States have power to shape federal health care law if governors want to take it

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Though Florida lost its Supreme Court challenge to President Obamas health care law, state politicians could still have a say in setting minimum health benefits for plans here under the federal Affordable Care Act. And thats what has some health advocacy groups worried.

We have just seen the governor try to thwart the Affordable Care Act at every step he can, said Laura Goodhue, executive director at Florida CHAIN, a statewide consumer health care advocacy organization. We just dont want the governor to submit something that is completely opposite of the spirit and intention of the law.

Florida was the lead state challenging the Affordable Care Act and Gov. Rick Scott, since the ruling, refuses to comply with any part of the part of the law that isnt required. With the federal government promising to offer states flexibility, advocates worry that leaders in Florida will allow their repugnance for the federal law to cheapen the benefits available to its residents.

The Affordable Care Act strives to offer Americans not just affordable coverage, but quality coverage, proponents of the law say.

To ensure that plans dont leave out necessary coverage in the name of saving a buck, the Department of Health and Human Services came up with some parameters to set the low bar for plans offered to small employers and individuals buying insurance on their own.

This part of the law does not apply to plans offered by large employers because the vast majority offer comprehensive coverage already.

For the smaller markets, HHS has established certain categories that must be covered, such as maternity and pediatric care.

But the law leaves the decision of setting the minimum bar in the hands of state officials. States have until Oct. 1 to name their Essential Health Benefits or surrender the decision to the federal government. If that happens in Florida, a plan offered by Florida Blue (formerly Blue Cross Blue Shield) would be the minimum benchmark, per the federal rules.

A group of 15 medical and health advocacy organizations wrote to Scott, the state insurance commissioner and other leaders, asking them to hold public hearings and seek input on what benefits will best serve Floridians.

This is such an important decision that affects literally millions in Florida, said Goodhue, whose group was one of the letters signers.

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York County girds for promise, problems of new health care law

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The new law promises more will be insured, but some expect a shortage of doctors to see them.

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Preparations are under way in York County to extend primary health care access to a possible 38,000 uninsured residents in 2014, which is when the new federal health care law takes full effect.

It is still unknown, however, if the efforts will be enough to absorb all the new patients.

The 2011 Healthy York County Coalition Community Health Needs Assessment found that 9 percent of York County residents do not have health insurance, Jess Ensminger, Family First Health CEO said in an email. That means any health care costs for preventive care, emergency room visits and prescription medications are out-of-pocket expenses for them.

"In addition, 12 percent (of the study's population) responded that they had skipped seeing a doctor because of cost in the previous 12 months," Ensminger said.

Dr. Wanda Filer has been practicing family medicine in York County for 25 years and works at Family First Health. She also is a board member of the American Academy of Family Physicians. There, she said, she has seen evidence of an upswing in patients who delayed seeking medical care because of cost.

But once all those people get access through the federal law, they might not be able to find a primary care doctor.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act makes room to expand Medicaid coverage to income-eligible residents. Not all physicians can afford to accept Medicaid coverage.

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: Freedom Playoff Bound for First Time

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September 1, 2012 - Frontier League (FL) Florence Freedom Evansville,IN-Brad Allen(4-1) pitched eight dominant innings to lead the Florence Freedom(56-39) past the Evansville Otters(45-49) with a 4-2 win to clinch their first playoff berth in franchise history.

The Freedom moved to Florence in 2003 and the 2012 club will be the first to play for a Frontier League Championship when the playoffs begin on Wednesday, September 5. Florence's first home game will come Saturday, September 8 at 6:05pm.

Allen went eight innings giving up a solo homerun to Matt Sheely in the third which was the only run he allowed. He scattered three hits during his masterpiece while striking out three.

Evansville had a 1-0 lead going into the fourth, but that's when the Freedom took control of the game.

With two on base, Eddie Rodriguez hit a two run double over the head of right fielder DeAngelo Mack to give the Freedom a 2-1 lead. Peter Fatse also provided an RBI single and Stephen Cardullo produced a SAC Fly for the other Freedom runs.

