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Picture: Kevin Bacon at the New York premiere of 'X-Men: First Class' held at the Ziegfeld Theatre - Arrivals. New York City, USA -25.05.11
Kevin Bacon and his actress wife Kyra Sedgwick are mourning the death of their beloved dog, Paulie.
The Hollywood couple's Labrador mix, who they adopted from a veterinarian in 1999, passed away on Monday (09Jan11), just weeks after he underwent surgery on a hind leg.
The Footloose actor took to his Twitter.com page to confirm his loss to followers and post a photo of his pooch.
He wrote, "Paulie 1999-2012. Sleep well old friend," while Sedgwick tweeted, "Had to say goodbye to my sweet friend Paulie today. Sleep well old boy."

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Angry Former Supporters of Minuteman Civil Defense Corps Question Founder Chris Simcox's Accounting
Angry former supporters of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps are questioning group founder Chris Simcox's accounting
by David Holthouse
In the meantime, the financial records of Minuteman PAC, Inc., a political action committee formed this year and chaired by Simcox, offer some insight into Simcox's spending priorities. A separate entity from MCDC, Minuteman PAC, Inc. is registered with the Federal Elections Commission and is therefore required by federal law to file periodic financial reports, which are open to public inspection. The first of these reports was made public July 13. It shows that Minuteman PAC received $214,015 in donations at that point -- money above and beyond what MCDC raised -- and disbursed $97,076, leaving cash on hand of $116,939.
Although the publicized mission of Minuteman PAC is to raise money to support the campaigns of political candidates who support the Minuteman mission, it made only $5,000 in campaign donations at the time of the FEC filing. The vast majority of Minuteman PAC expenditures -- $87,432 -- went to pay direct-mail fundraising and advertising bills.
Gilchrist and Simcox publicly battled for control and camera time during the original Minuteman Project, when Simcox's high-handed leadership style earned him the sarcastic sobriquet, "The Little Prince." But following the conclusion of the month-long "citizens border patrol" operation in Arizona last April, the co-founders appeared to arrange an amicable parting and division of the public relations spoils. Gilchrist kept the Minuteman Project name and announced he was handing over "border watch" operations to Simcox, who would manage them as president of a new group, Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. As head of the Minuteman Project, Gilchrist said he would focus on pressuring employers not to hire illegal immigrants, what he called "internal vigilance."
It's unclear how the Minuteman Project co-founders divvied up the donations received while the month-long operation was under way -- or if the donations were divvied at all. Mike Gaddy, the former MCDC field coordinator and former president of its New Mexico chapter, told the Intelligence Report that Simcox kept most, if not all, the money for himself.
Gaddy, who worked side-by-side with Simcox during the original Minuteman Project, said the intense national media coverage the operation received drove tens of thousands of dollars in small donations to the offices of the Tombstone Tumbleweed, a newspaper then owned by Simcox. (Former MCDC national coordinator Gary Cole used the same "tens of thousands" estimate in The Washington Times article.) Gaddy said some of the checks were made out to Simcox, some to Gilchrist.
"I asked Chris how the donations were being handled. He stated all of the checks and donations directed to Gilchrist were being separated and given to him. At the time, I believed him," Gaddy said. "Later, I asked some of the people who were working in the Tumbleweed office how the donations were being accounted for. I was told that regardless of who the donations were designated for, they all went into the same account -- the one belonging to Simcox."
Gilchrist vs. Simcox
Gilchrist and Simcox are now headed for a showdown near the streets of Laredo.
Two days after The Washington Times article came out, Gilchrist distributed this statement: "The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps does not represent all the Minutemen throughout the United States nor do they represent the Minuteman Project whose only founder is Jim Gilchrist. The Minuteman Project does not have any business dealings with the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, whose President is Chris Simcox."
