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Update on state health reform laws in response to ACA
The real work of implementing health care reform was left up to the state governments even though it was clear that the majority of the cost has to be borne by the federal government. A majority of states oppose health reform as passed by the federal government and 27 have taken legal action against…
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Bear Attack in Churchill , Manitoba , Canada !
These are pictures of an actual polar bear attacking a man. The pictures were taken while people watched and could do nothing to stop the attack! Reports from the local newspaper say that the victim will make a full recovery. The photos are below. May your troubles always be smaller than your imagination!
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Review of Pluggio
I decided to cancel my Pluggio subscription after a trial of about a month. @JimBourke introduced the service to me at a recent CPA conference in New Jersey earlier this summer. It helps me to consider that I use Twitter for two distinct purposes: 1) to comment on current events; I like to think of it “just being in the…
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Quotable leader in housing for the future
Bill Gross, Idealab: “We need to think big and deploy disruptive technologies and financing mechanisms to house 100 million people by the end of the decade.” Harvard Business Review
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How I became a problem customer for McDonald’s
This is my short story of how I became a problem customer to McDonald’s corporation. I haven’t been to a McDonald’srestaurant in many years, perhaps since my kids, now 18 and 16, outgrew the era of happy meals. Last week I found myself with a 2 hour delay waiting for a train in a suburban station. McDonald’s was…
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Ardmore Rotary raffle for international projects
Family & Friends: Ardmore Rotary is hosting a raffle fundraiser on June 23, 2011 (no need to be present to win). All proceeds will benefit our international Rotary projects, including: Polio Plus (worldwide Polio eradication) Japanese Earthquake & Disaster Relief Haitian Earthquake & Disaster Relief Third World Clean Water Projects A book of five tickets is…
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just happy to be here
An elderly couple rode the elevator with me leaving of Harrah’s casino. “You look so happy; you must have won!” the woman said. “No, (I paused and thought of John Foley flashed before me) just happy to be here!”.
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It’s time to adjust personal financial plans to deal with the future of housing prices
I submitted this rather bleak economic commentary on the future of the residential housing market to the Wall Street Journal this morning. Even though no one likes to be a “downer”, it is important to our economy that individuals recognize the changing economic conditions as the first step toward taking leadership positions to address the…
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“Gentle Arms of Eden”
Now there’s smoke across the harbor, and there’s factories on the shore And the world is ill with greed and will and enterprise of war But I will lay my burden in the cradle of your grace And the shining beaches of your love and the sea of your embrace This is my home, this is…