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This month is one of reflections... of two people whom without, I'd
never be... my parents, Pastor and Mrs Burton and Myrna Wright. Two
dedicated persons who have shared their lives together for the past
60 years, celebrated their momentous occasion on the 29th of July.
Below is a short excerpt of what happened leading to this occasion
back in 1949. They were married in 1951.
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After participating in  their friend’s wedding, Burt took Myrna for
a spin in his father’s car.  Reaching a pleasant, scenic spot, Burt stopped. 
Handing Myrna a silver dollar, he asked her what it said. 
 
“ E Pluribus Unim,” she softly read.
 
“What else?” he questioned.
 
“In God we trust,” Myrna read.
 
“Anything else?”
 
“United we stand,” Myrna read.
 
“Can we make that our motto for life?” Burt questioned.
 
Myrna was thrilled, and eventually accepted.
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I intended to share some photos with you here, but unfortunately, while
transferring files from my cell phone, all my pics were lost. Some of you
may remember the prayer circle that was created for my mother when
she had surgery on her neck back in 2007. She is doing as well as can
be expected under the circumstances, but remains in alot of pain.

This month I'm honoring another long time Adlander, Joyce Parker Hyde.
Joyce joined Adland on Friday, February 4, 2005, and resides in New
Orleans. If she is not on your list of friends, be sure to send her an invitation.
Please welcome Joyce to the Centerstage.

    May God Bless,

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Joyce Parker Hyde

There are 9 windows on my side of the house. Long ones, medium ones and smaller one.

Every time I am asked to write a one page BIO it feels very much like deciding which
window do I want to look into. Look into any one at various times of day and you will
get an entirely different impression of what kind of person lives there.

Most of the rooms are a complete mess; looking from the outside in; from the inside
it's more like controlled chaos. Living a life within the borders of my other lives.

These days I get my philosophy lessons from opening and closing scenes of television
shows. Criminal minds quotes two on each episode-gives you something to think about
other than the deranged people who live among us. My favorite is "The lives of the
dead are deposited into the memory of the living" Plato-I think.

There is a reason that death and the dead live in the forefront of my mind. I've been
in very close proximity to way too much of it for as long as I can remember-at least
for 20 years. Reminded that death takes ordinary people who are doing ordinary
things at unexpected times. I was in Los Angeles when people sleeping prepared to
celebrate a holiday. I was tumbled out of bed at 4:31 in the morning January 17,
1994- and hustled out to the parking lot just in case the building crumbled-it did not.
The damage from that quake covered 85 miles, all surrounding the spot where I had
lay sleeping. 61 people died. New words were added to my vocabuluary like
epicenter, magnitude, ground acceleration-coccidioidomycosis.

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal disease caused by Coccidioides immitis or C.
posadasii. (Valley Fever), a respiratory disease caused by inhaling airborne spores.
The number of cases (203) in Ventura County, California was roughly 10 times the
normal rate in the eight weeks following the earthquake and three people died. It
is thought that the spores were carried in large clouds of dust created by seismically
triggered landslides. Most of the cases occurred immediately downwind of the
landslides...

I really could have done without learning that one.

I was in New York, on a perfectly normal day, September 11,2001; doing perfectly
normal things a few years later, when 2,753 people-right across the Hudson River-
I was on Staten Island at the time- were just evaporated-gone-no trace other than
dust left of them. I think this is when I became fascinated by forensic science.

I was back home in New Orleans -August 29, 2005 , when the levees broke, which
required me to be rowed down streets I had walked happily as a child. Rowed past
the floating bodies of those unfortunate departed souls who for whatever reason
got swept into the water.The numbers given out of the dead and the loss has been
under reported.

Then there was the explosion last summer of that started the BP disaster. That
began April 20, 2010. Forgotten -almost immediately was the fact that 11 people
were killed that day. I don't know the number who died from the stress of seeing
hundred year old family livelihoods wiped out.

So rather than spew out a lot of boring drivel about how I spend my days, today
I just want to pay tribute to those who have been lost and remembered by no one.
"The lives of the dead are deposited into the memory of the living".
I remember you.
I thank those who remember as well.

