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World's Cheapest Care: Boon or Bane? (from the NYT)
March 23, 2009, 9:30 am World’s Cheapest Car: Boon or Bane? By James Kanter Bloomberg News Ratan Tata, the chairman of India’s Tata Group, which is poised to market the wold’s cheapest car: the Nano. Not everyone is thrilled.Model & The Mayhem II
“What the….?@!,” Janet gasped in horror. Janet and her boyfriend were making their way toward Centertown in their late model Audi on I-68. Better known as The River Highway, I-68 hugged the Center River, providing for a scenic drive.The Model & The Mayhem
“Ring Ring”…”Hello,” Nyssa groggily answered the phone in a sleepy stupor. It was 2PM, but Nyssa hadn’t gotten to bed until the wee hours of the morning due to a hectic photo shoot the night before that lasted some eight hours. “Yup, those are the latest photos on my website.The History of Fashion: 1920 - 1930
Prohibition, the proliferation of jazz, and the development of mass media were the hallmarks of the 1920s. Youth was at a premium because so many young people were killed during the war. As a result, teenagers had a new freedom that they used to usher in the Afro-influenced jazz age.
El Riad Mansour - A Moroccan Desert Rose!
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Upon arriving in Morocco, I had originally been booked to stay at Riad Monceau located in the Old Souk area, which had been booked via Expedia.com. However, after traveling more than 30 hours, we arrived at Monceau and were told they had no record of our reservation despite the fact that we had our confirmation in hand and I had email confirmation for dinner that evening (booked a month in advance). You can only imagine our panic and our exhaustion; this is not how we anticipated beginning our vacation!
Changing exercise routines for 2008
Project codename wackdoodle - I think I'm the newest and squishiest Transformer. However, I maybe the smartest Transformer cause I successfully got out of my expensive gym membership without paying any penalties. Go wack, it's your birthday (thank goodness it isn't - don't need to be 37 yet)!Secret Santa #8
Secret Santa
You are leaving on a jet plane, don't know when you'll be back again! ;)
Since you are on your way to Ireland! You will have your own private tour of the famous Guinness factory.
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Named Most Influential Infant by Forbes.com (with Zahara & Pax close behind!)
Hollywood's Most Influential Infants
What comes to mind when you hear the name Shiloh? Chances are it's not the Civil War battleground or the hard-luck dog.
Most likely, it's the oft-photographed child of A-list couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, better known by their tabloid moniker "Brangelina."
Climate change may wipe some Indonesian islands off map
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Many of Indonesia's islands may be swallowed up by the sea if world leaders fail to find a way to halt rising sea levels at this week's climate change conference on the resort island of Bali. Doomsters take this dire warning by Indonesian scientists a step further and predict that by 2035, the Indonesian capital's airport will be flooded by sea water and rendered useless; and by 2080, the tide will be lapping at the steps of Jakarta's imposing Dutch-era Presidential palace which sits 10 km inland (about 6 miles). The Bali conference is aimed at finding a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012, on cutting climate warming carbon emissions.Green Living: Guilt-Free Hedonism
Hedonism is the philosophy that pleasure is the most important pursuit of mankind. The name derives from the Greek word for "pleasure" (according to wikipedia).
The Tyee, a Vancouver-based online publication did a wonderful job on their series Guilt-free Hedonism last year, which you should definitely check out.
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