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Weekly Dose: Rethinking Nursing? 10 Questions Before You Leave

Have you ever thought about leaving our profession? I have. In my essay titled,"My Journey Continues, I wrote: I am fifty years old. Sharing new life remains magical, but I am tired. I stay on night

Jen Fad · Monday, March 14th 2011 · 793 views · 1 comments

Get Lifted Motivational Minute!

Motivational Tip: We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, an

Jen Fad · Monday, March 14th 2011 · 601 views · 1 comments

Help us help Japan

A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck the coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time on Friday, triggering a tsunami that has devastated the northern parts of the country. Reports indicate it is the l

Jen Fad · Monday, March 14th 2011 · 651 views · 1 comments

House Subcommittee Tries to Propagate Myth that Immigrants Steal Jobs

This week, a House Subcommittee hearing clumsily entitled "New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who Are Getting Them and Who Are Not," was clearly intended to sow fear. In his opening statement, Subcom

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 994 views · 1 comments

Ex-Gay, Ex-Christian Says Pot Helped Him Think 'Straight'

In part two of his impassioned new series on God, homosexuality and organized Christianity, Author, K. Godfrey Easter asserts, "God used weed to help me spiritually understand homosexuality when abusi

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 1,707 views · 1 comments

Speak For Yourself: America's Resource To Stop Bullying

Chicago, IL (March 9, 2011) -- "Over 85% of our teenagers say that revenge as an aftermath of being bullied is the leading cause for school shootings and homicide.' Consequently, we can no longer turn

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 1,592 views · 1 comments

Raven Symone Cuts Her Hair to Go Natural

Talented singer and actress Raven Symone is no longer wearing braids and weaves. She sported a new au-naturale look at the recent Disney's Dreamer Academy event, which also featured other celebrities

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 2,590 views · 1 comments

Get Lifted Motivational Minute!

Motivational Tip: If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain. Health Tip: Eat foods that are high in fiber. A high fiber diet improves you

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 651 views · 1 comments

Seasoned Senior, Ernestine Sheppard 74: Female Body Builder

74 Year Old Female Body Builder

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 6,360 views · 1 comments

Japan begins to assess the damage from a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake that triggered giant waves

March 11, 2011 ALERT: Massive Quake, Tsunami Hit Japan, Hawaii and US Pacific on Tsunami Alert Please pray with us this day for those in Japan. We, at the Elijah List, have family right now in

Jen Fad · Friday, March 11th 2011 · 556 views · 1 comments

Obamas to Host Conference on Bullying Prevention

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will bring together Americans from across the country affected by bullying. On Thursday, the Obamas will welcome students, parents and teachers to

Jen Fad · Thursday, March 10th 2011 · 946 views · 1 comments

Young Olympic Hopeful's Death Shatters Community

Seventeen-year-old Olympic boxing hopeful Ronald “Roc” Gibbs was anointed “the Roc of Upton Boxing.” And it was a title he carried with grace and honor. But last weekend, his promising life was snu

Jen Fad · Thursday, March 10th 2011 · 1,218 views · 1 comments

How to Work with People You Can't Stand

The reality of life is that we sometimes have to work with people that we don’t like. Worse then that, sometimes we end up working with people that we absolutely hate and wish more than anything that

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 1,721 views · 1 comments

Announcing Positive Discipline's New Teleconference Series!

Are you interested in strengthening your expertise in Positive Discipline? I think you'll love Cheryl Erwin, our next teleconference presenter. Her topic is: Keeping Your Adlerian Sanity In A Medical

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 1,044 views · 1 comments

View Archived Issues of Ebony - Jet Magazine on line from 1950-1999~

We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 65-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an a

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 19,472 views · 1 comments

Slashing Civil Legal Aid- PRESIDENT’S F.Y. 2010-11 REQUEST $407 MILLION & HOUSE VOTED $324 million

House Republicans voted to cut $83 million from President Obama’s request for the Legal Services Corporation, the federally financed nonprofit program that provides civil legal help to low-income Amer

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 667 views · 1 comments

Even a Wealthy Suburb Faces Pressure to Curb School Taxes

BRONXVILLE, N.Y. — This wealthy New York suburb prides itself on its public schools. Class sizes are small. Students can choose from an array of subjects not offered everywhere. Teacher pay ranks amon

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 877 views · 1 comments

Get Lifted Motivational Minute!

Motivational Tip: 99% of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. Excuses have no place among the ranks of the successful. Replace excuses with personal accountability, and

Jen Fad · Wednesday, March 9th 2011 · 912 views · 1 comments

We Rise: Speeches by Inspirational Black Women (Audio)

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we thought it would be fitting to uplift those African-American women who have strived for our betterment and worked tirelessly to bring love and strength to t

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 2,697 views · 1 comments

Singer and award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson as Winnie Mandela

Jennifer Hudson says she prepared for her role as Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie in an upcoming biopic by confining herself to an African prison cell for five days after learning Winnie served more t

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 553 views · 1 comments

"Strangers No More" Oscar Win Highlights Plight of Africans in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Students at the Bialik-Rogozin school in a rundown Tel Aviv neighborhood have survived genocide, war and famine. But they were all smiles on Monday after learning that a docume

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 699 views · 1 comments

Are African-American Women Really Exploited By Abortion Or Just Willing Participants?

Everyday in America thousands of women and teenagers seek medically induced abortions. Often the women and teenagers who seek to have an abortion have been deceived to believe that their pregnancy is

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 837 views · 1 comments

History of Abortion and the Black Community

There are many topics I could talk about when the subject of abortion and its harmful effects on women and men and most certainly the deadly effects on the children it victimizes is mentioned. But

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 878 views · 1 comments

Should all abortions be illegal?

Here's an interesting comment I read on a blog by a blogger in regards to the above question, 'Should All Abortions Be Illegal?' The way unwanted children were dealt with BERORE abortion was legal

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 644 views · 1 comments

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi trying to strike deal with opposition leaders to flee country

Is Moammar Gadhafi looking for a way out? The prospect of the Libyan strongman stepping down is generating considerable buzz today, but good answers are hard to come by. Leaders of the Libyan oppos

Jen Fad · Tuesday, March 8th 2011 · 362 views · 1 comments