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Is Voice-Activated Tech the Future of Home Care?
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In the various roles he has undertaken through the years, Val J. Halamandaris has been a singular driving force behind the policy and program initiatives resulting in the recognition of home health care as a viable alternative to institutionalization. His dedication to consumer advocacy, which enhances the quality of life and dignity of those receiving home health care, merits VNA HealthCare Group's highest recognition and deepest respect.
- VNA HealthCare Group
I have the highest respect for them, especially for the nurses, aides and therapists, who devote their lives to caring for people with disabilities, the infirm and dying Americans. There are few more noble professions.
- President Barack Obama
Home health care agencies do such a wonderful job in this country helping people to be able to remain at home and allowing them to receive services
- U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Chair, Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee
Home care is a combination of compassion and efficiency. It is less expensive than institutional care...but at the same time it is a more caring, human, intimate experience, and therefore it has a greater human element...it's a big mistake not to try to maximize it and find ways to give people the home care option over either nursing homes, hospitals or other institutions
- Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
Medicaid covers long-term care, but only for low-income families. And Medicare only pays for care that is connected to a hospital discharge....our health care system must cover these vital services...[and] we should promote home-based care, which most people prefer, instead of the institutional care that we emphasize now.
- Former U.S. Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-CD)
We need incentives to...keep people in home health care settings...It's dramatically less expensive than long term care.
- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Home care is clearly the wave of the future. It's clearly where patients want to be cared for. I come from an ethnic family and when a member of our family is severely ill, we would never consider taking them to get institutional care. That's true of many families for both cultural and financial reasons. If patients have a choice of where they want to be cared for, where it's done the right way, they choose home.
- Donna Shalala, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
A couple of years ago, I spent a little bit of time with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice and its president, Val J. Halamandaris, and I was just blown away. What impressed me so much was that they talked about what they do as opposed to just the strategies of how to deal with Washington or Sacramento or Albany or whatever the case may be. Val is a fanatic about care, and it comes through in every way known to mankind. It comes through in the speakers he invites to their events; it comes through in all the stuff he shares.
- Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence
Val's home care organization brings thousands of caregivers together into a dynamic organization that provides them with valuable resources and tools to be even better in their important work. He helps them build self-esteem, which leads to self-motivation.
- Mike Vance, former Dean of Disney and author of Think Out of the Box
Val is one of the greatest advocates for seniors in America. He goes beyond the call of duty every time.
- Arthur S. Flemming, former Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Val has brought the problems, the challenges, and the opportunities out in the open for everyone to look at. He is a visionary pointing the direction for us.
- Margaret (Peg) Cushman, Professor of Nursing and former President of the Visiting Nurses Association
Although Val has chosen to stay in the background, he deserves much of the credit for what was accomplished both at the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, where he was closely associated with me and at the House Select Committee on Aging, where he was Congressman Claude Pepper's senior counsel and closest advisor. He put together more hearings on the subject of aging, wrote more reports, drafted more bills, and had more influence on the direction of events than anyone before him or since.
- Frank E. Moss, former U.S. Senator
Val's most important contribution is pulling together all elements of home health care and being able to organize and energize the people involved in the industry.
Anyone working on health care issues in Congress knows the name Val J. Halamandaris.
- Kathleen Gardner Cravedi, former Staff Director of the House Select Committee on Aging
Without your untiring support and active participation, the voices of people advocating meaningful and compassionate health care reform may not have been heard by national leaders.
- Michael Sullivan, Former Executive Director, Indiana Association for Home Care
All of us have been members of many organizations and NAHC is simply the best there is. NAHC aspires to excellence in every respect; its staff has been repeatedly honored as the best in Washington; the organization lives by the highest values and has demonstrated a passionate interest in the well-being of patients and providers.
- Elaine Stephens, Director of Home Care of Steward Home Care/Steward Health Systems and former NAHC C
Home care increasingly is one of the basic building blocks in the developing system of long-term care. On both economic and recuperative bases, home health care will continue to grow as an essential service for individuals, for families and for the community as a whole.
- Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
NCOA is excited to be part of this great event and honored to have such influential award winners in the field of aging.
- National Council of Aging
Health care at home…is something we need more of, not less of. Let us make a commitment to preventive and long-term care. Let us encourage home care as an alternative to nursing homes and give folks a little help to have their parents there.
- Former President Bill Clinton
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) recently submitted comments to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner on the proposed rule change to Medicare home health services. The comments outline NAHC's objection to the rebasing rule changes as well as several other issues that could greatly affect the home health community.
The submitted comments state that:
"The 2014 proposed rule includes the most significant change in payment rates since the inception of the Home Health Prospective Payment System in October 2000. With the combination of the rate rebasing and the modifications proposed in the case mix adjustment model, payment rates would decrease by over 14 points over 2014-2017 with the 4-year phase-in of rebasing. Our analysis demonstrates that over 70% of existing home health agencies (HHAs) will be paid less than the cost of care with this NPRM. This proposal will have natural and foreseeable effect of eliminating access to care in much of the country. The NPRM is inconsistent with the rate rebasing authority delegated by Congress to CMS, counter to the publicly available data set out in Medicare cost reports, and a vast regulatory overreach if the goal is to reset payment rates while maintaining access to essential services.
NAHC has had a long history of constructive evaluation of CMS proposed rule changes. Our comments set out below are intended in that spirit. However, we are gravely concerned with this NPRM and the serious adverse consequences that will arise if CMS does not change the proposal significantly. In no way do we believe that CMS intends the vast loss of access to care that we forecast will result from the NPRM. Nevertheless, it is vital that CMS look to alternative methods of rebasing payment rates to ensure continued care access…
The proposed rebasing methodology guarantees that reimbursement for home health services will be less than the average "cost" of care even under CMS's definition of "cost." That will occur because the CMS methodology segments elements of home health services in rebasing the payment rates for a bundled 60 episode of care. The formula used by CMS offers payment at the average "cost" of a normal episode combined with less than cost of LUPA episodes along with intentional financial losses on outlier episodes."
