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—Lana Lang, Smallville, “Arctic”
#Smallville#Clark Kent#Tom Welling#Lana Lang#Kristin Kreuk#Clana#Breakup | Clark and Lana#Clark Cries#Lana Cries#I Love You | Clark and Lana#7.20 Arctic
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He was about to kill you, Lex. Or divulge something you didn't want me to know.
— SMALLVILLE, "Forever" (4.21)
+ bonus from "Arctic" (7.20):
#smallville#smallvilleedit#svedit#lex luthor#jason teague#lionel luthor#clark isn't in these scenes but they're still very much#clex#sv 4x21#sv 7x20#dcmultiverse#my gifs#'why can't you see what's right in front of your face lex?' god. god. godddd.#I think there's a really interesting discussion to be had (with many potential viewpoints)#re: to what extent lex actually knew the truth either consciously or subconsciously at any particular time#and how much he was just in denial about it (and why)#I'm not really prepared to have that discussion in these tags but like#let's face it - lex figured out that clark had powers all the way back in 1x12#just because clark convinced him he was wrong at the time doesn't mean he just forgot that whole thing#and yet it seemed like the more seasons went on and the more obvious the truth became#especially the fact that clark was so heavily tied to all the alien weirdness of smallville#the more lex seemed to (subconsciously?) push back against accepting or recognizing that truth#I mean that's literally what he's doing in the 4x21 scene with jason#so it's like he both desperately wanted to know clark's secret but also didn't want to know at all#and that's just SO interesting#I mean jesus the 7x20 scene is supposed to be peak evil lex and yet he STILL has to be pushed into accepting the truth#and he does so with his eyes glistening because yeah he wanted to know clark's secret once upon a time but he never wanted THIS#(remember when lex told jonathan in s1 that he just wanted clark to have a happy normal life bc clark was such a good person?#and then he's told in 7x20 that to save the world he has to KILL clark and take that life away from him hahaha [crying] it's fine I'm FINE)#wow I really said 'I'm not prepared to have this discussion' and then just. proceeded to have it anyway huh. lmao oops
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Holidays 7.15
Holidays
Arctic Sea Ice Day
Battle of Grumwald Day (Lithuania, Poland)
Be A Dork Day
Cigarette Warning Day
Civic Day (Colombia)
Day of Democracy and Freedoms (Turkey)
Day of Ukrainian Peacekeepers
Day of Visibility for Non-Monogamy
Developmental Disability Professionals Day
Disability Awareness Day (UK)
Dog Days end
Elderly Men Day (a.k.a. Unimwane Day; Kiribati)
Festival of Santa Rosalia (Sicily)
Garlic Day (French Republic)
Gorestnici begins (Fire Festival; Bulgaria; until 17th)
Hakata Gion Yamagasa (Fukuoka, Japan)
Hapshire Day (UK)
Hold a Rat Day
Hundadagar (Dog Days of Summer; Iceland) [Thru August 23]
I Love Horses Day
International Stamp Out Spiking Day
John Fogerty Day (El Cerrito, California)
Manitoba Province Day (Canada; 1870)
Manu’s Cession Day (American Samoa)
National Apprenticeship Day (India)
National Captain’s Hill Day
National Clean Beauty Day
National Donna Day
National Dork Day
National Give Something Away Day
National Health Insurance Act Day (UK)
National Leiomyosarcoma Awareness Day
National Pet Fire Safety Day
No-Hitter Day
PicantePit Pitch Day
Plastic Surgery Day
Respect Canada Day
St. Swithin's Day (UK)
715 Day
Social Media Giving Day
Sultan’s Day (Brunei)
World Firefox Day
World Youth Skills Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Black Currant Day
Gummi Worm Day
Margarine Day
National Tapioca Pudding Day
Orange Chicken Day
Independence & Related Days
Chowolia (Declared; 2020) [dissolved; 2021]
Georgia (Readmitted to the Union; 1870)
Island of Vancouver (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Montenegro (Statehood Day)
Permaria (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
3rd Monday in July
