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<div align="center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="7" color="#FF0000"><b>How
to Get Fired</b></font></span> </div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">If
you�re looking for answers to help you advance in your career or for winning
the employee of the year award, you�ll have to look elsewhere. This month�s
message is not for you. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">However,
if you�re looking forward to getting your share of those unemployment checks
and having a chance to catch up on your daytime soap operas, you�ve come to
the right place. This month we�re passing out good advice on how to get
fired. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Although
there are many protections against unfair terminations in today�s laws and regulations,
if you�re really determined you can get around those encumbrances and achieve
your true goal of getting your boss to run you down the road. Here are
some sure-fire ways to make that happen for you.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Arrive
Late For Work</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Being
on time is for wimps. Get out of bed when you feel like getting out of
bed. Get a few errands done on your way in.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Don�t
Forget the Coffee</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">No,
not for your boss�for yourself. You�re already late so a few more minutes
won�t make it any worse. (And spill a little on your clothes, it helps.)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Take
Long Lunches</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">An
hour for lunch? Are they crazy? That�s not enough time for all the
things you want to do. You don�t do enough to make a difference anyway.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Have
a Drink</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">What�s
lunch without a couple of drinks? It�ll relax you and make you more confident,
likeable and easy to get along with. They can�t smell it on you anyway.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Always
Be a Day Late and a Dollar Short</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Don�t
hassle yourself about deadlines. And if the work isn�t done or isn�t done right,
well that�s just the way things go sometimes. Someone else can finish up.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Make
Lots of Personal Calls</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">How
can they expect you to handle all your personal stuff on your own time?
What kind of people are they anyhow? Sure some of those calls are long
and cut into your work time, but you need to get that personal stuff done.
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Chat
Room Chatter</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">And
don�t forget about the net! Stuff to buy, chat rooms to visit, celeb videos,
YouTube, MySpace and E-Bay. You can sell an attic full of stuff at work.
Your personal life is just too valuable to do that stuff on your own time.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Send
Lots of Email</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">You�re
only using a few hours of the company�s time and there are eight of them to
use up. Keep daily contact with friends and family, it�s an admirable
thing to do. And don�t forget to use the company�s email address. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Make
It You Against The World</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Forget
about teamwork. You�ve got your own opinion about how things should be
run. Those people you work with are probably a bunch of jerks anyway.
Snap at them every once in a while. Let them know who the boss around
there is. Respect and cooperation is what they owe you, not the other
way around.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Make
Your Customers Really Mad</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Ignore
customers while you talk to your friends. Don�t return their phone calls
and messages. Don�t worry about being accurate with their messages. Don�t
bother to follow up with them. After all, the company says employees are their
greatest asset and you�re an employee. Let�s keep those priorities straight.
It�s more about you than the customer, right?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Don�t
Ever Do Anything That�s Not in Your Job Description</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">When
projects are down to the wire and your help is desperately needed, just remember,
if it�s not in your job description, you don�t do it! You�ve got enough
to worry about.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Leave
Work Early</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Who
made that 5:00 pm rule anyway? You�ve got a personal life to take care
of. Getting out 15 minutes early gets you a head start on the traffic.
You�re not a wage slave.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Party
Hearty</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Night
time is party time. Don�t worry you can sleep in a little. You�re
usually a little late anyway. Heck, maybe you can just call in sick.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">In
a later issue, maybe we can get you some advice on how to work that same magic
on the people down at the unemployment office.</font></p>
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<h2 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center">
<font face="Verdana" color="#008000">Have an employment question?</font></h2>
<h3 style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><font face="Verdana">Send it to
<a href="mailto:[email protected]?subject=From HR On The Job">
[email protected]</a></font></h3>
<p style="margin-left:.75in" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="2">
Please include Company Name and Association in your e-mail. Company
identification will be kept confidential.</font></b></p>
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<h2 align="left"><b><u><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hitchhiking on the Information
Highway</font></u></b></h2>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><font
size="4" color="#FF0000">Dateline: July 2008</font></b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Note. Although we attempt to provide the HRU update on the first
of each month, we are normally delayed awaiting the release of several
monthly government statistical reports. We will hereafter update the information
as each report becomes available without waiting for all of them to be
released.</font></i></p>
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<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Want To Be In
Demand?</font></b></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>
Here�s What They�re Demanding</b></font></h2>
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<span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Manpower,
Inc recently reported on the ten most difficult jobs to fill in
the USA. The company has been conducting the survey for the last
three years. Sales representatives, technicians, accountants/finance
staff and machinists have appeared on the list for all three years.
