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New TV shows worth watching 1. Taboo (8.8 on IMDb) http://deadline.com/2016/11/taboo-premiere-date-fx-bbc-tom-hardy-steven-knight-ridley-scott-1201854653/ “James Keziah Delaney returns to 1814 London after 10 years in Africa to discover that he has been left a mysterious legacy by his father.” 1 This TV Show might be not just released, but it’s still relatively a new one. Dark and mystical story created by Tom Hardy about the man who returned from Africa because of his father’s death. He found out that he inherited The Nootka Sound Island, which occurs to be a very important strategic object for the Great Britain. James Delaney is not one of the easy-going people, so The East India Company are looking for the ways to cooperate with Delaney or the ways to kill him. Great written and directed show! Highly recommend to watch. 2. Westworld (9.0 on IMDb) http://www.hbocanada.com/westworld “Westworld isn't your typical amusement park. Intended fo...

We are all liars! Everybody lies. Some people  do it more often than others, but we all do. As Pamela Meyer, from the TED presentation below, says, “Lying is a part of our everyday life, it’s a part of our culture.” Many people  think they are honest people and they don’t lie, or at least they don’t lie very often. Obviously, that’s not true. I’m not trying to say that everybody who lies is a bad person and I’m not saying that lying is always bad. There is no need to divide everything into good and bad. There are times when it is better to tell some small lie, which won’t really change anything but will please those who hear it. On the other hand, we can face lies which hurt us directly, which make our day, mood or even our life worse. Unfortunately, even people who we trust can lie to us and it  hurts even more afterwards when we discover the truth. I think it’s a useful skill to know how to spot a liar. Of course, I’m not talking about taking the course of ...