Rick Steves' Europe: Disaster in the Cinque Terre

I watch Rick Steves all the time on PBS.

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From: jpl
Subject: FW: Rick Steves' Europe: Disaster in the Cinque Terre
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:13:10 -0600

This disaster broke my heart as the Cinque Terre is just a magical place, so beautiful, 5 towns on the edge of the Ligurian Sea. We went there after my daughter's wedding in Brescia. We hiked the trail & the scenery was amazing to look back at the town from a higher ground. 

That is one place I would love to go back again. Josie

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Hi Josie - thought you may be interested in this.  I have forwarded it to Lilia.  I can imagine how the waters gushed down to the centers - all those hills! Hopefully our cute little hotel in Monterosso wasn't affected.

Hope you are well these days.  Wishing you and your family a Very Happy Thanksgiving.

Best regards,

Marietta

http://www.ricksteves.com/news/travelnews/cinque-terre-floods.htm

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VETERANS DAY

11.11.11

AMERICAN PRIDE
High salute and praises to all military veterans for their extreme bravery, courage in the face of danger and sacrifice in blood, sweat and tears. Your honorable service will never be forgotten. America is forever thankful to you and your family.









Thank you, brother!

The Cojuangcos and the Aquinos

@ Alice

This is an excellent political video.  Usually I could not stand a very long YouTube video (except mine, of course).  This is a must see and not to be missed.  BTW, we drove by Hacienda Luisita on our way to Ilocos, my province, early this year.  I saw rows and rows of big trucks loaded with sugarcanes.  Mayaman talaga.



 Lib

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From: alicia m
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Subject: Fw: the cojuangcos and the aquinos
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 07:31:17 -0500

If you can't link by just clicking the url, just copy and paste to your browser.

 Alice

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Subject: the cojuangcos and the aquinos

dear ate, watch this:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gevTmyWtHVo about time we acknowledge cory aquino and her kin are no different from the marcoses and the arroyos.  tito

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Location:	Kimball, Chicago

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One Light Bulb at a Time

@ All

I believe in international free trade of commerce.  Show me what you got, let's deal and if the price is right I'll buy it.  In other words, if it's cheap and no matter where it's made I'll buy it.  If it's not one thing, it's another.  Each product is priced differently.  There are so many cheap tricks of the trade.  Reading what the product is made of is a waste of time! I buy what I like.

Convenient Consumer


Lib

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Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:15:41 -0700
From: cc
Subject: Fw: One Light Bulb at a Time
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One Light Bulb at a Time

Interesting Idea ...... 

A physics teacher in high school, once told the students that while one grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, but a billion of them would. With that thought in mind, read the following.

This past weekend I was at Kroger. I needed 60 W light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets. I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled, "Everyday Value.. " I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price.. The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this - the USA in company in Cleveland, Ohio.

So on to another aisle - Bounce Dryer Sheets ... . . Yep, you guessed it, bounce cost more money and is made in Canada . The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA ! I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!

I was in Lowes the other day for some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments. They were all made in China. The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it, I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA . Start looking.

In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else -- even their job.

My grandson likes Hershey's candy. I noticed, though, that it is marked made in Mexico now.

I do not buy it any more.

My favorite toothpaste Colgate is made in Mexico ... Now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.
My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA- the job you save may be your own or your neighbors!

(We should have awakened a decade a go.)

If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time! Stop buying from overseas companies!

Let's get with the program .. Help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U.S.A. ...

I Passed this on ......... Will you ???????

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UNDERGROUND CITY OF DERINKUYU, TURKEY

@ World Travelers
There's more to Turkey than Istanbul.  I knew of a real traveler friend of mine who went around Turkey for THREE WEEKS!!! Compare that for my 4-day tour.

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Iguazu Falls, Brazil/Argentina

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@ World Traveler Lilian

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Obama- I am

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Obama's Halloween Mask





BOO! You in the Land of Seuss...





Try to eat your peas


And not green eggs and ham

Commander Obama - America's Superhero

COMMANDER OBAMA: AMERICA'S NEW SUPERHERO

America has a long fascination with superheroes. Nowhere in the world were superheroes abound and multiply. For the first time in the history of America's superheroes, who are mostly whites be it known, a biracial superhero by the name of Commander-in-Chief Obama (aka Barack Hussein Obama or Commander Obama for short) rose up from the deep bowels of Windy City Chicago but now living in the Situation Room of the White House - his fortress of solitude - when he's not out campaigning and begging for money to pay for his many expensive black and initialed "CO" velvet capes and super-duper capers . To boot, none of the other popular superheroes could claim of being a Nobel Laureate from Norway. Commander Obama's success targets of Muslim villains - Somalia's pirates, Osama bin Laden, Al-Alwachi, and others in his covert hit list. Among his exalted predecessors who are forever young in the pages of comic books:

Superman "The Man of Steel" (aka Clark Kent) was the oldest, 79-year old - created in 1932. He has a new movie coming out in 2012.

Batman (aka Bruce Wayne) first rode his impressive Batmobile in Gotham City, missing a cellphone, in 1939. Yes, his sidekick Robin was riding with him.

The Green Lantern first saw green in 1940 and just made a film debut in the spring or summer of this year. Little did he know he would be the Patron Saint of wacko environmentalists, of all green things, including Kermit - a muppet boyfriend of the voluptuous Miss Piggy.

Captain America was created in 1941 to honor American soldiers of World War II. He also made his first movie debut in the cinema multiplex.

Spiderman made his first web in 1962 and caught many successes in the box-office a few years ago.

The Incredible Hulk came into being in 1962, also. His TV series was very popular in the 70s.

Iron Man and the X-Men first appeared in 1963. The last time I saw rich boy Iron Man was in 2008 ?, he was acting in a film on location in Afghanistan, and survived fighting with robots.

These cartoon superheroes - they all do the fighting by themselves alone, regardless of help or no help from the military. The spectacular triumphs of CO belong only to him but none to the Navy Seals, the US Forces and NATO. When you're the new superhero of the 21st Century, all the glories and accolades are yours and yours alone!