From the Lonely Planet website
Every city around the world has a local food culture that embodies the unique essence of the place. While some have become iconic on the global stage – think Philadelphia’s Philly cheesesteak or Tokyo’s renowned ramen – others remain under the radar, tucked away in a backstreet trattoria or hidden in the pages of grandma’s secret recipe book.
For curious connoisseurs looking for the best bite in town, we asked our team of Lonely Planet Locals to dish out the delicacies that they feel get to the heart of their hometown – from fish tagine in Tangier to Shanghai’s steaming dumplings.
Older adults with a lot of medical issues will see some of their burdens eased through a new law passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump.
The Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2018 won broad bipartisan support.
That makes sense, because “everybody knows somebody with serious chronic illness or functional limitations, and everybody knows somebody who’s faced a real challenge getting their care coordinated or accessing something that clearly ought to be a benefit,” said Dr. Bruce Chernof, president and CEO of The SCAN Foundation, a public charity devoted to transforming care for older adults to preserve dignity and encourage independence (and a Next Avenue funder).
The CHRONIC Care Act became law on February 9 as a part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.
From the This Day in Aviation website
1 September 1953: Captain Harold E. Collins, United States Air Force, flying North American Aviation F-86D-35-NA Sabre, 51-6145, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World Record for Speed Over a 15/25 Kilometer Straight Course of 1,139.219 kilometers per hour (707.878 miles per hour) at Vandalia, Ohio.
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This undated photograph shows a F-102A Delta Dagger over Dillingham Field with Kaena Point in the distance. During the 1960s, the then-154th Fighter Interceptor Group had summer camps at Dillingham.
From the Everyday Health website
Having that wind-down glass of wine when you get home from work may be harming your health. That’s because, according to a large-scale, global meta-analysis of research published August 23, 2018 in The Lancet, there’s a chance that no amount of alcohol is safe.
For the review, researchers pulled from 694 data sources, profiling who and how much those in a global population were drinking, and from 592 studies looking at the relationship between alcohol and disease. They found that 2.8 million deaths were attributed to alcohol use in 2016.
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Retiree News sadly reports the passing of Rolland Tang on Wednesday, August 29, 2018. His long battle with cancer has ended.
Rolland is a long time member of the Hawaii Air National Guard. He retired as a chief master sergeant from the then-154th Communications Flight.
His son, Edward, continues to serve in the Hawaii Air National Guard and was promoted to chief master sergeant the other year. Another son, MSgt Derek Tang, who currently serves with the 154th Security Forces Squadron.
Retiree News will post information about services when available.
Retiree News extends heartfelt condolences to the Rolland’s family and friends.
Thanks to Nolan Kanekuni for sharing this information with Retiree News.
Earlier this summer, Blossom Logan sent in this photograph of Donna Shimazu with her on a tour in Japan. Both families were in the same tour group.
Blossom retired from Hawaii Air National Guard after a long career in the Human Resources Office. Militarily, she was assigned to the Hq, Hawaii Air National Guard. Her husband, Mark Logan, served a long career in the Hawaii Army National Guard.
Donna retired from the Hawaii Air National Guard; serving on the support staff of the 291st Combat Communications Squadron in Hilo, and later as the unit recruiter. Donna continues her military related service as a volunteer with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). She is one of two members of the large Hara family in Hilo who served in the Air Force/Air Guard.
From the Consumer Reports website
“One of the first things seniors tend to struggle with as they age is keeping up with their personal business,” says Amy Goyer, an aging expert at AARP and author of “Juggling Life, Work and Caregiving” (American Bar Association, 2015). But the best time to have crucial conversations about how adult children can help is before their parents actually need it.
initiate a discussion at a private moment—or encourage your parents to do so—about what help they might want now or in the future, and how they’d like you to provide it. Consider this a first step in an ongoing conversation.
From the Military Times website
A federal court ruling this week opened the possibility for veterans to file suit against the Department of Veterans Affairs as a class rather than individuals, a move that advocates say could dramatically shift how legal cases against the bureaucracy are handle
The ruling, Monk v. Wilkie, came from the U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals. The eight-justice panel ultimately ruled against the plaintiff’s claim that their case should proceed as a class-action suit, arguing it failed to meet previously established standards for such legal consideration.
But they did say that in “appropriate cases” in the future, class-action lawsuits would be entertained.
Retiree News just posted a photograph of three Hawaii Air National Guard members at the NCO Academy Graduate Association Seminar 33, Reno, Nevada on July 26, 2001.
But these seminars are not all business, and everyone has some time for fun. Miles Moriyama sent in this photograph of some other members of the Hawaii delegation taking time for a fun photograph. Miles mentioned that his photograph is framed and remains in his office.
In the photograph:
Third Row: Michael Matsuura, Laurie Murphy, Miles Kaneshiro, Pamela Goya, Jody Goya
Second Row: Douglas Awana, Dexter Yuen, James Akau, Rolando Espinosa
First row: Miles Moriyama, Craig Harimoto, Takao Wada
Special thanks for Miles and Doug for sharing these old photographs. If any Retiree News reader has any old photographs they want to submit, please scan them and email them to: retireenews@gmail.com.
An estimated 5.4 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease in 2016, 5.2 million of them are age 65 or older. The disease will escalate as baby boomers get older, with a projected 13.8 million afflicted by 2050.
Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. As a scientist who works to better understand this and other neurodegenerative disorders, I know the personal toll these incurable diseases take on families.
But there is good news not only in current research for a cure, but also in the fact that Americans can do a lot to prevent or at least slow the onset of Alzheimer’s.
If you’ve worked for more than one employer in your lifetime, you may have lost or forgotten retirement benefits just waiting for you to track them down.
Casing of the organizational colors
Soldiers of the 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and 1st Squadron 299th Cavalry Regiment held a deployment ceremony in Kalaeloa, Hawaii on August 26, 2018. The 29th IBCT is headed to Kosovo while the 299th Cavalry is going to Egypt.
