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Female Army medic faces Iraq sex assault allegations as MoD probes 33 new claims of torture by British troops (Daily Mail) The nurse – the first British female soldier to face abuse claims by Iraqi detainees – is alleged to have assaulted a prisoner at a British military base in Iraq.

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Iraq – Female Army medic faces Iraq sex assault allegations as MoD probes 33 new claims of torture by British troops (Daily Mail)

Well, it appears to be official…The Dunaway Restaurant, which is located on Marcy Street alongside Strawbery Banke (and was recently sold), has been repainted and all its old signs have been removed.  This leads me to believe that The Dunaway has officially been done away with.  I’m still waiting for word on what might reside in the building going forward….right now it looks to be a new restaurant with an anticipated opening date of Spring 2010, see the old website here .

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The Dunaway has been Done Away With

Jump to the full entry & travel map Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania, United States We are having a wonderful stay here in Western Pennsylvania! We decided to make the long 6-hr drive across the state all in one sitting on Friday night. We’ve booked three nights here at Candlewood Suites. And, in fact, due to a changed schedule, it’s both possible and advantageous for us to stay here an additional two nights, so that gives us five nights here in this suite.

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Our favoritest hotel chain ever! — Pittsburgh, PA, Pennsylvania, United States

Maya let me sleep in this morning until 6:15 am, so I feel very well rested today.  I decided to make use of the early morning start to make waffles using my pancake recipe .  I thought I was being a good wife/mother.  I was pretty proud of myself actually.  That was until Maya walked in to the kitchen and told me she wanted cereal and milk and not waffles.  Naturally, had I not made waffles she would have wanted them.  I was pretty annoyed.  So was she.  We exchanged words and they weren’t pretty.  I “removed myself from the situation” and went for a run.  When I came back things weren’t much better but I was determined to soldier on.  I’d actually planned an activity for a change and come hell or high water we were going to follow through.  So we got all dolled up and headed out to the Borders’ Fancy Nancy event.  I think I was more excited than Maya.  When I got on the 405 I was even more excited because the new carpool lane extension was finally open!  My excitement was short-lived, however, thanks to this guy.  It never ceases to amaze me when people drive in the carpool lane at 60 miles an hour. Fancy Nancy was a success!  We listened to 3 stories, we had snacks, we did arts and crafts.  But when the raffle winner was announced things turned ugly.  A bunch of little girls in fancy outfits stormed out in protest.  We were included in the mass exodus.  We headed to my mom’s place for lunch.  After several assurances by her that she was still reading my blog (thanks Mom) we ate some good food.  Probably one of the best meals I had all week.  Somehow I didn’t inherit her cooking abilities.  Such a shame

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Fancy Nancy

Jump to the full entry & travel map Siem Reap, Cambodia The earliest start yet – up at 3.15 to catch bus to the airport for my flight to Siem Reap in Cambodia to visit the temples at Angkor Wat. Very kindly my friend and her husband gave me a lift to the bus station but as it turned out we could all have had an extra 2 hours in bed as Air Asia, one of the no frills airlines here, had changed the flight time without letting us know.

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Not another ruined temple! — Siem Reap, Cambodia

To shift away from food for a second, Friday night we headed down to Pilsen on the Lower West Side of Chicago for an art show.  It was a pretty unique experience- many galleries were opened up to display artwork, as well as artist studios, apartments, and lofts.  Food and drink were offered as well.  There was even a DJ at one place. From there we walked west towards a Mexican restaurant called “Nuevo Leon” (East Pilsen is known for its artists, as you head west there is more of a Mexican/Latino culture).  The restaurant was cheap, authentic, and delicious (and a BYOB establishment, which I like).  I got nachos to start, which were basically individual chips loaded with refried beans, ground beef, melted cheese, sour cream and guacamole.  For an entree I got chicken enchiladas with mole sauce; also incredible.  The price: a grand total of $8.  Pretty good deal.  I forgot to take a picture of the food, but I added a picture of the remnants, and a mural inside the restaurant.  After that we headed up to Lincoln Park to a bar called Rocks.  Cool place, would go back again.  The El ride back up north wasn’t too pleasant, as usual, but all in all, good food, good entertainment, and good company. Oh and also, the Edzo’s tally: up to 2 now (garlic fries- good chocie)

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pilsen art show; nuevo leon; rocks bar

Self made it! She made it to the City! Her car held together (though self had to keep an eagle eye on the temperature gauge)! And she even got there a little early, and found parking right on Mission! Since it was early, self wandered over to Miss Saigon across the street from the Center (She’s getting to be quite a regular here!), and just as she was seating herself, carefully facing the door, someone called to her from the next table, and it turned out to be Lucy Burns, who was having lunch with Alleluia! Lucy Burns, who teaches at UCLA! Who had come up expressly to introduce Merlinda! And it’s a good thing self ran into them, because just as self started telling them how lucky she was to find free parking right on the street, Lucy told self that she had better put coins in the meter, there was no such thing as free parking anywhere on the Mission . Self kept insisting, “But it’s a Saturday!” And then Alleluia said Lucy was right, so self ran back and checked and — yup, she did have to put coins in! Eeeek! Anyhoo, on to the reading. Self found it quite a fascinating experience, as Merlinda has such a deep, rich voice

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Merlinda Bobis at the Bayanihan Community Center

Tunisia: Country Aims at Disseminating Good Practices in Food Security A news conference was held on Wednesday in Tunis by Maghreb Farmers’ Union (UMAGRI) chairman and the chairman of the Tunisian Farming and Fisheries Union Mr. Mabrouk el Bahri, on the Mag-Trace “Food Security and Traceability in Maghreb Countries” project

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North Africa – Tunisia: Country Aims at Disseminating Good Practices in Food Security

Jump to the full entry & travel map Lhasa, Tibet, China Sunday 8th November, Alighting the train in the cool thin air we were herded out of the very modern station by the military guards and into the car park area where our guide met us waving the only sign we saw with names on it , ours of course. Our guide is a lovely young Tibettan lady named Meema and in greeting us she placed a traditional white silk scarf over our shoulders and welcomed us to Tibet. That was such a special gesture as I know Buddhists offer the scarves when visiting temples.

