Friendly and Attentive – In Any Language
A quarter century ago, hotels outside the most popular US travel destinations (New York, Las Vegas, and Orlando) didn't have to worry about making an extra effort to attract and accommodate foreign...
View ArticleWord of the day: Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease was named after the man who first correctly diagnosed it, the German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer. After qualifying as a doctor Alzheimer worked in the...
View ArticleMühürzade Nuri Bey
Bugünkü yazımda sizlere Anadolu'nun bağrından birisini tanıtacağım. 1886'da Sivas’ın Divriği kasabasında dünyaya gelen Nuri Demirbağ Türk tarihinin en ilginç işadamlarından biridir. Divriği eşrafından...
View ArticleMühürzade Nuri Bey
In today's article, I will introduce someone from Anatolia. Nuri Demirbağ was born in 1886 in the town of Sivas. Divriği was one of the most famous businessmen of Turkish history. He was the son of...
View ArticleThe message
This year's Penn Reading Project book is Adam Bradley's Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop. In my discussion group yesterday afternoon, several participants complained that some important things...
View Article1734 – Bourdons importés (Imported bumblebees)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Des bourdons importés d’Europe transportent des pathogènes qui menacent les abeilles et bourdons … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1735 – Musique piratée (Music piracy)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Une étude de Spotify suggère que les festivals ont pour effet l’augmentation du piratage de la musique … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1736 – Transpiration en eau (Sweat into water)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Une machine qui prend les vêtements chargés de transpiration et transforme l’humidité en eau est … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1737 – Fumer à la plage (Smoking on beaches)
Learning Guide | PDF Transcript Une décision du ministre français de la santé qui désire que les autorités locales interdisent de fumer dans … Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :
View Article1738 – Real Life French: emballée !
Real life French Guide Welcome to your lesson of Real Life French. Each lesson we take a simple situation you may encounter in everyday life in France. Learn French now ! Listen to today’s lesson :~
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Tapping the brain for words
Our next guest post comes from Doug Higby. Doug is with SIL International where he coordinates training and promotion of technology for advancing language-based development in the thousands of...
View ArticleTapping the brain for words
Our next guest post comes from Doug Higby. Doug is with SIL International where he coordinates training and promotion of technology for advancing language-based development in the thousands of...
View ArticleY: Because We Like You
Here’s a naming trend that snuck up on me: names that substitute Y for I. Sometimes the Y stands in for short I, as in Glympse; sometimes it’s pronounced like long I, as in Mynd. The trend is most...
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Fetus in womb learns language cues before birth, study finds - Los Angeles Times
msnNOWFetus in womb learns language cues before birth, study findsLos Angeles Times"Prenatal experiences have a remarkable influence on the brain's auditory discrimination accuracy, which may support,...
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4 Things You Should Remember About Body Language - Business Insider
Business Insider4 Things You Should Remember About Body LanguageBusiness InsiderWhat do people see when you walk into a room? Hopefully they see a confident, successful business owner. But if you're...
View Article2013 July JLPT Results
My main focus for this July test was to improve my reading score. That was my base goal – just improve my score from my dismal 9 that I had before. My stretch goal was to pass the reading section which...
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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood under fire over tailored language - BBC News
BBC NewsEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood under fire over tailored languageBBC NewsEgyptian media commentators have been increasingly critical of the Muslim Brotherhood's use of double-speak - using a...
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"You didn't even ask me how my day was!"
You're at home with your husband on a weeknight. You're mad at him because he's been reading a book and hasn't paid attention to you at all. He sees this and asks what's wrong. You answer. You didn't...
View ArticleThe Story of "All Intents & Purposes"
Click here for the dynamic version. For all intents and purposes, here is a short history of one of...
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Researcher controls colleague's motions in first human brain-to-brain interface
Researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a...
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