Little Girl With A Big Spirit


Ten years ago Carolyn Clifford did a story called a Little Big Manâ. It was about a boy named John Tacket who became the face of a rare disease called progeria.

Now Carolyn introduces us to a â Little Big Girl who is fighting progeria and inspiring everyone she meets along the way.

When you first meet Lindsay Radcliff, her small stature may give you reason to pause.

But once you hear this 5-year old speak, you can´t help but fall in love with her spunk and joy for living

Lindsay suffers from progeria. The disease produces rapid aging in childhood. There is s a growth failure beginning in the first year of life. Children with progeria also lose the hair on their heads, as well as their eyebrows and eyelashes..But in Lindsay’s eyes, she’s no different than any other child. She plays baseball and has even won a few trophies. She’s a Pistons fan. She told us ‘Sheed was her favorite Piston. She even has his jersey. But, she explained, he has moved on to another team..... See video
.. God bless

The Progeria Research Foundation

Lindsay's Website different songs

Movieman;

I apologize for not responding to your post before, for the reazons you must know by now I sincerely thank you very much for your kind words


Much of my work here is in silence ,your comments encourage
me do it better every day

I have no very special and positive news today , but will come

Muchas gracias, !!

Founder of Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods transfers business to employees


Bob Moore overlooks his landmark Bob's Red Mill Natural Food store in Milwaukie. The 81-year-old just unveiled a program giving his 209 employees full ownership of the business. The company produces and markets a line of more than 400 whole-grain flours, cereals and bread mixes.

MILWAUKIE – Scores of employees gathered to help Bob Moore celebrate his 81st birthday this week at the company that bears his name, Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods.

Moore, whose mutual loves of healthy eating and old-world technologies spawned an internationally distributed line of products, responded with a gift of his own -- the whole company. The Employee Stock Ownership Plan Moore unveiled means that his 209 employees now own the place and its 400 offerings of stone-ground flours, cereals and bread mixes.

"This is Bob taking care of us," said Lori Sobelson, who helps run the business' retail operation. "He expects a lot out of us, but really gives us the world in return." Moore declined to say how much he thinks the company is worth. In 2004, however, one business publication estimated that year's revenues at more than $24 million. A company news release issued this week stated that Bob's Red Mill has chalked up an annual growth rate of between 20 percent to 30 percent every year since,,


Good man .

What are friends / amigos for Chris


Even so far away , please feel I will always be very near to you


Regards saludos
JP

Zimbabwe - laughter course to cope with the economy

Two women are planning to set up laughter clubs in Zimbabwe, one of the world's most challenging economies.

Shilpa Shah and Celina Stockill believe they will help people cope with the strains of Zimbabwean life.

They recently held workshops at the Harare International Festival of the Arts, with a range of exercises to encourage good hearty laughter.

"If you laugh - you change; and when you change - the world changes," said laughter trainer Ms Shah.

At their workshops, Ms Shah and Ms Stockhill encourage people to hold hands, make funny faces at each other and lie on the floor and kick their legs in the air.

They also ask them to pull their empty pockets out to laugh at each other's lack of cash, and to point and laugh at themselves.

We need to laugh more, especially in our situation in Zimbabwe - being poor, you've got to learn to laugh," said one man at a recent workshop.