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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and your VA health care coverage 
The Affordable Care Act ACA also known as the health care law was created to expand access to coverage, control health care costs, and improve health care quality and care coordination. Find out what you need to know about the ACA and your health coverage. 

Do I still have to pay a penalty if I don t have health insurance? 
You don t have to pay a penalty if you don t have health insurance in 2019 or any year after that. Through the end of 2018 , the ACA required all U.S. taxpayers to have health coverage that met a minimum standard called the minimum essential coverage requirement unless they qualified for an exemption due to certain life events, financial status, or other factors. This meant that if you had affordable health coverage options, but chose not to buy health insurance, you would have to pay a fee when filing your taxes. This fee was known as an individual shared responsibility payment. It was also sometimes called the penalty, fine, or individual mandate. Congress changed this part of the law for plans starting in 2019 and after. The individual shared responsibility payment no longer applies starting in plan year 2019 for which you ll file taxes in April 2020. Note: If you didn t have coverage or an exemption in 2018 , you may still have to pay a fee when you file your 2018 taxes in April 2019. Go to HealthCare.gov to learn more about exemptions 

Does my health coverage through VA meet the ACA s minimum essential coverage requirement for 2018? 
Your health coverage meets the minimum essential coverage requirement for 2018 if you were signed up for one of the programs listed below. If you were covered under one of these programs in 2018 , you won t have to pay the fee when you file your 2018 taxes. To qualify , you must have been enrolled in one of these programs : The VA health care program , or The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs CHAMPVA , or 

user: I want to know about the Affordable care act and VA coverage

assistant: The Affordable Care Act ACA also known as the health care law was created to expand access to coverage , control health care costs , and improve health care quality and care coordination . Find out what you need to know about the ACA and your health coverage .

user: I wanted to know if VA coverage is enough to not need that, is it?

assistant: There are VA programs that meet the minimum essential coverage requirement for 2018

assistant: Were you covered by VA in 2018?

user: no

user: wait, maybe but which ones are the programs that qualify for minimum coverage?

assistant: The VA health care program , The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs CHAMPVA , CHAMPVA through the Program of Comprehensive Assistance to Family Caregivers , The Spina Bifida Health Care Benefits Program , or A Department of Defense TRICARE plan

user: but if I have VA coverage but no other insurance do I get a penalty?

assistant: No, You don't have to pay a penalty if you don't have health insurance in 2019 or any year after that .

assistant: Did you have coverage or an exemption in 2018?
Título: Carmen Miranda
Seção: Brazilian criticism
Background: Miranda was born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha in Varzea da Ovelha e Aliviada, a village in the northern Portuguese municipality of Marco de Canaveses. She was the second daughter of Jose Maria Pinto da Cunha (17 February 1887 - 21 June 1938) and Maria Emilia Miranda (10 March 1886, Rio de Janeiro - 9 November 1971). In 1909, when Miranda was ten months old, her father emigrated to Brazil and settled in Rio de Janeiro, where he opened a barber shop.

Conteúdo: Although Miranda's U.S. popularity continued to increase, she began to lose favor with some Brazilians. On 10 July 1940, she returned to Brazil and was welcomed by cheering fans. Soon after her arrival, however, the Brazilian press began criticizing Miranda for accommodating American commercialism and projecting a negative image of Brazil. Members of the upper class felt that her image was "too black", and she was criticized in a Brazilian newspaper for "singing bad-taste black sambas". Other Brazilians criticized Miranda for playing a stereotypical "Latina bimbo" in her first interview after her arrival in the U.S. In the New York World-Telegram interview, she played up her then-limited knowledge of English language: "I say money, money, money. I say twenty words in English. I say money, money, money and I say hot dog!"  On 15 July, Miranda appeared in a charity concert organized by Brazilian First Lady Darci Vargas and attended by members of Brazil's high society. She greeted the audience in English, and was met with silence. When Miranda began singing "The South American Way", a song from one of her club acts, the audience began to boo her. Although she tried to finish her act, she gave up and left the stage when the audience continued to boo. The incident deeply hurt Miranda, who wept in her dressing room. The following day, the Brazilian press criticized her as "too Americanized".  Weeks later, Miranda responded to the criticism with the Portuguese song "Disseram que Vol

user: what was the criticism about

assistant: for accommodating American commercialism and projecting a negative image of Brazil.

user: who was criticizing her

assistant: the Brazilian press

user: did it affect her career

assistant: The incident deeply hurt Miranda, who wept in her dressing room.

user: did she continue working

assistant: Upset by the criticism, Miranda did not return to Brazil for fourteen years.

user: what did she do afterwards

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
Título: Freddie King
Seção: Biography
Background: Freddie King (September 3, 1934 - December 28, 1976) was an American blues guitarist and singer. He has been described as one of the "Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King. He was an influential guitarist with hits for Federal Records in the early 1960s. His soulful and powerful voice and distinctive guitar style inspired countless musicians, particularly guitarists (Eric Clapton is a notable example).

