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I have always been careful with the term "ex-pat" - which is an abbreviation of "ex-patriots" - as it makes me feel like I've turned my back on my country. Nothing could be further from the truth. Back in the late 1980s, it dawned on me that I had not been back to the U.S. for nearly 5 years. Almost 25 years later, I had not been back more than a handful of times. Then it was pretty much realized that my interests lie elsewhere. In the meantime, I missed the whole phenomenon's - not even realize the "Friends" had been on television for 10 years until the specified play on Italian television. Was busy drinking ouzo in Greece to know what Bud "Ice" was about. But it's o-k. I missed Macey's Day Parade, but was sitting on a beach in Thailand, not to catch Dick Clark counting down the end of the year cuz I was sipping champagne on the top of the Eiffel Tower. I'm certainly not alone in these pursuits. There are thousands of people from around the world who have picked up and moved somewhere else besides his native land. And therein lies the true definition of an "ex-pat.To this end, certain exceptional ex-pat Resources on the Internet. Required reading for anyone planning to live somewhere else, or may have already settled down there "somewhere else" happens to be. The most interesting ex-pat resources falls under the EscapeArtist.com (it would www.escapeartist.com for those who want to get technical). EscapeArtist.com has been online since 1994 and is a portal to another world. Pull up the page you will see the topics: - living abroad - Country Profiles - International Real Estate - Investing Offshore - Overseas Employment I do not think I'm wrong by saying that the majority of ex-pats happens to be retirees who are no longer tied to the need or responsibility of having to work day in and day out. Sure, a monthly pension makes living in a foreign country much easier. There are ex-pat communities in Australia, Honduras, Belize, Puerto Rico and in many other countries: safe havens that allow ex-pats a place to live well and live on the cheap. Still, like many ex-pats are still working - as a teacher, or a restaurant owner, in the import or export or any number of other jobs. Thanks to the Internet, cheap travel and overseas employment will continue to make the world smaller and easier to access. EscapeArtist.com covers all this and more and serves as a channel for ex-pat Community. The International Real Estate section is noteworthy because you can watch the Premier property worldwide, and each property is usually related to other properties in a given country or region. EscapeArtist.com is your ticket to ride. It offers a variety of ex-pat resources and ezines. At the top of the list is "Escape From America magazine. And this is exactly what it means: any information you may want to go live somewhere else and have time in your life when you're at it. Escape From America Magazine is a free months ezine which you can read online or download and print a paper copy. The most fun and useful aspect of the Escape Artist is the number of items included in this ezine. Informative content written by ex-pats who not only has "been there" but is "still" there! Where else will you find articles on where the best rents in Shanghai, or how to buy a house of Nepal, or how to get the best value for money in India? Typical topics of Escape From America magazine is like those found in the September 2006 - Uruguay: Diary of an ex-pat - Being in Beijing - Brazil or Bust - Living in Argentina Escape from America magazine has a section dedicated to Classified Ads - offers of employment, low cost phone service providers, travel related information and much more. All valuable for individuals living abroad or planning to go in the future. An archives section provides access to materials from the months and years before. Escape Artist is free. And it's easy to register. As long as you're at it, why not sign up for the Escape Artist companions' zines as "International Living", "Offshore Real Estate" and "operations abroad." "International Living" in particular has been around for over 20 years and has only recently gone online in recent years. A perfect bookend for "Escape From America magazine, International Living is equally informative yet manages not redundant and spit out the same information. All is full of important information that provides a realistic outlook on what it takes to live abroad, or if you are abroad, what it takes to stay there!

