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Call for Entries for 10th Annual Young Playwrights Festival: Regional high school students are invited to submit an original one-act play. Finalists are paired with national theater mentors, win $100 & see their play performed on the City Opera House stage. Deadline is Dec. 11.
Hybrid Virtual Farmland 5K & Free for All Bike: Challenge yourself on the original course anytime from Dec. 4-6 & still get your finisher medal & event souvenir. A classic, European style turf grass course awaits you with optional knee high barriers including straw bales, fallen logs, wood fence & stone fence. Traverse over grass or snow & ice, wooded dirt trails, & farmland running terrain. Register by Dec. 3.
Northern Michigan 22nd Annual Trinity Lutheran Christmas Cookie Sale: Pick up your order on Dec. 12 from 10am-2pm curbside at 1003 South Maple St., TC, the home of Trinity Lutheran Church and School. Ticket orders are underway at MyNorthTickets.com. Order tickets on the MyNorthTickets website & pay by credit card there, or order in person at the Trinity Lutheran Church Office & pay by cash or check. Offering 28 festive cookies in a variety pack.
Virtual Glen Arbor Holiday Marketplace: Shop artisans online this year, Nov. 7 - Dec. 18.
Donate to Mitten & Hat Trees: At local banks/credit union in East Jordan from Nov. 30 - Dec. 11. All donations go to Care & Share Food Pantry for distribution during this holiday season. Other items that are welcomed: socks, slippers, scarves, earmuffs, etc.
GTWoman's "Persuade Me!" Workshop: Join the award-winning entrepreneur, author & recovering academic Jill Schiefelbein to learn how to speak with purpose & speak for results. Virtual event. Register for your tickets.
"Don't Miss the Boat": Presented by the Harbor Springs Area Historical Society. This exhibit highlights the historic ferries of Little Traverse Bay & features original watercolors & giclees by local artist William Talmadge Hall. Runs through the summer of 2021. Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-3pm.
"Just Great ART": Presented by Plein Air Painters of Northwest Michigan. An online exhibit & sale of over 50 works by regional artists. 20% of the proceeds benefit City Opera House. Runs through Feb. 28.
"Kids on Community": Youth artists were invited to submit artwork in response to the theme of "Community." Fun, thoughtful & creative interpretations by Michigan youth (grades 3 - 12) are included in this online image gallery. Runs Dec. 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021.
Artist Appreciation Exhibition: Dedicated to artists who have donated their work or time to OAC's annual summer fundraising galas for the past few years. With twenty two regional artists participating, the exhibition features everything from oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting, to fiber art, to sculptures, and ceramics. Runs through Dec. 4. Hours: Mon. - Fri.: 10am-4:30pm; Sat.: 10am-4pm; Sun.: Closed.
Buddy in Window Decorating Contest: This year's theme is Buddy from the movie "Elf." Harbor Springs: Decorate your windows, storefronts, yards, & city. Prizes for first, second & third place in five categories: Retail Gifts, Retail Clothing, Restaurants, Service, & Residential. Fill out entry form & email to: info@harborspringschamber.com. Entry deadline has been extended to Dec. 17.
Free Drive-Thru COVID-19 Testing: 1-800-432-4121.
Friends Mitten Tree: Please drop off your mitten donations in the box provided by the main doors of IPL. The donations go to local schools.
GAAC Outdoor Gallery: Call for Entries: The Glen Arbor Arts Center is accepting submissions for its 2021 Outdoor Gallery. The exhibition space is the south & west exterior walls of the GAAC's building at 6031 S. Lake St., Glen Arbor. Original work by a single artist will be selected by a jury, & exhibited from May 2021 to April 2022. Deadline for submissions is February 25, 2021. Open to all media, the ...
HollyPOP Reimagined: A Festival of Lights: "12 Days of Christmas" tree display on front lawn. Each tree was given a color, designated by the ornaments & the individual artists were assigned a tree & a line from the '12 Days of Christmas'. They were free to interpret/express their theme as they wished. Runs through Jan. 1, 2021.
Light Up the Night: Dec. 1-29. Both businesses & residents: Spread holiday cheer through your lighting displays.
Northport Arts Association Holiday Arts Market - Online: Runs Nov. 14 - Dec. 13.
Santa will Reply to North Pole Express Mail: From now until Dec. 17, drop your letter to Santa at the dedicated mailbox located at the Lyric Theater, Harbor Springs. Kids, remember to include your name & address so that Santa will know exactly where to send his reply.
The COVID 19 Wreath Collection: Presented by Art Rapids. Bring an old or new wreath to the Walk of Art Park, Elk Rapids & attach it to the fence on S. Bayshore Dr. Give some festive bling to a "Pandemic" fence that goes on & on. Take a photo & tag on Instagram or Facebook: #artrapids.
Toys for Tots Benefit: Stuff the SUVs Toy Drive: The dealership will take donations all day until 6pm. They will attempt to stuff Toyota & Subaru SUVs full of toys. Radio stations WKHQ and Bob FM will broadcast live from 4-6pm & periodically giveaway prizes including a limited supply of Great Wolf Lodge water park passes.
All Media Open Call to Michigan Artists: Submit to: re | ART: reject, reflect, refine, remark, a juried fine arts exhibit. Artists are invited to comment visually on the many shifts taking place in our current experience, as change opens a path to rethink, revisit, reunite, recharge, reevaluate, redefine, etc. Juror will award cash prizes. Deadline for entry is Jan. 10 at noon.
Call & Response: This exhibit recognizes the many ways works of art can spark conversation, action & aid in the processing of ideas, feelings, experiences & events. Original work in a variety of media will be on display. Runs Sept. 21 - Dec. 18.
Charlevoix Circle mARkeT: Charlevoix Circle of Arts hosts its annual Circle mARkeT, Nov. 19 - Jan. 2, featuring over 40 local artists' & makers' handmade items, original art & locally produced specialty treats. To celebrate the mARkeT opening on Thurs., Nov. 19, Charlevoix Circle of Arts will be offering extended hours from 4-7pm, with several prize giveaways throughout the day. Open: Mon.-Fri., 11am-4pm; Sat., 11am-3pm; *Wed. & Thurs. mornings ...
Dennos Museum Mini Holiday Artist Market: Shop online, Dec. 1-23. Featuring the work of over 20 Michigan artists. Dennos Museum is temporarily closed to the public until Dec. 9 alongside NMC. Please visit the museum website for up to date hours of operation.
Drive-through Flu Shots: For ages 2 years old+.
Free "Make & Take" Craft Kits: Through Dec. 31, while supplies last, drop by Charlevoix Circle of Arts & pick up a free ornament craft kit to take home & enjoy. Also shop the Circle Holiday mARkeT, which features over 30 local artists & makers & unique gifts.
Kosch Restaurants Match Donations: Four northern Michigan restaurants will match donations made by their diners to Toys for Tots. Alpine Tavern and Eatery, CRAVE Pasta, Pizza and Pub in Gaylord, along with Moose and Stella's Café and Trout Town Tavern and Eatery in Kalkaska are selling Toys for Tots trains for a $5 donation & will match that donation up to $1,000 at each location. The restaurants will also accept ...
Mathias J. Alten: An American Artist at the Turn of the Century: The German-born American Impressionist Mathias Joseph Alten, often referred to as the Dean of Michigan painters, is regarded as one of the most celebrated regionalist artists to have worked in the United States. Runs through Jan. 31. Open Sun. through Thurs., 11am-4pm.
Michigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy: This exhibit celebrates Michigan's modern architectural design history from 1928-2012. It is comprised of over 50 photographs by James Haefner primarily for the State Historic Preservation Office as part of their Michigan Modern Project, & featured in the book by State Historic Preservation Officer Brian Conway, titled "Michigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy." Runs through Jan. 31. Open Sun. through Thurs., 11am-4pm.
Open Call for "Those Who Teach": Deadline to apply is 1/15/21. Exhibit featuring the artwork of Michigan's Visual Art Educators.
Small Works Holiday Exhibition: An exhibition of original art – painting, photography, fiber, mixed media, jewelry & more. Featuring art work 12" x 12" & smaller, all priced at $150 or less. Runs through Dec. 17. The GAAC is open daily, 11am – 2pm.
Stories @ Home: Let's Create a Story: "The Last Cookie." Visit web site to get a supply list & participate.
The Collective Impulse: New Work by Ruth Bardenstein, Jean Buescher Bartlett & Susan Moran: These three artists met in Ann Arbor &, over time, have nurtured both personal & creative connections. They regularly share & critique one another's work & together visit gallery & museum exhibitions.
Get Crafty @ Home: Branch Out! Turn twigs & branches into special holiday decorations for your door, ceiling, window, or wall. Visit web site to get a supply list & participate.
Holiday Art Market Show & Sale: Jewelry, photography, pottery & much more. In-person or online. Runs through Dec. 23. Hours: Weds. - Fri., 1-4pm; Sat., 12-2pm.
JRAC Gift Market: Nov. 21 - Dec. 19. Open daily, 1-4pm. Community Night: Dec. 5, 5-7pm. JRAC members will hand out ornament kits to children on the Art Center patio.
Santa Claus is Coming to TC: Santa will be in an antique fire engine, touring the Old Town & SoFo neighborhoods today from 3-5pm. Visit web site to see his route.
Registration for Battle of the Books: Nov. 30 - Dec. 6. Open to fourth & fifth graders residing or attending school within the boundaries of Grand Traverse County, the Traverse City Area Public Schools school district, Elk Rapids School District, Forest Area Schools Community Schools school district, Leelanau County, & Benzie County. A book-based quiz competition. Kids read stories together & then compete for the Championship VIP Prize. Teams also have a ...
National Writers Series: An Evening with Albert Woodfox: "Solitary" is the saga of a man who, despite spending four decades in solitary confinement for a crime of which he was innocent, inspired fellow prisoners, & now all of us, with his humanity.
Virtual Harbor History Talk: "Gangsters Up North": Presented by author & historian Robert Knapp. Held via Zoom. Advanced registration required.


