May 21, 2013

Living in the Land of Make Believe: When Defeat is Not an Option

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*Imagine being 6 years old and losing your favorite aunt. The one who is just always in your corner and comes to get you to hang out with her just because. Imagine developing an incredible closeness with your grandmother (the mother of your favorite aunt) that is so strong, she is like a mother. She [...]




Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs Requiring a 2-Year Degree

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*The job market for the African American community is dire in these down economic times. It doesn’t matter if you’ve had a long career or just graduated from college with a 4 year degree. But for those who managed to finish 2 years of college and get an Associates Degree, the job market can even [...]




Marsha Ambrosius Talks About Her Roots From B-Ball to Music

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*Marsha Ambrosius bragged about her baller skills in a recent interview with Sister 2 Sister. The now solo singer – once part of Floetry – explained that when she came to America from Britain over a decade ago, she never expected her life would turn out the way it is. She started out pursuing a [...]




5 Things Go-Getters Do

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*Are you a go-getter? Do you even know what a go-getter is? Well, if you are about your business and making your dreams come true whether at a job or your own individual pursuit, you fit the category. (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) If any [...]




3 Things to Take Before you Quit your Job

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*When you are tired of your job and you are ready to call it quits, many just run out of the office and never come back. Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter. But there are steps you can take before or after you quit to make [...]




Living in the Land of Make Believe: If. . .then. . .

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*Most of us remember “if, then” statements from high school math. For example, if x+1=5, then 5-1=x. However, many of us continue to use this statement to apply to what we would like to see happen in our lives. If I had more money, I would go on vacation. If I had more time, I would [...]




Video: Tyler Perry Shares Pearls of Wisdom … AKA Keys to Success

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*Madea creator and inspirational filmmaker Tyler Perry is still moving on up in the industry and we’re all waiting for that hit talk show opportunity to come up. But until that dream is realized, he uses social media networking to get his messages out to the world. On Monday night, he posted some sound career [...]




Living in the Land of make Believe: The Empowered You

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Empower is to give power or authority to; to authorize, to enable or permit. We talk much about empowering people in our society. We want to empower children, survivors of domestic violence, girls, teens, moms and more. However, we often struggle to empower ourselves. We struggle to give ourselves permission to relax, to treat ourselves, to [...]




Ciara on Her Rocky Career and Future Plans

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*Ciara has been a bit low-key lately after her “Basic Instinct,” album turned out not to be the “comeback” she was hoping for.In fact it only sold around 37,000 copies. She even asked her label to release her from her contract and isn’t too happy about her career overall we hear. But she shared her [...]




Did T.I. Put his Career in Jeopardy With Arrest?

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*After finishing a sentence for weapons charges earlier this year, T.I. was poised to have the comeback of the fall. The multiplatinum rapper starred in the nation’s No. 1 movie, recently married his longtime girlfriend, taped a music special for VH1 and was wrapping up a new album. But after an arrest Wednesday in California, [...]




Sidney Is the Sweetest Hangover Mo’Nique Don’t Wanna Get Over

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*Do you remember that old school love?  That pure love, the kind that was just about has close to being Biblical as you could possibly make it?  Well, we know someone who is claiming just that sort of love.  Her name is Monique.   In a continuation from a prior newsbit our Lee Bailey gets [...]