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Dear Galen Workman,
| Emergency? Hang-Up and Do Not Dial 9-1-1 |
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Cell phone users are waiting a long time on
hold when they call 9-1-1 to report emergencies.
Landline calls to 9-1-1 are automatically
routed to the proper city or county's dispatch
center. But cell phone 9-1-1 calls are mostly
sent to understaffed California Highway
Patrol (CHP) dispatch centers.
It can take 16 minutes for Bay Area
9-1-1 calls to be answered by the CHP, according
to a report released last week.
Until the answering times improve, you might
consider programming your local police
department's ten-digit emergency number
into your cell phone. Then you can call
the direct number when you're in your home
area -- the local
police generally answer a lot more quickly, and
they usually are also able to transfer you to
fire and
ambulance dispatchers if you need those services.
San Francisco Police Department's
emergency number
is (415) 553-8090.
Oakland Police
Department's emergency number is
(510) 777-3211.
We found these
numbers by searching Google for "[city] police
department emergency number".
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| How Can I Sleep With the Market So Down/UP? |
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The stock market has been way down... and way
up... almost every day this summer.
We're not able to guess whether this is a
good time for you to buy or sell stocks and
other investments.
But, we do know that it's a good time to
think about where you're placing your money.
Check out what the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants says about
diversifying your investments among different
types of assets.
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How Do you Know What You Don't Know? |
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All businesses have weaknesses. If you want
to sustain and grow your business it's vital
to address them before they threaten your
chances of long term success.
But many owners/managers are experts in what
their business does and are not trained in
management.
Since you cannot be
expected to be on top of all the managerial
skills that go towards making a business
operate profitably, what can you do to know
what you don't know?
Working with a business advisor to help you
analyze how the business is currently
performing its critical operations -
often referred to as a business health check
- is an essential first step.
-- Charles R. Sterck
CPA, Managing Partner
Learn More About Your Business Health Check...
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