Song: Be not afraid

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. - Henry James Hope this song helps you lighten your day! More songs:Give it to me baby We wish you a Merry Christm...

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'I am all over this'

'I am all over this' có nghĩa là gì?  ‘I am all over this’ là một thành ngữ và nó có nghĩa là ai đó có toàn quyền và chịu trách nhiệm về mọi việc. Nó thường được viết tắt dưới dạng ‘all over it’. ‘I am all over the construction of the new website, leave it with me.’ Một câu có nghĩa tương tự là ‘I am on it’, có nghĩa là tôi đang làm việc đó hay tôi chịu trách nhiệm. A. ‘How are the plans for the upcoming sandcastle building competition?’ B. ‘I am on it, don’t worry.’ ‘I am over it’ còn có nghĩa hơi khác nữa, nó có nghĩa là ai đó đã bỏ qua được những ký ức hay tình huống xấu sau lưnng. I am over last year, and I am focussing solely on the year ahead.’ Song: I'm All Over It lyrics by Jamie Cullum. Hello innocence Though...

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The four things that doom relationships

Author: John Gottman  John has studied thousands of couples and show Four things came up again and again that indicated a relationship was headed for trouble. He call them "The Four Horsemen Of The Relationship Apocalypse" #1: Criticism Criticism is staging the problem in a relationship as a character flaw in a partner. The Masters did the opposite: they point a finger at themselves and they really have a very gentle way of starting up the discussion, minimizing the problem and talking about what they feel and what they need. #2: Defensiveness The second horseman was defensiveness which is a natural reaction to being criticized. It takes two forms: counterattacking or acting like an innocent victim and whining. Again, the Masters...

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Waiting for the Barbarians : The Ethics Of Torture, Explored In A Painful Fable by J.M. Coetzee

Waiting for the Barbarians was written in 1980, during the apartheid regime in South Africa. But what it says about torture remains true today. If the state wants to stand up to barbarity, it cannot  The book begins in an unnamed empire. An old magistrate spends his days adjudicating small cases in a border outpost and his nights stargazing in the open fields. His quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of Colonel Joll, who has been sent from the capital with news that a rebellion is brewing among barbarian tribes. He is here to investigate and there are already a couple of suspects in custody. At first, the magistrate is cooperative. He talks to the prisoners, urges them to tell the truth. But they show signs of torture and one...

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