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It was the "Oof!" hear 'round the world last week when Sharon Stone suggested that the recent deadly earthquake in China might have been a result of bad karma incurred by the Chinese government due to their repressive treatment of the Tibetan people. Today, she issued an apology via the AFP:
Sharon Stone has been caught with her foot shoved down her throat during a red carpet interview last Thursday in Cannes. The A-list actress was once a welcome guest to Asia. In fact, Stone was last year's guest at the Shanghai International film festival, but now she faces a box-office ban in China.
Stone's big boo-boo: hypothesizing a link between the earthquake in China, which has killed over 65,000 people, and China's treatment of Tibetans.
Last updated by mayleasaito on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 13:21.
This year’s District 5170 International Project will be within the Rotary family, minimizing the dollars used on administrative costs – in other words, every penny of your money will be spent helping the needy! We will be fundraising for three projects on three continents, spreading our love farther than ever before. The first continent we will hit is Africa. Last year, we were able to donate mosquito nets and toys to a village in Ghana. This year, we will partner up with Rotaractors in Ghana to build and furnish a school – from scratch – for a village.
Last updated by Tomg4103 on Thu, 01/03/2008 - 22:50.
During the Summer of 2007, a friend (21 years old) and myself (22 years old) traveled to Tibet together to teach english at an orphanage. during our stay, we saw how the school utilized a very sanitary mini-landfill, and kept their water source and waste systems very well separated. The nearest town from the orphanage (maybe 4 miles) had a much more devastating situation. Trash clogged the waterways, there was no waste removal systems or landfills. The very holy mountain the town was at the base of was also littered with trash, even from the monks!
