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A Small Number Of High Schools Have Sports Teams In Germany

Leon Ralston — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:10:33 +0000

A small number of high schools have sports teams in Germany and Edebali was playing football for club teams in Hamburg and Cologne in 2005 when he introduced himself to John Lyons, who was coaching the Cologne Centurions of NFL Europe. Edebali was able to get a scholarship with USA Football’s International Student Program with the help of Lyons. He became one of nine German students within the ISP, including four at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, N.H., where Lyons is the coach. Lyons said, “Some of these kids come over with a pretty good understanding of football and skills, once we learned their best position, some of the techniques were new to them. For the most part, I’m amazed how quickly a player like Kasim can pick up things.”

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A German Woman of 64 Gave Birth to a Healthy Baby

Leon Ralston — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:03:15 +0000

A German woman at the age of 64 has given birth to a healthy baby girl, a national record and her first child after years of unfruitful attempts and false pregnancies, a report says. Dr Elias Karam at the Aschaffenburg clinic in southern Bavaria said that the mother and new born child are doing well. The report says the delivery was done by caesarian section and the child weighed two kilograms. While the woman became the oldest German to given birth, it was far from a world record. A Spanish woman of 67 gave birth to twins at the end of the year 2006 and before that a Romanian woman at 66 gave birth to twins. Dr Karam said, “This woman came to me because she needed my help. As a doctor, I gave it without question.”

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The Gainesville Multicultural Committee held Christmas is One Language Concert

Leon Ralston — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:29:01 +0000

At First United Methodist Church on Thompson Bridge Road in Gainesville, the Gainesville Multicultural Committee held its 11th Annual Christmas is One Language Concert. The concert was devoted to the memory of St. John’s Baptist Church Choir Ministers of Music and Accompanists Marcus Stephens and Tim Cantrell. The concert was done to remember Marcus Stephens and Tim Cantrell, both died this year. St. John’s Baptist Church, , Soloists Enrique Montiel and Luz Piedad Lopez, the Fair Street Elementary School Choir, Gainesville High School Crimson Chorus, and Ballet Mexicano de Lupita Sosa and First United Methodist Handbell Choir participated in the concert. All the credit was given to both Stephens and Cantrell, they contributed to the success concert which has become a Christmas tradition in North Georgia.

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Chinese is The Third Most Spoken Language in NYC

Leon Ralston — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:22:16 +0000

In New York City, after English and Spanish, Chinese is the third most spoken language. At Claremont Preparatory School in Lower Manhattan, 5th grade students are required to take the most popular dialect of Chinese “Mandarin”, only if the student wants to continue with the Chinese. Headmaster of Claremont school, Irwin Shlachter said “It has been a huge success, more than 60 percent of our fifth grade students continue on with Mandarin when it comes to the time to choose a language.” Shlachter also said “Americans are traditionally comfortable speaking only one language, and we are changing that, it is our job as educators to prepare this generation of young people for the global community of the future.” A number of people are interested in learning Chinese for different reasons like business, travel, education and the most interesting reason is people love the culture and want to be part of it. Shlachter said that learning Chinese is not at all difficult and you will get the tones if you practice for thirty minutes daily.

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Man Got Punished For Racist Attack on Indians in Germany

Leon Ralston — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:06:02 +0000

A German court found eighteen years young man guilty for provocation related to a racist attack against a group of Indian people that injured 14 people in the eastern German state of Saxony. This man was ordered to pay 600 euros to an association for the protection of kids. The incident has generated anger in Germany when photos of the injured Indians were seen on the front pages of all major media in the country. throughout the proceedings, the defendant admitted to shouting racist slogans as a festival in the town of Mügeln was drawing to a close A crowd of about 50 people chased eight Indians across a street after an incident on a dance floor set up on the town square. They took refuge in a pizzeria. Prosecutors said they had found enough evidence to charge four Germans.

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Language Arbitrates Between Power and Subordination

Leon Ralston — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:27:29 +0000

Juan Luis Conde, a Spanish philologist says a relationship may be between a parent and a child, a man and a woman, or an employer and an employee. It can be among friends or members of a group. According to him language arbitrates between power and subordination. Power is an imbalance, which can be obvious as in a master-slave relationship, when the subordinate is unaware of his or her position of disadvantage. The language we use is a basic instrument to build relationships; the very fabric of interpersonal life whether these are sentimental, industrial, or generational. The English Philosopher J. L. Austin reminds us, we use words not only to make true or false judgements, but also to make things.

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Japanese Language Speech Contest at National University of Modern Languages

Leon Ralston — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 16:09:49 +0000

Japan’s Ambassador said to Pakistan Seiji Kojima “Learning a foreign language is more than mastering the spoken part of it, as it helps people understand a different culture.” Kojima, who was chief guest on the occasion of Japanese language speech contest placed at the National University of Modern Languages. In the contest, there were eight students who participated and delivered a detailed and very well-prepared speech. Kojima said that a Japanese Language Proficiency Test will be placed again at NUML with the cooperation of NUML, MEXT Alumni Association of Pakistan and the Embassy of Japan in Pakistan. Kojima also made an admiring comment on the varsity’s Japanese Language Department on maintaining the standard. Kojima was very happy with the professors and staff members of the Japanese Language Department for their heartily contribution and efforts to make Pakistani citizens, learn Japanese language.The prizes were distributed by the Ambassador Seiji Kojima, 1st prize was given to Muhammad Shahab Aslam, 2nd to Muhammad Imran Yousaf and 3ed to Attaullah Sajjad in the speech contest.

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Foreign Language Competition For Students

Leon Ralston — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:42:28 +0000

Fifty five students won prize for their speaking and performance abilities
These talented students are from McIntosh High, Sandy Creek High, Starr’s Mill High and Whitewater High schools. A student is selected by the foreign language teachers for the competition based on their ability to learn by heart and perform in front of their entire class. Students immediately start practice the moment they get selected. Students have to present two poems in front of judges and audience, their pronunciation understanding of text, smoothness of delivery and textural accuracy should be so precise. If students have all these capability then no body can stop them from winning the award.

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German School Closed after Receiving Shooting Plot Warning

Leon Ralston — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:15:11 +0000

The precautionary measure was taken when the police in Finland received shooting plot warning in four days, the school was closed. The warning came after Finnish police examine an internet forum heard two people were talking that they had heard that a shooting might take place at the German school. German police spokesman Ralf Kamphausen said ‘The warning was very vague, but we had to take it seriously because the security of the pupils had priority.”A student of Finnish high-school killed six students and two women in a school shooting in the small town of Jokela before turning his gun on himself. police learned that two youths planned to attack their school in the city of Cologne, Pupils were told to stay away as a precaution. A 17-year-old committed suicide in front of a tram when police asked about the plot. His 18-year-old co-conspirator told the police that the two had abandoned their plan a month ago.

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A Four Day German Film Festival

Leon Ralston — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:57:37 +0000

A festival for four days of German films, being organised by Max Mueller Bhavan and the Madras Film Society, opened at the Film Chamber Theatre. The festival was inaugurated by M. Ganesh, vice-chairman of the Indo Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where seven films were representing different themes, from industrialisation to unemployment and reality to imaginary tale. The highlight of the German film festival is the screening of ‘Lost and Found’, a movie directed by six young directors. Mr. Ganesh said “The German films have a simple but very good theme and they discover the various aspects of the chosen theme.”Priya V, Associate Director of ‘Mitr, My Friend’ said “When one watches international movies one figures out new themes and forms of expression, but then we realise that some of those thoughts are universal.” Priya was a guest of honour at the inauguration, along with the actor Naethra.

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