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It is my aim over the next two years as Chair of ICEHS to contribute to the advancement of the field of injury, violence, emergency health services and preparedness. I believe that the optimal approach to meeting such a lofty goal is to provide enhancements to the structure of ICEHS that will foster opportunities for each member of ICEHS to make their individual and collective contributions. Several changes are underway that aim to catalyze discussions, strategic planning, advocacy and action on key issues.
First, in an attempt to provide the structure and opportunity for more members to become engaged in section activities, we have begun an earnest attempt to reinvigorate the ICEHS committee structure. In support of this and other section activities, we will conduct what is believed to be the first ever survey of ICEHS member interests and expertise. I challenge each of you to complete the 10 minute survey indicating committees and working groups you would like to see within ICEHS; areas and activities in which you would like to participate; and areas of expertise you would be willing to share through policy comment or as a scientific program reviewer.
This new approach is expected to foster the identification and development of new leaders in our field and to advance injury issues as more and more members take advantage of the collegial committee atmosphere. In addition to providing a mechanism for members to indicate their interest in getting involved with the section, this database is expected to provide information with which to make section appointments, enlist committee membership, match program abstracts to reviewers who bring expertise to the content areas they are reviewing and to answer policy-related queries from APHA, legislative and regulatory bodies, and the press.
While new substantive committees may be formed based on the interests of members conveyed in the survey, there are several existing standing committees that are essential to the functional operation of the section. I have requested that each committee chair enlist at least 5 or more volunteer members to participate in their committee's activities and that they work to engage members by conducting at least quarterly conference calls.
The membership and policy committees are off to a great start as Chairs Nancy Nachreiner and Sue Gallagher initiated monthly conference calls in December. I challenge other committee chairs to follow the lead of Nancy and Sue with building a committee and holding calls at least quarterly. This is a great way to build collaborative relationships and to get better acquainted with your fellow members of ICEHS.
Another such opportunity is the Ninth World Injury Conference which will convene in Merida, Mexico in mid-March. If you are planning on traveling to Merida and would like to help organize a section networking social one evening or have your name added to the list of invitees, do get in touch.
I look forward to seeing many of you in Merida and to working with all of you.
With sincerest regards,
Joyce Pressley, Ph.D., M.P.H.
ICEHS Section Chair
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Several leaders in the field of injury were recognized at the 135th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The ICEHS Section awards recognized:
Linda Degutis, 2007 ICEHS Distinguished Career Award Recipient
Distinguished Career: To recognize an individual, near the end of his/her career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in injury control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long term impact on the field. Recipient does not have to be a section member.
David Hemenway, 2007 ICEHS Excellence in Science Award Recipient
Excellence in Science: To recognize an individual, at mid-career, for outstanding dedication and leadership in the science of injury control and emergency health services with contributions and achievements that have a significant and long term impact on the field. Recipient must be a section member.
Larry Cohen, 2007 ICEHS Public Service Award Recipient
Public Service: To recognize outstanding dedication and leadership in injury practice and advocacy with contributions and achievements with a significant and long-term impact on the field of injury control and emergency health services. Recipient must be a section member.
Ms. Ellen Yard, MPH, a doctoral student at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio won the ICEHS Best Paper Award for her paper titled: Effects of Time in Competition, Phase of Play, and Field Location on Injury Severity in High School Football. Ms. Yard is a student of Dr. Dawn Comstock. The Student Paper Competition Award is supported, in part, by the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety.
Ted Courtney, Director of Research Operations for the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Sue Gerberich and Lenora Olson, Co-Chairs, ICEHS Student Paper Competition present the award plaque to Ellen Yard.
J. Lee Annest, Director of Statistics and Programming at the CDC, reports that WISQARS has now been updated with 2005 mortality data from NCHS' National Vital Statistics System and is now available on the internet. http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars
Lois Fingerhut, Special Assistant for Injury Epidemiology and Chair of the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics, reports a new feature in CDC's WONDER that may be of importance for those interested in injury mortality data and how rates compare with other causes of death. To use this new system, go to http://wonder.cdc.gov/ and click on Mortality- underlying cause of death and then choose Mortality for 1999 - 2004 with ICD 10 codes you will be taken to what appears at first to be the traditional mortality pages for WONDER, but if you scroll down you will find a brand new Section 5 that will allow you to select injury categories either by intent or by mechanism (or both) according to the external cause of injury matrix for ICD-10. Lee Annest reports that the wonderful WONDER team will soon be adding the ICD-9 version.
What this allows one to do is not only compare injury deaths and rates by mechanism and/or intent categories with each other but also among other categories in the 113 standard cause of death list. For example, comparisons can readily be made between motor vehicle traffic deaths, poisoning deaths, cancer deaths and heart disease deaths. This is a tremendous asset to those of us the injury epidemiology field who have not had this simple interactive tool before. Both the mechanism and the intent groupings are in Section 1- Organize table layout. You will notice that all of the non-injury categories are listed in the category of Injury mechanisms and all other leading causes to allow the user to select what comparisons are wanted. Likewise, all non-injuries are combined into one group in the Intent category. In addition, HELP screens are available throughout the section.
Dr. Georges Benjamin, APHA's Executive Director, supported the United Nations Resolution on Global Road Safety with a letter to Ambassador
Zalmay Khalilzad. Excerpts from Dr. Benjamin's letter are included below.
On behalf of the American Public Health Association, I write to encourage your support to make road safety a priority for the United Nations (UN). Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. As the voice of public health, APHA represents a broad array of health providers, educators, environmentalists, policy‐makers and health officials at all levels working both within and outside governmental organizations and educational institutions. As one of the first U.S. non‐governmental organizations to become involved in global health, we continue a long‐standing commitment to global health issues like road traffic safety. We support measures aimed at raising awareness and action in order to address the public health impacts associated with road safety.