Conteúdo: According to his birth certificate he was named Fred King, and his parents were Ella Mae King and J. T. Christian. When Freddie was six years old, his mother and his uncle began teaching him to play the guitar. In autumn 1949, he and his family moved from Dallas to the South Side of Chicago.  In 1952 King started working in a steel mill. In the same year he married another Texas native, Jessie Burnett. They had seven children.  Almost as soon as he had moved to Chicago, King started sneaking into South Side nightclubs, where he heard blues performed by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, T-Bone Walker, Elmore James, and Sonny Boy Williamson. King formed his first band, the Every Hour Blues Boys, with the guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson and the drummer Frank "Sonny" Scott. In 1952, while employed at a steel mill, the eighteen-year-old King occasionally worked as a sideman with such bands as the Little Sonny Cooper Band and Earl Payton's Blues Cats. In 1953 he recorded with the latter for Parrot Records, but these recordings were never released. As the 1950s progressed, King played with several of Muddy Waters's sidemen and other Chicago mainstays, including the guitarists Jimmy Rogers, Robert Lockwood Jr., Eddie Taylor, and Hound Dog Taylor; the bassist Willie Dixon; the pianist Memphis Slim; and the harmonicist Little Walter.  In 1956 he cut his first record as a leader, for El-Bee Records. The A-side was "Country Boy", a duet with Margaret Whitfield. The B-side was a King vocal. Both 

user: Where was he born?

assistant: In autumn 1949, he and his family moved from Dallas to the South Side of Chicago.

user: Did he have any siblings?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: when did he learn to play the guitar?

assistant: When Freddie was six years old, his mother and his uncle began teaching him to play the guitar.
Estimate registration fees and taxes[1] 
If this is the original registration first time you register your vehicle , you must pay the registration fee vehicle plate fee county use tax sales tax see sales tax information [2 ] title certificate fee of $50.00 MCTD 1 fee for the following 12 counties only: Bronx, Kings Brooklyn, New York Manhattan, Queens, Richmond Staten Island, Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester If you transfer the registration and plates from another vehicle , you don t need to pay the plate fees or MCTD fee , and you may be able to transfer the registration fees to your new vehicle. 

Estimate fees and taxes online 
The online estimates DOES NOT include the sales tax. You can also use these charts to estimate your registration fees, use taxes, and supplemental fees for passenger vehicles [3 ] commercial vehicles [4 ] Sorry , you cannot use the online service to estimate fees and taxes for trailers or boats see instructions below. Estimate registration fees and taxes online [5 ] 

Estimate trailer and boat registration fees 
Trailer and boat registration fees are calculated differently. You can t use the online service to estimate them. See register a trailer [6], or register a boat [7] for how to estimate these registration fees. Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District You don t need to pay sales tax when you register if you show DMV acceptable proof that you paid the sales tax when you bought the vehicle, or if the registration is tax exempt. See sales tax information [2]. 

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user: How much is the title certificate fee for registering my vehicle?

assistant: A title certificate fee costs $50.00

user: That isn't what I meant.

user: If this is my first time registering a vehicle, will I have to pay a registration and vehicle plate fee?

assistant: Yes, you will have to pay a registration and vehicle plate fee unless you are transferring it from another vehicle.

user: How do I register a recreational vehicle?

assistant: To register, click on the "do it online" button in the megamenu.

user: Is there a way to estimate boat registration fees online?

assistant: At this time, you are not able to estimate fees online for boats or trailers.
Título: Arab wedding
Seção: Henna night (Ghomrah)
Background: Arabic weddings (Arabic: zff, frH, or `rs) have changed greatly in the past 100 years. Original traditional Arabic weddings are supposed to be very similar to modern-day Bedouin weddings and rural weddings, and they are in some cases unique from one region to another, even within the same country. it must be mentioned that what some people today call "Bedouin" wedding is in fact the original true traditional Arab Islamic wedding without foreign influence. The marriage process usually starts with meetings between the couple's families, and ends with the wedding's consummation (leilat al-dokhla).

