tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10875896440055339792024-02-20T00:55:36.571-08:00SPRINGHILL GROUPAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-79018226385277606802012-12-13T22:57:00.001-08:002012-12-13T22:57:52.325-08:00Springhill Group Korea: Is Home for the Aged a Better Option<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;">A Quick Tip by saadomar</span></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
Source link: <a href="http://www.lunch.com/springhillgroupkorea/reviews/d/UserReview-Springhill_Group_Korea_Figment_Group-1232-1844899-230391.html">http://www.lunch.com/springhillgroupkorea/reviews/d/UserReview-Springhill_Group_Korea_Figment_Group-1232-1844899-230391.html</a></div>
<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Home for the aged is a general
term for a facility that cares for elderly people. It is not a question of where but a question
of how. How is home for the aged can do
good for our elderly?</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
In a fast phase world like ours,
finding time for fun and leisure is hard and finding time for family is
harder. Sometimes we are left with no
choice. We are forced to leave our
elderly family members in a nursing home or more popular as home for the aged. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
There is always two sides in a
story, leaving elderly family member in a caring home has advantages and
disadvantages. Number of senior citizens
suddenly seemed to multiply since 1950’s.
In 1900 the average life expectancy was forty-five, by 1950 the average
life span was almost seventy years; the population has doubled but the number
of people65 and over had quadrupled to become 8% of the total. In 1950’s more and more population of
“retirees” are supposed to get their pensions.
Due to this case, extended families are seemed to be an obligation,
where elderly had to stay with their sons, daughters or grandchildren.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
People then began wondering how
to accommodate this burden. They started
taking about nursing homes, retirement houses, or apartments where they can
leave their elderly. Golden years are
supposed to have a positive connotation but now the phrase developed into a
different meaning. Instead of the
“golden years” being now, I a one’s old age golden refers to the good old days.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Studies showed that people in
developed countries are not only living longer, but also remain healthy for
much of their lives, unlike in less developed countries, where the elderly tend
to be plagued with serious illnesses. Causing
them to live longer which means government has to support them because they are
already retirees. In order to support
them, one must work and working means no one to take care of the elderly.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Elderly has a special healthcare
although facilities like home for the aged are designed to take care of them
they are often lacking human resources and other needs of these retirees. A sad truth is some facilities have no mercy
on their patients. Sometimes they
overmedicate them and let them lay in their beds for hours and even days. They lack people to attend to the elderly so
they had to choose over feeding them and bathing them. They feed them and who knows how and what,
and then they will let them stay in soiled clothes and beds. Those were just samples. But not every home is like that, there are
homes where they will take care of the elderly and makes sure that they are
well feed and well medicated.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
If you are thinking of taking
your elderly family member to homes, you must weigh things and consider
possibilities and other options first.
Sometimes it will work for you and your dad for example but sometimes it
is better if you’d get help and pay assistance from private nurses. Whatever your decision is, you must remember
that they once took care of us and had been very patient to us when we were
younger; it is time to pay them back.
