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Oprah Winfrey & the Oprah Winfrey Network focus on encouraging people around the world to live their "Own Best Life" (with vision & focus)) while simultaneously making a difference in the lives of underprivileged others.
After viewing the last & final episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show, I felt a void. And then, I realized that a 'THANK YOU" was due to the Oprah Winfrey Network for providing it's viewers with the tools to empower themselves ....
Oprah, Thank You for 25 Years of community service.Oprah Winfrey & the Oprah Winfrey Network focus on encouraging people around the... more
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Atlantis touched down July 21, 2011 on the Shuttle
Landing Facility's Runway 15 at 5:57 a.m. EDT.
The landing brought to a close 30 years of space
shuttle flights.
The STS-135 astronauts were Commander Chris Ferguson,
Pilot Doug Hurley, and Mission Specialists Sandy Magnus
and Rex Walheim.
STS-135 Mission Statistics
Landed:
Thu., July 21, 2011, 5:57 a.m. EDT
Landing Site:
Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Mission Elapsed Time:
12 days, 18 hours, 28 minutes, 50 seconds
Official Landing Times
Main gear touchdown:
5:57:00 a.m. EDT
Nose gear touchdown:
5:57:20 a.m. EDT
Wheels stop:
5:57:54 a.m. EDT
Total miles:
more than 5.2 million
kb http://1.usa.gov/9JytXVAtlantis touched down July 21, 2011 on the Shuttle
Landing Facility's Runway 15... more
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The Oprah Winfrey Show" -- finale episode and last show aired Wednesday, ending the Oprah's 25-year run on the air.
In the final episode, Oprah Winfrey was on stage alone, telling her viewers what they've meant to her over the years.
Check out San Francisco's Oprah Winfrey Fans & wlhat they had to say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgLxP9SQ0KAThe Oprah Winfrey Show" -- finale episode and last show aired Wednesday, ending... more
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This report from the OECD and the business insider, could not have come at a more crucial time in our national debate regarding the federal budget and the course the Republicans have chosen to take.
The conservative pundits are trying to frame this debate along the lines that the deficit and debt of the United States was created by the liberal, nanny state programs. This is an outright lie they have drummed into the heads of the American people. Unfortunately, some of the pundits are trusted sources of information for millions of people.
The United States currently ranks thirty-fourth(34th) out of the thirty-four(34) members of the OECD in regards to spending on social programs, DEAD LAST.
The amount the United States spends is currently only 7.2% of our gross domestic product on programs that make up our social contract with the American people.
Remember a year ago when the conservative deficit hawks were warning that if the United States doesn’t start looking at our social programs we would end up like Greece?
They told us the reason Greece was in financial trouble was due to their social programs and if we, the United States didn’t want to become like Greece, we needed to cut back on our social expenditures. Well Greece spends 21.3% on social programs, 14.1% more than the United States does. That is a big difference!
Canada currently spends 26% of their GDP on social programs, yet their national debt is very small compared to the United States, it is about 50% of GDP. So is spending on social programs the real problem in America? According to these figures and data, the answer is no. It is a fabricated lie by those who seek to abolish the social contract and the new deal created almost 100 years ago.
Here is other comparisons between the USA and Germany. Currently Germany spends 21% of their GDP on social programs.
Population below 50% of median income
USA: 17%
GER: 8.4%
child poverty
USA: 22.4%
GER: 10.7%
infant mortality rate
USA: 7.8
GER: 5.4
Homicide rate
USA: 5%
GER: 0.86%
Life expectancy
USA: 78.3
GER: 79.4
White people:
USA: 65.4%
GER: 81% (not as much difference as i thought)
Unemployment rate
USA: 8.8%
GER: 6.3%
Exports per capita
USA: $3,375
GER: $14,169
Industrial sector as part of GDP
USA: 21.9%
GER: 26.8%
Industrial growth
USA: 3%
GER: 9%
There needs to be a real, non political discussion regarding our national debt. If spending on social programs isn’t the problem, it is either a spending problem in other government areas or it is primarily a revenue problem. Unfortunately our politicians do not look at this issue as non-political. At least we know now that the current budget put forward by the Republicans is really an ideological budget rather than a problem solving budget.
The bottom line is our social safety net is not part of the overall spending problem and that needs to be part of the debate and told to the American public.
http://www.politicususa.com/en/u-s-ranks-dead-last-in-overall-social-spendingThis report from the OECD and the business insider, could not have come at a more... more
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Frank Woodruff Buckles doesn't get out as much as he used to, and he doesn't have particularly big plans for his birthday tomorrow.
