US Navy crew saves five Filipino fishermen

Update: Tyhppon Basyang This article caught our eye from the US Navy's website (www.navy.mil). Thank you and more power to your crew USNS John Ericsson. USNS John Ericsson Rescues Fishermen After Typhoon Passes Philippines By Lt. Mike Morley, Commander, Task Force 73 Public Affairs SUBIC BAY, Philippines (NNS) -- Fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson's (T-AO 194) crew of civil service mariners rescued five Filipino fishermen from the South China Sea 10 miles off the coast of Luzon, Philippines, July 14. John Ericsson's crew rescued the fishermen nine hours after their boat capsized in rough seas as Typhoon Conson passed over the island of Luzon. Ericsson had sortied from Subic Bay to sea July 13 to avoid the storm and was returning to Subic Bay when Able Bodied Seaman...

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Coffee is good (and bad). Who cares!

I am a coffee lover. Nope, not the expensive kind. But I don't feel any guilt when I indulge on the 'unreasonable' cup. Many of us who travel (love to travel, emphasis on the LOVE) enjoy a cup as a way of settling down our nerves. Well, I enjoin you to read the article in this link (you might just see the coffee in a different light). http://i.lifehacker.com/5585217/what-caffeine-actually-does-to-your-br...

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