From the Village of Brockport board meeting minutes of 08/05/13: Susan & Pete Smith – Mayor Blackman shared that Susan and Pete Smith have generously purchased the video camera now being used to film Village Board meetings. The camera is the property of Pro Brockport.Editor's note: The video tapes of the Village Board meetings are available on the Pro Brockport web site at www.probrockport.org. Susan and Pete Smith have done a lot for the Village...
From Science Daily on 09/13/13: Sep. 12, 2013 — A new study from the American Journal of Public Heath shows that U.S. states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher number of firearms-related homicides.For more click here. Editor's note: I have mentioned before on the Brockporter than the likelihood of being killed by a gun is increased with gun ownership not decreased. Owning guns paradoxically does not make a person safer but at more risk. New York State under Governor Cuomo's leadership has moved in the right direction...
In 2011, about 47 percent of high school students reported ever having had sexual intercourse. The proportion of students who reported ever having had sexual intercourse declined significantly from 1991 (54 percent) to 2001 (46 percent) and remained relatively stable from 2001 to 2011.The percentage of students who reported ever having had sexual intercourse differed by grade. In 2011, about 33 percent of 9th-grade students reported ever having...
From NIH report in September, 2013, "Let Baby Set the Delivery Date: Wait Until 39 Weeks If You Can": We tend to think of pregnancy as lasting for 9 months. But ideally it should last for nearly 10 months. Research shows that babies are born healthier if they have at least 39 weeks to grow in the womb. In recent years, there’s been a trend toward earlier deliveries, as more women are choosing the date they’ll give birth. This is known as ...