Global Hug For Your Kids Day [3rd Monday]
Guelaguetza (a.k.a. Festival of Lunes del Cerro; Oaxaca, Mexico) [Monday after 16th]
Marine Day (Japan) [3rd Monday]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
Munoz-Rivera Day (f.k.a. Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera; Puerto Rico Day) [3rd Monday]
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day [3rd Monday]
National Prosecco Week begins [3rd Monday]
Perseids Meteor Shower begins [Varies; thru 8.24]
President’s Day (Botswana) [3rd Monday]
Umi No Hi (Ocean Day/Marine Day; Japan) [3rd Monday]
Weekly Holidays beginning July 15 (3rd Week of July)
Coral Reef Awareness Week (thru 7.21)
Rabbit Week (thru 7.21)
Festivals Beginning July 15, 2024
Clayton Restaurant Week (Clayton, Missouri) [thru 7.21]
Concert of Colors (Detroit, Michigan) [thru 7.21]
Dantz Festival (San Sebastián, Spain) [thru 7.20]
Festival Jazz à Sete (Sete, France) [thru 7.21]
Galway International Arts Festival (Galway, Ireland) [thru 7.28]
Moldejazz (Molde, Norway) [thru 7.20]
Republican National Convention (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [thru 7.18]
Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) [thru 7.21]
Feast Days
Abhai (Syriac Orthodox)
Anne-Marie Javouhey (Christian; Saint)
Athanasius of Naples (Christian; Saint)
Barhadbesaba (Christian; Martyr)
Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (Christian; Saint)
Bonaventure (Christian; Saint)
Bon Festival (Kantō region, Japan)
Clive Cussler (Writerism)
Confuflux (Discordian)
David of Munktorp (Christian; Saint)
Day of Rauni (Finnish Mother Goddess)
Day of Set (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)
Day of the Baptism of Rus’ (Ukraine)
Dispersion of the Apostles (No longer officially celebrated by the Catholic Church)
Donald of Ogilvy (Christian; Saint)
Edith of Polesworth (Christian; Saint)
Edith of Wilton (Christian; Saint)
Ernie Barnes (Artology)
Feast of Rowana (patron of secret knowledge of the runes; Druid/Flemish)
Ferret Down Your Trousers Day (Pastafarian)
Festival of Castor and Pollux (Ancient Rome)
Festival of the Dead (Honoring Ti-Tsang, Ruler of the Dark Underworld; Ancient China)
Forgetful Jones & Buster (Muppetism)
The Gray Man (Film; 2022)
Guido Crepax (Artology)
Helpful Hilma (Muppetism)
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (Christian; Saint)
Ides of July (Ancient Rome)
Iris Murdoch (Writerism)
Jacques Derrida (Writerism)
James of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)
Jan Cossiers (Artology)
St. Louis (Positivist; Saint)
Neil Gaiman Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Petal-Hopping for Beginners (Shamanism)
Plechelm (Christian; Saint)
Pompilio Pirrotti (Christian; Saint)
Queen Maeve of Connacht (Celtic Book of Days)
Quriaqos and Julietta (Christian; Saint)
Rembrandt van Rijn (Artology)
Richard Russo (Writerism)
Rosalia (Christian; Saint) [Palermo, Sicily]
Solstitium X (Pagan)
Swithin (a..k.a. Swithun; Christian; Saint)
Vladimir the Great of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church)
Whamo the Rental Magician (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [27 of 53]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [40 of 71]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [33 of 60]
Premieres
Belle (Anime Film; 2021)
Bullet Train (Film; 2022)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Film; 2005)
Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months, by Maurice Sendak (Children’s Book; 1962)
Creedence Clearwater Revival, by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Album; 1968)
Dangerous Dan McFoo (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
Die Hard (Film; 1988)
The Dogs of War, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1974)
A Fish Called Wanda (Film; 1988)
Gangnam Style, by Psy (Song; 20912)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Film; 1953)
Ghostbusters (Film; 2016)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (MGM Cartoon; 1939)
