Zhang Ziyi is an actress of rare beauty and monumental achievement. Following her cinematic début in Zhang Yimous The Road Home, which won the Silver Bear Award at the 2000 Berlin Film Festival, she has gone on to appear in 16 more movies including Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers and Memoirs of a Geisha. Zhangs award-winning performance as the headstrong Jen in the acclaimed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon led to film roles which have spread her fame far beyond the shores of her native China. She is currently starring in Mei Lan Fang, the critically acclaimed Chen Kai-Ge biopic which has been selected for competition in the February 2009 Berlin Film Festival.

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Paris waved off photographers as the former couple chatted cozily together. After grabbing drinks at the bar, Paris quickly approached Nicole Richie, who was there with her boyfriend, Benjis twin Joel, to say hi, and then she and Benji headed out to the smoking patio for some more quiet conversation, When someone asked Paris if she was getting back together with Benji, she reportedly offered a knowing smile, the source added.

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1894
DEATH OF A PRIME MINISTER

Windsor England - Sir John Thompson 1845-1894 dies at Windsor Castle of a heart attack a few minutes after being sworn in by Queen Victoria as a member of the Privy Council; his body is brought home by a British warship. Canada's 4th Prime Minister, since Dec. 5, 1892, he was a former Premier of Nova Scotia, brought to Ottawa by John A. Macdonald to serve as Justice Minister - 'The great discovery of my life,' said John A., 'was my discovery of Thompson.' Thompson was replaced by Mackenzie Bowell.

1901 - Also On This Day...

St. John's, Newfoundland -
Guglielmo Marconi 1874-1937 sends and receives first transatlantic radio message on Signal Hill 3,200 km away across Atlantic from Poldhu, Cornwall; from a box kite trailing a 121 metre long copper wire antenna. The first transatlantic wireless test signal is heard as the faint clicking of Morse code - of the letter 'S' repeated over and over. Here he is in his Cabot Tower laboratory on Signal Hill. Four days later, Marconi will be officially notified by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company that it will take legal action against him unless he immediately ceases his wireless experiments and removes his equipment from Newfoundland; Anglo-American has a fifty-year monopoly on electrical communications in Newfoundland starting in 1858, and is determined to hinder radio telegraphy, which it knows is a serious threat to its transatlantic electric telegraph business operated by submarine cables; Marconi soon decides to move his base of operations to Cape Breton.

1812 - And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

John Sandfield Macdonald 1812-1872
lawyer, politician, was born on this day in 1812 at St. Raphael, Ontario; died in Cornwall, Ontario June 1, 1872. Macdonald articled in the offices of A. McLean and W.A. Draper; 1840 called to the bar; opened a practice in Cornwall; 1841 Conservative MLA Glengarry in the first Assembly of the Province of Canada, and served in all 8 parliaments; 1843 joined Reformers; 1849-51 Robert Baldwin's Solicitor General for Canada West; 1852 Speaker of the Assembly; 1862-64 co-Premier with A-A Dorion; 1867-71 first Premier of Ontario.

Also Louis Maheu 1650-
born at Quebec City in 1650; first native-born Canadian to practice medicine; served also as harbour master of Quebec.

Also Al Ritchie 1890-1966
football and hockey player, coach, was born on this day in 1890; died Feb. 22 1966. Ritchie was one of the organizers of the Regina Pats hockey team; coached them to the Memorial Cup 1925, 1928 and 1930; coached the Regina Pats football team to western Canadian titles in 1925-28; credited with naming the Saskatchewan Roughriders; coached them to consecutive Grey Cup finals in 1929-32; hockey scout for the New York Rangers for over 30 years.

Also Huck Welch 1907-1979
football player, was born on this day at Hamilton, Ontario, in 1907; died May 15, 1979. Welch joined the Hamilton Tigers in 1928; helped them win the interprovincial title and the Grey Cup; 1931 led the Montreal Winged Wheelers to the 1931 Grey Cup.

Also George Mara 1921-
sportsman, Olympic athlete, born on this day in 1921. Mara was captain of the 1948 Canadian Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at St. Moritz; 1970 started fund raising for Olympic teams, which became the Olympic Trust.

Also Ted 'Teeder' Kennedy 1925-
NHL forward, born at Humberstone, Ontario, in 1925). Kennedy played senior hockey at Port Colborne and joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942; scored 231 goals and 560 points in 696 games; 1955 Hart Trophy; 1957 retired to run thoroughbred training centre in St Mary's.

Also Jean Doré 1942-
former Mayor of Montreal.

Also Billy Smith 1950-
NHL goaltender, was born on this day at Perth, Ontario, in 1950. Smith was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings as their third pick in the 1970 Amateur Draft; 1971 played the Springfield Kings in their Calder Cup championship; backstopped the New York Islanders to four consecutive Stanley Cup championships 1979-83; Nov. 28, 1979 the first NHL goaltender to be credited with scoring a goal.

Also Steve Podborski 1957-
downhill skier, born in Toronto in 1957; Canada's first World Cup Ski champion in the Downhill.

