APRIL 2010
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Energy Savings Program Outlined by Governor
Health Care Legislation: Passing
• A Monthly Publication For The Students of North Shore Community College, Danvers, Lynn & Beverly, Massachusetts •
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Governor Deval Patrick visited North Shore Community College Thursday, February 25th to describe his plan that will provide millions of dollars in savings for people throughout
turbines and other vast improvements will, over the next 3 years, provide the jobs that will “Create an industry cluster unrivaled in the state of Massachusetts.” This program will use an financing “unprecedented
Governor Deval Patrick approach” by providing camMassachusetts. It is called the puses at Lynn and Danvers an Commonwealth Clean Energy initial $3.6 million for these Investment Program. Beginning installations and upgrades. with NSCC, installations of When this project is finished, solar panels and rooftop air-con$400,000 will be the amount ditioning units, along with wind
saved each year. This money will pay for not only the initial costs but open the doors for future retrogrades, developments, and programs.
Facilities all over the state will follow suit, soon making Massachusetts the nations’ leader in energy efficiency. Potentially, 4000 “green” jobs could rise from the depths, some of them including modernizing old light fixtures, replacing old furnaces, and weatherizing homes. Solar energy companies, such as Commonwealth Solar, have begun to make a significant standing as well, even in an economy that has not yet stabilized.
A Harvard study released on Saturday revealed that the number one killer of adults in America is no-longer heart disease, but Building-Sharks. “It came as a surprise to us, actually,” says Harvard Scientist Duncan Frankson, who fronted the study. “We never thought that Building-Sharks would become a major problem and this study shows that something has to be done.”
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The scientists are putting the blame on global warming for the recent Building-Shark infestation. “We used to only have about two or three isolated events per year in the states,” says Dr. Fredrick Idaho, a specially trained Marine Biologist who heads the Building-Shark studies department at the Boston University Marine Program. “Now we are getting reports nearly on a daily basis.”A recent incident in
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In Obama Nancy passing bill.
this picture, President and house speaker Pelosi applauded the of the new health care
On March 21, 2010, the House passed a bill to reform our nation's health care system. This is a bill that provides access to
showing that patients without health insurance have a shorter life span, coupled with the number of uninsured approaching 50 million in 2010.
With a critical shortage of primary care providers, these newly insured patients may have nowhere to turn for medical care. Massachusetts, the only state that offers universal
To make the economy stronger, things have to be set in motion. With leadership as aggressive as that of Patrick and his team, things in Massachusetts have no where to fall but back in place. During an interview after the speech, the governor optimistically declared that “We’re going to rebuild this economy.” He feels that students must become Continued on Page 3
Scientists: “Building-Sharks cause more deaths than heart disease.”
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BY AMANDA FROST
Chicago, Dr. Idaho’s home town, brought the problem of Building-Sharks closer to home for the doctor. A skyscraper in Chicago was attacked by a Building-Shark last month, resulting in over fifty casualties and a lockdown of the entire downtown area. “The thing about Building-Sharks” says Dr. Idaho “is that once they apparate in the building, it’s risky to get them out.” “There are two reasons why the
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quality, affordable health care and reduces the federal budget deficit.
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has projected that the bill will reduce the deficit by $138 billion in the first decade and will reduce the deficit by as much as $1.3 trillion in the second decade. The CBO confirms the bill both reins in wasteful spending to extend the solvency of Medicare for almost 10 years and closes the prescription drug "doughnut" hole for seniors. Coverage will expand to cover nearly 95 percent of legal U.S. residents. With a recent study
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coverage, suffers from some of the worst primary care wait times in the country despite having the highest concentration of doctors nationwide. Doctors and hospitals are going to be paid less for services. Forty-six cents out of every dollar spent on medicine is paid for by you the taxpayers.
Small and large businesses are going to have to pay more for their employees' health insurance plans. And every American is mandated to have health insurance whether we want it or not. Continued on page 4
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