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Boxing Legend Evander Holyfield To Fight Vitor Belfort After Oscar De La Hoya Contracts COVID-19

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Published On :: Sun, 5 Sep 2021 13:21:14 EDT

Holyfield will fight Belford on September 11.


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Daughter Of Former NFL Player Kevin Faulk Dies At 19

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Published On :: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 08:09:23 EDT

She was a student at LSU.


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Kevin Faulk Taking Time Away From Coaching At LSU After His 19-Year-Old Daughter Dies

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Published On :: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 08:04:58 EDT

Kevione was a student at the university.


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Golden State Warriors Player Andrew Wiggins Gets COVID-19 Vaccine After Being Denied Religious Exemption

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Published On :: Mon, 4 Oct 2021 18:36:02 EDT

Coach Steve Kerr made a statement.


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Kyrie Irving Could Still Earn $19M, Despite Not Playing

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Published On :: Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:49:15 EDT

He has refused to get the coronavirus vaccine.


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Cayman Jails Two People For Covid-19 Breach

By bernews.com
Published On :: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 15:04:41 +0000

An American college student and her boyfriend have been jailed for four months in the Cayman Islands after breaking their Covid-19 rules, with the news apparently causing quite some interest in the USA, with ‘Cayman Islands’ trending as high as fourth in the U.S. rankings on Twitter this morning as people discussed the matter. Cayman — a […]


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Village Gathering Postponed Until October 19

By bernews.com
Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 16:47:27 +0000

The Village Gathering event, originally scheduled for Saturday [Oct 12] from 4.00pm to 5.30pm at the Victor Scott School, has been postponed until October 19. A spokesperson said, “Given feedback received from relevant authorities, we are postponing the Village Gathering until Saturday, October 19.” Related Stories ‘Celebrating Early Childhood’ Event On Nov 10 Village Gathering […]


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Village Gathering To Be Held On October 19

By bernews.com
Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:16:57 +0000

The Village Gathering event will be held on Saturday [Oct 19] from 4.00pm to 5.30pm at Victor Scott School Hall. A spokesperson said, “The collaboration geared to enhance community by staging the Village Gathering to inspire and empower Parents, on Saturday, October 19th from 4 – 5.30 pm at Victor Scott School Hall, has already […]


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RAN Announce U19, Women XVs Tournaments

By bernews.com
Published On :: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:14:42 +0000

Rugby Americas North [RAN] announced the venue for the 2024 Rugby Americas North Men’s Under-19 and Senior Women’s XVs Tournament alongside Federación Mexicana de Rugby [FMRU]. The five-day event will take place July 10th – 14th in Mexico City – held at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México’s [UNAM] Deportivo Alfredo Harp Helu grounds, where […]


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U19 Rugby Team Set For RAN Championships

By bernews.com
Published On :: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:59:07 +0000

The U19 Bermuda National Rugby Team, sponsored by Coralisle Group Ltd. [CG], is set to compete in the Rugby Americas North [RAN] U19 Championships in Mexico City from July 10th to July 13th. A spokesperson said, “Following a strong performance last year, where Bermuda secured third place, the team is determined to achieve even greater […]


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Bermuda’s 1936 Olympian Hubert Spence

By bernews.com
Published On :: Sat, 27 Jul 2024 12:00:59 +0000

[Written by Don Burgess] Did you know that one of Bermuda’s first great Olympic hopes is a former world record holder in the International Swimming Hall of Fame? And how he came to represent Bermuda is controversial, and that process will never happen again. Hubert Leonard Spence represented Bermuda at the 1936 Olympic Games in […]


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CURB Event To Mark 190th Anniversary

By bernews.com
Published On :: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 22:36:50 +0000

Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda [CURB] will host an event to commemorate the 190th anniversary of emancipation in Bermuda. A spokesperson said, “It is with great honor and humility that we welcome the wider community to the commemoration of the 190th anniversary of our emancipation here in Bermuda. This week, we gather not only to remember […]


