--Malaysia Budget 2009--

--The Brown Bunny (2003)--

It's the story of one man's tragic loss of the love of his life. He is Bud Clay, and he races motorcycles. He rides in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. Around and around he goes, repeating laps over and over until the race is over. The story begins with Bud racing in New Hampshire. His next race is in California in five days, and so his cross-country journey begins. Every day, Bud is haunted by the same memories of the last time he saw his true love. He will do anything to make those memories disappear, and every day he tries to find a new love, making outrageous requests of women to come with him on his trip and then leaving them behind after they've agreed. He can't replace Daisy, the only woman he's ever loved and the only woman he will ever love, but every day he tries.
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Cast
Vincent Gallo -- Bud Clay
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Chloë Sevigny -- Daisy
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Cheryl Tiegs -- Lilly
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~http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330099/

--NASA 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala--

NASA will celebrate 50 years of scientific and technological excellence. NASA has powered us into the 21st century through signature accomplishments that are enduring icons of human achievement. Among those accomplishments are technological innovations and scientific discoveries that have improved and shaped our lives on Earth in a myriad of ways. Please join us as we celebrate the past and look forward to a promising new era of inspiration, innovation, and discovery.

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~http://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/events/anniversary_gala.html

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~http://www.nasa.gov/50th/home/index.html

--Cause of Death -- Sloppy Doctors--

Iatrogenic -- a word you should know…

According to Webster's, it means: Induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy. In other words: Caused by a doctor.
Now doctors can cause all kinds of things. Cures. Wellness. Hope. But what about death? Is that something we're used to thinking is caused by our doctors? Well, if you've been reading the Daily Dose -- or my Real Health newsletter -- for any length of time at all, you'll probably answer a resounding YES to that last question. But if you're new, I want to bring you up to speed on a truly frightening statistic -- one that'll shake you to your soon-to-be-ex-mainstream core:

Doctors' sloppy kills more than 7,000 people annually. It's a shocking statistic, and, according to a July 2006 report from the National Academies of Science's Institute of Medicine (IOM), preventable medication mistakes also injure more than 1.5 million Americans annually. Many such errors result from unclear abbreviations and dosage indications and illegible writing on some of the 3.2 billion prescriptions written in the U.S. every year.

The U.S. health care system may contribute to poor health or death. According to Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, 250,000 deaths per year are caused by medical errors, making this the third-largest cause of death in the U.S., following heart disease and cancer.

ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR in THE USA:

12,000 --- unnecessary surgery
7,000 --- medication errors in hospitals
20,000 --- other errors in hospitals
80,000 --- infections in hospitals
106,000 --- non-error, negative effects of drugs

References

1. Schuster M, McGlynn E, Brook R. How good is the quality of health care in the United States? Milbank Q. 1998; 76:517-563.
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~http://www.infoimpact.com/newspdf/Cause%20of%20Death_%20Sloppy%20Doctors.pdf
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~http://www.naturodoc.com/library/public_health/doctors_cause_death.htm
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~http://www.missingangelsbill.org/news/20040405.html
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~http://www.ghchealth.com/doctors-leading-cause-of-death.html
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~http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1578074,00.html
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~http://www.douglassreport.com/dailydose/dd200303/dd20030318a.html

--Human rights in Malaysia--

There are some major human rights violations in Malaysia and some of the non-governmental organisations working in this field are:

• Suaram
• Hakam
• WAO

Human Rights violated include:

• The right to vote freely
• Freedom of Religion
• Equality of Religion
• Independence of the legal system
• Freedom from Torture
• Freedom of Speech
• Freedom from Discrimination
• Homosexual Rights
  
  
  

In addition, there is the government-sponsored Human Rights Commission of Malaysia, Suhakam

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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Malaysia

--HANCOCK 2008--

John Hancock (Will Smith) is an unhappy and reluctant superhero who is living in his own world. For some unknown reason, Hancock is depressed and has started drinking very heavily. He has saved many lives in Los Angeles over the years, but in doing so, he has no regards for damaging buildings, trains, roads, cars, or anything that gets in his way of getting the job done. The last time he captured several criminals, it cost the city $9 million to fix the damages. The public has had enough of Hancock, and they want him to stop or go to another city. Then one day, Hancock saves the life of Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman) from being run over by a train. Ray is a public relations executive who now can go home to his wife and child, because Hancock was there. Ray owes Hancock his life, and he makes it his mission to change his superhero's image and have the public cheering him. Ray's wife, Mary (Charlize Theron), believes Hancock cannot be fixed, and she doesn't want Ray to be hurt...

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Cast

Will Smith -- John Hancock

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Charlize Theron -- Mary Embrey

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Jason Bateman -- Ray Embrey

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~http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448157/

--Looking for The Best--

Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has accused protesters in Bangkok of trying to foment another coup."They want bloodshed in the country," he told journalists.In a day of stormy protests, supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) invaded government buildings and a state-run television station.Organisers of the demonstration have ignored a deadline to leave, vowing to keep supporters on the streets until the government falls.The protesters accuse Mr Samak of running the country on behalf of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup and now in self-imposed exile amid corruption charges.This is just the latest of a series of shows of force staged by the PAD over recent months.

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-Partial news from bbc.co.uk (Asia Pacific)

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~http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/nationvdo/showvdo.php?id=817&name=News&cateid=13

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~http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/thailand

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~http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7581565.stm