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OK. I want to buy a pink shirt for my man. Is it considered 'gay' (sorry to the homosexuals out there) to buy one for a man? A man wearing pink is cute.... right??

 

Wondering if anyone from BC not fill in their census?

  I've done mine... just wondering if ppl here have fill in their census or whether they'll stick it to the man and not do it.

  I used to watch the sitcom but they got boring.... still, I'll miss their presence on TV. Good-bye gang!!!

  I remember:

  a) when Jack met Cher in his dreams

  b) when Grace's fake boobs sprung a leak

  c) Matt Damon in the gay chorus

  d) Jack stalking Kevin Bacon and Will dancing Foot Loose with him

  e) Michael Doughlas had a crush on Will

Awesome. I can't wait for this movie to come out.

  [A href="http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808490830/trailer"]http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808490830/trailer[/A]

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  Happy Happy Happy Mother's Day. Get out there and take your mommies out because she deserves a break.

Hit the grossness factor yet?



Ground up beetles found in yogurt -- carmine serves as insect-based food coloring ingredient.




 
This is not a joke: there are ground up red beetles being used right now as a food coloring ingredient in yogurt, ice cream, juice drinks and many other grocery products. The ingredient is called "carmine."
Carmine is literally made from dried, ground-up red beetles, and its coloring (bright red) is used in yogurt, juice drinks, candies, and a long list of other products, including many "natural" products.  It's not that these red beetles are dangerous. Except for a few individuals who suffer severe allergic reactions to the beetles, most people do just fine eating carmine. Beetles are probably good for you, just like ants. High in protein, low in fat... you get the picture.

 But there's a grossness factor that probably explains why products using this ingredient list "carmine" instead of "powdered red beetles" on the label. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has even petitioned the FDA to ban carmine(1), or, at the very least, require its clear labeling. The CSPI cites a study conducted by the doctors at the University of Michigan (headed by Dr. Baldwin, University of Michigan Medical Center) that demonstrated carmine can cause a severe allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis -- a condition that can put a person into shock and require hospitalization. But these reactions are extremely rare.

 
WHY DO MANUFACTURERS USE CARMINE?

 People tend to buy foods that look good. The redder the juice drink, for example, the more "alive" it looks. That's why we pick bright-red apples and bright-orange oranges in the grocery store. The vibrant colors tell us, "This is ripe and healthy!"
It's no surprise, then, that consumers purchase food products with vibrant colors. Carmine adds this vibrancy and color to foods, making them more appealing to consumers. In other words, if it looks good, we are more apt to buy it.

 There are also technical reasons why carmine is a useful food coloring

Source: [A href="http://www.newstarget.com/002043.html"][FONT color=#0000ff size=1]http://www.newstarget.com/002043.html[/FONT][/A]

See also: [A href="http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/carmine.html"][FONT color=#0000ff size=1]http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/carmine.html[/FONT][/A]

Anyone got email scams? Post your email scams here. This is what I found in my email box lately.

  MR TOLA  WANG
ACCOUNTS MANAGER,
UBA NIG.PLC. LAGOS
NIGERIA.
TELE--234-8054-80-6579


ATTN Sir,


I am an Accountant with the (UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA)UBA
Nig. Plc. My name is MR TOLA  WANG. I am the Personal
Account Manager to one Engineer BRIAN MONROE a dual
National of the UNITED STATES, and of an AUSTRALIAN origin,
which he disclose to me and his personal
lawyer. He worked with the Ajeokuta Steel Rolling Company
in Nigeria.

My client and his wife were involved in an auto accident on
the 27st of october, 2004 and they both died after an
unsuccessful attempt by the medical doctors to rescue their
lives.

Since then, I have made several inquiries to his embassy to
locate any of my client's extended relatives, but this has
proved unsuccessful. Then after these several unsuccessful
moves, I and his lawyer decided that we should contact you
as the deceased next
of kin. The issue is not whether you have the same last or
surname or not, but the emphasis is just to present you by
me and his lawyer as directed by a magistrate court here in
Nigeria.

