Can this really be happening in America in the early part of the 21st century? Is the current U.S. President, Barack Obama actually going to let our country’s space program close down? Taking the space shuttle off the American landscape is a huge step and one that doesn’t seem too smart. We are just now beginning to learn about the space technology and how things like satellites and our GPS systems, can benefit mankind on the ground. Not being able to put our own astronauts up in space, on our own terms, seems like a risky plan. Especially when we are relying on the Russian Space Program to give our American space men and women a ride out to space.

As an American citizen, do you have any opinions on this move to cancel our space shuttle program? We have built a long 5 decade history with our modern space program. We have achieved some big things over the last 50 years or so. I think the next 50 years, could be the best of them all. So why shut it down now? Is it because the tax payer’s are picking up the bill for NASA’s launches into space? Is it too dangerous to send spaceships into the stars above? Why exactly would the USA drop the space program now, when we are now relying on technology more than ever to help us in our daily lives? This move seems really strange and I wish our  President could make a straight speech (just once) so we would know the truth to this move by NASA and the U.S. Government.

I am just an average citizen, but I can think of a half dozen reasons, why we should keep our outer space vehicles and it deals with our National Security. Obviously I don’t want to give any of the other countries any ideas on this subject, but I do have a few things; which would severely hurt the U.S. military and its allies across the globe. National Security seems to be an issue that doesn’t get enough attention these days. We saw tremendous strides after 9/11, but in recent years, we are starting to slip again. I don’t want to give the terrorists out there any ideas, but not having a space shuttle in our country now, is actually a benefit to our most common enemy in the 21st century.

Early 1970′s Technology

It’s really sad to see the hard work of so many people, finally come to an end, as the United States Space Program is non-existent now. I realize we have other ways and things will still continue, but the position we put our self in now, could have been avoided. Even if it was with a “dummy” space shuttle program, where we just acted like we didn’t want to make a trip, on our spaceship or on our rocket fuel.  Who knows, maybe our shuttles have made less trips out of this world, than we really know now? I am still under the strong belief, we never did step foot on the moon’s surface, back in the summer of 1969. Do you think the USA went to the moon in 1969; when the video game Pong was not even created until 3 years later? Go look at the graphics and play a game or two of Pong and ask your self, if we really went to the moon 3 years before this video game was invented.

Honest Online Program Gets Noticed by Local TV News

Leave it to the Mommie Bloggers online to get the word out about anything good. I know making money for no cost is a real good thing. Recently a TV news reporter decided to do a story on work at home jobs. Since the economy has been sluggish lately, they wanted to see how some folks are making money on the Net from their computers at home.

One lady in this TV news story was a work-at-home Mommy Blogger. She has a variety of ways to make money on her blog and also writes up reviews for online programs. This is great information to beginners, so they can avoid the scam sites online. While doing this story, the TV news reporter happen to mention two different websites online, which this Lady Blogger was using herself. One of the programs mentioned on television was Hits4Pay. I didn’t have to look this one up, since I have been a member there for years. I can vouch for the Hits 4 Pay program online. It is totally FREE to join and you can begin making money from day 1. Before I give you some tips for Hits4Pay, let me show you this video of the news story I am talking about online.

Hits4Pay Program Mentioned on the TV News

Did you hear it? If you missed the Hits4Pay reference, please go back and replay the video again. It is around 1:09 (1 minute and 9 seconds) into the video; when the ABC News Reporter Courtney Brennan mentions the name “Hits4Pay” on the Channel 13 News from ABC.

The video up above gave a good tip at the end, that both of the women featured in this story, did agree with. This is to keep expectations low, especially when you first start. Your financial goals are really not even needed to begin with. Your first task is to get started!

Sign up for a few programs online and avoid spending money. There is plenty of free programs to start with, so no up-front money is needed right now. The goal is to wake up everyday and do at least 1 thing, that helps your online business. Make sure you use each and every day to push your online finances higher. As long as you work at this daily and never give up, you and anyone else will eventually succeed online. Most people have no problem with motivation and determination in the beginning. So if you’re a beginner now, just go out, do your own research, and have fun! Once you start to lose that motivation or its getting boring to work online, this is where I can help you (maybe?). It really will depend which paths you chose and what advice you have taken and began to put in use.

If you join free programs like Hits4Pay online and like to use the free advertising sites and methods on the Internet; then you’re speaking my language. My main source of income does come from blogging online, but I love my money-making websites the best! The ones that pay us cash money, when we are sleeping, watching movies, eating, or playing out in the yard with the family. Its a great feeling to be earning real money on the Internet, when you’re not even online or at your computer. It is not hard to get this set up either! Just remember to keep your financial expectations low and do something daily to improve it and you will be on the way to success!

Other Links to Free and Honest Programs

*ClixSense

*LinkGrand

*Big Crumbs

*LogiPTC

*Cash Gopher

*WordLinx

*InBox Dollars

Look over some of the programs above. They have all paid me real cash money and I plan to make more money with each of them in the near future. Some of these programs require us to come online and perform some type of actions. You will need to do this a lot in the beginning. Once you get more established online, you can begin to free-up some of your time, with some of these free online programs. Building up a downline, is the BEST way to make money with these programs and really any other online programs that pay real money. Instead of you and your computer performing these daily actions for cash, you can get others to do the work for you. Build up your work force! You’re the boss and its up to you to grow the business. Be sure to do your part of the work and your fair share each day. Your long term goal is to establish a big referral base on every level of these work-at-home jobs and programs.

Don’t worry about this and you don’t have to bother your neighbors, family, friends, and co-workers. You will get a referral link each time you join a new program. You take these referral links and add them on free traffic exchanges, newsgroups, message boards, social network sites like Twitter and Facebook. Yes, you can use your current Facebook account to help promote your new online programs you just joined!

