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Some things in life don't turn out quite as expected. In the dark days of the financial crisis, it looked like corporate lending might open up as a new asset class for superannuation funds.
In 2008 and 2009, local banks' cost of funding was rising and, fearing spikes in bad debts, they were tightening their lending criteria.
Meanwhile, offshore banks faced severe balance sheet problems and were under pressure to redirect capital to their home markets. They too scaled back their lending to Australian companies, as did mezzanine financiers.
The outlook for local companies trying to borrow money, or even renew existing credit facilities, looked so dire that there was even talk of a government package to prevent a fire-sale in the commercial property market should property developers be unable to refinance their loans.
Super funds could be forgiven for thinking that lending to companies that had been deserted by the banks seemed like a pretty decent investment opportunity.
AustralianSuper had just that thought and in July 2010, the $60 billion retirement savings behemoth dipped the proverbial toe in the water, signing a $200 million deal to invest in an unlisted debt portfolio managed by Challenger Financial Services.
In February last year, it agreed to add a further $200 million. The idea was to lend alongside Challenger's balance sheet, with the latter doing most of the grunt work on due diligence and the like.
It was money from the second facility that was lent recently to Virtus Health, an IVF business, a transaction that was revealed by The Australian Financial Review's Street Talk this week.
Of the $400 million committed, just $240 million has been drawn down.
At the time the original deal with Challenger was signed, AustralianSuper chief investment officer
"This is leading to attractive investment opportunities with better return prospects, or credit spreads, with lower risk than has been achievable for many years," Mr Delaney said nearly three years ago.
But the imbalances did not last.
As it turns out, traditional sources of lending have come back sooner than expected, interest rates have fallen, making deals far less attractive to super funds, and demand for credit to finance leveraged buyouts has remained subdued – largely because of the dearth of such transactions.
Corporate lending might still grow, but it has been "developing slowly", said Mr Delaney.
Trying new asset classes is always going to involve trial and error. At least in the case of AustralianSuper, it has new toys to play with. Earlier this month, the Melbourne-based retirement savings scheme, alongside Industry Funds Management, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and QSuper, paid $4.31 billion for the 99-year lease of Port Botany in Sydney's east and $760 million for the smaller Port Kembla, south of Sydney.
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Let's get to a few topics in this enjoyable 6-3 start for the Mets.
First, this weekend's series. Taking two of three on the road is an awfully good thing to do, period. Doing it against a divisional opponent is even better. The Mets were getting to face the Phillies without Chase Utley or Ryan Howard, and they took advantage. They had to face Cliff Lee, and did so without David Wright, but won anyway. The only loss of the series came in a pitching matchup between Cole Hamels and Mike Pelfrey. Wins all around.
That said, the recurring problem of outfield defense is going to hurt this team. The rally that turned a 2-1 lead into an eventual 8-2 deficit started on a misplay from Lucas Duda in right field, and the back-breaking three-run double to left field was a catchable ball. Just not catchable by Scott Hairston, or had he been in there, Jason Bay. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, it should be noted, had the catch of the series on a ball deep into right-center field on Saturday. Really impressive.
To weigh in briefly on Wright's return: let's just hope he made the decision for the right reasons, and that he really can both heal and play effectively through the pain. The latter returns have been encouraging thus far, obviously. But the reason to get healthy in April is obvious: there are so many more games left to play. This isn't football, or even the MLB playoffs. There's a marathon ahead.
In case you missed it, the trustee for the Bernie Madoff victims, Irving Picard, reiterated in court filings released late Friday night what I'd reported to you last month: the settlement in the case against Fred Wilpon occurred because if Picard had won, Wilpon and his partners didn't have the money to pay him, so there was no upside to going to trial. This obviously flies in the face of the concerted Mets PR campaign to persuade everyone that the finances are fine and the problems a thing of the past. But it bears remembering as you consider what the Mets can do going forward with Wilpon and his partners as owners.
The Mets face the Braves starting tonight, and Chipper Jones is back. Apparently, there was some manufactured controversy late last week about the Mets honoring Chipper Jones when he comes to town. Mark me down as believing this is a classy thing to do. What I do hope is that the Mets do the same for Jose Reyes when he visits next week. Reyes should have a video tribute. The Mets could pretend Reyes never played for the Mets, which would be silly. But both the Mets and Reyes made a business decision- why not treat him the way Dallas treated Tyson Chandler when he returned with the Knicks? This is an opportunity with only upside for the Mets, and hopefully they'll take it.


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WILDOMAR -- A study that could determine this community's fate and was expected to be released in draft form in June or early this month has been delayed another month, county officials say.
The study will show the financial implications of Wildomar becoming its own city, of Wildomar becoming a part of Murrieta, or of Murrieta taking in a part of Wildomar.
Once the draft is released, the public will have 30 days to make comments on it and the final version of the report should be ready in September, Katherine Gifford, a county senior management analyst, said Wednesday.
In February, study consultants with Temecula-based MuniFinancial told Wildomar residents the study, which is being paid for jointly by Riverside County, the Local Agency Formation Commission and Murrieta, would be ready by the end of June or early July. Officials with MuniFinancial referred all inquiries to Gifford. The draft is delayed because MuniFinancial is collecting additional information, Gifford said.
The Local Agency Formation Commission, an agency that oversees government boundaries, will use the results of the study to consider one of several scenarios for Wildomar, including cityhood or allowing Murrieta to annex the southern portion of the community.
The consultants were doing a survey of businesses that can be seen from the road, but that style of survey did not include Wildomar's 400 home-based businesses, Wildomar Incorporation Now member Sheryl Ade said Friday. Knowing how many and what type of businesses exist in the community is important because sales taxes from businesses create revenue for cities.
"If that (information is) incorrect, it makes us question the whole study," Ade said.
Joe McCabe, who supports Wildomar being annexed to Murrieta, said Friday that he also recognized the information MuniFinancial had collected earlier was not complete.
"It's not unusual to see delays like this with studies," McCabe said, adding the delay did not affect any plans the pro-annexation group, Annex to Murrieta, was making.
"We're just planning to go to the commission meetings," he said.
