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Pack Monadnock Mountain Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|Many many times
Date Climbed: Nov 9, 2014
|I've done this at least forty times since 1993 in all seasons, day and night. Last night I was at a friend's bonfire until 230 AM and stopped by on my way home for a quick jaunt. The weather observatory at the base of the fire tower gives detailed weather and air quality data for those who are curious. It was 33 degrees at the top with a wind chill of 21 but I felt fine in shorts and a fleece pullover.
|Posted Nov 9, 2014 5:48 am
|Nice short hike....
Date Climbed: May 27, 2013
|First hike of the season for me, and a very nice one despite the parking lot on top. Took the Marion Davis Trail up and Wapack Trail down. No bugs, or mud to speak of on this perfect day. Climbed the fire tower for some fine views.
|Posted May 28, 2013 6:56 pm
|a little rainy
Date Climbed: Apr 26, 2013
|Hiked up the west side, and then down the auto road after hiking around Mount Watatic earlier in the day. A little rainy, but nice views over to Grand Monadnock.
|Posted Apr 27, 2013 4:29 pm
|First Time
Date Climbed: Jul 7, 2012
|My first time up this summit. Nice way to spend an afternoon as the climb isn't very difficult. Was a good conditioning workout.
|Posted Jul 10, 2012 10:47 am
|Auto Road
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 1961
|My Dad drove my brother and myself up to the summit in his old Dodge DeSoto. I was about 5 or 6 years old. The road was covered in snow. We made it to the summit, but the drive down was hairy. My dad was scared shitless! Would love to do it again.
|Posted May 21, 2011 9:26 pm
|chugach mtn boy
|A few times
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 1978
|Great little peak, winter and summer
|Posted Mar 3, 2010 1:46 pm
|Pack Monadnock Race
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2002
|Ran up this lone mountain in the Pack Monadnack 10k. Running in the woods during hunting season will get you to the top pretty quick!
|Posted Dec 9, 2008 9:28 am
|Good Views
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2008
|Hiked this with a good friend. The road at the top was a disappointment, but we hiked early enough in the day that it wasn't open by the time we got there. We continued on to North Pack and then came back.
|Posted Oct 13, 2008 12:20 pm
|shane SEC
|great hike
|great hike but the road at the top is kind of dissapointing and a view of boston
|Posted Jan 13, 2007 7:21 pm
|raymond trail
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2005
|we got caught in the thunderstorm, didnt have much time to check out the summit, once we saw lightning bolts over nearby Mt. Monadnock it was time to head back
|Posted Aug 9, 2006 3:35 am
|Same as Eastking
|Hiked with my husband EastKing!
|Posted Feb 24, 2006 1:08 pm
|Route Climbed: Raymond Trail Date Climbed: 5/2002
|Fun hike, though disappointed to a road at the top with visitors.
|Posted May 2, 2005 12:42 am


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Ghostwriters, Co-authors and The Great Oz
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- AnonymousJanuary 25, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Patterson is producing products. He doesn't care about critics or style, but with selling books and making a healthy profit. And there's nothing wrong with that. He's a businessman and this is America. He's created a formula that works, like Liquid Plumber or See's Candy.ReplyDelete
He's certainly is and as you say there's nothing wrong with that - I wonder how many other authors will try the same thing on this kind of scale (?).ReplyDelete
By coincidence, I just finished HONEYMOON by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. This is the first Patterson novel I've read in years. I loved his first Alex Cross novels such as KISS THE GIRLS, ALONG CAME A SPIDER, and JACK & JILL. I could not read them fast enough.ReplyDelete
So what did I think of HONEYMOON? It was one of the first books I've read in a long, long time that I could not put down. Although the writing was a bit on the "light" side, I devoured the book over the weekend. Short chapters, a captivating story, rocket-pacing, plenty of twists and turns with an ending I didn't see coming. My kind of book!
Here's how I feel about Mr. Patterson and his co-authoring franchise: Who cares? It doesn't matter to me if he co-writes with Elmer Fudd. The only thing important is the story. If the story makes me stay up late and not stop reading, I don't care whose name(s) is on the cover. And believe me, it's been a long time since I experienced a page-turner like HONEYMOON. Judging from the fact that he sells massive quantities of books around the world, there are a few million other readers who agree.
