Dear Foreign Secretary,

We are writing as concerned Jews who are utterly dismayed by Israel’s actions against the Palestinians.

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The following shows that they know that they are wrong or there would be no need of this. I first heard about it in the 2006 Lebanon war, after Qana. They make me sick. What kind of monsters are they?

This is taken from this website.

The hasbara brigade strikes again!  You always hear about Israeli attempts at media manipulation.  Everyone knows it’ ( Read more... )

America make me feel sick when they condemn the deaths of eight Jewish students (rightly so) but do not condemn the deaths of over 120 Palestinians in the space of a few days ( Read more... )

A manifesto put together by 10,000 young people from across the EU calls for cigarette packets to include information on how to kick the habit, while also informing smokers of the habit’s impact on their health.

The Health Ministry yesterday presented the manifesto, called “Young People: For a Life without Tobacco,” which also calls for nicotine ( Read more... )

Conservationists have placed a tracking collar around the neck of a 180-kilo brown bear that has been wandering the Northern Pindus Mountain Range in northern Greece. Members of the Callisto group said that the device allows them to monitor the bear’s movements via satellite technology. The animal was spotted near Grevena when it vwas looking for ( Read more... )

Omygoodness. First I was planning our first Xmas as a family and then Xmas arrived and then New Year and then back to work and look how long since my last update was.

The great news is that we travel to Guatemala next month to pick up Isobella and Pepe. It seems to be taking ages but now it's full steam ahead it seems to be here so fast.

At last I can teach.......for now.

I don't know how long it will last and it is very sad to see some things that have come out of this but we really do need to start giving teachers the respect they deserve or society will fall apart. I don't say that as a teacher but rather as someone who got so much from my own education.

"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" - Ernest Gaines ( Read more... )

I enjoyed my first week back in teaching and I think it will be very good for me and my family ( Read more... )

Feminine
You scored 30 masculinity and 96 femininity!

You scored high on femininity and low on masculinity. You have a traditionally feminine personality.


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