| City volunteers offer visitors free travel guides
University and college students in HCM City have founded a volunteer group named Sai Gon Hotpot to offer free travel guide services to foreign visitors to the city. "Our objective is to meet foreigners and introduce Vietnamese culture, history and culinary arts to them," Sai Gon Hotpot manager Nguyen Thi Phuong Linh said. "We also want to do our part to promote Vietnamese tourism and to learn other languages from foreign tourists," Linh said. The group, whose slogan is Your Smile Is Our Success, has gathered 11 students from different colleges and universities in the city. They can speak many languages, including English, French, Japanese and Chinese. "We met in a youth volunteer programme last year and then became close friends because we all like volunteer activities," Linh said.
Japanese climber is first to solo Alaska mountain in winter
This self portrait provided by Masatoshi Kuriaki shows the climber just below his 13,100-foot-high camp during his ascent along the southeast ledge of Mount Foraker, Alaska, on March 6. Kuriaki became the first solo climber to conquer this 17,400-foot mountain in winter. (AP Photo/Masatoshi Kuriaki) .
Babylon Idiomas opens new school in Madrid
Babylon Idiomas opens its fourth language school in Madrid offering Spanish classes to students who wish to learn Spanish.
[ClickPress, Sat Apr 21 2007] Babylon Idiomas has opened a new school in Madrid. This school is the fourth opened in Spain since 2003; reflecting the demand for the type of quality Spanish course for adults that Babylon Idiomas offers.
Says Steven Muller, Director: "We have been pleasantly surprised by the strong demand of our students to offer more destinations in Spain. Madrid was a logical expansion after the schools we opened before in Barcelona, Valencia and Sevilla."
The Spanish language school is located in the centre of Madrid on one of the liveliest squares called Plaza Santa Ana. Here students will find it very easy to relax and enjoy a drink on one of the many terraces or in one of the many tapas bars that can be found in the area.
Kirsten Dunst Interview, Spider Man 3
We had a chance to talk to Kirsten Dunst about her role in SpiderMan 3 this week and she also spilled the beans on 4, 5 & 6. KIRSTEN DUNST recently starred in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette opposite Jason Schwartzman and in the Cameron Crowe film Elizabethtown opposite Orlando Bloom. Prior to that, she starred in Wimbledon as a young tennis ace opposite Paul Bettany, and reprised her role as Mary Jane Watson in Spider-Man™ 2, a role she originated two years earlier in Spider-Man™. Dunst also starred in the acclaimed surreal comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, written by Academy Award® nominee Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, and Mark Ruffalo; Mona Lisa Smile with Julia Roberts, Julia Stiles, and Maggie Gyllenhaal; the independent film Levity starring Billy Bob Thornton and Morgan Freeman; Peter Bogdanovich's The Cat's Meow; the box-office hit Bring It On; Crazy/Beautiful, directed by John Stockwell; Little Women, with Susan Sarandon and Winona Ryder; Jumanji, with Robin Williams; Mother Night, with Nick Nolte; the Barry Levinson film Wag The Dog, starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro; Neil Jordan's Interview with the Vampire, opposite Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt; and Small Soldiers,with the late Phil Hartman. She is set to star in an as-yet-untitled film about the late Marla Ruzicka, a relief worker who advocated for Iraqi and Afghani victims of the American-led invasions of their respective countries.
Muse: A one-part series on Six Parts Seven
The Six Parts Seven's rich instrumental tunes with electric lap steel guitar, bass, drums and cameo brass instruments define the word "clean," demonstrating that sometimes when the music is so powerful there's simply no need for vocals.
Their newest album, Casually Smashed to Pieces, jokingly boasts a picture of a ripped Viking on its cover, an odd decoration for a collection of rich pop songs one might yearn to play at, say, a wedding.
Six parts of the eight-member instrumental indie rock band from Kent, Ohio have piled in a van for a two-month tour with a stop at Sacramento's Fools Foundation this Friday.
As the group set up for their show in Tucson, Ariz. on Monday, MUSE had a chat with trumpet/baritone horn player Keith Freund (formerly of jazz combo Mustache Mountain), who happily sat backstage after setting up a single microphone - all he needs.
Hawkeye staff learn Spanish
That, in short, explains why school is back in session for staff and administration at Hawkeye Community College. The inaugural graduating class of the college's first conversational Spanish course now sprinkles the campus with Spanish. The courses, put on by El Centro Latinoamericano, the Latino resource center, are designed to facilitate communication with Spanish-speaking students and their parents.When Ferkic, Hawkeye's public safety coordinator, fled Bosnia 10 years ago, he didn't speak a word of English. So he was thrilled at the opportunity to take Spanish classes at the college. After all, he had already taken some courses at the University of Northern Iowa to better communicate with students. .
DS plays guitar
Ubisoft officially announced Jam Sessions today. It's a new DS take on the Guitar Hero phenomenon, in which players twang along to a variety of hit tunes via the touchscreen. As the press release expounds: "Players will rock out, or smoothly strum, on the lower screen of the Nintendo DS system, producing an authentic sound digitally remastered from an actual acoustic guitar. The simple interface will guide players into the various easy-to-play modes which include: Performance Mode, allowing users to sing and play along both yesterday and today's hottest artists; Free-Play Mode, where people can play anything they chose; and Tutorial Mode where novice musicians will learn to play guitar without paying for lessons." I've spoken to a few people who've played this and they assure me it's a nice, natural system, the free play mode offering a more open, creative experience than the rigidly didactic Guitar Hero.
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