Joe - the books sounds great - as you say the story is paramount. Call me nosey but I do like to know who actually wrote something - otherwise I feel a little bit cheated (no matter how good the story is).ReplyDelete
- signlady217January 25, 2010 at 12:23 PM
I've read most, if not all, of Patterson's Women's Murder Club series. I think they're great. But I do like to know who wrote the book that I'm reading, because I will want to read more of theirs, or decide to avoid them altogether because of content (that's rare, but it has happened).ReplyDelete
I've enjoyed what I've read of his books. It would be interesting to know how many other famous authors develop "stables" of writers - rather like the famous artists of olden days.ReplyDelete
If the books work, who cares. An author has a following to be successful and he does. Patterson is a stamp of approval people appreciate. Also he employs authors who are helped in that they get a paycheck and hopefully build a readership if people actually learn the second name on the cover.ReplyDelete
I am a big fan of the Alex Cross series but have come to crave his Women's Murder Club books. The first one he wrote alone, then teamed with Andrew Gross for the next two and Maxine Paetro since. I've red them all except the last one (it's on my to read pile). From a style and story standpoint I can see no difference at all, except maybe they get better and better.ReplyDelete
Andrew Gross teamed with Patterson on a few stand alones as well and has since broken out big on his own. I would kill for a mentoring program like that.
As for the Patterson Inc. model -- Clive Cussler has done something similar with such co-authors as Jack Du Brul and Craig Dirgo for his Oregon Files series, Paul Kamprecos on the Kurt Astin adventures and even his own son Dirk Cussler now on his signature series featuring Dirk Pitt.
The model seems to work well for both of them. It gives the author the ability to tell the overwhelming number of stories they want to tell but could not get to as a single author, (Patterson's stated reason for starting to use co-authors in th first place), it hasn't diluted the franchises and gives the "younger" writer a platform for success and career growth. I like that he gives due credit to his co-authors while clearly keeping tight creative control over the product (key to the success IMO).
A win-win for everyone it seems.
My understanding is that the co-authors are basically writers for hire- they receive a flat fee for writing the book.ReplyDelete
I do worry that if this becomes the norm, it narrows the pool of what gets published. Not that there's anything wrong with Patterson's books, but their continued success means that more outside the box ideas don't always make it to market, since publishers like to stick with what they know will sell.


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The company maintains a Paid Time Off (PTO) Benefit, which allows eligible employees to receive their wages while off work for vacation, personal or family business, and personal or dependent illness or emergency. The PTO benefit is designed to allow for the rest and relaxation of regular employees, as well as to minimize the financial hardship that would otherwise confront employees who are required to be absent from work due to the above situations. The purpose of a Paid Time Off program is to recognize the diverse situations in which employees have needs for time off and allows eligible employees to receive their wages while managing their own time off from work.
Full time employees begin accruing fifteen (15) days during their first year of employment. PTO accrual increases by one (1) day each year up to a max of twenty five (25) days.
Althea currently designates eleven (11) holidays as company-paid days, five (5) of those days are during the company wide shut down the week of December 25th.
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Althea has an excellent 401(k) retirement plan. Under the provisions of the plan, employees over 21 years of age are eligible to participate on the first day of the month after their start date.
Contributions from 1% to 99% of an employee's salary are allowed. The Internal Revenue Service sets a maximum contribution level each calendar year. Althea will match 50% of the first 6% deferred every year.
Contributions can be directed into a variety of investment options. Employees are 100% vested (own 100%) of their own contributions immediately. Employees are 33 1/2% vested for company contributions each year after their first year, 100% after three (3) years.
Other programs and services to help employees balance professional and personal life:
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Error message in Windows Vista when you use Registry Editor to load a registry hive file that is on a shared network resource: "Cannot load \\HivePath\filename: Access is denied"
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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/ )Description of the Microsoft Windows registry
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On Windows Vista-based computer, you cannot use Registry Editor to load a registry hive file that is on a shared network resource. You receive the following error message:
This problem occurs even if the user account that you use is granted Full Control permission to the registry hive file.
Cannot load \\HivePath\FileName: Access is denied.
This problem also occurs if you use another utility to load a registry hive file that is on a shared network resource, and the utility uses the RegLoadKey API.
This problem occurs because of a design change in the RegLoadKey API in Windows Vista.
