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Thought Leader – Elder Law – Connelly Law Offices Ltd
From estate planning and probate, to fiduciary services and health care directives, elder law is in intricate and complex legal segment, with rules and regulations that can differ from state to state. Here to talk Lawyer Monthly through the challenges involved in this field, the latest legislative changes in the US, and through his and his firm's thorough leadership in the realm of elder law, is R.J. Connelly III, a specialist attorney at Rhode Island law firm, Connelly Law Offices, Ltd.
Connelly Law is a family-owned law firm that specializes in probate, estate planning, elder law, and elder law-related fiduciary services. We strive to give our clients the best legal representation and assistance, and our firm works as a team to successfully meet our clients' end goals. Our firm assists clients create advance health care directives, trusts, wills, powers of attorney, and other essential estate planning documents. For clients who need help with probate, we may walk them through the probate process, assist with estate administration, or represent them during an estate litigation case. Elderly clients who need any type of fiduciary service, representation, or retirement plan may contact our office, as well.
R.J. Connelly III practices in the area of elder law. This area of law involves Medicaid planning and asset protection advice for those individuals, and their families, entering nursing homes, planning for the possibility of disability through the use of powers of attorney for the both health care and finances, estate and tax planning, guardianship, probate and estate administration, preparation of wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts and special or supplemental needs trusts. Attorney Connelly practices heavily in both contested and uncontested probate court matters and provides a wide range of fiduciary services to his clients in acting as trustee, attorney-in-fact, and representative payee or other court appointments. He represents clients primarily in the states of Rhode Island, Connecticut and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bar Admissions:
- Rhode Island Bar Association, Member, 1996
- Massachusetts Bar Association, Member, 1997
- Connecticut Bar Association, Member, 1997
- U.S. District Court of RI, Member, 1997
- U.S. District Court of MA, Member, 1999
- U.S. District Court of CT, Member, 1999
Legal Affiliations:
- Rhode Island Bar Association
- Probate and Trust Committee
- Elder Law Subcommittee
- Connecticut Bar Association
- Massachusetts Bar Association
- Pawtucket Bar Association
- National Elder Law Foundation
- National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Other Affiliations:
- Board of Directors, Scandinavian Home, Cranston, RI
- U.S. Coast Guard 50/100 Ton Master Captain License
- Rhode Island and Massachusetts Licensed Real Estate Broker
- Member, National Council on Aging
- Member, American Association of Retired Persons
- Member, Alliance for Better Long Term Nursing Care
- St. Thomas More Society, Providence, RI
- St. Patrick's Church, Mystic, CT
- Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant U.S. Army Reserves (retired)
- Quinnipiac Law School, J.D., 1995
- Suffolk Law School, 1994
- Providence College, B.A., 1991
- St. Raphael Academy, 1986
What kind of considerations do your clients need to prioritize in their later years, and how do you help in this regard?
Clients need to begin to prioritize their future needs relating to health, welfare and the transfer of wealth as soon as possible. Many people wait to the golden years in order to think about their estate plan. By delaying this process they may lose out on several benefits of pre-retirement estate planning. Clients need to consider Estate Planning, Medicaid (Title XIX) Planning, tax planning and continuum of care planning when it comes to their living arrangements.
What are the top three mistakes most elderly make in terms of asset planning and medical planning?
The biggest mistake elders make is not having the most basic estate planning documents. Without a health care proxy and durable financial power of attorney in effect the filing of a guardianship may be necessary. The Guardianship process is a probate court proceeding which, in essence, strips the civil liberties and decision making ability from the elder to a third party, obviously less preferable than pre-planning. Many elderly have the mistaken belief that they must utilize all their assets in order to obtain assistance relating to their nursing care, housing and health. This stems from the mistaken belief that they will only be entitled to government assistance if they are poor.
A mistake that some elderly clients make is putting off any estate planning because they are confident that they will never need skilled nursing care or that they have sufficient assets to obtain the care that they may need in their golden years. Another mistake some elderly make is not having a trusted advisor(s) attorney, accountant, or investment advisor. The statistics of elder financial exploitation are staggering and only growing. While much of the exploitation occurs with a family member or friend using a power of attorney, there should be oversight. Sometimes a trusted family member or friend is the most logical and appropriate choice, there are times when engaging a professional with oversight and insurance/malpractice to protect the elder is the better choice.