For those living in the United States (and a few other countries accepted) please join SwagBucks now! This is a great website to make your new homepage. This is a really fun way to earn money online. You have a variety of ways to earn “swag bucks“. These “bucks” are NOT real cash money, but they can be traded for REAL CASH MONEY! Doing a few online searches a day, will give you the chance to win SwagBucks daily. It is really easy to earn these online bucks and they can be used in a lot of different ways. For instance, members at Swagbucks can enter the SwagStakes, which is my favorite feature, for the chance to win all kinds of different prizes:

*50 SwagBucks

*100 SwagBucks

*500 SwagBucks

*$25 PayPal Card

*$2,500 Amazon Gift Card

*$10 CVS Pharmacy Gift Card

*$50 Nike Gift Card

Does any of these Swagbuck Prizes interest you? It is totally free to buy tickets or entries into these prize drawings, for your chance to be the next big winner. Each prize has a different entry fee amount and the number of tickets they will sell. The PayPal cash for 25 bucks, only costs 50 SwagBucks for 1 entry ticket! But the best part, they are only going to sell 100 entry tickets for this prize! You have a 1 and 100 chance of winning! Some prizes have great odds like this; while others have lower odds, so the entry price is cheaper. These prizes change daily and there is always something new going on in the SwagStakes at SwagBucks. I earn 10 and 19 Swagbucks all the time, for just doing a search there. They have a search engine just like Google or Yahoo does. Use the Swagbuck Search Engine several times each day and you will earn 50 to 100 swagbucks with no problem.

Just a lot of ways to earn these special bucks and a lot of different ways to spend them too! Or you can just save them up and cash these in for real cash money! You will NOT have to save for 1 year and cash-in for 5 or 10 dollars. Most new members can make their first cashout request within 6 weeks of joining and often their payout is over 10 dollars! Yes, this is 10 dollars of real money!

Anyone who tries to earn a full time or part time living online from their computers at home, should be a member at SwagBucks and the Amazon affiliate program too! I love Amazon and its a great way to bring in a new stream of income. To join the affiliate program at Amazon, just go to any Amazon page online. Scroll all the way to the bottom of page and look for “become an affiliate“. Just click on that and you should be an Amazon Affiliate shortly!

The goal online is to create multiple streams of income. Swagbucks and Amazon should be on everyone’s list of money makers. Then you can pick and choose the other work-at-home programs for your multiple income streams. The more you have, the more money you will make in the long run. Don’t worry about focusing on 2 or 3 of your best money makers, so you can maximize them out at first. The focus to begin with online is to join lots of different programs and spread yourself out real wide online. The bigger presence you can create in this manner, the more cushion you have to fall back on, when things don’t go your way or a program decides to go out of business. So avoid putting all your eggs in one basket, until you have a couple of years of experience in the online marketing game. It is a game you can win, if you show up daily, don’t give up, and try to learn something new each day.

Stay in touch and I will share more interesting YouTube videos I have found, about making money online and the jobs at home. Also, I can provide you with a lot of free advertising platforms online. Feel free to reply with any questions you have about these online programs or with online marketing in general. Allow 1 to 5 days for a reply from Admin or a.k.a. Blogger Chris. Good luck!

Guest post written by Mae Lewis

I am what you would call a chocolate fiend. It seems like my day hasn’t really been complete until I’ve had at least one bit of chocolate in some form or another. I try to limit my intake so it’s still healthy, but when it comes time for them to put the Halloween candy out on the shelves, I can’t resist and buy it by the arms full! But I also love to make candy and other chocolate sweet treats too. I love cooking and baking and use those skills that I’ve acquired over the years to make some fun Halloween candy for myself and my family.

I don’t develop any of those recipes myself though, I get all of them online. I was looking a few weeks ago online to find some good recipes and while I was searching, I rana cross some info on tv and internet bundles. After I looked through it a little bit, I decided to change over our home service to one of those bundles.

I found this really good recipe for DIY peanut butter cups. They’re my favorite kind of chocolate candy and so I had to try making them. They were so good nad this is a recipe that I’m going to hold on to for years.

The Internet is filled with information about a variety of things. Just about everything under the Sun can be found online, in some form or fashion. For those who are seeking products for their eyes or eyelashes, can use the Net to help them. Some folks might be looking to buy a product they’re already using; while others will seek a new product for their eyes. The industry for growing eyelashes has grown a lot recently. Now online consumers can look over the best eyelash growth products from their computers at home. These online reviews can help break down the products and show which ones are best in certain categories. If you would like to find a new product online, to help give an extra boost to your eyelashes, you should check out some of these eyelash reviews. Find which products work the best or order the ones with the cheapest price tag. Online reviews is a great service for all Internet Users, when it comes to a number of different products and now the latest reviews online cover the eyelash growth companies.

It was back in the early 1980′s and most people didn’t have a VCR. Even the elementary school I went to, had not yet got a VCR. It was a new piece of technology and it was just too expensive for most families to own. One day, out of the blue, my neighbors got a brand new VCR. I was amazed! They were not a rich bunch living next to me. They did have a few adults living at their household and I guess enough of them donated the money to buy a new VCR, back in the early 80′s decade.

I visited their home as they watched their first movie on VCR. I don’t know if they remember which movie they saw, but I sure did. It was the movie Porkys. It was a Rated R Movie and one that a 10 year old kid does not get to see too often. I was sitting in the floor with my best friend, as both of our eyes gazed at the 30 inch TV screen. I wasn’t even sure if this was “THE” movie, I had heard about. I said in a small whisper “doesn’t this movie show naked women“. She laughed and said “yes“, then proceeded to tell the rest of the family what I said. The embarrassment factor didn’t last long, cause I was about to see some flesh on the TV screen and I had never seen it on television before.

