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Selling Gold Memories in Hard Times to Pay the Bills

As the U.S. economy staggers along, many people are selling gold jewelry to pay their bills. In bad times, precious metals rise in value, especially gold, now selling at over $1,700 per troy ounce worldwide. Google's index for "sellling gold scrap" now numbers over 14  million. The elderly get hit the worst. Selling cherished memories, found in gold and silver jewelry, cameos, old rosaries and music boxes to profiteers, are melted down for cash. Famous or not, those who lack the basics in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economy, family, jobs Tagged With: gold jewelry, sell gold scrap, sell memory, todd tyre

Parents Parenting & Children – A Tribute To Families

Tribute to Parents

During our lives, we meet many people. Some we admire, others not. Some bring us joy; others, sorrow. But no people form us more as human beings than our parents parenting. I'm fortunate to have had two caring, loving parents who helped me and my sister grow up with integrity. In March, 2009, I produced a short slide show video on YouTube about our Mom and Dad--Ken and Sally Prows,  dedicated to all parents everywhere who care deeply about their kids. So far, over 6,000 people have watched … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family Tagged With: children, parenting, parents

Where Angels not Mom’s Fear to Tread

Our Mom's are intimately part of our lives--from birth, as we grow up, eventually separating to  live our own lives. But sometimes things happen. Illness strikes us. Things go wrong. We're incapable of taking care of ourselves. And that's when Mom's come where Angels fear to tread. That's the case with Elsie, a 75-year old mother whose husband was shot and killed. She had seven children, including Eddie. Doctors thought he would never live past four but, at age 42, his Mom has taken care of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, health, Humor, Internal Peace, Videos

Insurance and the Risks of Life in an Uncertain Universe

Insurance Saves Us the Risks of Life

Have you ever thought about why we buy insurance to handle risk in our lives? After  purchasing auto, home, health and life insurance, you'll probably get a sales pitch from an appliance store sales person to insure your washer, dryer and fridge. Walk into an electronics store, like Best Buy, and out you walk with a new laptop computer insured against any failure for three years. Many credit cards come with "free 90 day theft and loss protection" in case someone steals your laptop or you … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Economics, family, health, Health Care, Health Insurance, Homes, Internal Peace, jobs, life, People Tagged With: unemployment, universe

Fort Hood Reminds Us of Veterans and the Ultimate Sacrifice

And we still remember Ford Hood a year later. The incident reminds us of veterans and the ultimate sacrifice.  Written and performed by Jeanie JaeCie Cunningham. 1. How can we look in your eyes, and not feel the pain of empty broken hearts… Aching with hope for another day, for one more hour. In matter of moments, the world turned upside down, and the Shattered and stolen dreams will never be found, but… WE WILL REMEMBER! For the rest of our lives… WE WILL REMEMBER! Through the tears in our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime, family, Holidays, Music, Videos Tagged With: fort hood, memorial day, memories, sacrifice, veterans

Passionate People Colliding with Passionate People

It's very energizing to meet people who share similar interests. It's like an auto collision without the damage. For me, this week has been a series of "people collisions" as I've met mobile professionals in San Francisco at the annual Smaato advertising events. Wednesday night, I was part of a roundtable discussion with app developers, media reps, one venture capitalist and Harald Neidhardt, the co-founder and CMO at Smaato, a large mobile advertising company. We discussed mobile … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, People, Technology, Uncategorized Tagged With: life, mobile advertising, mobile web, passion, passionate people, smaato, south dakota, Technology

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Health Care Benefits for Congress?

To the Congress of the United States regarding your health care benefits: Over the weekend with the Senate's narrow but passing vote to "debate" health care legislation, it's become crystal clear that some members of Congress don't care about the health care crisis. With a few exceptions, the … [Read More...]

Bridges Connect People in the Bay Area? Drain the Bay

Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area awoke again today not knowing how to quickly commutel from one side of the Bay to the other. The Bay Bridge, connecting Oakland/East Bay with San Francisco, was shut down again due to safety issues. (On Labor Day, the bridge was also closed to fix a dangerous … [Read More...]

Living in Silicon Valley: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Something is terribly, terribly wrong in Silicon Valley. Probably the rest of the nation too. But, as they say, everything starts in California then heads east. So whatever's happening here will soon hit your home town if it hasn't already. Yes, living in Silicon Valley takes its toll on incomes and … [Read More...]

Dictionaries for Kids at Hayward’s Park Elementary School

How many of you remember dictionaries when you were a kid? I'm not sure the year a dictionary and my eyeballs connected (probably early in my education), but I do remember the Webster's dictionary my Aunt and Uncle gave me as a high school gift--the most useful and lasting gift I've ever … [Read More...]

Great White Sharks Return to Golden Gate Bridge

Great White Sharks Return to Bay Area Californian's are a strange lot, no doubt, but neither earthquakes nor floods nor swine flu nor collapsing bridges bring us to our knees. And that goes for sharks too. We're a hardy bunch here in the Bay Area and we treat recent reports of great whites poking … [Read More...]

Contracting Universes and the Law of Abundance

Before I begin, let me flatly state I'm not a physicist, an economist nor a guru on the lecture circuit telling people how to get wealthy. Neither am I a religious zealot, a Republican or Democrat. That should allay any concerns that I have an agenda to push or answers to ultimate questions of the … [Read More...]

Fort Hood Reminds Us of Veterans and the Ultimate Sacrifice

And we still remember Ford Hood a year later. The incident reminds us of veterans and the ultimate sacrifice.  Written and performed by Jeanie JaeCie Cunningham. 1. How can we look in your eyes, and not feel the pain of empty broken hearts… Aching with hope for another day, for one more hour. In … [Read More...]

California Broke :Send Your Coupons to Sacramento

California Broke: Clip & Mail Your Coupons to Sacramento

  (Updated October 7, 2012) California broke? Around two years ago I proposed in a blog post that citizens and non-citizens of the State of California donate their unused gift cards to balance California's budget. Yes, I know others have claimed they were the first to come up with … [Read More...]

Are Retailers Killing Off their Customers?

The news in this morning's paper--front page--is the same. Retailers are hysterically worried about another "bad Christmas." Consumers have tightened their belts, hidden their credit cards and won't even walk into a retail store unless there's a big "70% off" sign in the window. What's going on? I … [Read More...]

Health Care Reform Stifled by Drug Companies

The Washington Post reported two unrelated stories that, considered together, demonstrate a concerted effort by large drug companies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to kill health care reform. The reports are disturbing and reveal two major challenges to controlling health care costs in the … [Read More...]

Smart Meters Invade Northern California

Over the past two years, so-called wireless "smart meters" to measure electricity have been installed in millions of  Northern California homes by PG&E, our utility company. The company claims with great fervor that smart meters are accurate to a nano-kilowatt; home owners beg to differ, … [Read More...]

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