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Director - Focus Store Manager for Walmart Stores Incorporated
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Edgar L. Smith
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Andrea Hence Evans, Esq.
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Jessica Johnson
Vice President & Co-Principal, Johnson Security Bureau, Inc.,
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Jonathan Gosier
founder of MetaLayer
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Karen L. Heath Wade
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Kimberly A. Blackwell
Founder and CEO of PMM
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Lauren Maillian Bias
Founder and CEO of Luxury Market Branding
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Magic Johnson
Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises
Earvin "Magic" Johnson has become the most powerful African-American businessman in the world. As Chairman and CEO of Magic Johnson Enterprises, he has built his business empire over a span of 30 years.
Melinda Emerson
Small Biz Lady, Business Expert, Author
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Robert L. Johnson
Founder and Chairman of The RLJ Companies
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Ron Busby Sr.
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ron Busby, Sr., is not only the leader of the Nation's new premier non-profit organization for Black Business owners; he also is a successful business owner himself.
Sundra Ryce
Sundra Ryce established SLR Contracting & Services Company, Inc. in 1996 to provide quality work and exemplary customer service in the construction industry.
Wayne Sutton
Entrepreneur, Advisor and Technology Journalist.
Wayne is a designer and digital media thought leader who regularly speaks about harnessing the power of social media to foster creativity, empower communities, and build brands. Wayne delivers value to individuals, organizations, and brands by integrating product and market knowledge to continually improve marketing, sales, product development, and user experience.
Timothy Reese
Founder, National Minority Angel Network
Mr. Reese brings more than 20 years of experience in investments and startups in the US and UK. He is the founder of the National Minority Angel Network (NMAN™).
Valerie Gaydos
Founder and President, Capital Growth, Inc and Founder of the Angel Venture Forum
Valerie Gaydos is an angel investor and business development expert. She is the founder and president of Capital Growth, Inc. (CGI) an investment company which was established in 1994 as a venture capital data and information publishing company.


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...in my flowering Toyo Nishiki quince. When those guys are back it really seems like spring. |
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- Posted by nygardener z6 New York (My Page) on Mon, May 2, 11 at 7:51
Haven't seen any of those yet, but tons of robins and bluebirds. And bees buzzing around the spring bulbs. Now, if the weather would only warm up .... |
I love this weather! This is my favorite gardening weather. Then again I'm a heat-phobe ;) |
I saw some too :) I wonder if this means we wont get frost anymore? We usually get frost in May but I don't remember seeing the hummers here so early. :) Laura |
- Posted by largemouth Z6 NY (My Page) on Thu, May 5, 11 at 20:49
In the town of Kent in Putnam. Got buzzed 3 days ago and my wife said she saw one a day earlier. Frost warning tonight for us. Hope the peach tree survives as we got no peaches from last years very late frost. |
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Do you miss the old-scool, retro slot machines of the yesteryears? Do you like the modern slot machines but always wondered what the retro was like? Wonder no more because you can finally relive the moments (or experience yesterday when you weren't around) with the Random Runner.
Random Runner is a 3 reels, 5 paylines slot game designed primarily as a classic game. Everything you come to know and love about classic slot games are all here: the HOLD button, the various combo buttons, the luscious design layout and everything else. It's definitely for everyone but it's a matter to the veterans who've always missed playing the classics.
While it's got some modernized features to accommodate new players, the Random Runner still functions like that of the retro slot games. It doesn't have the bonuses like other modern slot games but that's something veterans will adore. They'll like the nostalgic nod to the yesteryears. Multipliers? Bonus rounds? Pfft! They do not exist in this slot game.
From the slick art style to the gorgeous features, Random Runner is the nostalgic trip back to a time when slot games were all about bets and gambles. It may not be like modern slot games but this game will teach you where slot games got their forms first.
UPDATE: Random Runner is no longer offered so try this one instead.
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Whether you call yourself a tourist or a traveller, whether you are away for a week or a year, I bet you have clothing in your bag that combines khaki and zips. If you are on an 'adventure' trip, chances are pretty much your entire wardrobe meets the khaki and zips description. When did this become … Continue reading


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Middle school students can learn about preventing type 2 diabetes and making healthy choices in a fun mystery about a fossil poacher. The novel features favorite characters from the original Eagle Books series.
