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This is a picture of one of my azalea bushes. By any measure, it is not remarkable or beautiful. But, it has a story which makes it remarkable and beautiful to me.

At the beginning of 2020 , I experienced an urgent and severe home repair issue which necessitated using a backhoe to dig up a trench alongside my home. The end of the trench abutted my azalea. Despite best efforts, part of the bush was run over by the backhoe. That was only after shovels had been used around the area and dirt piled on top of the bush.

Eventually, we replanted the half that was dug up . Last year, it barely bloomed and looked more like twigs and bush than blooms. But I knew there was life and hope. This year, after it had a chance to recover from its stressful event, we pruned it. Within weeks, lush green leaves exploded from the pruned branches. Soon, pink blooms followed and finally the whole bush was engulfed in blossoms.

As a small business owner, 2020 was difficult. This year has also been challenging. So, I resonant with the journey of my azalea. The part of the bush that was pruned and suffered the most, is the most beautiful. It is emblematic of perseverance and thriving, not just endurance.

I hope my azalea brings a bit of encouragement and perhaps a smile.

"Home-based care companies, including Amazon Care and two health systems, are lobbying Congress to make permanent changes to home health care reimbursement policies.

Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension are two of the founding members of the Moving Health Home coalition, which aims to change the way policymakers think about the home as a site of clinical service.

Moving Health Home says it has five policy priorities, and top of the list is pushing for Medicare coverage of higher-acuity home-based services, such as emergency services. The group also wants policymakers to create an extended care benefit that would serve as a home-based alternative for skilled nursing facility care.

The coalition also is advocating for permanent "Hospital without Walls” site of care flexibility to support home-based hospital services.

The coalition also wants home-based evaluation and monitoring services to be reimbursed at the same rate as the 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for what primary care office visits are paid."



Amazon Care, Intermountain form coalition to push for CMS home care reimbursement changes

Amazon Care, Intermountain form coalition to push for CMS home care reimbursement changes Home-based care companies, including Amazon Care and two health systems, are lobbying Congress to make permanent changes to home health care reimbursement policies. Intermountain Healthcare and Ascension are two of the founding members of the Moving Health Home coalition to change the way policymake...

Technology touches every industry, and each is impacted by its advancement.

"A team of Michigan State University international researchers received a five-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Data Science for Food and Agricultural Systems (DSFAS) program...

The project has a goal of creating a network of researchers in animal science, computer science and engineering to improve computer vision systems in precision livestock farming.

The computer vision systems will allow producers to make real-time management decisions at the individual animal level and help to increase productivity and profits...

Pigs and cattle will be the focus of the project, and both new and existing data will be analyzed...

At each of the research locations, cameras will be positioned around the farms, and animal scientists will write annotations that describe what the images capture..."

Michigan State University U.S. Department of Agriculture


MSU researchers receive $1 million grant to make livestock farming network

MSU researchers receive $1 million grant to make livestock farming network East Lansing, Mich. (WLNS) — A team of Michigan State University international researchers received a five-year, $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Data Science…

"A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research crunched decades of data on 50,000 businesses and 11.6 million workers and found that the faster a company installs new software, the faster it loses older workers.

Older people are disappearing as businesses adopt new technology to stay competitive...Companies will say, ‘We’ll train you,’ but people who feel they are close to retiring often say, ‘I don’t want to bother.’ " This approach often leads to worsening economics and career outcomes.

Instead, this article recommends:
* Stay at your job - don't resist the change
* Improve your attitude about yourself
* Ignore stereotypes about learning capabilities and productivity of older people
* Don't be intimidated by tech trainers and request different forms of training

National Bureau of Economic Research


Don’t let technology run you out of a job you like

Don’t let technology run you out of a job you like A study from the National Bureau of Economic Research crunched decades of data on 50,000 businesses and 11.6 million workers and found that the faster a company installs new software, the faster it loses older workers.