Unfortunately Main Street Burger Bar has closed for business.
Step inside this hip beach haven to discover flawless burgers, craft sodas, sensational shakes, ice cold beers and one of the coolest crowds on the Gold Coast.
Quirky wall murals, communal tables and lots of al fresco seating combine to create a vibe that's so relaxed it's practically horizontal.
The menu can be summed up in one word: burgers! All made from high welfare meat of course. From southern-style pulled pork to chicken tenders with aioli, this place goes above and beyond your average cheeseburger.
Non-meat eaters will be delighted by the range of veggie burgers on offer. Try trendy braised jackfruit or the super flavoursome tofu burger which comes in a sticky ramen glaze.
Craft beers on tap may be very tempting, but don't forget that you can add a dash of your favourite spirit to any of the shakes or sodas. A Vegan bounty shake with coconut rum is hard to beat.
Main street burger bar was agreat dining experience. I had a yummy peanut butter milkshake with baileys yumo I'll be back for more of those*) I had a delicious helping of sweet potato fries and a spicy chicken burger very tasty indeed.
From the minute we arrives the staff was friendly, helpful and accommodating. Service was excellent and the food delicious. A great experience for our family on holiday.
Great vibe, yummy food & quick service!
Came here with a classmate during our lunch break. There was convenient parking in the structure as they are located in the Oasis Shopping Centre. The restaurant had recently opened so there was plenty of seating to be found.
The host greeted us on arrival and let us choose out our table. He then handed over our menus and gave us a few minutes to look over them. They has interesting homemade drinks so I decided to start with the passionfruit one. For my burger I ordered the Classic Cheeseburger but added on caramelized onions and also got sweet potato fries as a side.
The food came out relatively fast and I was very impressed with the quality. The classic burger comes with a homemade sauce and it was quite interesting. Almost like a hollandaise mixed with relish type of sauce. One thing Ive learned in Australia is Thousand Island dressing is VERY rare and almost every burger spot has tomato relish. However I truly appreciated that they had their own original sauce here.
Will definitely be back in the future. Also don't forget their loyalty stamp card.
The perfect venue for a Sunday evening. We had three kids with us and were made to feel extremely welcome. Great service from all the staff, very engaged with the children (which made them feel good). Excellent customer service and great quality food. Highly recommend and we will hopefully be back again soon.
Staff were lovely and food just as good. Wings were delicious and burgers juicy. Would definitely return.
Great service, great food, great spot. Honestly this is a bargain find and even without first table would happily dine again !
the location is very easy to find, the service staff is friendly and very fast. The taste of the food is very delicious, different from the burger in general. Delicious beer and a not noisy restaurant atmosphere. Because the location is only very close to the beach, then after finishing eating we can walk to the beach and return before our 3 hours free parking is complete. Even though it is nearing the weekend, we can still get a seat and do not need to rush to eat. Highly recommend this place.
Really yummy burgers friendly staff great beer will definitely go back again!
We had an awesome time. The Jackfruit Burger was next level, and the onion rings and corn were perfect side dishes. We will be back for sure!


