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Humanitarian aid organization SurfAid International has opened the first stage of the Quiksilver SurfAid Community Health Training Centre at Katiet, in the Mentawai Islands, off Indonesia's West Sumatran coast.
The centre, which has been funded by the Quiksilver Foundation, has been designed by leading organic agriculturalist, Brendan Hoare.
In the worst Mentawai villages, up to 50 per cent of children will die from causes including acute respiratory infection, diarrhea, bad or unclean birthing and malaria. Underlying this, SurfAid research shows that up to 40 per cent of Mentawai children are malnourished and 60 per cent of mothers and children are anemic. The centre aims to help correct this situation.
SurfAid Founder and CEO, Dr. Dave Jenkins, said the opening of the centre was the culmination of a long and successful partnership with Quiksilver.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is endorsing an Orange County toll road that would cut through one of the state's most popular beach areas. Images: Surfers At Trestles | Images: Council Wrestles Over Toll Road In a letter to the head of the Coastal Commission, Schwarzenegger on Tuesday described the six-lane Foothill South tollway as "essential to protect our environment and the quality of life for everyone in California." .
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When German authorities translated Thompson's lyrics, something we ask all of you to do, they soon learned what the band is really about. And the show went on as planned. We find it extremely hard to believe that Thompson's most vocal critics are not aware of this. Once again, we remind you that Thompson performed a successful show in Frankfurt, Germany. The concert and the translation of lyrics made by German authorities were reported by major media-outlets in that country. As correctly and truthfully reported in the newspapers Allgemeine Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine, Thompson's lyrics neither promote, nor incite, violence. There has never been a violent incident at a Thompson concert Because of many false accusations and outright lies, we'd like to mention that there has never been an incident at any of Thompson's many concerts.
Superband help the homeless
Consequences Live is part of a music campaign in aid of the homeless charity Crisis. The day long gig, which is set to be held at the Roundhouse in Camden on 2 March, will see the charity's superband come together for the first and only time. They have already recorded a single with a twist entitled Consequences. Inspired by the parlour game of the same name, over a dozen artists including Graham Coxon, New Young Pony Club and Babyshambles bassist Drew McConnell contributed to the track without hearing what had been recorded before, or knowing what the next musician might do. Strange recording situation Supergrass singer Gaz Coombes watched the artists come into the studio. .
Can't forget the Motor City
He had one of the night's best laugh lines, talking about the Iranian speedboats that threatened U.S. warships over the weekend: "One more step and they would have been introduced to those virgins that they're looking forward to seeing." (But it didn't seem to take much to get the crowd rowdy, which may have had something to do with the heavy pre-debate traffic in the adjacent bar by those in attendance.) He went after Huckabee every chance he got, a clear indication that the two men are competing for a similar pool of conservative voters in South Carolina. Advisors to every other campaign were surprised to see Thompson get into it so much, but his effort mostly just underscored how little he has been a player up to now. It also cheered McCain's strategists, who are quite happy to have someone else peel votes away from Huckabee.
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Since his debut, 1993's Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin has been one of the brightest stars in contemporary gospel music. The album spent 100 weeks on the gospel charts (some of those on top), crossed over to the R&B charts, and became the first gospel debut album to go platinum. His second album, Kirk Franklin & the Family Christmas, became the genre's first Christmas album to make it to number one, and his 1996 album Whatcha Lookin' 4 went gold as soon as it was distributed. With such phenomenal success, it is small wonder that some have hailed him "the Garth Brooks of gospel." Still, despite all the adulation and brouhaha, Franklin remains a humble, devout Christian, eschewing the title "entertainer" in favor of labeling himself as just a "church boy." Franklin's road to the top, though quick, was far from smooth.
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