NEWS PLUS NEWS

IT'S  BEEN  A  NEWS  DAY  TODAY,  WITH  VARIOUS  NEWS  ITEMS.

BRITAIN  IS  GOING  TO  GIVE  "GROCERY  COUPONS"  TO  TRY  AND  GET  BRITISH  WOMEN  TO  BREAST  FEED  THEIR  BABIES.  EVERYTHING  ELSE  TO  MOVE  THEM  IN  THAT  DIRECTION  HAS  FAILED,  SO  THEY  HOPE  THIS  NEW  MOVE  WILL  HAVE  GOOD  RESULTS.
APPARENTLY  BRITISH  WOMEN  ARE  AT  THE  BOTTOM  OF  THE  LIST  OF EUROPE  COUNTRIES,  WHEN  IT  COMES  TO  A  NATIONS  WOMEN  BREAST  FEEDING  BABIES.
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CHINA  HAS  ANNOUNCED  ITS  "ONE  CHILD  PER  FAMILY"  WILL  COME  TO  AN  END..... NOW  IT  CAN  BE  TWO  CHILDREN.
THERE  ARE  THEY  SAY  24  MILLION  MALES  WHO  CANNOT  FIND  A  WIFE.  THEIR  SIN  OF  ABORTION  FELL  IN  LARGE  PART  UPON  FEMALE  BABIES.
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OF  COURSE  WE  HAVE  SEEN  THE  LATEST  UPDATE  FROM  THE  DISASTER  IN  THE  PHILIPPINES.  GETTING  AID  TO  THE  PEOPLE  IS  A  LOGISTICAL  PROBLEM  IN  THE  MAIN.
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FOR  AN  INFORMATIVE  AND  SHOCKING  STORY [GOING  ON  IN  MANY  COUNTRIES  BESIDES  CANADA]  GO  TO  cbc.ca/fifth
IT  CONCERNS  NOT  ONLY  A  SPECIFIC  CASE  HERE  IN  CANADA  OF  SEXUAL-EXPLOITATION  ON  THE  INTERNET [THAT  ENDED  WITH  THE  YOUNG  GIRL  TAKING  HER  OWN  LIFE].
FOR  PARENTS  STILL  RAISING  CHILDREN  IT  IS  A  DOCUMENTARY  YOU  NEED  TO  SEE.  HOW  ALL  THIS  EVIL  STUFF  GETS  STARTED  AND  IS  PERPETUATED  IS  VERY  EDUCATIONAL  AND  MAYBE  AN  EYE  OPENER  FOR  MANY  PARENTS.
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WE'LL  END  ON  SOME  UPBEAT  NEWS:

CRICKET!  FOR  YOU  IN  NORTH  AMERICA  WHO  DON'T  KNOW  WHAT  MUCH  OF  THE  REST  OF  THE  WORLD  KNOWS.... GO  LOOK  IT  UP  ON  THE  INTERNET  OR  WIKIPEDIA.

THE  MAN  FROM  INDIA [WHERE  CRICKET  IS  LIKE  A  RELIGION]  WHO  WILL  GO  DOWN  IN  CRICKET  HISTORY  AS  THE  GREATEST  BATSMAN  EVER,  PLAYED  HIS  LAST  GAME  TODAY.

CRICKET  IS  PROBABLY  THE  ONLY  "TEAM"  SPORT  OF  WORLD  FAME,  THAT  IS  STILL  A  GENTLEMAN'S  GAME!
YOU  NEVER  HEAR  OF  FIGHTS  BREAKING  OUT  IN  WORLD  CRICKET,  OR  PEOPLE  SCREAMING  AND  SHOUTING  INSULTS  TO  EACH  OTHER.  YES  IT  IS  GOOD,  VERY  GOOD  TO  KNOW,  THERE  IS  ONE  TEAM  SPORT LEFT  THAT  IS  STILL  A  GENTLEMAN'S  GAME,  PLAYED  WITH  A  GENTLEMAN'S  ATTITUDE  OF  MIND.

GOOD  ON  ALL  OF  YOU  WHO  PLAY  CRICKET,  IS  WHAT  I  SAY.  FOR  ME  "THE  BEAUTIFUL  GAME"  SHOULD  NOT  BE  FOOTBALL [SOCCER  TO  YOU  IN  NORTH  AMERICA]  BUT  CRICKET..... IT  IS  BEAUTIFUL,  WITH  A  ROBUST  MANNER,  BUT  DONE  IN  GENTLEMAN  FASHION.

OH  YES,  I  DID  PLAY  CRICKET  IN  HIGH  SCHOOL  IN  ENGLAND  GROWING  UP.  AND  WAS  CAPTAIN  OF  THE  TEAM  FOR  MY  LAST  YEAR  IN  SCHOOL.
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