Cityhood supporters say they are not taking any chances with the MuniFinancial study and are doing their own study.
The main drawback of the MuniFinancial study is that Wildomar residents only had brief input on what would be studied, WIN President Bob Cashman said Friday.
"They brought us in and we commented, but we should have been intimately involved in the study," Cashman said.
"Our study … just focuses on incorporation," he said. It just has to find out if there is anything stopping Wildomar from becoming a city, he added. Cityhood supporters are already collecting signatures in support of their incorporation petition.
Residents supporting either scenario will have an opportunity to be heard by the commission after the study results are in. Before making a decision, the commission has to consider, among other things, the impact of annexation on the adjacent area, the need for public services such as police and fire protection and whether services are adequately provided now, commission Executive Director George Spiliotis has said.
If the commission approves annexation, there will be a protest hearing, where residents of the annexed area can submit written protests, Spiliotis said.
The annexation plans would be terminated if more than 50 percent of voters protest. If between 25 percent and 50 percent of voters protest the annexation, an election would be held asking residents if they want the area to be annexed, he said.
For the cityhood process to move forward, the proponents need to collect signatures from 25 percent of Wildomar's 10,872 registered voters -- 2,718 valid signatures, to put incorporation to a vote, Spiliotis said.
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Garlic Lover's Burger
Recipe by Buckeye Karen
If you're like me, you just can't get enough of that beautiful bulb, garlic. This recipe produces a savory burger with an interesting flavor that is sure to please the palate. This recipe should work equally well with ground turkey, though I haven't tested that. Please note the variations listed in the ingredients and directions. Note: I *LOVE* herbs, so if the cilantro, garlic, etc., seems a bit strong to you, vary to your taste.
Top Review by CulinaryExplorer
These are delicious! I have to admit I was a tad bit skeptical of all the garlic and the amount of ginger paste as well. So I went a little shy on the garlic maybe using only 2 and 1/4 T. However I think next time I will use the entire amount since it was not overpowering at all like I thought it might be. I REALLY loved the soy sauce and ginger flavors in this burger. They were perfectly moist. So much that in prep I thought they were too moist, but I grilled them on my foreman and so they were able to hold together well enough and remain juicy with the excess running off. I used fresh cilantro in mine since that is what I had on hand and chose to put in the onions. For conidments I used vegan mayo, lettuce, pickles, and spicy brown mustard and they were PERFECT with it. My husband also tried his with ketchup and said it did infact taste like meatloaf and he liked it that way too. Definitely a keeper!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb ground beef (or chuck or sirloin)
- 1⁄8 cup dried cilantro (or a handful of fresh chopped cilantro)
- 3 tablespoons minced garlic
- 1⁄4 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons ginger paste
- fresh ground pepper (peppercorn medley)
- 4 buns (one for each patty)
Optional (see notes in directions)
- fresh minced onions (optional) or dried parsley (optional)
- salt (optional)
- canned black beans (small can, drained and rinsed) (optional)
- prepared spaghetti sauce (optional) or pizza sauce (optional)
Directions See How It's Made
- Mix all ingredients together (except ground pepper) and form into patties of your preferred size and thickness.
- Grill burgers to your preferred doneness (rare to well-done). Crack fresh ground pepper over the burgers as they grill.
- If desired, salt burger to taste and top with cheese in the last minute or so of grilling so that it melts down over the burger. Burger already has soy sauce, so I find that salt is unnecessary.
- Place burger on your favorite bun, add toppings, and dig in!
- Options: Add any of the optional ingredients to the mix before grilling. Fresh minced onions add alot of flavor, but not everyone likes onions. Adding black beans is an easy way to bulk up the mix and add some great fiber and nutrition. You might wish to try just half a can the first time, if you're unsure you'll like them. For burgers that verge on meatloaf, add about 1/4 cup of spaghetti or pizza sauce to the mix (and/or top the formed patties with additional sauce when grilling).


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Bus crash kills 8 in Southern California
Updated 11:41 pm, Sunday, February 3, 2013
Yucaipa, San Bernardino County --
Eight people died Sunday in a tour-bus crash with two other vehicles on a rural mountain highway in Southern California, the Highway Patrol said.
The collision occurred around 6:30 p.m. near the town of Forest Falls, about 80 miles east of Los Angeles, San Bernardino County fire spokesman Eric Sherwin said. The cause of the accident was not known.
The CHP said eight people were killed, while at least 27 others were treated or hospitalized. The injuries ranged from minor to life-threatening, and victims were still being extracted from the bus more than an hour after the crash, Sherwin said.
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The name of the bus company and information about the victims were not immediately available.
The bus crashed on a mountainous stretch of two-lane Highway 38. Ambulances came from as far away as Chino and Moreno Valley to help triage victims, and patients were taken to several different hospitals, fire officials said.
Sherwin did not know where the bus was headed, but Highway 38 leads to Big Bear, a popular area that's home to a ski resort and other recreation.
The California crash occurred less than a day after a bus carrying 42 high school students and their chaperones slammed into an overpass in Boston. Massachusetts state police said 35 people were injured and that the driver had taken the bus onto a road with a height restriction.