Road traffic crashes cause 1.2 million deaths and 30‐50 million serious injuries annually and cost countries 1‐3% of their GDP. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for young people worldwide. Without immediate attention, it is anticipated that this figure will double in less than 20 years. Given the number of injuries and deaths due to road traffic crashes, it is clear that road safety is a critically important public health, transportation, and economic concern.
Supporting the UN road safety resolution is significant because it calls for a meeting of all Ministers responsible for road safety for their governments. The result of this high level meeting will draw necessary attention and investment to road safety and injury prevention projects worldwide. Official UN recognition of road safety will serve as a catalyst to push road deaths to the forefront of government and public priorities, resulting in saved lives, fewer injuries, and healthier people and economies.
APHA joins the other members of the Make Roads Safe Campaign for Global Road Safety in urging your support of the road safety resolution that will be debated in March of this year.
APHA approved a revised position statement, "Improving external cause coding in hospital discharge data." This provides an opportunity for ICEHS members interested in policy or data issues to join in a wide array of collaborative efforts aimed at implementation of the recommendations.
The Public Policy Committee needs members of ICEHS to provide the infrastructure for the development and distribution of injury related policy initiatives. The Policy committee mission is to develop public positions on issues of relevance and benefit to members of ICEHS and advocate for their implementation as well as support relevant policy positions of other private organizations, public agencies or APHA sections.
In the spring of 2008, The CDC is expected to publish the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on the "Recommended Strategies to Improve E coding in State Based Hospital Discharge and Emergency Department Data Systems." In addition to recent external cause coding position statements by APHA, CSTE, ASTHO, STIPDA and SAVIR, the MMWR this article will be the catalyst to enhance and improve E coding in the United States. It is expected to highlight ongoing efforts and to make three sets of recommendations: (1) improve communication among stakeholders, (2) improve collections of E codes, and 3) improve the usefulness of E coded data for injury prevention efforts.
For 2008, the Public Policy Committee focus includes:
According to Sue Gallagher, co-chair of the committee and a member of the Action Board of APHA, "This is the most important work in which the ICEHS section will engage to improve the quality of non fatal injury data for both practitioners and researchers over the next five years."
The committee is recruiting additional energetic and collaborative ICEHS members to carry out these tasks:
Members interested in pursuing this exciting push forward for injury prevention are asked to contact
Sue Gallagher (email@example.com) or
As part of APHA's effort to enhance crosscutting activity among various APHA sections, work is underway to establish a new Forum on Built Environment Standards and Law. APHA requires that at least 75 APHA members indicate an interest in being a member of such a Forum and, already, nearly this number have signed on, especially among those attending the APHA conference in November. Other interested members of the ICEHS are now specifically invited to add their names in support of this new Forum as they are counted on for significant input to the work of the new Forum. As we all appreciate, injury prevention can be affected by ones environment and the design, construction and use of built environments in the form of dwellings and many other facilities are impacted by laws and standards taking many forms.
Membership in a forum neither affects ones section membership(s) nor involves any cost. Interested members are asked to contact Forum organizer Jake Pauls at firstname.lastname@example.com to be put on the list of interested APHA members. Simply send an Email to firstname.lastname@example.com with "Forum" in the subject line and, in the body of the Email, your full name and your state of residence/work (as shown in your APHA membership file). Later this year you will have the opportunity to comment on the application being submitted to APHA so please take this first step to make sure that the interests of injury prevention are well represented in this new Forum.
The health effects of climate change will take center stage during National Public Health Week, April 7-13, 2008. As part of the weeklong observance, themed "Climate Change: Our Health in the Balance," APHA will lead the charge in helping people, communities, and families recognize that adapting to climate change and mitigating its impact is critical not just for the health of our planet, but for the health of the people in our nation and around the world.
Changes in our climate are causing more severe weather events. Extreme weather conditions, such as heat waves, high winds, snowstorms, floods and hurricanes have the potential to dramatically affect the health and safety of both individuals and our communities. Changing ecosystems allow for emerging or re-emerging infectious diseases, such as dengue or malaria, which are changing the spectrum of disease risks affecting populations. In poorer parts of the world, drought and floods often force people to move away from lands no longer producing enough food often resulting in hunger and malnutrition. Moreover, contaminated drinking water can result in outbreaks of diarrheal diseases leading to dehydration or death.
Few Americans will ever see the melting Greenland ice cap up close, or interact with an arctic polar bear facing extinction as its habitat melts. But local public health professionals around the country increasingly will be dealing with the impacts of climate change on the ground, every day. Join APHA as we work to create a healthier planet. Visit the official National Public Health Week Web site at www.nphw.org to check out the climate change blog and brochure, sign up to be a National Public health Week partner, or add your week's event to the national calendar. For more information about National Public Health Week, contact firstname.lastname@example.com .
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Component Affairs Coordinator
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The ICEHS booth won third best exhibit at the APHA 135th Public Health Expo in Washington, DC. Long-time member, and former chair, Anara Guard, says this is the first time that the ICEHS section has received recognition for the quality of their booth.
This year's booth effort involved a greater number of members in pre-meeting planning, preparation, set up and staffing than in previous years. Nancy Nachreiner, worked with Section Chair-Elect, Joyce Pressley, in the months preceding the annual meeting to develop new approaches aimed at attracting and engaging members. Joyce Pressley spearheaded ICEHS brochure updates with particular focus on current ICEHS advocacy activities and membership benefits. Section Chair, Erich Daub, assisted with duplication of the brochure in adequate quantities resolving the brochure and membership material deficiencies identified from the previous year. Nancy Nachreiner prepared staff orientation materials and organized resource materials into easy reference binders. Lois Fingerhut, T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, John Lundell, and Joyce Pressley assisted with booth set up and Leslie Ray and Holly Shipp with tear down, shipping, and storage.
