Disability in Comics: A Presentation by My Cartoonist Friend, Joe and His Wife, Denise

Disability in Comics

Presented by Joe and Denise Chiappetta

Celebrating the history of characters with disabilities in comics for over 200 years!

Date: April 15th, 2012

Time: 2:30PM to 3:30PM

Location: McCormick Place, North Building
2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60616

Cost: Free with price of admission ($35) into Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) Kids age 12 and under get into C2E2 free on Sunday. For more info about C2E2, go to www.c2e2.com

Iron Man, Daredevil, Hulk, Popeye, and Civil War Veterans. What do they all have in common? They all are extraordinary characters with disabilities featured in amazing stories that we love to read about. What do 1 in 5 Americans have in common? Disability. Come to this inspiring 60-minute presentation celebrating the remarkable history of lead characters with disabilities in comics.

Based on portions of Chiappetta's award-winning book, The Back Pain Avenger, attend a slideshow that exposes myths and stereotypes about comics characters with disabilities spanning over 200 years. Discover the intricate connection between comics and disability. 

Free comics will be given to select attendees.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Virgin Islander Linval Joseph Will Be Playing in the Super Bowl!

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Jacqueline Vanterpool: A Coffee Entrepreneur

We’ve taken your favorite cup of Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Tea and simply enhanced it with the Most Powerful Herb Ever Known To Mankind! For over 4,000 years people in Chinese and Malaysia have used the healing powers of Ganoderma Lucidum to help prevent and heal Every major type of illness and Diseases.  Now after 20 years of research you can experience the same healing power in your favorite cup of Coffee, Hot Chocolate and Tea. 


Building a coffee community starts with you. Through the normal course of sharing, you grow this community. As the community grows, so do the rewards. 


The innovative compensation options offer generous personal financial gain, but most importantly, you enjoy the satisfaction of enriching the lives of people in your personal community along the way.


Join Jackie on her wesite. Click on the link below.

Jackie Welcomes You

Louisville's Newest Online Services: Mando Media Services

The brainchild of my son-in-law, William Henderson, Mando Media Services offers affordable and quality products and services from DJ Services to Video Production. They are proud to announce that we are now venturing into world of website design.

Their repertoire of service include: DJ Services; Powerpoints; Slideshows; Wedding Videos; Video Albums; Graphic Designs; Logos; Publication Templates; Apple Optimization Classes; Audio and Video System Installation; Video Production; and Website Design.

Location: Louisville, KY, 40208
Phone: 502-415-3105

www.MandoMediaServices.com/

Lean on Me: An Expression of a Mother's Love

My online friend, Angela, has created a website called, "Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Lean on Me!!!", on behalf of her son, Scottie, in order to support families with special needs children who were diagnosed with these disorders. She encourages her viewers to remain hopeful and be aware that they have love and support from others via the site.

According to Angie, and as you will read more indepth when you visit the site, "Our children are our future. We have to make sure that we guide them, love them and let them know that they can do, or be anyone they want to be."

"That you have to work hard, and never give up when it gets to tough. That when you fall, you have to get back up and move forward and continue to shine. We must teach them that because they have a disability, doesn't mean their life is over "NO" you have to believe in yourself, and be all that you can be. You are our shining star, our special gift."

"To my son Scottie, I love you with all my heart and will always be their for you in every way possible and I will make sure to tell you everyday of your life, how much I love you and will be there for you in good or bad. You can always lean on me!! May god bless our children."

Click on the graphic below to visit Scottie's site for information about these disorders.

D'apres-Etienne and Janet Gibbs: Newest Online Entrepreneurs

My son and daughter-in-law, D'apres-Etienne and Janet (DJGibbs), may be new to online selling but they are definitely not new to the world of jewelry-and-bow creation. This is something they have been passionately doing for years before bringing their business to the worldwide web.

As a team, D'apres, is considered a great photographer and very creative artist while Janet is the craftsperson.

Be sure to spend time in their shop.

Like me, you will love what you see.

Click below to visit:

DJ's Bits and Bobs: Handmade Treasures.

The Secret to You: A Gift from the Secret Scrolls

Supermodel Sessilee Lopez Gets All Greased Up!

Sessilee Lopez is a force to be reckoned with. In less than five years, she has made a name for herself as the young black ingenue blazing her way to the top echelons of a high-fashion industry that rarely opens its doors to women of color.

Among the most-in-demand models for good reason, Sessilee has most recently been asserting her authority on the runways at New York’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week.

Having recently completed a GIANT photo shoot, Sessilee re-established what it means to work for the camera. In September 2009, Sessilee appeared alongside fellow-black models, Arlenis Sosa, Chanel Iman, and Jourdan Dunn on the cover of I-D magazine. Sessilee was also called upon to model in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Shows in 2008 and again in 2009.

Visit her on Facebook and YouTube
by clicking on the link below.

www.Facebook.com

www.YouTube.com

Meet Ms Michelle, A Genuine and Committed Lady

If you are looking for the Michelle Watt who is an extremely bubbly Scottish TV presenter, full of warmth and charm, who has amassed over 2,000 hours of live and pre-recorded TV experience, and who is the extremely proud to be the daughter of boxing legend, Jim Watt, now Sky Sports boxing commentator, well, sorry to say, I'm not talking about that Michelle Watt.

However, I am talking about the Michelle Watt who is a learner, a peacemaker, and the lover of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, The Word of God, and people in general. Ms Michelle believes that she is able to love people because God said in His word to "love one another."

Ms Michelle has pleasures that are simple, but profound; she immensely enjoys deep discussions, thoughtful things, and all sorts of music.

No one to imagine anyone more awesome, creative, inspiring and joyous, or loving than God Himself, Ms Michelle is always amazed that anyone could ever considered God as boring.