After distancing himself from Simcox, Gilchrist announced he was getting back in the border-watch game with "Operation Sovereignty," promoted on his Web site as "an observation and reporting vigil along the U.S.-Mexico border in the Laredo, Texas, area that will launch September 11 and continue through federal election day, November 7."
Gilchrist's partners in Operation Sovereignty, according to his Web site, are Glenn Spencer's American Border Patrol and the Texas Minutemen, a rogue Minuteman outfit not affiliated with Simcox. Both groups are fueled by far more radical ideology than Gilchrist has endorsed in the past. The Southern Poverty Law Center has long listed American Border Patrol as an anti-Mexican hate group. And the leaders of the Texas Minutemen in June told a Young Republicans club that ranchers should be allowed to shoot "diseased Mexicans" trying to cross the border under the same international agreement allowing them to shoot diseased cattle. Gilchrist appears to be radicalizing as part of his overall strategy to siphon away support from the MCDC, and establish himself as the one true leader of the Minutemen.
Enraged by Gilchrist's encroachment on this turf, Simcox fired off this Aug. 8 rant in a mass E-mail to MCDC members and donors: "Minuteman Project 'founder' Jim Gilchrist is about to lead his band of volunteers to the slaughter in the Laredo area beginning September 11th. MCDC does not sanction this suicidal plan of Gilchrist's. It is imperative that all MCDC volunteers stay away from this dog and pony show disaster in the making." At the same time, Simcox announced that a new MCDC border watch operation "along the entire southern border" would begin Oct. 1, also with operations near Laredo. "We have new equipment and many new volunteers, but we must stick with MCDC and steer clear of the Gilchrist, Texas Minutemen, Glen Spencer American Border Patrol radicals," he wrote. "We can only pray for them and hope they do not self destruct, get someone killed and ultimately tarnish the Minuteman movement. Even if they do, we shall rise above by sticking with our rational game plan."
Save Our State founder Joe Turner then jumped into the fight on Gilchrist's side. "This [attack on Gilchrist] is by the same individual that has raised potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars (nobody knows and Simcox ain't telling) to build an Israeli-style border fence, when, to date, weeks after his announcement, not one foot of Israeli-style border fencing has been constructed. Barbed wire cattle fencing isn't that expensive, and it doesn't stop illegal aliens," Turner wrote in a statement Save Our State members. "Simcox was a nobody until Gilchrist made him a 'somebody.' And this is how he repays Gilchrist?"
Turner concluded, "God Bless Jim Gilchrist, the Minuteman Project and their joint efforts with the Texas Minutemen and American Border Patrol this fall."
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In the Northwest, where tons of biomass rots in forests or burns in slash piles, the conversion of waste into biochar is an environmental and economic win-win.
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An Elegant Matrix
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Through the Ice
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Peak Water
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July 25, 2013
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July 25, 2013
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July 1, 2013
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AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE Background USDA operates programs to assist farmers who encounter natural disasters from drought, flood, freeze, tornadoes, and other natural calamities. Eligible producers can be compensated for crop losses, livestock feed losses, and tree damage, and for the cost of rehabilitating eligible farmlands damaged by natural disaster. Low-interest loan assistance for eligible farmers can help cover production and physical losses in counties declared disaster areas. Emergency haying and grazing assistance for certain acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program may be made available in areas suffering from weather-related natural disasters. Disaster assistance for U.S. agriculture has a long history. During the 1970s and parts of the 1980s and 1990s, standing disaster legislation protected major field crop producers who were enrolled in commodity programs. The Federal crop insurance program was small. Since then, despite major crop insurance reforms and significant growth in insured acres in the Federal crop insurance program, Congress has continued to pass ad hoc disaster assistance measures in reaction to drought and other