Also Robert Lepage 1957-
actor, director, playwright, born at Quebec City in 1957. Lepage studied at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique; 1985 produced mixed media work, Circulations; 1986 mounted one-man show, Vinci; recent works include La Trilogie des dragons (1987), Les Plaques tectoniques (1990), Les Aiguilles et l'opium (1991, plays himself, Jean Cocteau and Miles Davis) and Le Polygraphe (1992); 1989-93 French-language director of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa; 1993 directed Bluebeard's Castle by Bartok and Schoenburg's Erwartung for the Canadian Opera Company; 1995 produced Strindberg's Dream Play at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden.

Also Philippe Laroche 1966-
aerobatic skier, born at Lac-Beauport, Quebec in 1966; winner of World Cup freestyle 1991, 1992 and 1994; 1992 won Olympic gold medal at Albertville; 1992 silver medal at Lillehammer; currently operates a Cage aux Sports franchise in Lac-St-Jean.

In Other Events...


1996
Quebec Quebec - Jean Chrétien names Lise Thibault as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec; first woman and first handicapped person to hold the post; sworn in Jan. 30, 1997.

1996
Montreal Quebec - Moises Alou leaves the Expos to play for the Florida Marlins, then the Houston Astros.

1993
Montreal Quebec - Genie awards held in Montreal for the first time.

1992
Montreal Quebec - Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau marries Lisette Lapointe.

1991
Ottawa Ontario - Justice Minister Kim Campbell brings in new rape shield law that defines consent, allows case questioning only when crucial to defendant; restores protection lost by ruling previous August.

1989
Revelstoke BC - CP Rail runs first regular freight train through 14.5 km Mount MacDonald Tunnel, the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.

1988
Toronto Ontario - The Canadian Football League extends its agreement with CFN through to 1990; CFL game rosters to consist of 20 non-imports, 14 imports and 2 quarterbacks; Roy McMurtry was appointed Chairman-Chief Executive Officer and Bill Baker President-Chief Operating Officer; sale of the Toronto Argonauts from Carling O'Keefe to Harry Ornest approved.

1986
Ottawa Ontario - Former Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau named Canadian delegate to UNESCO in Paris.

1985
Quebec Quebec - Robert Bourassa 1933-1996 sworn in as 29th Premier of Quebec; formerly 26th Premier May 12, 1970 - Nov. 25, 1976; Liberal MLA for Bertrand; author of: Deux fois la Baie-James (1981), L'énergie du Nord: la force du Québec (1985) and Le défi technologique (1985); Claude Ryan his Minister of Education, Gérard-D. Lévesque Minister of Finance.

1985
Gander Newfoundland - US jet transport crashes on takeoff, killing 248 American soldiers on leave; possibly due to bomb planted by terrorists.

1984
Toronto Ontario - Ontario government ends Happy Hours in Ontario bars by banning mixed pricing and cut rate drinks.

1981
Edmonton Alberta - Oiler Wayne Gretzky notches another NHL record, reaching his 50 goal mark in only 39 games.

1980
Quebec Quebec - Jean Lesage 1912-1980 dies, politician, lawyer, born at Montreal June 10, 1912; 1945 first elected as a federal MP for Montmagny-L'Islet; re-elected 1949, 1953, 1957 and 1958; 1953 St. Laurent's Minister of Resources and Development and then of Northern Affairs and National Resources; May 31, 1958 elected leader of the Quebec Liberal Party; 1960-66 Premier of Quebec, political architect of Quebec's Quiet Revolution; elected in 1962 with a mandate to nationalize the electricity companies, under the slogan of 'Maîtres chez nous'.

1975
Toronto Ontario - Toronto Transit Commission bus collides with commuter train at level crossing, killing 9, injuring 20; worst accident in TTC history.

1970
Prince George, BC - Roy Spencer, father of Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Brian 'Spinner' Spencer shot and killed by the RCMP outside a Prince George TV station after he had forced it off the air at gunpoint because it was not carrying a game between the Leafs and the Chicago Blackhawks and a interview with his son; Brian Spencer was himself shot and killed in June 1988 in Florida.

1973
Ottawa Ontario - Royal Mint starts sale of commemorative coins to help finance 1976 Montreal Olympics.

1969
Halifax Nova Scotia - Royal Canadian Navy retires aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure after 12 years of service; later sold for scrap.

1968
Alberta - Harry Edwin Strom 1914- takes office as Social Credit Premier of Alberta, succeeding Ernest C. Manning.

1967
Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa joins consortium of Canadian companies exploring for oil and minerals in the Arctic.

1959
Los Angeles, California - Harry Warner dies at age 76; film executive, one of the Warner Brothers, born in Canada Dec 12, 1881.

1953
Hamilton Ontario - Governor-General Vincent Massey opens The Art Gallery of Hamilton.

1951
Ottawa Ontario - Parliament votes to set up the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority; as Canadian project manager in cooperation with US.

1951
Montreal Quebec - De Havilland DHC-3 Otter makes first test flight; larger version of the Beaver; 450 made; US Army and US Navy used Otters and the RCAF operated 69, some serving on UN duties overseas; used to pioneer water-bombing techniques.