Have there recently been any ongoing legislative developments in regards to law surrounding the elderly and estate administration?
Connelly Law works in three states, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Massachusetts has recently adopted its version of the Uniform Probate Code which Connecticut did some time ago. Rhode Island still works on its own somewhat antiquated version of the probate administration. While the UPC streamlines the probate process in many ways, it would behove other states to follow suit.
As a thought leader in this field, if you could change any laws pertaining to the elderly, were would you begin?
I would like to see the laws protecting the elderly from financial exploitation, abuse, neglect and self-neglect strengthened. Many states have been slow to react and while some legislation has been enacted to strengthen the protections necessary, there is still a long way to go.
Another change that would be made is legislation dealing with the soaring cost of long term care. So few people have long term care insurance because of the prohibitive cost and underwriting requirements, families are left financially devastated. Laws need to be changed in order to address these problems.
How are you actively working towards the development or implementation of new or amended legislation, and how has your thought leadership contributed towards this?
Connelly Law attorneys work with several groups, agencies and academies which attempt to influence legislation for the betterment of the elderly community.
What would you say makes you the go-to attorney for elder law in Rhode Island and Connecticut?
Connelly Law Offices believes that the needs of our clients are a top priority. R.J. Connelly III was certified as an Elder Law Attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation (NELF) in 2008.
He was only the third attorney in Rhode Island certified as CELA and is the only practicing CELA in Providence County. Lawyers who are certified as specialists have been recognized by independent professional certifying organizations as having an enhanced level of skill, as well as substantial involvement in established legal specialty areas. Certifying organizations require lawyers to demonstrate special training, experience and knowledge to ensure that recognition as a certified specialist is meaningful and reliable.
How would you say the demand and type of issues significantly differ between your clients between the various states you operate in? Are there considerable legal differences?
One difference is that Massachusetts and Connecticut operate on the Uniform Probate Code, which Rhode Island does not. Another is the state Estate Tax exemptions with Connecticut at $2 million dollars, Massachusetts at $1 million dollars, and Rhode Island recently changing last year from $921,655.00 to $1.5 million dollars. Currently, the federal rate is $5.43 million dollars.
Do you have a mantra or motto you live by when working with your clients in this legal segment?
Connelly Law Offices, Ltd., a preeminent probate, estate planning and elder law firm, has a mission to protect the legal rights and financial resources of our clients by employing a multidiscipline approach of legal and wealth management expertise to empower our clients, enhance their quality of life and provide peace of mind to meet their current and future needs.


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InsightSquared Named Leader in Business Intelligence Platforms for Four Straight Years
Also Named Top in Sales Analytics
BOSTON, April 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- InsightSquared, the most-awarded provider of sales intelligence solutions for high-growth technology companies, announced today that it has been named a Leader in G2 Crowd's Grid® Report for Business Intelligence Platforms, outranking 33 industry vendors to place first in Customer Satisfaction. The company was also recognized as a Leader in G2 Crowd's Grid® Report for Sales Analytics and received 11 additional awards across the two categories, including Best Support, Easiest Admin, and Best Results.
"The role of customer success is the responsibility of our entire team, not just one department," said Fred Shilmover, CEO and co-founder of InsightSquared. "We are honored to receive these awards, but especially humbled by the awards for Best Relationship and Best Results as they directly reflect our commitment to have every interaction answer the question: 'How does this help the customer?'"
Based on reviews submitted by hundreds of business intelligence software users, G2 Crowd ranks vendors by customer satisfaction, market presence, vendor size, and social impact. More than 96% of users on G2 Crowd rate their InsightSquared experience with either 4 or 5 stars.
"I've now implemented InsightSquared at two different companies. It's my go-to BI tool," said Melissa Warner, senior director of global sales operations at CoreOS. "We are able to drive all of our quarterly business reviews right from the dashboards, no PowerPoints needed. My executives like having the ability to directly access the info from Salesforce.com and appreciate the high reliability of the data."
InsightSquared provides sales-, marketing- and business operations professionals, together referred to as "revenue operations," with the insights they need to help sales leadership forecast more accurately, collaborate with marketing and prospecting teams to ensure pipeline goals are met, empower sales management to coach reps more effectively, and provide executives with an actionable, retrospective analysis of sales performance.