As his personal Account Manager,I and his lawyer have made
investigations and discovered that he did not state any
next of kin in all his documents with the bank.I have
contacted you to assist in being the beneficiary as the
next of kin to this sum of Fourteen Million Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars(US$14.2M) which
he deposited in a fixed deposit account in my Bank(UBA NIG.
PLC).The fact is that the fiscal policy regulating banks in
Nigeria, does not permit a fixed deposit account whose
owner is dead to remain unclaimed for a period of two
years. This is the reason I have to contact you in ernest
before the Federal Government of Nigeria get this huge sum
of money confisticated as an unclaimed
fund.

There will be a mutual agreement on how the percentage
sharing should be decided. But all these will happen after
you must have indicated your interest to assist us by
sending thefollowing:-
(1) Your full name and address
(2) Your private phone and fax
(3) Your bank account. You may be required to open a fresh
bank account for the purpose of this transaction, if you do
not want to use your already existing one.

I assure you that, as soon as you indicate your interest to
willingly assist us as the beneficiary, then I will go
ahead to detail you on the role you are required to play.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see
this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. We also intend investing a huge
percentage of our share after sharing, into vaible
business opportunities in your country through your
assistance.If you are interested in this
transaction,please, strictly contact me on my email
address so that I could give you more details on the
workings of this transaction.

Best Regards

MR TOLA  WANG

Babies are here! Babies are here! Hurry for the proud parents. Makes me feel like a grandmama. Watch live feed of bald eagle here. Be patient though as download may take awhile.

  [A href="http://forum.hancockhouse.com/staticpages/index.php/20060323091954727"]http://forum.hancockhouse.com/staticpages/index.php/20060323091954727[/A]

This guy is amazing. Gotta watch this video!

  [A href="http://www.sonnyradio.com/chrisbliss.html"]http://www.sonnyradio.com/chrisbliss.html[/A]

I admit... I don't know much about hockey but can anyone help me out here?

  a) Did BC ever won the Stanley Cup? If so, what year?

  b) I know the Stanley Cup has never made it back to Canada (the Oilers came close but no dice)... when was the last time it was here in Canada?

  c) There's a movie out there based on Maurice the Rocket.  Is he considered the greatest hockey player or has Wayne Gretzsky (spelling?) the greatest?

  d) Did the Canucks make the playoff? OK, I haven't watch any Sports news lately but judging from the lack of Canucks coverage in the newspaper, I take it that's a big fat NO?

  Thanks in advance.

Hiya folks! Sorry for being away but here's my Easter greeting to everyone!! Kisses and chocolates to all.

 

Not that I know much about politics in general but it seems so wrong to switch from one party belief to the other the following day.

  And update on what's been happening to him.

   [H2]Anti-Emerson protesters take message to Ottawa[/H2]

   A small plane circling overhead with a banner urging  David Emerson to "call home" greeted MPs as Parliament opened today.

 The banner was purchased by Manuel Perreda, a Vancouver-Kingsway resident and member of the Campaign to de-Elect David Emerson, a loosely knit community group that formed in reaction to the former Liberal minister's defection to the Conservatives two weeks after the federal election.

 Like others who have joined the anti-Emerson protest in recent weeks, Perreda said he's angry over the politician's decision to cross the floor, and he wants Emerson to return to his riding and address his constituents' concerns directly -- a request that Emerson has, so far, refused.

 To that end, Perreda -- who said he voted Liberal in the last election -- fronted the $1,605 cost of the banner, though he was hoping to recoup some of that expense from campaign supporters who attended a "democracy walk" in the riding on Sunday.

 "Something has to be done," Perreda said Sunday of his involvement in the Emerson protest, now entering its eighth week.

 Source: [A href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5a083cf1-b9aa-41e2-9d17-f838e2f2a147"]http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5a083cf1-b9aa-41e2-9d17-f838e2f2a147[/A]

[[FONT face=verdana size=2]Three-year-old needs bone marrow]

I'm sorry to do this here. I posted this at DV too but this little girl's story need to be told. And if you can help, pls do. Visit your local blood bank. Thanks for reading.

