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Well, its nearly Halloween, and I often wonder if we really understand what the effect it has on the young. In an article called “The Truth About Popular Celebrations”, written in 2001, a school inspector from France with more than 20 years of experience in teaching was asked about the influence of Halloween...
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I love nature, and I’m at peace with a lot of our animal friends living near me, but I do have one or two exceptions. The main exception is great white sharks. So its not very comforting to see that a monster shark alert has been issued for what is...
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In western society, its been suggested that people are waiting till they get older, rather than younger, to get married. But in Syria they start much younger. How young? What about three and five? I’m not making this up. Three-year-old Hala and her five-year-old fiancee Khalid, an only child, have exchanged rings with...
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There is nothing you can really say about this video other than: What were they thinking? I’d love to know how they ‘sold’ this to the tourism department. No doubt it was one of those ‘good ideas at the time’, instead it has quickly become one of those ‘cringe moments’ in advertising...
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Now be honest. How many times have you been sitting in an airport lounge, waiting for that flight to your holiday destination, and you have thought to yourself…. if only I could get a tan while I’m killing time. Once or twice maybe? Well, it seems you are in luck… sort of. If you...
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CHINA has cancelled a controversial visa restriction on folicaly challenged visitors from Taiwan. Imposed by the southern Chinese city of Xiamen, it stopped bald people, especially business travellers, from applying for one-year multiple-entry permits. It was cancelled earlier this year, according to Taiwan’s Travel Agent Association. Roger Hsu, a spokesman for the...
Well, its nearly Halloween, and I often wonder if we really understand what the effect it has on the young. In an article called “The Truth About Popular Celebrations”, written in 2001, a school inspector from France with more than 20 years of experience in teaching was asked about the influence of Halloween...
I love nature, and I’m at peace with a lot of our animal friends living near me, but I do have one or two exceptions. The main exception is great white sharks. So its not very comforting to see that a monster shark alert has been issued for what is...
In western society, its been suggested that people are waiting till they get older, rather than younger, to get married. But in Syria they start much younger. How young? What about three and five? I’m not making this up. Three-year-old Hala and her five-year-old fiancee Khalid, an only child, have exchanged rings with...
There is nothing you can really say about this video other than: What were they thinking? I’d love to know how they ‘sold’ this to the tourism department. No doubt it was one of those ‘good ideas at the time’, instead it has quickly become one of those ‘cringe moments’ in advertising...
Now be honest. How many times have you been sitting in an airport lounge, waiting for that flight to your holiday destination, and you have thought to yourself…. if only I could get a tan while I’m killing time. Once or twice maybe? Well, it seems you are in luck… sort of. If you...