Newest Addition to Popular Eagle Books Series Engages Youth Readers As It Encourages Healthy Choices
Coyote and the Turtle's Dream, the first of three books in the new Eagle Book series developed by the Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP), entertains and encourages healthy choices among middle school children, their families and communities.1 This exciting new mystery created for Native youth and others is based on the original Eagle Books series that is very popular with younger readers. Like the original series, the NDWP expects the new book to appeal to a wider audience as well. Coyote and the Turtle's Dream will be accompanied by a four-volume graphic novel based on the same story.
To order your free copies of Coyote and the Turtle's Dream, click on the web link or call 1-800-CDC-INFO.
Readers will see some of their favorite characters from the original series return. In addition, this new book also adds some new friends that include family members, teachers, store owners, other residents of a small reservation town, and an aging box turtle. Coyote and the Turtle's Dream also introduces the character of Arianna, a young girl with type 1 diabetes, to help readers understand more about different types of diabetes.
About the Book
Rain, now a 12-year-old, is visited once again by the eagle, but this time in a dream. As Rain sleeps, Sky Heart, the eagle, sings a song to him that ends with the refrain, "a boy must help us…" In the song, Sky Heart provides clues about strange vanishings on the Medicine Cave Indian Reservation. Thistle, the rabbit, has suspicions that Coyote is behind the disappearance of fossils from an ancient turtle, the sudden evaporation of water from the reservation's rivers, and the ominous absence of a 7th grader from Thunder Rock Middle School.
Searching for the meaning of the dream, Rain seeks the help of Boomer (Thunder Cloud), Simon, and Hummingbird. Unknowingly, the four friends are drawn into the coyote's game and the criminal activities of a dangerous fossil poaching ring. Deep within the gullies of Shell Ridge, an escarpment that borders the bed of an ancient sea, Rain follows Coyote to a mysterious cave where he discovers the origins of the reservation's water and confronts the notorious fossil thief, Vernon Smeed—risking everything to save one that he loves.
With his pranks and deceptions, Coyote puts Rain through many tests. The trickster teaches the boy lessons that will last a lifetime, but he, too, learns an important truth—Sky Heart has chosen well. The great bird has entrusted his messages about health and the wisdom of Native knowledge to a remarkable boy whose strength is founded in the steadfastness of friends and love of family.
Information for Public Health Professionals: About Type 2 Diabetes and Tribal Consultation
Diabetes has doubled in both American Indian (AIs) and Alaska Native (ANs) populations under the age of 35, increasing from 8.5 in 1994 to 17.1 in 2004.2 Research studies have shown that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or delayed with lifestyle changes that promote weight loss and physical activity in adults at high risk.
Guided by the Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee and in partnership with the Indian Health Service (IHS) Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention, CDC's Native Diabetes Wellness Program (NDWP) developed a series of four Eagle Books for elementary school children about traditional ways of being healthy and preventing type 2 diabetes. The first Eagle Book to bring these prevention messages to middle school youth, Coyote and the Turtle's Dream, was released in November 2011.
Additional information about the NDWP and Coyote and the Turtle's Dream is located at: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/diabetes-wellness.htm and http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/projects/coyote_turtledream.htm.
- CDC. Diabetes Public Health Resource: Coyote and the Turtle's Dream
- CDC. Diagnosed diabetes among American Indians and Alaska Natives aged <35 years---United States, 1994--2004. MMWR 2006; 55:1201--3.
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"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared with what lies within us," Motivation Moment, Fitness Magazine, July/August 2014
Happy New Year lovely ladies....
HAPPY NEW YEAR, my lovely friends!Busy cooking but will try and pop back in later. I have a lot of company coming later so not having much of a laid back day as I expected. I have two pies in the oven...frozen pies...and I baked some chocolate chip cookies...from a roll! LOL I doubt anyone will care!Chat with you all later,GOD bless,Rose
When we got to Lori's last night, Lori was giving Brice a bubble bath! I don't think he liked it! LOL
Hi ladies,
Out of the mouths of little animals, the truth comes out!
Could afford it if you wiped their feet before they came in!
I prefer to live life!
Had a extraordinary 'me day'...had a nice steam, used my new face mask and it felt good and seems to have done it's job. Miss my old St. Ives clay mask (I think it was I used many many years ago for lots of years, but such is life). This one was very nice. Plus I got to use my St. Ives facial scrub too since it was also a birthday gift to myself since I was getting low on the one I had.
