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Some Claim Americans and the US is Hated Around the World
Why do people say that the US is hated around the world? I am always treated nicely and catered too as a tourist, as people have been very nice indeed. People in the US who travel little often repeat these things and believe them and they blame our government in our foreign policies. Why? America is a generous and great nation to the World.The United States is the greatest nation ever created in the history of mankind. We need to make it even better. And work on a few minor issues, then we need to package the plan and allow for a United World Franchising System for those nations who truly desire to get with the program. Recently a reporter argued this point of contention to me and said that the following nations do no like us:“UK, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, Indonesia, France, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Panama, Canada”Dear Sir, with the laundry list, How day you name Iran in that list as their leaders support Hamas, which wants to destroy Israel, blow it off the map and send in insurgents to disrupt the fledgling democracy in Iran. How dare you name the ever incessant man of political posturing and threatening in North Korea. Panama should be thankful we gifted them one of our major assets in the Hemisphere.France, who cares, with their oil for food scandal hypocrisy, after they put out a media hit on the United States, meanwhile civil unrest there never stops with all their riots. Venezuela? please

and are only pretending they don't."

I don't know why, but I turned slowly to the Mexican girl sitting to my right who was still staring in shocked disbelief (you would think someone from San Miguel would be used to this by now, but she was clearly disturbed) at the whole scene. She saw me looking at her and shifted slightly in her seat to face me but said nothing. I began in Spanish,

"What did you think of that?"

"I didn't like it at all."

"How did that gringa make you feel?"

"Terrible and degraded," her eyes

Take Your Valentine on a Mega Date!
Ever been on a mega date? Wondering what in the world is a mega date? Probably best described as more fun than two people should be allowed to have in one day. A mega date is an all day date taking in all the typical dating activities. It’s not for the weak! You need a great sense of humor and a great sense of adventure. Why a mega date? Between working, going to school, taking care of the kids, having any type of social life can be difficult and time consuming. Finding time to date can be next to impossible. You meet someone, maybe meet for lunch one day, go out on a typical Friday night date, take in a movie and dinner, make small talk. Yawn! Life is short! Kick it up a notch! A mega date is a great way to get to know someone new or add spice to a stale relationship. It will take a bit of planning but doesn’t have to be expensive, there are plenty of activities you can do that don’t cost much. Here is how it works.You plan out as many activities as you can fit into one day. The mega date day will start at 8am and go to midnight! You will need to figure out how long each activity will last and how far apart they are. You need to allow for travel time between activities and some time for unexpected things that can pop up. It is best to find a number of quick activities that don’t take more than an hour or two. For example, instead of playing 9 holes of golf you can just go to a driving range and hit a bucket of balls. Instead of an all d

I was sitting in the bus station in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. My wife and I had just completed a four-day fact finding mission. We had been there to see for ourselves, to take careful notes of what we observed and to find out if what we had been told by fellow expats in the Mexican city in which we live, was true. We had heard some of the most outlandish stories of gringo, American gringo, behavior and to state it simply, we went to have a look see. We were not disappointed.

My wife excused herself to go to the ladies' room while we waited for our bus back to the city of Guanajuato. Sitting to my right was a young Mexican woman who, I found out later, was a graduate student. We sat in front of a particular bus line's counter, one with whom we had dealt many times. The employees are friendly and almost overly accommodating. We sat there, the young Mexican grad student and I, when an all too frequent American and Mexican culture collision took place.

A band of "merry" American gringos walked into the station and stormed the bus line counter. A blonde woman began wailing, thrashing about, with doubled fists began slamming the counter, and screeching like a dying moose at the Mexicans behind the counter. The faces on the bus line's employees had this look of,

"Well, here we go again—Americans."

For reasons known, I am certain, only to God, this woman thought that in order to conduct business with this Mexican bus line, she had to act like an ass. This woman screamed for a good fifteen minutes when, finally, the bus line apparently gave her that for which she was pitching a typical gringo fit. As she walked off with her band of fellow gringos, she acted as though she had just won a war. She had the look of the conqueror of evil. They chortled and threw menacing glances at the bus line counter as if to say,

"We're Americans, you Mexican slime. That'll teach you to mess with us! We kicked Hispanic ass."

