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The Bellmore and North Bellmore 2012-13 school budgets were passed on Tuesday. Residents approved Bellmore's proposed budget of $31,943,890 and North Bellmore's $47.9 million fiscal plan. Are you happy that the budgets passed? Take the poll and tell us in the comments below.
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The mind is the most powerful organ in the body.
Whether you think you can or you can't--you're right- Henry Ford Hello all! I am still going strong on my weight loss and fitness goals, I am down close to 20 pounds now! I learned a valuable lesson while training with Sam of the Bellmore Personal Training Institute last week. The lesson was that my mind is the strongest organ in my body. During one of my training sessions, Sam told me to jump over a board that he held. My first thought was that it was too high and I could never jump over it. My first few attempts were a failure because my feet kept hitting the top of the board and I was not going over. So then Sam put a stepper on the floor and told me to jump over it and I did it. Then he put a hurdle on the stepper and I jumped over …
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A new option could make a major difference for those in need.
Likes/dislikes? Favorite music? Organ donor status? This week Facebook announced an initiative, which, if successful, could have a major impact upon the availability of organs for the 113,000 Americans currently waiting for organ transplants. The company will offer its 900 million users the ability to indicate on their profile whether or not they would want to be an organ donor. It is hoped that the public discourse arising from this plan will lead to a greater awareness of the need for organs and more discussion among families regarding personal choices. Although many states use motor vehicle registration or licensing as a venue to encourage donation, the Facebook option may be a real game changer, with theoretically millions of people …
It has been a fixture of teaching for more than a century. Is it essential or should the system be changed?
At last week's meeting, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School school board granted tenture to 20 employees. School principals and department heads spoke of these educators’ achievements and contributions to the district. The list was remarkable. But some people take issue with granting tenure. What do you think? Do you understand why the designation exists? Do you believe it's essential to academic rigor and progressive thinking? Do you think tenure, in general, is granted too easily and is a license for a teacher to be less acountable? Take our poll and sound off in the comments. Jaime Sumersille contributed to this article.
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A letter to the editor from the President of the Long Island Federation of Labor.
The following is from John R. Durso, President of the Long Island Federation of Labor: It is the bedrock of American democracy that every citizen's vote carries equal importance. Whether or not one's vote truly finds expression in the final count is largely impacted by redistricting, a process we go through every 10 years. While the subject typically fails to garner much public attention, insiders know there's a lot at stake. The way that voters are segregated into districts has an enormous influence on who our representatives are, and can ultimately shape public policies for the next decade. Historically, the task of redrawing district lines has been left to the hands of the very politicians whose political futures will be impacted. Too …
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8:35 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Until we have a preferential voting system that can properly handle more than two candidates, we'll continue to have scoundrels from both Ds and Rs playing with district lines and keeping themselves in office to spend most of their time putting down the other instead of cooperating to get things done. Since these two parties also control how the votes are counted, I cannot ever see that changing… more ›
A recent study shows that the drug's effect is not as substantial as initially desired.
The efficacy of Botox as a treatment for migraine headaches was called into question this week in an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Approved for therapy of chronic migraine headaches in 2010 after a number of patients reported headache relief subsequent to Botox injection for wrinkles, the treatment had been the subject of multiple previous studies, and is a multimillion dollar health care expense on an annual basis. In the new study, authors reviewed the previous scientific literature and analyzed their combined results. Migraine headaches affect 15 percent of people in the United States. They are usually deep and throbbing in nature, and worsened by light, movement and straining. Although classically …
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7:49 am on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
But its not. Look, you can dig deep enough anywhere and find a few bad apples. I don't see what your point is here. more ›