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She put it in wrong were it says org.uk.foodguide you have to put an / in front of the foodguide and remove the dot.

Something that happened a couple of years ago concerning McDonalds.

http://www.icmrindia.org/casestudies/catalogue/Business%20Ethics/The%20McDonald%20Beef%20Fries%20Controversy.htm

FunzoShe put it in wrong were it says org.uk.foodguide you have to put an / in front of the foodguide and remove the dot.

Leave me alone ,all i'v done is copied my text onto here.

^^^ take no noitice of Funzi i think hes missing his other half Seraphim lol.

Bliss

FunzoShe put it in wrong were it says org.uk.foodguide you have to put an / in front of the foodguide and remove the dot.

Leave me alone ,all i'v done is copied my text onto here.

im sorry, i wasnt trying to be mean just was lazy and should have said it better.

Wife killed 'over cyber affair'
A husband stabbed his wife 10 times after he found out she was having a "cyber relationship" with another man, the Old Bailey has heard.
Aygul Dogan, 23, from Stoke Newington, begged her husband Kemal Dogan, 35, to forgive her after he found her baring her body on the web, the jury heard.

On their way home, Mr Dogan allegedly told his wife her life was at an end.

Mr Dogan, who was infertile, denies his wife's murder in December 2005 on the grounds of diminished responsibility

The couple, from Stamford Hill, north London, married in their native Turkey in 1997 but had no children, apparently because of his infertility, Brian O'Neill, prosecuting, said.

He said: "In the weeks leading up to the night when his wife was killed this factor appears to have begun to become a strain upon their relationship.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7125258.stm

Dear customer: you owe us $211 trillion

Most of us know what it's like to receive one of those "your account is £X overdrawn and unless we get the cash by noon tomorrow we're going to sell your kids for scientific experiments and break your mother's arms and legs" letters, so spare a thought for Joe Martins of Cobb County, Georgia, who was rather surprised to learn that he owed Wachovia Bank a cool $211 trillion - 70 times the entire US federal budget.

Martins had apparently closed an account with Wachovia and "made good on an outstanding check", as Atlanta's WSBTV explains. However, a swift letter from the bank insisted the closing balance was $211,010,028,257,303 in the red - with "no cents", as Wachovia kindly pointed out.

Martins reasonably explained: "I open up the letter and I look at it and I'm like, 'No, you've got to be kidding me'."

Wachovia also informed Martins that it was reporting him to an "agency that rates risky bank customers". He noted: "I don't own $211 trillion but because it is automated and reported to check systems, I assume it will be reported to my credit at some point."

Happily not, because Wachovia assured Martin last week it hadn't reported him for his reckless spending, and blamed the cock-up on a "word processing error".

The bank's vice president David Oliver said: "We can certainly understand how our recent correspondence with Mr Martins about his account would be cause for great concern. I can confirm that there will be no adverse effect on Mr Martins' credit report related to the letter he received. Also, I can confirm that this was an isolated error specifically related to his account."

The Register

BlissMost of you should be receiving this news through text, but for those who haven’t heard yet it has been officially announced that McDonald’s chips are haraam.

As they are fried in pigs lard b4 they r brought 2 McDonald’s where they are then fried in vegetable oil. Plez pass this msg to all the Muslims you know.

Shukrun.

There has been a development on this matter. Please see the Masud Blog entry:

I emailed McDonald’s in the UK last week to receive clarity on the issue of their French Fries and got the following response [emphasis mine]:

Dear Mr Khan

Thank you for your recent email regarding our menu items and the food we serve at McDonald’s.

In answer to your specific enquiry, I would like to assure you that the French Fries served here in the UK contain no traces of animal flavourings. McDonald’s French Fries are cooked in a new non- hydrogenated blend of sunflower and rapeseed oil, making them 100 percent vegetarian-friendly. You may also be interested to know that our French Fries are fully approved by the Vegetarian Society.

A full listing of ingredients for all our Menu items is available at www.mcdonalds.co.uk. Please refer to the ‘Eat Smart’ section and follow the links for the ‘Ingredients List’ for further information.

Should you require any further clarification on our menu items or on any other aspect of our business then please do not hesitate to revisit our web site or alternatively telephone us on the number below.