adverse events. In an attempt to move away from ad hoc disaster programs and provide a safety net of risk protection for noninsurable crops, the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) was authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act of 1994. NAP is now fully funded and provides a catastrophic level of coverage similar to catastrophic risk protection crop insurance coverage. The 2002 farm bill provided the authority but no funding for a Livestock Assistance Program (LAP) and a Tree Assistance Program (TAP). The Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) provides emergency cost-share assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to carry out emergency water conservation measures during periods of extreme drought. Eligible participants may receive cost-share to implement ECP practices such as removing debris from farmland, repairing or restoring fences, and providing emergency water for livestock in drought situations. Government outlays for disaster assistance vary dramatically from year to year, depending partly on the weather and whatever ad hoc legislation was passed in a given year. Outlays were highest in the late 1990s-early 2000s when there were crop losses and low farm prices, and Congress enacted legislation to supplement producer income with additional payments referred to as market loss assistance. 1 CCC Net Outlays by Fiscal Year, $ millions 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005E 2006E Market loss assistance $3,011 $11,046 $5,455 -$1 $166 -$3 $2 $0 Noninsured Assistance 54 38 64 181 237 124 110 380 (NAP) 1988—2005 crop disaster 1,913 1,251 1,848 230 1,867 804 2,395 374 Other* 328 201 478 17 251 132 73 354 Total 5,306 12,536 7,845 427 2,521 1,057 2,580 1,108 Note: Negative outlays in years 2002 and 2004 for market loss assistance reflect overpayments returned to the CCC. * Includes livestock assistance, tree assistance, and forage assistance. Source: Farm Service Agency, Table 35, February 6, 2006 Other Disaster Assistance Funding 1999 Emergency Conservation Program (appropriations) Citrus Canker Compensation (from CCC) Citrus Canker Compensation (from Section 32) Assistance Payments (from Section 32) Total Total Disaster Assistance Funding CCC-funded programs Appropriations Section 32 Total $28 0 0 0 28 2000 $60 16 0 0 76 2001 $80 58 0 0 138 2002 $0 0 0 173 173 2003 $0 18 0 0 18 2004 $12 11 0 200 223 2005E 2006E $150 30 0 274 454 $200 0 300 250 750 1999 2000 $5,306 $12,552 28 60 0 0 5,334 12,612 2001 $7,903 80 0 7,983 2002 2003 2004 $427 $2,539 $1,068 0 0 12 173 0 200 600 2,539 1,280 2005E 2006E $2,610 $1,108 150 200 274 550 3,034 1,858 2 General Opinions Expressed It was suggested that Federal agencies, including the Farm Service Agency (FSA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), State and local government agencies, agribusinesses, and producers, work together when disaster occurs to remove obstacles and establish a coordinated response, raising the probability that producers could receive assistance more rapidly. Some felt Federal crop insurance should be restructured and disaster programs should be eliminated completely, and that funding normally provided to operate disaster programs should instead be provided to producers for the purchase of Federal crop insurance. USDA was strongly encouraged to provide additional disaster assistance for livestock producers, focusing on compensation for livestock feed losses—particularly when drought occurs. Indications were that existing programs such as the Livestock Assistance Program (LAP) and the ECP were not sufficient. A livestock producer expressed gratitude for FSA disaster programs that enabled him to continue ranching during drought. Some felt there is a gap between qualifying for Federal crop insurance and disaster programs, indicating that their hard work to save a crop and thus avoid filing a claim under crop insurance also disqualified them if a disaster program were available. It was commented that funding is needed and more assistance programs should be established to help in disasters, particularly droughts. The indication was that assistance should be in the form of grants or other funds that would not have to be repaid instead of low-interest loans that place even more financial burden on producers. Some participants felt that no special programs should be enacted for weather-related disaster and indicated that no assistance should be provided to landowners who receive disaster assistance repeatedly for disaster-prone land. Other participants felt that extreme weather events should be the only qualifying factor for disaster assistance programs. Many participants felt that drought posed the biggest threat to farming and ranching operations and suggested that disaster programs