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Filipino Culture

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Filipino culture differs from the west. Imagine an American lawyer cutting his clients hair in the courthouse and then getting charged for obstruction! Read more

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Submarine bus

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You don't see this every day. An Austrian touring car with a faulty handbrake drove into the Seine yesterday. The 51 passengers weren't inside so they struck lucky. American tourist Michael Ambrosia was there and filmed it: "I was standing next to the Seine River and heard a sound. It was the sound of a [...] Read more

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Genna Pics

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Murray thinks he can see more of himself in her in this photo:)I like to have my arms up!Getting some love from GrandmaHer tiny singlets in perspective - they keep her nice & warm under her outfitsDaddy trying to get a handprint for our baby frame - very very difficult!Ready to head to the American embassy for her passport interview! Shame they made us take her out of the carseat for the security check which woke her up. But she was very well behaved anyhow :) Read more

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Thought: Cairo's Night Life

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One of the things that I will NEVER get used to in Egypt, is that Egyptians love the night-life. Now, I haven't really determined what the actual reason is, but I have a feeling it originates from the fact that it is much cooler at night. Our family still operates on a pretty typical American schedule. That is, we try to go to bed by 10:00 PM. Now one thing that helps us do that is we have to wake up pretty early. We have to be at school by 7:30 in the morning to attend the teachers'... Read more

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Summer Escape from Abu Dhabi....Part 2

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Settled in my room, I enjoyed a hot shower and "air dried" out on the balcony in the dry, clean air. Anna-Lou called and I met her downstairs at noon. She drives a unique car, the Renault Kangoo, a strange looking but very functional vehicle.Renault Kangoo file photo, (Rudolf Striker)At one time, France imported cars into the U. S. One could purchase Renaults, Peugeots, and Citroens. For some reason, the cars didn't hold up well in the hot American environment and long, high speed... Read more

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Mayonnaise Halachah (& Recipes)

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Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Eiqev 5770My mother always used to tell me (p'saq din perhaps') that...?Jews may use mayonnaise in only three recipes: tuna salad, egg salad, and potato salad.?Mayonnaise was a non-Jewish condiment; mustard was a Jewish condement. Then what about Ketchup' Ketchup was universal. After all, American Jews and non-Jews alike ate French Fries, right'Imagine my surprise when I first saw how much mayonnaise was stocked in the average Israeli grocery store! What they use... Read more

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The world's oldest people

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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity - World Health Organization, 1948.While on the topic of old people, as per the previous post on the oldest Twitter user, I also received this documentary video today about the world's oldest people.The British documentary, The oldest people in the world, begins with details of African American woman, Emma Tillman, who at 114 years was the oldest validated female... Read more

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July is deadliest month of Afghan war for US

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Three U.S. troops died in blasts in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 63 and surpassing the previous month's record as the deadliest for American forces in the nearly 9-year-old war. The three died in two separate blasts in southern Afghanistan the day before, a NATO statement said Friday. The statement gave no nationalities, but U.S. officials say all three were Americans. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity pending notification of kin. U.S. and NATO... Read more

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US expert: China oil spill far bigger than said

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An American oil spill expert says China's worst-known oil spill is far larger than the government has reported. China's government has said 1,500 tons of oil spilled after an explosion two weeks ago near the northeastern city of Dalian. But Rick Steiner estimates that 60,000 to 90,000 tons spilled into the Yellow Sea. He says the spill is at least as large as the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil disaster in Alaska. Steiner announced the estimate Friday after touring the oil spill area as a consultant for... Read more

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Café Aroma ? therapy for the cafe goer

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Sunny Isles is a deluxe looking place with high-rise condos cramming the beachfront, customised waterfalls gently spilling around entrance ways, a chaotic busy road and a café with an Israeli flavour or rather — Aroma. This café is a part of a large-scale coffee chain based in Israel with recent additions in North American cities: NYC, LA, Ontario and North Miami. In Europe this chain goes under the name Marrone Rosso with branches located in the new Europe : Romania, Ukraine as well as... Read more

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