| Corzine vetoes repeal of plastic surgery tax
TRENTON Gov. Jon S. Corzine vetoed a bill Friday that seeks to repeal a tax on cosmetic surgery, a month after it was passed nearly unanimously by the Legislature.
Lawmakers pushed the legislation saying the state's tax on cosmetic surgery was costing New Jersey businesses customers to neighboring states. In 2004, at the urging of Gov. James E. McGreevey, lawmakers added a 6 percent tax assessed on most voluntary cosmetic surgeries. Back then, it was estimated it would bring the state $26 million a year, but it actually nets about $11 million. In a veto statement, Corzine said he couldn't get rid of a reliable source of funding that goes toward charity care provided by hospitals to the uninsured, especially when facing a $2 billion budget gap. "The state continued to require reliable, recurring sources of revenue to support charity care and other worthy programs that improve the lives of people in New Jersey," Corzine wrote.
Ottawa Centre promises an interesting race in next election
They seem to be people who take [politics] seriously be it Isabel or Penny or Scott and I know Mr. Mahoney from the last election. They're all of equal weight and value to their party and it's up to their party to decide who the best person is and it's up to the people of Ottawa Centre to decide who they want as their representative," said Mr. Dewar.
Mr. Dewar dismissed his party's drop in the margin of victory in the riding in the last election as inside baseball.
"I don't think you can make any assumptions based on national polls and trends here in Ottawa Centre because, at the end of the day, that's the in-between election talk and when you have an election, it's about who's going to best represent" the riding.
Meanwhile, Ottawa Citizen reported last week that Ottawa businessman and former regional councillor Brian McGarry is planning on running in Ottawa Centre as a star candidate for the Conservative Party.
More American men seeking nip n' tuck
WASHINGTON: Once considered a woman's domain, cosmetic surgery is increasingly attracting American men intent on looking fitter and younger. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the total number of cosmetic procedures on men grew by 16 per cent between 2000 and 2005, with breast reduction, tummy tuck, lip augmentation, eyelid surgery and liposuction among the most popular. Breast reduction surgery, for example, increased by 17 per cent between 2004 and 2005, and liposuction by 10 per cent. Tummy tuck surgeries grew by 37 per cent and lip augmentation jumped by 61 per cent between in the same period. Since 2000, tummy tucks are up 156 per cent, and lip augmentations skyrocketed by 458 per cent. "It's much more acceptable in society today for men to seek plastic surgery," said Phillip Haeck, a plastic surgeon in the western U.S.
Man boobs go under the knife
Men are turning to cosmetic surgery to tackle the embarrassment of "man breasts" or "moobs", fuelling a near doubling in the number of people sculpting their bodies through liposuction. Thats according to a story in the Sunday Times, which also publishes figures showing that 4,000 operations for liposuction were carried out last year, compared with 2,100 in 2005. Overall, leading plastic surgeons carried out 31% more cosmetic surgery operations last year than in 2005. Demand also increased for brow lifts, which saw a 50% rise, eyelid surgery, up 48%, tummy tucks, up 47% and face and neck lifts, up 44%. The rise in gynaecomastia, or "man boobs" may be caused by an excess of female hormones in tap water. Visit Cosmetic Surgery Answers every day for the latest news, reviews and advice No comments yet.
Eva Mendes says no to plastic surgery
Washington, Feb 02: Sex bomb Eva Mendes will never go under the knife to maintain her sexy looks, as she finds the brutal operation "very invasive."
The Latina actress - who last month admitted that any weight she puts on goes straight to her breasts - is totally against having plastic surgery, because she could never allow surgeons to invade her body in that way.
"No, not for me. That's a brutal operation. Very invasive. I'm really into the subconscious, you know? " Contactmusic quoted her, as saying.
"I wonder if they can hear the doctors talking about you when you lie there. Because you're out, but you're still alive. "I'd want to be plugged into my iPod or something," she added.
Bureau Report with ANI inputs
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