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Would you like a Chaperone, YES is the only answer — Lhasa, Tibet, China

Jump to the full entry & travel map Golmud, Qinghai, China Saturday 7th November. Bleary eyed we saw that our Chinese men had left and we had the cabin to ourselves and since the stewards did not replace their upper bunks’ sheeting we presumed we were in the cabin to Lhasa on our own. Yay! We had our instant porridge (WA Australian oats the pack says) and coffee and were happily content to watch the scenery from the train windows.

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2 Days to Tibet, over the roof of the World — Golmud, Qinghai, China

Suicide bombing at checkpoint kills 11, wounds 25 in northwestern Pakistan city of Peshawar (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more

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Jump to the full entry & travel map Hat Head, New South Wales, Australia NOVEMBER 12 2009 HAT HEAD /SOUTHWEST ROCKS via CORINDI BEACH, COFFS HARBOUR, SAWTELL, NAMBUCCA HEADS Mileage 6454kms Hungry Camp $0; Hat Head CP $22.50 pn Weather: Fine and sunny 25! This coast is really beautiful and on this gorgeous sunny day it is hard to believe that huge rainfall early this week caused serious flooding of rivers and creeks in the area; the floods affected most towns and people were still cleaning up.

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HEAVENLY HAT HEAD AND SOUTH WEST ROCKS — Hat Head, New South Wales, Australia

Jump to the full entry & travel map Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Today started off great! Mainly because I got to sleep in till 10!! wooo! Then we left for the Karkloof Canopy Tours which is a bunch of zip-lines through the forest. It was so much fun! We went in groups of 8 and with 2 or 3 guides. The tour consisted of 8 different lines and even though it was rainy it was still so much fun! the rain was more of a drizzle anyways and just made it misty and foggy and mystical almost

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Me Tarzan, you Jane — Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Jump to the full entry & travel map Cartagena, Colombia Ahoy there! Well after a pretty rediculous amount of travelling I am finally in South America having arrived in to Cartagena in Columbia late last night – sweet! The past week or so has been a bit of a mission so am very happy to be here now. Having left Manangua in Nicaragua at some stage this week I took a 9 hour bus ride to San Jose in Costa Rica and spent 1 night there literally eating and sleeping before travelling straight for 18 hours the following day to get to Panama City

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Make it stop… — Cartagena, Colombia

Cambodia not expel more Thai diplomats : spokesman (The Nation – Thailand’s English news) Cambodia does not intend to expel more Thailand diplomats, an government official said here on Friday. Boatload of Afghans detained in eastern Indonesia (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News) Indonesian officials say they have intercepted a boat with 61 Afghan asylum seekers

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Southeast Asia – Cambodia not expel more Thai diplomats : spokesman (The Nation – Thailand’s English news)

DUBAI — Bombardier appears to be closing in on a new ultra long-range business jet to rival Gulfstream’s G650 and replace the company’s Global Express XRS . The new clean-sheet project, says one source familiar with the program, is code named the M170. Bombardier declined to comment if the M170 was, in fact, the company’s new ultra long-range business jet, however the a recent increase in listings in support of a non-descriptive “M170 program” have begun appearing on Canadian job websites.

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What is the Bombardier M170?

Russia’s Putin wins approval for gas pipeline to EU (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News) * Russia’s Putin gets Slovenia to sign up to South Stream Medvedev sees 2010 end to Russia’s WTO talks (Malaysian Mirror) MOSCOW -Russian President Dmitry Medvedev hopes to conclude negotiations on Russia joining the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2010, he

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Russian News Monitor – Russia’s Putin wins approval for gas pipeline to EU (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

Beijing courtyard residents bid farewell to coal heaters – Investors Business DailyBEIJING, Nov 14, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — Another 80,000 households in the ancient courtyards in downtown Beijing have bid farewell to coal heating this winter, a power company said Saturday. The households in the historic and cultural sites have Area Retail Manager

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Kurbrunnenstraße 9 67098 Bad Dürkheim If you find yourself wanting to get away from the hustle and bustle of a popular tourist city such as Heidelberg, you may want to consider taking a daytrip to the small, quaint city of Bad Dürkheim.  Here, you will find various shops and the occasional event to attend.  Of course, you can also enjoy some delightful German cuisine in this wonderful traditional town. The ambiance at Le Café is absolutely magnificent.  On a beautiful day, you could sit outside and enjoy the weather behind the restaurant where there are quite a few tables available.  Otherwise, you can relax in the glowing warmth of the café.  The interior is ornamented beautifully with various paintings, decorations, and flowers.  Clean, smooth wooden tables await your company.  Some tables even have blue sofa seating, adding to the level of comfort inside.

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Le Café: Das Dürkheimer Kaffeehaus (Updated Review)

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