focus on drought recovery, including the rebuilding of devastated farm and ranch land. Without such assistance, producers felt that food would be valued as highly as oil. Hurricane relief for agricultural losses was requested by several participants. It was felt that disaster assistance should be fair and equitable, and it was suggested that producers in counties contiguous to disaster counties who did not actually suffer any losses should not be eligible to apply for and receive disaster assistance. USDA should establish peer counseling for producers and referrals to resources in the event of a crop disaster. Some producers expressed concern over the length of time it takes for some payments to be issued. There was also support for a permanently standing disaster assistance section in the farm bill that would decrease or eliminate the necessity of ad hoc programs as natural disasters occur and speed payments to producers. 3 Detailed Suggestions Expressed USDA disaster payments should be limited to NAP payments, disaster programs, or Federal crop insurance, but not all three. Establish a standing disaster program for producers who suffer an insurable loss and compensate producers for up to 35 percent of the loss not covered by crop insurance. The payment would be based at the county loan rate for the crop. All disaster payments, NAP in particular, should be based on a producer's annual production rather than State averages. Raise the producer's qualifying gross revenue cap for the NAP from $2 million for the most recent tax year proceeding the year for which assistance is requested, to $5 million, or remove the qualifying gross revenue cap completely. Kentucky racehorses, in addition to other equine, should be made eligible for assistance under disaster programs since these animals contribute significantly to the agricultural industry in Kentucky even though they are not considered food or fiber. Remove limits on the number of horses eligible for disaster assistance, especially on Indian trust land. Hawaiian producers should be compensated for freight expenses incurred to import livestock feed during drought. Shipping companies adjust their rates to cover fuel increases, which makes it much more expensive to raise beef and other livestock, and makes competition with the U.S. mainland difficult. The NAP needs to be expanded to include coverage for livestock producers adversely affected by a natural disaster. Payments for lost crops along water drainages, tile wetlands, etc., should be eliminated to discourage the plantings. 4
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Lowestoft Albion Stores
previously known as Anchor Stores
closed 1994
101 High St
grid reference TM 551 934
listed building grade II
View in Google Earth
last updated 11/04/2015
The Ship is also reported at this address; as English Heritage's listing says this building was erected mid-19th century, that must have been an earlier building on this site.
Originally the Anchor Stores, the name changed some time after 1910, as the Lowestoft Rate book lists it under that name but it was later crossed out and the newer name added.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)


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You can find some very interesting things on the new channels you get via High Definition Television (HDTV).I recently got an HDTV conversion box hooked up to my TV, and the results were a plethora of new channels to watch. For example, I spent last Saturday watching the movie "Moonraker" in Spanish on one HDTV channel, and that wasn't so bad. Later in the day, I found a program called "The Beatniks" on WSB-TV channel 2-2. This is a channel which normally plays classic television series like "Perry Mason," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Magnum P.I." and "Airwolf." It's essentially TV Land for the poor man. Anyway, "The Beatniks" is this late-night, B-movie program which, from what I could tell, is produced in Buffalo, N.Y. It's a bunch of beatniks interrupting a decent, bad movie, like Elvira if she were the "Mistress of the Pot," instead of the "Mistress of the Dark." Last Saturday, the film of the night was "Son of Godzilla." Cinema at its best, I'm tellin' ya. Giant mutant Praying Mantis and a giant spider v. the big green guy and big green guy, jr. Well, every five minutes, "The Beatniks" would cut to a commercial break -- the same four or five commercials every time (including a low-rent one for an occult festival which will happen next month in what looked like a giant, super sewer in Buffalo). When "The Beatniks" came back from the break, you'd have to listen to a bunch of beatniks babble on about something unimportant, or a band that was mediocre at best, ramble on for five minutes. Then you'd