Several groups will be in Washington for commemoration of this very historic American event. The groups include Celebrate the Dream, an organization whose name comes from a reference made in the King speech given in 1963 about his hope for his native land;

“Celebrate the Dream is sponsored by ONE DC, EmpowerDC, Campaign for America’s Future, New Organizing Institute, National Organizer’s Alliance, Media Matters, Americans for American Values, and Jewish Funds for Justice. Further support is provided by the Arca Foundation, the CrossCurrents Foundation, and the Program on Inequality and Common Good, a project at the Institute for Policy Studies and the fiscal sponsor for this event. All donations are tax-deductible.”~from Celebrate The Dream’s web site 

as well as The Other 98 %. The Other 98 % name refers to what is left after the Elite 2 percent of the tax paying population is subtracted from the 100 percent of the citizens who work and pay taxes to support this nation.

“On Tax Day, 2010, we went head to head with the Tea Party armed with two huge banners, one overlooked fact, and a simple message: yes there’s a reason to be angry, but it’s not because some immigrant is sneaking across the border in search of “entitlements” or some “lazy” inner-city family supposedly cheating on their taxes and leaving you holding the bill. It’s because the Elite 2% have rigged the system and aren’t paying their fair share.”~from The Other 98 % web site History page

We believe it is not by coincidence a self professed rodeo clown will be holding an event purported to be a celebration of the late, highly venerated Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.,  the site of Dr. King’s most famous speech.

We’ve been surfing the Internet to read the views of many different people in the United States, some who were alive in 1963, some who attended the event in 1963, and others who weren’t even a gleam in their parents’ eyes during one of the shameful periods in our United States history.

During one of our surfing expeditions we found a chart which shows an interesting comparison, a kind of then and now.  It’s a simplification of the vast differences between the world renowned well-educated philosopher, Baptist preacher, Civil Rights activist, best known for being an advocate of non-violent protests; and the bufoon, who like Bud Schulberg’s creation,  Larry ”Lonesome” Rhodes, a character from the classic 1957 film “A Face In The Crowd” is, in the everyday parlance,  the embodiment of  “ just a lucky bum” with a scheme to fill his personal coffers with lots of cash fleeced from the uninformed and bigoted sheeple who follow him on Fox News – the news network owned in part by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who we know for sure funds terrorist groups in the Middle East via his Kingdom Foundation.

In our opinion Martin Luther King, Jr. was so hugely dynamic and important a figure in the history of our nation even a rodeo clown, and the rodeo owner, are compelled to give him his props.

Since we, as a nation of people of varied races, are not over the subject of race in this country, despite the media telling us we’re living in the “era of Obama” which in some circles is coming to be known as a “ post race era”, we think it’s appropriate  all the hoopla cum nonsense take place prior to and on this the 47th anniversary of Americans sincerely coming together under the leadership of a black man, to demonstrate to our government leaders our desire to make our nation better. We are after all still a nation for, of and by the people, regardless of what the pundits and politicians are telling those of us who still watch, read and listen to them blather on about who deserves to be a citizen of this new way of living

We’re looking forward to a celebration in three years that will exhibit the progress we’ve made toward fulfilling the hopes and desires of all our citizens.

That is why we support Jon Stewart’s suggestion and urge everyone to join us, as a nation, in not watching FoxNews Channel. Take a look at the video from the Daily Show on Monday, August 23, 2010 when the host of the program on Comedy Central made this salient proposal.

Remember Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal is to Rupert Murdock is to FoxNewsChannel

According to his very supportive parents, the family relocated from Virginia to North Carolina to fuel his racing desires, Gray Gaulding began racing motor bikes at age three. This young man has his own race track at his home in North Carolina. Watch the video for more details about this NASCAR wunderkind.

As NASCAR fans, and France detractors, may recall last fall 2009 France was arrested, booked, charged, and later absolved by a judge of the crime the local Daytona Beach Police charged him with having committed.

No one is lamenting the end of France’s brief and most unremarkable professional (?) NASCAR driving career. In fact it could be said he was successful in achieving his goal. He’s a world-class wastrel.

We found an  interesting video piece created in 2003 by the  artist  Isao Hashimoto of Japan. We are sure you will be surprised, as were we, to see the number of devices detonated since 1945 up to and including 1998; that’s more than ten years ago. How many more bombs have been tested since 1998? What are our world leaders arming us against?

It is no wonder there is global warming and everyday people around the world are newly diagnosed with a new and more resistant form of cancer and myriad other diseases.

How we wish there were an intergalactic robot police force, as in the storyline of the 1951 classic science fiction movie, The Day The Earth Stood Still, to ensure there would be no more wars. An alien lands on earth, on The Mall in Washington, D.C. He arrives to deliver the message to the people of Earth that they must live in peace or risk being destroyed as their unseemly behavior is a danger to the inhabitants of other planets in our solar system.

As we are hearing of the plans being made by the American government to visit Mars and perhaps other planets beyond our galaxy, we look forward to the time when war is an outdated, old fashioned idea. Just as we look forward to the day race is no longer an issue.

Despite all the news of new financial regulations, read that as toothless, benign and ineffectual to protect the public from the sordid practices of the cagey banksters, according to this exclusive article in the current issue of Mother Jones magazine, the government agencies, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae along with the bailed out financial institutions are helping the hundreds of law firms around the country known as foreclosure mills, force people out of their homes.  We know of one firm that does 30 thousand foreclosures a year.

Many who are being displaced are being wrongfully removed. Documents are being falsified by unethical legal representatives; judges are so overwhelmed by the number of foreclosure cases there is no time for judicial checks to verify the evidence presented is accurate.

If the name of the homeowner in default is similar to yours, even though you have no loan with the same bank or even if you do, and your mortgage payments are up to date or your home is paid off, you could be in for a world of trouble; it may be as troublesome as having your identity stolen. We’ve all heard what a monumental inconvenience that experience can be. Erroneous information of this type once sent to credit bureaus is real tough to have removed. It can be done. It just takes a long time. Read here for more details of how the government and the bankers are pushing citizens out of their homes.

Thanks to the research and the discoveries of the psychiatrist Carl Jung through dream interpretation, and to my research and discoveries continuing his work, we have a clear vision of what happens in the human mind.

Today we know that we have inherited a wild conscience in the biggest part of our brain, which remains in a primitive condition. It keeps trying to destroy the human side of our conscience through the use of absurdity in order to control our behavior.

This truth explains why so many mental disorders and mental illnesses torture our population throughout time.

The anti-conscience, our wild and primitive conscience, interferes in the functioning of the human side of our conscience when it manages to invade it. It starts sending us many absurd thoughts. However, their absurdity is camouflaged by a false logic, and by futility.

The anti-conscience is a sneaky demon that can think and prepare many traps for our human conscience. It justifies its absurdity by using selfish and futile concepts that easily mislead our ignorant and naive human side.

In order to detect the absurd thoughts imposed by the anti-conscience you need to read my conclusions after continuing Jung’s research in the unknown region of the human psyche. This is a complex subject that cannot be explained in only a few words.

In this short article I will give you a few lessons that will help you understand the most common absurd thoughts imposed by the anti-conscience, so that you may understand the danger you are exposed to, and so that I may give you basic protection.

The anti-conscience’s intention is to destroy your capacity to judge reality. It uses your ego in order to make you desire people and things that you cannot possess, eliminating your good judgment.

Your ego is very demanding because it is a tool used by the anti-conscience.

The anti-conscience will make you believe that your ego must always be in a superior position. Then it will make you desire what you cannot possess.

In the continuation, your ego will put various obstacles in your way due to its pride, so that you may become frustrated. This means that the anti-conscience make you behave like a selfish monster, justifying your cruelty with the intention to protect your ego.

It will make you do the opposite of what you should do if you wanted to possess what you desire, so that you may become desperate.

In your despair, you will easier accept the next, even more absurd suggestions of the anti-conscience, making you believe that they will help you get out of trouble. However, you will be trapped in more difficult situations, leading to craziness.

You must be very careful whenever you have thoughts that are characterized by:

- Selfishness

- Desire of revenge

- Immorality

- Cruelty

- Pride

- Indifference to the human pain

- Greed

- Hypocrisy

- Futility

These thoughts are imposed by the anti-conscience without a doubt. You have to reject them and never follow the anti-conscience’s suggestions.

Study the dream language with my dynamic method of instant dream translation, derived from Carl Jung’s method of dream interpretation, and you’ll be helped by the unconscious mind. You’ll learn how to clearly detect the absurd thoughts of the anti-conscience, and how to completely eliminate its dangerous influence.

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LEAP, established in 1997 in partnership with Rutgers University, is a Preschool–12 public charter school in Camden, New Jersey that is dedicated to creating opportunities and improving conditions for the children and families of the city. 

The Rutgers/LEAP program is an esteemed example for  national urban school reform. It is an alliance  between a major  university known for its academic exploration and analysis, a public charter school, parents, business and community partners.  The integration of education into the economic development as well as the community development, creates a mutually beneficial alliance for the university, the charter  school and the  City of Camden, New jersey.

The scholastic agenda of the school targets students efforts on readiness for a college eduactional experience. The point is to increase students’  awareness of  institutions of higher learning, preparation, and attendance.  The school takes a holistic approach to setting a learning curriculum in order to develop classroom excellence  providing support for their students’  needs outside of school through programs for physical and emotional health, as well as nutrition programs, along with comprehensive services; several different opportunities in  servce to the community and experiential opportunities are offered to the students, too.

For the past five years all four of LEAP’s graduating classes have achieved 100% college acceptance. This is an indication of the commitment to providing children and their families with opportunities for advancement.

LEAP has been recognized by local and national organizations  for its pioneering work in education. A recipient of numerous awards the school has been described by The Annie E. Casey Foundation a “Sign of Hope” and one of Camden’s “Recent successes in improving its overall academic environment and expanding civic engagement”.

That is where Miracles Global Inc, originally a Rutgers–Camden student group, now a full-fledged 501(c)(3) with its goal to make a difference in Camden – and eventually the world, comes in to lend support  to the school.

Miracles Global, among its many initiatives, provides weekly tutoring sessions for the students at LEAP Academy.

To honor the students’ success Miracles Global awarded certificates, money, and a laptop computer to two outstanding students. The non-profit organization was in turn, awarded a certificate for its service to the school. And according to Mr. Jones it was a great night, “… and we look forward to working with them even more in the future.”

In the coming weeks we will report on the upcoming school supplies drive to be held by Miracles Global to support the students of LEAP as well as other schools in the Camden community.

The Linden Method was developed by a guy called Charles Linden back in the year 1996. His Product has helped thousands upon thousands of anxiety suffers cure themselves of this nasty condition which has resulted in them not being able to live their life without anxiety dictating their lives.

The The Linden Method work at the basis of your panic confusion problem. It helps to root out your stress & panic attacks altogether. It is a incredibly comforting feeling to recognize that this is incredibly feasible. It is also possible to experience it when you get your “Amygdala, which Charles refers to as an almond size and shape organ in the brain. This almond sized organ is the responsibility of your anxiety & panic attacks according to Charles.

In the course, Mr. Linden shows how you, the anxiety suffer, shows how you can reprogram your Amygdala to its natural position. This of course results with the result that you will never experience stress or panic again.

Over the years, Charles has worked exceptionally hard to succeed in his approach. His method to curing fear and anxiety is straightforward & very effective. The Linden Method is helpful advise for those people wanting to assist themselves and be in charge of their panic and anxiety disorders. It will put an end to any type of negative beliefs you might be experiencing, or cancel out any type of horror or worry you might be feeling.

I believe even at this point you are wondering what is in fact contained in the linden method? Let us take a look at this shall we? The program comes with an easy to read ebook. Anything that you ought to know about curing your anxiety or panic attacks is all right there in that electronic book. It does not come with any further material such as video tutorials & the like. It is also totally drug free so there is no necessity to take any medications. Finally, you’ll be fortunate to appreciate that the curriculum comes with a 96% success rate. This kind of accomplishment rate is massive when you consider that it was established back in 1996. Take a look at this The Linden Method reviews today.You’ll be happy to know that the Linden Method has been established now for a full thirteen years and it is still going strong to this day!

Common depression is not a mental illness in its first stages,  in fact it is a warning that awakes us, showing us that something is wrong with us and our lives. It has a positive side because it works like an alarm that indicates the urgent necessity of action: we have to correct what is wrong, or accept new challenges, instead of bearing absurd situations with apathy.

When it appears in our behavior as a result of tragic experiences and deceptions though, it works negatively, bringing us weakness and suicidal thoughts. This is when depression becomes a very dangerous mental illness, since it can easily be turned into neurosis.

The difference between both is that while depression is only a warning in most cases, or a dangerous mental instability when it is the result of pain, because it keeps torturing the person with fears and despair, neurosis is the consequence of a serious depression not treated, and the beginning of graver mental illnesses, if the person doesn’t solve their basic psychological problems without delay.

When someone starts showing neurotic behavior this means that the wild side of their conscience (anti-conscience) has invaded their human side, and has started destroying their sensibility with absurd thoughts and feelings, while imposing them abnormal behavior. Neurosis is a collection of abnormal reactions to the stimuli that provoked grave depression to the person.

While depression is an apathetic acceptance of sadness and weakness that is not dangerous in itself, but can become dangerous if it is not treated, neurosis is a collection of behavioral abnormalities due to the sadness and weakness that the person feels, which can easily lead them to psychosis or schizophrenia.

This tragic end can be prevented thanks to the powerful scientific translation of the meaning of dreams, that clearly translates the unconscious messages.

If you have depression symptoms, which are unbearable sadness, weakness, despair and lack of motivation, start immediately caring about the meaning of your dreams, translate them according to the scientific method, and follow the wise guidance of the unconscious mind.

In a very short period of time, you’ll start feeling strong and happy again.

Your intelligence will increase, and you’ll feel always protected thanks to future predictions and wise warnings that will help you in all ways.

If you have neurosis symptoms, which manifest as many fears, suspicions, and the acceptance of absurd behavior that you try to hide from other people, care about the meaning of your dreams with extreme seriousness, because you are in a very dangerous position.

If you precisely follow the superior guidance of the unconscious mind in your dreams you’ll find your peace of mind and mental health again, besides learning how to develop completely your consciousness and all the positive components of your personality.

Be a good student and patient, and soon you’ll overcome all your fears and live free of the anti-conscience’s absurdity, building your happiness with a very good mood, and helping other people find their mental health too.

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who will cry for the little boy?
Lost and all alone.
Who will cry for the little boy?
Abandoned without his own?

Who will cry for the little boy?
He cried himself to sleep.
Who will cry for the little boy?
He never had for keeps.

Who will cry for the little boy?
He walked the burning sand
Who will cry for the little boy?
The boy inside the man.

Who will cry for the little boy?
Who knows well hurt and pain
Who will cry for the little boy?
He died again and again.

Who will cry for the little boy?
A good boy he tried to be
Who will cry for the little boy?
Who cries inside of me

*Antwone Fisher is an acclaimed best selling author, poet, producer and screenwriter. Fisher is also a survivor of child abuse.

April is the month of springtime renewal. It is also the time when we celebrate the earth and make commitments to saving our planet and preserving it for the next generation of humans, plants and other animals on the land, in the sea and in the air.

April is also  Child Abuse Awareness Month. As we are working to preserve our planet,  wouldn’t it be wonderful to develop humans who are kind and loving to other humans? Wouldn’t it be great if the parents who are nurturing the young ones insure they provide protection and love to help the children develop into well adjusted balanced, caring adults by confronting their own issues of past incidents of abuse?

The best way to do this is to become educated about dealing with child abuse. We can learn about preventing today’s abuse and how to resolve past incidents of abuse in the lives of the adult caretakers. Often people who have been abused themselves grow up to become abusers.

The purpose of this month of abuse awareness is to advocate the practice of healing the child–the one inside the adult, as well as nurturing the growing child. This is not just a 30 day exercise; it is a commitment to awareness every month–365 days a year every waking moment.

Heal The Child. Prevent child abuse. Protect the youngsters from being harmed. Heal the child you once were. Heal The Child.

“A young black man can’t understand what it means to have something he’s never been denied. I can’t make them understand the mental relief I feel at the rights we have. It almost infuriates me that people don’t understand what integration has done for this country.”
~ the late Benjamin Hooks in an interview with
U.S. News & World Report~

Benjamin Lawson Hooks was a son of the American South. He was born in 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee. During his college years at LeMoyne-Owen College in Memphis, he became acutely aware of the fact he was forced by law to use segregated public accommodations–water fountains, lunch counters and rest rooms.

In 1944 following his graduation from Howard University in Washington, D.C. he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Assigned to the job of guarding Italian prisoners of war Hooks soon found his service to the nation while wearing the U.S. Army uniform garnered him more humiliation than respect. The P.O.W.s were permitted to eat in the very same restaurants where his presence was not allowed.

Upon receiving an honorable discharge from the service, he began his studies at the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago to study the law. At the time there was no law school in the state of Tennessee would grant admission to Hooks to attend law school. In 1948 the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago to study law. No law school in his native Tennessee would admit him. In 1948 he graduated from DePaul with his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

Benjamin Hooks returned to his hometown of Memphis to change the practices of segregation upheld by law in the U.S. He passed the bar exam after which he established his own law practice.

By the end of the 1940s Benjamin Hooks had built a reputation as a black attorney, one of very few, in Memphis.

