SPEAKING ⬆️ UP 🆙

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Today’s New York Times word of the day is SPEAK according to my chief executive officer who likes word games crossword puzzles.

With that in mind allow Neto to tell a story about one of the many professional experiences I had back in the late 80s - I watch the tube and sometimes it brings back memories about always speaking up for our freedoms and leading by example.

After working for NBC for about a decade, there was a labor dispute with management that caused a major strike.

COMMUTING SENTENCE

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Some of us enjoy a phrase or a one liner others a paragraph or an extraordinary long novel. Which one are you riding today?

As Gotham, The City that never sleeps, the concrete jungle or however else you wish to refer to NYC,  New York City take another step to congestion prevention.

HOY DAY

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Today begins the next phase of the rest of my life and academic career bringing change, and setting the course for progress.

I feel like I am the real deal. I am it. I will use my naturally given analytical skills to sift through any ambiguities. I can do it!

I am the scale after all - harmony and balance are in my nature.

BIBLICAL NEWS

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Christians must understand that selling Bibles for political purposes is anathema and that eventually, God will punish them.

Most of those claiming to be Christian and supporting Trump have never read the Bible they own. They should know better!  

WILL COMCAST BURY CESAR?

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A leadership vacuum at #NBC - Hiring and firing the former #RNC chair, the organization managed to alienate nearly every constituency that matters. Insiders blame a byzantine structure and a lack of news chops at the top. “I want to personally apologize to our team members who felt we let them down,” Mr. Conde said in a staff memo this week. “While this was a collective recommendation by some members of our leadership team, I approved it and take full responsibility.” Cesar Conde

RUSSIA SOFT TARGET

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Why does Putin allow Russian citizens to become soft targets while he attacks neighboring nations who have not threatened them?

Hundreds of innocent people were slaughtered or seriously injured in a nearby Moscow neighborhood.

These are four suspects in the shooting attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, from left: Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, Shamsidin Fariduni, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, and Muhammadsobir Fayzov. - Yulia Morozova/. ISIS members.

GABO LIVES ON

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, aka GABO, died a decade ago, but a previously unpublished book has finally been released.

Gabo popularised the Latin American "magical realism" narrative genre. His new book will hit the stores on Wednesday, somewhat despite his wishes.

LOCAL WORSHIP WEEK

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Do you know why is Easter Sunday so early this year and how come it keeps on changing every time?

The date of Easter changes each year because it is based on the lunar calendar rather than the solar calendar. This lunar aspect of Easter's date calculation can lead to variations in when it falls on the calendar from year to year.