tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-231862302024-02-07T02:58:59.987-08:00Lingk2us...and be inspired.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-33463662728756212822009-07-04T21:18:00.000-07:002009-07-04T15:05:48.446-07:00<span style="color: rgb(50, 50, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><a style="color: rgb(102, 51, 255); font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/">Catch-up and read</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> or listen to great stories featuring today's</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> most dynamic and inspirational personalities. Discover what's new in the world of faith, entertainment, finance, health and</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> fitness, the environment and how as a global community we</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> can all make a difference.</span><br /><br /><span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Be sure to share your comments, ideas and solutions.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let us know what you think!</span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(50, 50, 153);font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular;font-size:100%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" ></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-76374087450618422852009-07-02T22:19:00.000-07:002009-07-04T15:40:11.167-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4pm-F6bbFOzSVuli6sasSqKJinm8ow5QTrWsx3iWZE06oZXEUq4f1vf3Q34EU57DKQ2pQ1TqDtPnS6RuEfG5tLug4Fu03f2pc7pLILEEe-oI96hyphenhyphenXEyTn4KVT6rHzuBXri9NDQ/s1600-h/suzy.w.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf4pm-F6bbFOzSVuli6sasSqKJinm8ow5QTrWsx3iWZE06oZXEUq4f1vf3Q34EU57DKQ2pQ1TqDtPnS6RuEfG5tLug4Fu03f2pc7pLILEEe-oI96hyphenhyphenXEyTn4KVT6rHzuBXri9NDQ/s400/suzy.w.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354737282124653794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In 1996, Suzy Welch, a then senior editor for the Harvard<br />Business Review, was invited to speak to a group of<br />insurance executives in beautiful Hawaii. And like many<br />working moms, trying to crack the work-life balance code—<br />brought along, two of her then small children (ages 5<br />and 6) for what would be the ultimate business and<br />pleasure fix.<br /><br />As she later delivered a keynote speech before a room</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">filled with executives, the two young children (who</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">managed a jailbreak style escape from a dance class </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">where she tried to warehouse them), burst into the hall </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">in hula skirts, bringing the conference to a screeching</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">halt, and Welch, to the realization that she needed to find </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">a better way for reclaiming life—at home, at work and in </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">love. We recently caught-up with the bestselling author, </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">O columnist and business journalist to learn more about</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">her new transformative approach—how it changed her </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">life but more importantly, what it could all mean for you— </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">in 10 minutes, 10 months or 10 years.</span> <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sm09.s.welch.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-6530654289978217792009-07-02T22:13:00.000-07:002009-07-04T15:13:34.582-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaChxqCjiwAB83fOdScUi24mFvg-KNiBgzPaj7e0k7WqMJASh6AHAXsvu2zCr4pWxKG6wfq01qv3SFBE_6A59w4xgIIlYbd3Dnv3oa0dqRBirYtzx-7EDLtd9shHGsjm-yoFUBAQ/s1600-h/pick.cotton.r&j.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaChxqCjiwAB83fOdScUi24mFvg-KNiBgzPaj7e0k7WqMJASh6AHAXsvu2zCr4pWxKG6wfq01qv3SFBE_6A59w4xgIIlYbd3Dnv3oa0dqRBirYtzx-7EDLtd9shHGsjm-yoFUBAQ/s400/pick.cotton.r&j.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354730871091448130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">On the night of July 29, 1984 two lives were forever changed. Jennifer Thompson-Cannino a 22 year old college student would become the victim of a brutal rape. While Ronald Cotton the accused, would be later schedule to serve two consecutive life sentences.<br /><br />In their own words they share the riveting accounts from “Picking Cotton” a joint memoir about their unlikely road from injustice to redemption. The lessons learned about the power of memory and perception—and the driving force that would become their lives mission.</span> <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sm09.picking.cotton.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-55258823262577679572009-07-02T22:05:00.000-07:002009-07-04T15:03:32.278-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccA3sNxmcY0oQe30Rz5_pq36ggaBSkFSg_UyATjRv7wRWmuEjHywby67O8GUgySzZlsEEBwODzxmBmiKNHu26UZLRIfDDCdTODR2WysyEKmsAI8BniA0rtSVR8_wogoh4UEdtiw/s1600-h/sm09.stoning.sm.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgccA3sNxmcY0oQe30Rz5_pq36ggaBSkFSg_UyATjRv7wRWmuEjHywby67O8GUgySzZlsEEBwODzxmBmiKNHu26UZLRIfDDCdTODR2WysyEKmsAI8BniA0rtSVR8_wogoh4UEdtiw/s400/sm09.stoning.sm.