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This week's guest, Deloris Jordan, sister of Michael Jordan, will share with us her experiences with abuse and how childhood abuse lead to an abusive marriage and other negative behaviors. More importantly, she shares how she got on the road to Healing, Empowerment and Restoration and how she helps other do so.

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Our 4-Day Spa Retreat

Imagine THIS:
No kids, work, nagging managment teams. No sales goals or domestic chores to do for an ENTIRE weekend. In exchange, your being pampered and treated like royalty on a nice sunny beach in Ft. Lauderdale. The spa staff is pampering you. Then its off to the beach to get the best tan or glow one can imagine while enjoying a nice tropical drink or margarita. Then, later in the day your off to enjoy the shopping and night life Ft. Lauderdale has to offer. Ok...wake up!

It feels so good to be pampered! So this fall, lets take a moment - or an hour, or a day - for oursleves during Lauderdale Spa Chic! Let's restore ourselves with the full Spa Chic treatment. September 2012 is Ft. Lauderdale's annual Spa Chic Treatment month. Similar to Restaurant Week, Lauderdale Spa Chic invites guest to indulge in thier most popular spa packages for only $99 per person(50% off)! This Spetember, we are going to get pampered as we indulge in the 2012 Lauderdale Spa Chic.

Trip Details
Destination: Ft. lauderdale, FL
Dates: Thursday September 27 -
Monday October 1, 2012
Resort: 4 Star Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa
Price: $720 per person based on double.
Includes: Trip includes R/T air, hotel accommodations, ground transfers in Ft. Lauderdale, travel protection and all applicable taxes. Our spa day will be the entire day on Friday Spetember 28th. The spa package being offered to our group is $99 + tax per person. You will NOT pay me for the spa. You must pay upon arrival of your appointment.

Workshops and Guest Speaker TBA

Single rates are available upon request.
Min deposit is $150 per person and must be made no later than June 25th. Final payment must be made no later than Aug 15th.
Please note, that prices are quoted as estimates. Therefore, you may face a price increase at the time your reservation is made.

Contact Anitra Byers at  215.200.8311 for additional information and to reserve your space.

Radio Show Intro Song: Dream of A winner

Trel Mack the up and coming artist from Philadelphia will be releasing his new single "Dreams of a Winner" ft. Shaun Chrisjohn. May 21st. It will be for sale on Itunes as well. The links are below to hear the single and preview the single as well and you can post on your respected publication. Trel will be releasing the record under his label SKE Records, www.skerecords.com and you can hear on his site www.trelmack.com. The pics are attached and the press releases as well. Also the record is on Yoraps.com, hiphopsince1987.com, the-medizine.com in Spain.

http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Winner-feat-Shaun-ChrisJohn/dp/B0083HB9RU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337621658&sr=8-1
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/dreams-winner-feat.-shaun/id527205633?i=527205854&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTRHq43tfU
http://soundcloud.com/trelmack/dreams-of-a-winner

Construction Opportunity for Women

Don't let emotions drive your investment decisions

by: Anita T. Conner Remember August 8, 2011? That's the day the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 600 points after the first-ever Standard & Poor's downgrade of U.S. debt. The Dow's one-day drop was its biggest point loss in a single day since December 1, 2008, and the sixth biggest point drop in its history. On that day the Dow closed down 634 points (5.6%) to 10,810. That single day's decline in stock values wiped out about $2.3 trillion in investor wealth in the U.S. What happened to investors who panicked and sold their stocks or stock mutual funds that day? By letting emotions control their investing decisions, they locked in their losses. According to studies in the field of behavioral finance, various biases tend to drive our investment decisions. For example, many people succumb to "anchoring" bias. That's the irrational decision to hold on to something — a stock, a car, a piece of information — just because you already own it. Or you might fall prey to "recency" bias, the assumption that events in the recent past are a reliable predictor of the future. The stock market's been going up, up, up. So you jump on the bandwagon, assuming that the next twelve months will mirror the prior year. Don't count on it. When emotions rule the day, investment portfolios suffer. To curb emotional investment decisions, consider the following two time-tested strategies: Dollar-cost averaging. This is a strategy in which equal dollar amounts are invested at regular predetermined intervals. Percentage contributions from your biweekly paycheck to a 401(k) account are a good example of this type of investing. When the market's falling, you buy more shares in a stock mutual fund because the price of those shares is falling. Conversely, when the market's climbing, you enjoy the appreciation of your existing shares and buy fewer shares at premium prices. Diversification. Because markets seldom move completely in unison, the strategy of investing in different industries, different countries, and different types of investments (stocks, bonds, and real estate, for example) can help reduce risk without substantially diminishing overall returns. Above all, be honest with yourself. Sometimes a trusted advisor can provide an objective set of eyes to steer you away from poor investment decisions. You might also want to keep a journal to help you slow down, analyze your investment decisions, and allow your emotions time to cool off.