1949
Victoria BC - Nancy Hodges 1912- elected Speaker of British Columbia Legislature; first female Speaker of a Canadian Legislature; also first woman in a Commonwealth legislative body.

1946
Montreal Quebec - Demonstration held in Montreal to protest despotism of Duplessis government.

1942
St. John's Newfoundland - Arsonist sets fire during barn dance in Knights of Columbus hostel, killing 99 people and seriously injuring another 100, mostly military personnel and their dates; reputedly set by German agent.

1938
Montreal Quebec - Camilien Houde re-elected Mayor of Montreal.

1936
Quebec Quebec - Creation of the Crédit Agricole du Québec/ Quebec Farm Credit Corporation.

1933
Boston Massachusetts - Ace Bailey collides with Bruins player Eddie Shore and ends up with a fractured skull; ends playing career after 7 seasons in the NHL; originally played for Toronto St. Pats, later the Toronto Maple Leafs, with Babe Dye and Hap Day; led NHL in both scoring and points in 1928-29; Stanley Cup team 1932-33; stayed active with Maple Leaf Gardens for decades.

1916
Midnapore Alberta - Father Albert Lacombe 1827-1916 dies in the early morning at the Lacombe Home in Midnapore; born in St. Suplice, Quebec, in 1827; after ordination served at Fort Garry; 1852 to Fort Edmonton; lived among the Cree and Blackfoot; negotiated truce between the Blackfoot and Canadian Pacific workers; 1883, Lacombe elected President of the CPR for one hour and given a lifetime rail pass; priest at St. Mary's Parish in Calgary; 1909 founded the Lacombe Home for the orphaned, aged, and indigent.

1885
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - First CPR freight train heads east to Montreal with Manitoba wheat.

1883
Langevin Alberta - Canadian Pacific Railway crews digging for water strike natural gas at Langevin, west of present-day Medicine Hat.

1866
London England - Fire breaks out in John A. Macdonald's bedroom in the Westminster Palace Hotel during the Confederation conference; quickly extinguished.

1859
Montreal Quebec - Opening of the Victoria Bridge to rail traffic, as first passenger train crosses the iron tubular structure; formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, on Aug. 25, 1860.

1858
Kingston Ontario - Province of Canada releases first decimal coins; only 421,000 cents are ready.

1843
Victoria BC - James Douglas 1803-1877 renames Fort Camosun Fort Victoria.

1843
Montreal Quebec - William Draper Denis-Benjamin Viger form Draper-Viger Ministry with Dominick Daly, only member of previous Ministry not to resign.

1813
Astoria Oregon - William Black officially takes possession of Fort Astoria for Britain; renames it Fort George.

1813
Montreal Quebec - James McGill dies; merchant, philanthropist, born at Glasgow, Scotland Oct. 06, 1744; Montreal fur trader, land developer whose bequest of land and money led to the founding of McGill University.

1812
Toronto Ontario - Founding of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada to help destitute families and wounded soldiers in the War of 1812 and American invasion.

1783
Saint John New Brunswick - William Lewis John Ryan publish first newspaper in New Brunswick, the 'Royal Saint John Gazette and Nova Scotian Intelligencer'.

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This could throw a major wrench in a Paris and Benji reunion.
In Touch Magazine is reporting Benji has already moved on to another famous blond and a former-friend of Paris Britney Spears.
According to a snitch supposedly close to Madden, the two have been on a few dates. Once meeting at the a Beverly Hills hotel for dinner in a hotel suite. The snitch said that so far things are going great between the new couple, “She appears to like Benji a lot, and he seems to really like her.”
According to InTouch the couple was set up by Britneys manager and father who created a list of potential boyfriends for the pop-star. In addition to Paris ex (Benji) the list was also said to include: Gossip Girl star Chace Crawford, actor Jesse Metcalf, and Olympian Michael Phelps.
Benji was supposedly the most interested in dating Brit, so the match was made.
What do you think Paris thinks about this? Is she laughing off the rumor or is she pissed off.

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I live in Florida, I say this only to show the close proximity to the ports, and that it is my family vacation as well as the vacation of chose of most of my friends, some of who have been on over 10 cruises and one goes every 4 months (wish i could join them)
I am leaving in 5 days for our next cruise too with no worries and we are taking our children too. It is perfectly safe. the odd of anything happening are greater in your car or on a plane than on the ship.
and as far as the game going let them think what they want, we dont drink or gamble in away shape or form and we had the time of our lives.
there is lots to do or nothing to do whatever you prefer. I like a little of both. I also recommend the dinning room every night, we were suggested this our first cruise and were very grateful.
and relax, and enjoy the vacation.
Oh and the difference in the ship lines is not a lot most just have a preference. I like Carnival, a friend likes Royal Caribbean, and another uses a different line every time. so go whit what you want but Carnival can be cheaper and once you go with one they will give you perks the next time too.