Your son or daughter will do the same for you in the future.</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-40229583527074367202012-12-13T19:22:00.001-08:002012-12-13T19:22:56.968-08:00Springhill Group Korea: Spain Borrowing Costs Ease, Catalonia Unhappy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<h1 align="center" style="text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Like-Springhill-Group-Korea/2774148" style="text-align: justify;">ALLVOICES
NEWS</a><span style="text-align: justify;"> - Spain’s borrowing costs on its 10-year government bonds fell to the
lowest level since January on Thursday.</span></h1>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
At its latest debt auction raised
4.8 billion euros and saw strong demand from investors for the bonds maturing
in three and 10 years’ time.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Madrid has been able to more
easily sell its bonds at lower rates of interest since the <a href="http://news.springhillcaregroup.net/">European Central Bank</a> announced
its bond-buying plan.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype
id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t"
path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
<v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/>
<v:formulas>
<v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/>
<v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/>
<v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/>
<v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/>
</v:formulas>
<v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/>
<o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/>
</v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Spain Borrowing Costs Ease by Springhill Group Korea"
style='width:459pt;height:154.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\CHARTE~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg"
o:href="http://i.cdn.turner.com/ireport/sm/prod/2012/12/06/WE00874755/2316704/63271572684cd1ab4d9ejpg-2316704_p9.jpg"/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img alt="Spain Borrowing Costs Ease by Springhill Group Korea" border="0" height="206" src="file:///C:/Users/CHARTE~1/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025" width="612" /><!--[endif]--></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Trader Ignacio Blanco with
Bankinter said: “Over the last month and a half bond interest rates are down
more than two percent, since Draghi spoke at the end of July. There was strong
demand in the days before the auction and today too. They were buying bonds
before, they continued to buy today, and the initial operations after the
auction were good.”</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Many analysts have warned Spain’s
borrowing costs could skyrocket to unsustainable levels unless Rajoy asks for
an international bailout, at which point the ECB would start buying Spanish
bonds.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The country’s economic crisis is
exposing deep fault lines with the wealthy, but heavily indebted, region of
Catalonia calling for tax breaks.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Catalonia, which is in
northeastern Spain, generates one fifth of the country’s economic output and is
home to 16 percent of Spaniards.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
More than half of Catalans say
they want a separate state, and hundreds of thousands marched in Barcelona last
week – the biggest such show of separatist fervor.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The upsurge in Catalan separatism
is founded on a conviction that Madrid is draining the region financially.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The central government collects
most taxation payments then redistributes them to Spain’s 17 self-governing
regions, which run their own schools and hospitals. Each year Catalans say they
pay 16 billion euros more in taxes than the regional government spends.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
The region’s debts have made the
Madrid government’s task of balancing the budget more difficult.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
Rajoy has threatened to intervene
in regions that cannot control their budgets. Catalonia is likely to miss its
deficit target this year and has had to ask Madrid for a five billion euro
bailout to meet its debt redemptions.</div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-68693112957873239132012-11-06T20:48:00.001-08:002012-11-06T20:48:33.324-08:00Springhill Group Florida - Home Care<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://springhillcaregroup.net/" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Springhill Group Care</a><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - Providing
for all levels of care, balanced with impressive facilities and exceptional
staff.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Home<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Springhill
Group Care – Providing for all levels of care, balanced with impressive
facilities and exceptional staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">…golden age
living and health care at its very best…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At
Springhill Care Group, our attitude is to exceed the expectations of our
residents and their friends, that offer balanced with impressive facilities and
exceptional staff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">At
Springhill Care Group, we firmly believe in safeguarding the interests of our
clients and we pride ourselves on offering the most resident friendly
environment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://springhillcaregroup.net/about-us">ABOUT US</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://news.springhillcaregroup.net/">Springhill Group</a> looks to cater
to the special requirements of each person citizen and any changing
circumstances that occur throughout their time living in our care. This gives
families the comfort that their loved one has the support and care.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">We fully
understand a need to a place that residents will be proud to call their home is
