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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - Juneau City Hall has notified senior citizens whose sales tax exemption card expires at the end of the year to renew their cards.
Nearly 46-hundred seniors were sent a postage-paid postcard that they are asked to fill out and drop in the mail to renew.
City Manager Rorie Watt was asked why it's necessary for seniors to renew. "We have to know that people still live here. That you're still around," he said.
Seniors can also renew their sales tax exemption card by going to the CBJ Sales Tax Office at 155 South Seward Street during office hours. They will need to present a State of Alaska issued driver's license or identification card.
Once this is done, the Sales Tax Office says a new card will be mailed within 60 days.
We're told the Sales Tax Office is working on transitioning the renewal process to a staggered schedule so that each person's card will be up for renewal every few years.
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New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): American actress Meghan Markle has become the first fiancee to have joined the Royal family for their traditional Christmas Day service at the Queen's Sandringham estate in a break with tradition.
Meghan, 36, and her groom-to-be Prince Harry, 33, walked to the Church of St. Mary Magdalene with Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The 'Suits' actress stepped out in a eye-catching brown beret, a tan coat and brown suede boots. She walked arm-in-arm with fiance Prince Harry.
Merry Christmas! The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle have joined members of the Royal Family for the Morning Service on Christmas Day in Sandringham. pic.twitter.com/6DMRGFPntt— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) December 25, 2017
William and Kate, who wore a festive plaid coat and black hat, held hands as they walked beside the newly engaged couple for their first official appearance together as a foursome.
It is for the first time that Kate and Markle have been pictured together since Meghan and Prince Harry last month revealed their impending nuptials to the world.
The Queen arrived in a car and joined the group from the house, which also included the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales.
Meghan was a surprise guest at Queen Elizabeth II's staff Christmas party.
She and Harry also reportedly attended the Kensington Palace holiday party with Prince William and Kate Middleton last week.
Meghan and Harry's wedding will take place in May 2018 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. (ANI)

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Principal Investigator, 1983-1987; Coordinator of NLSY97 questionnaire design team
NLS user since 1983
Over the past 30+ years, I have used every cohort of the NLS, the four original cohorts, the '79 cohort including the children survey and the '97 cohort. It is difficult to pick out a particular finding to highlight what I have learned using NLS data from among the two dozen or so papers I have written using NLS data. What I would point out is that because of the omnibus nature of the NLS data and the innovations in survey design, I have been able to study, often in an integrated fashion, substantive policy-relevant issues related to education, employment, fertility, marriage, and child health and cognitive development.
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The Sound of Change (2/6) - Philharmonia Orchestra
The composers of the Weimar Republic provided a soundtrack for the events that unfolded in Germany between 1919 and 1933. During this tumultuous, exciting time, composers such as Kurt Weill, Paul Hindemith and Alban Berg thrived and produced works that still thrill us today. The sounds of cabaret and jazz infused Weill's Threepenny Opera while Paul Hindemith and Alban Berg took a more objective approach, creating music to "reach out beyond political boundaries." The influence of Weimar was so infectious that a young Shostakovich, based in Russia, enriched his own music with its sounds, as heard in his jazzy ballet, A Golden Age.
These six films form the introduction to the Philharmonia's concert series Weimar Berlin: Bittersweet Metropolis, which opens 9 June at Southbank Centre, London: www.philharmonia.co.uk/weimar_berlin


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Bigger and better than our standard mini. Make a bolder statement with a stronger plant! Not available anywhere else in the UK this year!
The award winning Willow Wand ® is hand crafted in the UK from 9 living willow stems which are expertly selected by our master weavers and woven by hand with great accuracy and skill into a visually stunning, symmetrical 'Wand'.
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The decorative stem remains fixed in height, but over the first few seasons grafts together into a single trunk, retaining its stunning woven effect. Simply trim the crown to any desired shape; perfect as a centre-piece, in groups, or to form standard decorative hedging.
Please note that The Willow Wand is supplied as a hardwood stick cutting, an unrooted stem that magically grows its own roots and leaves in just a few weeks during the growing season. Full instructions are included with every purchase.
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Overall Length – 43cm
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English Language Arts and Literacy
In Grade Six, students will read a range of challenging books, articles, and texts, and will be expected to demonstrate their understanding of the material by answering questions and contributing to class discussions. In writing, students will continue to work on their use of language, sentence structure, and organization of ideas. They will also be expected to integrate information from different sources and respond to challenging content through written interpretation and analysis. Activities in these areas will include:
- Provide detailed summaries of texts.
- Determe the theme of a text and how it is conveyed.
- Describe how a particular story or play unfolds and how characters respond to plot developments.
- Use a range of reading strategies to determine the meaning of unknown words as they are used in a text.
- Compare and contrasting various texts, including poems and stories.
- Understand the figurative and connotative (implied) meaning of words and phrases.
- Identify and evaluate specific claims or arguments in a text.
- Support written claims or arguments with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
- Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience.
- Participate in class discussions about various texts and topics.
- Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources.
In Grade Six, students will read across all content areas a wide range of literature, including stories and poems. Additionally, they will read to learn information about history, the world, science, and other areas.
Writing tasks in Grade Six may include stories, essays, reports, and argumentative papers. Please review the chart below to see a few examples of how your child will develop important writing skills across grade levels.
Family and Consumer Sciences
- Demonstrate communication skills that contribute to positive relationships.
- Demonstrate effective listening and feedback techniques.
- Demonstrate practices and procedures that assure personal and workplace health and hygiene.
- Demonstrate safe food handling and preparation techniques that prevent cross contamination from potentially hazardous foods, between raw and ready-to-eat foods, and between animal and fish sources and other food products.
- Critique the selection of foods to promote a healthy lifestyle.
- Prepare various fruits, vegetables, starches, legumes, dairy products, fats, and oils using safe handling and professional preparation techniques.
- Prepare various salads, dressings, marinades, and spices using safe handling and professional preparation techniques.
- Prepare breads, baked goods and desserts using safe handling and professional preparation techniques.
- Demonstrate cooking methods that increase nutritional value, lower calorie and fat content, and utilize herbs and spices to enhance flavor.
- Prepare food for presentation and assessment.
- Maintain test kitchen/ laboratory and related equipment and supplies.
- Implement procedures that affect quality product performance.
- Apply standards for food quality.
- Demonstrate professional skills in using a variety of equipment, tools, and supplies for fashion, apparel, and textile construction, alteration, and repair.
Fine Arts
The Illinois Learning Standards for Fine Arts were developed using the National Standards for Arts Education. District 103 adheres to the Illinois Learning Standards. Our most important goals throughout the Fine Arts program are to encourage students to reach their potential, gain confidence in their ability, think creatively, develop appreciation for various styles, and develop a positive feeling toward art and music and its integration into daily living.
The Grade Six art curriculum focuses on the following:
- Distinguish changes in value.( tints, tones shades & blends ).
- Recognize proportion as a measure or scale of size to which an object is in relationship to the whole.
- Identify rhythm as a principle of design that repeats elements to create the illusion of movement ( i.e. op art & modern art ).
- Construct clay forms using the coil method.
- Construct a three dimensional sculpture using a variety of materials which could include (wire, plaster, paper mache', cardboard, wood and metal).
- Expose students to textile design using various methods and techniques (weaving, batik, macramé).
- Identify and develop drawing skills through still life, portraits, perspective, cartooning, animation, abstract design, contour/gesture drawings and organic themes.
- Recognize the role of artists past and present ( i.e. Early Colonial history, arts of China, India, Japan, South America, and Africa ).
- Recognize distinguishing characteristics that identify a specific artwork as relating to a particular style or culture.
- Explore careers in the field of art (graphic artist, architect, illustrator, fashion designer).