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On the 10th Day of Christmas: Hey there grumpy driver! Why the long face? What is it? What do you see girl? Is that yellow lightning bolt that's coming out of your cheek starting to burn? Or are you embarrassed by the yellow arrow that they've placed 2 centimeters from your old crotchola? I like to think that I've been in many cars, yet at no time did the seat-belt go across half my face. I mean I understand them trying to protect other drivers lives by not showing all of this chicks ugly face, but strike her with lightning? That's a little harsh even for me. Just kidding, hit her with a bolt or two. Maybe that will sizzle out that hairsprayed rats nest on her head. Anyway, what kind of car is this chick driving? I've yet to see this car model on the road. Perhaps it's one of those new hybrids that all the kids are wild about? It seems spacious. In fact I'm pretty sure this lady is driving her living-room around town. Yup, I see walls in the background. Oh, and I'm pretty sure she's using an actual Ferris-wheel as her steering wheel. How the hell big is that? Seriously this lady and car are a complete mess. Wait a second. Excuse me Miss? Yes, you Miss. Driver? Yes you. I have a question. Um, why are you wearing "Colonial" clothing? Yes, you are actually wearing clothes from the "yesteryear" box in your basement. Now were you the actual "Miracle Worker" that helped out Helen Keller or did you just rob her grave for this photo-shoot? I believe you can only wear that outfit if you're driving a traditional horse and buggy. Wait are you? Thanks Harriet for "cheaping out" and making this chick drive her living room around in Amish clothing.

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The 2009 SAG Awards airs on TNT and TBS Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. The nominations are out! Here are the 2009 SAG Awards nominations. This is a great list of nominees.
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:
RICHARD JENKINS / Walter Vale - THE VISITOR (Overture Films)
FRANK LANGELLA / Richard Nixon - (Universal Pictures)
SEAN PENN / Harvey Milk - (Focus Features)

AD PITT / Benjamin Button - THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (Paramount Pictures)
MICKEY ROURKE / Randy - THE WRESTLER (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role:
ANNE HATHAWAY / Kym - RACHEL GETTING MARRIED (Sony Pictures Classics)
ANGELINA JOLIE / Christine Collins - (Universal Pictures)
MELISSA LEO / Ray Eddy - FROZEN RIVER (Sony Pictures Classics)
MERYL STREEP / Sister Aloysius Beauvier - (Miramax Films)
KATE WINSLET / April Wheeler - REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (Paramount Vantage)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role:
JOSH
OLIN / Dan White - (Focus Features)
ROBERT DOWNEY, JR. / Kirk Lazarus - TROPIC THUNDER (Paramount Pictures)
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN / Father Brendan Flynn - (Miramax Films)
HEATH LEDGER / Joker - THE DARK KNIGHT (Warner Bros.

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Award-winning Emirates Airline operates an ultra modern and fast growing fleet of wide bodied Airbus and Boeing long haul aircraft. We are proud of the service delivered by our multi-cultural team of over 145 nationalities, all trained to the highest standards Combine all these elements and you have the ingredients for more than 300 awards for excellence.

With our rapid growth, both in fleet size and network, we are always on the lookout for exceptional people to build their careers with us. We currently employ people from over 145 different nationalities who speak over 80 different languages to cater for the truly multicultural clientele on our network of over 100 destinations. The diversity and mix of nationalities, cultures, religions and ethnic backgrounds recruited into Emirates has contributed positively to the success we have achieved as an international Airline. Our recruitment team interviews candidates in many countries across the globe, with a focus on selecting those who have the natural ability to provide excellent service within a multicultural team environment. As Emirates expands its destinations the recruitment of candidates from other nationalities and backgrounds will continue. For a list of destinations we are planning to visit, please click here.


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Emirates will provide you annually with a confirmed ticket to your home country.

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Finally, you will be the sort of person who has the natural ability to provide excellent service within a team environment.
If you are successful, you will be located in Dubai, the most modern and cosmopolitan of the Gulf cities, which is becoming renowned for its high-class tourist facilities and its high standard of living.

If you meet the above requirements and wish to apply, please click here for our on-line application form.

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Christmas starts when I fill up my little sweet jar with humbugs. I bought this from the Royal Festival Hall gift shop in 2001. The label reads Bah! Humbug! and it originally came primed with 100g of said confectionery. I dont usually pay good money for such gimmicks but I made an exception for this one.

My Bah! Humbug! mood has only come on in the last few years. I used to love Christmas, especially when I still did Christmas concerts. Im not sure what it is.

The compulsory nature of it annoys me. I would, Im sure, be perfectly happy on my own, but it isnt allowed, it seems. Last year I wasnt very well at Christmas, and I did suggest to my daughter that I should stay at home rather than go to Edinburgh with her, but the suggestion was greeted with absolute horror. I suppose I should be grateful, but I would like a choice. Most of my friends feel the same. I know very few people who are actually looking forward to it. Perhaps its the prospect of all that unaccustomed time with our families. Its not always trouble-free!

It is for children, really.

Whatever you think of Christmas, it is a good time of year to be out spotting the nine types of heavy drinker. According to the UK Department of Health, these are:

De-stress drinkers use alcohol to regain control of life and calm down. They include middle-class women and men.

