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Au Pair

Posted by Hellas in Tuesday, July 28th 2009   
Topics: Uncategorized    Tags: au pair, Europe, family, USA
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aupair 300x186 Au PairAu Pair is employment arrangement that is becoming more and more popular not only in United State and Europe but across the world. Basically aupair is a deal where young persons (man or woman) are staying in foreign country as family member of family where they stay. They act as a family member, helping the locals as it’s their own family by caring for children and helping the household. In return guest person (Au Paire) is receiving a family member status and experience another nation and culture. In Europe every au pair must sign standard au pair contract with family where they stay.

Au Pairs can not be treated as slaves, they are not required to use a uniform, and in fact they must be equal to any other member of the family. They are involved in family activities, trips and celebrations.
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Is this Atlantis?

Posted by Hellas in Tuesday, June 30th 2009   
Topics: Other, Uncategorized    Tags: atlantic ocean, atlantis, google earth
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Is this myth really true? Is Atlantis found or this is some strange geological formation?
Some guy using Google earth has found this near Canary Islands in Atlantic Ocean.
Formation is 165×122 km wide. Check it out.

More about Atlantis myth you can find on this wikipedia article.

Tufa Towers, Mono Lake

Posted by Hellas in Saturday, June 27th 2009   
Topics: Surface formations    Tags: monolake, tufa towers, USA
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tufatowers 300x77 Tufa Towers, Mono Lake

Tufa also callen Sinter is Calcium Carbonate CaCO3 deposit in the form of soft, porous calcite rock. It is usual in water with high concentration of dissolved Calcium Carbonate. However some hard volcanic rocks are also sometimes called Tufa.

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Statue of Decebalus

Posted by Hellas in Saturday, May 23rd 2009   
Topics: Attractions    Tags: dacia, Danube, decebalus, dragan fecit, Romania, romans, Serbia, statue, tabula traiana
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Statue of Decebalus is the tallest sculpture in Europe which is carved in rock. 40 meters high statue is located at Danube rocky coast near the town Orşova in Romania. Decebalus was Dacian King who was famous for fighting three wars against Roman empire. He ruled the Dacians from 87 to 106 AD. At the end he killed himself, not allowing Romans to capture him alive.

Sculpture is idea by the Iosif Constantin Drăgan – Romanian historian. Building began in 1994 and finished in 2004. They needed a 12 sculptors and over 1 million dollars to finish it. …click here to read more

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