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354096025217689010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He's no stranger to controversy in film. And with a list </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">of credits including some of today's most compelling docudramas (the 2001 feature presentation, The Day Reagan Was Shot and the highly controversial, The Path to 911), Director Cyrus Nowrasteh again displays the necessary grit to deliver yet another powerful message. In his latest film, THE STONING OF SORAYA M., based </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">on an incredible true story of a village’s persecution of </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">an innocent woman—becomes both a daring act of wit</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">ness and a compelling parable about mob rule. In the</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> film, Academy Award® nominee, Shohreh Aghdashloo</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG) stars in the heroic role of</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Zahra, an Iranian woman who against all odds reveals </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">to a journalist (played by Jim Caviezel THE PASSION OF</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> THE CHRIST, DÉJÀ VU) a dark secret that the villagers will stop at nothing to keep hidden. Thus unraveling the remarkable account </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">of what happened to Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), a kind spirited woman whose bad marriage leads her cruel, divorce-seeking husband to conspire against her, trumping up charges of infidelity, which carry an unimaginable penalty. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Adapted from the international best seller of the same name, penned by Paris-</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> based journalist, Freidoune Sahebjam’s, THE STONING OF SORAYA M. brought</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> global attention to the real Soraya, who in 1986 was buried to her waist in her</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> hometown square and was stoned to death by her fellow villagers. In a recent</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> interview Nowrasteh, talks about the making of his latest project, its brave </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">and compelling message and his hopes for the future of human rights reform.</span> <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sm09.stoning.sm.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-21778523423366391112009-07-02T22:01:00.000-07:002009-07-04T16:18:31.505-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaVAcVAQJUkmbcmParQqoTUdPmA9ZTt7jpOYO5zayP8NfiH7voJUxxUBVmuy7xvRoBtDGuGqzA8OyhA_EUiX4fyBGvXcVNYti6nLDrAo9b2YkmGeio6MVsxzo3iBbGrN3QRUjig/s1600-h/rich.reising.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiaVAcVAQJUkmbcmParQqoTUdPmA9ZTt7jpOYO5zayP8NfiH7voJUxxUBVmuy7xvRoBtDGuGqzA8OyhA_EUiX4fyBGvXcVNYti6nLDrAo9b2YkmGeio6MVsxzo3iBbGrN3QRUjig/s400/rich.reising.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354748121365129938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Expertly designed Logo? Check. State of the art Website? Check. The latest in office technology, corporate identity and direct mailers? Yes! of course. But what's the missing link between your big idea and the thousands of prospects you are hoping to reach?<br /><br />Read on as author and marketing/brand expert Richard Reising tackles the do's and don'ts </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">of reaching your target audience. And explains why, whether you are launching a new</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> startup, or expanding an established business or ministry— the real you, might be just</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> what they are looking for.</span> <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sm09.r.reising.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-6347693383447928362009-07-02T21:12:00.000-07:002009-07-05T06:47:57.813-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh118p70ehsVuw716iQCjoLNKrpbz7L-mang5pPOS83dzEukbArvxiEfXTdhuRJ-euxAOG-ZrssV9PIeiVH3oRMrYJhkoougUTSfrpTN2mYunow0tKCqFcxXRoeijCg0rURz3pjWA/s1600-h/yolanda.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh118p70ehsVuw716iQCjoLNKrpbz7L-mang5pPOS83dzEukbArvxiEfXTdhuRJ-euxAOG-ZrssV9PIeiVH3oRMrYJhkoougUTSfrpTN2mYunow0tKCqFcxXRoeijCg0rURz3pjWA/s400/yolanda.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354740303257941474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">For the gospel star turned radio show maven, reaching millions is all in a day’s work. But now she sets her sights on yet—a bigger prize. J.C. Manigault explains.</span><br /><br />With a growing syndication now reaching 37 markets including </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">New York, Atlanta and Washington, D.C, The Yolanda Adams morning show, reaches a diverse group of listeners from all </span><span style="font-family:arial;">walks of life. “I love the fact that people listen to us whether </span><span style="font-family:arial;">they're Christians or not, or whether they go to church or not. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">They just love the positivity in the broadcast, and that's what </span><span style="font-family:arial;">we do everyday, we try to lift people up” states the Grammy </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Award wining, first lady of modern gospel—now turned </span><span style="font-family:arial;">dynamic radio show host.<br /><br />Under the banner of “Faith, Family and Fun” the highly popular</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> morning show provides a vibrant mix of contemporary gospel, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">power packed devotionals, health and fitness tips, celebrity</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> interviews and a provocative yet humorous look at the days </span><span style="font-family:arial;">current events. </span><a style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp09.yolanda.p1.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-68093991688101629192009-07-02T21:00:00.000-07:002009-07-02T21:28:52.161-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZA4XloXTN8Wh210Owb-pwXEe9WceYifgf7ol1fZfgYWmkLUH2kIloMS1A5KdZs32crJHkTUNiBLrXulZl6OsVhNElwWEjN_UNt84lsjLnze_04beaOQk2vZof45c5T1LvzKiEg/s1600-h/sp09.pix.illum.bible.bkcov.