Conformist drinkers are driven by the need to belong and seek a structure to their lives. They are typically men aged 45 to 59 in clerical or manual jobs.

Boredom drinkers consume alcohol to pass the time, seeking stimulation to relieve the monotony of life. Alcohol helps them to feel comforted and secure.

Depressed drinkers may be of any age, gender or socioeconomic group. They crave comfort, safety and security.

Re-bonding drinkers are driven by a need to keep in touch with people who are close to them.

Community drinkers are motivated by the need to belong. They are usually lower middle class men and women who drink in large friendship groups.

Hedonistic drinkers crave stimulation and want to abandon control. They are often divorced people with grown-up children, who want to stand out from the crowd.

Macho drinkers spend most of their spare time in pubs. They are mostly men of all ages who want to stand out from the crowd.

Border dependents regard the pub as a home from home. They visit it during the day and the evening, on weekdays and at weekends, drinking fast and often.

I think I fall into six of these categories. How about you.

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A visit to an Atlanta hotel, whether for business or pleasure is only surpassed by the enjoyment of attending an Atlanta restaurant.. Many times you will find that your hotel has its own restaurant. However there are a multitude of choices for eating. Many of the restaurants offer southern cooking that you will not find anywhere else in the world. If you like a little music with your meal then they have places that will satisfy both appetites. You can sit down and enjoy a nice meal while listening to a live band playing music from the 40's on up to current hits. It doesn't matter what kind of palette you have, Atlanta is sure to have something to satisfy.

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Peter Falk Columbo Alzheimer:Catherine Falk Conservatorship Request - Peter Falk who is famous for playing in the hit show is suffering from Alzheimers disease and dementia.The actors daughter Catherine Falk filed papers in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday saying that her 81-year-old father can be deceived into transferring away property and that the actor should be under her conservatorship to protect his health and assets.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for next month.
Thats all we have for now on Peter Falk Columbo Alzheimer:Catherine Falk Conservatorship Request.

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In London, you know it's really the holiday season when the "drunk tents" start popping up like daisies.
For the past three years, the tents have been going up in a city known for its heavy drinking culture with the intention of treating drunks where they stumble to keep roads and hospitals clear for those in much more dire situations.
And this isn't for those who are beyond a little buzzed or tipsy, this is for those who are found blacked out, covered in either vomit, piss, blood, or some delightful combination of the three.
According to London Ambulance Service's Nick Lesslar, when these poor souls are found, they bring them into the tent to "try to sober them up, get some IV fluids into them and go through their mobile phones looking for a number to call of someone who can come and get them."
And with the global economy in a downturn, it is expected that the number of folks requiring a "chill out" spot will escalate, as people attempt to drown their sorrows in the bottom of a pint. Or two or three or four or ten.
The tents operate every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night three weeks before Christmas. Additionally, a "booze bus" patrols the city, rounding up drunkies and bringing them to the hospital in groups.
Lesslar sees a wide range of people and although he is generally good-humored and patient about the whole thing, he does admit, "What's the most annoying is that you've got very high-powered, intelligent, highly paid people doing this to themselves. And being drunk to oblivion is not, to my mind, a good enough reason to be hospitalized, not when there are real sick people out there."
Some folks are easy to treat - such as "Alan," who repeatedly apologized for the inconvenience and gave his rescuers $16 to buy some chocolates with - while others put up a fight or, fearing the consequences, try to squirm their way out of trouble, such as "Grant," who "crawled" to the tent and after someone used his cell phone to get his mom on the way over, tried to call her off. Fortunately, his phone was commandeered.
But the people Lesslar worries most about are the women, saying, "It's a physical reality: Women have higher body fat and the alcohol cannot metabolize as quickly. They get drunker faster and often they aren't big drinkers, so they aren't used to that much alcohol."
Amy Winehouse needs one of these in her own backyard!!!
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menu includes:
Starter: Butternut Squash-Sweet Potato Ginger Bisque
Salad: Red Beet and Cherry Salad with Mixed California Baby Lettuce, Goat Cheese and White Balsamic Vinaigrette
Choice of entree: Herb Roasted Turkey with Sherry Wine Sauce, Giblets, Cranberry Relish, Chestnut Dressing, Candied Yams, Mashed Potatoes and Haricots Vert
OR Baked Atlantic Salmon Wellington, Mushroom Duxelles, Parmesan Risotto, Chive Sauce, California Baby Vegetables
OR Oven Roasted Prime Rib, Au Jus, Mixed Pee Wee Potatoes, Cream Spinach and Corn
And for Dessert, choose from Pumpkin Cheesecake, Sweet Potato Pecan Pie or Apple Crumble with Cranberry Raspberry Compote and 5 Spice Vanilla Sauce
Whether you choose to spend the holiday with us or at home, the team at Hilton Anaheim wishes you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving.