I don't have too much patience to follow most of the programs running online so I
pick a few to try on for as long as I like them.

http://shortquik.com/10levelriches/

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Hello Adlanders,
The 4th of July (Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the USA commemorating 
the Declaration of Independence in 1776, releasing British rule. Independence Day
is often associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics,
concerts, baseball games, family reunions political speeches/ceremonies, and other
public or private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the
United States. In honor of this day, I have highlighted John Wayne... "The Duke"  
saddling up to be one of America's favorite art forms, "The Western."

Below is some John Wayne trivia:

* April 6, 2004 Commemorative Postage Stamp by the US Postal Service
* Most leading parts as an Actor - 142; all but eleven films he played leading part
* Favorite Drink "Sauza Commemorative Tequila" on ice chipped from an iceberg 
while on his yaht "Wild Goose"
* Offered the lead to star in "The Dirty Dozen" (1967) but chose "The Green 
Berets" instead (1968)
* Evening before a shoot, Wayne was trying to get some sleep in a Las Vegas hotel.
Directly below him was Frank Sinatra (not friends) who was having a party. The
noise kept Wayne awake, and each time he made a phone call to the front desk
to complain it would quiet for a short while, then grew louder. Wayne eventually
appeared at Sinatra's door and asked to stop the noise. A body guard approached
saying  "Nobody talks to Mr Sinatra this way." Wayne looking at the man, turns
as if to walk away, then backhands the guard, who falls to the floor and Wayne
knocks him out by crashing a chair on top of him. The party noise stopped!
*Wayne's spoken word by RCA Victor album "Why I Love Her" was surprise best
seller and Grammy Nominee when issued (1973)
* Although playing the same character in as in Ft Apache (1948), his character is 
spelled with an extra e at the end of Rio Grande (1950)
* In the climactic scene of The Searchers (1956), Wayne and Natalie Wood run 
up the side of a hill in Monument Valley Utah... and come down the other side in  
Bronson Park, Los Angeles... (1,200 miles away!)
*Words of Advice: "Talk Low, Talk Slow, And Don't Talk Too Much." 

In honor of "The Duke" please enjoy the video "Why I Love Her."

This month we're featuring a long standing friend of Adland... Mr William
(Bill) Vanderbilt. Bill is on a mission to alert us about the toxic chemicals
involved with mold and the illnesses that it causes.

Enjoy!

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Hello Everybody,
I'm Bill Vanderbilt and I've been around Adland since August 10, 2005. LaNell
was my first friend and she introduced me to many great people here. I was born
on April Fool's day in 1953 in Youngstown, Ohio. Originally, I had two brothers
and two sisters and I am the oldest. My parents were divorced when I was about
11 and by age 12, Mom decided that going to live with my father for a couple of
weeks might teach me a lesson. I was a trouble maker and was a bit more than
she could handle. 2 weeks later, Mom, her new husband to be, and my brothers
and sisters all came to Dad's to get me. They were headed for Kansas where Ed,
our new step dad, had a job waiting for him at Forte Riley. He was a redeye missle
technician.  I decided to teach Mom a lesson and I refused to go. After some
serious talk and tears shed, they finally left, and I never saw them again until I
was 18 years old. My friend John and I were heading for California from New
Bethlehem Pa and I found them just by chance in Junction City Kansas. I had
heard that Mom lived there but I wasn't sure. I asked the postmaster in JC if he
could share their address. He thought long and hard and decided to tell me, for
which I was grateful. We went to Mom's house and knocked on the door. She
opened it a crack and asked if she could help. I said yes, my friend and I would
like to get a cup of coffee  and a bite to eat. She gave me directions to the nearest
diner and closed the door. She had no clue.  Yep, that was Mom, but if I knocked
again it would scare her so we turned to leave. Just then, the door open and Mom
stood there looking at me and said "Billy?" I said yea Mom, it's me. What a reunion.
I graduated from Chapman High a few months later. Then I moved back east,
married my high school sweetheart and moved to Texas to start college. After
joining the Air force, we had 2 beautiful daughters and divorced after 17 years
of total bliss... LOL. After years of wondering aimlessly I met another lady and we
had a son together. He is 15 now and I went to his Mother's wedding a couple of
years ago. We parted ways when Billy, my son was about 5. After several years I
met another lady.. and we had a daughter together... This would be Savannah Rose
that some of you know... that didn't work out either and I have not seen Savannah
for over 2 years now. I'm living with a dear lady named Deb, with her daughter who
is 33 and her grand daughter who is 7. We are quite happy in our situation and do
not plan on having any children. I love each child dearly and have no regrets with
regards to the Mothers...
My two main interests now are autism and toxic mold. Both of these have been very
well kept secrets in America... I am convinced after 8 years research that vaccines
are a primary cause of autism. Also, many illnesses we suffer from today are
related to exposure to toxic mold. I have a new group here on Adlandpro. It is an
advocacy group for more awareness about toxic mold. One of my threads lists the
symptoms for this terrible tragedy and y'all are invited to stop by my page and
have a look... You will be surprised at how many different illnesses and diseases
are linked to mold. I have been sick from it for 5 years now and there is little hope
for a complete recovery... I'd like to help other people avoid this illness and by
awareness...  this is probably the best way.