Later on, my family would buy our first VCR. It was a total shock for me. I didn’t think my parents had the money to afford one. I got my first VCR on a Christmas morning day. My Mom had got 2 movies by rental, for us to watch. I’m not sure what they both were, but the first movie we saw, on our own VCR, was the movie Tank with James Garner.

At my elementary school, the first VCR movie I saw there was Karate Kid with Ralph Macho and Pat Morita. Our school librarian liked the movie so much, she showed it to a lot of classes at my elementary school. A year or two later, our class would watch the movie War Games at school on the Video Cassette Recorder or VCR. Can you remember what the first VCR movie was you ever saw? Did you watch it at home or at school, when you seen your first VCR movie?

Hello everyone! Merry Christmas to those who celebrated December 25th, like my household did. We had the lights outside, the Christmas tree inside, with lots of presents under it. Now the early morning hours are over and everything has been unwrapped. Hopefully for some of those tough electronic items, which are encased in the hard plastic, I hope you had some scissors around for them. Or better yet, the box cutters work best! They are super sharp and can be used for much more than just your holiday boxes. A box cutter or safety knife has an advantage over other things like knives or a pair of scissors. They have the extra sharp blades in them, which makes it much easier, tearing into those electronic gift packages.

Now the clean-up process is underway and where do you start? It’s best if you just go ahead and bring the whole box of garbage bags in the living room or den with you. So you have plenty of places to throw trash in. Take 4 or 5 bags out and strategically place them around the room. Save yourself some steps, by placing these trash bags in every corner of the room and a couple of them in the middle of the room. Now when you find a piece of trash or something that needs to be thrown away, you will have a bag nearby to pitch it in. I can’t tell you or stress enough, how much time this will save you.

Don’t throw away any goodies! Be sure to keep your small packages, like the batteries, away from the trash and big pieces of torn Christmas paper. It is so easy to throw them away too. While you watch the kids opening the presents, it’s best to start the sorting process then. It always seems like something gets thrown away on Christmas morning or we think we threw it out. You don’t want to go through 5 garbage bags of trash, to find out, it was under the Christmas tree the whole time. And no matter how well you, the kids, or anyone else knows a certain product, like a new cell phone or a video game, be sure to save all the instructions. I see lots of households every year, wishing they would have kept the instructions, so they could do this or that. No matter how cheap or expensive, it doesn’t matter how big or how small the Christmas gift is, just do your self a big favor and save the instructions!

I hope your family enjoyed the morning today. I hope you only throw the trash away and none of the goodies or those valuable instructions; which you will need in a day or two. Break down the boxes if you need more room in the dumpster or trash cans. Don’t be afraid to get the utility knife out and cut down the boxes to a smaller size. Just think, only 364 more days and we get to do it all again!

I really miss my younger days with the jeep. I use to take the top down, put on my black cowboy hat, and ride the country roads of Cherokee County in North Georgia. Those were the days! Normally I would have a good music tape in or the radio playing extra loud. You do have to turn the radio up, if you want to hear the music, while going 50 or 60 miles per hour. The wind can get pretty loud, so turning up the tunes is a MUST, if you drive around with the top off. I get so jealous when I see other convertible vehicles on the road. Especially if it is a red jeep, because the one I use to have was red. It was a candy apple red with black trim. I had the big tires on it, screen wire over the headlights and taillights, plus an extra set of lights on the hood. The lights on the hood had the screen wire-look over them too. I could just flip a switch and turn these lights on. It was great for driving through the fog or lighting up a big area. One night while driving with the top down, I came across an accident scene. I was able to turn off the road with my front tires, so I could point my lights toward the off-road accident. Once my headlights was on the wrecked car, I was able to add extra lights, with those powerful hood lights. It worked great! Everyone was able to see what they were doing and I stayed there, until the fire department got their big utility lights out.

On Friday or Saturday evenings, I like to dress up and go cruising the local streets. My black Cowboy Hat was sharp. It was a big part of my “look” back then. My red jeep was all shiny from the good washing and waxing I would give to it. I would take a good polish and buff up the black trim, so it would stick out. My black tires would stick out too, since they were shinning brightly as well. Then I would be wearing a normal shirt, blue jeans, my cowboy boots, and that sharp cowboy hat, that everyone loved. I got as many compliments on my black hat, as I did for my Jeep Wrangler. I really do miss those days.

Now I am a decade older and I feel older too. The jeep is long gone and only a picture or two is the only memories I have of it. As for my black cowboy hat, I still have it. I keep it in the original box it came with. You have to do this with cowboy hats. If they don’t stay in a proper holder; then gravity tends to spoil them a bit.

Just this past Halloween, I got the old cowboy hat out. I put it on, along with my jeans, and boots. I took some black make-up and painted a beard on my face. Put on my western-style brown jacket and strapped on a BB pistol to my side. I didn’t go out or ever leave the house in my cowboy costume, but the nephews got a kick out of it. I have twin 6 year-old nephews and I dressed up for them, cause I knew they would be stopping by to trick or treat that night. So that was the last time, I wore my hat, but I still have it.

Not the way it was suppose to end. It just wasn’t suppose to end like this. Jorelys Rivera was a 7 year old girl living in Canton, Ga. She woke up Friday morning like all other school children did that morning, who attended Canton Elementary in Cherokee County. Her mom Joselin working an all night shift at Pilgrims Pride, a chicken plant off of Univeter Road in Canton, didn’t make it home in time to see Jorelys off to school. While Joselin the mother was probably tired, after working all night, she was in need of some sleep. Jorelys would ride the bus to school and would return home several hours later, in the late afternoon hours on December 2nd, 2011. Obviously Jorelys wasn’t too tired after school, as she would head outside to the playground at River Edge Apartments, off of Reinhardt College Parkway in Canton.