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Brazil released a report Wednesday regarding the GOL crash. Specifically, the report concerns the Gol jet that collided over the Amazon rain forest with an Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet owned by ExcelAire Service Inc. of New York ; it concludes that the pilots of a New York-based executive jet had placed the transponder and collision avoidance system on standby before colliding with the Boeing 737 operated by GOL Linhaus Aereas Inteligentes SA on Sept. 29, 2006.
However, the two American pilots are not exclusively responsible. The NTSB opinion is that the rules and regulations that govern Brazilian air space, as well as the on duty air Brazilian traffic controllers are at fault. Brazilian air traffic controllers should have informed the Long Island pilots that their transponder was turned off. Theres no indication that the Legacys control panel indicated that the transponder was off.
The Legacy landed safely but everyone on the GOL jet died. Flight controllers failed to alert pilots that they were on a collision course and also did not noticeor communicate that the transponder was off.
The on duty flight controllers and the two U.S. pilots - Joseph Lepore and Jan Paladino have been indicted. They could get up to three years in prison.The pilots deny turning off the transponder. They claim to have been flying at the altitude designated by the air controllers. Their lawyer is quoted as saying “This accident was caused by a string of catastrophic errors committed by Brazilian air traffic controllers. In essence, they put and kept these two planes on a collision course.”
ExcelAire says that the transponder issue is a distraction from the true cause of the accident, which is an air traffic control system that put two airplanes on a collision course for about an hour.
Families of the GOL victims may yet file a civil lawsuit in Brazil.

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The bears wereattached to a helium balloon and launched 30,000-metres into the atmosphere from Churchill College, Cambridge University.
They wore space suits (designed by schoolchildren from the city) and were fitted with GPS system and a camera to track their progress as theteddies withstoodfreezing temperatures.
Aiyana Stead, 12,helped make the space suits, said: "This was a really fun thing to do. The best bit was when we set the balloon off with the bears."
Kane Robbins, 12, added: "I really enjoyed launching the teddy bear into space."
The project was overseen by the Cambridge University spaceflight team - a student-run societyset uptwo years ago.
Ed Moore, one of its 10 members, said: "There can be few more worthwhile things for us to do than to try and provide that spark for the current generation of school kids.

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1894
DEATH OF A PRIME MINISTER

Windsor England - Sir John Thompson 1845-1894 dies at Windsor Castle of a heart attack a few minutes after being sworn in by Queen Victoria as a member of the Privy Council; his body is brought home by a British warship. Canada's 4th Prime Minister, since Dec. 5, 1892, he was a former Premier of Nova Scotia, brought to Ottawa by John A. Macdonald to serve as Justice Minister - 'The great discovery of my life,' said John A., 'was my discovery of Thompson.' Thompson was replaced by Mackenzie Bowell.

1901 - Also On This Day...

St. John's, Newfoundland -
Guglielmo Marconi 1874-1937 sends and receives first transatlantic radio message on Signal Hill 3,200 km away across Atlantic from Poldhu, Cornwall; from a box kite trailing a 121 metre long copper wire antenna. The first transatlantic wireless test signal is heard as the faint clicking of Morse code - of the letter 'S' repeated over and over. Here he is in his Cabot Tower laboratory on Signal Hill. Four days later, Marconi will be officially notified by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company that it will take legal action against him unless he immediately ceases his wireless experiments and removes his equipment from Newfoundland; Anglo-American has a fifty-year monopoly on electrical communications in Newfoundland starting in 1858, and is determined to hinder radio telegraphy, which it knows is a serious threat to its transatlantic electric telegraph business operated by submarine cables; Marconi soon decides to move his base of operations to Cape Breton.

1812 - And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...

John Sandfield Macdonald 1812-1872
lawyer, politician, was born on this day in 1812 at St. Raphael, Ontario; died in Cornwall, Ontario June 1, 1872. Macdonald articled in the offices of A. McLean and W.A. Draper; 1840 called to the bar; opened a practice in Cornwall; 1841 Conservative MLA Glengarry in the first Assembly of the Province of Canada, and served in all 8 parliaments; 1843 joined Reformers; 1849-51 Robert Baldwin's Solicitor General for Canada West; 1852 Speaker of the Assembly; 1862-64 co-Premier with A-A Dorion; 1867-71 first Premier of Ontario.

Also Louis Maheu 1650-
born at Quebec City in 1650; first native-born Canadian to practice medicine; served also as harbour master of Quebec.

Also Al Ritchie 1890-1966
football and hockey player, coach, was born on this day in 1890; died Feb. 22 1966. Ritchie was one of the organizers of the Regina Pats hockey team; coached them to the Memorial Cup 1925, 1928 and 1930; coached the Regina Pats football team to western Canadian titles in 1925-28; credited with naming the Saskatchewan Roughriders; coached them to consecutive Grey Cup finals in 1929-32; hockey scout for the New York Rangers for over 30 years.

Also Huck Welch 1907-1979
football player, was born on this day at Hamilton, Ontario, in 1907; died May 15, 1979. Welch joined the Hamilton Tigers in 1928; helped them win the interprovincial title and the Grey Cup; 1931 led the Montreal Winged Wheelers to the 1931 Grey Cup.