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2010 Stoker Final Ballot
posted Monday 28 February 2011 @ 1:38 pm PDT
The 2010 Stoker Final Ballot has been released:
Superior Achievement in a Novel
- Horns, Joe Hill (William Morrow)
- Rot and Ruin, Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
- Dead Love, Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Stone Bridge Press)
- Apocalypse of the Dead, Joe McKinney (Pinnacle)
- Dweller, Jeff Strand (Leisure/Dark Regions Press)
- A Dark Matter, Peter Straub (DoubleDay)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
- Black and Orange, Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books)
- A Book of Tongues, Gemma Files (ChiZine)
- Castle of Los Angeles, Lisa Morton (Gray Friar)
- Spellbent, Lucy Snyder (Del Rey)
Superior Achievement Long Fiction
- The Painted Darkness, Brian James Freeman (Cemetery Dance)
- Dissolution, Lisa Mannetti (Deathwatch)
- Monsters Among Us, Kirstyn McDermott (Macabre: A Journey through Australia's Darkest Fears)
- The Samhanach, Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
- Invisible Fences, Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
- "Return to Mariabronn", Gary Braunbeck (Haunted Legends)
- "The Folding Man", Joe R. Lansdale (Haunted Legends)
- "1925: A Fall River Halloween", Lisa Mannetti (Shroud Magazine #10)
- "In the Middle of Poplar Street", Nate Southard (Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology)
- "Final Draft", Mark W. Worthen (Horror Library IV)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
- Dark Faith, Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, eds. (Apex)
- Horror Library IV, R.J. Cavender & Boyd E. Harris, eds. (Cutting Block)
- Macabre: A Journey Through Australia's Darkest Fears, Angela Challis & Marty Young, eds. (Brimstone Press)
- Haunted Legends, Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas, eds. (Tor)
- The New Dead, Christopher Golden, ed. (St. Martin's Griffin)
Superior Achievement in a Collection
- Occultation, Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
- Blood and Gristle, Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
- Full Dark, No Stars, Stephen King (Simon & Schuster)
- The Ones That Got Away, Stephen Graham Jones (Prime Books)
- A Host of Shadows, Harry Shannon (Dark Regions)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
- To Each Their Darkness, Gary A. Braunbeck (Apex)
- The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus)
- Wanted Undead or Alive, Jonathan Maberry & Janice Gable Bashman (Citadel)
- Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews, Sam Weller (Melville House)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
- Dark Matters, Bruce Boston (Bad Moon Books)
- Wild Hunt of the Stars, Ann K. Schwader (Sam's Dot)
- Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist, Robin Spriggs (Anomalous Books)
- Vicious Romantic, Wrath James White (Needfire Poetry)
Winning titles will be announced at the Stoker Weekend in Long Island NY, June 16-19, 2011.
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Election sign proposal makes me grumpy
Wednesday, Feb 13, 2013 06:00 am
This is just one reason why I am a grumpy taxpayer. The proposal to have no election signage along St. Albert (trying to be pristine) Trail will be ratified by the sitting councillors who will benefit most in an election from name recognition.
If they could, I think banning all election signage would suit them. The signs would be there for only a month. These councillors seem to have forgotten that we live in Canada where we enjoy free speech and not in a place like Syria.
Why is this novel idea suddenly being proposed in an election year? Coincidence? Mayor Nolan Crouse will still be able to advertise on External Affairs� sign on the trail as he has the bucks. What about those who have less financial resources?
Some of these councillors still do not get it! The trail is a business corridor. You would have to remove all signage and some buildings to make it less cluttered. In my 36 years of living in St. Albert I have never seen such nonsense. I encourage council to do some meaningful work such as lowering taxes. We need councillors who are fiscally responsible and listen to us. This is not happening in St. Albert, which makes me real grumpy.
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The article on Oregon Live is in error. The GASCO building is neither toxic nor a superfund site. The building is located on the uplands area of the GASCO site, which the DEQ administers not the EPA. DEQ is not requiring the building to be removed as part of the greater site's remediation. The DEQ and many Portlanders would prefer to see the Clock Tower building left standing as a relic and as a cap against rainwater infiltration into the EPA administered Superfund site closer to the river. This type of misunderstanding of the state of the building and site are prime examples of why it was so difficult to raise funds to save the dirty but not toxic historic landmark.
The minions are removing the slate tile roofing but there is still time for NW NATURAL to re-consider the actual demolition of the walls and the clock tower. Please appeal to their Board of Directors.
NW EXAMINER recently wrote an article disproving the myth of the GASCO Building contamination, not to be confused with the GASCO site which is indeed a designated superfund site. The GASCO Building is just old & dirty. This misinformation is what brought this Portland beauty to it's knees. Too many people have believed NW Natural's false rhetoric.
Many of the citizens of Portland and Southwest Washington are just finding out a much beloved building is scheduled for demolition this fall. #savethegascobuilding
Jonathan Fine created a mini documentary about the Gasco building last year, just in the past week there have been almost 10,000 views!
Subject: URGENT: Demolition of Portland landmark on Friday 9/11.
The historic Portland Gas & Coke building known as GASCO at 7900 NW St. Helens is slated for demolition this week.
FRIENDS OF GASCO has been raising funds for over a year to stave off the demolition.
NW NATURAL which owns the building has decided to tear down the building despite a robust community outreach campaign.
Chuck Palahniuk in his guidebook to Portland "Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon" calls the GASCO building the 2nd most photographed landmark in Portland.
FRIENDS OF GASCO is staging a rally this Friday 9.11 from 6:30-9:30
at the historic Skyline Tavern 8031 NW Skyline Blvd, Portland, OR 97229
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/skylinetavernproject
There is a website for FRIENDS OF GASCO with more information about our campaign
and a short video about the importance and history of the GASCO building.
I am the chair of FRIENDS OF GASCO and the owner of the SKYLINE TAVERN.
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Join The Friends Of GasCo … Help US Save This Historic Landmark and Portland Treasure!
For over 57 years, artists, historians and citizens of Portland have wondered about the abandoned gothic 3-story office building with the 4-sided clock tower next to the dueling train tracks below the spirited St Johns Bridge span on NW St. Helens Road (HWY 30).
The building is irreplaceable Portland History. The Building is GASCO.
A relic of the Portland's industrial heritage, natural resource based economy and engineering ingenuity, the building is adjacent to a superfund site and is no longer of economic use to it's steward NW NATURAL – the publicly regulated utility that provides natural gas throughout the northwest.
Help us save Portland's Industrial Cathedral from demolition. Help us work with NW NATURAL, to stabilize the lonely giant from the ravages of time with a seismic upgrade, new window panes, repaired roof, a working clock in the clock tower and exterior lighting and signage for all to enjoy and commemorate the past.
Save Portland history. Save GASCO: AS IS!


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If your contract states that you have to go through mediation or arbitration, you have to go this route. If you do not, the judge can toss your action out of court and then you will be out all that money you spent to file the action. If you have the option of arbitration OR mediation, you probably want to choose arbitration. This is because an arbitrator's decision is binding where what happens at the mediation is not. As this person has obviously breached his contract, you are certainly entitled to damages. This is actually good news for you because even though you could have sued for your court costs and legal fees from this person, you will not have to expend that money up front in order to be compensated through arbitration. You'll have to look at the contract carefully to determine what your options are.
