Tax Relief for Canadian Seniors: "Tax Relief for Canadian Seniors
Canada’s New Government recently proposed a Tax Fairness Plan that would deliver over one billion dollars of new tax relief annually for Canadians. The Plan, which increases the Age Credit Amount and allows income splitting for pensioners, builds on the $20 billion of tax reductions provided for individuals in Budget 2006 and will significantly enhance the incentives to save and invest for family retirement security."
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
A smile is good medicine
A smile is good for your soul and laughter is very good medicine 6
Quick facts about us :
The e-mail address for inquires on "Back to Eden" wellness communities is. Backtoeden@dependmail.com. The Ridgetown location address is 23 Richard Street. Phone 519-674-3434
“New Beginnings” is a Care facility that is over 8000 square feet in size, fully client appointed with a qualified staff and a strong reputation as a quality service provider in the Chatham/Kent region. Our present resident mix is 10 with the potential for a further 8. We market our care facilities under the "Back to Eden" umbrella brand name. The location name is "New Beginnings."
Humor New words in your work space or place contributed by S.Holle
1. BLAMESTORMING
Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
2.SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
3.ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard
4.SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
5. CUBE FARM : An office filled with cubicles.
6.PRAIRIE DOGGING : When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.
7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
8.SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.
9.STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny. WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks. POOFS Poor-off older folks.
10.SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
11.XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
12.IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.
13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
14. ADMINISPHERE : The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
15.404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.
16. GENERICA : Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.
17.OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).
18. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.
Lessons or the Moral of the story as we see it:
You are in charge of your health, vitality and life
o Be proactive and eventually you will succeed
o We have all experienced the new words in action.
This is particularly true if you need services or work in a government environment
o Have some fun- use the new words to make others accountable to you -point out 404 errors. Make the Adminisphere accountable and get rid of the seagulls through cropdusting. Reduce or avoid blamestorming before it gets started
Back to Eden-New Beginnings (Ridgetown) 23 Richards Street 519-674-3434
We are a community of like minded peers, with an environment that is cozy, caring and comfortable. We are not GENERICA. We are special designed community just for you . We are not institutional.
Community Updates:
1. We endorse the Carp position on No More waiting on Health Care. Be heard join the better health crusade.
2. We have expanded the products in the food member outreach program to include sweet potatoes, hams and fish
3. We have a E-bay account for members who wish to play. ( Our Food for the mind outreach program- a work in progress)
4. We need hands on volunteers!,
Quick facts about us :
The e-mail address for inquires on "Back to Eden" wellness communities is. Backtoeden@dependmail.com. The Ridgetown location address is 23 Richard Street. Phone 519-674-3434
“New Beginnings” is a Care facility that is over 8000 square feet in size, fully client appointed with a qualified staff and a strong reputation as a quality service provider in the Chatham/Kent region. Our present resident mix is 10 with the potential for a further 8. We market our care facilities under the "Back to Eden" umbrella brand name. The location name is "New Beginnings."
Humor New words in your work space or place contributed by S.Holle
1. BLAMESTORMING
Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
2.SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
3.ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard
4.SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
5. CUBE FARM : An office filled with cubicles.
6.PRAIRIE DOGGING : When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people's heads pop up over the walls to see what's going on.
7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
8.SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.
9.STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny. WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks. POOFS Poor-off older folks.
10.SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
11.XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace.
12.IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.
13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
14. ADMINISPHERE : The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
15.404: Someone who's clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message "404 Not Found," meaning that the requested site could not be located.
16. GENERICA : Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.
17.OHNOSECOND: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you've just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).
18. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.
Lessons or the Moral of the story as we see it:
You are in charge of your health, vitality and life
o Be proactive and eventually you will succeed
o We have all experienced the new words in action.
This is particularly true if you need services or work in a government environment
o Have some fun- use the new words to make others accountable to you -point out 404 errors. Make the Adminisphere accountable and get rid of the seagulls through cropdusting. Reduce or avoid blamestorming before it gets started
Back to Eden-New Beginnings (Ridgetown) 23 Richards Street 519-674-3434
We are a community of like minded peers, with an environment that is cozy, caring and comfortable. We are not GENERICA. We are special designed community just for you . We are not institutional.
