Monthly Archives: July, 2014

The Science of Everyday Thinking certificate

I have successfully finished the University of Queensland’s course “The Science of Everyday Thinking”

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5 Arabic Words That Have No English Equivalent

Lena Kassicieh

Arabic is a wonderfully expressive, visual language. Many terms used throughout the Arab world would not make much sense out of context, or if translated into another language. Oftentimes, colloquialisms or even idioms are the hardest part of a language for a foreigner to understand, as they are so deeply rooted in the culture. Arabs, a traditionally desert people, have several words that describe particular kinds of desert winds, something very unique to the language, just like Eskimos in Alaska have several words to describe different types of snow and ice. Read more »

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good

Samuel Johnson