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How Discrimination in the Workplace Impacts Black Women’s Health & Well-Being

Success

After lodging a sexual harassment complaint against a coworker at her job in 2009, Cynthia Watson says she was shunned in the office. Watson, a licensed social worker who works for a federal agency, was diagnosed with clinical depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. The experience took a toll on her mental health.

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What are Bitcoins?

Small Business Labs

It was introduced in 2009 as an electronic alternative to traditional money. There's even a magazine dedicated to Bitcoins. Because the currency is virtual and independent of government regulation, my Bitcoin gains are not traceable by the IRS or any other government agency. Bitcoin is an online digital currency.

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What can we learn from watching the Crystal Ball?

Job Advice Blog

On July 6, 2010, In Interview Skills by Alex Freund , By Alex Freund 0 Last night I read the BusinessWeek Magazine on which issue the front page has a heading “The Permanent Temporary Workforce”. Their in-depth section The Disposable Worker highlights several facts.

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Social Media: So, What Is It for People in Transition?

Job Advice Blog

On July 6, 2010, In Interview Skills by Alex Freund , By Alex Freund 0 There’s no newspaper or magazine nowadays that does not devote some space to the fast-developing new phenomenon called social media. My explanation for this is very simple: Let’s say you invite some people for a social gathering to take place in your house.

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Presidential Environmental Track Record and Positions 2012

Eco-Office Gals

Obama also formed the Partnership for Sustainable Communities to bring together federal agencies to help communities nationwide improve access to affordable housing and increase low cost transportation options while protecting the environment. Send questions to: earthtalk@emagazine.com. Subscribe: www.emagazine.com/subscribe.

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the fisher price concept

Job Advice Blog

She’s been on PBS’s Frontline, Smart Money magazine, articles for CareerBuilder, MSN Careers, Yahoo Hot Jobs, and the New York Times, among others. Clients come to understand why the typical strategies in finding a job so often fail, and learn what to do instead, why, and how, yet never hiding or sacrificing who they are.

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The right to clean and fresh water

Eco-Office Gals

billion people [or] 40 percent of the global population,” Solon said, citing a 2009 World Health Organization and UNICEF study which found some 24,000 children in developing countries were dying each day from preventable causes like diarrhea resulting from polluted water. “We The lack of sanitation is even worse, because it affects 2.6

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