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PERSONAL FINANCE: How to Reduce Your Taxable Income (Part I)

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

– Deborah A. Morgan, CPA
It’s getting towards the end of the year and it’s a good time to start thinking about ways to reduce your taxable income.
Let’s start with an easy way to do just that (and feel good in the process): donate to a charity.
Checks are the easiest way to make a tax-deductible donation. [...]

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Tags: Connections Vol.1 No.1 · Deborah A. Morgan · Personal Finance · Reducing Taxable Income · Taxes

REAL ESTATE: Mortgage Bonds Too Much of a Good Thing?

November 16th, 2007 · No Comments

– Sean Mitchell, Founder/CEO,
101 Properties & Financial Group
Mortgage Bonds have touched the 200-day Moving Average on twelve of the past sixteen trading sessions – and just can’t seem to get enough. Why is it that Mortgage Bonds are continuing to linger around this level… and how much will be enough? Historically, the 200-day Moving Average [...]

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Tags: 101 Properties and Financial Group · Connections Vol.1 No.1 · Mortgage Bonds · Real Estate · Sean Mitchell

WELLNESS: Three Myth-Conceptions About Massage Therapy

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

–Maria Baffo,
Licensed Massage Therapist
Let me begin by saying that it’s reason enough to get a massage simply because it feels good. Extensive scientific research has proven that massage does perform a number of wonderful,
therapeutic services for your body…among them:

alleviates muscle spasm and soreness
increases flexibility and range of motion
lowers blood pressure [...]

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Tags: Connections Vol.1 No.1 · Maria Baffo · Massage Myths · Massage Therapy · Wellness

EDUCATION: Prepare Yourself — Kindergarten is the New First Grade

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

– Cindy Mann, children’s author & Kindergarten teacher
Today’s Kindergarten is definitely not what it used to be. Actually, it’s First Grade. California State Standards mandate that all children, upon leaving Kindergarten, will have mastered:

Recognition of upper and lower case letters
Beginning and ending sounds of all consonants and short vowel sounds
Instant recognition of 35 sight words
Number [...]

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Tags: Cindy Mann · Connections Vol.1 No.1 · Education · Educational Consultation · First Grade · Kindergarten

THE WEB: Five Things You Need To Know Before Building Your Web Site.

November 13th, 2007 · No Comments

–Vinh Bui, WebMaster
1. Get a domain name. Try to secure one as close to your name/company name as possible. Beyond that, It is always a good policy to buy a few domains. Think in terms of extra domains that describe the service or product that you are offering. The reason is twofold: services and [...]

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Tags: Connections Vol.1 No.1 · Starting a Website · Vinh Bui · Web Services · Webmaster

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH: The Ten Elements of Client Delight

November 12th, 2007 · No Comments

Hutt Bush, Founder
Coaching For Results®, Inc
Our work with individuals and businesses of all kinds has taught us that the client delight is the best possible outcome in any business relationship.
It’s that smile on their face when they leave your store. The enthusiastic way they talk about you to their friends. Their satisfaction at [...]

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Tags: Business Methodology · Coaching for Results · Connections Vol.1 No.1 · Hutt Bush · Professional Growth