Trude Diamond
Trude Katherine Diamond has been around and never been square. Laughs through, and often at, most of it. Trude addresses the joys and irritants of societal issues, makes people think beyond their comfort zones and laugh until their reading glasses fog up.
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Turn Starving Farmers into Commodity Traders?When is a good idea not so good? When you don't study the history of the problem and have no idea that your solution has only made the problem worse before ... but wait! There's another solution!
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Xeriscape FloridaIf you live in Florida, you can stop wasting money and water while having a beautiful yard. -
Recession-Savvy Shopping: (Discount) Buyer Be(A)warePenny-pinching tactics for getting the most for your shopping time and dollars help you take advantage of the recession.
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The Big Top Flea Market in Tampa: An Economic Indicator?You'd think that when the bottom is falling out of the economy, the "Top" with its bargain-basement vendors would be doing very well. You think? -
A Review of The Wolf's Den Restaurant in Wesley Chapel, FloridaNew full-service diner-style restaurant in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Savor the owner's unique flavors, and skip the same-old-same-old chain chow houses.
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RitualsRituals are those comforting, metaphoric acts-sometimes simple, sometimes complex-that we perform on holy days or at set intervals, depending upon their meaning in our lives. We perform them in temples or in our homes, these acts of faith. Faith in what?
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No Fireworks, Please, in This Silent Night SeasonIf your neighborhood's holiday "Star in the East" includes fireworks set off in the streets on people's backyards, this information may help everybody "sleep in heavenly peace."
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Corporate Corpulence Causes Election DejectionIf corporations are more powerful "citizens" than we, the voters are, how do we exercise OUR charter?
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Formal Speeches or Presentations - Tip SheetTips for giving a speech presentation begin with effective organization and planning, and end with practice, practice, practice!
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Business Writing Tip SheetBegin with the end in mind ... the effect you want this communication to have on the recipients. Then just follow a few simple guidelines.
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The Elevator PitchThe quick pitch for your business happens more often at networking or professional meetings than in elevators. The ability to smoothly "elevate" your business in a potential customer's awareness is more important where you do it.
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Meeting Facilitator's Tip SheetPlan and prepare. Enforce the rules. Then follow up and evaluate. Those are the keys to facilitating a meeting effectively.
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Clear Requirements for Business Solutions - BenefitsClear requirements for business solutions--systems, products, hardware & software--save your business money and time. Up-front investment of time in planning and design of the requirements document is the key to control over your budget and schedule.
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PowerPoint - Presenter's Tip SheetPrevent "death by PowerPoint." Use slides to enliven your presentation or meeting and to cue your next talking point. The real power is in YOU, not the slides.
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NY Minute Del-Eatery in North Tampa (Wesley Chapel), FloridaIf you live in Central Florida, this "taste of New York" is worth the trip to north Tampa. -
"Sicko" - Spur to Critical ThinkingU.S. citizens need to inform ourselves more broadly and deeply about healthcare system options, and take social and political action in our own best interests.
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In Florida, Drought Raises Dangers of Fireworks on FourthThe Fourth of July in central Florida is hot-hot-hot. This year's drought continues through what should be the rainy season, making many standard home-based holiday events hazardous. Florida prohibits the retail sale of most fireworks to consumers.
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Bush and Cheney's Grand PlanWhen the President supports the Vice-president's refusal to abide by one of that President's own Executive Orders for the past four years, some seemingly unrelated mysteries can become suddenly clear.
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Mother's (Earth) Day 2007Mother's Day brings some easy and some hard decisions.
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Black (Friday) Sheep: We Follow the Siren Song of "Sales" Off to the Shearing ShedA parody poem and Grinchly gripe about Black Friday. May all the true believers become cynics!
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Baby Boomers - a Market MarkWe baby boomers have targets on our backs. Particularly if our wallets are in our back pockets. It's our wallets being targeted, wherever we may keep them.
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Wiser Working WomenWorking women are undervalued, and as we age, we're valued even less. Corporate America is laying off many white-collar workers and alienating the rest. This harsh reality can be an opportunity if you figure out how to work it.
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White-Collar Workers - Not as Many Working as There Used to BeIf only our ageing middles were dwindling as rapidly as the American middle class income. The core of our socio-economic contract is eroding. Will the laid-off rise in revolt?
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Symptoms of Menopause - What Pauses, What Stops, What Speeds UpWith no more eggs in your basket, you can fill your basket with whatever you choose.
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Election Year Issues: Interns and Pages and...What are responsible citizens thinking about in this important election season? Only what the media inundate us with? Come on - ask the hard questions.