what they require most. All are built in attractive locations, nestled amongst
existing communities, so our residents can easily retain their ties with their
families.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Springhill
Care offers retirees the finest in clinical care, while receiving the positive
aspects of living in our cozy and comfortable community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Email us now
at info@springhillcaregroup.net<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">LIVING AND
CARE OPTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Springhill
Group <a href="http://springhillcaregroup.net/living-and-care-options">living
and care options</a> are available depending on what the residents need and
prefer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Independent
Living<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The
independent accommodations are occupied for those who wish to maintain a
significant standard of flexibility, but also value the friendly relationship,
the security, recreational facilities, and care that is provided by to them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The homes
are designed to allow residents simple and easy household management encircled
by warm and friendly neighbours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Assisted
Living<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Assisted Living is desirable</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> to people who need a little extra
care with their everyday living. You will also find here the flexibility and
security of owning your personal space, to have your valuable possessions and
things around you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rest Home
Level Care<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rest home
level care in a Ryman Village, offers residents the very best in clinical care,
while receiving the benefits of living in our warm and welcoming community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://springhillcaregroup.net/investor-center">INVESTOR CENTER</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Springhill
Group believes that if we remain focused on providing excellent assistance to
our residents and their families then we will be rewarded and honored. We are
seeking to grow contacts in terms of retirement services, to meet the
requirements of an elderly growing society which is increasing for the next
couple years!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-3512758998432236982012-08-29T02:06:00.002-07:002012-08-29T02:06:56.130-07:00Japan toilet maker unveils 'poop-powered' motorbike<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia">http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/asia</a><br />
<br />
<br />
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's best-known toilet maker on Wednesday unveiled a "poop-powered" motorcycle that can travel as far as 300km on a tank filled with animal waste.<br />
<br />
Billed as the world's first waste-powered vehicle, the three-wheeler has a toilet in place of a regular seat and huge paper roll at the back.<br />
<br />
But as a young female model climbed aboard for a test drive Wednesday, toilet giant TOTO was quick to point out that she would not supply the "gas".<br />
<br />
"The biogas it uses as fuel is not made from human waste. It's made from livestock waste and sewage," Kenji Fujita, a company spokesman, told reporters in a Tokyo suburb.<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-87294046450089483052012-08-29T02:04:00.002-07:002012-08-29T02:04:47.277-07:00Kickbacks, Honest Services, and Health Care Fraud after Skilling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2018589">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2018589</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Joan H. Krause<br />
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law<br />
<br />
August 8, 2012<br />
<br />
Annals of Health Law, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2012<br />
UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018589<br />
<br />
Abstract: <br />
This essay considers how the 2010 Supreme Court decision in Skilling v. United States, which limited the situations in which mail and wire fraud cases may be premised on violations of the “intangible right to honest services,” has the potential to alter the future of health care fraud litigation. While Skilling is widely perceived to have closed the door to several types of common mail and wire fraud prosecutions, this may not turn out to be the case in health care. In health care, the renewed focus on kickbacks as evidence of an honest services breach instead may dovetail nicely with both the Obama Administration’s emphasis on criminal health care fraud enforcement and the jurisprudence of the Medicare & Medicaid Anti-Kickback Statute. This kind of leverage may prove very difficult for prosecutors to resist, and most certainly will require changes in the way the health law bar approaches common Anti-Kickback concerns.<br />
<br />
Number of Pages in PDF File: 10<br />
<br />
Keywords: health care fraud, Medicare, white collar crime<br />
<br />
Accepted Paper Series<br />
<br />
<br />
Date posted: March 8, 2012 <br />
Suggested Citation<br />
Krause, Joan H., Kickbacks, Honest Services, and Health Care Fraud after Skilling (August 8, 2012). Annals of Health Law, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2012; UNC Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018589. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2018589<br />
Contact Information<br />
Joan H. Krause (Contact Author)<br />
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law ( email )<br />
Van Hecke-Wettach Hall, 160 Ridge Road<br />
CB #3380<br />
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380<br />
United States<br />
919-962-4126 (Phone)<br />
919-962-1277 (Fax)<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-47633960190601253052012-08-04T02:20:00.000-07:002012-08-04T02:20:44.108-07:00Springhill Care Group | Tumblr<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://springcaregroup.blogspot.de/">http://springcaregroup.blogspot.de/</a><br />
