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Lens: Artist? Journalist? Vestige? Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:07AMJames Hill sees the future(s) at a photo festival in Arles, France.
Students Develop Beneficial Smartphone Applications Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:44PMSmartphone applications are continuously and rapidly being developed. While most apps are for entertainment purposes, there is a trend of app development for functional uses. Developers are looking to apps as a way to solve everyday problems. The University of Alabama is no exception to this trend as students and professors are working together to develop beneficial apps, including health ...
-30- for a few weeks to explore Spain Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:01PMMost of us can probably think back to a point in our lives — that defining moment — that set the stage for our futures and our careers. I didn’t realize it at the time, but as I look back, I now realize that 1997 was that moment for me.
Financial frontera: Maquila workers bridge barriers Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 4:51PMAbout 33 years ago, it often took visual acuity and problem-solving tests to bridge the language barrier between applicants for assembly line jobs and U.S. startup management in some Juárez maquiladoras.
Spanish Fort places moratorium on signs after electronic billboard dispute Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:12PMSPANISH FORT, Alabama --Construction of signs has been temporarily banned as city officials review their ordinance while also trying to resolve whether a billboard was illegally converted to an electronic sign. The City Council suspended the rules at last week’s meeting to allow for immediate consideration of the item, which was added to Tuesday’s agenda
Team Noah Man to honor child, donations About Dash for Donation Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:32AMNoah Maloney often was called a comedian.
Team Noah Man to honor child, donations Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 8:32AMNoah Maloney often was called a comedian.
Silenced voices Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 4:10AMAYAPAN, Mexico — Only two people on Earth are known to speak the Ayapanec language, Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez, old men of few words who are somewhat indifferent to each other's company.
Bersih Taipei: Malaysians in Taiwan show the meaning of courage and spirit Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 1:57AMAs Ambiga Sreenevasan, the Bersih chief, once put it - the rally has become the people. It is not about her or her committee. Advice that she and her committee should have remembered. The call for free and fair elections has now sparked a sense of injury amongst Malaysians - far and wide. The realization that they have been cheated of their fundamental rights and are still being brazenly robbed ...
I Was Absent That Day Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 9:03AMPart of being an adult is finding out stuff you should have known for years but somehow didn't. read more
Silenced voice: Languages dying around the globe Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 11:39PMAYAPAN , Mexico — Only two people on Earth are known to speak the Ayapanec language, Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez, old men of few words who are somewhat indifferent to each other’s company.
MSU Billings Library goes global Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 12:54AMA small corner of the Montana State University Billings Library has gone global.
Press Release: Barnes & Noble Invites Customers to See for Themselves Why Critics Call NOOK Devices the Best Reading ... Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 8:24AMCustomers Who Bring Their Old eReader to a Barnes & Noble Store to Compare and Upgrade to NOOK Receive 30 Free NOOK Books Worth $315 Read the full story here.
Barnes & Noble Invites Customers to See for Themselves Why Critics Call NOOK™ Devices the Best Reading Devices on the ... Thursday, June 30, 2011 @ 7:47AMNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest bookseller, is inviting customers to experience what the critics and millions of customers are raving about: the company’s award-winning, bestselling line of NOOK reading devices. Beginning July 1, bring any eReader into a Barnes & Noble bookstore to compare and upgrade to a NOOK device and receive an instant NOOK ...
The 'coming out' stories of six undocumented students arrested yesterday near the Gold Dome Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 1:34PMThe six undocumented students arrested yesterday near the Gold Dome for blocking traffic while protesting the Georgia's immigration policies had their first appearance in court today. One of those charged, 16-year-old Georgia resident Rolando Zenteno, says he was brought to the United States by his parents as a seven-year-old child.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
Barely spoken languages face extinction Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:22PMMany native tongues are 'more endangered than species.'
Silenced voices: Languages dying off around the globe Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 1:49PMAYAPAN, Mexico — Only two people on Earth are known to speak the Ayapanec language, Manuel Segovia and Isidro Velasquez, old men of few words who are somewhat indifferent to each other's company.
