LOS ANGELES, CA, August 18, 2010 -- One skates, the other meditates, but when they come together on August 23 at 9:30 p.m.

In less than 48 hours, former JetBlue flight attendant Steve Slater has gone from being just another wage slave in the service industry to being an American folk hero, with his notoriety spreading worldwide.

In his obscenity-laden tirade and dramatic departure down an airplane emergency exit slide, he has captured the anger of the American service employee the same way the movie Clerks did more than a decade ago. Slater has become the standard bearer for the nametag wearing blue collar employee – but is the tag “hero” misplaced?

Dr. Diane Pomerance wants to show everyone how to make your family happier -- and save a life at the same time -- in October.

The Woodlands, TX, July 26, 2010 -- Ascot Media Group is an innovative company that is anything but traditional. Trish Stevens, president and CEO, is credited with changing the outcome of sucess for "struggling" authors by offering a new plan that has the author's success in mind - not the company profit.  She understands the frustration of the long and costly road to marketing and the author's attempt to get their books sold.

Two things that are getting tougher for kids to get in America: A place to live and an education.

According to a study by the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, an average of 3 in 10 high school students don’t reach graduation, with that rate reaching half in some areas of the country. Combine that with the report by the National Center on Family Homelessness that found more than 1.5 million children were without a home, and it’s not difficult to see a stark trend.

When the media is throwing around terms like “jobless recovery,” it’s a little easier to understand how a drop in the unemployment rate can actually be bad news.

At least that’s how Chris Tidball, career coach and author of Kicked to the Curb (www.christidball.com), sees it.