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maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 12 Mar 13

In my life time there was Czechoslovakia. It split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Prague is lots more popular than Bratislava. Yugoslavia split up into Slovenia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Macedonia. Russia...

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mgzg11 Talking about Yugoslavia, you forget Croatia and Montenegro. Not that I'm a type of person who likes to correct others, but I'm from Croatia, so... Anyway, reasons for splitting countries are various. Sometimes historical, political, religious, linguistic or...

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maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 7 Mar 13

Some people wonder why I didn't go to India on my trip around the world. I was aged 20 to 21 years old and I was in the years of being newbie traveler. I was visiting places suitable for someone with limited traveling experience...

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mgzg11 To start traveling and getting some experience in that field, I assume, the best thing will be to start discovering your own country. Especially if you live in huge countries like USA or Canada. Then, next step should be traveling to some countries that have...

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Porcospino @Porcospino (31366) • Denmark 25 Feb 13

If a foreigner approached you and asked you to recommend some of the interesting but less wellknown places in your country which places would you mention? Which places in your country could be intesting to visit if you want to...

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mgzg11 It's not always easy to recommend places to visit, for simple reason that different people have different interests. You can't recommend rock festival or beach party to older people, or walk in mountains to city people without experience. Still, to answer...

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jaggubro @jaggubro (4) 24 Feb 13

Can anyone know my friends how we create a free website on internet

free website create on internet

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mgzg11 As others mentioned before, easiest way is to use some of the blog platforms. If you want something more serious and unique, than you should try some of the free website builders. I will suggest "weebly.com" as one of the best free sites. You can make quite...

24 Feb 13

Always smiling @allknowing (136369) • India 23 Feb 13

US is known as the big brother. Everything is big there. Coke is served in huge glasses. The Pizzas are gigantic in size. I had visited their vegetable market and was astonished to see that even vegetables are huge in size. I even...

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mgzg11 THX pergammano for your kind comment. And you are so right about GMO and other modes of manipulation of nature (deliberate once like chem-trails, or just byproducts of our civilization). It's surely is depressing, but we should read about it, since only way...

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Always smiling @allknowing (136369) • India 23 Feb 13

US is known as the big brother. Everything is big there. Coke is served in huge glasses. The Pizzas are gigantic in size. I had visited their vegetable market and was astonished to see that even vegetables are huge in size. I even...

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mgzg11 I had worked on cruise ship restaurants in US, and yes you are right, they eat a lot. It's the part of culture, since not long ago (less than 200 years ago) it was mostly agricultural country, and people who work hard (physically) need to eat more than people...

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maximax8 @maximax8 (31046) • United Kingdom 23 Feb 13

We usually fly in planes then travel around a region. This May and June we will be traveling by train all the way from England to Ukraine seeing a few different places in Eastern Europe. I have booked return train tickets from...

eastern europe

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mgzg11 Europe is not so big as Asia, America(s), or Africa (from where I recently return), so it's quite OK to use trains and buses for traveling around. Personally, I prefer trains over buses, since trains although are slower, are more comfortable meaning of...

24 Feb 13

ARIES1973 @ARIES1973 (11426) • Legaspi, Philippines 23 Feb 13

I often encounter questions if we could actually earn from facebook. Today as I do my usual routine with my PTC site, I came across this site called fansnack. The member of this site will be paid for liking facebook pages. I...

fansnack

liking facebook pages

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mgzg11 I just registered, but somehow I'n not too optimistic about it. It seems that money we "receive" for likes is too much for such a simple action. Anyway, we'll see what will happen. If you want some background info on owner, you can visit this site:...

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debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 4 May 12

http://www.mikenew.com/index.html Michael J. New, kicked out of the Army for not obeying orders; he was told to put on a UN uniform and refused. Another I told you so?

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mgzg11 UN missions are basically non fighting missions. They supposed to serve as peacekeepers and buffer zone between sides in conflict. I know a few things about it, since we had them deployed in my own country, and in neighborhood. As for their effectiveness on...

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whiteheather39 @whiteheather39 (24403) • United States 25 Mar 12

WASHINGTON - Declaring that "if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon," President Barack Obama chose a highly personal way to join the heated national debate over the death of Trayvon Martin, the black teenager shot to death by a...

racially instigating wh remarks

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mgzg11 Question from uninformed outsider; is Obama really black? As far as I know, he was born and raised in white community, and didn't have much contact with his father. In fact, some prominent black leaders call him "Oreo" (black outside, white inside). Now, I...

