| Rami Almeghari: A Cheerless Labor Day in Gaza
Riyad Hammad gathers materials to burn in his family's stove as he cannot afford gas or electricity. Forty-eight-year-old Riyad Hammad from the Maghazi Refugee Camp in central Gaza woke up on Friday morning whilst his wife sat before a wood-burning stove. He headed for a nearby store, not to buy cookies, or anything else, but rather to bring some used papers and pieces of carton outside the store's front door to his waiting wife. Since being cut off of work following the outbreak of the intifada in 2000 and the imposition of Israeli closures, Riyad has been collecting torn-apart carton packing material and used papers in order to save a few shekels due his inability to afford gas and electricity. In their 120 square meter, two-storey house that Riyad constructed twenty years ago, a small traditional Palestinian stove -- of the years prior to the displacement by Israel of Palestinians in 1948 -- lies in a small rubbish-filled room.
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They just decided to issue a joint press statement on why they aren't together.
“After much consideration and discussion, we have jointly decided that we will forego having a legal ceremony as it is not necessary to define our relationship further. While the recent symbolic union in Bora Bora was representative of our deep love, friendship and respect that we have for one another on a spiritual level, we have decided to remain friends."
On top of it all, I heard somebody is thinking about selling the video of the broken couple for the grand sum of $1 million and has been offered about $50,000. Nobody will pay a mill for that, but maybe he can get a pair of Volkswagsons out of the deal.
Exposure to light can help travelers avoid jet lag
Q . Any suggestions on how to minimize jet lag when traveling either east or west? A . I must admit, when I called one of the nation's leading authorities on sleep and its many enemies, Cornell professor James Maas, I didn't expect to hear some breaking news from the world of jet lag. And it's not as if the best-selling author of the 1998 book "Power Sleep" retracted any of his previous tips on avoiding travel's greatest malady. It's still important to "limit the alcohol, make sure you don't get dehydrated, wear loose clothing, walk up and down the aisle several times during the flight and avoid red-eye flights," Maas reiterated. When flying west, you should still try to absorb some afternoon sun upon arrival even if your biological clock is telling you it's nighttime.
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