Conteúdo: In Old Palestine, the henna night was a night used to prepare all the necessary wedding decorations and last minute arrangements. It was also a chance for the families to celebrate together before the wedding. The groom's family would sahij or dance through the streets of the village until reaching the house of the bride. Once there, the family would mix henna together, which would then be used to decorate the bride and grooms hands (with the groom's being merely the initials of his bride and himself), and then offer the bride her mahr (usually gold as it does not decline in value like other wealth). The families would then dance and sing traditional Palestinian music.  In modern times, particularly those not living in Palestine, the henna night remains traditional in customs, but is very similar to a bachelorette party; the bride's female friends and relatives join her in celebrating, which includes food, drinks, and a lot of dancing. A women's group plays Arabic music, sometimes Islamic music, while everyone dances. A woman draws henna or mehndi, a temporary form of skin decoration using henna, on the bride and guests' skin -- usually the palms and feet, where the henna color will be darkest because the skin contains higher levels of keratin there, which binds temporarily to lawsone, the colorant of henna.  The men will also have a party, in which the groom's family and friends will dance to traditional Palestinian music. In some village customs, the groom's face is shaven 

user: What is Henna night?

assistant: In Old Palestine, the henna night was a night used to prepare all the necessary wedding decorations

user: Is it still practiced today?

assistant: henna night remains traditional in customs, but is very similar to a bachelorette party;

user: What types of things take place nowadays?

assistant: the bride's female friends and relatives join her in celebrating, which includes

user: Is there music and dancing?

assistant: food, drinks, and a lot of dancing. A women's group plays Arabic music,

user: What else do they do during the celebration?

assistant: A woman draws henna or mehndi, a temporary form of skin decoration using henna, on the bride and guests' skin --

user: And what happens after that?

assistant:   The men will also have a party,

user: What do the men do?

assistant: in which the groom's family and friends will dance to traditional Palestinian music.

user: Do all these celebrations occur the night before the wedding?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER
Título: Chuck Bown
Seção: Final years
Background: Richard Charles "Chuck" Bown Jr. (born February 22, 1954) is a former NASCAR champion. His last ride came in 1999. He currently lives with his wife in Asheboro, North Carolina. He is the brother of former fellow NASCAR competitor Jim Bown.

Conteúdo: In 1994, Bown moved back up to the Cup series, driving the No. 12 Ford Thunderbird for Bobby Allison. He won the pole for the Food City 500, setting a new track record. He was seriously injured in a wreck at Pocono Raceway which sidelined him for the season.  Bown returned to racing in 1995 in four Busch races, finishing ninth at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the No. 05 Key Motorsports Ford. He competed in nine Cup races in the No. 32 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for Active Motorsports, his best finish a 21st at Charlotte. In 1996, Bown drove for a variety of teams in the Busch Series, his best finish 21st at Darlington Raceway. He drove the Sadler Brothers Racing' No. 95 Ford in three Winston Cup Series events but only finished one race.  In 1997, Bown began racing in the Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 99 Ford F-150 for Roush Racing. Despite not winning a race, he had four top-fives and finished ninth in the standings. The next season, Bown qualified on the pole at the season opener at Walt Disney World Speedway, but finished 25th. After that race, he was released from Roush due to downsizing. He movted to the No. 57 CSG Motorsports Ford driving in six events before being released. He ended the season driving the No. 67 Chevrolet Silverado in a pair of races, finishing seventeenth at Phoenix.  In 1999, Bown returned to Hensley to drive their No. 63 Chevrolet. Despite a seventh-place finish at Charlotte, Bown was released from the team halfway into the season, and soon retire

user: Does Chuck Brown still race?

assistant: Bown returned to racing in 1995 in four Busch races,

user: Did he win any of them?

assistant: a race, he had four top-fives and finished ninth in the standings.
Título: Jessica Alba
Seção: 2000-2008: Breakout
Background: Alba was born in Pomona, California, to Catherine Louisa (nee Jensen) and Mark David Alba. Her mother has Danish, Welsh, German, English, and French ancestry, while her paternal grandparents, who were born in California, were both the children of Mexican immigrants. She has a younger brother, Joshua. Her third cousin, once removed, is writer Gustavo Arellano.

Conteúdo: Her big break came when writer/director James Cameron picked Alba from a pool of 1,200 candidates for the role of the genetically engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara, on the Fox sci-fi television series Dark Angel. Co-created by Cameron, the series starred Alba, and ran for two seasons until 2002. Alba earned critical acclaim for her role in the show, receiving a Golden Globe nomination as well as the Teen Choice Award for "Choice Actress" and Saturn Award for Best Actress.  Alba's film roles have included playing an aspiring dancer-choreographer in Honey, and an exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City, for which she received an MTV Movie Award for "Sexiest Performance." Alba portrayed the Marvel Comics character Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman, in Fantastic Four and its sequel. She also starred in Into the Blue (2005), Good Luck Chuck (2007) and Awake (2007).  Alba hosted the 2006 MTV Movie Awards and performed sketches spoofing the movies King Kong, Mission: Impossible III, and The Da Vinci Code. In February 2008, she hosted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Science and Technical Awards. Alba has been represented by Brad Cafarelli.  Also in 2008, Alba made her acting transition to the horror-film genre in The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong original. The film was released on February 1, 2008. Though the film was not well received by critics, Alba's performance itself received mixed reviews. She won a Teen Choice for Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller  and

user: What happened to Jessica in 2000?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: what is breakout?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: she received an MTV Movie Award for "Sexiest Performance."

