The Definite Article

Hey, I have Scottish friends here! :)

I also have friends here from:
Argentina, Ireland, the Philippines, Canada, Cambodia, Australia, France, Kenya, French Guiana, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Germany, England, Portugal, Chile, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Singapore, Cameroun, Benin, the Gambia, Samoa, Japan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Brazil, the Netherlands, Bermuda, Turkey, Mongolia, Fiji, Ethiopia . . . alright, there's probably more, but you get the point. It so cool to be surrounded by such diversity, isn't it?! I love walking across the street with a group of friends and realizing that I'm the white girl - and all my friends represent something else!

When we were in the Falklands, the ex-pat community was quite small, but all hung together. The Falkland Islanders all had their own lives and their families and friends in place and they really had no reason to include us in their social circle or even to make time to become part of ours. To a certain extent, you both are in a similar position. Plus, Israel is a country made of immigrants, so the diversity is there, too.

You where dancing? what to? he he.
So glad to hear that you get to meet all these people with probably so many different visions on realitys truth. Get a recorder and make a round of questions like:
A. What color of underwear is the most used in your country?
B. Do men listen to women where you live?
c. How do you say "shake yo booty" in your language.

Im prettu sure the list could go on but I dare not to. Glad to see you are back in action, hugs.

Hey, guys!

Okay, so let me try and answer Rahmat a bit.

I danced last night at the Opal Lounge, the watering hole of Prince William when he was at St. Andrews. I was properly attired and accompanied by two lovely Swedes, so there was no trouble at the door. We danced until three, then went home and hung out for another hour. This is fine if you're on holiday but not so good if you have to work the next day at eight (ugh!) so I'm a bit tired. Forgive my spelling errors.

Okay, I'll not have a diverse collection of folks until next Saturday; when that happens I'll ask your questions, my cousinote!

- Nathan

He who pounds salt needs no excuse to be tired!
till 3 huh? I only do something like that when the furnace is on the fritz, the water tank explodes, or a child is sick. So glad you can still have some fun and only regret it in the past tense. Ha!"I'll never grow up. I don't wanna grow old. I wanna be a boy forever."-peter, the pan. MY Potter movie awaits.
Number six was a bit splashy I think. Of course, I still loved it and read it in three sittings.
Charmed by all this nonsense!

tada, tata
papa

Good to hear from you. Your post made me think of the fact that we are searching for a preschool for Claudia, and multiculturalism/diversity is high on the list of priorities. We visited a school we liked very much, an international school where both the students and teachers come from all over the world. It was very appealing. It sounds like your apartment, except with a giant sandbox full of plastic dinosaurs and several sponge-painting easels! Although, maybe you have those things in your place, too. 8-)

Sup bro. So I was in a car in Gambia with a Swede (who sounded like she was from Idaho. Where's the accent!?) a Gambian, a Brit, a Canadian, a Ghanaian, Malian, Guniean, and a Persian. It sounds like the beginning of a joke but I haven't found the filler or the punch line yet. Besides, there are too many people in there.

Mensch - those Scandinavians have the ability to learn English better than anyone I've ever met possibly.

Yeah . . . Think Abba.

Hi, folks
For the latest study, it was
The most common diseases associated with are chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholism, and ( scarring of the liver ). Moreover, chronic viral hepatitis is common in alcoholism, and both and alcoholism cause cirrhosis which usually precedes the development of cancer. Therefore, the contributions and interrelationships of , viral hepatitis, and cirrhosis in the development of liver cancer are complex. Despite the complexity, it is important to try to understand the contributions of each disease so that patients at highest risk for liver cancer can be targeted for . Theoretically, they also might be targeted with treatments that prevent the development of liver cancer, when such treatments are developed.
A practical study published in October 2007 has extended important the latest about the homogeneity of liver cancer to chronic viral hepatitis, alcoholism, and cirrhosis. This is a manly study owing to it used the records of Swedish health registries to discern patients for inclusion in the study. The Swedish registries consist of cleverness on the entire society of Sweden. They are hefty and whole registries and dominion been in avail for multifarious age. In materiality, they posses provided a treasure of score about rife diseases.
An analysis of the Swedish data demonstrated that among patients with alcoholism slick was slightly more than a coupled accrual in the risk of liver cancer in that compared with the general human relay. This insufficient development suggests that alcoholism alone is not strongly related to the development of liver cancer. On the other hand, patients who were alcoholics but also developed cirrhosis, presumably since a settlement of their alcoholism, had a 22 - commune aggrandizement in the risk of liver cancer in that compared with the general general public. Remarkably, the development of cirrhosis in alcoholics substantially increases the risk for liver cancer.
Patients with chronic viral hepatitis had a 34 - district greater risk for liver cancer because compared with the general humans. Patients with both chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis, however, had a much greater burgeoning in the development of liver cancer - - 118 - district. ( Presumably, the cirrhosis was caused by the chronic hepatitis. ) Decidedly, the combination of chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis has a exact well-made association with the development of liver cancer. This association is much stronger than the association of the combination of alcoholism and cirrhosis with liver cancer. The stronger association with viral hepatitis than alcohol supports a greater role for the hepatitis viruses through compared with alcohol in promoting liver cancer.
What can we conclude from this study ? Primeval, the risk of liver cancer is remarkably fresh in patients with chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis. The risk also is another in patients who are alcoholic and own cirrhosis, although the risk is less. Second, if we craving to substantially prevent the development of liver cancer, we duty spot patients before they evolve cirrhosis and accordingly prevent cirrhosis. Third, existing and newer techniques for liver cancer surveillance probably should be applied to all patients with both chronic viral hepatitis and cirrhosis and possibly to patients with both alcoholism and cirrhosis. Fourth,we need to develop better techniques for liver cancer surveillance. A satisfactory solution to the problem of liver cancer in chronic viral hepatitis and alcoholism will not be quick or easy.
With all the best
Steven