Renee Johnson, Erich Daub, Kathleen F. Carlson, Mira Grice and others organized a booth-based book raffle of injury and violence-related books written and donated by members, former members and colleagues in the field. NCHS/CDC provided highlights of their forthcoming injury chartbook for distribution. Make Roads Safe –The Campaign for Global Road Safety donated globe pens and conducted a Join The Campaign for Global Road Safety in which they collected signatures for a petition that will be presented to the UN with the goal of making road safety a priority issue in 2008. Among other items, the booth distributed computer keyboard calendars, the updated brochures, color-coded daily sheets of injury, violence and emergency health and preparedness-related sessions, awards nomination forms, membership materials, and snacks.
It is never too early to volunteer to participate in this exciting endeavor for the San Diego meeting in October 25-29, 2008. Preparation begins months in advance. Members wishing to contribute to this award winning effort should contact Nancy Nachreiner (email@example.com) to make their interests known.
The Injury Control & Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) Section is preparing for the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, which will take place on October 25-29, 2008, in San Diego, CA. This year's theme is "Public Health Without Borders."
This newsletter contains many ways you can participate in section activities and in the upcoming Annual Meeting. One of the most important and rewarding contributions is being part of the program committee through participation as a Scientific Program Abstract Reviewer. This abstract review phase is crucial in the program development process, and we believe that your input and evaluation will be of great value in creating a good foundation and ultimately a meaningful program.
Using an electronic on-line system, all reviewers will be asked to read and evaluate 3-10 abstracts within a month-long timeframe. Abstract assignments will be sent to reviewers on March 3 with reviews due by March 28, 2008.
If you would like to work on this important activity please contact Doug Wiebe at email@example.com
Doug Wiebe
ICEHS Program Chair
Are you involved in Injury Prevention, Emergency Health, Preparedness, or Violence Prevention? Do you know at least one other person who also shares this interest? Then we need you! We are looking for energetic volunteers who may be interested in spending a few hours a quarter to assist membership efforts.
Based on data obtained from APHA, nine states have no ICEHS members. These include: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont. In addition, another 27 states have ten members or less. Fourteen states constitute approximately 75% of our membership. We know that great things are being done by individuals working in these fields, and we are looking for ways to better engage current and potential members and to have better representation across the country, as well as internationally).
During 2008, the membership committee plans to work with liaisons from other APHA sections and organizations. We are looking for contacts who may be interested in spending some time within their own region to assist with membership efforts. Volunteers from all regions are needed; however the most urgent needs are from the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest Regions. By organizing our efforts on a more local level, we can make an important difference on a national level.
Please contact Nancy Nachreiner (email@example.com) for further information. We welcome your participation with the membership committee!
Purpose of the Student Paper Competition:
The purpose of the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section (ICEHS) Student Paper Competition Award is to foster and reward quality research efforts among students involved in the field.
The Student Paper Competition was implemented at the 1992 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. In 2008, one or more monetary awards and plaques will be presented for the seventeenth time at the annual meeting.
Requirements for Submitting Applications and Criteria for the Award:
Applicants must submit an abstract according to the APHA abstract guidelines published for the ICEHS (to the person/address identified on the website). Those who have completed their programs within the last year, and have not previously presented the same data at a professional meeting or published the data, are welcome to participate. Following notice of acceptance of the abstract for either oral or poster presentation, by the Scientific Program Chair, applicants must send a completed manuscript, organized and presented according to standard journal format (e.g., American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Epidemiology, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Injury Prevention, or other pertinent peer-reviewed journal). An original and four blinded copies of the manuscript are to be submitted to Dr. Gerberich, for receipt no later than September 01, to the address identified below. With submission of the final paper, applicants must include an application form identifying the school and program in which they are (have been) enrolled, the degree pursued, the expected date of completion, and the name of their advisor; a statement signed by the advisor must identify any co-authors involved and the proportion of effort contributed by the student who must be identified as the primary author. The reviews for this competition will be conducted by at least three external peer-reviewers. It is anticipated that one or more awards will be presented at the annual American Public Health Association meeting.
Students must be primary or secondary members of the ICEHS Section of APHA to participate in this competition. Membership must be confirmed prior to the annual American Public Health Association meeting.
For further information, contact:
Susan Goodwin Gerberich, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.
Co-Chair, ICEHS Student Paper Competition
School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
MMC 807, 420 Delaware Street S.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Telephone: 612-625-5934
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Lenora Olson, Ph.D.
Co-Chair, ICEHS Student Paper Competition
University of Utah School of Medicine and
Intermountain Injury Control Research Center
P.O. Box 581289
Salt Lake City, Utah 84158-1220
Telephone: 801-585-9160
E-mail: email@example.com
The 2008 PREVENT Child Maltreatment Institute: Enhancing Leadership for Child Maltreatment Prevention* offers state of the art training to experienced teams from across the country, who are working to stop child maltreatment before the first victimization or perpetration occurs. The Institute will expand skills to lead evidence-based efforts in the primary prevention of child maltreatment and provide teams with an intensive and supportive environment in which to work together with a trained coach on a prevention initiative. Participants can expect to enhance core competencies in the primary prevention of child maltreatment at the state and/or national level, including:
The PREVENT Child Maltreatment Institute will include two (2) intensive three-day, on-site sessions separated by six months of working as a team at home, with selected distance education calls and guidance from an experienced coach focused on a team-developed project. The first three-day session will be held April 21-23, 2008 for Cohort 1and April 22-24, 2008 for Cohort 2 at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel, Chapel Hill North Carolina. The second session will be conducted in October, 2008.
Multi-organizational teams of up to 5 people will be selected based on their experience working together, demonstration of leadership in child maltreatment prevention AND readiness to take an increased leadership role in making social and organizational changes to prevent child/ maltreatment./ While we will consider multidisciplinary teams from local communities, the most successful applicants will be teams working in large metropolitan areas, or at the state, regional or national level that have already established working relationships. Selected teams are responsible for travel, lodging, evening meals, and a one-time non-refundable $750 team registration fee. For more information and to submit an application, please see the attached flyer and visit http://prevent.unc.edu/education/.
The 2008 PREVENT Child Maltreatment Institute is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and is operated by The University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center, a partner in the National Training Initiative for Injury and Violence Prevention (NTI).