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLZA4XloXTN8Wh210Owb-pwXEe9WceYifgf7ol1fZfgYWmkLUH2kIloMS1A5KdZs32crJHkTUNiBLrXulZl6OsVhNElwWEjN_UNt84lsjLnze_04beaOQk2vZof45c5T1LvzKiEg/s400/sp09.pix.illum.bible.bkcov.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354084898848641794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >You are likely to find it in posh hotels, upscale shops, or the waiting room at your next doctor's visit. The brain child of former agency CEO and graphic designer, Dag Söderberg's, Bible Illuminated, is a sleek visual take on the good book—aimed at the average magazine reader, through iconic and sometimes shocking images, designed to draw attention to global issues and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >spark dialogue.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">“I wanted to make it more accessible, he explains, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">I added very contemporary elements in the way of photos, captions and quote boxes to make it easier </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">for the modern person to read and interact with the </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">text without being interrupted. I do understand that </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">those who are already Bible readers will miss certain elements, but this allows us to broaden our audience. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Its for the many, not the few.”</span> <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp09.soderberg.p1.html"><span style="font-family:verdana;">FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-72550568421566390702009-07-02T20:58:00.000-07:002009-07-04T16:02:05.401-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILz-T6OtgKOX9K1pAyOJZCK470GlnrbAq0eRi0YoWUcVPI2cyWIQQVy7nw5zAyUI2WCPotDG7hcn-Fp1EwcDx2efH3fDfW2C2jnw0YPJ15Vq8jcIgc_eTZVLloHneHV_8-grUpQ/s1600-h/chef.jeff.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 194px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILz-T6OtgKOX9K1pAyOJZCK470GlnrbAq0eRi0YoWUcVPI2cyWIQQVy7nw5zAyUI2WCPotDG7hcn-Fp1EwcDx2efH3fDfW2C2jnw0YPJ15Vq8jcIgc_eTZVLloHneHV_8-grUpQ/s400/chef.jeff.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354744109883683218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In the groundbreaking Food Network's, The Chef Jeff </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Project—bestselling author, popular speaker and award</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> winning Chef, Jeff Henderson steers at-risk youths through </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">a culinary and lifestyle type boot-camp designed to give </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">each a second chance—and about second chances, he knows. Once an offender himself, Henderson served a </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">10 year sentence for drugs, and while there discovered the</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> power of food—his life's true calling. From pot and pan </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">detail to Executive Chef at the renowned Cafe Bellagio and Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, the passionate advocate for second changes now focuses on giving back. Here we caught-up with the Chef to see what's cooking!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >Frankie: What sparked your interest in the culinary arts? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Chef-Henderson: It definitely wasn’t my dream to one day </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">become a chef; until after spending several years in prison. I </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">was bitten by the culinary arts through misfortune, when I was </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">fired from my prison job and was placed in the pot and pan room </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">in the kitchen. Many inmates may have seen this as punishment, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">but I saw it as an opportunity. That's what started me out in the culinary arts.</span> <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp09.chefJeff.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-61931893336486211862009-07-02T20:56:00.000-07:002009-07-04T15:55:57.339-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki7gDSOvumAHuUyoJ1AvnbP09yhdRbKNza-nNaj7Pgcb2tC34d8Z4rzw_oxiIstcWR14btfEbDrGGJ20BhBLCOVuAJ3L7ccZJ7BsMIIi9W2mItUXG08DYzFT1Ks97j2vy4xyF5w/s1600-h/k.leon.pix.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgki7gDSOvumAHuUyoJ1AvnbP09yhdRbKNza-nNaj7Pgcb2tC34d8Z4rzw_oxiIstcWR14btfEbDrGGJ20BhBLCOVuAJ3L7ccZJ7BsMIIi9W2mItUXG08DYzFT1Ks97j2vy4xyF5w/s400/k.leon.pix.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354739546226372786" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">As arguably today's most notable African-American director, Kenny Leon brings great stories to life. His list of credits, includes the 2004 Tony Award winning Broadway revival and made for film adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's “A Raisin in the Sun,”<br /><br />August Wilson's Broadway productions of Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf, for which he </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">garnered a combined number of nine Tony Nominations. Production credits for Disney's and Elton John's Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida, as well as director of the 2008 production of Flash</span><span style="font-family:verdana;">dance: The Musical and the upcoming Broadway adaptation of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">His mission to introduce a new generation of theater-goers to classic African American works is</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> being realized through the work of True Colors—an Atlanta based theater company where he is </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">the founding artistic director. This spring, he brings to the stage, a True Colors production of </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">the David Feldshuh's Pulitzer Prize Nominated Miss Ever' Boys—an eye opening drama about the</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Tuskegee study, featuring Jasmine Guy, TC Carson and Eugene Lee. Here in a Lingk2us interview</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> Contributor katie Lee caught-up with the famed director to talk about what keeps him grounded, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">his pursuit of truth and clarity, and why a mix of cultural perspectives is key to bringing the</span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> classics front and center.