December 17 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.
HB 1725 Would Establish CareerBound
Bills to aid in the cooperation between business and education sectors to help build and improve student skills moved through state House committees last week and are now before the full House says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)
House Bill 1725 would establish the CareerBound program, which would join local workforce investment boards, businesses and schools in an effort to develop innovative school-to-work pilot programs. The seven pilot CareerBound programs would be eligible to compete for more than $10 million in funding from a one-time issuance of tax credits for contributing businesses.
House Bill 1878 would create the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Strategy, or “PA WInS,” which would offer a tax credit as an incentive to businesses to organize and collaborate with each other to address similar personnel and training issues. This would be coordinated through the Department of Labor and Industry.
HB 1725 Would Establish CareerBound
GOP Insurgent Gov Candidate Interview
Bob Guzzardi, the Montco businessman who is mounting a primary challenge against Gov. Tom Corbett, will be interviewed by Dave Maderia 8 a.m., tomorrow, Dec. 17 on 94.3 FM in Scranton-Wilkes Barre.
GOP Insurgent Gov Candidate Interview
Al Gore Ice Free North Pole Prediction
December 2008 — five years ago — former Vice President Al Gore predicted the North Pole will be ice free within five years.
It’s not of course. Meanwhile here is a photo of Egypt from two days ago:
Thank you Supreme Court for getting it right in 2000. OTOH, would he have really been worse than Obama?
Al Gore Ice Free North Pole Prediction
Exercise Beats Dementia
A study at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom shows that exercise beats dementia reports the U.K. Independent.
Well, exercise along with following three of the other five key behaviors.
But exercise is by far the most important one according the study.
The five “key behaviors” are not smoking, having a low bodyweight, a healthy diet and low alcohol intake.
Following four of them appears to reduce dementia risk by 60 percent while cutting the chance of heart disease and stroke by 70 percent.
Exercise Beats Dementia
Omnibit Of The Day 12-14-13
December 14 2013 Omnibit Trivia by William W. Lawrence Sr.
You can figure that at at the height of the mosquito season there will be about 10 trillion of the insects buzzing across the United States. That comes out to 41,000 mosquitos for every red-blooded American. If mosquitoes were dollars we could pay off the federal debt. Well, over half of it anyway.
Docs Report Drugs In Babies
The Pennsylvania House Children and Youth Committee approved several bills, this week, that will go to the full House for consideration, including measures to allow electronic reporting of child abuse, require health care providers to report illegal substance effects in newborns, and implement protections for those who report child abuse in good faith from employment discrimination and termination, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).
Much of the legislative effort on this issue stems from findings and recommendations from the Task Force on Child Protection, which was created in 2011 as a result of the Jerry Sandusky case at Penn State University.
Anyone who suspects child abuse is occurring is urged to contact the state’s toll-free hotline, ChildLine, at 1-800-932-0313.
Docs Report Drugs In Babies
Factory Tours Mean Richer Teachers
A bill designed to make it easier for public school teachers to get more money has moved through State House committee and is now before the full body.
House Bill 1816 would allow teachers, guidance counselors and other school administrators to receive education credits if they visit certain manufacturing facilities for in-person tours and orientation programs, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). Education credits allow teachers to advance a step in the pay scale so it looks like they may soon be able to tour Yeungling Brewery and get a permanent raise.
The only bright side would be the taxpayer would not have pay the teacher’s college tuition bill which would be the usual route to this raise.
Factory Tours Mean Richer Teachers
Stealth Socialists
The link of the day is The Terrorists, Socialists, and Con Men Behind ObamaCare courtesy of Tom C.
It describes how the radical America haters of the 1960s grew up to become stealth socialists and found a far more effective means of indulging their hate.
Stealth Socialists
Pope Francis Says Accept Life
Pope Francis, who has just been named Time magazine’s Person of the Year spoke yesterday, Dec. 12, on the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe when the mother of Jesus appeared to a Mexican
peasant, Juan Diego, in Guadalupe in 1531.
Here are some of his remarks:
“When Our Lady appeared to Saint Juan Diego, her face was that of a woman of mixed blood, a mestiza, and her garments bore many symbols of the native culture. Like Jesus, Mary is close to all her sons and daughters; as a concerned mother, she accompanies them on their way through life.
“She shares all the joys and hopes, the sorrows and troubles of God’s people, which is made up of men and women of every race and nation. When the image of the Virgin appeared on the tilma [woven poncho] of Juan Diego, it was the prophecy of an embrace: Mary’s embrace of all the peoples of the vast expanses of America – the peoples who already lived there, and those who were yet to come. “Mary’s embrace showed what America – North and South – is called to be: a land where different peoples come together; a land prepared to accept human life at every stage, from the mother’s womb to old age; a land which welcomes immigrants, and the poor and the marginalized, in every age. A land of generosity. “That is the message of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and it is also my message, the message of the Church. I ask all the people of the Americas to open wide their arms, like the Virgin, with love and tenderness.”
Pope Francis Says Accept Life