The comments proceed to highlight NAHC's concerns – backed with significant data – and suggestions for a more equitable rebasing structure. "These comments allowed NAHC to share with CMS some of the most glaring problems with their proposed rebasing rule as it is currently written," said Bill Dombi, NAHC's Vice President for Law. "CMS could fairly calculate rebased rates in other ways that would lessen the negative impact access to care. Alternative and valid methods of calculating the average cost of care would reduce the rate cut in half. We also believe that CMS must consider all business costs and the need for capital. If CMS did so, the rate cuts would be further reduced. We intend to carry this message to Congress, seeking its assistance in convincing CMS to change course."
NAHC strongly encourages all providers to contact their congressional delegation requesting that they sign on to the support letters circulating in the House and Senate. All the tools to do so are in the NAHC LAN.
To read NAHC's full, submitted comments on CMS' rebasing rule, please click here.
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The Centre for Local Government is the only university unit in Australia, and one of a few worldwide, that designs, develops and delivers courses which are tailor-made to the education, training and development needs of professionals and elected representatives in the local government sector. The courses are developed after extensive local government consultation and designed to maximise the knowledge gained from the centre's concurrent research and consultancy activities.
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Health officials are concerned over a rise in instances of young children being poisoned by liquid nicotine used in E-cigarettes.
About the E-cigarette Health Risk
According to Reuters Health, young children have been drinking the liquid nicotine inside E-cigarettes. Several have had severe complications like comas and seizures, and one child died from liquid nicotine poisoning.
A small amount of liquid nicotine can cause serious harm in children, and most of the time they drink most or all of the liquid nicotine held in a single container. E-cigarettes have recently become a multi-million dollar industry with most tobacco companies owning their own product lines.
The battery-powered gadgets feature a glowing tip and a heating element that turns liquid nicotine and other flavorings into a cloud of vapor that users inhale. The liquid nicotine is much more dangerous to kids than traditional tobacco, as it is concentrated, and much easier to ingest.
A small sip, say a teaspoon which is 5 milligrams, exposes a child to the nicotine of several packs of cigarettes all at once.
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A study found that e-cigarettes posed the biggest risk to toddlers, according to a study which analyzed poison center calls concerning kids under six-years-old exposed to tobacco and nicotine.
This is because Children in this age group are curious, have new-found mobility, explore their environment by putting things in their mouth, and do not recognize danger. The problem with children being exposed to the liquid nicotine is that they confuse it for candy.
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Besides the wage issue, there is mounting pressure on the UAW from its members and from other unions to demand that benefits lost during the auto crisis be restored.
"The three major US (auto) companies are making profits again . we demand that they do right by the workers who have done right by them," Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, said in a speech at the UAW's major convention last summer. "Because just as there has been shared sacrifice in periods of pain, there must be shared prosperity in periods of gain."
After a decade of selling Hummers, GM must change its image and become greener. It's heading in the right direction: The Chevrolet Volt, which can go 40 miles on battery power alone, will debut in showrooms next month.
But there's no guarantee GM can afford to continue to invest in electric vehicles or other green technologies. And much like the Toyota with its Prius, GM probably won't make money on the Volt until the third or fourth generation. It was a gamble Toyota was willing to make because the company believed hybrids would catch on eventually, and having the first fully functional hybrid would give Toyota a green image with consumers.
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China 'building runway in disputed South China Sea island'
Satellite images show China is making progress on building an airstrip on a reef in disputed territory in the South China Sea, a report says.
The images, published by IHS Jane's Defence Weekly, show construction work on reclaimed land on Fiery Cross Reef in the Spratly Islands.
The landmass could accommodate a runway about 3,000m long, the report said.
China's land reclamation work in the area has raised concern around the Asia-Pacific region.
China claims almost the whole of the South China Sea, resulting in overlapping claims with several other Asian nations including Vietnam and the Philippines.
They accuse China of illegally reclaiming land in contested areas to create artificial islands with facilities that could potentially be for military use.
Images have emerged of work in multiple areas in the disputed Spratly islands. China says its work is legal and needed to safeguard its sovereignty.
Military use?
The report from IHS Jane's used images provided by Airbus Defence and Space in February and March.
The later image, dated 23 March, showed a paved section of runway on the north-eastern side of Fiery Cross Reef, as well as paving and ground preparation of other sections of the runway.
The 3,000m length, it said, "would be well within the parameters of existing People's Liberation Army Air Force runways on mainland China, which vary in length from about 2,700m to 4,000m at most".
It also showed dredging to the south of the reef, in apparent work to improve the reef's port facilities.
Additional images showed that China could be building a second air strip on Subi Reef, also in the Spratlys and only 25km from an island with a Filipino civilian population, by creating and then linking three artificial islands, the report said.
China's neighbours are concerned that Beijing is working to entrench a military presence in the South China Sea to reinforce - and make permanent - its claims.
The Philippines said last year it believed China was building an airstrip in Johnson South Reef, in the Spratlys - the extent of work there is not clear. And earlier this week, another report citing satellite images said China was expanding an airstrip on Woody Island, much further north in the disputed Paracel Islands which Vietnam claims.
Several recent sets of images have shown land reclamation work in the Spratlys. This shows ships and construction on Mischief Reef (photo: CSIS's Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative/DigitalGlobe). Manila released this photo in May 2014 appearing to show Chinese land reclamation at Johnson South Reef President Barack Obama has said the US fears China is using "sheer size and muscle" to strong-arm smaller nations over the South China Sea.
A US State Department spokesman says the US does "not believe that large-scale land reclamation with the intent to militarise outposts on disputed land features is consistent with the region's desire for peace and stability".
But China insists it is acting within its rights.
"China's work on the [Spratly] islands mostly serves civil purposes apart from meeting the needs of military defence. China is aiming to provide shelter, aid in navigation, weather forecasts and fishery assistance to ships of various countries passing through the sea," a commentary carried prominently by Xinhua news agency on Thursday read.
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Tony Abbott confirms US has no plans to send B-1 bombers to Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he has been assured United States B-1 bombers are not bound for Australia.
Assistant US defence secretary David Shear told a Congressional hearing B-1 bombers and surveillance aircraft would soon be based in Australia as a deterrent to what America described as China's "destabilising effect" in the region.
