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The comment about Brad’s hair being for O13. That could be true if the movie wasnt started shooting in another 3 months. Why on earth would he have cut his hair for Oceans 13 when he doesnt start filming it until July? # 182 | Anon ++++++++++Why isn’t it possible that he cut his hair now for a movie he’s going to film in 3 months? Anything’s possible. Maybe he cut it short now so that all of the dye would be gone when his hair grows back out? Maybe he cut it now because it grows quickly and he’s going to be in Africa for 2 months and after seeing Angie’s haircutting skills displayed on Maddox he decided he’d rather have his cut professionally? Maybe he just felt like cutting his hair? Maybe he got tired of looking like he was vying to replace Sarah Jessica Parker in those annoying Nutrisse commercials? Hell, maybe he just felt like cutting his hair.BTW, I’m getting MY haircut tomorrow. How about we spend the next 300 posts guessing why? Aw, hell, I’ll go ahead and tell you….Because Brad got his cut! And like a good, little brainwashed Brangelinian I’m going to follow suit!

# 195 | Sillybilly Uh…I think PHIL ANTHROPISt was being sarcastic. Or at least I hope s/he was being sarcastic because I was being sarcastic when I agreed with his/her post!

AWWWWW!!!! SO CUTE! She looks beautiful & nice clean shaven brad!

Angie loooks like the cat who swallowed the canary in this pic! She is so happy, and has everything she wants, and it also looks like she is smiling at something secret that only she knows about — maybe her baby is kicking or something. Just speculation, of course, but she sure has a sly smile, almost secretive, and it makes me smile looking at her.

My goodness. I just finished watching the program RX FOR SURVIVAL - The Heroes. I tell you it makes you humble. The heroes, the real heroes, are the people themselves. They are the poorest of poor. But when assisted by a few doctors, nurses, engineers, former executives and others who do not hear when naysayers say it cannot be done these people shine, thrive and more than prove that they ultimately can effect their own medical and economic salvation.

Bravo, Passing through! That was hilarious. Laughed so hard I woke up my dog. LOL

BTW, I was referring to Passing Through’s comments # 305. Thanks again, needed that laugh.

# 314 | Passing Through and # 316 | Original curious(((((((((CLAPPING)))))))))))Thank You Both.

I am a Brad fan because he is a decent person, no one who truly knows him has ever said anything bad about him. Even his ex’s. I love that he wants to do some good in this world. I admire Angie for her good work. I used to cut, she showed me that I can deal with problems a different way. She did. She is no freak,( hate when people reveal their ignorance by saying that) and neither am I.

