In the Roman Catholic Church, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, the season of preparation for the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. (In Eastern Rite Catholic churches, Lent begins two days earlier, on Clean Monday.)
While Ash Wednesday is not a Holy Day of Obligation, all Roman Catholics are encouraged to attend Mass on this day in order to mark the beginning of the Lenten season. Read more---
2/9/08
Junk Food Advertising in Australia
By Nance Haxton
Posted Sat Feb 9, 2008 12:06pm AEDT Updated Sat Feb 9, 2008 12:45pm AEDT
The South Australian Government wants to ban junk food advertising during children's peak television viewing times. (File photo) (AFP)
The South Australian Government is planning to ban junk food advertising in children's viewing times, saying it has received legal advice that it is possible to enforce the ban at the state level.
South Australian Health Minister John Hill says the Government will implement a voluntary ban first, but if that does not curb the number of advertisements, then it will legislate. Read more---
Source:
abc.net.au/news/stories/australia
Posted Sat Feb 9, 2008 12:06pm AEDT Updated Sat Feb 9, 2008 12:45pm AEDT
The South Australian Government wants to ban junk food advertising during children's peak television viewing times. (File photo) (AFP)
The South Australian Government is planning to ban junk food advertising in children's viewing times, saying it has received legal advice that it is possible to enforce the ban at the state level.
South Australian Health Minister John Hill says the Government will implement a voluntary ban first, but if that does not curb the number of advertisements, then it will legislate. Read more---
Source:
abc.net.au/news/stories/australia
The United Nations and aid agencies are calling for the re-opening of the humanitarian corridor between Cameroon and Chad to allow vital help to reach hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees and internally displaced people in eastern Chad. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from the UN's European headquarters in Geneva. Read more---
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http://voanews.com/english/2008-02-09-voa8.cfm
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http://voanews.com/english/2008-02-09-voa8.cfm
2/6/08
Health Guide NY Times -Hypertension
It tastes bland and can be a tough daily regimen to follow, so it’s not the ideal medicine for high blood pressure. But a low-salt, heart-healthy diet is staging a comeback as some 60-plus drugs fail to rein in staggering rates of hypertension in the United States. Read more---
2/4/08
Congratulations Eli Manning/Burress NY Giants!
I thought whoever wins it's okay for me, but I keep on saying let the underdogs win! Oh, my... they did win! Eli is a SUPERSTAR!
1/30/08
Chinese dumplings
Source:
ABC News
North Asia correspondent Shane McLeod
Posted Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:39pm AEDT
Chinese dumplings containing pesticide have sparked a food scare in Japan.
Ten people, including a mother and her four children, have become ill after eating meat dumplings that authorities believe contained pesticide.
The company that imported the dumplings has issued an immediate nationwide recall for all food produced by the same Chinese factory.
Police say they are investigating the possibility of criminal negligence.
Japan imported around $1 billion worth of food from China last year - this scare will heighten concerns about its safety.
Tags: health, food-poisoning, china, japan
ABC News
North Asia correspondent Shane McLeod
Posted Wed Jan 30, 2008 10:39pm AEDT
Chinese dumplings containing pesticide have sparked a food scare in Japan.
Ten people, including a mother and her four children, have become ill after eating meat dumplings that authorities believe contained pesticide.
The company that imported the dumplings has issued an immediate nationwide recall for all food produced by the same Chinese factory.
Police say they are investigating the possibility of criminal negligence.
Japan imported around $1 billion worth of food from China last year - this scare will heighten concerns about its safety.
Tags: health, food-poisoning, china, japan
1/27/08
1/26/08
Interview
DYLAN AT NEWPORT - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Bob Dylan
Oscar-winning director MURRAY LERNER talks to UNCUT about The Other Side Of The Mirror
Source:
UNCUT.UK
Bob Dylan
Oscar-winning director MURRAY LERNER talks to UNCUT about The Other Side Of The Mirror
Source:
UNCUT.UK
Numb with Grief
A public memorial service for Australian star Heath Ledger will be held next week in Los Angeles, Australia's foreign minister has said. Stephen Smith added the actor's family would be offered help to return his body to Perth in Australia, where he is expected to be laid to rest.
Ledger's publicist said funeral arrangements "would continue to be kept private at the family's request".
The 28-year-old was found dead in his New York flat on Tuesday.
Mr Smith also told reporters on a visit to the United Nations in New York that he understood that a private family memorial service had taken place in the city. Read more...
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Sickle Cells
Daily pain from sickle cell disease may be far more common - and severe - than previously thought, research suggests. Virginia Commonwealth University researchers asked 232 sickle cell patients to keep diaries.
The Annals of Internal Medicine study found many experienced daily pain - but many tried to cope with it at home, rather than seeking medical help.
Previous research has assumed that, if patients did not seek help, then they were not in pain.Read more...
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