Service pack informationTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows Vista. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935791/ )How to obtain the latest Windows Vista service pack
Hotfix informationA supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.
If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.
Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=supportNote The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.
PrerequisitesNo prerequisites are required.
Restart requirementYou have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix replacement informationThis hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.
Registry informationTo use this hotfix, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.
File informationThe English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.
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To work around this problem, copy the registry hive file to the local computer. Then, use Registry Editor to load the registry hive file.
This problem was first corrected in Windows Vista Service Pack 1.
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
How to load a remote registry hive file
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724875.aspxFor more information about the RegLoadKey function, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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Heart association identifies successful strategies for helping children to achieve weight loss
MONDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Parents and caregivers should be involved in treatment programs for obese children and should lead by example, praise children's progress and use setbacks as learning opportunities, experts say.
"In many cases, the adults in a family may be the most effective change agents to help obese children attain and maintain a healthier weight," Myles Faith, an associate professor of nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in an American Heart Association (AHA) news release.
"To do so, the adults may need to modify their own behavior and try some research-based strategies," added Faith, who is the chair of the writing group that published an AHA scientific statement in the Jan. 23 issue of Circulation.
The statement authors examined previous research on child obesity treatments that used behavioral change strategies and featured extensive involvement by parents and other adult caregivers.
Faith and his colleagues identified a number of strategies that have been linked to better outcomes, including:
- Working together as a family to identify specific behaviors that need to be changed.
- Setting clearly defined goals -- such as limiting TV viewing to no more than two hours per day -- and monitoring progress.
- Creating a home environment that encourages healthier choices, such as having fruit in the house instead of high-calorie desserts or snacks.
- Making sure parents commend children when they make progress, and don't criticize them if they do backslide. Instead, helping children identify ways to make different decisions if they're faced with the same kind of situation again.
- Never using food as a punishment or reward.
- Keeping track of progress toward goals.
"While these strategies were implemented by health care professionals in a treatment program, the psychological principles on which they are based provide sound guidance for families of obese children as well," Faith said.
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1. Zamir
Very nice. A Democrat who actually couldn't take the sharia law and blasting of our country. I also enjoyed his respectful comments about not ruining it for anyone else. Very thoughtful for someone who is supposed to ensure freedom of speech.September 25, 2012 - 8:37 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
2. Judy
I'm not shocked, only disgusted by his surprise. I don't want to be too harsh, but it looks to me like a stupid, but potentially good man doing nothing! He had a speaking spot, he was the next speaker and could have condemned their hateful blasphemous suggestions. Speak while we still can.September 25, 2012 - 9:13 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
3. leslie
Hitler lives!September 25, 2012 - 9:33 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
4. Cautious
In Avella's defense, he seemed a little scared by your camera… He might have assumed you were one of the nuts.
Should also identify the Inarticulate Imam and the Articulate Englishwoman. They might need to follow their bliss to where they came from.September 25, 2012 - 10:08 pm Link to this Comment | Reply
5. B Dubya
The answer is simple.
By their own statements, the two speakers preaching violence against the United States have indicated that they have no right to remain among us. They should be deported.
We do not have to keep vipers in our home. Let them go back to where they fled from and reap the benefits of their previous lives there.
I notice that the Imam from Brooklyn is pretty fat. Maybe he needs to go to Gaza or Iraq or A-Stan, where everyone is starvation skinny.September 26, 2012 - 5:30 am Link to this Comment | Reply
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A Kansas Department of Transportation program designed to reduce the number of deficient bridges on local road systems will also benefit the state's agriculture industry. The new $10 million program, announced today in Hutchinson by Transportation Secretary Mike King, will provide up to $120,000 to local jurisdictions – primarily counties – to replace small bridges that are rated deficient. Bridges ... Read More »
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Beatrice voters Tuesday soundly rejected a proposed half cent hike in the city sales tax. Of all ballots cast, 62 percent were against the effort earmarked for the street department. In a race for Gage County Supervisor, District 3, incumbent Kathy Setzer was unseated by challenger Erich Tiemann by a slim margin, 266 to 247. That represented a mere 19 votes, with over 500 cast. Bob ... Read More »
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All precincts have reported in to Marshall County and the City of Marysville will have a new pool after it was voted in with 56% of the voters in support of a 6/10 of a percent sales tax to help fund the project. In other contested races, the county intangible tax was passed with 55% of the votes and the ... Read More »
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Caucuses were held in Kansas on Saturday. Results of Marshall County Republican Caucus: Santorum 76, Romney 35, Gingrich 341 Paul 27, Cain 1. Results from the Washington County Kansas Republican Party Caucus – Santorum 56, Romney 27, Paul 25, Gingrich 12 Nemaha County Caucus results: Santorum 77, Paul 21, Romney 20, Gingrich 16 Returns from 94 percent ... Read More »
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In article <hcm84l$erj$[email protected]>,
"ViLco" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Serving: polenta was cooked and trippa too so I, in the kitchen, put
> a good ladle of polenta in every dish and then added a good ladle of
> trippa over that, finishing every dish with a full fist of grated
> parmigiano and so the dishes went to the table, where a small
> cheese-tray filled with more grated parmigiano was awaiting.
