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Recall of the Cow Heads 2008-04-11 09:49:17 A Kansas company is recalling 400,000+ cow heads because the tonsils were not removed. Apparently the "mad cow" disease BSE could be lurking in the cow tonsils. My question is, what foods are cow heads used for? Seriously, do you want to be eating cow head in anything? Ew!- Read more:Heads
Where is your happy place? 2008-04-13 19:26:13 Happiness is...a warm sunny spot. No, Deedee is not not dead, just hot. Where is your "Happy Place?"Mine currently is in:
Stop Health Care Privatization in Canada 2008-04-15 07:03:30 Attention Canadians:VIGILS TO STOP PRIVATIZATION OF MEDICARE
Please join concerned citizens on the steps of the Alberta Legislature.
Wednesday April 16 and Wednesday, April 23 at 12:00 noon
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
April 16 - Carol Wodok, Advocate & Policy Analyst for Long Term Care
Privatization of Long Term Care
April 23- Diana Gibson, Research Director of Parkland Institute
Analysis of Throne & Budget Speeches from a Health
Perspective
MUSIC BY THE RAGING GRANNIES. Here they are at the Affordable Housing Rally last fall.More info on the privatization of Health Care in Canada
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Rich vs Poor Health Care coming to Alberta 2008-04-17 06:42:16 Multi-tier system (aka the rich vs the poor) Health
Care coming to Alberta
- medbroadcast.comP.S. The fountain pic is one of the graphics Iconoguy made for my Lucky Honu Oracle. I love his style & he's been terrific to work with.
Girly Moment & Weekend Movie 2008-04-18 12:00:08 EagleOnline
EventWARNING: Girly
moment for all you inner fashionistas out there:Eagleonline.com had a meet & greet event last night for their current contractors & people looking for work. And it was finally spring & warm enough that I got to wear my new brown lace mini-dress & the sandals I've been dying to wear. They are 3.5 inch cork wedges. Ok. Silly girl moment over.The Weekend
:It is hubby's bday. He'll be 29. Happy Forever 29 Hubby!And we're going to this film "5 Ring Circus" about changes made to Vancouver for the upcoming Olympics in 2010. - you have any fun stuff planned for the weekend? Read more:Moment
Warcrimes at the Top 2008-04-20 07:39:46 ABC News: Bush advisers approved tortureAccording to a top official, Ashcroft asked aloud after one meeting:
"Why are we talking about this in the White House? History will not
judge this kindly."The story of shame has even hit the Daily News TV show, so most of you
probably have heard by now. The top circle around Bush: Powell,
Cheney, Tenet, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, Condi Rice, not only knew about the
torture going on at Guantanamo Bay, but they made the choreography
decisions on what would be done. A copy of the ABC report and other articles about it:- reuters.com- don't quite understand how the media let out a collective yawn when
it heard the news that top Bush Administration officials (Cheney, Rice,
Rumsfeld, Powell, Ashcroft, Tenet) personally signed off on "enhanced interrogatio
New Directions 2008-04-21 08:27:29 I've been contracted to help coordinate the Fair Trade Fair & Film Festival here in Edmonton May 17 by the Edmonton Small Press Association. If you are elsewhere in Canada, here is a list of Fair Trade week events. If you are in the United States, here is where to find out about Fair Trade events near you. I'm also re-focusing Fashionmash.com to reach out to the clothing Reuse community with Clothing Swaps & all that.Here is the new focus statement for Fashion Mash. I'd love to hear your feedback.Fashion Mash™ provides online tools to help people organize their
wardrobe into outfits, get feedback from their friends and discover new
looks. We want to encourage indie designers, Fair Trade certified, eco-friendly design and sustainable living.
We hope you wi Read more:Directions
3 dead babies in Edmonton 2008-04-23 04:50:21 Me with "Boo." He was one of our foster babies back in the States.Body of dead newborn found in south Edmonton
home
Edmonton police are investigating after a dead newborn baby was found in a south side home Monday morning. Police said they received the report of a sudden death at the home at 88 Avenue and 85 Street just after 9 a.m. Investigators are not releasing any other details and are treating the death as suspicious. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday.
