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In 1997, while in her early 20's, Andrea applied for a position with a stock brokerage firm in Florida. On her application she claimed to be a college graduate which was a lie. Andrea felt compelled to engage in the deception because she needed money to hire an attorney in a divorce case to resist her husband's effort to get full custody of her daughter. After a face to face interview she was hired. When a better opportunity came along with an engineering firm two years later, Andrea claimed to be a college graduate again in order to maintain consistency with her earlier biography. She was hired and did well in the new job. Four years later, Andrea applied for a job with the accounting department at another engineering firm. Once again she claimed to be a college graduate. She was hired and worked her way up to an executive level position. By 2005, Andrea -- who was in her early 30's -- was supervising 40 employees, compensated with a six-figure package and managing millions of dollars. Despite her success, the stress of living a lie created a number of unforeseen circumstances that altered Andrea's life in profound ways including several health problems and a fear of forming friendships. When the SEC showed up at her office as part of an investigation of her boss who embezzled $36 million dollars Andrea became so stressed she resigned from her position. - www.certifiedpreowneddogs.com

Is global capitalism on its last legs? Is the era of American leadership over? Has the West begun a decline into a new Dark Age? Does American civilization deserve to survive? These are the unnerving questions raised by the Great Crash of 2009. Visionary thinker Howard Bloom has a radically new answer. In The Genius of the Beast, the author of the acclaimed books The Lucifer Principle and Global Brain, insists that global society has only begun to realize its full potential. Bloom argues that there's a hidden mandate beneath the surface of capitalism: It s struggling to whisper and rumble its message to you and me. That hidden imperative can lift us from economic crisis, can make us a leader in the next-generation economy, and can dramatically upgrade our ability to empower our fellow human beings. Bloom sees crisis as opportunity, opportunity for the whole human race. In more than eighty short, fast chapters, insights appear suddenly, like the quick bursts of flashbulbs. The Genius of the Beast takes the reader on a sweeping tour of human history, from the Stone Age to the present. Every chapter conveys a radically new way to see the astonishing mechanism we call "Western Civilization." Bloom marvels at how humans have turned toxic waste into food and fuel, trash into treasure, and garbage into gold. He shows how we've produced material miracles based on immaterial things passion, persistence, and fantasy. Bloom shows that what many regard as the end is just the beginning. The beginning of something you've never before imagined. Bloom explains why the secret to capitalism's next great leap does not lie in new financial tricks, but in tapping things right under our noses in radically new ways that is, tapping our imagination, our desire to feel useful, our desire to help others, and our desire to be recognized for contributing to the welfare of humanity. The key to next-generation capitalism, writes Bloom, lies in a big-picture view that's utterly unlike anything you've previously perceived. A big-picture view that will startle you. A big-picture view with which you can ignite the world, get a new handle on your life, and help transform society. This brilliant, inspirational work of daring ideas and breath-taking research offers more than hope. It offers unseen levels of understanding. Understanding that can literally redefine what it means to be a human being. - www.howardbloom.net

Is global capitalism on its last legs? Is the era of American leadership over? Has the West begun a decline into a new Dark Age? Does American civilization deserve to survive? These are the unnerving questions raised by the Great Crash of 2009. Visionary thinker Howard Bloom has a radically new answer. In The Genius of the Beast, the author of the acclaimed books The Lucifer Principle and Global Brain, insists that global society has only begun to realize its full potential. Bloom argues that there's a hidden mandate beneath the surface of capitalism: It s struggling to whisper and rumble its message to you and me. That hidden imperative can lift us from economic crisis, can make us a leader in the next-generation economy, and can dramatically upgrade our ability to empower our fellow human beings. Bloom sees crisis as opportunity, opportunity for the whole human race. In more than eighty short, fast chapters, insights appear suddenly, like the quick bursts of flashbulbs. The Genius of the Beast takes the reader on a sweeping tour of human history, from the Stone Age to the present. Every chapter conveys a radically new way to see the astonishing mechanism we call "Western Civilization." Bloom marvels at how humans have turned toxic waste into food and fuel, trash into treasure, and garbage into gold. He shows how we've produced material miracles based on immaterial things passion, persistence, and fantasy. Bloom shows that what many regard as the end is just the beginning. The beginning of something you've never before imagined. Bloom explains why the secret to capitalism's next great leap does not lie in new financial tricks, but in tapping things right under our noses in radically new ways that is, tapping our imagination, our desire to feel useful, our desire to help others, and our desire to be recognized for contributing to the welfare of humanity. The key to next-generation capitalism, writes Bloom, lies in a big-picture view that's utterly unlike anything you've previously perceived. A big-picture view that will startle you. A big-picture view with which you can ignite the world, get a new handle on your life, and help transform society. This brilliant, inspirational work of daring ideas and breath-taking research offers more than hope. It offers unseen levels of understanding. Understanding that can literally redefine what it means to be a human being. - www.howardbloom.net