Yes, the new HTC Droid amazing is not an exaggeration. It's a keeper, as, of course, hugging the cup of his hand as a heat creeps looking for puppies looking for a new master. I've fallen madly in love with her under his spell enchanting. I guess I have to say it was love at first sight. Frankly, I'm a bit surprised that Droid is outselling the iPhone. Why let go so compelling? What about after the honeymoon? Preliminary Features Its appearance is attractive with an elegant glossy black case thinner than the iPhone, and yet with a larger screen. It measures 4.63 x 2.3 x.47 inches and weighs 4.59 oz. Under the hood is a powerful Qualcomm Snapdrogon GHz processor and a 3D chip incredible gaming experiences in a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen with 480 x 800. The 8 MPX camera with autofocus and dual LED flash is another great advantage. Although I was surprised that only has 8 MB of internal memory, also has a micro SD slot that can handle up to a 32 MB for a total of 40 MB of storage. There is 748 MB of ROM. In the bottom of the screen is a optical joystick. This phone is the product of a three-way marriage with Google, HTC, and Verizon with each making a solid contribution to bring a superior product to market. Google contributes to their improved form mobile applications and operating system Android 2.1. One of my favorite Google / Android innovations is Google Voice Search, which works very well and is a great convenience to avoid writing. HTC brings expertise in manufacturing and user interface that allows you to pinch / zoom with incredible web browsing experience. When viewing Web pages at any zoom level, text fits and adjusts the screen size so there is no side navigation requires - what a pleasure. Are you addicted to the network, no friend Stream that combines Twitter, Facebook and Flickr on one screen as if it were a program with a set of possible viewpoints. There are seven home screen where you can store widgets and applications for easy access. HTC sense can pinch the screen to show the cards in miniature of the seven screens. Then just tap the one you want. HTC has uploaded several widgets worth and so has Google. Of course Verizon offers what is arguably the best wireless network with the widest, the most trouble-free coverage. Kick the tires take a walk around this beauty reveals an economy of external characteristics. At the top is a power / phone options button. Next to that is a standard 3.5 mm plug ear. The right side is not committed to any annoying push button without realizing that you can make your machine go crazy when you want to. The same is true for the bottom, except that there is a small microphone hole and a slot for removing the back cover. On the left side is a volume control switch and a micro USB port for charging and syncing. The back has a free form battery cover three levels. The camera lens in the upper left corner is flanked by the dual LED flash to the right. There is a small opening for the speaker. Turn the battery cover reveals a striking red interior with a red battery to match. You have to remove the battery cover to access the micro SD storage slot, which is a bit of a nuisance. I already mentioned that the big screen with great resolution, bright. There is a charging light on top of the screen. Below the screen are four buttons useful hardware. From left to right is a start button, a menu button, a back button and a search button. Double tapping the home button invokes the sense mode screen seven cards. A quick touch screen brings a Google search text. Tapping and holding active voice search for Google, which is a gift from God as far as I'm concerned. What used to be a great thing to say you had a mobile Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and more recently. Now, however, is more or less taken for granted, and I'm happy to report that all this is incredible. Speaking of GPS, users will benefit from an incredible enhanced version of Google Maps for navigation and positioning for many applications. The navigation system is once per application turn voice-controlled satellite views and photography. The change of route is the fastest I've seen, and is usually placed in with updated information and traffic reports. There are some excellent geocaching apps available also to take all the penalties of age of the process. Geocache is a real pleasure with this device. What's in the box? The triumvirate can not be accused of sparing no expense, for the box was very bare bones with a quick start guide, an AC charger and USB cable that works in the socket and a USB port computer. When connected to a computer, you can transfer files and charge unit. There was no case making to protect this jewel, and there was not even a micro SD card. It could have been a nice gesture to include at least 2 MB card. Many applications will only install on a storage card, which could make the unit functional least until I can get a card. Therefore, no extra points. The included software comes with