Community Updates:
1. We endorse the Carp position on No More waiting on Health Care. Be heard join the better health crusade.
2. We have expanded the products in the food member outreach program to include sweet potatoes, hams and fish
3. We have a E-bay account for members who wish to play. ( Our Food for the mind outreach program- a work in progress)
4. We need hands on volunteers!,
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Skimaire High Tech
Skimaire High Tech: "Health Policy - Dr. Mike Magee provides education and insight into health policy and current healthcare issues.: 'And lastly, we know that in some circumstances, normal blood stem cells accelerate aging in response to chemotherapy and radiation while the cancer stem cells for some reason are immune.5,6 This means that with each successive treatment, the cancer stem cells may be gaining a competitive advantage. It’s imperative that we gain better understanding of the biologic and clinical consequences of our current therapies and continue to use this knowledge to design new ones.
If there’s anything in this information to ponder, it should be this. One, stem cell biology is critically related to the behavior of human cancers. Two, the eradication of cancer stem cells will be essential to improving survival rates for people with some cancers. Three, it is possible that current approaches to therapy in some cancers may be preferentially benefiting those cancers’ stem cells, which mean future therapies must take this into account. And finally, in the future, just wiping out the bulk of a tumor may not be an adequate measure of success. Rather, we will need to address the core of the problem, which is likely to reside where the cancer stem cells live and thrive.'"
If there’s anything in this information to ponder, it should be this. One, stem cell biology is critically related to the behavior of human cancers. Two, the eradication of cancer stem cells will be essential to improving survival rates for people with some cancers. Three, it is possible that current approaches to therapy in some cancers may be preferentially benefiting those cancers’ stem cells, which mean future therapies must take this into account. And finally, in the future, just wiping out the bulk of a tumor may not be an adequate measure of success. Rather, we will need to address the core of the problem, which is likely to reside where the cancer stem cells live and thrive.'"
Sunday, February 11, 2007
50Plus.com - Alzheimer's breakthrough?
50Plus.com - Alzheimer's breakthrough?: "Alzheimer's breakthrough?
Article By: Cynthia Ross Cravit
A Canadian-led research team has found a defective gene that could lead to tests to identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and drug therapies to protect them.
Discovery of a defective gene may help scientists develop tests to identify people at greatest risk of Alzheimer's disease and tailor-made drug therapies to help them.
'It's another clue to the way in which this disease comes about, another piece of the puzzle,' Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop, director of the centre for research in neurodegenerative diseases at the University of Toronto and co-leader of the study, told the National Post.
'Every time you get a piece of the puzzle and you can relate it to something else in the puzzle, you're that much closer to knowing what the picture on the puzzle is,' he added.
The gene, called SORL1, normally directs proteins away from the “forbidden” zones of the brain. It is here that molecular toxin can build up and eventually destroy brain cells in people with Alzheimer’s. Researchers believe that defective copies of the gene are found inside many people who will eventually develop the debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
Currently, about 435,000 Canadians have Alzheimer's and other related dementias. The disease, which has no cure, is expected to impact more people as the population ages. According to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, an estimated 750,000 Canadians will have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia by 2031. "
Article By: Cynthia Ross Cravit
A Canadian-led research team has found a defective gene that could lead to tests to identify people at risk of Alzheimer's disease and drug therapies to protect them.
Discovery of a defective gene may help scientists develop tests to identify people at greatest risk of Alzheimer's disease and tailor-made drug therapies to help them.
'It's another clue to the way in which this disease comes about, another piece of the puzzle,' Dr. Peter St. George-Hyslop, director of the centre for research in neurodegenerative diseases at the University of Toronto and co-leader of the study, told the National Post.
'Every time you get a piece of the puzzle and you can relate it to something else in the puzzle, you're that much closer to knowing what the picture on the puzzle is,' he added.
