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Pierce Brooks
With experience managing great loss and great recovery, Pierce J. Brooks is an empowerment speaker, coach and confidant giving practical solutions for people and teams to find meaning and inspiration from trauma. As a former college athlete, Pierce was pressured to excel in basketball, ultimately playing at the Division I level.
Tammy ReesePublished 3 years ago in JournalThe Google dependency of the world
The world always assumes that Google services will be there from Gmail and YouTube to online storage search and smart homes. We take it for granted. Each hour, YouTube has 30,000 hours of videos uploaded.
Zeeshan Mushtaq LonePublished 3 years ago in JournalBucket List
It was going to be another windy day Beatrice sighed as she closed the trunk of her car and turned towards the direction of the beach. After almost three years in the community treasure hunting club, it seemed that she was the only one left to uncover any sort of prize. With her new metal detector sitting patiently inside the large case, Beatrice hoped that today would be the day she discovered at least an old coin or an antique locket. Similar trinkets had been found recently by her good friends Evangeline and Iris. They were always finding new things along the shore but this was a new beach and to Beatrice, that meant new possibilities.
Lisa MejeunPublished 3 years ago in JournalMy diary.
I just moved to New York City. Unpacking was crazy. I would take a box one by one and turn it upside down on my bed and put everything away. Upon opening the third box, my old diary flew out. My little black book. Wow! I couldn’t believe it. My father bought me this for my eighth birthday. The same day I became vegan. He also gave me a check for $20,000 post dated for ten years. He said if I was still vegan in ten years I can cash it. I had forgotten on my eighteenth birthday I cashed the check and hid the money in my diary. Money was flying everywhere. Instead of continuing to unpack I took a stack of bills and took a walk and discovered a new vegan restaurant. Everything was new to me, it was New York City and my first day there! I bought twenty vegan cheese enchiladas. As I walked down the street I offered one to every door man I walked past. I said hello and mentioned I was new to the area. They gracefully accepted my vegan treat and were interesting in finding out more about veganism. Veganism isn’t a cult. We are just a group of people either for health or ethical reasons don’t want to eat animals. I was happy to be out, talking to people, sharing some food. My mother taught me food tastes better when you share it. I have always hated eating alone, and have always loved sharing food.
A Million and Seven Ways to Live
Twenty grand could change a life. At least depending on where I was for the moment and assuming I could keep the money over the time hops. But the sign had been here for a week. The games and challenges had changed with every jump, yet the poster stayed. Always said twenty grand.
Miranda EnglishPublished 3 years ago in JournalFrom Trash To Treasure
The pounding at the door woke Bruce up. Pounding that was only slightly louder than the ringing in his ears. Apparently, he has overindulged, overslept, and is probably the housekeeper knocking. As he tried to clear his head, Bruce started to remember that he was staying at the Kahlo Hotel, has a new album due in three months, and needed to get to the studio in London.
Michael UpshurPublished 3 years ago in JournalA Twenty-Thousand Dollar Tale
I remember a time not so long ago, or maybe it was… sorry my memory has faded over the years, but I remember a time when I was wanted by all. I mean, let me tell you, I was the topic of discussion everywhere! All the popular crowds raved about me, and all the undesirables tried their damndest to shut me up. Maybe it was because I was so blunt, so…exciting, so full of promise, and Lord I had been known in my day to fulfill those dark submissive promises, sometimes within a minute and others within a day or two.
Constance PhillipsPublished 3 years ago in JournalLGBTQ+ characters on our screens changed my life!
Representation of the LGBTQ+ community, not only on our screens but also in music, in theatre, in literature, in the media, feels more present than ever before. But it’s still not enough. ‘Netflix is going through a gay phase,’ is a comment I heard recently. As though it's something temporary and will pass. Here is why we are only just scratching the surface on LGBTQ+ representation.
John ThackerPublished 3 years ago in JournalAn Innovating Inventor: George Washington Carver
As an innovating inventor, George Washington Carver was an agricultural researcher, agronomic chemist, and mycologist (an individual who works with fungi, living organisms, molds, yeast, and mushrooms), just to mention a few of his many talents. Mr. Carver created hundreds of products using (groundnuts) peanuts (Mr. Carver cultivated a style of peanut butter, but did not invent it, as he is often credited), sweet potatoes, and soybeans. Mr. Carver is credited with helping alter the agricultural market of the South. For the majority of his career, he educated and researched at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, now named Tuskegee University located in Tuskegee, Alabama.
Jeff Crise, Amanda M.G. Busch, Josh CrisePublished 3 years ago in JournalTristan Tzara: The Tsar of Dadaism
This post was created with the support of OpenAI. In the vibrant canvas of art history, I have often found myself lost and inspired in the intricate narratives that echo through time. As a theatre practitioner, the entwined paths of different art movements and their revolutionary ideologies have always held a certain allure, beckoning me to explore them deeper. It is a journey of relentless exploration, where the inspiring tales of yesteryears artists echo fervently, shaping my perception and influencing my craft almost incessantly.
People! Just say Something!Published 3 years ago in JournalNatural, Sustainable, and Recyclable
When a young Katerina Rothman decided to give up dancing the night away and start “adulting,” she knew that starting a business was her way out of living paycheck-to-paycheck.
Victoria KennedyPublished 3 years ago in JournalA Waiter in the Pandemic
I have worked in the hospitality industry in the United Kingdom for about 10 years. I have worked in various roles in hotels. Housekeeper, Night Porter, Conference Porter, Part-Time Accountant, Assistant Food & Beverage, Food & Beverage Manager, Operations Manager. Many roles, many progressions. Because the hospitality industry allows for progression. It is a flexible world. Then the pandemic came. To save the hotel costs I took a pay cut and a demotion. A decision I agreed with, a decision I understood. The pandemic came, I was demoted in theory, but in practice I was slightly more than a waiter, because this is what the hotel required. Because it was about economic survival. Because we had to save the jobs of those that were furloughed: the hotel had to keep going.