"InsightSquared has been identified as a Leader in our recent Business Intelligence Platforms and Sales Analytics Grid Reports," said Marty Duffy, vice president of research at G2 Crowd. "These rankings can be largely attributed to their high scores in the quality of support, ease of use, and ease of doing business with categories; making for very happy customers."
About InsightSquared
InsightSquared helps revenue operations professionals break the cycle of spreadsheets by equipping them with actionable, real-time intelligence on virtually all sales KPIs. Fast-growing technology companies like, Bazaarvoice, EverString, and Pendo rely on the company's solutions to forecast more accurately, better manage pipeline, tailor rep coaching based on individual performance, and conduct data-backed planning and analysis. For more information, visit www.insightsquared.com.
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3 Barrier Programs
The term barrier (used as either an adjective or noun), like some of the terms for pathogen status, identifies a general concept rather than a definitive qualitative standard. In essence, the concept requires beginning with formerly germfree or defined flora animals and maintaining them as a breeding or experimental population under conditions that exclude pathogens. A barrier is not merely a facility of a certain design. A barrier is a systematic, comprehensive program for the prevention of pathogen contamination. Facility design is one aspect of such a program (Jonas, 1965; Brick et al., 1969; Serrano, 1971). An effective or true barrier cannot exist in the absence of a systematic, comprehensive program.
Barrier programs consist of several essential elements: stocking with animals known to be free of pathogens, appropriate design of housing environments, rigorous management of the physical plant and caging environments, regular monitoring of pathogen status, and corrective action (e.g., elimination of pathogen-contaminated subpopulations) to ensure program effectiveness.
The barrier concept can be applied at different levels: an entire facility, part of a facility, room(s), groups of cages, or a single cage. As indicated above in Option 4, these alternative approaches can be used singly or in combination in accordance with the specific needs and research objectives of individual investigators or entire institutions.
Barrier Facilities
An entire facility or part of a facility can be designed and operated as a barrier. However, this is only practical when a facility or part of a facility is fully committed to a specific objective (e.g., breeding pathogen-free animals) or a community of investigators has agreed to conduct their research under the constraints of a single barrier program.
Barrier facilities are classified on the basis of operational criteria and the degree of security provided (ILAR, 1976a): type I (maximum-security barrier), type II (high-security barrier), type III (moderate-security barrier), and type IV (minimal-security barrier). The criteria for classification include the following (ILAR, 1976a):
- quality, quantity, and source of animals;
- frequency and method of introducing animals and animal-derived biologic materials into the barrier;
- processing of materials into the barrier;
- entry of animal technicians into the barrier;
- entry of investigators and laboratory technicians into the barrier;
- method of housing and handling animals;
- the environmental systems, particularly heating and air-conditioning; and
- monitoring practices.
The effective operation of a barrier facility generally requires that written standard operating procedures be followed to maintain each of the criteria (from the list above) established for that facility. In addition, a written statement of key objectives and principles of operation should be prepared and posted in conspicuous locations accessible to all personnel. It is essential that all personnel know and support the objectives and principles of operation of a barrier facility.
Barrier Rooms
Most animal research facilities are multipurpose, i.e., they must house animals of variable pathogen status, from many sources, and for many different research purposes. The principles of barrier maintenance can be successfully applied to individual rooms or groups of rooms within a multipurpose facility; however, even if appropriate operating procedures are followed, the risk of pathogen contamination is greater than it would be in a properly managed barrier facility. Emphasis is given to protecting the room population(s) from known or potential pathogens in all other rodent populations in the facility. As with barrier facilities, written standard
operating procedures, based on the criteria listed above, should be prepared and followed for each barrier room.
Isolators as Barriers
In addition to their usefulness in the maintenance of germfree or defined flora animals, isolators can be used as absolute barriers for populations of pathogen-free rodents consisting of one to many cages. Isolators made of clear plastic are the most versatile and economical (Trexler and Reynolds, 1957) and can be fabricated in varying dimensions up to room size (Lattuada et al., 1981). They may be used as barriers for breeding or experimental populations. By comparison with most other housing systems, they tend to be expensive and labor intensive. For these reasons, many laboratories use isolators primarily for maintaining small numbers of "seed stock" of their most valuable strains in reserve for use in the eventuality that their regular breeding stocks become contaminated. The isolators are serviced by standard gnotobiotic methods, and the animals are monitored regularly (Newton, 1965; ILAR, 1970). Again, written standard operating procedures are essential.
