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• Citys top Kiwi traces China roots back to 1925

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 686
  IN 1925 the great-grandparents of New Zealands consul general in Shanghai set up a teaching hospital in Hebei Province, and today the top Kiwi in this city is still connecting Chinese and New Zealanders. Nancy Zhang...
  9 hours ago

• Dakar, with butterflies

  
  Halfway down the Danube — Authority: 91
  In my stomach. Had to give a 40-minute presentation to a large room full of government officials (including a couple of Ministers) and high-end investors.  Rehearsed it the night before in my room and it was okay, but with some problems... some clunky transitions, too many "uhhs" and "ums", that sort of thing.  But ...
  13 hours ago

• Telefónica & Vodafone Increase Mobile Internet Speeds

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  I look forward to the day when I can dump the need to have a fixed phone line in order to get ADSL at anywhere near half decent speeds here in Almerimar. Technically it is possible now of course, with the introduction of USB Modems containing SIM cards and the option to use these dongles in routers to provide WiFi ...
  15 hours ago

• Truthful Visitor on Doha Press

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 134
  Do you ever visit QatarLiving.com ? It’s one of those places where you can end up passing a lot of time, and it is also a place where there is both a lot of information and a lot of misinformation. There are some very good posts, and then there are some poseurs. A recent Forum discussed the statement by Qatar ...
  16 hours ago

• Currency Direct Daily Rates: 10th Nov 2009

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  AUDEUR AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – EURO 0.6189 AUDGBP AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – STERLING POUND 0.5566 AUDUSD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9211 CADUSD CANADIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9403 EURMUR EURO – MAURITIUS RUPEE 41.3200 EURUSD EURO – US DOLLAR 1.4969 EURZAR EURO – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 11.1456 GBPAED STERLING POUND ...
  16 hours ago

• Know yourself

  
  How to Play House — Authority: 103
  Ok, I think I am just going to ignore the fact that I haven’t talked to you in two weeks. This is not the first time I’ve done this but I’ve really tried to be better this past year. I won’t go into why I haven’t written because you wouldn’t believe me if I said [...]
  20 hours ago

• Weather In Spain: Tue 10th Nov 2009

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  As you cam see from the Webcam it is another lovely day in Almerimar. Hardly any wind, no clouds, and a nice bright sun! In general the weater has improved across Spain, with only a few areas remaining on alert: 13 provinces (44 yesterday) are on alert. High winds, heavy rain and snow on high ground is still ...
  21 hours ago

• Expat life: maybe Britain isnt so bad after all

  
  Salut! — Authority: 117
  Did I speak too soon? Was I too hard on Blighty? No sooner was the ink dry on last weeks East/West moan in The National , Abu Dhabi about nasty, greedy, surly Britain than something happened to make me think again ... Confused of Khalidiya. The words might as well have been stamped on my forehead as I wandered ...
  22 hours ago

• Stay classy, Korea Times

  
  Roboseyo — Authority: 492
  Heres a new feature at Roboseyo: Send me your screenshots of The Korea Times comment boards. Show me the classiest, suavest, sanest, most logical flame-wars they have to feature. Include a link to the original page and Ill postem here. This was from the page where Kim Tae-hee basically apologized for being ...
  1 day ago

• Building home across the pond

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 638
  Make London work. Help a beleaguered New Yorker figure out how to acclimate. Griping follows. So, theres a decent chance Ill be trying to move to London next year for school and work. No visa issues (EU passport), no language issues, no real issues at all -- except that when Ive visited London, it Just. Doesnt. Work. ...
  1 day ago

• Spains Wind Turbine Record

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  I wrote recently that on a recent trip to Granada it was noticeable how many Wind Turbines there were now in Spain. What I hadn’t realised was that Spain has the third most wind turbine farms, with the USA leading the way followed (surprisingly for me) by Germany. Well with the strong winds over the weekend it ...
  1 day ago

• Beautiful Life

  
  No.1 Mouse Place — Authority: 116
  FASHION WEEK IN KARACHI, day 4 Originally uploaded by www.first-pakistan.blogspot.com Pakistani women love fashion. At least, the women that I know. Trips to shop for fabric, lace, buttons and other notions are a weekly chore, and the tailor’s bill and punctuality a constant subject of conversation. I have ...
  1 day ago

• Kristin Bair OKeeffe, author of Thirsty, launches her blog tour!

  
  WOW! Women On Writing Blog — Authority: 128
  & Book Giveaway Comments Contest! Kristin Bair O’Keeffe grew up in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. Her maternal grandfather, a Croatian immigrant, worked as a steelworker in U.S. Steel’s Clairton Works all his life. Nearly every weekend as a kid, Kristin visited her grandparents’ home in Clairton on a bluff ...
  1 day ago

• “It Was a Mistake!” The Fall of the Wall

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 134
  BBC News reports today that while the ease in travel restrictions was planned, the way it happened – was a mistake! When the Berlin Wall opened on 9 November 1989 Brian Hanrahan was the BBC News reporter on the ground. This year he’s been back to talk to some of those whose decisions made this key moment in ...
  1 day ago

• Spains Kids Are Obese

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  Should parents lose custody of their obese children? Good question, and maybe one that will be included in the Mojacar orientation course and may even make people take a look at the mediterranean diet but in the meantime a 70 kilo 9 year boy in Galica has been taken into care, well he would if the Police could ...
  1 day ago

• Roquetas Aquarium: Glimmer of Hope

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  It has all been pretty quite regards the announcment in October that the Aquarium in Roquetas was closing due to lack of customers , with no public comment from any of the authorities. Until know that is, as a number of Tourism related businesses, led by Novotour who run holidays for the elderly, are saying that ...
  1 day ago

• Out and About

  
  Whale Ears and other Wonderings — Authority: 120
  Just thought I’d share some more peeks of our new home town with you. We are finding that some things are very different, and others are almost too similar! We feel very comfortable here already, and I cannot wait for these kids (and us adults) to stay healthy enough for us to go do some more exploring! We’re ...
  1 day ago

• Currency Direct Daily Rates: 9th Nov 2009

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  AUDEUR AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – EURO 0.6186 AUDGBP AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – STERLING POUND 0.5523 AUDUSD AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9211 CADUSD CANADIAN DOLLAR – US DOLLAR 0.9403 EURMUR EURO – MAURITIUS RUPEE 41.3200 EURUSD EURO – US DOLLAR 1.4973 EURZAR EURO – SOUTH AFRICAN RAND 11.1560 GBPAED STERLING POUND ...
  1 day ago

• Weather In Spain: Mon 9th Nov 2009

  
  AlmerimarLife - Online Blog & Community For Expats In Spain — Authority: 130
  Another lovely morning here in Almerimar. A few clouds in the sky, hardly any wind and a nice warm sun. Why not check out the WebCam to the live stream of Almerimar? Elsewhere half of Spain is on some level of weather alert for high seas, rain or wind. The Cantabrian and Mediterranean coasts are two of 15 provinces ...
  1 day ago

• Debate on Media Freedom in Doha, Qatar

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 134
  From today’s Gulf Times: Debate on Qatari press law The Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF) will hold a roundtable discussion on the Qatari press law that dates back to 1979, on Wednesday, at The Ritz-Carlton Doha, an official said yesterday. According to the official, under the discussion will be the need ...
  2 days ago

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