Wordless Wednesday!

while touring inside Universal Studio Hollywood in California..

at Stage 44 where Wanted was shooted..

Quote of the Day

"The future has several names. For the weak, it is the impossible.

For the faint-hearted, it is the unknown.

For the thoughtful and valiant, it is the ideal."

Victor Hugo

Union: Gender imbalance in Defense Dept.

OTTAWA (UPI) -- A Canadian union has called for more women in Defense Department emergency response units after women were stripped and washed by male responders.

The Union of National Defense Employees wants a mandate to employ more women in the hazardous materials and security units following an anthrax scare last year at a military base in Quebec, in which an all-male team took off female employees clothing and scrubbed them through the decontamination process, the Ottawa Citizen reported.

Union President John MacLennan told the newspaper there are only seven female emergency responders in the Defense Department across the country.

"You have to have a hazardous response team that represents gender, male and female," he said.

Defense Department spokeswoman Lynne Rattray told the newspaper in an e-mail the incident is being overblown by the union.

"In this particular case, all personnel present were informed of what was involved in the decontamination process, and voluntarily complied," she wrote.


Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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Ease Pain When Plucking

Health and Beauty Tip

Many people say to put ice on your eyebrows before plucking ... but this actually tightens pores and makes plucking more painful. Do the opposite and put a warm washcloth on your forehead first to open pores. Use ice afterwards to soothe any pain.

Rides in Disneyland

This is our first ride in Disneyland, the so-called Space Mountain. It's sad to say, that I have motion sickness. After the ride, I was sweating very cold, ran to the bathroom and threw-up...very bad experience.. I really feel very dizzy and sick. well, this is not the ride for me. It means I can never be an austronaut..hahaha!!

have a great day to all!! hope to visit you soon when my vacation is over... 3 weeks more to go and I'm coming back home to Germany!!

Space Mountain, Disneyland, California...ery nice ride but not for me!!

U.S. tomato warning expanded nationwide

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Many U.S. restaurants have removed dishes containing raw tomatoes from their menus in the wake of a nationwide federal warning.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration during the weekend expanded its warning that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked with consumption of certain uncooked red plum, red Roma and red round tomatoes, as well as products containing such tomatoes.

The FDA said consumers can continue to eat cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, or tomatoes grown at home.

"Since mid-April, there have been 145 reported cases of salmonellosis caused by Salmonella Saintpaul nationwide, including at least 23 hospitalizations," the FDA said in a statement. "States reporting illnesses linked to the outbreak include: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin."

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections.

Copyright 2008 by United Press International
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How long has the U.S. had a Secretary of Energy?

The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy and is a member of the President's Cabinet, fifteenth in the Presidential line of succession. The post was created with the formation of the Department of Energy on October 1, 1977, after the signing of the Department of Energy Organization Act by President Jimmy Carter.

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