Utah this summer will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees, joining local governments across the nation that are altering schedules to save money, energy and resources.
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What do you call a person from Hamburg?
Hamburger.
What about a person from Frankfurt?
Frankfurter.
Hahahahaha.
My favorite joke in a while. Except, it’s not really a joke. It’s actually true.
This is also another one, but it’s not as funny, because I had no idea a berliner is a pancake:
What about a person from Berlin?
Berliner.
Hahaha.
My cousin Basem has a project and has very, very nicely asked me to post this little, teeny, weeny 3-question survey for him.
If you live in Amman, please take half a minute to fill it out. It won’t take much of your time, I promise!
Thanks!
http://www.makesurvey.net/cgi-bin/survey.dll/30FCA3C7140A4412B9DE5F35BCB3A681
Is it just me or has the Fastlink network been really suffering since Zain took over? I mean, it’s unbelievable how often it happens that people call while my phone has no clue that anybody is calling. It takes several tries to get a hang of the network while it displays “network error”, and often, the network is just too busy to take your calls.
I never had such issues before, but they’re becoming more and more of an issue as each week passes.
Anyone having similar problems?
So what happens when you put a cellphone in a microwave?
The results are surprisingly surprising… though I personally believe there’s some sort of digital trick cause it really looks too perfect. [via]
Lina is on an adrenaline rush.
Hayat Is Excited :)
Ala’ is Half Man … Half Cocktail
Fouad is predicting happiness and prosperity to all. Twenty dollars please.
Aisha wishes all the 08’s a beautiful farewell!! :)
Yasmine is luvin it ♥.
Mashal Best weekend ever.
Dania is soo hapPy :)
Carmen is listening to Fairouz in a lovely coffeeshop in Hamra working on a chapter…and dreaming of the beach.
Justine sits on park benches with coffee and the sun.
Diana summmerrrr!! yah :p.
Meanwhile, everyone is in…
Manal was in downtown!! Beirut reloaded :P.
Talar is celebrating MAY 25 Resistance and Liberation day.
Farrah is in leb…. missing u :S.
Sarah its not fair!i wanna b in leb too :(((.
Yasmine is in Beirut.
Roof..Destination: BEIRUT.
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Status Update Special: Lubnan
It’s been 60 years since the Palestinian Nakbeh. That means around four generations of Palestinians.
Of course, in these past 60 years, life for Palestinians for those still living in Palestine and the ones living in exodus have changed drastically. Thanks to ethnic cleansing, injustice, barricading, lack-of-educational means, poverty, bad health care, constant pressure, among other racist and unjustifiable actions, life has changed.
Life for “Israelis” has also changed.
The wheels have turned…
Moose:
Remembering the biggest religious discrimination on earth
After 60 years, it is now evident that Europe has collectively managed
to achieve the biggest religious discrimination project in the history
of humanity.Followers of the Jewish faith who were never fully accepted in their
respective European communities were transferred away from their
original homelands and dumped into a confined geographical space. The
pretension that this expulsion appeared to be voluntary does not change
the fact that it was pre-planned, unnecessary and simply unfair. After
all, we are now fully aware of the miracles a shrewd marketing strategy
can do to manipulate people’s preferences, and even worse, convince
them that the decisions being made for them is actually their own
free-willed choices.Instead of trying to find a civilised solution for the “Jewish problem”
and integrate those underprivileged citizens ‐ whose been historically
discriminated against solely because of their faith (and race) ‐
European politicians in collaboration with the Jewish aristocracy have
managed to convince those citizens that they did not belong there in
the first place, and that they must return to their “original” homeland
of their prehistoric ancestry!Moving from a ghetto in Warsaw to a newly-built housing project (with a
little farm on top) might have seemed like a viable option and a
generous offer for a Polish second-class citizen, but that does not
mean it is the right or moral solution for his problems. Just like
Liberia never materialised as the solution for post-slavery racism in
America, the expulsion of Judaism followers to another “Promised Land”
(as Liberia was referred to in 1822) is not an acceptable substitute
for their right to live wherever they, their fathers and late
grandfathers were born and raised ‐ despite the hefty incentives to
move elsewhere.When you consider the widely adopted Evangelical belief that all
followers of the Jewish religion must be gathered in a certain location
for the rapture to happen, you add a surreal metaphysical dimension to
a mass racism movement and religious abuse, that even after 60 years
should not be tolerated.Like all other humans, Jewish people have
the right to live under the banner of their nationalities wherever they
are from, and not their religion. They have the right to return and
must experience that right.
Sixty years ago, here are some Jewish immigrant images from world-renowned photographer Robert Capa, shot in Palestine:
Here are some images shot in the first half of the last century by various photographers of Palestinians in Palestine, taken from the book “Before their Diaspora”:
And Palestinian people today, with all the images randomly derived by Googling “Palestinian people“.
Oh, my, how life changes.
Related:
I was very pleasantly surprised today to discover that Nido tastes exactly like icecream. I haven’t had Nido in years, although it was the only milk I would drink as a toddler. Then we moved to Saudi Arabia and then came the brilliant Saudi dairy industry…
These days, I usually stick to low-fat Klim (and yes, I don’t like “real” milk, it smells like cows).
On an unrelated note, while Googling for Nido images, I came upon this very interesting blog, called the Nido Generation;
“I am a product of the nido-generation myself. I hate it, no doubt about it. I try to change this and break free from its shackles, but the nido bubble is a strong self-enforcing entity which always comes back to encircle you with its charms and misdeeds. I am a self-hating nido-er. This blog is a chance for me to exorcise my nido demons. God-damn you, nido.”