In Person: Closing of Fremont's Lucca Statuary becomes new beginning for Miguel Hernandez Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 12:14AMMiguel Hernandez could barely speak English when he moved from Denver to Seattle in 1999. Eleven years later, he's running his own business and reviving a local landmark in the garden-ornament trade.
Portland's best new food carts Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 8:19AMPortland's food cart scene continues to grow. Here are our new favorites -- plus a few that started it all.
Immersion summer: Spanish-language program helps students learn new language Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 7:03AMAs two little girls held hands and ran back to their classroom at Redwood Elementary School, their teacher had a simple request: “No corras.” “What’s corras?” one little girl asked the other.
iPhone Apps: Genome Wowser, Powerslide Penguin HD, D.A.R.K Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 11:34AMGenome Wowser 1.1 (free) - Genome Wowser provides iPad users with a functional presentation of the popular UCSC Genome Browser. It allows users to view genomic annotation tracks, search for genomic elements, and zoom in and out of chromosomes.
Spain Examines Future of Fascist Monument, and Franco’s Remains Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 3:01PMSeventy-five years after the start of the Spanish Civil War, the fight and its victor, Francisco Franco, still generate plenty of heated debate within Spain.
Spain Examines Future of Fascist Monument, and Even Franco's Remains Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:56PMSeventy-five years after the start of the Spanish Civil War, the fight and its victor, Francisco Franco, still generate plenty of heated debate within Spain.
The challenge? Not to be undone by one wrong letter Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:01AMThe crossword is before me. Clean, neat, orderly, untouched by human hands — all those little black and white squares to challenge me.
Erin McKean: A world without spelling Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 6:33AMThe 275 spellers who gathered in Maryland recently for the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee are well beyond “i before e, except after c.” They’re top-notch orthographic athletes, able to rattle off the letters of words such as “tchotchke,” “schottische” and “aryepiglottic” without a second thought. But what if correct spelling — a standard ordering of alphabetic characters, used to represent ...
Interview with Brooke Mackno Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 11:10PMLook up the word dedication in the dictionary and you’ll find a picture of Fairfield Ludlowe High senior Brooke Mackno. This 17 year old is practically superhuman, considering she’s been a part of varsity soccer, skiing and tennis for all four years of her high school career, all the time maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Mackno’s renowned in the halls of Ludlowe for her incredible athletic ability, and ...
Football transfer rumours: Cristiano Ronaldo not to Manchester City? Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 12:01PMToday's blurb isn't in it for the money Despite the weariness brought on by constantly having to jockey with his manager for the position of Real Madrid's preening show-pony in chief, Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed talk of a move to Manchester City for £150m , on an eye-watering salary of £21m per annum. "I'm not going to City," he told the Spanish radio station Cope, although that hasn't ...
TNA's Mexican America: The Worst Faction in Pro-Wrestling History? Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 7:09PMYou know, I am always willing to give new things a shot, especially in the wrestling world. But there comes a time where enough is enough with the new thing, and it's to bring in the old and out with the new. Basically what I'm saying is, we need to pull a corporate business and get rid of the new stuff because it's totally failing or isn't proven enough to stay. Mexican America really is that ...
No-Work Spanish, a review. Sunday, June 12, 2011 @ 1:49PMNo-Work Spanish, listen to Spanish and learn.
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The A-Z of Ovi Store applications Saturday, June 11, 2011 @ 7:19AMWhat a great idea - step through the alphabet and pick the best Symbian application starting with that letter. And, impressively, every letter has a great suggestion here in ' The Essential A-Z of Nokia Apps ', from Angry Birds to Zuma. Well worth a quick scan - maybe you can come up with better suggestion here and there?
'Genericide': When brands get too big Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 6:22PMIn one of my frequent daydreams in which I imagine a parallel world where I'm unfeasibly rich and powerful, I've invented a bath overflow warning system called the Liquobeep. It hangs over the side of the bath and emits a noise when the water reaches the correct level; it's hailed as the most brilliantly simple home gadget of the decade, and is immediately repurposed for sinks, pools, drains ...
OSU Fans Need to Get a Life Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 3:09PMI don’t know or care whether my university has winning teams. I have a life, something that Ohio State University fans need to get. Too many lack a sense of reality over the resignation of football coach Jim Tressel. Among the remnant who read, many are bombarding student journalists at OSU’s Daily Lantern with abuse and death threats.
