Railroad Valuation. Homer B. Vanderblue

Thirteenth valuation of the railroad retirement system.

The most recent valuation of the financial condition of the railroad retirement system reveals that an existing actuarial deficiency will become more pronounced over time unless corrective action is taken. After projecting the progress of the fund under present law and certain assumptions about the future, the Railroad Retirement Board has concluded that the present value of benefits can be mai...

Homer Lane

The Homer System

Homer and Hesiod

One of the most frustrating aspects of Homeric studies is that so little literary material outside the Homeric corpus itself survives to enhance our understanding of the cultural landscape of the period. Recent scholarship suggests that a large and diverse poetic tradition lay behind the figure we refer to as "Homer," but little of it survives. Indeed we have little continuous written Greek for...

Pediatric Homer Syndrome

Introduction:The purpose of this study was to define the etiologies of Horner syndrome in the pediatric population. Methods: A retrospective review was performed of the medical records of all pediatric Horner syndrome patients (<18 years old) examined by the pediatric ophthalmology services at two large referral centers. Results: Seventythree pediatric Horner syndrome patients were identified. ...