One in 21: Health improvements are possible in Muskegon County, community leaders told | MLive.com
One in 21 Co-Chairwoman Linda Juarez, head of Hackley Community Care, said the countywide health initiative was not launched just for individuals to lead healthier lives but for larger community goals.
A healthier community will be economically more prosperous and better educated, she said.
The health of a community is linked to businesses willingness to invest and create jobs as healthy workers cost less and are more productive, she said.
There also is a link to academic achievement as healthier students get better grades and higher test scores, she added.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Governor names emergency manager for Muskegon Heights Public Schools
Governor names emergency manager for Muskegon Heights Public Schools | MLive.com
Weatherspoon will take control of the district Monday, according to a press release.
He will have 45 days to develop a financial and operating plan for the district.
Weatherspoon will take control of the district Monday, according to a press release.
He will have 45 days to develop a financial and operating plan for the district.
Muskegon County proposes additional trolley route this summer for downtown
Muskegon County proposes additional trolley route this summer for downtown | MLive.com
Transit System Manager Jim Koens said the proposed second route is seen as an opportunity to help people get around downtown.
He said the county has operated multiple trolley routes previously, but it has operated just one route from the downtown to Lake Michigan over the last five years.
The cost is estimated at less than $8,000 for a seasonal bus operator.
Koens said the cost is expected to be paid for through rider fares and grant sources.
The county owns six trolleys, three for the route systems and three for rentals as the Muskegon Trolley Company.
The Beach/Towne trolley route garnered 4,294 passengers last year.
Transit System Manager Jim Koens said the proposed second route is seen as an opportunity to help people get around downtown.
He said the county has operated multiple trolley routes previously, but it has operated just one route from the downtown to Lake Michigan over the last five years.
The cost is estimated at less than $8,000 for a seasonal bus operator.
Koens said the cost is expected to be paid for through rider fares and grant sources.
The county owns six trolleys, three for the route systems and three for rentals as the Muskegon Trolley Company.
The Beach/Towne trolley route garnered 4,294 passengers last year.
Education Pays—Up to a Point
Education Pays—Up to a Point | The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
Earnings also vary greatly depending on the student’s major. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that median earnings run from $29,000 for counseling-psychology majors to $120,000 for petroleum-engineering majors.
Is it “worth it” to spend the time and money for a degree in petroleum engineering?
If you can do it, probably “yes.”
But is it “worth it” to get a counseling degree?
That’s far from clear.
Earnings also vary greatly depending on the student’s major. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that median earnings run from $29,000 for counseling-psychology majors to $120,000 for petroleum-engineering majors.
Is it “worth it” to spend the time and money for a degree in petroleum engineering?
If you can do it, probably “yes.”
But is it “worth it” to get a counseling degree?
That’s far from clear.
LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Democrats Tampered With 2008 Election
LEAKED STRATFOR EMAILS: Democrats Tampered With 2008 Election - Business Insider
John McCain's 2008 campaign staff allegedly had evidence that Democrats stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio on election night, but McCain chose not to pursue voter fraud, according to internal Stratfor emails published by WikiLeaks.
John McCain's 2008 campaign staff allegedly had evidence that Democrats stuffed ballot boxes in Pennsylvania and Ohio on election night, but McCain chose not to pursue voter fraud, according to internal Stratfor emails published by WikiLeaks.
Feds can't deport illegal immigrant arrested 35 times in Alabama
Feds can't deport illegal immigrant arrested 35 times in Alabama - WSFA.com: News Weather and Sports for Montgomery, AL
Officers in Hueytown arrested an illegal immigrant on drug charges recently.
When they ran his name through the system, they learned he had previously been arrested 34 times in Alabama.
Officers in Hueytown arrested an illegal immigrant on drug charges recently.
When they ran his name through the system, they learned he had previously been arrested 34 times in Alabama.
