The PJ Tatler » D.C. Dem to Introduce Bill to Change Eating Habits in ‘Workplace and Community Settings’
The representative for a district with higher-than-average rates of obesity-related conditions will return from recess a week from Monday to reintroduce her Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise (LIFE) Act.
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) will say on the House floor, according to prepared remarks, that her bill is intended to tackle a health problem “that cannot be remedied through the health care system alone.”
The LIFE Act would give the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention $25 million “for a coordinated national effort to reverse increasingly sedentary lifestyles and diets that are high in fat and sugar.”
Friday, April 06, 2012
Peeps Evolvion into to a Cult Classic
Peeps Evolvion into to a Cult Classic | Easter Candy | BusinessNewsDaily.com
Handmade Peeps
Peeps have been around since at least the 1950s, when in 1953, to be exact, Just Born acquired the candy company that made Peeps — by hand.
Handmade Peeps
Peeps have been around since at least the 1950s, when in 1953, to be exact, Just Born acquired the candy company that made Peeps — by hand.
Academic Crimethink
Academic Crimethink - By Robert Weissberg - Phi Beta Cons - National Review Online
More important is how they promote academic self-censorship.
Step by step, academic novices learn the boundaries of permissible inquiry.
Imagine a fledging assistant professor circulating a meticulously researched, fact-laden article to colleagues concluding that European colonialism cannot explain the contemporary economic mess in Africa, a statement that clearly violates today’s academic orthodoxy.
Faced with a possible heresy in the making, a “helpful” more senior faculty would mentor him with, “I see your point, Smith, and I admire all your carefully assembled data, but let me advise you that this research on the impact of colonialism is very unsettled, is often controversial, and can easily promote stereotypes — perhaps even dangerous ones.”
Unless the fledging Professor Smith is a blockhead, he’ll get the message — don’t even think of going in there, and stick to the prevailing Marxist-favored pieties about the colonial legacy.
In a few short years the young Professor Smith will intuitively know the boundaries and, for good measure, not even think about venturing into taboo terrain.
No need for commissars.
More important is how they promote academic self-censorship.
Step by step, academic novices learn the boundaries of permissible inquiry.
Imagine a fledging assistant professor circulating a meticulously researched, fact-laden article to colleagues concluding that European colonialism cannot explain the contemporary economic mess in Africa, a statement that clearly violates today’s academic orthodoxy.
Faced with a possible heresy in the making, a “helpful” more senior faculty would mentor him with, “I see your point, Smith, and I admire all your carefully assembled data, but let me advise you that this research on the impact of colonialism is very unsettled, is often controversial, and can easily promote stereotypes — perhaps even dangerous ones.”
Unless the fledging Professor Smith is a blockhead, he’ll get the message — don’t even think of going in there, and stick to the prevailing Marxist-favored pieties about the colonial legacy.
In a few short years the young Professor Smith will intuitively know the boundaries and, for good measure, not even think about venturing into taboo terrain.
No need for commissars.
Magazine publisher to launch new monthly covering West Michigan's high school sports scene
Magazine publisher to launch new monthly covering West Michigan's high school sports scene | MLive.com
Kelly Hill, a former contributor to The Grand Rapids Press and Advance Publications, will be managing editor of West Michigan Preps. Jayson Bussa, a former contributor to the Kalamazoo Gazette, will be the publication's associate editor and web editor.
Kelly Hill, a former contributor to The Grand Rapids Press and Advance Publications, will be managing editor of West Michigan Preps. Jayson Bussa, a former contributor to the Kalamazoo Gazette, will be the publication's associate editor and web editor.
Patient care priority as Cheboygan hospital closes
Patient care priority as Cheboygan hospital closes | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
With Cheboygan Memorial Hospital unlikely to reopen, officials said Thursday they are trying to make sure people in the area have access to doctors and other health services.
The hospital closed unexpectedly this week after a sale to Flint-based McLaren Health Care fell through over issues with federal licensing and certification for Medicare and Medicaid services.
With Cheboygan Memorial Hospital unlikely to reopen, officials said Thursday they are trying to make sure people in the area have access to doctors and other health services.
The hospital closed unexpectedly this week after a sale to Flint-based McLaren Health Care fell through over issues with federal licensing and certification for Medicare and Medicaid services.