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Okay, thank you for the accept and the additional information. I will be happy to help you further.
According to the terms of your contract, you would have to try mediation first. The two of you can choose your mediator by mutual decision. A mediator is a neutral party and most of the time, they are attorneys. The fairest thing to do would be to split the cost of the mediation between the two of you, even though the reason you are there in the first place is because of the other party's breach. Of course, you do not have to agree to this, but you may get farther if you do. You will have to discuss the terms of payment with the mediator. Each one has their own policies and they all charge different prices. If you are in York County, you can find a list of court certified mediators here: http://webdev.courts.state.va.us/cgi-bin/mediation/search.cgi/g?circuit=Circuit9.
Of course, there is always the possibility that the breaching party will not voluntarily go to mediation or arbitration. In that case, court is your only option. What will happen in that scenario is that the judge will enter a court order forcing the two of you back to either mediation or arbitration. If this happens, you will want to ask for the court costs you had to pay in order to go before the judge to get this ruling. If the breaching party still will not go to arbitration, he can be held in contempt of court and you may be awarded the amount of your claim by default. Make sure that before you go before the judge, if you have to, you send the breaching party a certified letter saying that you are going to take the case to court if he will not agree to mediation or arbitration. That way, you will have proof that it was the breaching party's fault that you had to go to court in the first place.


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She's gotta be kidding us with this.
We thought Lady GaGa used up all of her outrageous outfits at Sunday's MTV VMAs, but we were wrong. Very, very wrong.
The singer performed at the launch of V61 party, hosted by Lady GaGa, V Magazine, Marc Jacobs and Belvedere Vodka on Monday night.
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AAMES represents librarians and specialists in the fields of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern area studies and acts for the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), in cooperation with other professional groups, in those areas of library service that require knowledge of Asian, African and Middle Eastern languages and cultures.
The Asian and African section was created in 1969. Its initial name was the "Asian and North African Subsection" of the Subject Specialists Section of ACRL. By 1980, the name had been changed to "Asian and African" and the group was a full section of ACRL. In 1993, the phrase "Middle East" was added to the section title in recognition of a long-standing practice of inclusion.
With the increasing popularity of gobal/area/international studies, area studies librarianship is an exciting career to pursue. Come, join us! We promise that you will have the opportunity to work with one of the most diverse ACRL sections.
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PIERRE — Students from across South Dakota will have a chance to show off their archery skills at the Fourth Annual National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State Tournament on Saturday, April 6.
The tournament, sponsored by South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks, will begin at 8 a.m. MDT at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center, Barnett Arena, in Rapid City and will conclude with a trophy ceremony at 6:30 p.m.
More than 500 students will compete for individual and team honors in three age divisions. The top three individual and team winners will receive trophies, and each of the overall individual winners will also be awarded a free bow, compliments of GFP. Students who participate in NASP within their schools or home-school program are eligible for the competition.
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OIG to Revisit Potential Duplicate Medication Payments through Hospice/Part D
CMS Makes Big Changes to Three Payment Models
NAHC Board Announces Strategic Planning
Help Build the New NAHC – Send Us Your Nominations for the Board of Directors
Hospice Quality Updates – Deadline Tomorrow!
CMS Launches Hospice COMPARE Quality Website
Home Health Value-Based Purchasing Program Payment Adjustment Process and Enforcement of Service Codes on Home Health Claims
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
Productivity for Registered Nurses (RNs) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in hospice increased in 2015, according to the 2015-2016 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report just published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC). In 2014, the average number of actual visits/day for RNs was 4.33, compared to 4.39 in 2015. The average number of visits for LPNs increased from 5.04 to 5.15. Home Care Aide (HCA) -- also referred to as Hospice Aide -- productivity also increased, going from 5.21 to 5.31 in 2015. Actual patient visits are the average number of face-to-face patient visits, including travel and paperwork time. All visits (including admission and complex) count as one visit.
Data from the 2014 and 2015 Hospice Salary & Benefits Reports
The national turnover rate for Hospice RNs increased to 20.55%, compared to 18.57% in 2014. HCA turnover also increased, from 17.57% to 20.91% in 2015.
780+ hospices participated in the study. The complete 260-page Report contains 64 jobs reporting on salaries, bonuses, and hourly & per visit rates. Data are reported by state, nine geographic regions, nationally, patient days, hospice type and revenue size. Also included are 18 fringe benefits, planned percent increases, turnover rates, and personnel policies.
Highlights of the Report include:
With over 44 years' experience in national healthcare salary and benefits research, Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service is recognized for its comprehensive, responsible and reliable 11 specialized Reports. The Hospice Salary & Benefits Report is a must for any hospice's human resource team!
The Hospice Salary & Benefits Report is available for purchase as a bound book or as a PDF on CD on NAHC's CARING Store.
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How do you make smartphones into trustworthy platforms? Some recent attempts are problematic.
This week, the CEO of Verifone—Douglas Bergeron—issued a scathing diatribe on Square, a startup selling a plug-in credit card reader for mobile devices.
The device enables a vendor to turn a mobile device into a retail payment terminal, at low cost—far lower than, say, purchasing a Verifone point-of-sale terminal. I'm guessing the transaction fees to the merchant are also lower.
The Square passes swiped card data, in the clear, to the smartphone app. Only then is that data encrypted over the air to the back-end payment processor. To help make its point, Verifone wrote a smartphone impersonation app: it trivially skims card data from the Square reader—the data can then be saved, emailed, or texted to anyone.
Assuming Bergeron's information is accurate, the Square system is a danger to consumers and vendors. It blows my mind that someone could go as far as to launch a company and mass-produce such a device without the payment-card industry crying foul. Would VISA approve of such a contraption? Let's hope not.
