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Headlines from the Web

Ethnic minority students thrilled with A* in Chinese

8/21/2008 7:34:46 PM

Source: South China Morning Post

Former NYC newsman Joseph Famiglietti dies at 92

8/21/2008 7:26:31 PM

Source: WINS 1010AM NY

Ricky Martin fathers twins

8/21/2008 6:58:21 PM

Source: Queensland Courier-Mail

Education leaders to propose secondary school reforms

8/21/2008 6:50:14 PM

Source: Boston Globe

Adult Options seeks volunteers

8/21/2008 6:47:55 PM

Source: MNSUN.com

UnitedHealthcare creates new Spanish-language service for members

8/21/2008 6:20:25 PM

Source: BizJournals

Ricky Martin a father of twin boys, publicist says

8/21/2008 5:38:09 PM

Source: Houston Chronicle

Hispanic Groups Gear Up To Push Agenda At Conventions

8/21/2008 4:59:07 PM

Source: National Journal

Ricky Martin a father of twin boys

8/21/2008 4:12:01 PM

Source: ABC 6 Philly (WPVI)

Robinho gives up on Chelsea dream

8/21/2008 8:06:10 AM

Source: Yahoo! Sports

Blogs

'Can you see me now?' Sign language over cell phones comes to United States

8/21/2008 4:20:20 PM

Source: EurekAlert!

V For Vendetta Speech Translated into Net Speak

8/21/2008 3:46:52 PM

Source: The Movie Blog

Turning the date

8/21/2008 3:28:14 PM

Source: kottke.org

Pronunciation, Cont.

8/21/2008 3:21:50 PM

Source: The Corner

Mr Too Clean?, August 2nd

8/21/2008 1:50:51 PM

Source: The Economist: The Inbox

Latest Articles

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Words, words, words

Ammon Shea reads them all for you
Who would do such a thing?
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  August 11, 2008
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Ready or not (mostly not)

Beijing says it's ready for the Olympics. Uh, really, Beijing?
Oh, Beijing. You’re like the ex-boyfriend that I wanted so badly to love, but just couldn’t bring myself to face in the morning, once the booze wore off.
By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN  |  August 08, 2008
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Kiss off

In search of an indie hit
It plays like a glossary of alternative stereotypes.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  August 05, 2008
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At home away from home

CSS take on the world — again
“We love all the pop stuff.” says Sá. “We do love the Pixies, but we also love Mariah, you know?"
By DANIEL BROCKMAN  |  August 05, 2008
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Luminous sadness

Alina Simone sings Yanka Dyagileva
“Part of my goal is to just fucking force Americans to listen to Russian rock.”
By MICHAEL BRODEUR  |  August 05, 2008
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Visions from Lilliput

The rise of the minisode
In a sense, every successful portmanteau word represents a narrow escape.
By JAMES PARKER  |  July 28, 2008
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Dance, Monkey: Bethany Van Delft

We put a comic on the hot seat. This week’s victim . . .
I’d eat a cup of salt so that I might come close to experiencing what a dolphin frolicking in the ocean might experience.
By MARC HIRSH  |  July 15, 2008

Kaidoku XXVIII

Psycho Sudoku!

By PSYCHO SUDOKU  |  July 09, 2008
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Sharp accents

Forro in the Dark and Marta Topferova talk the talk
Boston has its own vital scene of pan-American jazz and folk (hey, Mili Bermejo, Alex Alvear, Sergio Brandão, and everyone at Ryles on Wednesday nights!).
By JON GARELICK  |  June 30, 2008

Play time

A snappy Inspector Hound
The Barn Summer Playhouse is currently staging a snappy rendition of some of the most original and intellectually entertaining theater in the English language.
By BILL RODRIGUEZ  |  June 24, 2008
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Out of the woodwork

Langlais's legacy is more than just animals
Bernard Langlais's work has spawned a cottage industry of imitators who mostly serve just to prove how much better he was at it.
By KEN GREENLEAF  |  June 11, 2008

Kaidoku XXVII

Psycho Sudoku

By PSYCHO SUDOKU  |  June 11, 2008
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Kaidoku XXVI

Psycho Sudoku

By PSYCHO SUDOKU  |  May 21, 2008
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Frontière(s)/Frontier(s)

Red gold for fans of the genre
There are no lunatics in the closet in Frontière(s), writer/director Xavier Gens’s NC-17 French-language gorefest.
By JASON O'BRYAN  |  May 14, 2008
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Yet another path to enlightenment

A grammatical spiritual journey
The book is “meant for people who . . . like to have their consciousness of life’s big questions refreshed,” says Weinstein.
By KRISTINA WONG  |  April 30, 2008

El Chapincito

Hospitality from south of the border
A recent experience at one of the city’s Latin-American restaurants left me with the distinct impression that if I don’t hurry up and learn Spanish, I’m going to be out of the loop.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ  |  April 30, 2008
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Taquería El Amigo

A tasty reunion with a beloved neighborhood friend
Far from Waltham’s downtown restaurant cluster, this 16-seat storefront is a hidden, tiny cash-only gem where every patron is speaking Spanish and lustily devouring bowls of menudo.
By MC SLIM JB  |  April 30, 2008

Kaidoku XXV

Psycho Sudoku!

By PSYCHO SUDOKU  |  April 30, 2008
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On (and off) track

Boston Lyric Opera’s Seraglio , BU’s Barbiere di Siviglia , Andy Vores’s No Exit , the BPO’s Bartók and Brahms
It’s an expensive, elegant set, a lovingly detailed theatrical reproduction of railway cars on the Orient Express, the famous train connecting Paris and Istanbul.
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ  |  April 29, 2008
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Shaping the Crescent

The making of New Orleans
Even before Katrina wreaked its havoc on New Orleans, a popular T-shirt proclaimed the city “Third World and Proud of It,” and numerous more-literary types have long referred to it as the “northernmost Caribbean city.”
By CLEA SIMON  |  April 29, 2008
Audio

Letters: Guns And Weed

8/19/2008 3:09:04 PM

Source: NPR Opinion


Student Performance Improves in Montgomery County

8/19/2008 5:36:08 AM

Source: WAMU: Local News


To Blog or Not To Blog

8/16/2008 10:43:41 AM

Source: KJZZ 91.5 FM - News


Lancaster councilwoman calls for English as official language

8/16/2008 7:54:21 AM

Source: LA Daily News: Local

Video

Video: Al learns Chinese

8/21/2008 12:27:35 PM

Source: MSNBC Video Today Show


Bao Tong Talks

8/20/2008 10:55:21 PM

Source: New York Times Video


Video: Happy birthday to Al!

8/20/2008 1:38:56 PM

Source: MSNBC Video Today Show


Video: China’s most famous foreigner

8/19/2008 12:15:59 PM

Source: MSNBC Video Today Show


Video: Al's Chinese lesson

8/19/2008 12:12:08 PM

Source: MSNBC Video Today Show

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