We had a very yummy pasta dinner of Fettuccine with clams (for me) along with some French bread and I had a glass of my Beringer's white zinfandel too. Had some of my mint chocolate chip ice cream and a scoop of Eggnog. Since it was Sunday we had a CharmedGate night along with an episode of Three's Company.
I was a bad girl this a.m. as I didn't get out of bed for 23 minutes and no I didn't know the minutes but hubby did and I heard about it all morning. LOL
However, we got Buddy's toe nails done....he's so cute he lays down and wags his tail the whole time Chuck is snipping...such a good boy! Does the same for his ears too whether I or Chuck does it.
Plus got all our stuff washed...undies, socks, hubby's flannel shirt, etc. Now just have to wait till after New Year's day to wear them....it's our tradition. My aloe socks I got are still drying as we hung them. Curious to see how they work. Never had them before...nice soft feet while I am sleeping...what a concept. LOL
Plus I got calls made this a.m. while hubby and Buddy were in the 'man room'. Chuck's Lipitor shipped on 12/24 so on the 3rd I will call to see if it arrived at the doctor's office and then find out when it's being sent from there, if we didn't get it already.
Also called back the gal who called me from my primary's office on Friday to tell me she was doing Cristal's job...so I had to call back today and tell first Maria and then Letti (who scarily knows my voice by now LOL) and then Monday afternoon I got that my order shipped and since that was the last thing ordered it must be it. Did tell Letti and Maria both, that the fax went to the office number so one of them I guess walked downstairs to Donna and got it.
Also got the one Pillsbury's calendar stripped of it's recipe and put the other one in the supply cabinet with the cats and dogs one till it's January, which will be soon.
In addition Chuck and I went to the Netflix movie queue and picked some movies to move to the top of the queue and then went to the TV shows queue on his computer and did some purging of shows we didn't need to see anymore of or didn't want to bother with any longer.
Also got all my workouts finalized and my December report done...so I am a very happy camper.
Hubby decided on the Buffster...and Dawson for Monday night's viewing on the CBSM network and we had one of our cheesy enchiladas for dinner and another slice of our cheesecake.
So all in all a pretty darn good day for a Monday.
As for Tuesday, got my vacuuming done as since I am good dusting Wednesday, couldn't see a light dust today. Plus we wanted to get some things done and we did, got movies gone through we had on our "list to do" and tossed some, kept some and have some to check. Which we will do soon and then either keep or those.
Then since I washed all my Christmas stuff Monday, I had to rearrange my drawers to get the new 6 pair of socks I got. So did the top and bottom drawer of my night table and then since I was in there, finally rearranged my slip, bra, etc drawer and tossed a bunch of bras that didn't work anymore for me. Plus did the drawer on top with some stuff too...no longer appropriate for someone who is 59 so that went in the donation pile for some youngun LOL
Then I checked mail, answered some and then started on purging out the emails and stuff in my email program. Also decided to just keep one year's worth for some folders and for most, just the December emails for now.
We had our lunch and then worked on getting the pictures uploaded so I could share them with you.
Also got some stuff in from Wellcare and hubby checked some stuff and I will call them and confirm some stuff after the holiday.
Our pizza was on tap for our NYE's dinner along with a scoop of 1/2 the fat Double Fudge Brownie (Creamy Churn Style) (Creamy chocolate light ice cream sprinkled with chunks of brownies and swirled with rich chocolate fudge) and 1 scoop of Egg Nog ice cream (Creamy Old Fashioned Egg Nog Ice Cream Swirled with Rich, Buttered Cinnamon Sauce)
Plus we watched a movie and then the news to see the ball come down at Times Square...with all the ads now just not the same. However, they didn't show the ball as the station we watch had the old D. Clark show on, so be it. We watched our WOF and kissed at midnight and then finished watching and after making pit stops all went to sleep LOL
Well it's now 2014, a new year with lots for us to do project wise, pics, music and since it's the year of the "discard" as we say in our house...lots of stuff to get rid of too!
Had a fun surprise this a.m. as our radio station was doing the Best of Bob & Tom and Gunner today had the 2001 show where Todd Synder first debuted his Beer Run song...so it was a nice way to start the a.m.
Unfortunately our good oldies station was only static this a.m. so had to put the other one on that is NOT as good. But luckily late this afternoon it's back....whew!!!!
I had a very productive 1st day of the New Year, as I got my living room, dining room and bedroom all dusted and also got the sliding glass doors done too. Tonight after dinner I will do the computer room.
