Reuters Video: Famous poopers spread holiday cheer
Catalans get into the Christmas spirit with ''poopers'' - the iconic ''caganer'' figurine littered among garlands, lights and nativities as part of the region's holiday traditions. Elly Park reports....
View ArticleCartoon: Breaking the Glass Ceiling
BACKGROUND Forty years after the first woman entered the Lloyd's of London dealing floor as a broker, the 325-year-old insurance market has named its first female boss. The company is to be run by...
View ArticleTGIF Music No. 246 – Christmas Songs!
Ho Ho Ho! It's Friday! And this is a very special one, because it's the last Friday before Christmas! And thinking of that, we selected some very nice videos with Christmas songs - cute ones, fun ones...
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Kerstin's 3 Steps for Learning Topical Vocabulary (Plus: How you can be...
Topical vocabulary means the words and expressions that all relate to one topic, for example cookery, education or firefighting. Today's article introduces a foolproof 3-Step Method, plus get involved...
View ArticleCan you tell the difference between English and Chinese?
… from the pitch contours alone? It should be easy, right? Chinese is a tone language, English isn't, etc. So try it… I've chosen phrases at random from a published collection of Mandarin Broadcast...
View Article‘Tis the Season to Celebrate! Yuletide Traditions from Around the Globe
Looking for alternative Yuletide ideas? You’ve just found them! When you think about it, getting wide-eyed about a fat flying man who sneaks into your bedroom at night is an odd tradition. Elsewhere in...
View ArticleHow To Compete Against Yourself: Don’t Do Your Best, Do Better Than Your...
The first step is showing up. But what about after that? Do you do your best? No. Doing your best is a really bad idea. Let’s talk about world records. A world record is just a personal best. It is the...
View ArticleThe Airing of Grievances: Fifth Anniversary Edition
I bring glad tidings for Festivus 2013! Last week Denver celebrated its second annual Beer Festivus (“A Beer Festival for the Rest of Us!”). There’s a Festivus pole constructed of Pabst Blue Ribbon...
View ArticleMeet the Team – Kevin Taylor
I’ve recently joined Web-Translations as a business consultant and I’m relishing the challenge of learning all about this exciting and vibrant industry. I come from Harrogate originally and spent time...
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Sign language: East Berlin man's signs have global appeal - The Evening Sun
Sign language: East Berlin man's signs have global appealThe Evening SunSign language: East Berlin man's signs have global appeal. Marty Mummert's signs have a global appeal. By Adam Michael....
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Quebec's language guardians prove that no complaint is too absurd - National...
National PostQuebec's language guardians prove that no complaint is too absurdNational PostWhen the Parti Québécois government tabled Bill 14 a year ago to strengthen the province's language law, the...
View ArticleLanguage learning in the electronic age
Language learning has become tremendously more convenient thanks to modern technology. I just can’t say it enough. I discover new benefits constantly. Yesterday was a day of travel. My wife and I flew...
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Oscars: The Surprises and the Snubs in the Best Foreign-Language Film ... -...
Oscars: The Surprises and the Snubs in the Best Foreign-Language Film ...Hollywood ReporterWith Iran's "The Past" and other high-profile contenders not among the final nine, several specialty film...
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I’ve barely begun Thomas Laqueur’s very long LRB review of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, by Christopher Clark, and I already have a nit to pick. Laqueur says “Clark, however, begins...
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Oscar Offers Surprises in Foreign-Language List of 9 - Variety
Oscar Offers Surprises in Foreign-Language List of 9VarietyThe Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has unveiled its short list of foreign-language contenders: nine films that are...
View ArticleRussians Do Smile
Russians are known not to smile much. In particular, they do not smile at strangers or people who are not close to them. They consider this as impolite. I and my wife witnessed this culture-shock...
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Oscars: Surprises and Snubs in the Best Foreign-Language Film Shortlist ... -...
TheWrapOscars: Surprises and Snubs in the Best Foreign-Language Film Shortlist ...Hollywood ReporterWith Iran's "The Past" and other high-profile contenders not among the final nine, several specialty...
View ArticleWhy Freelancers are Happier than Day-jobbers
Article brought to you by http://inboxtranslation.com -Breaking out into a freelancing career is not an easy experience by any measure. It’s fun, it’s scary, it’s awesome, it’s dreadful, it’s...
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Creationist Linguistics - Patheos (blog)
Creationist LinguisticsPatheos (blog)I have heard from a creationist the argument that, as seen by the complexity of the ancient languages such as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit as compared to the...
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"Because I said so, that's why."
You've asked your son to clean his room. He asks you why he has to do that. You're annoyed with him, so you don't feel patient enough to explain why. You just say this. Because I said so, that's why.
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