Over the years Benjamin Hooks granted interviews to many publications to chronicle his experience of the the Jim Crow era Southern United States. In an interview with Jet Magazine he described what it was like to practice law in segregated Memphis at the time:

“At that time you were insulted by law clerks, excluded from white bar associations and when I was in court, I was lucky to be called Ben. Usually it was just ‘boy.’ [But] the judges were always fair. The discrimination of those days has changed and, today, the South is ahead of the North in many respects in civil rights progress.”

He met Frances Dancy who became his wife in 1952. in 1956 because he believe he was called to the ministry he became an ordained Baptist minister. Earlier in his life as a younger man he wanted to study theology; his father dissuaded him from doing so.

Rev. Hooks became a close friend and an associate of another southern leader Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard, M.D. Dr. T.R.M. Howard was a surgeon as well as the head of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership (RCNL), a leading civil rights organization in Mississippi.

As he continued with his busy law practice as he began preaching in Memphis and increased his civil rights activism by joining the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, as well as his participation in the boycotts of consumer goods and services along with his pioneering participation in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, (NAACP), sponsored restaurant sit-ins.

Rev. Hooks ran for public office in Tennessee in 1954, 1959 and 1963. By 1965 because of his winning personality and determination he had the support of white liberals as well as blacks statewide. In fact he was appointed by the governor of Tennessee to fill an open position on the judicial bench in the Shelby County criminal court.
Governor Frank G. Clement’s selection and appointment of Hooks made history. Benjamin Hooks became the first black criminal court judge in Tennessee. Although this position was temporary expiring in 1966, Benjamin Hooks went on to successfully campaign for a full term in the same judicial post.

By the end of the 1960s Benjamin Hooks was renown as businessman, judge, lawyer and minister. He asked his wife of then thirty years to be hands close advisor, assistant and traveling companion. Hooks was regularly a speaker at the Greater New Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan as well as an active participant in the protests and marches for the NAACP.

Benjamin Hooks was the television host and producer of several programs seen on Memphis’ local television. In 1972 because of his strong support for Republican candidates President Richard M. Nixon selected Hooks to be a member of the five member Federal Communications Commission (FCC). After confirmation by the U.S. Senate Benjamin Hooks and his wife Frances moved to Washington, D.C.

As a member of the FCC Hooks addressed the scarcity of minority ownership of television and radio outlets as well as, the minority employment statistics for the broadcasting industry, and the manner in which black African Americans are portrayed in the mass media. Hooks continued to work for black involvement in the media and entertainment industries even after he completed his five-year term on the board of the FCC.

Benjamin Hooks was elected, by the 64-member board of directors of the NAACP, to become the executive director of the association. He held this leadership position until 1992 when he tendered his resignation.

In 1980 Benjamin Hooks gave the justification for the NAACP’s support for non-violent action saying:

“There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.”

In his remarks acknowledging the death at age 85, of Benjamin Hooks, a man who is one of an incredible generation of Americans who changed the world, President Barack Obama said,

“Our national life is richer for the time Dr. Hooks spent on this earth. And our union is more perfect for the way he spent it: Giving a voice to the voiceless.”

In their sties with all their backing
They don’t care what goes on around
In their eyes there’s something lacking
What they need’s a damn good whacking.

Everywhere there’s lots of piggies
Living piggy lives…”~George Harrison

All this talk about Goldman Sachs– the fraud, greed and malfeasance associated with the so-called financial experts at the world’s largest global investment banking and securities management company has brought to mind a tune written by the late George Harrison a member of the Beatles and recorded by the the Fab Four many years ago, 1968, for the White Album. How prescient those mop-headed Brits were.

The decision makers at Goldman Sachs, have been since 1869, dealing primarily with institutional clients such as national governments, state and provincial governing authorities as well as municipal government entities around the world.

When they make a decision based on what is best for the corporation, rather than what is best for the client, their errors bring down national economies; and the Goldman Sachs executives rake in the cash.

“Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.

Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.

In their sties with all their backing
They don’t care what goes on around
In their eyes there’s something lacking
What they need’s a damn good whacking.

Everywhere there’s lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.” George Harrison

Standard natural and holistic ADHD/ADD treatment practice with numerous natural and holistic health care providers consists of particular diet plan adjustments. Food additives are frequently a partial source of signs or symptoms as are food allergies or sensitivities, which are located and removed from the diet.

Reducing or removing refined sugar and avoiding processed foods in favor of natural ones are some other achievable diet program improvements. Currently there are now a lot of natural food alternatives on hand in the health food areas that are now common in many grocery stores. Even prepared “convenience foods” are obtainable which may help to make food plan alterations simpler and practical when you have a busy timetable without much time to cook meals.

Ginkgo Biloba is one of a number of traditional herbs which are valuable natural therapies for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). It is well-known for its capacity to boost neurotransmitter levels and blood flow in the human brain. Ginkgo has been shown to make therapeutic modifications in the human brain and nervous system which often become long lasting making continuous use unnecessary.

The common symptoms of ADHD such as restlessness and inattention have been extensively lessened with ginkgo in various clinical research trials. It has additionally been shown to lessen irritability and frustration, which is sometimes aggravated by common Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) prescription medications.

In traditional natural medicine, traditional herbs are frequently combined in formulas intended for specific difficulties. This may help to produce a synergistic result which makes the combined herbs more helpful than any single herb by itself. One more traditionally used herb used traditionally to increase cognitive function is Brahmi. It has been shown in research studies to boost focusing and learning capabilities and can be valuable in defending the human brain from free radical damage.

Gotu Kola, also recognized as Centella Asiatica, along with St. John’s wort and Skullcap are also known to be valuable natural remedies for ADD and ADHD. In addition to sustaining optimum human brain function, the previously mentioned herbs also help with anxiety, fear, impatience and insomnia.

Homeopathic remedies are also an effective natural way to deal with ADD. The advantages of homeopathic medicine are numerous. Side effects are hardly ever experienced in view of the fact that homeopathic remedies are so gentle that they are safe to use with small children and infants. Also, homeopathy is economical and no conventional prescription is needed.

These diet regime and life-style modifications along with the herbs for ADHD discussed can be valuable natural and holistic remedies, but the effects may not be evident for a period of time. Everybody responds in a different way; if you stay with your chosen plan, you will have a beneficial result.

Having issues with anxiety attacks is nothing to be ashamed of. In reality it is a common problem with many individuals. Anxiety is a normal bodily response that serves a beneficial purpose. However it can be uncomfortable when the brain seems to get caught on “hyper alert”, and when there isn’t any obvious imminent threat, it may be very perplexing to live through all the intense sensations and emotions involved in anxiety attacks.

It’s essential to seek out help from the moment you realize that what you are suffering from is outside your ability to self-manage. You can find numerous consultants who specialize on the area of anxiety and who offer their own treatment methods through books, audio, video and thru live classes. Lots of of these services may also be accessed through the Internet.

Anti anxiety and depression pharmaceuticals might have many different adverse unwanted side effects, and their safety is being questioned by some. Even without uncomfortable side effects they can have a tendency to give you the feeling of being “medicated.” Moreover, anti anxiety prescription drugs function for the most part by suppressing signs and symptoms and don’t address the reason for the problem.

If you want to avoid the use of medications, you will find natural health supplements for anxiety attacks that can allow you to deal with your symptoms with almost no side effects. Additionally, they may be safely used long term without danger of dependence or worries about withdrawal troubles. As most anxiety issues are due to a lack of balance in the nervous system, holistic cures speak to this issue with the use of natural extracts.

For natural anxiety relief, the traditional herb Passionflower is known as a natural tranquilizer and is often used to address symptoms of restlessness, anxiety and despair. Passionflower can gently put you to sleep and supports getting enough rest that is necessary to recover from an anxiety attack.

The traditional herbs Lavender and Lemon balm have also been used in traditional natural medicine to promote calm and to relieve tension as well as feelings of agitation or anxiety.

These holistic remedies for anxiety attacks offer gentle relief to the nervous system and also have a long record of successful theraputic use in traditional holistic medicine. Plus, now they have also been verified effective in a number of clinical research studies.

Using the previously mentioned herbal anxiety supplements together with exercise, diet adjustments and sufficient relaxation can be an effective approach to reduce or eliminate the effects of anxiety attacks. Also keep in mind that therapy to improve coping skills for anxiety, stress and depression may be an option if you feel you need additional help.

The theory was  seniors would report mental issues less frequently due to their focus on physical pain and problems. This assumption may be somewhat valid. Does it mean we should simply ignore seniors who complain of anxiety issues? Let’s look at health  for seniors.

This is how we sweep problems under the rug. Rather than face the real possibility seniors do actually struggle with anxiety more with age, we make unfounded assumptions and then pay little or no attention to the problem.

Unfortunately the growing senior population has forced our health care professionals to concede  aging and debilitating anxieties go together.

And many seniors who are contending with anxiety disorders have fought with them for years. According to the American Geriatrics Society Foundation, anxiety becomes more common as we get older, because medical, psychological, and social problems tend to build up.

Until now, mental health professions lacked any standardized scale or measurements to accurately and swiftly measure anxiety within a patient.
Senior Health

And a tool was needed that could effectively be used in day to day clinical practices dealing with mental health problems.

Studies suggest that only 11% of psychiatrists use any type of standardized measurement tools to evaluate results when dealing with depression or anxiety disorders so a significant opportunity for improvement exists.

With this in mind, Mark Zimmerman, MD, director of outpatient psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital, and his colleagues developed the Clinically Useful Anxiety Outcome Scale (CUXOS).

Using the CUXOS scale, patients were able to complete the test in less than two minutes and the clinician scored the test in less than 15 seconds.

The scale has been found to reflect high internal consistency and test-retest reliability and correlates well with other known self-report measures.

Zimmerman says, “We believe that the use of standardized scales should be the standard of care and routinely used to measure outcome when treating psychiatric disorders. Only in this way can we ensure that we are having an impact on our patients.”

Researchers acknowledge the need to question any new self report scale since there is no shortage of similar scales available now, but the CUXOS distinguishes itself in several respects and is intended as a general measure of the severity of psychic and somatic anxiety.

The study was based on work in the Rhode Island Methods to Improve Diagnostic Assessment and Services (MIDAS) Project, for which Zimmerman is the principal investigator. It is a unique integration of research quality diagnostic methods into a community-based outpatient practice affiliated with an academic medical center.

Along with Zimmerman, other researchers in the study are Iwona Chelminski, PhD, Diane Young, PhD, and Kristy Dalrymple, PhD, all of Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School.

Communication with aging parents, patients and senior friends is the best way to identify life changes that often drive escalating levels of anxiety. Pay attention to the following key indicators:
? Sudden changes in daily routines and activities;
? Unusual levels of worry  out of proportion to the circumstances;
? Sudden changes in moods or behavior due to medication;
? Changes in outlook on life or loss of interests;

The results to date for the CUXOS scale give hope for many seniors suffering with anxiety. Faster and more accurate measurements of anxiety will reduce long term health care costs and provide relief to care givers. But most importantly, seniors that suffer anxiety disorders will enjoy life more. Senior Living

Janet Shapan, has been a publisher, writer and media designer in the special interest magazine and TV production business for over 25 years. A Boomer, her passion is identifying and sharing current innovations in health, wellness and other lifestyle categories of interest to Seniors.

Is there some event in your past which may be the trigger as to why you can no longer interact with people? Individuals professionally diagnosed with social anxiety disorder usually had a traumatic event which occurred in their lives. The person could have witnessed a horrific crime, or experienced a very negative event out in public; the individual may have given a speech which went terribly wrong. Or  may have had an encounter with another individual in public which proved to be very humiliating.

Without treatment, the individual may become quite consumed by this incident, thinking about it every waking moment. Flashback memories of this incident replay on an endless loop inside the individual’s mind. A high level of stress and anxiety builds up inside the individual. The person’s brain and central nervous system become over-stimulated. It results in the obvious symptoms of impending anxiety attacks: pain in the chest, stomach ache, sweaty palms, high level of nervousness, and an inability to focus. Often, these attacks take place in fact. Over time and without treatment, these attacks can be lethal to an individual’s body physically, and mind mentally.

As a coping mechanism the individual reaches for what is believed to be the only solution. The decision is made to protect from ever going through such a humiliating moment out in public again by choosing to withdraw from society.  Staying at home inside the safe environment of closed-in walls is thought of as the best choice available, instead of interacting with the rest of society. Friend, if this decision is something you may be thinking about, then you need to understand one important idea. Your life simply does not have to carry on in this way for the next 5, 10, or 20 years being isolated from the rest of the human race.

The first step in treatment should involve you seeking guidance from a professional in the field of psychiatry. Please place your trust in this professional in that the doctor would only want to do what is in your best interests. Isolating yourself completely from society is not an option you would want to follow. Your doctor, after a few consultations may opt to put you on a prescription medication to help you with the symptoms of any anxiety, (or panic) attacks you may experience. Understand  any medication should only treat those symptoms of anxiety and stress that have become a part of your being: The chest pain, dull ache in your stomach, and your high level of nervousness. The medication will not work on the trigger, (that past event) which is the underlying cause for your disorder.

Treatment that will work as a cure for your social anxiety will involve behavior modification principles, as well as relaxation exercises. Breathing exercises, (in which you count slowly up to five slowly while inhaling, followed by exhaling up to a count of eight) are known cures to help ease the level of stress and tension in your body. Yoga and meditation are also great relaxation exercises as they also help in regulating your breathing patterns. These exercises also serve to focus your mind away from the trigger which causes your social anxiety disorder.

Behavior modification techniques would involve the principle of your being able to eventually trust other people, again. Your psychiatrist may suggest you reach out to a trusted friend, or two. Get in conversations with a trusted individual who only has your best interests in mind. Talk to this person over the phone. Invite this trusted person to your home for lunch. Engage in conversation with the individual, talking to him or her about a subject which is comfortable for you. Eventually, take the steps to go over to this individual’s home to reciprocate the invitation.

Take it one step at a time. Above all place your trust in a small group of close friends who would act as your support system. If you can understand  those in your support system are not there to harm you in any way, then you have begun on the road towards recovering from your disorder.

If you are experiencing social anxiety disorders, you need to completely understand one important philosophy. Your disorder is not something which you have to cope with for the rest of your life. You should not have to withdraw from society forever. By seeking help, realize you do not have to go about it without guidance. I am also recommending a reputable site that has helped countless numbers of people who were in the same boat as you; falsely believing there was no hope. Visit the site by clicking on >> cure anxiety attacks.

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Anxiety attacks are the result of high levels of stress and pressure which occur within your body. As your brain and central nervous system become over-stimulated chemically over time, it often leads to such attacks if you do not actively seek any form of treatment. Attacks as a result of social anxiety are just the same. You experience high levels of stress and anguish being in a group of unfamiliar people. The worst situations occur when an individual simply steps outside his/her home and he/she feel this sickening pain in his/her chest or stomach. The person in this case has ventured outside the house, which has become his/her own comfort zone. Again, this is very unnatural, but treatable. If this is you, recognize the fact that you do not have to live the rest of your life under such fears. Be pro-active and realize that help is available.

A real or imagined event that exists within the individual’s mind are the trigger(s) for the anxiety, (or social anxiety) attacks that a person experiences negatively in his/her life. The event could be that the person witnessed a horrific crime, had an extremely unpleasant situation occur in a public setting personally, or even viewed something on television/movie theater that was terribly and psychologically frightening to him/her. As the individual begins to constantly think about and become consumed by the event 24/7, often a change in his/her personality develops within his being. The person may fantasize negatively that the event that he/she witnessed or viewed could soon harm him/her in the future.

In order to prevent this event from occurring (or even in repeating itself again) in his/her life, the person will make plans to protect him/herself. In order to achieve this misguided goal, the individual may decide to simply withdraw from society. The extreme example is when the individual simply chooses not to venture outside his/her own home, living as a recluse trapped inside his/her house. The idea of going to the theater to watch a musical play, or (in the extreme) going to the store to buy groceries results in a high level of stress and anxiety within the person’s being. So, what can be done to allow the person to lead a normal life?

The first step that an individual suffering from social anxiety must do is to make arrangements to speak to a qualified medical expert in the field of psychiatry. Hopefully, as you start consulting with this professional, you will place your full trust in him/her. You should initially understand that your doctor wants to work with you and help you overcome your disorder. Trust that he/she has your best interests at heart. Understand that any type of prescription medication that your doctor provides to you will only serve as a temporary remedy. The medication would serve only to manage your symptoms of anxiety: the ache in your chest and stomach, the sweaty palms, and general feelings of restlessness that your body may be experiencing. The medication will not help you in solving the why; those specific reasons why you simply cannot interact with other human beings in society.

Treatment plans to help you overcome social anxiety would involve your doctor recommending behavior modification, natural remedies which you need to begin incorporating into your own life. Slow breathing exercises have been known to be a proven method for lowering the levels of stress and anxiety in your body. You should practice yoga and meditation as well. Getting yourself to be able to trust people again, is a slow process. As I stated, this can begin by first trusting your doctor in recognizing the simple fact that he/she will not harm you. If you do have several close friends, continue this process by speaking to them over the phone or even inviting them over to your home. You have to be able to walk, before you can run. Start by taking baby steps. Begin interacting with several close people initially. Understand that these people have your best interests at heart also, and that they have no reason to want to harm you. Above all, please do not give up on yourself.

Getting yourself involved in social anxiety treatment, through behavioral modification is the best method in allowing you to overcome this disorder. This type of anxiety can be very dangerous to you, both psychologically and eventually physically as well. Please be committed into actively pursuing treatment. Do not give up on your life, choosing instead to shut yourself out of the world. There is more information available at a site which has helped tens of thousands of people who cope with social anxiety. For more information, please visit: cure anxiety attacks.

