Blue Ocean Institute & Lindblad Expeditions have awarded their 2nd annual Kalpana Chawla Ocean Journey Scholarship to a 17-year-old student who emigrated from Vietnam to California,  and a 16 year-old from New Jersey for selflessly supporting their communities’ environmental programs.17-year-old Khanh Nguyen of Lawndale, CA, who has actively volunteered at a non-profit coastal environmental education facility, and 16 year-old Delphine Slotten of Mendham, NJ, who started the first recycling program in her county, will embark on a Lindblad Expeditions’ voyage to the Galápagos Islands in July.

The American real estate market is going through one of the toughest periods. With the rise in unemployment, people are defaulting on loan payments. Subsequently, foreclosures are on the rise. In many areas, people are abandoning these foreclosed spaces in search of better lives elsewhere. Many areas, as a result, are in a mess with empty, ivy-covered homes in plenty. Now neighborhood associations are pooling in to give these decadent neighborhoods a facelift.

A nursing home, convalescent home, Skilled Nursing Unit (SNU), or rest home provides a type of care of residents: it is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Finding a nursing home given the choice, most elders would prefer to continue to live in their own homes. Nursing home services provided in nursing homes include services of nurses, nursing aides and assistants; physical, occupational and speech therapists; social workers and recreational assistants; and room and board.

July 15th, 2009SarahLeave a commentGo to comments By Troy Anderson and Yong Kim Staff WritersPosted: 07/04/2009 08:58:09 PM PDTUpdated: 07/04/2009 09:25:58 PM PDTWith Los Angeles County facing a “senior tsunami” in the decades ahead, county officials are not adequately prepared to deal with the explosion in demand for senior services and a growing rate of physical and financial crimes against the elderly, the civil grand jury warns in a new report.As baby boomers age, the county’s senior population

MoDo, in “White Man’s Last Stand,” says a gaggle of Republican men afraid of extinction couldn’t root out any sign that Sonia Sotomayor has emotions that color her views on the law.  The Moustache of Wisdom is in Kirkuk.  In “Goodbye Iraq, and Good Luck” he says Iraqis know who they were, and they don’t always like it, but they still have not figured out whom they want to be as a country.  Here’s MoDo: You can’t judge a judge by her cover.

by Andy Worthington Featured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk 15 July 2009In recent months, those who have been studying Guantánamo closely have come to the disturbing conclusion that the biggest obstacle to President Obama’s pledge to close Guantánamo by January 2010 comes not from the fearmongering and opportunistic politicians who recently voted to prohibit the use of any funds to release or to transfer prisoners to the United States, and who also authorized legislation that

Real estate investment fund announces partnership with renowned construction program manager to oversee large-scale residential green retrofits in Washington Seattle, Washington (PRWEB) July 15, 2009 — G2B Ventures , a Seattle-based investment company, today announced a key strategic partnership with Steve Friedman of Friedman Development, LLC for construction program management of its Efficient Real Estate Fund residential retrofits.

Mainstreet Property Group has just been named the third fastest growing private company by the Indianapolis Business Journal. Mainstreet is a real-estate development company specializing in the senior housing and care industry. Mainstreet has grown 489% since 2006, and from 4 to 145 employees. Cicero, IN (PRWEB) July 15, 2009 — Mainstreet Property Group has just been named the third fastest growing private company by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate Aaron Williams as Director of the Peace Corps   WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama today announced his intent to nominate Aaron Williams to be Director of the Peace Corps.    President Obama said, “America was built on a belief that the best progress comes from ordinary citizens working to bring about the change they believe in.  Through a lifetime of service, Aaron Williams has embodied the very best of that American ideal.  I am

Boiling the Frog by Paul Krugman – The New York Times/Common Dreams Is America on its way to becoming a boiled frog? I’m referring, of course, to the proverbial frog that, placed in a pot of cold water that is gradually heated, never realizes the danger it’s in and is boiled alive Real frogs will, in fact, jump out of the pot — but never mind. The hypothetical boiled frog is a useful metaphor for a very real problem: the difficulty of responding to disasters that creep up on you a bit at a time.