| Profound' changes to Quebec health care proposed
A task force has proposed "profound" changes to Quebec's health care system, including a greater role for the private sector and a bigger contribution from taxpayers. Among the working group's more radical proposals is that doctors be allowed under certain restrictions to practise in both the public and private systems and that private insurance companies be authorized to insure services currently covered under the public health program. The government should also allow private firms to manage hospitals by testing their efficiency through pilot projects that could eventually lead to "productive new options" according to the report. The head of the task force, former Liberal minister and insurance company executive Claude Castonguay, said people are demanding changes to an "incoherent and rigid" system and should be given the freedom to choose the kind of health care services they want.
Born for the silver screen
SHE is no stranger to Malaysian movie fans, especially after playing a lead role in Yasmin Ahmad's film Sepet in 2004. She also acted in a few other films such as the popular Gol & Gincu portraying a sexually abused teenager, Cinta and a Cantonese Malaysian horror flick Possessed. In the movie Muallaf, she shaved off her locks to expose her bold pate. For that, she copped a lot of flaks but the film also brought her stardom. In 2005, she won the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the 18th Malaysian Film Festival for her role in Sepet. The following year saw her lift the Best Actress Award at the 19th Malaysian Film Festival for her role in Gubra. Born in Kuala Lumpur in 1986, budding 22-year-old actress Sharifah Amani Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya comes from a Malay, Chinese, Arab, Bengali parentage and is the second daughter of veteran Malaysian actress, Fatimah Abu Bakar.
Bling meets strings in Allen resident's art guitars
Sarah Losinger had run out of wall space to place any more artwork. But that didn't stop her from visiting the gallery of her favorite artist, Amanda Dunbar. What she came across surprised her: painted guitars clad in Swarovski crystals. "I'd never seen anything like it," Ms. Losinger said. "Who'd think of using a guitar for a canvas? But then again, Amanda does everything out of the box." Ms. Dunbar is used to standing out. At 13, the Allen resident was dubbed an art prodigy, appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show and selling more than $500,000 in paintings in her first show. In 2006, at 23, she became the youngest inductee to the Texas Women's Hall of Fame. In addition, Ms. Dunbar's Angel Alliance charity has raised more than $1 million for various causes, including the Grammy MusiCares Foundation for Artists.
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Herpes Medication Does Not Reduce Risk Of HIV Infection In Individuals ...
ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2008) An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people infected with HSV-2. Multiple studies have shown that people with HSV-2 have a higher risk of acquiring HIV. Researchers had hoped that acyclovir's ability to suppress the herpes virus, and its associated genital sores and breaks in the skin, could cut down on the likelihood of HIV being transmitted to a person with HSV-2 during sexual intercourse. .
High ambition and low tricks behind world's biggest scam
The disclosure was a new blow to trust in a financial system already in turmoil with the US sub-prime crisis. It also represents a severe blow to President Sarkozy at a difficult time for his administration. SocGen, which traces its origins back to Napoleon III, is a pillar of the French Establishment with close links to the political elite in Paris. Many of the bank’s senior executives are former civil servants. The fraud wiped out a year’s worth of profit for France’s second bank, a Gallic flagship that was state-owned for many years. Mr Kerviel’s exploits were greeted with disbelief. For Christian Noyer, governor of the Banque de France, it was "unimaginable" that one lowly person could get away for a year with illicit dealing from his computer at SocGen’s towers at La Defense, Paris.
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