get another five minutes of the movie. Let's be honest, after a half hour of that, I wanted to see the son of Godzilla burst onto that stage and breathe his rings of fire on "The Beatniks." The fact is HDTV is coming whether we want it to arrive or not. The federal government has mandated traditional broadcasting formats cease in February 2009. After that, all channels will be broadcast in HDTV. So what is the difference between standard TV sets, and HDTV sets? Standard, or old school, TV sets have 480 scanning lines. Scanning lines are the horizontal bars which create a picture on our TV screens. The fewer lines being used, the easier it is to see the lines, which can create a semi-pixelated effect. An HDTV has 720 scanning lines, enough to make the lines very hard to see. Also, HDTV's are different from their ancestors in terms of aspect ratio. The aspect ratio is the dimensions of the screen. You will notice standard TV sets have a box-shaped 4:3 aspect ratio. HDTV's are widescreen, which means they have a 16:9 aspect ratio, which matches the aspect ratio of a screen at the local movie theater. All of that means it will be easier to see all of the subtle details of an image -- like a wart on the end of someone's crooked nose. However, there are some real gems on HDTV channels. 11Alive has an HDTV channel which only tells you the local weather. This is a great tool because it's like having the Weather Channel without asking yourself, "Why is Jim Cantore tempting fate by standing right in front of those hurricane-generated waves? Does he have a death wish or something?" Georgia Public Broadcasting has two HDTV channels which show the exact same show that is being shown on the regular broadcast channel. Ion television (formerly the I network, which was formerly called PAX TV, which was formerly a bunch of static), has three or four HDTV channels. The Trinity Broadcasting Network has five HDTV channels, which can give you every variation of Christianity out there. Get ready Henry and Clayton counties -- HDTV is here to stay. Curt Yeomans covers education for the Clayton News Daily. He can be reached at (770) 478-5753, ext. 247 or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Anyim, Gana, Kwara governor, others bid Oyedepo's mother farewell
Prominent Nigerians, including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim (representing President Jonathan), Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State and former Information Minister,Professor Jerry Gana, were among thousands of people who converged on Omu-Aran, Kwara State, yesterday for the funeral service for Mrs. Morenike Oyedepo.
The deceased is the mother of Dr. David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners Chapel).
The President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, who preached the sermon at the service, said Nigeria could only overcome the evil currently ravaging it by dealing with the craze for money.
Love of money, selfishness and greed,according to him, has stifled Nigeria 's growth.
His words: " Nigeria is not poor; it is Nigerians that are poor. A handful of Nigerians are cornering the country's resources to their own advantage. Corruption is a product of greed and selfish interest. No matter how long we live on this earth, we will go one day and people will gather to celebrate one's good or bad deeds."
The CAN president said Nigeria could only get out of the wood "when hard work is rewarded and wickedness is punished."
However, he urged Nigerians not lose hope, praying that "By the grace of God, very soon we will see the Nigeria that we are all dreaming of.
"I hope of Nigeria where a man from Kano will go to Port Harcourt and be a Nigerian, where a man from Abeokuta will go to Calabar and be a Nigerian."
Also at the service for Elder (Mrs.) Oyedepo, 97, were Deputy Governor of Lagos State; wives of Cross Rivers and Lagos State governors; Mrs. Obioma Imoke and Mrs. Emmanuela Fashola; wife of Ooni of Ife, Olori Odunola Sijuade; President, Cherubim and Seraphim Aladura Worldwide, S.A Abidoye; Professor Mercy Abiri of the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and Publisher of National Mirror newspapers, Chief Jimoh Ibrahim,
Others included Professor Solomon Olorundare who represented Professor Is-haq Oloyede of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN); former Military Administrator of old Kwara State, Brigadier-General David Bamigboye (rtd) and former Military Administrator of Bauchi and Osun states, Colonel Theophilus Bamigboye (rtd).
Also in attendant were the representatives of Ogun, Osun and Niger state governments. Clergymen and women at the occasion were Bishop Margret Benson-Idahosa, Pastors David Ibiomie, Paul Eneche, Bishop David Abioye, Bishop Thomas Aremu and many others.