"We will be placing additional air force assets in Australia as well as B-1 bombers and surveillance aircraft," he said.
The Pentagon now says the assistant secretary misspoke.
"I understand that the official misspoke and that the US does not have any plans to base those aircraft in Australia," Mr Abbott said.
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A spokesperson for the US Embassy in Canberra confirmed the mistake.
"During May 13 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, US assistant secretary of defence David Shear misspoke on the subject of deploying US military aircraft to Australia," the spokesperson said in a statement.
"The United States has no plans to rotate B-1 bombers or surveillance aircraft in Australia.
"The United States and Australia continue to explore ways to strengthen our alliance and more effectively respond to shared challenges, both regionally and around the world.
"We routinely rotate military assets through Australia, including a B-52 last December.
"With respect to US force posture initiatives in Australia which were first announced in 2011 we are currently exploring a range of options for future rotations with our Australian counterparts, and the specifics of future force posture cooperation have yet to be finalised."
China will resolutely uphold its territorial sovereignty. We demand the relevant side talk and act cautiously and not take any actions that are risky or provocative to maintain regional peace and stability.Before the clarification, China's foreign ministry expressed "serious concern" with a spokeswoman, saying the country would "resolutely uphold its territorial sovereignty".
Earlier, a spokesman for Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said the department was "aware of the comments made by a US official in Congressional testimony overnight".
"The US government has contacted us to advise that the official misspoke," a statement read.
The US Air Force said the B-1 bomber was the back bone of its long-range bomber force.
The aircraft is capable of rapidly delivering 84 bombs weighing 227 kilograms each "against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time" and is currently being used to attack Islamic State in Iraq.
Mr Shear told a special congressional hearing on the South China Sea the deployment of air assets to Australia was in addition to the doubling of US marines bound for Darwin, leaving their current base in Japan.
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"We will be moving significant numbers of Marines to Hawaii, Guam and Australia," he said.
"So we will have a very strong presence, very strong continued posture throughout the region to back our commitments to our allies, to protect and work with our partners and to continue ensuring peace and stability in the region.
"As well as back our diplomacy vis-a-vis China on the South China Sea."
The senate foreign relations committee called the hearing to address concerns about China's continued construction of artificial land masses in the South China Sea including runways.
The US State Department said China's behaviour was having a destabilising effect on the region.
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China's official news agency Xinhua reported the country's ambassador to the US as saying Washington had no right whatsoever to intervene in the legitimate activities it conducted in the South China Sea, while urging related parties to resolve the disputes through diplomatic channels.
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"We think the United States has to issue a clarification about this. China has always upheld freedom of navigation in the South China Sea, but freedom of navigation certainly does not mean that foreign military ships and aircraft can enter another country's territorial waters or airspace at will," she said.
"China will resolutely uphold its territorial sovereignty.
"We demand the relevant side talk and act cautiously and not take any actions that are risky or provocative to maintain regional peace and stability."
US secretary of state John Kerry is meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping this weekend.
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Committee chair Republican senator Bob Corker said the US was not doing enough to deter the Chinese and American allies were questioning Washington's credibility.
"I think we're the ones paying the price by no-one seeing any kind of tangible activity relative to this and them actually gaining and paying no price," he said.
Australia's force posture agreement with the US does mention "enhanced aircraft cooperation initiatives".
The focus of that though is "visits for exercises and training".
It does not specifically mention B-1 bombers being stationed in Australia as a deterrent to China's territorial claims or being based and operationally prepared to respond to Chinese actions in the South China Sea.
A Pentagon spokesman told the ABC heavy-lift bomber assets had been deployed to Australia in the past, including a B52 visit last December.
Those however, were used for a training exercise.
Earlier, a Pentagon spokesman said "the specifics of future force posture cooperation are yet to be finalised".
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Why didn't the Philippines or Malaysia or Vietnam build a weather station or some other structure there a long time ago?
China is simply doing what other countries did 200-300+ years ago to lay claim to distant islands.
Singapore? Christmas Island? Diego Garcia? et al.
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My taxi driver this morning was from Mogadishu.
He says the place is rocketing ahead with development since government was established 3 years ago and the Chinese are all over the place paying for new airports and road infrastructure in return for oil drilling rights.
They are doing the same in Pakistan building roads.
Between this and the South China sea shenanigans the West has got to take these little slitty-eyed friggers seriously.
Vladimir Valdimirovich is small fry compared to the menace these little punters represent.
I was telling the GF this and she said that China tried to build island near Russia years ago and the Russians just bombed them. Never heard that story before and haven't googled it yet so don't know if it is true.
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China placing mobile artillery on reclaimed island, US says
The United States says China has placed mobile artillery weapons systems on a reclaimed island in the disputed South China Sea, a development that Republican senator John McCain has called "disturbing and escalatory".
Brent Colburn, a Pentagon spokesman travelling with defence secretary Ash Carter, said the United States was aware of the weapons.
Senator McCain, chairman of the Senate's armed services committee, said the move would escalate tensions but not lead to conflict.
"It is a disturbing development and escalatory development, one which heightens our need to make the Chinese understand that their actions are in violation of international law and their actions are going to be condemned by everyone in the world," he said at a news conference in Ho Chi Minh City.
"We are not going to have a conflict with China but we can take certain measures which will be a disincentive to China to continue these kinds of activities," he said.
In Beijing, China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said she had no information on the weapons.
Chinese ships busy transforming outcrops into islands
US officials said Chinese dredging work had added some 2,000 acres to five outposts in the resource-rich Spratly islands in the South China Sea, including 1,500 acres this year.
It has released surveillance plane footage showing dredgers and other ships busily turning remote outcrops into islands with runways and harbours.
Mr Carter called on Wednesday for an immediate halt to land reclamation in the South China Sea and was expected to touch on the issue of maritime security and freedom of navigation again in a speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue security conference in Singapore.
China says the islands are in sovereign Chinese territory.
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The dispute over the South China Sea pits China against its smaller, weaker regional neighbours, writes South-East Asia correspondent Samantha Hawley.
