Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a legendary leader in the fight to end apartheid in South Africa, died Sunday at age 90. After Nelson Mandela was elected president in the countryβs first democratic election, he asked Tutu to chair South Africaβs Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which examined the crimes of apartheid. Tutu preached the healing power of forgiveness. The Nobel Peace Prize-recipient spoke with Terry Gross in 1984 and 1999.
This year was supposed to be one of recovery, but it has been far from that.
It began with the insurrection at the Capitol, a second impeachment of former President Donald Trump and President Biden's inauguration. As the year went on, Trump continued to lie about the election results while he remained one of the most popular figures among Republicans.
With new coronavirus variants, the deadly pandemic has continued to drag on. And even though the stock market has boomed and unemployment is down, Americans have felt the pinch of rising prices. Biden has paid the political price, ending the year with his approval ratings at their lowest point since his taking office.
December 28, 2021 - As we get ready to turn the page to 2022, one hesitates to continue to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the fallout continues, with fresh ramifications for the long-term care industry. The industry continues to receive heightened scrutiny following the pandemic, and New York's legislative answer to the concerns are set to hit nursing home businesses in New York as of Jan. 1, 2022, with a cap on allowable profits. The impact on capital outlays and acquisitions remains to be seen.
Both legislatively and through executive action, the State of New York began introducing fresh proposals impacting nursing homes in March 2021. The goal of the legislation was to ensure nursing homes, which receive government funding, spend at least 70% of their revenues on direct resident (patient) care, 40% being utilized directly to pay staffing costs for resident-facing staffing such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and nursing aides, with requirements on the minimum number of hours such staff need to spend with a patient per day.
Additionally, which is the larger concern of the two items, New York decided that nursing home businesses should not be operated for profit and, effective Jan. 1, 2022, it has capped allowable profits for nursing home businesses at no more than 5%, as determined by revenue and expenses reported on Medicaid cost reports.
If you were hoping for a cold to start to the New Year, you wonβt be getting it in most of New York, but the upper mid-west will be cold, so you can at least watch videos of cattleman on the Youtube breaking ice with axes in the Upper Midwest. I am sure it will arrive though some time in late January or early February.
50 degrees and rain for New Years Day. As Petula Clark once sung, itβs a sign of the times. Saves on the heating bills I guess. Itβs funny how winter priorities change when you get old.
Today. Feels like β¦
December 15th.
A slight chance of freezing drizzle before 8am, then a slight chance of drizzle between 8am and noon. Cloudy.
Calm wind.
and
38 degrees
,
4:30
sunset.
Tonight. Feels like β¦
November 7th.
A slight chance of rain and snow after 4am. Cloudy.
Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
and
34 degrees
,
7:25
sunrise.
Thursday. Feels like β¦
December 3rd.
A slight chance of rain and snow before 9am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy.
Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
and
42 degrees
,
4:31
sunset.
Thursday Night. Feels like β¦
November 10th.
A chance of rain before 3am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Cloudy.
Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
and
33 degrees
,
7:25
sunrise.
Friday. Feels like β¦
November 23rd.
Mostly cloudy.
Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
and
46 degrees
,
4:31
sunset.
Friday Night. Feels like β¦
October 24th.
A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
and
38 degrees
,
7:25
sunrise.
New Yearβs Day. Feels like β¦
November 13th.
Rain. High near 50. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
and
50 degrees
,
4:32
sunset.
Saturday Night. Feels like β¦
October 31st.
A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 50%.
and
36 degrees
,
7:25
sunrise.
Sunday. Feels like β¦
November 25th.
A chance of rain showers before 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 50%.
and
45 degrees
,
4:33
sunset.
Sunday Night. Feels like β¦
January 11th.
A chance of snow showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy.