Radio Lingua Network News: 26 September 2008
Happy European Day of Languages to all our listeners! By way of joining in this international celebration of languages and language-learning we're delighted to introduce eight new podcasts today. We're adding Catalan, Danish, French, Japanese, Mandarin and Romanian to our One Minute Languages series; we're introducing our first podcast for English learners - Write Back Soon will help learners master Phrasal Verbs; and we're finally announcing the long-awaited sequel to Coffee Break Spanish: it's
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Lesson 09 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 9 of One Minute Romanian you will learn to ask people how they're feeling and to answer the question yourself. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.
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TLFテキストの機能とUI
テキストレイアウトフレームワークのフレキシブルなテキスト設定について学びます。複数のコンテナにテキストを流し込んだり、縦書き、右から左に入力する言語などもサポートされます。
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History of the Incas
General introduction to the history of the Inca people and their influence, which extended through an enormous area of Latin America.
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Boeing prepares for happier landings
Dec. 18 - With one of the busiest holiday travel seasons of the year about to begin, air traffic control procedures are set to receive a 21st century face lift. Aircraft industry giant Boeing is in the final stages of testing out a new system that gives airplanes tailor-made landing paths, a technology they say will decrease airlines delays and cut harmful fuel emissions significantly. Jane Ross reports.
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Trading at Noon: Gunmakers feeling the pressure
Dec. 18 - Gunmaker shares plunge in the wake of the Newtown school shootings and Cerberus Capital says it will sell gunmaker Freedom Group.
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Careers - Presenting your Study Abroad experiences
Watch this screencast for tips on presenting your study abroad experiences (a term, a semester or longer) to potential employers. Includes practical examples of tailoring your experiences to job vacancies on application forms and in interviews.
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Disabled Student Applications
The process of applying to Cambridge starts a bit earlier than for some other universities, and there are a few extra steps, but it isn't complicated, and you shouldn't let this put you off applying. There is also additional support available for disabled students. Find out more at http://www.cam.ac.uk/apply/
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Ants aquaplaning on a pitcher plant
A Venezuelan pitcher plant uses wettable hairs to make insects slip into its deadly traps. An insect-trapping pitcher plant in Venezuela uses its downward pointing hairs to create a 'water slide' on which insects slip to their death, new research reveals. Hairs on plants, called trichomes, are typically used to repel water. However, the Cambridge researchers observed that the hairs on the inside of Heliamphora nutans pitcher plants were highly wettable, prompting them to test whether this phen
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Human Impact on the Biosphere
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Three Anti-Social Skills to Improve Your Writing
You need social skills to have a conversation in real life -- but they're quite different from the skills you need to write good dialogue. Educator Nadia Kalman suggests a few "anti-social skills," like eavesdropping and muttering to yourself, that can help you write an effective dialogue for your next story.  (03:46)

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Lesson 02 - One Minute Romanian
In lesson 2 of One Minute Romanian you will learn a few more useful words in Romanian which you'll use every day. Remember - even a few phrases of a language can help you make friends and enjoy travel more. Find out more about One Minute Romanian at our website - http://www.oneminutelanguages.com. One Minute Romanian is brought to you by the Radio Lingua Network and is ©Copyright 2008.Author(s): No creator set

WHO declares swine flu pandemic

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