To view the comprehensive Scope and Sequence of the District Art Curriculum, please District Art Curriculum, a Parent' Guide.
The Grade Six music curriculum focuses on the following:
- Demonstrate instrumental improvisation.
- Recognize score marks.
- Recognize key signatures.
- Identify and perform chords on piano.
- Identify and create canon.
- Identify unity and contrast.
- Recognize dotted notes.
- Recognize sixteenth notes.
- Label rhythms as 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 meter.
- Identify a variety of dynamics, tempo and articulation.
- Identify the ways a composer creates mood.
- Identify and follow a conductor's score.
The comprehensive Scope and Sequence of the District Music Curriculum is currently under review. It will be posted when finalized.
An Optional Fine Arts Program is available to students in Grade Six. This includes:
- Chorus
- Band
- Orchestra
Additional ENCORE Classes
To supplement the classes included in the "Additional Curriculum Areas", Daniel Wright also offers several ENCORE classes for Grade Six. Curricular descriptions of these classes will be added as soon as the curriculum is aligned to the National Standards.
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Library Media Center
Lincolnshire D103 provides a fully equipped library at Daniel Wright School. The library is specifically designed to accommodate the age range and needs of the students within the building. In addition to a rich array of hard and soft cover books that have been carefully selected with the student body in mind, students will also find ebooks and databases, videos, reference books and pictures, computers, study areas, reading areas, and a staff of a trained librarian and assistant to provide support to the students as well as the teaching staff. Daniel Wright maintains a collection of material that supports classroom curriculum and provides for individual needs, interests, abilities, and maturity levels. Based on classroom curricular needs, the library can provide classes and projects to enhance the learning process.
Students visit the library with their class and/or on an individual basis, depending on student needs, teacher discretion and/or assignment requirements. Specific or flexible scheduling is developed in collaboration with the classroom teacher and the library staff.
For additional information about the library program for District 103, please review the Library Media Center Standards.
In Grade Six, your child will learn the concept of rates and ratios and use these tools to solve word problems. Students will work on quickly and accurately dividing multi-digit whole numbers and adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing multi-digit decimals. Students will extend their previous work with fractions and decimals to understand the concept of rational numbers; any number that can be made by dividing one integer by another, such as ½, 0.75, or 2. Students will also learn how to write and solve equations and mathematical statements using symbols, such as 20+x = 35. They apply these skills in solving multi-step word problems.
Activities in these areas will include:
- Understand and apply the concepts of ratios and unit rates, and using the correct language to describe them (for example, the ratio of wings to beaks in a flock of birds is 2 to 1, because for every 2 wings there is 1 beak).
- Build on knowledge of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
- Understand that positive and negative numbers are located on opposite sides of 0 on a number line.
- Use pairs of numbers, including negative numbers, as coordinates for locating or placing a point on a graph.
- Write and determining the value of expressions with whole-number exponents (such as 15+32).
- Identify and write equivalent mathematical expressions by applying the properties of operations. For example, recognizing that 2 (3+x) is the same as 6+2x.
- Understand that solving an equation such as 2+x = 12 means answering the question, "What number does x have to be to make this statement true?"
- Represent and analyze the relationships between independent and dependent variables.
- Solve problems involving area and volume.
In response to the State of Illinois' adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for student learning, District 103 (in collaboration with Area 125 Consortium School Districts 76, 79, 96, 102, 103 and 125) has aligned its mathematics curricula to the CCSS.
- 6th Grade Common Core: This course covers all of the 6th grade Common Core Standards.
- Pre-Algebra Survey: This accelerated course covers all of the 6th and some of the 7th grade Common Core Standards.
- Pre-Algebra: This honors class covers all of the 6th and 7th grade Common Core Standards, including topics covered in Pre-Algebra survey.
The Grade Six math curriculum will incorporate the Standards for Mathematical Practice that will support the Common Core State Standards.
This overview for Mathematics, provided by the Council of the Great City Schools, reflects how the Common Core State Standards have guided our development of a rich and comprehensive curriculum for our students.
Physical Education and Health
District 103 provides students in Grade Six with a comprehensive Physical Education and Health curriculum. This curriculum reflects developmentally appropriate expectations for students in the areas of physical activity, movement, health-related fitness, sportsmanship and group cooperation in team and group activities. In addition to Physical Education classes, recess is offered to students on a daily basis.
Instruction in building habits for a healthy lifestyle is included in the Physical Education classes and the health classes. These habits for a healthy life style focus on taking care of your body, both physically and emotionally, and on making safe choices in a variety of situations.
The Grade Six Physical Education curriculum is based on the following goals:
- Demonstrate mature patterns of locomotor skills.
- Demonstrate skill and execution of movements.
- Apply movement concepts to strategy and game situations.
- Create open space while using locomotor movements.
- Describe how being physically active leads to a healthy body.
- Monitor and understand the effects of exercise on the human body.
- Work towards a common goal and making responsible decisions.
- Demonstrate decision making skills both independently and with others during physical activity.
The Science Curriculum taught at Daniel Wright School reflects the recommendations of the Next Generation Science Standards.
The Daniel Wright Junior High School Science teachers rewrote the science curriculum during the 2014-2015 school year using the Next Generation Science Standards. There may be some variation between the intended curriculum, what is described here, and the implemented curriculum. Revisions may be made to the curriculum units as the unit is being taught.
To better understand the structure of the Science curriculum for the middle school (6-8) students, an explanation of four major disciplines within the field of science can be found by accessing the links below.
- Physical Sciences
- Life Sciences
- Earth and Space Sciences
- Engineering, Technology and Application of Science
Science Units taught in Grade Six include:
Energy and Forces
In this unit, students will explore force, friction, motion and gravity. Using Newton's Three Laws of Motion, students will apply what they have learned about force, friction, motion and gravity. They will understand how motion and forces are interrelated. Students will analyze electric and magnetic fields.
After looking at the concept of force, students will then develop an understanding of energy and that energy can be transformed and transferred but never destroyed. Students will understand that there are many forms of energy however the unit will focus on kinetic, and potential. Students will collect data and interpret this data to understand the relationships with an energy system.
In this unit, students will develop an understanding of basic atomic structure and composition. They will recognize the characteristics of chemical reactions and how matter and mass are conserved in these reactions. Students will develop models related to thermal energy transfer, changes in kinetic energy, particle motion, and temperature changes. Students will develop an understanding of how synthetic materials come from natural resources and how they impact society.
In this unit, students will review the concept of convection currents to understand the motion of Earth's mantle. This will lead to the discussion of seafloor spreading and plate tectonic movement. Students will then analyze and interpret data on the distribution of fossils and rocks to explore the theories behind continental drift. After looking at Earth's history, students will discover that different ecosystems formed in which living and nonliving components are interdependent on one another. Students will begin to see this interdependence by becoming a part of the water cycle model and studying how energy flows within food chains and food webs. We will conclude this unit, with a look at environmental issues that arise with population growth, numbers and resource availability within an ecosystem.
Scientific Inquiry Method is integrated into the Science Curriculum.
The Science Performance Expectations for Grade Six have been recommended by the Next Generation Science Standards, a collaborative group of over 20 states, including Illinois.
Social Emotional Learning and Erin's Law
Social and emotional learning (SEL) is the process through which children develop awareness and management of their emotions; set and achieve important personal and academic goals; use social awareness and interpersonal skills to establish and maintain positive relationships; and demonstrate decision-making and responsible behaviors to achieve school and life success. There is a strong research base that these SEL competencies improve students' social/emotional development, readiness to learn, classroom behavior, and academic performance. Please see the District's Scope and Sequence for Social Emotional Learning.
