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University of Arizona students now have a bigger playground to create multimedia content. The University of Arizona launched a new production studio on campus called the Digital Futures Bilingual Studio, at 811 N. Euclid Ave., a space that used to serve as the UA’s Visitor Center. The studio is open to students who want to grow their skills in video and audio production, offering a variety of equipment, green screen video and podcast rooms. “Other students can get an opportunity to show their initiative and their creativity,” said Jordan Chin, a senior journalism student who works at the Digital Futures…

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Live on Kickstarter, DIPONGO is on a mission to awaken children’s creativity through the intelligent use of screens. Paris, France – December 28, 2022 — DIPONGO, the all-new interactive storytelling experience where stories are brought to life from the screen to the real-world, is live on global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter and raising funds to bring the project to life. It is estimated that 70% of children spend upwards of 2-3 passive hours per day in front a screen between video games, apps, shows and movies. All this passive watching is causing children to lose their innate creativity; a key skill…

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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature118th over: Australia 491-7 (Carey 70, Green 18) More singles from the spinner. 117th over: Australia 489-7 (Carey 69, Green 17) Down the ground goes Carey, a lofted off drive from Rabada for four. Nice shot, it takes him to his second highest score in Tests. His best so far is 93.116th over: Australia 485-7 (Carey 65, Green 17) Carey keeps trying to work Maharaj to the leg side and eventually succeeds, driving off the back foot wide of mid on.Updated at 21.28 EST115th over: Australia 484-7 (Carey 64, Green…

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Bad Bunny brought smiles to people’s faces days after Christmas. The 28-year-old artist, along with his Good Bunny Foundation, held a gift drive called Bonita Tradición at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente Walker in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Dec. 27. Bad Bunny and volunteers helped hand out thousands of gifts to the community. “The distribution of gifts was a success!” the Good Bunny Foundation wrote in Spanish on Instagram alongside photos from the event, adding that it was a magical day.The “Me Porto Bonito” singer was seen posing with fans of all ages who waited to get their gifts and…

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NEW ORLEANS – The Alabama Crimson Tide is in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl matchup against Kansas State, but for a few hours Tuesday afternoon, it was about more than football. Straight after practice in the Caesars Superdome, Nick Saban and a group of Crimson Tide players bussed over to Children’s Hospital of New Orleans and spent nearly an hour with patients from the hospital, their families and the hospital’s staff and healthcare workers. “These kids are great,” senior safety Jordan Battle said. “They’re inspirations to all of us. It’s no better thing than to come out here and spend some…

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© South African TourismSouth Africa is a new destination from Belgium since September 2022, when Air Belgium commenced flights from Brussels to Johannesburg and Cape Town. The country is a great destination, for business and for tourism.South Africa offers tourists a wide variety of options, among others the picturesque natural landscape and game reserves, diverse cultural heritage and highly regarded wines. Some of the most popular destinations include several national parks, such as the expansive Kruger National Park in the north of the country, the coastlines and beaches of the KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces, and the major cities like…

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Scholarly essays on bilingualism are helpful to researchers, teachers, and parents who want to understand the benefits and disadvantages of multilingualism. These essay writer are divided into two categories – early and late bilingualism. They also cover topics such as myths about bilingualism and balanced multilingualism. Early vs. late bilingualism Whether early or late bilingualism is a more significant advantage is an open debate. However, empirical and theoretical rationales for the differences still need to be clarified. Early bilinguals typically acquire a basic understanding of their L1 and can discriminate the phonemes of their L1 from those of their L2.…

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I’m unsure what got me thinking about The Black Stallion the other day, but it cropped up in my mind and felt perhaps there was a story in there somewhere. Since I fancy myself a “writer” I’ve focused on the authors rather than the stories, as I was curious to know how horsey they were. Now, I will say that because I’m of a certain age I focused on three authors I grew up reading, but I think I can get away with it because they all wrote classics.  Anna Sewell – Black Beauty She only wrote one book, but it…

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Sport Africa bows out in style with the second of three specials looking back at some of show’s best stories from the past five years.Getting in gear, we start in Morocco for an all-female rally with a difference that tests competitors across the dunes of the Sahara.Wilfred Ndidi, a driving force in midfield for Nigeria and Leicester City, talks about plotting his route to the top whilst we also hear from Africa’s number one blade runner, Ntando Mahlangu, an athlete who has gone on to become a double Paralympic champion since Sport Africa first spoke to him in 2018.There is…

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Sr. Margaret Smyth, a fervent advocate for the poor and migrant communities and who led an apostolate serving Spanish-speaking immigrants in eastern Long Island for 23 years, died Dec. 19, 2022. She was 83. A member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, New York, Smyth died at her home in Riverhead. Smyth led the North Fork Spanish Apostolate in Riverhead for 23 of the 26 years it has existed. In 2014, she took on the social ministry at St. John the Evangelist, integrating the work of both entities to serve people in need. Colleagues recalled Smyth for her…

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