This video says all I can think of.
http://www.youtube.com/user/divajc#p/u/14/28KppgdX4qc
Love and music,
Diva JC
Give me bankruptcy or give me death?
The Status Quo- Insurance Scam.
I work in the medical field and healthcare reform is a great idea. It's about time.
I've sat by powerless, while many people have died in my care waiting for insurance companies to authorize non-formulary medications or treatments. Most people are healthy and don't realize how small the list of authorized formulary items is, until it's too late. Bankruptcy or Death is not what Americans should have to choose between. Health Security should be a right.
Even greedy self-loathing hypocrites whom don't like being GUARANTEED protection will someday need more than they can afford, so then, its illness or bankruptcy or DEATH for themselves or a loved one. Anyone who has tried calling an insurance company knows the truth. There is almost no regulation and mostly people just dance in circles with the insurance companies until it is too late. Time is on the insurance companies’ side. For them, time is money and for us or our families it may be a matter of health or death.
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Hi Everybody,
On this blog i will go to talk about what's the black hattitude for me, Not only a skin colour, it is a state of mind, a philosophy of life.For that purpose, several musical currents were born, as these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBlF9UhcGso It is also the fact to share, to be opened without reserve nor a priori to discover new persons, learn of them, an exchange in 2 directions that can only be beneficial in all.
Salut tout le monde,
Sur ce blog, je vais vous parler de ce que représente la black hattitude pour moi, ce n'est pas seulement une couleur de peau, c'est un état d'esprit, une philosophie de vie.
Pour cela, plusieurs courants musicaux sont nés. Si vous avez l'occasion, découvrez cet album R.E.L.I.G.I.ON par Black Hattitude.C'est aussi le fait de partager, d'être ouvert sans réserve ni a priori afin de découvrir de nouvelles personnes, d'apprendre d'elles, un échange dans les 2 sens qui ne pourra qu'être bénéfique à tous. See you soon! A bientot!
Outside of a Sociology course at the University of Minnesota I have never had any interest in ever posting anything on the web. I am venturing into this with skepticism and limited ideas. I don't see how this could possibly help but I am looking to be inspired. IF anybody who exudes positivity accidentally reads this, feel free respond by simply stating what inspires you or has inspired you in the past. As of August 6, my son will turn 1 year old and outside of following the election, all news and politics, even the lighter side of news has seems eons away as I have been preoccupied for the majority of the last 2 years preparing for and attempting to raise a son. I am totally occupied my families existence and I fear that if I don't reach out that I will in some way be limiting my knowledge of life that I will be able to pass on to my son and share with my wife. So take a moment to share your inspirations. On second thought the one thing that I am extremely interested in finding out more is Wind energy.
MAKE WHAT YOU ARE WORTH
While working as a volunteer Fire Fighter, Douglas Ryder suffered an accident on the job, which did damage to his spine at the age of 60 right before retirement. Because Douglas was a volunteer, insurance would not cover his lost income. Now being permanently disabled, Doug, living alone and with no other income source had to do something so he could create that income. With just a phone and very little computer skills, Doug devoted himself to doing some research and this is what he found.
When you look at people nearing retirement, roughly four out of ten people aged 55 or older has less than $100,000 saved up for retirement. Most people expect their standard of living to stay the same. But with so little saved how can they expect to live the same lifestyle when they have not saved enough money? A lot of these people don't realize that there is someone like Doug, who truly enjoys helping people, as their full time mentor.
The number of people starting businesses every year is staggering but only about 5% end up surviving. Many people do not know what they are doing, getting into and have absolutely no mentoring at all. Outside of the ability to own your own business, set your own hours, you will be building a strong financial future. You can own your own home and set up a safe and secure financial plan. People always struggle to create a new way to make money. The most successful people will tell you that they followed a plan step by step to get to a destination with ongoing proper personal guidance.