In addition to our curriculum for Social Emotional Learning, the District also provides lessons based on the Child Protection units for the prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse (Erin's Law). The Committee for Children, a national organization, has developed these lessons. For the Scope and Sequence for these classroom lessons, please see the Scond Step's Child Protection Unit document.
Digital Citizenship
District 103, using the support of an expert consultant in the field of Digital Media and Technology, has developed procedures and policies for a 1:1 Teaching & Learning environment. These procedures are based on:
- Best practices in teaching digital citizenship.
- Integrating digital tools with instruction.
- Role playing various classroom situations and discussing guidelines.
- The integration of technology in today's society at large.
Using the Common Sense Media Curriculum, student lessons were developed at each grade level to support the expectations of being a good citizen while online and when using technology in the classroom and at home.
Social Studies
The aim of Social Studies is the promotion of civic competence – the knowledge, intellectual processes, and democratic dispositions required of students to be active and engaged participants in public life. Civic ideals and practices enable students to learn about the rights and responsibilities of citizens of a democracy, and to appreciate the importance of active citizenship.
District 103, in partnership with neighboring districts, has begun the revision of the Social Studies curriculum which currently reflects the Illinois Social Studies Standards. The revision process is being guided by the newly issued College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework, and is supported by the Illinois State Board of Education. To view the entire document that explains the C3 Framework, please visitthe National Council for the Social Studies.
In this unit, students will learn the impact of Africa's history on its present day society and culture. The unit will cover early African kingdoms and their involvement with the Europeans that later led to European colonization of the continent. The unit will also examine colonization's immediate and lasting effects on emerging nations like Rwanda, Sudan, and South Africa. South Africa will be especially examined as ethnic groups competed for political and economic power resulting in the Apartheid and the world's response. Students will read the novel Waiting for the Rain by Sheila Gordon as a means to explore Apartheid's connection to Africa.
The Americas
In this unit, students will exam Mexico, Central America, and South America. The focus of the unit is the understanding of culture and how history has shaped current affairs in the region. European colonization and imperialism will be highlighted throughout the unit as well as the lasting effects left behind following independence.
In this unit, students will learn about China's dynastic history through modern China's communist society. The unit will focus specifically on the impact of Confucius's teachings, the Mandate of Heaven, creation and implications of the building of the Great Wall, Shi Huang-di, the Silk Route and its impact on the spread of Buddhism, Mongol invasion, end of dynastic rule, the struggle for creation of a new government, Communism, Mao Zedong, Mao's Cultural Revolution, and communism's effects on present day China. Students will also read Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang to examine the impact on Mao's cultural revolution on the people of China. The unit will also briefly explore the cultures and histories of Japan and the Koreas.
Geography and Culture
In this unit, students will explore the Five Themes of Geography and culture. Instruction will focus on location with a review of latitude and longitude, movement, place, region, and human-environment interaction. Students will also learn the universals associated with a culture and what each universal includes.
In this unit, students will explore the impact of India's history on its present day society and culture. The unit will cover the Aryan influence in the creation of Hinduism and the caste system, the creation of Buddhism, dynastic rule including the Islamic presence in India, British colonization, the movement for Independence, the role of Mohandas Gandhi in the independence movement, and contemporary Indian/Pakistani relations. Students will also read Homeless Bird to explore modern Indian culture.
Early Civilizations
In this unit, students will be introduced to early river civilizations. Students will learn how hunter-gatherer societies developed into civilizations. This unit will include an introduction to the Fertile Crescent river valley as well as an introduction to the rise and fall of empires. Students will explore the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Sumer, Babylon, Phoenicia, Assyria, Persia, and Egypt. This unit will also include the origins, beliefs, and legacy of Judaism.
The above units were selected and created by District 103 teaching staff.
World Language
Sixth-grade students at Daniel Wright participate daily in Spanish language classes. The curriculum addresses each of the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages — communication, cultures, connections, comparisons and community. The instructional goals for each thematic unit integrate language, culture and content in age-appropriate ways. The focus is on what students can do with the language and languages classes are taught almost entirely in Spanish.
Performance Goals – Novice High
By the end of sixth grade, students will be able to communicate using sentences on topics they have studied in class. They will understand the Spanish that their teacher uses when working in familiar contexts and will be able to understand familiar language in authentic written and spoken texts. They will usually be able to handle short social interactions by asking and answering questions.
Unit 1: Going to the Market
Essential Question: What role do markets play?
Students will visit markets in Spain and in other countries around the Spanish-speaking world and will discuss what they want or need to buy at the market. They will bargain for those items in the local currency allowing them to gain a sense of currency conversion in different countries relative to the dollar. Students will be able to state their opinions about markets giving simple advantages and disadvantages.
Unit 2: Community and Service
Essential Question: What is the impact of our actions on others?
Students will consider the needs of communities locally and globally and will discuss ways that they might help. After considering how individuals help in local communities in (name of country), they will select an organization in a Spanish-speaking country that is of interest to them and will create a presentation to explain the goals of that organization. As a class they will select one not-for-profit organization that is deserving of support and will identify ways to help. They will also consider their roles as members of their local community, what they do and how they and others feel in different situations.
Unit 3: Growing Up: Rites of Passage
Essential Question: What does it mean to "grow up"?
In development — This unit will give students a chance to reflect on who they are and how their life changes at different ages. They will consider their own experiences and compare them to how young people in other cultures mark key moments in their lives. They will consider the importance of birthdays and will be able to describe the Quinceañera comparing those traditions with traditions from other cultures talking with others about what they like and don't like for birthday celebrations. They will prepare a timeline of significant events in their lives commenting on what they did and will predict what they are going to do at key future events.
Unit 4: Global Citizenship
Essential Questions: What is a cultural identity? Who belongs?
In development — Students will begin by considering reasons why people move and will consider how they feel when in new situations. They will then compare their experiences to those of today's immigrants, refugees and migrants looking at the current situation in the Dominican Republic. Students will learn more about their family heredity, where they come from and the cultural influences on their family. Using personal example they will explore the concept of how people assimilate by explaining the analogy of the melting pot or salad bowl. They will prepare a report about their cultural identity and will also present the story of someone who is moving from one culture to another.


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Pam was created in 1959 by Arthur Meyerhoff Sr. and Leon Rubin. In the 60's Pam gained popularity and became a substitute for sautéing with high fat butter, margarine or oil. Over the years the company expanded their product line to include butter and olive oil sprays. In the 90's, Pam made the switch to canola oil, reducing saturated fats and offering users a healthier choice. In recent years Conagra has continued to expand its product line to include Everbake for high heat baking applications, and Griddlemate to aid in releasing dough.
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Aly and Josh Taylor share their story of growing their family while defeating cancer. Plus, a mother turns to meds and those meds turn her into a monster.
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With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, more Americans now have access to health insurance. However, results from the 2015 Aflac WorkForces Report reveal wide disparities between higher- and lower-income households in terms of financial preparedness, knowledge about health insurance and benefits enrollment. For example, 55 percent of employees in lower-income households (less than $50,000 in household income per year) are not prepared to pay for costs associated with an unanticipated serious illness or accident not covered by major medical insurance, compared with only 20 percent of employees in higher-income households (more than $100,000 in household income per year). This lack of readiness may present economic and health risks for households already walking a financial tightrope without a safety net to cope with increased medical costs.
Aflac also found that families are spending a larger portion of their income on health care than ever before. Out-of-pocket health care costs, which include insurance premiums and deductibles, accounted for 9.6 percent of median income in 2013, almost doubling from 5.3 percent 10 years ago and increasing faster than the rate of inflation and average raises during those years.