Here is my link to that page in case you want to check it out.
A List of Symptons For Toxic Mold
May a smile follow you to sleep each night... and be there waiting... when you awaken.

Bill Vanderbilt

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My name is Michael James Caron (Mike) and I was born (strangely enough) in the small village
of East Taunton, Massachusetts which is located four miles East of Taunton, Massachusetts,
(what a convienience.) I was the youngest of ten children. My mother planned to have more,
but when the doctor to one look at me he slapped my mother. In my early years,my parents
brought me to the zoo often, but I kept finding my way back home, so they gave up. I try not
to take life so seriously because after all, it's only temporary. When I was seven, one of my
brothers accidently hit me in the mouth with a Golf Club. (At least he said it was an accident)
This caused a painful trial period for me as kids at school constantly teased and ridiculed me
for my bad teeth. It was also a well learned lesson. To this day I will not put anyone down for
any reason because I know first hand that yes, names do hurt you. They scar you for a lifetime.
I served for five years in the United States Air Force, four years in the U.S. Army Reserve and
four years in the U.S. Army National Guard. In all three branches I was a Kook, I mean a cook.
I had one semester of college at El Centro Community College in Dallas, Texas. I have been
married three times. Quickly, I caught my first wife at least twenty-five times in bed with other
men, and got to the point that I could not forgive her anymore and got a divorce. My second wife
was vindictive from the start and after about sixteen years of misery, I left her in Taunton and
moved to Indianapolis. I knew my wife Shirley back in Taunton and we communicated back and
forth. Eventually, she moved to Indianapolis to be with me. We will be celebrating our sixteenth
wedding anniversary on August 19, 2011. I have related several stories about Shirley, but it boils
down to,in my world shrouded in deceit, rejections, ridicule, and nervous break downs, she was
the Angel sent by GOD to lift that veil and allow me to see the bright, shining sunshine once again. (It nearly blinded me) Shirley has a wonderful singing voice and she is a fantastic poet. In the
spring of 2003, she said that she was going to quit writing poetry because no one ever noticed
her poems. She had won several awards for her poetry and had many of them listed online. I told
her that GOD had given her the gift and that she should try to stick with it. About two weeks later, she received a letter in the mail. It was from the Entertainer Indi-Association informing her that she had been nominated for Silver Writer Artist of 2003. This opened up a new world for both of us. We have been Promoting Song Artists for Emerald Records ever since. The reason that this is so important is because Shirley is disabled and there are many things that she would like to do but can't and I am retired because most of my jobs have been in the Food Service business. Restaurants do not pay that well and on my last job I was only working ten hours a week. Others were working thirty ours a week, but they spoke a different language. I did work at the Zoo for awhile, but the Monkey finally got better and I lost that job. Working in most restaurants, you do not get all the hours that you would like, however it was a job that I was trained to do, so I did my best to hang in there...