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Weather Forecast For Saturday October 19

By bernews.com
Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 21:00:00 +0000

Saturday October 19 is expected to be cloudy, with the high to be near 26°C/79°F and the low to be near 23°C/74°F, according to the Bermuda Weather Service. Winds are expected to be W. The relative humidity is expected to be near 79%. Sunrise will be at 7:26am and sunset will be at 6:41pm. High […]


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BUEI Kids Hour Saturdays On March 19

By bernews.com
Published On :: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:31:48 +0000

The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute [BUEI] announced that the topic for this month’s ‘Kids Hour Saturdays’ on March 19 is turtles. A spokesperson said, “Kids Hours Saturdays’ takes place every third Saturday of the month at 11am and 2pm respectively. Each hour will feature the screening of short films followed by a book reading for […]


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Assorted Calibers Podcast Ep 319: There is no Weer’d, only DODD!

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Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 10:00:14 +0000

Weer’d is feeling sick after his colonoscopy, but Erin, David, and Oddball have come to the  rescue with an ACP Round Table. In This Episode We discuss: gun manufacturers handing over purchaser information taken from warranty cards to political groups; … Continue reading →


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Police Confirm Death of 19-Year-Old Male

By bernews.com
Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 20:58:42 +0000

The police have confirmed that a 19-year-old male has died following a collision. A police spokesperson said, “Around 8:10 this morning, Friday, November 1, 2024, police officers were dispatched to a two vehicle road traffic collision involving a truck and a motorcycle, near the junction of Harrington Sound Road and Lolly’s Well Road, Smith’s. “It was […]


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Court: 19-Year-Old Pleads Not Guilty In Florida

By bernews.com
Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2024 22:51:36 +0000

Gavin Dorvil has been held without bond after pleading not guilty to vehicular homicide in the Florida crash that led to the deaths of Lisa Jackson and Geraldine Francis. A South Florida Sun-Sentinel story said, “The teenage driver accused of being behind the wheel of a speeding Tesla that struck an SUV two weeks ago, […]


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Remember When: Sports Illustrated In 1995

By bernews.com
Published On :: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 18:02:47 +0000

It has been 29 years since Sports Illustrated released its swimsuit issue featuring supermodels, including Rebecca Romijn, Ashley Richardson, and Cheryl Tiegs, posing for shots in different locations throughout Bermuda. The multi-page spread entitled “Basking in Bermuda” was shot by Ron Labbe, with the text accompanying the photos including captions such as “There’s splendor in […]


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Court: 19-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder

By bernews.com
Published On :: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:44:11 +0000

A 19-year-old man was charged in Magistrates Court today [Sept 14] in connection with the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Kanye Ford, which occurred in the car park of Horseshoe Bay on Friday September 9.  Eze Hart of Southampton parish was not required to enter a plea as the charge  must be heard in the Supreme Court, and […]


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Blood tests reveal that the Coronavirus COVID-19 originated before September 2019 and China knew and hid its origins

By www.cpa-connecticut.com
Published On :: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 23:23:52 +0000

COVID-19 antibodies have been found in blood samples as early as September, 2019. China knew about the virus' transmission to humans months before it announced such to the world. Why has the media and our government not investigated this gross negligence, if not mass murder? Continue reading →


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Серафима Евгеньевна Никитина (01.09.1938–02.10.2024)

By www.trv-science.ru
Published On :: Tue, 22 Oct 2024 01:00:34 +0000

В поколении людей, родившихся в 1930-е годы, были невероятно талантливые ученые, среди которых можно назвать Серафиму Евгеньевну Никитину. С. Е. обладала множеством способностей. Она могла бы стать певицей или актрисой, музыковедом, этнографом, географом, биологом, физиком или химиком (химиками были ее родители, а старший брат — физиком). Но стала филологом, и филологом необыкновенным, многопрофильным.