Wage increases lag behind health costs. "With wage increases failing to keep pace with rising health care costs, many employees, especially those in lower-income households, are one serious medical event away from financial hardship," said Matthew Owenby, senior vice president, Chief Human Resources Officer, Aflac. "This not only has an effect on employees' health and financial well-being, but it can also reduce their company's productivity through increased absences and employees who are distracted on the job."
The Aflac study noted that 78 percent of employees in lower-income households have less than $1,000 for out-of-pocket costs associated with unexpected serious illnesses or accidents compared with 19 percent of employees in higher-income households. Almost half (49 percent) of employees in lower-income households have less than $500 for those out-of-pocket costs, seven times the rate of employees in higher-income households (7 percent), who have less than $500 for out-of-pocket costs.
As an indication of the impact unforeseen medical costs could have, nearly twice as many (41 percent) employees in lower-income households agree they would be unable to adjust to the large financial cost associated with a serious injury or illness, compared to 21 percent of employees in higher-income households.
"Year after year, the Aflac WorkForces Report consistently shows that lower-income households remain on the brink of financial chaos in the event of an unforeseen debilitating injury or illness," Owenby said. "It would be difficult, if not impossible, to dismiss that this quality-of-life issue impacts individuals and employers in a negative way. Whether a family has major medical coverage or not, the majority of respondents are unprepared for the financial burdens that can result from unexpected medical situations."
Less protected by benefits. Employees with lower household income are less likely to take advantage of job-based health benefits offered through their employers, leaving them more vulnerable to the adverse impact of medical costs if faced with a health crisis. For example, the Aflac study indicates that only 65 percent of employees in lower-income households who are offered employee benefits are enrolled in major medical insurance, compared with 81 percent of employees in higher-income households. In addition, only one in four employees in lower-income households are enrolled in disability insurance, compared with 56 percent of employees in higher-income households.
Lack of benefits knowledge. The study finds that lower-income employees, who are the least protected against the financial costs of unexpected medical expenses, may not be taking every step they can to safeguard their health and financial security. These employees spend less time researching their options—half spend less than 30 minutes—which could lead them to make hasty benefits decisions and costly mistakes. As a result, they may have less understanding of how their major medical insurance works, including newer plan options that are rapidly being adopted by employers.
Only 19 percent of those in lower-income households say they are extremely or very knowledgeable about high deductible health plans, compared to 37 percent of those in high-income households.
Only 20 percent of employees in lower-income households say they are extremely or very knowledgeable about flexible spending accounts, compared to 51 percent of those in higher-income households.
Bridging the health literacy gap. The continued shift of health care costs and control over medical plans and decisions to employees must be balanced and supported by access to benefits options, education and resources. One of the key ways to tackle employees' lack of knowledge about health insurance, fragile financial conditions and gaps in enrollment is for employers to improve their benefits communications. By developing clear, easy-to-understand communications about their benefits offerings, employers can gain a better understanding of how to increase employee engagement and help bridge the health literacy gap in the workplace.
The study contains responses from 1,977 employers and 5,337 employees. For more information, visit
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MIT have proven to be a very professional, competent and innovative ICT business that has been able to provide concise and suitable solutions for our business. One of the main advantages with MIT is their ability to listen to what our business requires today and for the future and then develop a plan with our team to meet those requirements.
MIT have supported our business from general day-to-day maintenance through to complex IT challenges and their knowledge of technology and how this fits within our business has proven to be a great asset to our company.
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2 Wild berries Ltd have been dealing with MIT for many years. We have found MIT to be incredibly responsive, professional in their approach and advice, even with the smallest of issues.
Having dealt with MIT in previous corporate business environments, we have found MIT have managed intricate technical issues with various other suppliers and internal customers with diplomacy, always ensuring a win/win and the best outcome for our business.
The staff at MIT relate well to our employees and are viewed as part of our wider team.
ManageIT have been our IT provider of choice since the creation of our firm more than nine years ago.
From installing or upgrading our servers to adding new users the team at ManageIT have always made us feel as though we are their only client through their speed, friendliness and professionalism in getting the job done.
We are very pleased to have ManageIT as part of our firm and have no hesitation in recommending Tony and his team to anyone.
They have proven to be a very professional, competent and innovative ICT support for our business. From general day-to-day maintenance through to complex IT challenges, their knowledge of technology and how this fits within our business has proven to be a great asset to our company.
They will always go the extra mile to get a solution to work for us e.g. we are looking to move to a new data centre this year and wanted a point to point dark fibre connection. Other suppliers either couldn't provide this solution or wanted a ransom to pay for it. Tony contacted Enable Networks and Manage IT are now a Retail Service Provider enabling a cost effective solution work for us.
Being a small team, I have got to know them all personally over the years and they are a great tight-knit team. They are easy to get hold of and always happy to give advice, often without charge. The engineers are very down to earth and relate easily with our staff.
We are very pleased to provide this testimonial for Manage IT and would recommend them to all our partners and customers.
Shantytown Heritage Park has been a client of Manage IT for 10 years. Shantytown needed a provider of IT support and services that would meet its needs, and Manage IT was recommended.
Manage IT scope and provide Shantytown's hardware and software, manage and maintain the server - its capacity and performance, system backups, troubleshooting and are generally our go-to team for all aspects of IT support.
They offer Shantytown the best in responsive support, adaptability and professional courtesy. They communicate well, explain any technical issues in everyday language and offer solutions and alternatives to potential difficulties. They take the strategic long term view rather than look for quick wins, and can anticipate when issues are likely to be encounter or new products better suited to our needs should be considered.
Manage IT are aware that Shantytown faces unique challenges with limited and inconsistent internet, power and telecommunications services in a rural setting, yet require 7 days a week access to run the business, and Manage IT work to ensure this is achieved.
At Shantytown, we know that Manage IT have our back, their advice and professional service delivery is outstanding and most of all we know that we can be confident that our systems are maintained, up to date, secure and continually monitored.
Shantytown would not hesitate to recommend Manage IT to any business that needs excellent IT management and support.
Manage IT have been looking after our IT needs since 2008. During this time they have looked after our routine maintenance and installs, including two new servers. They are highly efficient and have a knowledgeable friendly staff.
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- Written by Carolyne Nakazibwe
A commercial ssenga is what Stella (not real name) credits for the success of her marriage.
"You girls dissect everything and just laugh off the things those women say because they sound like [a joke], but you shall continue watching from the side lines for many years as we snatch up all the eligible bachelors and run with them down the aisles," she recently bragged to the women she shares a shop with in one of Kampala's busy malls.
They had been talking about the ridiculousness of the growing industry of commercial ssengas, and the women keeping them in business. I was the fly on the wall.
Among the things Stella has picked up from her 'consultant' whose offices are a stone's throw away from her shop, is to refresh her labia minora elongation every month, to "keep my honey interested".
So, ssenga is assured of at least Shs 70,000 from that one client on a monthly basis, since the ssenga does the elongation herself. She also told her to always kneel and thank her husband after making love (don't roll your eyes, now) – something she does without fail.
When she is retiring to her bedroom at night, it is easy to think she is going for a picnic.
"I carry a flask of hot water and dutifully wipe my husband down with warm water after we make love," she boasted, even as her audience laughed in a way that only came short of the Nigerian way of snapping one's fingers over one's head as one mutters: 'abomination!'
"If it makes my marriage work, why work myself up about the other details?" Stella countered.
Eh! This definitely gives new meaning to the phrase 'marriage is hard work'. When do some wives get on the receiving side of the pampering before, during or after sex? I later wondered on social media, where I also asked other women what the most memorable advice is, that they have heard a commercial ssenga give.
Years ago I attended a bridal shower where the ssenga paid to give the bride-to-be sex advice encouraged her to expect her man to sow wild oats, "so don't ask questions", and most memorably, to "never, ever break wind in front of your husband". Now, that said in Luganda…I died.
