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crushed out
Machs Cafe is being re-furbished.
Please spend your idle time here
Thank you. Check back next week.
on fireJust a reminder to the owner of the messageboard located at comebackalivedot com that...
Section 13.1 of the Human Rights Act, prohibits Canadians from electronically communicating "any matter that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that that person or those persons are identifiable on the basis of [their group identity]."
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Next time you come to YVR Vancouver, just flash those pearly whites instead. I mean after you get stopped to declare your identity.
What ? Who are you? What are you?
A Crimean? With a watch whose hands have stopped?
a-okMy musical hero speaks!
FACTOID: Clear Channel began in 1972 with a single radio station in San Antonio, Texas.
And now in the news, execs at Clear Channel say lenders are threatening its $19.5 billion buyout deal with private equity firms
A temporary restraining order had to be used against the banks from purposely sinking the deal
Clearchannel et al are suing the 6 : Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse Group, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank AG and Wachovia Corp.
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So in addition to this behind the scenes maneuvering, positioning and posturing, front face and center are more murderous ruinous accusations surrounding the well founded careers of the likes of Puff Daddy and Guns n Roses. Guns n Roses you say?
I mean really!
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But back to the raison d`etre for this blog entry .
Just click the pic! My musical hero speaks....! Thanks for visiting!
not sure...has anyone out there Googled the search terms :
"medical tourism " in the news lately?
Seems like there are many countries competing for people searching for adequate treatment and care.
Here is but one example ...old city called Lodz in Eastern Europe is becoming a attractive place for Britons to flee from their extortionist dentists - (lol)
The UK's Guardian has the details.
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See also
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Now on the other hand, if you have bought and paid for a travel holiday well in advance but are forced to cancel your well made arrangements due to illness, are you insured for such an event?
Sarah Modlock, author of money management book for twenty-somethings 'Skint to Mint' aims to answer such a question, with the fresh recent casebook example of the nightmarish ('auspicious' too cute for a word) opening wing at Heathrow Airport..
Airport nightmares - what are you covered for?
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And finally,
amidst all of this....
traveling for health reasons, postponing due to illness, preparing for little emergencies....
comes this
Yes, the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE) is calling for a public inquiry into the issue of "contaminated air" on UK aircraft.
The pressure group says chemicals from engine oils and lubricants get into cabin air supplies.So now we have it all: terrorists, airline food and ...bad air. What more reason do you want to stay at home instead? :)
caffeinated
This one a little more closely felt to home in a place called Kimberley BC.
But similar to the old Bankers Trust building in New York City I blogged about below....:
"...four people died doing what should have been routine work."
Including two ambulance attendants. This will be almost two years ago from today in what was once referred to as the
But now , two years later, investigations by the chief inspector of mines as well as the inquest recommendations which followed the accident at the Sullivan Mine in Kimberley has resulted in changes that will help ensure mine worker safety -
The amendments include adopting new reporting requirements for mine managers in the event of an accident or dangerous occurrence.
Very good.
Hopefully the lessons learned will be applied globally to assist mine operations around the world in mitigating risk with respect to similar waste dump sites. take care - Mach
(Sometimes called : Bavarian City of the Rockies, Kimberley was named after the famous South African diamond mine, probably the same mine moniker used for the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for International Trade in Rough Diamonds)
don't askFor New Yorkers it felt like a flashback to Sept. 11.
At 3:36 P.M. on Aug. 18, 2007, came a report that a skyscraper was burning about 150 feet from where the World Trade Center's Twin Towers once stood.
Thick black smoke was pouring out of the shell of what used to be the Deutsche Bank building...
The tombstone at Ground Zero
New York landmark's storied past
Apparently the neighborhood surrounding the Deutsche Bank building near Ground Zero has a rich history..
Heres a splice from a book called 'American Ground' that I gleaned from Amazon, looks excellent.
"Most of the rooms (of the Deutsche Bank dining area) had been unoccupied at the time of the attack, and were set for lunch-with fresh place mats, plates, and utensils, and sets of stemmed glasses, some of which had been capsized and broken by the pressure waves and lay now as they had fallen, like everything else here, under a feathery gauze of the Twin Towers' remains."
You should check it out. In it you can also read about :
David Griffin, a demolition expert who drove up from North Carolina, bluffed his way onto the restricted site, and quickly wound up in a position of authority
Although the book was published in 2003 on the 2nd anniversary of the attacks, something tells me that this book is not destined for the scrap or book bargain basment:
"The one book to read, if you're only reading one."
--Detroit Free Press
"Slim but powerful . . . truth, unclouded by sentiment."
--The New York Times Book Review
"One of the most compelling, dramatic, and uplifting pieces of writing you are likely ever to read."
--St. Louis Post-Dispatch
"Extraordinary . . . An amazing piece of journalism, full of colorful characters and astonishing scenes."
--Peter Carlson, The Washington Post
"Says more about our essential character than a thousand maudlin tributes."
--Boris Kachka, New York- -
Post-publication date a lot has happened to the old Bankers Trust Building (in 1999 the German company Deutsche Bank had absorbed the Bankers Trust Corporation) as indicated in the posted stories above.
It was almost 5 years later after the attacks, that they had found bones there.
This was a very important discovery since of the 2,749 people who perished at the World Trade Center site on 9/11, no trace of 1,151 had (or have been) been identified.
Now theres talk of putting residential towers there for people to live in.
Yak yak yak yak
Yak yak yak yak!
Take care. Yours truly - Mach
brightThe New York Times reports. on a mild hullaboo in the press at large in regards to a Los Angeles Times piece regarding old allegations against the smarmy rapper known as Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs.
I discovered this through an abandoned thread
at Robby 'Y' P's Black Flag Cafe which is located here.
(The aforementioned is not a w-rapper. But a t-ravell'r.)
And I know we alll have typically better things to do than become gaping spectators at the scene of these crimes but I just wanted to point out now that the story gets better. Or worse. Depending on which way you look at it.
Interestingly all the stories I have read paint a picture that Shakur died in the lobby of a recording studio.
So does the Australian paper Sydney Morning Herald have the straight goods? What do they have the East Coast/West Coast papers don't have?
SMH.AU: Bullets, blood and bravado
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Didn't Bruce Springsteen have them all before anyone?
With his Murder Incorporated? Me thinks so anyway.
caffeinated"It's a picture postcard island with some very sinister secrets."
Read on.
Child abuse claims haunt British Channel Island of Jersey
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Yet another shining example of our government abandoning its citizens overseas to rot in jail.
Anyone outhere "thinking" about travelling to Bihar?
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Heres the other more widely known case...
mischievious
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Pretty cool guy, eh?
"Yeah,---...and Im the guy who
posted HIM."
mega million dollar smile on Felipe Massa a lot of guys probably wish they had a smile just like that one
-"click me!' who? me?