Сообщение Серафима Евгеньевна Никитина (01.09.1938–02.10.2024) появились сначала на Троицкий вариант — Наука.


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プレスルームは明日1月19日（金）12：30より営業致します。

By vmpress.exblog.jp
Published On :: 2018-01-18T20:27:12+09:00

皆様こんばんは。 年末年始のご挨拶も出来ず申し訳ございませんでした。 今更ながら改めまして、明けましておめでとうございます。 本年も宜しくお願い申し上げます。 プレスルームでは、初売りから沢山のお客様にご来店頂き感謝申し上げます。 オンラインショップでも例年以上のご利用を頂き誠に有難うございました。 年末に公開致しましたプレスルームの閉店・ブランド休止のお知らせを ご覧になり沢山のお心遣...


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24 Elephants or Bears - Elephant or Bear 19 (Surprise!)

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Published On :: Sun, 01 Jan 2023 19:00:00 +0000


ALT TEXT: It’s simply a picture of an actual bear.



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Мемуары (1945K) - Феликс Феликсович Юсупов, князь - Биографии и Мемуары

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:19:02 +0000

Князь Феликс Феликсович Юсупов, граф Сумароков-Эль-стон младший (1887— 1967) – родовитый аристократ, семейство которого владело колоссальнейшим состоянием. Он учился в Пажеском корпусе и в Оксфорде, был бисексуалом и женился на племяннице Николая II. Одно про него знают все – он убил Распутина. После большевистской революции князь счастливо избежал смерти и почти полвека провел в изгнании.
Впервые полный текст «Мемуаров» выходит на русском языке, да еще в таком дивном переводе, что даже не верится, что князь писал их по-французски. «Мемуары» напрочь лишены авторского тщеславия: князь Юсупов рассказывает о себе и о других с простотой и величием настоящего аристократа, которому не надо ни отчитываться, ни оправдываться. Нив чем… У него цепкая память и живой ум, легкий слог и острый взгляд, причуды и странности, глубина и легковесность, юмор и обаяние, блеск и нищета. А за автопортретом без поблажек и комплексов проглядывает история и является Россия – пышная и порочная, безумная и достойная, парадоксальная и подлинная…
В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.


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Геббельс: Нацистский мастер иллюзий (1950K) - Даниэла Озаки Штерн - История

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:18:06 +0000

В одно из самых мрачных времен человечества…
Что нужно сделать, чтобы контролировать умы миллионов людей и влиять на их мысли и действия, приводя их к полному разрушению? После многолетних исторических исследований доктор Даниэла Озаки Штерн — выжившая в третьем поколении — раскрывает свои открытия в книге «Геббельс: Нацистский мастер иллюзий».
Одним из самых близких к Гитлеру людей, непосредственно влиявших на ход событий, был нацистский министр пропаганды Йозеф Геббельс. Он снова и снова призывал немцев продолжать борьбу в уже проигранной борьбе. Какова была тактика Геббельса по управлению сознанием немцев и влиянию на фюрера Гитлера? Как созданная им пропагандистская машина управляла миллионами людей и меняла их судьбы? Доктор Озаки Штерн отвечает на эти вопросы, а также рассматривает связь между приближающимся поражением Германии и стремлением Третьего рейха продолжить массовое уничтожение евреев.


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Большая игра (1319K) - Иван Валерьевич Оченков - Героическая фантастика

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:27:44 +0000

Российская империя, пережив череду внутренних и внешних кризисов, стала сильнее. Укрепив свои позиции, она готовится к решительной битве, которая заложит основания будущего для самой России и для всего человечества на многие десятилетия. Самое время четко определить, кто союзник и кто враг в неизбежно надвигающемся противостоянии. Эту миссию предстоит выполнить могущественному гроссу, главе крупнейшей мировой корпорации и пилоту-асу Мартемьяну Колычеву. Плечом к плечу с ним встанут его верные друзья и соратники. Но помните, Большая игра не заканчивается никогда!