Airflow Systems as Barriers
A number of different systems have been developed that use airflow to prevent or control airborne infection of laboratory animals. Incoming air is passed through high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters that remove 99.9% of 0.3 um particles. Laminar airflow (LAF) rooms or cabinets move the filtered air vertically or horizontally over the animal cages at an average velocity of 30.5 m/min (100 ft/min). Mass airflow (MAF) involves the flow of the filtered air through orifices in the ceilings of entire rooms and vertical flow of the air at average velocities of only 6.1-10.7 m/min (20-35 ft/min) (McGarrity and Coriell, 1976).
Limited data are available on the effectiveness of these systems. LAF has been demonstrated to be effective in the prevention of cage-to-cage transmission of the intestinal bacterial flora of rodents (van der Waaij and Andreas, 1971) but has been tested only superficially for the prevention of rodent pathogen transmission (Beall et al., 1971; Coriell and McGarrity, 1973). MAF has been shown to be effective in reducing or preventing the transmission of the bacterial flora (McGarrity et al., 1969; McGarrity and Coriell, 1976), reovirus-3 (McGarrity and Coriell, 1973), and polyoma virus (McGarrity et al., 1976). In one study, MAF was found to be ineffective in preventing cage-to-cage and rack-to-rack transmission of indigenous virus infections in rats, particularly sialodacryoadenitis virus/rat coronavirus, Sendai virus, and Kilham rat virus (Thigpen and Ross, 1983).
Based on the currently available evidence, LAF and MAF may serve as useful barrier systems for selected research objectives. Animals of known pathogen status should be used, and written standard operating procedures should be followed. Disadvantages of LAF and MAF are the added costs of the purchase, maintenance, and operation of the equipment.
Barrier Cages
Filter cage systems provide barriers at the level of the individual cage. Factors that influence cage-to-cage transmission of airborne infection include type of cage used, use of bedding, distance between cages, number of animals per cage, relative humidity, and the generation of airborne dust particles during cage changing and cleaning (McGarrity et al., 1969; van der Veen et al., 1972). Filter cage systems, if properly used, act as barriers by preventing the transmission of contaminated particulates and aerosols between cages.
In order to be effective, filter cage systems must be used according to the following principles. Each cage within a room is fitted with a filter, usually made of fiberglass. The filter is removed from only one cage in the room at any given time, and filter removal is permitted only in a transfer hood. The animals and inner surfaces of each cage are handled only with disinfected forceps or sterile gloves. Changing of cages is accomplished by transferring animals to autoclaved cages supplied with autoclaved bedding, food, and water. After the filter on each cage is replaced, the inner surfaces of the transfer hood are disinfected before the next cage is serviced (Kraft, 1958; Kraft et al., 1964).
Kraft (1958) originally introduced the filter cage system for the control of mouse rotavirus and mouse hepatitis virus infections. Subsequently, this methodology has been tested extensively and found to be effective in preventing transmission of mouse diarrheal diseases (Jennings and Rumpf, 1965; Schneider and Collins, 1966), pinworm infection (Wescott et al., 1976), normal intestinal bacterial flora (Sedlacek and Mason, 1977; Sedlacek et al., 1981), and various pathogens (Simmons et al., 1967). In addition to being highly effective, filter cage systems are relatively inexpensive, simple to use, and readily adapted to a wide range of research needs and objectives. As with other barrier systems, written standard operating procedures for their use should be prepared and followed.


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Should your child require a COVID-19 test, they cannot return to school until you receive a negative test result.
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Publication Date: April 01, 2004
Source: MIT Sloan Management Review
This is an MIT Sloan Management Review article. Companies deploying dishonest tactics toward customers, suppliers, distributors, and others typically do so to increase short-term profits, and in that regard they might succeed. But the misconduct is likely to fuel social psychological processes within the organization that have the potential for ruinous fiscal outcomes, outweighing short-term gains. There are three types of consequences to organizational dishonesty: reputation degradation, (mis)matches between values of employees and the organization, and increased surveillance. These outcomes can lead to decreases in repeat business and job satisfaction--and increases in worker turnover, employee theft, and other hidden costs. These consequences will, like tumors, spread and eat progressively at the organization's health and vigor. They will also be difficult to identify through typical accounting methods and might lead to corrective efforts that overshoot the true causes of poor productivity and profitability. Without a thorough understanding of the three types of consequences, an organization could try to control one financial hemorrhage (for example, losses from employee theft) by creating another (namely, investments in increasingly expensive security systems).


