http://www.telegram.com/article/20110710/NEWS/107109970/1237

Makes the case that as we age, we should get our ducks in a row for the possibility that we ourselves might not make the best decisions about money in our old age.

The author here point out that the new generation of US college grads are ill-prepared for the world that they are confronted with. And he explains it in generational terms. The theme of the Boomer era was self-discovery, freedom and expression. The theme for this new generation of graduates will be different, but it is not clear that any of their teachers are preparing them for success. The successful young adult is beginning to make sacred commitments — to a spouse, a community and calling — yet mostly hears about freedom and autonomy.

It's Not About You
by David Brooks
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31brooks.html?_r=3

iat.org about implicit associations
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/ <---this is the site
take tests to discover your own unconscious filters, about lots of things
the first step in cultural competency is to know who you are and what you believe

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Heather D Hodgson Schleich, MDE, BA
spoke at NCNM on May 10, 2010
"Ms H" from Ontario to the kids
she speaks to kids groups a lot
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sounds like the flu vaccine they'll be pushing on seniors this year will contain 4x the antigen
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/08/21/barbara-loe-fisher-on-flu-vaccine-changes.aspx

THE SENILITY PRAYER:
Lord grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones I do,
and the eyesight to tell the difference..

Here's an article in the Missoulian about him and his discoveries after boating for the last 20 years. I can't find his new book online yet but I'm a philosopher and a river lover so I'll be looking for it. Ammon's philosophy is refreshingly humanistic.

AIG and the rest of them deserve to go bankrupt, not to be bailed out by the taxpayer just because they finally got called on their shell game. Bailout shmailout. I know Obama is "a good guy" but this is lunacy. Our government has gone mad. We as a people, not just as a nation but as humans on the planet earth, need to require that multinational corporations be responsible for what they do. Unfortunately the corporations have our governents by the neck, or the balls if you will, and we will not be rid of them. Generations will pay for one generation of financial players with private jets and gold plated toilets. How embarassing to be part of that generation. It's too late to stop it. Way too late. The option are: join 'em, or drop out.

In 2005 a 23 year old gay man was murdered in Arizona, and found in the Colorado River near Yuma. I lived in Arizona then, but I did not hear about it. I heard a lot about the Japanese woman who was murdered and found in Havasu Creek. But the boy who played girl was not in the news, not in the river grapevine. I just found out about him today, though an org called Equality Arizona. How they found me and my Oregon address I do not know. I guess I must have made my position known enough about my belief that people have every right to love who they love, and no right to say who someone else may love. It just strikes me as ironic and sad that I hear about this death now, near the end of 2008, from another state. I suppose I'm more tapped into the gay rights movement than I have been in the past. I'm certainly getting more willing to express my views.
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The baby boom generation begins to turn 65 in 2011.
The incidence of dementia doubles every year from 65 to 95.