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Дело Эйр (2319K) - Джаспер Ффорде - Детективная фантастика

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:03:59 +0000

Бестселлер New York Times.
Премия им. Уильяма Кроуфорда.
Премия «Алекс».
Номинант: Премия Дилис, Пресия Геффена, Немецкая фантастическая премия, Большая премия Воображения
Первый роман знаменитой серии «Четверг Нонетот».
Встречайте Четверг Нонетот, литературного детектива, незаменимую, без страха и упрека. А также встречайте альтернативную версию Великобритании 1985 года, где путешествия во времени – обычное дело, клонирование – реальность (дронты стали самыми любимыми воскрешенными домашними питомцами), а к литературе относятся очень, очень серьезно. Англия – государство, где тетя может заблудиться (в буквальном смысле) в стихах Уодсворта, воинствующие бэконианцы хулиганят на спектаклях по «Гамлету», а подделка стихотворений Байрона является уголовно наказуемым делом. Все это – обычное дело для Четверг, знаменитого литтектива, пока кто-то не начинает похищать персонажей из литературных произведений.
Когда Джейн Эйр вырывают со страниц романа Бронте, Четверг начинает поиски злодея и сама отправляется в роман, чтобы предотвратить чудовищный акт литературного убийства.
«Литературная страна чудес, напоминающая серию "Автостопом по Галактике" Дугласа Адамса и произведения Льюиса Кэрролла». – USA Today
«В этом романе отлично сочетаются альтернативная история, комедийные сценки в стиле "Монти Пайтона", суперзлодеи в а-ля Гран-Гиньоль, сорванные свадьбы, модерн и постмодерн, актуальный политический комментарий, путешествия во времени, вампиры, чудаковатые изобретатели, суровый рассказчик и многое, многое другое… Отбросьте неверие, найдите тихий уголок и просто присоединяйтесь к неудержимой и всегда находчивой Четверг Нонетот». – The Washington Post
«Четверг Нонетот – это отчасти Бриджит Джонс, отчасти Нэнси Дрю и отчасти Грязный Гарри». – Митико Какутани, The New York Times
«Наполненная ловкой игрой слов и литературными аллюзиями, этот роман сочетает в себе элементы "Монти Пайтона", "Гарри Поттера", Стивена Хокинга и "Баффи – истребительницы вампиров", но ее причудливый шарм – это собственное очарование». – The Wall Street Journal
«Роман как энергичная переписка с жанровой фантастикой: отчасти крутой детектив, отчасти путешествия во времени, в которой действует дерзкая, начитанная Четверг Нонетот, специальный оперативник отдела литературных детективов, больше напоминающая Бриджит Джонс, а не мисс Марпл. Почти каждое предложение Ффорде сопровождается лукавым подмигиванием, а игра слов, мелочи и внутренние шутки дается ему с легкостью. Искрометность Ффорде всегда очень заразительна». – The New York Times Book Review
«Буйный меланж из криминала, комедии и альтернативной истории». – Houston Chronicle
«Нужно быть смелым авантюристом, чтобы играть с литературой с такой свободой и быстротой, и именно это мы наблюдаем в цикле "Четверг Нонетот" у Ффорде». – Newsday
«Автор обеспечивает многочисленные сюжетные повороты, яркие литературные отсылки и потоки дикой метафикциональной выдумки в романе, который ставит литературу в центр поп-культурной вселенной. Все это складывается в умное и веселое приключение». – Time Out New York
«Смесь саспенса и нелепости, две части фэнтези ("Алиса в стране чудес" и "Супермен"), две части абсурда (все, что написано Карлом Хайасеном) и часть тайны (Агата Кристи и Сью Графтон)». – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
«Ее зовут Нонетот. Четверг Нонетот. И ее история столь же забавна и интригует, как и краткое изложение ее истории на страницах этого романа. Нонетот – литтектив в мире, настолько очарованном литературой, что шекспировского "Ричарда III" ставят по ночам, как будто это "Шоу ужасов Рокки Хоррора"». – Sun-Sentinel
«Смешно и уморительно. Моргните, и вы пропустите важный поворот в повествовании. Здесь есть отблески Дугласа Адамса, Льюиса Кэрролла, "Заводного апельсина" и "1984". И это только для начала». – Time Out London
«То, что делает автор – это вариация классического гамбита "Монти Пайтона": бессвязное сопоставление дурацких шуток и высокой эрудиции – такое мошенничество не было провернуто с таким изяществом с безудержной энергией с тех пор, как "Пайтоны" перестали выпускать свои работы. Этот роман – нелепая книга для умных людей: постмодернизм, сыгранный как грубый, завывающий фарс». – Independent