<br />
<br />
The decision of US to let the blind human rights activist Chen Guangcheng return into China’s fold following his escape from authorities is straining ties between the two countries as diplomatic dialogues opened in Beijing.<br />
The 40-year old Chen who is now considered a dissident became an international human rights inspiration to many Chinese after earning the ire of the local government for exposing forced abortions in line with the country’s one-child policy. The self-taught lawyer took to the US embassy after his escape, apparently to ask for help but was eventually ushered into the Beijing Hospital.<br />
According to a senior official’s statement to Springhill Care Group, Chen has indeed went into the embassy that day and has requested for medical treatment for his injured foot. American medical personnel have then conducted medical tests and made appropriate treatment during the time he was there.<br />
Immediately after the incident, the Chinese government has expressed its disapproval about the entire affair, demanding an apology from the US for taking Chen in.<br />
“What the U.S. side should do now is neither to continue misleading the public and making every excuse to shift responsibility and conceal its wrongdoing, nor to interfere in the domestic affairs of China,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin.<br />
This incident came just when the US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton is visiting Beijing in a meeting with Chinese officials on security and trade talks. And although no one mentioned Chen’s name, it is evident in their statements that the incident is on the spotlight as the 2 nations struggle to maintain common ground.<br />
Clinton said in her opening statement, “The United States believes that no state can legitimately deny the universal rights that belong to every human being – or punish those who exercise them. A China that protects the rights of all its citizens will be a stronger, more prosperous partner for the United States.”<br />
Dai Bingguo issued a rebuttal on behalf of China, saying, “I wish to point out in particular the fundamental way to manage state-to-state relations is to abide by the basic norms of international relations, namely to respect China’s sovereignty, core interests and choice of social system.”<br />
Meanwhile, Chinese President Hu Jintao made his point known in his opening speech during the 4th round of US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogues. He remarked that US and China should know how to respect each other despite their disagreements and also appealed to its counterpart to break the conventional belief that superpowers are bound to engage in conflicts.<br />
“Given our different national conditions, it is impossible for both China and the United States to see eye to eye on every issue. We should properly manage the differences by improving mutual understanding so these differences will not undermine the larger interests of China-U.S. relations,” said Hu.<br />
Springhill Care Group reports that the Chinese leader seems to be open in creating new and creative ways to foster better relations between the major nations.<br />
“We should, through creative thinking and concrete steps, prove that the traditional belief that big powers are bound to enter into confrontation and conflicts is wrong and seek new ways of developing relations between major countries in the era of economic globalization,” he added.<br />
<br />
see more <a href="http://springhillcaregroup.net/">http://springhillcaregroup.net/ </a><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-74279708002787693882012-08-04T02:18:00.000-07:002012-08-04T02:18:20.743-07:00London 2012 Olympics: badminton eight from China, Indonesia and South Korea expelled<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://springhillcaregroup.tumblr.com/">http://springhillcaregroup.tumblr.com/</a><br />
<br />
<br />
TELEGRAPH UK - Four pairs in the women’s doubles were disqualified from the Olympics for underperforming in the final group stages on Tuesday night as they deliberately tried to lose by spraying shots wide or into the net to secure an easier quarter-final draw.<br />
The players, the Chinese world champions Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang, Greysia Poli and Meiliana Jauhari of Indonesia and two South Korean pairs, Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, and Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min Jung, were jeered by the crowd.<br />
The organising committee for the Games will not be offering refunds to spectators who attended on Tuesday evening, despite Lord Coe describing the incident as “depressing” and asking: “Who wants to sit through something like that?”<br />
Officials from the sport’s governing body conducted a frantic round of meetings as they hastily arranged a disciplinary panel.<br />
An official announcement of its findings was only made public as spectators took their seats for last night’s women’s doubles quarter-finals. Pairs from Canada, South Africa, Russia and Australia, who had thought their Olympics were over, had to hastily prepare for a return to court in front of a sell-out crowd.<br />
“We found out we were playing at 3 o’clock,” said Michelle Edwards, of South Africa. “Everything was so last minute. We packed our bags, rush, rush, rush and here we are. The mental preparation was almost zero.”<br />
South Africa lost 2-0 to Russia but Australia took Canada to three sets before losing.<br />
The episode was deeply embarrassing for the badminton authorities who would have been aware that Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, recently described match fixing as the biggest threat to the Games.<br />
With all athletes and coaches swearing to uphold the Olympic oath at the opening ceremony, this damaged the integrity of the Games.<br />
The stakes were high for the badminton authorities with the prospect of two sports being removed from the Olympics before Rio 2016.<br />
“We are very sorry this has happened,” said Thomas Lund, the chief operating officer of the badminton federation. “The most important thing is we dealt with the issue and did it in the best interests of the other players in this tournament.”<br />