Regards

Rhonda Floyd
Internet Response Team

McDonald’s Customer Services Department
11 - 59 High Road
East Finchley
London
N2 8AW

Tel: 08705 244622

McDonald’s Restaurants Limited registered in England no.1002769. Registered office: 11 - 59 High Road, East Finchley, London N2 8AW. Tel: 0870 241 3300. This e-mail is confidential and may be read only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not forward, copy or take any action based on it and, in addition, please delete this e-mail and inform the sender. We cannot be sure that this e-mail or its attachments are free from viruses. In keeping with good computing practice, please ensure that you take adequate steps to check for any viruses. Before replying or sending any e-mail to us, please consider that the Internet is inherently insecure and is an inappropriate medium for certain kinds of information. We reserve the right to access and read all e-mails and attachments entering or leaving our systems. Any opinions, conclusions and other information in this e-mail that does not relate to the official business of McDonald’s Restaurants Limited is neither given nor endorsed by us.

I've recieved numerous random emails and even text messages from random numbers regarding this issue - its amazing how news about chips frm MD being potentially haraam is quick to spread...however, for more important matters regarding us, Muslims are slow to catch on or respond to.

Like this:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5KokqzQKXuE&feature=related

where do these texts come from???
disgruntled former employees, pranksters or even Burger King???

Muslim patients' beds face Mecca

A hospital has confirmed it has implemented a system which requires staff to turn the beds of some Muslim patients to face Mecca.

Other changes at Dewsbury and District Hospital, west Yorkshire, include providing halal meal options and shower facilities.

Staff at the hospital are taking part in training sessions to teach them how to help patients uphold the Islamic faith on a daily basis.

A spokeswoman for the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust said it had made the changes and introduced the training to better meet the needs of their Muslim patients. This included staff positioning the beds of "very ill" Muslim patients to face the Qibla in Mecca if requested.

The training sessions were introduced after Catherine Briggs, matron at the hospital, spoke to Muslim patients about how staff could improve their service.

Mrs Briggs said: "We are committed to providing the highest possible standards of care to every one of our patients and we know that Dewsbury and District Hospital treats a high number of patients from the Muslim community.

"We always do our best to listen to our patients and are willing to adapt our nursing practices where possible to help patients uphold their cultural beliefs."

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/society/health/muslim+patients+be…

If you're a reasonable person then you will understand that in a hospital in Dewsbury a seriously ill Muslim patient can have his or her bed turned towards Mecca:

BBC
This included staff positioning the beds of "very ill" Muslim patients to face the Qibla in Mecca if requested to do so by the patient.

Yorkshire Post
This included staff positioning the beds of "very ill" Muslim patients to face the Qibla in Mecca if requested by the patient.

AFP
A British hospital has agreed to turn seriously ill Muslim patients' beds to face Mecca, as part of efforts to improve services for the Islamic community, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

But if you don't like Muslims then all nurses up and down the country have been ordered to turn the beds of all Muslim patients to face Mecca five times a day:

Daily Mail
The job of the nurse used to one of caring for the sick and needy. But not - it would seem - in today's politically-correct Britain.
Now, nurses are being encouraged to spend valuable time turning around the beds of Muslim patients up to five times a day - so they can face Mecca.

Daily Express
OVERWORKED nurses have been ordered to stop all medical work five times every day to move Muslim patients’ beds so they face towards Mecca.
The lengthy procedure, which also includes providing fresh bathing water, is creating turmoil among overstretched staff on bustling NHS wards.

BeastIf you're a reasonable person then you will understand that in a hospital in Dewsbury a seriously ill Muslim patient can have his or her bed turned towards Mecca:

BBC
This included staff positioning the beds of "very ill" Muslim patients to face the Qibla in Mecca if requested to do so by the patient.

Yorkshire Post
This included staff positioning the beds of "very ill" Muslim patients to face the Qibla in Mecca if requested by the patient.

AFP
A British hospital has agreed to turn seriously ill Muslim patients' beds to face Mecca, as part of efforts to improve services for the Islamic community, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

But if you don't like Muslims then all nurses up and down the country have been ordered to turn the beds of all Muslim patients to face Mecca five times a day:

Daily Mail
The job of the nurse used to one of caring for the sick and needy. But not - it would seem - in today's politically-correct Britain.
Now, nurses are being encouraged to spend valuable time turning around the beds of Muslim patients up to five times a day - so they can face Mecca.

Daily Express
OVERWORKED nurses have been ordered to stop all medical work five times every day to move Muslim patients’ beds so they face towards Mecca.
The lengthy procedure, which also includes providing fresh bathing water, is creating turmoil among overstretched staff on bustling NHS wards.

lol

Wife in arranged marriage staged own kidnapping to extort £300,000 from husband to give to lover

A businessman's wife was jailed yesterday after staging her own kidnap in a plot to extort £300,000 from him and spend it with her secret lover.

