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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty – NYTimes.com. Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: September 14, 2011 In Kenya, a former prostitute’s dressmaking business bought her children a better home and an education, showing how empowering women can lift families out of poverty. Sewing Her Way Out of Poverty – NYTimes.com.
Impromptu Rifle Range and Lessons Learned!
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011Post Parris Island rifle range refresher course; some lessons are learned well and quickly!
Cleveland, always in sight
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011Cleveland, always in sight, even at my desk in Dallas
Why writers can be challenged in technical environments?
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011I know you all have been waiting for this wisdom so here it comes. I work for a software development company and the teams with which I am associated are some of the most talented folks with whom I have ever worked. Their expertise includes coding, business analysis (for application development), quality assurance, and the [...]
American Book Review :: Home
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011100 Best First Lines from Novels Neat Article. American Book Review.
The Components of a Successful Client Relationship
Friday, October 29th, 2010“Using the following five essential rules, you can build a client relationship that makes the most of your abilities” via The Components of a Successful Client Relationship.
Sonia Nassery Cole’s Battle to Make an Afghan Film – NYTimes.com
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010“Come hell, come shine, I was going to make this movie,” said Ms. Cole, a novice filmmaker whose primary job is running the Afghanistan World Foundation, a charity focused on refugees and women’s rights. via Sonia Nassery Cole’s Battle to Make an Afghan Film – NYTimes.com.
Too Many Hamburgers? – NYTimes.com
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010Studying China’s ability to invest for the future doesn’t make me feel we have the wrong system. It makes me feel that we are abusing our right system. There is absolutely no reason our democracy should not be able to generate the kind of focus, legitimacy, unity and stick-to-it-iveness to do big things — democratically [...]
Mr. Beck Goes to Washington – NYTimes.com
Monday, August 30th, 2010“Now more than ever, Americans love leaders who seem to validate their way of life. This spirit of self-affirmation was at work in evangelicals’ enduring support for Bush, in the enthusiasm for the Dean campaign among the young, secular and tech-savvy, and now in the devotion that Palin inspires among socially conservative women. The Obama [...]
Greyhound of the seas – Clipper ship
Thursday, August 26th, 2010“The clipper ship often shortened to clipper was a fast sailing ship that dominated the seas during the middle of the nineteenth century. It romanticized the seas and made pop stars of ship masters. Newspapers followed the voyages of the fastest of this fleet and bets were wagered on transit times. A true clipper had [...]
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