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Girls Are Called To Serve With Distinction Too: Congratulations Julia Pierson One in Five
As little girls fancy around their homes playing pretend with their easy bake ovens and challenging their little brothers to a match of some sorts, don’t be surprised if her sleuthing skills lands her a job as head of the Secret Service. Today was a great day for girls everywhere. President Barack Obama named Julia…
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Bashing the Poor: Tasteless Posturing Can Be A Form of Bullying When You Lack Medium For Rebuttal
The airways have taken on a different kind of assault on the poor. Now, it is becoming as it seems, Ok, to bash the poor about everything from being takers, consumers, baby makers, stupid, lazy, and now fat on purpose under the guise of “shaming” them into changing his or her lifestyle, their eating habits…
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Tracking Your Every Move: Product Placement Technology To Boost Your Bottom-Line And Find Family, Friends And Colleagues
Apple’s recent purchase of Wi-Fi Slam, a startup company with indoor navigation tools, to compete with Google Maps indoor navigation tools that have already been included in their Google Maps, kicks off a battle for indoor tracking that will revolutionize how products and services are pushed and how tracking the whereabouts of people is done,…
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It’s Time:Take Charge Of Your Bucket List
There are movies that impact us and then there are movies that inspire you to personal action. The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson is such a movie. Two men from two different ends of the economic ladder share a common challenge. They are both diagnosed with an incurable disease. Morgan Freeman’s character…
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Budget Alert: Ryan Plan Rejected 40-59
House Republican Paul Ryan’s budget proposal passed the House vote 221-227 on Thursday morning and on Thursday night, Democrats in the Senate forced a Senate Republican vote on the Ryan plan, and it failed 40-59. With five Republicans joining Democrats, the vote halted cuts to safety net programs for a number of Americans to include…
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Budget Alert: A Look at the Proposed Ryan Budget And How It Might Impact Women And Their Families
The power of a democracy is that when you take a look at budgetary proposals, they reflect the values of the people. First and foremost, is the value of family and what it means to a democracy like the US. The goal is to protect the family and in protecting families, you protect children. Children,…
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Here’s the Problem: The Poor Is Just A Part Of A Bigger Number With No Equity To Protect Safety Net Programs
Across North Carolina and in northeastern North Carolina African Americans, Latinos, and women are struggling for economic progress. Their rates of poverty are astounding and yet, there is a deafening silence. What can be done to reduce poverty is the passionate cry that has not been felt or heard amidst the challenges of balancing budgets…