However, Bergeron's proposed fix is also frightening. He asserts that the Square hardware ought to use encryption (and presumably secure key storage, such as via a smart card chip) to protect credit card data en route between the dongle and the phone. While necessary, this still isn't sufficient. The credit card data will be decrypted by the app, sitting in RAM, in the clear. Any phone rootkit enables an attacker to commandeer the app and the card data within.
Furthermore, the typical mobile phone app environment uses crappy key management—for example, keys stored in the phone OS's file system—for the reader-phone and phone-processor tunnels and any required data-at-rest encryption. A mobile OS rootkit gives malware access to these keys: game over.
If we want to use mobile devices as payment terminals—a wonderful idea—the first thing developers need to accept is that any data processed by the main phone OS must be considered PUBLIC. Now think what can be done to protect card data from the swipe to payment processor. At the same time, we want to take maximum advantage of the phone's snazzy UI to manage the payment experience.
As a start, we must avoid the Square problem and use a swiper that creates an authenticated, encrypted connection to the phone for transmitting card data. Smart chip credit cards would solve this part of the problem if smartphones supported them (they don't) and we had them (we don't, at least not in the USA).
The other end of that handshake must be performed with cryptographic protocols and key management that is strongly isolated from the main phone OS. For example, we can use TrustZone that is available on most modern smartphone/tablet apps processors. The main phone OS only sees encrypted data and is never involved in crypto.


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Mother sues Midcontinent for losing job over 'child care concerns'
SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- A Sioux Falls mother who once worked for Midcontinent Communications has filed a federal lawsuit against the company alleging sex discrimination.
Donethia Harris filed the suit last week in U.S. District Court in Sioux Falls, saying she was fired when complications with her pregnancy forced her to take an extended leave of absence.
Harris said Midcontinent, a cable television and Internet provider, refused to hire her back because she had "child care concerns."
Midcontinent spokesman Tom Simmons says he couldn't comment on the case because corporate policy prohibits the discussion of personnel or legal matters
Harris' complaint alleges that she was terminated in October 2010, four days after being denied a request for additional personal days beyond what was allotted to her through the Family and Medical Leave Act. The act gives qualifying employees 12 weeks of leave for family purposes.
She said the company encouraged her to apply for other positions, but she said she was never called back for an interview when she applied. Harris said her status as a new mother led to her being passed over.


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Just like when the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela came to LA for the hometown leg of The Mahler Project, the LA Phil has a healthy-sized educational component to its trip to Venezuela for the Caracas leg of The Mahler Project.
That shouldn't come as any surprise, really - after all, our Music Director Gustavo Dudamel is a product - and no doubt the biggest stateside booster - of Venezuela's famed El Sistema music education program. The founder of that program, Maestro Abreu, came to LA for the LA Phil's inaugural Take A Stand Symposium, held from JAN 30 to FEB 1 and dedicated to spreading the principles and methods of El Sistema. The LA Phil's own Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA) - both the EXPO and HOLA wings - are founded on those very principles, after all.
So it's no wonder that on this trip the LA Phil would want to see El Sistema in action on its home turf - and not only see, but dive in and participate. And that's just what the orchestra and LA Phil staff are doing down there, between a grueling rehearsal schedule - Mahler 4, 6, 10 and 1 in one 3-hour session, anyone? And yet, in addition to the rehearsals, performances, and getting much-needed rest, the LA Phil has visited the Center for Social Action Through Music, the Simón Bolívar Conservatory and various El Sistema nucleos throughout the city. And why? To spread Gustavo's notion - handed down from Maestro Abreu - that "music is a fundamental human right."
And, to hear the orchestra tell of their experiences teaching master classes, guiding coaching sessions and just plain giving inspiration to aspiring young musicians, it's a human right that's taken seriously.


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About the Book
Dancing Waters is a great coffee table book. Take a walk though a scenic forest of Northeastern Pennsylvania and view the calming, dancing waters as they flow over ancient rock formations and down thunderous falls. These images were captured in picturesque Ricketts Glen State Park, home to more than twenty waterfalls and beautiful Lake Jean.
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Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
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- Publish Date Aug 30, 2012
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Before Bowman Archibald exploded into a major-college recruit, he came up with a list of criteria for his future school.
On Thursday, the Pasco tight end realized that Miami met all of his needs.
"For what I want to do, what I want to study, what I want to do on the football field, it's a perfect fit," Archibald said. "I went ahead and knocked this out."
Archibald orally committed to the Hurricanes Thursday, ending a short but overwhelming recruiting process.
The 6-foot-6, 240-pound prospect started his freshman and sophomore seasons on the JV team but exploded into one of Tampa Bay's top prospects as a junior. The three-star talent caught two touchdown passes last fall on offense and had 22 tackles, 2.5 sacks and two fumble recoveries at defensive end.
Although some colleges recruited him as a defensive end/outside linebacker hybrid, Archibald will play tight end for the 'Canes. Rivals ranks Archibald as the country's No. 14 tight end; 247Sports puts him 19th.
Archibald said he's always followed UM, which helped him choose the Hurricanes over Alabama, Auburn, Oregon, Florida and a dozen other schools. He plans to pursue a career in physical therapy and was impressed with Miami's exercise physiology program.
Oral commitments are non-binding until recruits sign letters of intent during their senior year.


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BBC News: Canada woos MicrosoftJun 02, 2000, 17:27 (23 Talkback[s])
"As the US software giant Microsoft waits to hear whether an American judge will order its break-up, it has been revealed that the company is being encouraged to relocate its operations to neighbouring Canada."
"The authorities in British Columbia have offered to do a deal with Microsoft. They are promising favourable treatment which may include a loan to build a new headquarters if Microsoft agrees to move its operations 100 miles further north, to the other side of the Canadian border."
"Microsoft currently has around 20,000 employees in Seattle. Transferring its headquarters could have a devastating effect on the economy of the north-west corner of the United States. But it would also frustrate the American authorities' attempts to break the company up."
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Hellooooo! Happy Fall! In celebration of fall, here's a Halloween printable kit for you to use…
What's included:
- Two postcards (customizable)
- Coloring sheet
- Mini cards (customizable)
- Sticker/Tag sheet
Life has been hectic these past few weeks and I have just stepped back (from twitter/facebook) to focus on my family. The boys are growing up so fast, that I'm having a hard time keeping up!
