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February 29,
How To Complain & Get Results - Business English

Complaining

What are you upset about? Are you angry, annoyed, irritated about something or someone? Do you have a grievance? Have you been offended or treated unfairly? You can complain and get results. If you have a problem with your school, city, county, state, or national government you can do something about it. Or if you have disputes with your landlord, a business or company, you can use the following steps to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SEND A LETTER.

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January 31,
The Power of Words - Business English

 

How to Avoid Stomping on Personal and Customer Relationships

"The power of the word is real whether or not you are conscious of it. Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Behind every word flows energy." Sonia Choquette

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January 31,
Functions of Children's Fairy Tales - February's Culture Article

Functions of Children's Fairy Tales

Red Riding Hood

by Ty Hulse

Fairy tales have been considered children's stories for a long time, yet the original meaning of them was very dark and fairly brutal. These where often stories of cannibalism, wicked parents, and brutal punishments, hardly the types of stories one would want to read to their children. Little Red Ridding Hood is for example a little bit of a horror story building tension before the girl is devoured, Jack in Jack and the Bean Stalk is a conniving greedy thief. Yet these problems only exist in the original telling of the stories. Children's fairy tales, are a new phenomenon and they are quite different from the stories of the past.

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January 31,
Visiting The Castles Of Devon - Travel Article February

Dartmouth Castle

Photo by Podnox

Visiting The Castles Of Devon

A Look Into Britain's Most Ancient And Mystical History

by Tuks Engineer

Aside from it’s beautiful, rugged coastline and red cliffs Devon is home to some very impressive Castles:

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December 31,
New Year Resolutions - January's Culture Article

New Year Resolutions

New Year

by Margaret Watson

Bill Vaughan said ‘An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.’  Although people have been celebrating New Years since the ancient Babylonians, at least 4,000 years ago, I don’t suppose you have yet thought about New Year 2008 unless you are either Scottish or one of those organised people who have already got a new diary and dates filled in for the next six months.

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December 31,
Gateshead's Guardian Angel - Travel Article

Gateshead

Original photo by Jon Oakley

 

Gateshead's Guardian Angel

by Beverley Bukowski

The Angel of the North is a magnificent modern structure in Gateshead, near Newcastle, England. While the sculpture's unusual appearance initially attracted some local controversy, the Angel is now warmly regarded as a landmark of the North East and was chosen as one of the UK’s twelve official ‘Icons of England'.

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