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Photo Courtesy Centering Healthcare Institute By Mary-Powel Thomas, Healthy Start Brooklyn What's the worst thing about pregnancy? Morning sickness, swollen feet, weird cravings, unusual aches and pains? Perhaps, but many women also hate spending an

A Men's Shelter One never knows how much she can endure until she's in the thick of it. Joy surprised herself by completing the six-month probation. She was sure her office mates and her clients would get the best of her.

Painting Of Sugar Skull Dog By Harriet Faith. Hello! I have a few exciting things going on right now! It seems to all be happening this October! I've had my work hanging in a new venue, Uptown Coffee, 288 Wall Street Kingston, NY.

Photo: Getty Images For Talent IQ a discussion around job descriptions is essential. For the most part, a job description signals the beginning of talent engagement.

By Karen Malpede Dalia's organic farm outside Cairo Cairo is awash in plastics, the water bottles from which everybody drinks, and worse, cheap knock-off-clothing, sneakers, flip-flops and household items imported from China spread out by peddlers on

Painting By Harriet Faith. Quote By Stella Adler. Stella Adler, to whom this quote is attributed, was an actress and acclaimed acting teacher, whose training methods are still taught today at the actors' training studio she founded.

By Melissa Mark-Viverito New York City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito Last year, an average of 174 individuals entered our city's jails every day. That amounts to over 63,000 detainees over the course of a year.

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Can you identify your own personality type? Have you ever associated your personality type with a job? My Talent IQ blog is for anyone who is an employee, employer, or looking to join the workforce.

Help from a Colleague While Joy is getting up to speed as a Case Manager, the shelter residents are feeling the vacuum left from her promotion. An afternoon when Butler takes an approved extended lunch, Joy walks over to Mr.