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Hanlon Niemann Receives 2008 Best of Freehold Award

U.S. Local Business Association’s Award Plaque Honors the Achievement

WASHINGTON D.C., July 17, 2008 — Hanlon Niemann has been selected for the 2008 Best of Freehold Award in the Real Estate Management category by the U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA).

The USLBA “Best of Local Business” Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USLBA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2008 USLBA Award Program focused on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the USLBA and data provided by third parties.

Fredrick P. Niemann, Esq., managing partner of Hanlon Niemann, commented that “the award demonstrates that our efforts to achieve a reputation as a law firm within our community have been recognized by other local business owners and professional organizations.  It’s a real tribute to the members of our firm”.

About U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA)
U.S. Local Business Association (USLBA) is a Washington D.C. based organization funded by local businesses operating in towns, large and small, across America. The purpose of USLBA is to promote local business through public relations, marketing and advertising.
The USLBA was established to recognize the best of local businesses in their community. The organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, chambers of commerce and other business advertising and marketing groups. Its mission is to be an advocate for small and medium size businesses and business entrepreneurs across America.

SOURCE: U.S. Local Business Association

Alzheimer’s disease will strike one in eight U.S. baby boomers, meaning that 10 million boomers will develop the mind-wasting disease, according to a new report by the Alzheimer’s Association, the 2008 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures.

The report predicts by 2010, there will be almost a half million new cases of Alzheimer’s disease each year, and that by 2050, almost a million new cases will surface each year. Whereas today someone in America develops Alzheimer’s disease every 71 seconds, by mid-century someone will develop Alzheimer’s every 33 seconds. Women are nearly twice as likely as men to develop Alzheimer’s disease (17 percent vs. 9 percent). The likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s doubles every five years after age 65.

“Unchecked, this disease will impose staggering consequences on families, the economy and the nation’s health and long-term care infrastructure,”said Harry Johns, president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Association. In 2007, there were nearly 10 million Americans age 18 and over providing 8.4 billion hours of unpaid care to people with Alzheimer’s disease valued at $89 billion, four times more than what Medicaid pays for nursing home care for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. In addition, a quarter million American children age 8 to 18 years old are providing care to loved ones with Alzheimer’s, according to the Association.

Nevertheless, most people with Alzheimer’s disease end up in a nursing home or an assisted living facility “and three-quarters of people with Alzheimer’s will die in such a facility,” said Stephen McConnell, the Association’s vice president for advocacy and public policy.

The U.S. government has cut spending on Alzheimer’s research, McConnell said. “Right now the government is spending about $640 million a year on Alzheimer’s research,” he said. “It seems like a lot, but we are spending over $5 billion a year on cancer, and more than $3 billion on heart disease each year. If we can just get that $640 million up to $1 billion a year, that would make a big difference.”

“There is real hope for a better future where Alzheimer’s is no longer a death sentence but how fast we get there depends on how much we are willing to invest today,” added Alzheimer’s Association president Johns.