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  • hartle followed Government Olympic Communications

    05 July 2012

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    Government Olympic Communications

    We're the government communication team for the #London2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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  • hartle created a boo

    20 April 2012

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    23 March 2012

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    Food and drink in Glasgow

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    • I.prearo To be honest I have never been in the UK, but foreign cultures have always impressed me a lot. It is true that English cuisine is not so famous all over the world, but I think that stereotypes should be left apart, when it comes to get in touch with a different culture. Only if a specific food is tasted, a negative comment can be acceptable! I have never heard of “haggis” before, so I had to search for some information about it. Even if the sheep’s offal, that is to say liver, heart and lungs do not seem so appetizing, I would taste it if I were in Scotland just because it is typical of that country. And I would like to come back to Italy by saying: “I managed to taste haggis, and…I like it!”.

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    12 March 2012

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    Sports

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    • anna.baldo Doing sport is one of the oldest leisure activities that exist. As history tells us also in the firsts civilizations, people practiced and appreciated watching many kinds of sports. It is indeed already in the ancient Greece that the Olimpic games were invented to celebrate these activities. As in the past there were people who played sports and people who only watched them, so it is today. Instead of huge arenas and public places, we have now stadiums, sport centers and above all the television. But doing a certain activity and watching someone else doing it are certainly two very different things: going to a theater show, for instance, doesn’t mean that you are passionate about acting. The same reasoning applies also for those who only watch sports, without practicing them: they are passionate about watching television, rather than about doing the activities they look at. If someone does (or used to do) a specific activity instead, he/she will be very likely interested also in watching it to see the performances of professionals and how to improve him/herself. The fact that sports were practiced already many centuries ago means that doing sport, or better, to do some kind of physical activity is a sort of innate human need. People often think that to function correctly the human body only needs to be nourished, to rest and to have a good exterior appearance. That may be enough for someone, but for the majority of us certainly not. We can indeed consider our body as similar to a car: it is not enough to fill it with fuel, it also needs to be lubricated, overhauled and to be kept in motion to function at its best. More we keep our body trained, better it works: all our muscles are fitter (they also burn calories faster!), our internal organs benefits from a sort of benefic massage and thanks to the improved blood circulation are better oxygenated. For all these reasons I think that practicing a sport in a more or less constant way is the key for both our physical and psychological balance. Try to take a fast walk in the nature: you will immediately perceive the portentous effects that this simple activity has on your body and on your mood!

  • hartle followed lamansiondelingles

    04 March 2012

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    Aprender inglés gratis con La Mansión del Inglés.

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    04 March 2012

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    Dalla's funeral, texts and the common people

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    What does it mean to be a common person? Does the fact that someone is famous make them special? Should journalists on the TV be careful ...
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    • anna.baldo Journalists commonly use the expression "common people" to distinguish people which are not widely known in the public sphere from those who are. We are so used to hear this word that we usually do not pay attention on what it really means. It is in fact true, that "common" is not a very suitable adjective to apply to a person, because it conveys the idea of something that you can easily find and that for this reason is not special. However, we need to have clear in mind that the so called VIPs are not better than everyone else (and this concept is often not enough underlined). We may get this idea from the fact that they are to be seen on the television, on newspapers etc., which makes them known by a large slice of the population. But this impression only depends from the fact that those people play a public role, which put them in a position of great visibility. I think that journalists do not use the word "common" with the intention of putting those who are not famous on a lower level, but it is a matter of fact that the conveyed idea is this one. Since their job is to communicate the news in a proper way, it may be more appropriated to replace this expression, according to the context; in this case they could have easily used something like "...and people coming from all over Italy" or "...and a lot of fans". It is undeniable that everyone of us is unique, because irreplaceable. That makes us automatically special, and that independently from our job, physical appearance, social position. Anna.B

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    26 February 2012

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    Books and the power of words

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    A few thoughts on the way reading can take us into someone else's mind, and how powerful, as a result words and language can be.
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    • I.prearo I agree with the fact that reading lets a person go through someone else’s mental process. It is a good way of learning things and, maybe, reading for leisure makes a reader feel more relaxed and unexpectedly more things can be learned. Whereas, if readers are concentrated on what they have to memorize, or on the structural pattern of a text, for example when studying, a lot of information could be lost. Otherwise it would not be the case for an extensive reading, where the reader focuses on the general meaning and on the main topics of a text. Books are considered old-fashioned and e-books are replacing them. However, even though the tools can change, reading is always the best activity to keep the brain trained.

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    22 February 2012

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  • hartle followed Stephen Fry

    21 February 2012

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    Stephen Fry

    I’m a tall fellow.

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  • hartle followed Ann Foreman

    21 February 2012

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    Ann Foreman

    language teacher and teacher trainer keen investigator of the use of new technology in education

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  • hartle followed BBC Radio 4 Today

    21 February 2012

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    BBC Radio 4 Today

    Radio 4's morning current affairs programme, broadcast weekdays 6-9, Saturdays 7-9. The comments and views recorded by fans do not represent the views of the BBC.

    Just use the record button below to send us your views. All content will be moderated first.

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  • hartle followed lukegrange

    21 February 2012

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  • hartle followed BBC Radio 2

    21 February 2012

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    BBC Radio 2

    The UK's most listened-to radio station with top presenters including Chris Evans, Jeremy Vine, Graham Norton, Dermot O'Leary, Jo Whiley, Simon Mayo, Claudia Winkleman and many more.

    248 boos / 138 followers

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    21 February 2012

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    Do you hug your children?

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    20 February 2012

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    Organising your Studies

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    Listen to these statements and use them as a basis for your discussion on time and study management. The issue for most people is one of ...
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    19 February 2012

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    A Positive Learning Experience?

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    A Welcome message from me to my students with a question for you to think about and prepare an answer to.
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