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No Smoking in Lebanon- bad news for non-smokers who enjoy 'smoke-friendly' Beirut

Published August 21st, 2011 - 10:29 GMT

The no-smoking ban in Beirut bodes badly for those who smoke only when in Beirut; A flight of fancy in advertising logo swapping to play with your default memory; What links the dead baby in Gaza to the bus shootings of Eilat? Trending tweets are anti-tweets and not 'liking' but hating; And a visual look at your genes.
The smoking ban in Lebanon is good news for non-smokers who have to work in smoke-friendly environments.
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This is Beirut [2]
Indoor smoking and tobacco advertising banned in Lebanon!
What will the smoking tourists do? That is to say members of the general touristic public who never smoke in their home-lands but smoke while holidaying in Lebanon because they can- everywhere. "Ok so I know I’m a bit late to break this piece of news..but..indoor smoking and tobacco advertising have finally been banned in Lebanon!"
A Separate State of Mind [3]
When Companies Swap Logos
Try confusing or mingling McDonald's with Burger King: It makes your mind play tricks on you, as you instinctively see the original logo that your mind associates with the template or frame, from its own forged imprint of the logo etched into your memory bank. "After all the seriousness of my previous few posts, which I’m sure bored a lot of you, it’s time to post something fun. And I recently ran across this and found it to be quite interesting. " Pepsi and Coca-Cola....
Sixteen Minutes to Palestine [4]
“Oops”
"A friend of mine asked a good question. “What did this baby have to do with the shootings at Eilat?” (Warning: link leads to graphic image)."
GN54 [5]
The more you hate it, the more popular it gets
'Trending' topics are those most 'bashed' or hated, apparently. Less liking and more hating: "Perfect example today on Twitter (disclaimer: not a racist post). A trending topic called #WordsAfricansMispronounce. I was expecting to see some actual words Africans mispronounce, out of curiosity."
And Far and Away [6]
A Study in Genetics
"After I saw this collection of “Genetic Portraits” by Ulric Collette, I became really curious about the resemblances in my own family."
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Links:
[1] http://www.albawaba.com
[2] http://thisisbeirut.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/indoor-smoking-and-tobacco-advertising-banned-in-lebanon/
[3] http://stateofmind13.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/when-companies-swap-logos/
[4] http://smpalestine.com/2011/08/19/oops/
[5] http://gn54.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/the-more-you-hate-it-the-more-popular-it-gets/
[6] http://www.andfaraway.net/blog/2011/08/21/a-study-in-genetics/