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		<title>Hotels In St. Petersburg</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 09:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Petersburg is a city with an old history offering all kinds of attractions for the tourist. The city has numerous hotels of any kinds suitable for tourists of different social rank. So if you are short of money, but still wish to visit this wonderful city, just find a three0star hotel and start your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>St. Petersburg is a city with an old history offering all kinds of attractions for the tourist. The city has numerous hotels of any kinds suitable for tourists of different social rank. So if you are short of money, but still wish to visit this wonderful city, just find a three0star hotel and start your wonderful journey in Russia from there. Here are some three-star Russia hotels, offering their services: Columb Hotel, Eurasia Hotel, Matisov Domik Hotel, Moscow Hotel, Rossiya Hotel Okhtinskaya – Victoria Hotel and many others.</p>
<p>Tip: you don’t have to stay in St Petersburg hotel at all if you visit this city on a Russian river cruise.</p>
<p>The Hotel Rossiya offers perfect low-cost accommodation and a full range of three-star hotel services. The hotel is located in the southern part of St.Petersburg. The hotel was fully renovated in 2000 and now offers not only perfect conditions for a good rest, but also a wide range of business services.The hotel offers 412 pleasantly decorated rooms. There are different types of rooms in the hotel. The hotel has a restaurant and a 24-hour bar, where tourists can try dishes of Russian and European cuisines.</p>
<p>The Matissov Domik hotel is another popular three-star hotel, which is located near the Mariinsky Theatre in the historic center of St.Petersburg. This hotel as opened in 1993 and became one of the first private small hotels in the city. The hotel offers perfectly decorated 46 rooms, where families can have a good and comfortable rest.</p>
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		<title>How To Marry A Woman From Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russian Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All over the world Russian women are considered to be amongst the most beautiful on the planet. But, it does not mean that Russian women are available only for one night stands or short term relationships, or as men&#8217;s sexual playthings. Russian women look for commitment in a man and give the same in return. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All over the world Russian women are considered to be amongst the most beautiful on the planet. But, it does not mean that Russian  women are available only for one night stands or short term relationships, or as men&#8217;s sexual playthings. Russian women look for commitment in a man and give the same in return. Here are a few simple tips to keep in mind when you are thinking of Russian dating.</p>
<p>Russia is bound by traditions and this reflects in the women there as well. Russia is an up and coming country with a sudden influx of foreigners, there is a great deal of fascination about foreigners. This rubs off on the women too.</p>
<p>Therefore, it is a very good idea for men from the west searching for a Russian bride first do a little homework and learn about Russian women, Russian life and culture, all this information is freely available on the internet. You will find Russian dating comes much very easy once your women knows you have taken interest in her country and traditions.</p>
<p>Another important little tip that will go a long way to winning your Russian bride over is to learn her name and to pronounce it correctly. You will find that   Russian women will be bowled over if you have spent just a little time to learn her name and speak it in a Russian accent. </p>
<p>At some point your Russian lady will want you to meet her parents and the rest of her family this could be a chance for you to use the knowledge of Russian culture you have learnt and really shine. </p>
<p>If you can learn a little Russian before you meet her parents even a few common sentences and words this will make you in their eyes the perfect son  in law for them, it may be  hard to learn Russian but you can buy very easy on the internet basic Russian cd to learn some very basic Russian.</p>
<p>Dating a Russian women can be exciting and emotional and having a women from a completely different culture can be an exciting adventure, so it is important to get the first few steps right.</p>
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		<title>Guide Russia for February 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guide Russia for February 2012 talks about Russian Directory. Guide Russia provides interesting information about Russia such as business, networking, travel, education, news, real estate, shopping, transportation, culture.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.guiderussia.com/"><img src="http://www.guiderussia.com/templates/Default/img/logotext.gif" alt="Russian Directory" width=190 class="aligncenter"/></a><br />
Guide Russia for February 2012 talks about <a href="http://www.guiderussia.com/">Russian Directory</a>. Guide Russia provides interesting information about Russia such as business, networking, travel, education, news, real estate, shopping, transportation, culture.</p>
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		<title>Site of the Month for July 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Site of the Month for July 2011 talks of Russia Information and Resources. Gate Russia is the Russia directory offering you links to website related to Russia, travel, sport, health, local guide, education, transport, business, investment, history, culture and much more]]></description>
