“Born to Be Alive” opens May 28, 2010 photo by Tim Palen BORN TO BE ALIVE Starring SELENE LUNA Written by Selene Luna and John T. Stapleton Directed by Derick LaSalla Produced by Jon Imparato for the Lily Tomlin/Jane Wagner Cultural Arts Center WHERE: The Davidson/Valentini Theatre L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center The Village at Ed Gould Plaza 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles 90038 (one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Blvd.) Free parking May 28, 29, 30; … [Read more...]

  Are you a senior or a Medicare recipient? Do you have questions about how the Affordable Care Act will affect Medicare? We’re gathering the top officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to answer your questions about some upcoming benefits you’ll see as a result of the Affordable Care Act.   Join our WebChat this upcoming Wednesday May 26, 11:00 A.M EDT at www.hhs.gov/live.   Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the Centers for … [Read more...]

  On May 17, 2010, the Treasury Department is releasing more details on the ways small businesses will benefit from health insurance reform. Rising health care costs have been the biggest concern for small businesses for decades. But as a result of the Affordable Care Act, we are already putting in motion steps that will reform the health insurance system so it works for small businesses, rather than strap them with continually rising costs. One of the many ways the new law is helping small … [Read more...]

A Celebration of Women  is excited to share this with the Women of Our World, the "Largest Gathering of Women in Computers, ever!"   More Women Celebrating their Careers, Lives and Interests.......   Grace Hopper Celebration, World's Largest Gathering of Women in Computing  Registration opens June 1 The 10th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing  has opened its Call for Participation. The annual conference is the world's largest gathering of women in computing.   The Grace … [Read more...]

  THE DAY IN SPACE __________________  Space News from SpaceRef: -- Counting Down to Atlantis' Last Blast Off CLICK HERE: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1389 "The Historic Countdown has officially begun for the last planned blast off of Space Shuttle Atlantis. " The clocks at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) began ticking down at 4 PM EDT today (Tuesday) from the T minus 43 hour mark towards a launch at:  2:20 PM on Friday, May 14,2010. KSC launch controllers reported to their … [Read more...]

  THE DAY IN SPACE __________________  Space News from SpaceRef: -- Counting Down to Atlantis' Last Blast Off CLICK HERE: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1389 "The Historic Countdown has officially begun for the last planned blast off of Space Shuttle Atlantis. " The clocks at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) began ticking down at 4 PM EDT today (Tuesday) from the T minus 43 hour mark towards a launch at:  2:20 PM on Friday, May 14,2010. KSC launch controllers reported to their … [Read more...]

Glen B. Stewart,  is one of Our Men that Takes Action.   Today, he is supplicating support; at least ackowledgement of an injustice taking place in Florida, U.S.A., in 2010. He reports: "I have a very emotionally confronting story of a girl's baseball team that is being banned from playing in state championships. The entire team was literally banned from participating because of one girl that has been suspended for two games showing up at a recent practice with her team team shirt on and … [Read more...]

Dear Friends: Since we launched Let’s Move! in February, we have been so encouraged by the outpouring of ideas and support we’ve received from individuals and organizations across the country.  And today, I am very proud to release the action plan from our Interagency Childhood Obesity Task Force, Solving the Problem of Childhood Obesity within a Generation. This report provides a national road map that will help us solve the epidemic of childhood obesity in a generation so that children born … [Read more...]

Statement from Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, on the Importance of Celebrating National Women’s Health Week and Empowering Women to Make Their Health a Top Priority Mother’s Day, May 9, marks the start of National Women’s Health Week, a weeklong observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. With the theme “It’s Your Time,” the goal of National Women’s Health Week is to empower women to make their health a top priority and … [Read more...]

Celebrate...Loyalty Day! May, 1, 2010   Loyalty Day is an opportunity to express and reaffirm our loyalty to our country. In proclaiming this day, President George W. Bush wrote: "We express allegiance to our Nation and its founding ideals, we resolve to ensure that the blessings of liberty endure and extend for generations to come." But, this day did not start with George Bush' proclamation. It dates back to the 1920's. On Loyalty Day, we reaffirm our allegiance to our country and … [Read more...]

May 3-6, 2010 McCormick Place Chicago, IL 1800 Companies The global biotechnology community gathers next week in Chicago for what promises to be a successful and productive event. The global event for biotechnology features a robust partnering conference, high level keynotes and an array of timely and intriguing breakout sessions, bringing together thought leaders from around the world to discuss the most important issues facing the biotechnology sector today. The BIO International … [Read more...]

April 17-25, 2010 Donate, Don't Discard! Crutch, Cane, Wheelchair Collections for Haiti Crutches, canes, wheelchairs can be donated all week at sites throughout Allegheny County, ...including The Children's Museum (April 17), North and South Park (April 24), Sacred Heart Church-Shadyside (April 25), Greater Pgh Community Foodbank and Global Links' office (throughout April).   Not only will these materials be kept out of our landfills, but they will serve a humanitarian purpose. … [Read more...]

Federal income tax was introduced with the Revenue Act of 1861 to help fund the Civil War. That Act stipulated that income tax "shall be due and payable on or before the thirtieth day of June". There is an unsubstantiated claim that the first income tax was paid only by the very wealthy, and they tended to spend their summers vacationing. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue is said to have argued, "The collection of taxes would be much easier if an earlier assessment was made, before they … [Read more...]

Thomas Jefferson, born (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) ...was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and—for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States—one of the most influential Founding Fathers.  Jefferson envisioned America as the force behind a great "Empire of Liberty"  that would promote republicanism and counter the imperialism of the British Empire. The Signing Major events during … [Read more...]