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TOMS Shoes & Charlize Theron Go “One Day Without Shoes” Today!

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:07 AM PDT


Ocimnet.com - TOMS Shoes is asking the world to go without shoes today with their annual One Day Without Shoes event. Celebrities like Charlize Theron are helping out and going without shoes so that children don't have to. Will you be going without shoes today too?

TOMS Shoes (www.TOMS.com) wants to help raise awareness today to the impact a pair of shoes has on a child's life and call people to action.

"The problem is large but the solution is simple," Blake Mycoskie, TOMS Shoes Founder and Chief Shoe Giver said. "Wearing shoes and basic hygiene can prevent both infection and disease due to unsafe roads and contaminated soil. By imagining a life without shoes, we can all contribute to the awareness of these conditions, which is why we ask everyone to join TOMS on April 5 and participate in One Day Without Shoes."

Over 250,000 people went without shoes last year and over 1,600 events took place around the globe. At TOMS Shoes, for every pair of shoes someone purchases, a pair of new shoes is given to a child in need.

Celebrities like Charlize, Lenny Kravitz, Tory Burch, Cheryl Tiegs, Chaske Spencer, Matisyahu, Julia Jones, Dawn Olivieri, Fran Drescher, Ryan Eggold, Jason Mraz, Tara Mercurio, Lacey Chabert, Thomas Jane and more are participating in the events today.

To find an event near you visit http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/events!

OK! NEWS: TODAY WE'RE LOVING — TOMS GLITTER!

"I'm going without shoes on April 5, are you?" Charlize says.

Watch Charlize's video below!



[via - okmagazine]

Paul Ryan budget plan cuts Medicare

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:05 AM PDT


Paul Ryan budget plan cuts MedicareOcimnet.com - (CBS/AP) Medicare and Medicaid are on the chopping block in the budget plan put forward today by Republicans in Congress.

Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, said the plan for next year's budget would cut spending and restructure the government-funded health care programs for the elderly and the poor.

"This is the path to prosperity," Ryan said. "This is the budget that we are putting forward today. This represents our choice for our country's future, and it's our commitment to the American people."

In an op-ed in Tuesday's editions of The Wall Street Journal, Ryan estimated the proposed Republican budget would cut at $6.2 trillion over 10 years. And he said later in a nationally broadcast interview that lawmakers must find a way to come to grips with the financially ailing Medicaid and Medicare programs, which Ryan called "the drivers" of the federal debt.

The budget plan includes a controversial proposal to convert the traditional Medicare program for the aged into a system by which private insurers would operate plans approved by the federal government. Current Medicare beneficiaries or workers age 55 and older would stay in the existing system.

At the same time, Republicans propose to sharply cut projected spending on the Medicaid state-federal health program for the poor and disabled and transform it into a block grant program that gives governors far less money than under current estimates, but considerably more flexibility.

GOP officials requiring anonymity to discuss the budget before its release Tuesday said more than $1 trillion in savings would come from Medicaid.

The GOP's decade-long plan far exceeds the $1 trillion-plus reduction outlined in Obama's February budget plan and is on par with recommendations released by Obama's own bipartisan deficit commission in December.

[via - cbsnews]

Lollapalooza 2011 sells out 'early-bird' discount tickets

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:04 AM PDT


Ocimnet.com - Lollapalooza 2011 sells out 'early-bird' discount tickets. Though it hasn't even announced its lineup yet, Lollapalooza remains a hot ticket. Promoters said Tuesday that so-called "early bird" tickets – a $185 three-day pass for the festival Aug. 5-7 in Grant Park – sold out in about an hour, and now only $215 three-day passes remain on its Web site, lollapalooza.com.

The price for the three-day passes is the same as last year. Headliners haven't been announced, but the Tribune has confirmed that Eminem, the Foo Fighters and Muse will be among those named when the lineup is officially announced April 26.

Capacity for the festival was bumped to 95,000 last year and acreage was increased to accommodate a bigger audience after the festival sold out two previous years.

greg@gregkot.com

[via - chicagotribune]

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