BABYCAKES 01

"Grace is a young but overweight mortuary cosmetician whose upbeat outlook on life is undermined by her critical family and humorless girlfriends. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she spies a handsome subway motorman on her way to work. It's love at first sight-at least for Grace. She sets out to win him at any cost, ignoring that he's already engaged to someone else." I apologize for the quality of the upload. It is my first attempt at doing anything of this nature. Enjoy the film! Cheers!



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JedMassiveFlooding 09 - Flood Control Project 25Nov09.flv

The heavy downpour caused massive flooding in Jeddah. The floods damaged houses and other properties. Cars stalled and were eventually submerged in flood waters. People who were stranded for several hours took refuge inside buildings. Last week the Saudi city of Jeddah was afflicted by heavy rains that lasted only a few hours but caused massive flooding and the deaths of more than 500 people. To lessen the embarrassment, official reports shrank the number of flood-related deaths to just over 100. Many Saudis are asking how such a catastrophe could occur in one of the world's richest countries and in its second-largest and most cosmopolitan city. This was the most severe nature-related calamity that the world's largest oil exporter has seen in the past 50 years but the real reason for the death and destruction that occurred last Wednesday is endemic corruption in the Saudi government. Jeddah is a great example of corruption. This city of more than 4 million people still lacks a sewage system and treatment facility. The rain that fell last week had nowhere to go but to flood the streets and neighbourhoods, creating havoc and death in its path. Hundreds of bodies were swept in the current and up to 11000 people may be missing in the sea, according to a report two days ago by the Saudi newspaper al-Yaum. This figure may be inflated but the number of the missing and dead surely ranks in the hundreds, and could turn out to exceed a thousand. For comparison, hurricane Katrina in ...



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Building An Ecologically Sensible Home

Peak Moment 103: Wanting to live a "reasonable, comfortable life" in tune with nature, Ann and Gord Baird are building a near "net zero energy" home on Vancouver Island. Their plans: the first load bearing, seismically engineered, two story, insulated, cob residence in North America. Solar PV panels for electricity with grid tie. (Wind power will come later.) Passive solar design with solar thermal for hydronic heating and domestic hot water. Composting toilets to enrich the earth for gardens along with grey water recovery for orchard irrigation. Rainwater catchment from a living roof tops off this sustainable, affordable, natural home for their three-generation family of six. Follow their progress at www.eco-sense.ca. Looking for a specific topic in our Peak Moment library? Visit www.peakmoment.tv. Go to "conversations" and click a tag, or do a search. Our home page lists "specials" (presentations and conferences) available on DVD. Subscribe to our email newsletter. Or go to "journal" to join the dialogue on Janaia's Journal.



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