4 Historical Myths About Sex

1. Restraint Of Victorian Age People

Myth

I bet you’ve read a lot of historical ‘facts’ about Victorian Age and its restraint. For example, that showing an ankle was unacceptable for a woman. There is a legend that Queen Victoria gave her daughter an advice before her wedding night with her husband. She told her to lay on the back and think about England. There is a joke about Victorian Age sex, like even if two people decided to have sex, they would have to deal with so many layers of clothes that the whole act wasn’t worth bothering.

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Will Obama Be Re-elected?

“Who is going to win the elections this November?” I think most of us do not even ask this question, because most of us think the answer is pretty obvious. As the answer to the question “Will Obama be re-elected?”

I can assure you, the situation for example  in Russia is pretty similar. And Putin did get re-elected. It looked like Medvedev was a temporary replacement. People say: it is the illusion of choice, because well, do people actually have it?

Of course Russia and America are very different and it is not right comparing them like this. But still.

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Private Photos of Prince Harry Were Published by TMZ

The participants of the party where the Prince Harry was present aim to sell the private photo of the Prince to the media agencies as reported by BBC website. The BBC public relations consultant Max Clifford claims that two women applied to the agency with the request to buy the photos from them independently of each other. But Max Clifford refused to purchase these photos. He admitted that the reason for his firm “no” was the active participation of the prince in welfare work and his military service in the British army.

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Starting business in Thailand

Thailand is a wonderful place to stay and live. Some westerners who lost hope of finding a good job over there decide to start their own businesses. Well, it is quite difficult as Thailand is the country of absolutely different culture and traditions. So starting your own business in Thailand first of all you should get acquainted with its laws and regulations. As the rule foreigners arriving in Thailand do not speak Thai, have no idea of specific aspects of local market and sector they are going to invest in. So these aspects are extremely important. At the same time if you are a good specialist in a sphere it doesn’t mean you would succeed in Thailand. Well, I’m not trying to discourage you. My aim is to warn you. It is wonderful to travel around Thailand. But it has nothing in common with reality of living there and doing business.

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The Largest Advertising Constructions in the World

It seems that advertising becomes bigger and bigger every day not only in terms of its popularity but in terms of the size itself. In order to attract the attention of consumers advertising companies make promo constructions nearly the size of the Moon. These giant constructions are interesting not only due to their size but to the creative approach as well. Every major company is eager to occupy the leading position on the market by creating some vivid and unforgettable advertising product.

Probably, the biggest advertising in the world was grown by the promo agency Betfair.com to greet the tourists on the Football European Championship 2008. It took four months to grow an inscription “No. 1 in football and still growing” which is made of wheat, cotton and flowers and occupies the square which is equal to fifty football fields.

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Twitter – Efficient News Platform

The development of technology provides us with new means of sharing news and staying in touch. Twitter which was originally developed as a version of popular social networks has soon become a popular and powerful news resource. There is no need to watch news blocks on TV or read newspapers any more if you are sitting in Twitter. However, this method of getting informed has both its advantages and disadvantages.

Twitter can provide you with news as fast as can be imagined as the users post information practically the same instant the event is happening. Though twits usually do not contain the full account of the events it may be viewed as an effective alert system by the news reporters.

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Celebrities And Politics: What Do They Have In Common?

Celebs have everything a mere mortal can dream of: fame, money, love of the public, success… but apparently, modern celebrities are to be noticed on the political arena every now and then. What do they do it for? More money? Power? Appreciation? Or maybe it is all about popularity? Remember Madonna and her criticism of McCain’s political strategy? Or George Clooney who was the most devoted supporter of Barack Obama? Moreover, celebs’ political activity sometimes spreads far beyond criticism or support and they join the ranks of politics.

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How we face problems

We all face problems from time to time, especially in relationship with the others. And our reaction on such problems can be different. But the scientists say, there are only 3 types of it:

1) fight 2) passivity, and 3) flight.

1) Fight is the most natural and the healthiest reaction. The body and mind doesn’t stand psychosomatic damage. The gotten strike is transformed into a retaliatory response. But such an act may result some negative consequences. A man can enter a circle of constant aggression. And finally he’ll meet someone who is stronger than him and who crushes him.

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7 Ways to Run into Debt

The personal financial consultants and analysts often ask their clients the same question about how did an average person run into such a huge debt. One of the specialist who preferred his name to remain unpublished tells about a number of ways to incur an enormous debt in a short time. We hope that this information concerning the danger to go on the hook will help you to organize your family or personal budget wisely to avoid this complicated situation.

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Online Writing Competitions

The writing competitions existed long before there appeared the online ones and usually were quite long as the work of the authors were sent via mail. The jury though consisted of the well-known and respectful writers. The winner was lucky to be accepted to the writers society and the way to the great literature became open for him. The vast amount of the present-day contests are held by the amateurs and the skills of the competitors don’t always exceed the ones of the jury. But there are still some annual competitions that provide a real free pass to the literature Olympus for the talented authors. There are many experienced writers participating n these contests as well as the gifted beginners who present their first works.

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