user: What movie was the award for?

assistant: an exotic dancer Nancy Callahan in Sin City,

user: Was she in any other TV shows?

assistant: Fox sci-fi television series Dark Angel.

user: What character did she play in the show?

assistant: genetically engineered super-soldier, Max Guevara,
Título: Billy Corgan
Seção: 1967-1987: Childhood and formative years
Background: William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, songwriter, producer, poet, and professional wrestling magnate. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and sole permanent member of The Smashing Pumpkins. Formed by Corgan and guitarist James Iha in Chicago, Illinois, in 1988, the band quickly gained steam with the addition of bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Strong album sales and large-scale tours propelled the band's increasing fame in the 1990s until their break-up in 2000.

Conteúdo: William Patrick Corgan Jr. was born at Columbus Hospital in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on March 17, 1967 as the oldest son of William Corgan Sr., a blues/rock guitarist, and Martha Louise Maes Corgan Lutz. He was raised Catholic. His parents had one more son, Ricky, before divorcing in 1970. His father was soon remarried to a flight attendant, and Corgan and his brother went to live with them in Glendale Heights, Illinois. During this time, Corgan alleges he was subject to much physical and emotional abuse by his stepmother. Corgan also developed a protective bond with his younger paternal half-brother, who had special needs as a child. When Corgan's father and stepmother separated, all three boys would live alone with the stepmother, with both of Corgan's birth parents living separately within an hour's drive.  Corgan, who grew much faster than his fellow students, was a strong athlete in elementary school. In addition to being a member of his Marquardt Middle School baseball team, he collected baseball cards (amassing over 10,000) and listened to every Chicago Cubs game. However, by the time he began attending Glenbard North High School in Carol Stream, Illinois, he had become only an average athlete. He decided to start playing guitar when he went over to a friend's house and saw his friend's Flying V. Corgan gave his savings to his father, who bought him a used Les Paul knock-off. Corgan, Sr. steered his son stylistically, encouraging him to listen to Jeff Beck a

user: What was his childhood like?

assistant: Corgan, who grew much faster than his fellow students, was a strong athlete in elementary school.

user: What sports did he play?

assistant: baseball team,

user: Was he into music as a child?

assistant: Corgan performed in a string of bands in high school,

user: What else was he interested in as a child?

assistant: school. In addition to being a member of his Marquardt Middle School baseball team, he collected baseball cards (

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: Corgan performed with Wayne Static in Static's first band Deep Blue Dream,
Título: Pinball Clemons
Seção: Coaching career
Background: Michael Lutrell "Pinball" Clemons  (born January 15, 1965) is an American-Canadian sports executive who serves as vice-chairman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Clemons played with the Argos for twelve seasons, and twice served as their head coach. His no. 31 jersey is one of only four that have been retired by the Argos.

Conteúdo: Upon ending his playing career, Clemons became interim head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in 2000, replacing John Huard, who resigned after compiling a 1-6-1 record. When offered the head coaching job by team general manager J. I. Albrecht, Clemons was reluctant to accept it, wanting to spend more time with his family. According to Clemons, "it was an awkward situation. After saying no, they said do us the favour of going home and discussing it with your family. The burden was that this team, this organization, had given our family so much that Canada was going to be our home. The Argos had everything to do with my family becoming a part of this country. Because of all I had been given I decided it was my time to reciprocate." As interim head coach, Clemons coached the Argos to 6 wins out of their remaining 8 games. He had the interim tag removed from his title at the end of the season. In November, 2001, he was promoted to President of the Argonauts and relinquished his role as head coach in the process to Gary Etcheverry.  When Etcheverry was fired as head coach on September 17, 2002, Clemons returned as head coach on an interim basis for the remainder of the 2002 CFL season. Clemons was officially given the head coaching job again on December 17, 2002, while also relinquishing his role as team president. He remained the head coach until 2007. Clemons was nominated for the Annis Stukus Trophy every year from 2002 to 2007, coming up short each time.  In the 2004 CFL season,

user: When did Clemons begin his coaching career?

assistant: Upon ending his playing career, Clemons became interim head coach of the Toronto Argonauts in 2000,

user: When did he become the permanent head coach?

assistant: When offered the head coaching job by team general manager J. I. Albrecht, Clemons was reluctant to accept it, wanting to spend more time with his family.

user: Why did he decide to take the job?

assistant: He had the interim tag removed from his title at the end of the season. In November, 2001,

user: How did the team do in the 2001-2002 season?

assistant: Clemons was the first black head coach to ever appear in a Grey Cup game. He became the first black head coach to win a Grey Cup

user: Did he encounter opposition because of his race?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: DId he continue as the head coach the following year?

assistant: Clemons has the second most head coaching wins in Argonauts history with 67.
Título: Voltaire
Seção: Biography
Background: Francois-Marie Arouet (French: [fRa.swa ma.Ri aR.we]; 21 November 1694 - 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume Voltaire (; French: [vol.te:R]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church and Christianity as a whole and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech and separation of church and state.

