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Quote for today… “A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune’s inequality exhibits under this sun.” – Thomas Carlysle.

• Want a shocker! According to this article by Jen Hubley Luckwaldt at Yahoo for PayScale.com., these career fields are in serious jeopardy of disappearing in the near future: US Postal Service Carrier – Real Estate Agents – Video Store Clerks – Toll Collectors/Operators – Stock Brokers – Newspaper Reporters.

• How about another shocker! “The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the U.S. economy is losing strength and repeated a pledge to take further steps to stimulate growth if the job market doesn’t show sustained improvement.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• And yet another shocker … some economic development corporations don’t produce development … and people wonder where the money went! – “A decade ago, the economic corporation formed with a plan to revitalize downtown Middletown and several surrounding municipalities. Today, Middletown officials complain they’ve seen little evidence of the corporation’s financial health or progress improving Middletown.” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

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• The shockers continue … on-site “watchers” to make sure people do the right thing! If it works at Penn State, wonder about other places? – The Daily Collegian, Penn State University.

• “The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) published the guidelines for the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program, developed to enhance the educational opportunities for students in low-achieving schools.” – DCED press release