But then, he is turning 110.
You read that right: 110 .
For those who may not know, here is perhaps an even more stunning fact about Buckles: He's the last known American veteran from World War I, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, and one of only three survivors worldwide recognized for direct service during the war. The others, as British subjects, served in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.
"He's an unbelievable person," said David DeJonge, a Michigan photographer and president of the World War I Memorial Foundation who is making a documentary of Buckles' life and has become his spokesman.
Buckles lives on his West Virginia farm, near Charles Town, with his daughter, Susannah Buckles Flanagan, and round-the-clock caregivers. As you might expect, he is at almost 110 not in a condition to do cartwheels or make long speeches, but DeJonge reports that Buckles "continues to have great daily discussions with his daughter and caregivers." He occasionally wrestles with illness but is "a fighter and continues to pull through," DeJonge said.
"His daughter reports he's in great spirits and looking forward to his 115th," DeJonge said with a laugh.
I visited Buckles last year at his farm. We chatted about one of his favorite people, Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing. How many people can you talk to who actually knew Pershing when he was leader of the U.S. forces in Europe in World War I?
When they met, Buckles was still a kid; he'd grown up on a farm in Missouri and fibbed about his age so he could enlist in the Army at 16 and head off to war. Pershing noted Buckles' Missouri dialect and asked where he was born. Buckles told him. Pershing's reply: "Thirty-three miles, as the crow flies, from where I was born."
"I had great respect for Pershing," Buckles said. "He was real tough. He didn't have a smile on his face, but that was all right with me."
Seeking the quickest route to the western front, Buckles joined the ambulance service and shipped to England in late 1917. He arrived in France a few months before the shooting stopped in November 1918. After the war, he escorted prisoners of war back to Germany.
World War II was a more painful experience, though he was no longer in the military. He was working as a civilian in the steamship business in the Philippines when he was captured by the Japanese and held as a prisoner at Los Baños for more than three years.
Through fate and good health, Buckles has become the modern face of The Great War, and he has lent his voice to the call to restore and rededicate the World War I Memorial in Washington.
DeJonge met Buckles four years ago as he began work on a documentary about the last U.S. survivors of the war. Within a matter of months, Buckles was the last one, and DeJonge began spending considerable time with him, conducting interviews on camera "to get every ounce of memory out of him," DeJonge said.
DeJonge has several hundred hours of interviews and other footage he hopes to transform into a documentary, "Pershing's Last Patriot." Actor Richard Thomas, of "The Waltons" and "All Quiet on the Western Front," has agreed to provide the narration, said DeJonge, who is trying to piece together the funding for the documentary, as well as a proposed larger-than-life bronze statue that has been designed by Pennsylvania sculptor Gregory Marra. The planned statue depicts Buckles with Pershing's riderless horse, and, depending on available financing, could be placed near Buckles' home in West Virginia.
DeJonge has had the privilege of accompanying Buckles to such places as Pershing's home in Missouri, the Pentagon and the White House for a visit with President George W. Bush in the Oval Office.
A highlight?
"Being corrected on history when we were in the West Wing," DeJonge said with a laugh.
"I saw that very famous painting of George Washington crossing the river, and I said, 'Mr. Buckles, look, there's George Washington crossing the Potomac.' He said, 'I believe that's the Delaware.'"
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/flair/2011/jan/31/tdmet01-bill-lohmann-last-us-veteran-from-world-wa-ar-809531/Frank Woodruff Buckles doesn't get out as much as he used to, and he doesn't... more
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Taylor Swift has released her new album Speak now, Taylor Swift told that each of her new album’s song is a real story of her personal life related to someone very closeTaylor Swift has released her new album Speak now, Taylor Swift told that each of her... more
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UFO in China was seen in the July 2010 and created sense of fear all over China, in fact all over the world. UFO in China was detected by the radars but authorities failed to identify or communicate with it.UFO in China was seen in the July 2010 and created sense of fear all over China, in... more
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The last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the "Titanic," Millvina Dean, has died in a nursing home in England at the age of 97, the Titanic International Society said on Monday.The last survivor of the 1912 sinking of the "Titanic," Millvina Dean, has... more
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Current's Mariana van Zeller traveled to Mississippi, a state with some of the strictest abortion laws in the country, to speak with people on both sides of this controversial issue.Current's Mariana van Zeller traveled to Mississippi, a state with some of the... more
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