Okay, I added the bragging rights. They're not official. But I think they should be.
- The prestigious Don Knotts Golden Donut Award (sponsored by the High Point North Carolina Public Library and Krispy Kreme).
- Bragging rights.
Consider yourself responsible for one more bone marrow donor than there was yesterday. I signed up online today after hearing about you on Twitter. God bless you and I wish you all the best. You are making great things happen.I hope Alice gets a miracle, she certainly deserves it. If not, she's going to make more of an impact in her short life than most people who live to be ninety.
Employees are now having to "pay deductibles, premiums, and all the things that have caused the fact the employers are not paying their fair share in the health and welfare benefits," he said...
A proposal sent to the union calls for employees to pay health care costs of either a $9 a week for individual coverage or $23 a week for full family coverage, according to the flyer. Employees would qualify for a health care plan by working between 16 to 24 hours per week depending on their position...
Ralph's said it would increase its contribution to the health care fund from $234 million from the last three years to $365 million over the next three years, the flyer said.Based on what I know about benefits (having worked in the medical insurance industry and human resources) these people have got it good. Most employers have historically paid premiums only for the employees themselves and contributed little or nothing toward dependent benefits. $23 a week for full family coverage is a steal. If everyone could get medical insurance for $9 - $23 per week, there would be no healthcare crisis. Also, 16-24 hours per week is only part-time employment and most employers do not offer benefits at all to employees who work so few hours. I don't know what the hell they're complaining about.
Delta Airlines charges returning troops $2800 in extra baggage fees.
According to the story Delta changed its baggage policy because of this story, but it took two of the soldiers making a vid and posting it to YouTube (and the resulting outrage) to shame the airline into adhering to the policy as is was communicated to the Army and troops. But bad publicity is bad publicity and the damage is done. I know I'd think twice about booking a flight on Delta just because of this incident. It's not like there aren't other options when taking to the unfriendly skies.
You would think that if there was company policy that Delta would make sure their employees were up on, it would be anything and everything to do with accommodating our troops. I have a feeling someone is out of a job - or at least "reassigned" - at Delta today.
VERNAL — A Vernal man has been charged with disorderly conduct after police say he caused alarm when he paid for a disputed medical bill in pennies.
On May 27, Jason West went to Basin Clinic prepared to dispute an outstanding bill, according to Assistant Vernal Police Chief Keith Campbell. West, 38, apparently did not believe he owed the clinic the $25 it said he did.
“After asking if they accepted cash, West dumped 2,500 pennies onto the counter and demanded that they count it,” Campbell said. “The pennies were strewn about the counter and the floor.”
The incident upset clinic staff, said Campbell, adding that West's behavior served "no legitimate purpose."
Clinic staff told West they were calling police and he left the office. Officers caught up with West later and issued him a citation for disorderly conduct, an infraction, which carries a potential fine of $140.
The case will be heard in Vernal City Justice Court.Potential $140 fine (plus, I assume, cost of a lawyer) in return for making a disruptive statement over $25? Forget Vernal PD, this guy was busted by the Karma Kops.
The rumors were finally put to rest this morning when the group known as True North Sports and Entertainment announced that is has purchased the Atlanta Thrashers and intends to move the organ-eye-zation to Winnipeg...I always feel awful for the fans when a team leaves town, but if this is in any way indicative of Atlanta's non-enthusiasm for the Thrashers, then they needed to move. And this isn't even Atlanta's first NHL team to bolt town - the Calgary Flames began life as the Atlanta Flames. Some cities just aren't hockey towns and Atlanta is definitely not a hockey town. It is also apparently a very inept hockey town: The Thrashers were still selling season tickets for 2011-12 a mere hour before the Winnipeg announcement.
As for Atlanta, well, it’s difficult to be surprised. I only made it down there for one NHL game, in 2009, and I’ll always remember going to a nearby sports bar with the broadcast crew the night before the game. The Thrashers were playing in New York that night, and we asked the waiter if he would turn on the hockey game. His response? “Which game?”
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According to a bulletin from the Hollywood Heights Association, Gutierrez made a pact with a man she met on a suicide website. The man passed out on the street and after regaining consciousness and seeing Gutierrez dead, he called 911Maybe Dexter can do something with it.