The pastor raised his hands, ending his sugary-sweet portrayal of Mom with the grand statement "Moms are the earthly angels of God." Most adults wiped their eyes, sniffed, and patted nearby children on the head. Like everyone else, I felt the tug of ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 9:50PM
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I used to absolutely hate being like my mother. We look alike. We sound alike. Much as I'm loathe to admit it, we often act alike. For years I put all my efforts into establishing an identity apart from my mom. Yet sometimes, circumstances conspired ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 9:35PM
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Chicago (CNN) -- A Chicago jury found William Balfour, Jennifer Hudson's former brother-in-law, guilty Friday on three counts of first-degree murder and four other counts related to the 2008 slayings of the entertainer's mother, brother and 7-year-ol ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 9:18PM
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Kennedy Health System is seeking a full time Nurse Manager in our Interventional Radiology Dept. In this key role, the Nurse Manager will manage and oversee clinical, human and other resources within the Interventional Radiology department. ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 9:10PM
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(BlackDoctor.org) — Not too sure that organic produce is worth the extra dough? This may change your mind. It looks like scientists in the US and Canada may have found a connection between pesticide exposure and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivi ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 4:54PM
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Do you really know who, or rather what, you’re sleeping with? According to Philip M. Tierno Jr., director of clinical microbiology and immunology at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, most people don’t know just what may be lying inside o ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 12:18PM
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Here's beautiful music for all the mamas who have represented through the good, the bad, and the ugly. I love my mama for everything she has had to endure especially from the father I never knew because he was MIA. I don't want my mama to ever forge ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 11:55AM
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It's not easy losing someone we care about, but I pray that while we are celebrating our Mother's this weekend, please keep Bobbi-Kris in your prayers. ... she needs them.
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Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 11:15AM
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Black Men Speak! member Ernest Hardmon III discusses how ancestry plays a role in modern African American culture, attitudes, and sense of self. Hardmon describes how slaves were described by power groups a few centuries prior, including "inferior," ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 11:01AM
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This discussion gives the breakdown of incest, abuse, and mental health sequelae that results from abuse.
Black Men Speak! member DeWitt Buckingham discusses the taboo topic of incest occurring within the African American community. DeWitt explai ...
Posted Friday, May 11th 2012 at 10:18AM
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On yesterday, I mentioned to one of my lunch mates who happens to be one of several people that meet up in the "Lunch Box" at lunch time that it's been my observation that Black women appear to be very guarded in general.
They seem to be guarded ...
Posted Wednesday, May 9th 2012 at 1:02AM
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Children can be magnets for dangerous situations. Do you know what to do if your child needs emergency medical attention? Take our quiz and find out how much you know -- or don't know!
Question 1 of 10
If your child eats or drinks something poiso ...
Posted Wednesday, May 9th 2012 at 12:34AM
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"I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours." (John 17:9 NIV)
Jesus reflected the father heart of God when he prayed for the disciples. As a father or mother, you can pray that your children ...
Posted Wednesday, May 9th 2012 at 12:16AM
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Rob Nuckols jumped into a tank of corrosive nitric acid in order to rescue a coworker who fell in from the roof above at a New Jersey industrial site
Link: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/us-22424932/rescuer-jumps-into-vat-of-acid-to-save-coworker-29 ...
Posted Tuesday, May 8th 2012 at 6:16PM
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We all like to believe that we are good employees, and as nurses, we believe that we consistently give the best care possible every time we show up to work. In my 35 years of leadership experience, I have seen many nurses suffer through the presentat ...
Posted Monday, May 7th 2012 at 6:23PM
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Desmond Hatchett, 29, has almost two dozen children by 11 different women, unfortunately his minimum wage job doesn’t allow him to take care of them all, reports Tampa Bay News. His 21 children range in age from newborn to 11 and Hatchett holds cour ...
Posted Saturday, May 5th 2012 at 6:51PM
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New research indicates that by the time they are 9 months old, babies are better able to recognize faces and emotional expressions of people who belong to the group they interact with most, than they are those of people who belong to another race.
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Posted Saturday, May 5th 2012 at 12:45PM
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"Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding." (Proverbs 9:10 TLB)
The most important lesson that we teach our kids is knowing and loving God.
You don't have all the answers. If you haven't figured that out yet, you will. You don't h ...
Posted Friday, May 4th 2012 at 11:23AM
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Through God we will do valiantly, for it is He who shall tread down our enemies. Psalm 60:12
Believers tend to make two mistakes in dealing with the attack of Satan in their lives. On the one hand there are those who think they can handle the enemy single-handed. But on the other there are those ...
Posted Sunday, April 29th 2012 at 9:31AM
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Nationwide (April 19, 2012) -- Are you frustrated with extra fat and bloating around your waist and abdomen? You will be pleased to know that sometimes those extra pounds have little to do with how many crunches you're doing or how little calories yo ...
Posted Friday, April 27th 2012 at 2:03PM
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What's up, soul brothas and soul sistas! I'm capping off this R&B History Moment series with a look at a tune that just might have been one of the first anthems of the feminist movement: “Respect,” specifically, Aretha Franklin's version.
Frankli ...
Posted Wednesday, April 25th 2012 at 10:49AM
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MILLEDGEVILLE — A 6-year-old who threw a tantrum at her U.S. school was taken away in handcuffs, firing up a debate over whether teachers and police are overreacting with disruptive students. Salecia Johnson's family lashed out Tuesday over her treat ...
Posted Tuesday, April 24th 2012 at 8:01PM
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Sometimes my six-year-old son asks me: “Why did they kill daddy, why did they kill him?” That’s the same question that I have been asking myself for nearly two years. In 2010 near San Diego, my husband Anastasio Hernandez-Rojas was brutally beaten ...
Posted Tuesday, April 24th 2012 at 1:29AM
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At UnitedHealth Group, nurses play a pivotal role in our mission to help people live healthier lives. Nurses are one of the primary links to the people we serve, empowering our members with information, guidance, and tools they need to make personal ...
Posted Tuesday, April 24th 2012 at 1:02AM
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