Howard Webb as an Austrian player
Howard Webb was the referee at the the Poland - Austrian Euro Cup match. It was a great game. Poland dominated as Austria had no attacking force, however, Austria was able to tie it up in the last minutes with the help of referee Howard Webb. Everyone saw [...]
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Russia
I am writing this a little because I feel guilty that my last two posts were about Putin’s Czardom. This was not directed at Russia, but rather Putin’s imperialism. So I will say something positive about Russia.
Russia, the land of chess champions and super models and sometimes both in one. Russia. The beautiful Russian [...]
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Russia wants to takeover part of Ukraine
Russia wants Crimea to be part of Russia not Ukraine. Why? Oil. Read my comment at the bottom, its really about oil. What does Russian say is the reason? There are many Russians that live in Ukrainian Crimea. Why is this crazy that Russia wants Crimea? Because [...]
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Why the Russians won EuroVision 2008
If you read my learn a language blog you know my world is East of the Oder river. I am very partial to the Slavic world. However, I have to say the Russian win of EuroVision 2008 was about money. Why? Ok the Russians spent 1 million Euro to develop [...]
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Learn a language with an MP3 or Software program?
I write both language learning software and high quality mp3 programs for learning language. I am a combination of artistic and techy so I can create both equally well. Both the language learning program and the mp3 program has its good sides. I am curious [...]
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Last Russian Czar
From Disney fairy-tales to impostors claiming to be a survivor of the Russian Czars family, stories have circulated about what happened to the Russian Czarist family. There was speculation that some had escaped the communist execution. However, DNA tests have confirmed that Prince Alexey and Princess Mary died with their family. [...]
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Russian Old believers
Russian Old believers are like the Amish of the Russian Orthodox church. The origin of the Old Believers goes back to the 17th century and Russian Orthodox reforms. I will not get into the details of Russian Orthodox theology and the genesis of their split. More interesting is today the [...]
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Google translate for Polish
I just noticed that Google now has translate for Polish. This is something I have been waiting for. Now you can easily translate Polish web pages into English. In the past it was only Spanish, then French, then Russian, but now Polish. You can try to read anything in [...]
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Japanese animation for learning any language
If you always wanted to read books in a foreign language and you never had the motivation because with all the struggling with the language you are trying to learn you go bored, try watching Japanese animation with subtitles in your target language. Usually these films are bright and [...]
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A Ukrainian who learned English in three months
A friend of mine from Ukraine came to the USA. He paid $1000 dollars for a three month course to learn English. He also got unlimited access to mp3 recordings of English in a language lab. He studied for 12 hours a day for 3 months. [...]
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