PREVENT was launched in 2003 with support from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at CDC and has trained more than 900 violence practitioners in 44 states in the primary prevention of different types of violence.
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The Avera Heart Hospital is celebrating its 8th birthday this spring. The physician owned specialty hospital was the first of its kind in South Dakota. Here are two of the men who helped see it through to fruition.
In the fall of 1999, the area off W. 69th and I-229 was a soybean field, but a vision of change had already planted. In March of 2001 that vision would grow into the Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota.
Avera Heart Hospital CEO Jon Soderholm says, "The combine came in and cleared out the beans. They dug a hole and a year and a half later we opened a 55 bed state-of-the-art cardiovascular hospital."
The Avera Heart Hospital is in its 8th year now. It's a physician owned for-profit specialty hospital for cardiovascular care. It's first of its kind, on many levels, in South Dakota.
Cardiovascular Surgeon Dr. Jim Reynolds with North Central Heart says, "When you have one product line the doctors-nurses-technicians are all proficient in what they do and if you are proficient in something you do it very well. So I think specialty hospitals can improve your quality in that way.
Soderholm says, "Very few people can say they built a hospital from scratch. The 400 who work here are all part of that process because it takes a very large team and a team with many talents to make this happen. Not just one person."
Soderholm also says his customers, you the patients and family members, need and demand 3 things. Three things he is insistent on providing.
They are:
1. A clean facility
2. Good food
3. And people that are good to you
He says, "They can't judge the "gee wiz" things we do every day. They can't judge the surgery Dr. Reynolds does every day there is no way for them to do that. But they can judge those 3 things."
There are 3 equal partners in the Avera Heart Hospital. Each entity owns a third of it.
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Dr. Reynolds says, "Although I'm reaching the end of my career, it isn't with any less excitement that I come to work each day."
Soderholm says as technology and healthcare continues to change, so will the Heart Hospital. He says the high quality of care will always be at the core of their success.
In November of 2008, the Avera Heart Hospital of South Dakota was once again named one of the Nation's Top 100 Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters. It was the third year running.
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FARGO (KFGO-AM) -- A drug raid at a south Fargo apartment. Three people were arrested and police say there were three children in the apartment when officers moved in.
Lt. Joel Vettel says a citizen tip about unusual activity led to the investigation. Marijuana, meth and prescription painkillers were seized.
The children are 7, 4 and under a year-old. Vettel says the painkillers were within reach of the youngest child.
Two of the children were taken into protective custody by social services.
Tawni Johnson and Brandon Wahl both face misdemeanor and felony drug charges. Brady Swanson is charged with having drug paraphernalia.
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Allan Meltzer for Economic Policies for the 21st Century: With $2.5 trillion sitting idle on bank balance sheets and more than $2 trillion additional sitting on corporate balance sheets, we should expect the Federal Reserve to ask: What can more quantitative easing -- QE -- do that banks and corporations cannot do without it? The right answer is NOTHING.
Continuing QE is a big mistake. Not only is it likely to roil world financial markets when it eventually unwinds, but it finances the massive federal budget deficit at low interest rates. Holders of bonds cannot all be nimble as rates rise. The sooner QE ends, the better off we will be, but ending QE quickly or slowly will not avoid international market disturbances.
The Fed tells a different story. The official line is that QE2 and 3 were in place to reduce the unemployment rate and increase the economy's sluggish growth rate. In his Nov. 19 speech, then-Fed Chairman Bernanke expressed proper and overdue concerns about the effectiveness of QE. He concluded, however, that economic conditions favor continuation. Chairman Janet Yellen said much the same in her confirmation hearing and her February testimony.
Neither Fed chairman recognizes publicly that continuing QE just expands the huge future problem of withdrawing trillions of idle reserves.
Catherine Reutschlin for Demos' policy shop: Since the days of Diner's Club, credit cards have evolved to become a key element of American household finances. When emergency strikes we may not have cash in hand, but with access to credit cards a broken arm, a busted furnace or a last-minute plane ticket doesn't have to leave our families vulnerable to insolvency, abusive lending or the knock of a loan shark on the front door. Moreover, the improvements in credit card contracts since 2008's CARD Act have offered consumers even greater security from the most predatory and perfidious practices of lenders.
Despite the ubiquity and regulation of credit card contracts, there is still plenty of room left for consumers to feel anxiety about their relationship with their credit card provider.
One account of Capital One's new "menacing and creepy" terms of contract in the LA Times identifies a renewed level of vulnerability for debtors who thought the market had moved beyond a loan shark making a house call. While they stop short of threatening to break anyone's knees, the company is not above sending a couple of guys over to your house for some more aggressive debt-reconciliation. According to the LA Times: The update specifies that "we may contact you in any manner we choose" and that such contacts can include calls, emails, texts, faxes or a "personal visit." As if that weren't creepy enough, Cap One says these visits can be "at your home and at your place of employment."
That's a greater invasion of your personal space than is legally permitted to police officers without a warrant, but it's not illegal for a corporation like Capital One. And don't bother turning off the lights, because the terms include other wily strategies for ensuring you pay up.
Doug Bandow for Cato at Liberty: The Obama administration is preparing to treat virtually every antique collector, dealer and auctioneer in America as a criminal. In the name of saving elephants, the administration is effectively banning the sale of all ivory objects, even if acquired legally decades ago. Doing so will weaken conservation efforts and enrich those engaged in the illegal ivory trade.
Under the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) only ivory from before 1989 can be sold. Unfortunately, ivory prohibition has not stopped the slaughter of elephants.
The greatest demand for new ivory comes from Asia. Most ivory in America arrived legally, many years ago.
Until now the rules were simple and sensible. Ivory imported legally can be sold. Moreover, the burden of proof fell on the government to convict you of violating the law. That's the way America normally handles both criminal and civil offenses.
However, in mid-February the administration issued what amounted to a ban on ivory sales. ...