One of the girls in attendance asked over the hoots of laughter: "Even in my sleep?"
And the ssenga nodded: "Even in your sleep."
Another woman asked: "What about the husband's wind?"
And the ssenga said: "He is the man; let him do as he pleases." [You can place an appropriate emoji here…]
Thank you, commercial ssengas for helping marriages of many people like Stella, but with all due respect, some of the advice needs a revised edition to match the times; for example, one of the responses from the mini survey was that a ssenga advised a client to allow the occasional beating as a measure of her husband's love!
Olivia, another respondent, said, "I find it appalling that they encourage women to cheer on their husbands in bed, even when they [the husbands] are doing such a poor job."
Because of this, there is a big group of wives that knows only one kind of orgasm: the faked one. Maybe as a way forward, ssengas could teach their charges about the importance of understanding their bodies and guiding their husbands to pleasure points and erogenous zones, before giving them a much-deserved tip afterwards.
And seeing as it is a business these days and the ssenga that grooms many a wife-to-be is no longer a blood relative, they could possibly extend their services to the husbands-to-be.
That way, the question every wife asks of 'but who is talking to the men?' would be answered. That way, a husband would learn about the true ego boost that comes with the knowledge that he has genuinely pleasured his wife and marked himself indelibly in her life.
In fact, even all the advice Stella lauds as faithfully using from the commercial ssenga is only doable if her husband genuinely pleasures her sexually; short of that, it is a case of "shaaa, that's too much work!"


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Grants monitoring is a vital activity for all federal grants. Monitoring activities performed by federal awarding agencies ensure recipients of federal funds follow the terms and conditions of their awards, as well as applicable regulations and laws of their grant program. Given the differences in grant portfolios across awarding agencies, monitoring 100% of grants may not be feasible; however, awarding agencies should strive to develop and implement standards and activities to identify, mitigate, and even correct grants administration practices for federal award recipients deemed to be high-risk. There is inherent risk in awarding federal funds; as such, the goal is to identify risk as early as possible in the awarding process.
Grants monitoring is proactive
Monitoring federal awards should not start after an award has been made but before. Beginning to monitor before an award is made helps agencies identify recipients' ability to effectively administer their awards. If a recipient is deemed to be high-risk as a result of pre-award risk assessments, awarding agencies can implement measures designed to mitigate identified risks and help improve recipients' overall risk standing.
Grants monitoring is corrective not punitive
While the term grants monitoring may seem to carry a negative connotation, it is important to note that monitoring activities are not meant to punish federal funding recipients. The goal of such activities should be to correct any identified risk that, if left unchecked, would adversely affect the success of the administration of the awards.
Grant monitoring provides benefits
Developing and implementing monitoring activities establishes a framework for robust pre-award risk assessments, which provides awarding agencies with information necessary to discern the financial stability of federal funds. Awarding agencies experience immediate benefits by identifying high-risk non-federal entities, collecting non-federal entities' pertinent financial data to be used for future grants monitoring activities, and complying with applicable federal laws pertaining to grants administration.
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Brescia Airport is one of the smaller airports in Italy, however, together with Verona International Airport, it forms part of an important airport system for this area. It is also an international airport, serving around 200,000 passengers per year. The airport is located in Italy's Lombardy region, about 20 km from the city of Brescia, in Montichiari. Brescia Airport is therefore commonly referred to as Montichiari Airport due to its location, or even Gabriele d'Annunzio Airport, in remembrance of an Italian poet and nationalist. Car hire companies at Brescia airport offer reliable vehicles in which to explore the area, and Alamo is one such company. Alamo is popular for their competitive rental rates, and quality vehicles.
Alamo Brescia Airport is open from Monday to Friday between the hours of 09:00 and 12:00, and again between 14:30 and 17:30. Although vehicles are available directly from Alamo's rental counters, customers can also hire their vehicles in advance, from Alamo's website, www.alamo.com. Their website displays all the vehicle categories available at Brescia Airport, as well as pictures of the example vehicles in each car category. All vehicles at Alamo are booked, priced and controlled by car category, which means that you will not choose a vehicle by its specific make and model. You will select a car category and receive a vehicle that is in that category. The capacities indicated for passengers and luggage can be used as a guideline to help you select the correct sized car for your journey.
Economy vehicles from Alamo are a very popular choice for many people as they are light on fuel, come with good rental prices and are great for city driving. They seat around four people, but are best for single drivers, couples or families with not too much luggage. Example vehicles in this category are the Fiat Panda Dynamic 1.2 and Ford Fiesta Titanium 1.2. Both vehicles are manually driven and are of a hatchback model. The Fiesta has air conditioning and ABS brakes. Compact vehicles are slightly larger, seating five passengers, and are also manually driven cars. The Alfa 147 JTD M-Jet Progression1.6 is in this category, featuring air bags, air conditioning and AM/FM stereo with a cassette player.
Vehicles comfortably seating up to five people at Alamo include the VW Nuova Passat Comfortline 1.9, Mercedes B 200 CDI 2.0 and Mercedes C220 CDI Elegance 2.2. These types of vehicles are available from the Midsize, Midsize Specialty and Fullsize car categories. All vehicles in the Fullsize range have an automatic transmission, which contributes greatly to an easy driving experience. Vehicles in these categories also have some space for luggage, storing two large items and two smaller items. However, if you really need lots of luggage room, the best option would be one of the Wagon categories at Alamo, especially the Fullsize Wagon category with the Mercedes C220 CDI Elegance SW 2.2, as there is space for up to six luggage pieces in this category. There is also the Fiat Croma Dynamic MJT 1.9 in the Midsize Wagon category.
Alamo strives to cater for the needs of all their customers by even offering a range of Premium and larger sized vehicles. Premium vehicles are similar to the Mercedes E280 CDI Avangarde 2.8, and are ideal for business or private functions. For the ideal family vacation there is the Fiat Ulyesses Dynamic 2.0 seating up to seven people available in the Minivan category, while the Fiat Ducato Panorama 2.8 is perfect for groups of travellers, as it seats up to nine passengers. Both these vehicles still have some room for luggage as well, and come with air conditioning and a manual transmission.
Alamo Rent A Car was established in 1974, and is today a well know car hire company in the leisure car rental industry. Alamo strives to provide a fun, low-cost and high-value rental experience for all their customers, all over the world. They are also well known for pioneering the concept of Unlimited Free Mileage. Customers who are fond of renting from Alamo can become a Quicksilver member, and enjoy even greater benefits and discounts. This membership is free and available for occasional and frequent renters. Some benefits of the Alamo Quicksilver program are simplified reservation and rental processes, counter bypass options and special members-only deals.
Alamo offers their business clients an excellent corporate program as well, which is designed to help customers manage their business travel needs. Some of the benefits of this program includes guaranteed low rates available throughout the year, the Alamo Express Return service, unlimited mileage on round-trip rentals, priority service at the Silver Service counter, frequent traveller benefits, reduced surcharges for underage drivers, special discounts for leisure travel and flexible billing options. There is also the dedicated Corporate Reservation Desk, which can be used for easier bookings, and monthly management reports are available on request.
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Clarion Hotel and Casino
|Clarion Hotel and Casino
|Paradise, Nevada 89109
|305 Convention Center Drive
|Opening date
|Closing date
|September 2, 2014
|No. of rooms
|Total gaming space
|7,000 sq ft (650 m2)
|Permanent shows
|What Happens in Vegas…
A Victorious Gospel Brunch
|Casino type
|Choice Hotels
|Operating license holder
|United Coin[1]
|Previous names
|Royal Inn (1970–80)
Royal Americana Hotel (1980–82)
The Paddlewheel Hotel Casino (1983–93)
Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Hotel (1993–99)
Greek Isles Hotel & Casino (2001–09)
Clarion Hotel and Casino (2009 – September 2014)
|Renovated in
Clarion Hotel and Casino, formerly known as Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Hotel and Greek Isles Hotel & Casino, was near the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel originally opened in 1970 as a Royal Inn, and also operated under the names Royal Americana Hotel and The Paddlewheel Hotel Casino before being purchased by Debbie Reynolds in 1992. After Reynolds sold the property in 1999, it was briefly owned by the World Wrestling Federation, and was then sold and remodeled as the Greek Isles.
