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Natalie Cole, who is a Grammy award winning singer and the daughter of late singer Nat King Cole, has been diagnosed with the disease Hepatitis C. The disease was diagnosed during a routine examination and was possibly caused by her previous drug abuse problems. Her physician, Dr. Graham Woolf, has said that her body is responding well to the medication and is now virus negative. She is now recovering from side effects from the medication, which would include fatigue, muscle aches, and dehydration. Hepatitis C is a liver disease that is spread by contact with infected blood.

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Hello people!

Yupee! One of my favourite blogs was nominated in the Bloger's Choise Awards contest!

I strongly advice you to participate, maybe your blog will get nominated too! There are 36 categories, and every english writen blog can participate in up to 5 categories, so the chanses are increased!

And if you vote for my blog, I'll vote for yours! Don't worry, we will not be rivals. :-) My blog is a non-english blog, so I can only participate in the "foreign language" section.

But, hey, if you vote and comment my blog, you'll get 5 votes from my part! How that sounds?

If you don't have any blog, but still you vote for my blog, my gratitude will be even higher, and I'm sure I'll find a symbolic way to show it. I don't find any idea right now, but, it will come into my mind.

But enough introduction, I wont to tell you a little about it as I'm very proud of my little "child".

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I try to limit which literary and book awards I discuss because quite frankly, I understand that looking at a list of names and awards isn't always thrilling, especially when you don't necessarily care for the books or genre involved. However, this one is near and dear to me for a few reasons, one being my admiration for Edgar Allan Poe (for those who haven't read my signature quote), and because I am a reader and writer of crime fiction, which the Edgar Allan Poe Awards honor.

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As a teenager, I loved watching awards ceremonies, seeing people honored for their accomplishments. Lately, I don't care for “industry awards.� I've began to doubt that the entertainment industries are really honoring talented people with the Grammy Awards or the Oscars. It seems more likely that they are patting themselves on the back for a job well done. As you might have guessed, I'm a bit more accepting of book awards, and the Book Sense awards in particular.

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Author E.L. Doctorow won the 2006 PEN/Faulkner award for fiction for his historical novel The March, portraying the rampage of General Sherman's rampage through southern states and the lives affected by it. This will be the second time Doctorow has claimed this prize, having received it in 1990 for Billy Bathgate. The award will be officially presented at a Washington gala in May and will feature readings by famous authors.

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