an incredible variety of useful applications already installed. Here is a partial list: calculator, calendar, call history, Camera, Camera, Car Group, City ID, Facebook, FM Radio, the closing force, my current (not caused by forced labor), Internet, email , maps, market, messages, music, PDF viewer, peep, people, phone, photos, Quickoffice, People Search, Configuration, installation, voice, text to speech, voice, voice dial, voice mail recorder voice, voice search time, and YouTube. There are a variety of widgets that offer both HTC and Android. With many more available. Android can not yet compete with the depth and range of applications offered on the iTunes Store, which I think is close to about 200,000 now. In the short time that has been Android, which already has accumulated more than 40,000 applications available in your store and elsewhere. Many are free and fee based applications are relatively inexpensive, and many are in the dollar area, making them very affordable. Unlike Apple, Google, at this time, do not seem interested in controlling everything. For example there is no music in the market for Google and users on their own to purchase and install the music. The music player has a nice interface that rotates album covers and offers a satisfactory listening experience. I appreciate the installation of the YouTube application, saving to go to the web first. I also like the FM radio application installed. Of course there are many radio applications available on the market. There are some TV applications, and with limited programming. What I'm waiting for is SlingMedia make an application available for the Droid. Then I can tune the programs recorded on my DVR at home, watch live satellite television, and control my home TV remotely on my Droid. I tried the Orb application, but could never get it working. I find it odd that no built in file browser so that you can not find files stored on the storage card or main memory. You have to find a third party application for this, and some are less than satisfactory. Quickoffice application is for viewing files. You can not create or edit files with this program and no application that I could find on the market. This limits the functionality of the device as a productivity tool to road warriors. I've heard that there is a third-party application available for Android that lets you create and edit Office files, but apparently not yet available for the Incredible. I hope it's soon. As a side note those related to productivity, it is possible to connect a Bluetooth portable keyboard to enter the incredible efficient way, which is a great advantage. Put that does much good without the ability to create and edit documents. At this point, I suggest you use Google Docs as a partial solution. | Peripherals | As this device is so new, there is not much available for it but in the way of accessories. However, it is easy to do with the cases, headphones, earplugs, and other things that can be reused for the Incredible. Found it surprising that there was not even headphones in the box. I wish there was a game with a microphone for use while driving or just listening enjoyable. You have to find your own group. A brief comparison with the iPhone I guess somehow the iPhone has become the measuring stick of what phones can be compared in these days, which I find funny because the iPhone is still lacking for many desirable features. Anyway for those interested in comparison shopping, here are a few quick comparable. ? Battery - Capacity: 1219 mAh iPhone; Incredible 1300 mAh - Talk Time: iPhone's 300 hours of standby; incredible 149 hours ? Camera - IPhone 3 megapixel autofocus camera, but no flash or manual controls, 640 x 480 video. - Incredible 8 mps with dual LED flash, manual adjustment controls, 800 x 400 video (same screen resolution) ? Carrier - The iPhone of AT & T, many complaints about the speed and coverage, which may change over 4G - Verizon is certainly a more reliable system with wider coverage and paid more economical plans. ? Show - IPhone 3.5 inch screen with 480 x 320 LCD - Incredible 3.7 inches with 480 x 800 resolution OLED screen, which is much brighter than the iPhone screen. ? Memory - Up to 32 GB built without expansion slot - 8 GB to 32 GB built-in expansion slot for a total of 40 GB ? Processor - The iPhone 600 MHz - Incredible 1 GHz ? Software - 185 applications on iTunes Store - 40 Google applications on the market And the winner is clearly the amazing thing is better than the iPhone in all categories, but the software and battery life. Therefore, unless the battery life and software are key issues for you, the Incredible is the best option. List of specifications ? Snapdragon processor 1 GHz ? HTC Google Android 2.1 to 2.5 Sense ? 3.7-inch WVGA OLED touch screen ? Virtual QWERTY keyboard ? 8 GB of internal memory and microSD card slot (up to 32 GB) ? 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash and adjustable controls ? Video up to 480x800 ? 