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Old 08-23-2007, 10:15 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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Originally Posted by DavidoftheNorth View Post
Forest - I beat you! Sorry to read that your wife has been ill - hope she's doing better now.
Man your good!

Well, my wife has had a series of heart attacks. Two a month apart, a two year gap and then this last one. They have done every test, and while they do see muscle damage, they can not figure out what is causing it.

She works on a loading dock, lifting, carrying and stacking product. So she does have a fairly physical job. And she is up to the job.

It has been two years, that she had been doing okay, and then this last HA. She really thought that the HAs were behind her.

Who knows?
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Old 08-23-2007, 10:29 PM
 
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Originally Posted by forest beekeeper View Post
Man your good!

Well, my wife has had a series of heart attacks. Two a month apart, a two year gap and then this last one. They have done every test, and while they do see muscle damage, they can not figure out what is causing it.

She works on a loading dock, lifting, carrying and stacking product. So she does have a fairly physical job. And she is up to the job.

It has been two years, that she had been doing okay, and then this last HA. She really thought that the HAs were behind her.

Who knows?
I want to wish you and your wife the best.Life sometimes just isn't fair. My thought's are with you both.
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Old 09-13-2007, 09:20 AM
 
Location: Greater Metropolitan Bangor
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Default Maine gets an "A" on scorecard

Maine received high grades from a Washington, D.C., nonprofit grading states on their residents’ abilities to achieve financial success.

The Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Maine high marks in education and health care, which helped it be one of only 10 states to receive an overall “A” on the nonprofit's Assets and Opportunity Scorecard. The organization looked at 46 measures of personal financial security, business development, health insurance coverage and education quality, according to a press release. Households in Maine enjoyed a higher net worth (Maine ranked 13th among the states), more small business ownership (9th) and lower debt (3rd in median installment debt) than most Americans, the press release said.

Maine’s scorecard, along with the rest of the country’s, can be seen here: Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe5f1273766c0c7c7416&ls=fe281777746d017d701776 &m=fef217777c6703&l=ff2817767c61&s=fe5d12727661047 e7c12&jb=ffcf14&t - broken link)=

source: Mainebiz Daily
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Old 09-13-2007, 09:28 AM
 
Location: Maine
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Wow! That's certainly contradictory to what so many complain on these boards about. Low income, high taxes, poor education, horrible healthcare costs....

Thanks for the info!
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Old 09-13-2007, 09:37 AM
 
Location: Greater Metropolitan Bangor
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Wow! That's certainly contradictory to what so many complain on these boards about. Low income, high taxes, poor education, horrible healthcare costs....

Thanks for the info!
Yes, I guess this does demonstrate the proverbial two sides to every story effect. It will be interesting to see how some of our resident analysts will interpret this. (Elcarim - I'm trying to get back onto the straight & narrow. It ain't easy.)
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Old 09-13-2007, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Maine
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Guess that means I have to try and be good, too! Maybe that'll help!! I thought that was awfully conservative post for you.
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Old 09-13-2007, 10:06 AM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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Originally Posted by DavidoftheNorth View Post
Maine received high grades from a Washington, D.C., nonprofit grading states on their residents’ abilities to achieve financial success.

The Corporation for Enterprise Development gave Maine high marks in education and health care, which helped it be one of only 10 states to receive an overall “A” on the nonprofit's Assets and Opportunity Scorecard. The organization looked at 46 measures of personal financial security, business development, health insurance coverage and education quality, according to a press release. Households in Maine enjoyed a higher net worth (Maine ranked 13th among the states), more small business ownership (9th) and lower debt (3rd in median installment debt) than most Americans, the press release said.

Maine’s scorecard, along with the rest of the country’s, can be seen here: Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe5f1273766c0c7c7416&ls=fe281777746d017d701776 &m=fef217777c6703&l=ff2817767c61&s=fe5d12727661047 e7c12&jb=ffcf14&t - broken link)=

source: Mainebiz Daily
That is real cool

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Households in Maine enjoyed a higher net worth (Maine ranked 13th among the states),

... more small business ownership (9th)

... and lower debt (3rd in median installment debt) than most Americans,
Each of these individually should to shouted from the housetops.
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Old 09-13-2007, 12:46 PM
 
Location: God's Country, Maine
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They must have figured a way to audit the under the table transactions!
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Old 09-13-2007, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Forests of Maine
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Maine ranks #1 in the nation for it's trend of Change in private loans to small business
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3973 - broken link)



Maine ranks #2 in the nation for Reading Proficiency - 8th Grade
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3939 - broken link)



Maine ranks #2 in the nation for a low level of Uninsured Low-Income Parents
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3932 - broken link)



Maine ranks #3 in the nation for Median amount of installment debt per borrower
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3957 - broken link)



Maine ranks #3 in the nation for Rate of Hispanic owned business per Hispanic population
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3991 - broken link)



Maine ranks #4 in the nation for Total number of microenterprises in the state per 100 people in the labor force
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3913 - broken link)



Maine ranks #5 in the nation for Percentage of children under 19 years of age at or below 200% of the poverty line without health insurance, three year average.
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3931 - broken link)



Maine ranks #8 in the nation for Asset Poverty - Measured as the proportion of households without sufficient net worth to subsist at the poverty level for three months in the absence of income,
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3886 - broken link)



Maine ranks #8 in the nation for Percentage of households that hold interest-bearing checking, savings, or money market accounts
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3893 - broken link)



Maine ranks #8 in the nation for Small Business Investment - SBIC Financing to businesses by state, reported in dollars per worker
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3914 - broken link)



Maine ranks #9 in the nation for Small Business Ownership - Total number of employer firms and self-employed individuals in the state per 100 people in the labor force
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3911 - broken link)



Maine ranks #9 in the nation for Absolute change in asset poverty rate
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3961 - broken link)



Maine ranks #10 in the nation for The percentage of children from ages 0 to 5 years who are in poverty and are served by a Head Start program
Assets and Opportunity Scorecard (http://www.cfed.org/focus.m?parentid=31&siteid=2471&id=2475&measureid= 3937 - broken link)

hmm
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Old 09-13-2007, 01:22 PM
 
Location: Maine
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Anyone notice that Texas hit the big FFFFFFFFFF on that one? Figures. That does it - I'm moving to Maine!!!

Last edited by Elcarim; 09-13-2007 at 02:41 PM..
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