Also George Mara 1921-
sportsman, Olympic athlete, born on this day in 1921. Mara was captain of the 1948 Canadian Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at St. Moritz; 1970 started fund raising for Olympic teams, which became the Olympic Trust.

Also Ted 'Teeder' Kennedy 1925-
NHL forward, born at Humberstone, Ontario, in 1925). Kennedy played senior hockey at Port Colborne and joined the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942; scored 231 goals and 560 points in 696 games; 1955 Hart Trophy; 1957 retired to run thoroughbred training centre in St Mary's.

Also Jean Doré 1942-
former Mayor of Montreal.

Also Billy Smith 1950-
NHL goaltender, was born on this day at Perth, Ontario, in 1950. Smith was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings as their third pick in the 1970 Amateur Draft; 1971 played the Springfield Kings in their Calder Cup championship; backstopped the New York Islanders to four consecutive Stanley Cup championships 1979-83; Nov. 28, 1979 the first NHL goaltender to be credited with scoring a goal.

Also Steve Podborski 1957-
downhill skier, born in Toronto in 1957; Canada's first World Cup Ski champion in the Downhill.

Also Robert Lepage 1957-
actor, director, playwright, born at Quebec City in 1957. Lepage studied at the Conservatoire d'art dramatique; 1985 produced mixed media work, Circulations; 1986 mounted one-man show, Vinci; recent works include La Trilogie des dragons (1987), Les Plaques tectoniques (1990), Les Aiguilles et l'opium (1991, plays himself, Jean Cocteau and Miles Davis) and Le Polygraphe (1992); 1989-93 French-language director of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa; 1993 directed Bluebeard's Castle by Bartok and Schoenburg's Erwartung for the Canadian Opera Company; 1995 produced Strindberg's Dream Play at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden.

Also Philippe Laroche 1966-
aerobatic skier, born at Lac-Beauport, Quebec in 1966; winner of World Cup freestyle 1991, 1992 and 1994; 1992 won Olympic gold medal at Albertville; 1992 silver medal at Lillehammer; currently operates a Cage aux Sports franchise in Lac-St-Jean.

In Other Events...


1996
Quebec Quebec - Jean Chrétien names Lise Thibault as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec; first woman and first handicapped person to hold the post; sworn in Jan. 30, 1997.

1996
Montreal Quebec - Moises Alou leaves the Expos to play for the Florida Marlins, then the Houston Astros.

1993
Montreal Quebec - Genie awards held in Montreal for the first time.

1992
Montreal Quebec - Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau marries Lisette Lapointe.

1991
Ottawa Ontario - Justice Minister Kim Campbell brings in new rape shield law that defines consent, allows case questioning only when crucial to defendant; restores protection lost by ruling previous August.

1989
Revelstoke BC - CP Rail runs first regular freight train through 14.5 km Mount MacDonald Tunnel, the longest rail tunnel in the Americas.

1988
Toronto Ontario - The Canadian Football League extends its agreement with CFN through to 1990; CFL game rosters to consist of 20 non-imports, 14 imports and 2 quarterbacks; Roy McMurtry was appointed Chairman-Chief Executive Officer and Bill Baker President-Chief Operating Officer; sale of the Toronto Argonauts from Carling O'Keefe to Harry Ornest approved.

1986
Ottawa Ontario - Former Montreal Mayor Jean Drapeau named Canadian delegate to UNESCO in Paris.

1985
Quebec Quebec - Robert Bourassa 1933-1996 sworn in as 29th Premier of Quebec; formerly 26th Premier May 12, 1970 - Nov. 25, 1976; Liberal MLA for Bertrand; author of: Deux fois la Baie-James (1981), L'énergie du Nord: la force du Québec (1985) and Le défi technologique (1985); Claude Ryan his Minister of Education, Gérard-D. Lévesque Minister of Finance.

1985
Gander Newfoundland - US jet transport crashes on takeoff, killing 248 American soldiers on leave; possibly due to bomb planted by terrorists.

1984
Toronto Ontario - Ontario government ends Happy Hours in Ontario bars by banning mixed pricing and cut rate drinks.

1981
Edmonton Alberta - Oiler Wayne Gretzky notches another NHL record, reaching his 50 goal mark in only 39 games.

1980
Quebec Quebec - Jean Lesage 1912-1980 dies, politician, lawyer, born at Montreal June 10, 1912; 1945 first elected as a federal MP for Montmagny-L'Islet; re-elected 1949, 1953, 1957 and 1958; 1953 St. Laurent's Minister of Resources and Development and then of Northern Affairs and National Resources; May 31, 1958 elected leader of the Quebec Liberal Party; 1960-66 Premier of Quebec, political architect of Quebec's Quiet Revolution; elected in 1962 with a mandate to nationalize the electricity companies, under the slogan of 'Maîtres chez nous'.

1975
Toronto Ontario - Toronto Transit Commission bus collides with commuter train at level crossing, killing 9, injuring 20; worst accident in TTC history.