Eminent traditional rulers from both within and outside the state also graced the occasion, while the popular gospel musician, Bola Are, was on hand to spice the occasion, especially at the Christian wake keep that took place on Thursday this week, with sonorous songs.
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Health care is changing, and with each passing month it's clear: job-based benefits will never be the same. Employers of all sizes agree that health care reform is confusing, but that doesn't mean companies should be stuck in the "wait and see" mode. There are several important steps your business can take to prepare for changes to health care in 2015. Three key benefits decisions can give you a fresh perspective and key advantage in the year ahead.
Since health care costs continue to rise at rates faster than inflation,1,2 it's important for businesses to look beyond a specific benefits plan and set their eyes on a benefits strategy to carry their company into the future. A successful plan will help your company answer a host of important questions:
It's a safe bet to look for partners who can help you navigate the sometimes murky waters of post-reform health care. Lean on trusted benefits brokers and advisors to help determine answers to these questions. And remember, your company can adjust or change its strategy as you learn what works best for your business. Learn more about strategies that may help your company at aflac.com/healthcare_reform.
In the past, job-based benefits could usually pass as one-size-fits-all, but today the size of your workforce and their hours worked, their individual household incomes, dependents and even lifestyle can play a vital role in the cost-benefit analysis. Don't let changes to health care steer you off course. Instead, use your understanding of employee demographics and preferences to help chart the way to the best benefits options and practices for your organization.
Employee demographics and preferences shape how health care reform affects your business
Several health care reform rules are based on a company's size:
The income of your employees can determine if they're eligible for tax credits or subsidies through the government-facilitated exchange and whether your company is penalized for not offering affordable, minimum value coverage. It will also play a role in your employees' ability to cover out-of-pocket medical expenses.
Family plans can be important to employees who rely on family health plans to cover their entire household. Health care reform requires all health plans to cover dependent children up to age 26. It doesn't require employers to offer spouse coverage.
The law allows companies to charge different insurance rates (up to 30 percent) based on employee participation in wellness programs, and companies can charge higher rates for individuals who use tobacco (1.5:1), as long as the program is reasonably designed. All outcome-based programs provide a reasonable, alternative standard to qualify for the reward for all individuals who do not meet the initial standard that is related to their health factor.3
Understanding your employees' benefits preferences is crucial to building an efficient benefits model. In fact, more than 9 in 10 employees (93 percent) say they'd be more likely to take advantage of a benefits package tailored to their personal situation.4
Whether your company offers benefits options or not, your employees are most likely facing rising health care costs and feeling the burden of these increases. Preliminary predictions by Pricewaterhouse Cooper's Health Research Institute estimate average premiums will increase by roughly 6 percent in 2015.5 However, salary increases are only expected to reach 3 percent.6 And while out-of-pocket limits for individuals are set at $6,450 for individual coverage and $12,900 for family coverage, these limits can be misrepresentative of the true out-of-pocket costs an employee encounters for expenses not included in the covered benefits of their plan.
It's a matter of good business. Though your company cannot protect employees from all of the changes coming their way, you can help prepare them to make the best decisions possible. Clearly communicating your company's benefits options, explaining how workers can apply for adequate coverage and providing employees with access to resources so they can make informed decisions can go a long way with helping employees build a strong financial safety net.
Tips for getting workers ready for changes to their benefits:4
Rely on your benefits provider or consultant to meet with workers one-on-one to determine the best benefits for them. These partners might also offer important benefits education and support tools.
80 percent of employees say they'd be more informed about health insurance choices if they sat with an insurance consultant during enrollment.
Offer workers out-of-pocket support such as voluntary accident or disability insurance options. These policies help employees cope with daily living expenses and out-of-pocket costs associated with accidents or illnesses — helping to protect their well-being and financial assets.
88 percent of employees at least somewhat agree they consider voluntary benefits to be part of a comprehensive benefits program.