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Net WorthMovie ActorHow Much is Warwick Davis Worth?
How Much is Warwick Davis Worth?
Full Name Warwick Ashley Davis
Profession Movie Actor
Date of Birth February 3, 1970
Birthplace Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
Birth Sign Aquarius
Source of Money Movie Actor
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Best known for being a movie actor, Warwick Davis was born in winter of 1970. His date of birth is February 3, 1970. He was born under Aquarius zodiac sign, and belongs to Generation X. According to Chinese calendar, his year of birth, 1970, is the Year of Dog.
He is from Epsom, Surrey, England, UK. Warwick is an English TV moderator, essayist, entertainer, executive, and maker. Also, he is otherwise called Warwick Ashley Davis. In like manner, he is additionally notable for his character in 'Willow' and the 'Leprechaun' film arrangement, the 'Ewok Wicket' in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Professor Films and Griphook in the "Harry Potter" films. The foreword of his autobiography was written by Star Wars creator George Lucas.
Warwick Ashley Davis is an English actor and television presenter. He played the title characters in Willow and the Leprechaun film series, the Ewok Wicket in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the Harry Potter films. Davis also starred as a fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Life's Too Short, written and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Warwick Ashley Davis was born in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK on February 3, 1970. Warwick is currently fifty two years old. He is most famous for being a movie actor. He watched Star Wars incessantly growing up. He earned his Star Wars job after responding to a radio ad calling for people who were around four feet tall. His dwarfism is a result of an extremely rare condition called spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, as opposed to the more common achlasia.
Life was out of line to Warwick since his birth. He was brought into the world with a condition known as spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia innate, an uncommon type of dwarfism. The condition was severe to such an extent that specialists had told his folks that it was practically outlandish for Warwick to make due past his young years. In any case, Warwick endure. Even though dwarfism is known to be a hereditary sickness, no individual from his family had ever experienced the confusion. Warwick had a hard time gelling with his cohorts at 'Chinthurst School.' However, Warwick gained from his dad that the main thing he could do to abstain from getting tormented was to remain certain about school.
Warwick has not been previously engaged. His father was an insurance broker and he has a younger sister. He married his girlfriend Samantha, who has achlasia. He has three sons named Lloyd, Harrison, and George and a daughter named Annabelle. Warwick Ashley Davis attended City of London Freemen's School.
1. Warwick Davis is a Aquarius.
3. He was born in the Year of the Dog.
5. Warwick Davis is 3 feet 6 inches tall.
7. On Warwick's date of birth, the number one song in America was "Venus" by The Shocking Blue.
8. Warwick Davis primary income source is from being a Movie Actor.
9. Warwick Davis's birth flower is Violet.
10. Warwick Davis's nickname: Warwick Ashley Davis, Warwick Davis
11. His birthstone is Amethyst.
12. Warwick's life path number is 22.
13. His ruling planet is Uranus.
As of today (January 9th, 2023), Warwick Davis is exactly 52 years, 11 months, and 6 days old. His next birthday is in . He is 3 feet 6 inches (1.07 m) tall, and his weight is 121 lb (55 kg).
So how much is Warwick Davis worth today? At the age of fifty two, the British movie actor has a net worth of about $8,000,000. This roughly translates to €7,440,000 euros or £6,480,000 pounds. The net worth estimates vary because it's difficult to forecast spending habits over the years. Warwick Davis's wealth comes mostly from being a successful Movie Actor.
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Charlie Jane Anders: Whimsy Death Match
January 10, 2016 May 8, 2018 admin 1 Comment Interviews
Charlie Jane Anders was born in Connecticut and grew up in the small town of Mansfield. She went to Cambridge University in England, studying English and Asian literature, and spent time studying abroad in China. She has lived in Hong Kong, Boston, and other places, and currently resides in San Francisco.
Anders began publishing SF with ''Fertility'' (1999) and has published over 100 stories since then in various genres, including Hugo Award winner ''Six Months Three Days'' (2011), also a Sturgeon and Nebula Award finalist. Her short SF has appeared in Asimov's, Tor.com, F&SF, Tin House, and other venues. Debut novel Choir Boy (2005) won a Lambda Literary Award. Her first novel-length work of SF is science fantasy All the Birds in the Sky, out this month from Tor.
Anders is also a journalist, an editor, and an emcee. Her first book was non-fiction The Lazy Crossdresser (2002). She organizes and hosts the eclectic Writers with Drinks reading series, founded in 2001. With partner Annalee Newitz she ran Other magazine for five years, beginning in 2002; they also co-edited the anthology She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff (2006). She was one of the original contributors to SF wesbite io9 and is now its editor-in-chief; she was honored with an Emperor Norton award for her work with Writers with Drinks and io9 in 2009. Her articles and essays have appeared in Mother Jones, Salon, McSweeney's, and The Wall Street Journal, among other venues.
Excerpts from the interview:
''What I was consciously thinking about as I was writing and revising All The Birds in the Sky was this narrative about finding where you belong in the world, and coming of age – the notion that we define ourselves through others, and we try to find people we belong with and can communicate with. When they're in junior high school, Laurence doesn't know any other mad scientists, and Patricia has never met any other witches. She's completely isolated. They're like, 'If I can only find people like myself, I'll be understood, and things will be perfect.' Then we skip ahead to a time when they've found people like themselves, but it's not great, and not perfect. There's a whole other set of problems that comes with that. The people who are allegedly like you have a whole set of expectations they put on you, and they're not necessarily connected to the person you want to be.
''Any story like this is going to be about the use of power: how you use power responsibly, and whether you use your power for good or for ill. I tried to complicate it and have some of their biggest problems be their own blind spots and weaknesses. It's a book that doesn't really have villains, per se, except for Theodolphus, and he's sort of a fake villain. He drops out halfway through the book, and by the end of the book you realize that, in a horribly sadistic way, he's been doing the right thing all along, or at least he's had a good effect."
''Originally the novel was much more of a genre pastiche. Laurence was going to be a pastiche of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and a bunch of other boy adventurer characters, and he was going to have a million things that he invented, and aliens and spaceships. It was much more science fantasy, in fact. Patricia was going to be like Harry Potter and a bunch of other characters, fighting evil wizards and monsters and dragons. Then I thought, 'That's not going to work as well.' I decided to make the science as real as I could. Back in the day at io9, we used to have a column called 'Ask a Physicist' and a column called 'Ask a Biogeek', and the guys who wrote them, Dave Goldberg and Terry Johnson, are still super willing to answer any weird science questions. They both have written books about science. Terry wrote How to Defeat Your Own Clone and Dave wrote The Universe in the Rearview Mirror. They're awesome."
''My editor Patrick Nielsen Hayden is very fond of saying mine is the first book that's science fiction and fantasy, as opposed to science fiction or fantasy. It's a genre hybrid. Whether that's true depends on how you look at the presence of magic: if any magic at all makes a book fantasy, mine's not the first. I guess it's slipstream or something. It has some literary aspirations as well. I had this tone in my head that was like Vonnegut, or Douglas Adams, but with seriousness. The book gets pretty dark and bleak in parts. It is about growing up. There's the coming-of-age narrative, and once you've come of age, there's more growing up from there.
''I have a two-book deal with Tor. I've written one and a half drafts of the second book for them. All I can say is, it's completely different. It's set on an exoplanet in the future. I wanted to stretch out a little bit and make it as different as I can from All the Birds in the Sky. Stylistically, it's different. It doesn't have any humor. It's still weird, but in a different way. Part of the idea is not getting pigeonholed. Having watched so many authors' careers over the years, if you get known for doing the books with puns in the titles or whatever, eventually people decide they don't want that anymore, or that's all they want. The Locus Online reviewer Lois Tilton has dinged me for being too glib and over-reliant on quirky humor to paper over the cracks in my stories sometimes. When I get criticism like that, I try not to take it to heart too much. I wrote a thing on io9 about this: how to not take criticism personally. There's a process I go through, like the stages of grief. After a few days I can come back and say, 'That's not entirely fair, but yes, I do get glib sometimes. I do sometimes use the humor to avoid having to really drill into what the characters are dealing with.'"
''Most writers can do both short fiction and long. I'm writing an essay about that right now for Asimov's. The thing that's good about writing short fiction is it forces you to write a lot of endings. I feel like short fiction, just in the last 20 years, has drifted away from being plot heavy to just being an impressionistic moment. A lot of my short fiction is super plotty. I love short fiction that has plot twists, and things happen, and then boom, at the end there's an explosion. I think that's one of the things short fiction does really well: being super plot heavy, with an intense dose of stuff happening and being resolved. It took me a long time to get better at short fiction, too. While I was writing these novels, I wrote a ton of short fiction. My short fiction in the last four or five years has gotten more attention. The first several years we were doing io9, I'd constantly meet people who were like, 'I didn't know you wrote fiction.' This is my job, fiction is what I do! But nobody knew me for writing fiction until 2011 or 2012. I hope I've been progressing. The thing with short fiction is getting enough character and emotion into it, getting it to feel real enough so that it's not just plot and a cool idea. That's hard. When you write a novel you have to sustain it for even longer. You can sustain anything for five or ten pages, but to sustain it for 200 pages, there has to be a core that you build out from. Finding that core is the big challenge of short fiction – finding the core of the story, what the characters are dealing with emotionally and thematically, and making that feel really present in the story. In a novel you have to find the core and you have to keep building out from it so that it's present through the whole thing."
''At io9, our posture towards the book world has always been different from our posture towards the movie world, and that's something Annalee and I worked out together. Not just because Annalee and I both write science fiction as well as writing about science fiction – there's the fact that the book world is just different. If a movie comes out, it's important to say this new movie that you've been hearing about for months really blows, it's a terrible movie, don't see it. Whereas with books, there are sites out there that'll review every book and give a thumbs up or a thumbs down, but we're very selective about what we review. Generally, if there's a book I don't like, I won't finish it, and I don't review books I don't finish. A lot of times our readers haven't heard about a book until we tell them about it, so I don't want the first thing people to hear is, 'This book you've never heard about before sucks, don't read it.' I worry that'll translate to 'Don't read books.' It's better to speak through our silence. You'll never know if something we didn't cover was a book I tried to read and couldn't get into, or a book I never got around to. There was one debut that a bunch of places said was one of the year's biggest, most amazing books. I read it cover to cover and said, 'This is not only really dumb, it's also kind of a terrible book.' It's the one where the spin of the world slows down and everybody starts floating away. It was terrible science, and the story was terrible. In that case I came out and said, 'Look, this book you've been hearing about non-stop lately, it's really bad.'"
Read the complete interview in the January 2016 issue of Locus Magazine. Interview design by Francesca Myman.
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Why would Charlie Jane Anders think Vonnegut and Adams weren't serious?
It seems to me that's like thinking Jane Austen was twee.
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AN OUTSIDER'S CRITIQUE OF THE PERFORMANCE OF TREASURIES
Talk to Australasian Treasury Officers' Conference, Hobart
I'm pleased to be here to talk to you and offer an outsider's view of the performance of Treasuries - when I say Treasury, please take that to include finance departments where they're separate from treasury and to refer to the 'purse-string departments' at both federal and state level. It's not my practice in speaking to any group to tell them how wonderful I think that are, so my critique will be fairly critical. Of course, as an outsider it's quite possible I'm misinformed - but, if so, I'm sure you'll set me straight. Before I launch into any criticism, however, I should make it clear that I have a great deal of sympathy for treasuries and the vital role they perform in controlling public spending. It's not a popular job, but someone has to do it and it may be that my original training as a chartered accountant gives me sympathy with those whose lot in life is to be that someone. Any fool can make themselves popular by spending money; it takes character to be the one who often says no. Or it may be my knowledge of economics gives me an acceptance that, despite the unwillingness of so many to accept it, there is a budget constraint, which will make its presence felt one way or another, and it's much smarter to learn to live within it.
My basic claim, however, is that treasuries could be doing that job a lot better than they are. That, too often, they're going through the motions using old fashioned budget restrictions to limit the growth in spending, using instruments that either aren't very effective or that do a lot of collateral damage, whereas they need to be using newer techniques that are a lot more effective, imaginative or, as I like to say, scientific. And in that respect I think we need more than just the latest accounting fad.
But before we get on to all that, first we need to be clear about why we want to control spending and about the challenge that lies ahead. I'm not a believer that everything private is good and everything public is bad, so government needs to be kept as small as possible. Rather, government needs to be efficient and effective whatever its size. Why? Because of nothing more profound than opportunity cost. Because money doesn't grow on trees and there's a limit to how much tax people are prepared to pay. And because, to make the high levels of tax we must pay more politically palatable, we need to do more to counter the widespread perception that a much government spending is wasteful.
I don't think we'll ever reach a time when most voters have a realistic acceptance that, at least in the long run, budgets must balance, thus producing a clear link between how much governments spend and how much they raise in taxation. Most people remain hopeful that governments will increase their spending - because there are so many worthwhile things the government could be doing - without that requiring them to pay higher taxes.
You've probably been labouring under that tension for as long as you've been in treasury, but I think it's clear that tension is likely to intensify rather than abate. We've now been through a large number of exercises examining future fiscal pressures, starting with federal Treasury's Intergenerational Report in 2002, then the Productivity Commission's report and then studies by most if not all state treasuries, including the NZ dept of finance.