We also took our after holiday pics and in one of them I am making an ohhhh mouth as Buddy decided to give me a kiss part on my face and part on my ear LOL He's so cute.
Had a late lunch and I got my workout videos watched and left them out so I can watch again over the weekend, so I will be ready for Monday....
Got my mail cleared out and just a couple to answer which I hope to do after I finish comics, we shall see as hubby wants to boogie out early tonight as we are having another one of our lasagna pieces tonight and some ice cream....for me a repeat of Tuesday night....with a scoop of Egg Nog and one of 1/2 the fat Double Fudge Brownie (Creamy Churn Style) (Creamy chocolate light ice cream sprinkled with chunks of brownies and swirled with rich chocolate fudge)
On tap movie wise we haven't seen Pretty Woman in a good 3 years now so shall watch Julia tonight...love that movie.
Hope you had a nice NYE's eve and a wonderful first day of the New Year....MAY YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL YEAR FILLED WITH LOVE, HAPPINESS, AND HOPE!
It was better and a happier time, kids!
Time for me to catch up again...
Wow Rose what a strange way for a congregation to be...HUGS Glad you liked the pics on Sunday yeah the cabin with the snow reminds me of the holiday too. I liked the face mask. And yes I have used the peel masks also years back. No they don't seem to make them or if they do, not for what I want to pay LOL
I haven't gotten any emails from you at all Rose and I sent you one, was wondering what happened. Hope you can get it fixed.
Oh I would have loved that shrimp gumbo Rose.
Becky glad you had a such a nice time and got to talk a lot too. MMM your Sunday dinner sounded good too.
Candice I loved the decoration pictures on Monday. Plus loved the pillow the kids got you too.
Hope you got your Christmas stuff put away on Monday, Becky. Sure hope the car is all fixed by now and your roads got a bit better too.
Oh Rose, my back feels like that now when I mop the floors. Plus with no heating pad now I have to take those stupid pills.
How about a 'no eat or drink rule in the bedroom, Rose'....my mother had it for my brother.
LOL about Jake not mixing his clothes. After my dad stopped working for the laundry and went to Rolls Royce instead we had to wash our own clothes at home and IRON and I washed my own, my sister tried many times for me to put her stuff in with mine and I told her no...she had to do her own stuff...she was so lazy! Plus my brother was very young and messy so his clothes were always washed by themselves.
My mother loved to iron so she'd iron a lot of my stuff that needed it. However, when polyester came out...I was in heaven...out of the dryer onto the hanger and no wrinkles LOL
Oh no on Ash and I don't blame you as they are NOT making machines like they used to either.
Yeah well elastic-less panties aren't fun to me, especially when you wear bikini ones LOL Oh and they still had elastic in them it's just you could see it and they were coming apart LOL
Sorry Candice, I don't like my loose at all.
Yup Carolyn, no rest for the wicked....LOL Glad to hear you and Lyn were feeling well and getting caught up but very sorry to hear about Mary Ann how scary and my prayers to her and all of you. Sounds like she hit a patch of oil or something in the road. Wow and I see David got sick and Jane and Sarah too.
Hope your weather warms up. Ours is warm during the day but in the low 30s at night. No rain though and we are in drought conditions now.
Oh Carolyn so sorry to hear about Shelby and Lucy too...there have crossed over to the Rainbow Bridge...
Why these people can't take the dogs to the shelter is just beyond me...gets me very angry. I sure hope the clinic calls back soon.
Rose, I have those days too, when I just want to be by myself...HUGS
Rose I DID NOT GET ANY EMAILS FROM YOU.
Nope nothing special for NYE's just watched a movie, WOF when we went to bed, didn't even see the ball drop this year.
I put all my ornaments in one box Rose, but some of my stuff has boxes and they do into them. The little wooden figures on my tree don't so I put them in a tub but in a bag all the other stuff I have out has a box.
Rose, love the pic of Brice in his bubble bath.