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Site of the Month for July 2011 talks of <a href="http://www.gaterussia.com/">Russia Information and Resources</a>. Gate Russia is the Russia directory offering you links to website related to Russia, travel, sport, health, local guide, education, transport, business, investment, history, culture and much more</p>
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		<title>A Romantic Love Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love Poems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Romantic Letter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Does the thought of writing a love letter or poem automatically reduce your vocabulary to a 5-year-old&#8217;s level? Well, believe it or not, that&#8217;s a great place to begin! Dream up a love letter You don&#8217;t need a sample love letter or a free printable love letter. You&#8217;re going to dream up your own romantic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does the thought of writing a love letter or poem automatically reduce your vocabulary to a 5-year-old&#8217;s level? Well, believe it or not, that&#8217;s a great place to begin!</p>
<p>Dream up a love letter</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t need a sample love letter or a free printable love letter. You&#8217;re going to dream up your own romantic love letters. </p>
<p>An indispensable tool for writing is a thesaurus. You&#8217;ll find many free ones online; they&#8217;re a wonderful aid to finding exactly the right word. Have paper and pen ready to jot notes, but forget about words and writing for now.</p>
<p>Sit in a comfortable chair or lie down, let your shoulders drop and take a few deep breaths, at least 5 or 6. Inhale deeply, feel the air going to the bottom of your belly, then slowly exhale as you pull in your abdomen.</p>
<p>Close your eyes and begin visualizing the one you love and create a movie of you slowly running your eyes over every inch of their body. What do you especially appreciate? View their eyes looking back at you, run your fingers through their hair, caress their cheek and softly brush your lips against theirs. See the smile of joy, the tilt of their head towards you, their arms around you. Feel their heart beat against yours and take in the warmth of their skin. Watch as they run towards you, eager to rush into your arms. How do you feel?</p>
<p>Let your movie continue running. Pull out the memories of when you had a lot of fun and laughter, your most passionate times together or when you were sad and your love silently held you close. Which of them brings up the most emotion in you? What do you see, hear, taste, touch and feel? What are they wearing . . . or not wearing?</p>
<p>Linger a little longer; let the feelings run throughout your entire body. Are you getting little tingles running up and down your spine?</p>
<p>First love letter steps</p>
<p>The most emotional memories are the ones that will fuel your love letter or poem. You should be in a better mood for writing, relaxed and smiling. Take a few more deep breaths before you begin to write.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to get up; this might put you into &#8220;thinking&#8221; mode. Begin jotting notes down. Slowly replay each movie and describe the scenes with short, simple phrases, as a child would. Later on, you can link these shorter phrases into longer ones, but for now, you want to capture all the sensations, physically and emotionally, that being with the one you love means to you.</p>
<p>Love and emotions are abstract concepts so you need &#8220;furniture&#8221; to make it real. Your movie gives you this material. Relate the juicy details of the surrounding scenery, your love, what all your senses experience and add them to your love letter.</p>
<p>Now put it all together</p>
<p>Instead of &#8220;When you walk into a room and smile at me, I forget what I&#8217;m thinking,&#8221; add the furniture. &#8220;You quietly glide into the sunlight streaming through the window, your silky hair falls over your shoulder. And then you gently tilt your head towards me and flash me that quirky little half smile of yours that gets my heart beating faster, my lips tingling . . . and I forget everything I ever knew as our eyes meet and lock into an embrace.&#8221;</p>
<p>No fancy words, there&#8217;s only two words that have three syllables!</p>
<p>The &#8220;Laundry List&#8221; technique</p>
<p>If you find this difficult to do, the &#8220;laundry list&#8221; technique might work for you. Simply list all the qualities you appreciate about your love: physical, emotional, gestures, favourite sayings, funny habits. For physical, start at the top of their head and work down to their toes. For emotional, list different situations and how their response makes you feel.</p>
<p>Or you could make a list of all the dreams you both have and how you want to be together to share them.</p>
<p>Find a clip art heart (usually available in a word processing program) and use it as a bullet before each item in your list. Or give it a number, &#8220;101 Ways I Love You.&#8221; Then print out your list on fancy paper. Add a photo of you both, either digitally or glue it on afterwards. Spray on a little cologne (at a distance) and, voila, you have a romantic love letter.</p>
<p>Love Poems</p>
<p>A love poem can be the most daunting to attempt and many won&#8217;t even try. If you really want to make up a poem, but feel you have no talent, cheat a little! Look up a favourite poem and see if you can change a few lines to personalize it. Or do the same with a favourite song lyric, then perform it karaoke style. Go all out and dress up for the occasion.</p>