312 minutes talk time / 149 hours standby ? Dimensions: 4.63 x 0.47 x 2.3 inches and 4.59 oz ? Gmail and Exchange Press ? Handsfree ? Advanced speech recognition ? GPS/e911 ? TTY Compatible ? Hearing Aid Compatibility = M4/T3 ? Stereo Bluetooth capable ? 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi $ 199.99 with two years of making headphones contract3.5mm ? Accelerometer512MB ROM / 512MB RAM ? Dual-band EV-DO Rev. A ? HTML browser with Flash Lite 4.0 Price of total purchase price of $ 529.99 is incredible. For that price I would expect from an unlocked unit, but that's a moot point. That pretty much have to get it from Verizon with a contract and the connectivity plan. A two-year contract is $ 299.99 with an online discount of $ 100 for a total cost of $ 199.99. If you buy the incredible reach to select another free phone, which also requires a two-year contract. There are a number of plans available that seem from $ 39.99 per month. unlimited text / data / talk is $ 89.99 per month. But I guess it's still cheaper than the iPhone. After a honeymoon after the fever of love at first sight with the time to get comfortable and settle in, there are some weaknesses I've discovered, and a wish list that I developed for the Incredible. I noticed that the battery life is not very satisfactory. In my experience, the battery wears out very quickly. Two hours of phone conversation, and it needs recharging. If you stop Wi-Fi or Bluetooth, or GPS operation, the battery drains quickly. It's better than having a battery charger or extra practice if you want to do geocaching, Bluetooth communication or Wi-Fi connections. When using the unit for navigation in the car, I have to keep you connected to the charger or you will lose in the short term. At least you can change the batteries, unlike the iPhone. I found frustrating that so brilliantly beautiful screen is within all but disappears and becomes a black hole out of the sunlight - both to work on the beach and my garden. I would like the Incredible that have cards for each open application, like the Palm Pre Plus, that movie you can easily return to again invoke the application of your choice. A viable alternative could be a dedicated screen to open applications for easy access. I was surprised that there is no built-in file browser program so you can see and manipulate files and move them between main memory and storage card. There are third party software, but only seems to address the storage card. Developers? Of course I'm upset about not being able to create and edit Office documents on this device. I hope to be solved in the short term because it is a serious short-coming that could make me not to buy this phone. Another problem is that no application with no roots to take screen shots, and why not treat them in this article. Let developers. This is a must. For the price, I would have been good for the sponsors to include at least a small micro SD card to start. It also would have been nice to include a set of earphones with a microphone. It would be a case to protect your investment is also much to ask? Conclusion While there are some growing pains as the platform and devices mature, no doubt, there are many things that, as with the amazing HTC Droid. Is clearly the droid droids, simply the best available at this time. It is also superior to the iPhone in many respects with 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash and manual controls, more storage, larger screen with twice the resolution, the replaceable battery, and larger processor more powerful. You can not go wrong with this incredible device that actually lives up to its name. This dog has two thumbs up! It is one of a dog.

An excellent source of information that provides the perfect baby decoration shower themes. Decorations and themes that focus and time savers for the host. Some low-cost and effective shower decoration ideas. Decorations can be as modest or as extravagant as your budget and time permits. Literally, there are a number of ways to decorate the shower. Balloons, cakes, table settings, along with wall decorations and ceiling. Decorations are an important part of any special baby shower. Fill a basket or small wagon with stuffed animals to be used as a centerpiece. You can also place teddy bears around the room, along with some dolls and toys. Place them on tables, bookcases and peeking over lamps. Or creating a train on the table. Then fill the cars with small baby items such as teething rings, pacifiers, rattles and booties. While the theme and decorations, modern showers have changed with the times, is still using the traditional colors of the baby's nursery. You can decorate the nursery with fresh flowers, balloons and streamers. As a general rule is to stick to traditional forms of decoration. If you go with the traditional party decorations, you would use china and silver. No doubt each shower needed some kind of decorations. In baby showers is a need to use a lot of ornaments. Just simple decorations would be sufficient if that is your