Jorge Marban pitched the ninth for the Florence. He allowed an RBI double to Luis Parache, but got Nick Schawaner to fly out to left field to end the ballgame. It was Marban's sixteenth save of the season. Peter Fatse led the Freedom going 2-4 with an RBI.

The Freedom have won five in a row and twelve out of their last thirteen as they go for a series sweep Sunday night against the Otters. It will be the regular season finale as RHP Brandon Mathes (4-0, 3.61) takes the mound for Florence while Evansville will have LHP Adam Champion(8-4, 2.44) on the hill. The game can be heard starting at 6:50 pm with Steve Jarnicki on Real Talk 1160 AM and realtalk1160.com.

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Cape Cod Beaches Closed After Multiple Great White Shark Sightings

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A series of great white shark sightings have caused the closure of several beaches on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Reports indicate at least three sharks were sighted along Cape Cod beaches, with the sharks measuring between 14 and 18 feet.

One popular Cape Cod destination, Nauset Beach in Orleans, will be closed to swimmers at least through Labor Day, Cape Cod Online reported. This could be a big blow for the region, as the Labor Day holiday weekend is one of its most popular resort times.

The first two shark sightings were made by different commercial-fishing spotter plane pilots, and the third was made by state shark expert Greg Skomal. As a result of the great white sightings, multiple beaches on Cape Cod are closed.

No shark attacks have been reported, but authorities in the area are taking no chances.

However, it's worth noting that since 1936 there has only been one recorded shark attack in the New England area, so it's much more likely that a swimmer will meet his or her end by drowning than by being eaten by a shark.

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Business Insider reported the increased sightings of great white sharks can be directly traced to an influx of seals along the Massachusetts coast. Seals are a favorite food source for great whites, so the man-eating sharks have been following the seals just a little too close to human civilization lately

Meanwhile, Cape Cod is in the vicinity of Martha's Vineyard, the island setting employed by Stephen Spielberg while making his blockbuster film "Jaws" in 1975.

Considering the first shark attack in New England since 1936 occurred in July, as noted by ABC News, residents of Cape Cod have good cause to be a little wary about going out in the water at this time.

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Big crowds, big waves show up at local beaches

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SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) -Big crowds and big waves at our local beaches are keeping lifeguards on alert. They have already performed dozens of rescues Saturday.

Hundreds of thousands of visitors are expected to pack San Diego's beaches over the three day weekend.

In this video report, News 8's Shannon Handy is at La Jolla Shores with more on what steps they're taking to keep everyone safe.

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H. Samuel Case, McDaniel professor

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H. Samuel Case, who taught human physiology and exercise science at what is now McDaniel College for four decades, died Aug. 22 of complications from leukemia at Carroll Hospice Center's Dove House in Westminster.

The longtime Westminster resident was 70.

"I've been here for two years, but I very quickly came to see how much Sam embodied the essence of McDaniel College. His death is such a painful loss, " said Roger Casey, president of the college.

"In my speeches to prospective students, I tell them that the faculty is not in your life for just four years, but 40. And I got that from observing Sam," he said. "He lived life to the fullest, and his death reminds us of our own mortality and that we only have a short time to make a difference, as Sam did."

"Sam's life is a life worth celebrating. He was a fine human being and totally selfless," said Joan Develin Coley, former McDaniel College president and friend of 40 years.

"When I think of Sam, he led a life that was exemplary and one of service. He never needed or wanted to toot his own horn," she said. "People were just drawn to him. The students loved him and the faculty loved him."

The son of a farmer and an educator, Howard Samuel Case, who never used his first name, was born and raised in Three Bridges, N.J.

After graduating in 1959 from Hunterdon Central Regional High School in Flemington, N.J., where he played football and wrestled, he earned a bachelor's degree in 1963 in physical education at what was then Western Maryland College.

"The starting line of his career emerged by accident while he was still an undergraduate at Western Maryland College," said Joyce Muller, associate vice president of communications and marketing at McDaniel.