All those studies tell us much the same thing: if you look out over the next 40 years or so, yes, you do see considerable pressure for increased government spending. But only some of this pressure will be coming from the ageing of the population. If it were just population-related it would be quite manageable. According to all the studies, most of the pressure will be coming from spending on health - from the ever-more-expensive advances in medical technology and the public's demand that it be given access to the benefits of that advance as fully and quickly as possible. It's paying for health that will present the greatest single challenge to the treasury officers of the next 40 years.
Now, before I go on, I want to make it clear that I do see a bit of treasury propagandising at work here. When before have we had this amazing rash of studies of future fiscal pressures in every jurisdiction? I don't think it's been purely because of concerns about ageing. I think it's also because of treasury concerns about living in an age of strongly growing revenue, budget surpluses and a record length expansion phase in the economy (with resources boom). With spending demands so easily accommodated, with no deficit problem to hold over politicians, where does the discipline come from? It doesn't. So you have to manufacture it, fashion yourself a stick to wave around people's heads. I suppose that's fair enough.
In the process, however, we've managed to highlight an important point: many if not most forms of government spending are what I call 'superior goods', otherwise known as merit goods and bearing similar characteristics to luxury goods. That is, as our income increases, our spending on them increases at an ever faster rate. The classic example of a superior good is health care spending - and that makes all the sense in the world. As we get richer, why wouldn't we want to devote a significant proportion of the increase to staving off death and staying hale and hearty for as long as possible? So be clear that the unrelenting pressure for increased health spending is fundamentally a good thing, not a bad thing. It's a trend to be accommodated, not resisted. And, since we choose for good reasons (mainly to do with equity) to deliver health care mainly through the public sector, there's no reason we should be unduly concerned about the likely increase in taxation needed to accommodate the community's desire to live longer.
The wider point, however, is that health care is just one of the superior goods delivered by governments. Education is another obvious example - which is why it will be difficult to realise in practice the savings theoretically made possible by the lower birth rate. Take health and education and you've covered at least half of a state government's recurrent spending. But the superior goods don't stop there. Think about it and you realise that even something as mundane as law and order is a superior good: the richer I get, the more susceptible I become to worries about my personal safety and to fears that my wealth will be stolen from me.
The point is that, if so much of what governments do is deliver superior goods, then as incomes rise the pressure for increased government spending will be irresistible, and so will be the pressure for higher taxation. All governments have been reluctant to admit the obvious: that the primary solution to the future fiscal pressures their studies have identified will be higher taxation. (Treasuries haven't wanted to admit it either because it counteracts their use of these studies as a weapon for enforcing discipline on the spending side.) It's clear, however, that as our real incomes rise over the coming decades and our desire for spending on publicly-provided superior goods grows accordingly, the result will be a steady increase in the share of our incomes devoted to tax.
In principle, there's no reason for that to be regarded as a bad thing. You're the people who'll be responsible for helping the politicians bring about that rise in taxation - or, perhaps, for persuading them that, since they've happily acceded to electoral pressure to bring the higher spending about, they must raise taxes to finance it responsibly.
I must concede, however, that while an increase in spending on superior goods is inevitable as incomes rise over time, there are extra risks of inefficient and wasteful spending where those superior goods are delivered through the public sector. Sometimes superior goods are delivered through the public sector because of their public-goods characteristics, but mainly I suspect it's because of equity considerations. So a major responsibility for treasury officers over the next 40 years will be not simply trying to keep the lid on government spending, but continually searching for better trade-offs between equity and efficiency. If you try simply to impose increased efficiency at the expense of equity you'll have limited success in getting your proposals adopted and persisted with (because equity considerations are so powerful politically). So, much better to be working on the much more intellectually demanding task of finding a better trade-off between the two.
Before I leave that outline of the likely outlook for both sides of the budget in coming decades, let me make one further point. I think it vitally important for treasury people to become more conscious of Fred Hirsch's concept of 'positional goods'. Positional goods or services are those which, along with doing whatever it is they're supposed to do, are purchased also with the hope that they'll demonstrate to the world our superior position in the social pecking order. In other words, it's about conspicuous consumption and keeping up with the Jones. When you think about it you realise that, the more our incomes rise and the cost of necessities accounts for an ever-declining proportion of that income, the higher the proportion we're likely to devote to the pursuit of social status via the purchase of positional goods - remembering that, when you choose to buy a BMW over a Toyota, the price of the Toyota is the cost of the transport vehicle you bought and the extra you shelled out to get the BMW is the cost of the positional good. Our private spending abounds in the payment of premiums intended to demonstrate our status. You can see it in the clothes we buy for ourselves and our children, the cars we buy, the homes and suburbs we choose to live in, the private schools we send our kids to, the private hospitals we insure for, the restaurants we eat at, the holidays we take and much, much more.
Why am I telling you this? Partly because I believe much of the pressure on governments to keep taxes down comes from the public's desire to be left with as much disposable income as possible, to be spent on the pursuit of social status. But the pursuit of status, like an arms race, is a zero sum game. I can advance my place in the pecking order only at the expense of those I pass. So I wouldn't have thought it an important public policy objective to leave people with as much positional spending money as possible. And yet, if you examine the descent into middle-class welfare by the Howard Government, for instance, I believe you can find examples of Howard providing public subsidies for positional goods: the 30 pc private health insurance rebate is one example, the increased grants to undeserving private schools is another.
To me, this is all the wrong way round. If you've got a situation where people are dead keen to spend money on private health and private schools - on things that are superior goods and publicly provided - you shouldn't be subsidising them you should be exploiting them. In other words, the more we can make people pay privately for their pursuit of status-linked superior goods, the better off we are. Treasury officers forever searching for relatively politically painless ways of increasing taxation should never forget the device I call the 'voluntary tax'. Private health insurance was a voluntary tax (you didn't have to take it but, if you did, your public subsidy diminished), sending kids to private schools was a voluntary tax, gambling taxes are voluntary in a sense (though with risks of social costs if their pursuit is overdone) and tobacco tax is, too, in a sense. You should be looking for ways to increase voluntary taxation - which includes 'taxing' people pursuing social status - and perhaps it would help if this way of looking at things were explained to politicians tempted to go the other way.
OK, now let's turn to my critique on the spending side. The conventional means used to try to limit spending - by imposing cuts or caps on agencies - has various disadvantages. It tends to favour existing programs over new programs, even though some older programs could be abandoned or turned over to private provision. It tends to favour cures over prevention - fixing problems after they've happened rather than stopping them happening. It often fails to motivate agencies to co-operate in identifying the fat and making sure it gets chopped rather than the bone. Indeed, it can leave governments vulnerable to passive resistance, where cuts are directed to those areas the government is likely to find most politically embarrassing, in the hope of forcing it to relent. I guess many of the new accounting approaches are aimed at overcoming these limitations, but I think we can do better.
One of the great temptations facing treasuries is to get so locked into the annual budget round that they end up focusing on cost containment in the short term rather than cost effectiveness in the longer term. When treasuries' behaviour becomes too hand-to-mouth - too focused on getting this year's budget balance looking OK - they can resist spending on the evaluation of programs that could be most informative in subsequent budget rounds, they can resist spending on health prevention and promotion simply because the costs are up front and the savings down the track. In other words, there's a great temptation to be a short-term maximiser, with the result that you commit the greatest treasury sin: false economy. Public servants tell me of the crazy things agencies do in the name of efficiency - so much so that, to them, efficiency is synonymous with inefficiency. If something done in the name of efficiency is counterproductive or short-sighted, it's not efficient by definition. I think the public sector abounds with false economy. Sometimes this won't be the direct result of treasury decisions, it will be a damaging response by the agency to perverse incentives created by treasury.
When we lift our sights beyond this year's magic budget-balance figure, we're able to pay greater attention to the quality of government spending. Quality goes to the effectiveness of spending programs, but also to the thing the top-flight treasury officer should be perpetually in search of: the program which, though it's classed as an expense, is actually an investment - an investment in future cost containment.
It's important to remember that the spending agencies often have very little vested interest in measures that offer high value for taxpayers' money. What departments are genuinely keen to have their programs rigorously evaluated? How many doctors would support spending on health promotion and prevention when that money could be spent on their own curative specialty? How many agencies want to do rigorous cost-benefit analysis of their capital works projects? In other words, if treasury isn't pushing for these improvements, who will be? Now, you may say that if treasury were mad enough, it could support the spending of millions on dubious health promotion advertising campaigns. True - but all the more reason treasury should be pressing for - and paying for - rigorous assessment of what prevention programs work and what don't.
I don't know a lot about all the various accounting reforms - I won't call them fads - I think the latest is performance budgeting. They may carry the answer to some of my criticisms. I have a feeling, however, that what we need is not so much better accounting as more economics. When I say we need a more scientific approach to spending control, the examples I have in mind come from economists, not accountants.
I'm thinking of such innovations as case-mix funding of hospitals. This is where, rather than giving a hospital funding based on an adjustment to what it got last year, it gets a flexible amount based on the known cost of efficiently dealing with particular types of cases, multiplied by the particular mix of cases the hospital encounters. Health economists put an enormous amount of research into developing the cost data needed for such a funding system. I'm not sure how much of the encouragement and funding of this research came from treasuries.
Another example is the advent of income-contingent loans. Australia has been a world leader in this area, with Professor Bruce Chapman's application of the concept to university fees being the finest example of applied economic rationalism. As is easily seen in the case of HECS, the beauty of income-contingent loans is the superior trade-off they offer between equity and efficiency. You can require students to make a higher contribution towards the private benefits they receive from a university education, without fear of making uni education too expensive for kids from poor families. If Treasury and Finance had been doing their job, the idea would have been developed by them. Now Professor Chapman and his colleagues are elaborating on the many other ways - such as drought assistance - in which savings could be made by replacing grants with income-contingent loans. But it's not clear the purse-string departments are pursuing this opportunity with any enthusiasm.
To me, however, the cost-effectiveness potential of these ideas is dwarfed by the scope for long-term savings arising from the neuroscientists' discovery of the crucial importance of an infant's early years in determining both its IQ and its EQ - its intellectual ability and its emotional ability to fit in socially, apply itself to work or study and generally lead a successful life. I suspect that many of our politicians are better versed on this remarkable research than the econocrats are. But there's no excuse for the purse-string controllers: the whole thing's been checked out by the Nobel-winning economist James Heckman, who's given it a rave review.
Heckman's studies demonstrate that spending programs aimed at early childhood development (that is, long before school-age) have far higher cost-benefit scores than remediation programs for students, prisoners or the unemployed in later life. If you leave it that late, you'll be lucky if the benefits exceed the costs. Heckman makes a killer point for economists: spending on early childhood development involves no conflict between equity and efficiency. That is, the things you might do to promote equality of opportunity are just as effective in promoting productivity and human capital formation, and vice versa. In other words, improving on early childhood development is as close as we come to a free lunch.
The implication of this body of research for spending on social programs is profound. It says that, in neglecting babies and spending money trying to help or punish young people and adults once their educational or behavioural problems come to the attention of the authorities, we're getting it exactly the wrong way round. Whether you care about economic efficiency or about fairness, we ought to be massively re-orienting our social spending in favour of the very young. In fact, the only remaining justification for trying to help non-infants is simply the ethical point of not abandoning people who are victims of our earlier neurological ignorance.
At an intellectual level, many of our political leaders know this. The trouble with modern politicians, however, is that they're more interested in being seen to be responding to problems than in actually solving them. So they spread their spending too widely and thinly. Explain to them about how babies' brains develop and they 'respond' by initiating a few new early childhood programs, but they never spend anything like enough. Why not? Because they have other interest groups to keep happy and so they're not prepared to divert funds from social programs where, though we now know the money is largely wasted, the profile is higher and the political pressure greater.
The people who should be throwing their weight behind the neuroscientists, social workers and early childhood educators in helping persuade the pollies to reform their spending priorities are the purse-string controllers. But are they? I doubt it. Why not? Because they're not applying their brains and they're not trying hard enough.
I want to finish by adding something different: I believe every up-and-coming treasury officer needs to be familiar with the relatively new school of economic thought known as behavioural economics. BE draws heavily on the findings of psychologists - including the psychologist Daniel Kahneman who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2002 for founding the school - to study the way people actually make economic decisions in contrast to the conventional assumption of rational self-interest. It finds that most people don't act on opportunity cost, don't ignore sunk costs, dislike losses more than they like gains of equivalent size, are more loss averse than risk averse, practice mental accounting which breaks the assumption of fungibility, have big self-control problems and much more.
