a.m., Monday to investi- gate the third accident. Upon arrival, the investigating offi- cer learned that the accident involved a Chevrolet HHR and a motorcycle.
Officials said both vehicles were traveling southbound of U. S. 301. Anthony Leroy Brown, 47, of Riverview was in the inside turn lane when Ms. Tracy Lynn Watkins attempted to make a u-turn.
As she turned in front of him, Brown reportedly braked to avoid a collision. However, the 2007 Suzuki overturned, went into a slide, and collided with the back of the vehicle.
Brown died at the scene. Ms. Watkins, or her pas-
sengers, Rone Watkins, 11, and Cory Burleigh, 12, all of Riverview, were not injured. Ms. Watkins was given a ci- tation for making an improper u-turn.
State troopers investigated the fourth fatal accident shortly after 3 p.m., Monday. The accident took place in Plant City at the intersection of State Road 39 and State Road 39A, at approximately 3:11 p.m.
Officials said William Neal Major, 26, of Zephyrhills, was driving a 2005 Suzuki motorcycle west- bound on State Road 39 (Paul Buckman Highway), when he failed to stop for the stop sign. The motorcycle continued through the intersection, left the roadway, and entered the shoulder of State Road 39A.
At some point, the motor- cycle became airborne and struck a six foot tall chain- linked fence.
Major was ejected from the motorcycle and landed in the retention pond. Major died at the scene.
Officials said no other vehi- cles were involved in the acci- dent. The investigation is continuing.
29 Billion Reasons To Celebrate
TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Lottery announced that its latest transfer to the state’s education trust fund brings the Lottery’s life-to-date education contributions to more than $29 billion.
“The Florida Lottery marked its 28th year of operation on January 12, and to have sur- passed $29 billion in educa- tion funding during that time is a tremendous achievement,” said Florida Lottery Secretary Tom Delacenserie. “We owe this success to our employees, Lottery retailers, and most im- portantly, our players whose continued support will carry us forward in our mission of max- imizing revenue for educa- tion.”
The Florida Lottery has ex- perienced record sales for five of the first six months of this fiscal year, with total sales to date seven percent higher than for the same period last year. So far this year, the Lottery is averaging more than $100 mil- lion a month to benefit educa- tion.
For the thirteenth consecu- tive year the Lottery has trans- ferred more than $1 billion to education, and has continued to lead the 10 largest-selling lotteries in the nation in sales growth and growth in contri- butions to beneficiaries. The Florida Lottery is the second largest-selling lottery in the country in terms of sales and net revenue.
Florida Lottery contribu- tions represent approximately six percent of the state's total education budget. Lottery funds are appropriated by the Florida Legislature and are ad- ministered by the Florida De- partment of Education.
ABOUT THE FLORIDA LOTTERY
The Florida Lottery is re- sponsible for contributing more than $29 billion to edu- cation and sending more than 700,000 students to college through the Bright Futures Scholarship Program. The Florida Lottery reinvests 97 percent of its revenue back into Florida's economy through prize payouts, com- missions to more than 13,000 Florida retailers and transfers to education.
Since 1988, Florida Lottery games have paid more than $48.5 billion in prizes and made more than 1,800 people millionaires.
For more information, please visit www.flalottery .com.
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