News from our Travel Group

We are back from Vegas! What a great time we had! Check out the pics that we posted. There is still time to join us in New York City! Because I had to make some changes, it also resulted in changing the hotel. With that, we are now staying at The Milburn Hotel located right across the street from Central Park. The total price will be $362 per person based on double. You may book your hotel directly on my website if you wish to join us @ www.wallethappyvacations.com or call me to assist with your reservation. Additionally, Mega Bus has their bus schedule up for the months of August and September and they are offering the $1 each way deal.

 Please be sure to check with me BEFORE you purchase your bus ticket to ensure were all on the same bus. Labor Day Weekend is also my birthday weekend, so I m really looking to have a great time and hope that those who aren't planning to do anything will plan to travel with us! Are you going? Bermuda & South Africa have been posted! If you are planning to go, please make your rsvp asap as deposits will be due in just a few weeks. All details for both trips are posted. Check it out! Don't miss the meetup on our first trip for 2013! 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise! Plan to invite your family, friends and colleagues as we set sail for the Caribbean islands! At the meetup I will present the cruise, lodging, airfare and ground transfer information. This will be a combined trip with 2 other meetup groups so we are looking to have a great time! I have a couple of weekend trips in mind for July & Aug. Keep watching for the beach weekend getaways! Thank you all for joining the group! Ill see you on June 2nd for the 7 Night Eastern Caribbean Cruise meetup @ Copas! Anitra Group Organizer 215.200.8311

The Original Statue of Liberty Was of A Black Female Given to America By The French

In a book called “The Journey of The Songhai People”, according to Dr. Jim Haskins, a member of the National Education Advisory Committee of the Liberty-Ellis Island Committee,professor of English at the University of Florida, and prolific Black author, points out that what stimulated the original idea for that 151 foot statue in the harbor.

He says that what stimulated the idea for the creation of the statue initially was the part that Black soldiers played in the ending of Black African Bondage in the United States. It was created in the mind of the French historian Edourd de Laboulaye, chairman of the French Anti-Slavery Society, who, together with sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi,proposed to the French government that the people of France present to the people of the United States through the American Abolitionist Society, the gift of a Statue of Liberty in recognition of the fact that Black soldiers won the Civil War in the United States.

It was widely known then that it was Black soldiers who played the pivotal role in winning the war, and this gift would be a tribute to their prowess. Suzanne Nakasian, director of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island Foundations’ National Ethnic Campaign said that the Black Americans’ direct connection to Lady Liberty is unknown to the majority of Americans,BLACK or WHITE.

When the statue was presented to the U.S. Minister to France in 1884, it is said that he remonstrated that the dominant view of the broken hackles would be offensive to a U.S. South, because since the statue was a reminder of Blacks winning their freedom. It was a reminder to a beaten South of the ones who caused their defeat, their despised former captives.

Documents of Proof:

1.) You may go and see the original model of the Statue of Liberty, with the broken chains at her feet and in her left hand. Go to the Museum of the City of NY, Fifth Avenue and 103rd Street write to Peter Simmons and he can send you some documentation.

2.) Check with the N.Y. Times magazine, part II_May 18, 1986. Read the article by Laboulaye.

3.) The dark original face of the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the N.Y. Post, June 17, 1986, also the Post stated the reason for the broken chains at her feet.

4.) Finally, you may check with the French Mission or the French Embassy at the U.N. or in Washington, D.C. and ask for some original French material on the Statue of Liberty, including the Bartholdi original model. (via ilyasafrika)