</span> <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp09.k.leon.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-48456290179262725252009-07-02T20:55:00.000-07:002009-07-02T21:51:09.320-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pniJ9kgzE09IUR0ibVrD2OmitMnLu3b38u3Qd9F2iFRp7-_opog6wd4az47fzjANa7UmZgWzpjiTuPgRteDmzw_28YWbyD8FvS4Mlksh5rgNdkH9IfoqRdPn-HUWYxGnVIB4BQ/s1600-h/sp09.pix.dr.colbert.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pniJ9kgzE09IUR0ibVrD2OmitMnLu3b38u3Qd9F2iFRp7-_opog6wd4az47fzjANa7UmZgWzpjiTuPgRteDmzw_28YWbyD8FvS4Mlksh5rgNdkH9IfoqRdPn-HUWYxGnVIB4BQ/s400/sp09.pix.dr.colbert.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354091230806081842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >EAT THIS AND LIVE! </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In his latest read, New York Times best-selling author Dr. Don Colbert </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">demystifies the good, the bad and the ugly effects </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">of your food choices. Here he shares with A. Belletty key strategies for a </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">healthier you!</span> <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp09.dr.colbert.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-51114898674857060592009-07-02T20:53:00.000-07:002009-07-02T21:57:20.381-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjVw1MVMY58IpOxReaZN__xdhifNGHzsbbWaWsahOwWPxJWytpAkFX0gh4maSuNN2fypF_B_PZa4_eVwg_MknWrFx7XChC4umsalEyWo7P-v0crWHoshixjZ0BIImNmNf6SoxbQ/s1600-h/sp09.pix.brad.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjVw1MVMY58IpOxReaZN__xdhifNGHzsbbWaWsahOwWPxJWytpAkFX0gh4maSuNN2fypF_B_PZa4_eVwg_MknWrFx7XChC4umsalEyWo7P-v0crWHoshixjZ0BIImNmNf6SoxbQ/s400/sp09.pix.brad.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354092622191227506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">AB: What is the most common misconception about women's fitness? </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">BS: The biggest issue for most women is the fear of getting too big or too muscular from weight training, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">which should be the least of their worries. As a rule, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">women have approximately a twentieth to a fiftieth</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> testosterone level in contrast to men, and without a </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">significant amount of testosterone, which is the primary anabolic hormone (anabolic means to build up) it's </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">impossible to get very big from lifting— and you're not </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">going to look like a shemale. Because of this, most </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">women will train with weights that are way too light for </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">their abilities, and don't burn the necessary calories</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> to lose weight and develop muscle tone and so their </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">bodies don't change at all. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp09.BradSchonfeld.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FULL FEATURE</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-20171593213078424992008-12-31T22:42:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:16:17.753-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtijy16qFZrQw8m6_niV7CybV8opBeEm2gHRe46FCwVx8VuRcaZFnt150c8Plrr1ovEsKXeEPQaE9V9tYVKEUmkULuVkjaqV_omvbs2MBsfVTiPn72uD7S2twwdvK5S4izvx9FnA/s1600-h/f08.pix.mcnair2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtijy16qFZrQw8m6_niV7CybV8opBeEm2gHRe46FCwVx8VuRcaZFnt150c8Plrr1ovEsKXeEPQaE9V9tYVKEUmkULuVkjaqV_omvbs2MBsfVTiPn72uD7S2twwdvK5S4izvx9FnA/s400/f08.pix.mcnair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286197822611556674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In search of the next Big idea? Wondering how to increase productivity, brainstorm more effectively or simply overcome a creative road-block?</span> Meet McNair Wilson. His brainstorming system is at the hearth of five Disney theme parks, contributions to corporate groups from IBM to Sony Entertainment as well as countless churches and organizations around the world. Listen in, as the 12 year veteran Disney imagineer (and self proclaimed 'professional third grader') shares valuable insights and creative solutions for any working team— attempting to solve, design, create, invent, rework or develop anything from the worlds best 40th birthday party to a 1.3 billion dollar theme park. </span><a style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/fl08.mcnair.p1.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-36564156752690168912008-12-31T22:20:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:23:11.993-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkCutjhb_Zx5L2X5CwbqaySEQjsl9O9DpCDjXfj6KQN89GUS1gKpp9zuNIm5GxuFA84SBC8EsC_9OebTwmq5qePopPFkUY0OWVLMHoA2wUkx_6pZD39F-omShn8FzzdaaTKTDfg/s1600-h/f08.pix.ben.car1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVkCutjhb_Zx5L2X5CwbqaySEQjsl9O9DpCDjXfj6KQN89GUS1gKpp9zuNIm5GxuFA84SBC8EsC_9OebTwmq5qePopPFkUY0OWVLMHoA2wUkx_6pZD39F-omShn8FzzdaaTKTDfg/s400/f08.pix.ben.car1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286206942724451442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />As Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Ben Carson has certainly</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">experience his share of touch-and-go circumstances. From conducting the first successful</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">procedure separating conjoined twins to countless of other life changing cases—Ben Carson </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">the once at risk kid from Baltimore D.C, shares with contributor Katie Lee—his thoughts on</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">societies aversion to risk taking and how (even in these uncertain times) we can all benefit </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">from making smart, insightful and deliberate choices. <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/fl08.b.carson.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">FULL FEATURE</span></a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-55260811278955897862008-12-31T22:05:00.000-08:002009-01-07T13:30:41.063-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lFQaSe5nmuXjLQIqegDTKVddXja5Nsdp3FkkIo9Ys7mWJP6nihMbOLrC5ryHOY6Bjd7Qkd_AHVRJ6mF8crFpSTa3ehcPEUYhnI6OmEQFwjkpQHpv_jxdUBP0sFvIeHUTuycG1g/s1600-h/f08.pix.norville1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lFQaSe5nmuXjLQIqegDTKVddXja5Nsdp3FkkIo9Ys7mWJP6nihMbOLrC5ryHOY6Bjd7Qkd_AHVRJ6mF8crFpSTa3ehcPEUYhnI6OmEQFwjkpQHpv_jxdUBP0sFvIeHUTuycG1g/s400/f08.pix.norville1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286201849266556930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">30 year broadcast veteran Deborah Norville has certainly seen her share of life's up and downs. Despite the loss of her mother at age 20, the very publicized dismissal from the “Today Show” in the mid 90's and subsequent bouts of depression, Norville—has emerged stronger and the wiser for it. In “Thank You Power” her latest read—she draws compelling connections, between living life from a place of gratitude and being healthier, happier and more productive. (We somehow have a inkling, that she practices what she preaches!) <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/fl08.norville.p1.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;">FULL FEATURE</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-84791927650980058972008-12-31T22:00:00.001-08:002008-12-31T22:34:03.268-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgZC9NuaMA9IkZFfSgPDr6An_cuIX9Gfzp2bhk8eN6atjqyo0ZqXaka2Pn0fPsvjIm8Bg2RbTFpiWfB_K4s4EK6pbU2U6DKshbSns4rqvoTgQyq7dQlNJsvZm_5pwqdNYtMVELg/s1600-h/f08.beliefnet.pix2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgZC9NuaMA9IkZFfSgPDr6An_cuIX9Gfzp2bhk8eN6atjqyo0ZqXaka2Pn0fPsvjIm8Bg2RbTFpiWfB_K4s4EK6pbU2U6DKshbSns4rqvoTgQyq7dQlNJsvZm_5pwqdNYtMVELg/s400/f08.beliefnet.pix2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286209259245235826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /></span></span><span class="style26" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="style30">As the brain child of a former National editor for News World Report, Beliefnet.com has certainly found its niche. While working at News Week in the late 90's, Steve Waldman its Editor-in-Chief, began to take note, that when stories about religious themes made the cover sales went up, and wonder Why the gap in supply and demand for religious information was not more aggressively covered by the main stream media. On a more personal level—Waldman, a Jew married to a Christian and parent of two children, was also in search of answers that would reflect his unique spiritual needs—thus the birth of Beliefnet. Here, in a candid interview —Waldman chats about the business of religion. The motivation behind Beliefnet, the challenges of merging faith, business and the internet, and how he remains focused in a maze of religious perspectives. </span></span><a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/fl08.s.waldman.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-85765384426930385992008-12-31T21:04:00.000-08:002008-12-31T22:13:28.043-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-zLdaax6HdULMzzOOoxboIFGqKeXkJunbiGoHi1tywyobj7mQoAbs715HBGjLC-d1twlJmcF4v1C2oh3QNVgL-0LVaS552M7lrG8BDpx8nZXHhER6LkRx-r9mpLFTNIxGrwVuw/s1600-h/cul.paulis.pixpg2.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-zLdaax6HdULMzzOOoxboIFGqKeXkJunbiGoHi1tywyobj7mQoAbs715HBGjLC-d1twlJmcF4v1C2oh3QNVgL-0LVaS552M7lrG8BDpx8nZXHhER6LkRx-r9mpLFTNIxGrwVuw/s400/cul.paulis.pixpg2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286202981775176258" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />With production credits that include the who's who of gospel music—</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Paulis Sanchez’s debut CD “Seguro en ti” brings us a vibrant mix of </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Latin-fused gospel, rapidly becoming all the rage. While on tour across </span> <span style="font-family:arial;">Latin American cities and the U.S, contributor Nikkilon Mccreary caught-</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">up with the Colombian-born artist to chat about life, faith and the intro-</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">duction of a brand new musical genre. <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/fl08.paulis.p1.html">FULL FEATURE</a><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-22554965686969113522008-05-10T11:17:00.000-07:002008-05-10T11:27:39.657-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.latino.vote.p1.html"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGwdYlCxuZHBT7t1k1BlkcL2XmIXYRaBbZm_CrNTatv6bc3nObxUpnsjzaG0LGuA2WiJaVJasrUX-emllBsIkiZ3Joq3zIakmVJH1mNT0qu6uuMkJucGiQbxjwthLMH7XH_A9t0Q/s400/latino.vote.