It is becoming increasingly important for companies to retain those
employees with these skills while developing better methods of attracting
younger workers. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Fewer
young people today want to go into the more technical jobs on the
list. That means companies will be competing with each other
for the available candidates. That also means that the wages
will continue to go up on these jobs. </font></p>
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<h3 class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">10
most difficult jobs to fill:</font></b></h3>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Engineers</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Machinists / Machine operators</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Skilled Trades</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Technicians</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Sales Representatives</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Accounting / Finance staff</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">7.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Mechanics</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">8.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Laborers</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">9.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>IT Staff</font></p>
<p class="ListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -.25in"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">10.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span>Production Operators </font>
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<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Big
jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow
smaller ones�</span></i></b></font></h2>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">-Ralph
Waldo Emerson</span></i></b></font></h2>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"> </h1>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size:18.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">City
Students Don�t Do As Well As Suburban or Country Students</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"> Former
General Collin Powell has founded an organization aimed at addressing
the failure of our American schools. His organization, �America�s
Promise Alliance� Has issued a 2008 report showing that 9<sup>th</sup>
grade students in big city schools have about a 50/50 chance of graduating
four years later. But if they were to cross over into their
own suburbs, their chances improve dramatically. Big city schools
educate about 12.5% of high school students yet they account for 25%
of all the drop-outs. Those are averages, when we look at the
some actual examples the differences really jump out.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">In
Baltimore MD only 34.6% of city students graduate while in the Baltimore
suburbs the figure is 85%. The top five:</font></p>
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<u>City School Graduates</u></font></b></div>
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<u>Suburban School Graduates<br>
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Baltimore, MD</font></b></td>
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34.6% </font></div>
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81.5%</font></div>
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Columbus, Ohio</font></b></td>
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40.9%</font></div>
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82.9%</font></div>
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Cleveland, Ohio </font></b></td>
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42.2%</font></div>
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78.1%</font></div>
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New York City</font></b></td>
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47.4%</font></div>
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82.9%</font></div>
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Denver, Colorado </font></b></td>
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46.8%</font></div>
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80.9%</font></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"> The
U.S. Secretary of Education calls that gap �unacceptable� and pointed
out that the figures may well be much worse as city schools tend to
use their own methods of calculating graduation rates that are inconsistent
with other schools. The teachers union feels that the
answer lies in paying school teachers higher wages and reducing their
class sizes. But that�s been the practicing solution of choice
for over 40 years, back when American education was considered among
the top 2 or 3 countries in the world. We now rank around 30<sup>th</sup>,
somewhere below South Korea. </font></p>
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<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Why
do we fail Sir?�</span></i></b></font></h3>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">�In
order to learn how to pick ourselves up�</span></i></b></font></h3>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">-Alfred</span></i></b></font></h3>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size:18.0pt">New
Jersey Passes Paid FMLA</span></b> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">When
the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was passed back in 1993, employers
objected to the idea of having to lose employees for up to 12 weeks
(16 to 18 weeks in some states) each year in addition to vacation,
holidays, sick leave and personal days complaining that this puts
an enormous burden on companies. In meeting with the Department
Of Labor (DOL) employers said that they feared that this would eventually
be expanded to paid leave. DOL said that they had no such plans
and that FMLA only applied to companies with 50 or more employees.
</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Since
then The state of California and Washington D.C. have mandated that
FMLA be paid leave. Last month the state of New Jersey passed
legislation requiring six weeks paid FMLA leave in each 12 month period.
All companies,<span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"> </span></span>
<u>regardless of size,</u> must provide the paid leave. And
much like Social Security, a state fund will be set up for employers
to pay into. Employees will be paid 66% of their pay up to $524
a week. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Companies
must begin paying into the fund on January 1, 2009. Employees
will be able to start collecting paid FMLA on July 1, 2009.</font></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�It
is by what we ourselves have done, and not by what others
have done for us, that we shall be remembered in after ages.�</font></span></i></b></h3>
<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">-Francis
Wayland</span></i></b></font></h3>
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<h3 class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b> <span style="font-size:18.0pt"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Who
Earns The Minimum Wage?</font></span></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">The
current federal minimum wage was set on July 24, 2007 at $5.85 per
hour. It will be raised to $6.55 on July 24, 2008, and will
be raised again to $7.25 on July 24, 2009. How many workers
will those increases affect? Not many.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Of
the 151 million workers in the U.S, those making minimum wage make
up 0.0175 percent of the American workforce. That�s a little
less than 2/10 of one percent of the workforce. In number that�s
267,000 workers. Approximately 70% of all minimum wage workers
advance out of that level of work within one year.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Minimum
wage workers tend to be young (about half are under 25), and minimally
skilled and most are women. According to the Business and Legal
Reports historic numbers, whenever the minimum wage goes up, the number
of jobs paying that wage goes down. It is thought that small
companies with a fixed salary capability must cut the number of workers
to fit that capability.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">�<b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Every
moment of one�s existence, one is growing into more or retreating
into less�</span></i></b></font></h3>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">-Norman
Mailer</span></i></b></font></h3>
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<p align="left"><font size="-1"
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Federal Minimum Wage:</b></font></p>
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<h3 align="left"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">$5.85/hr. </font></h3>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>Increases
to $6.55 on 7/24/08</i></font></p>
<p align="left"><i><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Increases
to $7.25 on 7/24/09</font></i>
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face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Average
Income:</b></font></td>
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<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Hourly</font></b></td>
