24/7 Wall St. Insightful Analysis and Commentary for U.S. and Global Equity Investors May 22, 2012 by 247wallst Source http://247wallst.com/2012/05/22/the-happiest-countries-in-the-world-2/ For the second year in a row, 24/7 Wall St. examined the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s report on life satisfaction in the developed world. Economic prosperity, health and a strong social support network continue to Read More

Full Article http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-20/joplin-tornado-anniversary/55085962/1 Joplin emerges from tornado’s devastation a year later JOPLIN, Mo. – A patch of wildflowers planted in the weeks before the May 22 tornado that killed 161 people and left schools, police and fire stations, parks and other landmarks in the rubble, has sprung Read More By Valerie Mosley/Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader, Gannett  

Are you like so many folks with a box of old photographs pushed under the bed or shoved in the far back of a closet. Perhaps along side that box of fading pictures, are some old VHS tapes of family movies or a box of letters; yes, people did once upon a time write letters; back in the olden days before email and texting. And then there are the memories residing inside our minds and the minds of our relatives.”We keep meaning to tape record Uncle George telling about his time in WW ll” or “Someday we will sit down with grandmother and hear about her recollections of living through the…

Full Article Lawrence of Arabia dies. (2012). The History Channel website. Retrieved 1:45, May 19, 2012, from www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lawrence-of-arabia-dies. T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as Lawrence of Arabia, dies as a retired Royal Air Force mechanic living under an assumed name. The legendary war hero, author, and archaeological scholar succumbed to injuries suffered in a Read More