> The wines have been a lambrusco "Concerto" from Ermede Medici, 15
> kilometers from here, and a bottle of Salina Bianco from Hauner, in
> the sicilian island of Salina, one of the Lipari Islands.
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> Vilco
Sounds pretty good Vilco!
Tripe is something on my list of "things to try" when I can work up the
nerve. ;-) They do sell it around here and it does not look bad. I
think I'd try this recipe with sweetbreads first tho'. <g> Thymus
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The Katharine Kyes Leab & Daniel J. Leab American Book Prices Current Exhibition Awards are given for excellence in the publication of catalogs and brochures that accompany exhibitions of library and archival materials, as well as for electronic exhibitions of such materials.
They are selected annually by the Exhibition Awards Committee of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
This web site presents an electronic version of a traveling exhibition celebrating the winning catalogs from the first ten years of the Katharine Kyes Leab and Daniel J. Leab Exhibition Catalog Awards (1986-1995).
In addition, this web site is intended to foster a greater general appreciation and awareness of library and archival exhibitions and their accompanying catalogs, which serve as educational, promotional, and artistic vehicles for exploring a variety of topics reflecting the collecting interests and strengths of their host institutions.
The winning catalogs, chosen from submissions by libraries and archives across the United States and Canada, are noted for their excellence in research, writing, design, and production. These catalogs deserve wide recognition as being among the very best examples of their kind.
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Re: research task - econ stats - central govt debt time series
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|2010-06-30 17:33:13
Kevin Stech wrote:
please make careful note of the unit of the data (should be millions of
nat'l currency). this may be as simple as preserving the metadata from
the downloads.
On 6/30/10 09:13, Kevin Stech wrote:
deadline: asap today
researcher: nauss
I need you to log into IMF/IFS and get this line item:
Budgetary Central Government
Memo Item: Gross Debt (134c63..BA...)
Quarterly starting Q1 1989
for these countries:
Greece, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, UK, Australia, Japan, China,
Argentina, Brazil, Canada
Doesn't matter if the time series cuts off in 2003 or whatever, just
grab all the data and put it in a table. We'll update it from other
sources when thats done and we can assess what we have.
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Forward Bobby Kirobi Devyne and left midfielder Austin da Luz have joined the New England Revolution on trial this week. Devyne is a 19-year-old Chelsea FC Academy product, while da Luz, 24, most recently played with D.C. United.
Meanwhile former Arsenal Academy defender Tom Cruise and Italian midfielder Luisito Campisi are no longer on trial. Cruise saw just 23 minutes of action in the Revs 2-0 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, while Campisi saw a combined 56 minutes against New York on Saturday and the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday.
Florian Lechner, Bjorn Runstrom, Jeremiah White, Blake Brettschneider, Gabe Mercier and MLS Supplemental Draft picks Alec Purdie, Dawyne "Rick" Smith and Michael Roach remain on trial.
Devyne last played for England's Chelsea FC Under-19s. The 5-foot-7 forward originally signed for Chelsea as a 13-year-old and is eligible to play for both Kenya and England at the international level, though he hasn't appeared for either.
In addition to playing for Chelsea's youth teams, Devyne made five reserve team appearances, including four in the 2010/2011 season before being released in June of 2011. Devyne's last appearance came as a substitute for Chelsea FC's reserves as they won the Barclays Premier Reserve League national championship on penalties against Blackburn Rovers on May 16, 2011. He trialed for Football League One (England's third division) side Brentford over the summer.