Conteúdo: Francois-Marie Arouet was born in Paris, the youngest of the five children of Francois Arouet (19 August 1649 - 1 January 1722), a lawyer who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite Daumard (c. 1660 - 13 July 1701), whose family was on the lowest rank of the French nobility. Some speculation surrounds Voltaire's date of birth, because he claimed he was born on 20 February 1694 as the illegitimate son of a nobleman, Guerin de Rochebrune or Roquebrune. Two of his older brothers--Armand-Francois and Robert--died in infancy, and his surviving brother Armand and sister Marguerite-Catherine were nine and seven years older, respectively. Nicknamed "Zozo" by his family, Voltaire was baptized on 22 November 1694, with Francois de Castagnere, abbe de Chateauneuf, and Marie Daumard, the wife of his mother's cousin, standing as godparents. He was educated by the Jesuits at the College Louis-le-Grand (1704-1711), where he was taught Latin, theology, and rhetoric; later in life he became fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English.  By the time he left school, Voltaire had decided he wanted to be a writer, against the wishes of his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Voltaire, pretending to work in Paris as an assistant to a notary, spent much of his time writing poetry. When his father found out, he sent Voltaire to study law, this time in Caen, Normandy. But the young man continued to write, producing essays and historical studies. Voltaire's wit made him popular

user: Who wrote the biography?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Who were his parents?

assistant: Francois Arouet (19 August 1649 - 1 January 1722), a lawyer who was a minor treasury official, and his wife, Marie Marguerite Daumard

user: Did he have any siblings?

assistant: the youngest of the five children
Título: Lisa Marie Presley
Seção: Charity work and humanitarian efforts
Background: Lisa Marie was born on February 1, 1968, to Elvis and Priscilla Presley at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, nine months to the day after her parents' May 1, 1967, wedding. After her parents divorced, she lived with her mother. When her father died in 1977, 9-year-old Lisa Marie became joint heir to his estate with her grandfather Vernon Presley and her great-grandmother Minnie Mae Presley. Following the deaths of Vernon in 1979 and Minnie Mae in 1980, she became the sole heir and inherited Graceland.

Conteúdo: The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation (EPCF) was formed by Graceland/Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. in 1984 to continue Elvis's own tradition of generosity and community service and to honor his memory. The EPCF is overseen by Lisa Marie Presley, chairperson, and the management team of Graceland/Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. In 2001, Presley Place opened to its first residents. Presley Place provides homeless families up to one year of rent-free housing, child day care, career and financial counseling, family management guidance and other tools to help them break the cycle of poverty and regain self-esteem and independence. Also funded by the EPCF is the Elvis Presley Music Room, where the youngsters of Presley Place and others may enjoy access to musical instruments and instruction and participate in special related programs. The EPCF created the Elvis Presley Endowed Scholarship Fund at the College of Communication & Fine Arts at the University of Memphis to assist students majoring in areas of the arts. "All of us with the EPCF and Elvis Presley Enterprises are extremely proud of this amazing facility," stated Presley. "The work that MIFA (the Memphis-based Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association) does truly has an impact on peoples' lives and we look forward to this collaboration."  Presley joined Oprah Winfrey and her Angel Network and was active in the relief efforts after hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and surrounding areas. Presley gave a helping hand in M

user: What charity work did Lisa do?

assistant: The Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation (EPCF) was formed by Graceland/Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. in 1984 to continue Elvis's own tradition of generosity and community service and to honor his memory.

user: Is she still involved in the charity?

assistant: The EPCF is overseen by Lisa Marie Presley, chairperson, and the management team of Graceland/Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc. In 2001, Presley Place opened to its first residents.
Get help filing your claim or appeal 
If you need help filing a claim or appeal , you may want to work with an accredited attorney, a claims agent, or a Veterans Service Officer VSO. We trust these professionals because they re trained and certified in the VA claims and appeals processes and can help you with VA - related needs. VSOs work on behalf of Veterans and service members as well as their dependents and survivors. Find out more about accredited representatives and how they can help you. 