It really wasn’t that cold outside, for this 2nd day of December. It was actually a very mild and pleasant day outside in the North Canton area, just off of Riverstone Blvd. After playing around with her friends on the playground at River Ridge, Jorelys decided to go for some drinks. From what I have heard, it would appear she was able to get 4 cokes to drink. Obviously we see the signs of a very sweet girl here, as she was grabbing soft drinks for others, who were probably thirsty too, like Jorelys was that Friday day. The winter afternoon was starting to disappear, as the early evening hours was coming on fast and the kids outside didn’t have much daylight left, to stay playing on the playground.

While Jorelys coke run was around 5 p.m. that early evening; little did we all know at this time, she would only see one more person in her short lifetime. None of the kids on the playground could verify Jorelys coming back, after she left for drinks. Her teenage babysitter couldn’t place Jorelys around after she had left the playground. There was just no one around, who knew what had happen or where she might have went.

Knowing how this story would eventually end, it makes the next 90 minutes pretty tough to deal with. Like I said earlier, Jorelys only saw 1 other person, after her friends at the playground and the baby sitter had lost sight of her. The happiness and excitement that must have been with this child, on a early Friday evening day, where she was out of school for the weekend and just went to grab a drink to quench her thirst. At least I would like to think that she did take a few sips of that can Coca-Cola she ran to get; while the rest of her friends stayed at the playground.

For some reason, there was another person at the apartment complex that day, that had no business being there. I don’t know who they are, but even if they lived in River Edge Apartments in Canton, they still had NO BUSINESS BEING THERE! Not when their only desire was to physically grab a small 7 year old girl, beat her, stab her, and all of the other terrible things they chose to do that day. It makes no sense and there is no excuse! Whether the person was a teenager or a full grown man (i’m assuming gender based on the words of Vernon Keenam at the GBI Press Conference Tuesday Mornig), they should have been there at this place and time, with a smile for Jorelys and not any violent actions. This person should have been there, ready to help Jorelys or defend her from anything which might have scared her. Not taking it upon their self to be the attacker, to such a defenseless person. Even after the first hit or stabbing action, there should have been some voice of reasoning to come in and say “stop!“. Sure the community would have been upset, the police would have came, and the hunt would have been on for a person, who hit or stabbed a small child. This awful scenario would have still been a million times better; than the true story of Jorelys Rivera and her attacker.

The family, friends, community, and the whole state of Georgia are now left with a big void and asking the question “why?”. After 5 p.m. on Friday, only the attacker had the chance to see her last. Once the local officials did get involved, they wasted no time Friday night looking for her and assembling a massive team of law enforcement.

Many are aware of the Amber Alert, which is a warning system to alert everyone in a certain state, that a child has been taken. Once the Amber Alert is given out, there is some type of details that follow, so the public can help. In Georgia, we have the Levi Alert; which works the same way as the Amber Alert does nationwide. No Levi Alert was issued Friday night or during the weekend hours, since there was no eyewitnesses or any other information; which the authorities could have passed along to the public. The GBI in Georgia does admit, they like to reserve the Levi Alert as much as possible, so it will be more effective, when a child does go missing. The Canton Police Department and the Cherokee County Sheriffs Office had no information, which they could relay to the public. I hope the family of Jorelys Rivera understands this part of the search process. I would be the first one screaming “foul” if I thought the local or state officials did anything, in the least little bit, to delay the search for Jorelys.

Once Saturday morning arrived on December the 3rd, it was clear this story did have some mystery to it. I heard for the first time on Saturday, from the local television news, that a little girl was missing in m hometown. So for me, I was just getting the news, when others close to the case had already been working it for 24 hours. I can’t imagine how slow or how fast the time went by or didn’t go by, for the family and friends of Jorelys. The daylight hours of Sunday would soon arrive and still no word or any new information. Once the Sun went down Sunday night, the investigators began to look more in one direction. That direction was abduction.

The local TV station in Atlanta, Fox 5 News at 10 p.m., still did not see the missing girl in Canton as the top story. It was the preacher or Bishop Eddie Long who would grab the top headline spot, as their news cast began that night. The Bishop was taking a leave from his church post in Atlanta. After reporting this news story first Sunday night, the second story was about Jorelys. The main topic of the night was basically no new leads and the search would be extended. It was also reported and a local official in Canton, said they had already “searched 35 acres approximately“.

I think the fear really sits in now. After hearing about a search of this size and how much ground they had covered around the River Edge Apartments, it would seem Jorelys was in a vehicle and away from her home area. Or her abductor was holding her hostage, in a area the authorities have not yet searched.

Monday morning arrives and now all the characters are in place. There are 65 investigators on the scene, the City, County, and State Police were all present. The G.B.I. or Georgia Bureau of Investigation was in Canton and was the lead authority (it appeared). Plus the F.B.I. was present and ready to lend their help and resources to the local and state officials, who were actively working on this case. Now with so many agencies, people, local and national media helping out; you just had the feeling something was going to develop in the near future.

It was later that day, which would end the search process for the missing Canton girl. In a stunning conclusion, it turns out that little Jorelys Rivera, the 1st grader from Canton Elementary School, was about 100 yards away from the playground she was seen at last.

