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Archive for May, 2010

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Professional Development Day

Exploring for Excellence! The theme for this one day event is “ Exploring for Excellence ”. The keynote speaker is Pat Johns, President and CEO PFJ Communications in Dallas, TX. Mr. Johns is an expert motivator, business leader, author, photographer, keynote presenter, corporate trainer, leadership expert and expert athlete.

Forum on Modernizing Government: Transforming Customer Service 1

Diamond Driller Named W.Va. Business of the Year

A West Virginia diamond core driller is being recognized as the state’s family-owned small business of the year.

Davos Annual Meeting 2010 – What Is the “New Normal” for Global Growth?

Labour and Employment

The vast scope of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the related Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act enacted in March 2010 (collectively, “PPACA”) has captured widespread attention with an array of new obligations and opportunities.

12/9/09: White House Press Briefing

Question: Where would I be able to find EIN numbers.?

I would like EIN numbers for non profit and charitable busniess.

Answer: FeinSearch is the largest most comprehensive database for finding (EIN)Employer Identification numbers in the U.S.

NEWS SCAN: E coli outbreak, food safety report, TB treatment guide, chickenpox vaccine, H5N1 update

Arizona-grown lettuce may be source of E coli outbreak Romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Ariz., area may be the source of an Escherichia coli O145 outbreak that has sickened people in Michigan, Ohio, and New York, the Associated Press (AP) reported.

Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver: How to find Articuno

Question: What the heck else CAN be done for ‘poor’ or ‘disadvantaged’ people?

taxpayers have already provided:

Affirmative action
College loans & grants
Lower requirements for school entrance qualifications
Lower requirements for local and other govt jobs qualifications
AFDC
WIC
Food Stamps
Medicaid
Medicare
Schip
Community volunteer programs
Religious community programs
Free/reduced cost medicine from the manufactuers
Jobs training
Jobs interviewing skills training
Free language translation services
Thrift shops
Section 8/Public housing
On-call medical care at hospitals
Local free clinics
Local govt. funded health care clinics
Free vaccinations
Free school
Free transportation to school
Free babysitting programs
Free pre-school/nursery schools
Free drug rehab/alcohol programs
Free court-appointed attorney
Earned Income Credit payments
No income taxes

what have i left off this list? when is enough, enough already?
Free school breakfast/lunches

Answer: Nothing.

The poor are poor because they consistently make choices that make them poor.

I am not judging them or blaming them or saying they are wrong. I’m not saying they want to be poor. They may not even be aware that they are poor because of their choices. I am just stating the objective fact that it is their choices that make them poor.

If you give a poor man $1,000 to buy groceries for his family and pay off some bills, he will only stop at the dog track or the Off Track Betting office on the way home and gamble away every penny of the money.

Even if he has to go 20 miles out of his way, he will find some way to squander and fritter away the money, so he will arrive home with empty pockets as usual. And his family will eat food they found in the dumpster, like every other day.

And he had to borrow bus fare to get home, so he will only end up deeper in debt.

There is nothing you can do for poor people. They will always go behind your back and completely defeat anything you did to help them out of poverty.

They are just doing what they learned from their Pa and Ma, who are the ones who taught them to make the choices that made them poor, too. Trying to teach them to make different choices is like trying to change their religion. They will only get angry and attack you for trying to change the ways they grew up with.

The ways that made them poor and keep them poor.

That’s why Jesus said “The poor will be with you always.”

Money given to “the poor” does nothing for the poor. It is only to massage the ego and conscience of those who give by throwing their money down a bottomless pit.

Heritage Financial Announces First Quarter 2010 Results

HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORPORATION Brian L. Vance, President and CEO of Heritage Financial Corporation , today reported net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 of $696,000 compared to a net loss of $594,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Â Including preferred stock dividends, the net income applicable to common shareholders for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 was $365,000, or $0.03 …

Earned Income Tax Credit and the Three Squares Vermont Program