The blonde bomber had screamed at the bus line employees all in English. I must tell you, that most of the gringos with whom I've talked about this very issue claim,

"These people can speak English and are only pretending they don't."

"What did you think of that?"

"I didn't like it at all."

"How did that gringa make you feel?"

"Terrible and degraded," her eyes b

Yes We Have No Bananas
The future of bananas has generated a bunch of excitement. And the above song lyric may very well be prophetic:Yes – banana export is a four billion dollar a year industry that is seriously threatened by a wind borne disease called Black Sigatoka;No - Sigatoka is not the end of the banana, but perhaps the end of the supermarket variety known as the Cavendish. Some say rumors regarding the Banana’s demise are exaggerated, other experts think not.The problem with the banana is each Cavendish is genetically identical. They are sweet, yellow, easy to peel and sterile, and this lack of genetic diversity puts them at risk of extinction. Banana growers must also contend with other diseases such as cigar-end rot, fusarium wilt and bunchy-top virus.How will that affect banana lovers? The average American eats 26 pounds of the fruit a year. Which seems like a simple snack when to compared to other parts of the world. In some countries of Africa each person consumes 45 pounds a month. For those in other countries the future of banana is of grave concern. Banana production is the fourth most economically important food export in the world next to wheat, rice and corn.There are over 180 varieties of banana including plantains, which are important in cooking in many countries, but the Cavendish remains king. In California, rare fruit growers are producing many tasty varieties of the fruit including, Lady Finger, Cuban Red,

' room while we waited for our bus back to the city of Guanajuato. Sitting to my right was a young Mexican woman who, I found out later, was a graduate student. We sat in front of a particular bus line's counter, one with whom we had dealt many times. The employees are friendly and almost overly accommodating. We sat there, the young Mexican grad student and I, when an all too frequent American and Mexican culture collision took place.

"Well, here we go again—Americans."

"We're Americans, you Mexican slime. That'll teach you to mess with us! We kicked Hispanic ass."

The blonde bomber had screamed at the bus line employees all in English. I must tell you, that most of the gringos with whom I've talked about this very issue claim,

"These people can speak English and are only pretending they don't."

"What did you think of that?"

"I didn't like it at all."

"How did that gringa make you feel?"

"Terrible and degraded," her eyes

The Hands-on Approach to Beating Stress
Is it time that alternative methods of combating stress should be given a higher priority by employers wanting to get the very best from their staff, whilst protecting their productivity and profits?We live in pressurised times, it’s not safe on the streets, our finances feel threatened, our time seems to be on a permanent fast-forward, and with recent events, the whole world seems to have been plunged into an insecure, knife-edge existence.When we eventually grind through the traffic to work, it doesn’t get a lot better, stress is on the increase, that’s official, but then you don’t need to be a social psychologist to work that one out. Ask yourself honestly, do you feel more or less relaxed at work now than you did five years ago?Undeniably, for many people, the levels of stress experienced today are far in excess of those from only a few years ago, this is largely due to advances in technology and communications. Industry has also seen increasing competitive pressures forcing up personal productivity requirements, and our average working hours to further increase.The UK’s Health and Safety Executive recently reported that over 13.4 million days were lost to stress in a single year, costing British industry 370 billion pounds, - a huge chunk of profit spent financing our love-affair with stress.The evidence behind the figures is everywhere if you look for it. Increased employee turnover, increased sickness a

woman began wailing, thrashing about, with doubled fists began slamming the counter, and screeching like a dying moose at the Mexicans behind the counter. The faces on the bus line's employees had this look of,

"Well, here we go again—Americans."

"We're Americans, you Mexican slime. That'll teach you to mess with us! We kicked Hispanic ass."

The blonde bomber had screamed at the bus line employees all in English. I must tell you, that most of the gringos with whom I've talked about this very issue claim,

"These people can speak English and are only pretending they don't."

"What did you think of that?"

"I didn't like it at all."

"How did that gringa make you feel?"