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198815268278792722" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As the fastest growing group of voters in the nation, Hispanic Evangelicals </span><span style="font-family:arial;">are now considered by many, the quintessential swing group to watch in </span><span style="font-family:arial;">this year's elections. In 2004, 2 out of 3 supported President Bush in the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">national elections, affording him a commanding win. But now, they have </span><span style="font-family:arial;">taken a wait and see stance, as concerns about the hard line rhetoric on </span><span style="font-family:arial;">immigration, the economy, the war in Iraq and other pressing issues could </span><span style="font-family:arial;">become deal breakers, according to Rev. Samuel Rodriguez President </span><span style="font-family:arial;">and founder of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference – </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the nation's largest Hispanic Christian organization, representing about </span><span style="font-family:arial;">18,000 or so Evangelical churches</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.latino.vote.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">FULL FEATURE</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-37975959687186794422008-05-09T10:46:00.000-07:002008-05-13T15:17:27.458-07:00<a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.mandisa.p1.html"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb6ZI-obkAU2ie2kmJxJ3Sf7jKVaYO5jl3P_rHRwtnvY6E8ncYTuFh-oEHA0w6oz_DHplufsdacK2GoZ2d8L47R0zxxh5Jdk9_QcEk-oAg1AMhhDh8HXHRTTlGw9XTsSZhJm8W7w/s400/mandisa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198807288229556738" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" >Katie:</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:arial;" > There was quite a backlash from the gay community after your performance of “Shackles” on the American Idol. Could you tell us, what all the controversy was about?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Mandisa:</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> As I was coming out on stage and going down the ramp, I said that this song goes out to everyone who wants to be free. Your addiction, your lifestyle, and your situation may be big, but God is bigger. That song is such a powerful testimony for me because of my struggle with weight. I feel that I sing that song to the top of my lungs because it is me testifying to the world, and proclaiming to the Lord that he is powerful enough to take these shackles off my feet.<br /><br />I chose to sing that song for that reason because I want to give him the praise. That’s why the words I used were very important to me. By me choosing to use the word lifestyle I was talking about how people often use the phrase “don’t diet: have a lifestyle change”. Unfortunately, the homosexual community thought I was referring to them and their homosexual lifestyle. So it became somewhat of a buzz word within their community, and all across the Internet there was a campaign to kick me off American Idol because I was being cast as homophobic. It was said that I was attempting to shove my religion down the throats of others by singing that song. That certainly wasn’t my intention, and certainly wasn’t where I was coming from in that performance. When I heard about all of this it broke my heart, and I was eliminated the following week. I did several interviews where I had people yelling at me about what they thought I had implied. After that American Idol set up an interview with the Advocate, which is a publication geared to the homosexual community.<br /><br />They asked me quite a few point blank questions, and my response was that I think the bible is very explicit about the issue, but I also know that God is the judge; I am not the judge of another individual. I can point you in the direction of the one who can tell you how you should live your life, but I’m not the one to tell you how to live your life. Only God can do that. I try to show my love by telling people that I love them, that I do no hate gay people. It was a very difficult time for me and often today I run into to people who ask me that same question and of course my answer is still the same. God loves them and so do I. It was during that people that my faith went through the fire as I began to question God. I began to question why he would put me in that kind of situation. I never would have chosen to go through that, but through it all I have come to really understand that God’s ways are not like my ways. I came out of it stronger in my faith that God knows what he’s doing.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Katie:</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> After experiencing Simon Cowell’s derogatory comments following your initial performance on American Idol, you most graciously opted to forgive him. Would you share with us the motivating factor behind that decision?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mandisa:</span> When I did my audition I was afraid of what he might say about my weight. That’s the reason I didn’t audition for all those years, because I knew he would go there. However, when I finally did the audition in front of him he never mentioned it. He just said I had a very pretty face and that I was everything that he wanted me to be. I was elated that everyone would hear the wonderful things Simon had to say about me at my debut on American Idol. Much to surprise, when I went backstage to watch along with the rest of America, he did make comments about my weight, but only after I left the room.<br /><br />Consequently, I found out with about 30,000 of my closest friends and fans exactly what he had to say about me, and I was mortified. It was my worse nightmare come true. I’ve got a great support system, and it’s so important that you surround yourself with the types of people you want to be. They gathered around me and began to pray for me. They prayed first of all that God would have mercy on Simon, and that he would heal my hurting heart. Then they began praying that God would help me to forgive Simon. It was in that moment that I realized that this was so much more than about my hurt feelings. That this was God’s opportunity to display his glory. What inspired me to forgive Simon was God speaking to me through his word and through my friends.