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We have a dish in my native Australia called Bubble and Squeak. It involves throwing leftovers into a frying pan, throwing in a couple of furiously whisked eggs and a generous pinch of salt. Then you hope for the best. Surprisingly, the result is usually quite flavorsome. The point of the dish is to avoid wasting quality produce by repurposing ingredients so they don't end up in the garbage bin. Similarly, while a discarded date may not be for you, it doesn't mean they can't play a role in your life.Let's face it, unless you are Zsa Zsa Gabor or Larry King then you will probably only get married once or twice. And even Kim Kardashian can only have so many boyfriends. If you like a date but they just don't take your fancy, then why not stay in contact if they are open to it? There are plenty of ways discarded dates can add to your life, and you can potentially add to theirs.More...

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They owned the 90's and each helped redefine the romantic comedy. Now, they're working their magic together.Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts star in the upcoming film "Larry Crowne," set to be released this summer. It's about a man named Larry Crowne (well, naturally), living a solid middle class life until the recession steals away his job, prompting him to go back to his local junior college. Not only does he meet interesting new people to befriend and learn from, he meets his teacher, played by Julia Roberts.More...

Source: Larry Crowne: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts In New Comedy

How do the fingers of this thing entwine? Which foot falls first upon the trail?Is it the word? Is it the music?More...

Source: On Paul Simon's So Beautiful or So What

Most of us know Tim Allen, who visited our homes each week for most of the 1990s, as Tim "the Tool Man" Taylor in the sitcom Home Improvement. There is also a string of films in which he invariably plays the good guy, a very likable fellow of the sort we'd welcome to the neighborhood. Of course, in addition to the TV series, Allen is probably most familiar to audiences as the voice of astronaut Buzz Lightyear in the hugely successful Toy Story films. He's also served as producer of several movies.More...

Source: Tim Allen: A Man of Many Parts -- And Not All Are for Cars

Eritrea, one of the youngest countries on earth, is quickly emerging as one of the largest violators of human rights.  Born in 1993 out of a brutal and hard-fought 30-year war with Ethiopia, Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki wasted little time in rewarding his beleaguered nation of five million people with a regime based on violence and oppression.Following a border-war flare-up with Ethiopia in 1998 that lasted two years, President Isaya Afewerki abruptly initiated swift and immediate actions to consolidate his power and eliminate any independent civil society and rule of law.  Top government officials were immediately thrown in jail -- where they remain today, if any are still alive. All independent media organizations were shut down with the immediate arrests of all journalists and media members. This policy continues today, effectively eliminating all freedom of speech.More...

Source: Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole

AP: Unprecedented Internet Demand to Replace Sheen with Stamos/WeberIn a move sure to make CBS executives sit up and take notice, a swell of "cyber-citizens" have called upon the Diamond Network to fill the gap left by the Charlie Sheen controversy with not one but TWO actors: Steven Weber and John Stamos.More...

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Charlie Sheen's drink of choice? Chocolate milk. Or so he says on Twitter.Sheen, who has blazed past 200,000 followers and counting in only a few hours after joining the social networking service, issued his first tweet on Tuesday night. It promoted winning, dairy products and juice.More...

Source: Charlie Sheen's First Tweet: Goddess Rachel Oberlin Joins In Twitter Picture (PHOTO)

Visually, Gore Verbinski's Rango is so stunning and clever that you can almost forgive it for the fact that, really, it's just not very funny.Almost.More...

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A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -- the first to compare American obesity data with another country -- finds (perhaps unsurprisingly) that American adults have a higher rate of obesity than their Canadian counterparts.And the gap is quite disparate. According to obesity data from 2007 to 2009, an estimated 34 percent of Americans are obese compared to 24 percent of Canadians -- a 10 percent difference that further exposes the severity of America's struggle with obesity.More...

Source: Comparing Obesity In U.S. And Canada