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I'm heading to N.B. for a little R & R for the next week or so. I don't know if the internet has made it down there yet :P so might not be able to check in. Take care of this place while I'm gone! Later! Mike :D

The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time One billion people on the planet are struggling with extreme poverty according to Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. In this March 31 lecture, Sachs discusses his new book, The End of Poverty...

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more here This pay equity crap is ridiculous. How can they possibly decide that "flight attendants provide work of the same value as pilots or flight mechanics"??? Its comparing apples to oranges. If they want the same money as the pilots or mechanics let them spend years getting the...

A question for the right-leaning members out there....(we know what the left would say - everything!) what about the Conservative party platform do you not like?

Finger in chili nets prison term for couple Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Posted at 2:29 PM EST Associated Press San Jose, Calif. — A couple who planted a severed finger in a bowl of Wendy's chili in a scheme to extort money from the fast-food chain were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms of...

Canadian killed in Afghanistan identified as Foreign Affairs employee Three Canadian soliders aso wounded in the suicide bombing Sunday, January 15, 2006 Posted at 1:07 PM EST Canadian Press Ottawa and Kabul — A Canadian killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been identified as a...

Anybody read this book? WOW! I usually go for non-fiction, but this book grabbed me and kept me up late reading it. Great book, really enjoyed it. It's an Oprah selection, and the author was on the show. There has also been a lot of controversy the past few days over the book. It is...

I make it with ham and smoked sausage... no seafood.

Anybody like Jambalaya??? I've got a wicked good recipe I'll put up when I find it. Fell in love with Cajun cooking after a trip to New Orleans.... I'm drooling just thinking of it. Some of the best cooking in the world imho.

Anybody have a good chili recipe?

Quebec policewoman shot and killed Dec. 14, 2005. 06:45 PM CANADIAN PRESS LAVAL, Que. — What started as a routine call to an apartment building today ended with the death of a 25-year-old woman police officer who was shot and later succumbed to her injuries. Valerie Gignac, 25, had served...

Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail Boy, does this sound like a disaster waiting to happen.