"He suffered a concussion while playing football in his sophomore year and opted to assist with coaching, and by the time he graduated, had racked up three years of coaching experience," said Ms. Muller.

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ISS: 'benefits are tremendous'

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This week, two astronauts worked outside the International Space Station hundreds of kilometres above the Earth in the second of two space walks in as many weeks.

After years of construction work, the space station is formally complete, and with the station running well, space walks are becoming less common.

Meanwhile, the death of the astronaut Neil Armstrong and the presence of the rover Curiosity on the Martian surface, has led to renewed questions about the goals and visions of the orbiting space platform.

Sam Scimemi, deputy director for the International Space Station Programme at the US space agency Nasa, spoke to BBC News about the future of the ISS.

First of all the programme, which began in 1984 - if you can believe it's been that long - has spanned a long history of international collaboration beginning first during the Cold War with our European, Canadian and Japanese counterparts. When the programme was changed in 1995, we brought the Russians on, combining their space station programme with our space station programme. So as far as international collaboration, it's been a huge success even though it started off... difficult in so many technical, diplomatic (ways) and the like. It has really matured in a way that no-one's ever really expected, it's had a really deep and profound relationship between all the partnership.

Scientifically, for the most part, the space station has been concentrating on how micro-gravity affects the human body and we've also just begun doing studies on other areas such as technology development for extending human presence beyond low-Earth orbit. We've also spent many years to date on micro-gravity effects for biological and the physical sciences, we've begun to see results in things like bone density and bone disease, that may be coming out soon. We've also seen other effects on bacteria and its effects in zero gravity and how that might affect vaccines here on the Earth.

Human life and everything here on Earth has evolved in a gravity environment. To escape that gravity environment is expensive, and it's difficult, it's dangerous. The cost to make sure that it's safe and viable for humans to operate in - there's a high price for that. And the research that follows on to humans being in space adds to all that. The cost is quite high compared to doing that same type of research here on Earth. So in order to get the benefit of taking gravity away, there is a high price. But we believe that in the research to come that we will see benefits... of taking gravity away from the research we do here on the Earth.This is a peaceful endeavour - the largest peaceful endeavour in history - and the benefits have been tremendous, here on Earth on a diplomatic level and on a cooperation level that you really can't get a cost out of.

The space station's still being used to develop all the operational techniques, the technology, and experience of sending humans beyond low-Earth orbit. As far as a "jumping off point", like you'd use from an airport or the like, that's still under investigation.

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Labor Day in Space: Astronauts Prepare for Extra Spacewalk

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It's almost Labor Day in the United States and while many Americans across the country will enjoy a three-day holiday weekend, astronauts in space are gearing up for a potential extra spacewalk next week.

Astronauts living on the International Space Station will likely spend Labor Day weekend preparing their spacesuits and tools for a possible spacewalk to finish a repair job that was cut short by a jammed bolt on Thursday (Aug. 30).

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese spaceflyer Akihiko Hoshide spent more than eight hours spacewalking outside the space station on Thursday to perform repairs. But, a single sticky space station bolt prevented them from replacing a faulty piece of power system hardware. NASA engineers are now discussing plans for an extra spacewalk to finish the job, an excursion that could occur early next week.

Williams and Hoshide will not perform the spacewalk on the Labor Day holiday on Monday (Sept. 3), but they may have to get their spacesuits ready and discuss plans for the orbital repair work with flight controllers and engineers on Earth, NASA spokesperson Kelly Humphries told SPACE.com.

During Thursday's spacewalk, Hoshide's spacesuit experienced higher-than-normal temperatures near the end of the excursion. So, he will spend the weekend re-sizing Williams' spacesuit in order to wear it on the next spacewalk. Williams, meanwhile, will assemble a backup spacesuit for her own use while engineers discuss the glitch with Hoshide's original suit.

