Be lazy today with no housework tomorrow!
A day off is usually a day when you feel like doing the cool stuff you never had the chance or time to do. The National No Housework Day, celebrated on April 7th each year, is one of those days when you can take a break, relax and have fun.
But the day after a no housework day can sometimes be like a really bad hangover after a crazy party. You may end up with a lot of cleaning to catch up with. Here's how to spend a great 'No Housework Day' and not worry about the mess you'll have to clean the day after.
1. Pyjamas only day. This way, you'll have less laundry to do and it's the perfect excuse to sloth around the house.
2. Go to an all inclusive spa. They'll take care of everything: relaxation, food, entertainment. Plus, the resulting 'mess' is in someone else's house, no need to concern yourselves about it.
3. Sleep Holiday. Declare this a sleeping day and sleep as much as you can.
4. One day camping trip. No packing, no preparation. Just you, a sandwich you pick on the way, a blanket/hammock and the sky is the limit.
5. Order in cardboard boxed food. You may need to fold some boxes at the end of the day but the good thing is that there's no dish washing, just recycling.
6. Make plans. Vacation plans are fun but you can take the time to make all sort of plans and lists. You'll make no mess, except for the mess in your brain.
7. Lie day. Lie on the bed, on the couch, on the grass. Anywhere. Lie down and do nothing.
8. Call in day. It's the perfect day to make visits and catch up with old friends or family.
9. Switch roles. If you're usually doing all the housework, then ask your partner, your kids, your parents, your cat to take charge of all chores today.
10. Pay a housecleaning agency to come and make your house sparkle clean. You can watch or go out and do whatever.
Just be fabulazy and enjoy the National No Housework Day!
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Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Presents
"Strange 80s"
Inaugural Annual Benefit Concert
On May 14th At The Fonda Theatre
Deap Vally and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's
Join Previously Announced Lineup
Hosted by Finn Wolfhard of Netflix's "Stranger Things"
With Performances By:
Tenacious D
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Sarah Silverman
Members of: OK Go, Goldfinger, Sugarcult, Anberlin, Anthrax, Velvet Revolver, Taking Back
Sunday & more!
**Tickets On Sale Here**
*Limited Edition "Strange 80s" Tees Are Now Available For Purchase Here*
Los Angeles, CA - April 6, 2017 - Sweet Relief Musicians Fund is excited to announce the additions of Deap Vally and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's to the "Strange 80s" lineup! The inaugural annual benefit concert is set to take place on Sunday, May 14th at the Fonda Theatre. Hosted by Finn Wolfhard of the Netlfix hit "Stranger Things," "Strange 80s" will feature performances by Finn and a rotating cast of rock stars & celebrities covering the timeless anthems of the 80s! All proceeds will go to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund to provide financial assistance to career musicians and music industry workers in need due to illness, disability or age-related problems. Tickets are officially on sale to the public, here. For more information, please visit: http://sweetrelief.org/.
In addition to Deap Vally and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's, previously announced performers include: Tenacious D, "Weird Al" Yankovic, and Sarah Silverman, plus members of OK Go, Taking Back Sunday, Velvet Revolver, Steel Panther, Filter, Anberlin, Goldfinger, Sugarcult, Anthrax, Precious Kid, Filter, and Honey Honey, plus TV stars: Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, Hayley Orrantia (from The Goldbergs), and Chelsea Telmadge (from Stranger Things), with additional performers to be announced over the next few weeks!
In addition to a full concert of musicians and actors covering anthems of the 80s, "Strange 80s" will feature a Silent Auction offering exclusive, big-ticket items and experiences. Plus, 250 lucky winners will continue the festivities with a rooftop after-party featuring Rain Man from Krewella and more to be announced.
Sweet Relief was founded by singer-songwriter Victoria Williams in 1993. Victoria, while on a career-making tour with Neil Young was forced to drop off mid-schedule after experiencing unexplained debilitating symptoms. A long and painful diagnostic process revealed she had multiple sclerosis. After her diagnosis, a group of friends assembled an all-star album of Victoria's songs, Sweet Relief, which alleviated much of her medical debt. Vic, knowing that there were many musicians like her - unable to afford medical expenses and compromised in their ability to work - donated some of her proceeds from the album to found Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. The name of the fund derives from a song of Victoria's, Opelousas (Sweet Relief) and the fact that we do provide sweet relief in the form of financial assistance to many musicians who would otherwise be in untenable predicaments.
"Strange 80s" is sponsored by Gibson, Macallan Whiskey, Gimme Flair, and NRG Recordings. For sponsorship opportunities, contact matthew@sweetrelief.org.
EVENT DETAILS:
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund Presents "Strange 80s"
DATE: Sunday, May 14th 2017
VENUE: The Fonda Theatre | 6126 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028
TICKETS: On Sale - https://goo.gl/wS8z6L
TIME: Doors - 6:30pm | Show - 8pm
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Website: http://sweetrelief.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sweetreliefmusiciansfund
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About Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund provides financial assistance to all types of career musicians who are struggling to make ends meet while facing illness, disability, or age-related problems.
In 1994 Sweet Relief was incorporated as a 501C3 nonprofit charity and for the past 18 years has been offering vital assistance to professional musical artists in need. Many prominent musicians, professionals and music fans have contributed enthusiastically to Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Benefits have been performed in venues from Miami to Seattle, with performances donated by many established and emerging artists. Nightclubs, concert halls, radio stations, internet sites, restaurants, clothing and shoe companies, music retailers, athletes, actors, corporations, foundations and music fans have all participated with Sweet Relief to assist struggling musicians.
