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Find Your New Job in the Rewarding Field of Eldercare

By 2024, people 65 and over will make up 23% of the U.S. population. As they continue to age, we’ll need more workers to care for them in hospitals, facilities, and in-home care. Could eldercare be the perfect career move for you? Home health aides, personal care aides, registered nurses, nursing assistants and licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational nurses are projected to add more than 1.6 million new jobs by 2024. That’s 1 in 6 new jobs. Not all of these jobs require college. Home health aides and personal care aides, the largest growth field, typically only need a high school diploma or GED. Nursing is expected to have the second-largest increase in available jobs.

Don't Invite Foodborne Illness to Your Wedding Congratulations, you're getting married—and food will be one of your biggest party expenses. If you're choosing a caterer, make sure that they're practicing good food safety habits by asking questions like these:  Are the staff members certified food handlers? How is the food transported to the venue? When and where is the food prepared? If you're saving money by preparing your own food, make sure that you're not inviting foodborne illness to your party with these DIY wedding safety tips from Foodsafety.gov.

National Trail Day Lace up your boots and hike a trail this Saturday. There are 11 national scenic trails, 19 national historic trails and over 1,200 recreational trails throughout the country. Find your way on America's scenic and historic trails.

Swimming in the Ocean? If you’re taking a family vacation to the beach in the coming weeks, and you’re worried about letting your children swim in the ocean, check out these safety tips.

Special Events at Your Local Wildlife Refuge Looking for a fun outdoor, wildlife activity this summer for your children? Find events happening at your local wildlife refuge.

Amazing Books for Children Check out these free and available online Amazing Books by the CDC. Amazing Me, Soy Maravilloso (in Spanish), Where is Bear?, and ¿Dónde Está Osito? (in Spanish), are fun for children and show you what to look for as your child meets his or her milestones. FTC Requests Public Comment on Application from LafargeHolcim Ltd. to Amend Several Agreements that Were Part of 2015 Divestiture Ordered by the Agency The Federal Trade Commission is currently accepting public comments on an application by LafargeHolcim Ltd. to amend the terms of several agreements that were part of a 2015 FTC order settling charges that the $25 billion merger of Holcim and Lafarge would likely harm competition in the United States. Under the order, the Commission required the parties to divest cement plants, quarries, terminals and other assets in 12 states and several locations in Canada. LaFargeHolcim, Ltd. states that the amendments to revise a barging agreement and a throughput agreement, as proposed in the application, are necessary to resolve a dispute between LafargeHolcim and divestiture buyer Essroc Cement Corp. regarding the interpretation of a technical measurement term used in the two agreements. The Commission will decide whether to approve the application after a 30-day public comment period, which expires on July 3, 2017. Comments can also be filed electronically or sent to: FTC Office of the Secretary, 600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20580. (FTC File No. 141 0129, Docket No. C-4519; the staff contact is Dan Ducore, Bureau of Competition, 202-326-2526.) The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. You can learn more about how competition benefits consumers or file an antitrust complaint. FTC Obtains Court Judgments Against California-based Robocallers Who Placed Billions of Illegal Calls Aaron Michael Jones permanently banned from all telemarketing A federal district court judge in California has approved default judgments against Aaron Michael Jones and nine companies whom the Federal Trade Commission charged earlier this year with running an operation that blasted consumers with billions of illegal telemarketing robocalls. The FTC estimates that in making the illegal robocalls, Jones and the companies he controlled called numbers listed on the Do Not Call (DNC) Registry at a rate of more than 100 million per year. The court orders announced today permanently ban Jones and the companies from all telemarketing activities, including initiating robocalls, calling numbers on the DNC Registry, and selling data lists containing consumers’ phone numbers and other information. The order against Jones also imposes a $2.7 million penalty against him, payable to the Commission. The FTC’s January 2017 complaint charged nine individuals, including Jones and his associate Steven Stansbury, and 10 corporate entities with operating related enterprises that initiated robocalls to consumers without first getting their written permission. According to the complaint, between at least March 2009 and May 2016, the defendants made or helped to make billions of these illegal robocalls, many of which pitched extended auto warranties, search engine optimization services, and home security systems, or generated leads for companies selling such goods and services. Many of those calls were made to numbers included on the DNC Registry. The nine corporate defendants against whom the court has entered default judgment are: 1) Allorey, Inc.; 2) Audacity LLC; 3) Data World Technologies, Inc.; 4) Dial Soft Technologies, Inc.; 5) Digital Marketing Solutions, Inc.; 6) Savilo Support Services, Inc.; 7) Secure Alliance, Inc.; 8) Velocity Information Corp.; and 9) World Access Media. The FTC also recently obtained an order settling the charges against Stansbury. The order permanently bans him from robocalling, from calling phone numbers on the DNC Registry, and from selling lists of data containing phone numbers on the Registry. Further, the order bans him from abusive telemarketing practices, such as using outbound telemarketing to contact a consumer who has previously asked not to be called again. The order also prohibits him from violating the FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule and imposes a judgment of $2.7 million, which will be suspended based on his inability to pay, after he pays the Commission $3,000. The full amount will become due if he is later found to have misrepresented his financial condition. In addition, seven of the nine individual defendants and corporate defendant Local Lighthouse Corp. agreed to court orders settling the Commission’s charges concurrent with the January complaint filing. Entry of the court’s default judgments against defendant Jones and the other corporate defendants, along with the stipulated final order against defendant Stansbury, resolves the FTC’s actions regarding all of the defendants in this case. The Commission vote authorizing staff to file the proposed stipulated federal court order settling the charges against Steven Stansbury was 2-0. FTC staff filed the proposed order in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, and it has been entered by the court. NOTE: Stipulated court orders have the force of law when approved and signed by the District Court judge. The Federal Trade Commission works to promote competition, and protect and educate consumers. You can learn more about consumer topics and file a consumer complaint online or by calling 1-877-FTC-HELP (382-4357). 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