According to Daily Mirror , British athletes have been warned not to shake their rivals' hands at the London Olympics in case they catch a bug

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Engelbert Humperdinck…
What a legend! What an unforgettable voice from the 70-s.
And what a radical new direction of the brains behind the UK entry — Humperdinck will be representing Great Britain for 2012 Eurovision Song Contest :)

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Friday night, Head Chef and Owner, Martial Simonneau sat down with me in his Cafe Brigantina. We talked about food, his plans for the future and then I tried and reviewed several items from his menu. Please take a look at the video:

Trains stations are much more central to the life of a Russian city than anyplace in America. So on my tour of Sochi's central landmarks, I included this important transport hub. Please take a look and share my video!

Greetings!!! My partners at clubstars_ru told me that I should register here and introduce myself to the community. Please feel free to ask me any questions! I will be glad to connect with you… Also, I have attached the video of the concert and interviews with the performers from the Red Rocks Festival on Saturday.

Lately Twitter and Facebook users have been exchanging misterious pictures with each other. These pictures look ordinal at first, but if you took a closer look you could detect the terrifying faces in them.
They could just be a trick of the light… or something else…
Have a look at the two most popular and terrifying pictures.

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This footage was caught on January 25th, 2012 in Colorado where a female professional snowboarder was riding down a mountain and triggered a sizeable avalanche.

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Yesterday I saw the advertisement of The Weight Watchers programme (UK) and found it really inspiring and uplifting.

The Weight Watchers programme (WW) www.weightwatchers.co.uk/plan/index.aspx is a sort of mutual aid movement — something like well known “Alcoholics Anonymous”.

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На прошлой неделе обсуждали с Брюсом Талли тот факт что уже 2012 год, а Сочи абсолютно не готов к приему иностранных туристов и вообще людей говорящих на английском!
Совместно с ним, мы решили создавать еженедельный видео-журнал для иностранных туристов, который будет показывать город Сочи глазами англоговорящего человека! Что то вроде видеогида по основным объектам иностранного гостеприимства города!

Sochi, Russia’s Olympic city and pulsing beach resort, sits between the Black Sea and the lofty Caucasus Mountains. In this video series, American Bruce Talley explores Sochi, reviews the hotels and restaurants and chronciles events in this boomtown of mountain sports and beach living.



Part 1 of Bruce Talley’s video series on Sochi, Russia: The seaport and city center

Любимая песня Михаила Прохорова времен его юности. Действительно, красивая :)


OH, BELLADONNA
NEVER KNEW THE PAIN,
MAYBE I 'M CRAZY, MAYBE
IT 'LL DRIVE ME INSANE
THE OPEN LETTER JUST
CARELESSLY PLACED
AND YOU MOVE IN SILENCE,
THE TEA SO DELICATELY LACED.

OUT OF REACH, OUT OF TOUCH
HOW YOU 'VE LEARNED TO HATE SO MUCH.
OUT REACH, OUT OF TOUCH
HOW YOU 'VE LEARNED TO HATE SO MUCH.

CAME FROM PASSION,
AND YOU, GAVE IT A NAME,
THE FINGERS ARE POISONED
LIKE NEEDLESS IN THE DRIVIN' RAIN
SO SMILE DISCREETLY AS YOU
WATCH WITH SUCH GRACE.
NO I MUST SLIP AWAY,BUT
CAN YOU FORGET MY FACE.

Небольшое отступление на родимом :-)

Сегодня нашел интересную статью от Брюса Талли суть в том, что до сих пор нет точного определения как называть жителей Сочи. На его взгляд, очень хорошо звучит слово Sochisider — я вот такое слышу впервые))) По моему прикольно!
Мне кажется он предлагает разумную штуку!

А Вы как думаете?

Оригинал статьи тут

It is not often that a city gets a chance to pick the name that the English-speaking world uses to reference its residents. In most cases it happened a long time ago: Londoners, Parisians, Muscovites, Los Angelenos, Glaswegians have been identified in those ways for a very long time. Liverpudlians, for residents of Liverpool, is a colorful example and there are other names that have an interesting historical connection. For instance, people from the state of Ohio are called Buckeyes, those from Indiana are Hoosiers and if you are from North Carolina, you are a Tar Heel. It is clear that there are a lot of names for people from different cities, states, regions and countries. What is not clear is what people from Sochi should be called in English. The three most obvious choices are Sochiites, Sochians or Sochiers. The problem is that none of these sound good in English. Sochi ends in a hard e sound, which is fairly unusual for cities in the English-speaking world. One notable exception is Sydney, Australia. That problem is solved in Sydney by use of the term Sydneysider to describe its residents. Those from Sydney were originally called this in the 19th Century because they were from the Sydney side (as opposed to the Yarra side) of the colony of New South Wales.

I write about Sochi and it is uncomfortable to use Sochiite, Sochian or Sochier. So, when I write, I usually refer to people here as «residents of Sochi» or «those living in Sochi». However, an Olympic city, a city of mountains and beaches and parks and Formula 1 and World Cup matches, a city that is the largest construction site in the world deserves to have a suitable and comfortable appellation for its residents. A few weeks ago, I was thinking about people living here and without awareness began to think of them as Sochisiders. As I thought about it, I realized this was a really good solution.

I have asked really a lot of native English speakers what they think of this solution and the answer has been unanimously favorable. So, I have begun to use the term Sochisiders. It sounds pleasant. It makes literal sense. If you are from Sochi, you are on the Sochi side (i.e. of the mountains or of the sea) and there is an association with another beautiful Olympic city, Sydney. Are we merely copying Sydney here? No, there are other examples (such as Merseysiders) and anyway there is not copyright on the term — sider.

So, Sochisiders, watch as the term catches on!

Bruce Talley — A Global Citizen Living and Investing in Russia & Abkhazia.

This Wednesday we had a holiday meeting of the English speaking club. It was decided to start earlier then usually, to have some more time to celebrate & communicate.
We had a festive table with tea, different sweet-stuff, tangerines & champagne. And surely all of us got a present: it was a visit of our new american friend David.



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Песне уже «за тридцать», а слушать по-прежнему приятно :)

Новый год для англоговорящих немыслим без песни «Auld Lang Syne». Как пробило двенадцать, начинают хором петь…

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