Why do ambitious treasury officers need to be familiar with this stuff? Various reasons. Because it helps them understand why the conventional model often mispredicts. Because it teaches them to respect and accommodate the electorate's inescapable concerns about fairness, particularly procedural fairness - economists can abstract from fairness considerations, but the people to whom politicians answer never can. But also because the two professions with an instinctive understanding of BE are the marketers and the politicians. BE helps economists convince themselves of the truth and relevance of propositions politicians simply know to be true. So BE is a counter to the old treasury line that there are always only two policy choices: good economics (ie conventional economics) and political expediency. It turns out the pollies often have good reason to reject advice based on conventional economic assumptions that are normative (how people should behave) but not positive (how they do behave). The point is that when econocrats' understanding of BE allows them to break out of the good-v-expedient mindset, they're better equipped to find a better trade-off between what would be ideal in an ideal world and what politicians are likely to accept as doable.
There is much scope to elaborate on this point - to draw out the practical lessons for policy advisers from BE - but let me highlight just one: when you understand BE you realise that hypothecation should be embraced rather than opposed. Treasuries traditionally oppose hypothecation because it's either a con on the public (it doesn't actually lead to increased spending in the area in question) or it distorts spending choices (it does oblige more spending in the area than would otherwise occur). The trouble with this logic is that it's too rational by half. In an era when people's demands for increased spending are insatiable but their willingness to pay higher tax is limited, hypothecation is a useful tool. At the moment when public demand for new spending is at its height, the politician steps in and says sure I'd like to spend the money but I'd need to cover it by introducing this small levy or surcharge. The public invariably agrees. Why? Because it wants to see what normally is concealed from it: the link between what you pay and what you get. The Howard Government has made extensive use of the hypothecated surcharge. Why? Because it's unconscious understanding of BE gives it better policy judgement than many econocrats, who've been blinded by the unrealistic assumptions of conventional economics.
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We are pleased to present a report on the progress we made in 2016 in continuing established programs, developing new initiatives and collaborating locally and across our state to create hope and transform lives. Through the creative energy and passion of our Executive leadership and staff, Diocesan leadership, Board of Directors, volunteers, donors and supporters, we serve over 50,000 people each year. It is with a sense of profound gratitude and humility that we offer our services as always for the greater glory of God. We welcome all those who turn to us for help and celebrate the accomplishments of the people that we are privileged to serve.
In 2016, Our Lady of Hope House celebrated its 25th anniversary of providing residential services to people with developmental disabilities. This residence provides a nurturing and supportive home for as long as a person wishes to live there; among the current residents, six people were part of the original group to open the house in 1991. Damon Hall celebrated its 30th anniversary as a residence for adults with a serious mental illness. A converted convent, the house is home to 14 people who transition on to more independent settings after working on a variety of skills that will help them maintain stable housing, employment or education and social relationships. Damon Hall has been instrumental in helping hundreds of people on their road to recovery. Encompass Health Home was incorporated as an LLC. The Adult Health Home continued to expand its network of care management agencies in Broome County and in December, the Encompass Family Health Home began operations in its 48 county upstate region. It is currently working with 19 care management agencies and a large network of providers who serve high need children in the mental health, foster care, juvenile justice and medical care systems to insure that children obtain proper wellness, health and behavioral health care services. On July 14, Bishop Cunningham, Monsignor John Putano, Father Joe O'Connor and Father Chris Seibt concelebrated a Year of Mercy Mass. The Mass and Bishop Cunningham's visit honored the services provided by Emergency Assistance staff and volunteers in Catholic Charities food pantries in Binghamton and Endicott which provide over 800,000 meals yearly to individuals and families.
The Bishop's visit and Mass recognized Pope Francis' call for a Holy Year of Mercy in 2016 to reflect on works of mercy in Catholic dioceses throughout the world and to show mercy by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked and welcoming the stranger.
Craig is a very busy man at the Gregory Avenue IRA. He works, attends Special Olympics and goes weekly to the library. His one dream was to travel to Disney World and meet Mickey Mouse. Craig knew that it would cost a lot of money for the trip. He worked hard, saved, and with the help of his family, had enough to go! Craig and his Supervisor planned the perfect trip: a hotel with a pool, lazy river, room service, and a room with a view of the Disney evening fireworks. Craig was getting more excited day by day. He practiced what he would do at the airport, going through screening, finding the gate, boarding the plane and buckling his seat belt. Craig was all packed and ready to go when the first day of his vacation finally arrived. It was smooth sailing for the flight. After landing in Orlando, finding his luggage, it was time! The weather was great, and he was raring to go! The next morning was Disney Day! He was soooo excited, he would finally meet Mickey Mouse! He wandered to see the exhibits, and shopped in the stores. He was able to meet Mickey and Minnie along with Flick from A Bug's Life and Pocahontas and ate lunch in a very cool place called Rainforest Café. The animals on the walls there looked like they came to life! The next day was spa day! After pampering, he decided to have lunch by the pool, swim and then get dressed and head to the outlets for some shopping fun! Dinner that night was at the hotel restaurant on the terrace at sunset. Sadly, the end of the trip came, and Craig packed himself up for his return flight to New York. The temperature in Orlando when he left was 75 degrees. When he landed in Syracuse it was 30 degrees and snowing. Let's go back to Florida!
Satisfaction Surveys by participants of Damon Hall, Supported Housing, Twin Rivers Apartments and the Boys Community Residence showed a 97% satisfaction rating. Participants from the Intermediate Care Facility, Individualized Residential Alternative and MSC programs had a satisfaction rating of 97% as well.
Medicaid Service Coordination was provided to 279 individuals.
Over 400 individuals were provided with housing.
Twelve certified apartment beds were replaced with 14 Supported Housing slots for a total of 233 slots.
Substance Use Services were provided to 368 individuals ; this is 98 more people than were seen during 2015.
IBM retiree Bill Donahue was inspired to volunteer at the Catholic Charities pantry by his wife Diane as she shared stories about the working poor with a waiting room so full that the line would be out the door.
As Bill started to experience first-hand how crucial the pantry is for so many people, he began to think, why not combine his love of classic cars and volunteer work?
Bill joined the Triple Cities Street Rods, in 1999. A classic car collector since the age of thirteen, his prized possession was a 1932 Ford 3-Coupe- "the little Deuce Coupe" of the Beach Boys song and his first car was a 1946 Ford Business Coupe, purchased with the help of his grandmother and paper route for $125.00.
The idea led him to convince his fellow members to raise money for the food pantry. What began as a Sock Hop Fundraiser collecting food in 2005 has evolved into the Cruise-In Pasta Dinner and car show. Over the years the club has raised over $26,000 for the Children's Summer Lunch Program, which feeds 80-100 children daily and has supported other holiday programs for children and families.
The Division served 3,042 youth, 1,158 families, 583 adults and 425 seniors, through programs that encourage and support personal growth and development. These community based services prevent youth from entering out of home placement or psychiatric hospitalization, resulting in significant cost savings. Services also promote health and wellness by providing nutritious food, counseling and by helping seniors remain active and connected in the community.
CCSI served 277 youth in 134 families. Families are provided with a wraparound planning process to meet their goals by building on family strengths. 97% of youth were kept out of placement resulting in a cost savings to Broome County of $10,328,909.
The Teen Transitional Living Program (TTLP) provides runaway and homeless teens with a safe, structured and supportive living environment while they attend school, work and learn independent living skills. 31 teens were served including one parenting teen; 94% were enrolled in an educational program and 41% became employed after entering the program. Residents completed 17 community service projects including painting at ACHIEVE, chores at Stable Movements Therapeutic Horse Farm and building a ramp through Ramp It Up.
Family Counseling Program provides individual, couples and family counseling by Licensed Social Workers. 1,875 sessions were held with 477 families consisting of 388 adults and 89 children. 82% reported an improvement in their symptoms and functioning.
Four Seasons Club provides a base of support from which members venture out onto their life journey. It provides a work ordered day for people who would like to return to work or further education. In many ways, the Club has saved people's lives by helping them to understand that they can recover from mental illness and that life is worth living. The support provided at the Club helps people understand that there are other people who care about them. Last year the program was put out to bid and there was the potential for the Club to close and be transitioned to another entity. Members became upset and we had to work with people to help them to channel their energy and anxiety into advocacy on their own behalf. They engaged in letter writing and attended legislative committee meetings; they brought their family members to speak as well. Members gave tours and explained to our local leaders what the Club really means to them in terms of support and improvement in their mental health. The happy ending to this crisis culminated on St. Patrick's Day and the decision was made to keep the Clubhouse intact; we call it our St. Patrick's Day miracle. We hope that Four Seasons will continue and thrive for many more years and we look forward to providing support in new ways in the coming year.
Assertive Community Treatment served a total of 74 individuals to assist them with daily living needs and clinical treatment for their serious mental illness. They provided over 4,600 face-to-face visits over the course of the year.
165 persons were provided with Employment Services.
Peer Staff at A Stepping Stone Drop in Center provided 600 people with a supportive environment, self-help groups to assist in recovery and a nourishing daily meal.
Van service and discounted bus fares were provided to 310 people to help them get to needed medical appointments and to other necessary community services.
Collaboration among Catholic Charities and its partners in upstate NY has led to the creation of a Health Home Serving Children (HHSC) named Encompass. What is Encompass Health Home? Well, it isn't a home that you physically go to; it's a home for your health. Encompass Health Home is an evolving network of over 60 care management agencies throughout 48 counties experienced in serving individuals through a diversity of services across all ages. It is led by Catholic Charities in each of 5 regions: Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and The Northern Region. Every Care Manager has access to the electronic health record which has really changed how services and care is coordinated. It allows staff to enter notes and care plans along with access to real time alerts on diagnosis, prescriptions, medical tests, crisis center visits and ER visits. This helps to monitor the client's progress and development by: ensuring a child gets appointments with doctors, dentists, mental health providers or specialists along with appointment reminders; inviting people considered important to keeping the child healthy, safe and on track to a meeting with the family to talk about how it can be done together; linking families and children with others who have been in similar situations so that they can share their successes and be inspired; being available to help whenever needed, 24/7.
Catholic Charities of Broome County (CCBC) continued to expand its Adult Health Home enrollment by adding 685 new members. Health Home services support coordinated, comprehensive medical and behavioral health care to members with chronic conditions through care coordination that assures access to appropriate services, improves health outcomes, reduces preventable hospitalizations and emergency room visits, promotes use of Health Information Technology (HIT), and avoids unnecessary care. The Health Home program ended the year having served a total of 1,422 members through enrollment and another 2,788 in outreach for a total served of 4,210.
We were pleased to be awarded a Level 2 Redesignation for three years and approval to operate as a Health Home Serving Children (HHSC) in 37 of the 48 approved counties. Our annual satisfaction survey results showed an overall consumer satisfaction rating of 100%.
A unique aspect to the CCBC Health Home is the implementation of the Outreach Team which served over 2,788 individuals. The Outreach Team has also implemented new methods of reaching out to people that may be struggling with their health and well-being by increasing our presence in the community.
Health Homes Serving Children After two years of preparation, the first ever joint effort by Catholic Charities agencies across NYS was launched. 2016 was full of numerous readiness activities preparing for the "Go Live" date. The Governance and structure were implemented as a new legal entity for the Health Home program: Encompass Health Home. The governing board for Encompass consists of Diocesan Directors from the four regional Diocesan Offices and the Catholic Charities Director of the NYS Catholic Conference. After several delays, the final start date was December first for enrollment of children. By the end of December, we had 87 enrolled from CCBC, 62 from the other agencies and 11 in outreach status for a total of 160.
This annual report is dedicated to Joe Slavik, Diocesan Director and former Executive Director, who retired in December 2016 after 42 years of service. We are grateful for his leadership and contributions in serving the poor and vulnerable of our community and diocese.
Following our theme and tagline: Creating Hope, Transforming Lives, Catholic Charities will be engaged in some new and exciting initiatives in 2017: InShape is an evidenced based program funded by SAMSHA and Dartmouth University. InShape pairs a health mentor with individuals who are experiencing a serious mental illness. The goal of the project is to assist individuals in achieving their health goals in areas such as nutrition, exercise, weight loss and smoking cessation. Catholic Charities was one of 16 organizations selected nationwide to participate in this research project. Catholic Charities will be offering a set of 10 new services that will be provided in an individualized flexible way in areas such as employment, family support, community support and rehabilitation, empowerment and crisis response. These services are for people who may need a high level of service in order to achieve recovery in relation to a serious mental illness. Encompass Health Home will be rolling out its care management services for children in 48 counties across upstate NY to help high-need children improve health and achieve their hopes and dreams. Catholic Charities food pantries will be partnering with local farmers who would like to donate produce to help close the community hunger gap; participating farmers will be able to obtain tax credits for their donations.