<br /><br />When I read in the word that “all things come together for good of those who love him, and are called according to his purpose”; “that he could make beauty from ashes” I realized that’s just what he was doing in this instance. The producers were edging me on to just let him have it; that they could edit out anything inappropriate for viewing during prime time. I walked in and said “Simon, a lot of people want me to say a lot of things to you. However, I want you to know that I forgive you, and the reason I can forgive is because Jesus Christ died so that my wrongs could be forgiven”. So I can certainly extend that same grace to you. That was a powerful moment in my life. <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.mandisa.p1.html"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">FULL FEATURE</span></a><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-9094601430207118552008-05-08T11:29:00.000-07:002008-05-13T15:12:51.893-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.osteen.p1.html"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNsc__BXFPc5c113M6ij2Xj9sbTzN4KK65xRPJanAfGY8HtTvOG9J4luSB2Hp4MeikViWfw-QTqAj2eEvlZCzst_3bjlynmJYDPrBDBxsKk9fhNYxqGayYS_0VLMkXUdi3RV43A/s400/joel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198818150201848354" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="style10" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="style17"><strong><span class="style10">Every week more than 7 million viewers around </span> the world tune into watch Joel Osteen, senior pastor of the Dallas based Lakewood Church– America's MEGA Mega church. Quite a feat, considering that only eight years ago Pastor Osteen was virtually unknown even in Christian circles and had not set his sights on any pastoral ambition. But after his father's passing, (Pastor John Osteen, Lakewood's founder) – Joel, who up till then served behind the scenes as producer of the TV ministry, was now thrust into the limelight. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.osteen.p1.html">FULL FEATURE</a></strong></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-78042551523669307942008-05-07T11:46:00.000-07:002008-05-10T11:52:07.572-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.kerri.pg.html"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdkSC9kthVWaXPBDH7lRfrygd-I61_pzrBZJ10gVTNv4Tt0_9wFda8s37xqR9kBarpmicTytIe5gn23NJrvs0ySOEFGCEHKjLEOd-G8GltX7-sY-Z28F2opt2HPfZbxyiQ_KF1pw/s400/kerri.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198822973450121778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">She finds inspiration in the silliest situations, and gets</span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> herself into the funniest messes as seen by millions </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">on her online and cable TV show “I love Kerri”. “I know </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">that if I find these situations hysterical others will too", </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">says Kerri. "Everything in our lives seems to end up </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">in the act. We get great material from our parents, (her </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">mom is from the South and Ron's parents are Korean </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and Irish), and when you put those groups in a room, </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">it's just hysterical”. Kerri Pomarolli, a comedic actress </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">and rising star in the clean comedy circuit, did not </span><span style="font-family: arial;" class="style10"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">start out in comedy the conventional way. <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.kerri.pg.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">FULL FEATURE</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-46988100149080910942008-05-06T22:17:00.000-07:002008-05-10T12:10:04.537-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.crowley.p1.html"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbgogVRRQNwjxa_jZu64DsbUPPB2YR_-aANhebxWWd2fAjrxNBEzmZOGQndZBhkBJYOS_fm4y96PThFBPogoDA2gtTDVJglTqT6Z3V0_Gok66Kc0qzPdrKy-ffGLZ03nVmF4vXCg/s400/crowley.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198826701481734738" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);font-family:verdana;" >YOUNGER NEXT YEAR</span></span><br /><br /><span class="style1" style="font-family:arial;"><strong>He's on a mission to change your life. Meet Chris Crowley, a wise cracking, fast talking 70+ year old ex - attorney (who can literally ski circles around most 30 year olds) chats with A. Belletty about feeling younger, getting stronger and just being “Younger Next Year”.</strong><br /><br /><strong><span class="style16"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Belletty: What inspired you to make such a dramatic career change?</span><br /><br /></span> Crowley:</strong> I’d always had it in mind. I’m thirteen years older than the oldest baby boomer I know, and I thought it would be fun to write a book telling them what’s going to happen in the next thirteen years of life. Then I met a guy out west who told me about exercise flattening out the body's curve of decline, and I got excited about that. But the big thing was meeting Harry Lodge, my partner in these books. He’s a brilliant guy that just fired up my imagination and off we went. <a style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.crowley.p1.html">FULL FEATURE</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-51996447238888085712008-05-05T12:19:00.000-07:002008-05-10T12:40:33.229-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.re-entry.p1.html"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB2h9lWz5AQzTjWxjNJGcMYTN5CVgEEbupcpIPLi_CjavIGvelZxhFMrTvgN8MiKur4g3BiMj5xy6LLKnj5YCBLbmalv47Du7qLr5nuS6e0sM3M8xRf-i4AWF6Uyo3iJtgnd0KA/s400/re-entry.