Weatherizing ideas from readers across the coast
The Log asks readers how they weatherize for winter. Joseph Cross reports checking heating systems and installing water pipe cut-offs and thermostat lock boxes. Herb Brough notes his Good Cents house needs little work. Margery DeLong has plastic around windows. Vic Mayo mentions annual insulation and a double insulated sliding door from three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Cross
Army Rec Camp
Vic Mayo
Mary Esther
Pacemaker Abuse Proves Costly in Medicare Dive
U S Senator Lawton Chiles cites a year long Senate Aging investigation showing up to a billion dollars yearly in improper Medicare payments related to pacemakers and follow up. Medicare funded hospital bills for pacemakers often far exceed manufacturing costs with doctors and hospitals complicit in inflated charges and questionable implants.
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U.S
Lawton Chiles
Madeline Garman
Sarasota
Medicare
Blue Shield
United States
Medicare reform urged after pacemaker abuse probes
Commentary argues for caps on Medicare payments for pacemakers and surgery, plus realistic screening, a pacemaker registry, and reform of the cost plus system. FBI and HHS investigations cited. Madeline Garman cited for testimony to the Committee on Aging.
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FBI
Department of Health and Human Services
Medicare
Congress
Madeline Garman
Washington
Committee On Aging
If It's Catchy Name Value In Marketing Era
A 1972 note highlights the craze for memorable product naming. It notes that name specialists firms are expanding nationwide and cites a California electronics firm seeking a name, reflecting how branding drives sales and corporate identity.
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Neeva Archer
California
Lamebrain name game in business branding
Florida Keys Keynoter columnist Ms. Archer laments the cluttered market for company names. She highlights Solfan Systems once Sick of Looking For A Name becoming a leading burglar alarm maker, cites BioFale to Biflyx, Kodak versus Apple, Purolator versus bottled water, and Pantry Pride to Winn Dixie, predicting a backlash toward odd monikers.
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Solfan Systems, Inc
Solfan
BioFale
Biflyx
George Eastman
Rage
Kodak
Apple Computers
Purolator
Esso Oil
Exxon
Carl's
Food Fair
Pantry Pride
Margaret Ann
Kwik Chek
Winn Dixie
Butter, Socks
Cheap Little Instant Cameras Corp
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Herb Brough
Michigan
Margery DeLong
George Stevens
Jody Ragsdel
Santa Rosa Beach
Brian Allen
Fort Walton
James B. Hartley
Okaloosa
Walton Counties
Florida
Out-of-Star
TIN
Destin Log
P.O
Destin
Capezio
EEDS
Kangaroos
Sherry Miller
Walton Square
David Boyd
Ung
Gulf Power
QUR
AS Qur
O'Connor Insurance, Inc
Benning
DR P.O. Box
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