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Barista donates kidney to customer
http://www.cnn.com/ 2008/ LIVING/ wayoflife/ 03/ 27/ heroes.andersen/ index.html?eref=r...
Across a coffee-shop counter, Annamarie Ausnes confided that her kidneys were failing, and no one in her family was a match. Without hesitation, barista Sandra Andersen said she would test for compatibility. She didn't know the customer's name, but
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Venti Kidney
http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/016822.htmlThis story is kinda crazy. I've met some nice folks at coffee shops, but I consider myself lucky if they actually leave room for cream.
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Latte Love
http://stevewebel.com/2008/03/27/latte-love/Latte Love Published by Steve at March 27, 2008 in news. 1 Comment Need a kidney, go to Starbucks! Last fall, Ausnes, 55, was one of nearly 75,000 Americans in need of a kidney. Today, she is recovering from a successful kidney transplant — thanks to her local Starbucks barista. Full Story My brother told me about this story, it’s pretty amazing!
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one more reason to get to know your barista
http://becomingboulder.blogspot.com/2008/03/one-more-reason-...Read this article this afternoon. Really inspiring! Check it out here!
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Friday Fry Up
http://www.polireport.com/2008/03/friday_fry_up_6.htmlHoward Dean is asking the Democrats to get it all decided between Barack and Hillary by July 1, 2008. Awww. Can't they fight all the way to election day!???? Boo. Oh well, that's at least 3 more months of fun. AS for the Republicans, it looks like Mitt Romney may still be a possible nominee for the position of Vice President with John McCain. It seems untenable since the two did not get along very well during the race before Romney stepped down, but it could happen and it would be a good idea. And lo and behold the truth comes out that most companies go abroad for customer service workers because the U.S doesn't provide those people at an affordable rate...from AT&T. Two thoughts on this article about Tyler Perry from a Yale divinity professor. One: Perry's fans are not just black, urban, and christian women. Two: Why should Perry focus on black men, the injustice of the system, violence, and healthcare: when those are in fact the only things that his contemporaries focus on? The article implies that because he has chosen his focus to be on what has been described as women's issues and christianity that his work is not valuable, nor even filling a void. Okay, okay, now if this story about the Starbuck's barista giving her kidney to a customer doesn't make you cry or feel moved at all, you may have no heart. The only thing is, the inner cynic wonders if Starbucks has really gotten desperate for good P.R.
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Newsdroppings
http://tinylittledivision.blogspot.com/2008/03/newsdroppings...Democratic party chief Howard Dean has warned that the arguing between Obama and Clinton supporters may hurt the party. And if anyone knows how stupid a little shouting can look, it's Howard Dean. The U.S. Navy is joining the fight against pirates. Sailors will be trained to “always sneak up from the patch side.” The Tribune Media Service says that airlines, airports and terminal security will make 2008 “The Year of the Fee,” and then go on to tell you what to expect. Our guess? Fees. A Texas woman is demanding an apology from the Transportation Security Agency after she was forced to remove a nipple ring before boarding a plane. A TSA spokesman responded, "Hey, we already gave her a whole bunch of Mardi Gras beads." A Starbuck’s barista gave a customer a kidney recently because of feelings of guilt over what she has to charge for a cup of coffee. The Wilkins ice shelf is on the verge of breakup from Antarctica. Antarctica isn’t sure, but Wilkins has grown so distant lately, and Antarctica’s friends like New Zealand and Cape Horn never really liked Wilkins anyway, and think she’s better off without him. (The Horn of Africa insists Wilkins totally hit on her once, but never said anything.) A 16-year-old boy snorkeling off Marysville Beach in the St. Claire River found a prehistoric shark tooth. He says his discovery has impressed many paleontologists, but very few girls. A brawl broke out in a crowd surrounding Paris Hilton as she arrived in Istanbul during her tour for world peace, just to give you an idea of how her jailhouse resolutions are going. A group of Tibetan monks disrupted a Chinese media tour with their loud music and belligerent behavior. Monks these days. What are ya gonna do. The problem is the public monastery system. In a new movie about Charles Manson, Lindsay Lohan is going to play a dazed cult follower. The range this woman has! When we want a complicated issue like racism cleared right up, we turn to the ladies of The View. Pam Andersen says she was once attacked by leeches. Fortunately, they hate the taste of silicone.
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Linkfest: Brain's 'Sixth Sense' for Calories
http://www.npr.org/blogs/bryantpark/2008/03/linkfest_brains_...Scientist Ivan de Araujo and his colleagues recently published a study that shows the brain can sense the calories in food, independent of the taste mechanism. Their finding that the brain's reward system is switched on by this "sixth sense" machinery could have implications for understanding the causes of obesity. The scientific questions raised by the discovery of the brain's calorie-sensing system "are extremely important to understanding the pathogenesis and sociology of human obesity," wrote Zane Andrews and Tamas Horvath in a preview of the Araujo's study. It's the BPP's Ramble. Brain's 'sixth sense' for calories/ Trump's $200,000 a month penthouse/ Pharmacy chain markets DNA paternity tests / Barista donates kidney to save customer's life -- Will Hoffman » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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Man writes check on 2-ply toilet paper
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