While researching, Doug also found out that there are so many scams on the Internet. Everything from get rich quick, to purchasing high dollar items that are not worth selling. The reality is that the hopes and dreams of honest people trying to make a better life for themselves are being preyed upon and shattered, day-in and day-out. Our latest findings indicate the average person looking for a legitimate work at home opportunity loses an average of $2,785 to scammers’ pockets. And the time wasted, the grief endured, and the lost income you could have made while falling prey to such scams is immeasurable.
After all his research, Doug finally found one business and being grateful he made a promise. Because this business had become a blessing to him, he promised to help as many people as possible get their prayers answered also.
He now knows, you can actually have a home based business, learn and create a reputable, honest income without being scammed or without having to inventory products. Douglas Ryder who loves to help people, wants to share how he became now worry free of financial burdens with a proven system that has been recognized in FORBES magazine as the new "GLOBAL MEGA TREND", now doing over 100 BILLION a year globally. If you would like more information, please either call the toll free phone number or visit Douglas Ryder’s web site www.dreambudget.com. He has helped so many people reach their goals and would love to do the same for you. Your LIFE and FINANCIAL future will be dramatically affected. This is and has been PROVEN! WWW.DREAMBUDGET.COM1-877-678-7575
Hemi’s, Mopar’s, Chevy, Ford, Roush, Shelby, Challenger, Mustang, Camaro, Corvette, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Aston martin, Porche, Bentley, Lexus, Acura, and other cars; sorry if I didn’t list them, will soon be dead. Obama has issued a mandate that forces auto manufacturers to create fuel efficient cars. Well most won’t be affected because they are foreign cars but U.S. made vehicles must meet the stringent 35.5 mpg limit on passenger vehicles. What does this mean to you, you ask? You won’t be able to have those Shelby GT500’s or Camaros that pump out 500+ horsepower anymorel. You can’t even get a decent luxury v6 that makes more than 300 horsepower. For example, I owned a 2003 honda civic ex; 5 speed manual. If I slowed down and went speed limit I might get close to 40 mpg. Not to mention it was a coupe. Small, compact, fuel efficient, aerodynamic cars will be our future. Car guys weep along with me as we see super cars slowly go by the wayside. I don’t want a Prius. I don’t want a Insight. Both of which are good cars by the way. But don’t fret, there is still hope. There are sports cars that use fuel cells and diesel hybrid technology out there. Not to mention Tessla has an all electric sports car. What I’m trying to say here is, the old ways have died. The new ways are just arriving. It is still too early to see what the future would be like, but I definitely know there won’t be any more 6.0 liter v8’s coming outta the good ole’ U. S. of A. American Muscle, meet green. Being a big car guy myself, trust me I LOVE CARS, it’s sad to see that is going away. But for the greater good. Just go buy a classic, fix it up, pass it on to your kids, and keep it in the family like it was your family jewels.
Might be something we will drive in the future. World's smallest car.
PC Childs, commented some gibberish on my site that almost threw me into a frenzy. OMG did he not read the post? Is he just babbling away at me? Wait, did he almost call me an idiot? Well the point is, everything he said didn’t make any sense at all if you read my entire post. I’m sad that muscle cars will be going away just because I enjoy a nice American made muscle car. Most car guys would agree with me. But this pansy drives a 1986 VW with a 1.6 liter engine and he has the nerve to say I know nothing about cars. He’s the idiot for blasting me about new technology when hes in a 1986 car! Mercedes has a fuel cell sports car, Tessla has an all electric sports car, Honda has three concept fuel cell cars and electric sports cars and thats just some of the auto makers in the hybrid sports car arena. Mercedes has an hybrid suv that drove across Africa!! Never heard about that did you PC Child. There are motorcycle makers in California that are making all electric motorcycles. Even if you didn’t want a sports car or motorcycle, I can hypermile my 3.0 V6 coupe up to 45 mpg. So take your little 1986 1.6 liter engine that gets 50 mpg with old technology, and I’ll get my 2003 3.0 V6 with 45 mpg car and I’ll laugh at you in my luxury car all the way to the gas station. Oh by the way I give props to VW for making a 250 Mpg vehicle. It’s not as new as his spiffy as his 1986 VW but well, decide for yourself. Take a look and comment which car you would like to take.
