Новости за 31.10.2016

China is famous for its wide variety of animal life—none more so than the giant panda which has become world renowned. Zoos and wildlife parks are popular attractions so it’s well worth learning to talk in Mandarin Chinese about visiting one and speaking about the various animals you night see there. You never know you might get to see a giant panda too and have your photograph taken near one!

Eat Less. Cut your calories. Watch your portion size. Those form the foundation of conventional weight loss advice over the last 50 years. And it's been an utter disaster, perhaps only topped by the nuclear meltdown of Chernobyl. This advice is all based on a false understanding of what causes weight gain.

The following was adapted from the most read and shared post I’ve ever written, a post I wrote last year for Psychology Today.

After a 2-hour drive, Lars and I arrived in Aachen last Monday. After a bit of rest in our hotel, we went to the center of town, to have some dinner. We chose a restaurant quite close to the Aachen Cathedral, called Rose am Dom.

I can't believe it's the last day of October! It's officially still hot in Texas, so I'm posting one of my favorites, the embroidered dress. When my mom saw this outfit on me, she said it was a definite blog post! Thanks, Mom! Embroidered dresses are perfect for Summer and can transition very easily for the colder weather.

I hear them whispering behind my back. Nosy neighbors, witness to crimes unimaginable. And, now they're stirring up trouble:

"It's murder I tell you, murder most foul!"

"This killing spree began early in springtime. We saw with our own eyes how she tortured those little flowers..."

• There was Death by Dehydration. (RIP beloved Canterbury Bells.)
• Death by Shameless Neglect! (I'll never forget you, Lord Baltimore.)
• Death by Strangulation! (Who's got time to pull... Читать дальше...

Several weeks ago, I was set free. A huge report and a backlog of blogposts hung over me, so my first reaction was desperation. That was soon joined by fear and despair, which surprised me. But dependency is like that—insidious and ignored until the trap closes.
There weren’t twelve steps to recovery, just one: my computer began to self-destruct. All by itself, it filled its tired old hard drive, whirring loudly and feverishly (literally). Hours of diagnosis and treatment revealed the only cure... Читать дальше...

Yes, I'm still alive and moving forward. Coffee is ready.

All is well, some good news on my script Chase, which was optioned by two French people in Paris, producer and director. I mentioned it around 4 years, maybe 3. 

Chase is about a man who thinks he sees someone kidnap a girl on a street in L.A. He begins to follow the "kidnapper" and realizes that his memory changes the story every time. So much that he isn't sure of what he ...

The following is a reprint from seven years (and one day) ago.

It is worth a repeat here in part because it is fun to laugh at the overly but sincerely superstitious but also because it underlines why we must not allow the crazy right wing evangelicals who support Trump to create an insane theocracy in place of our democracy.

If you think this is a little bit of scare-mongering ...

It's always wise to be prepared in advance. So here am I sharing some of my favorite knit pieces that you can carry out for this fall? Style them the way you want too. Talking about my favorite way to wear them would be with a good quality black tights or dress-up with your favorite leather pants, effortless but always looks chic & make you cozy.

Women Cashmere Turtleneck Sweater Uniqlo / H&M - Cable-knit Turtleneck Sweater - Light beige melange - ...

Halloween is fast approaching, but ...

Hi everyone!!

I have a polish from the brand Pipe Dream Polish to share with you today.

Pink Elephants and Lemonade (love that name) has gold and pink glitters in an aqua jelly base.  I actually expected it to look more blue on the nail, but it leaned more to a green.  It has a pretty good formula and was opaque in three coats.

Do you celebrate Diwali by bursting crackers? Do you do so on the street? Then this is just the post for you.
Dear entitled, illiterate, rich leech,
You are quite the explosives expert and you certainly have the means to purchase expensive firecrackers and burst them in front of your family, friends, neighbours and anyone else who would like to compete with you in your little phallus measuring contest.
And just because you can afford these things, you think you are entitled to do so wherever... Читать дальше...

WOW, we got so lucky with weather!

Throughout the Fest, I was like a broken record. Memories of last year’s frigid fest were all too vivid. As a festival organizer, there are two hypotheticals that you are terrified of: no one shows up, or the weather is too bad to do any of the events you spent the last year coordinating. And, even though Fall is prime Joe’s Valley season, the desert is still unpredictable. Just the week before the Fest this year, there was a huge rain storm that caused moderate flooding. Читать дальше...

it doesn't take all that much to do something good for someone else..

------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel ------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel ------------------------------------------------------

I've been getting a lot of questions about how to get started working from home as a transcriber. So this week I sat down with veteran transcriber, Janet Shaughnessy. Not only is she making six figures as a transcriber, she wrote a course on the subject. Read on to see if transcription work is your work at home calling.

articles

Being a little less tough on yourself.

Tepat di malam Halloween, terbitlah pula post terakhir dari serial What the Hell ...oween! A Collaborative Post persembahan sinekdoks dan hzboy a.k.a. Hestia ini. Masih dengan tema orang-orang yang jauh dari society, kali ini film yang diangkat adalah tentang sekte sesat. Familiar?

Halloween is finally here, and I’m on my way to work. Over the weekend I noticed youngsters about in costume, heading to a local business that was holding, apparently, some kind of ghostly do. For me it’s just another day—Halloween isn’t an official holiday in any government’s book. Business as usual. Still, I can’t think of Halloween without recalling Nashotah House. I began, and effectively ended, my academic career at Nashotah. Idyllically located in the woods, it was a seminary that knew how to celebrate Halloween well. Читать дальше...

Crivelli et al. question the universality of at least one facial expression that has been thought to be the same across all cultures. This challenges the conclusions of classic experiments by Paul Ekman, largely unquestioned for the past 50 years, that facial expression from anger to happiness to sadness to surprise seem to be universally understood around the world, a biologically innate response to emotion. They find the fear gasping face of most cultures is taken as a threat display in a Melanesian... Читать дальше...

Happy November, everyone! Hope everyone had a great October and a very happy Halloween. Coming up in November, we have Natalie Wood as TCM’s star of the month to look forward to, as well as an excellent spotlight on documentary filmmaking. So let’s get to it and take a look at some of TCM’s scheduling highlights for November.

A few highlights of this past month as seen on Instagram which serves as my unofficial food diary and love letter to NYC. I also post quick reviews here and there. As this year is drawing to an end, it seems like the months are going by quicker. We had a brief respite from fall but it's cool now and I just hope that it stays moderate for awhile before the winter weather arrives. I'm seriously not looking forward to it. ...

The headquarters of the United Nations is a complex in New York City designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The complex has served as the official headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1952. It is located in the Turtle Bay neighbourhood of Manhattan, on spacious grounds overlooking the East River.
Deepavali, the festival of lights was celebrated in a grandeur manner across the country.  People wore new clothes, burst crackers, distributed sweets, visited relatives and received the blessings of elders. Читать дальше...