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To start, take pen to paper – or fingers to keyboard -  writing down the following information will help you develop and focus your electronic book project.

First, start by writing down the main goals of your ebook. What is the essential knowledge you want the reader to walk away with? Once you have figured this out,  decide how much additional research you need to do in order to provide the reader with the best quality information possible. If this is a topic you already have extensive knowledge about you may not need to do any additional research; if not, you should outline precisely what avenues of research still need to be followed.

Next, outline the order you want to present the information so  the reader will be able to move logically from one step to the next while reading your ebook.

Once you have answered the questions, your next step will be to write your mission statement explaining why you want to write this electronic book. This will explain to your reader your motivations for conveying the information to them; it should instill trust. Then write down why you feel your ebook is better and different from similar books on the market. For example, does your electronic book provide information that is lacking in other ebooks? Do you have more experience to back up your claims? What else makes your ebook unique?

When you have answered these questions, you are ready to create the basic outline of your ebook: the table of contents. At this point, you should have a clear idea of what your electronic book is about, and writing the table of content should be fairly easy. Next, try to come up with the best chapter titles possible. These titles should catch the interest of the reader and make them want to read more.

Now, sit down and write the introduction to your ebook. In your introduction you can repeat in a new form much of the information you have already written for your mission statement where you outline the advantages of your ebook over the others on the market. Try to make the introduction as personal as possible, including a story or something similar to help connect with the reader. Then, write the final chapter of your ebook. This may sound strange, but your final chapter will actually be very similar to your introduction except written in a slightly different format and this is actually the best time to write it.

Finally, look at your remaining chapters and create a schedule for writing them. Or, if you wish, you can outsource these chapters to ghostwriters so  they can write them for you. Once these chapters are finished, you will be ready to publish your first ebook! All you need to do is a create a great cover using some great ebook cover software, and then publish it using some reliable ebook publishing software.

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Leaders in science are peeling back the layers of the human mind and revealing an incredible pattern-making organ that is constantly interacting with the world and essentially learning how to adapt and grow. The brain’s capacity to stay active and in peak condition relies on consistent stimulation just as our bodies rely on physical exercise. Senior Living

Even as senior citizens, it is absolutely wrong thinking to assume that poor brain functioning is inevitable. Science is demonstrating the brain’s capacity to actually grow new neurons and expand its capacities despite age.

Severe declines in mental health are most often associated with some type of disease whereas memory loss or diminished motor skills are more likely caused by our failure to stay active in our older years.

If seniors don’t engage the mind with consistent forms of mental exercise, you will face real loss that is difficult to retrieve. Memory

Because our brains are pattern making machines, we have a tendency to observe life and quickly dismiss the wonder right in front of us. Unlike a child, we no longer have curiosity and the drive to discover new things or try something new.

When was the last time you saw or heard something on the news that struck your curiosity and sent you scurrying to the computer or library to learn more? These learning moments are literally a call to engage in life and keep your brain fit.

Sometimes brain fitness can be as simple as doing something you routinely do but in a different way. For example, try to tie the knot in your shoes using reverse motion.

Just like learning as a kid, it will feel almost impossible but in that moment you are engaging your mind to learn a new skill. Or try writing your name or brushing your teeth with your left hand if you are right handed. Let the process be fun.

Find a task or a topic to study every week. Get on the computer and play with hundreds of brain games that will stimulate your mind and help pass the time.

Another excellent way to stimulate the mind is simply traveling to places you have not been before. Too many seniors are reluctant to stray too far from home. Like rats in a maze, the fear of getting lost overpowers the desire to see a new place. Senior Lifestyle

Here are some day to day tips to help keep the senior mind alert:

• Engage all your sense every single day. Smell, touch, hearing, seeing, tasting, textures, hardness etc.

• Communicate with friends and spouses using different methods e.g. eyes only, facial expressions, no hands.

• Take on some of your daily tasks however, do the task with your eyes closed. Can you feel your way?

• Multi-task with the senses…actively use your seeing and hearing capacities at the same time and pay attention to slight distinctions.

• Get out of daily routines-do things in different order; try to accomplish a task in a completely different way.

• Travel about on new roads. Get to the store a new way. Drive home on a different route. Shut off the radio while driving and listen to the sounds.

For seniors, the key is to stay playful with life. Have fun. Be curious. Learn something everyday. Be attentive. Engage the senses. Smile. It is good to be living this very moment!

Janet Shapan, has been a publisher, writer and media designer in the special interest magazine and TV production business for over 25 years. A Boomer, her passion is identifying and sharing current innovations in health, wellness and other lifestyle categories of interest to Seniors. For more information on Senior Living, visit: http://For-Seniors.org

Regarding the level of stress that many of us have in our lives; factors such as the loss of a job, income, and the possible foreclosure on one’s home could lead to panic attacks. With the present economic downturn all over the world, is it any wonder that more individuals are now completely overwhelmed because of the weight of stress in their lives? Statistically, the number of people who experience panic attacks has risen worldwide. Sadly more people should seek help as opposed to living through it like they do, silently hoping for the best. Often, the people who neglect to seek help for their panic attacks cause an enormous amount of damage physically and mentally to their own bodies.

When the individual experiences an extended level of high stress in his/her life, it effects the brain and/or nervous system. As the brain or nervous system become over-stimulated or over-worked it cannot function properly, leading to a chemical imbalance. This imbalance is what leads to panic attacks and a possible anxiety disorder. To eventually curb these attacks, the solution quite clearly is in restoring the correct balance within the individual’s brain and nervous system.

Another very strong factor which leads to panic attacks is when the individual begins to fantasize too often about things, situations, and possible future events to which he/she has absolutely no control over. An individual notices a small mole suddenly on his/her body. Before he/she even sets up an appointment with his/her physician, the individual fantasizes the worst possible scenario. The individual in his/her mind convinces him/her self that this mole is a malignant tumor. He/she becomes convinced that his/her life will end in well under a year. As the individual becomes fixated on this thought in his/her mind, it could lead to frequent panic attacks.

If stress is the reason for your attacks, then the most effective plan that you can take is to seek solutions to lower the amount of stress within your being. A reduction in stress could start with a change in your diet. Often it is the types of food that we eat which effects the chemical ingredients, (read: level of toxins) present within your body. A diet high in fat, sugar, sodium, and cholesterol is poisonous to one’s body over the long term. Drink plenty of purified, filtered water daily; at least 8 full glasses worth. Water is the best ingredient known to aid in effectively flushing out the toxins from our bodies.

Another great way to reduce stress is a physical fitness routine. Develop a physical-conditioning regimen to raise the level of endorphins in the body. These endorphins work to rid the body of chemical toxins. Do cardio exercises to benefit your heart. It is the most important muscle in your body, and is benefited enormously through exercise. Participating in a regular fitness routine will also lower your blood pressure over time. It simply cannot be emphasized enough that actively attempting to keep your blood pressure stable within the recognized safe zone will help in preventing such medical conditions involving strokes and/or heart disease.

Conversely, get involved in relaxation exercises. Learn how to practice yoga, self-regulated breathing and meditation exercises. Improve your sleeping habits, if possible retiring earlier each night instead of staying up late to watch David Letterman’s late night show. This is especially the case if you have to get up before 6 am. each weekday to get ready for work.

By creating order out of calamity, as far as help for panic attacks, you give your body the advantage. It is you the individual who should be the one in control. Do so by becoming pro-active; refusing to refusing to allow these attacks to control you as a person. If you seek more information, then I urge you to please visit the following site: cure panic attacks. There is much help available if you are seeking a solution to this disorder.

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Believe it or not, America boasts some of the world’s best doctors, the most advanced health care system, and the most technically superior resources in the world, bar none. Those who travel globally and have gotten sick know  their first choice for treatment would be in the U.S.  Though health care in America is, more expensive than any other country, many of the worlds wealthiest come to the U.S for surgical procedures and complex care, because it holds a worldwide reputation for the gold standard in health care.

To examine the complex health care issue, a small research study was conducted from randomly selected doctors in a best doctors database. We ask 50 top doctors, located in different states and who practice different specialty fields, ” Is a universal health care plan good for America?” Forty-eight of these doctors essentially responded that it was a “bad idea” that would have negative impacts on the quality of our nation’s health care.

Social Engineering Medicine

One of the greatest mis-conceptions some people have relied on with regard to the U.S. health care system is that, given a universal health care system, every person in the U.S. would receive the highest quality health care – the kind our nation is renowned for and that we currently receive. However, unlike some public amenities, health care is not a collective public service like police and fire protection services, therefore the Government cannot provide the same quality of health care to everyone, because not all physicians are equally good orthopedic surgeons, internists, neurosurgeons, etc, in the same way that not all individuals in need of health care are equally good patients.

As an analogy – stay with me – when you design a software program, there are many elements that are coded on the back-end, and used to manipulate certain aspects of the software program, that your average “John Doe” who uses the software (the end user) does not understand or utilize, nor do they care about these elements. Certain aspects of the program are coded, so that when one uses that portion of the program, other elements of the program are manipulated and automatically follow the present or next command.

Likewise, once a universal care plan is implemented in America and its massive infrastructure is shaped, private insurance companies will slowly disappear, and as a result, eventually patients will automatically be forced to utilize the government’s universal health care plan. As part of such a system, patients will be known as numbers rather than patients, because such a massive government program would provide compensation incentive based on care provided, patients would become “numbers,” rather than “patients.” In addition, for cost savings reasons, every bit of health information, including your own, will be analyzed, and stored by the Government. What are the consequences? If you’re a senior citizen and need a knee replacement at the age of 70, the government may determine that you’re to old and it’s not worth the investment cost, therefore instead of surgery, you may be given medication for the rest of your life at a substantial cost savings to the government, and at a high quality of life price to you.

Solutions:

Fixing the current U.S. health care system might require that we;

1. Encourage prevention and early diagnosis of chronic conditions and management.
2. Completely reform existing government are programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
3. Forgive medical school debt for those willing to practice primary care in under-served areas.
4. Improve access to care, provide small businesses and the self-employed with tax credits, not penalties for providing health care.
5. Encourage innovation in medical records management to reduce costs.
6. Require tort reform in medical malpractice judgments to lower the cost of providing care.
7. Keep what isn’t broken-research shows 80% of Americans are happy with their current insurance, therefore, why completely dismantle it?
8. Reimburse physicians for their services.
9. Innovate a system in which Medicare fraud is dramatically decreased.

Devil In the Details

Socialized medicine means:

1. Loss of private practice options, reduced pay for physicians, overwhelming numbers of patients, and increasing burn-out may reduce the number of doctors pursuing the profession.

2. Patient confidentiality will need to be compromised, since centralized health information will be maintained by the government and it’s databases.

3. Healthy people who take care of themselves will pay for the burden of those with unhealthy lifestyles, such as those who smoke, are obese, etc.

4. Patients lose the incentive to stay healthy or aren’t likely to take efforts to curb their prescription drug costs because health care is free and the system can easily be abused.

5. The U.S. Government will need to call the shots about important health decisions dictating what procedures are best for you, rather than those decisions being made by your doctor(s), which will result in poor individualized patient care.

6. Tax rates will rise substantially-universal health care is not free since citizens are required to pay for it in the form of taxes.

7. Your freedom of choice will be restricted as to which doctor is best for you and your family.

8. Like all public programs, government bureaucracy, even in the form of health care, does not promote healthy competition that reduces costs based on demand. What’s more, accountability is limited to the budgetary resources available to police such a system.

9. Medicare is subsidized by private insurers to the tune of billions of dollars, therefore if you take them out of the equation, add a trillion dollars or more to the current trillion dollar-plus cost estimates.

10. Currently, the government loses an estimated $30 billion a year due to Medicare fraud. Therefore, what makes anyone think that this same government will be able to run & operate a universal health care system that is resistant to fraud and save money while doing so?.

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Overcoming social anxiety is not simple to do since it interferes with your daily routine. Those suffering from social anxiety disorder deal with this problem every day. If you’re having problems with feelings of anxiety and nerves when faced with social situations, don’t give up. Individuals suffering from social anxiety disorder, otherwise known as social phobia, will do anything possible to stay away from certain social situations that they fear. Some even go to the extremes of avoiding situations where there are other people involved like social events, work meetings and school classes. Why do sufferers do this? Because they don’t want to take a chance, however remote it is, of being embarrassed or humiliated by anyone.

The cause of social anxiety disorder is not yet known. Children who are shy often suffer from the disorder as adults. A person’s upbringing can also be a factor that causes one to experience it – a person with overly critical or overly protective parents are more prone to suffer from social anxiety disorder. Some research has suggested that it could be due to imbalances in chemicals in the brain, but studies have not proved to be conclusive. There are many different approaches that can help in overcoming social anxiety these days. The most successful technique that’s used is one called cognitive behavioral therapy, which is carried out by specially trained therapists. The purpose of this therapy is to replace the negative thoughts that occur with positive ones.

Alternatives to cognitive behavioral therapy include relaxation therapy, exposure therapy and breathing techniques. You can do it as in group or individual sessions. Reading self help books is also recommended, and there are many useful ones to choose from. You can also seek medication, such as antidepressants, for overcoming social anxiety. The point of the medication is to address possible chemical imbalances in the body. There are various medications available, and which ones are used will be decided by a doctor after a thorough medical examination. Medications don’t fully treat social anxiety disorder. Psychological therapies like Cognitive behavioral therapy are more effective since they deal with the cause of fear and they also don’t have side effects.
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Some people even tried to convince me  “each one has to interpret their dreams in their own way because only the dreamers can understand the meaning of their dreams”, “nobody can know the meaning of someone else’s dream”, and  “our dreams simply reflect our own emotions”.

They didn’t look for the real meaning of the dream images and their ignorance led them to totally wrong conclusions.

I looked for the exact meaning of dreams when I was 23 years old, studying with seriousness and devotion, because I was neurotic and I was very depressed.

I was lucky because I looked for the right solution and I found it, by precisely following the steps of the psychiatrist Carl Jung, which was quite hard, not only because I was not a scientist- only a literature writer, but because his psychology is very complicated and one can understand it only after studying it for a period of years.

He was right,  not completely, and at a certain point I had to disagree with his conclusions and continue the research he had abandoned, discovering  his last conclusions were wrong, exactly because he didn’t continue the research inside the human brain and he didn’t see the primitive side of the human conscience as I did.

However, he gave me the basic knowledge that helped me discover the cure for schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. If he had not discovered the right code for the translation of the dream images, I would never have been able to discover so much, following his method.

He is a big hero that you must respect, because his work was not superficial like the subjective observations of the dream interpreters that believe that they can know what their dreams mean, based on their own suppositions…

Jung made a very arduous research interpreting the dreams of many patients that suffered from various types of mental illnesses. He dared to accept the existence of metaphysical phenomena and to disagree with the mentality of his time, helping humanity open its eyes.

My work was very serious too, because I had to become a psychiatrist, helping many people who suffered from schizophrenia, psychosis, neurosis and depression for two decades.

Dream interpretation according to the scientific method is a surgical operation inside our brain, and it can cure all mental illnesses.

I simplified the complicated scientific method discovered by Carl Jung last century, transforming it into a simple dream translation from images to words, since I continued his research. You’ll easily learn how to translate the meaning of your own dreams and the meaning of other people’s dreams as well.

Dream interpretation is an independent science, because the unconscious mind that produces our dreams is wise and perfect, and it works like a natural doctor. This is why only the scientific method of dream interpretation gives you clear and real translations that help you solve all the problems of your life.

Now that you know the truth, I’m sure that you understand how really wrong are the people who despise the dream messages or who think that they can discover the hidden meaning of dreams based on their own opinion!

Could you compare their suppositions with Carl Jung’s arduous research, and with my long research continuing his work?

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It is hard to overstate the importance of the health care victory for President Obama. It’s a legislative victory so big that it boosts Obama into the debate about the greatest American Presidents of the past 100 years. Universal health care has been a goal for progressives since Theodore Roosevelt first proposed the idea in the early 1900s.

And as big as the win is for Obama, it is just as big of a loss for the Republicans because they put everything they had on trying to take down this bill and they got beat. Far right wing Republican Senator Jim Demint of South Carolina was caught on tape saying he thought the GOP could “break” Obama if they could just beat his health care reform bill. He said it would be Obama’s “Waterloo” but as former George W. Bush speechwriter David Frum noted in a recent column, it is now the Republican party’s “Waterloo.”

This is because all of the outrageous lies that the Republican party told about the bill only work politically if the bill never becomes the law. Then they can say that they “defended America” from some evil plot and since it never happened there would be no easy to see evidence that they were lying. This is how the GOP won a huge victory at the polls in 1994 after beating President Clinton’s health care reform.

But now that the health care reform bill has been signed into law by the President average Americans will inevitably find that they actually really like the changes made by the bill since they are extremely positive for the vast majority of Americans.

The Republicans are now campaigning for the November elections with the ludicrous slogan “Repeal and Replace” but this will seem like an increasingly bad idea as everyday Americans find out what a huge positive the reform actually is. A majority of the American voters will realize that the GOP has done absolutely nothing but lie about this topic for the last year and this will probably lead to a very good November for the Democrats in 2010.

Understanding childhood ADHD is one of the most key challenges today. Our world circumstances requires inventive, genius level problem solving and inspiring leadership. We can no longer carry on with out-of-date habits of perceiving the planet and still successfully deal with the issues facing us nowadays, at the beginning of the twenty first century.

