From The New York Times website
Cancer can, and sometimes does, strike twice. It famously happened to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court, who was successfully treated for colon cancer in 1999 and then for pancreatic cancer in 2011. If not for the regular checkups she underwent after colon cancer, it is quite likely that her pancreatic cancer, which is rarely found early, would not have been detected while still curable.
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In Hawaii, what high school you graduated from is often among the questions asked when you first meet someone. Public versus private, old versus new, town versus county, island versus island – some high school rivalries continue well into graduates’ old age.
The Images of Old Hawaii website periodically publishes articles about various high schools around the state. We will post links about these Hawaii high schools on their website periodically.
Waialua High and Intermediate is recognized nationally as one of 11-medal-winning schools from Hawaiʻi (recognized by US News, for performing well on state exit exams, based on students’ mastery of college-level material – all 11-schools received Bronze medals.)
Hawaii National Guard graduates include: Gloria Agron, David Franks – can you name others?
Related:
President Theodore Roosevelt High School
President William McKinley High School
Hilo High School
Kamehameha Schools
Iolani School
St. Andrew’s Priory School
Henry Perrine Baldwin High School
St. Louis School
From the Kaiser Health News website
A recent study by researchers at Northwestern University highlighting a notable link between brain health and positive relationships.
For nine years, these experts have been examining “SuperAgers” — men and women over age 80 whose memories are as good — or better — than people 20 to 30 years younger. Every couple of years, the group fills out surveys about their lives and gets a battery of neuropsychological tests, brain scans and a neurological examination, among other evaluations.
TRICARE For Life (TFL) is Medicare wraparound coverage for TRICARE beneficiaries who have Medicare Part A and Medicare Part B, regardless of age or place of residence. With TFL, you have the freedom to seek care from any Medicare-participating or nonparticipating provider, or at a military hospital or clinic on a space-available basis. Enrollment is not required, but you must pay Medicare Part B premiums.
If you have other health insuranceHealth insurance you have in addition to TRICARE, such as Medicare or an employer-sponsored health insurance. TRICARE supplements don’t qualify as “other health insurance.”, such as a Medicare supplement or an employer-sponsored health plan, you can use TRICARE For Life as long as you have both Medicare Parts A and B.
+ TRICARE pays last after Medicare and your other health insurance
+ Visit the Medicare website to see which plan—Medicare or your other health insurance—pays first
+ After your other health insurance processes the claim, you will have to file a paper claim with the TRICARE For Life contractor, Wisconsin Physicians Service (WPS).
+ WPS will process the claim and pay TRICARE’s portion of the claim directly to you.
Send your paper claims to WPS along with a copy of:
+ your provider’s itemized bill,
+ the Medicare Summary Notice, and
+ the explanation of benefits from all other health insurances.
Your claim must be filed within one year from the date of care. For more information, visit the WPS website.
From the Thrilliest website
Sushi these days is so ubiquitous that it’s easy for it to become an afterthought, a literal last-minute lunch fix from the Whole Foods around the corner. And hey, the ever-increasing availability of sushi that at least qualifies as edible can only be seen as a good thing. But we’re not here to talk about grocery stores or places with 17 different kinds of maki that contain cream cheese. We’re here to talk about the places that elevate fish to an art form and leave you fondly recalling your meal months after it ended.
For truly transcendent sushi, visit these 31 best sushi restaurants in America
The Fall-Winter2017 Afterburner is available now online. For a direct link to the latest Afterburner, click here.
Air Force retirees and annuitants who have an online myPay account are now automatically receiving the Afterburner electronically. People with a myPay account have been removed from the hard-copy mailing list. The Air Force partnered with the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in order to save more than $131,000 in printing and postage costs each issue.
Retirees and annuitants can keep their email address updated on myPay by logging into myPay at https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx. Once logged in, click on “Email Address” and review/edit the “personal email address” block. Click on “Primary” and “Accept/Submit” to complete the transaction.
Ji Joon Kim, Ron and Terry Han, and Capt. You Tae Song. – Anthony Consillio photographs
Korean War Veterans Association
Korean War Veterans Association hosted its annual banquet December 9 at Pagoda Hotel in the International Ballroom.
The Korean War Veterans Association is a veterans’ service organization which seeks to preserve the interest in the welfare of Korean War veterans and their families.
Ronald Han retired as a colonel after a long career in the Air Force and the Hawaii Air National Guard. After his retirement in 2011, Governor Neil Abercrombie appointed Ron as the Director of the Office of Veterans Services during the first year of his administration. Ron was reappointed in 2015 by Governor David Ige. During his tenure as the director, Ron has done an exceptional job with the veterans and veterans’ programs.
From the Reuters website
Older Americans are especially vulnerable to scams and identity theft, and Medicare is doing something about it. U.S. seniors will start receiving new identification cards next year as part of an effort to protect them from the rising risk of fraud.
But that is the only good news surrounding a sweeping federal initiative to bolster fraud defenses by reducing the widespread use of Social Security numbers as identifiers throughout the government.
From the everyday Health website
Many of us have found ourselves asking the question, be it on ordinary days or in times of illness, “Why am I dizzy?”
While dizzy spells can be uncomfortable, it probably won’t surprise you to learn that occasional dizziness is very common in adults. But you may not have suspected that vertigo — a related but more serious condition that makes you feel like the room is spinning as you stand still — is also common, affecting nearly 40 percent of people over age 40 at least once in their lifetime, according to the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
Brig. Gen. Irwin Cockett, Jack Hirai, Bill and Millie Crawley, and Herb Schreiner. – Anthony Consillio photographs
Korean War Veterans Association
Korean War Veterans Association hosted its annual banquet December 9 at Pagoda Hotel in the International Ballroom.
The Korean War Veterans Association is a veterans’ service organization which seeks to preserve the interest in the welfare of Korean War veterans and their families.
Irvin Cockett is a decorated combat veteran who served in Korea and Vietnam. He served as the Commander of the Hawaii Army National Guard from 1983 until his retirement in 1986.
From the National Guard Association of the United States website
National Guard Bureau leadership recently signed a memorandum of understanding with FASTPORT, a national employment services company, to provide Guard members additional outlets and resources while searching for civilian employment.
From the everyday Health website
For years, experts have urged Americans to keep their blood cholesterol levels healthy in order to minimize the risk of heart disease and stroke. For many people, that means getting a basic blood test for high cholesterol, also called a lipid panel.
But there’s more you can do to find the underlying cause of high cholesterol.
Brenda and Larry Foster, Suzy and Clint Churchill, and Brigitte and David Miller. – Anthony Consillio photograph
For Love of Country
Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor recently welcomed guests to its 11th annual gala, For Love of Country, in World War II Hangar 79.
The mission of Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor is to develop and maintain an internationally recognized aviation museum on Ford Island that educates young and old alike, honors aviators and their support personnel who defended freedom in the Pacific Region and preserve Pacific aviation history.
Clinton “Church” Churchill was a pilot with the 199th Fighter Squadron, flying F-4C Phantoms and F-15 Eagles. His last assignment was the Commander, Hawaii Air National Guard.
As Traditional Guardmember, he served as a trustee for the James Campbell Estate. The estate dissolved in 2007 in accordance with Campbell’s will. Church continued to serve overseeing the estate’s final disposition.