McKean: A world without spelling Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 7:20PMMcKean: A world without spelling
Righetti grad breaks language barrier Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 1:33AMJae Eun Chang likely would have moved back to South Korea five years ago if it weren’t for Mrs. Sally Fisher.
Opinion: Who needs spelling? Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 4:00PMSpelling reformers have pointed out the illogic, ambiguity, overcomplication and general messiness of English orthography for nearly 500 years.
Rams players to break down film at player-organized minicamp Tuesday, June 7, 2011 @ 3:05PMSeveral Rams players will stage a minicamp Thursday through Sunday at an undisclosed location in Arizona, according to linebacker James Laurinaitis.
The world's languages: factfile Monday, June 6, 2011 @ 5:54AMA dictionary of a long dead language has been completed after a team of scholars worked on it for 90 years. Here is a factfle on the world's languages:
F is for Franco but not for fascist, apparently | Miguel-Anxo Murado Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 5:16PMThe new Spanish Dictionary of Biography's historical revisions tell us more about what's wrong with Spain now than in the past Did you know that General Franco was not a dictator, just a bit too "authoritarian"? What about the people who opposed him? Ever felt the temptation to call them democrats or anti-fascists? Wrong. According to Spain's Royal Academy of History, the right term should be ...
Determination speaks volumes Sunday, June 5, 2011 @ 2:06AMLODI - There was a time Marco Ruiz could barely understand English, much less do his homework without feeling completely bewildered.
Controversy in Spain Over Positive State-funded Profile of Franco Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 6:20PMControversy was raging in Spain on Friday over a new encyclopedia which was seen as downplaying the dictatorial nature of General Francisco Franco's 1939-75 regime.
MUSIC SCENE: Garland Jeffreys’ return is an event Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 1:27PMGarland Jeffreys had a pretty solid recording career, starting of course with his years as a 1970s-80s rock ’n’ soul artist with several memorable hits like “Wild in the Streets.” He was saluted as Rolling Stone magazine’s Best New Artist for 1977, and continued to produce exceptional music through the 1990s with constant touring and trenchant lyrical commentary.
14-year-old Pa. girl wins National Spelling Bee Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 7:12PMSukanya Roy's winning word was cymotrichous, which relates to wavy hair. It also means the more than $40,000 in cash and prizes for the eighth grader.
CFIA tightens border controls on European produce over killer E. coli outbreak Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 3:22PMThe Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Thursday tougher border controls for European produce in the face of a growing food poisoning outbreak in Europe involving a new and more virulent strain of E. coli.
Spanish academy admits Franco bio may need fixing Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 12:48PMSpain's Royal Historical Academy said Thursday it may issue some rapid corrections after a favourable biography of General Francisco Franco was received with outrage.
Diverse passions among contenders at Spelling Bee Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 10:58AMNATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - All things being equal, Anna-Marie Sprenger would rather win a dance contest than a spelling bee.
Semifinals Get Under Way At National Spelling Bee Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 10:14AMThe semifinals of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee are under way. Forty-one spellers took the stage Thursday morning to compete for the title. They were the youngsters remaining after two days of competition that whittled the field down from 275.
Spaniards outraged over favourable Franco biography Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 8:50PMAdmirer of the Spanish dictator was commissioned to write entry in dictionary of national biography Spain's royal academy of history has triggered a row after publishing a publicly funded dictionary of national biography which includes an admiring description of the country's bloodiest 20th-century figure, General Francisco Franco. After 12 years' work and more than €6.5m (£5.7m) in taxpayers ...
She can dance — and spell: Utah girl's language proficiency lands her in Spelling Bee semis Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 7:22AMNATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - All things being equal, Anna-Marie Sprenger would rather win a dance contest than a spelling bee. But Anna-Marie has lived in France and is fluent in French and Romanian. She's also conversational in German and Spanish and is currently studying Chinese.
7 questions on quizzes Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 1:34AMAs pubs use trivia nights to lure drinkers in, test yourself on the history of quizzes.