If the administration does not withdraw its rules, Congress should overturn this unfair attack on the law-abiding. Washington should penalize poachers and their seller allies -- not collectors and dealers who have followed the rules. Especially since the administration's new regulations will divert enforcement resources and push owners of legal ivory into the illegal trade, meaning more elephants are likely to die.


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After almost clinching the Clark Cup last season, the Fargo Force are back at it again, hoping for another shot at winning it all.
It's not just an exciting year for the team, but fans are sure to enjoy a host of new amenities at Scheels Arena for this year's hockey season.
New this year is the "Cold Stone Kid Zone," replacing the general admission bleachers from years past. The new party area can be rented out at $159 for 10 kids for birthday parties, youth hockey clubs and other groups. Kids will get a hot dog, chips, drink and a Cold Stone ice cream treat, all while watching the game right next to the glass.
New banners have also been hung above the East side of the arena, one for each USHL team in both Eastern and Western conferences. Including Fargo Force Western conference championship banners.
The arena will also undergo an acoustic enhancement, adding 540 new acoustic panels to reduce the echo and new subwoofers will help enhance the sound, not just for hockey but concerts as well.
Fans can also look forward to brand new player jerseys that will be debuted at Friday nights home opener.
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This is my hands-down, favorite place I've ever had vegan Chinese. Their Kung Pao "chicken" is to die for, as is everything else I've ever tried. I have to admit, I tend to get the same things when I eat here because I love them so much (the Fried "Chicken" Legs, served with sweet chili sauce, are amazing) but their vegan menu is very extensive, offering everything from Sweet and Sour Shrimp to General Tso's "Chicken." The staff is very friendly and the service is super fast. Portion sizes are excellent as well, and you're given the choice of either white or brown rice which I like. I've brought non-veg friends here and they said their dishes were great as well. Highly recommended!Pros: Awesome food/excellent quality, Friendly staff, Fast service


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From her latest collection, this dipped hem swing dress by Fearne Cotton is straight out of the twenties.
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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Chief Ralph Evangelous has presented impressive statistics to the public, saying Wilmington crime rates hit a historic low in 2012. However, he says the fear of crime is higher than ever-- pushing a new mobile force team to hit the streets.
The Wilmington Police Department has been organizing a 'mobile field force' for a while now, however the recent murder of 19-year-old Joshua Proutey in the central business district is what is moving the force into action, Evangelous hopes, by April.
"You know that poor kid was murdered at the USO building and you know the public doesn't care that crime has gone down. That incident happened and they're scared," said Evangelous.
City council showed full support through a 6-0 vote for the WPD to move forward with the initiative, after Chief Evangelous explained to them even though crime statistics are impressively low, fear is extremely high.
"It's the fear of crime is incredibly powerful. We want to have our officers out there, visible to residents and criminals," he said.
The WPD is asking for $309,595 a year for the mobile field force. The force will be comprised of seven uniformed and 5 non-uniformed officers.
"What makes this force unique is that officers don't have to stick to particular districts like they normally do. They can move wherever the incident occurs," said Evangelous.
Evangelous said violent crimes-- murder, forcible rape and aggravated assault-- have decreased 43% citywide in the past decade. However, one pervasive crime that continues to hold steady in the crime statistics is property crime.
"Theft and burglaries are such an issue in our city, often driving up the crime numbers that we work hard to keep down. So, the mobile field force will give uniformed officers the chance to get out in the neighborhoods and walk and talk. They will show the residents they are around, and show the repeat offenders they are watching. However this is not just neighborhood policing," he said.
Evangelous said the same 15-20% of repeat offenders are responsible for 80% of the city's crimes.
The WPD plans to get this force out into action sometime in spring 2013.
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Quinnipiac men's ice hockey assistant captain Mike Glaicar (Kamloops, British Columbia) was featured on the Inside ECAC Hockey Radio Show, hosted by Bernie Corbett. The fourth-year Bobcat discussed the team's recent success as well as his growth as a player and leader on defense for Quinnipiac.
The Bobcats (12-7-5, 4-4-4 ECAC Hockey, 12 pts., T2nd) host No. 9/14 Cornell (9-4-2, 6-1-1 ECAC Hockey, 13 pts., 1st) on Friday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. and No. 12/7 Colgate (12-6-2, 6-2-0, 12 pts., T2nd) on Saturday, Jan. 14 at 4 p.m.
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Houston Astros owner Jim Crane told FOX 26 Sports he met last week with free agent first baseman Lance Berkman.
"We had a chat in my office," Crane said. "He was just seeing where we were at. He expressed some interest in maybe working a deal out.
"We haven't gotten to that (discuss contract). I think his knee is still up in the air. So we got to get that all worked out. It was a get-acquainted meeting, really."
Berkman's problems with his right knee limited him to 81at-bats last season with the St. Louis Cardinals.
"I think he has an interest," Crane said. "All of that will depend on his knee and probably the price, if he get any other offers.
"If all that works out, and there are a lot of ifs there, possibly he could do some DHing (designated hitter) for us."
Berkman said he initiated the meeting with Crane after general manager Jeff Luhnow reached out to his agent.
He said he has interest in returning to the Astros.
"It just depends on what kind of money they are talking about," Berkman said. "Am I going to come back for a couple of million bucks, no.
"If they want to pay me close to what I feel like my value is in terms of what I bring to the table, I mean if they're going to ask me to be there and hit third and play every day and DH every day, I want to be compensated like a guy who is a Major League three-hole hitter.
"Obviously, I would be willing to take a little bit less because it's my hometown and for the opportunity to get back to the Astros organization. I'm just waiting for them to make some sort of offer and go from there."
Berkman said he is wide open in terms of listening to offers from the Astros and other teams as well.
Crane stressed that any decisions made on Berkman returning to the Astros will be made by Luhnow.
"I'm not going to be the guy to make these decisions," Crane said. "That's Jeff's decision with (Astros manager) Bo's (Porter) input.
"I think he is going to meet with Jeff. They are going to talk and see if there's something that works for both sides.
"It's Jeff's decision."