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Leicester City fans have had their say on who should be awarded the player of the year prize at the club's awards night on Tuesday.
In the club's official voting system, any of the first-team squad can be chosen - but the Mercury have narrowed it down to the Foxes we think are in the running.
Harry Maguire, Wilfred Ndidi, Marc Albrighton and Jamie Vardy are the options you can chose from on our Twitter poll.
At the time of writing, over 750 votes have been cast, with Vardy leading the way with 39 percent of voters opting for him. Maguire is running him a close second with 29 percent.
Twenty five percent have voted for Ndidi, while seven percent have voted for Albrighton.
And those who have cast their vote have had their say on their chosen player - with some fans suggesting alternatives.
@Joshemsley1996 said: "Stuck between Ndidi and Vardy overall, but Ndidi as young player of the year."
@Nicklcfc67 added: "Can't decide whether to vote Maguire or Vardy."
@Georgecrew chipped in with: "Maguire shouldn't be a contender. Lost count of the amount of goals he's been at fault for."
To which @ElvisFMcFly1977 replied with: "But he's very good at bringing the ball out of defence which is the main thing one looks for in a defender!"
@Jamesp3011 said: "How people slate Albrighton is beyond me. Hardest working player on the pitch as well as probably the most consistent. He's an asset to the club. Defends well, gets forward and creates chances."
@Sjbrookesss offered an alternative: "Dan Amartey > Marc Albrighton."
And @juandiegob8 said: "(Riyad) Mahrez, it's a disgrace not even putting him in the top four."


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Indonesians join thousands of soldiers, police at interfaith rallies
Thousands of Indonesians have joined nationwide interfaith rallies organised by the military in an attempt to demonstrate national unity as religious and racial tensions divide the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Key points:
- Police estimate 30,000 turned out for Jakarta rally
- Military chief says Indonesia must stay united
- Prosecutor's office says police dossier is sufficient for Ahok blasphemy trial
Police estimated that 30,000 people attended a rally at the national monument in Jakarta, the capital, but said half of them were either from the military or police. Rallies were also held in other big cities.
Security forces are bracing for a second massive protest by conservative Muslims in Jakarta on Friday against the city's minority Christian governor, who is being prosecuted for alleged blasphemy.
The first protest, which drew more than 100,000 people on November 4, turned violent, with one person killed and dozens injured after hardliners clashed with police.
Organisers of Wednesday's rallies, led by the military chief, General Gatot Nurmantyo, also invited students and leaders of the six religions recognised in Indonesia.
Groups of people wearing headbands in the red and white colours of the Indonesian flag prayed together and soldiers sang patriotic songs.
"Keeping Indonesia unified is our number one obligation. We are gathered today across the nation to show that is true," General Nurmantyo told the cheering crowd in Jakarta.
"We are united in the Republic of Indonesia. We are ready to defend our unity of diversity as patriots of the nation."
The national police chief, General Tito Karnavian, was also at the rally.
Ahok blasphemy trial a step closer
Jakarta's governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, is the first ethnic Chinese to hold the position and the first Christian in half a century.
He is an ally of President Joko Widodo, and the accusation of blasphemy has animated their political opponents, including hardliners who have used the issue to seize a national stage for more extreme agenda, including Sharia law.
The November 4 violence forced Mr Widodo to cancel an official visit to Australia.
Since then, he has spent much of his time shoring up his support with mainstream Muslim groups and political and military leaders.
Ahok's blasphemy case took a step forward on Wednesday, with the Office of the State Prosecutor announcing that the police dossier on the case had met the requirements for it to go to trial.
The offense is punishable by up to five years in prison.
However, hardline Muslim groups continue to demand that Ahok be arrested.
He is campaigning for a second term as Jakarta governor in elections due in February.
Indonesian authorities have said they believe Friday's protest could be a guise for treasonous acts and have tried to discourage organisers from proceeding with it.
After meetings early this week between police and Rizieq Shihab, a firebrand leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, as well as Indonesia's major Islamic organisations, a deal was announced that Friday's protest would be confined to the National Monument area and would consist only of prayers, chanting in praise of God and peaceful sermons.


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17 Aug A different approach to happiness
For quite some time now I"ve taken what's called an ideographic approach to understanding people and, in my career as a therapist and coach, to helping them. In simple terms, this approach is based on the premise that we"re all different and contrasts with other approaches in psychology and psychiatry in which it's assumed that we all fit into certain groups with commonalities.