The Gray Man (Film; 2022)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 (US Film; 2011) [#8]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (US Film; 2009) [#6]
A Hole in the Head (Film; 1959)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, recorded by Jimmy Boyd (Song; 1952)
The Jeep (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)
The Last of the Masters, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1954)
The Late Batsby (WB Cartoon; 2018)
Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger (Novel; 1964)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (Animated Film; 1989)
Mandatory Fun, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 2014)
The Man from Monterey (Film; 1933)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Animated Film; 2022)
The Past Through Tomorrow, by Robert A. Heinlein (Short Stories; 1967)
Pirates of Penzance, starring Linda Ronstadt (Musical Play in Central Park, NY; 1980)
Porky’s Picnic (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)
The Rebel Without Claws (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)
Staying Alive (Film; 1983)
Stranger Things (TV Series; 2016)
There’s Something ABout Mary (Film; 1998)
True Lies (1994)
Twitter (Social Media App; 2006)
Wedding Crashers (Film; 2005)
Whisper of the Heart (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1995)
Winnie the Pooh (Animated Film; 2011)
The Witch’s Cat (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)
Zelig (Film; 1983)
Today’s Name Days
Balduin, Bonaventura, Egon, Waldemar (Austria)
Vlada, Vladena, Vladimir (Bulgaria)
Bonaventura, Bono, Dobriša, Vlado (Croatia)
Jindřich (Czech Republic)
Apostlenes Deling (Denmark)
Ragne, Raina, Raine, Raini (Estonia)
Rauna, Rauni (Finland)
Donald, Vladimir (France)
Björn, Egon, Jakob (Germany)
Ioulitta, Kerykos, Kirykos (Greece)
Henrik, Roland (Hungary)
Bonaventura, Giacobbe, Vladimiro (Italy)
Egija, Egmonts, Egons, Rūta (Latvia)
Gerimantė, Mantas, Rozalija, Rožė (Lithuania)
Oddmund, Oddrun (Norway)
Daniel, Dawid, Dawida, Egon, Henryk, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Lubomysł, Niecisław, Włodzimierz, Żegota (Poland)
Angelina (Russia)
Henrich (Slovakia)
Buenaventura (Spain)
Ragnhild, Ragnvald (Sweden)
Volodymyr, Volodymyra (Ukraine)
Baldwin, Don, Donald, Donalda, Donna, Donnell, Donnie, Dunn, Dunne, Uriel (USA)
Don, Donald, Donalda, Donaldo, Donaldson, Donita, Donell, Donn, Donnell, Donnie, Donny, Kona, MacDonald, McDonald (Universal)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 197 of 2024; 169 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of Week 29 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 9 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 10 (Geng-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 9 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 8 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 17 Red; Threesday [17 of 30]
Julian: 2 July 2024
Moon: 67%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 28 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Louis]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 26 of 94)
Week: 3rd Week of July
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 25 of 31)
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Holidays 7.15
Holidays
Arctic Sea Ice Day
Battle of Grumwald Day (Lithuania, Poland)
Be A Dork Day
Cigarette Warning Day
Civic Day (Colombia)
Day of Democracy and Freedoms (Turkey)
Day of Ukrainian Peacekeepers
Day of Visibility for Non-Monogamy
Developmental Disability Professionals Day
Disability Awareness Day (UK)
Dog Days end
Elderly Men Day (a.k.a. Unimwane Day; Kiribati)
Festival of Santa Rosalia (Sicily)
Garlic Day (French Republic)
Gorestnici begins (Fire Festival; Bulgaria; until 17th)
Hakata Gion Yamagasa (Fukuoka, Japan)
Hapshire Day (UK)
Hold a Rat Day
Hundadagar (Dog Days of Summer; Iceland) [Thru August 23]
I Love Horses Day
International Stamp Out Spiking Day
John Fogerty Day (El Cerrito, California)
Manitoba Province Day (Canada; 1870)
Manu’s Cession Day (American Samoa)