It was a 202-room hotel and a 7,000 sq ft (650 m2) casino on 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land.
The hotel closed on September 2, 2014, after Labor Day weekend.
The Clarion Hotel and Casino was demolished by implosion shortly before 3 a.m. on February 10, 2015.[2]
Royal Inn (1970–80)[edit]
Royal Inns of America opened its $3 million, 200-room hotel in 1970.[3] In 1972, Michael Gaughan and Frank Toti bought out the property's casino operations.[4]
In 1979, fast food operator (and former automat chain) Horn & Hardart agreed to buy the Royal Inn for $7.4 million.[5]
Royal Americana Hotel (1980–82)[edit]
By late 1980, the sale had been completed, and the property was rebranded as the Royal Americana Hotel, with a New York theme.[6] A $3.5 million renovation[7] increased the room count to 300.[8] By 1982 though, the hotel was experiencing substantial losses, and Horn & Hardart decided to close it.[7] They reportedly agreed that December to sell the property to an investment group for $15.4 million.[9]
The Paddlewheel Hotel Casino (1983–93)[edit]
The property later reopened as the Paddlewheel Hotel & Casino. It had a kid-friendly atmosphere, with arcade games and amusement rides, but later shifted to an adult focus, including a male revue.[10] Horn & Hardart put the hotel back up for sale in 1990.[11]
It did not sell until 1992, when actress Debbie Reynolds and her husband Richard Hamlett bought the closed Paddlewheel at auction for $2.2 million.[12] Reynolds planned to spend $15 million on renovations, including adding a museum to house her collection of Hollywood memorabilia, and a 500-seat theater where she would perform.[13]
Debbie Reynolds' Hollywood Hotel (1993–99)[edit]
The property reopened in 1993, with the casino operated by Jackpot Enterprises,[12] but Reynolds struggled with the financing to complete the project. She took the company public in 1994 to raise money, and the museum finally opened the following year.[14] The casino closed in 1996 after Jackpot pulled out because it was unprofitable, and Reynolds could not get a gaming license to operate it in-house because of the company's poor finances.[15] After a deal to sell the property to timeshare developer ILX Inc. for $16.8 million fell through,[16] Reynolds and the hotel both filed for bankruptcy protection in 1997, and the property was put up for auction the following year.[17]
The winning bidder at $10.65 million was the World Wrestling Federation,[18] which planned to level the building and construct a 35-story wrestling-themed hotel and casino.[19] They stripped much of the interior in preparation for demolition,[20] but ultimately decided the site was not big enough.[16] The hotel was open for a short time (including October 2000) as "Convention Center Drive Hotel." They sold it to Chicago-based Mark IV Realty Group in 2000 for $11.2 million.[21]
Greek Isles Hotel & Casino (2001–09)[edit]
Mark IV hoped to redevelop the site with 1,000 rooms,[21] but instead remodeled the property with a Greek theme and reopened it as the Greek Isles in 2001.[16] The Greek Isles contracted with Delta Air Lines to house flight crews during layovers.[22]
In July 2007, the hotel was sold to a real-estate developer (DI Development Group) for $48.8 million; the developer announced in January 2008 that he was pursuing financing to redevelop the site, replacing it with a mixed-use development, proposed to include 780 hotel rooms, a 77,000-square-foot (7,200 m2) casino and 71,200 sq ft (6,610 m2) of convention, retail, and restaurant space. The developer never came through, and the hotel tried expanding operations.
Clarion Hotel and Casino (2009 – September 2014)[edit]
The hotel was forced into bankruptcy on April 6, 2009, by its creditors. Canpartners Reality (owned by Canyon Capital Reality Partners and Spectrum Group Management) took over control on August 19, 2009, taking possession of the foreclosed property.[1] As of April 2013, the hotel was branded a Clarion Hotel, the only Clarion with a casino. The 300-seat theater built by Debbie Reynolds was used for a Sunday Gospel Brunch and a nightly show.
The hotel closed on September 2, 2014, after the Labor Day weekend. Its contents and inventory were put up for sale.[23]
In October 2014, developer Lorenzo Doumani purchased the property for $22.5 Million.[24]
The Clarion was demolished by implosion shortly before 3 a.m. on February 10, 2015.[2] Following the implosion, the elevator shaft of the building did not fall as intended, remaining mostly intact. It was pulled down about 13 hours later by cables attached to a crane.[25]
- ^ a b c Knightly, Arnold M. (2009-08-20). "Greek Isles changes hands". Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ a b "Elevator shaft still standing after implosion of Clarion hotel-casino". 13 Action News. February 10, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2015. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
- ^ "Royal Inn open in Las Vegas". Los Angeles Times. via ProQuest. May 3, 1970. ProQuest 156464328. (subscription required)
- ^ Knightly, Arnold (August 20, 2009). "Greek Isles changes hands". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Horn & Hardart to buy Royal Inn in Las Vegas for about $7.4 million". Wall Street Journal. via ProQuest. June 20, 1979. ProQuest 134453315. (subscription required)
- ^ "Hotel's name change nearly complete (Advertising supplement)". Los Angeles Times. via ProQuest. October 12, 1980. ProQuest 162939339. (subscription required)
- ^ a b "Horn & Hardart to close hotel". New York Times. March 2, 1982. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Royal Americana Hotel and Casino renovated (Advertising supplement)". Los Angeles Times. via ProQuest. March 1, 1981. ProQuest 152714896. (subscription required)
- ^ "Las Vegas also feeling sting of recession". Lawrence Journal-World. New York Times News Service. December 16, 1982. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Paddlewheel Hotel & Casino has new image as adult playground (Advertising supplement)". Los Angeles Times. via ProQuest. February 14, 1988. ProQuest 901626407. (subscription required)
- ^ "Horn & Hardart restaurant sale set". New York Times. AP. December 22, 1990. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ a b "Debbie Reynolds goes forward with Vegas hotel". Lodi News-Sentinel. AP. June 10, 1993. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ "Debbie Reynolds planning movie museum in Vegas". Los Angeles Times. AP. May 2, 1993. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ Schenden, Laurie (April 1, 1995). "Reynolds' unsinkable museum". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
- ^ Berns, Dave (July 8, 1997). "Reynolds files for bankruptcy". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
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The Clarion closed Sept. 2, shooing out its final guests ...
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Demolition workers 'lassoed' the building with steel cables they attached to a crane, and then pulled until the elevator shaft came toppling down
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Episode 41: Kathy Ferguson and Emma Goldman: Political Thinking in the Streets
This episode features a conversation between Kehaulani Kauanui and Kathy Ferguson about Ferguson's new book "Emma Goldman: Political Thinking in the Streets."Action news, top-notch music (including the drive-time debut of Quantuum Queerness) and more!
About the book: "Emma Goldman has often been read for her colorful life story, her lively if troubled sex life, and her wide-ranging political activism. Few have taken her seriously as a political thinker, even though in her lifetime she was a vigorous public intellectual within a global network of progressive politics. Engaging Goldman as a political thinker allows us to rethink the common dualism between theory and practice, scrutinize stereotypes of anarchism by placing Goldman within a fuller historical context, recognize the remarkable contributions of anarchism in creating public life, and open up contemporary politics to the possibilities of transformative feminism." Original air-date 5-8-12.