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Краткая история Австралии (3019K) - Стюарт Макинтайр - История

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:21:07 +0000

Книга известного ученого, профессора Мельбурнского университета Стивена Макинтайра, считается одним из лучших общих очерков истории Австралии в мировой научной литературе. Автор внимательно и критично рассматривает все основные проблемы изучения прошлого страны, описывает ключевые события и процессы австралийской истории. В книге развенчиваются некогда господствовавшие стереотипные представления об Австралии, как стране, чья история начинается лишь с прибытия английских каторжников и надзирателей. Для автора — миф и идеология "Белой Австралии" давно изжили себя, как и пренебрежительное отношение к истории и культуре аборигенных народов. Особенностью работы Макинтайра является органичное сочетание политической, экономической и культурной составляющей истории страны. Книга дает великолепное представление о духе и национальном самосознании австралийцев и в этом качестве представляет большой интерес не только для тех, кто изучает и преподает историю, но и для действительно широкого круга читателей.


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История античной литературы. Книга 1. Древняя Греция (1958K) - Борис Александрович Гиленсон - История

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:39:25 +0000

В живой наглядной форме представлены главные вехи в развитии античной литературы, дан филологический анализ. Особое внимание уделено восприятию античного литературного наследия в России. Для студентов, преподавателей и всех, интересующихся историко – культурными вопросами.


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«Чужие среди своих». Польское население в советском партизанском движении на территории Белорусской ССР. 1941—1944 (1255K) - Сергей Викторович Благов - Исторические приключения

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:39:26 +0000

Словосочетание «польские партизаны» периода Второй мировой войны традиционно ассоциируется с бойцами подразделений Армии крайовой, подчинявшейся польскому правительству в эмиграции. В 1944 г. под эгидой левых сил возникла еще одна партизанская сила – Армия людова. Но в этой книге речь пойдет о еще об одной, наименее известной категории польских партизан – советских.
В 1943—1944 гг. политическим и партизанским руководством БССР предпринимались активные попытки вовлечь многочисленное польское население Белоруссии в советское партизанское движение. Отчасти на территории Пинской, Барановичской и Вилейской областей БССР эти усилия увенчались успехом. Работа кандидата исторических наук С.В. Благова основана на документальном материале российских, белорусских и польских архивов, а также опубликованных документах и электронных базах данных белорусских партизан.
В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.


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Письма и документы. 1917–1922 (2341K) - Юрий Георгиевич Фельштинский - Биографии и Мемуары

By lib.rus.ec
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:39:27 +0000

В сборник включены издающиеся впервые в России письма и документы виднейшего российского социал-демократа (меньшевика) Ю. О. Мартова, относящиеся к событиям революции и Гражданской войны. Публикуемые материалы дают яркое представление о сложнейшем клубке политических конфликтов тех лет, мужественном противостоянии демократических сил установленному в России диктаторскому большевистскому режиму, совершенно по-новому освещают трагический этап отечественной истории и жизнь самого Мартова, преданного забвению советской историографией, одного из основателей российской социал-демократической партии. Вступительная статья известных историков, докторов исторических наук Ю. Г. Фельштинского и Г. И. Чернявского, рассказывает о политическом пути Мартова и значении публикуемых документов, а детальные примечания разъясняют сущность событий тех лет и дают представление о деятелях, упоминаемых в книге.
Издание рассчитано не только на специалистов, но и на широкую читательскую аудиторию.