There is increasing concern that the most inventive and brilliant young people are being held back by drug treatments and discipline in order to fit into an excessively rigid structure that in due course holds-back their full development. The educational system will be slow to alter, so that means parents have the task of locating the best and healthiest ways to assist their children to flourish within a structure that’s not so far equipped to deal with them as they are.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is typically addressed with prescription medicines like Ritalin and Adderall which function in part by stimulating activity in the human brain and nervous system. In recent years, the FDA has issued safety considerations concerning these medications. Some parents with ADHD children, as well as some adults with the disorder are using natural herbal remedies like the herb ginkgo biloba as well as others.

Effective ADHD supplements

Ginkgo Biloba is commonly used in natural health remedies because of its well-known beneficial effects on the brain. Ginkgo has been used historically to increase mental performance and increase focusing capability. Various research reports have revealed that it may help to improve neurotransmitter ranges as well as blood circulation to the brain.

The trademark signs and symptoms of ADHD such as agitation and inattentiveness have been appreciably lessened with ginkgo along with a number of other traditional herbs in some research trials. They have also been shown to ease irritability and frustration, that is at times aggravated by conventional ADHD drug treatments. One of its most helpful qualities is that the therapeutic effects brought about by these traditional herbs tend to become long lasting if regular use is discontinued.

In traditional natural treatments, herbs are often combined in formulas for particular concerns. This can help create a synergistic end product which makes the combined herbs more useful than any single herb by itself. Some additional herbs that have been combined with ginkgo to successfully attend to ADHD signs or symptoms are:

*skullcap

*german chamomile

*gotu cola

*rooibos

adhd supplements which include the previously mentioned herbs are being successfully used to attend to signs or symptoms as a natural substitute to prescription medications. A natural health care provider can answer any concerns or questions you may have, as well as put together a holistic remedy plan that incorporates eating habits and life style modifications as well as looking at other strategies.

While you may not feel you integrate with your 18 -year-old fellow students, it all adds to the educational experience. Many older students have returned, not to necessarily earn a college degree, but to educate themselves and keep their minds sharp.

Many schools are providing seniors discounted or free tuition because they have unfilled spaces in the classroom. So students don’t have to use their pensions in order to boost their knowledge. Also, older students can still go and partake in the class but they aren’t responsible for taking any tests.

Schools have come to realize that there are benefits in having a full class. In addition, seniors add different perspectives and diversity that contribute to an even greater educational experience.

For seniors that are interested in earning a college education, there are many options that can help you pay for it. There are even grants from your state that are exclusively for seniors. You can also verify your eligibility for a scholarship with USA funds.

Seniors also have the option to take online classes that allows them to stay inside of their home. They don’t have to worry about the winter season or getting to campus. They can be taught, turn in homework, and converse with teachers but they will miss out on the personal interaction they would have with students and teachers on campus.

If older students are nervous about returning to school after being out so long, many colleges offer remedial classes, tutoring, and school counseling which can help students with their transition back to school. Although you may feel awkward and puzzled at first, there are options out there that can help you. Lily Allen, 72 returned to the classroom after 50 years and earned a B.S. in Gerontology.

While education in the classroom is a great fit for some, study abroad fits others best. Many seniors over 55 can take an Elderhostel trip. While many may not get college credit for it, they are able to visit, learn, and understand the world.

If you aren’t quite that bold and wish to stay within the U.S. or your neighborhood, there are programs that can give you a cultural understanding, without leaving your comfort zone. These programs can last anytime from a day to several weeks, and the costs also differgreatly.

If seniors want to go back to the classroom, there are many options out there. That’s awesome that schools want to fill the classroom and will let older students return for free of charge or low-price tuition. It’s a great way for seniors to expand their knowledge and really understand and associate with another generation.

In my college experience, I had older students in my classes and I really enjoyed it because they brought up things that I never would have thought of. It made the class fresh and fascinating. They presented relevant facts, ideas, or even life experiences that I may not have known or even thought about. Older students really helped improve the classroom and I valued what they brought to the classroom.

Diane Johnson earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Utah. She likes to write about the news, politics, college degrees, colleges online, and the college experience.

Overcoming anxiety really involves analyzing the factors that have caused this problem to take root on your very being. Are you the person who give your all in your job? Do you have a family to support, bills to pay, and a mortgage on a house? Are you a student taking a heavy course load each semester in pre-med, pre-law, or business university-level classes? Are you the type of person who is on the go for what seems like 18 hours each day? Do you exhort yourself every day to get things done, wishing that you just had more time to accomplish what needs to be completed? Friend, if this describes you, then come to the realization of one very important factor: You are placing a heavy burden both physically and mentally on your own self.

As you go through the rigors and pressure that you put on yourself each day, you become over-stimulated to the point that anxiety creeps into your being. The level of tension will slowly go through the roof as you worry that you are not accomplishing all that you think needs to be completed daily. A failure to properly address the level of stress and pressure that you put on yourself could result in it becoming a full-blown anxiety disorder.

Here are some tips to assist you in learning how to control the level of stress that you have in your life.

Tip#1: Talk to your doctor. Whether you have stress over the pressures in your job, or become agitated over the concerns regarding any financial or health situations that you are dealing with; this strain causes your brain and nervous system to become over-stimulated. These factors, (many of them very negative) eventually result in prolonged levels of high anxiety. A prolonged period of anxiety in your life, could lead to your being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Worse yet, anxiety could also result in physical damage to your body; high blood pressure, (which could lead to strokes), stomach ulcers, or even potentially damaging, and lethal heart attacks. If you experience a high level of anxiety which has become a part of your everyday existence, please consult a doctor immediately.

Tip#2: Many people in today’s fast paced world push themselves to a state of constant overdrive, 24/7. I am willing to bet that it includes you as well, am I right? When was the last time that you exercised? Can you recall the last time that you worked out? By exercise, I do not mean running down the hall to attend a staff meeting that you’re already 3 minutes late in getting to. Exercise helps to work the part of our body that is closely associated with the cardiovascular system. Adding a regular work out system to your schedule, (even walking a couple of miles, 3-4 times weekly) has been proven scientifically to drastically reduce the level of stress in the body, in addition to the benefits to your cardio system that I discussed earlier. Exercise would also benefit you in one other important way: You will be able to manage your weight better through physical activity.

Tip #3: Conversely from an exercise program, the body also benefits by relaxation. The body needs activity through working out. Conversely, it also needs rest. Getting involved with programs involving yoga, meditation, or other slow-breathing exercises allows the body to “wind down”. Can you recall the last time that you sat on your sofa or rocking chair and turned on the stereo in your living room entertainment center to some quiet, soothing classical music? In order to cope with, and overcome anxiety you need to allow your brain and nervous system to be soothed through periods of relaxation; each day!

Tip#4: Carefully analyze your diet. Ingesting large amounts of junk foods and caffeine has been known to make it difficult for the body to function properly over the long haul. Drastically reduce those trips to Wendy’s each week. Eliminate eating those delicious cakes and pies for dessert; usually accompanied by a heaping bowl of chocolate-chip ice cream. Rich, fattening desserts contain contain high levels of sugar content. High levels of sugar also contain toxins, (or bad chemicals) that are harmful to the body over time. You should plan on drinking at least 8 full glasses of purified or filtered water daily. Water helps the body to flush toxins out of its system. You may also experience periods of restless, and fitful periods of sleep if you suffer from anxiety attacks. Sleep in a cool, quiet room and try using some of the relaxation techniques that you would learn from the tip above, #3 to improve your quality of sleep.

By overcoming anxiety, in the long run you will do your body a world of good. Stress, as a result of the everyday pressures in the lives that we choose to lead and anxiety are known factors which could do irreparable damage to the organs in our bodies. If you are the individual who is experiencing high levels of anxiety in your life, please act immediately to take a close look at the life that you are leading. The consequences for failing to address what is causing you to have high levels of anxiety in your life could lead to major medical problems in your future; even premature death! If you seek more information, there is much help available. Please visit this site: cure anxiety attacks.

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The modern field of Rehabilitation Physical Medicine acknowledged since around the 1930’s as a solution to musculoskeletal, along with neurological, problems of war veterans. This query made this subject of treatments sovereign and an increasingly important one.

Physical Medicine and rehab therapy doesn’t undo the injury of a person, nor does it guarantee to fully re-establish one’s normal capabilities. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation nevertheless, is working in the direction of helping a person reach the highest level of function by lessening his disability, stopping any complications, and coaching him self-reliance plus independence. Physical Remedies and Rehabilitation prepares tailored therapy programs for each person, focusing on the grade of disability, the patient’s overall health, as well as their possible response to the cures. It closely monitors his progress and ensures to facilitate a high quality being is within reach.

The unique health situation may necessitate individuals the use of services of specialized rehab center or health spa resort. Minor disabilities may not call for an intensive rehabilitation service. Doctors could prescribe patients with simple impairments to complete selected conventional physical exercises using rehabilitation equipment in the fitness center or at home.

Physical Medicine and rehab therapy is strongly recommended under particular circumstances like impairment and movement limitation. Impairment is basically losing the typical capabilities of a part or certain part of the body due to harm or disorder such as paralysis to one part of the body due to a stroke. Activity limitation is the result of injury.

There are a number of most frequent disorders that need personalized and qualified rehabilitation schemes: amputees, arthritis, most of injuries, after surgery conditions, rheumatism, osteoporosis along with number others. The ordinary aging process may also impact the mobility of individuals.

Selecting the appropriate rehabilitation remedy would necessitate more than searching at the on line site listings and the rates that come beside with healing services. Consulting your health care provider concerning your health circumstance would lead you to the appropriate approach to deal with it. Some rehabilitation programs could not necessarily suits to your individualhealth conditions.

In numerous of quality rehab clinics or dedicated health spa resorts the most appropriate and complete rehabilitation plan is prescribed. A rehabilitation clinic or spa resort operates with the therapeutic equipment that is most appropriate for one’s health condition. Different types of rehab therapies may be applied in dedicated health spa resort, for instance electrotherapies, magneto therapies, hydrotherapies along with other water therapy and further special and general healing procedures. A team of health care professionals like rehab nurses, physical and professional therapists, and psychologists will be capable to make sure that a patient not only complete physical evolution but be capable to achieve his maximum potential physically and mentally during his or her spa resort vacations. Apart from that, a patient is frequently being personally monitored and assessed.

In most rehabilitation clinics and specialized health SPA centers rehabilitation if correctly administered will have a great influence on the patient’s quick recuperation, improved functioning, and the quality of life. Nevertheless any rehabilitation therapy treatment however, in addition desires the patient’s sincere dedication as well as cooperation so that risk factors might be reduced.

You have had situations and circumstances which have occurred in your life in the past. The past is exactly what it is; life situations and events which are over and done with. It would be illogical to think that you could travel back to the past, alter events which took place, and your present life would now be different. What you can do, is learn from your past. A great form of education is to look back at the silly decisions and mistakes that took place in your life, (of your own doing) and make the decision that you will not repeat them. To prevent a toll taken on your body which raises your level of stress and anxiety, do not dwell on the past.

Consequently there is the future. Do you realize that anything in the future is not guaranteed? When you dwell over, and even fear about what could occur in ten hours, ten days, or ten weeks, you need to realize that this fear is really nothing but illogical thinking. The premise about what could happen in the future is something that you simply are unable to control. As soon as you begin to realize that you can only control what is in truth the present, then it is your first step towards recovery.

Example: It is 8 in the morning. I have awaken from sleep and got out of bed. This is an event that I know is fact. I am now hungry. I can control what I eat for breakfast. As I have certain food items in my pantry and refrigerator I decide to eat the following: I decide to eat warm raisin-oatmeal flavored cereal, together with an English muffin topped with blueberry jam. I decide to have a glass of orange juice with my meal. It is my decision as to what I will be eating, something that I can control. These events are in the present.

Here is what I cannot control. Three hours from now, I know that I must get to a mandatory business appointment on the other side of town. The weather forecast calls for the possibility of a thunderstorm taking place at about that time. It might rain heavily, or it might be completely dry outside in three hours. It’s a future event which may or may not actually occur. The weather people who make these predictions have been known to be wrong a time, or two. Since I cannot control Mother Nature, allowing my mind to become consumed about the possibility that it could be very wet outside three hours from now is something that is beyond my control. Why should I fantasize, dwell on, and obsess about possible weather outcomes, (fearing that I could get drenched) when there is absolutely nothing that I could do to prevent it from raining in the first place?

When an actual panic attack takes place, acknowledge that it is only a temporary event, and that it will go away. What you cannot do is to dwell on and create in your mind the fear of a possible impending, (or future) attack. Again, you really need to understand that would you cannot predict is the future. It is something that you cannot control. Why would you want to dwell and obsess over any possible future event? In regards to any future attacks, why would you want to come to the point in which you dread and fear them, when in fact they may never occur? To put it bluntly, the more you dread, fear, and become become consumed by the possibility of any future attacks, the greater chance that they will in fact occur.

High levels of stress and anxiety could do long-term damage to your body. Your body was not designed to undergo periods of constant stress and anxiety. Having a constant fear of the future has been medically known to produce the following conditions: high blood pressure, strokes, stomach ulcers, and even damaging or deadly heart attacks in such individuals. To prevent the damage that these attacks can cause both psychologically and physically to an individual, you should be pro-active in first seeking out treatment from those in the medical profession.

Provided with the proper behavior-modification exercises, realize that you can eventually prevent panic attacks from occurring. You should always understand that you have the power in your mind to eventually control, and prevent these attacks from occurring. Do not become consumed by the past, or the future. The past is now history, the future is something that is not guaranteed! Friend, please visit this site if you seek more information: cure panic attacks. This disorder does not need to become a permanent part of your life.

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Generalized anxieties are not uncommon among adults. They are characterized by enduring anxiety that really doesn’t seem to have a clear cause or reason. The anxiousness tends to be continuous and makes daily life very difficult. Seniors

Panic episodes can appear as brief and intense bouts of fear or apprehension. In most cases these conditions are usually short lived ranging from a few minutes to a few hours. The cause may be apparent; often it is unclear.

Linked to panic attacks is a condition known as agoraphobia, the anxiety about being in a place or situation that may be difficult to get out of. People who suffer from agoraphobia usually need to be near doors or openings at all times. In severe cases, this leads to the individual never wanting to leave his/her home for fear of not being able to leave wherever he/she is going.

Phobias are the largest category of anxiety disorders. If you are a senior with a phobia you know the power of these fears. Social phobia (otherwise known as social anxiety disorder) is an abnormal fear of public embarrassment or humiliation. This may stem from social events, public speaking or other public situations resulting in physical symptoms such as blushing, sweating, and difficulty speaking.

Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is mainly characterized by repetitive obsessions with certain thoughts or images and compulsions to repeatedly perform certain actions or rituals. OCD thought pattern could be compared to superstitions, where the afflicted person believes if certain actions are performed, the danger or evil will be eliminated.

There are other types of anxiety related issues stemming from daily stresses, post-traumatic stress from a traumatic experience or separation. Senior Health

There are many treatment options for the above disorders/phobias: psychotherapy focuses on increasing the individual’s sense of their own well-being.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) aims to get at the root of the dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions and to treat them accordingly.

And pharmaceutical therapy employs various medications to relieve symptoms but is rarely used just by itself as it doesn’t treat the core problem, only its symptoms.

Anxiety and insomnia are often related. Each can be causes of the other which, in turn, leads to a vicious cycle that may seem impossible to break.

A study conducted by Dag Neckelmann, MD, PhD, of the Department of Psychiatry at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norwa, shows that chronic insomnia increases your odds of having anxiety disorders. So, treating chronic insomnia may be one way to alleviate feelings of anxiousness.

Chronic insomnia typically is a prolonged period such as a month or more of having trouble falling asleep, waking up too early or overall poor quality of sleep. About 10 percent of adults in the US contend with this condition.

If you aren’t sleeping, first check with a doctor to ensure that certain conditions like heart disease, diabetes, epilepsy, pregnancy, menopause or arthritis aren’t the cause of the problem. Check your medications as well.

A practical approach to deter both anxiety and insomnia is reducing the consumption of caffeine and alcohol. Coffee is not always the sole culprit. Some tea, soft drinks, and certain medications can negatively impact sleep patterns. You may think alcohol helps you relax and fall to sleep but most drinkers experience a light and fragmented sleep pattern. Senior Living

Another simple solution to insomnia is just old fashioned exercise. Take a 20 minute walk every day or a few times each week. Make sure you get your heart rate up during the walk. But don’t walk too close to bed time.

The information offered here are just basic tips and not medical advice. If you are still experience severe anxiety levels and can’t sleep, seek professional help from medical and psychological professionals.

Janet Shapan, has been a publisher, writer and media designer in the special interest magazine and TV production business for over 25 years. A Boomer, her passion is identifying and sharing current innovations in health, wellness and other lifestyle categories of interest to Seniors. For more information on Senior Living, visit: http://For-Seniors.org

You sit down at the table to yet another frozen meal, quickly cooked in the microwave. Hours later, do you wonder why your stomach feels even worse than before? When it comes to treating anxiety attacks, please know one very important thing. The certain types of food that you eat could only make your condition worse, not better!

