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Randy Pausch Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Randy Pausch (born Randolph Frederick Pausch on October 23, 1960) is a 47 year-old Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 2006, he was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer. He pursued a very aggressive cancer treatment that included major surgery and experimental chemotherapy; however in August of 2007 he was told that the cancer had metastasized to his liver and spleen. He then started palliative chemotherapy intended to extend his life as long as possible, which was then estimated to be three to six months. He remains vigorous and active six months later (February 2008).

Doug Fraser - A UAW Giant

I remember Doug Fraser very well. His name has been synonymous with my arrival in Detroit, working through the UAW and the automotive industry for years. He garnered the utmost respect because of his efforts for working people. It is with deep regret that I post this blog entry with the announcement from the president of Wayne State University that Mr. Fraser has "left the building." I extend condolences to his family and relatives.

"Today we join thousands across the state of Michigan and the nation to mourn the loss of former United Auto Workers President Doug Fraser, a legend in labor circles and a strong supporter and friend of Wayne State University. Mr. Fraser died on Saturday at age 91.Mr. Fraser was born in Scotland but his family moved to Detroit in 1922. He began his career at 18 in a Dearborn machine shop and was promptly fired for union organizing. Two years later he was hired as a metal finisher at Chrysler’s DeSoto assembly plant in Detroit and the following year he began his career with the United Auto Workers. Within six years Mr. Fraser began the first of three terms as Local 227 president. His skills as a negotiator were obvious during a 104-day strike against Chrysler, and he caught the attention of then-UAW President Walter Reuther, who asked Mr. Fraser to become his administrative assistant.He steadily moved up the ranks at the UAW and was known as a man of integrity and a tough opponent at the bargaining table. Mr. Fraser was a passionate union leader and served as president of the UAW from 1977 to 1983, a time during which he led national contract negotiations that resulted in greatly improved benefits for workers. When the Chrysler Corporation was near bankruptcy (1979-1981), Mr. Fraser convinced UAW members to accept contract concessions that are credited with helping keep the the company afloat.

When he retired from the UAW, Wayne State University was fortunate to have Mr. Fraser join our faculty as a professor of labor studies, an affiliation he maintained for more than a quarter of a century. He could frequently be found working in his Reuther Library office, not far from the library’s Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, which was created in 1997 with gifts from the UAW, General Motors, Chrysler, Ford Motor Co. and other organizations and admirers.

Mr. Fraser devoted his life to improving the workplace by ensuring workers receive fair pay, enjoy job security and are in a safe environment. He believed everyone must be treated with dignity and respect at work, and his example is one we all can follow.

The University will be working closely with Doug’s wife of forty years, Winifred, also a member of our Wayne State University family, and representatives of the UAW in planning a memorial service here on the Wayne State campus. We have lost a great friend and visionary – his leadership will be sorely missed.

Irvin D. Reid
President, Wayne State University

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MLK Oratory Winner, Perri Jones

Believe To Be Blessed

PLEASE READ WITH FAITH.

This is an awesome prayer.

Believe it and you shall be blessed.

The problem with many of us is that we don't believe that God will open a window and pour out blessings that we won't have room to receive them. I dare anyone to try God. He is true to His word. God cannot lie and His promises are sure.

Three things will happen to you this coming week:

(1) You will find favor with someone you don't expect;

(2) You will be too relevant to be ignored;

(3) You will encounter God and you will never remain the same again.

My prayer for you today:

The eyes beholding this message shall not behold evil, the hands that will send this message to others shall not labor in vain, the mouth saying Amen to this prayer shall laugh forever. Remain in God's love as you send this prayer to everybody on your list. Have a lovely journey of life! Trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will never fail you because He is
AWESOME !

Heavenly Father, most Gracious and Loving God, I pray to you that you abundantly bless my family and me. I know that you recognize, that a family is more than just a mother, father, sister, brother, husband and wife, but all who believe and trust in you. Father, I send up a prayer request for blessings for not only the person who sent this to me, but for me and all that I have forwarded this message on to. And that the power of joined prayer by those who believe and trust in you is more powerful than anything. I thank you in advance for your blessings.

Father God, deliver the person reading this right now from all burdens. Release your Godly wisdom that I may be a good steward over all that you have given me. Father, I know how wonderful and mighty you are and if we just obey you and walk in your word and have the faith of a mustard seed, you will pour out blessings. I thank you now Lord for the recent blessings I have received and for the blessings yet to come. I know you are not done with me yet. In Jesus' name, I pray. Amen

Why Inhumane Treatment For Any Living Thing?

Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 1 of 5)

One Day = $720 Million

Gary Coleman Weds

Gary Coleman has secretly married 22-year-old Shannon Prince on August 28, 2007, the 40-year-old star of Diff’rent Strokes, talked exclusively to INSIDE EDITION. The couple tied the knot on a Nevada mountaintop with only the minister, preacher, the videographers, the photographer and the helicopter pilot present. According to Gary Coleman himself, this is not just his first marriage — it’s his first time ever being in love. The age and height (Shannon Price's 5'7 vs Coleman, 4'8) gaps might not be the obstacles in their life, but Coleman's irritable temper seemingly does! “He lets his anger conquer him sometimes, I don’t like the violence, I really don’t…He throws things around, and sometimes he throws it in my direction…He’s got to damage something before his anger stops.” Shannon Price told in a separate interview with the Inside. No wonder Perez Hilton expected them to be divorced within three months.

Keyshia Cole - I Remember

OOOhh yeah oh yeah
Oooh, remember
Oooohh remember, don't wanna know

Where were you, when I said I loved you?
And where were you, when I cried at night?
Waiting up, couldn't sleep without you
Thinking of, all the times we shared

I remember when my heart broke
I remember when I gave up loving you
My heart couldn't take no more of you
I was sad and lonely

I remember when I walked out
I remember when I screamed I hated you
But somehow deep inside, still loving you, sad and lonely

No one knew, all the pain I went through
All the love, I saved deep in my heart for you
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD GO, WHERE I WOULD BE
But you made me leave,
and plus my heart it just
It just kept telling me so

I remember when my heart broke
I remember when I gave up loving you
My heart couldn't take no more of you,

I was sad and lonely
I remember when I walked out
I remember when I said I hated you
But somehow deep inside, still loving you, so sad and lonely

There was nowhere else to go, oh
Nobody else, to turn to, no
For the rest of my life,
I promise myself I
Will love me first
GENUINELY

I remember when my heart broke
I remember when I gave up loving you
My heart couldn't take no more of you
I was sad and lonely

I remember when I walked out
I remember when I said I hated you
But somehow deep inside, still loving you, sad and lonely
I remember when I walked out
I remember when I gave up loving you
My heart couldn't take no more of you
so sad and lonely

I remember when I stormed out
I remember when I gave up loving you,
I was sad and lonely

Political T-Shirts

Here, you can find novel ideas for political t-shirts for the current presidential election campaign. Currently, I only have one or two designs, but I am feverishly working on others. Come back and see this site for more. including the link where you may click for my t-shirt storefront to order the apparel, etc. tat you will see in the coming days!

German Mardi Gras Float

A carnival float carries large papier-mache figures during the traditional Rose Monday carnival parade in Duesseldorf February 4, 2008. The Rose Monday parades in Cologne, Mainz and Duesseldorf are the highlight of the German street carnival season.

Clarence Otis, Jr. - CEO - Darden Restaurants

Clarence Otis Jr., CEO of Darden Restaurants (DRI), will never forget the Sunday drives his family took through Beverly Hills when he was a boy.

Each began and ended in Watts. In 1965, the South Los Angeles area was the scene of riots that killed 34 and injured more than 1,000, but to Otis, who was 9 at the time, it simply was home.

Otis' father, a janitor, took his family to Beverly Hills not to gawk in envy. It was his way to show the kids another world was out there, and let them know it wasn't out of their reach.

"Those drives showed me how the other half lived," Otis recalls. "They made me believe another life was possible."

Was it ever.

Two years ago this month, at age 48, Otis was named CEO of the largest casual-dining restaurant company, overseeing such mega-brands as Olive Garden and Red Lobster. He's one of only a handful of African-American CEOs running Fortune 500 companies. At home in Orlando, he and his wife, Jacqui, are amassing one of the finest collections of African-American art in the nation.

Life is not perfect in restaurant land, however. Like most of the $70 billion casual-dining industry, Darden has taken a recent hit from slumping sales and declining customer counts.

Consumer uncertainty has driven the industry downturn, he says. People still are befuddled about too many things, including energy costs and mortgage costs. Even as gas prices decline, Otis knows that many cost-conscious consumers will not soon rush to eat out. Besides eating out less often, he says, diners are less patient with restaurant gaffes such as cold food or slow service.

This industry turmoil makes it all the more notable that Otis is considering creating a new Darden brand to try to evolve into another restaurant powerhouse.

"Darden is a superbly managed company," says John Glass, restaurant industry analyst at CIBC World Markets. But even in the best of times, "It hasn't been very successful at creating new brands."

New brands propel growth. So, just two years after being named CEO, much is expected of Otis. With sales last year of $5.7 billion, Darden already is the only restaurant company in America to own two such prominent casual-dining chains as Olive Garden and Red Lobster. Creating a third mega-brand has been a tough nut for the company, and for Otis.

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