Air France Jet Is Feared Lost on Flight From Brazil to Paris

By Joshuah | Published: June 1, 2009

One small yet very important rule I have is to never allow the entire family to be aboard the same plane, because all it takes then would be one crash to wipe out the entire family.  Something to keep in  mind.

An Air France passenger jet traveling from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappeared after its electrical systems malfunctioned during a storm with heavy turbulence on Sunday evening, and officials said Monday that a search had begun for the wreckage near a small archipelago off the .

Air France’s chief executive Pierre Henri Gourgeon spoke to reporters at the airline’s headquarters, at Paris airport on Monday.
The New York Times

The plane disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean near the Brazilian island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazilian authorities said.

The plane, an Airbus 330-200, was carrying 216 passengers and 12 crew members. The passengers were 126 men, 82 women, 7 children and an infant. There were nine cabin crew members and three pilots, the airline said.

Source/Full Story:: NYTimes.com

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UK- “The traditional family has become a museum piece”

By Joshuah | Published: May 24, 2009

The museum is also the place they assign for God.

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The – Mum, Dad, 2.4 children – is a shrinking minority. In less than 40 years, the of households fitting this description has dropped from 52 per cent to 36 per cent, according to the latest social trends report from the Office for National Statistics. "The life has changed significantly in the past 40 years. The traditional family has become a museum piece," said Dr Richard Woolfson, a family expert and child psychologist.

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But according to new research published tomorrow, more than half of the parents questioned admit they don’t spend enough quality time as a family, with work, money and housework blamed most often for this.

Source/Full Story:  The Independent

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Anger, sadness as ax falls on Chrysler dealers

By Joshuah | Published: May 15, 2009

Dealers across the United States reacted with a of anger and sadness on Thursday to word that bankrupt Chrysler LLC plans to eliminate franchise agreements with them as part of its restructuring efforts.

But most, even those surprised by the news, entertained they could stop Chrysler from following through on the proposed closures, the latest chapter in the decline of a company that was — for a brief period in the 1990s — the most profitable car manufacturer in the world.

As a result, the dealers said they were already taking the sad but necessary preliminary steps to close or consolidate businesses that, in many cases, had carried their family names as well as those of the for generations.

"Today is a tough day for a lot of people," said Alex Planas, the general manager of the Tamiami Chrysler Jeep Dodge in Miami, Florida, which employs 100 workers.

Source/Full Story: Reuters

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