Austin da Luz, a Wake Forest University product, was drafted 14th overall in the 2010 MLS SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls. Da Luz appeared in a U.S. Open Cup match for the Red Bulls in his rookie season, but did not play for the first team in MLS action until May 28, 2011 against the Vancouver Whitecaps. After making seven MLS appearances for New York, he was traded to D.C. United on July 18, 2011 for an international roster slot for the remainder of that season.
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Oooh, tempting! Love Vice City!
For £2.99, it's a steal. Like GTA3 on the iPad, Rockstar have done an awesome job porting it across and the controls are really slick for a tablet!
Oooh, tempting! Love Vice City!
I'm not paying £2.99 for it.. it will drop to at least £1.99 if not £0.69 before too long - especially as it will be the third time I have bought VC.
Great game though, can't wait to replay it!
Yes, I do think it is a fair chunk for a game that is ten years old, and a game that I have already paid full price for on Playstation and PC in the past. Angry Birds and that lot, I dunno - you're probably right, they are not my thing so don't play them.
No argument though, it is a terrific game.
BTW - any Android users reading this, before you run over to Play Store, we don't have it yet. Apparently it was released on the 6th alongside the iOS version, but some major problem with server verification meant it had to be pulled. Rockstar say they'll release it on Android by the end of this week.
It's actually common for me to buy a game on XBox, get frustrated with it then buy it later on PC just to enjoy it more after a platform switch.
Out of interest. Does it have the radio stations?
Bloody hope so, that's half the fun!
Yes, all radio stations are in the game. I also "think" you can play your iPad music in the custom radio station too (however as I have no music on my iPad, I cannot test this).
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Complete Indicator Profile of Health Care - Cost as a Barrier (HA2020 Leading Health Indicator: 23)
DefinitionPercentage of adults aged 18 years and older who reported they were unable to receive needed health care in the past year due to cost.
NumeratorNumber of adults (18+) who responded yes to the question: "Was there a time in the past 12 months when you needed to see a doctor but could not because of cost?"
DenominatorNumber of adults with valid responses to the question, excluding those with missing, "Don't know/Not sure" and "Refused" answers.
Why Is This Important?Access to quality healthcare is influenced by a number of factors, including: having a usual source of care, having health insurance, and being able to afford care. Inadequate prenatal care--including late initiation of care, infrequent prenatal visits, or no care at all--is associated with poor infant and maternal outcomes, including low birth weight or preterm infants and for the mothers an increased risk for pregnancy-related mortality and complications of childbirth. Preventable hospitalizations are a set of conditions for which hospitalization could be avoided if patients had early access to good quality outpatient healthcare; this metric can be used to assess the effectiveness and accessibility of primary healthcare. A study using the National Hospital Discharge Survey found that 12% of all hospitalizations in 1990 (3.1 million) were for potentially preventable conditions.[1]
1. Pappas G, Hadden WC, Kozak LJ, Fisher GF. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations: inequalities in rates between US socioeconomic groups. Am J Public Health. 1997 May; 87(5): 811-816.
Healthy People Objective AHS-6.2:Reduce the proportion of individuals who are unable to obtain or delay in obtaining necessary medical care, dental care, or prescription medicines: Individuals--medical care
U.S. Target: 4.2 percent
State Target: Healthy Alaskans 2020 Target: 14.0%
How Are We Doing?The crude percentage of Alaska adults who reported being unable to see a doctor in the past 12 months due to cost was 14.7% in 2010. Alaska adults with low incomes were much more likely to report cost as a barrier to health care than those with higher incomes as were those without health insurance versus the insured.
What Is Being Done?The Alaska Department of Health administers programs to improve access to care, such as Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and primary care grants, and clinics for children with disabilities. Federally Qualified Health Centers provide preventive services such as immunizations and screenings at low or no cost to eligible persons who cannot afford them.
Federally Qualified Health Centers and other providers strive to meet the needs of the medically underserved in Alaska.
Available ServicesThe Alaska Department of Health and Social Services administers programs to improve access to care, such as Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Federally Qualified Health Centers and other providers strive to meet the needs of the medically under-served in Alaska.
