Turkey fines broadcasters for coverage critical of earthquake response | Turkey | The Guardian (Me: Autocrats can’t help being autocrats and covring up rather than opening up so another 40+ thousand won’t die in next earthquake)

Source: Turkey fines broadcasters for coverage critical of earthquake response | Turkey | The Guardian

How to Turn Your Mid-Career Crisis Into an Opportunity

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Are you currently considering the state of your career? Are you thinking if this is the time for you to shift careers or go back to school to improve your skill set? If this is your situation, you are in the middle of a mid-career crisis that can be crucial to the future of your career.

These feelings are normal because it is possible that our current career is no longer challenging and giving us the same thrill as before. Some people can use this opportunity to change their lives, but a few fail to utilize it to improve their lives. So, how can you avoid that from happening to you?

Here are our tips on how you can use this opportunity to do something to get out of your mid-career crisis:

Seek Guidance And Support

If you are unsure what to do to progress your career or what to…

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Who Would Fight The Bigots?

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I generally steer clear of religious topics.  I am a non-religious person and I realize that I am in the minority here.  I respect my friends’ beliefs, their religious choices, but I do not share them for a number of reasons.  I am a realist who, since around the age of three, needs to see to believe.  That said, having been raised in a Jewish/Catholic household, I know a little about both religions, and having been married to a Protestant Christian for 15 years, I know a little about those beliefs as well.  That said, what I read yesterday caused my jaw to drop to the floor, though perhaps it shouldn’t have.

The Southern Baptist Convention on Tuesday ousted its second-largest congregation — Saddleback Church, the renowned California megachurch founded by pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren.  Why?  Because that church had the audacity to have a woman pastor!!!  Le…

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♫ Wild World ♫ (Redux)

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I was just trippin’ through the archives tonight, seeking a song that would strike a chord somewhere in my befuddled mind, and when I came across this one, I sat up a bit straighter and something inside me said, “YEAH!!!!”  I knew then that I had found what I was looking for!


Cat Stevens, nee Steven Demetre Georgiou, is a British singer/songwriter.  I have a confession to make … I did not know he was British!  I’ve always loved this song … it is on my ‘walking’ playlist, as it gets me going faster than some and adds a bit of bounce to the steps.

Stevens tells why he wrote the song …

“I was trying to relate to my life. I was at the point where it was beginning to happen and I was myself going into the world. I’d done my career before, and I was sort of warning…

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