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FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 2005: There is a little Miss Cleo in all of us, and because of that we have the ability to prepare for what we already know will happen. We know that there will be a hurricane threat this summer. This winter we can predict a blizzard. And guess what? I’m seeing an election coming near the end of 2008 that will bring forth a new President for the USA.

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TWO LLUMINA AUTHORS ARE RUNNERS-UP IN 2005 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER  2005:  The Ice Floe by Joyce Tracksler is a runner-up for the FICTION section of the 2005 DIY Book Festival, and Raped Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt is a runner-up for the BIOGRAPHY section. These books were chosen from hundreds of other POD books.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A LOOSE CANNON?

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 2005:  What does a beautiful, 5' 4", 117 pound, green-eyed, blond typically choose as her ideal profession? Model? Actress? High-powered Executive? Perhaps, for some, but not if she's Jennifer Shockley. This petite miss followed her heart through Veterinarian school and today, along with other, smaller creatures, happily deals with 1,500 lb. horses and 2,000 lb. bulls.

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RUTHLESS SISTER

LEAVES A BROTHER

DESPERATE TO SURVIVE

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 2005:  Every week, in courts across North America, wars are being fought between siblings who are filing law suits to gain total control over family estates. Every week judges plant the last nail in the coffin, as they hand down verdicts and family members leave devastated. Unless it's a high profile case, these family feuds never make the news yet they are every bit as vicious as war itself. However, one man from Canada, a casualty of a brutal family feud, gives us a rare and sensational glimpse inside his life. We follow the deceit and betrayal of his sister as she destroys much of the estate trying to win a shallow victory.

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THERE IS A CONNECTION: CHRONIC DISEASE

AND POLLUTION

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 2005: Fact: the Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 7 out of 10 Americans die each year from chronic diseases. Fact: smog, a modern term combining the words smoke and fog, is the consequence of airborne toxins reacting together to create ground-level ozone. This year alone, smog is predicted to kill 5,800 people in a large Canadian city, and if the air quality doesn’t improve, about 10,000 citizens will perish annually by 2026. Joyce Hansel knows what pollution can do and, thankfully, has determined to let the rest of us know as well.

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THE JOURNEY OF

AN ENLISTED WOMAN

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 2005: 90,000 Tons of Diplomacy.   Whenever, Where Ever.   That’s the unofficial motto of the USS George Washington, (CVN-73) the United States Navy’s largest nuclear aircraft carrier.  Rebecca Anne Freeman’s new book takes us below decks, recounting four years aboard this, the world’s largest warship. She pulls no punches as she describes the terror of life on the flight deck, the loneliness of six-month patrols off the coast of Iraq and the many small pleasures and irritations which make up a sailor’s life at sea.

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THEY'RE NOT REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER  2005: The Art of Burlesque is in the midst of a colossal comeback, according to featured articles in many popular magazines and by the number of new clubs being launched in New York and Los Angeles. Additionally, auditions are being held for a new Burlesque Troupe this week in LA, while an eye-popping, pastied and tasseled group of striptease artists are heading to a convention in San Francisco at the month's end. Burlesque's Heyday may still be in its future. 

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THE REAL LAST SAMURAI

Fort Lauderdale, NOVEMBER 2005: Ken Watanabe may have portrayed the last Samurai in the motion picture of the same name, but author Kohshyu Moritaka Yoshida, who not only acted with Tom Cruise but also was a consultant on the film, truly is Samurai. He is the great-great-grandson of a 19^th century Samurai Warrior, one of the last of his kind. Some members of Moritaka's family still live in the Japanese village established by his ancestor 800 years ago.

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HOME TO FREEDOM

Fort Lauderdale, NOVEMBER 2005: With a war raging in Iraq, as well as in other areas of the globe, many of those forced from their homes can understand and sympathize with the ordeal author Heidi Howell endured. The surprising thing, actually, is that victims of war are ultimately able to pull their lives back together and live in peace once again.

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SHE DOESN'T LOOK DEAF

FORT LAUDERDALE, NOVEMBER 2005: Governmental red tape; unknowledgeable and inflexible bureaucrats; bored, petty and self-important office workers in our neighborhood schools… It is amazingly clear that any person who has to deal with these officious pen pushers is in for a hard time, but when you add the strain of a disabled child into the mix the horrors are manifold. Corinne Cheatham knows these horrors…

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ANOTHER SMALL TOWN IMMORTALIZED

FORT LAUDERDALE,  NOVEMBER  2005:  Fireside, Texas circa 1967 is the next small Southern town immortalized in literature in Marci Henna’s Ruby and the Stargazers.  In the tradition of Fannie Flagg’s Whistle Stop, Alabama, and Rebecca Wells’ Thornton City, Louisiana, Marci Henna’s Fireside, Texas is populated by quirky characters, hot gossip, Elvis, and cozy down-home Southern cooking. The local Fireside flavor combines with nostalgic details from those Flower Power years, as two sisters come of age with Ruby and Walt, grandparents who don’t act their age and whose love is legendary.

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  WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF EXISTENCE?

Fort Lauderdale, NOVEMBER  2005: The Future of Existence addresses our deepest existential questions about the existence and nature of God, the role of human activity in pain and suffering and the possibility that this activity may not only destroy the earth and all of humankind, but could potentially annihilate the universe and existence itself. The answer to this impending possibility has been given to us through sources such as Near Death Experiences and After-Death Communications as well as the cutting edge frontiers of science. The final note has been given to us: our destiny is in our own hands.

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