Speaker Spotlight: Frank Schneider – Multi-modal interface essential to...
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View ArticleFake Gelao manuscript
A Chinese book purportedly publishing a Gelao 仡佬 manuscript fell into my hands a few weeks ago (I think that it may have been sent to me by a friend in Hong Kong). I took one look at the manuscript...
View ArticleWords in the News: CCTV
Soldier Lee Rigby was run over and attacked with a knife and meat cleaver in what was “a cowardly and callous murder”, a court heard today. Video footage of the Fusilier being mown down and two men...
View Article11/30/13 - environ
1. (Verb, transitive) To surround, go around, enclose, embrace. 2. (Noun, usually in the plural) Surroundings, neighborhood, outskirts. 3. (Adverb and Preposition) Around, round about (not much used...
View ArticleVideo: Buy Nothing Day Ad
Today Saturday November 30th 2013 is Buy Nothing Day, the global holiday from consumerism. It's a day where you challenge yourself, your family and friends to switch off from shopping and tune into...
View Article"Buy Nothing Day" Cartoons
Today Saturday November 30th 2013 is Buy Nothing Day, the global holiday from consumerism. To mark the occasion, here are a couple of cartoons from the UK Buy Nothing Day website (read this FAQ for...
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Meet the sign-language interpreter who's translated at concerts for Jay-Z ......
WAVY-TVMeet the sign-language interpreter who's translated at concerts for Jay-Z ...Daily MailTeaming American Sign Language with dance moves and body language, she brings musical performances alive...
View ArticlePraca za granicą – jak się zabrać do poszukiwań?
Życie w Polsce nie należy do najłatwiejszych. W szczególnie trudnej sytuacji są ludzie młodzi, którzy pracują za minimalne wynagrodzenie albo bezowocnie poszukują jakiejkolwiek stałej pracy. Nie dziwi...
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Jersey officials warning over native language - BBC News
Jersey officials warning over native languageBBC NewsThe number of people speaking Jersey's native language is rapidly declining, according to the Jerriais office. Officials claim that over the past...
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With preferred pronouns, LGBT college students test limits of language -...
Christian Science MonitorWith preferred pronouns, LGBT college students test limits of languageChristian Science MonitorThe weekly meetings of Mouthing Off!, a group for students at Mills College in...
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Queer language - The Hindu
The HinduQueer languageThe Hindu“How does a boy in a small, provincial Indian village even find the language to express these feelings, especially when he is expected to grow up in a hurry and take on...
View ArticleImmersion: What You Can Now, With What You Have Now
“Everything would be cool if I only I had (done) X”. No. It wouldn’t. Why? Because right now you’re the kind of person who’s concerned with the opportunities he had 10 minutes ago or 10 days ago or 10...
View ArticleYou Have Only Three Choices
You have only three choices: Do it all Do something Do something physically easy (fun), but emotionally difficult (brave and unusual, unpredictable outcome) Do nothing Do something physically difficult...
View ArticleLearning a language – It’s too hard for me!
(Based on a true story) A Canadian-born Chinese girl appealed to her mother: “Mom, I don’t want to learn Chinese.” Her mother said, “Look, we are Chinese. You must learn the Chinese language!” The girl...
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I am kingpin and so can you. Academics are like drug gangs
This piece, "Academe as a Drug Gang", is getting a lot of play … like being republished on Slate. It was posted on Inside Higher Ed by Scott Jaschik and builds on a blog post by Alexandre Afonso, here....
View ArticleSpeaker Spotlight: Pete Sheinbaum – Not “web content management” but “digital...
In another installment of Speaker Spotlight, we posed a couple of our frequently asked questions to speaker Pete Sheinbaum, CEO of LinkSmart. We’ve included his answers here. Be sure to see additional...
View ArticleSpeaker Spotlight: Irina Guseva – Neither WCM nor experience management new
In another installment of Speaker Spotlight, we posed one of our frequently asked questions to speaker Irina Guseva, Principal Analyst at Real Story Group. We’ve included her answers here. Be sure to...
View ArticleSpeaker Spotlight: Pawan Deshpande – You need a marketing technologist and a...
In another installment of Speaker Spotlight, we posed a couple of our frequently asked questions to speaker Pawan Deshpande, Founder and CEO of Curata. We’ve included his answers here. Be sure to …
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Kansas City language education program celebrates 100 years - Kansas City Star
Kansas City StarKansas City language education program celebrates 100 yearsKansas City Star“They speak really fast,” said Brigitte Miller, who since 2006 has been taking French lessons at La Causerie...
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