Here’s some stats about the new VW Extreme 1.0 Liter car. The VW 1-Liter, developed in a wind tunnel, has a very narrow and very flat body configuration that necessitated tandem seating for the two occupants. Measuring in at 4.1 feet wide, 11.4 feet long, and just over 3 feet tall, the car features an amazing drag coefficient of just 0.159…even more wind-cheating than the slippery GM EV1 electric car’s 0.19 Cd. With its 235 mpg fuel economy, it can travel 400 miles on its 1.7 gallon fuel tank…all the while achieving a 75 mph top speed.
PC Child’s 1986 Golf is a POS. You guys comment and vote please. FYI this post was in response to my Car Culture Post Here.
Marriage represents a substantial risk to men. Investing in a family is likely the most substantial investment of time and effort a man can make. Women typically 'win' no-fault divorces, and walk away with everything including the house, the marital savings, the car, the children, and even his future earnings. Men prudently view marriage as a unilateral debt obligation that women may 'cash in' at any time, and leave men broke and distressed over the loss of children. Accumulation of marital assets such as home equity could be viewed as detrimental as it provides incentives for the wife to divorce. Renting, secret acounts, or concealment of finances may be viewed as a financial hedging strategy for divorce risk. The decision to be a single custodial parent is largely a financial choice made by women who perceive a benefit from filing a divorce or declining a marriage. Marriage represents risk uncertainty to women, while government programs (Child Support Collections, ADF, etc) are a sure thing. The security of government programs is more attractive than the uncertainty of getting or staying married, they are a government divorce incentive system. In some jurisdictions, 80% or more of divorces are filed by women. This is opposite to feminist propaganda that portrays typical divorces as a 1950's era phenomenon of the husband running off with the cute young secretary. Women are divorcing to secure financial benefits for themselves. The U.S.C.B. reports (Pub. P60-230) that 83.1% of sole custodial parents are female, and this knowedge is the assurance to women that she can file with high confidence in the outcome. The divorce incentive system works for women because the expectation of winning most or sole custody. It must be known that the no-fault divorce petition will most probably exclude the husband from the family for women to make this choice. This is 100% opposite to a request upon the judge for permission to leave the family, as divorces are portrayed by feminist propagandists. If women percieved a high probability of shared custody, shared assets and no support payments this would proportionally reduce the financial incentives of divorce. Margaret F. Brinig, in "These Boots Are Made For Walking: Why Most Divorce Filers Are Women", describes "expectation of sole custody" and its effect on divorce filing decisions. Much of the analysis is biased, for example it presumes all reports of 'cruelty' made in a divorce are true. It still provides some fairly reasonable conclusions: "filing behavior is driven by self-interest at the time of divorce..... We have found that who gets the children is by far the most important component in deciding who files for divorce, particularly when there is little quarrel about property, .... custody coefficients were the largest by far, family law reformers may want to concentrate on formulating custody rules that will alter the spouses’ relative gains from marriage." In other words, they did a study, ran a regression on divorce filers, and found that that child custody was by far the largest determinant causing the divorce. The parent that gets cusody is almost always the parent that files for divorce. If skewed determinants such as 'reported cruelty' were dropped the custody determinant would likely increase further.
The basic premise underlying the women's studies - radical feminist perspective concerning fathers is that they view dads as inherently bad parents, and only useful to provide income payments to women, and programs run feminists and feminist ideology. Radical feminists oppose marriage and the 'traditional' 2 parent family. Men are berated and profiled as 'Deadbeat Dads' , regarded little more than child support slaves, and 'irresponsible' for not providing women and the feminist nanny state with income sufficient to meet their demands. This logic breaks down on many levels, the least of which is the fact that non-custodial moms tend to be even more behind on child support than non-custodial men. A rational analysis of the child support issue is more helpful in explaining the child support problem than is the typical feminist demagoguery that claims to own the issue. Page 40 of The Law and Economics of Child Support Payments By William S. Comanor addresses the phenomenon of the 'Deadbeat Dad' starting with the welfare scenerio. Dads pay money to the state, and AFDC pays the mother, and there simply is no incentives for a father to pay support thru the system. Every $1 paid contributes $0 additional benefit to the child. Only payments 'under the table' directly to the mother or child have any real benefit to the child.
