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1. Do Not Interfere In Others’ Business Unless Asked:
Most of us create our own problems by interfering too often in others’ affairs. We do so because somehow we have convinced ourselves that our way is the best way, our logic is the perfect logic and those who do not conform to our thinking must be criticized and steered to the right direction, our direction. This thinking denies the existence of individuality and consequently the existence of God.. God has created each one of us in a unique way. No two human beings can think or act in exactly the same way. All men or women act the way they do because God within them prompts them that way. Mind your own business and you will keep your peace.
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Деловое письмо.

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Mark H. Teeter  15/05/2009

Is beauty only skin deep? If so, this shallowness projects remarkable force, as English and Russian popular wisdom has long affirmed: Christopher Marlowe told us that a pretty face could "launch a thousand ships," as Helen's did at Troy, while the Soviet film "Vesna" decreed two generations ago that "Beauty is a terrible power."

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 Myths and Truths about Russia
As seen as on http://www.waytorussia.net

New: on President Putin, Privatization, and Khodorkovsky...

Sometimes we hear and see so many striking, odd and new things about Russia on TV or in newspapers or from the people we meet, that I think I'm missing something! Really, it turns out I live at such a dangerous place flooded with mafiosi, catastrophes, bombings happening all the time, with deadly cold winters, demolished economy, depressed people that I'm really surprised I'm still alive and living here. The point is that all those things about Russia are either not true or very much exaggerated.

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 Великобритания — это государство «Британия» или «Великобритания» означает определенное место на земном шаре (скорее несколько таких мест), но не государство. Словом «Британия» обозначаются Уэльс, Шотландия и Англия, а кроме этого есть Британские острова, где находится Северная Ирландия и Республика Ирландия (не знал, что их две!). Чаще всего Англией называют именно всю эту группу «субгосударств» без Ирландии. Англичане обычно добавляют к этому слову «Британская», то есть «Британская Англия» (British England). Северная Ирландия является частью образования под названием «United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland», которое устанавливает различие между частью Ирландии под управлением Англии (с 1972 года) и Республикой Ирландия, имеющей собственное правительство.

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Америка – это страна, которая дает такую почву для создания ее стереотипного восприятия, какую вряд ли дают все страны мира вместе взятые. Отобрав десяток из них, я решил попытаться их деконструировать.

Стереотип 1. «В Америке нет вкусной еды – вся еда синтетическая. Все американцы питаются фаст-фудом и постоянно посещают закусочные Макдональдс».

Абсолютная неправда. Америка – страна процветающего ресторанного бизнеса, и практически в каждом американском городе вы найдете весь географический спектр ресторанов – от украинской кухни до тайской. Равно, как и найдете рестораны разной ценовой политики. Но, если в большинстве стран разбежка в ценах ресторанных меню может достигать коэффициента 3.0, а то и 7.0 (в дешевом ресторане бифштекс стоит 5 условных единиц, а в соседнем, дорогом, 5х3=15 у.е.), то в Америке этот коэффициент в абсолютном большинстве ресторанов вряд ли превысит 1.5.

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 Verne, Jules (1828-1905), French author, the father of science fiction.

He  was born in Nantes, France, and ran away to sea at the age of 11.

Verne studied law in Paris, and from 1848 until 1863 wrote opera librettos and plays

In 1850 he wrote a comedy in verse.

Jules Verne  visited the United States in 1867

 

Laying a carefully documented scientific foundation for his fantastic adventure stories,

he forecast with remarkable accuracy many scientific achievements of the 20th century.

He anticipated flights into outer space, submarines, helicopters, air conditioning,

guided missiles, and motion pictures long before they were developed.

The best-known book ( the best english -mp3 ) is :   20,000 Leagues Under the Sea   ,was written in 1873. 

Verne rode a wave of 19th-century interest in science and invention to enormous popular favor. 

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Three-Word Phrases, can be tools to help develop every relationship. 

There are many things that you can do to strengthen your relationships. Often the most effective thing you can do involves saying just three words. When spoken sincerely, these statements often have the power to develop new friendships, deepen old ones and even bring healing to relationships that have soured.

The following three-word phrases can be tools to help develop every relationship.