John Milor is an author of several books, and radio talk show guest for numerous programs. His interest in understanding paranormal phenomenon began at the age of five after hearing his great grandmother's tale of seeing a UFO hovering over the plains of Kentucky during broad daylight, shortly following the turn of the century. This story, as well as numerous otherworldly encounters of his own, fuelled his quest of the unknown. Then when he reached the age of twenty one, and was visited by none other than Jesus Christ, in a vision. Since that time, Milor has become a born again Christian, yet continues to investigate paranormal phenomenon, using the Bible to interpret his findings. John has earned two Associates degrees and a Bachelor degree in Business. He is currently perusing a Masters in Divinity, and works fulltime as a Master Sergeant in the Air National Guard. - www.aliensinthebible.com and www.aliensandtheantichrist.com

Families are having lavish parties for their centurion loved one and a fact checkers always looking for the oldest living human among us. Now according to Wikipedia the longest documented lifespan is that of Jean Calmet of France. She was from 1875 to 1997 which means she died at the age of 122 years and 164 day but is that truly the case? Ben Abba is here to tell us differently. He claims that there are people walking among us today that have reached well beyond, and I am talking WELL BEYOND that number. " - www.benabba.com

Robert W. Morgan entered the film business sideways. As the director to the 7 month-long 1974 American Yeti Expeditions as cosponsored through the National Wildlife Federation and supported by the 17-member Science Advisory Board of the American Anthropological Research Foundation, he appeared as himself for the televised Smithsonian series Monsters: Myth or Mystery and a Bostonian Films feature-length docudrama. Much of his unprecedented successes resulted from the advice and counsel of Native American elders who shared their legends as recounted in his nonfiction work, The Soul Snatchers as published by Pine Winds Press. The nationwide publicity surrounding Morgan's adventures attracted the attention of Bill Grefe, the president of Miami's Ivan Tors Studios (Sea Hunt, Gentle Ben, Flipper, etc.). Robert provided Grefe with outlines to his future adventures in a film proposal entitled In Search of the World's Mysteries that evolved into Leonard Nimoy's popular TV series In Search Of …. Grefe encouraged Morgan to study screenwriting by working as a crewmember and a bit player in the feature film Impulse with William Shatner and Goldfinger's famous Harold Oddjob SakataStill a neophyte in the ways of Hollywood where iron-clad contracts are necessary to protect intellectual properties from idea-pirates, Morgan's first-draft screenplays evolved into the disastrous Mako: the Jaws of Death and Lucky Lady with Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli, and Gene Hackman. Furious, Robert forced Grefe to use a pseudonym on Mako. Robert was then recruited by Miami's Creative Film & Sound to write, co-produce, direct and co-star in its feature film, The Night Daniel Died. No one realized until years later they had made what became cult-classic film, Bloodstalkers. In 2008 alone, Morgan autographed 186 DVDs for domestic and international fans of the action/mystery/horror film aficionados. Not bad for a 30 year-old film. One would think this would launch a new career - and it certainly did, but not as he had planned. With the successful release of Bloodstalkers, the recently paroled CIA spy Frank A. Sturgis (Watergate) approached him to work with the award-winning book author Oscar Fraley about Sturgis' life as a CIA operative. Fraley certainly had the credentials: he had authored 31 books including Hoffa: the Real Story and The Untouchables, a work that sold 1.5 million copies and was made into both a television series and a movie. Robert quickly penned a combined book and film proposal he entitled The Sturgis Files: Lies Our Fathers Told Us. However, before he could swing into action in Florida, Morgan was approached by a private group and offered the opportunity to write and direct a series of adventure films for a studio his group would build for him in Panama. This location would be perfect not only for The Sturgis Files but for three additional properties Morgan had developed. Josef Shaftel, the producer of The Naked Hills, The Sell Out, Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver's Travels, etc., arrived from England to introduce Morgan to Hollywood's Richard Fleischer, the director of Tora! Tora! Tora!, Barabbas, Fantastic Voyage, Mr. Majestik, The Boston Strangler, etc. Shaftel and Fleischer had read three of Robert's screenplays and had agreed to the venture. Morgan appeared to be on top of the world - until he discovered the financiers for his films were major Mafia narcotics smugglers his films would be used as a money-laundering scheme devised by the infamous gangster Meyer Lansky. Robert did the unexpected. He gathered detailed information - people, places, actions, documentation - before alerting federal authorities. He then volunteered to work undercover for them for expenses only. What was his motivation? He knew dope peddlers were targeting the playground where his 11 year-old daughter attended school. When the local cop-shop turned a blind eye, Robert decided to extract his own revenge. Forgetting the corner dealer; he went after the big boys and be