Pentagon officials said efforts by China and other claimant countries to turn reefs into islands in the Spratlys undermines international law and raises questions about their future plans and intentions.
"It creates an air of uncertainty in a system that has been based on certainty and agreed-upon norms," said Mr Colburn, the Pentagon spokesman.
"So anything that steps outside of the bounds of international law we see as a concern because we don't know what the ... motivations are behind that. We think it should concern everyone in the region."
Asian military attaches and analysts said the placement of mobile artillery pieces appeared to be a symbol of intent, rather than any major development that could tilt any balance of power.
"It is interesting and a point to watch. But it should be remembered they've already got potentially a lot more firepower on the naval ships that they routinely move through the South China Sea," one military attache said.
China claims most of the South China Sea. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also claim parts of the vital trade route.
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Rich in resources and traversed by a quarter of global shipping, the South China Sea is the stage for several territorial disputes that threaten to escalate tensions in the region.
At the heart of these disputes are a series of barren islands in two groups - the Spratly Islands, off the coast of the Philippines, and the Paracel Islands, off the coasts of Vietnam and China.
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I see this as almost as provocative as Russia's actions in the Crimea. The Chinese may not be taking land from a neighbour but creating new land a stones throw from a neighbour in an attempt to lay claim to the sea is almost as incendiary.
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Yes but that was done centuries ago and the human race has matured a bit since then in the way we conduct international relations.
This kind of behaviour is not really up to acceptable 21st century standards.
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Well 200 years ago it was pretty much OK to take over and colonise other countries if you had the military might but now we respect international boundaries and they are not moved by force. Except that is basically what Russia, and now China, has been engaging in.
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So your trying to say the western alliance haven't gone into countries and fucked those countries over.?
The Chinese are investing money into many countries, and no doubt asking for favours back,its how business runs.
And thats what it is business.
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Yes Chinese investment is a legitimate venture and the West had better watch that.
But building new islands just a stones throw from your neighbours shores and then claiming the new 'land' as sovereign territory is almost as bad as taking land from your neighbours.
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Whilst the Chinese are supposedly building in disputed waters, there is the possiblity the countries can go through the courts to establish the sovereign rights to the seas.
Which would then not further flame the situation.
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If the chinks are positioning missile batteries on their new 'land' then I am not sure if they would be looking at engaging in legal process to determine who the the new 'islands' belong to.
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China to extend military reach, build lighthouses in disputed waters
China outlined a strategy to boost its naval reach on Tuesday and held a groundbreaking ceremony for two lighthouses in disputed waters, developments likely to escalate tensions in a region already jittery about Beijing's maritime ambitions.
In a policy document issued by the State Council, the Communist-ruled country's cabinet, China vowed to increase its "open seas protection", switching from air defence to both offence and defence, and criticised neighbours who take "provocative actions" on its reefs and islands.
China has been taking an increasingly assertive posture over recent years in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, where Beijing has engaged in land reclamation in the Spratly archipelago.
China, which claims most of the South China Sea, criticised Washington after a U.S. spy plane flew over areas near the reefs last week, with both sides accusing each other of stoking instability.
It has overlapping claims with the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.
Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said China's reclamation in the Spratlys was comparable with construction of homes and roads on the mainland.
"From the perspective of sovereignty, there is absolutely no difference," he told reporters.
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Some countries with "ulterior motives" had unfairly characterized China's military presence and sensationalized the issue, he said. Surveillance in the region was increasingly common and China would continue to take "necessary measures" to respond.
"Some external countries are also busy meddling in South China Sea affairs. A tiny few maintain constant close-in air and sea surveillance and reconnaissance against China," the strategy paper said in a thinly veiled reference to the United States.
It said China's air force would shift its focus from territorial air defence to both offence and defence, and building airspace defences with stronger military capabilities.
China also hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the building of two lighthouses in the South China Sea, state media said, defying calls from the United States and the Philippines for a freeze on such activity.
The construction was to help maritime search and rescue, disaster relief, environmental protection and navigational security, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said.
The People's Liberation Army's nuclear force, known as the Second Artillery Corps, would also strengthen its capabilities for deterrence and nuclear counterattack as well as medium- and long-range precision strikes, the paper said.
"China faces many complex maritime security threats and challenges and requires a navy that can carry out multifaceted missions and protect its sovereignty," Wang Jin, a senior colonel, told reporters.
The paper also cited "grave threats" to China's cyber infrastructure, adding that China would hasten development of a cyber military force.
Self-ruled Taiwan, which China considers a renegade province, called on all South China Sea claimants to shelve their disagreements to enable talks on sharing resources before a conflict breaks out.
Japan meanwhile will join a major U.S.-Australian military exercise for the first time in a sign of growing security links between the three countries as tensions fester over China's moves.
All three nations have said they are concerned about freedom of movement through the South China Sea and air space.
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Given their arrival on Segways following a laboured performance by street dancers trying to convince delegates of the need for fibre in order to satisfy Generation Y's appetite for gaming, you expected a big bang from the hosts of the FTTH Council's annual conference.
As we reported late last year, although operators are keen to talk the talk about being innovative, cold hard evidence of it is thin on the ground.
Industry analysts have broadly welcomed the news that BT has entered into exclusive negotiations with EE's owners over a potential sale of the 4G market leader.
Videos of European Communications' SDN/NFV and managed services seminar day are now available to view. Click here to go to our YouTube channel to watch all the videos from the day.
Japan-based messaging phenomenon Line Corporation is keen to work with operators in Europe as it prepares to launch its services in two key markets next year.
Everyone loves going on a metaphorical journey these days. From reality TV stars to telecom equipment providers, it seems no one can get by without an emotional or organisational transformation.
Network operators love to tell the world how innovative they are being, but as a new report has shown, it is not a view shared by senior executives from other industries.