This is the third such case in the Edmonton area in a little more than two months. Last Wednesday a man walking his dog in a wooded area near Stony
Plain, just west of the city, discovered a baby boy wrapped in a pink
towel. RCMP said on Friday they had identified a "person of interest" in
that case, but ha
Spring Snow 2008-04-22 05:08:03 Last Thursday it was
61°F/16°CYesterday it was
16°F/-9°CWheeeeeeee! I love Canada! Read more:Spring
Edmonton Fashion Week Gala 2008-04-24 09:21:44 Last night, I got to attend a fashion show/silent auction charity event called "No Food For Thought." It was to raise money for one of Edmonton
's inner city/homeless organizations, the Bissell Center and to kick off Edmonton Fashion
Week.I finally got to meet Jessica Halabi, who won "Best Emerging Designer" at last year's Edmonton Fashion Week. She has made a beautiful dress for one of my friends & was one of my early testers for Fashion Mash. I was a total silent auction loser. I only bid on a few things, and I tried to compete, but everything went out of my price range. (Which is nice for the Bissell Center who is benefitting!) My friend however managed to successfully bid on a bunch of stuff: 2 pretty hand painted ceramic plates, a beautiful
Edmonton Housing Crisis 2008-04-26 03:00:26 For Renters in the Edmonton
Area.The Edmonton Social Planning Council is advocating for affordable housing.Go here to fill out a survey about your housing situation & be entered to win $50. Or you can download the survey here and mail it in. Read more:Housing
, Crisis
Happy 11 years Hubby! 2008-04-29 18:57:23 Here we are 6 months after we got married: I'm still crazy about you Read more:Happy
, Hubby
The Perpetual War of 1984 2008-05-01 15:13:55 Moveon.org does a nice job with their new ad & quote from John McCain "I don't think Americans would be concerned if we are there for 100 years, 1000 years or ten-thousand years." Doesn't it just make you think of the perpetual war in the background of 1984? CBS News: "Mission Accomplished," 5 Years LaterSince Bush Declared End To Major Combat Operations In Iraq, Nearly 4,000 U.S. Troops Have Died-
The Food Crisis 2008-04-30 09:57:17 This movie was made 2 months ago- their figures talk about cost of items raising between 25-80% in the past year. Since then most items have continued to rise. Staples like wheat, corn and rice are now almost double, and the crisis is slipping out of control. The UN food program is going to have to start rationing food to people who are already starving.Take Action: Sign a petition to raise awareness.For more info:
BBC: "How to stop the global food crisis"- "The New Economics of Hunger", Washington Post, 27 April 2008- -dyn/content/article/2008/04/26/AR2008042602041_pf.htmlChinese news citing World Bank figures- On this topic: give a listen to this Norwegian. I love his videos- he is a riot. Sadly he is also spot on about what is happening with food, economy Read more:Crisis
Good news 2008-05-05 06:38:04 Program to give Edmonton Homeless voicemail. (However, they still need to fund the program at $300/mo.)- canada.comFour oil soaked ducks might live. And Syncrude took out full page ads in the local papers apologizing for the 500 birds killed in one of their toxic tailings ponds.- globeandmail.comEdmonton Public schools gets Confucius Institute for its 2000 student Mandarin program. It is the first K-12 one in Canada- the other four Confucius Institutes here are for College/University.- edmontonsun.com
I'm a Heinz 57, what are you? 2008-05-04 07:54:30 We have a very Catholic neighbor. This is the view from our side door to their front porch where they had some kind of altar set up on a cross. A bunch of people came over and ate food outside first and then had some kind of service inside. At first, I thought it was a wake or something but people were very loud and boisterous with a lot of laughing. The framed picture beside the cross is from the 1800s with a man in a handlebar moustache and military uniform. Some of the people spoke a Slavic kind of language. I assume it was to commemorate some kind of European hero or saint. "White people" having individual ethnic identities here in Canada has been a bit of a cultural shock. Most people I've met here in Edmonton make sure you know th
Know Thyself. 2008-05-07 10:05:49 He who knows others is clever;He who knows himself has discernment.He who overcomes others has force;He who overcomes himself is strong.He who knows contentment is rich;He who perseveres is a man of purpose;He who does not lose his station will endure;He who lives out his days has had a long life.- Tao Te Ching, Chapter 33There is a classic asian tale that talks about blind men who encounter an elephant. Each describes what he feels of the elephant including the tail, leg, trunk, etc. Each is confident he knows what the elephant is but obviously does not have the whole picture. This elephant knows who he is.
