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Farmers & Merchants Bank of Long Beach

W. Henry Walker, Rod Wilson, Lorie Stack and Christine Walker

Farmers & Merchants Bank, a community bank that is celebrating its 104th year, hosted an inaugural breakfast and awards ceremony, People You Can Bank On, on August 25, 2011 at the Virginia Country Club to honor nine Long Beach area residents.

Awardees were chosen for their community service, professionalism and leadership in the greater Long Beach area. Rod Wilson, president of the East Anaheim Business Alliance and owner of a public relations agency Pacific Research and Strategies, Inc. was among the nine chosen for this award.

People You Can Bank On organizers said they hope to host the event annually, honoring influential members of the Long Beach community and sharing stories about the awardees to uplift and inspire others.

For details about F&M, visit www.fmb.com.

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LONG BEACH - The Long Beach Taxpayers Association will hear from an economics and political expert at its Thursday meeting.

Alfred Balitzer will speak on the current economic conditions in California, the outlook for the future, and the fundamentals needed to return local and state government to prosperity. Balitzer is chairman of Pacific Research & Strategies Inc.

The Taxpayers Association meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Wagner Kitchen and Design, 1800 Palo Verde Ave., Suite E. The business is at the corner of Palo Verde and Atherton Street, above FedEx/Kinko's. The event is free and open to the public.
 

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By Nicholas Piatek

The 2010 Census Congressional Reapportionment data reveal the big winners and losers among the states, but the results also reveal several valuable lessons for California in the coming decade. In America, population is power. A state that cannot sustain or increase its population will not wield the influence that it desires in Washington. Congressional seats continued their move from the Midwest and Northeast to the West and South, but California did not gain a single seat in 2010 after gaining 10 between 1970 and 2000.

States losing representation –New York, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, and New Jersey—are among the states that have felt the worst of the ailing economy. Louisiana, in particular, continues to feel the lingering hardships of Katrina. An individual state’s ability to absorb tough economic times through superior policies is directly related to its ability to maintain or gain population and, thus, political power in Washington. In that respect, the results of reapportionment are not surprising.

Bad policies spurn businesses. When tough economic times hit, businesses make the survival decision to move to more welcoming states or make cuts. Job-seekers follow jobs.

Of the ten states losing representation, seven are among the 25 states with the highest public debt. The three that are not, Ohio, Iowa, and Michigan, all suffer from deep losses in manufacturing industry due largely to the high cost of labor.

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Dear Friends,

As we wind down our 25th year together we have much to be grateful for.  We take this moment to share our gratitude and good friendship with so many wonderful people with whom we have had the privilege to meet and work over the last two-and-a-half decades. 

While there have been significant and rapidly evolving changes in the way we communicate and do business, there are fundamental challenges that indeed still remain. As we approach 2011, we look forward to working with you on creative solutions to your unique challenges that will deliver demonstrably satisfactory results.

By Alfred Balitzer and Abraham Cooper | Guest columnist
12:00 AM EST, December 3, 2010

Karen Rae, deputy administrator in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration recently spoke in Orlando to a group of companies that have expressed potential interest in bidding for a proposed high-speed-rail project.

Among the participants were Germany's Siemens, Canada's Bombardier Inc. and China's High Speed Rail. The multibillion-dollar project would create a link between Tampa and Orlando and then add a connection to Miami with trains reaching about 168 miles per hour. "This is the beginning of a revolution. You are the foot soldiers," she told the business leaders.

But before Floridians are asked to pay for tomorrow's infrastructure, they have the right — legal and moral — to demand foreign companies seeking the lucrative contracts to own up to past horrors.

Time does not heal all wounds. Sixty-five years after the end of the Second World War, we are reminded that while history tells a story, it does not automatically bring justice. From the Nazi death camps to the Bataan Death March to the American POWs and others who suffered at the hands of Imperial Japanese, the scale and scope of barbarities inflicted on humankind during the World War II era remain beyond our full comprehension.

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PRSI has a distinguished record of helping organizations expand overseas and Tribes develop their economies.

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May 12, 2009
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Pacific Research & Strategies earns 11 Hermes Creative Awards from Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals

Firm recognized in 11 total categories for exceptional public relations work by international competition drawing thousands of entries

Long Beach, CA – Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. (PRSI) maintained its standard of excellence in the public relations industry by winning 11 prestigious 2009 Hermes Creative Awards as judged by the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals.