Music has made all of our lives, and the events in our lives special and memorable. While few find fame and fortune, most musicians remain in the field for their love and passion of music. The choice an individual makes to be a professional musician is one of sacrifice. The average income across the various employment options while accounting for the part time nature of most opportunities is less than $25,000 annually. Over 65% of professional musicians do not have health insurance. Since the mid 1960's (Post Beatles) the number of individuals choosing music as a career grew exponentially. Previous to this time most professionals were either orchestra and classical players or jazz and blues artists. The explosion of pop, rock and country career musicians over a 20-year period in the U.S. represented an artistic and cultural revolution.
While the financial hardship a musicians faces when dealing with illness or disability may be a constant, we now face a burgeoning elder population of artists with little or no resources available for such emergency situations.
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SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA, April 6, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- This week Intermountain Healthcare will add three new members to its Executive Leadership Team, bringing the total number to nine. It’s a trend that began shortly after Marc Harrison, MD—a specialist in Pediatric Critical Care—took the helm and became president and CEO of the organization in October of last year. The expansion is designed to bring key roles to the table early, when leaders are formulating strategies to address the challenges of cost pressures and legislative uncertainty, the growing consumer demand for accessibility and personalized care, rapidly evolving technologies, and the need to increase the focus on holistic care across the entire continuum of life.
For much of its 42 year history, four executives made up Intermountain’s top management team: A chief executive officer, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, and a senior vice president of strategy. In 2015, a chief physician executive (now also president of Intermountain’s Medical Group) was added to the team, and earlier this year Dr. Harrison also added Intermountain’s chief people officer. On April 6, he announced the addition of three more members: The CEO of SelectHealth (Intermountain’s insurance arm), as well as a chief nursing executive and a senior vice president of Community Health.
Why the change? “I knew before becoming CEO that Intermountain had been a thriving, financially stable, mission-driven organization for 42 years. Intermountain was an early innovator in developing computerized protocols, establishing an integrated strategy, and focused on both quality and affordability from the outset,” Dr. Harrison said. “That was rare back then, and it’s resulted in people looking to Intermountain for answers from all over the globe. It’s that growing national and international reputation, along with a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape that suggested we needed more voices around the table as we set strategy.”
Today, nearly half of the people in Utah will seek care from Intermountain in a given year. “It makes sense that not only the organization—but the people we serve—can benefit from our having the perspectives of every constituency that intersects with healthcare represented at the top level—not only strategists, operations and finance leaders, but doctors and nurses who care for patients, other employees, our health plans, and everyone, especially the underserved, who live in our communities,” he said.
In addition to Chief Executive Officer Dr. Marc Harrison, Intermountain’s Executive Leadership Team is now comprised of (in alphabetical order):
• Rob Allen, senior vice president and chief operating officer
• Mark Briesacher, MD, senior vice president and chief physician executive and president, Intermountain Medical Group
• Joe Fournier, senior vice president and chief people officer
• Kim Henrichsen, senior vice president, Clinical Operations and chief nursing executive
• Mikelle Moore, senior vice president, Community Health
• Greg Poulsen, senior vice president and chief strategy officer
• Patricia Richards, president and chief executive officer, SelectHealth
• Bert Zimmerli, executive vice president and chief financial officer
“This change signals positive things for Intermountain,” says Bert Zimmerli, who has been Intermountain’s executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2003. “We enjoy the highest rating of any healthcare company in the country by the top bond rating agencies,” he said. “I’ve always believed that if we take good care of the important things—our patients, our employees, our clinicians, and our communities—the finances will take care of themselves. This expansion of our Executive Leadership Team will help us do an even better job of taking care of people.”
Intermountain Healthcare is a Utah-based, not-for-profit system of 22 hospitals, 180 clinics, a Medical Group with some 1,500 employed physicians, a health plans division called SelectHealth, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and in efficient healthcare delivery. For more information about Intermountain, visit intermountainhealthcare.org.
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Small Business Job Creation Continued in March
NFIB report: Strong month for hiring despite a tight labor market
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 6, 2017—Small business owners continued to hire in March, and they are having to increase compensation to remain competitive in a tight labor market, according to the March Jobs Report released today by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB).
“The post-election optimism we’ve seen among small business owners has led to more job openings, but small employers are struggling to find qualified applicants,” said NFIB President and CEO Juanita Duggan.
Small business owners reported a seasonally adjusted average employment change of 0.16 workers per firm. Fifty-one percent reported hiring or trying to hire, but 45 percent reported that there were few or no qualified applicants to fill open positions. Sixteen percent of owners cited finding qualified workers as their Single Most Important Business Problem.
“The current labor market is one of the tightest I have seen in the 43-year history of NFIB’s survey,” said NFIB Chief Economist Bill Dunkelberg. “The scarcity of qualified applicants continues to frustrate small business. They often have to compete with larger corporations which have more resources to attract employees.”
Almost a third of small employers reported job openings that they could not fill in the current period. A net 28 percent of owners reported raising workers’ compensation, the second highest reading observed since mid-2007.
“Just like we saw in 2007, more owners are increasing compensation to attract and retain good employees,” Dunkelberg said. “The March reading was strong. However, owners are still struggling to fill open positions.”
Owners still showed confidence in future business conditions as a seasonally adjusted 16 percent reported plans to hire. NFIB’s Small Business Optimism Index has skyrocketed since November, which NFIB says is directly related to the promise of policy changes from Washington. Duggan noted that the failure to repeal Obamacare, which has discouraged job creation, could affect the small business optimism in the future.
“Congress had a chance to repeal $1 trillion in taxes and most of the Obamacare mandates that are crushing small businesses,” said Duggan. “Our research over the next few months will show whether small business optimism is fading as a result of Congress’ failure to repeal Obamacare.”
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For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America's economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. NFIB’s educational mission is to remind policymakers that small businesses are not smaller versions of bigger businesses; they have very different challenges and priorities.