Peak Oil with Sexy Dancing 2008-05-08 21:20:59 Activism & Sexy Dancing
side by side. Good twin Bad twin?Hey, sex is used to advertise everything else. Why not activism?BBC News Headline: Great tits cope well with warming {giggle!}- Read more:Peak Oil
more starwars geekout 2008-05-08 19:31:43 Ok. These are the cutest Stormtroopers ever!-
Omar Khadr, Canadian child raised in Guantanamo Bay 2008-05-10 07:34:45 Summary for Omar Khadr.... he was born in Toronto & lived in Canada until he was ten. From ages 11-15 he was put in an Al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan. In 2002, it is alleged that he threw a grenade at US troops, killing one and injuring 3 others when they invaded his home. Note that the child
was shot in the back while on his knees. And that US troops used grenades themselves during the incident. From then until now he has been raised in Guantanamo Bay, not in the children's section, but held mostly in solitary confinement with the adults. He has been tortured & only last year was allowed to contact his mother and to talk to a lawyer. I don't normally republish whole articles, but I think the importance of this human rights violation overri Read more:Canadian
Know your Rights: US Internal Checkpoint 2008-05-11 04:49:15 US Internal
checkpoint 50ish miles from the Mexican border. Note the driver's legal tactic of asking, "Am I being detained?" She has to let him go, because they have no legal grounds for stopping people like this in Arizona, but not every state has the same laws about traffic stops & inspections. Please contact your local ACLU, tell them about this video & ask what Read more:Rights
, Checkpoint
The Truth is not demonizing America. 2008-05-11 04:39:54 Facts and Truth
are not demonizing America
. Be aware that whole argument of calling a fact "demonizing" is an Ann Coulter/neocon tactic where they respond to facts by saying that "Liberals hate America." Pointing out facts and educating people on the truth is not calling America evil. It is saying, "HEY what you learn in the media is for your entertainment, here is the real news.
US now tracking ALL newborns by DNA 2008-05-15 02:42:17 Bush signed a bill into law that takes DNA sample from ALL NEWBORNS"The Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007" is now law & requires hospitals to collect DNA on all babies with out parental consent. Just one more thing for home births & midwife centers to worry about complying with too! Thanks Blue Eyed Sue for pointing this out. This one completely missed my radar.&n
Poster work 2008-05-14 07:30:25 Working on a poster for my Refashion.ca display at the Fair Trade Fair this weekend. (sorry cut off the bottom where my phone number is.)What do you think? Read more:Poster
Infant DNA collection: 5 reasons you should care. 2008-05-16 04:31:31 5 Reasons why you should care about the hospitals taking DNA samples from newborns:There is no out- they do not need the parents consent. This is MANDATED for every single infant.Keeping it all in one national database on the internet. Government agencies are not under the HIPPAA medical privacy thing. While they "say" it will be private, it grants access to anyone doing "public Read more:Infant
, collection
Have you felt the food crisis yet? 2008-05-20 16:59:12 Have you checked your grocery store receipt lately? We just got back from a $278 run to the grocery store. eep!How much is your food costing?Food crisis rippling out like a tsunami-
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