Sharon Sakson is a journalist, writer and television news producer who has been involved with purebred dogs for 30 years. She is a judge of Hound and Working breeds. She's bred champion Whippets and Brussels Griffons and she's written four books about dogs. Sharon lives in Princeton, NJ. Every dog owner knows there is something special about their dog. Our dogs give us love and support, comfort us, and admire us - but do they also help to heal us? That's the question at the center of Sharon Sakson's new book, Paws & Effect: The Healing Power of Dogs. Sharon Her other books are: Paws to Protect: Dogs Saving Lives & Restoring Hope, Brussels Griffons: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual and Paws & Reflect: A Special Bond Between Man and Dog, co-authored with Neil Plakcy. - www.healingpowerofdogs.com

Jane Miller works in private practice as a licensed psychotherapist/clinical social worker, with a particular interest in holistic modalities of healing. She currently focuses on educating others about the legal, ethical, and practical criteria of working with Psychiatric Service Dogs (PSDs). Miller has lectured about PSDs in a variety of settings, ranging from The Cleveland Clinic & MetroHealth Medical Centers' Departments of Psychiatry & Psychology, The International Association of Animal Behavioral Consultants Conference (IAABC), The Cleveland Natural History Museum, The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease Conference (NICABM), The National Association of Social Workers Conference and many other national and local organizations, schools, and dog-training facilities. Miller recently was approached by the VA Hospital to present for their Departments of Psychiatry & Psychology Grand Rounds focusing on PSD's for soldiers returning from combat with PTSD and to speak for the Veteran's Administrations PTSD Consortium. She appeared in the PBS program "Health Visions - Animals As Healers" on the healing power of animals and joined world-renowned veterinarian/author Dr. Allen Schoen to present a workshop on the topic of animals as healers at a national conference for medical professionals (See NICABM). She is also a practitioner of QiGong and Reiki and teaches stress reduction techniques to her clients and their service dogs. Miller earned her BA in psychology and biology from Oberlin College, and her MA in Clinical Social Work from Case Western Reserve University. She has received the Irene Sogg Gross Award for Humanitarian Services and has contributed scholarly essays for professional journals and anthologies in the field of clinical social work. Her professional experience includes serving as a counselor at a battered women's shelter and at a group home supervisor for the developmentally disabled, and as a research assistant in microbiology/immunology at Temple University Medical School. Jane Miller's lifelong passion for healing has emphasized the human-animal connection, culminating in certifications as a Canine Massotherapist and as a Consultant for Therapy and Service Animals by the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC). - http://www.healing-companions.com/