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One of the most commonly stated reasons people with mental health issues struggle with church is the relentlessly upbeat tone from the pulpit and the song sheet.
Give your money, your time, your expertise, your spare room, give until you bleed, spend yourself until you are used up and even then keep giving. Otherwise your declarations of faith are empty words.
Preaching might have an image problem, but does the problem run deeper? Is it time to rethink the entire concept?
There are definitely some awareness campaigns done in jest but this week is Mental Health Awareness week – not a laughing matter.
In the face of so many genuine reasons to be fearful about the state of the world, we have some options.
I've found my experience online has grown darker lately. My Facebook timeline has fewer happy snaps of family holidays, less encouragement and hilarity, not as many links to edifying blogs or stimulating podcasts.
It takes time for new Christians to work out who you are now, and it also takes time to learn the nuances of the way your fellow citizens think and behave.


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Hybrids and Hydrogen: Cures for the Gas Pump Blues?
Written by Cory Chandler
CONTACT: Cory Chandler, cory.chandler@ttu.edu
Alternative Fuels Researcher Says Alcohols, Hydrogen May Have Automotive Future
LUBBOCK -- "Hydrogen has a future, but it will be a few years before hydrogen production, distribution and on-board storage are really available. Hydrogen fueled engines will be practical much sooner than fuel cells." Timothy Maxwell, professor of mechanical engineering, Texas Tech University's Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Rising costs at the gas pump could prime consumers for new fuel alternatives, Maxwell said. Hybrid vehicle sales in the United States are growing as a wider variety of models attract consumers.
Hybrid electric vehicles with diesel engines could be even more efficient than hybrids fueled by gasoline, Maxwell said, though he noted that they are more expensive.
Other fuels like ethanol, methanol and mixtures of those alcohols with gasoline could increase in popularity, he said, while options like liquid petroleum gas or propane likely will see more use by farmers and ranchers.
Researchers in Texas Tech's Mechanical Engineering Department have been involved in alternative fuels research since 1988, when they were first awarded a 1988 Chevrolet Corsica to be converted to operate using a combination of methanol and gasoline. Since then, the department has been involved in vehicle design projects and research programs using methanol, ethanol, natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid electric drive trains. They have cold-started methanol engines, operated engines using enriched oxygen and studied the long-term effects of engine operation using pure methanol.
Maxwell is the author of "Alternative Fuels: Emissions, Economics and Performance." During his 30-year-career, he has worked with automobile manufacturers including Ford, General Motors and Chrysler.
CONTACT: Timothy Maxwell, professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-3563, or tmaxwell@coe.ttu.edu.


