A hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone.
Author: Jonathan Simeone
DACA Explained
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) was created by President Obama on June 15, 2012. The program doesn’t confer lawful status; rather, it’s a use of prosecutorial discretion that says the government will not deport people who satisfy the below requirements.
Disagreement and Understanding Must Coexist
The verdict for this episode is: we shouldn’t have to agree to share respect. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/Harvey.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 12:00 — 5.5MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts
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500-Year-Floods Explained
Thanks to the devastation brought by Hurricane Harvey, we have been hearing a lot about so-called 500-year-floods. A 500-year-flood isn’t the worst flood an area has seen in 500 years; rather, a 500-year-flood is a term used to describe the likelihood that a flood of that severity will occur.
Portland Central East Job Fair
Yesterday, I attended the Portland Central East side job fair. It wasn’t as good as the job fair I attended the day before.
Update on my Job Search
In It’s Personal, I gave an overview of my job search and some of the ways my inability to find work has affected me.
Slavery was the Reason for Secession
The verdict for this episode is: the words of the treasonous states demonstrate that slavery was the reason for secession. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/secession.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:12 — 5.1MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts
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High School Graduation Rates
The 2014-15 school year is the last year for which we have data. The data comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, and is based on the Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR).
Should SNAP Dollars be Spent on Soda?
In Sin Taxes and SNAP Benefits I discussed my thoughts on the ability of SNAP recipients to buy soda. In that post, I present information about the amount of soda bought by SNAP users and the amount of soda bought by people not using SNAP.
Sin Taxes and SNAP Benefits
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about so-called sin taxes (the additional taxes added to products the government deems unhealthy). My recent reconsideration of sin taxes was spurred by a discussion I had on social media about the idea of restricting SNAP, food stamp, money from being spent on soft drinks.