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December 26, 2017 – 12:52 pm | No Comment

This Week 7’s (12.14 – 12.31) Affirmation: Mindfulness – I will reach for mindfulness each day.
Date – 12.26.17
B-Book 44: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
The key message in this book: Often we stop dead in our tracks …

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First category I added when I started this blog many moons ago. I jot stuff here I can't otherwise categorize.

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The section you will see a swear or two in. Not that I am a big fan, but sometimes situation can't be helped

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Why black workers who do everything right still get left behind 

October 4, 2016 – 2:02 pm | No Comment
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We’ve known for a while that black Americans aren’t making economic progress. A recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, shows that the black-white wage gap is now the widest it has been since 1979. What’s more …

How Ebola got out of control:

October 5, 2014 – 4:18 pm | No Comment
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This is an absolute must read…
Tom Frieden remembers the young woman with the beautiful hair, dyed a rusty gold and braided meticulously, elaborately, perhaps by someone who loved her very much. She was lying facedown, …

Born Free: How to Prevent Human Trafficking

October 4, 2014 – 9:54 pm | No Comment
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Born Free: How
The buying and selling of humans is big business — and an enormous development challenge. It is estimated to generate anywhere from $32 billion to $150 billion a year and affect tens of …