The person who took her away from us, on Friday evening around 5 pm, had taken her life within 90 minutes of making contact with her. A later autopsy would show a blunt force trauma to the head, stab wounds, and a “severe beating” as the GBI Director worded it. After killing her, the killer would dispose of her, like some piece of trash, in a nearby dumpster. This was a large compact dumpster and it did contain a lot of trash in it. One resident living in the River Edge Apartments said, “I put trash in that dumpster over the weekend“. I believe the resident was thinking, Jorelys was placed in the dumpster, shortly after her life ended on Friday. Like the killer would have killed her and then placed her in the dumpster a short time later. I’m not so sure this is what happened. It is the most likely way, the events would play out, but none of us know for sure, what day or time Jorelys was placed in the dumpster.

I do know the sniffing dogs were on the scene. Knowing the dumpster is only 100 yards away, it would seem like the dogs would have picked up the scent. The human body does start decomposing pretty quickly, after we have taken our last breath. Maybe the human nose would have not smelled anything on Saturday, but the dogs could have. Also, the entire day on Sunday went by and still no trace. It does make one wonder, at what time or on which day would she have been brought to the dumpster.

Authorities did go knocking on doors, at a little after midnight one night. Some residents were asked questions; while others just had a quick search of their apartments. And I must say, the residents who had this untimely search, to be conducted on them, did not have any problems with it. The police did say everyone was very coopoerative and that is always a good sign, when something like this happens. Lord knows, we don’t need any outside distractions, when the main focus must stay on the main problem at hand; which in this case, was the 7 year-old Canton girl Jorelys Rivera.

Now we all know where the story goes from here. It’s time to find us a killer and with 65 investigators and a great apartment community helping out, I am sure an arrest will be made real soon! There is a $15,000 award being offered, for anyone who will give out information, that leads to an arrest and a conviction.

Speaking of money…

There is a way we all can help the family out, in their time of need. The employer of the Mom, Pilgrims Pride in Canton, has set up a fund; which anyone can donate money to. Just go or call the United Community Bank in Canton or any of their other locations. Ask to donate money to the: Jorelys Rivera Memorial Fund and  make your financial contribution.

(770) 479-6700

WEBSITE: United Community Bank – Just Click Here

Please give what you can. Also, I would hope the playground at River Edge would be named Jorelys Rivera Playground or that some playground in the Canton Area; would carry her memory on. R.I.P. Jorelys…

*CANTON RESIDENTS CAN LEAVE THEIR PORCH LIGHT ON FOR JORELYS RIVERA

Sometimes we just don’t need a diet. Often a person is dieting for no reason or at least any good reasons. Most of the time, when you start asking the diet question; is when you need to start a new diet. For others and especially with young women, they look in the mirror and see something that is not really there. It’s really unfair a lot of times with what we think women should look like. The women on television, in fashion magazines, or who participate in beauty pageants are the exception to the rule. In no way, are they the “norm” for our society. It’s too bad Hollywood doesn’t show more normal people in life, which would mean hiring the larger people. Most people in our country now is over weight. The tall and slim bodies may look good, but they are not always healthy.

We see the beautiful people on TV and in the advertisements. We get big doses of this, but we don’t see some of the health problems or the abuse patterns that develop over time. Teenagers shouldn’t try to look like the girls in the magazines. That is not reality and it isn’t realistic in most cases. Taking time out, to start a diet plan is fine. Eating low calorie foods and exercising more is fine. Taking a diet supplement or trying the african mango diet is okay too. The problems come in, when we go overboard with our diets. Seeing a teenage girl in the bathroom with her finger stuck down her throat, is not the message we want to send our young folks. Over dosing on diet pills or taking another person’s prescription diet pills is not the answer either.

If you want an easy diet plan, just go get a partner to join you. The best way to stick to a diet, is to have a diet partner who does everything you do. Set realistic goals, be sure to eat enough each day, and drink plenty of fluids. Having a diet routine with another person, can be fun, rewarding, and make you look just as good as the actors and actresses on the big screen. Our health is everything! Don’t mess with a good thing and if possible, it is always wise to check with the family physician before starting any new eating habits or exercise programs.

One more thing, before I let ya go. If you don’t have a diet partner in your community, at school, or at your job place; you can always look online for one. In fact, just let this blog post be the meeting place for dieters who seek a diet partner. I would be happy to match you guys and gals up. Just reply back with some basic information about yourself and the type of partner you’re looking for. Please state if you want a man or woman partner. What is a general age range for your partner and throw out a number too. The number of pounds you would like to lose and how many weeks you think it will take. Some online dieters may just want a short term partner to help them lose 10 or 15 pounds. All women want to lose weight before their weddings, so it is possible to find two brides-to-be online, with both wanting to lose weight before the big day. And please remember, if you think you need to be on a diet plan, then chances are you do. Just be sure to ask your friends and family first, if you should be on a new diet, and let them make the final call.

It doesn’t matter whether you live in the sunbelt of the Southwest or the chill belt of the Midwest and Northeast, right about now seems like a pretty odd time to start thinking about patio furniture. Heck, right about now even folks in sunny Los Angeles and Las Vegas are starting to spend more time indoors. If you’re in Chicago, New York, Toronto, or Montreal, patio furniture must seem like an absurdly distant thought as temperatures plummet and the weather gets ever wetter. Spring is a long ways off, we admit.

But let’s think about this another way. Right now is actually an excellent time to shop for outdoor furniture for a few reasons. First of all, there’s no rush. It’s only human nature to overspend if we’re super-anxious to get some nice outdoor furniture so we can start enjoying the warm sun. If it’s chilly, we’re likely to drive a much harder bargain with retailers and be a lot more selective in our shopping. Also, retailers of patio furniture have to get rid of their current stock to make some room for new items when the weather starts to get warm next next March. That means, of course one thing that we’ll say three times: bargains, bargains, bargains.