Anxiety attacks occur when an individual’s brain and central nervous system within the body both become over-stimulated. People have different triggers (or reasons) for their attacks. The person who is concerned about a possible job loss, and who also has a family of 5 to feed and a steep monthly mortgage, may feel a elevated level of stress and agitation due to the pressures in just being able to survive. Another person may have to give his/her first public speech to a large crowd. The person is afraid that a number of things could go wrong in the speech, and imagines only the worst. In either case, if the person constantly dwells on negative thoughts, it could very well lead to anxiety attacks when his/her body simply cannot withstand the stress.

People often turn to food as a way of making themselves feel good. This is both a scientific and medical fact. When an individual is feeling good; he/she gets a promotion at work,or when his/her favorite sports team wins a championship it often calls for celebration. The person will eat, (and sometimes even drink) to commemorate the occasion. Conversely, when things are going poorly, human beings do the same thing. They look at food as some kind of solace or comfort for their inner beings.

In today’s frantic world, many humans tend to eat at a pace which equates to how they lead their lives. People who rush through the day on the go often do not slow down when it comes to preparing and consuming their meals. Adults, who work 8-9 hour days/5 days per week, find it easiest to throw a quick meal into the microwave. Or, they find it easiest to stop by the local McDonald’s to pick up a meal on the way home from work. These people may have school-aged children who, after being in school all day, have to rush out to baseball, gymnastics, or dance practice. Yet, the parents believe that frozen pizzas, zapped in the microwave, then served 3-4 times per week is the quickest, easiest meal to provide their kids. Here is the problem. Many of these meals are very poor in nutrition. Many foods, especially those that are frozen have high levels of sodium which acts as a preservative to keep the food fresh. A diet high in sodium is one of the leading causes of high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks in individuals.

If you are the person who has been suffering from anxiety attacks lately, please be aware of a very important fact with regards to your health. If you consume a diet that is very poor in nutrition, the problems that your body are going through, (because of the attacks) will eventually get worse; not better. The frozen store-brought pizza that you are eating, partially to help get your mind off of that annoying, meddling boss at work, is not going to help get rid of the pain in your racing chest. The bowl of heavily salted, buttered popcorn that you are snacking on as you try to compute this month’s family bills will most definitely not ease the ache in your stomach. A long term poor diet will eventually lead to worse health problems; anxiety attacks could eventually be the least of your worries! Instead you need to eat more foods rich in fiber, (to aid the stomach in the digestive process). Substitute fresh, organic chicken and fish instead of those greasy, high-fat content, red meats. Eat more green vegetables, (preferably ones that you can steam, instead of canned or frozen) and fresh fruits. Drink at least 8 glasses of filtered water daily to help flush out the toxins from your body.

Treating anxiety attacks could just be a willingness to change your perception about food. You are what you eat. You can actually reduce, even eliminate the amount of stress in your body if you follow the proper diet. It is not something to take for granted, and your very health and well-being could depend on your attitude about what you eat each day. If you are serious about eliminating your anxiety attacks, there is a site that has helped tens of thousands of people from all over the world. I highly recommend that you visit this site which will provide you with much more information: Cure panic attacks.

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Starbucks announced today, through its VP of Volume, the introduction of two new beverage sizes in stores in the U. S. and Canada this Fall.

Plenta™ (128 fl oz) and Micra™ (2 fl oz) cups arrive in Starbucks stores this Fall. Derived from Italian word for plentiful or small, the Plenta™ delivers coffee lovers record amounts of the world’s finest coffee beverages while the Micra™ delivers a quick and satisfying morsel of goodness.

Dr. Robinson earned a master’s degree in business administration, with an emphasis in healthcare management, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, during a two-year leave of absence from medical school. During his studies at Wharton, Dr. Robinson traveled as a member of a team of students and alumni to South Africa to make an assessment of state-sponsored, community clinic operations for the Director of Health Services for the Cape Town Metropolitan Region.

Dr. Robinson graduated from Wharton with honors in 2002. He completed his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, in 1997. His research interest involves the development of indicators to measure the value and quality of health care delivery to special populations. One can readily see Dr. Robinson’s credentials make him eminently qualified to be a member of the medical profession’s newest specialty. Dr. Robinson is a hospitalist. His practice is near Delaware’s Christiana Care Health System.

One of Robinson’s responsibilities is to ensure patients are not unnecessarily readmitted because of gaps in care between release from the hospital and care from the patient’s primary physician.

“I get a sense that the patients are relieved because somebody is actively following them.”~ Dr. Edmondo Robinson, Hospitalist

The new federal health care reform legislation contains a provision to withhold funding for readmissions believed to be avoidable. Hospitals, health care systems, are realizing the rates of readmission must be improved. Federal statistics show one in five Medicare patients repeatedly end up in the hospital requiring care for major health issues.

That is why hospitals, such as the Christiana Care Health System in Delaware, like many other institutions, are making use of the expertise of medical specialist practitioners known as hospitalists.

The term “hospitalist”describes a new specialty. The term was first coined by Drs. Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman in an article, The Emerging Role of “Hospitalists” in the American Health Care System, appearing in 1996 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Often, according to Wikipedia, the Hospitalist duties may include patient care, teaching, research, and leadership related to hospital care.

Last year in 2009 the Society of Hospital Medicine updated the definition of this new area of specialized medicine to state  Hospital medicine, like emergency medicine, is a specialty organized around a site of care, the hospital; unlike a specialty such as cardiology, it is not organized around an organ, nor a disease like oncology, nor a patient’s age like gerontology.

Reports from the Society of Hospital Medicine, a national membership organization for hospitalists indicates the ranks of this specialty is increasing at a rate higher than any other medical specialty. The federal government’s expressed intention to reduce payments of Medicare is the reason hospitals are expanding hospitalist staff numbers.

In a recent interview with Delaware Online, Dr. Robinson said patients are more sick when they enter the hospital, and they are still often sick when they leave the hospital. That is why

“…it’s very important to continue the treatment as an outpatient. You have to plan around that and not just rely on their first follow-up with their own doctor in two or three weeks.”~Dr. Edmondo Robinson, M.D., MBA, Hospitalist

Robinson started the discharge clinic near Christiana Hospital in order to address the issue.

Patients with serious illnesses, who are recently released from the hospital, sometimes are unable to be seen by their primary care doctor in a well timed way. In those instances they receive an appointment scheduled at the clinic within a week.

Patients who receive the interim care report they are satisfied with the time saved from return trips to the emergency room. They additionally report the care they receive from a hospitalist provides confidence the risk of having to return to be admitted to the hospital is smaller as well.

That is why Dr. Edmondo Robinson has the expectation the readmission rates will decline at the Delaware hospital. He is among one of approximately 50 hospital medicine specialists with privileges at or employed by Christiana Care.

With the use of electronic medical records hospitalists say the rate of readmission will be reduced. Primary care physicians will received up-to-date case information on their patients when they leave the hospital.

Hospital medicine practitioners agree, with the government’s emphasis on readmission rates the place to save money is by making the discharge process efficient and beneficial to the patient’s care.

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” I hate the way they portray us in the media. You see a black family, it says, ‘They’re looting.’ You see a white family, it says, ‘They’re looking for food.’ And, you know, it’s been five days [waiting for federal help] because most of the people are black. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I’ve tried to turn away from the TV because it’s too hard to watch. I’ve even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I’m calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help — with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way — and they’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us!”

“George Bush doesn’t care about black people!”

~Kanye West, musical artist, during fund raising event in the aftermath of the devastating hurricane Katrina on NBC live telecast Friday, September 2, 2005

We assembled the smartest people on our staff to view and discuss the following controversial 39 second video clip:

George W. Bush appears to have wiped his hand on Bill Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with a crowd of Haitians.
The conclusion of our gathered collective brain trust is Kanye West was right.

If seeing is believing we think the preceding video is proof positive George H.W. and Barbara’s first born is a racist. Not that right thinking people needed any additional proof of his bigoted ways.

Kanye’s statements on the evening of September 2, 2005, when NBC’s levees broke, seem to have been very accurate. Five years later when NBC is an acronym for “Nothing But Controversy”; and the whole world can watch via YouTube or on any blogger’s site, including this one, how in lieu of hand sanitizer the former president GWB, aka “President Dumbya”, could not resist wiping his hand on the shirt of another former president, who erroneously is called by some “America’s first black president” we have evidence of how George W. Bush really feels about dark skinned people of African descent.

We saw how well George related to President and Mrs. Obama when he greeted them at the White House during the administration transition.

We’ve been allowed to see him interact with President Obama and the other past presidents, Carter and Clinton at a luncheon last year at the White House.

We were shocked when it was announced George and Bill would be working together to raise money for the people of Haiti. We realize Bill is a closet Republican, better known as a Dixie-crat. George knows he is in competition with Bill for G.H.W. Bush’s attentions. As if it isn’t enough to have to compete with JEB for Daddy Bush’s love-
” ’cause everybody knows JEB is the smart one”.

We’re just saying with all the lies being perpetrated by the die-hard members of the G.O.P about how caring the former president is for poor people and some black people who aren’t even poor for us the video makes all their claims null and void.

We want to thank our cleverly comic friends at The Onion for providing this wonderful, and on some level salient, video piece spoofing the news. They’re telling it like it T-I-S!

DISCLAIMER: Be advised the language may be offensive to some, so turn down the volume, or pop in those ear buds/headphones for privacy if your grandma, or your boss is within earshot. This piece is hilarious. Enjoy!

Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening Somewhere

The Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years, 85 year old Father Gabriele Amorth says:

“When one speaks of ‘the smoke of Satan’ [a phrase coined by Pope Paul VI in 1972] in the holy rooms, it is all true – including these latest stories of violence and paedophilia.”

As the president of honour of the Association of Exorcists, Father Amorth attributes  70,000 cases of demonic possession to the consequences of satanic infiltration. This includes power struggles at the Vatican along with  “cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon”.

No doubt it’s the devil in the details as to why so many Roman Catholics do not practice their beliefs nor regularly attend weekly services or confession.

And there you have it.  The Vatican’s version of unsolved mysteries; only this time the mystery has been solved.
The devil made them do it!

Gabourey Sidibe is  young, vivacious and beautiful. Let’s commend her fine award winning, Golden Globe and Oscar nominated performance. Her portrayal of an abused, emotionally challenged urban female youth brought attention to the issues of child abuse, mental illness and poor nutrition, features of home life for too many American families.

While we applaud her success can we just give the lady a break on the assessment of her appearance? There is no doubt Ms Sidibe is aware she is fat. There I said it. Just like she knows she’s intelligent, witty, clever, acclaimed for her work on film, she knows she is a dark skinned African American female who is overweight. She disclosed in an interview with Oprah she was on her first diet to lose weight at age six years old.

“It’s something I’ve had to work at. My first diet started when I was six years old. I’ve never been a small girl. One day I had to sit down with myself and decide that I loved myself no matter what my body looked like and what other people thought about my body.”~ Gabourey (Gabby) Sidibe in an interview with Oprah Winfrey November 2009

How could she not know these things about herself? These are facts she has lived with for all of her 24 years. Nearly a quarter of a century of knowing who she is and what she looks like. Gabourey says when she was 21 or 22  she finally became comfortable in her own skin.

“I got tired of feeling bad all the time. I got tired of hating myself.”~ Gabourey (Gabby) Sidibe in an interview with Oprah Winfrey November 2009

It’s because she is self aware she is confident to successfully perform the work she does.

Gabourey Sidibe, like many American black people, knows she is black; and like many overweight Americans, black,  white or any other race, she knows she is fat.

What Ms Sidibe has done in addition to providing a stellar film performance, and showing the world her lovely personality and her spunky youth as she promotes the movie and other projects, she has brought to our attention two important issues. One issue is child abuse and the other our poor eating habits.

Whether the abuse is mental, sexual or physical, child abuse can be prevented. Remember hurt people hurt people. There are means to helping those who have been hurt by helping them to understand themselves, helping them to heal so they stop abusing themselves and those they love.

Yes, Gabourey Sidibe is fat. There are many actors who are fat who are taking some kind of drug to suppress their appetites to keep their poundage low with no guarantee this will insure they are hired for the next big teevee or blockbuster movie role.

I am equally concerned for those anorexic, bulimic looking actresses and models who every week, every month grace the covers of popular magazines. I believe they are as unhealthy as the ones we call obese.

I say let’s have a national conversation about changing the way our foods are preserved and processed. I say let us have a national conversation that leads us to demand the food supply is clean and free of fat inducing sugars and chemicals. We can do this if we are really as concerned about the matter of childhood obesity, and adult obesity along with other preventable health issues.

As for Gabourey Sidibe, and the equally unhealthy skinny dolls in the entertainment industry they have been sufficiently told about their appearance, as if they did not already know. Let them choose of their own accord to lose the weight,  gain weight or do nothing about their weight. They are all grown ups. Let these people be who they wish to be.

They’re adults and this is after all America–land of the free, home of the brave, anorexic or fat if we choose to be.

However, when we viewed what happened we could not believe our eyes. Of all the reports we found we liked this one video report because of the fairness of the presentation–both sides were told and we liked the frumpy looking anchor’s closing remarks. Watch and you’ll see what we mean…

There is no doubt this is a family who put the D-I-S in disrespect,  or the D-Y-S and the  F-U-N in dysfunction.

Our favorite quote from the shop owner,

“They don’t know how to deal with things in the United States. They think they in Fallujah or the mountains of Iraq or somewhere.”

His comments not only give us a hint as to the ethnicity of the people who attacked his store; it tells of the cultural difference between the bride, her family and the businessman and his family.

This statement also reminds us it’s one thing to come to the United States to be free; we must be mindful of the many strange customs to be learned that make assimilation a real challenge , too.

For example asking to have a gown valued at more than one thousand dollars on credit or even using a credit card that is not your own–it’s in the name of someone who is not present at the shop with you–these are unacceptable practices  in the U.S. Throwing a hissy-fit, making threats assaulting the shop owners  and tearing up their place of business is an even less than acceptable behavior in these United States. If they do not know they certainly need to ask somebody. Hot ghetto mess demeanor is not the way to go.

We suggest a suitable punishment for the perpetrators would be for the groom (??) and his boyz to be confined to the local jail on the day of the wedding; the nuptials will have to be held at the jail house for all the trouble they caused. The bride should be made to wear the government issued orange or blue incarceration jumpsuit to match her groom and his groomsmen, for her part in instigating the melee. In fact the traditional black and white broad horizontal striped garb would be suitable for the occasion- a wedding behind bars. Black and white is a very chic fashion statement!

Remember, if you want to clown in public you may receive your fleeting fifteen minutes of fame notoriety on the Internet as a featured YouTube video.

“We must teach our children to dream with their eyes open. The chances of your becoming a Jerry Rice or a Magic Johnson are so slim as to be negligible. Black kids must learn to distribute their energies in a way that’s going to make them productive, contributing citizens in an increasingly high-technology society.”
~ Harry Edwards, author and Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley as quoted in Time Magazine March 6, 1989.

Sociologist, scholar and author Harry Edwards, born 1942, is from East St. Louis, Illinois; he received his doctorate in sociology from Cornell University.

Harry Edwards stated desire is to be a role model of “the promising athlete who gave up the possibility of a career in professional sports to become a scholar instead.”

Harry Edwards is the founder of the Olympic Project for Human Rights, (OPHR) which led to the Black Power Salute protest by Black African-American athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

The author of “The Revolt of the Black Athlete” Edwards has been described by a writer for the New York Times Magazine in May 1988 as a man who sees ” himself as one who provokes and incites others to action, a reformer, not a revolutionary. And indeed, no other single figure in sports has done as much to make the country aware that the problems of the larger culture are recapitulated in sports, that the arena is no sanctuary from drugs, racism and corruption.”

Edwards is known as a vigorous advocate for black  managers in professional sports. Harry Edwards, in addition to having been a sociology professor at the University of California at Berkley, has taken the academic theory from the college campus to the real world board room; from
serving as a staff consultant to the San Francisco 49ers football team and to the Golden State Warriors basketball team, Edwards has also been actively involved in recruiting black talent for front-office positions in major league baseball.

Articles and essays by Professor Edwards have been published in leading sports journals and magazines such as  Sports Illustrated and Psychology Today.

There is no doubt the result of his influence in the world of professional sports can be seen throughout the professional sport teams leagues.

“If I win, I am American, not a black American. But if I did something bad, then they would say I am a Negro. We are black and we are proud of being black. Black America will understand what we did tonight.” Tommie Smith U.S. Track and Field Olympian Mexico City, 1968

It was October 16, 1968 at the Olympic Games in Mexico City where John Carlos and Tommie Smith, along with white Australian Silver medalist Peter Norman, who wore a human rights badge on the podium in solidarity of the Americans’ protest, made headlines around the world.

Read more about these two former Olympic athletes who were suspended from the games for silently protesting their opposition to ongoing U.S. human rights violations in 1968.

We’re still trying to figure out why after all this time we are still hearing from, people are talking about,and we are seeing almost everywhere reports about Sarah “The Quitter” Palin. Take a look at
this video excerpt from a recent episode of the Colbert Report on Comedy Central…..

Which brings us to Palin’s use of the word “satire”. She says the big fat guy on the radio was using satire when he referred to liberals as being retarded. She says it wasn’t an insult. She says President Obama’s Chief Of Staff should be fired for his use of the same word in a private conversation because she’s offended by his use of the word. Was he talking to her? About her?

We are pleased to accept Stephen Colbert’s invitation to say Sarah “The Terrah” Palin-the former Alaska governor is an effin’ retard!

“Failure is not a word I accept”~ John H. Johnson, Publisher

John H. Johnson was an American businessman, founder of the Johnson Publishing Company. He was the chairman of Johnson Publishing Company and he also chaired the Fashion Fair Cosmetics Company, a company created by his wife Eunice Walker Johnson.