Anyway, have a most wonderful fall!


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20th Virginia Literary Awards Celebration
David Baldacci to receive Lifetime Achievement Award
The Library of Virginia is proud to host the 20th anniversary of its annual Literary Awards on Saturday, October 14, 2017. The event, held at the Library, will honor the best of works by Virginia authors, or about Virginia subjects, which are presented in the categories of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
In addition, the Lifetime Achievement Award is given annually to recognize outstanding and long-lasting contributions to literature by a Virginian. This year's honoree is David Baldacci.
Our awards program also includes People's Choice Awards for fiction and nonfiction, as well as the Art in Literature: The Mary Lynn Kotz Award, recognizing excellence in works written primarily in response to a work (or works) art.
The Literary Awards weekend begins on Friday night, October 13, with the Art in Literature program at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The program will feature this year's winner speaking about their work, followed by a reception in the Marble Hall. This unique award is co-sponsored by the Library of Virginia and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
On Saturday, October 14, the Library presents the Literary Luncheon. The Luncheon will feature a program with David Baldacci. In addition, all finalists will be presented with an engraved medal. This event is held in association with the 2017 James River Writers Conference.
On Saturday evening, the Library will host the Awards Celebration ceremony. Guests will mingle with finalists for cocktails, followed by a seated dinner. The winners will be announced at the post-dinner ceremony, hosted by Adriana Trigiani.
These awards are made possible by the generous support of Dominion Energy.


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If good things come to those who wait, the BlackBerry Q10 must be spectacular.
BlackBerry is hinting once again that it may be a while before its new keyboard-equipped smartphone makes it to the U.S.
BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins told the Associated Press that "rigid" carrier testing could delay the Q10's release by up to ten weeks after the release of the Z10, which is expected in mid-March.. Translation? Americans may not see the Q10 until June — and even that's not a sure thing.
That wait time is bad news for consumers, but it's certainly worse for BlackBerry, which has had to delay BlackBerry 10 multiple times already.
While it's going to be a while before the new BlackBerry phones make to the U.S., there's reason to believe that they'll be pretty successful when they do arrive. According to Heins, early sales of the Z10 in the UK are looking pretty good. "[Sales are] beyond expectations," he told the AP while declining to give exact numbers.
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BURY came from behind twice in a spirited second half display to claim an unlikely point at promotion chasing Brentford.
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The Loss of the Halsewell
Rodney Legg documents the horror and heroism of a Purbeck tragedy that inspired Charles Dickens to write The Long Voyage
Published in December '10
Purbeck's worst shipwreck was the loss of the outward-bound East Indiaman Halsewell, which foundered on precipitous cliffs below East Man hillside, at Winspit, in a blizzard on 6 January 1786. The Gentleman's Magazine reported: 'The few men who escaped were most terribly bruised, and some had their limbs broken from being dashed on the rocks.'
Its premature end was recorded by Rev. M Jones, the vicar of Worth Matravers, in his parish register: 'On the 4th, 5th and 6th day of January, a remarkable snow storm, sometimes a hurricane, with the wind at south. On the latter day, at two in the morning, the Halsewell East Indiaman, 758-tons burthen, commanded by Captain Richard Pierce, bound for Bengal, was lost in the rocks between Seacombe and Winspit quarries in this parish. Never did happen so complete a wreck. The ship long before day-break was shattered to pieces, and a very small part of her cargo saved. It proved fatal to 168 persons, among whom were the captain, two of his daughters, two nieces and three other young ladies. Eighty-two men, by the exertion and humanity of the inhabitants and neighbouring quarries, at the imminent hazard of their own lives, were saved.'
In 1967, three Swanage divers found a cannon from the wreck, and recovered coins, cannon balls, lead shot, tackle and glass. Further seabed finds included the ship's pintle, which held the rudder. Contemporary salvage and loot comprised a green hourglass, a mirror, a cupboard and the captain's private cabinet, with glazed doors and a semi-circular top (which ended up fitted in the bedroom of a house near the New Inn, Swanage).
While the story provided the inspiration for a novel by Charles Dickens, The Long Journey, locally the event lived on in folk memory. In the 1960s, William Jeremiah Bower (1886-1966) – known as Billy Winspit – who lived in isolated Winspit Cottage and worked in its otherwise abandoned quarry, told me to walk up the cliff path to what at the time was the first stile, squeeze through the blackthorn hedge, and look down more than 100 feet to the slanting Halsewell Rock. It was there that the survivors had climbed and clung, then took refuge in a cavern, until being rescued after daybreak.
Billy spoke with pride of the fact that his predecessors had taken such pains in a blizzard to rescue so many men. The quarrymen were marshalled by a Mr Garland, a stone merchant from Eastington, who sent for vital ropes and tackle. The decency and humanity of the Purbeck stone workers contrasted with the decadence of those from Portland and the Chesil Beach villages, who were notorious for looting, plunder and wrecking. 'True-born Dorset men don't shame their kind,' Billy said, in a remark that paraphrased William Barnes.
Halsewell had sailed down the Thames at New Year, but problems began as she approached the Dover Strait on Monday 2 January. Snow and ice fouled the topsails and also rendered the mainsail virtually useless. On Tuesday, as the ship lay at anchor, a strong gale from the east-north-east was threatening to drive her into the Kentish cliffs. Cables were cut and the Halsewell made for open sea. The wind intensified and turned to the south during the evening; by now the gun-deck was awash. Things got worse on Wednesday– the water in the hold was now five feet deep, the hull was leaking, and 'all the pumps were set to work'. The mizzenmast was cut down and further attempts were made 'to wear the ship'. The coxswain, and four others drowned in a desperate bid to turn the ship from the wind.
