Thanksgiving is a good time to count blessings, change
Before my folks came over for Thanksgiving dinner last week, I told them that we had a project planned after everyone finished eating.
The Augusta Chronicle,
Sat Nov 28 21:00:00 PST 2009
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Fulbright scholar visits French students
GOSHEN Fulbright scholar Laura Nicolas recently visited students in Fabien Riviere
The Goshen Chronicle,
Sun Nov 29 00:11:18 PST 2009
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Venable: Lost in a fog of blackness
My pea brain is wrestling with an economic conundrum, and the conundrum is winning.This is not unusual.Approximately 99.4 percent of the time I wrestle with any problem of an economic natur...
Knoxville News Sentinel,
Sat Nov 28 15:02:58 PST 2009
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Will a fragmented media lead to a flowering of culture?
Media is how society thinks and seeks to influence. What will a fragmented media do to society?
ZDNet,
Sat Nov 28 17:25:47 PST 2009
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FEATURE: CIA goes hiring in heart of US Muslim community
DEEP DIVIDE: The CIA needs the cultural and linguistic knowledge that abounds in the US
Taipei Times,
Sat Nov 28 07:55:51 PST 2009
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CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America
At Tuhama's Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it's no secret the CIA is looking for a few good spies.
Reuters via Yahoo! News,
Fri Nov 27 06:33:35 PST 2009
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Language immersion takes off
Luke Weigard sat at a table coloring a picture. Under the drawing were characters telling a tale in Mandarin. The blond-haired 7-year-old practiced writing his name in the Chinese language,...
The San Francisco Examiner,
Sat Nov 28 11:08:49 PST 2009
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Promoting World Englishes
It used to be that language was associated with nationality. English was long identified with the British or Americans, as Deutsch was to Germans, Spanish to Spanish people, French to the F...
Manila Bulletin,
Sat Nov 28 04:43:04 PST 2009
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CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America
Dearborn- At Tuhama's Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it's no secret the CIA is looking for a few good spies.
AsiaOne,
Sat Nov 28 01:00:32 PST 2009
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She wins a Rhodes
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The Virginia Gazette,
Sat Nov 28 04:53:48 PST 2009
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LIFESTYLE IN BRIEF 28/11
The Central Highland province of Dak Lak will hold a riverside ceremony during the Buon Me Thuot-Dak Lak Tourism and Culture Week from December 16-20.
Vietnam Net,
Fri Nov 27 19:41:46 PST 2009
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Avatars have real-life effects
Researchers find a connection between the choice of video-game character and players
Omaha World-Herald,
Fri Nov 27 23:14:20 PST 2009
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Board honors UM professor
Linguistics professor John J. McCarthy has been appointed a Distinguished Professor by the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees.
Massachusetts Daily Collegian,
Thu Nov 26 02:06:32 PST 2009
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BYU Kennedy center seeking teachers for Chinese universities
On MormonTimes.com: The David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies at BYU is seeking qualified people to teach at...
Deseret News,
Fri Nov 27 11:22:37 PST 2009
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION: Dubai crisis rocks realty stocks in the morning session But shares recover after European markets open. The roller-coaster movement of the Indian realty stocks o...
The Hindu,
Fri Nov 27 10:45:20 PST 2009
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INDUSTRY & ECONOMY
LINGUISTICS: Microsoft tool to break the language barrier Key in phonetic English script to get text in 6 Indian tongues.
The Hindu,
Wed Nov 25 10:46:06 PST 2009
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Our Skin Helps Us "Hear" Speech
A new study from Canada shows that our skin helps us hear speech by sensing the puffs of air that the speaker produces with certain sounds.
Medical News Today,
Fri Nov 27 05:34:34 PST 2009
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Avatar Sucks, Part 2: An Eyewitness Account
The evidence continues to pile up that the film the world is waiting to see will, in fact, be the next Phantom Menace . And now, adding to the evidence: an exclusive Defamer eyewitness test...
Defamer,
Thu Nov 26 19:12:17 PST 2009
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People Hear with Their Skin, As Well As Their Ears
The act of hearing is a group effort for the human body's organs, involving the ears, the eyes and also, according to the results of a new study, the skin. [More]
Scientific American,
Thu Nov 26 06:18:10 PST 2009
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