Any time a gratin is served at dinner, it's the first thing I dig into. I feel like I struck gold with this combination of cauliflower and Camembert. The cauliflower gives the gratin a subtle layer of flavor while Camembert makes it more luxurious. The simply grilled pork chops are great too—I can't resist nibbling the sweetest bits off the bone.
Any time a gratin is served at dinner, it's the first thing I dig into. I feel like I struck gold with this combination of cauliflower and Camembert. The cauliflower gives the gratin a subtle layer of flavour while Camembert makes it more luxurious. The simply grilled pork chops are great too—I can't resist nibbling the sweetest bits off the bone.
The cauliflower-cream mixture can be made up to 1 day ahead, cooled, covered, and refrigerated; reheat over low heat before assembling the gratin.
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly butter a 3-quart shallow baking dish.
Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the butter and stir until melted. Add the onions, garlic, and thyme and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are tender but have not taken on any color. Add the cauliflower and cook for about 6 minutes, stirring often, or until softened. Add the cream and milk and bring to a simmer. Add the cheese and stir until it melts, then remove from the heat and discard the thyme stems.
Working in batches, puree the mixture in a blender; return to the pot. Season generously to taste with salt and pepper.
Stir the potato slices into the hot cream mixture to coat. Spoon 1 cup of the cream mixture into the baking dish. Spread the potatoes and the remaining cream mixture evenly in the dish. Cover with aluminum foil and put on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a knife can be inserted easily into the potatoes. Uncover the dish, raise the oven temperature to 400°F, and continue baking for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown on top. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 to 20 minutes.
Season the pork chops with salt and pepper. Grill for about 5 minutes per side, or until the pork shows only the barest hint of pink when pierced at the bone with the tip of a sharp knife. Transfer to a platter and let stand for 5 minutes before serving with the gratin.
Preheat the oven to 170°C/150°C fan-forced. Lightly butter a 3-litre shallow baking dish.
Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the butter and stir until melted. Add the onions, garlic, and thyme and sauté for about 5 minutes, or until the onions are tender but have not taken on any colour. Add the cauliflower and cook for about 6 minutes, stirring often, or until softened. Add the cream and milk and bring to a simmer. Add the cheese and stir until it melts, then remove from the heat and discard the thyme stems.
Stir the potato slices into the hot cream mixture to coat. Spoon 1 cup of the cream mixture into the baking dish. Spread the potatoes and the remaining cream mixture evenly in the dish. Cover with aluminum foil and put on a rimmed baking tray. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a knife can be inserted easily into the potatoes. Uncover the dish, raise the oven temperature to 200°C/180°C fan-forced, and continue baking for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown on top. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 to 20 minutes.
Prepare an outdoor grill for medium-high cooking over direct heat Season the pork chops with salt and pepper. Grill for about 5 minutes per side, or until the pork shows only the barest hint of pink when pierced at the bone with the tip of a sharp knife. Transfer to a platter and let stand for 5 minutes before serving with the gratin.


