American Idol tryouts in Puerto Rico

American Idol will hold auditions for its new season in San Juan, Puerto Rico and seven other cities. This is only the second time that it has gone outside the continental United States. The other place was in Hawaii.

The auditions are open to men and women ages 16 to 28 as of July 15 who are eligible to work in the United States. All the info can be found at AmericanIdol.com.

So, if you think you can sing or you just want to make a fool of yourself, go on ahead and try out! :)

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Yoga event stretches across US-Mexico border fence

"A few dozen yoga aficionados rolled out their mats Sunday on both sides of the wall between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. The international group stretched and meditated together before exchanging hugs through the fence bars.
The session was organized by the Border Meetup Group, which promotes cross-border understanding by staging social events on the divided beach."

Well, this is quite an interesting thing to do. I guess I had never thought of it, but whatever works!

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Mexico City, a Cultural Guide

Here is an article from the Wall Street Journal.

"David Lida first visited Mexico City in 1987 as a tourist and moved there in 1990 to work as a freelance journalist. He has now written a fast-paced account of daily life in a city that defines description: "First Stop in the New World: Mexico City, The Capital of the 21st Century."

I just thought it was interesting because I have been to Mexico City a few times. Mostly through the airport, but I have been able to drive around for a bit twice. It definitely has a reputation of being overcrowded, polluted, and full of crime, so this should be an interesting inside look of a foreigner going in and telling his story.

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Skin and Bones

The boy should eat something and the girl looks better than me and I didn't even have 2 babies




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Mexico applauds US decision to clear some of its tomatoes in salmonella outbreak

"The U.S. has cleared tomatoes in 28 of 31 Mexican states from suspicion in a recent salmonella outbreak, a move that drew praise from Mexican officials Saturday.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now appears to be narrowing its investigation into the outbreak, which has sickened more than 550 people, to some counties in Florida and three Mexican states: Jalisco, Coahuila and Sinaloa."

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