Hina Uroog, 26, disappeared after taking her children to school and that evening her husband, Sajad Ali, received a phone call from her "abductor".

He could hear his wife apparently pleading for her life in the background, and 34-year-old Mr Ali agreed to pay a ransom.

But in reality Uroog was with her lover, Kashif Ahmed, and she was never in any danger.

The plot was exposed after Mr Ali contacted police, who swooped on Ahmed as he arrived to hand over the hostage and pick up the money, armed with a pistol and a sawn-off shotgun.

Officers became suspicious when Uroog started dismantling her mobile phone and trying to eat the SIM card.

They later found a video on another phone of the pair having sex.

Uroog, her lover and their accomplice were jailed for a total of more than 20 years at Manchester Crown Court.

But despite his wife's admission of what a judge called her "dreadful betrayal", Mr Ali, from Rochdale, insisted he had forgiven her and was standing by her

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_articl…

This caught my eye because of other stuff I've read about blue people in the Appalachians:

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/20/nblue12… Telegraph[/url][list]Man turns blue

An American man's attempts to cure an irritating skin condition backfired when his face turned blue.

Fair-skinned Paul Karason developed dermatitis as a result of stress 14 years ago and decided to treat it using silver extract.

[list]Paul Karason's says he has moved states and avoids public places[/list:u]

The substance is usually consumed orally but Mr Karason also decided to rub it into his peeling skin to accelerate the effects.

According to the 57-year-old, the effect began so gradually that neither he nor he friends noticed the change at first.

He told US television that he is now so embarrassed about his condition that he has moved states and seeks to avoid public places.

Proponents say that colloidal silver, the substance Mr Karason says is responsible for his changing hue, can help boost the immune system and help prevent diseases. It has even been touted as a treatment for AIDS and cancer.

However, the US Food and Drug Administration has rejected most of these claims.

The FDA notes that use of colloidial silver can cause a condition known as argyria, an irreversible discolouration of the skin.

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Looks pretty cool. I would have no problem looking like that. That colour anyway. ("Is it because I is silver?")

Joie de VivreThis caught my eye because of other stuff I've read about blue people in the Appalachians:

[url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/20/nblue12… Telegraph[/url][list]Man turns blue

An American man's attempts to cure an irritating skin condition backfired when his face turned blue.

Fair-skinned Paul Karason developed dermatitis as a result of stress 14 years ago and decided to treat it using silver extract.

[list]Paul Karason's says he has moved states and avoids public places[/list:u]

The substance is usually consumed orally but Mr Karason also decided to rub it into his peeling skin to accelerate the effects.

According to the 57-year-old, the effect began so gradually that neither he nor he friends noticed the change at first.

He told US television that he is now so embarrassed about his condition that he has moved states and seeks to avoid public places.

Proponents say that colloidal silver, the substance Mr Karason says is responsible for his changing hue, can help boost the immune system and help prevent diseases. It has even been touted as a treatment for AIDS and cancer.

However, the US Food and Drug Administration has rejected most of these claims.

The FDA notes that use of colloidial silver can cause a condition known as argyria, an irreversible discolouration of the skin.

[/list:u]

Looks pretty cool. I would have no problem looking like that. That colour anyway. ("Is it because I is silver?")

There's a film in there somewhere. or at least a one-off TV special. Or maybe a sketch.

Anyway, Arsenal already have to Silva players!

Turning the tables on Nigeria's e-mail conmen

Mike is a "scambaiter," dedicated to fighting back against those who send out the notorious 419 e-mails, promising untold wealth to anyone gullible or naive enough to disclose their bank details.

lol u have to read all this, its funny......

Malaysia bans non-Muslims using the word 'Allah'

Muslims take part in Friday prayer at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur
Religious freedom is guaranteed under Malaysian law
A church and Christian newspaper in Malaysia are suing the government after it decreed that the word "Allah" can only be used by Muslims.

In the Malay language "Allah" is used to mean any god, and Christians say they have used the term for centuries.

Opponents of the ban say it is unconstitutional and unreasonable.

It is the latest in a series of religious rows in largely Muslim Malaysia, where minority groups claim their rights are being eroded.

A spokesman for the Herald, the newspaper of the Catholic Church in Malaysia, said a legal suit was filed after they received repeated official warnings that the newspaper could have its licence revoked if it continued to use the word.