Populist 'Child Support Civil Disobedience' reaches a similar conclusion. Many Non-Custodial-Parent's (NCP) argue that all parents should and do have a responsibility to care for thier child, but that making payments to the state is the least responsible course of action, because doing so funds a corrupt and evil machine that feeds off of the destruction of families, and keeps parents away from children. This argument further holds that the only 'real' support a NCP gives a child is the time and money actually spent with, and on a child. In other words, the forced 'child support payment' to the state has little or no benefit to the child, while 'direct' payments such as time and money spent during 'visits', going on outings, buying the child clothing, schools supplies, etc.. is viewed as the only 'real' means to satisfy a parent's moral obligation to support their child. The book by Comanor explains 'Child Support Civil Disobedience' phenomenon thru an analysis of the difference between individual and collective consumption preferences. In a marriage, many 'collective' economic decisions are made by parents, which reflect not only the individual preference of each parent, but each parents concern for the 'collective' preferences of the household. Likewise, the amount each parent allocates to spend on the child is likewise dependant upon collective resources. Child support payments raise the income of the custodial parent, thus raising the consumption preference of that parent, so that only a portion of the NCP's child support payment is now allocated to the child. Each $1 dollar of NCP support payment is no longer $1 going to the child, but rather only a fraction now gets apportioned to the child, with the remainder enhancing the consumption of the CP due to the increased income. Thus, the NCP views 'off the books' support payments directy to or on the child as the only 'real' dollar for dollar contribution to the child, while forced state run 'child support payments' are viewed as contributing little or nothing to the child. In the case of high conflict divorce, a NCP’s state run 'child support payment' may be viewed as doing nothing at all for their child. The Wall Street Journal published a recent study showing the average legal fees for divorce to be about $78,000. In other words a $500/month child support payment by the NCP to the CP would in turn only make payments on the legal fees (assuming 0% interest). In this example it would take 13 years to payoff typical legal fees needed to 'win' the custody battle and resulting child support payment. Thus the $1 of 'lawyer support' payment goes to creating the non-custodial parent = $0 benefit to the child. The cost of a typical custody dispute legal fees is also about the cost of sending a child to a decent college for 4 years. Both the consumption preference and expenditures on children by the NCP must diminish accordingly.
A custodial parent frequently must enroll a child in daycare, hire a babysitter or other paid supervision after divorce, to replace the child caring role of the NCP who has restricted contact after divorce. In this scenario the 'support payments' do not enhance, but instead decrease the benefit to the child. This is a transfer of both the income and the role of the NCP to a third party, often against the wishes and preferences of the NCP. When a NCP shares the care of a child, he may have preferences to vountarily care for the child and spend say $500 a month on the child, and the child directly benefits $500 and quality parental care and guidence. When forced out of the family by the state, the forced, involuntary, $500 a month 'support payment' taken from the NCP pays a 3rd party, babysitter or other minimum wage quality caregiver, to replace the father's natural preference to care for the child. In this common scenerio the child recieves $0 benefit from this transfer. The child is actually deprived the $500 benefit previously provided willingly by the NCP, and quality parental time is replaced by lower quality institutional care. Matching federal funds, and other programs funded by removing one parent is a main source of income to the often corrupt and abusive family law 'machine' that profits from, and is responsible for, divorce incentives and destruction of parental bonds. States are beneficiaries of a federal program (42 U.S.C. 658a) that pays them money in proportion to the size of their Child Support programs, which is dependent on the number of divorces. More divorces or more single parent households with child support payments = more money for states. Creating sole or unequal custody results in greater child support collections, and also increases the 'kickback' earned by the states and courts. States have an incentive to preserve the preference for mothers in sole custody awards, in order to enhance the numbers of divorce, and the inbalance of custody awards, as both enhances income to the states, and directly enhances funding of the Judge’s salary. The need to strike down 42 U.S.C. 658a is a no-brainer. There should never be a financial incentive for states to destroy families, period. If the federal government really wants to do something to help families or children, it should simply provide funding on a straight and simple per capita basis of the numbers of children residing in a state, a simple dollar per child funding program. If any 'incentives' are offered, they should be in the form of a bonus for reduced administrative and legal costs, and rewarding states that allocate the most money directly to children and families that need it the most.Rather than viewing child support as a sort of competetion between states on who can generate the most support payments, we should view child support payments as a last resort, and a very poor substitute for direct parental care. We should view collection of child support payments as an example of a failure in our society, and one of those necessary evils that we may have to tolerate in some instances, but our efforts should try to minimize, rather than encourage child support payments.