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American Airlines Rushing to Find Pilots After Computer Glitch Threatens Holiday Travelby Barbara Peterson /
Many passengers and travel agents this week got an unpleasant pre-holiday surprise: a failure in American Airlines' computerized pilot scheduling system gave too many pilots time off during the upcoming holiday season, potentially leaving as many as 15,000 flights without a crew.
But while headlines like the inevitable "Glitch that Stole Christmas" have given ticket-holders some agita, American said that it is working to resolve the problem, which would affect flights scheduled between Dec. 17 and the end of the year.
A spokesman for the carrier told TMR that "we expect to avoid cancellations this holiday season," adding "we are working diligently to address the issue … and ensure we get our customers to where they need to go over the holidays."
Among other things, American said it has reserve pilots it can call on to staff affected flights. And it is offering overtime pay of 150 percent of the hourly rate to other pilots who volunteer to pick up the slack.
However, American's pilot union, the Allied Pilots Association, expressed a contrary view, saying it has not agreed to any resolution, and complaining the company had not sought input from its members in crafting a solution.
Still, some pilots indicated that there is still enough time to fix the situation. Capt. Dennis Tajer, a spokesman for the union, told the AP that "this is a potential crisis we see well in advance," unlike, say, major weather events that can roil air travel with little warning.
The scheduling problem, which American described as an isolated incident, could affect flights at around a dozen airports, including the carrier's primary hub at Dallas-Fort Worth, as well as airports in Boston, Charlotte, Miami, New York, Philadelphia and Salt Lake City.
And while the number of affected flights represent a relatively small percentage of the more than 90,000 flights that American will operate during the two-week period, flights are expected to be packed, thus leaving less wiggle room for re-accommodating affected fliers.


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Og-blog has been fighting the power lately pretty hard in our day jobs at Allied Law Group. It keeps us ultra busy.
Plus there haven't been too many good open government stories.
"Og-blog" stands for "open-government blog" and that's what we do: tell people about open-government issues of interest to regular citizens, media, trade associations, and government agencies. We find interesting stories and court cases from Washington State and other places about the Public Records Act, Open Public Meetings Act, access-to-court rulings, and media law.


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Anxiety Conditions Rarely Covered Under Medical Marijuana Laws
Anxiety disorders affect over 40 million adults in the United States, nearly 20 percent of the entire population. About half of those with the diagnosis are taking one or more physician-prescribed pharmaceutical medications to cope. Americans spend over $2 billion every year on anti-anxiety medications and rack up over $40 billion in anxiety-related medical bills.
Many medical marijuana laws only recognize physical ailments and tend to overlook the multitude of mental disorders cannabis can help regulate. Not only can medical cannabis help people with their anxiety, it can also alleviate the root conditions causing or caused by anxiety.
Many anxiety medications have dramatic lists of side effects, including feelings of inebriation, drowsiness, clumsiness, impaired judgment, memory loss, nausea and slurred speech. More severe side effects include damage to fetuses, infertility, problems breast-feeding, suicidal thoughts and tendencies, seizures and tumors.
"It had gotten to the point where I was lying to my doctor about taking my medication. I was supposed to be taking Klonopin, but I hated it. I was doing poorly at my job, oversleeping, always confused. Often times, it made me vomit. Eventually, I decided it would be better to feel overly-anxious than to be a non-functional zombie," says Breanne*, a college student diagnosed with anxiety.
"I can't give you absolute numbers, but the percentage is close to 50 percent who complain of symptoms of anxiety or panic [as a result of pharmaceutical medications], " says Steven Watson, a licensed clinical social worked (LCSW) specializing in anxiety and post traumatic stress (PTSD) disorders, "I would suggest exploring medications to 20 percent of the clients with primary anxiety issues. I also strongly suggest they continue with therapy and have a long term goal of going off medications."
When asked about medical marijuana as a treatment for anxiety, Watson says if individuals were already familiar with the plant's effects, he would support its use for anxiety.
"I am in favor of what works," he says.
Raymond* says "I feel like if I was to go to a doctor, I could get a prescription for some sort of drug to alleviate my social anxiety. I don't trust synthetic drugs, because they dramatically affect a brain's chemistry."
In fact, after long-term usage of anxiety medication, patients are recommended to taper off the medications because abrupt discontinuation is known to cause even more health problems.
Although 22 states have legalized cannabis for medical use, a diagnosis of anxiety, although considered chronic, is rarely qualifying under most state laws.
PTSD, the most common form of anxiety in the U.S., is the only anxiety disorder explicitly qualifying in any state's legislation. Currently only Maine, Oregon, and New Mexico have made that inclusion. Research has shown that marijuana helps with, "extinction of bad memories and growth of new brain cells (neuro-genesis)," which proves effective for patients suffering from PTSD.
Lack of medical marijuana coverage doesn't decrease the prevalence of anxious Americans seeking treatment. Programs are set up to help patients move—fully uproot their lives—to receive medical marijuana in states that cover their condition.
When asked why she chooses to use marijuana as an aid against anxiety, Breanne said, "If I take one to two hits in the morning, I feel like I'm waking up on the right side of the bed. I take another one before bed, combined with some meditation. I am never, by any means, stoned—always just relaxed. Over all, I'd say I'm a completely different person because I stopped taking prescriptions."
Conventional medications change brain chemistry; marijuana opens the mind to new thoughts. Over time, one can learn to deal with anxiety, rather than chemically mask it.
*Indicates names have been changed to protect anonymity.
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I agree medical marijuana does take the edge off of anxiety systoms n depression etc.Please help me get a red card for anxiety use…
the issue with the psychokinetic features of anxiety, is that breeders of cannabis have breed for THC-Delta9, a compound which for anxiety patients can only increase symptoms of anxiety.
While there is a growing movement in the MMJ community to look at other compounds in cannabis, the prevailing school of thought is it contains THC.
As one who trained in psycho-pharmacology, I do think Israel is on track with treating symptoms. Low THC/High CBD strains show promise for many psychiatrist symptoms.
I would hope that move away from the single chemical notion of treating the brain.
When I was in grad school, understanding of the neurotransmitter systems were just starting to be studied. Drug companies jumped on the idea that SSRI/NARI were isolated to treat depression and anxiety, when Mecholam and others found the notion of endogenous cannabis as modulating compounds this changed my understanding of human physiology.. Psychiatry/Pharmacology needs to adjust it's study and move away from single compounds to treat illness.
I would caution those with psychiatric illness, to "know your medicine" if it is your intent to treat yourself. Find strains that have been show to help alleviate your symptoms. Avoid strains that produce anxiety, paranoia, and couch lock.
This is so true for me and my wife
I have anxiety and bi polar disorder I take 10 pills daily none of which ever make me feel better fact is they slow me down they turn me into a zombie really even my kids say I am different when I take the pills forget everything all the time like where I am going and appointments simply because I forgot but now I smoke weed only I have not had an attack in over two years and I manage my bipolar disorder a lot better I smoke and eat it an I am here to say it works 100 percent
I agree
which strain do you partake in? Is there one that helps more than the other? Do you have mania in connection with your bipolar or are you more on the depressive side? There are many strains of MJ with high THC that can actually cause mania.


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Ruk Siam News reported on Facebook that a Russian couple had been robbed at knifepoint by two men in a black pick-up with no plates.
The Russians told Pol Maj Saijai Khamjunla that they had been walking back to the Laguna Beach hotel in Thepprasit Soi 17 when they were confronted by two men.
The husband resisted but armed with a knife they grabbed a shoulder bag and attempted to drive off.
The Russian managed to grab hold of a wing mirror that was damaged as the assailants escaped into the night after the attack at 12.30 am on Wednesday.