Related Indicators
Relevant Population CharacteristicsPersons with low incomes were much more likely to report problems with access to care than persons with higher incomes. Young adults were more likely to report cost as a barrier to care than older adults.
Related Relevant Population Characteristics Indicator Profiles:
Health Care System FactorsPersons without health insurance are more likely to report cost as a barrier to care than those with health insurance coverage.
Health Status OutcomesPersons without access to health care tend to delay getting care until a problem becomes too painful or dangerous to avoid dealing with it. At this point, health problems are often expensive to treat and sometimes have serious long term implications for the individual's health. The health status of these persons may suffer due to lack of appropriate care.
Related Health Status Outcomes Indicator Profiles:
Graphical Data Views
Percentage of adults (aged 18+) reporting cost as a barrier to care in past year, all Alaskans, Alaska Natives, and U.S., 2000-2020
Data NotesHealthy Alaskans 2020 Target: 14.0%
** Data Not Available.
Data Sources
References and Community ResourcesAlaska Medicaid Program: visit http://dhss.alaska.gov/dpa/Pages/medicaid/default.aspx or one of the regional centers:
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The Alaska Primary Care Association (APCA) is the primary care association for the state of Alaska. APCA members include Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and other providers who strive to meet the needs of the medically underserved. APCA and its member organizations are part of a statewide and national movement to reduce barriers to health care by enhancing primary care service delivery through prevention, health promotion, and community participation.
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More information on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System may be found on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/
More Resources and LinksAlaska and national goals may be found at the following sites:
Maps of health indicators for various subdivisions of Alaska may be found at the following site:
Evidence-based community health improvement ideas and interventions may be found at the following sites:
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Professor Ross Babbage, AM is Founder of the Kokoda Foundation. For the first five years of the Foundation's existence, he served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, stepping down to move into semi-retirement at the end of 2009.
Professor Babbage is also Managing Director of Strategy International (ACT) Pty Ltd, a defence consulting and education service delivery organisation. He served as a special advisor to the Minister for Defence during the preparation of the 2009 Australian defence white paper.
Professor Babbage's career background is unusual in Australia as he has served as a senior government official, a senior executive in the corporate world and also as a senior academic.
Professor Babbage served for 16 years in the Australian Public Service, holding several senior positions, including Head of Strategic Analysis in the Office of National Assessments, and leading the branch in the Department of Defence responsible for ANZUS policy. Professor Babbage was Assistant Secretary, Force Development in the late 1980s, carrying responsibility for the analysis of all major defence capability proposals and the preparation of recommendations for the senior Defence committees and for Cabinet.
The idea of establishing a not-for-profit foundation to undertake creative work on Australia's future national security challenges first surfaced for discussion in the 2002-2004 timeframe. Informal discussions amongst senior national security professionals – both within and outside government – revealed a consensus that the Australian national security community was suffering from two key problems:
First, there was a shortage of innovative research into Australia's most serious future security challenges both within government and outside.
Second, for a range of reasons the Australian national security community had failed to adequately develop a new generation of advanced national security analysts during the 1990s. Urgent remedial measures were required.
In consequence, the case for establishing a new national security think tank specifically to address these two priorities soon developed. This new foundation was to be designed from the outset in order to:
First, conduct research into the tough security and defence challenges likely to confront Australia over the forthcoming 25 years. Most of these challenges were seen to be multi-disciplinary and very demanding and best undertaken through close partnerships between relevant senior officials and trusted outside experts.
Second was the need to strengthen the next-generation of strategic thinkers and strategic leaders by encouraging their professional development, facilitating their involvement in some of the Foundation's challenging research projects and providing means for them to network with senior officials, researchers and others to mutual advantage.
Many government ministers, officials and Defence Force officers offered immediate encouragement. What's more, several special people were so enthusiastic that they offered to roll up their sleeves, get the organisation running and serve on the board of this fledgling organisation. Those very special initial members of the foundation were Peter Nicholson, Simon Harrington, Gary Waters and Brice Pacey.
Others soon offered substantial assistance. The Department of Defence and key parts of the ADF were very interested from the outset. Indeed, in a remarkably short period of time the Department of Defence agreed to provide seed funding for an initial three years to help get the Kokoda Foundation up and running.
