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11.09.2009
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The California Assembly last week approved a plan to cut state’s correction budget by $1 billion. Under the plan, thousands of inmates being held for nonviolent crimes, many over 60, would be released early.
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28.08.2009
14:20:32
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I never knew what a problem identity theft was until I became a victim myself. Around five or six years ago, someone had purchased education and health insurance services using forged checks displaying my bank account number and a name similar to my own.
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21.08.2009
14:08:51
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While spending the morning with some members of the Executive Women’s Golf Association Fresno-San Joaquin Chapter last Saturday, it occurred to me that golf is pretty big business in the U.S. Each year, the industry generates more than $11 billion in spending and $1.2 billion in property and other indirect taxes.
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10.08.2009
21:13:51
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I have to admit I can’t remember the last time I went to a Fresno Grizzlies game. I’ve been meaning to go for a while, but for whatever reason I kept putting it off. It never occurred to me that the team might be losing revenues until they recently asked the city for help paying its million-dollar lease.
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27.07.2009
10:42:33
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During the seven irretrievable years I forfeited to the retail industry, I noticed a lot of changes in workplace policy. One that stands out in my mind is the issue of break periods.
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20.07.2009
11:48:42
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A recent report by the Public Policy Institute showed that the poor are leaving California at a higher rate than the rich, destined for states like Nevada, Texas and Washington with no income tax. For the year ending on July 1, a net total of 144,000 people left California, more than any other state.
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10.07.2009
23:08:40
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The first time I laid eyes on a Wal-Mart Supercenter was about three years back while on a road trip to Missouri visiting family. My first thought was ‘This place is massive. Why don’t we have one of these in my neck of the woods?’ and then I thought ‘Here’s this town, Ava, a community with barely more than 3,000 people and somehow that’s enough to support such a huge enterprise.’ It quickly became clear that Wal-Mart was the cornerstone of this little hamlet. Besides a few small restaurants and some dingy specialty shops that had seen busier days, not much else was going on. The only thing vibrant was a steady stream of shoppers descending on this mega-store in the middle of town.
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02.07.2009
22:46:31
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Sitting in on the June 30 workshop of the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to discuss its Climate Change Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, I began to discover what a complex issue it is to mitigate emissions.
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25.06.2009
00:47:14
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With the onset of the Obama administration and the passing of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the message from the White House to banks was: lend more and free up cash flow.
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18.06.2009
06:42:48
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Radio host Ray Appleton said on his program recently that he couldn’t see California’s high-speed rail coming to fruition. While the plan, in theory, does well to alleviate environmental hazards and traffic congestion, one has to wonder if more immediate options are available to improve California’s transportation system.
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02.05.2009
01:51:30
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