Archive for October, 2008

Blog Action Day-Health, HIV/AIDS and Poverty

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Poverty affects many aspects of life, and one of the areas is Health Care.  We all heard about the Children of Romania in 1990 that had been abandoned, and now is this being repeated in other Countries? Here is another Article called The Faces of Poverty that show some of these children.

Romania had a law that Women were to have at least 4 children, whether you could afford them or not.  If you couldn’t afford the child you could leave him/her with the State who would take care of them for you.  But it wasn’t until after Romania’s Dictator Ceasceau was executed that Romanians and the World saw the deplorable conditions that these children were living in.

Handicapped Children had the worst conditions, and at the time little was known about HIV/AIDS and these children were separated and lived in horrible conditions, worse than the poorest person in any village. Although we learned about the abandoned orphans not everyone heard about the Children affected with the HIV Virus.

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Palm Springs Cultural Attraction-Indian Museum

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum

Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum

 

The Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum is located right in the middle of Downtown Palm Springs at 219 S. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs….Phone: (760) 778-1079

This Indian Museum has displays and special events.  They also have an Educational component where they teach classes for a nominal fee….. (more…)

California Deadline for Voter Registration

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Tonight the Presidential Debate put us one step closer to the November 4th Elections.  In CA the last day to register or re-register is October 20th.  this is important to remember especially if you moved, or changed your name.  When you register to vote it is for a certain address.  The laws are pretty clear that if you move you have to update your information. And by CA law it has to be no later than 15 days before the election.

Don't Give up your right to Vote

Don't give up your right to Vote

Think of all the people that have lost their homes to Foreclosure, or sold them with a Short Sale.  During this time of Emotional upheaval who would think to go and update their Voter Registration Information.  It just doesn’t seem to be one of the top priorities, at least until time to VOTE.  But by then it might be too late to have your vote count. (more…)

New Series: Moving to California/America

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

California has been immortalized in songs and movies for so long, that even if someone hasn’t been here, they have an idea of what it’s like.

The California Coastline

The California Coastline

 

However sometimes songs and movies don’t give the real picture.  We have Deserts, Mountains, Valleys and the Beach.  I think that when most people think of California, they think of the beach; but that’s just one part of California.  

California is one of the top States that people want to move to, whether they are just moving to America, or already live here, but in another State.  (more…)