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A Son is Born--The Birth of Mason Salim (11-4-2009)

2011-11-03T20:03:00.012-04:00

It took him 2 years to arrive, but after several false labors, our 4th child and 1st son together by marriage was about to arrive any moment! Shirre started experiencing labor pains early Tuesday...

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Burn Advocates Network Offers Hope to Survivors

2010-07-28T08:33:00.010-04:00

This week I had the good pleasure of meeting Attorney Samuel Davis, a New Jersey/New York area personal injury attorney. Sam is notable as the original founder of Davis, Saperstein & Salomon,...

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Oklahoma State To Pac 10? Cowboys Reportedly Leaving Big 12 For Pac Ten

2010-06-11T15:32:00.002-04:00

The dominoes have started falling and where they'll land noone knows. However, it is pretty obvious that schools, athletic directors & football headcoaches are making this move for the money. ...

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Gary Coleman DEAD: 'Diff'rent Strokes ' Actor Dies In Utah, Wife Shannon Price At His Side

2010-05-29T03:15:00.003-04:00

Gary Coleman was the poor man's Michael Jackson, so to speak. He was a famous child star, whose life never really panned out the way he thought it would, as so often happens with child stars faced...

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Haiti and the 2010 Earthquake: Part 5-Contacting U.S. Department of State

2010-01-17T09:59:00.018-05:00

From the U.S. State Department : To Ask For or Provide Information About U.S. Citizens in Haiti Email the Task Force at Haiti-Earthquake@State.Gov OR From the U.S. or Canada, call...

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Haiti and the 2010 Earthquake: Part 4-Relief Efforts (A Guide)

2010-01-15T08:26:00.057-05:00

A positive storyline arising from the 2010 Haiti Earthquake is the incredible outpouring of love, charity, and goodwill that citizens of the United States have demonstrated towards victims of Haiti's...

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Haiti and the 2010 Earthquake: Part 3-Cause & Effect

2010-01-15T05:00:00.012-05:00

A 7.0 earthquake is disastrous anywhere in the world. In Haiti, this disaster is further exacerbated by total lack of economic (banking system, inflation), government (government and non-government...

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Haiti and the 2010 Earthquake: Part 2-Where In the World is Ruth Hodges?

2010-01-13T19:28:00.001-05:00

As I mentioned in my previous Haiti Earthquake blog post, "Haiti and the 2010 Earthquake: Part 1", my adoptive Mother Ruth E. Hodges, may be missing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the aftermath of worst...

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Haiti and the 2010 Earthquake: Part 1

2010-01-12T23:31:00.001-05:00

On Tuesday, January 12, my home country of Haiti experienced the worst natural disaster and Haiti's worst earthquake in 200 years! The quake registered 7.0 on the Richter scale and was centered 10...

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Unfriendly Neighbors & Other Tales of Woe

2009-08-01T15:35:00.011-04:00

Pictures: Hands of Friendship and the Chinese symbol for friendship. This week my wife, some friends and associates, and I were discussing a topic that is especially dear to me--unfriendly neighbors...

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Selected Blog Topic: How to Post YouTube Videos to Facebook

2009-08-01T15:18:00.004-04:00

This week a colleague of mine asked me, "Kéto, how can I post YouTube videos to my Facebook page the way you do?" Since I enjoy sharing any technical advice I have with friends, I figured I would...

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USF MBA Students Create Marketing Plan for Local Non-Profit

2009-07-17T18:27:00.006-04:00

Reprinted from TBAH E-Newsletter, 7-17-09 On July 7, 2009 five students in Masters of Business Administration program at the University of South Florida presented a comprehensive marketing plan that...

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Baby Diary: The Name Revealed! (7-06-09)

2009-07-06T18:01:00.005-04:00

Shirre & Kéto are happy to share our baby boy's name with our wonderful friends & family! We chose a name to reflect our cultural heritages. "Mason" comes from French and means a "stone...

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Baby Diary: It's A Boy (5-18-09)

2009-05-20T06:57:00.005-04:00

Shirre & Kéto are proud to announce that we are having a baby boy! On Monday, Shirre went to a specialist who confirmed that she is 16 weeks pregnant and ran sonograms which indicate the gender...

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Kéto's Tampa Bay Job Search Guide

2009-05-13T13:10:00.017-04:00

As some of you may know, yours truly was laid off from my law firm on March 1, 2009, joining millions of fellow Americans and thousands of Tampa Bay area professionals directly affected by the...

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Dating Tips for Men OR How Not to Be a Playa & Make a Fool of Yourself (Part 2)

2009-05-13T08:52:00.001-04:00

In April I wrote a Facebook note focusing on the Rules of Engagement between Men & Women on the Dating Scene. I received so much positive feedback that I wrote several more pieces, and now...

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Foreign Spam is Delicious!

2009-05-06T08:48:00.003-04:00

For the last few months, I've been the recipient of an amazing amount of spam (also known as unsolicited bulk e-mail (UBE)) to my Yahoo! email. The majority of this spam appears to come from foreign...

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7 Tips to Winning the Man of Your Dreams OR How Not to Be THAT Woman Guys Talk About (Part 2)

2009-05-03T10:49:00.003-04:00

Last week I wrote a post, "Dating Tips for Men OR How Not to Be a Playa & Make a Fool of Yourself" which explored the 7 most common mis-steps that men make every day on the dating scene....

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7 Tips to Winning the Man of Your Dreams OR How Not to Be THAT Woman Guys Talk About (Part 1)

2009-04-30T21:59:00.006-04:00

Last week I wrote a post, "Dating Tips for Men OR How Not to Be a Playa & Make a Fool of Yourself (Part 1)" which explored the 7 most common mis-steps that men make every day on the dating scene...

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Dating Tips for Men OR How Not to Be a Playa & Make a Fool of Yourself (Part 1)

2009-04-23T16:09:00.002-04:00

As a happily married man for 1 year (coming up on 4/26/09) my wife and I sometimes talk about how relieved we are that we no longer have to deal with "the dating game". No longer is there to wonder...

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It's Not Big Government, Stupid!

2009-04-03T19:53:00.005-04:00

Congress voted overwhelmingly to pass President Obama's first budget by a nearly partisan vote today. Even before the vote, GOP leadership was decrying the advent of big government under Obama and...

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An Adopted Son's Perspective

2009-04-03T06:17:00.000-04:00

Today, Roland Martin, a regular political commentator and contributor to CNN, Tom Joyner Morning Show, and more. posed a simple question for his Facebook friends of whom I am one: "And did you see...

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Who Is DJ 9:27?

2009-03-29T15:28:00.019-04:00

So who is DJ 9:27? Around August 2006, I was asked by my good friend L.I.F.E., President/CEO of the Black on Black Rhyme poetry collective to be his co-host for weekly poetry shows and featured...

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Why is Twitter Necessary & If So Is It Worth It?

2009-03-28T20:21:00.005-04:00

Yes, Twitter and the process of setting up your personal Twitter page is totally worth it. (Tweet me @KetoNH and I'll tell you why). Think of it like this, technologically, using Twitter or tweeting...

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To Serve & Protect: The Other Animals with Guns

2009-03-28T13:11:00.017-04:00

The blogosphere and national news outlets are all abuzz about the latest news of cops gone wild on the citizenry. I heard audio of the Ryan Moats police incident on Thursday night on Fox Sports...

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