What does it take to be an accredited representative or a VSO? 
Accredited representatives and VSOs need to : Pass an exam Pass a background check Take continuing - education courses to make sure they re providing the most up - to - date information Recognized organizations and individuals can legally represent a Veteran, service member, dependent, or survivor before VA . Non - recognized organizations and individuals can provide information, but can t be representatives. 

What does an accredited representative or a VSO do? 
Accredited representatives and VSOs can help you understand and apply for VA benefits, like : Financial support monthly payments Education Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment VR&E Home loans Life insurance Pension Health care Burial benefits These trained professionals can also : Help you gather supporting documents like a doctor s report or medical test results File a claim or appeal on your behalf Provide added support, like helping with transportation to medical appointments or emergency funds Note: Veterans Service Officers work for Veterans Service Organizations both are called VSOs, as well as for local government offices. 

What does it cost to use an accredited representative or a VSO? 
In general , no individual or organization may charge you a fee to help you file your initial application for benefits. But they may charge you for unusual expenses. It s only after we ve made a decision about your original claim that VA - accredited claims

user: Hi, I need to file a claim but am uncertain how to go about doing it. Is there help for someone like me?

assistant: Do you need help filing a claim or an appeal?

user: No I don't need help filing a claim, thank you.

user: I have an accredited representative helping me with my claim but I feel the charges are too high, what can I do?

assistant: If you feel that the representative's fees are too high you can challenge the fees. You can find more information in the How to Challenge a Fee guide.
Título: Nancy Grace
Seção: Career as broadcaster
Background: Nancy Grace was born in Macon, Georgia, the youngest of three children, to factory worker Elizabeth Grace and Mac Grace, a freight agent for Southern Railway. Her older siblings are brother Mac Jr. and sister Ginny. The Graces are longtime members of Macon's Liberty United Methodist Church, where Elizabeth plays the organ and Mac Sr. was once a Sunday School teacher. Grace graduated from Macon's Windsor Academy in 1977.

Conteúdo: After leaving the Fulton County prosecutors' office, Grace was approached by and accepted an offer from Court TV founder Steven Brill to do a legal commentary show alongside Johnnie Cochran. When Cochran left the show, Grace was moved to a solo trial coverage show on Court TV, she hosted Trial Heat from 1996-2004, then Closing Arguments from 2004-2007, replacing Lisa Bloom and James Curtis, both of whom were hosting Trial Heat at that point.  In 2005, she began hosting a regular primetime legal analysis show called Nancy Grace on CNN Headline News (now HLN) in addition to her Court TV show. On May 9, 2007, Grace announced that she would be leaving Court TV to focus more on her CNN Headline News Program and charity work. She did her last show on Court TV on June 19, 2007.  Grace has a distinctive interviewing style mixing vocal questions with multimedia stats displays. The Foundation of American Women in Radio & Television has presented Nancy Grace with two Gracie Awards for her Court TV show.  Grace had been covering the Casey Anthony story for years. After the controversial verdict finding Casey Anthony not guilty, her show on HLN had its highest ratings ever in the 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. hour slots on Tuesday, July 5, 2011.  Grace also hosted Swift Justice with Nancy Grace premiering September 13, 2010, and running until May 2011. Grace left the show due to productions moving from Atlanta to Los Angeles. In September 2011, Judge Jackie Glass, who is known for presiding over the 

user: When did Grace begin her career as a broadcaster?

assistant: she hosted Trial Heat from 1996-2004, then Closing Arguments from 2004-2007,

user: What else did she do?

assistant: In 2005, she began hosting a regular primetime legal analysis show called Nancy Grace on CNN Headline News (now HLN) in addition to her Court TV show.
Título: Rickey Henderson
Seção: New York Yankees (1985-1989)
Background: Rickey Nelson Henley Henderson (born December 25, 1958) is an American retired professional baseball left fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for nine teams from 1979 to 2003, including four stints with his original team, the Oakland Athletics. Nicknamed "The Man of Steal", he is widely regarded as baseball's greatest leadoff hitter and baserunner. He holds the major league records for career stolen bases, runs, unintentional walks and leadoff home runs. At the time of his last major league game in 2003, the ten-time American League (AL)

Conteúdo: In December 1984, Henderson was traded to the New York Yankees along with Bert Bradley for five players: Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, and Jose Rijo. In his first season with the Yankees he led the league in runs scored (146) and stolen bases (80), was fourth in batting average (.314), walks (99) and on-base percentage (.419), 7th in slugging (.516), 3rd in OPS (.934) and hit 24 home runs. He also won the Silver Slugger Award, and was third in the voting for the MVP award. His 146 runs scored were the most since Ted Williams had 150 in 1950, and he became the first player since Jimmie Foxx in 1939 to amass more runs scored than games played. Henderson became the first player in major league history to reach 80 stolen bases and 20 home runs in the 1985 season. He matched the feat in 1986, as did the Reds' Eric Davis; they remain the only players in major league history who are in the "20/80 club".  In 1986, he led the AL in runs scored (130) and stolen bases (87) for the second year in a row, and was seventh in walks (89) and extra base hits (64) while hitting 28 home runs (9 of which led off games) and had 74 RBIs.  In 1987 he had a below-average season by his standards, fueling criticism from the New York media, which had never covered Henderson or his eccentricities kindly. Yankees owner George Steinbrenner issued a press release claiming that manager Lou Piniella wanted to trade Henderson for "jaking it" (playing lackadaisically). Still, Henderson had h

user: Who signed him to the yankees?