By eight o'clock on Wednesday morning, the ship had been pointed eastwards and, for a few hours, the Halsewell laboured in heavy seas in Lyme Bay. Two feet of the water in the hold was pumped out and it was impossible to continue towards to India, but the crew bent another fore-sail, raised a 'jury main-mast, and set a top-gallant-sail for a main-sail' and aimed to limp into Portsmouth for repairs. Progress was painfully slow – twelve hours later the ship successfully passed Portland Bill, but the immediate objective was to round the next treacherous trio of rocky headlands at Anvil Point, Durlston Head and Peveril Point with a view to anchoring in relative shelter in Studland Bay.
Instead, at eleven o'clock that night, the sky cleared and the great promontory of St Alban's Head lay a mile and half to the leeward. Sails were drawn in immediately and the sheet-anchor dropped. Captain Pierce asked his chief officer, Henry Meriton, 'his opinion as to the probability of saving their lives, to which he replied with equal calmness and candour, that he apprehended that there was very little hope, as they were then driving fast on the shore, and might expect every moment to strike'.
Cannon were fired to alert those onshore to their predicament. Captain Pierce put his efforts into trying to preserve his daughters and the other young ladies. At the moment of impact – at two o'clock in the morning of the Friday – those standing in the cuddy were propelled into the overhanging deck above, as 'a shriek of horror… burst at one instant from every quarter of the ship'.
Captain Pierce hugged his daughters, praying that the stricken ship would hold together until dawn, when rescue might come and escape routes could be seen. The hull, however, was splitting apart. A seaman named Burmaster climbed through a skylight in the roundhouse and waved a lantern, by which Henry Meriton noticed that a spar from the side of the ship was resting on the rocks. Meriton attempted to escape but was carried off by a surging wave, although it then washed him up onto a shelf at the back of a cavern. The remaining officers took refuge on the upper quarter-gallery on the poop deck where they heard 'the ladies shriek at intervals, as if the water had reached them, the noise of the sea at other times drowning their voices'.
Meanwhile, 27 men found refuge on what is now known as the Halsewell Rock. Because it was low tide, and they feared being washed away, the seamen struggled to escape from there to join Meriton in the cavern and several 'perished in their efforts'. Those who found refuge had escaped immediate death but they had to endure the cold and perpetual dousing with icy spray. Their one stroke of luck was that Garland and his quarrymen were heading to the cliff-top with ropes; the problem, however, was that neither boats nor ropes could reach them. Their only escape was to crawl along an exposed ledge 'scarcely as broad as a man's hand'. Then they had to turn a corner and climb vertically.
Shipwrecked soldiers, newly recruited for the East India Company, were particularly saddened to lose their young drummer boy; washed seawards, he was then held in the same spot by counter-currents, until he succumbed. Likewise they could only watch as one Thomas Jeane was washed in and out by the sea for seven hours before he drowned.
The quarrymen carried on pulling up seamen and soldiers for the whole day and returned at dawn on Saturday 7 January, for the last man – William Trenton, a soldier – who had managed to withstand extreme hypothermia. The muster of men alive at Eastington Farm reached just 74 out of the 242 who had set sail. In all, 88 had been recovered but fourteen died in the process. All the ship's documentation was lost and cargo and debris floated across a wide area, including the remains of a single sheep – the only sign of all the livestock that had been carried.
Looking down from the cliff edge it is amazing that there were any survivors at all. Not only is the sea at least 100 feet below, but also the cliffs are worse than vertical, with a 'declivity' of eight feet inwards to the crucial point from which the survivors were hauled to safety. That was overcome by two quarrymen risking their lives to lean out from the outcrop and lower a second rope with a noose, which the would-be survivor put around his waist, then was drawn up the jagged rock-face. Even today on a mild day, to pull up one person would be a tough task; 88 times rates as a miracle.


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The glorious Fourth of July brings several things to mind: independence, fireworks, parades, cookouts — and hot weather. While the East Coast will be dealing with Arthur this holiday, many other parts of the country will be dealing with heat. The Fourth isn't always a scorcher, but the record high temperature for the date in most parts of the continental U.S. is in the high 90s at least, and stands at over 100°F in points as far north as Great Falls, Mont., and Minneapolis, while the Southwest bakes in records in the 110s.
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4. Houston, Texas
5. Philadelphia
6. Phoenix, Arizona
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WEAVERHAM'S annual carnival and rose fete proved to be a huge success again this year as the event moved up a gear to join up with the Classic Car Show.
Crowds gathered along Lime Avenue and Withens Lane on Saturday, July 12, to watch the parade before the new rose queen Chloe-Marie Humphreys was crowned on Lakehouse Field.
Barbara Eames, chairperson of the Weaverham Rose Fete committee, said: "The day has gone fantastically well, the floats all look beautiful, and it was really good to see Graham Evans here opening the fete.
"I have been running the carnival for 25 years and it just keeps changing and getting better each year and this year there has been more people involved than ever before."
"We also have the classic car show here this year and it has worked really well and made it a real family event."
Chloe-Marie was crowned as the new rose queen along with her retinue princess Leanne Bailey, Barbara Eames' granddaughter and junior queen Leah Spence, rose bud Kiera-May McTasney, and fairy queen Lara Wheat.
As well as the floats carrying the rose fete retinue, crowds were entertained by several dance groups in the parade such as Elite Dancers, Quick Steps dance group, and Dancing 4 Fun.
The classic car show attracted attention with various unusual motors such as a Renault 12TL which was bought from KBT Motors in Middlewich in 1975 and has recently appeared in the BBC TV Series Life on Mars.


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Natalia Dik at The Hague
At gallery Kunstzaal van Heijningen, Noordeinde The Hague some winterviews are exhibited.
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Natalia Dik in Kenya 2nd to 19th February 2017
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Enter your exhibits on Monday, June 30 from 9 a.m. until noon at the Henry County Fairgrounds!
Thanks to shows like "Project Runway," sewing is enjoying newfound popularity. More and more people are interested in learning how to design and make their own unique style of clothing, but have little resources to do so. Individuals with basic knowledge of garment construction, who want to perfect their craft and help others learn to sew, may find participating in the Master Clothing Volunteer program very enjoyable and fulfilling. Recruitment for the Master Clothing Volunteer Class of 2014 is ongoing through the end of June.