Berkman recently met with the new Astros manager.
"I've actually had lunch with Bo and enjoyed that too," Berkman said.
And yes Porter did touch on the subject of Berkman playing for the Astros in 2013.
"That was why we got together," Berkman said. "I think he was trying to recruit me a little bit.
"I think the Astros have a great manager, a guy with a lot of enthusiasm."
Berkman, who said his right knee will not be a problem if he wants to continue playing, spent the first 12 years of his career with the Astros and was a five-time National League All-Star.
The Astros traded Berkman to the N.Y. Yankees in 2010 and he spent the past two seasons in St. Louis, where he helped lead the Cardinals to the World Series title in 2011.
"If he can still hit and his knee is all right, he might be a good stabilizer in the locker room," Crane said. "That's what we're thinking, but nothing has been cut.
"We're not at that point to make a decision yet or make an offer."
Luhnow said he has spoken to Berkman this offseason, but it was on another matter and not about playing for the Astros in 2013.
However, Luhnow pointed out he will have that discussion with Berkman.
"We're going to be in touch with Lance this offseason," Luhnow said. "He lives here in Houston.
"He's tied into the baseball community. We're going to continue to dialogue with him throughout the offseason."
Luhnow said it will be a "baseball decision" if he chooses to go forward and offer Berkman a contract.
"As we are putting together our roster for next year we have a lot of simultaneous objectives that we are trying to accomplish," Luhnow said. "We are trying to increase our run production.
"We're trying to make sure we have the right person in that DH role on opening day. We're trying to make sure we've got enough pitching depth to make sure we have competition for our fourth and fifth spots in the rotation and our bullpen is strong. We have several objectives and we're looking at all of the different alternatives in accomplishing those objectives. So how Lance would fit into that equation, that's something we are going to continue to explore, but we need to have some certainty he's going to be healthy and interested in being a part of it.
"So there's a long way to go."
Crane also said that if Berkman does not return to the Astros as a player, he his hopeful Berkman will have a relationship with the club after he retires.
"No matter what happens with Lance we want to keep him close to the team," Crane said. "Down the road he can help us, either with PR stuff or possibly with the team because he's from here and everybody loves him.
"He's one of our best players in the system ever. So we would want to keep him in the mix, if there is something he could do to help us down the road, whether it's working with players or coaching or whatever once he retires."
Crane said he enjoyed meeting with Berkman.
"He's an easy-going guy," Crane said. "He's easy to talk to.
"Lance has his opinions. So he's telling me what we were doing he thought was the right thing.
"He was very positive. More than anything I met him for the PR side of it, and the good will to the team and the fans, whether it's now or later.
If Luhnow believes it is a good fit, Crane would like to see Berkman in an Astros uniform in 2013.
"He's got a great history here," Crane said. "I think he wants to be in Houston. He loves the stadium. He loves the fans. We would have two of the B's helping us if we could get him back."
The other "B" Crane is referring to is former Astros star Craig Biggio, who is now a special assistant to the general manager.
"I think Mr. Crane is a very astute businessman," Berkman said. "I think he is going to run the Astros well. That they have the right idea about how to get that thing headed back in the right direction."
Meanwhile, Berkman is keeping busy in the game of baseball while he makes a decision on his future.
Rice coach Wayne Graham said Berkman has returned to the Owls program as a volunteer assistant coach this fall.
Berkman won National Player of the Year honors at Rice in 1997.
"He's on the staff as a volunteer assistant coach," Graham said. He's been out here now for a week and he's done a great job. He really works with the hitters and he loves it. He absolutely loves it.
"Lance has already added quite a bit. He sees a Lot. Having another set of eyes that are that trained is really good."
Graham's thoughts are music to Berkman's ears.
"I think it's great," Berkman said. "I'm pleased to have the opportunity.
"Obviously, who better to learn from than Coach Graham."
Berkman said he had a great time working with the Rice players last week.
"I had a blast," Berkman said. "I absolutely loved it.
"I always suspected that's what I'd like to do when I get done playing, and now I know that's exactly what I would like to be doing."
Berkman said it is great to have the Rice situation "available if something doesn't work out from a playing standpoint is a huge feather in my cap."
Graham feels the same way.
"If he chooses not to go back into Major League Baseball, he'll be our volunteer assistant this spring," Graham said. If he goes back into Major League Baseball, that's another thing.
"Certainly we are not going to encourage or discourage him either way. My understanding is that Lance wants to play for a contender.
"I think what he wants to do ultimately, he wants to not only come back, he wants to come back to Rice next fall and complete his degree," Graham said. "So there's a possibility, that even he is our volunteer assistant this spring, thatt he will be studen assistant next fall. I think that's a compliment to me and a compliment to the school that he really wants to complete his degree."
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With sweeping vistas, romantic sights and abundant marine life, the beautiful -- and historic -- San Diego Bay is a natural wonder of Southern California. Locals and tourists alike will love this professionally narrated tour of its harbor aboard one of the area's largest and most comfortable yachts, featuring outdoor areas as well as climate-controlled indoor seating. Sights you can expect to see include the Navy Submarine base, the spectacular Coronado Bridge, the famous Star of India, dry-docking and ship building facilities and the legendary Hotel Del Coronado. Friends, family and loved ones will have a blast enjoying the views and maybe even spotting some sea lions. Plus, the ship boasts a full cash bar with snacks available for purchase as well. Learn More
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If you park in the lost to the south, the fee is about half what it is in the lot to the north. Steep fee for parking!San Diego Bay Harbor Cruise info • Aug 08 2014 star this tip starred
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Because of global warming, the captain explained, gray whales delayed their departure from Alaska to travel to Baja California. We did not see any whales and received a free ticket to return again. We went on Christmas Eve day and whale watching started on the 15th.
Despite all that, we did get a close up on California white-side dolphines and rare brown pelicans. You can't beat the scenary of Mexico coast and San Diego coast from the ocean.
I would definitely return again or bring my out-of-down guests.
