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Ha! How cool is she?! 馃檪 latenightjimmy: Jimmy Fallon and Michelle Obama Put On Their Game Faces On Twitter Honored to have the FLOTUS on the show tonight! We鈥檒l be even more honored if we can finally beat her in a competition. (Tune in – 12:35pm EST on NBC)
Bail for Oscar Pistorius, but Doubt About His Story Although despite the defense’s efforts the case itself leaves little doubt, I thought this decision was somewhat predictable There really are enough reasons (listed by the Magistrage) to support his release. What is not among those though, is what the defense tried to use – I thought their argument that he wouldn’t run off missing the chance to restore his public image is quite ridiculous.聽Of course, his achievements to date are unquestionable, but his image is hardly going to be the same or even close to it again, no matter what…
In 1999, UNESCO decided to launch an International Mother Language Day (IMLD) to be observed throughout the world each year on 21 February. This celebration is designed to promote linguistic diversity and multilingual education, to highlight greater awareness of the importance of mother tongue education. En 1999, la UNESCO decidi贸 crear el D铆a Internacional de la Lengua Materna (IMLD, seg煤n sus siglas en ingl茅s), que desde entonces cada 21 de febrero se conmemorar铆a en el mundo entero. El prop贸sito de esta celebraci贸n es promover la diversidad ling眉铆stica y la educaci贸n pluriling眉e, con miras a fomentar la sensibilidad acerca de la…
As promised, here are some interesting facts and quotes about learning foreign languages: “Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly."聽/Kat贸 Lomb/ According to experts, at this moment there are more than 5000 languages spoken around the world. The 12 most widely used represent approximately ¾ of the world’s population, and the 30 most principal ones are spoken on more than ¾ of the world. 聽 ”Those who know no foreign language know nothing of their mother tongue.“聽/Johann Wolfgang von Goethe/ English is the most widely published language and also the language spoken by the greatest number of non-native…
From 2000 February UN promotes linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism on International Mother Language Day. While among many related issues UNESCO focuses this year on the efforts towards a multilingual internet, it is also important to draw attention to the importance of multilingual education, teaching children 聽to understand what might not be provided to them in their mother language. I for one cannot imagine my life without the ability to speak and understand other languages besides my mother tongue. One of those other languages being English, the most widely used language of the world surely has quite a lot…
As we seek to build the world we want, let us intensify our efforts to achieve a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable development path built on dialogue, transparency and social justice. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Message for the 2013 World Day of Social Justice (via halftheskymovement)
The General Assembly聽proclaimed 20 February as World Day of Social Justice聽in 2007, inviting Member States to devote the day to promoting national activities in accordance with the objectives and goals of the聽World Summit for Social Development聽and the twenty-fourth session of the General Assembly. Observance of World Day of Social Justice should support efforts of the international community in poverty eradication, the promotion of full employment and decent work, gender equity and access to social well-being and justice for all.
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thepoliticalnotebook: This is this year鈥檚 World Press Photo of the Year for 2012, taken by Paul Hansen聽of the Swedish newspaper聽Dagens Nyheter. It鈥檚 a photo taken on November 20th of the funeral of two Palestinian children in Gaza City. The children are brothers: two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad. They were killed in an Israeli missile strike, which hit their house. Their father鈥檚 body is also being carried further back in the picture. This is a very tough photo and I had a small debate over whether or not to post it on here. Not because of controversy related…
