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Music News – July 16, 2007

Prince Giving Away CDs Well, you can probably tell by the title that this is not going to make music retailers happy. Prince, ever the trendsetter, gave away three million copies of his latest CD “Planet Earth” last Sunday. The album isn’t do to go on sale to consumers until July 24th, but Prince is giving the album away to people who purchase tickets to one of his 21 concerts scheduled for London in August and September. The 10-track CD giveaway comes to a cost of about 250,000 pounds or $508,000 dollars. Prince said he was giving away the CD … Continue reading →

Wheelchairs With Love, From America

The holidays are here, and if your kids are like mine, they haven’t a care in the world. They’ve written their letters to Santa–filled with requests for video games, clothes, toys, electronic gadgets and gizmos of all kinds. Their world is full of excess. They have never known real hunger, or real poverty. They have never known war on any personal level. They have never known what it feels like to be unable to move about freely. The Gift of a Wheelchair Today, as you read this blog, there are children on the streets of Iraq who are scooting themselves … Continue reading →

Silly String: Lifesaving Gift for Soldiers?

Have you heard that Silly String or other brands similar to this product may be the best gift you can give our troops? It sounds, well… a little silly, but it’s actually quite serious. The Marines apparently came up with the idea but word is traveling fast. Silly String can be sprayed as troops enter buildings in order to locate trip wires. Talk about thinking on your feet! These guys know how to improvise! If the string goes straight down, no problem. If it seems to hang in the air, it could be due to nearly invisible trip wires, which … Continue reading →

Author Update — Tamra Norton

I recently interviewed author Tamra Norton about her ground-breaking book, “Make Me a Memory.” In commemoration of Veteran’s Day, she is giving Families.com another exclusive interview to discuss the sequel, entitled “Make Me a Home.” A synopsis of the book reads: For the past eleven months, Allie has lived in Edna, Idaho—an okay place if you don’t mind living friendless and fatherless in Hicksville, USA. But it isn’t “home.” And how could it be with her dad in Iraq? Then Ivy Peterson moves to town and Allie finally finds the friendship and understanding she has desperately wanted. Edna is even … Continue reading →

Canada Loses Four More Soldiers

Canada has lost four more heroes. Cpl. Mathew Dinning, Bombardier Myles Mansell, Lieut. William Turner and Cpl. Randy Payne were killed in Afghanistan when the vehicle they were traveling in struck a bomb, which was believed to have been buried in the road. I would like to take a moment to give my condolences to the families of Canada’s fallen soldiers. It’s being said that this incident is the worst one-day loss for the Canadian Army since the Korean War. As a nation of peacekeepers Canada isn’t used to losing its soldiers, and four in one day is almost unthinkable. … Continue reading →

Ways to Thank the Troops

Supporting military troops has always been an important issue with me. Many members of my family serve or have served their country so, from a young age, I learned what it was like to have a family member possibly in harm’s way and the sacrifices they give. When I married an Air Force member the realities of military life and what deployed troops endure became even more evident. I would like to share with you some resources through which people can support the troops that are currently overseas defending our freedom. Network for Good– This website has a section where … Continue reading →

Improving Canada’s Military

Will Canada’s military role in Afghanistan improve the Canadian military? That’s the opinion of retired Major-General Lewis MacKenzie. In an article MacKenzie states that those soldiers who have gone from a peacekeeping appointment to one of combat will help shape the future of the Canadian military. He even goes so far as to say that years ago, after the cold war ended, it was detrimental to a soldier’s career to be deployed overseas. With them being so far away from their supervisor’s attention it was possible that their yearly performance evaluations suffered while they were doing their duty. I find … Continue reading →

The Hero Behind the Uniform

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What is a soldier? If asked most would give the brief description of a man or a woman who wears the military uniform and serves their country. This is a fine description if you’re trying to pick the soldier out of a crowd of nuns but it hardly describes the person behind the uniform. Of course we’re all unique, and even the same haircut and clothing can’t take that away from our troops (though boot camp does attempt to come close). Yet, I can’t help but think that there must be something deep down inside of each soldier that, when … Continue reading →