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New Rough Guides Phrasebooks
???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Recorded by native speakers, audio files can be downloaded for FREE online, and then transferred to an iPod or other MP3 player. Ideal for practicing your pronunciation and polishing your accent, either before you travel or while on the road.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.roughguides.com/phrasebooks/
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year
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New Year’s Day 2006, delayed by a second
“Get ready for a minute with 61 seconds. Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first “leap second” in seven years, a timing tweak meant to make up for changes in the Earth’s rotation.” Link: reuters.co.uk
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Iceberg drinks and Arctic vistas
“It is one of the most barren and inhospitable places to live on the planet. Yet the Arctic landscape of Greenland attracts thousands of visitors yearly who marvel at the astounding beauty of icebergs, glaciers and a vast ice cap.” Link: cnn.com
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Turning the Pages, the British Library
“Discover the British Library’s award-winning Turning the Pages. ” Link: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
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ZPFP – Union of Polish Wildlife Photographers
Union of Polish Wildlife Photographers (ZPFP). Information and photo gallery http://www.zpfp.pl/
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Ryanair to resume negotiations with Malta International Airport
It appears that Ryanair is looking at flying to Malta and Slovenia. http://217.145.4.56/ind/news.asp?newsitemid=20056 056
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Letter size to affect post cost
Well the news is out about the size based postage rates. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4161106.stm http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content2?catId@0105&mediaId!100324
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translations
Merguez – a red, spicy sausage from North Africa Lardon – a piece of bacon
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Help out in a crisis – with ICE
East Anglian Ambulance Service have launched a national “In case of Emergency ( ICE )", the campaign was launched this week by Bob and Falklands war hero Simon Weston in association with Vodafone’s annual Life Savers Awards. The idea is that you store the word “ I C E “ in your mobile phone address…
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London
I live in London… I didn’t hear or see any bombs, or know anybody involved in yesterdays events, just what everyone else saw on TV, scary maybe but nobody is terrorised or afraid. Life goes on. Yesterday was a bit strange, the schools school were i work is closed today, so i get to sit…
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this weeks top referrers
USATODAY.com – More travelers prefer to go it alone abroad http://usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2005-04-26-solo-travel_x.htm “TRAVELLING INTO TROUBLE” http://www.channel4.com/life/microsites/T/travelling_into_trouble/planning.html
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Birding sites
http://www.birdersworld.com/ http://www.birding.com/
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Driscoll House
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