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Fabulous! A really amazing and awe-inspiring experience. We didn't see much at first and I understand that some trips are duds because the whales can't be forced to make an appearance. But after an hour or so of evasions and frustration we were...continued
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I took my family for my husbands birthday. We spotted 2 California gray whales. The best part were the dolphins! Hundreds of them. They came right up to the boat. The narration by the captain was excellent. The captain and crew were friendly and...continued
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It was ok ,We happened to get a day with choppy waters so we saw nothing but it was a fun ride for us.
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Presented in small decanters or glass bottles, Cranberry Liqueur makes a memorable gift. Attach a gift tag and include the following: "Cranberry Cosmopolitan: 1/2 cup Cranberry Liqueur, 1/4 cup Cointreau, 2 tablespoons lime juice. Mix with 1 cup crushed ice; strain into martini glass. Makes 2 cocktails."
Yield: 4 1/2 cups (serving size: 1/4 cup)
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 193
- Calories from fat: 0.0%
- Fat: 0.0g
- Saturated fat: 0.0g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.0g
- Protein: 0.1g
- Carbohydrate: 25g
- Fiber: 0.8g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 0.1mg
- Sodium: 1.2mg
- Calcium: 1.8mg
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 (12-ounce) package fresh cranberries
- 3 cups vodka
- Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan; cook over medium heat 5 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, and cool completely.
- Place cranberries in a food processor; process 2 minutes or until finely chopped. Combine sugar mixture and cranberries in a large bowl; stir in vodka.
- Pour the vodka mixture into clean jars; secure with lids. Let stand 3 weeks in a cool, dark place, shaking every other day.
- Strain the cranberry mixture through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a bowl, and discard solids. Carefully pour liqueur into clean bottles or jars.
- Note: Liqueur can be stored refrigerated or at room temperature for up to a year.
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- COURSE: Beverages, Beverages, Alcoholic
- CONVENIENCE: Gifts, Make-Ahead, 5 Ingredients or Less
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Fruits
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Fat, Low Saturated Fat, Low Sodium
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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A St. Paul man is accused of throwing his wife's dog into a car, repeatedly. The 1 1/2-year-old Yorkie named Bentley got checked out by a vet and is back with its owner, but investigators are still trying to figure out why he was abused in the first place.
Neighbors say Khat Peng is an animal lover, proud of the pigeons and dogs he keeps as pets. But police paint a much different picture of Peng, accusing him of abusing a defenseless dog.
"It's not right, there are laws protecting animals," St. Paul Police Sgt. Paul Paulos said.
A concerned citizen called police after she saw Peng tossing the small Yorkshire terrier up in the air and against a parked car several times. The caller said the dog was laying in the backyard, not moving, and she feared little Bentley had been killed.
Peng was arrested for animal cruelty, but police still don't know why he was mistreating his wife's pet.
Unfortunately, animal abuse like this is far too common. Just last month, Fridley police arrested Gabrielle Allen after she threw several pitbull puppies at her boyfriend during an argument.
Humane Society investigator Keith Streff says in many cases people who abuse animals are trying to send a message to their significant others, and innocent animals end up caught in the middle.
"To see the animal abused or tortured, it's a good hint and the percentage says you will be next," Streff said.
Prosecutors say Khat Peng's case is so disturbing they asked the judge for a "no contact order" for the dog, which is the first time anyone in the city attorney's office can remember something like this.
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>General Running>Running on the beach....
Will have the opportunity to do some beach runs next week. Aside from the climate adjustment and remembering sunscreen, my usual minimalist shoes? or something with more support? Barefoot? Anyone with beach feet experience? What say you?.....
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Hat, Sunglasses , barefoot, run on semi wet sand, enjoy!
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+1 Except don't overdo it at first. I enjoy running barefoot at the beach, but one time I went on a 10 mile beach run and ended up with huge blisters on the soles of my feet. Your feet need to acclimate to the sand. If you choose to run with shoes, your regular shoes will be fine, but make sure you run on wet (firm) sand.
2014 goals:
2000 miles; 5k < 24:30; HM < 1:56; Century Bike Ride
NYC Half Marathon 3/16; Boston Marathon 4/21
thanx folks! looking forward to it!
Letting off steam
Run on the flattest part of the wet sand. If there's a significant slope from land to water, don't run it -- running on a side slope for a long distance can cause injury. Assuming it's salt water beach, come back at low tide, your best chance of finding lots of runnable sand
Nearly back to 100% 6 months after Achilles surgery. Now at 35 50 mpw.
Base building time!
Barefoot on the flat sand right where the wave are just ending is great........hat, minimal running gear and sunscreen.......
Champions are made when no one is watching
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ALBANY, N.Y. -- Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I-Glenville) announced Monday that Senator Hugh T. Farley (R,C,I-Niskayuna) will be a sponsor of the Knockout Game Deterrent Act.
The act is a first in the nation law that would protect innocent bystanders from being sucker-punched and assaulted.
Tedisco and Farley's bill, which is being drafted and is expected to be filed next week, will make any person regardless of their age who is convicted of Knockout Game individual assault or gang assault will be subject to 25 years in prison. Currently it's between 4-15 years depending on the age of the defendant. The legislation would ensure that juveniles who play the Knockout Game are sentenced as adults.
Those who are there and take part in the action also would be held criminally responsible.
"It is appalling that people would engage in such vicious behavior," said Senator Farley. "We need to send a very clear message that society will not tolerate such terrible acts of violence and that there will be serious repercussions for the individuals involved."
"These Knockout Game thugs are nothing but punks and cowards and if they think they're some kind of 'big shot' for punching an unsuspecting elderly person or a mom then they should face 'big man' laws and do hard time. As far as I'm concerned, they should lock 'em up and throw away the key for 25 years," said Tedisco.


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According to organizer Reyna Lingemann, each of Bonny Doon Elementary's 125 students selected three pieces for display at the event — be they mosaics, oil pastels, Lego pieces, or even robots made from recycled materials.