There’s one more good reason to consider patio furniture right about now. We have months to think about creative ways to design our back and front yards so that we get the most out of the items we’re getting ready to buy, as well as whatever it is that we already own. We can also consider all the practical matters that we should, like which materials will hold up best under local climate conditions when kept outdoors. Really, the more we think about it, the more it seems to make sense that the best time to start shopping for patio furniture is the worst time to actually use it.

The baby boom generation has officially grew up on us in North America. This generation of Americans and Canadians are retired now or will be retiring in the near future from work. As this class of elderly adults get older, they will be in great need of medicines and medical supplies. Searching for safe medications online and at good prices, could be just a click away. Especially if that mouse click leads you to the Canada drugs or Americans buying from the Canada Drug Center online.

Some baby boomers may not be that familiar with computers. Some will just be learning for the first time this year; that they could buy a prescription drug like Actonel online. If you have a bone problem or osteoporosis, the doctor could write you a medical prescription to buy actonel online or get it filled at a neighborhood pharmacy. It will seem like a miracle, when these elderly individuals do find out about online pharmacies, like the CanadaDrugCenter.com website. Even the patients with bad eyes or failing eye sights, can easily see the big, colorful pictures online, for most of these prescription drugs.

If you don’t get sick too much, going to the pharmacy down the street or in your hometown is fine. Perhaps your grocery store has a pharmacy inside of it. Dropping off the prescription and then doing your grocery shopping is a convenient way to get a medicine order filled, by a professional pharmacist. Most folks would not even mind getting the scripts filled the old fashion way; if they weren’t sick that often.

The online pharmacies are perfect, for those who have to take the same medicines month after month. If your local doctor is constantly giving you the same prescription of drugs, you would benefit greatly from an online pharmacist. A professional pharmacist online, is just as good, as the ones at nearby drug stores. They can fill a prescription and tell a patient all the important details they need to know, about a drug like Lipitor, or any other prescribed medicines. If you had to buy lipitor in the past, you can stop doing it the old-fashion way and order it up online. The Canada Drug Center would send all of your prescriptions in a timely manner through the mail system. Your next script, could be as close as your mailbox! I’m sure this will be good news for those who don’t like to wait at the drug store or have to burn-up precious gas, driving back and forth to the pharmacy. The online drug stores don’t use any of the gas in the car tank and may even have a cheaper price too!

*Please add CanadaDrugCenter.com to your favorites or bookmark it for easy access. So you and your family have instant access to prescription and non-prescription drugs too.

Lindsay Lohan Kisses Justice Good-Bye One More Time!

Here we go again! Unbelievable justice in a California courtroom today, as Lindsay Lohan gets a spanking from judge for 30 day jail sentence. Yep, Lindsay Lohan sentenced to 30 days in jail. She really got her goose cooked good today, right? Well not exactly. If anyone watched the court room proceedings on November 2, it was a disgrace to the California Justice System, Men, Citizens of the United States of America, Residents of California, and every Common American Criminal who has had to serve jail time for drugs, theft, or violating the terms of probation. The longer this injustice goes on, the more I get confused. So I do apologize to all those who have followed the Drug Addict Lindsay Lohan recently. Thief Lindsay Lohan has a long rap sheet, so no way can I mention it all, but I will try to highlight the important parts and recommend what us “men” and “common folk” living in America should do about this injustice, from the Probation Violator Lindsay Lohan.

First off, please don’t think I am naive about how justice works in America in the 21st century. I realize fame and money can go a long ways in our court rooms and justice systems today. I understand that completely and I have applied that to the Lindsay Lohan legal troubles and all of Lohan’s court troubles. In my opinion, she has used up that fame, money, and star-power long ago. Two judges back, you really thought she had reached her limit, but obviously not.

Just looking at today’s 30 day jail sentence; which she will not have to do 30 days. The main reason for not doing 30 days, is the over crowded jail system in California right now. So we can all understand that. What most common people in America and California don’t understand, is how she can plead guilty to some charges and if the sentence is not to her liking, she gets a new chance to go back to court and plead innocent. Sounds hard to believe, right? Just go look at the California Judge today and she is very clear, that the following sentence is one that Lindsay Lohan can turn down. We actually have a judge giving a sentence, to a criminal who is pleading guilty, but allowing the criminal to take other paths, if this sentence is too harsh or one she can not do. I mean really?

It didn’t stop there ladies and gentlemen. It gets even more sickening, when she has to serve this 30 days in jail. In the Judge’s own words, we got to hear things like “I know you have some work to do this week, so you don’t have to begin your jail sentence right away. You will have 1 week to decide, when you want to go to jail. As long as you choose to go, before November 9th.” How many of you out there got sentenced to jail, but was allowed to wait 1 week or choose the date you could serve your sentence? Let’s keep in mind, she doesn’t even have to accept this order by the judge. Not only does she get to pick her first day in jail, but she also has the option, to turn it completely down and have a new trial for her latest antics.

This is not the first time, Lindsay Lohan got to pick her first day in jail. Back in July of 2010, I was writing a Lindsay Lohan Jail Blog Post, about how she got away with so many things. Since that time, she had been leaving community service early. She was suppose to be there for 45 minutes and was allowed to leave 15 minutes, for each day she was there. These were the lucky places that got to work with Lohan. In other situations, she would not show up for community service at a local California Morgue or acted childish and didn’t attend some days, when she was asked to be at a women’s shelter. It is interesting to see a pattern of jobs and people who cross the Lindsay Lohan Injustice Path and their feelings about her. The women’s shelter does not want her back and other community service places said the same thing. Only the morgue agreed to accept her back and the Judge is allowing that to continue. Lindsay’s old probation officer does not want her either. Imagine that, an employee of the justice system, who works with bad people and people with “smart mouths” all the time and they couldn’t even handle her. Or perhaps, it was the probation officer’s way of saying “she needs a long jail sentence and probation is too good for her.” Even with the judges giving Lohan a break and only giving her things like probation and community service, she still manages to mess it up. When is enough, really enough?