Obviously, both approaches have some validity (you can always find differences just as you can always find similarities) but when it comes to the creation of happiness and a good life, I"m much more in the former camp. And I"m pleased to note that I"m not alone here but rather, in some good company. Aristotle, for one, noted that "different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of lifeê¢__'Ô_"
Why am I writing about this? Because I think that too often we try to follow others but then expect a different outcome; too often we expect if we do what others do we"ll achieve the same outcome. It is, quite clearly, not that simple and so this week's column is about finding your own way and finding a way to happiness that works for youê¢__'Ô_a way that might be quite different!
To help with this I thought I"d introduce you to some of the interesting work coming out of the innovation domain, an area in which different and individual approaches have received more respect than in some other contexts. And this in itself is an approach I"d encourage you to consider; what can you learn from one part of your life that might help you in other areas of your life? What, for example, do you do at work that might be useful at home (and vice versa)?
As much as I believe that there are general principles from which we can all benefit when it comes to enhancing our happiness (including, of course, the CHOOSE model we"ve used with such effect in The Happiness Institute), I"m also quite sure that there's not one perfect approach that we can prescribe for everyone – so the following tips are provided to help you work through the mine field of possibilities and ideally, generate a recipe that will help you live a life filled with more positivity and success.
– Open a book (maybe an encyclopaedia or dictionary) at a random page and reflect upon a word or phrase
– Contemplate your typical approach to happiness and then imagine the complete opposite
– Gather together a group of friends or colleagues and without inhibition or restriction discuss happiness and life
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AMHERST, N.S. – A former player and coach with the Amherst Junior Ramblers has passed.
Kenneth Crocket, 69, died July 17 following a short battle with cancer.
Crocket was born in Sydney and raised in Newcastle, N.B. before moving to Amherst in 1968 to play for the Ramblers. He remained in Amherst following his playing career and served as head coach of the Ramblers and numerous minor hockey teams, including the provincial-champion Bantam Legionnaires.
He was also president of the former Amherst and Area Minor Hockey Association and chaired the Bluenose Minor Hockey Tournament.
Crocket worked for many years at Enamel and Heating (Enheat) in Amherst and later co-owned and operated AMS Building Supplies, IMS Machining, Kengary Scrap Yard and was employed with Kent Building Supplies from its opening in Amherst in the early 2000s until is death.
There is no funeral.
He is survived by his daughter Kim Burbine (David), son Jamie (Cathy), their mother Vickie and his grandchildren Jessica (Rothesay NB), Jarrett, Emily and Hayden whom he cherished. Also left to mourn, his partner, Susan, his sister, Joy, whom he shared a special bond. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by his brother, Charles.
Memorial donations can be made to the Cumberland County Minor Hockey Association.
Online condolences can be made at www.campbellsamherst.ca or by visiting Campbell's Funeral Home Facebook page.


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Fusion Capital Management, a technology and turnkey asset management platform, said this week that three former TD Ameritrade executives have invested in the firm. One — Bryce Engel — will become its new CEO, while the other two — Asiff Hirji and Wayne Ferbert — will serve on Fusion's Advisory Board.
Based in Dallas and founded in 2011, Fusion serves more than 375 financial advisors and 2,500 agents nationwide.
"We have helped our existing clients grow their practices with us year over year and been honored by their trusted referrals. We are thrilled to continue carrying this momentum forward under our new leadership," said President Ryan Borer, in a statement. "Wayne, Asiff and Bryce bring to Fusion years of experience that will push us to new heights."
Engel is a former chief brokerage officer at TD Ameritrade and the former president & COO of Penson Financial Services.
"Fusion has an outstanding track record and amazing potential as evidenced by their holistic growth," Engel explained in a statement. "We believe this space is the next growth area, offering a true turnkey, technology-driven asset management platform. I am thrilled and excited to be part of the Fusion team as we continue accelerating forward."
Hirji worked at TD Ameritrade in several executive positions — president, COO and CIO — and also was the chief restructuring officer at Hewlett-Packard. He currently serves as an operating advisor with Andreessen Horowitz, a senior advisor with Bain Capital and an operating partner with Advent International.
Ferbert served as head of business development for TDAmeritrade, is a co-founder of Zega Financial and founder of Alpha DNA Investment Management.