National Apprenticeship Day (India)
National Captain’s Hill Day
National Clean Beauty Day
National Donna Day
National Dork Day
National Give Something Away Day
National Health Insurance Act Day (UK)
National Leiomyosarcoma Awareness Day
National Pet Fire Safety Day
No-Hitter Day
PicantePit Pitch Day
Plastic Surgery Day
Respect Canada Day
St. Swithin's Day (UK)
715 Day
Social Media Giving Day
Sultan’s Day (Brunei)
World Firefox Day
World Youth Skills Day (UN)
Food & Drink Celebrations
Black Currant Day
Gummi Worm Day
Margarine Day
National Tapioca Pudding Day
Orange Chicken Day
Independence & Related Days
Chowolia (Declared; 2020) [dissolved; 2021]
Georgia (Readmitted to the Union; 1870)
Island of Vancouver (Declared; 2019) [unrecognized]
Montenegro (Statehood Day)
Permaria (Declared; 2022) [unrecognized]
3rd Monday in July
Global Hug For Your Kids Day [3rd Monday]
Guelaguetza (a.k.a. Festival of Lunes del Cerro; Oaxaca, Mexico) [Monday after 16th]
Marine Day (Japan) [3rd Monday]
Motivation Monday [Every Monday]
Munoz-Rivera Day (f.k.a. Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera; Puerto Rico Day) [3rd Monday]
National Get Out of the Doghouse Day [3rd Monday]
National Prosecco Week begins [3rd Monday]
Perseids Meteor Shower begins [Varies; thru 8.24]
President’s Day (Botswana) [3rd Monday]
Umi No Hi (Ocean Day/Marine Day; Japan) [3rd Monday]
Weekly Holidays beginning July 15 (3rd Week of July)
Coral Reef Awareness Week (thru 7.21)
Rabbit Week (thru 7.21)
Festivals Beginning July 15, 2024
Clayton Restaurant Week (Clayton, Missouri) [thru 7.21]
Concert of Colors (Detroit, Michigan) [thru 7.21]
Dantz Festival (San Sebastián, Spain) [thru 7.20]
Festival Jazz à Sete (Sete, France) [thru 7.21]
Galway International Arts Festival (Galway, Ireland) [thru 7.28]
Moldejazz (Molde, Norway) [thru 7.20]
Republican National Convention (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) [thru 7.18]
Vitoria-Gasteiz Jazz Festival (Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) [thru 7.21]
Feast Days
Abhai (Syriac Orthodox)
Anne-Marie Javouhey (Christian; Saint)
Athanasius of Naples (Christian; Saint)
Barhadbesaba (Christian; Martyr)
Bernhard II, Margrave of Baden-Baden (Christian; Saint)
Bonaventure (Christian; Saint)
Bon Festival (Kantō region, Japan)
Clive Cussler (Writerism)
Confuflux (Discordian)
David of Munktorp (Christian; Saint)
Day of Rauni (Finnish Mother Goddess)
Day of Set (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)
Day of the Baptism of Rus’ (Ukraine)
Dispersion of the Apostles (No longer officially celebrated by the Catholic Church)
Donald of Ogilvy (Christian; Saint)
Edith of Polesworth (Christian; Saint)
Edith of Wilton (Christian; Saint)
Ernie Barnes (Artology)
Feast of Rowana (patron of secret knowledge of the runes; Druid/Flemish)
Ferret Down Your Trousers Day (Pastafarian)
Festival of Castor and Pollux (Ancient Rome)
Festival of the Dead (Honoring Ti-Tsang, Ruler of the Dark Underworld; Ancient China)
Forgetful Jones & Buster (Muppetism)
The Gray Man (Film; 2022)
Guido Crepax (Artology)
Helpful Hilma (Muppetism)
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (Christian; Saint)
Ides of July (Ancient Rome)
Iris Murdoch (Writerism)
Jacques Derrida (Writerism)
James of Nisibis (Christian; Saint)
Jan Cossiers (Artology)
St. Louis (Positivist; Saint)
Neil Gaiman Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)
Petal-Hopping for Beginners (Shamanism)
Plechelm (Christian; Saint)
Pompilio Pirrotti (Christian; Saint)
Queen Maeve of Connacht (Celtic Book of Days)
Quriaqos and Julietta (Christian; Saint)
Rembrandt van Rijn (Artology)
Richard Russo (Writerism)
Rosalia (Christian; Saint) [Palermo, Sicily]
Solstitium X (Pagan)
Swithin (a..k.a. Swithun; Christian; Saint)
Vladimir the Great of Kiev (Eastern Orthodox; Catholic Church)
Whamo the Rental Magician (Muppetism)
Lucky & Unlucky Days
Fortunate Day (Pagan) [27 of 53]
Lucky Day (Philippines) [40 of 71]
Sakimake (先負 Japan) [Bad luck in the morning, good luck in the afternoon.]