But while the administrators were lauding their disciplinary process the players were firmly pointing the finger at the sport’s authorities. The Daily Telegraph reported earlier this year they had been warned of manipulation when they changed the early stage of the Olympic competition to a round robin stage.<br />
China has been accused of manipulating matches before but only ties involving two sets of their own players. This was more serious because it took place against a Korean pair.<br />
“I have had volunteers really upset — they were crying because they couldn’t believe this was going on the Olympic Games,” said Gail Emms, the former British player who won silver in Athens.<br />
“They have been working so hard to make this competition perfect and they have just seen four women’s doubles pairs not live up to what they believe in. There have been a lot of strong words.”<br />
There was sympathy but also condemnation for the Chinese pair from their own countrymen. Lin Dan, the defending men’s singles Olympic champion, admitted Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang had discredited the sport.<br />
“I think this is not in the Olympic spirit,” he said.<br />
“To avoid this situation is very simple: just straight knock out.”<br />
The scandal began when the Chinese top seeds Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang started to show little interest in beating the Koreans to finish top of Group A. By finishing second they would avoid compatriots and second seeds Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei at least until the final.<br />
“What happened was just truly disgraceful,” said Emms. “This is the Olympic Games — it is not very much in the Olympic spirit.”<br />
<br />
see more <a href="http://news.springhillcaregroup.net/">http://news.springhillcaregroup.net/</a><br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-17606698611263711012012-07-13T03:06:00.000-07:002012-07-13T03:06:37.644-07:00Investor Center - Springhill Care group - newsvine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://rannystunning.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12716754-investor-center-springhill-care-group-springhill-group-florida-home-care">http://rannystunning.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12716754-investor-center-springhill-care-group-springhill-group-florida-home-care</a><br />
<br />
Springhill Group believes that if we remain focussed on providing excellentassistance to our residents and their families then we will be rewarded and honored. We are seeking to grow contacts in terms of retirement services, to meet the requirements of an elderly growing society which is increasing for the next couple years!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-7855892826934652432012-07-13T03:02:00.000-07:002012-07-13T03:02:14.587-07:00LIVING AND CARE OPTIONS - newsvine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://rannystunning.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12717288-living-and-care-options">http://rannystunning.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12717288-living-and-care-options</a><br />
<br />
<br />
Springhill Group living and care options are available depending on what the residents need and prefer.<br />
<br />
Independent Living<br />
<br />
The independent accommodations are occupied for those who wish to maintain a significant standard of flexibility, but also value the friendly relationship, the security, recreational facilities, and care that is provided by to them.<br />
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1087589644005533979.post-44738834056403322542012-06-24T21:57:00.000-07:002012-06-24T21:57:01.624-07:00Medical and Health News - Springhill Group<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://recentnews.springhillmedgroup.com/category/medical-and-health-news/">http://recentnews.springhillmedgroup.com/category/medical-and-health-news/</a> - <span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, March 20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Researchers find high incidence rates and deaths in first-ever analysis of the disease impacts in Latin America</span><br />
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
Today, Latin American researchers and global health leaders revealed preliminary results from the first-ever study to estimate the burden and costs of meningococcal disease in the region. The study found a need for improved surveillance and better understanding of meningococcal epidemiology and information on costs to help devise meningitis vaccination programs.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
This new research was coordinated by the Sabin Vaccine Institute in partnership with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins University (JHU’s IVAC) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
Dr. Ciro de Quadros, Executive Vice President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute in Washington, D.C., said, “Clearly, meningitis is a real health and economic burden in Latin America. Too many children are debilitated or die from this serious disease, yet it is preventable by vaccines. Our new research proves that we need to improve our strategies to fight meningococcal disease.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
Dr. de Quadros spoke at the conclusion of the first Regional Meningococcal Symposium, convened by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO). The symposium, which took place March 19 and 20 in Buenos Aires, brought together more than 150 researchers, vaccine experts, economists and others to evaluate the extent and cost of meningococcal disease and what obstacles impede its prevention through vaccination.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