desire, perhaps along with some seasonal flowers and party toys. If you want to hold the shower in a big way there are many party stores that carry large assortments of baby decorations such as storks, teddy bears and nursery rhyme characters. These embellishments can be placed anywhere and removed easily after a shower. You can give these to the couple expect to take home after the party. Most of them can be reused for other occasions, like a child's birthday party. One would be a baby diaper cake which has become very popular. There are many more baby shower party decorations and themes. For example, pick a bouquet of pink balloons and a blue tie with pink ribbons and blue. You can connect to a chair, or baby's breath contains central and greens. Likewise, buy a small umbrella and hang upside down on the table. Perhaps more of a mother-to-be will sit down to open the baby shower gifts. Fill the umbrella with balloons and streamers or ribbons hanging from the edges. Gently playing light music or children's songs. You can also do mild lighting with small bulbs used in Christmas tree decorations. If you know what the names of the parents have chosen, we explain the use of wood blocks or strips of paper. Summary of children's Decorating Ideas Colors: Use colors from the nursery for your theme. This option gives you the flexibility to use any type of napkins, tableware and party decorations for your party. Not necessarily have to buy expensive party decorations with patterns, just use the same colors everywhere. Children's theme: Like the nursery colors, but it uses the actual theme of the nursery. Ask the mother-to-be what the plans for nursery decor and go from there. If the decoration is lace and cream, then keep the same look and for the shower party decorations with that color and pattern. Another important part is where you are actually organizing the baby shower. The location will help determine the appropriate party decorations and themes. Whether your baby shower is an elegant restaurant, a banquet hall or a warm and welcoming home. The sources of law and party decorations to add that extra finishing touch. Choose a theme and carry it through with coordinating supplies and accessories manufacturers, table centerpieces, balloons, gifts and party favors. From invitations and games to cups, plates and napkins. These party supplies offer everything you need for the perfect baby shower. A little creativity and imagination play an important role here. Good decoration baby shower party need not be costly, but requires a little effort and creativity. While choosing a theme or baby shower games baby shower remember to be a good fit for every baby shower guests invited. You can also offer small group winners is like candy and sticks.

For me, Latin music has been my life since I was six. When my mother remarried a man from Nicaragua, which was exposed to a different side of the world. There were many things I never knew about, but now they added. It is for this reason I tend to notice where and how many people are listening to Latin music, particularly in the context of the music of his own home. I decided to find out how much of this music has been integrated into the typical life of a student at FSU in Tallahassee, within a group of friends. This music defines Latin culture through sound, behavior, and concept. For starters, I had to ask my friends what they hear. The group that I am focusing on containing seven members. Of those seven, five are Latino and two are "white", I, Sarva, I'm half French, half the offspring of the British Isles, and the other "white" person, Evan, is the descent of y. The other five are (Carlos), (Daniel), (Andrea), (Leslie), and (Tony). I have found through interviews that all Latino members of our group heard the music of his homeland, at least once a week. That means that once a week, which connects back to its cultural identity through music. When I asked Evan if you listen to music or said no. "It's not because I do not like it," he said. "It just has never been part of my life the way it has been for my girlfriend." Evan and Andrea have been dating for three months, as Carlos and I have been dating for about three years. I think that things are running in the house of Carlos are different from the way they run in the family home of my mother's mother. At home, his father is the "alpha male", and everyone else in the house belongs to him. The concept of head of household is very important. His father is a stern man who demands respect, but is noticeably affectionate with their younger children. There is always music and laughter and the kitchen at home. In the homes of my mother's sisters and their parents, there is a different order of things. My grandfather and grandmother were equal, and if the decision had to do that would be agreed by both. As a result, each has less respect and there was a higher rate of "answer" and "smart-ass" in the house of Carlos. At home, music was played a few times and saved for times like