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Check out this website I found at nasa.gov
Check out this flash presentation on how space research affects you — yes, you — in your home, where you live. Support NASA funding. Space research really does affect our economy and our daily lives, making them better!
via philmckinney.com
Our government needs to provide benefits for small business so small business owners can provide them to their employees. This would allow the little guys to hold onto talent. Read this article, then write your congressmen!
If you love space, and you’re on Twitter, consider joining Space Tweep Society! It’s free to join and fun! If you join, you should buy some of the cool stuff in their Zazzle store!
For any parent who has lost a child, this may be one of the most healing websites ever! Get to know little Ryan, and her sweet spirit, through videos. Then, sign up to take a little red Matchbox Mini Cooper when you travel, in memory of Ryan.
I wept as I navigated the site, because I miss my four children, lost by miscarriage. I don’t have videos or even pictures, except for some ultrasounds of my son, whom I lost at 16 weeks gestation. It is a great shock to lose a child, because we expect to outlive all our children. Society gives you about 2 weeks to get over it. Well, you don’t. You learn to live around that great hole in your life. I have two living children whom I love, but they don’t take the place of my other four. Holidays and anniversaries were very rough for me at first, but now, after 21 years, I can say that it gradually got easier, and I was able to celebrate the brief times they were with me. If you are reading this, be especially kind to your employees, your friends, your neighbors, or anyone you know who recently lost a child. I couldn’t go in the baby section of any store for at least five years without crying. If you know someone grieving a loved one, don’t give advice or comforting words, just offer to listen, and be strong. Let them tell the story of their little one, their parent or friend. Resist the urge to talk. Get to know the special person through their eyes. This is the best way to help. Simple to say, hard to do.
This couple found a very creative way to deal with their grief, and I am happy that they shared this marvelous little life with me. I encourage you to go over there, and get to know this special little girl.
Check out this website I found at raisingkayn.com
Go ahead, watch an episode. Like it? So Vote for Raising Kayn!!!! Best New Series! www.raisingkayn.com!
Public Submissions – The Streamy Awards
www.streamys.org
The Streamy Awards: Honoring the Best in Web Television
Picture credit: NASA. NASA needs money. Please write your Congressmen and ask them to fully fund Earth Moon Mars Program. Spinoffs from the NASA program benefit all of mankind, and this also creates lots of jobs! Not just government jobs – NASA projects employ from universities and private industry all over the US! It’s not just the areas where NASA operates, though there is a rise in employment there, too when NASA has funding. Money for NASA is money for jobs all over the country. Don’t take my word for it, get on your search engine and look for space contractors, electronics manufacturers, etc. Just about any high-tech manufacturer is likely to be involved with a subcontractor before the bidding process, and the results of your searches might just surprise you!
Human Spaceflight = Jobs for Americans. Urge your Congressmen to vote for more NASA funding.
Save America’s Space Program
Check out this website I found at collectspace.com
This site is great for anyone excited about space! Check out the 12 finalists for the end-of-space-shuttle patch. I have two faves, the one with the beautiful sunset scene, and the one showing Hubble, ISS, moon and Mars.
Check out this website I found at theauthorhour.com
Matthew Peterson’s home page for The Author Hour, where you can listen to all of the episodes and watch them on YouTube, to boot! Have fun! Where else can you find interviews of 50 writers who are shaping the Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror world? [Picture that...spaceships and aliens congregate with medieval gear and wizards, and vampires, zombies and the like, all on a single planet!]
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