The International Space Station is currently home to six people making up the orbiting laboratory's Expedition 32 crew. The crew includes two Americans (Williams and NASA astronaut Joe Acaba), one Japanese astronaut (Hoshide) representing the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (the commander), Yuri Malenchenko and Sergei Revin.

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WALLOPS -- Campers at the Virginia Space Flight Academy's six co-ed, residential camps this summer experienced "brain-stretching fun," according to Executive Director Nancy Marasco.

More than 150 campers learned about science, math, robotics and rocketry. In that number were 10 local middle-school students who were awarded scholarships to attend the camp.

The VSFA partnered with Accomack County public schools to offer the scholarships. Students entered an essay contest with the topic being what they would like to see be the next space mission and why. Winners received full scholarships to a weeklong camp.

The winning entries represented Arcadia, Chincoteague and Nandua Middle Schools.

"These students truly appreciated what is in their own backyard," Marasco said.

Among actitivies campers enjoyed were seeing the day-to-day operations on many active sites on Wallops Island including NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Navy.

They saw the Antares rocket, which is scheduled to go to the International Space Station later this year, the machine shop, Aegis, Payload T&E, the Range Control Center, the Wallops Fire Department and the NASA Visitor Center.

Additionally, campers launched their own water bottle rockets, Alpha one-stage rockets and Mongoose two-stage rockets.

They also competed in a robotics challenge each week.

One week saw the launching of the BrandtXI sounding rocket -- counselors woke them up at 4 a.m. to make sure they didn't miss it.

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Little Breagha flies the flag

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Flying the flag for redheads in Holland is Breagha Gowans.

HOLLAND is getting hot for flame-haired Highlanders after inviting them to help break the record for the worlds largest gathering of natural red heads.

A plane-load of people flew out from Inverness on Thursday ahead of Roodharigen one of the worlds only festivals celebrating red hair.

Among the passengers jetting-off to this years event which takes place today and Sunday, and proudly flying the flag for the Highlands an area home to more red heads than anywhere else in the UK were kilted two-year-old Breagha Gowans, from Westhill, Inverness, and eight-year-old Euan MacIvor from Dingwall.

An official invitation had been extended to Highlanders by organisers of the Roodharigen festival, which takes place in the town of Breda - less than an hour from Amsterdam.

The current world record for the biggest gathering of natural red heads is 890 people, which was set in Washington in July 2010, but more than 5,000 red heads from over 60 countries are expected to attend this years festival.

Organiser Mike Klassen said: "The highest density of redheads is found in the United Kingdom, more specifically the Highlands of Scotland, and we extended a warm welcome to red heads living in Scotland to come to the festival."

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NASA's GRAIL Moon Twins Begin Extended Mission Science

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NASA's twin, lunar-orbiting Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft began data collection for the start of the mission's extended operations.

At 9:28 a.m. PDT (12:28 p.m. EDT) yesterday, while the two spacecraft were 19 miles (30 kilometers) above the moon's Ocean of Storms, the Lunar Gravity Ranging System -- the mission's sole science instrument aboard both GRAIL twins -- was energized.

"The data collected during GRAIL's primary mission team are currently being analyzed and hold the promise of producing a gravity field map of extraordinary quality and resolution," said Maria Zuber, principal investigator for GRAIL from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. "Mapping at a substantially lower altitude during the extended mission, and getting an even more intimate glimpse of our nearest celestial neighbor, provides the unique opportunity to globally map the shallow crust of a planetary body beyond Earth."

The science phase of GRAIL's extended mission runs from Aug. 30 to Dec. 3. Its goals are to take an even closer look at the moon's gravity field, deriving the gravitational influence of surface and subsurface features as small as simple craters, mountains and rilles. To achieve this unprecedented resolution, GRAIL mission planners are halving the operating altitude - flying at the lowest altitude that can be safely maintained.

During the prime mission, which stretched from March 1 to May 29, the two GRAIL spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, orbited at an average altitude of 34 miles (55 kilometers). The average orbital altitude during extended mission will be 14 miles (23 kilometers), which places the GRAIL twins within five miles (eight kilometers) of some of the moon's higher surface features.

