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Save the Bees!  at 36 Palmetto Drive

9/25/2013

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Bees try to move in to our office space.

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Last week, I was in my office and I heard a strange buzzing sound.  I did not think much of it and I continued with my work.  Thereafter, I realized that there were bees in my light fixture, and in fact, bees buzzing around the house.  Angela, my crack secretary, told me about the tattooed beekeeper -- a guy who was in The New Times because he "saves" bees rather than killing them.  We do need all the bees we can get, after all.

We called www.tattooedbeekeeper.com and he came right over.  He explained that he believed these bees were looking for "new digs" and that once the started to get settled in, he could relocate them.  By the end of the day, they were quite the colony on the back of the office.  See last two photos.  Fortunately, he was able to come back out and on Friday late afternoon, he was able to vacuum all those bees and take them away.  See last photo.



You see, he explained that the queen often breaks off from an overburdened hive and will look for a place to "resettle" and for whatever reason, 36 Palmettto was chosen.  He does believe he got the queen though -- look at that cylinder, it is full and other bees are trying to get in.  That means the queen is in there.  


I have to give a great big THANK YOU, and a shout out to the tattooed beekeeper.  He was fast, efficient, smart, and understanding.  He also offered to set us up with a bee hive of our very own.  I passed, as I can't get my husband or kids to clean the windows or mow the lawn, how could I get them to harvest honey!


Also included in this "gallery" is a picture of Lucas, our kitten.  He is included by accident, but isn't he cute?  Photo credit goes to Suzanne Conlon Wolar.  Enjoy.
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UM Supports Jackson Referendum

9/17/2013

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September 17, 2013

Dear Members of the UM Community,

Miami-Dade County voters will soon have the opportunity to decide on the future of Jackson Health System and, ultimately, the well-being of our community—the one is implicitly connected to the other. On November 5, 2013, the county will hold a special referendum on an $830 million general obligation bond to fund vitally important improvements to Jackson’s system-wide facilities.

The bond proposal will ensure Jackson’s viability in three key areas:

  • Providing unmatched care to thousands of our fellow Miami-Dade residents, regardless of their ability to pay;
  • Advancing medical breakthroughs with our affiliated UM/Jackson centers of excellence;
  • Training new generations of health care professionals with the University of Miami.
As Jackson’s partner for more than six decades, the Miller School of Medicine and UHealth’s greater mission depends on a strong and successful Jackson Health System. UM doctors provide most—and in many disciplines, all—of the care at Jackson Memorial Hospital and some of the care at Jackson South. Sixty-four percent of our doctors work at Jackson.

Accordingly, many of the major projects in the Jackson bond campaign are designed to enhance and advance areas where Jackson and UM cooperate most closely, including breakthrough surgeries, top-tier care to newborn premature children, trauma medicine, solid organ transplants, and strokes, to name just a few. And a new UM/Miami Project to Cure Paralysis/Jackson Rehabilitation Center, partly funded by a lead gift to the University, will combine outstanding clinical care with cutting-edge research in a unified and world-class facility.

The landscape of the health care industry is rapidly changing, and these improvements are essential for Jackson to thrive in South Florida’s exceptionally competitive health care delivery marketplace. In particular, the implementation of the Affordable Care Act is giving more people greater choices in selecting their health care providers. With a successful bond campaign, Jackson can make the improvements it needs and our community expects.

Please join me in supporting the future of Jackson Health System.

Donna E. Shalala


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