Let’s face it people of California and my patriotic American friends. Lindsay Lohan has been given break after break and if the Legal System refuses to correct it, I do believe it is up to us to dish out punishment to her. The public and media owe Ms. Lohan nothing! The legal system in our country is allowing a drug addict to be in public and driving on our roads; where she can continue to steal and disrespect authority at every level. There is a thing called “taking justice in your own hand”, you know how people try to form a lynch mob and hang someone without the courts. Often this is not a good idea and can be very dangerous. If we don’t act and make an example now, we will have some family to shed tears for a family member who is now dead, due to Lohan’s attitude and actions. A public vigilante, who loves their family, home, neighborhood, community, town, city, state, and country does have to react sometimes. I believe if no court or judge in America is willing to convict Lindsay Lohan to the full extent of the Law, it is up to the public to serve this justice up.

If you know of any employer hiring Lindsay Lohan, please ban their products, TV shows, or Hollywood Movies. Don’t you or any member of your family spend money, on anything Lindsay Lohan touches. If you’re a female and get in a jail cell with her anytime soon, please teach her a good lesson for all of us. Putting her in a headlock and delivering 100 punches or more to her head and face, would still not be enough for this rich criminal.

We hear about discrimination all the time. Rev. Al Sharpton runs to the rescue of black people, who get mistreated or he feels is not getting a fair shot of justice. Mr. Sharpton doesn’t hold much weight with anyone, since he doesn’t run around saving white people, Mexicans, Asians, or other folks with a different skin color. Discrimination works two ways and if you call it one way, you must see it the other way.

Since we have a thing in our country called “male chauvinist” , we must have something to balance it out and it would mean that a “female chauvinist” exists too. In court today, we had a female attorney for Lindsay Lohan, the prosecuting person in the court room (who we never saw a face for) was female, and the Honor her self was a lady in a justice robe of the law. All of these women and Lindsay Lohan being a woman and giving her such breaks today (November 2nd), it does paint the picture of our female chauvinist in America. Don’t believe me? Well it has been the men judges in California, who have been revoking the probations and giving Ms. Lohan the stearnest warnings. Where was our male judge friend from October 19th, who took away Lindsay’s probation? Heck, one female judge a year or two back, said she didn’t even feel Lindsay Lohan was a drug addict??? What was that about? Sounds like a female chauvinist to me! Women continue to look after Lohan in these court rooms and it does make you wonder, what favors are being passed under the table. Since some of these women judges in California, don’t appear to be “straight” or maybe they would prefer an actress like Lindsay Lohan on a date, instead of an actor like Brad Pitt.

Lindsay Lohan is a convicted thief and a convicted drug abuser. Her legal sentences for over 3 years have been very lenient and in her best favor each time. Even when she is convicted and punished to something like 120 days of house arrest. She can still only manage to do 35 days of a simple, cup cake sentence like that. Yes, I understand staying at home for 120 days would not be the easiest thing in the world to do. I did watch the movie Disturbia over the Halloween Holidays and saw what a pain house arrest could be for someone. I have also heard about the sound of keys and doors closing in jail all the time. Large men and women giving threats to smaller individuals in jail. The horrible food on the menu and having to use the bathroom facilities with your other convicted and punished buddies. While house arrest may not be as easy, as most think it would be, often jail is harder than most think it is. And this goes for the people, who think jail is bad now. They actually think of it as worse, when they come out, as opposed to going in the big house.

Who will stop Lindsay Lohan? Hopefully an average citizen in our society or a criminal in our jail system. If it is a judge that ever gives the ex-actress a true punishment, more than likely it will indeed be a male judge. Too bad the judge who revoked the probation had to be dismissed from following through and the money in Hollywood got to a “bought judge” and a lady judge in California.

California has been corrupt for some time now. The college football team USC Trojans is currently serving some punishment for their crimes and it took forever for this sentence to come down. Even as USC plays its college games now, they are still in recruiting violations. No college football recruits should enter USC Trojan University any earlier than 2022. The current punishment does not run that long, but since the Trojan Football Team is still breaking rules and using money to pay high school athletes, they will be punished again. In fact, the USC football team should lose their eligibility to play against any NCAA Teams until 2019. Mixing good and honest schools with corrupt California colleges, is not a good idea. KirK Herbstreet from ESPN supports this cheating system. He continues to help them, contributes his own cash to the USC  Program (which pays high school players to play college football for them), and this should be noted somewhere. Basically, the ESPN sports network is giving money to Kirk Herbstreet, to pay for better athletes in the college football recruiting game. ESPN showed their greatest support last night for the high school recruits, when Brent Musberger and Kirk Herbstreet picked to host a USC and Standford football game; when the best game of that night was played in Atlanta, Georgia, between the unbeaten Clemson Tigers and the severely under ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Sorry to ramble so long about football corruption in Cali, but this goes hand in hand, with the Lindsay Lohan justice case. Everything in California is for sale and this includes college football players, games, coaches, and athletics; while the Hollywood side of things and the judges are all in the same boat.