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So, I guess I can't sit back and relax basking in sports glory, because Canada's only basketball team is playing like s***, AGAIN!!! David Stern please bring a second franchise back to Canada.
Anyway, I can't help but feel ripped off and disheartened at how they sold me all this hype, and they've failed to deliver. That being said, we're bringing back the GBN(the G doesn't really deserve to be there, anymore...). So, let's get it started on the good shall we.
The Good
Alright, so I expect the Raptors to be playing better basketball when Reggie Evans returns. The good part about that is we're lucky he's not out for the season, and he'll make his return in the next week or so.
And... no wait, that's pretty much it for the good.
The Bad
Did anyone expect an entire meltdown at the beginning of the season? Well, who cares whether ya did or didn't, because it has happened. Almost everything that could go wrong has. Hey Antoine, I thought you could play defense. "Well quite frankly, so did I." WELL, THEN PICK IT THE F*** UP!
Geez, the only bright spots are DeMar DeRozan a ...
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The French Lick Resort recently completed a $17 million addition that it hopes will attract sports fans and golfers to the historic Southern Indiana casino.
The investment includes the opening of the Valley Tower, a six-story, 71-room hotel. It's the third hotel on the resort, which also extends into nearby West Baden Springs, Ind. The tower also includes 12 suites that can be arranged as one-, two-, or three-bedroom configurations.
The tower also includes the Valley Sports Bar that is located near the casino's sportsbook, which opened in early September.
Dave Harner, who serves as the resort's director of golf, said the new amenities should help French Lick attract even more golfers to its three courses. They include a century-old Donald Ross course that's been restored to the legendary designer's specifications and a course built by Indiana native Pete Dye, who also designed such courses as the TPC at Sawgrass and Brickyard Crossing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
So many of our golfing groups consist of huge sports fans, so we think they're going to make the Valley Tower and the new Sports Book area, their preferred place to relax and enjoy all the fun French Lick Resort has to offer," Harner said.
French Lick is located about 60 miles northwest of Louisville, Ky., and about 100 miles south of Indianapolis.
About French Lick
Most people associate French Lick now with Hall of Fame basketball player Larry Bird, who grew up in the small town. However, the resort helped put the town on the map more than 170 years ago.
In 1845, a doctor built the French Lick Springs Hotel and marketed it as a spa due to the nearby sulfur springs. In 1850, another doctor built a spa just a mile up the road in what's now known as West Baden.
A renovation after a fire in 1888 led the West Baden Springs to add an opera house and other features associated with European spas. It's signature attraction was the world's largest free-span dome ceiling that stretched 200 feet. Not to be outdone, the developers at French Lick eventually added marble flooring and golf courses.
Casinos came as well, helping the rural area attract such regular visitors as Al Capone, Irving Berlin, and Joe Louis. Franklin Roosevelt used a National Governors' Convention to announce his candidacy for president in 1931
While the French Lick Resort continued as a tourist attraction, the West Baden Springs resort fell apart, eventually starting to crumble by the early 1990s.
More than a decade ago, the Cook Group bought both hotels and renovated them at a cost of $600 million. The casino in French Lick reopened in 2006, and it became the state's first land-based casino two years later.
It has earned high ratings as a resort casino destination, including from U.S. News & World Report.
Online Sportsbook Thriving
While French Lick is looking to attract more people to its brick-and-mortar sportsbook, the casino is one of the biggest sportsbooks in the state thanks to its online presence.
Rush Street Gaming, which operates the casino's sportsbook, was the one of the first to go mobile with BetRivers in early October. In November, the sportsbook reported a handle of $9.6 million. Of that, $8.4 million was wagered online. That ranked fourth among all sportsbooks in the state.


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Cozy Beylerbeyi Palace
Many people who come to Turkey, start exploring this country from Istanbul. This huge and exciting metropolis has a lot to offer and there a are plenty of beautiful places for sightseeing. Beylerbeyi Palace, while not the most well known, is one of many Ottoman palaces on the shores of Bosphorus. A couple of days ago we decided to go and pay this palace a visit.. It is situated in the Asian side of Istanbul, in Üsküdar district. One can take a sea bus from the European side across Bosphorus to Üsküdar and from there a bus ride for another 15 minutes and there you are.