Playful with stable emotions Ms Michelle has learned to be content in all things, while being motivated toward improvement. Highly affectionate, Ms Michelle loves interacting with both Christian believers and non-believers. A simple, down-home person, Ms Michelle likes variety, but prefers honesty to agreement while being attracted to humbleness.

Here's a Christian lady who likes being upfront with people and delights in meeting new people, among many other interests and hobbies. She dreams of one day having a ministry for battered women, and perhaps extending it to a prison ministry because she loves giving back, after being so blessed.

Ms Michelle's primary purpose is to do business with others who like sharing ideas about how to make money from home.

Ms Michelle is associated with an online company known as Infinity Downline that sells membership to access to training software.

If you are interested, let her know know. Just click below to view her site.

www.YourCashIinfinity.com

The Best of Success: A Treasury of Inspiration

Katie Washington: Notre Dame's First Black Valedictorian

(WBBM) -- History is being made at the University of Notre Dame this spring.

In the 161 years the University of Notre Dame has been awarding degrees, never had there been an African-American as valedictorian. Until this year.

She’s Katie Washington of Gary, Indiana. She carries a 4.0 GPA majoring in biology and mentoring in Catholic social teaching.

According to the Northwest Indiana Times, Katie plans to continue her studies at Johns Hopkins University and follow in her father’s footsteps into medicine.

Katie says she’s humbled by the honor of being named valedictorian.

More information from Notre Dame University:

• Katie Washington, a biological sciences major from Gary, Ind., has been named valedictorian of the 2010 University of Notre Dame graduating class and will present the valedictory address during Commencement exercises May 16 (Sunday) in Notre Dame stadium.
  
  
• Katie, who earned a 4.0 grade point average, has a minor in Catholic Social Teaching. She has conducted research on lung cancer at the Cold Spring Harbor labs and performed genetic studies in the University’s Eck Institute for Global Health on the mosquito that carries dengue and yellow fever. She is the co-author of a research paper with David Severson, professor of biological sciences.
  
  
• Katie directs the Voices of Faith Gospel Choir at Notre Dame, is a mentor/tutor for the Sister-to-Sister program at South Bend’s Washington High School and serves as the student coordinator of the Center for Social Concerns’ “Lives in the Balance: Youth Violence and Society Seminar.”

Upon graduation, Katie plans to pursue a joint M.D./Ph.D program at Johns Hopkins University.

You go, girl!!!!

You're an inspiration as someone
who's truly maximizing your God-given potential!!!

Lisa Lally: Devoted Singer, Wife, and Mother

Lisa, a devoted singer, wife, and mother, uses her singing opportunities in Nashville and around the country to enlighten people about a rare heredity degenerative neuromuscular disease known as Friedrich's Ataxia (FA) that has afflicted her youngest son, Jude.

Although born with it, Jude wasn't diagnosed until the tender age of 16. It was quite a blow to a young man who had played nearly every sport coming and going while growing up.

Fighting the disease for a long time, Jude finally succumbed to a wheelchair a few years ago. At the age of 27, Jude continues to hang in there the best he can.

A graduate in 2006 with a BA in Business Administration from the University of Kentucky, Jude's physical disabilities have prevented him from holding down a job. With his limited ability to type, Jude has become quite a writer and poet in the past couple of years.

Check out his work at

www.MySpace.com/JudeLally.

Lisa started a "Hey Jude" group in honor of her son and to connect with other people who are either afflicted with FA or who are caretakers for those who are.

Additionally, Lisa wrote and recorded a song called "Jude" that is available for you to listen to on her music site.

Just go to

www.MySpace.com/LisaLallyMusic.

Lisa also has posted her songs on Facebook.

Listen to them at

www.Facebook.com/LisaBriscoeLally.

Social Networking Strategies Series by Crystal Washington

Ms Crystal Washington is a marketing consultant, speaker, and owner of a Houston-based marketing firm. Her passion lies in empowering small business owners through sharing effective marketing strategies.

Crystal is available for consultation, speaking engagements, projects, and private company webinar.

You know that social networks are a valuable tool to grow business. Wondering where to start? Tired of wasting time aimlessly searching for potential clients?

• Take advantage of the nearly 70 million unique monthly visitors on Facebook, 11 million on LinkedIn, and 6 million on Twitter!
  
  
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FOR A LIMITED TIME, Crystal is offering a five-part series for only $99, along with a 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee, in return for feedback or testimonials. If you do not learn new strategies for growing your business, Crystal will gladly refund your money!!!

Click on banner to visit Crystal's site.

Karen Lodrick, Nationwide Consumer Advocate, is Fighting for Your Identity Theft Protection, Too!

Karen shared her story on Good Morning America about how her identity was stolen, and how she literally caught the thief on the streets of San Francisco.

She's fighting back and invites you to join her in her fight.



After viewing the video, show your support or share your story by visiting Karen's website. Click on the link below.

www.FightingBackNow.com/

Pastor Bryant: Always Fighting for YOU

Pastor Lawanta Bryant, a child of God who is wearing many hats. In addition to being the Visionary behind the Women of Rhema Destiny Ministries, she is Pastor of Above the Natural Family Worship Center, and the Florida State President for Women N Power International.

Pastor Bryant is a woman who pushes those out of their comfort zone to a realm in which they will be able to operate in the gifts and callings God has mandated over their lives.

Traveling across this vast land proclaiming souls for Christ, Pastor Bryant has appeared on TV and radio broadcasts proclaiming God's love.

A devoted mother to both her biological children and spiritual midwife to men and woman of God who have accepted the call of God, Pastor Bryant never tires of extending and loving and supporting hand.

Having dedicated herself to continue to do what God has called her to do, Pastor Bryant is here for you. Contact her at:

1-813-531-2415

or

abovethenatural@hotmail.com