It’s important to take a candid look at your accomplishments.

And the half way mark of the current year is a logical time to take inventory.

On a positive note, which improvement was your best one?

Can you make it even better in the 2nd half of this year?

Which failure was your worst?

How and when will you correct it?

Self management is the prerequisite to self improvement.

Make the 2nd half of this year one of greater results!

If not today, when?

Many Americans feel we are divided.

Well, the 250th anniversary of this great country can put all that behind us.

We didn’t win WW1 and WW11by being divided.

No, we came together and won together!

We are facing big challenges today.

But, nothing we can’t overcome

If not today, when?

I am attempting to publish today’s blog.

This is the Story 0f an AI Man.

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In the years since A.I. burst onto the scene, many companies have become aware of flaws produced by the technology

And, at times, taken steps to offset them.

They know that A.I. models can be biased against certain groups of people, like nonwhites.

They know that chatbots can provide confident but incorrect answers to queries.

They know that the bots sometimes spill the beans on information that should remain private.

As you can see, there are many caveats.

Tip toe into the world of chatbots!

While reading the New York Times this morning I noticed that each article is followed by the time it will take to read it.

Such as: 2 Min Read or 5 Min Read.

I have also noticed that LinkedIn lets my readers know my blog is a 1 Min Read.

In todays time-crunched world it’s a great servive to let readers know what their time investment will be.

I’ve noticed most other news organizations don’t offer such a service.

I guess that’s one of the reasons the Times is the Times!

It may seem like an awful long time since the Founding Fathers took steps toward creating the United States by signing their names to the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

And 250 years of nationhood is definitely something to celebrate.

Yet the history of the land — and the people who have resided on the vast expanse that became the United States — stretches back much further.

It includes colonial times and the pre-Columbian era with its mosaic of Native American cultures, plus the long-ago days when giant reptiles roamed the Earth and the first humans made their way onto the North American continent across the Bering Land Bridge.

And in southern New Mexico, fossilized footprints in a remote corner of White Sands National Park attest to human movement long before the colonists. Embedded in hardened gypsum soil, the footprints were surrounded by ancient grass seeds radiocarbon dated to between 21,130 and 22,860 years ago.

Both discoveries are part of the rich history behind the place now known as America. (CNN)

Checks sent through the Postal Service have become targets for criminals in recent years.

While fewer people write checks, the checks haven’t disappeared.

Two-thirds of adults say they rarely or never use paper checks.

But more than a fifth either have experienced check fraud or know someone who has, according to a poll in 2025 by the Independent Community Bankers of America, a trade group.

Many thieves remove outgoing mail from your mailbox and change the payee.

Pay your bills online. It’s much safer.