Mood:  d'oh

 

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A consultation on raising the age for the purchase of tobacco products in Northern Ireland is welcomed by doctors.

The British Medical Association said it would be recommending that the age be raised from 16 to 18.

You heard it hear first...

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But help!... I can't find Jeffrey.

Posted by mach1231 at 2:49 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:39 PM PDT

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Mood:  a-ok

I think I just might dedicate this blog to all the beautiful women in the world  and who in turn bring so much beauty to the world.

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Robert Fox, executive director of Oxfam, is calling on Ottawa and other governments to increase aid to impoverished countries and better promote public services.

The World Health Organization says two and a half billion people in developing countries do not have access to simple latrines, and for at least one billion of them, finding safe drinking water is a daily struggle.

http://www.drinking-water.org/flash/splash.html

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The founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberte, pledged $100 million to fund a new foundation that will help provide fresh water to the world's poorest countries. 

"CIRQUE DU SOLEIL is a real-life rags-to-riches tale. In 1973, its founder Guy Laliberté left home armed with an accordion and a backpack. He had a vision of creating a surreal high-tech circus without animals, and eleven years later he set up Cirque du Soleil—a company which now has six touring shows, permanent theaters in Las Vegas and Orlando and revenues approaching $1 billion."

Only one of 17 billionaires from Canada according to Forbes.

"This isn't about charity," said Fox, who's based in Ottawa. "This is a rights issue, and we have an obligation to organize ourselves to ensure that people can access those services."

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Everyone, especially women and girls, should be able to access public services including clean water, education and health care.

Giving impoverished women the means to support themselves and their families could help put an end to poverty.

Posted by mach1231 at 2:26 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:00 PM PDT

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Mood:  cheeky

This is what I previously chided the BFC'ers about.

Paris is postponing her Rwandan trip because of restructuring of the children's charity.

So you see dear Flaggers youre really not that much different.

She is not the only one to live in such a small world, so Paris should fit in with your site fanatacism quite easily and feel most comfortable.

Meanwhile, a Paris Hilton quote-unquote: "I want to travel the world".

I thought it funny that the poster posting as RYP actually said something about Paris doing otehr things first before earning the author's approval.

RYP, does it look like this girl has made it to where she is by trying to win anyones: "approval"?

http://www.playingforgood.org/

 The world won't change much with your resistance to it-!

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And oh yeah...!

Happy Birthday Sir Roger Moore.

Posted by mach1231 at 2:11 PM PDT

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Mood:  bright

Kylie Minogue was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer in 2005 at the age of 36. Even before her diagnosis, she was supporting the cause. In 2002, she donated one of her bras to a London auction which raised $7000 for breast cancer awareness. Kylie is currently on the November 2007 cover of the UK edition of Glamour and talks about her battle with cancer and her dreams for the future. (credit: George Pimentel/WireImage.com ) 

See 7 other women who are but a small representation of breast cancer survivors who have helped raise awareness of the disease in their own, unique way 

http://healthandfitness.sympatico.msn.ca/HealthyLiving/articles/famousbreastcancersurvivors

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I think a touch o pink at le Cafe is a great

There are literally hundreds of ways to show your support

http://www.pinkribbonshop.com/

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https://www.pinkribbonstore.com/gifts/aboutus.do?siteId=343

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Even Sony is in on the action. Frankly Im a little bit jealous. Not-lol!

Posted by mach1231 at 4:41 PM PDT

Updated: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:10 PM PDT

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Mood:  don't ask

Ta-da

 Dear WaPo: Do You Know What a Retraction is?

Good little running commentary here

on the continually unfolding saga of Carol Gotbaum

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(Elected officials and other prominent New Yorkers were among hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Carol Anne Gotbaum, who died in police custody at an airport in Phoenix.

Gotbaum, the stepdaughter-in-law of New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, died Sept. 28 at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport. She had been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after she was kept off a connecting flight that was to bring her to Tucson, where she was to enter an alcohol treatment center.

The 45-year-old was married to Noah Gotbaum, son of retired labor leader Victor Gotbaum. The couple lived on the Upper West Side with their three young children.

John Jakobson, another family friend, said Noah Gotbaum spoke of his wife's final moments during the service.

"Her husband said that if only one person in that airport had helped her she would be alive today," he said

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jtT6mK0J-jZRgOQhUl8y_McJ-GCwD8S4IFTO0

See also

Posted by mach1231 at 3:58 PM PDT

Updated: Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:41 PM PDT

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Tribunal orders woman to stop spreading hate

The Canadian Press

The commission has fined Jessica Beaumont $1,500 for posting messages that hold Jews, gays, lesbians, Chinese, blacks, aboriginals and other non-whites to hatred or contempt.

It also ordered Beaumont, 21, who once lived in British Columbia, to pay $3,000 in special compensation to a man that she posted hate messages about.

In a judgment released Friday, the tribunal said Beaumont admitted posting more than 1,000 messages on the website under the pseudonym "Jessy Destruction.''

Richard Warman filed the complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

The tribunal said Warman has also filed a criminal complaint with the British Columbia Hate Crime Team but no criminal charges have been laid.

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Updated Fri. Oct. 26 2007 7:06 PM ET

Hmhhh.

Posted by mach1231 at 6:46 PM PDT

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Mood:  down

"The high Canadian dollar is having a devastating impact on manufacturing jobs and it's causing real difficulty for thousands and thousands of working families who are finding themselves on the street because of it. " - NDP Leader J. Layton in a statement to the press ahead of Prime Ministers drop in visit to a town affected by layoffs

The Prime Minister did not meet with hard-pressed workers or offer any solutions.

The Tories may be, key words may be,  in hot water with Elections Canada over alleged cheating with the rules and guidelines to skirt authority but that doesnt stop them from issuing warnings about a potential lawsuit if the Oposition doesn't watch their language. 

For more STFU see also.

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http://joecarr.ca/interests/coffee.htm

Posted by mach1231 at 5:35 PM PDT

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Mood:  accident prone

Sudanese human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman is the winner of this year's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

Over two decades during Sudan's various civil wars Salih Mahmoud Osman (b.1957) has risked his own life to provide legal and medical aid to the countless victims of the conflict.

More here.

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The group leaders also decided to find an appropriate way to honour Anna Politkovskaya, the Russian journalist who was killed last year and was also on this year's Sakharov shortlist. They will decide at their next meeting how this should be done.
 

Chinese human rights defenders Zeng Jinyan and Hu Jia, had also been nominated for the prize.

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See yuh later guys..thanx for dropping in..

Posted by mach1231 at 4:58 PM PDT

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Mood:  caffeinated

Vince Vaughn

and Vanessa... | I just think they make a super-couple and wanted

to say so!

He's so tall and

elegant looking ( the goof!!)

and well, you know

shes...like 44.

How cool is that!

Mr. Vince is 37.

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Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are set to battle it out on the cover of W magazine! I will buy my copy in November.

As anyone who knows moi by now will know, I am going with Lettermans screen captured guest seen here:

- - Headlines that also ran (form your own pictures)

Posted by mach1231 at 3:54 PM PDT

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