"Ebb and Flow, and our mission operations team, are both doing great, which is certainly notable considering all the milestones and challenges they have experienced," said David Lehman, GRAIL project manager from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "The twins have endured the lunar eclipse of June 4, 2012, and 26 rocket burns since arriving in lunar orbit at the beginning of the year. Down here in our control room, with all the planning and mission operations we have been doing, it feels as though we've been riding right along with them. Of course, they have the better view."

Science data are collected when the Lunar Gravity Ranging System transmit radio signals between the two spacecraft, precisely defining the rate of change of distance between Ebb and Flow. The distance between the twins change slightly as they fly over areas of greater and lesser gravity caused by visible features, such as mountains and craters, and by masses hidden beneath the lunar surface.

Mission scientists calculated that even as the last data were downlinked, four of the mission's six principal science measurement goals had already been achieved. The objective of the GRAIL mission is to generate the most accurate gravity map of the moon and from that derive the internal structure and evolution of Earth's natural satellite.

JPL manages the GRAIL mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The GRAIL mission is part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft.

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HOUSTON NASAs plans to send astronauts to an asteroid by 2025 moved 10 days closer to being a reality this week, even though the target of that mission has yet to be found in space.

The agencys Research and Technology Studies (RATS) 10-day simulated asteroid mission, which ended Wednesday, involved scientists and flight controllers at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston evaluating new operations and exploration techniques for how astronauts might work above and on the surface of one of the small, rocky, solar system bodies.

The test used a variety of simulation technologies, including virtual reality and a custom rig that helped re-create the microgravity environment found at an asteroid.

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Potential manned mission President Barack Obama set the goal for a 2025 asteroid mission during remarks he delivered two years ago at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Earlier this week, he restated that aim during a question-and-answer session on the website Reddit.com.

As we continue work with the International Space Station, we are focused on a potential mission to (an) asteroid as a prelude to a manned Mars flight," Obama said. [Photos: President Obama and NASA]

The presidents use of potential to describe the asteroid mission may have been in recognition of the scientific and engineering challenges that NASA has already encountered in early planning for such an endeavor.

Going to an asteroid was a bigger step than I think we thought, because it is a very challenging mission to do, astronaut Michael Gernhardt told Space.com.

In addition to the uncertainty created by changing budgets and still-to-be-decided launch vehicle designs, the space agency has yet to find any candidate asteroids that pass close enough to allow for a roughly 90-day mission.

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Hy-Power Nano Inc. launches first nanotechnology enabled product

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Solar Blocker helps to avoid sun damage to products while reducing energy costs

BRAMPTON, ON, Aug. 31, 2012 /CNW/ - Hy-Power Nano Inc. has launched its first nanotechnology enabled product, the Hy-Power Clear Liquid Solar Blocker, and demonstrated it to a group of customers at the International Conference Centre in Mississauga. The solar blocker is the first in a series of products to be developed by Hy-Power Nano and marks a key milestone in the company's progress in creating nanotechnology enabled products.

"While we all love sunlight, ultraviolet (UV) rays can be damaging and infrared (IR) rays are a source of energy costs," says Joseph Grzyb, President and CEO of Hy-Power Nano. "Our Clear Liquid Solar Blocker is so clear you can't see it on glass, yet it blocks 99.99 per cent of UV and 40 per cent of infrared rays. Since the product is liquid-based, it can be applied on a variety of glass surfaces and geometries."

"There are many applications for this product. For example, for retailers, that means products in windows won't fade from sunlight while allowing customers a completely unobstructed view of the goods in the window. Skylights coated with our product allow people to enjoy the comfort and natural light without any negative impacts. There are actually quite a range of needs addressed by this product," adds Grzyb.

Today's announcement is the culmination of two-and-a-half years work after Hy-Power's Grzyb recognized the potential impact of combining 46-years of industrial coating expertise with the promise of nanotechnology.

