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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: 21
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21 can be the other name of "Blackjack" - a card game bringing either volcanic fortune or seismic loss in the Las Vegas casinos; a game that is not simply a gambling, but a tool for the talented ones who deserve to be initiated into the art of "card counting". But 21 can also stand for the exciting age of 21 - the stage of l... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Poets
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There had to be something more spiritual than the everyday struggle for bread, and meat, and clothes, and the growing of vegetables, and the preparation of pickles and jams for the winter, I guessed. There had to be something more than my parents used to do. And this is how I discovered the poets of my town. I have been fasc... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: My grandparents raised me
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"At home, we don't put salt on the tomatoes", it slipped out of my mouth. "And what is here, if not home?", my mother was slicing the bread, and basically she was right to ask the question. "It is a home, but in Buckovets is a home also". For sure. After living for years with my grandparents and beloved uncle and spending sp... More..

Law & Legal Information > Lawyers & Legal Advice Where to find bilingual legal help
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Speaking to a lawyer in their native language can be less intimidating for many expats and immigrants, and the direct contact between client and lawyer could lessen the chance of distorting the information. Creating a clear picture of the circumstances and taking the right decision should be the most important thing in legal... More..

Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages How parrots influenced European culture during the Middle Ages
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European fascination with parrots dates back from ancient times. Brought from India by Alexander the Great and his followers, the exotic bird with strong peak who could imitate the human speech was admired, observed and studied, but also served as a dish in Ancient Rome. Not later, though. If there was a happy time to be a p... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Learning to drive
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As a daughter of a professional driver, I have been always restrained from obtaining my own license. "Once you are behind the wheel, the law will always be against you", my father used to say. And I wouldn't bother to tease the law and learn to drive. Besides, I had my feet and the public transportation to take me wherever I... More..

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Losing weight
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I wouldn't mind to be examined by a male gynecologist, and I don't even want a female nurse to serve as a chaperon. "One should never be ashamed of a doctor", my mother would say, referring to a great-grandma who died tragically because she was ashamed to show her doctor a malignant tumor on a "shameful" place. But my heart ... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Slumdog Millionaire
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How do people learn? How do children acquire the knowledge and skills to progress in the real world? In his book "My Universities", the Russian/Soviet author Maxim Gorky doesn't hesitate to equal the value of the real life experience to this of a higher education. In the movie "Slumdog Millionaire", the director Danny Boyle ... More..

Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Amores perros
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Love in the film "Amores Perros" (in the official English translation "Love's a Bitch") is not saccharine and not bearing the sweet pinkness of the valentine hearts. The director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu doesn't spare us anything of his revelation, that whoever we love and whenever we love, something is being sacrificed a... More..

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