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Smiling on Facebook costs Canadian her insurance

The logo of social networking website 'Facebook' is displayed on a computer screen in London inr 2007. Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach.
AFP - Sunday, November 22

MONTREAL (AFP) - - Facebook can be a double-edged sword, a Canadian woman learned when an insurance company cut her health benefits, claiming she was healthy after seeing pictures of her smiling in bikini at the beach. More »

  • French designer Celine Boulud holds a chihuahua named Edgar at her boutique for dogs

    French designer wolfs down US doggy rags

    AFP - Sunday, November 22

    LYON, France (AFP) - - France may well be the world's fashion capital, but when it comes to suiting up pooches, America does it best.

  • The Gentle Giant

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    When you're larger than any of the great dinosaurs, and longer than a basketball court, the general assumption is that you don't need any protection.

    But not the blue whale which needs all the protection it can get.

  • Chin Chin Gutierrez: Woman with a mission

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Chin Chin Gutierrez is a lady with a mission - to change the world!

    Taking to heart what Mahatma Gandhi said, that "if you want to change the world, you have to be the change you want to see in the world," Chin Chin has been consistently spreading an urgent message most often ignored in this country - take care of Mother Nature, now!

    In her own way, she organizes workshops, discussions in schools, tree plantings and litter cleanups through her Mother Earth Foundation.

    With her life's work dedicated to save the environment, Chin Chin was hailed an Asian Hero, landing on the cover of TIME magazine in 2003.

    "That Time magazine cover was just a big sign that told me this is probably something that I would do for the rest of my life," she says.

    Born Maria Carminia Lourdes Arnaldo Gutierrez, her mother was a former nun who became an artist, while her father is a botanist.

  • How to become effective young leaders

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Three weeks ago, I gave a few concrete suggestions to students who are aspiring to become effective leaders in their respective student organizations and communities.

    Now, I'd like to share more practical advice for those who wish to accept the challenge of leadership especially in these times where our country needs a new breed of young Filipino leaders who will help shape a better future for our nation.

    1) YOUNG FILIPINO LEADERS SHOULD REALIZE THAT IT'S ALRIGHT TO FAIL.
    Many young leaders fear failure and tend to remain in their comfort zones and avoid taking risks.

  • Young Pinoy filmmakers make their mark in India

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    The Philippines may not have struck gold at the annual Japan Prize, but it fared differently in India.

    Two entries won awards: a Chinh Silver award in the Early Education category, and a Special Jury Prize in the Films Made by Children category.

    The annual Chinh India Festival and Forum is a unique venue for children's media because it catapults the child to its proper place: as media subject, audience and as user.

    What makes the event unique is the pre-school jury, a rowdy herd of precocious kids under six years old who watch films made for them and decide which ones they found most interesting and engaging.

  • A poker player collects his chips. Poland's parliament on Friday adopted a law that confines gambling to casinos and phases out the slot machines currently in many Polish cafes, clubs, shops and service stations.

    Poland restricts gambling outside casinos

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    WARSAW (AFP) - - Poland's parliament on Friday adopted a law that confines gambling to casinos and phases out the slot machines currently in many Polish cafes, clubs, shops and service stations.

  • Never be a judge

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    A long time ago, in my little village in England on the other side of the world, I was able to prove another of my golden rules.

    We had a problem with Colonel Forbes, who had retired from bossing his regiment and decided he would boss our village.

  • RP hosts Chinese entrepreneurs

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Winning the bid to host the 10th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention (WCEC), the biggest and most important gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, and stakeholders from China and all over the world, the Philippines has welcomed a total of 3,000 international and 1,000 local business leaders.

    Department of Tourism (DoT) Secretary Ace Durano has discussed the current tourism business scenario and additional prospects with Dr.

  • RP tourism: All set for greater heights through chartered flights

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Often described as a traveler's personal version of business-class flights, charter flights reap a significant advantage when it comes to mass tourism.

  • Tale of three cities

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

    Murphy's Law is every first-time traveler's nightmare and taking it to heart is not some freaky way of looking at the glass as only half-full but just making sure that you even have a glass left, never mind the water.