Effectively communicate your company's benefits offerings, along with workforce health and wellness, three or more times throughout the year to help employees understand their benefits.
80 percent of employees at least somewhat agree a well-communicated benefits program would make them less likely to leave their jobs.
Though health care and job-based benefits are changing, these three decisions can help your business lay the foundation for a benefits program that fits your company's unique needs. Focusing on a benefits strategy, leveraging employee demographics and preferences and preparing employees for what's in store can help your business attract and retain talent, maintain a healthy and prepared workforce and achieve your business objectives both for today and the future.
This material is intended to provide general information about an evolving topic and does not constitute legal, tax or accounting advice regarding any specific situation. Aflac cannot anticipate all the facts that a particular employer or individual will have to consider in their benefits decision-making process. We strongly encourage readers to discuss their HCR situations with their advisors to determine the actions they need to take or to visit healthcare.gov (which may also be contacted at 1-800-318-2596) for additional information.
1Kaiser Family Foundation (2014). 2014 Employer Health Benefits Survey. Accessed on Nov. 6, 2014, from http://kff.org/health-costs/report/2014-employer-health-benefits-survey/.
2 Reuters (2014). US inflation muted in September as energy costs drop, accessed on Nov. 6, 2014, from http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/22/us-usa-economy-inflation-idUSKCN0IB1FD20141022.
3 Federal Register (2013). Incentives for Nondiscriminatory Wellness Programs in Group Health Plans. Accessed on Nov. 6, 2014, from https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/06/03/2013-12916/incentives-fornondiscriminatory- wellness-programs-in-group-health-plans#h-20.
4 The 2014 Aflac WorkForces Report, conducted on behalf of Aflac in Jan. 2014 by Research Now, accessed Sept. 30, 2014 - http://workforces.aflac.com/2014-executive-summary.php.
5 Pricewaterhouse Cooper (2014). A look at 2015 individual market health insurance rate filings. Accessed on Oct. 10, 2014, from http://www.pwc.com/us/en/health-industries/health-research-institute/aca-state-exchanges.jhtml.
6 SHRM (2014). Base salary rise of 3% forecast for 2015. Accessed on Oct.10, 2014, from http://www.shrm.org/ hrdisciplines/compensation/articles/pages/2015-salary-budget-forecasts.aspx.
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With the decades of lackluster baseball teams in the nation's capital, the 34 years when D.C. didn't have a team at all, and the early struggles of the current Nationals franchise, it's probably hard for most fans to imagine what a baseball championship in the nation's capital looked like.
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Huddie William Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known as Lead Belly, was a legendary folk and blues musician known for his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, powerful vocals and the huge catalog of folk standards he introduced. Inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 1988, artists from Bob Dylan and Led Zeppelin to Nirvana and the White Stripes have covered his songs and recognized his musical influence.
Somewhat less remembered, even locally, is Lead Belly's "Bourgeois Blues," a song written about his first visit to Washington, D.C. in 1937 — an incisive indictment of the city's racial segregation conveyed in 3 minutes of rippling 12-string blues.
Sure, it seems a bit counter-intuitive. How could the favorite subject of protest music also be its greatest protector? Well, believe it. If it wasn't for Alan Lomax and the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress there might not be a Woody Guthrie — and thus by extension — a Bob Dylan or a Bruce Springsteen, and well … you get the rest.
In March 1940, Lomax arranged for Guthrie to travel to Washington, D.C. to record traditional ballads and his original songs at the Department of the Interior recording lab. What emerged from three days of sessions is one of the purest documents of Americana ever released.