<p>If you have a special occasion you&#8217;re celebrating, you may want to have a poet put your feelings into a formal poem for you. Reciting the poem will make a bigger impact than just handing it over and as it may be gift wrapped, make sure you have a copy to read aloud.</p>
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		<title>Real Estate Market Analysis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 09:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Johnson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Real Estate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Khabarovsk city as well as in other Russian cities is exposed to macroeconomic trend influence though has its specific features. accommodation prices greatly vary depending on the location of flats. Thus for the proper accommodation value assessment it&#8217;s better to divide the market into three location zones: Center, Northern and Southern districts. The analysis provided [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Khabarovsk city as well as in other Russian cities is exposed to macroeconomic trend  influence though has its specific features. accommodation prices greatly vary depending on the location of flats. Thus for the proper accommodation value assessment it&#8217;s better to divide the market into three location zones: Center, Northern and Southern districts. The analysis provided in the present Article is based on the assessment of the most liquidaccommodation &#8211; one-room apartment of new design.</p>
<p>we can make a conclusion that the market is standing still waiting for more cost dropping, though predicted by many analysts decrease is not anticipated. In such circumstances a customer is passing out of sight waiting for prices collapse. But as soon as a slight hint appears, demand will flow into the market and one more rise of prices is unavoidable.</p>
<p>A year ago the average price of one-room flat of new design on one of the central Khabarovsk streets &#8211; Lenina st. totaled 2300 kRUR, in June 2009 the cost of similar apartment was hardly less than 2250 kUSD. The explanation is that the demand for the apartments in Central part of Khabarovsk city was always high, and even during crisis period customers are not going to decrease their prices. If a bargain is not urgent, most people prefer to wait for better opportunity keeping the same level of price. In addition to that the accommodation price on the secondary market and on new building market doesn&#8217;t significantly differ: in the housing estate &#8220;Amurskiye zori&#8221; an average flat of 42 s.m. costs 2300 kUSD along with the so-called brezhnevka (old-design flat) of 32 s.m.</p>
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		<title>Russia Tobacco Smoking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:32:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Smoking Cigarettes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Altogether up to 350 000 people die in Russia each year due to smoking related illnesses. The cost of smoking to the economy of Russia certainly runs into billions of dollars annually. Research across the world has shown that people who smoke have a high rate of absenteeism. This steals prime productivity time away from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Altogether up to 350 000 people die in Russia each year due to smoking related illnesses. The cost of smoking to the economy of Russia certainly runs into billions of dollars annually. Research across the world has shown that people who smoke have a high rate of absenteeism. This steals prime productivity time away from the economy which is equivalent to billions of dollars.</p>
<p>The cost of smoking to a country such as Russia will also be linked to the cost of looking after those who fall ill due to smoking. Smoking diseases such as cancers and respiratory infections severely eats into national health budgets of countries with millions of smokers such as Russia.</p>
<p>At least for Russia, the leaders have come out condemning smoking calling it a tragedy for the nation. This is hardly the case in developing countries where leaders can not openly shame smoking due to fears of revenues drying up. This is particularly the case in China where 350million smokers contributes up to 8% in tax income to national coffers.</p>
<p>In June 2010 it was reported that Russia was introducing compulsory &#8220;Smoking Kills&#8221; signs on cigarette packaging. In addition packaging will also indicate the dangers of smoking such as cancers, wrinkles and impotence amongst men. The government of Russia through the ministry of finance is also aiming to increase tobacco taxes fully by 2011 as a way of discouraging smoking. Tobacco taxes have been shown to be very effective in reducing the numbers of people who smoke.</p>
<p>In fact there are two leading reasons why people who smoke stop smoking namely the fear of diseases associated with smoking and the financial burden of continued smoking. In Japan in particular the government there has evidently been able to cut back on smoking by simply increasing taxes. Smoking in Russia is so serious it is predicted should the trend continue the population will shrink from 142 million in 2010 to about 116 million in 2050.</p>
<p>As is the case in many other countries, the tragedy in Russia is that the government is still putting a lot more emphasis on reducing smoking cigarettes. Big tobacco appears to have since devised new strategies to get many more people hooked on smoking especially the young people. The new frontiers of the tobacco fight are now smokeless tobacco which is mostly chewing tobacco. </p>
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