ALJAZEERA: A US drone strike has killed the number two of the Pakistani Taliban, Wali ur Rehman, in the North Waziristan region, according to security officials in Pakistan. Rehman, who had a $5m US government bounty on his head, reportedly died along with at least five others when two missiles were fired on a house […]
Month: May 2013
A more sensible way to acquire the Harrisburg Incinerator
The current deal seems to be an attempt to bail out the City of Harrisburg’s and Dauphin County’s $350 million in Incinerator debt at the expense of Lancaster, rather than a normal business proposition based on sound economic considerations.
Emancipation Sweet
Emancipation Sweet by Amanda Kemp is a Theatre for Transformation production at the Ware center in Lancaster PA. Performances are Thursday May 30th at 7:30pm, Saturday June 1st at 7:30pm and Sunday June 2nd at 3pm.
LNP was not “taken advantage of” concerning Convention Center Project
Re: ” LNP once-enthusiastic faith costing it serious money” …The financial team at LNP/Steinman enterprises wasn’t “taken advantage” of. That someone would suggest so is just hilarious. The folks at LNP/Steinman were willing participants and saw the parking garage as a great investment and revenue generator. Quite simply, they were wrong. But that doesn’t mean […]
Nearly 40 percent of mothers are now the family breadwinners, report says
“The decade of the 2000s witnessed the most rapid change in the percentage of married mothers earning more than their husbands of any decade since 1960,” said Philip Cohen, a University of Maryland sociologist who studies gender and family trends.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court sets rules for constables
PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE / AP: ..”Seeking to professionalize a system that has lacked a set of rules and guidelines, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday released new standards to govern constables who work across Pennsylvania… The statewide committee included judges from magisterial and common pleas courts, administrators and constables from across Pennsylvania. They met several […]
Home Prices Rise, Putting Country in Buying Mood
NEW YORK TIMES: The latest sign emerged Tuesday as the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index posted the biggest gains in seven years. Housing prices rose in every one of the 20 cities tracked, continuing a trend that began three months ago. Similar strength has appeared in new and existing home sales and in […]
Confidential report lists U.S. weapons system designs compromised by Chinese cyberspies
WASHINGTON POST: Designs for many of the nation’s most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry. Among more than two dozen major weapons systems whose designs were breached were programs critical to U.S. missile defenses […]
Colorado pot legalization: How I got egg on my face
Rob Kampia, president of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), was in New York City last week and came by for a visit. We congratulated one another over progress toward marijuana reform (I do not use illegal drugs, preferring wine and occasionally beer with bourbon) and I reminisced on how the youthful sponsors in Colorado had […]
Colorado Gov. Signs Recreational Marijuana Regulations Into Law
One of the bills signed by Hickenlooper calls for a referendum in November on setting a 15 percent excise tax and an additional 10 percent sales tax on marijuana sales…
Health of Americans 65 and older: PA ranks #17
The report focuses on 34 measures of senior health, including physical inactivity, obesity, self-reported health status, poverty, drug coverage, hospital re-admission rates and flu vaccinations. The data analyzed is from more than a dozen government agencies and private research groups…
LETTER: LNP once-enthusiastic faith costing it serious money
When construction bids for the downtown Lancaster convention center were opened in the summer of 2006, they were so high that a funding gap of more than $20 million was the result. Several weeks later, officials released a complex “solution” which included the responsibility for building a parking garage being transferred from the LCCCA to Lancaster Newspapers.
Open Learning and the Future of Education
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA / CSPAN: Panelists talked about the impact of online teaching on higher education, focusing on massive, open online courses (MOOCS). They discussed the benefits of MOOCs including accessibility and low costs, as well as their potential for decreasing the quality of education. The program included questions from audience members. EDITOR: This is well […]
EU repeal of Syria arms embargo criticised
ALJAZEERA: …Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said on Tuesday that there would be “more violence, more deaths and more destruction” in Syria if the EU goes through with allowing an arms embargo to expire on Saturday. “My strong view is that the only way to end the suffering of the Syrian people is a […]