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Hate, Violence and Talk Radio

May 20, 2013by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Yesterday I started a blog post about hate in response to a statement by a radio talk-show host.  He wanted to shoot Hilary Clinton in the vagina and watch her […]

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personal, Violence Against Women, women
Alice Paul in  Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia

Business Plan for My LIfe

February 18, 2013by Val Sanford 1 Comment

I’ve been working these past two weeks on a business plan for my division at work.  We are asking for new investment on some cool stuff we want to do.  […]

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leadership, personal, women, Work
From The Hindu

Bring on the education revolution

February 5, 2013by Val Sanford 1 Comment

Sir Ken Robinson divides the world into two groups:  those who divide the world into two types and those who do not. This quirky little joke launches Sir Ken into […]

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education, personal, wisdom
Church of the Nativity Courtyard Looking Toward Bethlehem.

Check! Still American.

July 5, 2012by Val Sanford Leave a comment

Walking where ancestors walked. Walking on mosaic floors built 1200 years ago. Eating in a restaurant tucked inside a building shaped during the 4th Crusade. These are the experiences that bring me closer to the past and to the world around me. These are the experiences that help shape my future and let me see myself better.

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General, Israel, personal, Photography, Travel, UNESCO

The Power of Vulnerability – Brene Brown

April 5, 2012by Val Sanford 2 Comments

This funny and insightful talk on vulnerability is really a talk about courage and living life in a way that allows one to really, authentically connect with others, and to […]

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General, leadership, personal, wisdom

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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