Very Unlucky Day (Grafton’s Manual of 1565) [33 of 60]
Premieres
Belle (Anime Film; 2021)
Bullet Train (Film; 2022)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Film; 2005)
Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months, by Maurice Sendak (Children’s Book; 1962)
Creedence Clearwater Revival, by Creedence Clearwater Revival (Album; 1968)
Dangerous Dan McFoo (WB MM Cartoon; 1939)
Die Hard (Film; 1988)
The Dogs of War, by Frederick Forsyth (Novel; 1974)
A Fish Called Wanda (Film; 1988)
Gangnam Style, by Psy (Song; 20912)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Film; 1953)
Ghostbusters (Film; 2016)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (MGM Cartoon; 1939)
The Gray Man (Film; 2022)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2 (US Film; 2011) [#8]
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (US Film; 2009) [#6]
A Hole in the Head (Film; 1959)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, recorded by Jimmy Boyd (Song; 1952)
The Jeep (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1938)
The Last of the Masters, by Philip K. Dick (Short Story; 1954)
The Late Batsby (WB Cartoon; 2018)
Little Big Man, by Thomas Berger (Novel; 1964)
Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (Animated Film; 1989)
Mandatory Fun, by Weird Al Yankovic (Album; 2014)
The Man from Monterey (Film; 1933)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (Animated Film; 2022)
The Past Through Tomorrow, by Robert A. Heinlein (Short Stories; 1967)
Pirates of Penzance, starring Linda Ronstadt (Musical Play in Central Park, NY; 1980)
Porky’s Picnic (WB LT Cartoon; 1939)
The Rebel Without Claws (WB LT Cartoon; 1961)
Staying Alive (Film; 1983)
Stranger Things (TV Series; 2016)
There’s Something ABout Mary (Film; 1998)
True Lies (1994)
Twitter (Social Media App; 2006)
Wedding Crashers (Film; 2005)
Whisper of the Heart (Studio Ghibli Animated Film; 1995)
Winnie the Pooh (Animated Film; 2011)
The Witch’s Cat (Mighty Mouse Cartoon; 1948)
Zelig (Film; 1983)
Today’s Name Days
Balduin, Bonaventura, Egon, Waldemar (Austria)
Vlada, Vladena, Vladimir (Bulgaria)
Bonaventura, Bono, Dobriša, Vlado (Croatia)
Jindřich (Czech Republic)
Apostlenes Deling (Denmark)
Ragne, Raina, Raine, Raini (Estonia)
Rauna, Rauni (Finland)
Donald, Vladimir (France)
Björn, Egon, Jakob (Germany)
Ioulitta, Kerykos, Kirykos (Greece)
Henrik, Roland (Hungary)
Bonaventura, Giacobbe, Vladimiro (Italy)
Egija, Egmonts, Egons, Rūta (Latvia)
Gerimantė, Mantas, Rozalija, Rožė (Lithuania)
Oddmund, Oddrun (Norway)
Daniel, Dawid, Dawida, Egon, Henryk, Iga, Ignacja, Ignacy, Lubomysł, Niecisław, Włodzimierz, Żegota (Poland)
Angelina (Russia)
Henrich (Slovakia)
Buenaventura (Spain)
Ragnhild, Ragnvald (Sweden)
Volodymyr, Volodymyra (Ukraine)
Baldwin, Don, Donald, Donalda, Donna, Donnell, Donnie, Dunn, Dunne, Uriel (USA)
Don, Donald, Donalda, Donaldo, Donaldson, Donita, Donell, Donn, Donnell, Donnie, Donny, Kona, MacDonald, McDonald (Universal)
Today is Also…
Day of Year: Day 197 of 2024; 169 days remaining in the year
ISO: Day 1 of Week 29 of 2024
Celtic Tree Calendar: Tinne (Holly) [Day 9 of 28]
Chinese: Month 6 (Xin-Wei), Day 10 (Geng-Chen)
Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025) [Wu-Chen]
Hebrew: 9 Tammuz 5784
Islamic: 8 Muharram 1446
J Cal: 17 Red; Threesday [17 of 30]
Julian: 2 July 2024
Moon: 67%: Waxing Gibbous
Positivist: 28 Charlemagne (7th Month) [St. Louis]
Runic Half Month: Ur (Primal Strength) [Day 7 of 15]
Season: Summer (Day 26 of 94)
Week: 3rd Week of July
Zodiac: Cancer (Day 25 of 31)