Report: Michigan relies too much on nursing homes for poor seniors
Report: Michigan relies too much on nursing homes for poor seniors | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
In fact, 35 states spend fewer Medicaid dollars -- the bulk of state funding for long-term care -- on nursing homes, instead finding ways to help seniors age in place, said Lisa Dedden Cooper, author of the report and AARP Michigan manager of advocacy.
Those services include aides or nurses who visit seniors in their homes, for example.
Survey results are clear that seniors want to remain in their homes as long as possible, and by one estimate cited in the report, community-based services, on average, can save $57,338 per participant per year, Dedden Cooper said.
"We know what people want, and we know what costs less. ... What Michigan is doing is neither of these things," she said.
In fact, 35 states spend fewer Medicaid dollars -- the bulk of state funding for long-term care -- on nursing homes, instead finding ways to help seniors age in place, said Lisa Dedden Cooper, author of the report and AARP Michigan manager of advocacy.
Those services include aides or nurses who visit seniors in their homes, for example.
Survey results are clear that seniors want to remain in their homes as long as possible, and by one estimate cited in the report, community-based services, on average, can save $57,338 per participant per year, Dedden Cooper said.
"We know what people want, and we know what costs less. ... What Michigan is doing is neither of these things," she said.
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Marion Barry apologizes for anti-Asian remarks
UPDATE: Marion Barry apologizes for anti-Asian remarks - District of DeBonis - The Washington Post
WRC-TVcameras caught the remarks:
“We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go, I’ll just say that right now, you know.
But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
WRC-TVcameras caught the remarks:
“We’ve got to do something about these Asians coming in, opening up businesses, those dirty shops. They ought to go, I’ll just say that right now, you know.
But we need African-American businesspeople to be able to take their places, too.”
Jesse Jackson Calls On Blacks To Wear Hoodies To Polling Places
Jesse Jackson Calls On Blacks To Wear Hoodies To Polling Places
Speaking to The Tom Joyner Morning Show on Wednesday, Jesse Jackson said:
"If a white kills a black we revolt, if a black kills a white it's jail time, we kill each other it's Miller time. It's as if somebody has the right to kill us."
Jackson then added "This right wing, we got to win the election, so wear your hoodie, put a voter registration card under your hoodie if you have a hoodie without a voter card you've been Hoodiewinked."
Speaking to The Tom Joyner Morning Show on Wednesday, Jesse Jackson said:
"If a white kills a black we revolt, if a black kills a white it's jail time, we kill each other it's Miller time. It's as if somebody has the right to kill us."
Jackson then added "This right wing, we got to win the election, so wear your hoodie, put a voter registration card under your hoodie if you have a hoodie without a voter card you've been Hoodiewinked."
Ratings: Stewart & Colbert Trounced By Cartoons, Reruns, 'Pawn Stars'
Ratings: Stewart & Colbert Trounced By Cartoons, Reruns, 'Pawn Stars'Jon Stewart pulled in a whopping 1.372 million viewers Monday, which only looks good when compared to Stephen Colbert, who pulled in less than a million.
Here's the list.
As you can see, something called "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" and "Bad Girls Club" beat both of America's satirists pretty handily.
So did cartoons ... and reruns of cartoons.
Man, 78, recounts assault by 6 youths in E. Toledo
Man, 78, recounts assault by 6 youths in E. Toledo - Toledo Blade
While Mr. Watts was down the boys kicked him, over and over, shouting, "[Get] that white [man].
This is for Trayvon ... Trayvon lives, white [man]. Kill that white [man]," according to a police report.
While Mr. Watts was down the boys kicked him, over and over, shouting, "[Get] that white [man].
This is for Trayvon ... Trayvon lives, white [man]. Kill that white [man]," according to a police report.
White House releases USD 1.5 bln aid to Egypt, meets Brotherhood figures
White House releases USD 1.5 bln aid to Egypt, meets Brotherhood figures
The White House defended the decision to release USD 1.5 billion in foreign aid to Egypt, on Thursday, following meetings between U.S. officials and lawmakers and representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Washington.
The White House defended the decision to release USD 1.5 billion in foreign aid to Egypt, on Thursday, following meetings between U.S. officials and lawmakers and representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood in Washington.
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