If you live in California and in the same city as Lindsay Lohan. Then please ask for the same treatment. After you been convicted for over 3 years; may you get to pick a day you can start a 30 day jail sentence too. In fact, I would love some brave soul out there now, to follow the exact same steps as Lindsay Lohan. Do everything she has done, but try to be a little bit better along the way and see if you can get the Lindsay Lohan treatment. Every time they try to give you a harsher sentence, just cry Lindsay Lohan all the way to the slammer. Justice is not blind and it does see folks like Lindsay Lohan as someone better for society than me, since a person in my situation would have already been in jail and given a much stronger punishment. And more than likely, it would have been from a woman judge!

***About the Author***

The author of this blog post, felt the need to use strong language, in a legal matter he is very concerned about. He has never spent one day in a jail or in a court room, for anything worse than a speeding ticket or two. All comments made in, for, or against Lindsay Lohan was a personal, emotional, and heart-felt message. For any statements made, which the 1st Amendment Right of Free Speech does NOT cover; then please take into account, today is November 2nd and it was shortly after the Lindsay Lohan Trial in California. No grounds for premeditation could be held against the author, since all comments for, about, in favor, or against actress Lindsay Lohan was made immediately after the ruling in a California Courtroom. All comments for, in favor, or against ESPN sports announcer Kirk Herbstreet has been said in truth, since the author has viewed the person in question on TV numerous times and heard numerous statements; which could in some ways prove validity to the comments he made. All comments about ESPN and USC College and the Trojan Football Team are protected by the 1st Amendment Right and if not protected, the author used old legal material found online, that clearly states, that the USC football program in California, used money in some way to pay their football athletes or their football team’s family members. The current coach is no longer with them and coaches for the Seattle Seahawks; which a lot of blame went toward. There is significant proof that more money is still being paid to the 2010, 2011, and 2012 football recruits; which will likely result in further punishment and legal action for the University of Southern California’s Trojan Football School and Team.

**Any material in this blog post; which is NOT protected by the Constitution of the United States of America, was made in the heat of the moment or based on previous legal actions which the person or part faced or got served.

Contributed by Milford Woods

My friend told me that I should log onto shopelectricityratestexas.com has fixed price. I checked into it and ended up switching electricity companies. I have really gotten into the saving money craze lately. I have also signed up for Groupon.com and all of the other money saving flash sale websites like livingsocial.com and cityweekly.net. Recently, I found out that if you purchase your Groupon on Ebay daily deals you actually get money back from your purchase in Ebay bucks. My most recent purchase from Groupon was a great Conde Nast deal. You got a year subscription to SelfMagazine, Vogue Magazine, Lucky Magazine, and Allure Magazine all for only thirty dollars! It was such a steal ( great deal). I usually try and refrain from buying magazines at the stands because they are much more expensive than getting a subscription. When I saw that deal, I just had to have it. That is a whole years worth of fun entertainment for just thirty dollars! I even bought a couple of them as gifts for my mom and sister. They were excited when they got all four magazines in the mail the other day.

When it comes to conducting business, there are a lot of things a big business will need as much as the small business or individual business-minded person. One of the first things to come to mind is advertising. No matter how big or how small your business is, there is always a need for advertising. If you don’t advertise, you don’t have no customers, and without customers, you don’t have a business. It really is as simple as that. Choosing how to advertise or where to advertise, is what usually separates the big boys from the smaller business groups. That is why having something as simple as customized business holiday cards can make a good impression and provide a great reminder for your customers.

Another common trait a small business shares with a big business firm, is a printing structure. A way to mass produce their company’s advertising ideas or to alert others about upcoming specials, events, or employment opportunities. Some companies or individuals who work by their self, will visit public printing companies to handle all of their printing needs. Now with computers and the Internet, some are starting to see the value in using a online printing service. Often a company can save more money by using an online source for printing business Christmas cards through an online vendor like Businessholidaycards.com . It is usually a lot faster and more convenient too. I noticed the quality of online printing is just as good, if not better, than the companies you have to visit in person, to get your printing needs done. If you currently rely on mass printing to keep your home business or a small business alive. Be sure to check around and see if you can use the print companies online, to take over your current printing system.

While technology continues to go at light speed, we are never too far away from our parents, grand parents, or even our ancestor days. It just takes one power outage in the neighborhood, to remind us all, how vulnerable we really are. Most of us forget about this, until the lights go off and we realize how dependent we are on the power companies.

I use to say the best values in life was a postage stamp and a gallon of gas. These two things were so minor in price and could help us send a letter across the country or take our whole family to another state. Now with the rising prices of today, neither one of these items is considered a “good value” anymore. I think with the help of technology, our energy is the best bargain in America today.

Just think about it. A big twister cuts right through the middle of the Lone Star State and knocks out everything in its path. Then the next day, the home builders begin to rebuild; while the power companies work day and night trying to string the power grid back up. The residents will get the power bill next month and see that the electric rates in Texas are the same price. Regardless of what Mother Nature does (for the most part) the energy prices stay regulated and pretty soon, we start to see the value in this industry.

If you haven’t had a power outage recently, just wait til the next one. You soon learn how valuable our electricity is in this country. All of this modern technology we have, is no good without our energy working properly. No way to recharge the cell phones, when the lights go out. You can’t check the email and forget about snacking on microwave popcorn, until the power comes back on.

Our family recently went through a 6 hour power outage and it seem to last forever. I’m not sure how well we could do if the lights stayed off for days or even weeks. I don’t want to think about losing power for a whole month, but it could happen. What if the lights never did come back on? Could you and your family survive? We really wouldn’t have much of a choice, would we? When you understand how much our lives depend on the lights staying on, its pretty easy to see how precious it really is. The postage stamp and a gallon of gas are too costly for the average American. The best value in America for 2011, is the energy we buy each month for our homes, to help make our lives normal and modern.