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Pic of the Day: @jamesmarstersof & @tomwelling having a friendly chat in Smallville #7.20 "Arctic" #JamesMarsters #TomWelling #Smallville #AndKiss #TheysJustGazingLovinglyIntoOneAnothersEyes #JamesAgainWithTheFlirtyEyes #MoreAggressivelyFlirtyButStill #AndKiss https://www.instagram.com/p/CYz-GH1N6MY/?utm_medium=tumblr
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I'm so sorry.
—Lois (when Lana breaks up with Clark), Smallville, "Arctic"
#Smallville#Clark Kent#Lois Lane#Hug | Clark and Lois#7.20 Arctic#Tom Welling#Erica Durance#Clois#Clark Cries
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COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES
Russia has an unemployment rate of 5.80% while United Kingdom has 7.20%
This entry contains the percent of the labor force that is without jobs.
Source: CIA World Factbook
spend 75.68% less money on health care
Per capita public and private health expenditures combined in Russia are $886.90 USD while United Kingdom spends $3,647.50 USD
This entry contains the per capita public and private health expenditure at purchase power parity using US Dollars. This figure combines government, personal, and employer spending on health care
Source: World Health Organization
BE 47.3% MORE LIKELY TO BE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE
RUSSIA (11% of people)
UNITED KINGDOM (16.2% of people)
In Russia, 11% of people are below the poverty line. In United Kingdom, 16.2% are.
Category: Russia vs. United Kingdom poverty
http://www.ifitweremyhome.com/compare/GB/RU
The Russian Soul
The Russian soul has been described as: sensitive, revere, imaginative, an inclination to tears [but not publicly], compassionate, submissive mingled with stubbornness, patience that permits survival in what would seem to be unbearable circumstances, poetic, mysticism, fatalism, a penchant for walking the dark, introspective, sudden unmotivated cruelty, mistrust of rational thought, fascination - the list goes on. Russians maintain their integrity in a way that conforms to their inner notion of what a human being should be, with a blatant honesty and integrity seldom seen elsewhere in the world. Above all they have an appreciation for wholeness or complete commitment and faith, no matter what that faith might be related to.
Big is Beautiful
Russians are impressed with size and number, and much that they do is on a grand scale: military size, buildings, sculpture, etc.
Extremes and Contradictions
"West and East, Pacific and Atlantic, Arctic and tropics, extreme cold and extreme heat, prolonged sloth and sudden feats of energy, exaggerated cruelty and exaggerated kindness, ostentatious wealth and dismal squalor, violent xenophobia and uncontrollable yearning for contact with the foreign world, vast power and the most abject slavery, simultaneous love and hate for the same objects...the Russian does not reject these contradictions. He has learned to live with them, and in them. To him, they are the spice of life." -George F. Kennan, Memoirs
The younger people are very open minded, well educated, and interested in new ideas. Many new things are happening politically, but "whatever happens," says George Kennan, " and whatever restructuring of the Soviet society, Russia is, and is going to remain a country very different from our own. We should not look for this difference to be overcome in any short space of time."
http://www.goehner.com/russinfo.htm
World Cup 2018
Russia will host the 21st FIFA World Cup in 2018, the first World Cup to be held in Russia. The government has developed an infrastructure programme to deliver the project and create a lasting legacy.
