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I was officially hired on as an "engineer". I do not have a college degree. I present myself to customers as an engineer. I am not licensed by the state of GA. I do hold multiple IT certifications.
Am I breaking the law???
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Get real,
I visit many building that are overbuilt with extra space. It's common sense to build for some type of growth. Who is going to build with the thought of downsizing? I'm not sure when the new complex was designed and architected but I'd think it was long before we knew we'd be in the economic situation we’re in now.
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BUT back to my original question......WHAT has he done? Really?
LPPT seems to have given you the best answer. Did you miss it?
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Pubby,
You must have missed my question so I'm bumping this back up.
I am still very curious about what you are doing as a business owner to combat the lower income issues you mentioned above.
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So what is your solution? Raise the minimum wage? Require businesses to pay for vacation time, sick days, and parental leave? Mandate labor organization in every business?
How many of these do you offer people who work for Paulding.com?
Do you have set salaries higher than minimum wage?
Do you offer paid vacation, sick days, and maternity leave?
Are you a union shop?
Since this is such an astounding find, I’d like to know what you doing with your business to lead the way in a better direction.
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my favorite is "EMS needed, reference dog bite"
I have played the bad guy for K9's before and that is someplace I would not want to be without a sleeve or suit on...
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Awesome! Glad they got him(?)!!
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Friendly Reminder, theRoundtable will be tomorrow - Tuesday, March 23rd...If any questions and/or additional information is needed, just!!!
Do you need to be a chamber member to attend?
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Island Tan has Tux rental starting around $75 for everything.
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We had a 1/2 cord delivered today and it is really nice wood. Great guy to deal with!
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My reply was intended towards Converse who was inferring granting drilling rights would create immediete jobs here. And I disagreed based on the time table.
My other points was just drilling for more here is not going to effect the price at the tanker or the pump and that like it or not, we really do need to be working towards cutting consumption of oil, not increasing.
So you’re against is because jobs won’t be created the same day legislation is passed? How many jobs do you think $700,000,000 dollars a month could create in 3 to 5 years?
You complain about the local government wasting opportunities and you want to deny one the greatest options for creating jobs and wealth the country has ever seen. It will be decades before “green jobs” can create enough jobs and wealth to compare to the current fossil fuel industry.
How can you deny increasing supply will not affect the price of oil? Supply is what is driving the price now! With a steady and reliable supply coming from the U.S. you’d see a much less volatile market.
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Best long term solution for us is to cut consumption to the point the price stays low and does not pay to get the high dollar oil out of the ground. Leave it for the future.
But that means a change of mind set here on what we drive and what we consume. Time to address that or stay at the mercy of those who have the oil which is still cheap to pump.
There is no technology that can replace oil not will there be for many years. You’re bit on “leave it for the future” is a bit confusing when you follow with “change of mind set here on what we drive and what we consume”
If you’re for changing “our mindset” then why save for the future when it won’t be needed? The argument doesn’t hold water….
The future will hold advancements that will change our habits and needs for transportation. Today the U.S. uses over 20,000,000 barrels a day with over 50% of it imported. With oil prices at $70 per barrel, we are sending more than $700,000,000 a day to other countries. Take a minute and figure the yearly sum of money that could be kept here if we simply produced enough fuel to cover our needs.
I agree it is time for a “change of mindset”. Nuclear power offers many answers to our power problems and drilling here answer many of the requests for economic growth. If we would have simply started the process 5 years ago, we’d be employing more people, creating wealth locally, and increasing the tax flows that government can’t seem to get enough of.
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Please tell me how the price of any oil extracted from the ground here will have a different price than oil extracted elsewhere unless OUR government takes over the wells and sets the price ?
You’re a business man so don’t play dumb. Concern for supply is causing the rise in costs along with limited refining capacity. Besides, the real question is why we shouldn’t keep the billions and billions we send to other countries for their oil here.
We’re not getting off oil anytime soon. The technology isn’t there and isn’t going to be for many years to come. Why not keep that money here???
You want to see a job boom? Open up the US to drilling and refining oil. Some estimates show we have one of largest oil reserves in the world. A 5% increase of oil industry jobs would employ more people that increasing all “green jobs” by 300%.
The numbers and logic all add up to drilling here and now. It is silly not to take advantage of our resources to keep huge amounts of money in our country while creating thousands of jobs.
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IT consultant. Mainly Cisco stuff.
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Worked for AirTran for a year. Not a bad company. Commute was good when you compared it to the North side of town. Expect a negative attitude from the Union towards the company. Upper management is full of smart individuals in my opinion. I think they just let go of a few people a little while back. Some of the better people took the separation offer… Take that for what you will.
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oh, look it is ugaydogs98 again, we are all saved.
saving us from your misinformation...
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"Joseph Walker, former principal of Grant High School in Van Nuys, says that because of the uphill battles that administrators face in terminating teachers: “You’re not going to fire someone who’s not doing their job. And if you have someone who’s done something really egregious, there’s only a 50-50 chance that you can fire them.”
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That said, 'mom' didn't make any sense with the theft of the IP address.
If he was using some kind of soft phone like yahoo or skype on his computer it could have been done. "Hijacking an IP" can mean a lot of things to someone without an indept knowledge of how the internet works. Could have also been done if he had a modem connected to the PC. There are programs that will let you us a modem as a phone port.
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While I appreciate the apology I do not feel it is needed. I am as guilty as anyone else when it comes to spirited conversation. It’s easy to miss the true intention of a post. Sometimes when we’re unable to convince or convert someone to our way of thinking we’re moved to take offense.
It’s a good time to remind everyone the web for the most part is expressionless and emotionless. While one may be bantering back and forth in playful bickering or true questioning another may interpret it to be an attack and this is not understood till after feelings have been hurt.
I have no bad feelings for anyone on Paulding and I hope none have them against me.
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Sorry, I have to disagree with that statement..What made them so great? Being DRAFTED? I think the current generation is the best..They choose to serve and go back and do tour after tour....And my generation is very happy being a stay at home MOM..We realized you CANT do it all and aren't as likely to get divorced..Like the baby boombers of the 70's whose kids grew up from split homes and were latch key kids...
The current generation still has much to prove. If we can get out of the hole our parents are digging for us I might agree. Until then our grandparents were the greatest generation.
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As a Gen X-er, I feel very fortunate compared to what my grandparents, aka the "Greatest Generation", had to deal with. With that said, yes, our parents haven't dealt us the greatest of hands.
mrnn
Our grand parents were probably the greatest generation. I have the utmost respect for them.
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How many of you feel we’re getting the short end of the stick with all that’s going on in America today?
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Call it the stimulus package from God.
Manhattan's Riverside Church - one of the country's most illustrious religious institutions - is paying its new senior pastor, the Rev. Brad Braxton, more than $600,000 in annual compensation.
Church sources say it includes:
$250,000 in salary.
$11,500 monthly housing allowance.
Private school tuition for his child.
A full-time maid.
Entertainment, travel and "professional development" allowances.
Pension and life insurance benefits.
An equity allowance for Braxton to save up to buy a home
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/0...s_parishio.html
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I allowed my father and step mother to keep both of my sons.
I turned to alcohol, and quit caring about anything.
But, how much money do you make?I think your priorities are a little out of order....
Looking for HVAC work
in GOOD HELP HERE
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Is he looking for employment or is he doing jobs on his own?
I have some A/C work that needs done.