How the Words We Teach English Language Learners Changed, and What That Says About Us. “The shifts reflect a life that moved further from its own making: less tied to tools, animals, food…; more tied to global institutions, categories, systems…”

Pumping stations owned by Gazprom and Lukoil have removed all gasoline purchase limits in some parts of the country, though shortages persist in many regions.

Een wasbeer uit Seattle met een aandoening aan de wervelkolom gaat viraal wegens verregaande schattigheid. Jimothy staat op T-shirts en mokken. Maar waarschijnlijk lijdt het dier wel.

Voor het tweede jaar op rij trekken universitaire lerarenopleidingen weer meer nieuwe studenten. Niet eerder waren er zoveel aanmeldingen voor de universitaire pabo, die sinds 2008 bestaat. „Het moment dat ze gingen van niet snappen naar wel snappen, dat vond ik heel mooi.”

• Irishman’s UFC return v Holloway ended after 69 seconds

• McGregor tore ACL in fight and is out for lengthy spell

Conor McGregor is seeking a rematch ⁠of his recent loss to Max Holloway in what would be the final bout of ⁠his UFC deal.

In ⁠an ​Instagram post Monday that references the UFC’s International Fight Week next July, McGregor wrote, “What was ⁠to be a generational beating is now to be reset. IFW 2027. The Last Dance.”

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Building on decades-long traditions, Black bikers host rides, picnics and other gatherings nearly every summer weekend to celebrate community and freedom

The trip was only supposed to be a Memorial Day weekend girls’ getaway to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, for Patrice “Foxy” Johnson. But once Johnson and her crew arrived, they inadvertently found themselves in the middle of an annual bike week where several thousand riders had convened. Johnson watched the “backpacks”, or the women who rode on the backs of male motorcyclists’ bikes, and realized she too wanted to be part of the community. She didn’t want to accompany the male riders, though. She wanted to ride herself.

In that moment about 30 years ago, Johnson decided that next time she would be attending bike week and coming with her own set of wheels. Once she returned to her home town of Raleigh, North Carolina, she enrolled in a foundational bike riding class at Johnston community college to learn more about motorcycles. Since then, she’s become such a staple in the Black motorcycle community nationwide that she holds multiple leadership positions across organizations.

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What best represents European life? The eternal dichotomy of nature vs. culture structures the Central Bank’s quest for a new banknote design, and now, the public can vote and offer feedback on ten proposals.

A panel of jurors selected the designs, which follow one of two themes: European places and ideas or birds and rivers, the latter of which is meant to symbolize freedom and unity. While the basic elements are the same—all collections devoted to culture feature the same six figures, including Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, composer Ludwig van Beethoven, scientist Marie Curie, opera singer Maria Callas, and authors Bertha von Suttner and Miguel de Cervantes, for example—individual approaches appear in the layout, aesthetic, and composition.

Voting is open through mid-September, when jurors will select one design that will go through an additional vetting process before the organization adopts it entirely. View all ten on the bank’s website.

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Marinus L. (55) is veroordeeld tot twee jaar cel en tbs met dwangverpleging voor de verkrachting van een meisje in het Rotterdamse Zuiderpark. Tegen de man was een hogere gevangenisstraf geëist, maar de rechtbank vindt niet alle feiten bewezen.