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Сісі́ньйо (,  24 червня 1980, Прадополіс) — колишній бразильський футболіст, правий захисник.

Клубна кар'єра
Вихованець футбольної школи клубу «Ботафогу Сан-Паулу». Дорослу футбольну кар'єру розпочав 1999 року в основній команді того ж клубу, в якій провів один сезон, взявши участь лише у 8 матчах чемпіонату.

У січні 2001 року у статусі вільного агента перейшов у «Атлетіко Мінейру», проте в основній команді закріпитись не зміг і вже в серпні 2001 року був відданий в оренду до «Ботафогу», де грав до квітня 2002 року, після чого повернувся до «Атлетіко», де виступав до завершення контракту влітку 2003 року.

З 2003 по 2005 рік грав у складі «Сан-Паулу», разом з яким 2005 року став володарем Кубка Лібертадорес, клубним чемпіоном світу та чемпіоном штату Сан-Паулу.

В кінці 2005 року Сісінью за 4 млн євро перейшов у іспанський «Реал Мадрид», у якому провів півтора сезони. Протягом цих років виборов титул чемпіона Іспанії, проте основним гравцем так і не став, програвши конкуренцію парі центрбеків Мічел Сальгадо—Серхіо Рамос.

Своєю грою за «королівський клуб» привернув увагу представників тренерського штабу «Роми», до складу якої приєднався в липні 2007 року за 11 млн. євро. Відіграв за «вовків» наступні три сезони своєї ігрової кар'єри. За цей час додав до переліку своїх трофеїв титул володаря Кубка Італії. Проте, після двох досить вдалих сезонів Сісінью втратив місце в основі, протгравши конкуренцію Марко Кассетті та Марко Мотті, тому протягом 2010–2011 років захищав на правах оренди кольори «Сан-Паулу» та «Вільярреала».

До складу клубу «Рома» повернувся влітку 2011 року, проте так і не повернув собі статус гравця основи, тому дуже рідко виходив на поле, зігравши за сезон лише у 2 матчах Серії А.

21 червня 2012 року гравець повернувся на батьківщину і підписав контракт з клубом «Спорт Ресіфі» строком на 1 рік. Проте Сісінью не міг врятувати команду від вильоту з бразильської Серії А.

У липні 2013 року підписав контракт з турецьким «Сівасспор», куди гравця запросив колишній партнер по збірній Бразилії, а на той момент новий тренер турецької команди Роберто Карлос. Після того Сісінью швидко став ключовим гравцем, в квітні 2014 року його контракт з клубом був продовжений ще на два роки. Наразі встиг відіграти за сіваську команду 74 матчі в національному чемпіонаті.

Виступи за збірну
2005 року дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Бразилії.

У складі збірної був учасником , розіграшу Кубка Конфедерацій 2005 року у Німеччині, здобувши того року титул переможця турніру, та чемпіонату світу 2006 року у Німеччині.

Всього за два роки провів у формі головної команди країни 15 матчів, забивши 1 гол.

Статистика виступів

Статистика клубних виступів

Статистика виступів за збірну

Титули і досягнення

Командні

 Чемпіон штату Сан-Паулу (1):
 «Сан-Паулу»: 2005
  Чемпіон Іспанії (1):
 «Реал Мадрид»: 2006-07
  Володар Кубка Італії (1):
 «Рома»: 2007-08

  Переможець Клубного чемпіонату світу  (1):
 «Сан-Паулу»: 2005
  Володар Кубка Лібертадорес (1):
 «Сан-Паулу»: 2005
  Володар Кубка конфедерацій (1):
 Бразилія: 2005

Індивідуальні
 Володар бразильського «Срібного м'яча»: 2005

Примітки

Посилання

Бразильські футболісти
Гравці чемпіонату світу з футболу 2006
Футболісти «Ботафогу Сан-Паулу»
Футболісти «Атлетіко Мінейру»
Футболісти «Ботафогу»
Футболісти «Сан-Паулу»
Футболісти «Реала» (Мадрид)
Футболісти «Роми»
Футболісти «Вільярреала»
Футболісти «Спорт Ресіфі»
Футболісти «Сівасспора»
Бразильські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Іспанії
Футбольні легіонери в Італії
Футбольні легіонери в Туреччині
Італійці Бразилії