Monday, February 18, 2013
Jennifer G., whose friends were murdered with a gun - I Demand A Plan
Posted by Linda H on 9:01:00 AM
New program brings teaching opportunities to vets
Posted by Linda H on 8:49:00 AM
(CBS News) WASHINGTON - In December, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent. For vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, the rate was 10.8 percent. But a new initiative is aiming to lower that number by placing veterans in the classroom.
A newcomer to the classroom, it was his years on the battlefield that allowed him to give his students what few other teachers could -- exactly what they needed.
A newcomer to the classroom, it was his years on the battlefield that allowed him to give his students what few other teachers could -- exactly what they needed.
"I'm there to listen," said Thompson, "and let them know, 'Hey, I've lost friends, too,' in similar ways I tell all my fellow vets you are bringing such a skill set to this job and you need to share those experiences, share those skills with the students of this country and help this generation do great things."read more
New Data Suggests Obamacare Is Actually Bending The Healthcare Cost Curve
Posted by Linda H on 8:47:00 AM
A new Congressional Budget Office report out last week has the healthcare world scratching its head over the possibility that Obamacare might—in part—be responsible for what is being described as a significant slowdown in the growth of healthcare costs in America.
According to the report, hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending for Medicare and Medicaid are being removed from government projections as federal healthcare spending is now expected to be full 15 percent less than what had been initially budgeted for 2012. The surprisingly low spending projections come as the growth in healthcare spending has hit a new low for the fourth consecutive year.
To be sure, a big part of the decline in healthcare spending is the result of the recession’s impact on people’s ability to lay out cash on health related expenditures. Indeed, up until this point, most analysts have agreed that the poor economy was pretty much the sole cause for the improvement we have seen in containing the explosion of healthcare spending
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Enouragement
Posted by Linda H on 7:44:00 AM
“Whatever you’re going through, many others have not only experienced the same but got out of it just fine.”
~Unknown~
Obama administration embraces major new nuclear weapons cut
Posted by Linda H on 7:19:00 AM
Senior Obama administration officials have agreed that the number of nuclear warheads the U.S. military deploys could be cut by at least a third without harming national security, according to sources involved in the deliberations.
They said the officials’ consensus agreement, not yet announced, opens the door to billions of dollars in military savings that might ease the federal deficit and improve prospects for a new arms deal with Russia before the president leaves office. But it is likely to draw fire from conservatives, if previous debate on the issue is any guide.
The results of the internal review are reflected in a draft of a classified decision directive prepared for Obama’s signature that guides how U.S. nuclear weapons should be targeted in the future against potential foes, according to four sources with direct knowledge of it. The sources, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to a reporter about the review, described the president as fully on board, but said he has not signed the document.
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Apple Needs to Make it in America