Cattlemen's Association to meet
The Henry County Cattleman's Association will meet Monday, June 23, at 7:00 pm, at the Henry County Extension Office. Featured speaker will be Dr. Gregg Rentfrow, Muscle Meats Specialist at the UK College of Agriculture. Dr. Rentfrow will be demonstrating butcher techniques for breaking down large primal parts of a beef carcass. Also on the program will be the usual brief business meeting and the Veterinarians, FSA, FFA, and Phase I reports.
Henry County's Justin Yount will join 45 other students from across Kentucky at the Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders at Murray State University June 15-19.
Summer vacation may be only beginning for most students, but for ninety-two high school juniors the emphasis on education continues.
These students, from 60 counties across the state, have accepted invitations to attend Kentucky Farm Bureau's (KFB) 29th annual Institute for Future Agricultural Leaders (IFAL), held in two locations this month, according to the organizers.
Dr. Bill Fountain, UK Extension Horticulturist, has recently written a fairly complete summary of the winter of 2013-14 and how it has affected our landscape trees and shrubs.
I've taken the liberty of shortening the article. If you'd like to have a copy of the entire piece, please contact me at the Henry County Extension Office (845-2811).
There are some unusual circumstances regarding the weather and our plant material this winter. The plant hardiness zone for most of Kentucky is zone 6.
Summer is upon us, and temperatures are beginning to heat up.
While that may be welcome news for many, combinations of high humidity and excessive heat can be dangerous for others, especially older adults.
When a person's body cannot properly cool itself, it increases the risks for heat-related illnesses.
Older adults are more susceptible to hyperthermia, a common heat-related illness that results in a dangerously high body temperature.
The most common form of hyperthermia is heatstroke.
McAlister Farms, Turners Station, is a new member of the American Angus Association, reports Bryce Schumann, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Mo.
The American Angus Association, with nearly 24,000 active adult and junior members, is the largest beef breed association in the world. Its computerized records include detailed information on more than 17 million registered Angus.
All parents want their children to grow up to be responsible, self-sufficient adults, but the transition from childhood to adulthood—the teenage years—can be rocky for parents and children. It's during this time that children often test parents' limits and start requesting things like cell phones, later curfews and less adult supervision. This is also the time when many parents have to decide where they stand on many issues, financially and morally, and learn how to graciously and responsibly let go.
Folks, the results of the 2012 Census of Agriculture have just been released.
I've had my own thoughts about how the new numbers might go, but it's always good to work from the latest data, as reported to the National Agriculture Statistics Service by our landowners.
The number of farms reported in 2012 was 869, down from 962 in the the 2007 Census, which bounced up from 883 in 2002. And while the average size of a farm didn't change much, now 148 acres per farm compared to 152 in 2007, the big change is simply the number of acres in farmland.
The 4-H Communications Event and Variety Show was held on April 10th at the Henry County Cooperative Extension Service office.
Those that competed in the speech category were: Jakob Beckley in the 15-year-old category with a speech entitled "Hemp" and the potential uses and increase to the American economy.
Katherine Buckler's speech in the 14-year-old category was on "Water Step" a new nonprofit movement to turn old shoes into water filtration systems in third world countries.
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SAN FRANCISOReports out of South Korea indicate that Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), the single largest shareholder of Hynix Semiconductor Inc., is pushing for the sale of the combined 36 percent stake that it holds with eight other companies in the chip maker.
According to a Reuters report, KEB has given the eight other stakeholders until Sept. 19 to decide on a plan outlining the sale of the combined stake, valued at 3 trillion won ($2.73 billion).
According to a report from news service Asia Pulse, KEB said it would move forward with the sale if more than 75 percent of the creditors approve the plan.
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Prevent Blindness America Offers Information on Keeping the Eyes Healthy at Work
CHICAGO (Feb. 14, 2013)– With an ever-increasing number of consumers relying on technology and gadgets as part of their daily life, the number of those at risk for eye strain and its effects also continues to rise. Increasing use of smart phones, tablets, laptops and desktop PCs may expose the eyes to strain from long, uninterrupted focus on video screens.
According to the American Optometric Association, some people may go beyond general computer eye strain and develop "Computer Vision Syndrome," a group of eye and vision-related problems that result from prolonged computer use. Symptoms include headaches, blurred vision, and even neck and shoulder pain.
As part of March's Workplace Eye Wellness Month, Prevent Blindness America, the nation's oldest volunteer eye health and safety group, provides employers with free information on ways to keep the eyes healthy on-the-job.
Eyestrain can be lessened or even prevented by making changes to the computer workspace and by visiting an eye doctor. Here are a few suggestions on how to make the workspace more comfortable:
In addition, Prevent Blindness America offers the Healthy Eyes Educational Serieswhich is ideal for lunch-and-learn presentations in an office setting. Those interested may download free modules to conduct formal presentations or informal one-on-one sessions. Each module includes a Presentation Guide and corresponding PowerPoint presentation on a variety of eye health topics such as adult eye disorders, eye anatomy, healthy living, low vision and various safety topics. Fact sheets can be downloaded at any time from the Prevent Blindness America website for use as handouts to accompany the presentation.
"We want to help to remind employees and employers of the benefits of taking care of our eyesight," said Hugh R. Parry, president and CEO of Prevent Blindness America. "By keeping our eyes healthy, we can become more productive and save on healthcare costs!"
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Hi yall,
I was reading a wall post by a favourite musician of mine on facebook and I came across this
ba x n^2a^2 = BANANA?
I thought about and I knew it was wrong so I used this to prove it.
say a = 1 amd b = 2 and N = 3 That equation would read [(2)(1) + 2(3)][(3^2)(1^2)] = (2)(1)(3)(1)(3)(1)
Which simplfied is 45=18 Which is wrong.
My thoughts...
(BA)(NANA) = Banana
Mine, by the same values is
2(1) x [(3)(1)(3)(1)] = (2)(1)(3)(1)(3)(1)
2 x 9 = 18
18 = 18 which is correct
Is my math correct? I just thought it was an interesting little thing that my math brain picked up. Are you guys any good at math? I got an A at Junior Cert (HIghest grade in Ireland before the REAL exam)


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