1970
Prince George, BC - Roy Spencer, father of Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Brian 'Spinner' Spencer shot and killed by the RCMP outside a Prince George TV station after he had forced it off the air at gunpoint because it was not carrying a game between the Leafs and the Chicago Blackhawks and a interview with his son; Brian Spencer was himself shot and killed in June 1988 in Florida.

1973
Ottawa Ontario - Royal Mint starts sale of commemorative coins to help finance 1976 Montreal Olympics.

1969
Halifax Nova Scotia - Royal Canadian Navy retires aircraft carrier HMCS Bonaventure after 12 years of service; later sold for scrap.

1968
Alberta - Harry Edwin Strom 1914- takes office as Social Credit Premier of Alberta, succeeding Ernest C. Manning.

1967
Ottawa Ontario - Ottawa joins consortium of Canadian companies exploring for oil and minerals in the Arctic.

1959
Los Angeles, California - Harry Warner dies at age 76; film executive, one of the Warner Brothers, born in Canada Dec 12, 1881.

1953
Hamilton Ontario - Governor-General Vincent Massey opens The Art Gallery of Hamilton.

1951
Ottawa Ontario - Parliament votes to set up the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority; as Canadian project manager in cooperation with US.

1951
Montreal Quebec - De Havilland DHC-3 Otter makes first test flight; larger version of the Beaver; 450 made; US Army and US Navy used Otters and the RCAF operated 69, some serving on UN duties overseas; used to pioneer water-bombing techniques.

1949
Victoria BC - Nancy Hodges 1912- elected Speaker of British Columbia Legislature; first female Speaker of a Canadian Legislature; also first woman in a Commonwealth legislative body.

1946
Montreal Quebec - Demonstration held in Montreal to protest despotism of Duplessis government.

1942
St. John's Newfoundland - Arsonist sets fire during barn dance in Knights of Columbus hostel, killing 99 people and seriously injuring another 100, mostly military personnel and their dates; reputedly set by German agent.

1938
Montreal Quebec - Camilien Houde re-elected Mayor of Montreal.

1936
Quebec Quebec - Creation of the Crédit Agricole du Québec/ Quebec Farm Credit Corporation.

1933
Boston Massachusetts - Ace Bailey collides with Bruins player Eddie Shore and ends up with a fractured skull; ends playing career after 7 seasons in the NHL; originally played for Toronto St. Pats, later the Toronto Maple Leafs, with Babe Dye and Hap Day; led NHL in both scoring and points in 1928-29; Stanley Cup team 1932-33; stayed active with Maple Leaf Gardens for decades.

1916
Midnapore Alberta - Father Albert Lacombe 1827-1916 dies in the early morning at the Lacombe Home in Midnapore; born in St. Suplice, Quebec, in 1827; after ordination served at Fort Garry; 1852 to Fort Edmonton; lived among the Cree and Blackfoot; negotiated truce between the Blackfoot and Canadian Pacific workers; 1883, Lacombe elected President of the CPR for one hour and given a lifetime rail pass; priest at St. Mary's Parish in Calgary; 1909 founded the Lacombe Home for the orphaned, aged, and indigent.

1885
Portage La Prairie, Manitoba - First CPR freight train heads east to Montreal with Manitoba wheat.

1883
Langevin Alberta - Canadian Pacific Railway crews digging for water strike natural gas at Langevin, west of present-day Medicine Hat.

1866
London England - Fire breaks out in John A. Macdonald's bedroom in the Westminster Palace Hotel during the Confederation conference; quickly extinguished.

1859
Montreal Quebec - Opening of the Victoria Bridge to rail traffic, as first passenger train crosses the iron tubular structure; formally opened by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, on Aug. 25, 1860.

1858
Kingston Ontario - Province of Canada releases first decimal coins; only 421,000 cents are ready.

1843
Victoria BC - James Douglas 1803-1877 renames Fort Camosun Fort Victoria.

1843
Montreal Quebec - William Draper Denis-Benjamin Viger form Draper-Viger Ministry with Dominick Daly, only member of previous Ministry not to resign.

1813
Astoria Oregon - William Black officially takes possession of Fort Astoria for Britain; renames it Fort George.

1813
Montreal Quebec - James McGill dies; merchant, philanthropist, born at Glasgow, Scotland Oct. 06, 1744; Montreal fur trader, land developer whose bequest of land and money led to the founding of McGill University.

1812
Toronto Ontario - Founding of the Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada to help destitute families and wounded soldiers in the War of 1812 and American invasion.

1783
Saint John New Brunswick - William Lewis John Ryan publish first newspaper in New Brunswick, the 'Royal Saint John Gazette and Nova Scotian Intelligencer'.

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The “Simple Life” starlet looked to be having a marvelous time as she made her way around town, sporting a green party dress with black stockings and black heels.
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Tarts reports that Miss Hilton’s ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon (her co-star in the leaked sex film One Night in Paris) will already be in town, and plans to stop by her party, as will her ex-boyfriend Benji Madden’s ex-girlfriend Sophie Monk.
For that matter, Benji, too is rumored to be planning on showing up at the party, as an attempt to win her back. However, a friend close to Hilton has revealed, “She won’t take him back. She’s over it.”
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