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Looking at the left though an accountant’s eyes

Chuck Simmins — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:00:32 +0000

The blogger known as Patterico is involved in a back and forth with some folks on the left. He's been accused of all sorts of nastiness, especially being truthful, which hurts the left most of all. Two organizations are involved in this spat. One is the Justice Through Music Program (JTM), and the other is Velvet Revolution (VR).

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NY Pols to Ban Anonymous Internet Posts

Chuck Simmins — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:53:24 +0000

There are a lot of idiots in the world, and some of them are unfortunately Republican. O'Mara's Senate district includes Ithaca, Elmira, Corning and my birthplace of Arkport. Conte's district is a chunk of Suffolk County gerrymandered to include a winding piece of Nassau County. I suspect the voters of both districts may wish to choose another representative in the next election, based solely on the sheer stupidity of their current state Senator and Assemblyman.

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Penn Schools Have Poor Immunization Record

Chuck Simmins — Wed, 23 May 2012 13:57:49 +0000

As reported here on May 16, schools across Pennsylvania were forced to ban students from attending as part of an effort to catch up on required immunizations and record keeping. Reports suggest that the effort payed off in many school districts. It took eight months plus two weeks, and the exclusion of hundreds of students to reach that end.

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Joplin Missouri – One Year Ago

Chuck Simmins — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Here is a link to our coverage of the tornado that tore through Joplin Missouri just one year ago.

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Sean Penn Does Not Forget Haiti

Chuck Simmins — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:06:14 +0000

Sean Penn's plea to his fellow celebs at a Cannes gala "Haiti is watching us tonight like you cannot believe." Reuters reports that the event raised $2 million for aid to the poverty stricken nation still reeling from the massive earthquake of January 2010.

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Our Best – Senior Airman Lanea Trevino

Chuck Simmins — Sat, 19 May 2012 02:00:11 +0000

Trevino reached her hand under the stall and shook the girl's leg but there was no response. She quickly peeked under the stall and noticed the airman was unconscious. Taking immediate action, she ran to the nearest trailer and told the first person she saw to call emergency responders. "My first instinct was to get help," Trevino said. "I couldn't tell if she was breathing or not but I knew that she would need additional medical assistance either way and ran to get it."

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Whooping Cough in Minnesota

Chuck Simmins — Fri, 18 May 2012 20:49:33 +0000

The Minnesota Department of Health reports 670 cases of whooping cough in the state for the year through May 15. The cases are largely centered in and around the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro area.

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Pennsylvania Takes Reluctant Stand on Immunizations

Chuck Simmins — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:05:25 +0000

When the school year began last September, large numbers of Pennsylvania school children lacked immunizations or the proof that they had received those immunizations. The Pennsylvania Department of Health notified families that they would have eight months to obtain immunizations, file the correct paperwork or provide the paperwork giving their student an exemption for medical, religious or philosophical reasons. The deadline passed and was extended for two weeks. Yesterday was it.

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Upstate Mother’s Day Celebration Sickens 150

Chuck Simmins — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:27:33 +0000

The annual Mother's Day celebration at the Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent, NY, ended yesterday afternoon when an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea began among those attending. Food poisoning is suspected in the illness that sent 150 to area hospitals.

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Kandahar Nursing and Midwifery Institute Opens

Chuck Simmins — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:42:26 +0000

The Nursing and Midwifery facility is one of only eight similar facilities in the country and will be able to train up to 800 students, both male and female, per year. The facility will teach students nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, lab, and dental services, with an emphasis on improving maternal and infant mortality rates in Kandahar, as well as surrounding provinces. The compound consists of male and female dormitories, a dining hall, a schoolhouse, mosque, recreation field and administrative buildings.

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Hunting for Water in Afghanistan

Chuck Simmins — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:32:46 +0000

Without water, Afghanistan cannot grow and prosper, Sinfield said. “You can’t develop anything without water. Water drives the economy here. Electrical subsystems need water, hydroelectric systems need water, agriculture needs water,” he said. “Afghanistan used to export a lot of agricultural products in the pre-war years. Hopefully we can help them get back to that point.”

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Mosquito Testing at Camp Lejeune

Chuck Simmins — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:32:24 +0000

“We don’t only rely on how many traps we lay out, we rely on the carbon dioxide and lights to help almost double the amount of bugs,” Hill said. “Malaria is a serious disease, so we need to do the best we can to keep it away from the people on base.” The traps are rarely seen by personnel on base; sailors with the PMU do their best at hiding them in the tree line. If a person happens to run into the mosquito trap, the PMU strongly encourages people to leave them alone.

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National Guard troops to train in CNY next week

Chuck Simmins — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:20:29 +0000

More than 700 National Guard soldiers and airmen from New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands come together next week at the New York State Preparedness Center here to prepare for certification as a regional disaster response force.

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Exemption from Immunizations in the United States

Chuck Simmins — Fri, 11 May 2012 12:00:31 +0000

Every state mandates a set of immunizations in order for a child to enter public school. Some also require immunizations as the student gets older. The list varies slightly but a pertussis (whooping cough) immunization is required in all states.

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The Costs of Vaccine Preventable Disease

Chuck Simmins — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:34 +0000

The United States Army has some experience with infectious disease. They keep records. The historical data for some diseases which we now prevent with a vaccine is available on line. Here are just some of the costs to the Army and the troops.

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