Under his leadership both Jet and Ebony Magazines flourished. Readership and circulation grew every year from 1945 the year in which they were first published.

The magazines were named by his wife Eunice and the start-up money came from a $500 loan  from his mother. She allowed Johnson to use her furniture as collateral for the loan.

His business success is nothing short of meteoric. He rose from the depths of poverty, spending a short time on the welfare rolls to becoming the first Black African American to be included in the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans.

“Indomitable spirit”, that is how many describe Johnson’ secret to success. He was creative and innovative. He always found a solution. when faced with blatant racial discrimination when he was denied approval to buy a lot in downtown Chicago, Johnson hired a white attorney to buy the property in trust for him.  By this action he became the first black to construct a major structure in Chicago’s bustling downtown business area.

From President Bill Clinton, John H. Johnson received the nation’s highest  civilian award  the Presidential Medal Of Freedom.

During his business career because of his business expertise Johnson was chosen to serve as director of several important American corporations including Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Continental Banks and Dillard’s Department Stores. He was also a trustee of United Negro College Fund and the Conference of Christians And Jews.

John H. Johnson  is recognized as the first entrepreneur to acknowledge the
awesome buying power of the Black African American consumer.

The word of warning is DON’T! Do Not share everything about your life on the Internet…as fascinating as you may find it, or you believe others may find it so, some nefarious individuals may find it even more so…

We advise what is private must remain private.

It is said a word to the wise is sufficient and if you happen to be unwise then a picture is worth at least a thousand words…

“We use the ability to lower the armrests as the gauge, as the armrests are truly the definitive boundary between each seat.”

Blanche Africa Reilly Dark has her say about Southwest Airlines and movie director Kevin Smith.

Over the past weekend the Internet was all a buzz with news a young fat movie director was ejected in a manner he considers inappropriate whether he is a well known fat dude flying the people’s airline or just one of the unknown people who fly affordable air transportation. I should add right here I agree with Smith. The disrespect and humiliation demonstrated toward him was absolutely unacceptable! It’s unsatisfactory to be rude to any paying customer in any industry.

According to Southwest Airlines own web site this policy for “customers of size”–read that phrase as a euphemism for fat, overweight or obese,  has been followed “for 29 of our 38 years of operation, but only became more vigilant regarding the additional purchase when we began seeing an increase in the number of valid complaints from passengers who traveled without full access to the seat purchased because a large Customer infringed upon the adjacent seating space.”

Many Americans are overweight. Many airline seats are too small and uncomfortable to accommodate regular size, “normal” size, American travelers. Seventeen inches wide indeed!  My office desk chair is an inch wider. It does not mean I wish to sit in it for a two hour flight!

I believe Smith and his wife when they say he’s got the body of a stout fellow; that he’s not a  portly man whose body can be accurately described as one encroaching into another passenger’s territory .

“.Purchasing two seats on Southwest Airlines is significantly less expensive than purchasing one first class seat on another airline..” from the Southwest Airlines web site Customer Of Size Q & A page

I believe Smith when he says he buys two seats on the regular because he can afford to do so to insure his traveling privacy and comfort given the seats are really small.

To end this controversy I suggest there be a scale to weight passengers, just like the luggage is weighed, before the board the aircraft.

A tip to the heavyweights who choose air travel over car, bus or train, make sure you’re not the last fat chick or fat dude to board the plane.

I say this because as I listened to Kevin Smith’s description of his experience of Southwest Airlines poor customer service it became quite clear he was, as a passenger flying on stand-by status, the last fat man to board the plane. This by no means justifies the maltreatment he received.

In fact it is a call for larger seats, and more respect for the not so skinny average American traveler. Shame on you Gary Kelly and your band of corporate associates. All your platitudes and lofty musings have not trickled down to the rank and file as courteous action. Tsk! Tsk!

Blanche predicts more passengers will begin to ditch Southwest and book flights with the competition.

Unless Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly, Greg Crum, VP Operations, who I understand is responsible for those who interact with the public, as well as Matt Hafner, (Ground Operations executive) and Mike Hafner, (Inflight Services); –I wonder are those two brothers?… and company can reinvigorate in their personnel with some of that Southwest Airlines culture– the “warrior spirit”, “a servant’s heart” and that well promoted “fun-LUVing attitude” along with some real love toward the flying public whether they are Kate Moss skinny, Moni’que big or chubby like comedian Earthquake or hefty like Ralphie May.

If you ignore this matter Southwest Airlines could go the way of Pan Am.

“We are the world, we are the children…”
Lionel Richie

In March of 1985 forty-five American singing stars gathered at the A&M music studio to record a song composed by the late Michael Jackson and lyricist Lionel Richie. The featured singers from several genres of music joined to make a record that would be sold to raise money for the charity USA For Africa. They raised over $30 million to help the less fortunate overseas.

On February 1, 2010 a new generation of celebrities, count’em 80, singers, actors, and the like–joined by some old school participants from the first recording, have gathered to do a remake of the original song We Are The World. This time money raised will go the benefit the survivors of last month’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. The organization is We Are The World 25 For Haiti.

“There’s a choice we’re making.
We’re saving our own lives…”-Lionel Richie

Nearly twenty-five years after the initial recording of the song created by the late Michael Jackson with lyrics by Lionel Richie, a new generation of Hollywood celebrities, singers, actors, models and people just known for being known, gathered to record a remake of the song that raised in 1985 more than $30 million for the charity USA For Africa.

This new crop of celebrities met on February 1, 2010, almost 25 years after the first gathering headed by music producer Quincy Jones, to record the cover to raise money for the survivors of the recent devastating earthquake in Haiti.

We’ve decided to revisit the original recording from 1985:

We’ve posted the lyrics indicating which artist is singing what part.

Lionel Richie
There comes a time when we heed a certain call

We are the world….

See if you can recognize who is present for the historic session from twenty-five years ago. In the next article we will take a look at the 2010 version We Are The World 25 for Haiti.

The first person of black African descent to travel in space was the Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, who is also the first Hispanic in space.

Guion “Guy” Bluford, now retired from NASA and the Air Force since 1993, currently serves as vice president and general manager of the Science and Engineering Group,  Aerospace Sector of Federal Data Corporation in Maryland. Dr. Bluford has received  many honors not the least of which was his 1997 induction into the International Space Hall of Fame .

This Pennsylvania State University grad
holds degrees in aerospace engineering, including a doctorate with a minor in laser physics, is the veteran of four shuttle flights where he performed the tasks of mission specialist and flight engineer.

Guion Bluford is an Eagle Scout, and retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, who is also a member of Omega Si Phi fraternity with more than 600 hours logged in outer space.

Congratulations to the advertisers who reached a television audience unofficially estimated to be 100 million viewers.

Congratulations to David Letterman who invited Oprah and Leno to join him in a promotional ad for his late night television program.  We think the ad ranked high for being clever;  not only did Dave display professionalism by inviting Leno, his soon-to-be late night rival again, to be in the ad which gives both their programs a boost, he also exhibited his comedy genius on which there is no off switch.

“You have to think about yourself, because no one wakes up in the moring with you on their mind.”~Attorney Allie Latimer

Allie Latimer is a living American shero who counts among her many educational, civic and professional  achievements, the fact she is the founder of the national organization Federally Employed Women (FEW).

FEW is an advocacy group established in 1968 to improve the status of women employed by the Federal government and by the District of Columbia government.Membership in this group has never been limited to simply females executives working in government. In fact the first National Treasurer was a male Lieutenant Colonel who could identify with the plight of women because of the situations he faced as a southerner. He worked with FEW until he was reassigned.

Attorney Latimer, a graduate of  Hampton Institute, now Hampton University;  with a law degree from Howard University School of Law, also holds an advanced research law degree, LL.M, from Catholic University. Allie Latimer earned  both a Master of Divinity (M. Div.) degree and Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) from Howard University.

Allie Latimer had attended college in North Carolina for a time before transferring to Virginia’s historic Hampton Institute. She returned to the state to practice law for a time.

Following her work in private practice in North Carolina Allie Latimer  joined the federal GSA  during the early 1970s as an Assistant General Counsel. In 2005 the State Of North Carolina recognized her legal work there and elsewhere

Ms Latimer organized the initially grassroots organization, along with June Chewning and Florence Perman. After convincing several of those with whom she worked the first chapter of the advocacy group was established in Washington, D.C.  Today there are more than 200 FEW chapters. when she, herself was employed by the General Services Administration (GSA).

In 1976 she left the General Services Administration in order to serve in the position of an Assistant General Counsel.

It was in 1977 Attorney Allie Latimer returned to the  GSA as the first African American female to serve in the post of General Counsel of a major agency. Ms Latimer worked in that post until 1987 when she moved on to serve as Special Counsel for Ethics and Civil Rights at GSA. She was Special Counsel for eight years leaving the position in 1995.

Allie Latimer has received numerous awards for her humanitarian contributions and her legal achievements.

It’s February in the United States and that means it’s time to celebrate the myriad contributions made by so many little known and well known people of black African descent.

It’s time to honor those who made it possible to change this country from the inside to a nation closer to living up to its creed of equality for all.

This time of year is the source of inspiration for young and old alike. It is a season to inspire black, white, yellow and brown to the highest ideals and levels of achievement despite overwhelming odds and seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

The most obvious history maker to be honored is our current president, Barack H. Obama, number 44 in the line up of presidents. Some say he is not the first black man to head our nation; they make reference to the Moors who ran the country in its early days.

Whether or not he is the first, we believe he will not be the last. Kind of like the winners of the Miss America pageant. There have been about a half dozen winners of black African descent to wear the coveted Miss America crown since Vanessa L. Williams became the first back in 1983, including the newly crowned 2010 winner Caressa Cameron.

Mostly it happens without much fanfare. Could it be we’re gaining some real progress toward making the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality by judging individuals by the content of their character and quality of their intent? Wouldn’t it be wonderful if an event as important as our presidential election were as enlightened as a beauty pageant seems to be?

Celebrate, honor and respect the tenacity, intelligence, creativity and strength of a people who have more than survived the harsh history of the past to thrive, participate in and witness the history being made in modern times.

We want you to know and remember Martin Luther King, Jr was substantive, not just a dreamer. He was a strategist and a man of action who used the same principles as India’s Gandhi, to lead the greatest movement for equality and freedom the world has ever seen. There is a difference between non-resistance and non-violent resistance to evil acts.

The late Dr. King, a recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace, inspired a national movement and a worldwide following.

This landmark presentation delivered by the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr describes the conditions that brought about the public demonstration by thousands of Americans, of all races and religions, to change the policy of the times. He implores the government to remove the barriers that limit freedom for anyone who is not white.

He expresses the purpose for the gathering. He eloquently explains what is desired by the national black community.

Note how he predicts continued unrest if the demand for equal rights is not adequately addressed and soon. The philosopher reminds those who protest the racist policies to remain peaceful but steadfast. King also speaks of the interconnectedness of both blacks and whites.

And in the end he describes his dream and his hope the nation will live up to its full promise allowing freedom to ring from every mountain, village, hamlet, city, and state.

Mostly this bad behavior is from the so-called “loyal opposition”. From what we’d previously observed the Republicans in the Congress know the rules and the policies. That’s how they always manage to best the Dems at the game.

This lapse in socially acceptable, good behavior, gives us reason to believe the Democrats may have a shot at growing a spine or having one implanted if the official GOP reps continue to act out.

Last week during President Obama’s very first State Of The Union Address a federal Supreme Court justice was seen mouthing an opposing reaction. Traditionally the justices of the court are to remain impartial. That means no public demonstration of support or opposition to anything the president says during the SOTUA.

Of course the lack of impartiality became very apparent during the selection of George W. Bush in 2000 when the court took sides and chose Bush over Al Gore; we think this happened because the decision was based on who arrived at the courthouse door first. In this case it was BushCo.

Last year during a speech to the Congress some representative could not control himself and blurted out from the audience calling the president a liar. He later apologized. No apology would be necessary if he did not demonstrate such blatant disrespect

Where do these people think they are? The UK? The Parliament or the House of Lords? Shouting and calling out at the administrative leader is what is done across the pond. It is not good form in the U.S. of A.

We’ve noted many have expressed their rudeness and disrespect for our current president. Jimmy Carter says the maltreatment Barack Obama is receiving is because he’s black. Perhaps. It may also be a sign of the frustration of the times. Our country is in a mess. It isn’t his fault. It was like this when he came into office.

Mark Fiore, political cartoonist gives his version of the president giving a speech….

This piece which uses some outstanding trick photography, is by Joezjny a comic filmmaker on the Dutch Comedy Central…remember it’s only a joke.

Rather than dismiss Larry Platt as just some old guy who received a benevolent 15 minutes of stardom, we found him interesting enough to conduct some research.

We found he is an American treasure. He is a part of living American History. General Larry Platt is an activist who survived the Civil Rights Era to bring us this lively tune; it is the foundation on which so many others have built a creative tower.

Just watch as Jimmy Fallon, who we believe was the first to pick up the tune, performs it as Neil Young.

See Jimmy Fallon, as his television persona, when he plays Larry Platt’s song with one of the American Idol judges, bassist Randy Jackson in a jam session with musical group The ROOTS. BTW we are fans of The ROOTS.

Now watch, comic actor, comedienne and writer/producer, Wanda Sykes, as character “General Mamma Gram”, do her parody of Larry Platt’s song, “Boobs Outcha Blouse”.

Interestingly enough this is what Bill Cosby, President Barack Obama, Shiela Johnson owner of three professional sports franchises, are speaking of when they discuss the style of dress of young people.

We know everyone who dresses inappropriately won’t get the hint.
We hope many will be successful in beautifying America.

Bachmann was rude and disrespectful to Senator Specter. She continuously interrupted him, and when he requested she allow him to speak she continued to talk over him.

We understand she was ecstatic about the victory of Scott “I’m-Pimping-My-Daughters-Worldwide” Brown, that Republican male model guy who won the Massachusetts senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy for forty years. Brown won election  over the Princess of Entitlement Martha “I-Don’t-Know-Nuthin’-About-Nuthin’-Not-Even-The Law- And-I’m-The-Head-Lawyer-For Massachusetts” Coakley.

We will also add the defeat of Coakley by Brown is really nothing to brag about. Brown’s victory over Coakley is like stuntman Steve-O beating out Lauren Caitlin Upton, Miss South Carolina Teen USA from a few years ago in a speech contest. It’d be real easy for Steve-O to win. There only competition is who is the least inarticulate.

We understand there is a difference of opinion considering Specter left Bachmann’s party to return to his roots in the Democrat party. However Bachmann, junk yard bulldog in lipstick and heavy make-up, that she is could give a shot at being civil. Tone down the hyperbole and the histrionics to

However there is no excuse for behaving in an unseemly manner.  There is something to be said for the many years the 80 year-old Senator has been in politics, the years in the Senate and the roles he has played in major historic events

Bachmann badgered Specter until the elder statesman had to remind her to behave like a lady.

If this newest of the female Republican firebrand isn’t careful she could end up like the late, great for 15 minutes, former congresswoman Katherine Harris of Florida..tossed away like a used Kleenex.

At 9pm Eastern Time the president’s vision for the future of the country will be televised live from the capitol in the capital city Washington, D.C..
He will be describing his plan to deal with unemployment, health care, and the  wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

One of the topics to be presented the budget, has already been previewed by the White House Press officials. We believe the term “limited spending” would have been a better choice to describe the new budgetary spending restrictions rather than the word “FREEZE”. Whether we agree with the decision to do this or not is not the point.  We’re talking saleability of an idea.

“Limited spending” would have been a more accurate term and would given less of an opportunity to the simpleminded among the opposition; the opposition of questionable loyalty and those in the public who support them,  to seize on any phrase or word to help them  paint a negative picture of this current administration’s competence. Why wittingly or unwittingly provide ammunition for their criticism?

We found this delightful parody of America The Beautiful written by the Salty Droid. The original lyrics written by Katharine Lee Bates were penned more than one hundred years ago in 1893.

Today, ten years into the 21st Century, we believe the parody may be more fitting for the current State of Our Union

….it’s certainly funny enough and we believe we could use a few laughs right about now…

America Doh Beautiful (sing to the tune “America The Beautiful”)

Doh beautiful, in our narrow minds,
Big waves of subsidy corn,
For massive sprawl, and fat behinds,
And our “secret” love of PORN!

America! America! All ignorant in glee,
We crown ourselves … and call it good,
singing ME ME ME ME ME.

Doh beautiful, are the uninsured
Their fear, and pain, and stress
A “lesson” for the working poor
and their worthless worthlessness!

America! America! Let’s deny our ev’ry flaw;
We’ll sing dumb songs, and move along,
protecting rich men from the law!

Doh beautiful, gold credit cards,
Because I can’t quite buy this yet.
Oh what the fluck, I got some “needs”
and someday YOU will pay for it!

America! America! Sham wealth is all we need,
More fake tits, and more fake lips,
from $EA to FAKE-Shining $EA.

If that non-event had not taken place–after all no one was seriously injured, nonetheless the American flying public is afraid because of what did not happen; then we would not have heard Senator Lautenberg of New Jersey complain about the weak punishment for Haisong Jiang, 28, of Piscataway, NJ who “breached” a lame security area at Newark Airport. Haisong Jiang, a graduate student at Rutgers University, only wanted to kiss his beloved good-bye as she was on her way to California after a holiday visit with him. We wish him success in defending himself against the charge. We hope his community will provide the best legal mind available to insure his bright future.

