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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

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These stories simply exist in our minds until we add language and share them with others. Consider this story, which has changed state laws throughout the U.S.: In rural Boone County, West Virginia, Jennifer Massey bathes her children in contaminated water. Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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It’s called mountaintop removal and it is the most common mining in West Virginia and Appalachia generally. And they say China is being Orwellian with language as they prepare for the Olympics.) Another kind of mining made today’s news. It is just what the name implies. Obvious isn’t it.

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Humans@Work: How to Successfully Tackle HR Challenges

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Harassment, in the legal sense, is “a word that people throw around a bit too easily” says Jennifer Rodriquez, a labor and employment attorney with the Dallas based law firm Culhane Meadows. The law safeguards people from harassment based on race, age, and gender. Some jurisdictions have laws protecting employees’ political expression.