The gene, called SORL1, normally directs proteins away from the “forbidden” zones of the brain. It is here that molecular toxin can build up and eventually destroy brain cells in people with Alzheimer’s. Researchers believe that defective copies of the gene are found inside many people who will eventually develop the debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
Currently, about 435,000 Canadians have Alzheimer's and other related dementias. The disease, which has no cure, is expected to impact more people as the population ages. According to the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, an estimated 750,000 Canadians will have Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia by 2031. "
Thursday, February 08, 2007
Many doctors stay mum on controversial care: study - Yahoo! News
Many doctors stay mum on controversial care: study - Yahoo! News: "Many doctors stay mum on controversial care: study By Gene Emery
Wed Feb 7, 5:05 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Do not always expect straight talk from your doctor about treatments he or she disapproves of -- 14 percent of physicians believe it is acceptable to withhold information about topics such as birth control, abortion and sedating dying patients, according to a study published on Wednesday.
In addition, 29 percent feel no obligation to tell patients where they can go to get that care.
Most of the 1,144 U.S. doctors who responded to the poll, accord to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, supported full disclosure and referral to another health care provider if they had moral objections to a treatment or procedure.
'If physicians' ideas translate into their practices, then 14 percent of patients -- more than 40 million Americans -- may be cared for by physicians who do not believe they are obligated to disclose information about medically available treatments they consider objectionable,' Dr. Farr Curlin of the University of Chicago and colleagues wrote.
'In addition, 29 percent of patients -- or nearly 100 million Americans -- may be cared for by physicians who do not believe they have an obligation to refer the patient to another provider for such treatments.'
Men, Christian doctors and physicians with the strongest religious beliefs were most likely to say it is permissible to withhold information and not help a patient find another source of controversial care.
The findings mean that 'if you anticipate wanting access to an area of medical treatment that may be controversial, you might want to have a frank conversation with your physician up front,' Curlin said in a telephone interview.
"
Wed Feb 7, 5:05 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Do not always expect straight talk from your doctor about treatments he or she disapproves of -- 14 percent of physicians believe it is acceptable to withhold information about topics such as birth control, abortion and sedating dying patients, according to a study published on Wednesday.
In addition, 29 percent feel no obligation to tell patients where they can go to get that care.
Most of the 1,144 U.S. doctors who responded to the poll, accord to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, supported full disclosure and referral to another health care provider if they had moral objections to a treatment or procedure.
'If physicians' ideas translate into their practices, then 14 percent of patients -- more than 40 million Americans -- may be cared for by physicians who do not believe they are obligated to disclose information about medically available treatments they consider objectionable,' Dr. Farr Curlin of the University of Chicago and colleagues wrote.
'In addition, 29 percent of patients -- or nearly 100 million Americans -- may be cared for by physicians who do not believe they have an obligation to refer the patient to another provider for such treatments.'
Men, Christian doctors and physicians with the strongest religious beliefs were most likely to say it is permissible to withhold information and not help a patient find another source of controversial care.
The findings mean that 'if you anticipate wanting access to an area of medical treatment that may be controversial, you might want to have a frank conversation with your physician up front,' Curlin said in a telephone interview.
"
Thursday, February 01, 2007
winnipegsun.com - Editorial - Truth and lies on wait times
winnipegsun.com - Editorial - Truth and lies on wait times: "Reducing wait times for five designated medical procedures used to be the biggest issue in Canada.
That was before global warming became the black hole down which all other issues have disappeared.
During last year's federal election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised patients a 'wait-times guarantee' if elected.
So far, he hasn't delivered.
In 2004, then-Liberal prime minister Paul Martin gave the provinces $41 billion over 10 years to 'fix health care for a generation,' including $4.5 billion over six years to reduce wait times for five procedures.
These are cancer treatment, cardiac care, cataract surgery, hip and knee replacements and MRIs and CT scans.
Ever since, there's been controversy over how much wait times have come down. "
That was before global warming became the black hole down which all other issues have disappeared.
During last year's federal election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised patients a 'wait-times guarantee' if elected.
So far, he hasn't delivered.
In 2004, then-Liberal prime minister Paul Martin gave the provinces $41 billion over 10 years to 'fix health care for a generation,' including $4.5 billion over six years to reduce wait times for five procedures.
These are cancer treatment, cardiac care, cataract surgery, hip and knee replacements and MRIs and CT scans.
Ever since, there's been controversy over how much wait times have come down. "
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