The family that sings together, clings together (and, by the way, maybe reads together and provides the kind of safety and security required). I have written a family screenplay titled "BallTown" which is briefly described below:
When URTH and MOONICA whirl your way, T. D. FOOT, TIPPY the VOLLEY GIRL, DUNCAN BASKET and all balls discover to their terror that the villain SLIME has resolved to destroy their bounce, their roll and even their soul.
URTH narrates this audience interactive musical invention. Designed for ages 2 to 12 with parents and grandparents, well-known classics such as "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "You Are My Sunshine", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", etc. invite all to sing along.
There are two heroes in this story and they are honored to be recognized by (since this is "BallTown") President O-Ballma.
When families have fun, they enjoy sharing.
CAPITOL CONNECTIONA Weekly Update of News and ViewsFor Opinion Shapers and Policy MakersCongressman Gary G. Miller42nd District, CaliforniaBipartisan Legislation Introduced to Prevent Kidnappings by Family MembersThis week, Congressman Miller joined Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey in reintroducing the Family Abduction Prevention Act. This bipartisan legislation will crack down and prevent the abduction of children by family members. Annually, approximately 200,000 children are abducted by family members, compared with 58,000 incidents involving nonfamily members. Despite the fact that such incidents account for over 75 percent of all child abductions, most local law enforcement agencies lack written guidelines for such cases, or do not have the protocols necessary to help facilitate a child’s recovery. The Family Abduction Prevention Act would address these weaknesses by providing matching grants to state and local agencies to strengthen family abduction prevention programs and raise awareness of this ongoing issue. He is proud to support this legislation and believes that it is crucial we provide states with the resources necessary to guard children from this real and prevalent threat.
Initiated by:Myra Spearman,Founder of The Weaker Vessel.http://www.domesticviolencedatabase.org/Contact:Illinois State Rep. Bob Pritchardbob@pritchardstaterep.comThe push for Duncan and Jack's Law came as the result of the deaths of Duncan and Jack Connolly, at the hands of their non-custodial father, Michael Connolly. Michael had a documented history of mental instability, threats of violence and death, domestic violence and family violence that forced the boys mom, Amy Leichtenberg, to repeatedly obtain Order's of Protection.There were far too many errors in the Judicial System that preceeded the abduction of the boys. And then, after they were abducted... the ridiculous errors continued.
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Im Margaret a single mom who needs help. I believe this is a way for us to work together. I am seeking help within my community to open a new business. A new way to do something, because its time to do something new. Check me out, email me, get to know me. I have plan an opening party at Preisdent park located in Wheaton, May 2, 1 to 4pm. I am hoping to get familys to join me as i share this day with my community. I hope you can help me out. I hope to be a good example in this time where all things are hard to do.
My husband is IMing me from his office at his tech job in NYC for a hedgefund. They just put a box outside his cube. I have a 4 year old daughter and I'm just hoping we'll be able to hold onto this house. I hope we can find a rental that will take two cats and a dog.
All the tech jobs are getting outsourced at an alarming rate. You NEED to put a plug in all of these US jobs going to other countries. They are so blatant about it.
Look at the ad someone on the tech boards found: A job ad that said "only whites need apply" would clearly be discriminatory. So why is this ad - posted on linkedin - legal?