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1995 Range Rover Classic 300TDI

By uncrate.com
Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:00:01 -0500


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All Souls Night (Part 19 of 31)

By floggingbabel.blogspot.com
Published On :: Sat, 19 Oct 2024 07:30:00 +0000

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CONTINUED TOMORROW.

 

Above: Every Autumn, I write a Halloween story, write it out on leaves (one word per leaf), photograph the leaves, and then leave them where.I found them. The story is then serialized, starting on October 1 and concluding on the 31st--All Souls Day.

 

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what 'polite' means: Culpeper, O'Driscoll & Hardaker (2019)

By separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com
Published On :: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 15:20:00 +0000

I've studied the word please off and on for a few years now.* Currently, I'm trying to finish up a study that I started an embarrassing number of years ago. Now that I've returned to it, I have the pleasure of reading all the works that have been published on related topics in the meantime. They couldn't inform my study design, but they must now inform the paper I hope to publish. One of these is a chapter by Jonathan Culpeper, Jim O'Driscoll and Claire Hardaker: "Notions of Politeness in Britain and North America," published in the book in From Speech Acts to Lay Understandings of Politeness, edited by Eva Ogiermann and Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich (Cambridge UP, 2019). 

Their question, what does polite mean in the UK and US, was a research project on my to-do list. When I was a younger scholar, I'd have been (a) royally annoyed with those authors for getting to it first, (b) sad, sad, sad that I didn't get to do a fun piece of research, and (c) consumed with self-loathing for not being quick enough to do the project myself. It is both the blessing and curse of middle age that I now look at anything anyone else has done with gratitude. Good! Now I don't have to do it! 

Let's start with why it's interesting to ask about "notions of politeness" in the two countries. Here's a clue from an earlier post about use of please when ordering at restaurants. I asked:
So, how can it be that Americans think of themselves as polite when they fail to extend this common courtesy word?
I argued that Americans (subconsciously) find the lack of please in these contexts "more polite." In the comments section for that post, some people—mostly British people—could just not accept that a food order without a please could be described as polite. To them, to be polite includes saying please. If you're not using the word please, it's just not polite. 

Now, part of the reason for that disagreement is that I was using the word polite in linguistic-theory-laden ways. The distinction between how the word politeness is used in linguistic discussions and how it's used in everyday life has become such a problem for us linguists that we now talk about polite1 and polite2 to distinguish commonplace understandings of polite (1) from our theoretical uses (2). The failures of communication in my previous blogpost probably stemmed from having three understandings of politeness at play: the linguist's polite2, American polite1, and British polite1. 


Postcard from the How to be British series


 

Culpeper et al. set out to contrast British and American polite1. They point out that academic research on the topic of British/American politeness is "full of stereotypes that have largely gone unexamined." These stereotypes hold that British culture favo(u)rs maintaining social distance by using indirectness and avoidance in interaction, while Americans are more interested in creating interactional intimacy by being informal and open. The authors asked: how do AmE and BrE speakers use the word polite? If differences exist, then do they conform to the stereotypes, or do they tell us something new? To investigate this, the authors used two sets of data.


Part 1: clustering 'polite' words in the OEC

First, they searched the Oxford English Corpus, where they found thousands of instances of polite. In AmE, it occurs 6.8 times and in BrE 8.8 times per million words. They then used corpus-linguistic tools to determine which words polite was most likely to co-occur with in the two countries' data. They then used statistical tools to group these collocates into clusters that reflect how they behave linguistically. (I'll skip over the detail of the statistical methods they use, but it suffices to say: they know what they're doing.) For example in the British data, words like courteous, considerate, and respectful form a courteous cluster, while words like cheery, optimistic, and upbeat are in the cheerful cluster. 

