REBUILD: Feeling Defective?

When you're in the process of rebuilding your life, at some point you will look around you and feel sad. Your life looks like a huge mess.You may have thoughts like:What have I done to myself?Why didn't things work out in my past?What is so WRONG with ME that I can't seem to get it together?In essence, you are feeling defective like a wind up toy without the spring.If you want to, you can marinate in that pity state of mind, allowing the sadness to overtake you. This will cause you to miss out on...

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REBUILD: Locked Up

There was a warrant out for my arrest and I spent two nights in jail. Here are the details of my experience.VIDEO BELOW the ju...

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Your World News Report - July 27, 2011

Berlyne JulmisNews Coordinator Amy Winehouse Dead at 27Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home. Winehouse who is best known for her single “Rehab” is suspected to have died from a drug overdose. Winehouse was the first British singer to win five out of six Grammy Nominations. Winehouse accomplishments were overshadowed by her long battle with drugs and alcohol. Many friends, mourners, and fans spilled out onto the internet in shock at the songstress untimely death. Family and friends...

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Worldwide Grant Programs

Compiled by B.J. SchmidtGrants are sources of money from organizations set aside to help people to obtain their career or social objectives. Listed below are a sampling of worldwide grant programs available to assist you.1. European Foundation Centerwww.efc.be2. US International Grantmaking Websitewww.usig.org3. Wingswebwww.wingsweb.org/index.cfm4. Grantsmanship Centerwww.tgci.org5. http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/internatio...

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Advance Directives for Medical Care

By Brenda M. Hook“I need to know your decision..”My thoughts went to my brother and I playing hide and seek at my parents house. We always had so much fun,and we were not just close in age (13 months to the day), we did everything together growing up. He protected me. He…“Ms. Hook..I NEED TO KNOW YOUR DECISION. We don’t have a lot of time.”This was not a decision that a sister should have to make for her brother but it was up to me to decide. Should I try to save him or let him die?This is the decision...

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REBUILD: He Brings Me Joy

I get this really good feeling when I think of him.I am grateful for the feeling.I'm not even upset with myself like I usually am when I find a man attractive. I know that my past attractions to men garnered horrific results yet, I am thoroughly enjoying this feeling. He can try to hurt me. He can rape me. He can sabotage my success. All of that can happen and I don't care. All I know is, right now, the mere thought of him brings my heart complete joy.This past weekend I spent time with him. He...

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REBUILD: I'm Still Okay

I'm not depressed. I'm not feeling sad. I don't feel overwhelmed by anything except the fact that I really need a consistent place to work and rest.Yes, I ended up in a situation where a man took advantage of me sexually but I feel like it's mostly my own fault and I'm not even angry with him. I just want to move on from this. I've been getting letters of concern from women everywhere and I appreciate that but then I feel guilty because it's like offering a band aid to someone who isn't bleeding.I'm...

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REBUILD: The Aftermath Of Rape

Last weekend I was sexually assaulted after a man I met offered me housing. I was so excited by the chance to finally have a place to call my own where I can rest.I was stupid. I don't even know what else to say. I'm moving on from th...

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EDITORIAL: What Happened to the Republic?

By Christina FerminPolitics & Society ColumnistI recently took interest in reading our wonderful Constitution of the united States of America and took note of a fact, right there in Article 4, Section 4 in plain text “The united States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a Republican form of Government....” How interesting, especially since school, government and the mediai have always taught that we are a Democratic-Republican form of government. More recently, we are a “Democracy,”...

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