Christmas. Television was always, however. Evan had similar experiences in their family. I wondered if all Hispanic households are like this, so I asked my friends how things work at home. They all gave the same description as Carlos. I wondered how I had to do with music being played. I asked each of them about why music was important to them. Leslie summed up the general feeling better, "not so much the music itself, but what it represents. When his family is the kitchen and singing and dancing together, it reminds them of where they came from and gives a sense of solidarity. When you have music, have a connection to your past and to each other. That's what it is, the concept, not the thing itself "This makes perfect sense to me .. There had to be some link between family members, and music became such a link. I wondered what the difference between the junction of the typical Latino family and the bond between the members of the "white" family. Evan asked how his family bonded. "We all sit together at dinner, but not much conversation there, other than" How was your day? 'In general, they tend to watch TV together so we can all laugh at the same things. Other than that, leading a life quite independent. That does not mean that they love, just not as close. "It seemed like the difference is clear. In each of our homes as they were growing up, there was music in some and not others. Music as a concept missing from the house of Evan, and my mother as a child. The concepts of unity, of family, respect and inheritance had disappeared because the music was not present. All this was very interesting to me. I wanted to know how each of them had brought their music with them. Tony and Carlos are both musicians. Tony Carlos creates rhythms and acoustic melodies created. I asked if and how to incorporate their heritage into their music. Tony said: "When I make beats, I try to be as creative as possible. I do not like using canned sounds. In the past I used clips from Star Wars, old movies and songs, and recordings of my mother screaming. Recently I started using fragments of the recordings of my father in my old guitar beats. I like them because they sound hits one more ... 'Home'? I do not know, I like my beats to sound like I enter and what they represent. If my beats sound fresh, reflecting my being cool. If you have sound, then it is perfect, because I'm from. "Carlos said," Well, I play many instruments, so that makes it really easy to do exactly what I want. I play piano, guitar, bass, violin, some Chinese string instruments, and some drums. I have a synthesizer. "" So that incorporate sounds into your music? "I pregunté." Yes, all the time! My uncle taught me a lot of traditional songs from Ecuador when I was little, so I like to play traditional songs from a nontraditional way. For example, I have established a track the other day that was a traditional Ecuadorian song, but I played with Chinese instruments, adding piano. There are a variety of things I can do to make different sounds with a certain base, in this case the music of my country. "It was interesting to me. FSU students brought their music from their homes in Tallahassee with them in such a way that allows innovation and creativity. For a different twist on this idea, I asked Daniel and Andrea how to use music in their lives to connect to the idea of the house of Daniel and tradition. "I do not play anything, but I have a large music collection. My brother and my mom both play guitar, so my sister, my dad and I always sit and listen to them. I have a horrible voice, but always sang right along anyway. I was born, but moved to Florida when I was in sixth grade. My mother was always crying and crying, so my brother taught him to play the [guitar]. Since then he always felt better because I had a way to connect with her home again. I guess that way I can find the connection, too. I always play my music from my childhood in Colombia, especially when I first got here. It made me feel less homesick "Andrea". When I first came to Tallahassee, I hated it. I immediately wanted to move [to Miami], where a greater diversity. Well, not really diversity, but more Latinos and Peruvian. I missed it so much that I formed a small "party" a weekend. I called my Hispanic friends, some who play instruments, others are cooked, and we all get together and talk about what I missed the most. I know it sounds like I would lose more, but it was very comforting. I had found a piece of the way of "Hicktown." Now we do once a month and all are welcome. You do not have to be Hispanic to come, either. Not even have to contribute. Just come and see why it is so great that a Peruvian! "Finally, I met a lot of different ways that Latin music is the sound itself, the behavior of the culture and concepts linked to that culture, has made its way to Tallahassee. There is a subculture within a short ex-USSR, and I think only time can extend the music and the ideas are still as important to Latinos as they do now and in the past.