Too bad the TSA and the airport security video recording system did not capture the man’s infraction. It was only after a person who witnessed the breach reported it to a TSA security person Ruben Hernandez of Newark, NJ that the airport officials found their video system was streaming live pictures only. They had to hope they could retrieve pictures from another source.

And for reporting the alleged breach, now called defiant trespass, Ruben Hernandez, a TSA employee for the past two and a half years, who received a commendation for his performance of his duties and responsibilities is rewarded by being made the scapegoat for this episode of “Illusion Of Security”. We like this term better than the “Security Theater” because theater is entertaining. Illusion is deceptive. We believe the whole Transportation Security Administration is another example of the government’s successful “Illusion Of Security” plan.

If Ruben Hernandez, a man considered to be a good and reliable TSA employee, had not responded to being called away from his post, upper management TSA officials say it’s likely Haisong Jian would not have successfully been able to bid his love farewell in the designated restricted” area of the terminal.

We believe in personal responsibility. We believe in accountability. That is why we say if the Transportation Security Administration under the control of the Homeland Security Department had been more vigilant and cooperative with the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) neither Haisong Jiang, 28, of Piscataway, NJ, nor Ruben Hernandez of Newark, NJ and Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab of Nigeria would probably been associated in this way.

It would be hilarious if it not for the possibility our future may be policed in every aspect. Our lives could be over turned and disrupted for the sake of providing security. Our privacy destroyed.

Imagine driving across town and being stopped several times en route to have your vehicle searched and your person patted down. Routine security checks would be the norm when traveling by train in the city, from one city to another, from state to state, not because the authorities are searching for a fugitive, because this is how your safety is manifested as the priority of law enforcement.

It begins with complying with the request for personal information when it isn’t necessary to provide it. Once we, the public, are trained to be accepting of such requests, and we’re almost there–why does Wal-Mart need your identification when returning an item for refund? They did not require it when you made the purchase either cash or credit card…we will be totally under the control of whatever power that rules for whatever purpose they choose.

Here’s an excerpt from an episode of Bravo Channel’s Inside the Actors Studio featuring Conan O’Brien as guest.

This interview took place in 2009 prior to O’Brien taking over as host of the Tonight Show.

Tune was selected because O’Brien admired the late comedian and actor Bob Hope. It was also chosen because Lipton who worked with Hope on several of his birthday specials also crafted customized lyrics for those televised celebrations.

The sentiment expressed is for the sadness of having O’Brien leave the 1230 late night time slot for the alleged greener pastures of the 1135 time period.

Watch this video showing how these creatures use their intelligence to create a clever way to capture their food.

We love Sea World and
all the places where humans can interact with these seemingly docile animals…and no they are not fish. They are mammals like us humans.

Who among us truly believes the TSA’s statement
“Your safety is our priority”?Watch Part 1 of this video to see what the TSA is up to in Detroit.

Everyone wants to believe the  TSA  really functions well despite what we have seen based on our personal, eyewitness observations at various airports around the country.

Based on what we’ve heard in the news reports we’re thinking the federal government has pretty much covered the market for incompetence when it comes to keeping American travelers safe in airports as well as in the air.

See Part 2 and Part 3 at Sam Dodson’s blog.

We just know it was probably an extremely chilly run on the bobsled track…just watch…

Think about that for a minute.  The man is the spokesman for millions of people who tune into his program. Millions of people who are faceless.

We also decided that his statement about the fact the other nation that shares the island of Hispaniola, the Dominica Republic is thriving because in his estimation, they did not make a deal with the devil. WE beg to differ with Pat Robertson.

In fact we found a letter, allegedly from Satan stating exactly the reasons why Robertson is o wrong….

Dear Pat Robertson,

I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action.

But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves folks desperate and impoverished.

Sure, in the afterlife, but when I strike bargains with people, they first get something here on earth — glamour, beauty, talent, wealth, fame, glory, a golden fiddle. Those Haitians have nothing, and I mean nothing. And that was before the earthquake. Haven’t you seen “Crossroads”? Or “Damn Yankees”?

If I had a thing going with Haiti, there’d be lots of banks, skyscrapers, SUVs, exclusive night clubs, Botox — that kind of thing. An 80 percent poverty rate is so not my style. Nothing against it — I’m just saying: Not how I roll.

You’re doing great work, Pat, and I don’t want to clip your wings — just, come on, you’re making me look bad. And not the good kind of bad. Keep blaming God. That’s working. But leave me out of it, please. Or we may need to renegotiate your own contract.

Best, Satan

LILY COYLE, MINNEAPOLIS

“The reader is a hand held or fixed-mount device that emits electromagnetic (radio) waves. These waves can range from one inch to 100 feet and are dependent on power output and the radio frequency used.”

Verichip has also developed technology for use on humans. Now through the magic of science your entire medical history can be imprinted on a chip the size of a grain of rice…in Japan the scientists there have made a chip as tiny as a grain of sand.
As announced on the Verichip web site this is

“the nation’s first and only microchip cleared for patient identification by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration”

Sounds really convenient, yes? As with all great inventions someone will some how manage to corrupt its use for the “bad side”….Hmmmm

So while you’re concerned about paying your mortgage, keeping a job, nurturing your children, getting an education watching the dramas unfold that include health care legislation, Tiger Woods infidelity scandal and the Late Night TeeVee host wars some person with a high powered rifle may inject you with a chip to track your every move…..

The former drummer for Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, left the group to become a wildly successful solo act and star of Philadelphia International Records, especially when he became the first to perform “Ladies Only” concerts, establishing a musical program marketing brand targeted for the ladies….demographic 18 to 80. All the females swoon for Teddy.

All of Philadelphia mourns along with his surviving family members, as does the world, the passing of one of music’s legendary figures.

Memorial services are scheduled for Friday, January 22, 2010 in Philadelphia.

Though the lyrics are repetitive the sentiment is catchy and we believe Secretary Janet Napolitano might find it will help TSA employees better perform their airport security duties.

The lyrics for General Larry Platt
Pants on the ground,
Pants on the ground,
Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground!

With the gold in your mouth,
Hat turned sideways,
Pants hit the ground,
Call yourself a cool cat,
Lookin’ like a fool,
Walkin’ downtown with your pants on the ground!

Get it up, hey!
Get your pants off the ground,
Lookin’ like a fool,
Walkin’ talkin’ with your pants on the ground.

Get it up, hey!
Get your pants off the ground,
Lookin’ like a fool with your pants on the ground!

Certainly parents, guardians, school and work counselors everywhere will be singing this tune….

Celebrate his birth this weekend by providing service to your community.

Monday is the federal holiday. That is when you will see the commercialization of the birthday celebration. Just as presidents Washington and Lincoln, Dr. King’s birthday will likely be commemorated with “Dream Bargains”, “Freedom Sales”, “Marches For Discounts” and other clever ways to capitalize on the American worker’s consumer side.  You separate folks from their money, even during these difficult times.

Next month the nation will be celebrating  Black History Month, and Presidents’ Day the celebration of George Washington’s birth and Abraham Lincoln’s natal day.

Robertson recently announced on the religious television variety/talk show The 700 Club that the disaster in Haiti is the punishing curse the result of a pact made with the devil some years ago by the Haitian people (??) during the war for liberation from the French under the Emperor Napoleon. This is Robertson’s lame atteempt at revisionist history.

Limbaugh has suggested the recent natural earthquake disaster which has decimated the island nation has helped to enhance the image of  U.S. President Barack Obama. Among Limbaugh’s ridiculous remarks, the big man on the radio says the earthquake has played into Obama’s hands, allowing the president appear “compassionate” and “humanitarian” while simultaneously bolstering his standing in both the “light-skinned and dark-skinned black community in this country.”  The last part is a riff on the factual statement recently made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D. Nevada). [In describing then candidate Senator Obama's potential marketability to the American voters he said obama is a light skinned with no Negro dialect unless he wants to have one.]

We believe neither Robertson nor Limbaugh should complain because the United States has sent its military to Haiti to help keep the peace. All the other nations of the world have donated humanitarian aid such as medicines, doctors, food provisions, money; from China to Germany, from Spain to Ireland; from France to Mexico all have given aid that does not include a military presence.

The United States has continued its tradition of sending its military to intimidate  and control Haitians, a policy established when the U.S. made that great real estate transaction with the French government more than 200 yuears ago known as the  Louisiana Purchase which today is now 13 American states.

We believe the nutty preacher and the really big guy on the radio, clearly a very odd couple,  have no reason to complain. Our U.S. government are doing what it has always done in Haiti.

If you wish to help the survivors of the Caribbean disaster make donations
to Yele Haiti the fund organized by Haiti’s musical gift to the world Wyclef Jean.

We especially like that Dave Letterman has sanely, reasonably, generously offered a solution to the late night programming issues at the competing network NBC. Needless to say, but we’ll say it anyway, we like old Dave’s suggestion. Watch what he has to say around 3:30 into the 5 minute piece you’ll see Letterman deliver a great solution to the problem.

It’s the 21st Century answer to a boring tired, getting-to-be-lame format that everyone believes needs an injection of ” Truly NEW and IMPROVED”.

We believe David Letterman makes this suggestion because he believes, as a respectful broadcaster who honors the innovators of the past, and as a basically good guy, like Conan O’Brien, the Tonight Show franchise is the greatest in the history of the medium.

No offense to Jay Leno who has never worked in television prior to his appearances on variety shows and talk shows. Jay is a stand-up comic who is at his best on the road in club dates and theaters.

Jeff Zucker, whose background does not include any time before a camera or behind a microphone, isn’t listening to anyone. Zucker reportedly threatens to keep Conan O’Brien off the air for three and a half years because O’Brien will not go on the air with the Tonight Show at 12:05, which according to all clocks is no longer Tonight, but in fact tomorrow. Conan’s representatives counter Zucker/NBC could be looking at the wrong end of a law suit if any attempt is made to make that threat a reality. All this is according to reports we’ve received from Hollywood late this afternoon.

Stay tuned….this can only get better…..

We moved our money sometime ago upon the advice of a family member who survived the last Great Depression. Since we’re not making any great amounts of interest on our money that Mason jar in the backyard is a pretty secure place to stash our cash!

With Bank Skank Of America as its target for its refusal to acquiesce to consumer demands for a moratorium on foreclosures PICO has begun to rally support in Antioch, California to “to lead an exodus of our money from Bank of America”.

We are happy and glad to know of a campaign that shows promise in bringing the arrogant bankers to their knees. Divestment of funds from larger banks to community banks makes sense.

No longer is the banking public willing to accept the bankers’ excuse they are not culpable for the financial debacle our nation faces.

When it came to giving approval of  loans for over valued properties the banking experts  always have the final say; many banking consumers say since the bankers promote themselves as expert in finance the expectation is that bankers would have known better than to give a mortgage without verifiable income or knowing the real condition and value of the property being sold.

The bankers have proven they are no better at handling financial decisions than those of us who do not have a Harvard or Wharton School education.

It is because of the failure of bankers to react responsibly and compassionately that consumers are picking up the rallying cry and taking action to move our money from the larger corporate institutions to smaller community banks and credit unions that have a genuine interest in the communities they serve.

We recognize these laws are targeted at the mostly female population who are employed as sex workers. Everyone knows it’s a rare john who brings protection and if he does he is concluded to be someone looking for gay sex.

The self-righteous city officials and law enforcement professionals of New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. along with those in certain cities in Nevada, claim condoms in the purse or on the person means that individual is selling sex.  Law enforcement authorities take the use of condoms and other safe sex devices as evidence to often justify arresting or prosecuting someone for prostitution. They are also known to confiscate
and destroy condoms and other safe sex materials found in the possession of health care workers who administer to the street sex workers..

In our opinion a sex worker who has the public’s health safety in mind by using condoms is far more desirable than some gendarme who wishes to make the individual vulnerable to death and disease by taking away their protective work gear.

We say legalize prostitution. After all– anyone who is employed as a sex worker is at least employed.

Few people are aware of another man’s dream.
In 2007 Tiger Woods, the greatest PGA champion of all time said,
“I had a dream. In my dream I became the first billion dollar sports figure. I dreamed my beautiful wife and two lovely young children, a son and a daughter, were living happily with me in our home in the ritzy gated community in the Orlando, Florida area. I was living a charmed life…in my dream life was great!”

Several months before the single car accident on Thanksgiving evening at his home in Florida; before the shocking revelations which followed that car crash Tiger had a dream, too.

“Then, in my dream, there came an argument with my wife about sex. She was questioning me about sexual affairs she suspected I may have had during the PGA tour. I denied everything, telling her how much I love her and the kids, as I sent text messages to my latest jump-off.

“It all begin late one night during a holiday. I can not recall if it were Thanksgiving or Christmas in my dream. All I know is that my wife was relentless in her questioning and when I did not give the answer she was seeking,  she struck me across the face me with a nine iron. She inflicted some serious damage in my dream. More about that later.

“In my dream I tried to  escape from her fury by driving off in my SUV. Dressed only in  shorts and Tee-shirt, without shoes or sandals I jumped into the vehicle to make my escape, but in my dream Elin smashed the rear window, I hit a fire hydrant and a tree. I never made it out of the driveway.

“In my dream, when I awoke I was in a local hospital trying to answer questions as to how I obtained my injuries. I was pretty messed up. A deep gash across my face and a couple of broken teeth. Whoever said ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned’ knew what he was talking about. In my dream Elin could swing a mighty mean golf club even though I maintained I’d done nothing to hurt or betray her or our children.

“The next morning, in my dream, by the end of the day, only one or two instances of indiscretions were disclosed. By the end of my dream an astronomical number of sexual liaisons with too many hootchies to count were disclosed to the media;

“I was accused of engaging in sexual manage-a-trois with men, as well as women. Fortunately they did not include animals in their tales of my sex-capades. I was so distraught, in my dream, I was calling other personalities for advice such as Hugh Grant, and Senator David Vitter, since they both have dealt with similar situations and they’re still popular and earning substantial incomes. I even sent a text message to Florida Republican former member of the House Mark Foley, asking for his advice.

“My wholesome family man image was destroyed and the pieces of my life were left like confetti in a media whirlwind. It was worse than a media circus. It was a typhoon of calamity.

“Everyday there were new revelations about me and some other female saying she’d done more than kissed and now she was telling…for cash payment. Actually I can not blame them for getting the money since I never spent a dime on them…in my dream.

“In fact there were so many women one tabloid made a picture calender of all the females I allegedly bedded.

“I even dreamed one of my friends, one of my closest comrades, it may have been Michael Jordan or Charles Barkley or maybe one of the less well known members of my TW inner circle, who had talked to the media telling all he knew about my roguish escapades. He did this after I had spoken to him in confidence. Well you know what we Buddhists say about those who break confidence…it’s the responsibility of he who breaks the confidence to deal with his own conscious.

“Fortunately, I woke up from this dream turned nightmare just as my contracts for commercial endorsements were being canceled because of something called “moral turpitude”. I woke up from that horror relieved knowing I’m Tiger Woods and nothing or nobody can damage my wholesome, cardboard, Cablinasian family man image.

Notice how the anchorman is unable to control his laughter.
We think it’s hilarious, too. Enjoy!

“At least nine Detroit area high school juniors are in trouble for wearing sweat shirts bearing a design that evokes the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers.”
The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press report a spokesman for the authorities of  Dearborn Public Schools believe the shirts worn by the boys on Monday at Edsel Ford High School, members of the graduating class of 2011, is “offensive” and in “poor taste”. The boys are scheduled to meet with the school authorities.  News reports say no suspensions are planned.

In defense of the young men who live in a predominately Arab suburb of Detroit, we say perhaps the education officials are a might too sensitive, given the possibility many of the relatives of those same young men have been killed or maimed or displaced  because of the overzealous actions of the U.S. government’s disruption in the Middle East.

We like the intention these young men are conveying. We interpret their statement as one of confidence and tenacity of purpose. To us they are saying we are young, determined and we can not be brought down. We believe theirs is as patriotic a statement as one could want from the children of immigrants. No doubt the young men involved in the controversy are American born and wish to show their interest in doing good in the world despite the bigotry and institutional racism they face daily.

Let us not return to the so-called good old days when we were searching for a Communist sympathizer under every shrub and rock. Or to the days when young black males were hunted down and killed for being young, male and black.

Let cooler heads prevail. The CIA, the TSA and the military by their actions are doing more than the terror cell recruiters to grow more really scary bomb igniting young terrorists into this fight.

Let’s not be so sensitive about our situation. Let’s walk a mile in the shoes of some other folks for a change.

After all it’s only a piece of clothing. It’s not a sophisticated missile  or even an improvised explosive device.

Using the fictitious Bailey Building financial institution, a character in the beloved Frank Capra film “It’s A Wonderful Life” this modern day group of friends encourages us to move our money in 2010. Watch the video below:

They realize Washington is caught in the paralysis of analysis to do anything to help hardworking Americans. They realize the paralysis is induced by the sleazy lobbyists for the skanky bankers and in the industry, and their supporters in the administration, who wish to continue to do business in the same way under the guise of having made inadequate, ineffective change using smoke and mirrors.

We know Skank of America is promoting itself as the community bank with its 1.5 trillion dollar investment in communities over the next ten years.  We expect to see the other mega corporate financial institutions– the ones deemed too big too fail, begin the same kind of public relations campaign. The money is needed today to stabilize and rebuild the communities decimated by the actions of the “Mr. Potters” at Skank of America, Citi-skank and Wacky-skank.

