Gardenias In Beirut by Amy E. The Lebanese are proud of their compatriot Amanda Saab on MasterChef. She is also a Seattleite, and as a fellow Seattleite, I am also proud! Originally posted on A Separate State of Mind A Lebanese Blog. Meet the awesome Amanda Saab. Originally Lebanese and born in Michigan, when Amanda Saab does not cook.

Words and Pictures from the Middle East. Then the gas ran out. Sometimes you just have to laugh at the absurdity of things, I often did, or as they say; you just cry.

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Welcome into the worlds of L. Writing, reading, becoming an author. My friend, Liz Coley, author of Pretty Girl-13. The first in a series about a girl investigating the mysterious and deadly new flu being spread by dogs.

I want to give you four wonderful pillars for motivation, four main themes to underpin a healthy sense of drive and inspiration. The first main pillar of motivation is to gain recognition from peers. When soldiers in wartime give up their lives during combat, why do they do it? Is it because of patriotism, a belief in the cause they are fighting for, or a fear of court martial if they do otherwise? The second pillar of motivation is recognition from respected experts or authorities.