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The Bizarre Tambourine: January 2012
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PC&P (Pictures, Culture and Politics) P and C (Papers and Coffee) PP&P (Pub, Pint and Peanuts). Tuesday, January 03, 2012. Officially declared eradicated in 1979 after a global vaccination programme led by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The last known natural case was in Somalia in 1977. Since then, the only known cases were caused by a laboratory accident in 1978 in Birmingham, England, which killed one person and caused a limited outbreak. Posted by Nice Continental. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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The Bizarre Tambourine: Danielle Mitterrand (RIP)
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PC&P (Pictures, Culture and Politics) P and C (Papers and Coffee) PP&P (Pub, Pint and Peanuts). Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Posted by Nice Continental. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. Quotation of the Day. There was an error in this gadget. This Day in History. We Are Beautiful Devices. Cartoon Of The Day. Are Consumption Levels Falling? The New York Times. The Story Of Stuff.
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Endangered Languages Media Watch: Even Hindi falls behind
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Endangered Languages Media Watch. Looking out for Endangered Languages and related subjects appearing in the general media. Thursday, 24 November 2011. Even Hindi falls behind. In Wikipedia woos India with local languages. The Hindustan times reports on WikiConference India 2011. Though the article only mentions major Indian languages, rather than any of the 197 languages of India listed in the Unesco Atlas. I thought that the following paragraph was notable in the scope of this blog.
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Endangered Languages Media Watch: September 2011
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Endangered Languages Media Watch. Looking out for Endangered Languages and related subjects appearing in the general media. Friday, 30 September 2011. All words in Ninde start with N. In An Idiot Abroad, Series 2 Episode 1, "Desert Island". The protagonist spends a night alone on a small island in Vanuatu, after meeting with the residents of a nearby island for some instruction and cultural background. The locals speak Ninde. It is implied that all Ninde words begin with n,. Links to this post. A book ed...
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The Bizarre Tambourine: Film Festival
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The Bizarre Tambourine: North Kurdistan
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PC&P (Pictures, Culture and Politics) P and C (Papers and Coffee) PP&P (Pub, Pint and Peanuts). Thursday, December 29, 2011. Since the beginning of the Arab uprising Turkey. Has been held up as a blueprint for the emerging Middle Eastern democracies to copy. But many observers question whether its treatment of its Kurdish minority gives it the right to be treated as a role model. Mass trials of Kurds. Abdullah Demirbas, the mayor of a district in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey, i...
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The Bizarre Tambourine: December 2011
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PC&P (Pictures, Culture and Politics) P and C (Papers and Coffee) PP&P (Pub, Pint and Peanuts). Thursday, December 29, 2011. Since the beginning of the Arab uprising Turkey. Has been held up as a blueprint for the emerging Middle Eastern democracies to copy. But many observers question whether its treatment of its Kurdish minority gives it the right to be treated as a role model. Mass trials of Kurds. Abdullah Demirbas, the mayor of a district in the mainly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir in eastern Turkey, i...
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The Bizarre Tambourine: May 2011
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PC&P (Pictures, Culture and Politics) P and C (Papers and Coffee) PP&P (Pub, Pint and Peanuts). Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Dick Costolo was in full flow. The chief executive of Twitter – installed after a brief power struggle in the autumn of 2010 – was outlining his unifying vision for the company's product at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. "Our mission," he said, "is to instantly connect people everywhere to what's most meaningful to them.". It's now five years old. Twitter hasn't had ...
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Other resources | Endangered Languages
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A webguide to government information resources. Produced by SIL International. Is the most comprehensive and recognized information source on the world’s languages. The links listed below are other important source of information about language endangerment worldwide from non-profit or non-governmental organizations:. Endangered Languages Data Summary. Foundation for Endangered Languages. The Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project. International Clearinghouse for Endangered Languages.