The British and American datasets were similar in that polite co-occurred at similar rates with words that formed cheerful and friendly clusters. This seems to go with the common stereotype of American politeness as outgoing and inclusive, but contradicts the British stereotype of reserved behavio(u)r. 

The most notable difference was that British polite collocated with words in a sensible cluster, including: sensible, straightforward, reasonable, and fair. This cluster didn't figure in the American data. The British data also had a calm cluster (calm, quiet, generous, modest, etc.), which had little overlap with American collocates. British polite, then, seems to be associated with "calm rationality, rather than, say, spontaneous emotion." 

Other clusters seemed more complex. Courteous and charming came up as British clusters, while American had respectful, gracious, and thoughtful clusters. However, many of the words in those clusters were the same. For example, almost all the words in the British courteous cluster were in the American gracious cluster. That is, in American courteous and attentive were more closely associated with 'gracious' words like open-minded and appreciative, while British courteous and attentive didn't intersect with more 'gracious' words. Respectful is a particularly interesting case: it shows up in the courteous cluster for the British data, but has its own respectful cluster in American (with words like compassionate and humane). 
 
Looking at these clusters of patterns gives us a sense of the connotations of the words—that is to say, the associations those words bring up for us. Words live in webs of cultural assumptions. Pluck one word in one web, and others will reverberate. But it won't be the same words that would have reverberated if you'd plucked the same word in the other web. It's not that compassionate wasn't in the British data, for example—it's that its patterns did not land it in a cluster with respectful.  In American, respectful seems to have "a warmer flavour" with collocates relating to kindness and positive attitudes toward(s) others, while in the British data respectful has "older historic echoes of courtly, refined, well-mannered behaviour." 

Part 2: 'politeness' and sincerity on Twitter

Their second investigation involved analy{s/z}ing use of polite and its synonyms in a particular 36-hour period on Twitter. The data overall seemed to go against the stereotypes that American politeness is "friendly" and British is "formal", but once they looked at the data in more detail, they discovered why: US and UK words differed in (in)sincerity. In the British data, respectful seemed to "be used as a vehicle for irony, sarcasm and humour", while in the American data friendly "appears to have acquired a negative connotation" about 17% of the time, in which "friendly" people were accused of being untrustworthy or otherwise undesirable. This also underscores the idea that American respectful has a "warmer flavour" than British respectful. It's intriguing that each culture seems to be using words stereotypically associated with them (American–friendly; British–respectful) in ironic ways, while taking the less "typical of them" words more seriously.  

Yay for this study! 

I'm grateful to Culpeper, O'Driscoll and Hardaker for this very interesting paper, which demonstrates why it's difficult to have cross-cultural discussions of what's "polite" or "respectful" behavio(u)r. The more we're aware of these trends in how words are interpreted differently in different places, the better we can take care in our discussions of what's polite, acceptable, or rude. 


*If you're interested in the fruits of my please labo(u)rs so far, have a look at:


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Internet Reacts To Trump's Comments About Injecting Disinfectant To Cure COVID-19

By cheezburger.com
Published On :: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 19:00:00 -0700

The internet is reacting to comments made by Donald Trump during a COVID-19-related press briefing held yesterday. Trump claimed that the virus could be treated by bringing "light inside the body" or injecting a disinfectant. Thankfully medical professionals were quick to denounce these claims, and people on the internet have since been creating some excellent memes on the matter. 

This should go without saying, but please don't inject yourself with disinfectant, y'all.


