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--The Department of Veterans Affairs has just announced the awarding of $6.8 billion in contracts to improve the Medical Disability Examination process and get veterans’ disability claims handed more quickly. Let’s look at the five companies it chose: --VetFed Resources, Inc., Virginia, a veteran-owned small business. --Logistics Health, Inc., Wisconsin, has a national network of “medical, dental and behavioral health providers” that offer annual physical exams and periodic health assessments. --Medical Support Los Angeles has dozens of clinics scattered around three states. --QTC Medical Services, Inc., California, appears to have a full complement of medical associates in seven big-city locations and has done exams since 2000. --Veterans Evaluation Services, Inc., Texas, is another veteran-owned company. A thumbs-up to the VA for expanding services to get the disability claims handled faster. However, anyone can build a website and say anything on it, as well as skew facts on an application. One way to evaluate a company is to check the employer review sites on the Internet. You’ll find both positive and negative reviews anywhere you look, but the devil is always in the details. Sometimes employees make small comments that add up ... Another source of information is in patient complaints. I wonder if anyone considered any of these sources of information when they were awarding contracts, or if they only stuck to the applications in front of them. It’s also disturbing when two of the awardees file a protest with the Government Accountability Office against the others saying that the agency “misevaluated proposals, engaged in misleading discussions” and more in handing out the contracts. In wading through the very long decision documents, with the names of 28 attorneys at the top, it’s hard to see how all the legalese and finger pointing will translate into actual veteran care and medical disability evaluations. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Thinking of Going Back to Work? If you’ve considered going back to work, either for financial reasons or to have something to do, there are a number of jobs that might be right for you. ● Online auctions: Set up an onlineauction account to sell the treasures you find at weekend yard sales ... or even those items taking up space in your own home. Search eBay for howto tutorials. ● Transportation: Consider signing up as a part-time driver in your town’s taxi service or as an Uber driver. ● Education: Is there a subject you can teach (anything from math to crafts), perhaps through adult education? ● Call center: There can be hundreds of workers in a call center, and many of them are seniors. The work is easy (you’ll be sitting down), and you’ll no doubt have an edge over the younger workers who don’t have as much life experience in dealing with callers. ● Consultant: A lifetime of working has taught you something, and what you know may have great value to those who are just starting. * Local knowledge: If you’re in a hightourist area, sign up as a tour guide. ● Tutor: You can earn a decent hourly rate for privately tutoring children in their homes, or as a teacher’s aide in schools. ● Sports coach, or umpire or referee for schools or leagues: You’re paid by the season, broken down into a per-game fee. The money isn’t bad, especially if you like sports. ● Conventions: If you sign up with a convention-center event company, the possibilities are great: ticket sales, food prep, flower arranging, coffee service and much more. Once you get set up with a convention center, you can expect callbacks for future events. ● Bookkeeping: Handle the monthly finances for small businesses that can’t afford a CPA. The best scenario would be to mix and match, to keep a variety of jobs going at once! (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
October 18th, 2016
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by Samantha Weaver ● It was farmer and author Wendell Berry who made the following sage observation: “Do unto those downstream as you would have those upstream do unto you.”
● Have you ever wondered why the green room -- the waiting area just offstage where actors stand-by before and after stage appearances -- is green? Well, evidently it’s believed that the color green is soothing to eyes that have been exposed to the glare of stage lights. ● The game of billiards first appeared in the New World in St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the contiguous United States. It was in 1565 that Spanish explorers started playing the game here. ● Rabbits are well-known as magicians’ preferred animal when performing, but have you ever wondered why? It’s because rabbits tend to stay calm and quiet when handled rather than becoming agitated and noisy. *** Thought for the Day: “Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.” -Thomas Chandler Haliburton (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
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TOOLS 4 LIFE BY DR. JIM COYLE
Patience in the Process
When I moved from the Westcoast to the Midwest, I had to learn a huge cultural adjustment, the pace of life. The West offers a hectic fast paced life style while riding the hamster wheel of life. The hi-ways are congested and filled with stressful road rage. The Midwest evolves around Mother Nature and the seasons she brings. Traffic is slowed down by tractors and trains. The lesson to learn in life challenges, decisions, and direction is to be patient in the process. Whether waiting for the timing of planting - harvesting or being engulfed in the pace of technology, the challenge we all face is patience in the process. Our kids are focusing on the end result rather than the journey to get there. When we’re hungry we eat without waiting for the process of a kitchen cooked meal. When we are competing in sports we want our W’s and participation rewards before the commitment. When we are working we look for compensation before significance. The food from the kitchen, the wins from commitment, and the significance from our labor are all part of being patient in the process. Slow down and allow the process to train you and equip you for the seasons of life.
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