Every piece on display, Lingemann said, was made by a student participating in the school's community-funded art program.
"It's a nice way to open the school to the community and showcase what our teachers have been doing for the art program," she said. "We decided to have a gallery opening because we wanted the Bonny Doon community to see where their money is going and what their school is about."
Funding for the school's art program comes from a community fundraising collective known as the Bonny Doon Communuity School Foundation.
For the past 12 years, the foundation has hosted the Bonny Doon Art and Wine Festival as its primary source of fundraising revenue for the school's art, music, and science programs.
"We just wouldn't have those programs at all if it weren't for the (festival)," said Becky Jacobs, the primary organizer of this year's event, which is scheduled for Saturday, June 21 at the Bonny Doon Equestrian Park.
For the $55 price of admission, this year's 21-and-up event will feature the works of more than two dozen local artists and craftspeople, as well as tastings from a dozen vintners, several local brewers, and catered food from local chef Tabitha Stroup, owner of Friend in Cheeses Jam Co.
The event will also feature live music, as well as a pair of auctions — one live and one silent.
"We really get a lot of community support," said Lingemann. "We have a lot of Bonny Doon sponsors and a lot of Santa Cruz sponsors."
This year's featured artist is Bonny Doon painter Jessica Vaughn, who specializes in folk nature paintings.
All the funds raised from the event will be contributed to the school's programs, Jacobs said.
Since the event's inception, funds raised allowed the Bonny Doon Communuity School Foundation to create a $100,000 endowment — a "rainy-day fund" as Jacobs calls it — for the school.
That $100,000 goal was achieved last year, Jacobs said, and has already accrued some $9,000 in interest. Now, she said, funds raised can go directly to the school's programs.
"Because we've met that goal," Jacobs said, "every cent we make, we want to spend it on the school."
Last year's event alone raised some $43,000, Lingemann said — "our most successful year."
While most of that went toward the school's art, music and science programs, some of it also went toward helping pay for Bonny Doon Elementary teachers to participate in education seminars and workshops.
"All proceeds go to the school in various capacities," Jacobs said. "Part of our mission is also for professional development."
For more information about the Bonny Doon Art and Wine Festival, visit http://www.bonnydoonartandwinefestival.com/


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The Social Security proposal you need to know about
Lawmakers have suggested a switch to 'chained CPI' to reduce deficits. That could affect how the government calculates Social Security benefits in the future.
It sounds about as exciting as skim milk, but the phrase "chained CPI" could play a role in fiscal cliff negotiations -- and it could impact your Social Security payments.
Republicans are reportedly suggesting a shift to chained CPI as one way of dealing with the deficit, and President Obama appears open to the move. That could impact the way Social Security benefits are calculated in the future.
To understand chained CPI, it's important to get a refresher on the standard CPI, or the Consumer Price Index. This index tracks price changes of goods and services in some 200 categories. The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines the index as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services."
The government uses the CPI as one basis for adjusting dollar values on Social Security payments. During times of inflation, for example, the index rises and Social Security payments get cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs.
"Chained CPI" doesn't just look at the prices of goods and services. It goes deeper into consumer choices and relative price changes. For an example, says the BLS, consider differences in the costs of pork and beef.
If the price of pork goes up while the price of beef doesn't, shoppers might shift away from pork to beef, the Bureau notes. Chained CPI accounts for this type of consumer substitution, while the standard CPI does not.
And here's the important part: In this example, chained CPI would rise, but not by as much as the standard CPI. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office says the chained CPI has grown at a slower rate than the traditional CPI, by an average of 0.3 percentage points annually over the past 10 years.
So what does that mean to you, the taxpaying consumer? Switching to a chained CPI will reduce spending on Social Security and federal pensions while increasing revenue for the government. The differences between the CPI and chained CPI may seem small, but they can add up. As the Columbia Journalism Review points out, the chained CPI "cuts spending and raises revenue, the twin strategies for reducing the federal deficit."
There are estimates the chained CPI could bring in hundreds of billions of dollars in savings for the government while generating billions more in revenue. The unanswered question, though, is at what cost.
In a recent letter to Congress, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare urged lawmakers to oppose any deficit reductions plans that would involve the chained CPI.
"This cut would reduce projected benefits for the oldest and most vulnerable Americans who would be least able to afford it," says the letter, which also notes that Social Security Administration officials estimate the chained CPI would bring about a 0.3 percentage drop compared to current cost-of-living adjustments.
"This reduced COLA would result in a decrease of about $130 per year (0.9%) in Social Security benefits for a typical 65 year old," The letter continues. "By the time that senior reaches age 95, the annual benefit cut will be almost $1,400, a 9.2% reduction from currently scheduled benefits. Remarkably, this is a benefit reduction that slightly exceeds the one month's benefit for the average retiree."
The Christian Science Monitor says supporters of the chained CPI believe it's a better way to measure inflation and reduce the deficit -- especially as a growing number of Baby Boomers retire and go on Social Security.
But there's also a middle ground in the debate, according to the Monitor: those who argue that the change "should be cushioned by supplementing benefits for older retirees."
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So, if I understand this correctly. If a pound of beef is $7 and a pound of pork is $4 and a pound of chicken is $1.50 and a person who is on social security is already on a chicken budget (most likely) if the pound of chicken goes up to $1.75 but the beef stays at $7 then the person would get a smaller or no increase because they would switch to beef? Our governments logic at work. Idiots.
Lets not increase taxes on our millionaires when we can squeeze a couple of dollars out of our retirees.
Raise the taxation cap on the income level for SS to $250K to improve its solvency for years. SS is now a-ok solvent for the next twenty years. Again, per the revered Republican Ronald Reagan, SS does not relate to the deficit and should not be a consideration regarding deficit spending as it is funded directly by the taxpayers! Google It!
All we hear about is how the average life expectancy has gone up and so SS should be adjusted accordingly. Well factor in how much average wage has gone up since the pre-1990 setting of the taxation limit and adjust upward accordingly FIRST!
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