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Excel training offered
Tri-County Technical College plans to sponsor an exclusive hands-on, two-day, intense Excel training workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 6. Workshop participants will learn dozens of tricks and tips for setting up fully formatted worksheets quickly and efficiently. They'll also learn the art of writing superior mathematical formulas; using the function wizard to quickly and automatically calculate; the best ways to sort and analyze data; create custom charts and graphs; build links between files and provide worksheets with decision-making capabilities. In addition, students will learn how to use Excel with the Web, plus more. Individuals who will benefit from this class include those who want to learn the skills necessary to create, edit, format and print basic Microsoft Office Excel 2003 worksheets.
Bipartisan budget panel to deliver report on Friday
LANSING, Mich. -- The report from a bipartisan panel set up by Gov. Jennifer Granholm to study the state's budget situation will be released at 9 a.m. Friday, William Rustem said Thursday. Rustem, president of Public Sector Consultants in Lansing, is writing the report based on the conclusions of the 12-member Emergency Financial Advisory Panel headed by former Republican Gov. William Milliken and former Democratic Gov. James Blanchard. Rustem declined to give details from the report, but said, "There's some findings, some principles. It will be good." He added that the panel's findings were unanimous. Earlier, budget analyst Tom Clay of the nonpartisan Citizens Research Council of Michigan said the report is "going to validate that there's a huge problem" with the state's budget.
Climate change report to say global warming 'very likely' man-made
An authoritative report on global warming will say it is "very likely" — or 90 per cent certain — climate change is caused by humans burning fossil fuels, and warns of rising temperatures and sea levels and extreme weather in the coming century, according to officials involved in writing the report. Dozens of scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change representing 113 nations are working on the final wording of the report expected to be released Friday in Paris. Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of India chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change conference in Paris on Monday.(Jacques Brinon/Associated Press) The fourth report since 1990, it is widely expected to include the strongest wording yet on the impact burning fossil fuels has on climate change and to predict significant changes could start to appear in the next 10 years.
Governor's health-care plan gets no introduction
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger received international attention when he unveiled his plan for universal health-care coverage. The plan made the front page of the New York Times and the Washington Post, and landed on network evening news. But here at home, he still can't find anyone in the Legislature to introduce his plan.
Schwarzenegger has outlined his proposals, but so far there is nothing in writing. And there may never be. Schwarzenegger spokeswoman Sabrina Lockhart says, as of now, there are no formal plans to introduce the governor's health-care package.
Part of the problem may be finding someone willing to carry a health-care bill for the governor.
"The key thing is not to get caught up in ... how you get there," Schwarzenegger said Wednesday. "The key thing is, we're going to get there."
Assembly Republicans pre-empted the governor's health-care announcement last month by holding a press conference attacking key tenets of the plan.
Link diploma to voting, says S.J. legislator
Assemblyman Joe Coto has a provocative proposal to increase voter participation among young people: He wants to require high school students to register to vote before they can receive a diploma. If his measure becomes law, graduating seniors beginning with the class of 2010 who meet the state's criteria to become voters -- be 18 and a U.S. citizen, for example -- would be required to submit proof of registration to the school. It's believed California would be the first state to tie registration to graduation. The bill allows students to opt out of the requirement, but they would have to put their request in writing. ``What we want to try to do is just increase the engagement of people in the democratic process,'' said Coto, D-San Jose. ``The percentage of people who determine the outcomes of elections is a very small percentage of the population because there are so many people who are not registered.'' The Secretary of State's Office doesn't have information readily available on how many teens are registered or with what party, but it's widely assumed that younger voters disproportionately register as Democrats.
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