"Terrible and degraded," her eyes

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Directories are NOT Search Engines. They are directories, like phonebooks, that have been categorizing the Internet for years. Of the most prominent directories on the Internet the top one is DMOZ but there are also some 200 lesser known ones.Some of the Search Engines use the directory contents in their Search Results. Look Smart is one, AOL is another. Yahoo used to use the DMOZ directory as part of its search results. Many lesser known, but active, search engines use directories as the basis for providing information for all of their searches.Search Engines will see these highly rated inbound links and raise your ranking. They sometimes see these as added credibility for your website. At the very least it creates more ways for people, and search engines, to find you and this means more traffic - for free!The DMOZ DirectoryThe DMOZ directory currently has over 590,000 categories and sub categories. However, the main directory itself is made up of only 16 main categories. All other categories fall under these 16 “top level” categories. Think about this – Everything in the known universe is categorized under 16 categories. This might seem impossible but when you look at the DMOZ directory you realize it is true!The DMOZ directory is maintained by over 64,700 humans who have volunteered their time to help organize what, otherwise, would be utter chaos. Could you pay that payroll every month?DMOZ has its

ical gringo fit. As she walked off with her band of fellow gringos, she acted as though she had just won a war. She had the look of the conqueror of evil. They chortled and threw menacing glances at the bus line counter as if to say,

"We're Americans, you Mexican slime. That'll teach you to mess with us! We kicked Hispanic ass."

The blonde bomber had screamed at the bus line employees all in English. I must tell you, that most of the gringos with whom I've talked about this very issue claim,

"These people can speak English and are only pretending they don't."

"What did you think of that?"

"I didn't like it at all."

"How did that gringa make you feel?"

"Terrible and degraded," her eyes

How to Achieve Site Promotion the Fastest Way
Readying your site to undergo site promotional campaign is one of the most crucial steps to advertising a site. Not only it will require you as a promotional specialist to continually check update and monitor the progress of the site in terms of traffic, it shall also require you to perform necessary adjustments on your advertising campaigns should it be deemed needed. To be free of the burden of constantly changing and modifying your promotional campaign due to low traffic returns, the following steps may help you with that.a. Realize the need for keywords on your website. Most search engines when ranking a site in terms of its being searchable, the primary thing that they use as a gauge meter to this is how well the keywords are being searched by the engine. This means that, even if your website is not the highest in ranking but since the keywords present on it are being looked upon from time to time by the search engine, it contributes then on your ranking.b. Learn the linking strategy. Links on the site, just like keywords are equally important because they, too, contribute in the generation of the traffic on the site. Building links to most prominent site directories like Yahoo Directory and Dmoz can help your site achieve the best promotion.c. You may want to explore, too, the traditional way to advertise your site. You may opt at distributing flyers or brochures to people with your website address or URL embe

and are only pretending they don't."

"What did you think of that?"

"I didn't like it at all."

"How did that gringa make you feel?"

"Terrible and degraded," her eyes began watering ever so slightly.

We spoke some more and exchanged names and background information. That's something I love about this culture. You establish relationships by talking about things that are important.

My wife walked up and the three of us talked. This woman said something to me that I've never forgotten. I have to say, the last three sentences this woman uttered before she had to catch her bus were,

“Why won’t these Americans learn Spanish?”

“Why won’t these Americans associate with us?”

"What's wrong with us?"

That's when my eyes began to water a bit. This poor dear wrongly concluded there must be something wrong with "Us" that caused the gringos to,

Refuse to learn Spanish.

Not associate with the Mexicans.

I've got to tell you that this single event and conversation I had with this young, fresh college graduate student has been the single most important impetus for my writing over the past four years. When I've felt down, have felt like quitting the writing gig, when the harsh and vulgar emails (some with threats) come from the nutty gringos who detest what I write, it is this small and seemingly insignificant conversation with this woman that I turn to in my memory and get recharged.

This is a cultural problem, one that I am convinced few gringos realize exists. Maybe I should even call it a cultural violation, offense, a collision that few monolingual gringos have any inkling they are committing.

The logic here is inescapable. You can never, in your wildest imagination, figure out how to be a part of someone's life with whom you cannot or will not communicate. If you will not or cannot communicate with someone in the language of the country in which you choose to live, then no matter how many bilingual locals you claim to have as pals, "Oh yes, they are my close friends," what you are doing is depending entirely upon those bilingual locals when you have to interface with the community which does not speak your language.

When you can't tell your painter, roofer, gardener, contractor, or maid what you want and have to call all those "Mexican friends who speak Eng

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