<td width="50%" align="center"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Weekly</font></b></td>
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<p align="center"> <u><font size="-1"><b>March</b></font></u><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>
2007</u></font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$17.29</font>
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<u><font size="-1"><b>March</b></font></u></font></span><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><span style="text-decoration: none"><u>
200</u></span></font></b><u><font size="-1"><b>8</b></font></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$17.8</font><font size="-1">8</font>
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<u><font size="-1"><b>March</b></font></u><b><u>
2007</u></b><br>
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$584.40</font>
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<u><font size="-1"><b>March</b></font></u><b><u>
2008</u></b></font></span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u><br>
</u>$602.56</font>
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<h3 align="center"><span style="text-decoration: none"><font
face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>Federal<br>
Poverty Level:</b></font></span></h3>
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<p align="center"><b><u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">One
(1) Person<br>
</font></u></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">$10,400</font></td>
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<p align="center"><u><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">Family
of Four</font></b></u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><br>
$21,200</font>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>IRS Mileage Allowance :</b></font></p>
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<div align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>January
1, 2008, IRS mileage allowance:</u></font></b></div>
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<div align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
Business Purposes: 50.5 cents per mile<br>
Medical or Moving Purposes: 19 cents per mile<br>
Charitable Purposes: 14 cents per mile</font></b></div>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>Postage:</b></font></p>
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>May
12. 2008</b></font></td>
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<td width="32%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">1 oz.</font></td>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.41</font></td>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">.42</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Each additional ounce</font></td>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.17</font></td>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2
oz. .27</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><i>Postcards</i></font></td>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">.26</font></td>
<td width="34%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">.27</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b><u>Population:</u></b></font></p>
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<td width="34%" style="border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>World</b></font></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">6.5 Billion</font>
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<td width="34%" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1"><b>U.S.</b></font></td>
<td width="82%" valign="top">
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">300
Million</font>
<p align="left"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><i>One
birth every 8 seconds<br>
One death every 13 seconds<br>
One new immigrant every 30 seconds<br>
Net gain = 1 person every second</i></font>
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<p align="left"><b> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">U.S.
Workforce</font></b></p>
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<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><font size="-1"><b>March</b></font></u></font></span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u><font size="-1">
2007</font></u></b></font></td>
<b>
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<span style="text-decoration: none"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
<u><font size="-1"><b>March</b></font></u></font></span><u><span style="font-weight:700"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">
</font></span> </u><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><u>
<b> 2008</b></u></font></td>
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<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">U.S. Civilian Workforce</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">152,542,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">153,957,000</font></td>
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<td width="48%"><font size="-1">Number Employed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">145,713,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
145,331,000</font></td>
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<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Number Unemployed</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1">6,829,000</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <font size="-1">7</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">,626,000</font></td>
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<td width="48%"><span style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Persons Who Currently Want A Job</font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4,542,000</font></span></td>
<td width="12%" align="center"> <span style="text-decoration: none">
<font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4,755,000</font></span></td>
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<td width="48%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size="-1">Unemployment Rate</font></td>
<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">4.5</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
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<td width="12%" align="center">
<p><font size="-1">5.0</font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">%</font></p>
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<h4><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">PRODUCTIVITY
OF THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE</font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br>
(The amount of goods produced, divided by the number of work hours
it took to produce it)</font></h4>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1992</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">3.7%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1993</b></font></p>
</td>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.5%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1994</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.3%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1995</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">0.9%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1996</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.5%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1997</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.0%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1998</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.6%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>1999</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.4%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2000</b></font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">2.9%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2001</b></font></p>
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<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">1.1%</font></p>
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<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2002</b></font></p>
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<td width="68%">
<p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">4.7%</font></p>
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<td width="32%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1"><b>2003</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4.5%</font></td>
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<td width="32%"><font size="-1"><b>2004</b></font></td>
<td width="68%"><font size="-1">4.0%</font></td>
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<td width="32%"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2005</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2.6%</font></span></td>
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<td width="32%"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2006</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3.0%</font></span></td>
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<td width="32%"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>2007</b></font></span></td>
<td width="68%"> <font size="-1">1.9%</font></td>
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<p><font face="Verdana" size="2">� William J. Cook</font></p>
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