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Republican debate on foreign policy highlights the party's lack of a single national security vision as the presidential candidates differ on the pace of withdrawal from Afghanistan, aid to Pakistan and what to do with illegal immigrants in the United States; the debate is a test for Newt Gingrich, who has risen to the top of the pack in polls. MORE
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USDNOK Moving Higher In Impulsive Fashion
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July 06 2015
USDNOK has been trading in impulsive fashion the last couple of days, reaching new highs after the correction in previous black wave (ii). We assume that USDNOK will continue to the upside to Target level #1 to around 8.15-8.17 where third leg would equal to the first leg of black wave (i). But ideally we will see an extensions up to 161.8% (ideal target) for black wave (iii).
We see price trading above the trendline support shown on the hourly chart which is important evidence for bullish trend. So as long as this line is not breached we will continue to look higher within a black wave three.
USDNOK, 4h
CRB Commodity Index Remains Bearish
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June 24 2015
One of the reasons why USD can gain more and why commodities and commodity currencies will stay under pressure is on *Thomson Reuters Commodity Index (CRB) where I see a completed three wave rise; a corrective move that is pointing for more weakness in weeks ahead.
*The Jefferies | TR/J CRB Global Commodity Equity Index measures the performance of equity securities of a global universe of listed companies engaged in the production and distribution of commodities and commodity-related products and services in the agriculture, base/industrial metals, energy and precious metals sectors.
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DOW Transportations: Correction May Be Over
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June 20 2015
On the weekly chart of DOW Transportations index we can see that market has been trading bullish since the star of 2012. It has already made four waves up, with blue wave 4 in final stages. On the Daily chart we see that price made a new leg down in blue wave (c), thus completing the correction in red wave y of blue wave 4. But still Blue wave (c) may continue to the downside, if we include the possibility of ending diagonal in blue wave (c). Nonetheless price may turn higher in weeks ahead.
When market will reach a new high with blue wave 5 we will be looking for a larger corrective retracement, probably later this year.
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UPDATE II: Long-Term Stocks Analysis
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In the next video I will update you with my long-term view on some major global indicies. If your remember back in October of 2014, we talked about more upside on stocks which was correct as just few months later DAX rallied around 40%!! But now this leg can be near completion, so we think it's an important time for a possible new major swing in weeks and months ahead.
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Video Analysis: USD Can Turn Bullish Soon
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In the following video I explain why USD could rally and EUR decline by looking at DAX, German Bunds and USD Index.
EURJPY Looking For More Upside
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June 8 2015
On the 4h chart, price faced a correction in blue wave (4) and went to around fibo. level of 0.382 of the previous blue wave (3). Then price made a sharp impulsive action to the upside, so we assume that blue wave (4) is finished. That said, price may reach higher levels to around 141.77-142.00.
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Corn Could Continue Towards Higher Levels
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May 28 2015
Corn has been bearish for the last three years as we see on the Weekly chart, but that is likely over as A-B-C corrective bounce can be unfolding. The reason for a bullish turn is a five wave recovery from the lows, that we labeled it as blue wave A as shown on a Daily chart. That said a current retracement from April highs can be a temporary three wave sat-back, labelled as wave B. Notice that wave B is now trading at some significant fibo support zone at 340-350. Technically speaking bounce from that area may occur soon, especially if we also consider Divergence on the RSI within current bearish swings.
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Diary - Wilfred James Channon, Middle East, Africa & Greece, World War II, 13 Aug 1940-14 Mar 1942 Reg. No: ST 036530
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- Diary of Wilfred James Channon, from 13 August 1940 to 14 March 1942. It covers campaigns in Palestine, North Africa, Greece and Lebanon/Syria. It is part of a collection including a diary, photographs, documents and medals relating to the service of Wilfred James Channon during World War II.
Wilfred James Channon, service number VX18392, was born in West Wyalong, NSW, on 10 November 1900. He enlisted at Caulfield, Melbourne, on 29 May 1940. He was twice mentioned in Dispatches while holding the rank of Sergeant - details published in the London Gazette, 30 December 1941 (page 7360, position 11) and 23 June 1942. He was discharged 14 June 1944 at the rank of Warrant Officer Class 1, while posted at the H Q First Australian Army.
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