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Owner and President of small consulting firm offering primarily client advocacy and project audit services for ERP solution implementation, Center of Excellence (CoE) and Project Performance Management Office design and implementations. Lots of big words

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Health & Fitness > Medicine Development Should pharmaceutical companies develop a "stay-faithful" pill to reduce sexual desires?: 7 of 64
Should we return to the days of Chastity Belts for both men and women? This is what we are discussing but rather than the cumbersome and uncomfortable leather and iron belts of antiquity, we would introduce pharmaceutical assistance. Is this even a debate worthy of intelligent discourse? Is this a morality based question and... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Racism How to combat racism in your every day life: 1 of 9
It is an intriguing question, how can an individual combat racism, or better does an individual have the ability to affect societal change through their behavior in this arena. Racism and prejudice are often used interchangeably although not truly the same thing at all, one being the institutionalization and acceptance that ... More..
Education > Educational Philosophy Is location-based school assignment the best way to education for American children?: 1 of 9
We have a system today that pays for public education using primarily property taxes collected. This means that in lower income/ lower property valued areas of cities schools will not be funded at the same levels as they are in suburban / high-end areas. By this alone there is an imbalance in educational outcomes that ultima... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms What it means to be a woman over 40 in the new millennium: 15 of 132
I am a decade over forty that is correct I am fifty actually heading to fifty-one. Amazing to me sometimes that I made it this far. Amazing to those that know me as well. Certainly there were days, months even in my journey from there to here that did not bode well for me arriving at today. Nevertheless here I am. I have to ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Politics, News & Issues (Other) When it comes to political scandal, what's worse: Financial chicanery or a sexual peccadillo?: 2 of 17
Peccadillo: a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault Chicanery: trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: (b) a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade: (c) the use of tricks to deceive someone usually to extract money from them Webster Dictionary and American Heritage Dictionary Why is t... More..
Society & Lifestyle > African & Middle Eastern Culture Women in Afghanistan: Is their plight our business?: 2 of 17
As an American woman raised during the age of feminism could I live in Afghanistan? Of course not, it would be impossible for me to subvert my personal freedoms to a man or to a religion to the extent that women do in that country. With that being said however, it is not the "business" of America or Americans to change the f... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Police & Prisons Reflections: Inside prison walls: 3 of 25
Thunk, clang, snick. The first gate made those sounds as it closed behind me. I admit my heart stopped for just a brief second. Then I showed my wrist to the guard behind the glass and the second set of gates slid open in front of me, those sounds coming backwards; snick, clang, thunk. With that, I took my first steps into F... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Government & Policies Should smoking be allowed in public places?: 38 of 313
Define "Public Places" first then the debate is valid. My definition of a public place is very specific: o Government Buildings o Public Transportation (including Planes, Trains, Buses) o Classrooms including University level o Enclosed spaces that are publicly supported by tax dollars o Enclosed spaces that are intended to ... More..
Business > Project Management Project management basics: People and politics: 1 of 8
The definition of a project is a temporary endeavor with start and end dates and a specific desired result or deliverable. The genesis of the word project comes from the Latin word projectum from projicere, "to throw something forwards"; just an interesting side note I thought. By their very definition and nature projects ar... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Body modification: 1 of 8
Tattoos represent different things depending I think on where and when you were raised, maybe even at what stage you are in life. I am now and always have been fascinated by body art. The reasons why people choose to decorate their bodies are as varied as human nature itself. My enthrallment with body art started in my teens... More..