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Archive for April, 2009


Kids' health insurance bill intro'd in Dover
WDEL 1150AM, DE - Frank GeraceFrank Gerace
By Frank Gerace A bill introduced in Dover Thursday is meant to give every child in Delaware affordable health insurance. House Bill 139 would establish the "Delaware Covers All Kids" program, modeled on a similar program in Pennsylvania. ...
Push To Provide Affordable Health Care For DE's Children WMDT
New bill would open CHIP coverage to more families Sussex Countian
New plan to bring universal health care coverage to DE children WGMD Radio
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30 April

This Day in Geek History: May 1

1543 Copernicus circulates “The Little Commentary,” which demonstrates the heliocentricity of the solar system. 1753 Swedish botanist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus publishes the first edition of his two volume work Species Plantarum in which he systematically names plants. He is the first person to frame principles for defining genera and species of organisms in order to create a uniform system for naming them. Thus, he is often called the father of classification. The Speci

30 April

D. C. Lynn – Jackson Street – A Chapbook

Clarence Jenkins Clarence Jenkins was a singer and song leader at Jackson Street. Jackson Street was the Central Alabama Pentecostal church I was raised-in as a child during the late 1950s and early 60s. Clarence was a big man. Big and robust, about six-foot six, two hundred eighty-five pounds in his stocking feet. He was in a parachute regiment during WWII and had jumped into Normandy on D-Day and later into Holland. He played softball for the Methodists and went to all the Sidne
Several readers contacted us to point out that there was a radical change to the White House’s page of Civil Rights commitments for LGBT people. Where once there was a detailed eight-point commitment to improving LGBT rights in America, there is now only this three paragraph statement : CIVIL RIGHTS Progress The President signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers. President Obama recognizes that our

Highlights from the Texas Legislature
Dallas Morning News, TX
The Texas Senate approved a new structure for the state's depleted windstorm insurance fund Thursday, providing a combination of potential rate hikes, bonding and other revenue to ensure the account gets replenished. Gulf Coast policy holders of the ...

30 April

Miracle Cure

She’s my 5 year old daughter. I could say that she’s our precious gift from above. My husband and I are working hard for her best interest. However, 5 years ago, I did not know that her umbilical cord will brings miracle, we just buried it. If only I have known then, I should have preserved it. Nonetheless, we are planning to add another baby, this time I will make sure that his or her umbilical cord will be preserve. Why preserve the umbilical cord blood of new born babies? Because these

30 April

An argument for the death penalty…

Prison is for reform, those who can be reformed and returned to society.. murderers, rapists & child molesters can not be reformed, they deserve the death penalty.. they are more apt to repeat their offenses.. and this case is a perfect argument for the death penalty. That 5 years is not enough for rape, and for a person who already was in jail for attempted rape.. plus age will not stop a piece of garbage like this from murder or rape!. Too often they will give “back-to-back” sentences a

30 April

April 30 2009 2: Great Show To Day

National Photo Co. Akropolis 1922 Crowd outside Leader Theater, 507 Ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. Playing: The Kid, with Jackie Coogan and Charlie Chaplin. Sign out front reads: "First National Week. This Theatre Joins In Grand National Exhibition of Great Stars. First National Pictures. Great Show To Day" Ilargi: Can someone anyone please explain to me why Chrysler was "saved"? So the company can serve Americans with their great cars once the crisis is over? Nah, that

30 April

Baby Musings

Here’s what happened when Tom ended up with me in the baby department. There was a sale on and the magic words were “15% off.” We also had a coupon that added an addition 10% off, so we got a very good deal. I reminded him that babies spend their first few weeks and months mostly in little gowns or snap-up suits, but he was certain that these were exactly the right togs for his daughter. She’ll have to have a social engagement several times a week to get to wear these. There was another ultra
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. Author: Abigail Adams What is going on this Thursday in twitter most popular comments on Swine Flu What do people think about the swine flu ??? "90 people die of swine flu and everyone wears a mask, 36,000,000 people infected with HIV and still not everyone wears a condom!" "H1N1" is not nearly as catchy as " Swine Flu ". ...no, i didn't mean that as a joke. surprised that when