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Are Kylie Jenner and Tyga secretly parting ways? Nobody is clear on what's happening between these two, including themselves. TMZ's recent reports claim that Tyga has moved out of Kylie's pad and has been living in a rental accommodation!
If you are wondering why their relationship status seems so confusing, we have the details of what's happening between the two of them. It all started with Kylie's Snapchat last week, that initially read she was "Single As F***".
That very moment, internet was flooded with reports that the duo have called off their relationship and Kylie Jenner dumped Tyga on his birthday. Also, she didn't attend his birthday party. His party was entirely Kardashians and Jenners free.
Just when we assumed it was over between them, Kylie posted another Snapchat which showed Tyga's hand on her thigh or maybe a little above that. This picture was taken when Kylie and Tyga were on their way to American Music Awards.
Kylie Jenner recently appeared on the 'Ellen DeGenere' show. When Ellen tried grilling her with regard to her relationship with Tyga, she admitted that she hasn't broken up with him. But she also made sure to say that they're just "hanging out"
Well, we don't quite understand what hanging out with your boyfriend means in Kylie's words. Apparently she and Tyga feel they are hanging together too much. Hence, he decided to move out of her pad and live in a rental accommodation.
According to TMZ, a source told the magazine that, both Kylie and Tyga want to have some personal space of their own. They want to concentrate on their careers as different individuals and not together.