Was doing some work on something totally unrelated to the BAMZ family and stumbled on this write up. I’ve copied it here.50 Key Facts For Older StudentsWhy do we say every child has the right to go to school?1. Every child should have the chance to go to school, but many do not. 2. Education is a human right, included in international frameworks like the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. ➢ This means that governments have a duty to ensure that every child is able to realize this right to receive a free basic education.3. The world’s governments also committed to the promise that by the year 2015, they would make sure that every child in every country had the chance to finish primary school (known as elementary school in the U.S.). They also promised to achieve equal numbers of girls and boys in both primary (elementary) and secondary (junior and senior high) school.➢ These promises are part of the six Education for All goals, to which 164 countries committed at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal in 2000.➢ They are also part of the Millennium Development Goals for reducing global poverty by the year 2015, to which 189 countries committed.Are we keeping the promise to make sure every child goes to school?4. No. Today more than 100 million children around the world do not attend school at all. More than 95% of these children live in developing countries. 5. Another 150 million children will drop out before they finish primary school. In the United States, virtually all children finish elementary school.6. The majority of countries are not meeting the Education for All and Millennium Development Goals for education. ➢ 94 countries, out of 149 for which we have information, missed the first goal: to achieve gender parity (the same number of girls and boys) in both primary and secondary schools by 2005.➢ Right now, 67 countries are unlikely to reach the goal, set for 2015, of having every child complete primary school. Which groups of children don’t attend school?7. Some of the children who have the hardest time attending school are poor children, girls, orphans, children with disabilities, child laborers, and children forced to leave their homes because of war or a natural disaster. 8. Nearly 55 million of the children who don’t go to primary school are girls, and more than 40 million of the children who don’t go to primary school live in Africa. ➢ In Africa, 54% of all girls drop out of school before they finish primary school, and only one out of every five go to secondary school.➢ In Chad, an African country, only 10% of secondary school-aged girls had completed elementary school. In Burkina Faso, only 20% had.9. Education is also very difficult for children in South Asia. There are 25 million children in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh alone who do not go to school.10. The situation is worse for orphans and other vulnerable children, who may have to drop out of school to help care for their brothers and sisters or to work, or who can’t afford the fees and other costs of attending school.11. Conflict and natural disasters keep millions of children out of school. ➢ In 2002, 27 million refugee and other affected young people aged 5 to 17 had no access to formal schooling.➢ Only 6% of children who have fled their country as refugees are enrolled in secondary school. Going to school is even harder for people who have been forced to leave their homes, but who still live in their original countries.Why is school important?Reducing Poverty12. Countries where more people go to school and become literate are able to grow their economies more quickly and become less poor. 13. No country has ever achieved continuous and rapid economic growth without first having at least 40% of its adults be able to read and write.14. People who go to school are able to earn more money to support their families.➢ Studies show that a single year of primary school increases the wages people earn later in life by 5-15% for boys, and even more for girls. A single year of secondary school increases wages by 15-25%.15. Education even improves farming, increasing the amount that people are able to grow and harvest.Improving Health16. A single year of education for girls can help decrease the chance that their children will die as infants by 5-10%.17. Mothers with an education are 50% more likely to make sure their children receive vaccines they need to protect them from deadly diseases. 18. In Africa, children whose mothers received an elementary school education are 40% less likely to die before the age of five. 19. Educating girls is the best way to reduce fertility so that families are smaller. This makes it easier for parents to provide for and care for their children.Fighting HIV/AIDS20. Education may be the single best way to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.21. Women with education beyond primary school are five times more likely than illiterate women to know the basic facts about HIV/AIDS.22. A study in Swaziland showed that more than 70% of young people in school were not sexually active, while nearly 70% of those out of school were sexually active.23. Among young people living in rural Uganda, those with no education are three times more likely than those with a secondary school education to be HIV-positive.24. A Zambian study found that HIV/AIDS spreads twice as fast among uneducated girls as it did among girls who were educated.Strengthening Democracy25. Education helps people, particularly women, to speak up and get involved in their communities and their governments. This makes democracy stronger, and helps make sure men and women are treated equal.26. A recent study found that educated women in Bangladesh are three times more likely to participate in political meetings than uneducated women.Why don’t some kids go to school?27. In many countries, families must pay fees to send their children to school. These fees can be as much as a month’s worth of wages for the family. 28. Many poor families do not have enough money to pay these fees, or to buy the required uniforms or textbooks.29. Many children must work – either at home or at a paying job – to help their families survive. They cannot afford to take time to go to school instead.30. Sometimes schools are very far apart, so children must walk long distances to get to school. In rural areas, schools might be five or ten miles apart.31. The walk to school can be unsafe, especially for girls. For children in countries with high levels of violence, any walk at all can be dangerous.32. In some schools, there may be no bathrooms for students to use. This is especially hard for female students, who can face sexual harassment and often do not have private places to use the bathroom. 33. In some places, there may be too many children – up to 5 times the average number of students in your classes - and not enough teachers or textbooks. What about the role of teachers?34. Many countries just don’t have enough teachers. In Zambia, there are an average of 64 students to every primary teacher, and you can find classrooms there and in other poor countries with as many as 150 students per teacher. ➢ The international goal is no more than 40 students per teacher.35. The United Nations estimates that at least 15 million more teachers will be needed to meet the goal of getting all children to complete primary school by 2015.36. It is especially important that many of these teachers are women. Hiring more women teachers can help increase the numbers of girls that go to school, and can help make sure girls and boys are treated equally in the classroom.37. Many teachers in developing countries don’t have the experience and training they need to teach children effectively.➢ In Uganda, 50% of primary teachers have no formal training at all.38. Teachers’ jobs in poor countries are especially difficult, due to large class sizes, few textbooks and other materials, and schools that do not have bathrooms or other important facilities.What should developing countries do to put all children in school?39. Countries must make school free for all children. When governments eliminate school fees like they did in Kenya, Uganda and Malawi, millions of new students turn up at school, as much as doubling the number of students.40. Governments must make special efforts to help children who face the hardest time getting into school, including poor children, girls, orphans, children with disabilities, and children forced to leave their homes because of war or a natural disaster. ➢ For instance, governments can pay for the uniforms or textbooks of the poorest and most vulnerable children, or could give their families money if they send their children to school.41. Governments must build more schools in more places so children don’t have to travel as far to get to schools.42. Countries must hire and train more teachers. They must make sure that these teachers are women as well as men.43. Schools must provide a quality education that actually teaches children the skills they need.What can rich countries and international organizations do to help developing countries meet their goals?44. Rich countries should increase their aid to poorer countries to help them improve their school systems. Many donor countries do not contribute their fair share to fund basic education.➢ Rich countries now give $2 billion each year to help poor countries pay for basic education. They need to give $10 billion more each year to put all children in school by 2015.➢ The United States, for example, gives a total of $465 million each year – the approximate cost of building just 17 U.S. high schools.45. Rich countries can forgive the debt that poor countries owe them. Debt payments have kept many poor countries from spending money on important things like education, but debt relief has made a huge difference in those countries that have received it. ➢ Niger is using 40% of the money it would have had to repay to other countries to fund its universal primary education program.What can I do to help?46. Participate in the 2006 Global Campaign for Education Send My Friend to School Week. To learn more, go to http://www.campaignforeducationusa.org 47. Make a poster or a cutout “friend” that helps “Make the Case” for why all children should go to school, and send your poster or friend to Washington, DC. 48. Host a Congressional-style hearing in your classroom, school, or community to discuss these issues and educate your classmates, teachers, and politicians or other public figures.49. Write a letter to your government officials asking them to do more to put all children in school.50. Tell your friends and family about what you’ve learned!

# 305 | Passing Through and #316 Original Curious-((((((clapping)))), I am so proud to be part of this group.

# 310 | cainoh rx doesn’t show here in san diego until tomorrow morning.. 2AM then it’ll be shown again @ 4 AM.