"We are of the view that we have the right to use the word 'Allah'," said editor Rev Lawrence Andrew.

'Unlawful'

The Sabah Evangelical Church of Borneo has also taken legal action after a government ministry moved to ban the import of religious children's books containing the word.

In a statement given to Reuters news agency, the church said the translation of the bible in which the word Allah appears has been used by Christians since the earliest days of the church.

There has been no official government comment but parliamentary opposition leader Lim Kit Siang said the decision to ban the word for non-Muslims on security grounds was "unlawful".

"The term 'Allah' was used to refer to God by Arabic-speaking Christians before Arabic-speaking Muslims existed," he said.

Religious issues are highly sensitive in Malaysia, which has a 60% Muslim population.

Religious freedom is guaranteed in the law but minority groups have accused the Muslim Malay majority of trying to increase the role of Islam in the country.

Interesting comment on it here:
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ali_eteraz/2007/12/copyright_allah…

They haven't completely lost the plot:

Malaysia reverses Allah paper ban

The Malaysian government has reversed a decision to ban a Christian newspaper using the word Allah to refer to God.

The government had threatened to refuse to give the Weekly Herald a publishing permit if it continued to use the word.

In a fax to the Herald's editor, the government says it will get its 2008 permit, with no conditions attached.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7164872.stm

Motorist banned for 10mph motorway crawl

A motorist who crawled along a motorway in her car at less than 10mph was banned from driving today.

Stephanie Cole, 57, from Bristol, repeatedly slammed on her brakes as she straddled the hard shoulder of the M32.

On the back of her car she had affixed a sign saying: "I do not drive fast, please overtake."

When officers stopped Cole she told them she had "no confidence" on the motorway.

She was banned from driving for a week and told she must retake her test. She was also given a three-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay court costs of £35.
________________________________________
Cole, who had pleaded guilty to driving without reasonable consideration, told North Avon magistrates court that her GP had been treating her for "fear of driving" for the past three-and-a-half years.

She was travelling from her home to a Staples stationery store when police arrested her on August 30.

The officer had followed her as she drove between the hard shoulder and the motorway at speeds of less than 10mph (16km/h)

Dawn Killick, chairwoman of the bench, said the ban was imposed because they had serious concerns about her driving ability, for her own safety and for the safety of others.

Before sentencing Cole said losing her driving licence would mean she would have "no life".

She told the Bristol Evening Post that she had suffered from multiple sclerosis since she was 25 and relied on her driving licence to get around.
"I cannot walk any distance at all and rely on my wheelchair and my car," she said.
"I am too disabled to stand at a bus stop and cannot afford taxis on income support, so I have no alternative."

source: the guardian

i herd that aswelll
i found it well funny

^^^^ i found it 😂 at first
then i read the bit where she said she was suffering from multiple sclerosis so i was 🙁
but then i read the bit about where she cant afford a taxi coz shes on income support so them im :? cars cost more then taxis.

Didnt realise i could feel so many emotions by reading one article.

I pity the fool

Quit yo jibba jabba fool

[url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7173582.stml]BBC[/url]The best gadgets of CES 2008

More than 20,000 new gadgets and technolgies from more than 2,700 companies will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show.

The BBC News website will be writing about the devices and gadgets that catches the eye throughout the show.

control ur washing machine, lights, air conditioning etc from a phone.......nifty!!

the wirless tv aint bad as well

The link is broken the correct link is http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7173582.stm

A number of schools across the UK are starting to serve only halaal meat in their school canteens, much to the disgust of some parents and members of staff who consider it a imhumane way to kill an animal.

My school - which consists predominately of non Muslims has also started this initiative (its just cheaper that way).

Only today, the cook asked me if I'd like, shepards pie, chicken curry, lamb burger, chicken nuggets or a sausage...cos its all 'halul' - only for me to select the fish....

Its intresting to note how difficult it is to economically cater for the needs of both muslim and non muslim kids...

and they prefer stun killing them?????

MuslimSister
Its intresting to note how difficult it is to economically cater for the needs of both muslim and non muslim kids...

well I don't see why it should be...non-Muslims shouldn't have anything against eating halal meat (unless they're vegetarian but then they'd be against ALL meat); they don't give 2 craps about the treatment of their animals: just look at the chicken documentary last night..

the only people who could possibly object to having halal meat are doing so purely because it is 'Muslim' and they are Islamophobic people, there is no other logical reason.