Archive for December 29th, 2004

JIB Awards – Finalizing the Categories

I would like to thank all of you once again for your insightful and helpful comments regarding the categories. Your willingness to discuss this earnestly has made it relatively easy to amend and adapt the categories based on your suggestions.
 
I aim to have the categories finalized by tomorrow at the latest, so the nominations process [...]

Feelgood Story of the Day

Comes via the Khaleej Times:

A pair of Israeli newlyweds described Wednesday how a Palestinian couple came to their rescue during Thailand’s tidal wave disaster, paying for them to fly back home after they had lost all their cash.
 
Yossi and Inbar Gross from Kiryat Gat, an Israeli town close to Tel Aviv, and Samy and Sally [...]

Incredible Eyewitness Account from Sri Lanka

Lisa has posted an incredible account from her friend Delian, in which she describes how she and her husband Ran survived the Tsunami.
 
Reproduced below.

This is the first chance I have had to either call or email. As you can imagine, it is/has been quite traumatic and chaotic here right now. It has been for days. [...]

Dead Pool

Have you submitted your roster for the 2005 Dead Pool? If not, do so now, and tell Laurence that Israellycool referred you.
 
You have until tomorrow to submit a roster.

‘Tis the Season to be Jolie

AP are running the following photo and caption:

Hollywood actress and UN goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie and her four-year-old adopted son Maddox, left, during a visit to the Children’s Cancer Center at the American Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004. Jolie spent Christmas in Beirut to visit Palestinian living in refugee camps.

I am sure [...]

Tsunami Update

The death toll has climbed to above 58,000 (Ha’aretz and JPost report it is as high as 70,000). Whatever the exact number, there is no question that this is a huge tragedy.
 
However, out of such a tragedy comes the potential for humanity’s shining hour, with people from all around the globe reaching into their pockets to [...]

Does Mahmud Smile?

Mahmud attempts his Jedi mind trick to make the crowds move away – does Mahmud smile?
 
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Answer: No
 
 

 
(AFP)