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anti-advocacy! pro-action!

check out this weeks modesty blog on relevant magazine's website click here to check out 'your iron rusts' here -stephen *or just go to: http://www.relevantmagazine.com/community/blogs/YOUR-IRON-RUSTS.html

mankind gives life to machine!

before the sudden burst of technological advancements mankind had to communicate using old fashion methods of 'talking face to face' & interpreting the body language presented which are both now as we know a barbaric and primitive form of interpersonal communication. now that we have deemed it obsolete we have to issue a new set of rules that go along with our newly formed communicational evolution. it seems to me you can NOT take the ‘old outdated ways of communication’ and apply it to the new way of computerized advancement. for instance: my brother was giving me his honest opinion in an email of something i created. even though it was a negative opinion i appreciated it because i would much rather brutal honesty then yes men. because i didn’t email him back right away, because i was working on something else, he took lack of response as a sign that i was upset or mad. tsk tsk paul for thinking that we live in the barbaric days where if i was silent after you said someth...

KEIRSEY

this is not your momma's facebook quiz, this is a test that most employers give to potential employees to see their value and potential hardships in the workplace. this quiz, for me, was rather right on. go to: http://www.keirsey.com/ 'then click the keirsey temperament sorter-II' on the right hand side of the page. go through the motions (make sure you don't click the box to receive emails). take the test and lets talk about your results in the comments! my test was about 95% dead on! -stephen i got: IDEALIST Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or ...

FEED THE HOMELESS, for free.

this week Kentucky Fried Chicken is giving away free meals with the coupon you can find here: www.unthinkfc.com you can help feed the homeless in your community by printing this free coupon out (good for a whole meal!) and distributing it to anyone you see that looks like they need a free meal. be a blessing to those less fortunate. AND giving away a free meal opens up a door to some great conversations and starting friendships! -stephen

less than 5 minutes! please help fight trafficking!

modesty readers! this will take you less than five minutes to do but can make a HUGE difference in the fight against human trafficking. the senate foreign relations committee is on the brink of making a huge decision. we need to make as much noise as we can, letting the committee know that Human Trafficking needs to be stopped, and they need to make the issue a priority. please contact the state department and ask them to confirm Lou de Baca as mbassador at large to monitor and combat human trafficking at the state department. having a person in place to oversee trafficking could make a massive difference in getting laws passed, people protected, and justice served for people who have been trafficked. senator john kerry is the head of the senate foreign relations committee Phone 202-224-4651 is the majority office phone number. http://kerry.senate.gov/contact/office.cfm senator richard lugar is the minority leader of the committee. phone 202-224-6797 is the Minority office phone nu...