English stuff, Kiwi stuff, Colombian stuff, lot´s of stuff
Friday, August 31, 2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Daily bread 08/29/2018
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New ¥900 million Tokyo study facility gives students hands-on taste of English | The Japan Times
- gives students hands-on taste of English
- a spacious English education facility
- children can immerse themselves in
- part of efforts to beef up
- a variety of settings
- to be afraid of making mistakes
- have a headache
- refrain from speaking in Japanese
- are overseen by
- spots are limited
- It should also be noted that
- programs targeting
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Sunday, August 26, 2018
Friday, August 24, 2018
Daily bread 08/24/2018
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Photos of Amazing World Traditions
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- Humans are amazing: Check out these festivals, rituals and traditions from around the world.Choose one to focus on in our next class.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Daily bread 08/22/2018
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Turning Japanese, the connection between Colombia and Japan - The Bogotá Post
- Turning Japanese, the connection between Colombia and Japan
- puts Colombo-Japanese relations under the spotlight
- couldn’t be further apart
- a boom in
- a travesty
- shoulders with
- shows a more authentic side to
- Armed with their experiences o
- a little slice of Tokyo in the heart of Bogotá
- try something a little exotic
- to sink your teeth into
- to bring sushi within everyone’s reach
- the sushi top dog
- decide once and for all
- to commemorate
- play host to
- in the process of
- we launched in
- to establish the brand
- merges tastes together
- a truly distinctive
- muses that
- not least the fusion of
- to delve into
- aimed at
- thriving cosplay, manga and anime fanbase
- looking forward to
- geekfest
- aims to
- ambitious proposal
- to complement each other.
- It’s a case of opposites attract
- can learn so much from them in terms of
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This Software Developer Provides AI Savvy To Google, Disney
- turmoil
- has held up well
- usher their customers through
- three key values: simplification, surprise, and anticipation.
- artificial intelligence is central to its services
- is poised to be
- are keen to interact with
- rebound
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Sunday, August 19, 2018
Daily bread 08/19/2018
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- Factitious is a game for testing your skill at identifying fake and misleading news stories. To play Factitious simply go to the site and select quick start. You'll then see an article appear on the screen. Read through the article, click the source listed at the bottom, and then select either the green check mark or red X to indicate whether or not you think the article is a real news story. After you make your selection you'll get instant feedback and an explanation of how you can tell if the article was a real or fake news story.Factitious does offer the option to create an account to save your progress in a game, but you don't need to create an account in order to play the game in "quick start" mode.What's the source? Do you recognize the news outlet? Is it independent, partisan or satire?What's the purpose? Is the article trying to inform, inflame, persuade, entertain?
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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Daily bread 08/15/2018
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What is the world worrying about in 2018? | Bryan Alexander
- it’s most illuminating
- Ipsos polled nearly 20,000 people
- to get a finger on the world’s pulse
- across the world
- none cracks 34%
- the United States stands out
- has rapidly risen
- intriguingly
- headed in the wrong direction
- a global touchstone
- are talking up
- looms very large
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Monday, August 13, 2018
Daily bread 08/13/2018
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Diet Hit A Snag? Your Gut Bacteria May Be Partly To Blame : The Salt : NPR
- Diet Hit A Snag? Your Gut Bacteria May Be Partly To Blame
- ever been on a diet
- help — or hinder
- in our guts
- tracked the progress of
- enrolled in a
- a low-calorie diet
- an increased abundance of
- there's a certain part of
- providing energy
- to conduct a larger, follow-up study
- these findings are
- Down the road,
- the results hold up
- could lead to
- currently on the market
- linked to successful
- to manipulate
- is just the first step
- mass-produced
- it could be challenging
- difficult to work with
- at least some years off
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Sunday, August 12, 2018
Friday, August 10, 2018
Daily bread 08/10/2018
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Is it unprofessional for doctors to have tattoos or facial piercings? - Tech Explorist
- Is it unprofessional for doctors to have tattoos or facial piercings?
- Is it unprofessional for doctors to have tattoos or facial piercings?
- patient satisfaction is correlated with outcomes
- to take prescribed medications
- to heed instructions
- healthcare providers
- non-pierced peers
- unadorned appearance
- take a hard line on
- try to be open-minded in
- to be in sync with
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Brutality is common in video games, but not sexual violence. Why? | Aeon Ideas
- Brutality is common in video games, but not sexual violence. Why?
- impaling
- notoriously violent
- caused quite a stir
- were appalled at
- not least
- relentless pestering
- the outrage produced by
- takings of more than $6 billion
- have now grown up surrounded by
- let video games off the hook
- a handful of nasty examples
- would be uncontroversially wrong
- be so sanguine about
- react with appalled horror to
- bloodletting
- have taken up this question
- is misguided
- our relatively blithe acceptance of
- Tempting though it might be to
- George Orwell bemoaned the fact that
- has gone hand in hand with
- the ubiquity of
- voyeurism
- to feign
- Insofar as
- the gamer’s dilemma
- tap into
- strikes us as
- By contrast,
- we’re happy to condemn it
- a hail of bullets
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
Daily bread 08/09/2018
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Apostrophes with Words Ending in s - Grammar and Punctuation
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A homeowner's guide to living on Mars
- Figuring out
- the red planet
- with the ultimate aim of
- the grass beneath your feet
- prescient
- there is no shortage of
- in collaboration with
- to come up with a plan for
- taking inspiration from
- the need for privacy and personal space
- small habitats
- be grouped in clusters
- In addition to
- will be a key issue when it comes to
- either willingly or unwillingly
- living with scarcity
- greenery
- venture further afield
- augmented reality
- circadian rhythms
- people’s embodied selves.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Daily bread 08/07/2018
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Thinking About Errors in Your Code Differently
- Great programmers understand that errors are part of the process, and they know how to find the solution to each while learning something new from them. In this article, we'll teach you how to think about errors in your code a little differently.
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Monday, August 6, 2018
Daily bread 08/06/2018
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Mental Performance Can Be Hurt By Even Mild Dehydration : Shots - Health News : NPR
- Off Your Mental Game
- a range of subtle effects
- A growing body of evidence
- muddled thinking
- hiking
- the feeling of thirst
- imperceptible — effects on our bodies
- a card game
- was not impeded
- Dehydration didn't hamper performance on all the tests
- a growing body of independent evidence that points to
- her findings fit with
- a 12 percent increase in errors on a test might matter
- As a general rule of thumb
- A good rule of thumb is
- No need to chug huge amounts at one time
- sip fluids throughout the day
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