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[color:red]Wanted: Actor. Must work with mule.

Last Updated Wed, 31 May 2006 15:35:56 EDT

CBC News

The hunt is on for a new actor to wear the straw hat of coffee marketing icon Juan Valdez.

Carlos Sanchez, the 71-year-old actor who played the coffee bean farmer for almost four decades, is retiring. A replacement is to be named by Colombia's national federation of coffee producers by July.

The character Juan Valdez has been used to promote Colombian coffee since 1959. Print and television campaigns have featured Valdez with his mule Conchita.

The next Valdez will be drawn from than 400 candidates, who have been interviewed by the coffee federation with the help of U.S. consultants.

The winner will be chosen from a list of 10 finalists.

Whoever is picked to play the part will have his work cut out for him. While Colombia trails only Brazil in coffee production, a worldwide glut has pushed down prices.

Colombia's coffee exports in 2005 were roughly $1.5 billion US, down about $100 US million from a decade earlier.

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I wonder why CBC used the term 'rape' in this article when dealing with Quebec?

Hey StoneMtn in our legal system what is the difference between raping a child and molesting a child?

Pedophile's sentence too harsh, judge rules

Last Updated Wed, 31 May 2006 11:22:28 EDT

CBC News

A Quebec judge on Tuesday reduced the sentence of a Montreal man who raped his infant daughter, saying the original ruling was too harsh.

The 32 year old was found guilty in March 2005 of sexual assault and using his daughter to possess, produce and distribute child pornography. The assaults started when his daughter was 24 months old and lasted for two years.

The man was originally sentenced to 15 years in prison.

But in its 2-1 decision earlier this week, the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled the assaults were not among the worst sexual assaults committed and the man shouldn't have received the maximum sentence.

The court reduced his sentence to nine years in prison.

"There was no violence, such as gagging, threatening or hitting the child," wrote Judge Lise Cote.

Cote cited the father of four's young age and lack of criminal record — other than the sexual assault of another child when he was 17 — in the ruling.

The prosecution's case was based on roughly 5,000 pictures and 5,000 videos found on the man's computer, some featuring very young children.

Oilers did it. I love seeing teams that nobody picked do this. Makes it fun to watch.

The health of your vagina is important to me. In fact, the health of each and every vagina is important to me which makes me feel like breaking into song!

My new signature!

Heard the interview with the teacher this morning. Pretty dismal....

Haven't you left yet?

Stay warm and dry' date=' and drunk and high.[/quote']

ok!

The Theme of the Weekend

Darwin's theory not allowed in North Quebec schools

Last updated May 19 2006 07:28 AM EDT

CBC News

Teachers in some northern Quebec communities are being told not to talk about the evolution of humans because Darwin's theory offends some Inuit people.

Alexandre April is a teacher in Salluit, Que., who says his school principal told teachers not to talk about the evolution of man.

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I'll be there Hal. Do you still have the cookie duster? :wink:

user - my computer is really slow

me - quit fucking with it

Went to the Liquor store yesterday (not too busy) and filled up the gas tank (gas will probably go up today by $1.00 or so for the long weekend). Today: buy 3 jugs of water a box of granola bars and a bag of chips. Done

It was close only because the Oilers couldn't score on their 39 breakaways. Bring on the Ducks.

I found this quite amusing.

Adventures of Boxlor

I have a question since this will be my first CTMF. Should I be bringing alcohol or can I purchase it there? Or am I even allowed to bring some? Any other rules or such I should be prepared for?

Hmmm, still don't have a ride there and I can't rent a car The bus actually takes 1 day 2 hours to get to durham which kills that idea (and it doesn't come back for like a week I don't think).

Money to anyone that brings me. Even a ride from TO would be alright since I can bus it there pretty easily, I'd just have to know what time to arrive (and I'll pitch in on anything). I don't want to ask too much 'cause, aside from a few shows and my new guitar teacher, I haven't really met many of you, nor have you met me and I might be funny looking, you know?

Matt, I cannot stress this enough, bring lots of toilet paper! There are portable toilets but they get very messy

hahahahaa

Single joint leads to trafficking charge for high school student

Last Updated Wed, 17 May 2006 08:29:43 EDT

CBC News

A Newfoundland and Labrador high school student is facing a charge of trafficking following an incident involving a single marijuana cigarette.

(CBC)

The female student is facing a charge of trafficking, which involves selling, bartering or simply giving someone illicit drugs.

Officials at the student's school in Blaketown, Trinity Bay, called in the RCMP after receiving a tip about marijuana use at Crescent Collegiate.

