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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
This weekend I will be remembering my father who I lost on May 3rd after he lost his battle with Lung Cancer. I will be walking (my dog and cane in tow) with my Soroptimist friends and my family to remember what a great guy my dad was.
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life is the largest grossing fundraiser for a non-profit. this 24-hour walk is a great way to remember those we loved and honor those that won their fight against cancer. www.cancer.org.
Among those I will be honoring and remembering are: my dad, Aunt Ida, grandpa Don, Brian Mammen, my grandmother Clair (survived Colon Cancer), my mother and I (who have survived Survical Cancer), Larry C. (a friend's father going through a tough time right now with cancer), and hundreds of others who I have lost to cancer or who we have celebrated their win against the disease...who are you remembering or honoring? Join the fight too and find a Relay for Life event in your area http://www.relayforlife.org/relay/
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
REMEMBERING PAT TOBIN: Public Relations Icon Loses her battle with cancer
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This week we will be celebrating folks who have made a difference in the LGBT community and yet we will also be celebrating a wonderful woman who made an everlasting impact on the world of Public Relations when we say so long to Pat Tobin at her services later in the week. Many people come in and out of our lives, but its the lasting impression they leave behind, this week we celebrate those footprints many leaders continue to pave on history. Michelle Bart, Helping Heroes ProductionsKNBC-TVLOS ANGELES - Longtime Los Angeles-area public relations executive Pat Tobin, co-founder of the National Black Public Relations Society, died Tuesday at age 65. Tobin, who had been battling colon cancer, died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Tobin worked in public relations for 25 years, representing clients such as director Spike Lee, attorney Johnnie Cochran, Wells Fargo and the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. She worked on behalf of the Toyota Corp. for 20 years, spearheading its outreach in minority communities.
She founded Tobin & Associates, one of the nation's most prominent minority, female-owned public relations firms. She was most known for working on projects that focused on minorities, women and youth.
News Wire: What the Hell is going on in the World?
News, politics, domestic violence, health issues, the environment, the war, and HUMANITY; what is going on in the world?
Are we so over-worked that newborns continue dying at the hands of those we are to trust with the delivery and care of our bundle of joy? I am not even a mother and this news tonight on CNN has hit me with anger and distrust in the healthcare system that continues to charge us more and places the patient in more dangerous situations including death. "An infant girl, Kay Lynn Garcia, died Wednesday afternoon after her twin brother, Keith, passed away earlier this week," said Bob Patterson, an attorney for the Garcia family. "We know for sure, we know absolutely for sure, that there were 14 babies who got the concentrated heparin,"Carr-Deer said. She said there were three other babies in the unit when the higher doses were given, but it wasn't clear whether they received them. Read the Story, Click Here...
Tonight, breaking news on Nancy Grace reports: A beautiful 22-year-old mom, her 11-month-old baby boy and 2-year-old little girl discovered asphyxiated, dead in their own home, the quiet suburbs, Marianna, Pennsylvania. A massive manhunt leads to a standoff at a local hotel. As we go to air, the police hone in on the prime suspect, the baby's own father.
OMG, the domestic violence cases continue to be on the rise and yet people like the father charged in these murders are set free throughout the justice system and folks like Martha Stewart, who I don't condone what the charges were, she still served more time than many rapists, murders, and abusive batters; what the hell is going on in our courts today? Read the Story
Don't get me started on the politics, the war, and the children preditors. But I will close with this thought; for over ten years the authorities and some media had many family, friends, and the nation believing the Ramsey's had something to do with the death of their beautiful 6-year-old JonBenet only to find through DNA a decade later they are exonerated in JonBenet..s death. Where is the justice in all of this? A killer is still on the loose, Patsy Ramsey isn't here to hear the news, and most importantly for a decade authorities spent our tax dollars trying to find two people guilty when all along what they really did was let a murderer get away with this devastating holiday murder many will always remember. Justice? Not in my opinion."What's happened today, though, is irrefutable DNA evidence has now resulted in John and Patsy and their son, Burke, being officially cleared in this case," he added. "This family suffered too many years, too many heartaches of being falsely accused in the murder of their child." CNN.Com....
Read the Story
So I ask you, in tough economic times, war times, and a world-wide disasters we have no control over, what the hell is going on in the world? Can't we all just get along? Wow, what a day it was for news...
Are we so over-worked that newborns continue dying at the hands of those we are to trust with the delivery and care of our bundle of joy? I am not even a mother and this news tonight on CNN has hit me with anger and distrust in the healthcare system that continues to charge us more and places the patient in more dangerous situations including death. "An infant girl, Kay Lynn Garcia, died Wednesday afternoon after her twin brother, Keith, passed away earlier this week," said Bob Patterson, an attorney for the Garcia family. "We know for sure, we know absolutely for sure, that there were 14 babies who got the concentrated heparin,"Carr-Deer said. She said there were three other babies in the unit when the higher doses were given, but it wasn't clear whether they received them. Read the Story, Click Here...
Tonight, breaking news on Nancy Grace reports: A beautiful 22-year-old mom, her 11-month-old baby boy and 2-year-old little girl discovered asphyxiated, dead in their own home, the quiet suburbs, Marianna, Pennsylvania. A massive manhunt leads to a standoff at a local hotel. As we go to air, the police hone in on the prime suspect, the baby's own father.
OMG, the domestic violence cases continue to be on the rise and yet people like the father charged in these murders are set free throughout the justice system and folks like Martha Stewart, who I don't condone what the charges were, she still served more time than many rapists, murders, and abusive batters; what the hell is going on in our courts today? Read the Story
Don't get me started on the politics, the war, and the children preditors. But I will close with this thought; for over ten years the authorities and some media had many family, friends, and the nation believing the Ramsey's had something to do with the death of their beautiful 6-year-old JonBenet only to find through DNA a decade later they are exonerated in JonBenet..s death. Where is the justice in all of this? A killer is still on the loose, Patsy Ramsey isn't here to hear the news, and most importantly for a decade authorities spent our tax dollars trying to find two people guilty when all along what they really did was let a murderer get away with this devastating holiday murder many will always remember. Justice? Not in my opinion."What's happened today, though, is irrefutable DNA evidence has now resulted in John and Patsy and their son, Burke, being officially cleared in this case," he added. "This family suffered too many years, too many heartaches of being falsely accused in the murder of their child." CNN.Com....
Read the Story
So I ask you, in tough economic times, war times, and a world-wide disasters we have no control over, what the hell is going on in the world? Can't we all just get along? Wow, what a day it was for news...
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