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The Guardian News: Video The film team review this week’s new releases, including The Wolfpack, about a gang of brothers raised in semi-isolation and Gemma Bovery, a sleepy adaptation of the Posy Simmonds comic, starring Gemma Arterton Top Reads - What people are reading—everywhere On Christmas Day last year, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appeared on Iraqi television to wish his country’s Christian minority—which has been fleeing by the thousand since the American invasion, in 2003—a happy holiday. Maliki, who is sixty-three, wore a dark-blue suit and a purple tie, and stood almost perfectly still at a lectern flanked by Iraqi flags. His long face conveyed, as it almost always does, a look of utter joylessness. Having spent much of his… Flickr Books For five long and very strange years, death haunted tiny Dryden, NY, a town near the Finger Lakes where a plague of car accidents, suicides, and even grisly murders involving two… Over the past week or so, Jonathan Chait and I have enjoyed an ongoing debate over the rhetoric the president employs when addressing African Americans. Here is my initial installment, Chait's… Excerpted from "Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" Here’s a study that may surprise you.
Catalyst - ABC TV more stories > The Great Australian Bee Challenge - Part One Tuesday, 29 January In the first of two programmes, host Paul West challenges four families to successfully keep a honeybee hive, bringing these everyday Australians up close to the very latest science about bee brains, communication and behaviour. Bionic Revolution 100 Most Often Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English There are spelling rules in English, even if they are difficult to understand, so pronouncing a word correctly usually does help you spell it correctly. Here are the 100 most often mispronounced English words ("mispronunciation" among them). Several common errors are the result of rapid speech, so take your time speaking, correctly enunciating each word.
ABC Radio National (Australia) View full program guide5:30 pmReligion and Ethics Report With Andrew WestThe world of religious affairs and ethical issues in Australia and around the globe.6:00 pmRN Drive With Patricia KarvelasRN Drive takes you behind the day's headlines, with an engaging mix of current affairs, analysis, arts and culture from across Australia and around the world.With Sinead ManganRelevant and engaging coverage that provides news and analysis of national issues significant to regional Australia8:00 pmBig Ideas With Cathy Van ExtelTalks, forums, debates and festivals around the world.9:00 pmThe Hub on Books With Claire NicholsYour weekly destination for in-depth literary interviews as well as news and analysis about the publishing industry. With Ann JonesFrom suburban backyards to the remote wilderness: RN heads outside.View full program guide
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