The bag contained only a phone and a few documents.
A patrol was sent to the area and CCTV is being studied to get a lead in the case.


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A lot has been and will be written about the 11 million documents leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, as journalists all over the world comb through a massive amount of information. So far, news accounts have focused on high-profile leaders from Russia, China, Argentina, Pakistan, Ukraine, Syria and Saudi Arabia, among others. The prime minister of Iceland resigned after news broke that his wife had millions of dollars in offshore accounts. And, not surprisingly, rumors are flying about whether this will become a campaign issue for Hillary Clinton. More to come, I'm sure.
The law firm, Mossack Fonseca, posted a statement and FAQ about the situation on its website, addressing what it calls the media's "inaccurate view of the services we provide." The statements clarify exactly how the law firm advises its clients and how its activities are regulated. They explain the difference between "tax avoidance" and "tax evasion" and the firm's responsibility to report unlawful activity to the authorities.
"For 40 years, Mossack Fonseca has operated beyond reproach in our home country and other jurisdictions where we have operations," the statement says.
But, from my perspective, an even bigger issue for the law firm's long-term survival is how this information was leaked in the first place. A data breach has to be the biggest reputational risk for anyone responsible for safeguarding sensitive client information. No one has yet explained how a German newspaper got its hands on the documents, except that the original source was Mossack Fonseca. Yet, the law firm's statement contains no apology or expression of concern for the clients whose confidential information is now public.
Relationships with attorneys and other advisors are based on trust. This leak shatters that bond of trust. How will the firm survive such an egregious breach? Other clients whose information has not yet been reported must be looking over their shoulders, wondering if – when? – reporters will be calling, ready to plaster their confidential information across the internet. How could the attorneys at Mossack Fonseca possibly reassure them? If I'm a client, I'm quickly looking for a new attorney.
So who's the villain – the clients who followed their attorneys' advice or the law firm? If I was giving crisis communications advice to the individuals or companies whose information is now public, I'd recommend they point the finger back at the law firm. Let Mossack Fonseca explain both how they advised their clients and how their clients' confidential information was leaked to the media. Sure, they should deny wrongdoing if, in fact, they have done nothing wrong. But since the media's always looking for a villain, I'd make sure they know exactly where to look.


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The WWF House Show is a House show produced by the World Wrestling Federation and Stampede Wrestling on July 4, 1986 at the Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.
Match Results
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Cowboy Lang defeated Lord Littlebrook
- Keith Hart defeated The Great Gama
- Duke Myers and Kerry Brown (c) defeated Ben Bassarab and Owen Hart to retain the Stampede International Tag Team Championship
- Honky Tonk Wayne (c) defeated Dan Kroffat by DQ to retain the Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship
- Billy Jack Haynes defeated Rene Goulet
- Hercules Hernandez defeated Lanny Poffo
- Pedro Morales defeated Tiger Chung Lee
- Adrian Adonis defeated Cousin Luke
- Big John Studd defeated Tito Santana
- Bret Hart defeated Sivi Afi
- The British Bulldogs (Davey Boy Smith and The Dynamite Kid) (c) defeated The Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine) to retain the WWF World Tag Team Championship
- Hulk Hogan (c) defeated King Kong Bundy by DQ to retain the WWF Championship
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Next up in our monochromatic color series is a challenging one– white.
I made these collages in a collage class and thought the assignment was going to be impossible, but I ended up being pleasantly surprised by how many different shades of white I found in magazine pages and amongst my collage fodder.
something about the scanner makes the colors look more grey than they actually are:
The challenge:
Create a postcard using predominantly shades of white.
It's okay to include a wee bit of black or a small accent of another color, but overall, keep to the white family.
These postcards will be mailed without an envelope to your partner, so keep that in mind if you are gluing and embellishing.
Swap details:
- create postcard-sized art (any dimensions) using mostly shades of white. All styles of art are welcome -you do not need to create collages or mixed media pieces. Feel free to draw, paint, sew, sculpt, digitize, etc.
- make as many cards as you like - you will get back the same number you send
- if you're sending me more than one, please make sure you insert waxed paper or parchment in between the cards so they don't get stuck together in the envelope
- write "MMSA White" on the back of your card to remind your recipient why they are receiving this wonderful work of art in the mail
- write your return address on the back of the postcard (in case of postal delivery problems) and your email address so the recipient can thank you. Consider adding a note or favorite quote for your partner.
- include an address label for each card you create
- include stamps for each card you create (or send me cash, or send me postal money via paypal)
- international swappers are welcome - the postage cost is $1.10 per card (paypal account is firstname.lastname@example.com)
Postage and Card Size
You are welcome to make any size postcard you want, but please pay attention to the following postal guidelines
You are welcome to make any size postcard you want, but please pay attention to the following postal guidelines
- In order to use the postcard rate (currently $.33) your card cannot be bigger than 4.25 x 6 inches, and it must be thin and flexible. A 4x6 card that is thick, lumpy or doesn't bend, needs more postage than one of those "apple" stamps
- If your card is a rectangle bigger than a postcard, but still flat and flexible, a regular $.46 "forever" stamp is what you need.
- If your card is an unusual shape (square, round) or is flexible but has some lumpy embellishments it will probably cost you the "non machinable" rate of $.66
- If your card doesn't bend, the post office considers it a package and will cost $2.07 to mail.
Mail your cards no later than November 25th
Karen Isaacson
PO Box 532
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
United States
Karen Isaacson
PO Box 532
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
United States


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Preparing for a successful fall home sale
The truth about the "After-Summer" market
More often than not, buyers and sellers we work with in Rochester and western New York State are almost completely focused on June, July & August as the "must-sell" months. We agree that those are extremely popular and busy times to sell and purchase homes. That also means there's a LOT of competition (on both sides) to list and market a home as well as get to an open house and/or private showing. And then there's the "personal schedule". Fighting for time to relax, vacation and enjoy summer in the Northeast most definitely creates conflicts with both sellers and buyers.
That's Why Fall is the 2nd Busiest time.
SCHOOL. While your children may not be happy that summer has come to an end, some sense of "normal" is returning to most households. Whether children are attending local elementary – high school or they're headed out for college, a daily routine is once again part of the week.
And with some of the summer-home-sale competition passed, there is a greater opportunity to sell and see those homes that are available, right now!
Getting Ready
Summer may have held a number of home repairs for you. Exterior painting jobs, Cleaning up flowerbeds and coordinating hanging baskets are often simple ways to dress up your property. And the longer daylight helps to provide the time to address those. Now that the summer temperatures have begun to cool, it's a great time to perform the final small touch ups like:
The weather often remains mild and sunny through September. While the days are beginning to cool, we are often experience a mix of sun and rain with very little added maintenance around the yard. Paying attention to:
- Window cleaning
- Scratches and scrapes near door kick plates
- Lawn trimming around walkways and driveway
- Lawn clean up with pets
October & Early November
Traditionally, the weather is really beginning to cool, now. Depending on the year, we may even see a little snow and trees are beginning shed their leaves. All of that can translate into more exterior maintenance as well as interior clean up. You'll want to look at:
- Window cleaning
- Raking and removal of leaves and other debris
- Interior clean up with people coming in and out with "muddy shoes"
- Keeping the garage organized as tools are used in the yard
- Lawn clean up with pets
Stay focused with a Real Estate Professional
We understand that while having children back in school makes portions of your day more manageable, it can also create stress in other ways. Keeping your eye on the goal of selling your home becomes easier when you work with an knowledgeable real estate professional. The Sharon Quataert Team has over 30 years of experience with residential real estate in this region. We enjoy working with sellers and buyers in order to accomplish their property goals. Contact us at 585-900-1111 for more information!