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The Real Death Panel

Turns out the Tea Party wasn't entirely wrong.

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Steve Jobs Passes Away

I love my MacBook. I'll miss Steve Jobs.

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Apple Founder Steve Jobs deat at 56

Apple says that company founder Steve Jobs, widely regarded as one of the great... more

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“Understanding Reality”

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Tribute to a Cancer Victim - My Father

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“The Human and Spiritual Purpose Revealed" by Marcus A. Belgrove

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Foreclosures Are Killing Us - NYTimes.com

By CRAIG E. POLLACK and JULIA F. LYNCH

AFTER slowing down in the first half of the year, the rate of homes entering foreclosure is rising again. First-time default notices were served on 78,000 homes in August, a 33 percent increase from July. A $1 billion federal program to help jobless and underemployed homeowners ended Friday. Foreclosure notices were filed against a record 2.9 million properties last year, and an additional 1.2 million in the first half of this year.
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Foreclosure is not just a metaphorical epidemic, but a bona fide public health crisis. When breadwinners become ill, they miss work, lose their jobs, face daunting medical bills — and have trouble making mortgage payments as a result.

But that is only part of the story. A growing body of research shows that foreclosure itself harms the health of families and communities. In our 2008 survey of 250 people undergoing foreclosure in the Philadelphia area, 32 percent reported missing doctor’s appointments and 48 percent said they let prescriptions go unfilled, significantly higher rates than others in their community. A paper released last month by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that people living in high-foreclosure areas in New Jersey, Arizona, California and Florida were significantly more likely than those in less hard-hit neighborhoods to be hospitalized for conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure and heart failure.

More than one-third of homeowners in our study had symptoms of major depression. The N.B.E.R. study found significantly more suicide attempts in high-foreclosure neighborhoods. For every 100 foreclosures, it found a 12 percent increase in anxiety-related emergency-room visits and hospitalizations by adults under 50. Losing a home disrupts social ties to neighbors, schools, jobs and health care providers — ties that under better circumstances promote good health. Neighborhoods suffer, not just homeowners.

Most programs to stem the tide of foreclosures rely on mortgage counselors at nonprofit groups supported by federal grants, who work closely with homeowners and banks to try to find a financial resolution.By CRAIG E. POLLACK and JULIA F. LYNCH AFTER slowing down in the first half of... more

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Flashback! Psychedelic research returns

"Today I don't have a sense of death like I used to. I see it as part of the... more

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Texas Prisons Have Ended Special Last Meals Before Executions

. NPR... . Texas Prisons End Special Last Meals In Executions by The... more

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Smart and Funny Political News Satire: What's Next? Bachmann/Palin Jello Wrestling? Ironic News Report, Sept. 12, 2011

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MSNBC - Rep. Sally Kern (R-OK): Homosexuals Are Worse Than Terrorists

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Blood Sport

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Girl commits suicide after getting dumped on Facebook!

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Ten Years Later

In the ten years since September 11 2001 a lot has changed in the world for everyone.... more

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‘Your Human and Spiritual Purpose’

We are Spiritual Beings, partaking on a journey through Earth. The Ego is a creation... more

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Syrian deaths behind bars reaching massive proportions

At least 88 people are believed to have died in detention in Syria during five months... more

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Young Turks: Rick Perry Life Insurance Scheme w/ Texas Teachers

2012 Republican presidential candidate and Texas Governor Rick Perry was involved in a... more

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The killing fields of Pakistan

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10 Koch plants that put the most Americans at risk

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Songwriter Nick Ashford Of Ashford & Simpson Dies

Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson that penned elegant, soulful classics for the likes of Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye and funk hits for Chaka Khan and others, died Monday at age 70, his former publicist said. Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motown's biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said publicist Liz Rosenberg, who was Ashford's longtime friend.

He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment, she told The Associated Press. Though they had some of their greatest success at Motown with classics like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and "Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand" by Ross and "You're All I Need To Get By" by Gaye and Tammi Terrell, Ashford & Simpson also created anthems for others, like "I'm Every Woman" by Khan (and later remade by Whitney Houston). Ashford & Simpson also had success writing for themselves: Perhaps the best-known song they sang was the 1980s hit "Solid As A Rock." "His music is unmatched in terms of great songwriting," Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire said after learning of his friend's death.

"They had magic and that's what creates those wonderful hits, that magic," White added. "Without those songs, those artists wouldn't have been able to go to the next level." Others in the music industry also mourned the loss. On Twitter, Alicia Keys wrote, "I'm so sad that he's gone. ... So many of the greatests are going to a greater place ... what a legacy of infectious music ... man!" Ashford and Simpson's relationship stretched more than four decades. They met in 1964 in a New York City church. Ashford, a South Carolina native, had come to the city to pursue a dance career. Simpson was a music student, and after connecting with her, they decided to start to write songs together. "They were always comfortable with each other and they made all of us comfortable, because they were comfortable," White said. Their first major success occurred when they came up with "Let's Go Get Stoned" for Ray Charles. The bluesy, gospel-tinged song became a huge hit for Charles, and soon, they came to the attention of Motown Records and began penning hits for their artists. They started out writing soulful, romantic works for the duo of Gaye and Terrell that would become instant classics, like "Your Precious Love," and "Ain't Nothin' Like The Real Thing." In fact, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was originally their hit, until Ross later rerecorded it with a new arrangement that had sweeping pop grandeur and made it her signature song.

Ross may have been their greatest muse Full STORY:
http://www.waneenterprises.com/news/755Nick Ashford, one-half of the legendary Motown songwriting duo Ashford & Simpson... more

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