RCMP Cpl. Phil Feltmate said the police wanted to educate students about the seriousness of the incident.

"We're trying to get a message out to other kids or like-minded people around all the schools … that we are promoting zero tolerance," Feltmate said.

"Moving … from one person to another is considered trafficking, whether it's one joint or 10 tonnes. It doesn't make a big difference with respect to the definition."

RCMP are still investigating the case, and further charges may be laid.

Bob Buckingham, a St. John's defence lawyer who is not affiliated with the case, said that while everyone wants schools to be safe, the trafficking charge is heavy-handed.

"The individual could end up with a criminal record. It could affect schooling; it could affect getting a passport; it would show up on records, given [the way] records are kept these days, for border crossings and things like that," Buckingham said.

Buckingham said he hopes the Crown prosecutor's office takes a close look at the case.

Feltmate said while police sometimes issue warnings about marijuana use, the trafficking charge was laid because the incident was determined to have taken place inside a school.

Feltmate said Crescent Collegiate has had little experience with drug use in recent years.

There you go Booche. You can be happy again.

MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) - American sprinter Justin Gatlin equalled but did not break the 100-metre world record at the Qatar Grand Prix last week, the sport's governing body said Wednesday.

The International Association of Athletics Federations said a timing error in Doha gave Gatlin a time of 9.76 seconds, which was one-hundredth of a second below Asafa Powell's world mark of 9.77.

he IAAF said Gatlin's time was actually 9.766 seconds, which should have been manually rounded up to 9.77.

The time has now been adjusted to 9.77 and, pending ratification, will equal the record set by Powell in Athens on June 14, 2005, the IAAF said.

The IAAF said it acted after being informed of the error by Tissot Timing.

"The IAAF rounding rule, to be initiated manually on the timing system, had not been activated as instructed," Tissot said in a statement from its Swiss headquarters. "Tissot Timing regrets the occurrence and apologizes for this unique incident."

The IAAF uses times recorded to one-hundredth of a second, with figures always rounded up.

"We're very disappointed for Justin but we think he's got all the talent to get the record again soon," IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said. "It's better to have an honest result."

Davies said it's believed to be the first time a world record has been taken away days later because of a timing adjustment.

The IAAF learned of the error Monday after Tissot reviewed the times. Under IAAF procedures, formal ratification of a world record can take months. Meet organizers have to submit the officials results, photo finish, doping control forms and other data to the IAAF for checking.

"If Tissot hadn't announced it, we would have caught it eventually," Davies said.

Gatlin, 24, received wide acclaim after been credited with breaking the record Friday - giving him the unofficial title of the world's fastest human.

"This was a perfect race," Gatlin said then. "I am a competitor and I promised I would get the world record and I have done it. . . . Now I can say I'm the fastest in the world, and it feels great."

Gatlin is the reigning Olympic and world champion in the 100.

Gatlin and Powell are scheduled to face each other for the first time this year at the Gateshead meet in England on June 11.

When Powell set the record last year, he bettered the mark of 9.79 set by Maurice Greene in Athens in June 1999. Tim Montgomery's mark of 9.78, set in Paris in 2002, was wiped off the books when he was suspended for two years based on information uncovered in the BALCO doping scandal.

Gatlin's previous best was the 9.85 he ran in winning the Olympic gold in Athens in 2004. His time was 9.88 when he won the world title last year in Helsinki, Finland. He also won the world 200-metre title.

Can the loudest rink in the NHL come through for the Oil again. Man it's going to be a great game on Wednesday night.

i didn't know you were dating sunshine, thats wierd.

Oh, weak. You know, it doesn't make you less of a man to face your emotions ... that's how you deal with them and work through them. You'll never be less of a man in my eyes -- I still remember how pretty and manly you looked with your hair in your eyes and my dick in your mouth. Whatever else has happened between us, nobody can take those memories from us. Nobody.

I know that there is pain. But this, too, shall pass. Hang in there buddy.

Love you.

[ps. i before e, except when it's weird]

Erotica writer :wink:

I like this pic too.

Been feeling rather directionless lately -- which is all good fun for awhile ... and then you start to realize that there is a big pit of nothingness where your dreams should be.

I think this happens to lots of people. Hell it seems like I go through this every 5-6 years.

How about that first goal Chara scored?

i just about shit my pants at that one. How the fuck do you mix those guys up? The worst part of it is they didn't realize for quite awhile that is was pothier. The camera man had it right the entire time. knobs

Be a Park Warden at a National Park.