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Guest Post by Edward Elliott Walking between flights at Newark Liberty Airport today, a woman standing at a sales kiosk spoke to me, “Sign up for our credit card. 30,000 frequent flier miles for signing. Wouldn’t you like a free flight?” “I already have your card.” “Sign up for our credit card,” she said – again. She hadn’t listened to my answer. It’s embarrassing. You ask a question. You’re being polite – maybe not interested in the answer. Your friend answers, and you follow with silence. What did he say? Oops. Awkward. And the friend gets the message. You weren’t really interested. I suppose we’ve all done it. A couple...
Browsing in the Fitzwilliam Museum shop last week, I found this image in the selection of upmarket Christmas cards. It’s charmingly medieval and vaguely reindeer-like, and no one else seemed …
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Peter Capaldi’s debut as The Doctor was so astute and assured it quickly confirmed that he has the type of wily charisma that makes it a role he was born to play.
Learn from my own experience how to learn German in a very short time, by using very simple and accessible methods. Check my newest article to see exactly how I learned German from 0 to advanced in only one year.
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To see the animated image scroll down to the first comment (below) or view original size (800 x 800; look above in the "actions" menu). Details and History The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is derived from the 1911 stereograph depicting Physical examination of female immigrants at Ellis Island, New York City. Related images are shown below (in the first comment). Copyright Advisory The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation. This is believed to be fair use. The original image is copyright 1911 and may be in the public domain. According to Wikipedia works copyrighted before 1978 have a maximum copyright duration of 95 years. LOC image page: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/95506353/ . Technical trivia The source image received aggressive noise reduction (NoisewarwPro) then a darker duplicate (darkened by adjusting the gamma) was generated and blended with the original (Hard Light filter, PictureWindow Pro). Subsequent image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.
A whole Saturday of grammar-related events at the Guardian building near King’s Cross with the emphasis on entertainment. It doesn’t matter whether you know your apostrophe from your ellipsis, you’re bound to learn something.
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CLassic: And She Never Will - School Fails
We’ve all been asked really tactless and even rude questions sometimes. What do these people want? Do they want to assert themselves so that they feel better at your expense? Is it their envy or bad manners that makes them ask these questions in the first place? It’s even worse when they’re are asked by close friends and relatives. And it’s totally unclear how you should react: you don’t want to be rude to them but you also can’t forget about your own feelings and dignity.
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