With the 11 wins, the Company has earned 28 Hermes Awards in the past two years alone and more than 60 national and regional public relations honors overall since 2004...

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Presidents, Top Officials of The Claremont Colleges to Embark on Historic Academic Visit to Singapore, China

Delegation to introduce Colleges, conduct academic outreach; tour begins in Singapore with gala reception hosted by President SR Nathan at the Istana

Claremont, CA – Presidents and other top officials of The Claremont Colleges, which include five of the top 50 universities in the United States, will conduct a historic goodwill visit of Singapore and China March 27-April 5, 2008 to provide information about the Colleges and their status as a premiere destination for secondary education in the United States.

The tour will begin March 27 with a gala reception in Singapore hosted by President Sellapan Rama (SR) Nathan at the Istana. The delegation also is scheduled to meet with high level government and academic officials in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing in the days following...

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November, 2008
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Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. earns 12 2008 MarCom Awards from Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals

Long Beach-based public relations firm recognized for exemplary work by international competition drawing thousands of entries worldwide

Long Beach, CA - Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. (PRSI) once again secured its place amongst the elite public relations firms in Southern California by winning 12 2008 MarCom Awards as presented by the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals.

Overall, PRSI scored in a dozen different categories, receiving three Platinum Awards, judged among the most outstanding competition entries, five Gold Awards, which exceed the high standards of the industry norm, and four Honorable Mentions.

With the 12 MarCom wins, PRSI has amassed 34 total national public relations awards in 2008 alone...

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May 7, 2008
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Pacific Research & Strategies earns 17 Hermes Creative Awards from Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals

Firm recognized in 15 categories for exceptional public relations work by international competition drawing some 4,000 entries

Long Beach, CA – Long Beach-based Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. (PRSI) has once again established a standard of excellence in the public relations industry by winning 17 prestigious 2008 Hermes Creative Awards as judged by the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals.

The 17 Hermes Awards eclipses the Company’s previous record of 16 total awards for public relations excellence collected from a variety of professional organizations in all of 2007...

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November, 2008
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Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. earns 2 major 2008 PRism Awards from Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles

Long Beach firm earns industry recognition for innovative work in website design and government brochure design

Los Angeles, CA – Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. (PRSI), the leading Long Beach-based public relations and consulting firm, captured two major 2008 PRism Awards of Excellence from the Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles Chapter (PRSA-LA).

PRSI won the PRism in the Website (External) category for its www.joejosts.com website for the legendary Long Beach, California tavern, Joe Jost’s, as well as an Award of Excellence in the Brochure (Government) category for a tribal history brochure created for the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians.

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October, 2007
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Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. captures three prestigious 2007 PRism Awards from Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles

Long Beach-based firm earns industry recognition for innovative work in website development, crisis communications and social/influencer marketing campaigns

Los Angeles, CA – In a gala event held at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel, Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. (PRSI) captured three prestigious 2007 PRism Awards of Excellence in the categories of External Website, Crisis Communications and Social/Influencer Marketing from the Public Relations Society of America-Los Angeles Chapter (PRSA-LA).

The three wins raises the total number to five PRism Awards the Long Beach-based firm has earned in just the past four years. Earlier this year, PRSI earned a coveted 2007 Silver Anvil Award from the national Public Relations Society of America for its work on behalf of the Shingle Springs Rancheria, a Native American tribe near Sacramento...

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November 15, 2007
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Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. wins 12 prestigious MarCom Awards from Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals

Long Beach-based public relations firm recognized for exemplary work by international competition drawing more than 5,000 entries

Long Beach, CA - Pacific Research & Strategies, Inc. (PRSI) established a new standard of excellence in the public relations industry by winning 12 prestigious 2007 MarCom Awards as presented by the Association of Marketing & Communications Professionals.

Overall, PRSI scored in a dozen different categories, receiving four Platinum Awards, judged to be the most outstanding entries in the competition, four Gold Awards, judged to exceed the high standards of the industry norm, and four Honorable Mention Awards, judged to meet the exacting standards and expectations of the judges.

The MarCom Awards is an annual international competition that recognizes outstanding creative achievements by marketing and communication professionals...