Friday, February 19, 2010

Stuff below the fold

From the BBC: Pakistan's indigneous African community:
the Sheedi are believed to be descenced from sailors who arrived there 200 years ago......more HERE...and
HERE
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and has the Lemba tribe's ark of the covenant been found?The Lemba people claim to be part of the Jewish diaspora...many went to Ethiopia, but others traveled southward.

And DNA studies confirm a Semetic link.




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BlackFive links to videos about Team Rubicon...
a private aid group in Haiti...

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the Philippine medical team has arrived home from Haiti too.

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Feng Shui for the home office...
actually, I am in my pajamas on the bed, since the dog is sleeping in my blogging easychair.

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How to ice skate.
And yes, we do have ice skating rinks here in the Philippines...


No Filipinos winning in the winter Olympics, but some children of the diaspora are causing local pride:
a FilAm speed skater, J.R. Celski,won a bronze medal this week, and another Filipina American , Amanda Evora,competed but without winning under the US flag..
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and finally, the science headline of the day:

Mosquito Nose Transplants Help Fight Malaria

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