Family Values Promotions
www.countryvalues65.com
I recommend that everyone that needs to attract traffic to your website that you use Thumbtack services... If you would like to have your music displayed on my website http://www.countryvalues65.com/ please email me at michael_caron2942@hotmail.com with your links and a picture or two. Don't keep your music hidden just because the economy is bad.

GOD BLESS YOU

~Mike~

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Hello Adlanders,
Another month has come and gone, and with it, the loss of close to 300 lives from one of the
busiest tornado seasons on record since the early 1970s. They are saying the reason for all
these active storms is because of the tail end of La Nena, out in the Pacific and the southerly
course of the jetstream. The recent tornado yesterday tracked all the way from Tuscaloosa
Alabama up into North Carolina, approximately 500 miles. My heart goes out to all those folks
who have lost their homes and loved ones.

Many folks were disappointed today by the scrubbing of the Shuttle Endeavor. If you were
one of those who travelled miles to watch this event, I hope you'll be able to find something
else to do, like visit Adland while you are waiting for the delayed launch. Of course this
event was a big issue for us here in Arizona because of Congress Woman Gabriela Gifford,
who was shot back in January, and her husband, Mark Kelly, who is the Commander of this
final mission.

Another event which just took place during the wee hours of the day, was the wedding of
Prince William to Kate Middleton. I wish them well. They certainly are an adorable couple.

This month, I wish to honor my friend and cohort in the transportation industry, Mr
Guadalupe Picon. He is an accomplished internet marketer, as well as a truck driver. We
met on Adland several years ago, and have remained in touch since then.

May God be with you in the month of May, and for those who live in the northern parts of
the world, certainly you are blessed with the flowers that have come from the april showers!

     Sincerely,

     James Wright

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It was June in Texas. Spring was about to take a back seat to the heat of Summer.

On June 17 in the year of 1973, I had just returned from a one-week vacation in Huntsville, Alabama … and from a 17-month tour of duty on Bitburg Air Force Base, Germany before that. I had returned home from my 3-years of active service in the U. S. Army on Father’s Day … a very appropriate gift for my father, WWII veteran, who was anxiously awaiting my return. My mother also, of course, went through the agony of years of awaiting the return of her future husband and her four sons.

I had volunteered for service during the Vietnam War, as both my brothers before me, straight out of high school with the intention of serving in Vietnam. My oldest brother, however, extended his tour in Vietnam 6 more months so that I would not be sent there.

I attended Army Basic in Ft. Lewis, Washington and ended up a member of that cycle’s best PT platoon, best marching platoon, and came away with an expert medal in the use of the M16-A1 rifle. It was really no big deal since our dad had taught us how to shoot long before we were even old enough or strong enough to hold a rifle!

Before joining the Army I had decided to try my luck at fixing things … so I became a light air defense systems electrical repairman … working on the Chaparral and Vulcan Air Defense Systems. I returned from Germany and received my honorable discharge with the rank of SP5 (Specialist 5^th Class) - the equivalent of a 3-stripe sergeant.

Soon after I resumed civilian life, I took a correspondence course from the New York Institute of Photography. I worked at that from the late 70’s to 1998 when I turned to driving a big rig. While I was still in the field of photography, I also obtained a B.A. degree in elementary education, teaching only for a brief period ... my main interest still being photography.

Born on December 31, 1951, I am less than a year away from the big “six-oh.” I feel that I’ve lived longer than I deserve since my dad passed away at the age that I am now. Things never always turn out the way we want or expect, but I can’t complain.

My latest endeavor is in the field of online marketing … which is what brought me to AdlandPro. If only I had discovered AdlandPro when I FIRST started working online, I believe I would have hit pay dirt a LONG time ago. But like I said before, things don’t always turn out the way we want or expect. To those who are barely starting out in their online businesses, I HIGHLY recommend AdlandPro.

My only wish is to build my business to the point where I can leave driving behind and dedicate myself to my online endeavors on a full-time basis. With the help of OTHER online enthusiasts, I believe I can easily reach my online goals.

Best of luck in all you do.

Guadalupe Picon

http://guadalupepicon.com