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198836141819851378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >individuals with criminal histories seeking employment upon their return to their families, and the community at large. In an interview with B. Diane Williams, its President and CEO, we gain further insight into the complexities and needs of the population served, as well as the depth of commitment required to produce change</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >. <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/sp08.re-entry.p1.html"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">FULL FEATURE</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-72373996223786023562007-12-30T22:31:00.000-08:002007-12-30T22:45:12.724-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7mrHmkQkc1txMydMgdB0RL54x8wxKVA_TwYUR8S8QThpFG_kWbjNoiTFiArkUYkxBdZqdJjd_d4VDOFQGcHJik_tLhZWfKBPywMxKC4sd7Ys3J_stGXet1nVpyHvsebCxXNe6A/s1600-h/heroes.pixx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7mrHmkQkc1txMydMgdB0RL54x8wxKVA_TwYUR8S8QThpFG_kWbjNoiTFiArkUYkxBdZqdJjd_d4VDOFQGcHJik_tLhZWfKBPywMxKC4sd7Ys3J_stGXet1nVpyHvsebCxXNe6A/s400/heroes.pixx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150024239156947250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ever wonder if you could make a difference?<br />Or in what meaningful ways you could impact the lives of those around you? </span><br />Just in case you’re at a loss, here’s a little inspiration! Meet four everyday real people who exemplify the power of influence through service. Whether by working to eradicate substandard housing, ending poverty, caring for the environment or simply extending God’s love through compassionate care, these modern day heroes do what most of us only dream of – they change the world. <a href="http://www.lingk2us.com/f07.interv.heroes.html"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-74599067132702909682007-12-30T22:00:00.000-08:002007-12-30T23:22:31.758-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">GLOBAL COMMUNITIES</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;">South Africa</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Our Neighbors<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMruzo5n660LPoHyYZVAYN8pLbd8Tcf6x4EXrjIZGqA8nQbntRPq0-noU_szSsLjdTVvK5R9PvD6XxaXWzL25y5zpaeTbFI_LxO_TrNu-ndrMhWqMfUA_sfM6bIqjo2EzL0lJLw/s1600-h/SouthAfrica.pixx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiMruzo5n660LPoHyYZVAYN8pLbd8Tcf6x4EXrjIZGqA8nQbntRPq0-noU_szSsLjdTVvK5R9PvD6XxaXWzL25y5zpaeTbFI_LxO_TrNu-ndrMhWqMfUA_sfM6bIqjo2EzL0lJLw/s400/SouthAfrica.pixx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150029616456001858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">I recently visited the incredibly beautiful, yet politically and racially complicated country of South Africa. I was filming a documentary on the journey of the gospel choir of New York’s famed Marble Collegiate Church. There were 55 of us along on a ten-day, whirl-wind concert tour of Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Soweto. Within moments of arriving, it became vividly clear to me, the connection we have as diverse people in the world, people of varying cultures and colors coming together to share food and conversation, music and spirituality, service and commitment.</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">Every day on this trip, there were moments of real grace that I remain completely humbled by and thoroughly grateful for. My aim was to let my camera capture experiences, but I could not have been prepared for what unfolded. The idyllic beauty of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula is breath taking with its natural landscape. The Tapologo AIDS Hospice, under the direction of Bishop Kevin Dowling is a safe and nurturing haven for AIDS patients. A small team of managers and trained staff are committed to providing terribly sick people with a dignified way of dying. The love at Tapologo is palpable and the outreach work they do to educate villagers about HIV/AIDS and its prevention and treatment is remarkable. <br></span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/f07.south.africa1.html"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">FULL FEATURE</span></a><br /></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23186230.post-30487213135520812972007-12-30T21:55:00.000-08:002007-12-30T23:47:22.148-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1QsCBkQuIZiggpLo1NgZYyq74uo7AUsk4LX41FQXwlDL3cezIwGJB4e7PKrNPxjZVUZwtDvKbMhCU7TtX9wrczdrJz1hMqIdXLW-Ma70Ew5KgfAMLyXcv2u2XCm2vv6gz0Euqw/s1600-h/re-entry.pixx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1QsCBkQuIZiggpLo1NgZYyq74uo7AUsk4LX41FQXwlDL3cezIwGJB4e7PKrNPxjZVUZwtDvKbMhCU7TtX9wrczdrJz1hMqIdXLW-Ma70Ew5KgfAMLyXcv2u2XCm2vv6gz0Euqw/s400/re-entry.pixx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150039486290848082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;">crime ridden and burdened with unemployment, substance abuse and insufficient housing. To add to this sad state of affairs, family members are directly affected by incarceration on a spiritual, emotional, financial and social level as well.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;">The office of Justice Programs statistics also show that two thirds of those released from prison will be re-arrested within a three year period. In his 2004 ‘State of the Union Address,’ President Bush said, “this year some 600,000 inmates will be released from prison back into society. We know from long experience that if they can’t find work or a home or help, they are much more likely to commit more crimes and return to prison…America is the land of the second chance and when the gates of the prisons are open, the path should lead to a better life.” The President’s Re-Entry Initiative provides $300,000,000 over a four-year period to state governments in order to design and implement community and corrections based offender re-entry programs. </span><a style="font-family: times new roman;" href="http://www.lingk2us.com/f07.re-entry.p1.html"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);">FULL FEATURE</span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0