assistant: In December 1984, Henderson was traded to the New York Yankees along with Bert Bradley for five players: Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, Eric Plunk, and Jose Rijo.

user: How did he do his first year?

assistant: In his first season with the Yankees he led the league in runs scored (146) and stolen bases (80),

user: How were the rest of his stats that year?

assistant: was fourth in batting average (.314), walks (99) and on-base percentage (.419),

user: Did he win any awards?

assistant: He also won the Silver Slugger Award, and was third in the voting for the MVP award.

user: how was he the following year?

assistant: In 1986, he led the AL in runs scored (130) and stolen bases (87)
Título: Flavor Flav
Seção: Music
Background: Drayton was born in Roosevelt, New York and grew up in nearby Freeport, two black communities each within the Town of Hempstead, New York. He taught himself to play the piano, and began playing at the age of five years old. A musical prodigy, he sang in the youth choir at his church and mastered the piano, drums, and guitar at an early age. According to Chuck D, he is proficient in fifteen instruments.

Conteúdo: Flav came to prominence as a founding member and hype man of the rap group Public Enemy. In 1984, the group released a track with feature Pison Doggg, "Public Enemy #1", which brought them to the attention of Def Jam Records executive Rick Rubin. Rubin initially did not understand Flav's role in the act and wanted to sign Chuck D as a solo act; however Chuck D insisted that Flav be signed with them and the two were signed to Def Jam in 1986.  The group's first album Yo! Bum Rush the Show was released in 1987. Flav served as the comic foil to Chuck D's serious, politically charged style. The group gained much wider fame with their following release, 1988's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, which went double platinum. By the time the political single "Fight the Power" was released in 1989, the group had become mainstream superstars. Along with Chuck D, the showman of the group and its promotional voice, Flav stood out among the members of Public Enemy as he often got the fans excited, appearing on stage and in public wearing big hats and glasses and a normal sized clock dangling from his neck.  The first released track on which Flav rapped solo was "Life of a Nigerian" on Goat Ju JU, though the first hit on which he rapped solo would not come until the 1990 single "911 Is a Joke". During Public Enemy's first years of existence, Flav experienced tensions with group-mate Professor Griff, who never liked Flav's flamboyant stance in what Griff felt to be a serious, pol

user: Are there any other interesting aspects about this article?

assistant: Flav came to prominence as a founding member and hype man of the rap group Public Enemy.

user: When did this occur?

assistant: 1984,

user: did he record any hit singles?

assistant: "Life of a Nigerian" on Goat Ju JU, though the first hit on which he rapped solo would not come until the 1990 single "911 Is a Joke".

user: Did he win any awards?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did he have any influence?

assistant: Flav stood out among the members of Public Enemy as he often got the fans excited,

user: did the band not like that?

assistant: During Public Enemy's first years of existence, Flav experienced tensions with group-mate Professor Griff, who never liked Flav's flamboyant stance
Título: Duncan Hunter
Seção: Other legislative actions
Background: Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009. Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee during the 108th and 109th Congress. Hunter sought the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States for 2008, but his campaign failed to attract significant voters or delegates in early primary and caucus states, and he dropped out after the Nevada Republican caucuses.

Conteúdo: On December 8, 2006, Hunter introduced H.R. 6375, which would have required the defense department to post the purpose of all congressional earmarks in annual defense bills, along with the location and a grade according to the utility of the earmark.  Hunter introduced H.R. 552, The Right to Life Act, on February 2, 2005. The purpose of the bill is to "implement equal protection... for the right to life of each born and preborn human person." In the 109th Congress, the legislation collected 101 cosponsors. Hunter states that The Right to Life Act "would legally define "personhood" as the moment of conception and, therefore, guarantee all constitutional rights and protections, including life, to the unborn without utilizing a constitutional amendment." Hearings for H.R. 552 were scheduled for December 12, 2006, but were cancelled right before the House adjourned.  On April 28, 2004, Hunter introduced legislation that he said could "turn parents into prosecuting attorneys fighting a wave of obscenity." HR 6390 IH, also called the "Parents Empowerment Act", would allow the parent or guardian of a minor to sue in federal court anyone who knowingly disseminates material "that is harmful to minors", or specifically, "any pornographic communication, picture, image, graphic image file, article, recording, writing, or other pornographic matter of any kind", if it is distributed in a way that "a reasonable person can expect a substantial number of minors to be exposed to the material a

user: What legislative actions were taken?

