Russian woman Daria Penionzhkevich moved to Texas from the Moscow region. In the first person, a mother of two children tells the site "Our Texas" about the work of pediatricians in the United States. “The fact that medical supervision of children in the United States and Russia is very different ...
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The Internet is filled with stories of those who use the airbnb service, renting a place for themselves in different parts of the world, but I'm going to tell you about how I rent an apartment through airbnb - ...
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I sat down the other day to reread my posts from a year ago about my first impressions when I just arrived in New York. When I was reading, I had tears of affection from ...
The victory of US Republican candidate Donald Trump in the US presidential election did not come as a surprise to me, but, like many, gave rise to a sense of anxiety about the steps of the future president. However, both external and internal ...
America is very big. Each state has its own unique nature, laws and history. It is difficult to talk about the common pros and cons for all parts of the United States, but I found 5 points that, according to my observations, are common to ...
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"Dancing" at Babi Yar
75 years have passed since the tragedy at Babi Yar. Today, many Ukrainian and Jewish organizations around the world celebrate this date. They celebrate it in different ways... There is no other, more significant place in the world that symbolizes human tragedy - first of all, the tragedy of the Jewish people. In Kiev...
Shimon Peres: Death of a Dreamer
The departure of a political long-liver, 93-year-old Shimon Peres, is in some ways the end of an era for Israel. The era of the founding fathers of the Jewish State. A native of the Western Belarusian village of Vishnevo, the future ninth president of Israel began his journey as a “Komsomol member of Zionism” on the eve of World War II, rising through the ranks...
Walk through New York: the luxury of the city
The number of New York attractions exceeds 1000 items, from world-famous ones like the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building to exclusive ones like “The Best Food in Brooklyn” and “The Most Exquisite Antique Shops of the Upper East Side.” Of course, a visit to New York cannot be without...
How in the USA service dogs are prepared and donated for free
I live in California and work as an electrical engineer for a large firm. In addition, I also volunteer for a charity called Canine Companions for Independence, abbreviated as CCI, which translates to “Assistance Dogs for Independence.” This organization breeds, raises and trains...
Viewpoint: Quiet United Russia Elections
The results of the parliamentary elections in Russia can be summed up in one sentence: United Russia won the United Russia elections. The other was simply not given. The ruling party, whose ideology mainly consists in full support of the course of Vladimir Putin, gained more than 54% with an unexpectedly high ...
Amazing New York Apartments
I don’t want to remind the obvious, but nevertheless, we note that in New York anything is possible. Today we will not talk about restaurants and their cuisines, and not about theaters and their repertoires, or even about museums and galleries with their endless variety ...
Personal experience. How to cheaply cure your teeth in the USA
Everyone who moves to a country with expensive medicine must undergo an examination before departure, treat chronic diseases and have their teeth repaired. I believe this rule should appear on the first page of all guidebooks for immigrants. Anyway, I personally ...
From the first person. How does American parenting differ from ours?
In each society, the upbringing of the younger generation has its own specifics. We, parents, do not hesitate to bring up children in the same way as our mothers and fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers did. However, as soon as you move to another country, you begin to understand the difference in approach. Here ...
Dream trip to Alaska: whales, bears and ... dolls
I am a photographer from West Palm Beach, Florida. At the age of 12, my dad gave me a Zenit and away we go! First for myself, then for friends and finally professionally. I live through photography, I want to convey life through my works and capture the best...
Personal experience: I work as a cashier at Walmart
I am an employee of a huge corporation with several million employees. It is one of the five largest US companies. Like Apple, like Microsoft. This is Walmart. I work here in Indiana as a cashier. I work and watch you, the customers. For those who like to communicate ...
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