The Profit Prophet

Ok, here it comes again.  The run up to the Presidential Elections of 2016 and now we will get bombarded with ads and promises and debates and more ads and analysis and polls, and yada, yada, yada. Some time ago I read an article about a 3rd grade class that was being taught a civics lesson about the President and how we go about electing one. The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest of what was going on outside of their classroom. So, the teacher decided to have an election for a class president. The children would choose their nominees. Those nominees would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. The class discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. There were many nominations and from those, tow students, let's call them Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selecti...

In an effort to move the world in a more user friendly direction,  I put this together this document to help an company I have been working with, Help Find Care , develop their automation process when dealing with payroll and ACH (Automated Clearing House).  This document takes each of the NACHA fields needed to upload a text file to your bank. The screen shots are below (click on the images to enlarge), or you can download the PDF with this link . Notes: Field was is the header record field..Each field consists of 94 characters. To submit a payment file you will need Feilds 1, 5, 6 (may be multiple field 6s), 8, and 9. Field 5 is the Company Batch Header designator   Note: Field 6 is the actual payment field, and there would be on field (94 characters) for each employee you would want to pay.

The next time you give...maybe these facts should influence you?   The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans' salary for the year was $951,957 plus expenses. The United Way President Brian Gallagher receives a $675,000 base salary along with numerous expense benefits. UNICEF CEO Caryl M. Stern receives $1,900,000 per year (158K) per month, plus all expenses including a ROLLS ROYCE. Less than 5 cents (4.4 cents) per donated dollar goes to the cause. The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 billion dollar organization. 96 percent of donated dollars go to the cause. The American Legion National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth! The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth! The Disabled American Veterans...