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Archive — October 2009

Travel

Becoming a Pilot to Fly an Airplane

Each of us has flown on an airplane at least once in our lives. But what is a flight on a large airliner like? Takeoff, landing, and the main flight above the clouds, when the ground is not visible…

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How to get a job in France Work

How to get a job in France

Finding a job in a foreign country is not as easy as it may seem. Even if you have extensive experience and have dealt with the strictest interviewers, that does not guarantee quick employment in a…

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Features of the Funeral Rite Everyday life

Features of the Funeral Rite

Since ancient times, the funeral rite has been accompanied by various traditions. And although many of them have been lost over time, the main meaning – to see off the deceased person with dignity…

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How to Choose a Children's Camp Properly Tourism

How to Choose a Children's Camp Properly

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How they work with children with disabilities Everyday life

How they work with children with disabilities

Every family that has a child with disabilities finds itself in a difficult situation, both materially and psychologically. Such families need support that will not offend or cause irritation.

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Toast to the homeland of port wine Country guide

Toast to the homeland of port wine

The westernmost country in Europe is more likely associated with a strong, cloudy drink of Crimean origin. But there is, there is a not too mighty but still beautiful country Portugal, and port is…

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Travel Troubles: Everything Is Solvable! Tourism

Travel Troubles: Everything Is Solvable!

Stolen money, lost passport, expired visa, room safe broken into, accidentally sent your return flight ticket flying out the window? Is your situation no better than Robinson Crusoe's on a desert…

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Integration

Irish Surrender to Brussels

Only on the second attempt were Irish voters able to overcome their distrust of European integration and support the Lisbon Treaty – the key document defining future transformations within the…

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Wine-Musical Harvest Tourism

Wine-Musical Harvest

October in Europe differs little from September. People still listen to music (festivals in Austria, Spain, France, and the Czech Republic), celebrate harvests (Hungary, Germany), drink, snack, and…

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Alcoholism hits demographics Everyday life

Alcoholism hits demographics

Russia is losing its citizens at a high rate. If over the past 15 years, starting from 1993, the country's population has decreased by 6.6 million people, then in the near future the rate of…

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American Battles of Idealists Country guide

American Battles of Idealists

Bipartisanship – «dvukhpartiinost» – is a term used in the US to describe a very complex and contradictory phenomenon. Bipartisanship is a constant and almost never-ending dispute between the two…

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Recipe for Cow Happiness Curiosities

Recipe for Cow Happiness

On an October evening, hundreds of scientists gather at Harvard University. The host announces the names of the laureates, they go up on stage and tell the audience about their research. The ceremony…

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Where were you on February 6, 1992? Immigration

Where were you on February 6, 1992?

Cases of illegal seizure of passports of Russian citizens and the number of court proceedings particularly increased in 2006, when matters of citizenship and passport registration were transferred…

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Half-Open Canada Immigration

Half-Open Canada

That Canada's immigration sector is in crisis is no secret. Moreover, it's not just about something not working properly and there being shortcomings somewhere. As 'Russian Toronto' notes, it looks…

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Reverse Passportization Immigration

Reverse Passportization

In Russia, for several years now, there has been a campaign to verify the legality of acquiring or obtaining citizenship, as a result of which thousands of people are suddenly declared…

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Paths to a Canadian Visa Immigration

Paths to a Canadian Visa

The ultimate goal of the immigration process to Canada is to obtain permanent resident status. It can be obtained by entering the country on an immigrant visa. As noted by «Русский Торонто», it is…

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How to immigrate to Canada Immigration

How to immigrate to Canada

Usually, those who immigrate to Canada come for permanent residence with the whole family at once. This makes it possible to collectively make vital decisions and jointly solve emerging problems…

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Germans take to homeopathy Health

Germans take to homeopathy

Among the compatriots of the founder of homeopathy, Samuel Hahnemann, this method of treatment is gaining increasing popularity. Germans are increasingly resorting to homeopathic remedies for colds…

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How to Pass Customs Inspection at the Airport Visas

How to Pass Customs Inspection at the Airport

Customs inspection at the airport is a necessary, though unpleasant procedure. But if you follow a few rules, the inspection will go quickly and without unnecessary complications.

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Shopping

Greece – a Shopping Destination

In Greece you can buy anything. Lovers of traditional national products (woven bags, icons, figurines of Greek soldiers, ceramic items, copies of ancient sculptures, etc.) should stroll through…

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Ways of shipping cars from abroad Auto tour

Ways of shipping cars from abroad

Nowadays, there is a highly developed business of shipping cars from abroad. As practice shows and criminal investigation reports indicate, most of these services are illegal and have a stable trend…

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Shrinking world Curiosities

Shrinking world

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Real estate

Renting an apartment class... which one to prefer?

The classification of apartments rented by the day is quite conditional, but there are still criteria for assessing the level of comfort. What should you pay attention to during preliminary…

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Those Who Did Not Make It to Germany Immigration

Those Who Did Not Make It to Germany

Sweden, which currently holds the EU presidency, once again tried to persuade the member states to deal with illegal immigration centrally. This time, according to Russkaya Germaniya, it is about a…

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