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Moura is a central point and vibrant community for the people who serve its local industries – the farmers, growers and miners and their families that help to make Queensland great.
Lying in the heart of the Dawson Valley, on the banks of the Dawson River, its parklands and public facilities, festivals and events, river fishing and water sports attract thousands of visitors each year.
The quality of life rings true in Moura – hard working people who know how to have fun at the end of the week make the most of their surroundings.
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Phase II Trial of RAD001 Plus Carboplatin in Patients With Triple-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer
This study is an open label phase II trial of carboplatin and RAD001 in women with
triple-negative breast cancer. Carboplatin will be given as an IV infusion every three
weeks. RAD001 will be given as a 5 mg pill daily with a run in of 3 patients. If there is
a dose limiting toxicity (any toxicity requiring dose modification or interruption) among
the first 3 patients, that number will be increased to 6 patients. If the 5 mg dose is
found to be tolerable among the first 3 patients, the RAD001 dose will be increased to a 10
mg pill daily. In the unexpected case of 2 or more DLT's at 5 mg/day or 1 or more DLT's in
the additional 3 patients, further dosing will be reviewed by the PI in conjunction with the
NYU DSMC. Patients will be assessed for response every two cycles with either PET/CT or CT
of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis and a bone scan. In addition patients will be followed
with serial CEA and CA 27-29 levels. The patients will continue on the protocol until there
is progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity.
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Best overall response rate (CR,PR,and SD that lasts more than 6 months)
Assessed every 2 cycles of treatment (6 weeks). The time is the estimated total time for all patients. The patients will continue on the protocol until there is progression of disease or unacceptable toxicity.
up to 3 years
Amy Tiersten, MD
Principal Investigator
New York University School of Medicine
United States: Institutional Review Board
June 2010
December 2013
|NYU Clinical Cancer Center
|New York, New York 10016


