11-Year-Old Dies In Deadly Weekend Across GTA

It was a shockingly violent weekend in the city, as gunfire left four people including an 11-year-old boy dead and four others injured.

The youngster, Ephraim Brown, was killed overnight Saturday into Sunday after being caught in the crossfire between two rival gangs in the Jane and Sheppard area. He had been attending a cousin's birthday party at the time.

Brown's grief-stricken sisters called for the community in North York to come together and attempt to bring an end to the gun violence before more lives are lost. The youth once attended school with 15-year-old Jordan Manners, who was fatally shot inside his high school in May.

"The community needs to take charge and take action," Camisha Brown said. "If you know anything please, help our family out."

Police Chief Bill Blair appealed for the public's help in the case and asked that those in the community refrain from retaliating for the attack. There's no word on suspects.

A 21-year-old was also wounded in the gunfire but apparently isn't helping police in the investigation.

Original Story at: Citynews.ca

President at 24

Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor when 24, the show about the exploits of counter terrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), returns in January for its seventh season, Fox TV announced yesterday.

The series has been an Oval Office groundbreaker before, with Dennis Haysbert playing President David Palmer, the nation's first black president.

Jones, winner of best-actress Tony Awards for The Heiress and Doubt, has appeared in films including Ocean's Twelve and The Perfect Storm and has guest-starred on TV shows including the White House drama The West Wing.

Ouch!
Beau Bridges endured physical pain while filming two My Name Is Earl episodes that won him an Emmy nomination for best guest actor in a comedy series.

Original Story at: baltimoresun.com
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Minor league coach dies during game

North Little Rock, AR (Sports Network ) - Tulsa Drillers coach Mike Coolbaugh died Sunday after being hit in the head by a line drive while he was serving as the team's first base coach against the Arkansas Travelers.

Tino Sanchez hit a line drive that struck Coolbaugh in the temple during the top of the ninth inning.

Coolbaugh was knocked unconscious and was administered CPR on the field. He was eventually taken by ambulance to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Coolbaugh, a former Drillers player, had just joined the team on July 3 as a replacement for Orlando Merced, who had resigned earlier in the season.

He spent 17 seasons in professional baseball, appearing in 44 games with the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Cardinals. Coolbaugh also spent time in the Toronto, Texas, Oakland and New York Yankees organizations.

Original Story at: Sportsnetwork.com

People Searching Magnetic-Diet

This is real. People all across US are searching for Magnetic Diet. I Searched too and this is what i found. Magnetic Diet is just another Paid diet program. The "official site" say:

The magnetic diet is more than a weight loss diet. It’s a complete weight and health management system. Not only will you be able to lose weight but you will be able to stay at any weight you choose once you get there. For those who want or need to you can even use the magnetic diet to gain weight. Beyond weight control you will also learn:

1. How to control your cravings. Uncontrolled cravings are the number one reason why people fail at their diets. In the magnetic diet you will learn the most powerful technique to control cravings ever developed. You will be able to use this technique to combat any type of craving including food, tobacco, and other addictions as well.

2. How to exercise to burn fat. Most people waste their time and put themselves at risk of injury performing exercises that only burn sugar and not fat. Your muscles will only burn glycogen (stored sugar) unless you create the correct condition for them to burn fat for energy. In the magnetic diet you will learn how you can create this condition every single day.

3. How to create a lean self image. In life, what’s on the outside is merely a reflection of what is on the inside. If you see yourself as overweight and unhealthy you do the things to create that condition in your life. If you see yourself as lean and healthy you will automatically do the things to create that condition in your life. In the magnetic diet you will learn the techniques that will allow you to reprogram your mind and create a new self image, which will help to create, from the inside out, the changes that you want to see in your body.

4. You’ll learn how to lose weight without losing muscle. Every fad diet on the web and in the media that promises fast weight loss causes you to lose muscle. You’ll learn why losing muscle ruins your metabolism and is the number one reason people end up getting fatter than they were when they started.

My opinion: Worthless, Nothing New. What is your opinion?

Pocket money has risen 600% in 20 years, says study

The children of today receive an average of £8.01 pocket money per week, according to Halifax, compared to just £1.13 in 1987 – an increase of more than six hundred per cent.

To mark the 20th anniversary of Halifax conducting research into children’s pocket money, they have released a report which reveals the amount given has risen more than six times faster than inflation, which has increased by just 99% over the same period.


Pocket money levels have experienced some drops, with last year’s average of £8.20 being higher than this year’s and lower than the previous year’s average, as well as drops in 1994, 1996, and 1997.

South East children have come off the best, with an average of £10.43 per week, compared to those in the North East who get just £5.70 per week, almost 29% below the UK average.

Most of the children surveyed did not have anything particular in mind that they were saving for. Mike Regnier, head of savings at Halifax, commented on children’s saving and spending habits and how they have changed over the past two decades:

“Children's spending power has increased dramatically since 1987, with the average pocket money rising from £1.13 per week to £8.01, an increase of over 600%. This is well in excess of inflation, which has risen 99% over the same period.

“Part of the increase may be explained by changing tastes and technology. Whereas 20 years ago children spent their money on toys or saved towards things like holidays, nowadays children are likely to buy DVDs and mobile phones, which simply didn't exist in 1987.”

Original Story from: Fairinvestment.co.uk

simpsonizeme or simpsonize

Today I read an article about a cool little web site that you can use to convert yourself into a Simpsons character. The tool is at www.simpsonizeme.com and it allows you to upload a picture of yourself and it spits out a yellow, cartoon version of yourself. Of course, you can change the color and many other characteristics about your Simpsons doppelganger. When you're finished tweaking your character to your liking, you can save it and e-mail it to all of your friends.

I used it on myself and the picture above is supposed to be me - in case you ever wondered what I look like. It took me a number of tries until it actually worked.

I believe the website is very busy right now, so if you get an error when importing your picture, just try it again in a few minutes. Also, be sure to save your character before you try to export it. I didn't save it the first time and it wasn't able to export anything and I ended up starting again from scratch.