   [FONT face=verdana size=2]Three-year-old needs bone marrow [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]By Simone Blais - Staff Reporter [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]Family and friends of a three-year-old Vancouver girl are asking the Asian-Canadian community in the Tri-Cities for help. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]Kelly Voros, the administrator for BCIT's electrical and computer engineering technology program, is sending out flyers and invitations to everyone on campus to contact Canadian Blood Services for screening. Her co-worker's daughter, Makoda Suen, is in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"The reason why we're looking to the Tri-Cities is that we know there's a big Asian population there," Voros said. "Makoda was adopted from China, and that's why her parents aren't a match to donate marrow. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"That's why it's also more difficult for them to find a match." [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]Makoda, who just turned three, was diagnosed last year with an aggressive form of leukemia. She was successfully treated at B.C. Children's Hospital and went into remission six months later. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"They've been battling with this for a while," Voros said of her co-worker and the family. "She was in remission, but this week, (the cancer) hit again. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"Apparently, with this kind of leukemia, when it hits the second time, then the person has to have a bone marrow transplant." [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]Voros said BCIT staff found out on Monday that Makoda had taken a turn for the worse, and Thursday learned that the little girl's condition deteriorated to the point where she was admitted to Children's Hospital on Thursday for five days of intensive chemotherapy treatment. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]She said the family is devastated about the news - as are BCIT staff. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"Because (the mom) is our co-worker, we all watched the process when they were adopting that little girl and what a joy that was when Makoda came here. And then, within a year for her to be stricken with leukemia, it was so devastating to the family," Voros said. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"We were all waiting to see what we could do, and now that it's at this crisis point, we've started a flyer campaign." [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]Voros said she's printed 3,000 flyers about Makoda's plight and the family search for a bone marrow donor. The flyers have been posted throughout the college campus and distributed directly to staff and students. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"People are just touched, especially the young students. The young people didn't even realize that this is something that they can do. They always say, 'You can give people marrow?'" she said. "You can see it in their face that they want the flyers and want to help." [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]While doctors haven't been able to give the family an idea of how long Makoda has and they remain hopeful that chemotherapy will lengthen that window, Voros urged everyone with Asian ancestry to contact Canadian Blood Services to be tested to see whether or not their marrow could help Makoda survive. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"If potential donors go on to the website, all the forms are on there. You used to have to go to a workshop, but now you can do that all online," she said. "I think you just go in for a blood test. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]"The procedure itself is quite a simple thing to do, but has a huge impact - that's Makoda's life. If we can find the right person, that will save her life." [/FONT]

 [FONT face=verdana size=2]ù For screening information, visit the Canadian Blood Services' website at www.bloodservices.ca and click on the link for "Bone Marrow Donor Registry," or call 1-888-2-DONATE. [/FONT]

 [FONT face=Verdana size=2]Source: [A href="http://www.thenownews.com/issues06/034206/community/034206co1.html"]http://www.thenownews.com/issues06/034206/community/034206co1.html[/A][/FONT]

 [FONT face=Verdana size=2]Source: [A href="http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=b5d260e2-b7a3-477d-94e4-d2bd99ae02a4"]http://www.canada.com/globaltv/national/story.html?id=b5d260e2-b7a3-477d-94e4-d2bd99ae02a4[/A][/FONT]

 

Thinking about visiting your fantabulous city. What's there to do with the family other than visit the zoo?

  Any family oriented restaurants?

  Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

This series is awesome!! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! And it gets better and better with time. Boomer's my favorite hero, yes, depsite the fact she's a cyborg but who cares... she's cute. Capt. Adama is a hunk!! LONG LIVE Battlestar Galatica.

 

My hats off to the wonderful men and women who are competing in the Paraympics in Torino. You guys are awesome and deserve just as much coverage as our olympians do.

Bravo Torino for the wonderful performances on opening night. Moved my heart by your simple yet forceful display of courage and beauty.

Is he around or did we scare him off?  

BLECH. How utterly gross is this?

[B style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"]LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- An online casino has a piece of Capt. Kirk.[/B]

Actor William Shatner has sold his kidney stone for $25,000, with the money going to a housing charity, it was announced Tuesday.

Shatner reached agreement Monday to sell the stone to GoldenPalace.com.

"This takes organ donors to a new height, to a new low, maybe. How much is a piece of me worth?" he said in a telephone interview. ([A href="jvascript:cnnVideo('play','/video/showbiz/2006/01/18/hammer.william.shatner.interview.cnn','2006/01/25');"][FONT color=#000099]Watch what else Shatner said comes with the stone -- 1:56[/FONT][/A])

More details: [A href="http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/people.shatner.ap/"]http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/18/people.shatner.ap/[/A]