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Aug.22.2012
When I was in Venice with my sister and her husband, we stopped at an outdoor café for lunch. The wait staff, all women, were Chinese. I don’t know if they were having trouble with the language or were just inexperienced, but they were struggling — getting orders wrong, forgetting to...
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Jul.19.2012
When I was five years old I lived next door to a kid, Stephen Millstein (or was it Millstone?), who introduced me to life on planet earth by beating me up each day. I was a skinny guy, he was fat. I'd walk out of my apartment, look up, let the warm Los Angeles sun baste my face, inhale the...
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Jun.19.2012
“If I Could Be Like Jennifer Taylor” is the debut book of Barbara Ehrentreu my guest on today’s “A Book and a Chat”.
After years of teaching Barbara took a workshop as a requirement for my Master Degree at Manhattan Ville College with the late Paula Danziger. Required for that workshop was to...
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Jun.19.2012
Even now, an entire lifetime later, it is hard to admit that I was bullied. I said nothing. I told no one. Bullying was usually accompanied by severe warnings: tell and you will be sorry!
But I was already sorry, just for being me, the youngest girl in the seventh grade, the skinniest...
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Jun.16.2012
How does a playground peace maker, who went on to become a Correctional Officer use her communication, and conflict resolution experience to help children?
Charmaine Hammond's first career was as a Correctional Officer, after which she pursued her passion for conflict management, specializing...
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May.28.2012
We've been searching for a new bank/credit union. Our current institution pays a low, low APR resulting in next to nothing in dividends. We want to stay local, however, but that's not the interest I'm thinking of right now. I'm thinking about the economy and politics.
I read an article about...
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May.09.2012
“The Smile Behind My Bell’s Palsy”
Ten days ago, I woke up with Bell’s palsy. At first, I thought that I had suffered a stroke. After a MD doctor’s visit and examinations, I found that I was suffering from a temporary bout of Bell’s palsy. It wasn’t painful. The doctor assured...
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Apr.14.2012
On April 5, 2012, the new documentary movie Bully, which had originally been rated "R," received a revised rating of "PG-13" after an extensive petition drive. The Motion Picture Association of America had designated Bully an "R-rated" film because one curse word was used six...
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Mar.28.2012
Attending the launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation a few weeks ago, I was struck more by the prospect of Lady Gaga naked than clothed. When asked by Oprah Winfrey about what really works to prevent bullying, Lady Gaga said there was “no one answer” or “single law” that could be passed to...
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Mar.22.2012
Every 15 minutes someone commits suicide.
Suicide claims more than a million lives each year and leaves more than five million to mourn them. It knows no boundaries; not age, gender, color, race or nationality. Its victims are drawn by drugs, depression, disease,...
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