I had a friend in New York, a fellow immigrant from USSR, a specialist in the cement production. He was invited by his friend, one of new Ukrainian ‘oligarchs’, to oversee national production of cement. My friend came to the meeting of the new oligarchs with his plan of the development of modern efficient production, which obviously needed some investment. To his great surprise new billionaires had met my friend’s plan with loud laughter: “Who cares about the future of this doomed country? Get as much as possible today, even if it means complete destruction of local infrastructure.” My friend flew back to New York.
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To Keep Teenagers Alert, Schools Let Them Sleep In
During puberty, teenagers have a later release of the “sleep” hormone melatonin, which means they tend not to feel drowsy until around 11 p.m. That inclination can be further delayed by the stimulating blue light from electronic devices, which tricks the brain into sensing wakeful daylight, slowing the release of melatonin and the onset of sleep. The Minnesota study noted that 88 percent of the students kept a cellphone in their bedroom…
For two reasons Wells Fargo, perhaps the worst culprit, should now give ground
The Intelligencer Journal New Era article “Still no deal on Lancaster County Convention Center” caught up to NewsLanc’s March 6th report “Crunch time for saving the Convention Center”, providing specifics that NewsLanc’s editor chose not to reveal lest it interfere with ongoing negotiations.
McDonald’s stole wages, workers’ lawsuits say
The lawsuits detail a range of violations, including the use of software that monitors the ratio of labor costs as a percentage of revenue. When that ratio climbs above a target, attorneys say workers are forced to wait around before they can clock in. In Michigan, lawyers said workers have to pay for their own uniforms, which further eats into their already low wages.
Merkel: Russia Risks Huge Consequences In Ukrain
“If Russia continues on its course of the past weeks that will not only be a great catastrophe for Ukraine…” Merkel said in the nationally televised address. “It will cause massive damage to Russia, both economically and politically.”
Jerry Sandusky wrongly convicted? A look at some of the points raised by his supporters
1. Victim No. 2 has stated that he was never sexually assaulted by Jerry Sandusky on the night that they were seen in the showers by Mike McQueary…
A Relentless Widening of Disparity in Wealth
If anything, this means future inequality in the United States will be driven by two forces. A growing share of national income will go to the owners of capital. Of the remaining labor income, a growing share will also go to the top executives and highly compensated stars at the pinnacle of the earnings scale…
Pa. filings leave Corbett facing new challenge
Bob Guzzardi, a conservative activist and Ardmore businessman, has been an outspoken Corbett critic, charging that he violated his 2010 campaign no-new-taxes pledge by increasing taxes on gasoline and authorizing new fees on natural-gas drilling.
Man freed after decades on La.’s death row
According to Ford’s attorneys, his trial was “profoundly compromised by inexperienced counsel and by the unconstitutional suppression of evidence at his trial, including information from an informant, a suppressed police report related to the time of the crime and evidence of the murder weapon, which implicated the true perpetrator.”
What Rick Gray and Randy Patterson should be told
“Harvard’s Ed Glaeser and his colleagues similarly found that US cities with more live performance venues and restaurants saw faster population growth in the last quarter of the twentieth century (although bowling alleys were a growth killer).”
LETTER: Partners adamant for CC should be held responsible
I read “Crunch time for saving the Convention Center” with great interest. It has been, in my opinion, a project that should have never taken place. I have had that view from the beginning. It was mishandled financially and, yes, I believe misconstrued to much of the public.
Colorado makes $3.5M in pot revenue in January
Assuming all else is equal, Pennsylvania has the potential for $104 million per year. Plus we put the sale of illegal drugs in large part out of business! Moreover, think of the criminal justice system savings.
LETTER: Let Convention Center bankruptcy happen
If it requires bankruptcy to bring about a restructuring of the original one-sided agreements, so be it.
Sorry Gil Smart: US has vital interests in Ukraine
Smart says in his column “US should butt out of Ukraine” that “We don’t have the right to intervene in situations we don’t understand. We don’t have the right to insist that other nations are out of bounds for doing the exact same things we have done, or would do in similar circumstances.”