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With the passing of this centenarian,
May freedom's bell ring in the name of liberty, civility, justice and peace.

May the politics of America continue to be built upon a solid foundation.

Thank you for your service, James Earl Carter Junior.

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“What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare

My family of origin argued about my name before I was born.
Neither side 'won,' and there was never agreement.
So I ended up with the name I got, and my family simply called me something other than my legal name.

Around age 24 is when I started using my legal name for the first time.
Of course, my family stuck with using the name they had chosen despite ...

(While compassion is slightly different than empathy it is considered equivalent for the purpose of this blog post)

There are three kinds of empathy

1. Cognitive
2. Emotional
3. Compassionate

Each person has (or develops) their own 'empathy blend' (mix, style).
The blend has a great impact upon a person's relationship circles.

Use of pain medication blunts empathy.
Specifically the study I found was about the use of over the counter ...

https://www.reuters.com/investigates...entanyl-china/

I've been saying for about 5 years what Trump asserts in that article (but I add that America dropped the ball at interdiction, and interdiction is an almost impossible task).

Here's a quick path to rapidly respond to the attack.

Right now illegal dealers are incentivized to contaminate other drugs with Fentanyl.
It's a deliberate addiction escalation tactic via contamination, ...

I spent well over 30 years being a public speaker (if one counts both childhood and adulthood experience).

Part of being a good public speaker is to learn/study/practice communication itself, as a meta topic/activity.
My father learned a lot from listening/observing men behind pulpits, my mother learned a lot in Toastmasters. And both learned from years of professional experience too.

I learned a lot from Microsoft, as that was where my co-instructor received ...