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To: koan who wrote (779090)	4/8/2014 3:46:27 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By Taro TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574056

>> They absolutely found gravity waves and will probably get the nobel prize for it if confirmed as most think it will be. They absolutely found gravity waves but it hasn't been confirmed. Not to worry; a consensus of physicists are very sure it will be. You just love science, don't you? Unless it is science you disagree with on an ideological basis.

To: koan who wrote (779090)	4/8/2014 4:06:02 PM
From: Taro	2 Recommendations Recommended By joseffy TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574056

They absolutely found gravitational waves and will probably get the Nobel prize for it if confirmed as most think it will be. Ha!!!! Sure, they may get the Nobel prize, but unfortunately, since some time, that means nothing with Al Gore and Obama in the process of having gained that "honor" having contributed to the deflation of the value of same.. Solid evidence of gravitational waves? No way, not correct, and those scientists, who published the news were the first ones to make it quite clear, that while they found what they believe is strong indications of what could be the final evidence of gravitation waves, the final work to find irrefutable evidence of same.still remains. Here some 3rd party comments: Is it for real? Jocelyn Bell Burnell, astrophysicist "This should be viewed as a provisional result – it has not yet been sent to a professional journal for publication, it has not been peer-reviewed, and it needs independent confirmation. Confirmation may well come from the Planck satellite data, possibly later this year, and its data is likely to be better in quantity and quality (and much more expensive!). Further: "Because of how potentially important these results are, they must be viewed with skepticism, said David Spergel, professor of astrophysics at Princeton University. The measurement is a very difficult one to make and could easily be contaminated. There are, as it stands, some "oddities" in the results that could be concerning, he said. "I am looking forward to seeing these results confirmed or refuted by other experiments in the next year or two," Spergel said. The Planck space telescope collaboration is expected to release results on polarization of the cosmic microwave background as well, Irwin said. Other experiments are working toward similar goals, which could support or go against BICEP2. "Regardless, Monday's announcement is making big waves in the scientific community.

To: koan who wrote (779090)	4/8/2014 4:30:59 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574056

This will prove to be a bigger financial debacle than the Iraq War. Just goes to show how gullible democrats and Republicans really are. ==== Survey: US sees sharpest health insurance premium increases in years 9:47 PM 04/07/2014 Americans have recently been hit with some of the largest premium increases in years, according to a Morgan Stanley survey of insurance brokers. The investment bank’s April survey of 148 brokers found that this quarter, the average premium increase for customers renewing an insurance plan is 12 percent in the small group market and 11 percent in the individual market, according to Forbes’ Scott Gottlieb. The hikes — the largest in the past three years, according to Morgan Stanley’s quarterly reports — are “largely due to changes under the [Affordable Care Act],” analysts concluded. Rates have been growing increasingly fast throughout all of 2013, after a period of drops in 2012. While insurers were hiking premiums since 2012 by smaller amounts, the lead-up to the Obamacare’s launch has seen the average rate at which premiums are growing fourfold. The small group market saw a jump from a growth rate of close to 3 percent during Morgan Stanley’s September 2013 survey to just above 6 percent three months later in December — the month before a surge of Obamacare regulations hit insurance companies. Over the next three months, the rate doubled again to the current average small growth premium growth rate of 12 percent. Individual policies saw a much starker jump after the Obamacare exchanges launched, in anticipation of the health care law going live in 2014. Morgan Stanley’s September 2013 survey, like the previous three quarters, found a fairly constant growth rate around 2 percent — but in December, the rate had shot up to above 9 percent. Morgan Stanley’s results echo what consumers are already seeing: the Affordable Care Act’s intensive regulation of the insurance market is driving health care premiums up strikingly. Read more: dailycaller.com