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I can remember growing up in the 50’s, when our communities were more self-sufficient. To me, Affirmative Action divided and destroyed what semblance of togetherness we had as a people. Affirmative Action was designed to Window Dress, creating a crabs in the barrel black society.
Affirmative Action is kinda like the Pyramid schemes. Most of those educated and skilled, who understood the scam, took advantage of the opportunity. They were the ones, who were serving as role models, that began moving on up and out of the neighborhoods.
When Malcolm talked of self-sufficiency, he was accused of separatism. The reality is that within the 50 states we are many nations in one nation. During this presidential campaign it was made clear that family and social values were paramount in connecting with candidates. We African Americans are a family and it is time that we begin working toward our own families’ interests. “Charity begins at home”, is not separatism nor selfishness. The neglecting of ourselves and relying on others to provide for us, nurtures that negative perception other families have of our community.
Until we as a people take ownership of our own financial, political and social destiny we will be seen as not deserving of others’ respect. Today it is not a whole lot about fighting for our rights: it is more of how we should exercise our rights. For one, making sure that we are being treated fairly with the allocation of government contracts, loans, grants, scholarships, etc. and with the contracting of capital improvement projects. With a unified voice some of these infrastructure projects will be developed and buil[t]d by us in our communities.
This new world market, which can only expand, provides opportunities that abound; we have family and in-laws around the world, and when the companies and industries begin finding that potential clients and customers are looking to patronize businesses that are more reflective of their family members, those qualified will be in high demand and will be represented from the top executives to the receptionist.
Those of us who are more fortunate should become entrepreneurs in revitalizing our communities. We as a family need to get out of debt and pool our resources, and make our children, our elders and the legacy of our Ancestors, Proud!
Ivan Butcher II
Yesterday, Sun. Jan. 18th, 5 Peorians, met downtown and searched for homeless and/or hungry people in our community. We handed out 35 sack lunches, 48 bottles of water and 3 bags of clothes to those in need. This was our service project for today's National Day of Service called for by our, soon to be, 1st Family.
We met 28 men, 5 women and 2 children in downtown Peoria. It was heartbreaking while it was heartwarming, as well. It was a small deed. But to see their smiles, and hear their words, is an experience that I will not forget, nor will my niece, age 19, and her boyfriend, age 23(who started this project over a year ago), my daughter, age 20 and my 'adopted' granddaughter, age 10. It was a family affair! I am thankful and proud of my family. I wonder where the families of those we met are.
We will continue to try to end hunger one little step at a time. Fellow Peorians, will you join us?
I know that many of you have or will be participating in a service project that is near and dear to your heart. Let me say to you, keep up the good work, don't slow down, continue to spread the word and the love to others. TOGETHER we can "be the change that we've been looking for."
I read something on this website tonight, it hit home for me. "build a movement for change from the ground up" My sentiments exactly, I have a very innocent and simply stated stimulus package that does just that, builds from the gound up, giving us a chance to make the difference. Let the big guys wait and see how we spend our money. Let them work for us, instead of us working for them.
E-MAIL: sorensonbuilders@mac.com and kathy1000kai@yahoo.com
SOUTH FLORIDA’S “A.D.D. POET” HEADS TO INAUGURATION WITH AN OBAMA TRIBUTE
Former Home Builder Turned Poet Will Be At The Inauguration With A Truck-load of His Poetry Honoring Barack Obama
Ron Sorenson has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.)—he says his condition is at the core of his talent
Miami- The week of January 20th millions will arrive in Washington DC to witness Barack Obama become the 44th President of the United States. In the crowd will be South Florida poet, Ron Sorenson. The former homebuilder has been diagnosed with A.D.D (Attention Deficit Disorder). Recently he began a diet and exercise program to manage his ADD. The side effect of this non-prescription treatment of ADD has been a creative explosion. Ron now creates poetry that has received recognition and applause from academic institutions such as Rutgers University, Stanford University, Jonn Fee Okford University, San Francisco Art Institute Suzanne Olemsted Addmissions,The Bereavement Society and his celebrity fans include Jonny Depp, Red Hot Chlie Peppers Jewel, Elle, Coda Ray, Evanescence, Soul Bomb, Siva Noir, Oliver Stone, Denzel Washington, Ian Lewis Inner Circle Band, John Sally NBA, Charles Johnson Baseball Great, Eddie Johnes Basketball Great, Larry Hendricks Hendricks Racing, Jeb Corbis Daredevil, Evil Knevil, Anjelo Dunde, Muhamad Ali, Mark Clayton, John Tesh Yoko, House of Zaccardi Artist, many more and names of some that would not or frienship open and not private anymore.
