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04.23.08Stars without makeupI found a gallery of photos of several glamorous stars shown with and without makeup. Some of the images are scary because the contrast between makeup vs. no makeup is HUGE. It really makes you think about what is beauty and what is not. After seeing these stars without makeup, I had to ask myself why we buy into this fake image. All we are doing is creating a lie that no one can live up to without the help of talented professionals. Go here to see for yourself. But, you can't say I didn't warn you that some of ...
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04.03.08Expat women surveyI, recently, participated in an online survey for expat women living in Europe. A nice article in response to the results of this survey is over at Expatica. You can read it here. A quick take on the results are in this quote from Expatica: In a survey of more than 200 women living abroad, 74 percent said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their lives while only 12 percent said they weren’t. Foreign women living in Switzerland, France and Belgium ranked the highest in satisfaction levels while those in Spain and Germany polled the lowest. Most expat women who took ...
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03.10.08The price of a smileSaturday was a warm Spring like day in Neuchâtel. We spent the day walking around the blue lake and busy streets of this beautiful city. Music from street players drifted into one street and out the other as people walked slowly enjoying the sun. Turning a corner we were stopped by a small crowd of people gathered around a man dressed like one of Robin Hood's merry men. In English, with an accent that matched my own, and then in French he explained that the price of a balloon was a smile. If a child had an especially ...
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02.19.08The power of the Internet during this presidential campaign...Is incredibly important. It isn't only the mainstream media that presidential candidates have to worry about. Youtube and blogs have thrown some new hurdles into the race. I think it is interesting that Internauts are grabbing hold during this campaign and creating a new way to "get the message out". Check out the videos below. First, John McCain is ridiculed by song and just recently Barack Obama is nailed to the wall. Before you watch the next two videos understand that I do not in any way condone taking snippets of what someone says and using it to your benefit. ...
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10.21.07All a bunch of clownsWe were in La Chaux-de-fonds this Saturday. On our walk from the train station to the Carrefour we passed these signs. A poster of Christoph Blocher, current Swiss Minister of Justice, and member of UDC party (Swiss People's Party). Someone has spray painted a red clown nose and Hitler black mustache with a swastika by his tie and FACHO written over the Swiss flag. Another poster on the same road just a few feet from the one above. I think the person who did this is saying the Socialist party is full of a bunch of clowns. Currently, ...
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10.09.07Peter Answers TutorialHere is an online tutorial for peteranswers.com. I had posted a couple days ago about how Angel and her friends were playing this at school and how it had her spooked and embarrased. It is kinda funny now because this prank is so easy to do. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TkHJsaapok]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Peter Answers Tutorial", url: "http://myfrenchwindow.com/peter-answers-tutorial/" });
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10.06.07Breast cancer awarenessHere are some facts on cancer: Breast Cancer Facts (Source: American Cancer Society) Approximately one in eight women will develop breast cancer in their life and one in 33 have a chance of dying. One woman is diagnosed with breast cancer ever three minutes and one will die every 13 minutes in the U.S. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer among women in the U.S. at one in three cancer cases diagnosed. Approximately 178,480 new cases of breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women during 2007. In 2007, 40,910 women are expected to die from breast cancer in the U.S.There are ...
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09.19.07Chris Jordan photographyLast night I watched an Arte program, États-Unis, la richesse à crédit. The subtitle "Le pays le plus riche de la planète est aussi le plus endetté." (The richest country in the world is, also, in the greatest debt.) No surprise for me. Not after working in American banking for seven years. One of my customers made around fifteen thousand dollars a month. He, also, had a low credit score. How is that possible? He had trouble keeping up with the ...
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09.14.07English is tough stuffEveryone says English is easy to learn compared to other languages. I think perhaps it may be true in speaking small sentences. However, there are many words that must be pronounced a certain way and it isn't always easy to figure out which way that is. So, I think someone that is not completely bilingual in English would have some problems getting through this poem. Some of the words are hard for me even if my mother tongue is English. My French husband is pretty darn good in English after being married to me for over six years ...
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09.11.07Remembering 9/11I still can't go through a September the 11th without thinking about 'that day'. When I saw Fahrenheit 9/11 in Strasbourg I couldn't stop the tears from welling up in my eyes and spilling down my face. I know others saw me crying as I tried desperately to stiffel the sounds. It took me a full five minutes to get control over my emotions. I never expected to be touched so deeply by seeing that day played out again on the big screen. I wasn't prepared for the wounds of that day to be opened so easily ...
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