The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to provide leadership in the prevention control and cure of arthritis and related diseases.The Arthritis Foundation has three major functions; discovering answers thru research, change behaviors by helping patients in finding the right care and reduce pain, and influence government thru public policy. If you want to help [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Business
U.S. Chamber on Health Care
Here is an article that falls a little short on health care. It briefly states the obvious and then opens up to comments (hmm…kind of like this site). The most entertaining part is reading some of the comments after the article. They range from the ridiculous to the pitiful, but neither the article NOR the [...]
Business
November Financial Times
The newest issue of the Financial Times is out. Here is a summary of some key issues: Bill Gates got lucky (How you can get lucky too.): For the past decade, Bill Gates has been the richest person in the world. Believe it or not, one of the reasons Bill Gates achieved such financial success [...]
college planning
New Northern Virginia Firm to provide area families with personal ‘College Admissions Coaches’
Worried that your son or daughter may not get into the college you want? What parents are saying about College Vision…… “We’re extremely happy with the work College Vision has done in raising awareness of the importance of a good head-start and early planning for college. Our son’s grades have already jumped up, he has [...]
Health
Who are the Radicals again?
This is a great illustration, and I would even argue the BEST illustration–brought to my attention by my good friend, JohnnyB–of what’s wrong with the current Health Care System, how it got there, and who’s actually (shockingly enough) coming up with the most radical (and arguably the most logical) approaches to solving said system. My [...]
Finance
Weekly Tax Tip
Zero capital gains rate coming in 2008 You already know the federal tax rate on capital gains varies, depending on your tax bracket, the kind of property you sell, and how long you owned it. But are you aware that starting next year some capital gains won’t be taxed at all? From 2008 through 2010, [...]
Community
Um…no.
Just got through watching a video clip of the candidate’s forum a couple of weeks ago through the chamber. One of the panelists asked a question about how local Supervisors could help with small businesses offering health insurance. A few of the candidates (half) suggested the chamber (or someone) should sponsor forming a group for [...]