Fifth Republic in France Teeters in Spectacle of an Astonishing Election
Fifth Republic in France Teeters in Spectacle of an Astonishing Election - The New York Sun
From de Gaulle, an objectively great statesman, to the solid and wise Georges Pompidou, to the intelligent but erratic Valery Giscard d’Estaing, to the cunning hyper-cynic Francois Mitterrand (at one time a collaborator of both Nazis and Communists, who once faked an assassination attempt on himself), to the bumbling and sticky-fingered Jacques Chirac, the pattern was a precise step downwards with each succession.
No other important country has followed such a straight trajectory over 50 years.
From de Gaulle, an objectively great statesman, to the solid and wise Georges Pompidou, to the intelligent but erratic Valery Giscard d’Estaing, to the cunning hyper-cynic Francois Mitterrand (at one time a collaborator of both Nazis and Communists, who once faked an assassination attempt on himself), to the bumbling and sticky-fingered Jacques Chirac, the pattern was a precise step downwards with each succession.
No other important country has followed such a straight trajectory over 50 years.
The Great California Exodus
The Weekend Interview with Joel Kotkin: The Great California Exodus - WSJ.com
And things will only get worse in the coming years as Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and his green cadre implement their "smart growth" plans to cram the proletariat into high-density housing.
"What I find reprehensible beyond belief is that the people pushing [high-density housing] themselves live in single-family homes and often drive very fancy cars, but want everyone else to live like my grandmother did in Brownsville in Brooklyn in the 1920s," Mr. Kotkin declares.
And things will only get worse in the coming years as Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown and his green cadre implement their "smart growth" plans to cram the proletariat into high-density housing.
"What I find reprehensible beyond belief is that the people pushing [high-density housing] themselves live in single-family homes and often drive very fancy cars, but want everyone else to live like my grandmother did in Brownsville in Brooklyn in the 1920s," Mr. Kotkin declares.
Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers - YouTube
Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers - YouTube
Illegal Immigrant voters along with immigrants that are prohibited from voting have been detected voting in Florida.
This joins confirmed reports of sizable numbers of non citizens voting in Georgia and Colorado!
Illegal Immigrant voters along with immigrants that are prohibited from voting have been detected voting in Florida.
This joins confirmed reports of sizable numbers of non citizens voting in Georgia and Colorado!
Herman Cain: Liberals Don't Want Voter ID Laws Because 'It Makes It Easier For Them To Cheat At The Polls'
Herman Cain: Liberals Don't Want Voter ID Laws Because 'It Makes It Easier For Them To Cheat At The Polls' | MRCTV
"That's a big fat lie. They are not taking us back to Jim Crow.
The only reason that the Liberals don't want photo ID in order for people to vote, is because it makes it easier for them to cheat at the polls.
I grew up in the South and during the Civil Rights Movement.
We have to have a photo ID for everything we do, but yet they want to frame it as taking us back to Jim Crow.
"That's a big fat lie. They are not taking us back to Jim Crow.
The only reason that the Liberals don't want photo ID in order for people to vote, is because it makes it easier for them to cheat at the polls.
I grew up in the South and during the Civil Rights Movement.
We have to have a photo ID for everything we do, but yet they want to frame it as taking us back to Jim Crow.
Muskegon Community College sets cap on health insurance contributions
Muskegon Community College sets cap on health insurance contributions | MLive.com
Under state law, public employers have to adopt one of two plans to limit the costs of insuring their employees:
They can either require employees to pay 20 percent of their insurance costs, or set a “hard cap” for the dollar amount employer contributions.
MCC opted for the hard cap, meaning it will pay no more than $5,500 to insure an employee, $11,000 for an employee and one dependent or $15,000 for an employee and his or her family, MCC Director of Human Resources Aaron Hilliard said.
Under state law, public employers have to adopt one of two plans to limit the costs of insuring their employees:
They can either require employees to pay 20 percent of their insurance costs, or set a “hard cap” for the dollar amount employer contributions.
MCC opted for the hard cap, meaning it will pay no more than $5,500 to insure an employee, $11,000 for an employee and one dependent or $15,000 for an employee and his or her family, MCC Director of Human Resources Aaron Hilliard said.
Friday, April 20, 2012
If they quack like hacks
If they quack like hacks ... - BostonHerald.com
The difference between nonprofits and the hackerama is that nobody at a nonprofit ever has to run for reelection.
