The creation of beauty; Megan Fox….
That does it. My search into the world of blogging clients did not yield much. Of the free software I tried – although it pains me to say it – Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer is the best of what’s available. It has a bundle of useful options, a clean and nice user interface, a very simple and intuitive setup procedure, a good WYSIWIG and photo editor, and some very useful plug-ins that can be added.
In Summa, it works, it is efficient, it is easy, and it is free.
Although the best advice I got might have been Rita’s who advised me to migrate away from blogger; I think I’m going to stick around for a while to see how it goes…
This is a momentous event for the Lebanese Maronite Church and indeed for whole of the Catholic Church and will be celebrated in a big ceremony on the 31st of October 2010 by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.
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May Chidiac |
As’ad does it again. Excellent article about the annoying and repulsive cultural traits of Lebanon and the Lebanese. Full article can be found here.
ما النائبان إيلي كيروز وستريدا جعجع فقد أوردا إنجازاتهما النيابيّة في رسالة إلى «الأخبار» وفيها: «وطالما أن السيد كارلوس سليم يزور لبنان، فمن المفيد التذكير بأن النائبين جعجع وكيروز قصدا المكسيك خصيصاً، حيث اجتمعا به طويلاً، وطرحا عليه صراحةً المساهمة في دعم المشاريع الإنمائية والسياحية في منطقة بشري». أي إن محاولة «الشحادة» من كارلوس سليم أصبحت ترد في السير الذاتيّة لنواب مسخ الوطن. وذكرت بعض الصحف أن زيارة سليم كانت بمبادرة من البطريرك الماروني الذي أراد أن يُقنعه (على ما قرأنا) بإمكان شراء أراضي المسيحيّين حتى لا تقع في أيدي المسلمين (لا أستطيع الجزم بصحّة الخبر مع أن توجّهاته لا تختلف عن أفكار من دعا في 2005 إلى حصر تصويت المسلمين بالمرشحين المسلمين وحصر تصويت المسيحيّين بالمرشحين المسيحيّين). لكن سليم خيّب آمالهم إلى الآن. جاء الرجل من أجل كأس من العرق وليعرّف أحفاده على قبر جدّهم فظنّت ستريدا أن فرج القوّات آت، وظنّ أمين الجميّل أن مال سليم سيعيد مجد الكتائب اللبنانيّة (التي لم تكن يوماً في خدمة لبنان مع أنها أدت خدمات جليّة لإسرائيل)، وظنّ البطريرك أن سليم سيشتري مجداً إضافيّاً للبنان.
I’ve been trying to find a usable desktop blogging client as blogger’s interface really annoys the hell out of me. I’ve had the Scribefire extension installed ever since I made the switch to Firefox a few years ago – it was called Performancing at the time – yet don’t really like it.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
This post is being reluctantly written using Microsoft’s Live Writer while waiting for the download of Thingamablog to complete.
Help! Anyone?
Edit: This is why you should read instructions first; Thingamablog is a standalone application and does not work with blogger!
hey dionysos, without going into too much detail, a few quick facts about potable/irrigation water in lebanon:-
- the main water source supplying the majority of beirut and mount lebanon with potable water is located in an area which is being dangerously polluted by leaking petrol station tanks which are impacting the aquifer
- raw sewage is used for irrigation is many agricultural areas (i am personally aware of certain areas in the bekaa)
- nitrate values in agricultural production (such as potatoes) in lebanon is so high that the producers are being banned from exporting these to OECD countries
- industrial chemicals (i have personally witnessed arsenic, mercury and lead) are being disposed of inside irrigation water channels by small industries (such a leather treating and dieing industries, etc) in many villages in lebanon. the same water is directly being channeled to agricultural lands and used for irrigation
- don't get me started on insecticides/herbicides!
it would be interesting to know whether organic production farms in lebanon are using biologically and chemically clean water for irrigation/preparation
Water Resources Quality
As described earlier, water quality is affected by anthropogenic activities. Major sources of pollution are related to raw sewage discharge, industrial wastewater, uncontrolled solid waste disposal, leaching of chemicals from dump sites and agricultural land and salt water intrusion are the major source of water quality degradation. Seventy percent of all sampled water sources in Lebanon are affected by bacterial contamination. The discharge of domestic and industrial affluent into wells polluted major groundwater aquifers in the country.
Domestic Sector
- Quality of distributed water usually deteriorates during distribution as a result of cross contamination from unsafe piping, rusting conduits and other defects in the network.
- No operational waste water treatment facilities are developed in the country.
- Waste water networks are either damaged or undersized sewer over flow and discharge into rivers and streams is a common occurrence and has led to the contamination of drinking water sources
- Widespread pollution is significant in the major coastal country zones
Agriculture Sector
- Excessive use of fertilizers and unregulated application of pesticides leads to contamination of both surface and ground waters
- Untreated waste water is frequently used in irrigation in the Bekaa and as a result a number of out breaks of waterborne diseases have been reported.
Industrial Sector
- Industries produce approximately 100 500 tons of solid waste and about 35 MCM of wastewater effluents with an estimated BOD load of 5000 tons each year.
- These wastes are discharged into various water courses without any prior treatment and seep through the highly fractured bedrock into the ground water.
Lol... U deceived me! It wasn't coherent. How did u link extra borojo et che pas koi avec organic food? Kel rapport?
About is organic food in lebanon certified or not... check coz there's a bunch of criteria that producers should match in order to promote as organic (gotta friend currently going through the process for that type of business). Believe it or not it's very regulated in leb.
the water contamination leb suffers from is a universal environmental concern all over the planet. I expected you to try proving that regular food is as nutritious as organic food and not harmful (neither for the body nor the environment)...
"Moral relativism is the idea that the authority of moral norms is relative to time and place"
"Norms are rules that indicate which actions are required, prohibited, permitted, discouraged, and encouraged"
"Moral norms cover matters of importance in peoples' lives, where they are faced with distinguishing right from wrong. Moral norms are directed at promoting good and avoiding evil, at encouraging virtue and discouraging vice, at avoiding harm to others and promoting their wellbeing or welfare."