    Thus when preparing for a backpacking trip alone across Europe, I had the Girl Scout motto "Laging Handa" emblazoned all over my version of a backpack: a luggage, a hand-carry and a bag.

  • The Mandarin Oriental and the German Club

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Should you be at a party where guests literally let their hair down, frolic and dance atop benches, then you know you are at an Oktoberfest.

  • Chef Babes & PGMA, Hillary & my aunt Nelly

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    "I have learned that
    people will forget what you said ,
    people will forget what you did;
    but people will never forget
    how you made them feel.

    Make people around you
    feel happy today.

    Share your blessings!"

    Lito Casaul, NAIA

    That's right dear readers, make the SVD missionary priests of the Mission Angels and the cancer patients and survivors of the Joy in Living Foundation folks happy by going to their concert this Thursday at the Meralco Theater at 6:30 p.m.

    The angels and the joy-givers to cancer patients and survivors are featuring top-class musicians and singers - violinist John P. Lesaca, sax legend Eddie K., soprano Pinky Marzquez, tenor Ramon Acoymothe who is also U.P. College of Music dean and a multi-Aliw awardee, "best instrumentalist" Nonoy Libanan, commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration in a pre-Christmas concert, and another Aliw awardee for being "the best singing group in a major concert" - the Angelos.

  • Pyro power

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Last Saturday, it was Germany's "Feuerwerk" versus China's Pyro Power in the World Pyro Olympics 2009 that is being hosted by the City of Taguig until December 19, 2009. This coming Saturday, November 28, it will be Japan's Fire Power versus Australia's might and light.

    The much anticipated event will be participated in by eight countries including the Philippines.

  • Food in focus

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 21

    Nowadays everyone is a gourmand...or at least tries to be.

    There is no denying the fact that for the past couple of years, food in the country has become a celebrity.

  • A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. A humble if eye-pleasing umbrella stand once owned by YSL fetched an amazing 134,000 dollars Friday at the close of a sale of the last belongings of the late couturier and his partner Pierre Berge.

    Auction record for umbrella stand as YSL mystique inflates prices

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    PARIS (AFP) - - A humble if eye-pleasing umbrella stand once owned by Yves Saint Laurent fetched an amazing 90,000 euros (134,000 dollars) Friday at the close of a sale of the last belongings of the late couturier and his partner Pierre Berge.

  • A person holds a sign as she joins Sexual Minorities Uganda to protest against a proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda on November 19 in front of the Ugandan Mission to the United Nations in New York. The bill has baffled legal experts who read it as the product of an over-zealous Evangelical community that is clueless about both Uganda's constitution and international law.

    Uganda's gays: from advocates to outlaws

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    KAMPALA (AFP) - - If Ugandas recently tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill becomes law, Frank Mugisha and other individuals found campaigning for gay rights will face the choice of going to jail or leaving the country.

  • Santa Claus reading letters coming in from the world. No matter if children are naughty or nice, they won't get a reply from Santa this year, as the US Postal Service has blocked mail to a tiny Alaska town that answered Christmas letters for decades.

    No reply this Christmas as US blocks Santa mail

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - No matter if children are naughty or nice, they won't get a reply from Santa this year, as the US Postal Service has blocked mail to a tiny Alaska town that answered Christmas letters for decades.

  • People play games during a PlayDate night at a hotel in Arlington, Virginia in October 2009.

    US singles on PlayDate search for soul mate

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    ARLINGTON, Virginia (AFP) - - Forget singles bars and the mad dash through the speed-dating circuit.

  • South African women walk on a dirt road in South Africa's Eastern Cape. Women in Africa have yet to receive the financial recognition they deserve for the time and effort put into domestic and reproductive work, a UN report has concluded.

    African women remain undervalued: UN report

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    BANJUL (AFP) - - Women in Africa have yet to receive the financial recognition they deserve for the time and effort put into domestic and reproductive work, a UN report launched Friday concluded.

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