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F&S willen nu echt regulering (NRC, ma, 19-08-24)

By www.foksuk.nl
Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0200


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Page 192

By egypt.urnash.com
Published On :: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:32:57 +0000

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Page 193

By egypt.urnash.com
Published On :: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:33:51 +0000

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That’s it. The end. I hope you’ve enjoyed this twisty little story of mine, and its deliberately oblique ending. Thanks for all your time and attention, and your patience during the lengthy hiatus in chapter 25. I hope you’ll come along on my next projects. I promise their endings will be more… explained. There will be […]

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Arsecast Extra Episode 569 - 19.02.2024

By shows.acast.com
Published On :: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 13:12:10 GMT

In this episode we look back at another impressive away for Arsenal, returning from Turf Moor having beaten Burnley 5-0. We chat about how the early goal set the tone, another two goal salvo from Bukayo Saka, goals too for Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz as well as some analysis of how their roles have been instrumental in recent performances. We also discuss some other small tactical tweaks Mikel Arteta has made in recent weeks, and how the last five games have cemented Arsenal's credentials as title contenders. Then we answer listener questions about Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, whether the Arsenal need a striker chat has lit a fire under certain players, Eddie and Reiss off the bench, and lots more.


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Arsecast Extra Episode 599 - 19.08.2024

By shows.acast.com
Published On :: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:02:12 GMT

In this episode we chat about the 2-0 win over Wolves on Saturday. We discuss the opening day performance in the context of a tournament summer, the impact of Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka, David Raya's big moment, and some of the issues that we experienced in the game which we can certainly improve on ahead of our next match. We also talk about how Wolves were lucky not to have a man sent off, before we answer listener questions about Declan Rice as the 6, Thomas Partey, whether we have enough up front for the season ahead, the future of Jakub Kiwior after he didn't make the squad on Saturday, and lots more.


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Sunday Sept. 19, 2010

By culturalcharlotte.blogspot.com
Published On :: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:15:00 +0000

Brian Culbertson @ The Fillmore
7:30pm - Chart topping contemporary jazz artist comes to Charlotte in support of his latest Verve Records CD "XII"
 http://www.livenation.com/event/0E0044EDE4E5BAB3artistid=768229&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=4

Levine Museum of The New South
History With Flavor Day! Free admission from 12 noon – 4:00 plus food-theme tours and family activities
http://www.museumofthenewsouth.org/calendar/detail/?ProgramId=289&OccurrenceId=375

Opera Carolina “Serenade To Autumn”
7:00pm Booth Playhouse – will feature members of the Opera Carolina Chorus performing selections from the upcoming season, including La Traviata and Così fan tutte. . Admission $5
http://www.operacarolina.org/events/319/


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Thu, Nov 19 NYCDEVOPS meetup: John Allspaw on "Learning From Incidents"

By everythingsysadmin.com
Published On :: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:23:39 -0500

November's nycdevops meetup speaker is John Allspaw, who will give a talk titled "Findings From the Field: 2 Years of Learning From Incidents".

The talk starts at 5pm sharp! (NY is in US/Eastern)

Please RSVP! See you there!

https://www.meetup.com/nycdevops/events/273826675/

(This is a virtual meetup. Everyone in the world is invited!)


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Thu, Nov 19 NYCDEVOPS meetup: John Allspaw on "Learning From Incidents"

By everythingsysadmin.com
Published On :: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:25:39 -0500

Don't forget!

November's nycdevops meetup speaker is John Allspaw, who will give a talk titled "Findings From the Field: 2 Years of Learning From Incidents".

The talk starts at 5pm sharp! (NY is in US/Eastern)

Please RSVP! See you there!

https://www.meetup.com/nycdevops/events/273826675/

(This is a virtual meetup. Everyone in the world is invited!)


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19:57 8th November 2024

By b3ta.com
Published On :: 2024-11-08T19:57:00+00:00

B3ta newsletter 929, out now "ONCE AGAIN THE HAM MARKETING BOARD REJECT OUR SLOGAN: SNORTY BUT SLICED" This Week: * LOST CONSONANTS - legendary B3ta challenge back * PRIME NUMBER PROJECT - can you count? Then count * OFFICIAL AMSTRAD NOSTALGIA SITE - thanks Alan


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