By: JENNIFER WEISS writing for The Wall Street Journal. Back when she was in her 20s, Hazel Ingram was once told that she was “too skinny” for a cleaning job. A man at a hiring agency thought a slight woman like Ms. Ingram wouldn’t be able to handle the lifting involved. His colleague disagreed, saying […]
EVERY CHRISTMAS MOVIE EVER MADE…..WELL, ALMOST!
From Brisbane Kids Website So, we decided it might be a good idea to make a list of ALL the Christmas movies ever made so that you could sit down with a bucket or two of popcorn, put your feet up and get into the festive spirit as you work your way through the list. […]
History Of Thanksgiving
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President […]
U.R.X. | Carpe Momento | THERE YOU ARE!
By: John DiJulius from his latest blog post Employee apathy creates Customer apathy – Today too many companies think it is a race to evolve their Customer Experience from costly human interactions to the bells and whistles of fancy technology like self check in/out iPads, apps, kiosks, marketing and by communicating solely through social media […]
5 myths about retirement you need to know
By: Russ Wiles, The Republic | azcentral.com Retirement is an exciting yet somewhat scary time of life. But a lot of the perceptions about retirement, especially on the financial side, don’t always stand up to scrutiny. For those not there yet, retirement is a time of life veiled in excitement but with perhaps a tinge of fear and […]
5 Lottery Winners Who Lost It All and Why
By Kale Havervold, Let’s be honest, we have all imagined winning the big one, the lottery that would allow us to tell the boss to shove it and set up us up for life, forever stress-free, forever on top. We took a look at some winners and found their lives were hardly stress free. Many went […]
Got a Call from 1-800-922-0204? Careful. The Verizon Wireless “Refund” Scam is Back
By: Phillip Dampier, Stop The Cap. Scammers are once again spoofing Verizon Wireless’ 1-800-922-0204 customer service number shown on a customer’s Caller ID in calls offering “refunds” ranging from $30-60 in return for personal information needed to “process a refund check or service credit.” Verizon Wireless customers (including myself) have started receiving recent unsolicited calls from Verizon […]
Supersizing Manhattan: New Yorkers rage against the dying of the light
By: Fred A Bernstein ‘Supertall’ buildings are sprouting like beanstalks in central New York, costing its citizens precious sunshine and air, and turning the city’s skyline into a jumble On his terrace overlooking Central Park, a friend who is a wealthy tutoring entrepreneur is pointing. “The Nordstrom Tower – we think that’s going to be the […]
Sneak peek: A-list animals ‘SING’ together
By: Brian Truitt, USA TODAY Matthew McConaughey gave his Wolf of Wall Streetcharacter a melodic chest-thumping exercise, and now he’s composed a “pump-up” tune to sing to himself as a dapper koala bear. McConaughey plays the animated animal alongside other A-list voice talent such as Scarlett Johanssonand Reese Witherspoon in the family-friendly musical comedy SING, in theaters […]
Carmelyn P. Malalis: Leading Through Praise, Not Fear
This interview with Carmelyn P. Malalis, chairwoman and commissioner of the New York City Commission on Human Rights, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership positions when you were younger? A. From a very early age, I was in leadership roles, whether it was choir president in grade school or […]
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