The designated budget of USD 20 billion for 2013 to 2018 will be spent on:
· design and construction of 12 stadiums
· 101 training grounds
· 62 hotels
· broadcasting and media centres
· modernisation of 11 airports and other transport infrastructure
· merchandising, retail etc
Nearly 40% of the budget will go into building, or renovating multi-purpose football arenas.
Opportunities arise in a broad range of sectors including:
· design
· construction technologies
· project management
· transport planning
· security and access control equipment
· sport venue fit-out
· pitch management
· stadium operations management
· venue commercialisation
· overlay
· fan fests
· hospitality
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exporting-to-russia/doing-business-in-russia-russia-trade-and-export-guide
Living in Russia: Expat job and career opportunities
Russia’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the world and many international companies are establishing operations there. This does bring with it some job opportunities for expats but these are usually only available via internal company transfers or are jobs that secured by expats from their home country prior to arriving in Russia. People who move to Russia in the hope of finding work once they arrive will find it difficult to find a suitable job. In addition to this, securing a suitable work visa can be a lengthy and difficult process.
There is a high demand for English teachers in Russia and there is no shortage of jobs available for qualified teachers. The schools in Russia however, often only employ teachers on a part time basis and may not pay good salaries. It may therefore be necessary for people who do wish to teach in Russia to secure more than one teaching post.
A working knowledge of Russian is a necessity for most business jobs when living in Russia, especially those that are situated outside of the major cities.
https://www.expatinfodesk.com/expat-guide/deciding-on-the-right-country/top-expatriate-destinations/russia/
To live in a unique country
· Russia is the biggest country in the world in terms of territory.
· Russia is a hospitable and a tolerant country; it is home to 160 different ethnic groups who live together in peace, and followers of all the biggest world religions.
· Russia possesses a unique cultural and historical heritage.
· Russia has no equal when it comes to the beauty of its natural landscapes and diversity of its architectural styles.
· Russia offers great opportunities for participating in sport at the most modern sports grounds and for attending sports events of international status; Russia will host the 2014 Winter Olympics (in Sochi) and the2018 FIFA World Cup.
· In Russia anyone can find a use for their talents and the opportunity to develop their creative abilities; students can get special rates on tickets at museums, theaters, cinemas, galleries, cafes, parks and many other places where they can spend free time with their friends.
http://www.edurussia.ru/about/why-russia/
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7x20 Arctic
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from the Smallville season 7 finale Arctic
CHLOE: Clark, Kara's a lot of things, reckless, headstrong, possibly psychotic. But she's wrong about you. You've done everything you can to stop Veritas and more. You know that.
CLARK: Obviously she doesn't. Chloe, you're the only one who can help me.
CHLOE: I'm always here for you, Clark.
CLARK: Look, you --you won't be doing it alone. We'll get her here together, and I'll stand right by your side.
CHLOE: Clark, if we're gonna wield this kind of weaponry, don't shoot yourself in the foot. This little green rock will knock down every Kryptonian in the room. You can't be around when we lift the lid. I can do this.
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Clark visits Chloe in the hospital
#Smallville#Chlark#Clark Kent#Chloe Sullivan#Chloe x Clark#7.20 Arctic#5.01 Arrival#2.14 Rush#1.20 Obscura#1.13 Kinetic#5.05 Thirst#5.14 Tomb
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from the Smallville season 7 finale, Arctic
CHLOE: Hey. Whoa. Breaking out the heavy artillery. It's not every day that you see Clark Kent clutching a box of kryptonite.
CLARK: It's the only way to stop her.
CHLOE: So, I'm guessing face time with Kara didn't go so well.
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