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...That merger has only intensified under the presidency of Laporta, a confirmed nationalist who requires all foreign players signed to the team to learn Catalan, and who has fashioned himself as an international ambassador of sorts. He even popped up, for example, at this year's Frankfurt book fair to promise that his team "would continue to be an instrument for Catalan culture." But his activism, coupled with Catalonia's demands for increased autonomy, has provoked conflicts with political conservatives who view the team's cultural involvement as one more portent of Spain's disintegration. Tuesday's declaration...
...technological, experiment. In essence, they are attempting to quantify fame on the Internet by developing a matrix that simultaneously measures the number of eyeballs, the amount of attention, the caliber of the social network, and a variety of other factors. The goal of it all? To help students learn how to use, and even manipulate, the new set of rules guiding online commerce...
...Pushing Preschoolers To those parents who enroll their preschoolers in tutoring programs [Dec. 3], I say let children be children! At my daughter's preschool, the students learn how to cook. It's a great way to learn about following procedures and measuring results. They are encouraged at age 4 to write their own names and recognize those of their peers. We measure our daughter's height regularly. In return, she's always asking about how much something measures and is very interested in numbers and words. Teach them a second language. My daughter speaks English and French fluently...
...Besson. His artistic achievements were Nikita, Subway, Le Grand Bleu and Léon - and those were years ago. French culture is about intimacy. We French live in a cultural world that is very different from the Americans', so before even beginning to judge ours, please do your homework. Learn French, read our books and our cultural press, see our movies, go to the hundreds of venues in Paris where you can get a taste of the new French sound, and think twice before making such ludicrous assertions - and a fool of yourself. Hélène Bablon, PARIS
...disappointed to learn that some affluent--and inconsiderate--couples are opting to have four children or more. These folks may be highly educated and able to afford a large brood, but they're naive if they think Mother Earth has infinite resources to deal with the current population explosion. Sadly, these poor kids will be around to endure the consequences...