This past year Ron has become caught up in the Obama campaign and to honor his presidency, Ron created a poem titled Persistence True Dream. Ron teamed with Coral Springs artist, Tony Hall—in an almost impossible way they met and the two have created a framed limited edition and a poster to mark the historic event.
Ronald Sorenson was born a twin on September 26, 1957 on an Army base in Columbia, South Carolina. His twin brother Donald passed away at three months old. Ron found out when he came across a photo of two babies in a crib. His beloved grandmother told him when he was ten. Ron always believed his brother was his guardian angel, and has had a difficult job watching over him. With his high energy level, risk taking, and other traits he possessed, Ron felt different from everyone else. He describes the inside of his brain as Jimmy Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock in his head 24/7. On June 4, 2005, Ron met Kathy Kafka—both are divorced with children. On there first date during the evening conversation, Kathy described Ron as gifted and having A.D.D. Ron had no idea what Attention Deficit Disorder was. The journey began, he had to find out what it was, during the week he was tested and diagnosed with A.D.D. Finally he had a description of why he felt different. Kathy saw a person in Ron that he never noticed. He was intelligent, creative, enthusiastic, and sensitive. Now aware of his gift of A.D.D., and the love and understanding from Kathy, his life is only getting better. Ron has been a building contractor, building beautiful homes for over 25 years. Because of his boredom and the poor economy, Ron has grown significantly tired of the construction business. Now aware of his gift, and Kathy’s love and understanding, life is only getting better. With Kathy’s knowledge of health and natural herbs, she has transformed Ron’s poor health habits. Ron is now eating healthier, consuming herbal blends and teas, resulting in positive energy. This has brought out his inventiveness, and creativity, and he is now writing beautiful philosophical poems, which he never thought he could do. Ron began writing poetry for Kathy. She noticed his talent and with the positive reinforcement he began spreading his poetry to others. Ron is now referred to as the “A.D.D. Poet.” Poetry is a way to go deep inside and express him self. Life is only getting better for Ron who has been living in Fort Lauderdale, Florida most of his life. He is unleashing the artist that resides in his heart and brain for all to enjoy.
Tony Hall was born on December 26, 1950 in Kingston Jamaica. His family moved to Mt. Vernon, NY in 1966. Attending Parsons School of Design, he majored in Graphic Design. After being drafted in the Army in 1971 and his interest in art, Tony started to paint in the evenings as a hobby. He would paint for his friends. After the release from the Army in 1978, a person noticing his talent, offered to sell his works. He gave this man several of his painting, which he never saw again. Discouraged by what happened, Tony stopped painting for three years. Then in 1981, a man commissioned a painting, but after the work was completed, the man was killed. Discouraged again, Tony stopped painting for several years. He began another hobby, base guitar, starting his own group called Mystique. Then in 2000, a co-worker requested a pencil drawing of his two children that both passed away after their birth one year apart. He asked Tony to draw the one child without the deformities he was born with. The look on his co-workers face when he gave him the drawing of his two children, put both of them in tears. Inspired to do art again, Tony created many pieces in just the last year and a half, but has not been able to sell any of his work. Tony and his wife are in jeopardy of losing there home because of the poor economy. Tony works for a printer who reduced his hours and his wife is in real estate sales. Tony and his family live in Coral Spring, Florida. Ron says along with Tony nothing can go wrong and every wrong turn ends up being the right way, He believes if you can dream it you can do it and he is living proof. Anything is possible no matter the economy your situation its what you belive and choose for your journey.