You can’t vote out their boards of directors.
You have to wait for them to resign in humiliation.....
The difference between nonprofits and the hackerama is that nobody at a nonprofit ever has to run for reelection.
You can’t vote out their boards of directors.
You have to wait for them to resign in humiliation.....
News/Talk 760 WJR
News/Talk 760 WJR
Lomborg: Why Germany’s solar subsidies were bound to fail
Germany’s Sunshine Daydream
By Bjorn Lomborg, 2012-02-16, Copenhagen.
One of the world’s biggest green-energy public-policy experiments is coming to a bitter end in Germany, with important lessons for policymakers elsewhere.
Lomborg: Why Germany’s solar subsidies were bound to fail
Germany’s Sunshine Daydream
By Bjorn Lomborg, 2012-02-16, Copenhagen.
One of the world’s biggest green-energy public-policy experiments is coming to a bitter end in Germany, with important lessons for policymakers elsewhere.
GSA waste, abuse more common than indicated
GSA waste, abuse more common than indicated | Campaign 2012 | Washington Examiner
Just last year, seven GSA employees were found guilty of accepting bribes and defrauding the government in a scheme that cost taxpayers $750,000. Other GSA scandals date back to the Carter administration in the 1970s.
"It really shakes you up," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who chaired a Senate inquiry Wednesday. "The expression is fool me once, but again and again?"
Just last year, seven GSA employees were found guilty of accepting bribes and defrauding the government in a scheme that cost taxpayers $750,000. Other GSA scandals date back to the Carter administration in the 1970s.
"It really shakes you up," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who chaired a Senate inquiry Wednesday. "The expression is fool me once, but again and again?"
Voting rights activists say GOP bills are intended to keep poor, elderly and minority voters from the polls
Voting rights activists say GOP bills are intended to keep poor, elderly and minority voters from the polls | MLive.com
LANSING, MI – State Republicans are trying to keep poor, elderly and minority voters from heading to the polls this November with a series requiring voters to show identification and training for people who register voters, voting rights activists said.
LANSING, MI – State Republicans are trying to keep poor, elderly and minority voters from heading to the polls this November with a series requiring voters to show identification and training for people who register voters, voting rights activists said.
Earth Day Special: The Media's Top 25 Worst Environmental Quotes
Earth Day Special: The Media's Top 25 Worst Environmental Quotes | Media Research Center
CNN’s environmental editor Barbara Pyle, as quoted in the July 1990 issue of American Spectator, actually bragged:
“I do have an axe to grind...I want to be the little subversive person in television.”
Time magazine’s science editor Charles Alexander, at a September 16, 1989 global warming conference, confessed:
“I would freely admit on this issue we have crossed the boundary from news reporting to advocacy.”
CNN’s environmental editor Barbara Pyle, as quoted in the July 1990 issue of American Spectator, actually bragged:
“I do have an axe to grind...I want to be the little subversive person in television.”
Time magazine’s science editor Charles Alexander, at a September 16, 1989 global warming conference, confessed:
“I would freely admit on this issue we have crossed the boundary from news reporting to advocacy.”
Palin To Secret Service Agent: "Check This Out, Bodyguard -- You're Fired"
Palin To Secret Service Agent: "Check This Out, Bodyguard -- You're Fired" | RealClearPolitics
"The president, the CEO of this operation called our federal government, has got to start cracking down on these agencies.
He is the head of the administrative branch and all of these different departments in the administration that now people are seeing things that are so amiss within these departments.
The buck stops with the president.
"The president, the CEO of this operation called our federal government, has got to start cracking down on these agencies.
He is the head of the administrative branch and all of these different departments in the administration that now people are seeing things that are so amiss within these departments.
The buck stops with the president.
Good pic of my son Jimmy's bulldog, Apollo - I'm sorry Mr. President, he's not on the menu!
John McCain@SenJohnMcCain
Good pic of my son Jimmy's bulldog, Apollo - I'm sorry Mr. President, he's not on the menu! http://politi.co/HVhK9ZJohn McCain@SenJohnMcCain
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