December 2011
36 posts
Sound Mind: Teach the children →
healthyiswealthy:
I just finished the household chores for the night and was preparing to go to bed, when I heard a noise in the front of the house. I opened the door to the front room and to my surprise, Santa himself stepped out from behind the Christmas tree. He placed his finger over his mouth so I would not…
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Matt Damon Rips ‘Bourne’ Writer, Later Apologizes
In the new issue of GQ, Matt Damon rips Tony Gilroy, the screenwriter of the three hugely successful Jason Bourne films which starred Damon.
In the interview, Damon contends that Gilroy turned in a very rough draft for the third Bourne film, “The Bourne Ultimatum.” Instead of doing the kind of work he was capable of, Damon said that Gilroy wrote an “unreadable” script...
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Amnesty says Saudi beheading for sorcery...
DUBAI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International has described as “deeply shocking” Saudi Arabia’s beheading of a woman convicted on charges of “sorcery and witchcraft,” saying it underlined the urgent need to end executions in the kingdom.
Saudi national Amina bint Abdul Halim bin Salem Nasser was executed on Monday in the northern province of al-Jawf after being...
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Suit filed after NM teen cuffed for burp in class
A 13-year-old was handcuffed and hauled off to a juvenile detention for burping in class, according to a lawsuit filed against an Albuquerque school principal, a teacher and school police officer.
The boy was transported without his parents being notified in May after he “burped audibly” in PE class and his teacher called a school resource officer to complain he was disrupting...
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6 long weekends in 2012
MANILA, Philippines - Got vacation plans next year? Maybe you can schedule them around the 6 long weekends for 2012 based on the official list of regular holidays and special (non-working) days from Malacañang.
The first long weekend will be on January 21-23 after Malacañang declared January 23, Chinese New Year, a special non-working day.
The next long weekend will be during Holy Week,...
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The Piolo predicament
Is not his, but ours. Not KC Concepcion’s, but ours. Which is not to look down on how KC feels. Any girl who’s gone through a bad break-up, celebrity or not, would’ve seen those tears and known them to be real, would’ve heard her anger and known it to resonate. We can argue about why she had to do that interview of course, but the easy answer really is contemporary showbiz: where tell-alls...
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Piolo asks public to respect his privacy
MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – Actor Piolo Pascual has asked the public to respect his privacy, saying his break-up with actress-television host KC Concepcion is a “very sensitive issue.”
Pascual arrived in Manila from Japan on Monday.
The actor refused to comment on Concepcion’s “tell-all” interview on “The Buzz” aired Sunday, where she confirmed...
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Eugene Domingo defends Piolo
MANILA, Philippines - Actress Eugene Domingo defended actor Piolo Pascual, whose recent break-up with KC Concepcion sparked questions about his sexual orientation.
In an interview with ABS-CBN News reporter Mario Dumaual on Wednesday afternoon, Domingo said she will always be there for Pascual to show him love and understanding.
“Oo, of course I love Piolo sa kaibuturan ng aking puso....