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Finally, a group of people acknowledge in this twenty-first century the power is with the people. They have taken action to make or break the world of banking as we know it. (more…)

Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab has been charged with attempting to blow up an American airliner on Christmas Day. But is he really the danger we are told he is by the government and the media? Might this baby-faced young man be a hero?

We just read an article (more…)

Every time we hear of a terror attack, successful or not, we take the facts provided with a grain of salt. Call us cynical. We just do not believe the terrorists are so dumb. To us the “current terrorists” are like characters from some 1960s era Buck Henry teevee spy spoof comedy. We’re thinking Don Adams in “Get Smart”. Why are the terrorists we hear about most often so god-awful incompetent? Not that we’re hoping for competence in terrorism but we’re just saying…. (more…)

When United States President Barack Obama presented his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech entitled, “A Just And Lasting Peace” the world was in awe.

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. (more…)

Commentators of the day called it ” the war to end all wars”. The nations of the world were relieved when the armistice was signed more than ninety years ago. People alive in 1918 were hopeful it was indeed the last time they would experience the devastation of war. (more…)

Read an article about the mega-hit that earned big bucks worldwide for the heirs of the late King Of Pop, Michael Jackson. Find out what markets are experiencing Jackson-mania with the opening of the posthumous concert film This Is It!

Blanche Africa Reilly Dark has another report on more educated young people who are giving back to their community and the world at large.

You may remember LaDonna and Darnell Suggs

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. (more…)

Blanche Africa Reilly Dark, the mother of Clark, is with us today to present some young people who deserve your support as they perform work for a worthy cause.

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. (more…)

We just love the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We recall the giant replica of the human heart that once guaranteed to please visitors to the world famous science museum.

The unique characteristic of the heart was its size. It was big enough for little children, accompanied by their adult teacher or parent to walk through;  the tour through the heart intended to replicate the same path blood travels through the real thing. The path in the Franklin Institute heart was backwards. We would enter on the left side and pass thought the heart.  It was the opposite direction the life giving fluid flows in the real cardiac organ. Blood enters through the right ventricle of the heart. Ah, those were the days.

Fastfoward to the 21st Century.  October 17th 2009 a fascinating exhibit opens to the public for 18 weeks only.  It’s BODY WORLDS 2 & The Brain. This is the original exhibition from innovative anatomist Dr. Gunther Von Hagens who presented and astounded the world with Body Worlds. It is somewhat reminiscent of the anatomy of the human heart in the way a Toyota Camry Hybrid is reminiscent of a Model T Ford. (more…)

The Unitarian Universalists Society of Daytona Beach Area, Florida always have interesting programs of note. Read on about what’s coming up in November.

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. (more…)