Beylerbeyi has been a residential area since Byzantine times. The first Ottoman palace was built here by the orders of Sultan Mahmud II (1808 – 1839). It was a wooden construction and after it burned down, Sultan Abdulaziz had a new palace built in 1863. The palace was built within two years, there are 24 rooms and 6 halls on three levels. We entered the beautiful gardens with ponds, then walked along the Bosphorus promenade and came to the grand entrance of the palace. The days are still quite hot and a nice breeze from the seaside was very pleasant as the palace sits only a few meters from the shore. We walked up the steps and came to the entrance hall. Big baccarat crystal chandeliers were in every room we saw – beautiful transparent cut crystal with some moss green and blood red pieces. Thick patterned carpets from Turkish town of Hereke, and Egyptian woven reed matting were covering parquet floors. Landscape paintings on the walls, sumptuous soft furnishings everywhere. The rooms were well proportioned and colourful. All this gave otherwise a large palace a somewhat cozy feeling. The reception rooms and halls gave a luxurious impression. Large beautiful painted vases from China, Japan, France, Germany and Turkey were decorating halls. There were big clocks from England, France and Turkey. One of the grand halls had a large marble pool with a fountain in the middle. All the rooms we saw had tall windows and were filled with light, many with great views over Bosphorus. High ceilings were painted with nautical scenes and intricate geometric patterns. The palace gave a nod to both Orient and Occident.
The sultan, his wife and his mother had their own bedrooms. Sultan's mother also had her own reception rooms. There were bathrooms with shower and a bath, and there was a hamam as well. Again, I couldn't help but feel that even if the sultan was home 'alone', it wouldn't feel a lonely, cold place, but instead the palace had a cozy, homely vibe, even though it was large and luxurious. Maybe it was the combination of good architecture and the fully carpeted floors and also the bright, cheerful colours and comfortable furnishings… And of course the light, the magnificent light streaming in through the windows, bouncing off the crystals of the chandeliers and dancing around the walls of the palace… It was all really gorgeous.
This beauty was shared with many foreign dignitaries of its time. The guests who stayed here included Eugenie, Empress of France, Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary, German Emperor Wilhelm II, Nikola, King of Montenegro, Duke and Duchess of Windsor among others. The palace was used as a summer residence and a State Guest House. One of the last sultans of Ottoman Empire, Abdulhamid II, spent the final six years of his life in Beylerbeyi Palace after he was dethroned, and he died here in 1918.
The gardens of the palace are also spectacular. There are lots of rose bushes lining the garden paths, pools and terraces, three kiosks. There is an abundance of shady mature trees such as magnolia and chestnut, linden and judas trees, planted in the period of Abdulhamid II.
So if you have already seen the main tourist attractions at the Golden Horn, why not pay a visit to the magnificent, yet cozy Beylerbeyi Palace. You'll enjoy it!


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Background Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is prevalent in the UK. Reported survival is lower than in countries with comparable healthcare systems; a better understanding of outcome determinants may identify areas for improvement. Methods An analysis of 9109 OHCA attended in East of England between 1 January 2015 and 31 July 2017. Univariate descriptives and multivariable analysis were used to understand the determinants of survival for nontraumatic cardiac arrest (NTCA) and traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA). Two Utstein outcome variables were used: survival to hospital admission and hospital discharge. Results The incidence of OHCA was 55.1 per 100 000 population/year. The overall survival to hospital admission was 27.6% (95% CI 26.7% to 28.6%) and the overall survival to discharge was 7.9% (95% CI 7.3% to 8.5%). Survival to hospital admission and survival to hospital discharge were both greater in the NTCA group compared with the TCA group: 27.9% vs 19.3% p=0.001, and 8.0% vs 3.8% p=0.012 respectively. Determinants of NTCA and TCA survival were different, and varied according to the outcome examined. In NTCA, bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was associated with survival at discharge but not at admission, and the likelihood of bystander CPR was dependent on geographical socioeconomic status. An air ambulance was associated with increased survival to both hospital admission and discharge in NTCA, but only with survival to admission in TCA. Conclusion NTCA and TCA are clinically distinct entities with different predictors for outcome—future OHCA reports should aim to separate arrest aetiologies. Determinants of survival to hospital admission and discharge differ in a way that likely reflects the determinants of neurological injury. Bystander CPR public engagement may be best focused in more deprived areas. https://emj.bmj.com/content/emermed/36/6/333.full.pdf This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2018-208165ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
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