The President of China, Hu Jintao, visited the US this past week. Rush Limbaugh, one of talk radio's well known characters, mocked the Chinese language, complaining that it wasn't being simultaneously translated. Here is the video:
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Guns and Study Abroad
I traveled to India several years ago and one of my fondest memories was chatting with a young boy in Varanasi. He approached me while I was watching a beautiful performance along the Ganges River. He spoke perfect English at 9 years old and asked me some questions about why I was in India. He guessed, eventually, where I was from. And when he did, the first question he asked was, "Lady, where is your gun?"
US Exceptionalism and Study Abroad
Does US exceptionalism prevent students from studying abroad?
Word Lens iphone Translation Tool
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Top 10 International Traveler Gift Ideas for the Holidays
With the holidays quickly approaching in the US, here are this year's top 10 international traveler gift ideas.
Journalism Abroad: Nicholas Kristof’s 2011 Win a Trip Abroad Contest Announced
Based on search data, Melibee readers have been anxiously awaiting this announcement! Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times has once again invited video or essay applications to his “Win a Trip” Journalism Abroad contest. If you haven’t read about it in a previous posting on the subject, here is a short summary:
Interview with Steve Moore: Safety and Emergency Planning in Study Abroad
Today's posting is an interview with Steve Moore, retired FBI agent and past Deputy Director of Public Safety at Pepperdine University. (This interview was done via skype - thank goodness for technology!)
Where Travel Abroad Meets Sustainability: The Green Passport
As study abroad numbers increase, and more and more students are undertaking international experiences international education administrators are looking for ways to raise the subject of sustainability and travel abroad with their students. (Air travel represents approximately 2% of human-generated carbon emissions
Jumo: Global Social Activism Goes Viral
One of Facebook's co-founders, 27 year old Chris Hughes, launched a new social media site today that aims to connect users of global social activism through an integrated platform. The new site, called "Jumo" is in a beta version at the moment, and the name means "together in concert" in Yoruba, the west African language.
Preparing for Study Abroad: Non-Verbal Communication
Here are three interesting videos that highlight the importance of non-verbal communication.
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