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November 24, 2015
"Profiles in Cowardice!" from Brian McFadden
November 23, 2015
Anatomy of the Holdiays from John Atkinson's "Wrong Hands"
November 19, 2015
I went to Target.
I bought some cat food for the ferals and some eggs. Should I be worried?
November 19, 2015
"You know, we're still almost a whole year away from the Presidential election..."
From Darrin Bell's Candorville:
November 18, 2015
The exciting conclusion to this gripping story can be found at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/man-throws-sandwich-at-another-man-in-fairfax-shopping-center-parking-lot-and-flees/2015/11/18/40bfcbf0-8dec-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2b_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Do I see a Pulitzer in Washington Post writer, Dana Hedgpeth's future?
Man throws sandwich at another man in Fairfax shopping center parking lot and flees
A 32-year-old New Jersey man was arrested after he allegedly threw a sandwich at another man in Fairfax.
It was not immediately known what kind of a sandwich was involved or why it was thrown.
No one was injured.
The incident happened Sunday around 9 p.m. in a parking lot of a shopping center in the 10100 block of Fairfax Boulevard. A 50-year-old Dunn Loring man told police in Fairfax that another man threw a sandwich at him and then fled in a vehicle.
It was not immediately known what kind of a sandwich was involved or why it was thrown.
No one was injured.
The incident happened Sunday around 9 p.m. in a parking lot of a shopping center in the 10100 block of Fairfax Boulevard. A 50-year-old Dunn Loring man told police in Fairfax that another man threw a sandwich at him and then fled in a vehicle.
The exciting conclusion to this gripping story can be found at:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/man-throws-sandwich-at-another-man-in-fairfax-shopping-center-parking-lot-and-flees/2015/11/18/40bfcbf0-8dec-11e5-acff-673ae92ddd2b_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Do I see a Pulitzer in Washington Post writer, Dana Hedgpeth's future?
November 16, 2015
story from NPR at
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/11/455635722/budget-switch-for-maryland-hospitals-is-starting-to-pay-off
Original study from the New England Journal of Medicine:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1508037
Thanks Gov O'Malley: Budget Switch For Maryland Hospitals Is Starting To Pay Off
Results are in from the first year of a bold change to the way hospitals get paid in Maryland, and so far the experiment seems to be working.
We recently reported on the unique system the state is trying to rein in health care costs. Maryland phased out fee-for-service payments to hospitals in favor of a fixed pot of money each year.
A report in the latest New England Journal of Medicine says the experiment saved an estimated $116 million in 2014, the first year it was in operation.
The state of Maryland and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services struck an agreement that ended payments to hospitals for each procedure, each emergency room visit and each overnight stay. Instead, Maryland hospitals receive a set amount of money called a global budget for the whole year, regardless of how many patients they treat. In essence, Maryland flipped financial incentives for hospitals. In the past, more patients meant more revenue. Now, with revenue fixed for the year, hospitals benefit when patients are healthy and stay out of the hospital.
We recently reported on the unique system the state is trying to rein in health care costs. Maryland phased out fee-for-service payments to hospitals in favor of a fixed pot of money each year.
A report in the latest New England Journal of Medicine says the experiment saved an estimated $116 million in 2014, the first year it was in operation.
The state of Maryland and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services struck an agreement that ended payments to hospitals for each procedure, each emergency room visit and each overnight stay. Instead, Maryland hospitals receive a set amount of money called a global budget for the whole year, regardless of how many patients they treat. In essence, Maryland flipped financial incentives for hospitals. In the past, more patients meant more revenue. Now, with revenue fixed for the year, hospitals benefit when patients are healthy and stay out of the hospital.
story from NPR at
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/11/455635722/budget-switch-for-maryland-hospitals-is-starting-to-pay-off
Original study from the New England Journal of Medicine:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1508037
November 12, 2015
Whole article here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-to-announce-milestone-in-ending-veteran-homelessness/2015/11/11/3c6fdf32-87fb-11e5-be8b-1ae2e4f50f76_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Nice job, Governor McAuliffe.
Governor Terry McAuliffe & Virginia end Veteran Homelessness in the State
Folks, there is a reason why we are the greatest state in America. We are because we take care of our veterans, McAuliffe said at a ceremony at a Richmond veterans memorial.
The federal homelessness designation means Virginia has no homeless veterans with the exception of those who have been offered housing but do not want it. The state must find a home for a veteran within 90 days and have more homes available than the number of veterans who have been identified as having no place to live.
Three cities Las Vegas, and Syracuse and Schenectady in New York also have met the criteria for claiming an end veteran homelessness in their cities, according to a White House statement. But Virginia is the first state to do so.
Julián Castro, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, joined McAulliffe in Richmond for the Veterans Day announcement. Castro praised Virginia for achieving a first, even as he made light of McAuliffes reflexive boosterism. Castro noted that in an hour-long meeting before the ceremony, the governor called Virginia the greatest state in the nation about 101 times.
The federal homelessness designation means Virginia has no homeless veterans with the exception of those who have been offered housing but do not want it. The state must find a home for a veteran within 90 days and have more homes available than the number of veterans who have been identified as having no place to live.
Three cities Las Vegas, and Syracuse and Schenectady in New York also have met the criteria for claiming an end veteran homelessness in their cities, according to a White House statement. But Virginia is the first state to do so.
Julián Castro, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, joined McAulliffe in Richmond for the Veterans Day announcement. Castro praised Virginia for achieving a first, even as he made light of McAuliffes reflexive boosterism. Castro noted that in an hour-long meeting before the ceremony, the governor called Virginia the greatest state in the nation about 101 times.
Whole article here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-to-announce-milestone-in-ending-veteran-homelessness/2015/11/11/3c6fdf32-87fb-11e5-be8b-1ae2e4f50f76_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Nice job, Governor McAuliffe.
November 12, 2015
Whole article here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-to-announce-milestone-in-ending-veteran-homelessness/2015/11/11/3c6fdf32-87fb-11e5-be8b-1ae2e4f50f76_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Nice job, Governor McAuliffe.
McAuliffe announces milestone in ending veteran homelessness
Folks, there is a reason why we are the greatest state in America. We are because we take care of our veterans, McAuliffe said at a ceremony at a Richmond veterans memorial.
The federal homelessness designation means Virginia has no homeless veterans with the exception of those who have been offered housing but do not want it. The state must find a home for a veteran within 90 days and have more homes available than the number of veterans who have been identified as having no place to live.
Three cities Las Vegas, and Syracuse and Schenectady in New York also have met the criteria for claiming an end veteran homelessness in their cities, according to a White House statement. But Virginia is the first state to do so.
The federal homelessness designation means Virginia has no homeless veterans with the exception of those who have been offered housing but do not want it. The state must find a home for a veteran within 90 days and have more homes available than the number of veterans who have been identified as having no place to live.
Three cities Las Vegas, and Syracuse and Schenectady in New York also have met the criteria for claiming an end veteran homelessness in their cities, according to a White House statement. But Virginia is the first state to do so.
Whole article here:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/mcauliffe-to-announce-milestone-in-ending-veteran-homelessness/2015/11/11/3c6fdf32-87fb-11e5-be8b-1ae2e4f50f76_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz
Nice job, Governor McAuliffe.
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