Author of the incredibly popular, Magic's Most Amazing Stories, Ivan Amodei says, "This book is based on 100 plus true stories and is a roller coaster ride through our crazy profession and everything that could possibly happen to us." Born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, he moved with his parents to New York City at age two. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York and then moved to California in his mid-teens. His interest in this fantastic art started at the young age of five. After receiving his BA Degree in Marketing/Advertising and BA in English, he decided to pursue his passion for performing full-time. His passion and dedication to perfection in this art has always been the fuel for his highly successful career. A multi-award winning magician and entertainer he has received Top Honors at Pacific Coast Association of Magicians, Top Honors at The International Brotherhood of Magicians, Top Honors at the Society of American Magicians, People's Choice Awards, Outstanding Showmanship Awards, and Originality Awards. He is considered one of the best in his field. A frequent performer at The World Famous Magic Castle, as well as, other prominent comedy and magic clubs across the country. Entertainer to the stars with performances for Steven Spielberg, Larry David, Sylvester Stallone, Ashton Kutcher, Demi Moore, Zack Braff, Mike Myers, Nick Cage and Jim Carrey just to name a few. He has even entertained Saudi Royalty. A regular performer for large companies such as Apple, Disney, IBM, Yahoo, Google, AT&T, Amgen, Cisco Systems, etc. He is also frequently sought after for advice by top professionals and peers. He's a frequent lecturer and speaker on this subject, often teaching others his approach, philosophy and ideas for presentation of magic. But to this day, he still boasts that his best trick is producing his boy/girl twins out of thin air. Well, with a little help from his wife. When he's not doing magic and performing, he's doing magic and performing and occasionally some gardening. -- http://www.magicsmostamazingstories.com/

Director of the Office of Paranormal Investigations - and author of A PARANORMAL CASEBOOK: Ghost Hunting in the New Millennium, which hit the bookshelves October 1, 2005 His 2004 releases were GHOST HUNTING: How to Investigate the Paranormal and HAUNTINGS & POLTERGEISTS: A Ghost Hunter's Guide (Ronin Publishing). His first book, ESP, HAUNTINGS AND POLTERGEISTS (1986, Warner Books) was named the "Sacred Text"` on ghosts by NEWSWEEK (in August, 1996). PSYCHIC DREAMING (1991, Warner Books; 1999 Barnes & Noble Books), deals with the current understanding of dreams in general and psychic dreams in particular. His third book, REINCARNATION, CHANNELING AND POSSESSION, was published by Warner Books in April, 1993. MIND OVER MATTER (Kensington Books, 1996) focused on the limits human beings set for themselves and on psychokinesis. Auerbach has recounted some of his more interesting paranormal investigations on a two audio-CD set called GHOST STORIES (Michael Scott Studios, 2001). In addition, he has a video lecture ("Exploring the Real-Life X-FILES: GHOSTS) and video seminar (with psychic Annette Martin). available. The seminar, GHOST HUNTING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM, is a 5-plus hour video seminar that also offers a test of one's knowledge in order to become a part of the Office of Paranormal's referral network. In 1999, he released the first videotape on "The Haunting of the USS Hornet" (a haunted WWII era aircraft carrier in Alameda , CA ). He was a Consulting Editor & columnist for FATE Magazine, a 50+ year old national publication dealing with the "unexplained," from the beginning of 1991 to the end of 2004. He was President of the Psychic Entertainers Association (PEA) from 2001 - 2005. The PEA is an international organization of psychic entertainers (performers of including mentalism, bizarre magick, hypnotism, cold reading, and allied arts). He is immediate past President of the California Society for Psychical Study (repeating a run from 1988-92), and was 1989 President of Assembly 112 of the Society of American Magicians, making him the first parapsychologist to have actively served as an officer of both a psychical research group and a magicians' organization. He has been one of the very few parapsychologists active in both psychical research and mentalists and magicians' organizations -- -- he's also served as Chairman of the San Francisco Bay Area magician/mentalist group Club 53. - www.mindreader.com