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unemployment

UNEMPLOYED: without work and unable to secure new job

October 17, 2011

My Pittsburgh daughter related the story of a friend who is in the business of hiring security people at entry-level positions in Western Pennsylvania.  He has about 100 jobs available at the $10-$12 per hour level, with full benefits available after 60 days.  His problem: he can’t find people willing to take the jobs!  They [...]

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INFRASTRUCTURE: the foundational components of a system

August 6, 2011

Infrastructure is a word that refers to the basic design components which are composed in a system, whether it be an organization or a transportation system.  As used most recently, it has come to mean the roads, bridges, sewer systems, water systems, and other components which support our country.   The prefix infra is a French [...]

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MIA: missing in action

June 15, 2011

I apologize to the military for using a term that is usually a painful one, identifying troops who have not been accounted for.  There is a lack of information about them as to whether they are dead or alive.  It is not a term to be used lightly.   However, in this case, I think it [...]

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FORECLOSURE: to have one’s property seized by a mortgage holder

June 5, 2011

It’s not an unfamiliar term.  Over the past decade the American people have become inappropriately familiar with the term foreclosure.  Hundreds of thousands of families at a time have experienced the seizing of their homes and businesses for failure to have kept up with the financing obligations connected to them.  After a short period of [...]

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CONUNDRUM: a perplexing problem

May 21, 2010

I used the word conundrum in a post the other day, causing two people to ask me what the word meant.  It is a word which has several meanings, including the use of a pun to state a situation.   But as I used it, I was referring to the idea that the answer to a [...]

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WORK ETHIC: A set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and diligence.

April 6, 2010

The vast number of people unemployed in the United States is overwhelming.  It is a phenomenon which has not been this vast since the days of the Great Depression, although it was even more disastrous then.  Unemployment may be the root cause of a period of unrest, increased violence, depression, political anger, and who knows [...]

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