Tam Gray
Shopping, A Halloween Countdown Calendar
"Open the paper gates of the cemetery and step into a darkly droll world of stylish and sinister characters strolling the moonlit grounds of a graveyard. For each day in October, open a die-cut window and read a story about this macabre cast of the recently deceased." more »
The Use of Mobile Devices by Motorists
The National Safety Council, a national nonprofit that focuses on traffic and workplace safety and emergency preparedness, now calls for a ban on the use of all cell phones and other messaging devices while driving. more »
Madeleine Albright's Pins on Exhibit
"The goat is the gift of an admiral at Annapolis, who sent it to her after he read accounts that the brutal Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic had apparently named one of his goats after the then U.N. ambassador. In 1994, when reports circulated in the Iraqi press calling Albright a serpent, she decided to wear the snake pin -- in lieu of a name tag -- when meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz." more »
Nursing Homes With Serious Quality Issues
This webpage offers a list of nursing homes that (a) have had a history of serious quality issues and (b) are included in a special program to stimulate improvements in their quality of care. Please take a minute to review this background information on our “Special Focus Facility” initiative. The background here will help you be as informed as possible when you discuss your long term care options with any nursing home that is listed here – and what they are doing to improve their quality of care. more »






