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If King Michael is a traitor … then what is Basescu?

Posted by  on Friday, June 24th 2011     

Romanian President Traian Basescu called HMS King Michael of Romania a traitor…. How far can a *supposedly* democratic president go when expressing personal opinions and such in public? ActMedia Romanian News Agency:http://www.actmedia.eu/2011/06/24/top+story/royal+house+will+not+comment+on+p… Yahoo News:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110623/ap_on_re_eu/eu_romania_basescu_king The Kansas City Star:http://www.kansascity.com/2011/06/23/2969149/romanian-president-launches-atta… Romania Report Blog: http://romania-rep.blogspot.com/2008/02/president-basescu-in-timisoara-i-will… Find out more: http://www.google.ro/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=basescu+about+… I didn’t plan to take on this subject at the beginning. [...]

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The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America – All Romance Ebooks

Posted by  on Wednesday, June 22nd 2011     

The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America – All Romance Ebooks

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Foreign language radio: link to home and learning tool for language learners

Posted by  on Tuesday, June 21st 2011     

Tune in and learn a language! I’m in a Brazilian hiking group and new hikers always ask me how I learned Portuguese with a Portuguese accent. My response is always: KSQQ, Rádio Comercial Portuguesa 96.1FM in San Jose, CA, a Portuguese Community Radio. I listened through a lot of ads for funeral homes and Catholic [...]

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The Literary Party e-books

Posted by  on Tuesday, June 21st 2011     

The Literary Party: Growing Up Gay and Amish in America by James Schwartz   e-books here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/67999  

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The Pale City

Posted by  on Tuesday, June 21st 2011     

by James Schwartz     From the pale city Beside the pale sea I traveled once more home To the fields in hues of tea     I left behind abandon lovers They did not see me go I keep my silence still I have nothing left to show   No goodbyes were called out [...]

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Evitar el Spanglish utilizando canciones y los medios

Posted by  on Monday, June 20th 2011     

Entrevista en el programa matutino de Univision San Francisco (KDTV) con la autora del libro, El Idioma es Música” acerca de los temas de como hablar inglés y español sin mezlcarles en Spanglish y como utilizar canciones, televisión y películas para aprender idiomas. El 13 de junio 2011. (Interview in Spanish about how to avoid [...]

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On Traumas, Moms, Fashion Theory & Some Other Stuff (Vlog, etc.)

Posted by  on Sunday, June 19th 2011     

  These are my latest vlogs. I’ll continue this blog post considering you’ve already seen the videos on Youtube and I’ll continue the discussion and add some notes about what I’ve talked about. Section 1ish: TRAUMA I’ve realized that I’m quite terrified of death. I’m not sure if it’s because I haven’t accomplished everything I’ve dreamed of accomplishing or [...]

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On the Town

Posted by  on Sunday, June 19th 2011     

Slow night on Shadow Street, where you never meet anyone you know and every place you go was never there before and will be altogether different tomorrow. “Quiet night.” I say to the barkeep at the bistro, looking over the sparse crowd of irregular regulars in the unfamiliar room where I stop every evening on [...]

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12th and Delaware: A Documentary About Abortion & CO, Raising Disturbing Feelings…

Posted by  on Saturday, June 18th 2011     

(video taken from here – see the film, its description and comments in the link) This documentary is difficult to put in categories. It does follow the pro-life side, but at the same time, I can’t be sure of any bias because there isn’t any literal comment on what’s being filmed. Long story short, 8 [...]

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Вы хотите говорить на иностранном языке?

Posted by  on Saturday, June 18th 2011     

Вы хотите говорить на иностранном языке? Слушайте музыку, смотрите телевизионные программы и кинофильмы. Сусанна Зарайская, автор книги «Язык – это музыка», считает, что каждый язык имеет свою тональность, как и музыкальное произведение.

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