Peter Hewitson, the Managing Director of Jacobs Australia quickly appreciated the strategic significance of what was happening. Here was a new low cost organisation containing experienced and trusted strategic and operational thinkers who wished to work closely with the official community to help resolve Australia's future security challenges. He asked to come on board as a major sponsor from the outset. Jacobs has played an important supporting role ever since.
Many others soon caught the vision and offered to help, either as members, volunteers or simply as sympathetic and supportive officials, largely behind the scenes.
During the second half of 2004 a constitution was drafted, the Foundation was duly registered as a not-for-profit corporation, a website was established and many enthusiastic professionals started to sign up as members.
One of the early issues that needed to be resolved was the name that this new foundation should carry. The inaugural directors wanted to find a name that conveyed a sense of important security challenges, which implied a sense of innovation and success in the face of adversity and that resonated with the Australian people. Several possibilities were discussed but a consensus quickly emerged that this new organisation should be called the Kokoda Foundation.
For the benefit of any readers who are unfamiliar with Australia's history during the Second World War, the name derives from the campaign that was conducted in Papua New Guinea in and around the village of Kokoda following the Japanese landing on the northern coast of that island. The Japanese force soon advanced past Kokoda and along a narrow track across the Owen Stanley Range in an attempt to capture Port Moresby. From Port Moresby the Japanese would have had a springboard for subsequent operations into northern Australia. The allied high command realised that the Japanese had to be stopped and forced back and this was done by a relatively small number of Australian troops and in atrocious conditions. This Kokoda campaign was arguably the most difficult campaign for Australia during the Second World War. It was also a campaign that Australians simply could not afford to lose.
And so it was that a decision was taken to call this new organisation, the Kokoda Foundation. This was to be a foundation that researched the most difficult security challenges Australia faces for the future. The aim was to focus its primary research efforts on the security challenges that Australia simply could not afford to get wrong.
By the middle of 2005 it was clear that the newly-formed Kokoda Foundation was on a roll. The first two research projects were launched and both proved to be successes. The three closed workshops undertaken for the New Air Combat Capability Study broke new ground. The subsequently published Kokoda Paper prepared by Peter Nicholson and David Connery was the best report on the topic and was very well received.
The Defence Transformation project, that summarized the results of no less than 16 closed workshops involving very senior officials and others also resulted in a successful Kokoda Paper.
From the Foundation's early planning stages, the absence of a refereed journal in security and defence affairs in Australia was seen to be a serious omission. Graduate students who needed to publish in refereed journals to win points and funding for their host institutions had been forced to look primarily to North American and European journals. Not surprisingly, those offshore journals had little interest in publishing articles on Australia's national security planning concerns. A key consequence was that Australia's best young minds in the field were effectively being forced to publish overseas on topics other than Australia's national security priorities. This situation needed to be remedied quickly.
The Foundation Board soon committed itself to launching a quality peer-reviewed journal, to be known as Security Challenges, even though it realised from the outset that this would prove to be financially expensive. Christopher Michaelsen, an outstanding PhD student at ANU, quickly caught the vision and, with help from David Connery, a young Army officer, developed a business plan and started encouraging people to write. With an outstanding Editorial Board gathered, the material for the first three editions soon flowed in. By late 2005 Security Challenges was finding its feet.
The Board of the Foundation saw an opportunity to share the insights of leading strategic thinkers who visited Australia by hosting occasional public meetings. Early landmark presentations in this series were delivered by Professor Ramesh Thakur, Professor Andrew Mack and General Raghavan from India.
Within a few months of the Foundation's establishment a small Foundation office was opened in Braddon and staffed on a part-time basis by Kathy Harrington. Kathy's administrative experience was soon evident with effective office systems established and a quality edge introduced to Kokoda events.
There was a desire to conduct a major international conference early in the Foundation's life. This was seen to be a way of focussing the strategic community's attention on a key issue, of progressing an important national agenda, of encouraging young strategic thinkers, of helping to establish the public profile of the Foundation and, hopefully, of raising a little money to fund the Foundation's research.
The Next Generation Threats to Australia conference was developed in close consultation with senior Defence and other officials. Held in late October 2005, it brought leading strategic thinkers together and, in some respects, it set a new standard for such events in Australia. The concept of working delegates hard to reach some key conclusions, the running of parallel research committees and the polling of delegates twice for their judgements were particularly notable innovations.
