Yes, I know a lot of you aren’t interested. But five more teams got into the World Cup over the past six hours, and I did a big post on the circumstances over at the “Countdown to SA 2010” blog. Which can be seen over on the right side of this page. Or, you can […]

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We turn on the tap here, we get hot and cold running water. Fresh water. Since it’s been through the salination plant, that is. Practically the entire water supply for the United Arab Emirates (of which Abu Dhabi is the biggest, most populous and wealthiest) comes from the seawater of the Gulf. It is a […]

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