~    Let me help:
Good friends see a need and then try to fill it. When they see a hurt they do what they can to heal it. Without being asked, they jump in and help out.

~  I understand you:
People become closer and enjoy each other more when the other person accepts and understands them. Letting your spouse know - in so many  little ways - that you understand them, is one of the most powerful tools for healing your relationship. And this can apply to any relationship.

~  I respect you:
Respect is another way of showing love. Respect demonstrates that another person is a true equal.  If you talk to your children as if they were adults you will strengthen the bonds and become closer friends.  This applies to all interpersonal relationships.

~  I miss you:
Perhaps more marriages could be saved and strengthened if couples simply and sincerely said to each other “I miss you.”  This powerful affirmation tells partners they are wanted, needed, desired and loved.  Consider how important you would feel, if you received an unexpected phone call from your spouse in the middle of your workday, just to say “I miss you.”

~  Maybe you’re right:
This phrase is very effective in diffusing an argument.  The implication when you say “maybe you’re right” is the humility of admitting, “maybe  I’m wrong”.  Let’s face it.  When you have an argument with someone,  all you normally do is solidify the other person’s point of view. They, or you, will not likely change their position and you run the risk of seriously damaging the relationship between you.  Saying “maybe you’re right” can open the door to explore the subject more.  You may then have the opportunity to express your view in a way that is understandable to the other person. 

~ Please forgive me:
Many broken relationships could be restored and healed if people would admit their mistakes and ask for forgiveness. All of us are vulnerable to faults, foibles and failures. A man should never be ashamed to own up that he has been in the wrong, which is saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

~  I thank you:
Gratitude is an exquisite form of courtesy. People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don’t take daily courtesies for granted. They are quick to thank their friends for their many expressions of kindness. On the other hand, people whose circle of  friends is severely constricted often do not have the attitude of gratitude.

~  Count on me:
A friend is one who walks in when others walk out. Loyalty is an essential ingredient for true friendship.  It is the emotional glue that bonds people. Those that are rich in their relationships tend to be steady and true friends. When troubles come, a good friend is there indicating “you can count on me.”

~   I’ll be there:
If you have ever had to call a friend in the middle of the night, to take a sick child to hospital, or when your car has broken down some miles from home, you will know how good it feels to hear the phrase “I’ll be there.” Being there for another person is the greatest gift we can give. When we are truly present for other people, important things happen to them and us.  We are renewed in love and friendship. We are restored emotionally and spiritually. Being there is at the very core of civility.

~  Go for it:
We are all unique individuals. Don’t try to get your friends to conform to your ideals.  Support them in pursuing their interests, no matter how far out they seem to you.  God has given everyone dreams, dreams that are unique to that person only. Support and encourage your friends to follow their dreams.  Tell them to “go for it.”

 

~  I love you:
Perhaps the most important three words that you can say. Telling someone that you truly love them satisfies a person’s deepest emotional needs. The need to belong, to feel appreciated and to be wanted. Your spouse,  your children, your friends and you, all need to hear those three little words: “I love you.”  Love is a choice.  You can love even when the feeling  is gone. (c)

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Top 25 by circulation

http://www.usatoday.com/ - USA Today
http://europe.wsj.com/home-page - The Wall Street Journal
http://www.nytimes.com/ - The New York Times
http://www.latimes.com/ - Los Angeles Times
http://www.chicagotribune.com/ - Chicago Tribune
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ - The Washington Post
http://www.nydailynews.com/index.html - New York Daily News
http://www.nypost.com/ - New York Post
http://www.denverpost.com/ - The Denver Post
http://www.dallasnews.com/ - The Dallas Morning News
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/ - The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.chron.com/ - Houston Chronicle
http://www.freep.com/ - The Detroit News / Detroit Free Press
http://www.startribune.com/ - Star Tribune
http://www.nj.com/starledger/ - The Star-Ledger
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ - The Boston Globe
http://www.azcentral.com/ - The Arizona Republic
http://www.ajc.com/ - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
http://www.newsday.com/ - Newsday
http://www.plaindealer.com/ - The Plain Dealer
http://www.sfgate.com/ - San Francisco Chronicle
http://tampabay.com/ - St. Petersburg Times
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/ - The Seattle Times / Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://www.stltoday.com/ - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.jsonline.com/ - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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