European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 stars and stripes sunday april 15 2007 Day quote of the Day what did they do to deserve this to whom should i complain there is no government to protect us us Hussein looking for her daughter and grandson after a car bombing in Karbala Iraq see stay on Page 7 list tabloid trash talk nannies Are so expensive these Days Angelina blasted for putting kids in studio pre school National enquirer the perfect supplement to those Jenny Craig meals Kirstie alleys stomach sur Gery disaster National enquirer act coming soon travel on thursday ancient Athens today today in stripes Abby american Roundup 2425 classified3239 comic stripes comics crossword scene faces22 horoscope28 parade27 religion29 sports3948 to listings26 weather19 your money3031 will a Copper Coin help you May have received a forwarded email that says that next time you experience a Bee sting just tape a Copper Coin Over the wound and everything will be Fine is that truth or fiction the answer is it depends on who you ask this Trumor has been huge for the past couple of weeks if s a firsthand Story from a woman who says she was stung twice once by a Bee and once by a Wasp while working or in her Garden her ii Viii Arm started swelling Eliot Lelm so she went to the Riu nun doctor and got a Rich Bumer of medication to re  Duce the swelling As Well As a Cream to rub on the locations of the stings she says the doctor also sur prised her by telling her that the next time she got got stung she should put a Penny on the wound for about 15 minutes to reduce the pain and swelling she is american and us pen Nies Are made of Copper the writer of the email goes on to describe that shortly after that experience a Friend of hers came to visit who had been stung on the Arm by two bees she went to her purse pulled out a Penny and taped it to the sting Sites and the next morning it was As though she had not been stung i think this lady needs to either get rid of All the insects at her House or move elsewhere because she goes on to say that not Only was she stung the next Day on her hand by two wasps but her Friend got another Bee sting As Well she says they treated All the stings with pennies and neither of them experienced significant pain or swelling the email ends As so Many forwarded entails do with the encouragement to Send this revolutionary information to All your friends and family she even suggests having a ready Supply of pennies on hand at schools weve not found any substantiation that cop per coins help relieve the effects of Bee or Wasp stings what we did find were stories from people who believed that using Copper coins has helped them and a few alternative health Sites that recommended it we could not find anyone who has actually researched whats up with that explaining customs from around q i heard that women work ing in South Korea Are Given menstruation leave each month whats up with that a that s right South to reas labor standards act gives women one Day off per month during the period of their period until recently that was a paid Day off but in 2004 the Law was amended to give businesses the option of making the leave unpaid since that change thou Sands of women have sued their employers to demand paid menstrual leave and labor unions have taken up the cause As Well according to an october Arti Cle in the Korea times the government and Many businesses have resisted Calls for paid menstrual leave saying it would be too much of a financial Burden in Light of recent improvements to maternity and paternity Bene fits the Law allows new mothers and fathers to take up to a year off work with monthly payments during that leave set to increase to 500000 won about sometime this year according to the korean ministry of labor april eces7 i 7 3 t85t illustration by Stacy and stripes menstrual leave int unique to South Korea its on the books in Japan too though it works differently according to japans labor relations act women workers can request leave when they find it extremely difficult to work during their menstrual periods you yourself determine whether it is difficult to work a doctors certificate is not required got a question about going son in the Pacific email Stacy Chandler at it and if it works has explained Why it seems that Copper pen Nies Are regarded As a remedy for a variety of things among Folk remedy enthusiasts we have found suggestions of using cop per pennies for combating plantar warts and other kinds of warts rub 20 pennies on the ringworm involves putting a Penny in vinegar until dizziness hold a Penny in your hand and puncture wound infections before you Forward that email Check it out at  where youll find the hottest rumours hoaxes scams virus warnings and stories on the internet puzzles by Pappo Eom i 1 i 13 i difficulty easy Roll in the boxes so that each Row column and 3by3 Square includes the digits 1 through 9 for 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