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gurujee @gurujee (216) • India 25 Mar 12

Honey will be as sweet as it is now even if it is known by any other name. We are not born with any name. Funny, the name we are given long after we are born cling to us long after we are gone. One may be great or small but one...

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mgzg11 Names are given by parents, so we can't really influence them. But names are sometimes reflection of social and cultural surrounding in which people are living. More educated and liberal people, tend to give more "unusual" names to their kids. On the other...

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ur4mae @ur4mae (217) • Philippines 17 Mar 12

Do you still prefer to buy books or just download ebooks? I still keep my very favorite paperbacks but I started selling the rest. I've been downloading ebooks. I find it more convenient and less clutter at home. :)

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mgzg11 I like paper books, maybe it's just habit or tradition, but paper books are "real" objects. E-books have certain advantages, such as less space needed for keeping them, they are easier to carry, but downside is that electronic devices need batteries and have...

18 Mar 12

cutepenguin @cutepenguin (6431) • Canada 17 Mar 12

When did it become important to your kids what brand name their clothes were from? I only have one child and he is still a toddler so he doesn't really care what he wears so long as I get it on him quickly so that he can go and...

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mgzg11 How kids can know about designer clothes? Only if someone in their surrounding tell them about it. And with small kids, it's usually parents. So, if their kids some day complain about clothes they wear, it's parents fault. Even though commercials and mass...

18 Mar 12

yolanda_yvette777 @yolanda_yvette777 (60) • United States 17 Mar 12

Men in earrings, I know it's prevelant nowadays, but there's still something about it that just makes me wonder Why(?) would a man, young or old and anything in between want to wear earrings and the real kicker for me is when I...

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mgzg11 @ shebacs You are right about this one, but it wasn't only pirates, but sailors in general. Since in the past, there was no international bank accounts, people must have something of a value with them for such cases.

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yolanda_yvette777 @yolanda_yvette777 (60) • United States 17 Mar 12

Men in earrings, I know it's prevelant nowadays, but there's still something about it that just makes me wonder Why(?) would a man, young or old and anything in between want to wear earrings and the real kicker for me is when I...

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mgzg11 There is a time and place for everything. So does it for man body decorations as well. It'll be strange to see police officer or teacher to wear earrings or piercings while at duty, but in their free time, it should be their choice. In some cultures, such...

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tessah @tessah (6617) • United States 17 Mar 12

all of you.. celebrating this day, wearin o`the green, pretending yer irish getting drunk and gorging yerselves on corned beef, do you even know what it is yer celebrating? do you even realize WHY patrick was made a saint? for the...

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mgzg11 Hitler is not a saint, but surely he got his followers today, and for them, he's not far from it. Maybe some day in 1000 years or so, he will become one, who knows. Fact is that history is being written by winners, and that doesn't take in consideration the...

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scheng1 @scheng1 (24649) • Singapore 16 Mar 12

Some people are always implying bad motives on the part of others who are doing good deeds. When they see people donating a lot of money, they assume that those people want to show off their riches. When they read that an...

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mgzg11 Maybe people tend to judge others based on themselves. We are living in materialistic, consumer world, where any act of generosity is accepted as strange, because most of the people don't care about no one, but themselves.

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aubrey @averygirl72 (37845) • Philippines 16 Mar 12

Honestly, I grew up in a very religious family. If I compare my family to my 2 neighbors, we are the very religious one. I see some of my neighbors just attend catholic mass but do not join any organization there. Unlike us, we...

religiosity in life

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mgzg11 Religion is private thing that every person should decide for itself how or if it going to include it in it's life. Institutional religion is not necessary, since we all have spirituality within us. Any person could be devoted to God, without participating in...

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debrakcarey @debrakcarey (19887) • United States 13 Mar 12

'There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters.” Daniel Webster “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the...

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mgzg11 I agree with you in most parts here. But bankers are part of capitalism, especially in developed countries where, they become most important part of economy. That's should be the reason for state to serve as controlling mechanism, and control this "poisonous"...

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