| Sue Hutchison: Smart comedy ought to be serious about abortion
It's not often that I go to see a comedy that makes me laugh so hard I almost blow Diet Coke and popcorn through my nose and yet frustrates me so much that I leave the theater wrung out and let down. That's how I felt after I saw "Knocked Up," a movie that is far smarter and funnier than its central premise. In case you haven't seen the reviews or the raging discussion about it in the blogosphere, "Knocked Up" is the story of an attractive young TV reporter who gets pregnant after a drunken one-night stand with a good-natured slacker whom she meets in a bar -- and she decides to have the baby. The option of having an abortion is barely even mentioned, and she proceeds to drag the slacker into the gynecologist's exam room with her for her first ultrasound. Suddenly, she expects him to be a part of her life and the baby's.
Avoiding the Summer Brain Drain
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The summer is here! That long awaited school break has arrived. Your children are now enjoying their much deserved time away from the daily grind of spelling tests, math worksheets, book reports, geography lessons, science projects and homework. It is time for them to play in the sun, swim in the pool, go camp, walk the beach, shoot hoops, ride bikes, sleep in, relax, and lose three months of reading and math gains that they worked so hard to attain this past school year. Yes, many children fall almost three months behind in math and reading skills over the summer. This phenomenon is so well known that educators even have a special name for it. They call it the “the summer slide". Because of the summer slide teachers often invest the first two months of every school year focusing on lesson plans that help students regain skills they lost over the summer.
Archived Profile: Frank Giustra
VANCOUVER - Frank Giustra, a super-rich Vancouver mining and movie mogul with a midas touch, has used his wealth to become a friend of Bill -- Bill being former U.S. President Bill Clinton. As such, Giustra has placed his private jet at Clinton's disposal, flying with the former president on trips to Asia and Africa during the past two years. The former Howe Street wunderkind is a member of the board of trustees of the Clinton Foundation, the charitable and activist vehicle established by Clinton during his post-presidency. .
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