| Amy's heroin cheek
Our daily digest of worrying stories from Amy Winehouse�s world includes the news that her tour manager quit after finding heroin in his system after he inhaled it passively on their tour bus. According to the Sun, Thom Stone produced a doctor�s note to prove he had traces of the drug in his system and that he wanted to leave the tour. A source told the paper: �He was watching them get off their heads on drugs and wondering whether Amy was even going to get up on stage. It was a nightmare job. �They (she and hubby Blake Fielder-Civil) didn�t get on with Thom and were taking the p*** when he tried to pull that excuse to leave. They wanted rid of him anyway.� The final straw reportedly came when Amy and her banged-up bloke where arrested in Norway with cannabis last month.
International Communication Award Recognises And Rewards Journalism Thatextends Public Awareness And Understanding Of ...
The independent judging panel of the Eloquium Award has named three journalists as winners of the 2007 competition for excellence in reporting on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the fastest growing cause of death in the world's most advanced economies. Currently, 600 million people live with COPD which is projected to become the world's third-leading cause of death by 2020.1,2
The Boehringer Ingelheim Communication Award - Eloquium - attracted submissions from 13 countries, including Brazil, Chile, China, Ecuador, England, Japan, Lebanon, Sweden and Venezuela. Entries were judged by an independent panel of global COPD experts and leading journalists.*
The three winning entries of the Eloquium Award are:
1st: Annu Likkanen, Veteranen, Two cigarettes were Ulla-Britt's Undoing (Sweden)
2nd: Gilson Monteiro, Rádio Eldorado, Unknown enemy (Brazil)
3rd: María de los Ángeles González Izurieta, Vea, Tobacco is consuming you (Chile)
"It is important that patients seek early diagnosis and treatment for COPD and key to this is improving education and awareness about the disease," commented Professor Klaus Rabe, Chair of the Judging panel and Chairman of Pulmonology, Department of Pulmonology at Academisch Ziekenhuis Leiden, The Netherlands.
BBB honours ethical businesses
The Better Business Bureau of the Maritime Provinces has announced the winners of its Ethics Awards, which were created to recognize organizations that demonstrate ethical business practices. The companies received their awards at a celebration Tuesday night.
The following are the winners in all five categories:
- Non-profit organizations - The Home of the Guardian Angel
- Companies with fewer than 15 employees - Oh My Sole!
- Companies with 15 to 60 employees - The Wooden Monkey Restaurant
- Companies with 51 to 100 employees - Berengren Credit Union
- Companies with more than 100 employees - EMC Emergency Medical Care, a subsidiary of Medavie Blue Cross. .
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