"We've had a tremendous response both from customers and investors who were in the room to see our product in action first-hand," adds Gryzb. "Companies have already approached us about partnerships and customers want to trial it on a variety of their properties. It's very exciting."

Hy-Power has already activated a sales campaign using internal and external sales teams and is working toward establishing strategic partnership to supply the Liquid Solar Blocker within Canadian, U.S. and global markets.

About Hy-Power Nano Inc.

Hy-Power Nano Inc. (www.hy-powernano.com) of Brampton, ON, is a subsidiary of Hy-Power Coatings Limited, Southern Ontario's premier coatings service provider with a 46-year track record of innovation and application of industrial coatings. Hy-Power Nano is developing "next generation" nanocoating products that can deliver exceptional solar blocking and thermal insulation benefits. Hy-Power has attracted the interest of a number of commercial partners seeking the use of nano-enabled coatings and paints to enhance the energy efficiency of their products and the growing demand for high quality nano oxides used as transparent conductors to enable touch screen functionality.

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Medicine Park Mayor throws his 6th annual Blues Ball

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MEDICINE PARK, OK._The main stage in downtown Medicine Park was littered with lawn chairs Friday night at the opening night of the Mayor's Blues Ball.

Six years ago, the event started as a way to raise funds after fires or ice storms, but now the events purpose is simply to bring folks together to celebrate music, friends and the unique town nestled into the Wichita Mountain Range.

It may be the Mayor's Blues Ball but he takes no credit.

He says the weekend would not be possible without the long list of sponsors, and of course, the local and regional talent that people from all over the region come to dance to.

Medicine Park Mayor Dwight Cope loves a good party, and his parties are becoming more and more well-attended.

The small art community is getting some national recognition.

"Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, in the region and it's even starting to...some neighbors have some friends from Ohio down," said Cope.

Mayor Cope loves the notoriety, but he loves the music more.

To the mayor, it does not get any better than the blues.

"Well, BB King said it ain't nothin' but a good man feelin' bad," said Cope.

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Liberty University Engineering Programs Receive ABET Accreditation

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The Liberty University School of Engineering and Computational Sciences announced this week it has received accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) for its Electrical Engineering and Industrial & Systems Engineering programs.Lynchburg, Va. (PRWEB) August 31, 2012 The Liberty University School of Engineering and Computational Sciences announced this week ...

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Docks and Decks in Liberty Hill, Texas Adds U-Haul Rentals

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LIBERTY HILL, Texas, Aug. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mike Byrum, owner of Docks and Decks, located at 15390 Hwy. 29, recently added UHaul truck and trailer rentals to the marina services business he has been operating since 1998.

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Families needing the finest in moving services now will have increased convenience and a shorter distance to travel when moving, which not only will make their move easier but also will have the positive effect of reducing the amount of carbon emissions released into the atmosphere. U-Haul partnering with business owners across North America to increase convenience for customers while helping our environment is just one of the programs that support U-Haul Company's Corporate Sustainability initiatives.

Docks and Decks can now offer its customers a variety of moving equipment and supplies designed specifically for moving household furnishings, including moving vans, open trailers, closed trailers, furniture pads, appliance dollies, furniture dollies, tow dollies and auto transports. Docks and Decks also will offer sales items to protect their customers' belongings and make moving easier, such as heavy-duty boxes, which are made of up to 90 percent recycled content and are available in a variety of sizes.

"We decided to add U-Haul rentals to our business because we knew that it would not only benefit our business but also would benefit the city of Liberty Hill as well as surrounding areas. We look forward to the future with U-Haul," Byrum said.

"U-Haul is proud to be partnering with a quality independent business such as Docks and Decks," exclaimed Gary Bouillion, president, U-Haul Company of Austin. "Mike is a great example of the type of successful business relationship UHaul has established in order to build and maintain a strong network of more than 15,000 independent dealers across North America."

For more information, or to rent your moving equipment today, call 512-565-9982. Business hours of operation are: Mon. Fri. 9 a.m. 5 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m. 1 p.m.

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