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Feb.15.2013
The multifaceted, mega mogul skills and life experience of Ron McElroy, CEO of ROC (Real Office Centers) recently caught the attention of the FOX Business News crew which published a brief showcase of his life and career in their Emerging Business Leaders department.
In this recent interview, the...
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Jan.04.2013
My parents grew up during the depression. Sometimes my mother didn't wish to talk about her childhood, like the time they had to burn the piano to keep warm. She grew up in a beautiful home her father and his brothers built. Her father built homes along the river in Atchison, Kansas and several...
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Aug.23.2012
SAN FRANCISCO--When I was young, I used to eat food taken from a supermarket's garbage bin. We first came to America from Vietnam in the mid 70s as refugees, and my eldest brother got a job working in a supermarket across from our crowded, ramshackle apartment. Among his many chores he...
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Jun.18.2012
My husband, who works in television news, told me about something he saw on the news a few days ago.
During the filibuster for the Omnibus Budget Bill, a Conservative MP was cornered by a reporter and she said she was going to download a few seasons of Madmen to watch during...
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May.16.2012
If you cannot get your daily bread, is joining a convent the answer? What about the call of god as a spiritual experience?
The recession seems to have hit the women hard in UK and reports say they are choosing to become nuns. Although the figures aren’t alarming, the reason for the choice...
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Feb.07.2012
There is nothing more reassuring than a kitchen to get you through the bad days. I know many people might disagree with me but I have to say that for me, coming home, to the kitchen is the most satisfying and comforting part of my day.
I come in the back door. Small dog greets me. She...
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Dec.15.2011
What's the best four letter word for this recession? The "F" word or the "S" word? The "S" word, s-l-o-w, agonizingly so, uggh, dragging on and on, one day we are up the next day we are down. But that "F" word is applicable as well. Fast, which implies how fast one hundred dollars slips through our...
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Sep.18.2011
Okay, so we're broke. Not "have to stretch to next payday" broke. Really broke. Our accounts are overdrawn, the credit cards are maxed out and if that's China on the phone, tell them we just stepped out. Yes, again.
We're in an economic hole so deep we're bumping elbows with blind moles. Can...
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Sep.11.2011
Here we are in 2010 and there is no difference. The magic of a new year never happened. We're still hanging on while the politicians -- who receive their paychecks monthly -- drive our economy farther into a ditch. I had melancholy hope in September/ October that things would look up. Instead there...
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Sep.02.2011
Some how we all seem to think that one day we’ll never have another bad day again. Money, retirement, better job, new house, new religion, or a new body will propel us from the bad days. Not true. We propel ourselves from the bad days by crawling to the door to go for that walk, or to have enough...
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