The East 15 Acting School street theatre festival is back for it's eighth year, bringing all sorts of comedy hijinx, dance and circus acts to Southend High Street.
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, posted a video online showing him emptying a bucket of ice water over his head. At the same time as Mr Zuckerberg was giving himself a cold bath, Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, was being doused with icy water by a group of software developers. Before you panic that the world has spun off its axis, it should be noted these high-powered hijinx are for a good cause http://econ.st/VnMV5a
Silicon Valley today shares many parallels with Wall Street in the 1980s and '90s.
Wall Street's Lessons for Tinder and the Rest of Silicon Valley
The tech industry's workplace behavior issues look similar to those of...
BUSINESSWEEK.COM|由 SHEELAH KOLHATKAR 上傳
As the Council on Foreign Relations reported recently, America continues to slip down the international rankings in education, falling during the past three decades from first to tenth in the educational level of those leaving high school, and from third to 13th for college students. Education technology could reverse this trend—if it is not jinxed by politics, bureaucracy and outdated institutional structures. Countries where it is not now have the chance to race ahead.
The London model
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, posted a video online showing him emptying a bucket of ice water over his head. At the same time as Mr Zuckerberg was giving himself a cold bath, Microsoft's chief executive, Satya Nadella, was being doused with icy water by a group of software developers. Before you panic that the world has spun off its axis, it should be noted these high-powered hijinx are for a good cause http://econ.st/VnMV5a
Silicon Valley today shares many parallels with Wall Street in the 1980s and '90s.
Wall Street's Lessons for Tinder and the Rest of Silicon Valley
The tech industry's workplace behavior issues look similar to those of...
BUSINESSWEEK.COM|由 SHEELAH KOLHATKAR 上傳
As the Council on Foreign Relations reported recently, America continues to slip down the international rankings in education, falling during the past three decades from first to tenth in the educational level of those leaving high school, and from third to 13th for college students. Education technology could reverse this trend—if it is not jinxed by politics, bureaucracy and outdated institutional structures. Countries where it is not now have the chance to race ahead.
Egypt, Its Streets a Tinderbox, Braces for a Spark
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
In more than two years of postrevolutionary crises, the streets of Cairo have never felt so tense.
The London model
The Olympics
By The Economist
From The Economist
Published: July 31, 2012
From The Economist
Published: July 31, 2012
The city is trying to pull off a mightily ambitious games.
The Tinder Box of Asia, Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933
Definition of jinx
Pronunciation: /jiNGks/
nounverb
[with object] (usually be jinxed)- bring bad luck to; cast an evil spell on:the play is jinxed
Origin:
early 20th century (originally US): probably a variant of jynx 'wryneck' (because the bird was used in witchcraft)hijinks
Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪˌdʒɪŋks/
Pronunciation: /dʒɪŋks/
Definition of jinx in English:
noun
verb
Origin
Early 20th century (originally US): probably a variant ofjynx 'wryneck' (because the bird was used in witchcraft).
Accomplish, bring off, especially in the face of difficulties or at the last minute. For example, I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]
tinder
Line breaks: tin¦der
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪndə/
tínderbòx[tínder・bòx]
[名]
Definition of tinderbox
noun
1 《歴史》火口(ほくち)箱.
2 火のつきやすいもの；激しやすい人；紛争の可能性をはらむもの.
US asks Japan to cover tab to move marines
The Japan Times
Washington is asking Japan to shoulder the full cost of relocating about 1500 US Marines from Okinawa to the Iwakuni air base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, according to sources. The request was made during talks reviewing the plan to realign the marine ...
For 2010, IDC Predicts an Apple iPad and Battles in the Cloud
By STEVE LOHRIDC, a leading technology research firm, is trotting out its crystal ball. Among its tech predictions for 2010: Apple brings out a tablet computer, netbooks move upscale, and I.B.M. buys Juniper Networks.
trot out
Bring out and show for inspection and admiration, as in He trotted out all his old war medals. This expression alludes to leading out a horse to show off its various paces, including the trot. [Colloquial; first half of 1800s]
tab
[名]
1 （衣服などの）たれ（飾り）, つまみ, （靴などの）ひもの金具［輪］.
2 つけ札, ラベル；（車のナンバープレートの）年度表示などのラベル.
3 ((略式))勘定（書）；つけ
run a tab
（買い物を）つけにする
（買い物を）つけにする
Put it on my tab.
（レストランなどで）私のつけにしておいください.
（レストランなどで）私のつけにしておいください.
4 《コンピュータ》タブ.
5 《演劇》小型の下げ幕；引き幕（のつり輪）.
6 ((米))（缶などの）あけ口の引き手, タブ（((英))ring-pull）.
7 《航空》タブ：昇降舵(だ)などの後縁にある可動翼片.
8 （書類・帳簿などの索引の）耳, つまみ.
9 《英国軍》（参謀将校の）色つきえり章.
keep tabs ［((時に))a tab］ on ...
((略式))(1) …を帳簿につけておく, …の勘定をする；…をきちんと把握しておく.
(2) …に注意する, 監視する.
pick up the tab
(1) （…の）勘定［つけ］を払う((for ...)).(2) 問題と進んで取り組む.
━━[動]（〜bed, 〜・bing）(他)
1 …につまみ［たれ］をつける.
2 …を（…と）呼ぶ((as ...))；…に札をつける, レッテルをはる.
3 ((略式))…を選び出す.
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