MANILA - At least 1,000 troops have been rushed to the southern Philippines to escort food aid shipments and protect residents after a major upsurge of Muslim separatist violence, the military said Friday.
Experts advise against major changes despite a challenged economy
Experts advise against major changes despite a challenged economy
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Tainted Chinese rice to be recalled - English
The farm ministry has instructed wholesale distributor Mikasa Foods Co. to recall pesticide-tainted imported Chinese rice it had sold and will ask manufacturers that bought the grain to recall their food products.
Another Pinay Worker in Dubai Arrives Home Dead | Bulatlat
Another overseas Filipino worker in Dubai came home dead last August 19. Her employer and recruitment agency claimed that Evelyn Milo, 24, committed suicide.
Evelyn Milo or Ebang to her family and friends went to Dubai in October 2005 to work as a sales clerk. She came back to the Philippines to visit her family after more than two years, on February 15, 2008. evelyn milo, mysterious deaths
After a week though, she returned to Dubai to work again. Her aunt Anita Milo Macalintal recalled what Evelyn said before she left, “Dito sa Pilipinas, mahirap lalo na pag walang trabaho.” (Life here in the Philippines is hard, especially if you do not have a job.)
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Fukuda to resign, seeing Diet deadlock on key bills - English
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda announced Monday that he will resign, citing anticipated difficulty in passing key bills in the divided Diet.
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This is actually really good. Dig the violin player. Cool, mellow and I don’t know what the words mean but I like it.
Check out this site if you thnk this is good….wow…View the latest and newest Chinese music videos here
Ayurvedic medicines often contaminated by toxic metals, study says - Los Angeles Times
Ayurvedic medicines — herbal mixtures dating back thousands of years in India and increasingly popular in the West — are frequently contaminated with lead, mercury or arsenic, according to a study published today.A fifth of the nearly 200 concoctions tested contained levels of the toxic metals that, if taken at the maximum recommended doses, would surpass California’s safety guidelines.
Dr. Robert Saper, a Boston University professor of family medicine who led the study, said the findings should spur the Food and Drug Administration to start clamping down on the largely unregulated world of pills, herbs and powders classified as dietary supplements.
Guadalajara Reporter - US Marshals seek fugitive with ties to Lakeside/Guadalajara
Paul Herman Clouston, 73, has grey hair, blue eyes, stands six feet tall, and weighs about 170 pounds. He is wanted by the U.S. Marshals for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution and by the Virgina State Police for failing to register as a sex offender. He’s also wanted by the Virginia Division of Probation and Parole for alleged violations of his parole on a conviction for the armed sexual assault of a child.
Elaine Chao shares childhood memories with netizens
“President (George W.) Bush brought his father to Beijing, so I brought my father too,” she said in a lighter vein.
Elaine Chao, the first Chinese American, and also the first Asian-American woman in the US cabinet, is a popular figure in China.
asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Internet scamsters fail to report 500 million yen income - English
Japan: At least 15 individuals and businesses failed to declare more than 500 million yen, and tax authorities ordered most of the perpetrators to pay penalties in addition to taxes due because they attempted to hide their wrongdoing, sources said.
New Glasses anyone? When I saw the $ 8 Zenni Optical Rx Eyeglassesad I was intrigued.
I get a new pair of glasses every year or so. I know where I’m going for my prescription glasses from now on.
For the same price that I paid at our local Costco, I can get two or three pairs of glasses at Zenni Optical. In fact, there are glasses in their online shop that start at a cost effective $8.00 and even the most expensive pure titanium frames barely top 40 dollars.
Not only that, I can see that the online shop offers any style or material preference or mixture of materials for my prescription glasses. Organized in easily accessible 23 categories, my favorite in the Acetate and Mixed Materials category is frame 4421, a clunky black frame (Imagine Bill Clinton with his sunglasses back in the glory days) that I like to use with a sun film. At $19.00 for the glasses and $4.95 for the sun film I’ll be “stylin” in the sun soon.
Anyway, it’s not often that I can say that I see a web site that seems to be so well designed around a product credo that says it all: “We take great pride in delivering a quality product at an incredibly low price.”
Not only do these folks offer a wide range of product selection, they have a guarantee and also provide on site information and advice. For example, they have a great web section on the web site that is entitled “General Information” with a menu including information on frames, how to read your prescription and other helpful instructions. This is what they have to say in the “about us:” Using the latest modern materials, manufacturing and marketing systems we bring our product direct from our factories to you. No middlemen, no retail overhead, and practically no advertising budget,(we leave it to you, our satisfied customers to spread the word), we do not pay for or sell expensive, or even inexpensive, brand names, but only our own manufactured brand ZENNI.
Eyeglasses are definitely a personal fashion and style item, and to that end we strive to provide a fashionable and stylish product. More importantly, we feel prescription eyeglasses are a health item necessity for most wearers, and to that end we take considerable pride in being able to bring to all a very high quality product of great durability, safety and comfort at truly reasonable and affordable prices.
Need glasses? Check them out, you will be glad you did.
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