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Halloween might not be the first theme that you considered for your baby shower, but it can be a great way to have fun and do something very different. It is not every day that you get a chance to combine the zaniness of Halloween with the joys of celebrating a new baby.

A Halloween baby shower theme lends itself nicely to a co-ed baby shower, though this is only one option. You could certainly have a baby shower with a Halloween theme and not have it be co-ed at all. That is completely up to the hostess and the mother-to-be.

In the Halloween Baby Shower Guide, we're going to cover the following topic ideas:

Halloween Baby Shower Party Food

Invitations & Decorations

Halloween Baby Shower Games

It's important to note that having at least the mother-to-be dress up in some sort of costume will really help sell this theme to your guests. This doesn't have to be very elaborate, but something fun!

The food for a baby shower can really be a lot of fun when you're trying to tie it to a theme. Here the Halloween theme really lends itself to tons of fun! Here are a variety of ideas and recipes to consider for your baby shower:

Halloween Baby Shower Cakes

Placenta Shaped Cake

Halloween Baby Shower Punch Ideas

Serve any version of a red punch and call it: Bloody Show Punch

Alternatively, serve clear punch and label it: Amniotic Fluid (Float Gummy Worms)

Consider adding ice cubes with candies inside for a chilling effect

Halloween Baby Shower Food

Dirt Cups with Spiders (Cupcakes work well too!)

