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- Surviving Miscarriage - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Maria KuroshchepovaI have been pregnant twice... In one year... For nine weeks each time... Had everything gone according to plan, I could have been halfway through a pregnancy and well on my way to a baby. Unfortunately, something went wrong in both cases, and the fetus died sometime between weeks six and ...
Views: 2547(2 votes) - Political correctness or a culture of fear? - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2009 from Maria KuroshchepovaA close friend was recently fired from her job at a major corporation. Someone working under her had reported her to higher management for racially inappropriate remarks, after my friend casually mentioned that she was a second white person to move into her neighborhood. That last fact is a ...
Views: 1081 - Associate Satisfaction - Common Issues And Resolutions - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaYear after year our company runs an associate survey. Year after year the same items score low: relationship between compensation and productivity, retention of the best associates and associate motivation via reward programs. If your company (whether large or small) is struggling with similar ...
Views: 1613 - Every Woman Is A Goddess - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaI am writing this to the goddesses (also known as women) in my life and to those I haven't met yet AND to the gentlemen who sometimes need to reminded that women are also known as goddesses. I want to reach out to women who are gripped with self-doubt and stuck in a rut of constant worry and ...
Views: 1869 - Classy Casual - It Does Exist! - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaOne of the most traumatic sights in my life was a rather large woman wearing green sweatpants and an orange sweatshirt in Philadelphia airport. The impact of this shocking vision was exacerbated by the fact that I was just on my way home from Paris. While not everyone in Paris looks like he or ...
Views: 14808 - Men's Fashion: Dressing For Success - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaThanks to one of my managers I found myself in possession of a $25 gift certificate to amazon.com, which I used to buy two of the personal style-related books - Trinny and Susannah's "Trinny and Susannah Take on America" and Carson Cressley's "Off the Cuff". Naturally, I read "Take on America" ...
Views: 7106 - Conducting Effective Meetings - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaEvery time I go to a business function I try to compile a "lessons learned" list: how well the event was organized, what could be done better, how good the agenda was and - most of all - how were the public speakers. I do this with the purpose of improving my own event organizing and public ...
Views: 1277 - Tips For Finding Clothes That Fit - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaWhile I generally try to avoid negative information, I confess, I am a big fan of the web site EtiquetteHell.com. The stories of wedding, business and everyday etiquette faux pas submitted by the Etiquette Hell regulars are sometimes quite horrendous and sometimes just plain hilarious but always ...
Views: 1866 - Book Reviews:Savage Hunt Of King Stakh" By Vladimir Korotkevich - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaVladimir Korotkevich's "Savage Hunt of King Stakh" has quite a few things in common with Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Hound of the Baskervilles". There is a depressing and creepy locale - the marshes. There is an heiress Nadzeja Janovska - the last direct descendant of an old aristocratic family - ...
Views: 2430 - The Importance Of Good Manners - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2008 from Maria KuroshchepovaWhat on Earth happened to good manners? Somebody, please enlighten me, because I really want to know. Our aikido instructor is constantly frustrated, because people don't bother to call or send an e-mail when they are not going to be in class. He is a very reasonable man and would never torment ...
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