Keep an eye on those credit unions, too. Make certain they do not begin to make policies that copy those of the mega corporation banks as smaller credit unions get swallowed up by larger credit unions.

Do what you can. Do what you will. Resolve to Move Your Money in 2010 to community banks.

We just read an article written by Mike Adams who is known online as the Health Ranger. Mike’s salient explanation of how a bomb of the type it is said Mutallab was packing works seems as plausible as the explanations being given to the gullible American public the last three or four days.

Here’s what Adams says…

“Had this explosive packet actually been set off, I can tell you exactly what would have happened: There would have been a really loud pop, immediately followed by in-flight pieces of exploding butt cheeks.

I’m not trying to be funny here. This is a true description of the way bombs work. They explode outward, destroying whatever is closest to them first. And this guy actually had this bomb wedged in between his butt cheeks. A sort of “wedgie bomb”, if you will. A wedgie with a bang….”

And this is the most important point of Adams’ article:

“Think about it. In World War II films, you know how you always see brave soldiers throwing themselves on an enemy grenade to protect their squad buddies? That actually works because whoever is on top of the grenade absorbs the explosion. It’s basic physics…”

Instead of being the villain it’s possible to spin this story so that Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab is the lifesaving hero and not the blood thirsty bumbling teevee sitcom terrorist he’s being made out to be.

Hmmm now that’s something to think about.

Contemplate these questions too

Are American still too gullible and easily manipulated by the government and the media? Have we lost our ability to think independently? Is this another plot by the government to keep us livning in fear…remember shock and awe..?

We have been asked to believe the young Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, who comes from a wealthy family, is a bumbling idiot near do well, whose father reported him to the U.S. security authorities. (Think Brad Pitt’s character in “Twelve Monkeys”.) We are asked to accept the fact Mutallab was in the terror data base with out restriction placed to keep an eye on him

We think our country is like the spouse whose life partner has chosen to be unfaithful and no one, no friends, family or acquaintances will tell the naive spouse they gettin’ played.

We propose this scenario which may be better received from a public growing more cynical every day.

Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was in the data base and selected by the CIA or some other nefarious U.S. security agency to fake attempting to blow up a transcontinental flight on Christmas Day. We’ll call it the fake Al-Qaeda…Al See-aye-A-did. In the Obama Era, as proven during the BushCo years, even a failed attempted act of terror can keep the public in awe and completely shock the sheeple.

Let’s even say Mutallab didn’t even know he was gettin’ punked to be a part of the scheme to keep Americans frightened of the big bad Al Qaeda boogie man. Let’s say Mutallab thought he was taking a stand against the great Satan on behalf of dissident insurgents throughout the world. Let’s say he was given a tranquillizer to dull his senses, and faulty equipment like charcoal lighter fluid, silly putty and some bogus powdery substance to simulate the explosive.

What we present is just as plausible as the story presented by law enforcement authorities.

UPDATE: The fake Al-Qaeda…Al See-aye-A-did has taken responsibility for the failed attempt to blow up the flight 253 on Christmas Day just moments before it landed in Detroit.

After it was reported the Christmas Day bomber, 23 year-old Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab, had fashioned the explosive into the shape of an extra long penis, the TSA has been inundated with applications for employment by females wanting to work as security checkers at the gates.

TSA is considering hiring these females because it believes men might not look at the penis closely enough to determine if it is real or not.

TSA is also now warning to beware of terrorist bombers with plastic breasts, amputees with fake legs and anyone with excessively long fake nails. All of these items can be lighted and used an endangerment to the flying public.
It’s also being reported Al Qaeda has adopted as its anthem the song, made popular by Jose Feliciano and later by the Doors, “Come One Baby Light My Fire”.

From all of us to all of you……
best wishes for a very Merry Christmas!

Word on the street is one, as yet, unidentified female has filed a class action lawsuit against PGA legend and sexual Hall ‘O’ Fame playa Tiger Woods.

The law suit is being filed on behalf of all the women who want a chunk of Woods’ one billion dollar worth. The onus is on Woods, the champion professional golfer and married legendary cheater, to prove he did not sleep with *all women.

* The world’s total female population is more than 3 billion. It is estimated there are more than 6 and a half billion people on the planet.

The law suit filed in an unnamed U.S. court jurisdiction asks that  all women  be entitled to a portion of Tiger Woods’ assets unless he can prove he did not sleep with them.

As with the weapons of mass destruction it is hard to prove that what did not happen, did not happen, especially because it could ‘ve.

Some enterprising individuals are now printing slogans on tee shirts in expectation of great sales. The front of the shirt reads “I Slept With Tiger Woods” and on the back it reads, “It’s time to collect, Baby!”

In the media this is being called the ” ‘Ho’ Down Shake Down ”

Stay tuned folks as the thick plottens….

Rivera, the mother of two, became blind due to a rare disease called uveitis.

Fortunately, Dr. C. Michael Samson, his fellow Dr. Vincente Diaz, and their surgical team at the New York Ear and Eye Infirmary (NYEE) were able to restore the young woman’s vision.

Watch the following video to see and hear Rivera describe the first time she saw her daughter….

One of our favorite political cartoon creators, Mark Fiore, has  a view of the matter with which we agree. Take a look and be aware of what looms ahead for you with or without a credit card this shopping season and beyond.

Many were proud and pleased to see him receive the honor; others were perplexed by the irony that the man who recently determined to escalate the war in Afghanistan is the most recent recipient of a prize that pays tribute to peace.As we present an excerpt from the opening of his acceptance, we, too, note the contradictory nature of this historic event.

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world:

I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations – that for all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.

And yet I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the considerable controversy that your generous decision has generated. In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage. Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize – Schweitzer and King; Marshall and Mandela – my accomplishments are slight. And then there are the men and women around the world who have been jailed and beaten in the pursuit of justice; those who toil in humanitarian organizations to relieve suffering; the unrecognized millions whose quiet acts of courage and compassion inspire even the most hardened of cynics. I cannot argue with those who find these men and women – some known, some obscure to all but those they help – to be far more deserving of this honor than I.

But perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the Commander-in-Chief of a nation in the midst of two wars. One of these wars is winding down. The other is a conflict that America did not seek; one in which we are joined by forty three other countries – including Norway – in an effort to defend ourselves and all nations from further attacks.

Still, we are at war, and I am responsible for the deployment of thousands of young Americans to battle in a distant land. Some will kill. Some will be killed. And so I come here with an acute sense of the cost of armed conflict – filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace, and our effort to replace one with the other.

To Be Continued…..

Maybe Christ’s questions although determined to be disruptive were appropriate considering who Jesus Christ is.

We were among the thousands who wrote to the president asking him not to commit more troops to the war in Afghanistan.

We are among the millions who know there is more to this story than meets the eye.

We heard Mr. Obama’s elegant and eloquent obfuscation of the facts. We heard him say the security of the United States is at risk.

Hmmm, that sounds to us like they have something in Afghanistan, like the Panama Canal, or the oil in Iraq, vital to our existence. It sounds like they have something we want. It sounds like the usual spin on the facts. Something belonging to another sovereign nation must be confiscated by our military in order to further the U.S. goal of world domination.

Tell the truth Mr. President. We implore you! The true reason for the surge in Afghanistan. Tell us the truth about the strategy to take what does not belong to us. Tell us the truth about minimizing the sovereignty of another nation. Didn’t we do this already in Iraq when our troops invaded in 2003?

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As we look back on that fateful night in November 2008 when Barack Obama won election we realize the surge in Afghanistan announced this week is not what we bargained for.

We did not elect Obama to give us more of the same. The language of President Barack Obama’s speech  is the same as predecessor George W. Bush when he determined 30,000 troops, the same number as for Afghanistan, would be the number of troops needed for the 2007 surge in Iraq.

Many  voters, young and old alike believed you would bring us change and hope for our future. We believed you when you said your administration would not conduct politics as usual.

The only change we can see is the color of the leader of the free world. Although you are considered to be an iconic leader of the nation, an icon for the planet, you are not living up to the expectations or the promises you made to all of us young and old who believed you…at least as regards the warring nature of our country.

President Obama is better than most American politicians. He’s told half truths and not complete lies.

We do not believe the military commitment to Afghanistan will be for 18 months. We believe it will be as you stated your opponents’ wish an engagement lasting for many  years into the future.

The millions of lives that will be lost as a result of your devastating decision to send more troops to Afghanistan is just the tip of the iceberg.

For years our expert military generals planned strategies to roust the Soviets from the same area. Karma dictates the former Soviets, now Russians, will pay back American generals for the terrible time given them when they were in Afghanistan for eight years. This could become even more of a boondoggle  entanglement than Viet Nam.

We are extremely saddened to realize you are the same as your predecessors. You are not our man. You not a man of the people. You have proven yourself to be their man. You are one of them.

Given the choice between John McCain and Barack Obama perhaps we should have gone with good old Johnny and Sarah the Terror instead of Barry and Joey.

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Sadly they were wrong. Twenty years later the world was on the threshold of being engaged in yet another war. In 1939 the rumors of war became a reality and by the end of 1941 the U.S. was fully involved in fighting in Europe and in Japan. This time the war would conclude with the use of a new more powerful weapon.

Today we honor those who served or died while in service to protect the then young nation.

We honor today’s veterans. The youthful promise of our future that will never be because of loss of life or loss of limb.

We salute the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, sons and daughters who serve as combatants in faraway places.

We are grateful for your service because we know we could not do it ourselves.

Today as it has always been for the last 234 years, members of the Corps, the few, and the proud, have been doing what Marines have always done…secure the peace.

Happy birthday to you all.

Once a Marine, always a Marine.

Sempre Fidelis!

from their June 2008, five week appearance on the Today Show as contestants in the Race to The Altar competition; where one lucky couple wins an all expense paid televised wedding and private, lavish honeymoon.

I knew they were winners going into the competition. Handsome, confident, intelligent Darnell from St. Louis, Missouri and Decatur, Georgia along with, at the time his lovely fiance LaDonna from historic Tuskegee, Alabama–a true southern beauty, who is as brilliant as she is good looking, were the couple to watch.

And indeed millions did watch, as I did , as these two very accomplished young adults won the competition and were married on June 25, 2008, live, on the NBC television network.

Well this is what electrical/computer engineering professionals do after they marry each other. They establish a foundation. The Suggs Foundation, Inc, is a non-profit corporation, to promote scholastic values for those who follow them.

LaDonna and Darnell, oh I think they are so cute together; have decided to encourage others to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics fields, known as STEM, through the Suggs Foundation while providing young people with resources for simplifying the decision making process when facing the challenges of making pivotal life changes;  advancing responsible citizenship, shielding the beneficial social and cultural ecology and inspiring social action.

They’re a very clever couple. The focus of their foundation’s work is defined in  three parts. It’s a formula for what they call SUGGS-cess©. You know the children have the term copyrighted. I told you they’re smart.

Firstly, there’s the goal to increase the number of Americans pursuing careers in the STEM fields. Darnell and LaDonna use their foundation to promote the professional opportunities within these career areas. Lawd knows we need more scientists and engineers. Is there anyone out there today who can do simple math without a calculator?

Secondly, the Suggs recognize the difficulty many young people experience when making important decisive change from scholarly pursuits, the world of work/profession and relationships. In particular, the sometimes fragile transition between high school and college; followed by college and the work force, dating and subsequent marriage. The Suggs have noted the major moments in the life of a human being and have set out to make the life odyssey a more  welcome adventure.

Finally, the third part of the SUGGS-cess© formula is service. Their philosophy is advocating and teaching civic responsibility along with environmental responsibility can inspire community activism/ involvement.

What I admire about these exemplary, smart, good looking young people is they have decided to use their celebrity as a stage from which to sincerely share their passions.

They are available for public speaking engagements through which they will raise money for the foundation. Darnell and LaDonna are using the Suggs Foundation to raise funds by holding charitable events, and they also accept public and private donations.

The Suggs Foundation is striving to give a voice to academic and professional issues affecting our society, in order to strengthen the fabric of our country.

Darlings, that’s what I call SUGGS-cess©!

For more information on how to support STEM education
contact The Suggs Foundation by email thesuggs@meetthesuggs.com

Miracles Global, Inc is a non profit corporation begun by young
Jeffrey C. Jones.  Jones, a native of New Jersey, is the son of a successful businessman and a well known poet.

As Jones relates the moment he decided to do something to help others:

“On my 20th Birthday, I had an epiphany. I was no longer a teenager and began to think over my life. Eighty-five percent of my childhood was spent in Camden, New Jersey. I thank God for allowing me to survive and find happiness in such a negative setting. I thank my parents for protecting me from the harsh realities of life in that city.  Still, I knew that there were other people suffering. People who couldn’t say they had parents like mine. Individuals who couldn’t claim to have found happiness.”

Jeff Jones was inspired by his recollection of visits as a youngster to the Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia (CHOP).  He recalls the disabilities he witnessed and the miracles of those disabled children reaching their full potential in spite of what seemed to others as negative circumstances.

Putting aside conventional wisdom, Jeff, with the support of his younger sister, Jade and their parents, established a non-profit corporation, Miracles Global Inc, with the purpose to help disadvantaged people everywhere by beginning at home in New Jersey.

Miracles Global Inc’s mission

“…to aid sick and disadvantaged individuals through the power of people, technology, and the internet.  We are living in a globalized world.  While technology is making things easier for many, the lack thereof proves as a disadvantage to many.  We wish to make this technology more accessible to all.  Imagine the prospects of a more connected world.  Imagine the increase of ideas that would come from new voices.  Imagine the future Googles, Yahoos, Apples and Microsofts that can come from giving someone else a chance.”

These may be lofty, idealistic goals. I believe they will succeed in attaining them. If you share their belief show your financial support; if you live in the area share some of your time. Let Jeff Jones and Miracles Global Inc know you wish to work with them to provide a better life for people around the world.

I love the idea of youthful optimism being directed in a productive constructive way. I believe this group of dedicated young folks will do well. They have chosen to express their gratitude for the good they have in their lives by giving to others their time and expertise. Together, with our help, they will access a brilliant future.

To contact Jeff Jones and his band of global miracle workers call 856-423-3790 or send check or money order to:

Miracles Global Inc
P.O. Box 134
Mickleton, NJ 08056

The Unitarian Universalists Society’s Religious Education Committee’s successful Explorations collaborative, now presented on Wednesday evenings as the Wednesday Evening Explorations, (WEE), will be featuring two Life Long Learning series with Jim Strayer, biologist and lecturer, as moderator. Both programs will be covering the subject How Science is Done:Two Examples and will begin at 7pm. Contact 386-441-2811 or 386-672-2556 for more information.

First on Wednesday, November 4, Part 1 Joseph Priestley.
Joseph Priestly was a scientist who is widely known for his discovery of oxygen. According to the Wikipedia

“Priestley’s science was integral to his theology, and he consistently tried to fuse Enlightenment rationalism with Christian theism.[3] In his metaphysical texts, Priestley attempted to combine theism, materialism, and determinism, a project that has been called “audacious and original”.He believed that a proper understanding of the natural world would promote human progress and eventually bring about the Christian Millennium. Priestley, who strongly believed in the free and open exchange of ideas, advocated toleration and equal rights for religious Dissenters, which also led him to help found Unitarianism in England. The controversial nature of Priestley’s publications combined with his outspoken support of the French Revolution aroused public and governmental suspicion; he was eventually forced to flee, in 1791, first to London, and then to the United States, after a mob burned down his home and church. He spent the last ten years of his life living in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.”

In the second presentation in the series How Science is Done:Two Examples, on Wednesday, November 11 Part 2 Masters and Johnson. Scientist Jim Strayer will provide information about William Masters, renowned American gynecologist and his research associate Virginia Johnson, psychologist; together they comprised one of the first scientific research teams to investigate human sexual response in the laboratory.

Alfred Kinsey, earlier, had conducted his controversial research through personal interviews.

The study of human sexuality, sexology, was an area mostly neglected by scientists due to provincial social conventions during the mid 20th Century.

Join the Unitarian Universalists for an evening of thought provoking topics. For complete details call 386-441-2811 or 386-672-2556

According to a recent report in the New York Times Business section,

“…there are more Americans 65 and older in the job market today than at any time in history, 6.6 million, compared with 4.1 million in 2001.”

That’s about 2 and a half million more than eight years ago. Hmmmm, I bet there’s a correlation between the fact President Dumbya was in office implementing new economic policies and enforcing previously established economic policies during the time the numbers of seniors remaining on the job was growing. You know the policies made by other administrations including, the administrations of his father George Herbert Walker Bush, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Policies and new legislation that chipped away and successfully removed the safeguards to protect our economy. Safeguards, neo-cons call them restrictions that had been in place for as long as I am old.

Many of those older workers were looking forward to retirement. Now because the economy has underperformed and their 401Ks have decreased in value older parents, other relatives, neighbors and friends are still doing as the children say their “grind”.

At least those folks have gigs. The New York Times reports there are about 500 thousand older workers who wish to have jobs, and like everyone else who wants a job, they can not find work.

It’s interesting to note a goodly number of these older folks have taken on more debt than previous generations of older Americans while their job protections deteriorated.

“…the level of indebtedness among older Americans has risen faster than in any other age group, partly because so many obtained second mortgages to take money out of their homes.”

I guess they got all caught up in the hype; they believe the fantasy that housing prices would continue to skyrocket instead they have plummeted dramatically.

It will be interesting to see more fast food restaurant employees bonding with their grandchildren as they ask , “Would you like fries with that?”