“Few diseases have as much power to cause panic among the population as meningococcal disease, said Dr. Marco Aurelio Safadi, Head of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Division at Sao Luiz Hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. “This is primarily because of its potentially epidemic nature. The rapid onset and high case fatality rates (10 – 20 percent), combined with substantial morbidity compound its health and economic impact. Our study notes that up to 20 percent of meningococcal disease survivors develop permanent disabilities including deafness, neurological deficit or limb amputation–only adding to the long-term economic impact of an outbreak.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
The new research suggests healthcare costs associated with meningococcal diseases range from $4,500 to $6,500 (USD) per patient, and costs of controlling outbreaks have reached more than $3 million (USD) in some regions.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
“The economic impact can vary widely across countries in the region,” explained Dr. Dagna Constenla of the International Vaccine Access Center at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. “However, what is clear from our research is that meningococcal disease has significant costs for society and governments.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
For example, one Florida community that reported seven confirmed meningococcal cases and vaccinated 13,000 persons spent $370,000 (USD) in intervention and management costs, or $53,000 (USD) per case. In Brazil, one community had a meningitis outbreak causing nine cases and spent $143,000 (USD) on investigation and outbreak management alone.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
But the figures are much higher in large outbreaks. In 2007, Burkina Faso was hit with 25,000 cases of meningococcal disease and 1,700 related deaths, which resulted in direct costs of $3.5 million (USD), or 5 percent of its annual health expenditures. Costs of recent outbreaks in Oklahoma, Ohio, Brazil, Norway and Germany are largely unknown, the study said.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
High incidence rates of meningococcal disease were reported in the countries with well-established disease surveillance systems including Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, but low incidence rates were consistently reported in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
“Given that we do not have a clear picture of the burden of this disease in Latin America, and we lack information on circulating serogroups, we have to further strengthen our epidemiological surveillance of this disease. Based on that information, we will generate the studies of epidemiology, cost-effectiveness, and opportunity costs needed to make evidence-based decisions in our Region,” explained Dr. Cuauhtemoc Ruiz Matus, Coordinator of Comprehensive Family Immunization at PAHO.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
Meningococcal meningitis, which infects the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, is a debilitating and potentially fatal disease that most severely affects children, adolescents and people living in overcrowded housing. In the Americas, it is most common in infants under 1 year of age. While the incidence of meningococcal disease varies widely among countries and over time, in recent years case fatality rates as high as 15 to 20 percent have been reported in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the study noted.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
The WHO estimates that 500,000 cases and 50,000 deaths of meningococcal disease occur annually worldwide. The new study concluded that more and better information is needed to help control outbreaks.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
More information also is needed to devise vaccine programs, the study said: “Consideration of vaccination strategies to control meningococcal disease can only be made with a sufficient understanding of the changing epidemiology of meningococcal disease.”</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
Currently, the only countries with routine immunization programs for meningococcal disease are Cuba and Brazil, though other countries are studying the options.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
The two-day meeting where the study was presented featured sessions by global experts on the epidemiology of meningococcal disease, clinical presentation and treatment of the disease, cost analysis, immunity and meningococcal vaccines, and new strategies to prevent Meningitis B disease.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
For meeting details, visit www.mening2012.org ; to learn more about the Sabin Vaccine Institute, visit http://www.sabin.org ; to learn more about PAHO, visit www.paho.org</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
About Sabin Vaccine Institute Sabin Vaccine Institute is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization of scientists, researchers, and advocates dedicated to reducing needless human suffering caused by vaccine preventable and neglected tropical diseases. Sabin works with governments, leading public and private organizations, and academic institutions to provide solutions for some of the world’s most pervasive health challenges. Since its founding in 1993 in honor of the oral polio vaccine developer, Dr. Albert B. Sabin, the Institute has been at the forefront of efforts to control, treat, and eliminate these diseases by developing new vaccines, advocating use of existing vaccines, and promoting increased access to affordable medical treatments. For more information please visit www.sabin.org .</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
<div id="" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
About the Pan America Health OrganizationThe Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is an international public health agency with more than 100 years of experience in working to improve health and living standards of the countries of the Americas. It serves as the specialized organization for health of the Inter-American System. It also serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization and enjoys international recognition as part of the United Nations system.</div>
<div style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto; vertical-align: baseline;">
<br /></div>
</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096554391518611429noreply@blogger.com0