Jean Kennedy Smith

JEAN KENNEDY SMITH, 1928- Served five years as ambassador to Ireland in the Clinton administration. Married Stephen Edward Smith in 1956; he died in 1990. Former U.S. attorney general, a U.S. senator from New York and a presidential candidate in 1968. Assassinated in Los Angeles, 1968. Married in 1950 to Ethel Skakel. They had 11 children.

Rosemary died from natural causes on January 7, 2005, at the Fort Memorial Hospital in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, at the age of 86, with two of her surviving sisters Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Jean Kennedy Smith, and her only surviving brother Senator Ted Kennedy by her side.

Lobotomy treatments are now abandoned and discredited by the mental health and medical communities due to it’s sever side effects, the procedure is totally rejected by the modern medical practitioners and is no longer used. However, Publicly, she was declared to be mentally handicapped, as that was more socially acceptable in a political family than a failed lobotomy.

Chicago Air and Water Show 2009

The 2009 Chicago Air and Water Show promises to be very entertaining. Chicago is preparing one of the largest air and water show of the year 2009 that aims to put the city on the map as one of the top entertaining destinations. The Chicago Air & Water Show is the largest spectator event in the United States and the longest ongoing show of its kind in North America.

The Chicago Air and Water Show of 2009 will take place this weekend, August 15-16 and many residents and tourists of the city are looking forward to it. According to Explorechicago this the show has 50 years of history and 2009 will mark the 51st anniversary of Chicago Air and Water Show. "From simple beginnings as part of a "Family Day Celebration" in 1959, the show has grown to the oldest and largest free admission air and water exhibition in the United States.

For hotel reservations of the city visitors ExploreChicago apparently has partnered with Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, located on 2233 South Martin L. King Drive in Chicago. This is the hotel they suggest on their website. It has 800 newly renovated guestrooms with city views. Completimentary shuttle to downtown attractions is provided.

CWA District 9

AT&T, the nation's largest private employer of union labor, has managed to "strike" a deal (pun intended) with Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9. The tentative deal would institute a new three-year contract for 23,000 employees in California and Nevada. The previous contract with the CWA expired four months ago, along with other four contracts together covering nearly 80,500 workers in AT&T's wireline operations. While a tentative deal has been reached, a full vote of CWA District 9 members will need to be done.

According to a press release, CWA District 9 will hold contract explanation meetings with local members on Aug. 17. More information will be made public following membership notification. The mail ratification vote will be completed by September 1. Fun for AT&T: another contract covering 23,000 workers in the former BellSouth area in the Southeast expired Saturday.

While AT&T and CWA District 9 negotiators haven't released details, AT&T has been seeking to have workers shoulder more of the cost of health insurance, across its negotiations in various districts. Just another example of our broken health care system.