When my daughter was a little girl, and I was putting them to bed, I would say, "Jump into bed soon and I'll tell you an interesting fact," My idea was to know about the corruption, so the joy of it discover knowledge for they would their own sake. I think it worked and that it is a bright, intelligent, inquisitive kind of person, as well as good looks. When I told her that she said, "Dad, you are my father, you are actually thinking that it does not mean it's true." What more could you as proof of such an astute observation that are require a selection the facts;? They were, in any age but mainly from the later years told, first, because they were newer and I remember better, secondly, much of the previous facts were very short and simple. ------------------------------------------- Sometimes facts change, I along --- go One night I said to her, "You know that there are three states of being, solid liquid and gas. What if the water is very cold it is ice, a bit warmer there in the water, then heat, and it turns to steam. Most things go through these three states, but some, such as iodine dissolves, it means that they go straight from a solid to a gas and liquid miss something. "What is iodine?" Ellie asked. There is an element in a group called the halogens, a very useful group of chemicals that react with all sorts of things to make many useful connections. From reactive to the least reactive fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine. "And then in answer to her question about iodine," Yes, it condenses once again to a solid again. "That was a fact that got away with self-made, I started off intending to tell her that glass is at normal room temperature liquid, but a very viscous one explain what that meant viscous and tell her glass in very old churches that have followed over the centuries, so the top is thinner than the bottom. I went back to another night, the night we got into things chemically joined to make something completely new and different, such as chlorine and sodium to make salt. Since then I've heard the glass, what a myth is glass so thick and old-time glass-making so inaccurate it would be to find just as likely, the above should be thicker than the bottom and the plasma, which I thought from then de-ionized gas be seen as another state of being, I do not know. Bedside facts to come clean out of my head, I can not look for things. Of course I would not say Ellie a deliberate lie, but I do not check off, not me. The next one is not apocryphal (A word from the Greek and means "of false writings"), I checked the dictionary before I go to bed Ellie. "In France there is a town called Nimes. The people of Nimes discovered a way of weaving cotton cloth, so it is very strong. The cloth was known and was called cloth of Nimes. Over time the cloth was given and it was something like "From Nimes" a bit like "A Wilton" might be a certain type of carpet to describe in English. In French the word for "the" is "de", this had to Nimes bit and concluded it was denim, the jeans were. Denim is not the only type of cloth to get its name from a city, Damask, a type of heavy cotton on both sides with silk tablecloths and old-fashioned, were used in Damascus embroidered. On this day we have been shopping and have Ellie.? her first pair of jeans right =================== asked to think about the fact I Denim, One good deed leads to another and to talk about names remembered. - - "Most types of cheese to the place where they made cheddar from Cheddar, where the gorge is named by Gloucester Gloucestershire and so on. but not Stilton. Stilton cheese was in the West Country, but the countryman, who lived next to the stagecoach route and used it on the trainer for a major post office, he sold it in Stilton taken were taken. They found it very popular and bought its entire production so, although the cheese was not made in Stilton, that where it came from as far as the people who were concerned that was purchased and was her name. If you go on too long after a train of thought it is boring, better take a break and return to the topic later ===================== ==== Alexander the Great an epithet like no one else has. Titles like "The Pious" and "The Good" are just not in the same class, I can not even remember the first names that go with them, this one night I told Ellie ---. . "Philip was king of Macedonia about 2,300 years old and had a son named Alexander, when Alexander was about sixteen some horse traders came from a place called Thesselay to his fathers court Thesselay was a land of steppes famous for its horses, maybe it was where the idea of the mark in Middle Earth is one of the horses which they had brought a beautiful black stallion;. The king wanted this horse, but it would be no one to ride when she threw it tries to mount it. Disappointed Phillip turned to walk away and saw Alexander was muttering at the back of the lot of men, as well as boys, if not with their parents agree. How do fathers, he asked him if he do what he could do what thought grown men could not. Alexander said "yes", try being a dad told him, and that he was to buy the horse for him if he could ride, I do not know if he know what would happen if he does not say, but of course he did. Walking up the horse, the boy took the bridal turned the horse round and mounted. was that the horse mounted his back to the sun and the change in shape of its shadow as the man was spooking him was what Alexander had noticed.