Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough?
Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?
All For Peace is a collaborative Palestinian-Israeli radio station broadcasting online.
The radio station is an effort created by The Palestinian organization Biladi, The Jerusalem Times and The Jewish-Arab Centre for Peace (Givat Haviva).
According to their website, the goals of the project include:
“A central aspect of the conflict between the two people arises from the distance and alienation between them. Common sense dictates that the more we know each other the less we will hate, be angry at and fear each other.”
“One of the items most lacking in the Middle East is hope. The loss of hope is also the greatest threat to both peoples.”
All For Peace Radio
I think this is a great effort and I hope many more like it will follow to try and bridge the gaps between the Palestinian and Israeli people, build hope and bring peace a step closer.
[Via: Semitism.net]
Long a symbol of economic prosperity, America for the first time no longer ranks among the top 10 free nations of the world, according to The 2005 Index of Economic Freedom, just released by the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal.
“The United States is resting on its laurels while innovative countries around the world are changing their approaches and reducing their roadblocks,” said Marc Miles, a co-editor of the book, along with Ed Feulner and Mary Anastasia O’Grady. “The U.S. is eating the dust of countries that have thrown off the 20th-century shackles of big government spending and massive federal programs.”
The top 10 countries are: Hong Kong, Singapore, Luxembourg, Estonia, Ireland, New Zealand, U.K., Denmark, Iceland and Australia, followed by Chile.
[Sources: Heritage Foundation, NewsMax]
[Via: Business Opportunities Weblog]
According to Om Malik:
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A lecturer was giving a lecture to his student on stress management.
He raised a glass of water and asked the audience, “How heavy do you think this glass of water is?”
The students’ answers ranged from 20g to 500gm.
It does not matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it.
If I hold it for a minute, it is OK.
If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm.
If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance.
It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”
“If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on, the burden becoming increasingly heavier.”
“What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again.”
We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don’t carry it back home. You can pick it up tomorrow.
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
Pick it up again later when you have rested…
Rest and relax.
Life is short, enjoy it!!
[Via: David Nino]
The 2005 Bloggie Awards have started and they’re accepting nominations.
So please pass by their site and nominate my blog 🙂
You can choose to nominate it for whatever category you want, but the main categories i’m aiming for are: Best African or Middle Eastern weblog, Best-Kept-Secret Weblog and maybe Weblog of the year :P.
So please nominate me there at least.
Here’s the link: 2005 Bloggies.
The name of this blog is: Subzero Blue
and the address of course is: http://www.subzeroblue.com
Last year, my blog was a finalist for Best African or Middle Eastern weblog. So maybe this year with your help, just maybe, I could win it 🙂
Thanks in advance 🙂
I’m counting on you guys 🙂
As the year finally draws to it’s end, I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year 2005 🙂
May it be a great year, full of happiness, success and prosperity for everyone, especially the loyal readers of my blog 🙂
I hope this new year brings more peace and less war.
I hope it brings more prosperity and less poverty.
I hope it brings more well-being and less misery.
I hope it brings more success and less failure.
I hope it brings more understanding and less differences.
I hope we hear less about how bad the world is becoming and more about what a great place it can be.
Have fun and take care 🙂
See you all next year 😉
The second season of the Arab version of Star Academy starts today on LBC at 18:30 GMT.
16 contestants have been selected from all over the Arab world, including one Tunisian girl, Amani Souissi.
I didn’t watch LBC’s Star Academy last year, and only saw a “Best Of” episode after it all ended. But I heard a lot about it, too much in fact.
Everyone was mad about it, and it was a big success for LBC.
People from all around the Arab world, from all ages were pinned to their TV sets watching the contestants’ every move, choosing their favourite, talking endlessly about them, and wasting their money voting for them.
And the people who weren’t interested in the show were interested in the Lebanese presenter Hilda Khalifa 😛
In short, the Arab world was hit by Star Academy Mania and they loved every bit of it.
Now, it’s about to happen all over again.
But would it be appropriate for people to spend so much money now to vote for some talentless nobodies when that money could help so many people in countries that were hit by the disastrous tsunami, providing clean water, food, shelter and so much more?!
Haitham Sabbah and Mahmood Al Yousif have launched the Best Arab Blogs Awards, a.k.a BABA’s 😉
Nominations go on till January 15th, and then the voting begins and stays open till the end of the month.
My blog is nominated in a number of categories, so when voting opens, you know which blog to vote for 😉
If you have a blog you would like to nominate for these awards, just pass by the BABA 2004 site.
