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To the Vets' in my Family and yours Thanks.

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Going back into the family tree one Adam Weinrich  shows up at the oldest service member and he paid the ultimate honor, dying for what he believe in was a good and noble cause.  Adams  buried in Andersonville Cemetery where he died and is simply listed as the following: Prisoner Details Return to Results Weinrich, Adam SIDE: Union UNIT NAME: 9 New Jersey Infantry REGIMENT: 9 STATE: New Jersey FUNCTION: Infantry COMPANY: C RANK: Corporal DESCRIPTION: Buried in National Cemetery CAPTURE DATE: CAPTURE SITE: ALTERNATE NAME: Wainwright REMARKS: PRIVATE [1]; WAINWRIGHT, FIRST NAME NOT LISTED, RANK NOT LISTED [3]; RANK [6] http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-prisoners-andersonville-detail.htm?prisonerId=06E45F66-EC98-4C58-AB5B-64D149BA0470&prisonerLocation=A He's on my Dad's mother side and from what I can tell goes back to a long line of  Germany & Austria Military and Marine Officers,   and that very interesting because until today

Im the new CEO of Max Media Group, Inc. OTC MXMI

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Music Capitalist: Max Media Group, Inc. OTC MXMI Announces Transfer ... : Max Media Group, Inc. Announces Transfer of Majority Control to Altavoz - It's been an honor to work with the prior CEO  Michael Manocchio  to learn about MXMI and it's history as well he's given me a great start learning what it means and takes personally to run a public company.   For any of the existing MXMI stock holders, who've already started asking on the boards - What does it mean.  I can personally state right now that there might not be another person on the planet that wants to see this stock get back to it's hey days. and relisted on a top exchange and if there are any stockholder that want the company to buy back any stock please contact MaxMediaGroup@altavoz.com We're preparing a more formal statement and will have some kind of event with AltaArtist's making some music and news together.   Get ready Majors you have a company that is now prepared to show the world w

Stellar Award Winner Phillip Carter Tapped As First Gospel Artist With An Exclusive Music Release In The Public Library System

Just a little something that I cooked up over the course of one very trying year.   Stellar Award Winner Phillip Carter Tapped As First Gospel Artist With An Exclusive Music Release In The Public Library System

In Defense of the Selfie and why you'll get a selfie stick

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With now even the President of the USA getting in on the Act, Let's just say that stores in the USA will have the OfficalUSASelfieStick  ASAP.  However I do want to defend the stick and my reasoning goes like this.   Back in  Van Eyck's   day when the wealthy and privileged did something that thought grand they commissioned a selfie in their day -- A portrait  This was considered a new form of expression of realism and acute observation  with " Full-length portraits were reserved for depictions of the highest echelon of society, and were associated with princely displays of power"    Kemperdick (2006), 28 Wikipedia      Quoting from Wikipedia again, "Throughout history, it has been common for rulers and governments to commission public art as a means of demonstrating power and wealth, or even for specific propaganda purposes".  So it's not just me saying this.....  It's really not a surprise th

Look up, get up and never give up in 2015

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So now that that year of, at least Chinese believe, the Horse is behind us Americans. and now 2015, an 8 year, is upon our door step I'm looking forward to it.  And! it appears that part of looking forward is still looking back.  For example one of the theme now offered for a very young skewing audience Tumblr offer a Cassettes for a template. Or the fact that there is a Cassette Store Day , much like Record Store Day or it's predecessor VinylRecordDay.com The point of this being don't be surprised to find that something that you didn't know or presumed to cease to have existed might not be the case. It has to start to dawn on people that much of what we do is what we believe is happening, if we don't believe music is important and that going to a coffee shop and buying water poured over beans is important to do...Let's not get in the heath of doing one verses the other, it's what we, especially kids believe is important.   Now that we've c