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Protect your family and your children from predators. Always know where they are and who they are with, for how long and why.

Always Hold Hands With Your Chilren When on a Walk, and Don't Let Them Convince You Otherwise, Never Let Them Walk Alone Anywhere Until They are at Least 14 Years Old.

Mary Kennedy, Ex Wife of Robert Kennedy Jr. Commits Suicide

5-18-2012 She was found hanging in her New York home. No other details are available at this time.

Facebook Poised to Raise Over 16 Billion Dollars in Initial Offering

5-18-2012 Economic gurus predict even before the markets open that Facebook will raise megabucks as their prophecy reaches 16 Billion dollars. that was reported in the New York Times this morning. Some say their value will be four times larger than Google was in 2004. people on the sreet are in love with the fact that a few college students created this in a dorm room and they made it big. Having an offer this big is a big deal. Americans always love a winner and Facebook appears to be a big winner at this point.

If you or I tried to get in on the trading, this is for institutional traders. The price may chage quickly if people feel it is over valued, the price can change violently. Wait for a few weeks to see how it shakes out.

April Jobs Numbers

Private sector employment rose by 130,000 jobs in April. The economy has added private sector jobs for 26 straight months, for a total of more than 4.25 million payroll jobs over that period.

JP Lose S2 Billion Dollars in Six Weeks?

5-12-1012 According to NPR, CEO of JPMorgan Chase Jamie Dimon, said the losses were caused by "errors," "sloppiness" and "bad judgment." Seems like a whole lot of, “well this is what didn’t happen” excuses.

This bank is the biggest in the entire U.S. Although the bank is still making lots of money, a large loss like this makes one wonder what the board of directors are really doing and how much oversight exists within and throughout the entire company. How autonomous are the individual divisions managers. What kind of rules do they live by and could they actually be gambling by speculating? Who should be held accountable for the losses?

International Economic Crisis and Communities at Camp David

5-17-12 The Great 8 Summit will take place this weekend at Camp David, the Presidents summer home amidst high security. But, can we all be protected from runaway thoughtless economic policies? All banking executives and overseers need to be vetted more in the U.S.. Their compensation packages need to be overhauled, and there needs to be more strict guidelines that more major disasters don't occur in banking and finance as they have in the past few years for all countries including the U.S..We all need to be more resourceful.

The Great Eight are: United States, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Canada and Russia. However, Putin from Russia will not attend due to forming his new government activities.

Many people believe that when you have cutbacks that takes care of the problems. That doesn't necessarily work very well. However, if you put the money into new streamlining with technical upgrades that certainly would be more effective. You need people who are comfortable using newer technology to do those jobs. Cutbacks are one thing, but retraining people is another. It makes perfect sense to train your own people to do the new tasks because they already know your background information and that makes the going smoother. At least you don't have to take extra time to totally retrain them.

NASA New Launch and Mission to Station

5-16-2012 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- The second SpaceX demonstration launch for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) is scheduled for liftoff on Saturday, May 19. The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule will occur from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. There is a single instantaneous launch opportunity at 4:55 a.m. EDT.

NASA Television launch commentary from Cape Canaveral begins at 3:30 a.m.

During the flight, SpaceX's Dragon capsule will conduct a series of check-out procedures to test and prove its systems, including the capability to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station. The primary objectives for the flight include a flyby of the space station at a distance of approximately 1.5 miles to validate the operation of sensors and flight systems necessary for a safe rendezvous and approach.

VA and Department of Labor Program to Retrain 99,000 Unemployed Veterans - Now Accepting Applications

5-15-2012 Last November, the President signed into law the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. Included in this law is a new program designed to help put veterans who aren’t eligible for the Post-9/11 GI Bill back to work – interested veterans can start to apply today!

The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) offers up to 12 months of training assistance to unemployed veterans age 35-60. The re-training program will help our nation’s heroes gain meaningful training in a new skill that will increase their employability.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Black Preachers

by Diane Knaus

5-15-2012 Vice President Joe Biden one day says he has grown "absolutely comfortable" with gay marriage and the President in the next day says same sex-marriage should not be decided by a vote because it is already a fundamental right.

Then the president goes on to say that the "pastors need to listen up." Well, let me tell you he is right about that one too. For many a year black preachers have ignored many of their societies dangers. The dangers of child molestation ,abuse, drug abuse, and guns in their own neighborhoods against their own people. More

Happy Mothers Day to All

Diane Knaus

5-13-2012 Mothers are the kind of people who when her child comes home and says "Ma, I think I'm gay" she silently gasps and asks "What makes you think that honey?" Then she listens and says nothing at first because this is a day she has been dreading. She has had suspcions for a long time but trusting her child to make what decidions that seemd right for them. The key to any relationship is listening to what and how someone talks about their thoughts. No matter what, always listen. A mothers' reaction is always important because her attitudes set the tone for the rest of your lives together or apart.

We are not always right, but neither are we always wrong. Pragmatic in most actions, a mother just seems to know many things unspoken about all of her children. Knowing when to trust childrens actions and words comes from observing their beaviors for years. Nine times out of ten you can trust your mother, her words and deeds so be patient and trusting of her always.

Politics

President Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage

president obama by pete souza official photo

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

5-9-2012 “Today, President Obama made history by boldly stating that gay and lesbian Americans should be fully and equally part of the fabric of American society and that our families deserve nothing less than the equal respect and recognition that comes through marriage,” said Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign.

5-9-2012 “I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama told Robin Roberts, in an ABC News interview.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

5-15-2012 "The argument that financial institutions do not need the new rules to help them avoid the irresponsible actions that led to the crisis of 2008 is at least $2 billion harder to make today." Representative Barney Frank, Democrat of Massachusetts, after JPMorgan Chase's announcement of a trading loss.

Political Relevancy

by Diane Knaus

The real issue of the day is still "the economy". Americans are sick of high gasoline prices, and high profile executives making millions of dollars a year without seeming to do much to deserve the pay while they back risky ventures for their firms. Yet at the same time Republicans back these same executives. I believe that a force is coming to deal with all of them and none of us know where the force is coming from or who will be leading the way. It is a feeling that I have.

Health Reform in Maryland

Governor O'Malley -With the Supreme Court reviewing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there is no shortage of legal analysis to handicap the decision. But unfortunately, not enough attention has been paid to the real value this law provides to million of American families and businesses.

As governor, I have heard from families unable to purchase health coverage at any price because of pre-existing illness, from seniors forced to choose between medications and energy bills and from businesses required to drop employee coverage to stay afloat. These stories represent failures that reach far beyond the individual people harmed. They put us all at risk, for a health care system that supports a healthy workforce at reasonable cost is essential for job growth and our success in the global economy.

Stroke News

5-17-2012 Every 40 seconds in America someone has a stroke. It's the fourth leading cause of disability. Make stroke awareness a priority in your life and enlighten those around you.

Stroke Warning Tips

According to the Stroke Association:

Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body

Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding

Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes

Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination

Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

If you experience any of these signs call 911 immediately.

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