In early 2006 the Kokoda Board decided to build on the Foundation's initial success by launching two important new programs. The first new program was to be an Australia-United States strategic dialogue that was to engage senior Australian and American security leaders on an important future challenge through a three-phase program, comprising a public Seminar-Dinner, a Closed Workshop and a closed weekend Strategic Dialogue. The first of these three-phased programs was held in November 2006 focussing on the Future of the Australia-United States Alliance. This high-level strategic dialogue was an immediate success and soon became a signature annual event for the Foundation.
The second new program designed and developed through 2006 and launched in early 2007 was the Young Strategic Leaders' Forum (YSLF). While the Foundation worked hard from its very beginnings to involve and encourage young strategic thinkers, the Foundation Board decided in 2006 that it was time to establish a program designed specifically to foster the knowledge, professional development and networking of young professionals already working within the national security community and university students wishing to join that community.
The initial YSLF program was a series of monthly seminars led by eminent national security leaders. The first of these was held in Canberra in March 2007 and was addressed by Professor Harry Harding from George Washington University on the key topic of China's Strategic Future. During the course of its first year the numbers attending these seminars grew to average 30. By late 2008 the average attendance was 50 and was continuing to rise.
A second element to the YSLF was added in May 2008 with the holding of the first YSLF weekend Congress on the South Coast of NSW. This special weekend program was organised to provide an opportunity for 85 young strategic leaders to work alongside some 10-12 senior national security leaders to analyse a major national security challenge over the course of a weekend. The first of these weekend YSLF Congresses focussed on the key themes for the forthcoming Australian Defence White Paper. It was an immediate success and, as a consequence, further YSLF weekend Congresses have been conducted at six monthly intervals ever since.
The YSLF program grew rapidly and there was soon pressure to extend YSLF activity to some of the state capital cities. This led to the launching of a YSLF monthly seminar series in Sydney in November 2009. The first of these seminars was addressed by General Michael Hayden, former Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. By the end of 2009 the YSLF had over 600 young strategic thinkers registered as members.
The rapid progress of the Kokoda Foundation would not have been possible without the strong support of four key groups of people.
First, the senior officials of the Australian national security community have worked closely with the Foundation's leadership every step of the way and have been an invaluable source of encouragement and practical support.
Second, the members of the Foundation caught the vision for the organisation and worked hard and long to ensure that the Foundation succeeded.
Third, although the Foundation has operated on an exceptionally lean business model from the outset, it could not have developed in the way it has without the strong and loyal support of its key sponsors. The initial launch sponsors of the Kokoda Foundation were the Department of Defence and Jacobs Australia. They continue to provide invaluable support. In the years since, substantial additional assistance has also been provided by:
Fourth, a strong team of experienced professionals has been so motivated by the Foundation's vision that they have volunteered to serve, without payment, for various periods on the Foundation's Board. These special individuals are:
The Kokoda Foundation would not be the organisation that it is today without the very generous contributions of these people
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Indiana was an Alaskan malamute dog owned by George Lucas in the 1970s. Indiana was the inspiration for the character of Chewbacca,[1] and later became the source of Indiana Jones' name.
In the movie Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. admits to having taken for himself the name of the family dog, Indiana, of whom he had very fond memories.
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Existing-home sales climbed in October for a consecutive straight month and now stand above year-over-year levels for the first time in a year, according to the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Total existing-home sales, which count transactions of single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, grew 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.26 million in October. Sales are now at the highest annual pace since September 2013 (also 5.26 million).
NAR's chief economist, Lawrence Yun, indicated that 2014's housing market has been a story of two distinct halves. "Sales activity in October reached its highest annual pace of the year as buyers continue to be encouraged by interest rates at lows not seen since last summer, improving levels of inventory and stabilizing price growth," Yun said. The economist also commented that, "the job market has shown continued strength in the past six months. This bodes well for solid demand to close out the year and the likelihood of additional months of year-over-year sales increases."
Total housing inventory at the end of October dropped 2.6 percent to 2.22 million existing homes available for purchase. This would be a 5.1-month supply at the current sales pace – the lowest since March (also 5.1 months). Unsold inventory is currently 5.2 percent higher than one year ago, when there were 2.11 million existing homes available.