Placenta cookies (Sugar cookies with red icing)

Cupcakes with Babies in the icing

Halloween Baby Shower Snacks (for tables)

Gummy Sperm (Gummy Worms)

Zombie candies

Mini brains

Fruit twists (some look decided like umbilical cords), or Twizzlers

Halloween Colored M & Ms (instead of pink or blue)

Consider labeling your dishes so that people can enjoy your puns!

For other, non-Halloween related food ideas, take a look at these healthy pregnancy snacks for the mom to be.

Your invitations and decorations will start your Halloween theme from the moment it is opened or your guests walk in the door. Here are some ideas to think about including:

Halloween Baby Shower Invitations

For a ladies only shower, consider using invitations in the shape of or featuring ghosts for a fabulous "Ghoul's Night Out"

Consider using baby witches as a character or ghosts

Specify if you expect people to wear costumes or not

Halloween Baby Shower Decorations

Instead of pink and blue, you can use fall colors or Halloween traditional colors

Have a haunted nursery for people to tour (Though this really sounds more like real life with the messy room!):

Spooky music

Black lights

Scary stuffed animals or something like a clown

A haunted breast pump

Crepe paper danging

Dirty diapers on the floor

Serve your punch in a caldron

A shower isn't complete without the party games. Here are a few ideas:

Dirty Diaper Game

This is a twist on the classic dirty diaper game and a combo of the traditional Halloween feely game

Take things that represent "gross" things about pregnancy and babies and put them in diapers. Have guests feel inside the diapers to decide what is what.

Examples include:

Long piece of Twizzler to represent umbilical cord

Some red, not quite firm jello-o to represent bloody show

Some store bought slime to represent the mucus plug

Pass each diaper out and have guests write what they think it is, most correct wins!

Needle in a Haystack Halloween Version

This is a version of the Needle in a Haystack baby shower game

Take a bowl filled with peeled grapes

Put in a hand full of well separated prunes

While blindfolded, have people pick out as many prunes from the grapes in one minute as they can

Winner is the person who gets the most!

How Dilated is Your Pumpkin

You will need several pumpkins (four-five), a carving knife, play dough, metric ruler

Open the top of the pumpkins, but do not carve the sides

Clean part of the "guts" out and put in a ring of play dough measured between one to ten centimeters

Have players reach in and measure how dilated each ring is and write it down, repeating for each pumpkin

Winner is the person who gets the most right answers!

Adding a little movement to your games will keep everyone awake and is good for the star of the show. Physical activity during pregnancy may have long term positive benefits on the baby.

Once you've planned the games, the food, and more, what is left?

You may want to review proper baby shower etiquette and how to have a baby shower if kids will be guests.

Finally, on both a serious and humorous note, check out the things that moms-to-be fear most at baby showers.

Sources:

Ferrari, N., Bae-Gartz, I., Bauer, C. et al. Exercise During Pregnancy and its Impact on Mothers and Offspring in Humans and Mice. Journal of Development Origins of Health and Disease. 2017 Aug 7. (Epub ahead of print).


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PwC Greece received the below awards in the 2016 Business IT Excellence (BITE) Awards:
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This standard assesses our IT Service Management System. It is an important standard for our clients as it assesses 'the design, transition, delivery and improvement of services that fulfil service requirements'; and helps ensure effective operation and delivery of the IT services our clients expect of a professional services firm.
This standard for quality management systems enhances the robust risk and quality management processes we already have in place.
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PwC Greece is an Approved Training Employer of the Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales (ICAEW).
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PwC Greece has been awarded the Investors in People Standard, demonstrating our commitment to realising the potential of our people.


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The limited-edition prints feature some of the most popular characters from Gotham, including Commissioner Gordon, Catwoman, Robin and the Dark Knight himself. The illustrations were on display at the French Paper Gallery this past weekend.
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