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The idea that we will not need to know other languages in 25 years because everyone will speak English has in fact already been around for about that long. It has not served us well.
We Have a Listening Problem If We Aren’t Learning Foreign Languages « NAFSA: Association of International Educators Blog
Source: blog.nafsa.org
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My incredible bike is on sale at Adeline Adeline. (via Abici GranTurismo Uomo)

My incredible bike is on sale at Adeline Adeline. (via Abici GranTurismo Uomo)

Source: adelineadeline.com
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fuckyournoguchicoffeetable: Fuck your plate cascade.

fuckyournoguchicoffeetable:

Fuck your plate cascade.

Source: fuckyournoguchicoffeetable
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allthingseurope: Azay-Le-Rideau, France (by Anto57 -)

allthingseurope:

Azay-Le-Rideau, France

(by Anto57 -)

Source: Flickr / anto57
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The elaborate townhouse, designed in the height of Beaux Arts style, boasted “121 rooms, 31 baths, four art galleries, a swimming pool, a concealed garage,” and a private underground rail line to bring in coal for heat. (via Looking Back at Manhattan’s Lost Gilded Age Mansions - History Lessons - Curbed NY)

The elaborate townhouse, designed in the height of Beaux Arts style, boasted “121 rooms, 31 baths, four art galleries, a swimming pool, a concealed garage,” and a private underground rail line to bring in coal for heat. (via Looking Back at Manhattan’s Lost Gilded Age Mansions - History Lessons - Curbed NY)

Source: ny.curbed.com
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That is not legal argument or empirical evidence. It is the death rattle of a movement that has no legal argument or empirical evidence. Nobody disputes the fact that Americans opposed to gay marriage believe passionately in their ideas and arguments. But that doesn’t necessarily mean those arguments should win in a court. The best thing that could have happened in the Prop 8 case just happened. The dissent has no clothes.
Why the Proponents of a Gay Marriage Ban Will Soon Be Speechless - Slate Magazine
Source: Slate
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Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas by Man Ray

Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas by Man Ray

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This picture is on one of the German-language websites I’m using! What the hell.

This picture is on one of the German-language websites I’m using! What the hell.

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Paris is to become one of the first major capital cities in the world to officially allow cyclists to ride through red lights. (via Paris to allow cyclists to run red lights in bid to cut accidents | Mail Online)

Paris is to become one of the first major capital cities in the world to officially allow cyclists to ride through red lights. (via Paris to allow cyclists to run red lights in bid to cut accidents | Mail Online)

Source: Daily Mail
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YES to tableside martini preparation. (via Humm’s $340 Bespoke Menu Offers Foie Gras, Perfect Duck: Review - Bloomberg)

YES to tableside martini preparation. (via Humm’s $340 Bespoke Menu Offers Foie Gras, Perfect Duck: Review - Bloomberg)

Source: bloomberg.com
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