assistant: Hunter introduced legislation that he said could "turn parents into prosecuting attorneys fighting a wave of obscenity."

user: What does that mean?

assistant: would allow the parent or guardian of a minor to sue in federal court anyone who knowingly disseminates material "that is harmful to minors",

user: What other legislative actions did he impose?

assistant: Hunter legislatively mandated the construction of 14 miles (23 km) of security fencing on the international land border separating San Diego County and Tijuana, Mexico.

user: Was that controversial?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: Did he have other political actions?

assistant: Hunter repeatedly voted against international trade agreements such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),

user: What other trade agreements did he veto?

assistant: the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
Título: At the Drive-In
Seção: Breakup (2001)
Background: At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band currently consists of Cedric Bixler (vocals), Omar Rodriguez (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals). After several early line-up changes, the band solidified into a five-piece, consisting of Bixler, Rodriguez, Jim Ward, Hinojos and Hajjar. At the Drive-In released three studio albums and five EPs before breaking up in 2001.

Conteúdo: On November 12, 2000, At the Drive-In was involved in a motor vehicle accident when their touring van skidded out of control on ice and flipped onto its roof. Though the accident left the band shaken, none of the members sustained serious injury - Hajjar and Bixler-Zavala were taken to the hospital for minor injuries and released. In January 2001, At the Drive-In traveled to Australia for the Big Day Out music festival. While performing in Sydney, they left partway through their set after telling the attendance to calm down and observe the safety rules against moshing. After the refusal of the crowd, frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala told them "You're a robot, you're a sheep!" and bleated at them several times before the band left the stage after performing only three songs. "I think it's a very, very sad day when the only way you can express yourself is through slam-dancing," he proclaimed. The following month, At the Drive-In cancelled the last five dates of its European tour, citing "complete mental and physical exhaustion" of the members.  In March 2001--less than a month away from a United States tour set to commence on April 14--at the peak of their popularity and following a world tour, At the Drive-In broke up, initially referring to the split as an "indefinite hiatus." The band played their last show at Groningen's Vera venue on February 21, 2001. A combination of excessive hype, relentless touring, artistic differences, and Rodriguez-Lopez and Bixler-Zavala's drug habit

user: What is Breakup?

assistant: At the Drive-In broke up, initially referring to the split as an "indefinite hiatus."
Título: Jodie Foster
Seção: 2000-2009: Career setbacks and thrillers
Background: Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress, director, and producer. Foster began her professional career as a child model when she was three years old in 1965, and two years later she moved to acting in television series, when she debuted the sitcom Mayberry R.F.D. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she worked in several primetime television series and starred in children's films. Foster's breakthrough came with Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), in which she played a teenage prostitute and at the age of 14, received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Conteúdo: Foster's first project of the new decade was Keith Gordon's film Waking the Dead (2000), which she produced. She declined to reprise her role as Clarice Starling in Hannibal (2001), with the part going instead to Julianne Moore, and concentrated on a new directorial project, Flora Plum. It was to focus on a 1930s circus and star Claire Danes and Russell Crowe, but had to be shelved after Crowe was injured on set and could not complete filming on schedule; Foster unsuccessfully attempted to revive the project several times in the following years. Controversially, she also expressed interest in directing and starring in a biopic of Nazi film director Leni Riefenstahl, who did not like the idea. In addition to these setbacks, Foster shut down Egg Pictures in 2001, stating that producing was "just a really thankless, bad job". The company's last production, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2002. It received good reviews, and had a limited theatrical release in the summer.  After the cancellation of Flora Plum, Foster took on the main role in David Fincher's thriller Panic Room after its intended star, Nicole Kidman, had to drop out due to an injury on set. Before filming resumed, Foster was given only a week to prepare for the role of a woman who moves with her daughter to a house fitted with a panic room, which they have to use on their first night due to a home invasion. It grossed over $30 million on its North American openi

user: What problems did Jodie Foster encounter in 2000?

assistant: on a new directorial project, Flora Plum. It was to focus on a 1930s circus and star Claire Danes and Russell Crowe,

user: How did the movie Flora Plum do?

assistant: had to be shelved after Crowe was injured on set and could not complete filming on schedule;

user: What film did Foster work on next?

assistant: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys,

user: Who appeared in that film?

assistant: Foster

user: How did the critics receive the film?

assistant: It received good reviews,

user: Did the film win any awards?

assistant: premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2002.