Műłŧĩļīñġūåļîšm

Ąš ā mūļťīľîńģűął ēñťįťy wé śħôůļď bè ąbļė ťô wřīťę ņāméš įñ ąť ļęåśť ťħê őffįćįāļ ļąńġųåģéš čôřřēċťļy, āņď åłšő přįñť ąłļ ďīąćřįťīčś ċøřřèćťły. Ťħåť’š yęť ąņôťħęř ďįśťîńčťïøñ fřóm ťħė ŮŚőfĀ.

Būť įņ Ċômmīśśïôñ ęń ďīřēćť #355 Čômmśšïóņëřś Grybauskaitė āñď Špidla āš wėļł ąš ņôw řêťįřēď Ďįřėċťôř óf Ćômmůńįčāťīõñ (!) Niels Jørgen Thøgersen’ś ņąmēš åľļ ċõñťąįń mīšťāķēš. Ťħąť įš å śħąmė.

If we cannot manage, an alternative could be to adapt the Latvian system, i.e. to transscribe all proper names according to phonetic rules of the language you write in.

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The World's shortest personality test

You are happy, driven, and status conscious. You want everyone to know how successful you are. Very logical, you see life as a game of strategy. A bit of a loner, you prefer to depend on yourself. You always keep your cool and your composure. You are a born leader and business person.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

Precz z garniturami ― Down with suits!

Premier Japonii Junichiro Koizumi zaapelował do milionów urzędników, aby podczas tegorocznego lata przychodzili do pracy w mniej oficialnych strojach. Zdaniem szefa rządu, zaowocuje to nie tylko lepszą wydajnością pracy, ale i pozwoli zaoszczędzić energię poprzez przykręcenie klimatyzacji. Jak na prawdziwego przywódcę przystało, nakazał wszystkim ministrom swojego rządu, aby świecili przykładem dla reszty kraju i w upalne dni pojawiali się w prac ubrani w T-shirty.
Źródło: Kaleidoscope (Magazyn pokładowy PLL LOT SA), maj 2005

The Japanese prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has appealed to millions of officials in the country to go to work in less official clothes this summer. According to the head of the government, apart from work output improving as a result, it would also allow the country to save energy consumed on air conditioning. As befits a true leader, he ordered all ministers in his government to set an example for the rest of the country, and turn up at work on particularly hot days dressed in T-shirts.
Source: Kaleidoscope (LOT Polish Airlines in-flight magazine), May 2005

Høstaften

Skønt den ikke passer med årstiden,
tager vi en sidste Daniel Helldén-komposition.

Solen brænder rød og hed
og høsten den bli'r fin.
Bom bom tromme tromme
slå på tamburin.

Farfar samler æbler op
og fodrer gårdens svin.

Mormor vander blomsterne
bag stuens blå gardin.

Karlen kører kornet ind
og nynner melodi'n.

Spillemand! Spil op til dansen,
stem din violin.

Festen står i laderne
med sang og dans og vin.
Bom bom tromme tromme
slå på tamburin.

Fra Daniel Helldén: 'Musikhæfte 2'
(Musikhøjskolens Forlag, Egtved 1969)

Generationen, der ikke kan blive voksen

De er tit blevet beskyldt for at være forkælede, men kravene til ungdommen er større end nogensinde. Det kan spænde ben for voksenlivet.
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Spirituality...

Interviewer: Votre spiritualité, vous la définiriez comment?
Jean-Claude Van Damme: Elle est très simple... Elle est faite de oui, non... elle est faite de... Oh, look at that girl, so beautiful!

Find joy in life — VWVagabonds

Imagine...
You quit your job...
And leave your comfortable house...
along with your predictable life...
For what?

This is the story of a Latin woman, her gringo husband, a 1970's claustrophobic hippie van, and the whole wide world.

Amanda & Richard Ligato decided to leave their hum-drum everyday routine and set out on an adventure of a lifetime. Leaving behind all the mind numbing comforts of home and the security of the familiar they embarked on a three year overland trip with the goal of discovering first-hand how others find joy in life. The experience changed them forever.

Read about their achievements on www.vwvagabonds.com — inventive name by the way — these are, in my opinion, some of the persons to admire on This Planet.