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Dale Carnegie to be Featured on CBS Sunday Morning

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January 11, 2012
Dale Carnegie to be Featured on CBS Sunday Morning

Dale Carnegie to be Featured on CBS Sunday Morning See an interview with Carnegie CEO, Peter Handal CBS Sunday Morning airs every weekend from 9am – 10:30am. This Emmy-winning program has been a fixture on CBS since 1979 and provides weekly news features on a myriad of subjects including public affairs issues and cultural...
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Alabama Governor Recognizes Wreaths Across America

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December 7, 2011
Alabama Governor Recognizes Wreaths Across America

Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. —President Theodore Roosevelt to The Congress of the United States, December 8, 1941 And yes, that date does indeed live on...
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Montgomery Public Schools Graduation Rate Exceeds the State Average

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October 10, 2011
Montgomery Public Schools Graduation Rate Exceeds the State Average

Figures released by the Alabama Department of Education Thursday show that the graduation rate in Montgomery County has surpassed the state average for the 2009-2010 school year. The system’s 88.73 percent graduation rate is the highest in recent memory, is in line with neighboring school systems and better than the state average of 87.62...
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Best Thing You Can Do—Take Care of You!

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September 28, 2011
Best Thing You Can Do—Take Care of You!

Whether you’re an employer, employee, seeking out employment or a stay-at-home mother, one of the most valuable tasks that you can do each and every day.  Take care of you. It sounds really simple, but often times people get so busy in their day and taking care of other people or other tasks, that...
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UAH Excited by New President’s Arrival

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September 22, 2011
UAH Excited by New President’s Arrival

An article by Paul Gattis, of The Huntsville Times, talks about the new, soft-spoken president at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dr. Robert Altenkirch, a man that measures his words carefully and whose reserved demeanor has stirred excitement across campus. Altenkirch, 63, was unanimously approved by the UA System board of trustees at...
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No Need to Suffer

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September 15, 2011
No Need to Suffer

No matter how hard you try, you have those days where nothing seems to go right.  You have deadlines to meet at your work, there is a houseful of out-of-town guests in your home, and the electric bill is a day past due.  It is days like this that you want to stand in...
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Having Fun Yet?

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September 14, 2011
Having Fun Yet?

Today’s post is a reprint of an article written by Mike Palumbo and published today on AL.com. I thought it was particularly important for those between jobs, or looking for new employment, to know that life is full of opportunities, and that above all, you have to have fun during the process! Here’s the...
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Seven Ways To Develop a Business Partnership

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September 7, 2011
Seven Ways To Develop a Business Partnership

The formation of business partnerships with a similar business or businesses can be a dynamic and versatile move that complements the products or services of the businesses involved. Regardless of what form a business partnership takes—short term, long term, deeply integrated or something more casual—all have the potential to drive in new business, strengthen existing...
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Hoover High School Officials Choose Positive Action

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September 2, 2011
Hoover High School Officials Choose Positive Action

Hoover, Alabama, high school principal, Don Hulin, recently reversed the school’s official decision to stop a student, Sara Couvillon, from wearing a T-Shirt expressing acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. This was not, however, the school’s initial reaction as school officials first told the Couvillon she was violating the school’s dress code by wearing clothing...
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Emotional Pain is Not a Sickness

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August 31, 2011
Emotional Pain is Not a Sickness

There is nothing wrong with feeling bad.  It does happen.  But there seems to be someone going around giving emotional pain a bad name.  It is all right to feel depressed, sad, upset, angry, miserable, gloomy or unhappy.  In fact, there are times when it is appropriate to have these feelings, like when you...
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