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The Last Believer: From Omar's Mistake to Obama's Atrocities |
Written by Chris Floyd |
Monday, 06 September 2010 13:16 |
Mullah Omar of Afghanistan must have been one of the last people in the world with a deep, abiding faith in the lawfulness of the American government. Certainly, the American people had long been accustomed to – and largely approving of – their government bending, twisting and breaking the rule of law, especially in matters of foreign policy and "national security." And of course, the millions of people around the world on the receiving end of invasions, subversions and coercions from the Potomac potentates were well aware of America's infinitely elastic notions of law. The only detailed insider account of the Taliban is a memoir by Abdul Salam Zaeef, the movement's former ambassador to Pakistan. ... My Life with the Taliban usefully shows that its leaders saw themselves as nationalists, reformers and liberators rather than Islamist ideologues.... Arrested after the Taliban collapse in 2001, Zaeef was sent to Guantánamo. On the way he spent time in US custody in Kandahar and Bagram, where he was kept in solitary confinement with his hands and feet tied for 20 days. In Kandahar – shades of the abuse in Abu Ghraib – Zaeef says he was stripped naked and mocked by male and female US troops, one of whom took photos. After three years in Guantánamo, he was offered release on condition he signed a statement that he had been a member of al-Qaida and the Taliban and would cut all ties with them. 'I was a Talib, I am a Talib and I will always be a Talib, but I have never been part of al-Qaida,' he retorted. Eventually they allowed him to go after signing a declaration: 'I am writing this out of obligation and stating that I am not going to participate in any kind of anti-American activities or military actions.'
Recent reports suggest that most Afghans, tired of the all-pervasive insecurity, want negotiations with the Taliban. A survey of 423 men in Helmand and Kandahar, carried out in May by the International Council on Security and Development, found that 74 per cent were in favour of negotiations. In Kabul in March, I interviewed several women professionals, the people who suffered most from the Taliban's restrictions on girls' education and women working outside the home. To varying degrees they all supported the idea of dialogue with the Taliban. They felt the top priority was to end what they saw as a civil war – not an insurgency, as Nato calls it. They saw the Taliban as authentic nationalists with legitimate grievances who needed to be brought back into the equation. Otherwise, Afghans would go on being used as proxies in a long battle between al-Qaida and the US. It was time to break free of both sets of foreigners, the global jihadis and the US empire. Shukria Barakzai, an MP and women's rights campaigner, put it like this: 'I changed my view three years ago when I realised Afghanistan is on its own. It's not that the international community doesn't support us. They just don't understand us. The Taliban are part of our population. They have different ideas but as democrats we have to accept that.'


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The first step into taking care of yourself is realizing that you are worthy of the time and making sure you have the time to accomplish what will make you feel happy about yourself again. "You are just as important as any other person or task that you face in your daily. Self neglect is especially easy when you have children. Children are dependent on their mothers, we provide love and care. A mother will tend to make sure every aspect of the child is taken care of and once the day is over we realize all the things that we forgot to do for ourselves, like in my case eating!
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21 `Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment; | 21 "You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.' |
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Mother of Mercy. How could you hire a guy to read book abt WWII who can't pronounce French or German? Wehrmacht > Ware-mackt? Foch > Fock? Aisne > Ays-nee?
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The Kents
- Posted by Johanna on January 21, 2006 at 7:37 am
- Category: Superhero Reviews
- CREDITS: story by John Ostrander; art by Tom Mandrake, Timothy Truman, and Michael Bair
- PUBLISHER: DC Comics; $19.95 US
The Kents is the story of the forces that shaped the family who raised an orphan baby into Superman. It's a historical Western that incorporates real-life characters into a tale of the American frontier. The creators do an incredible job of making an unusual story work within the background of the DC universe.
Kansas, the home of the Kents, was a bloody battleground during slavery battles, the Civil War, and the succeeding outlaw era. In this book, Jonathan Kent finds a buried box of letters and journals while digging on the farm. Together, they tell a family saga over twenty years of the nineteenth century.
It opens with the Kent family moving to Kansas as one of a group of abolitionists who want to keep the territory free. Pro-slavers will do anything to oppose them, leading to family blood feuds. Over the years, various Kent brothers hook up with Wild Bill Hickok, Jesse James, the Union army, and more.
The conflicts are different from your typical superhero book, but there's still plenty of them, whether the characters are fighting to hold free and honest elections against ballot-stuffers or arguing with each other over when it's appropriate to break the law for a greater good or battling to maintain a free press or opposing anti-Native American bigotry. The Kents brings history alive with violent conflict the more affecting for being based on real-life events. This is an excellent book to expand a comic fan's knowledge of or interest in American history.
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January 4, 2007 at 11:00 PMI'm a big fan of westerns, but I though the kents was just too long, with too much history and not enough story.
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September 3, 2011 at 5:52 PM[…] out-of-print trade paperback collections back into print in much inferior formats. Secret Identity, The Kents, The Life Story of the Flash… these are books that should continue in print perpetually, not […]