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Aves de Buenos Aires Aves de Buenos Aires. Una guía de campo ilustrada para iniciarse en la observación de aves y conocer las aves autóctonas más comunes de Buenos Aires.

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¿Cuántos te tocaron hoy?
How many did you get today?

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/freelance-achievement-stickers

Freelance Achievement Stickers Commendations for going outside, putting on pants, and other small accomplishments.

Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again Junot Díaz interviews Margaret Atwood about The Handmaid's Tale, political dystopias, and Drake.

'Are you one of those people who’s sick of having so much stuff? Yeah, we know the feeling. With her best-selling book on cleaning out clutter and simplifying life, Marie Kondo has inspired headlines about the “cult of tidying up.”'

https://www.fastcompany.com/3046086/the-life-changing-magic-of-having-marie-kondo-organize-your-office

The Life-Changing Magic Of Having Marie Kondo Organize Your Office Does that balled-up Chipotle napkin spark joy? You know what to do with it.

Translation and Gender Studies: Entre Braguette. Two Transdisciplines in Touch This paper develops the connections between Translation Studies and Gender Studies

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‪When it rains, it pours.‬

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A word in your ear: the interpreters who speak for world leaders What's it like to interpret for Gorbachev, Ahmadinejad or Deng Xiaoping? Luke Harding hears about rows, headphone malfunctions – and which US president always carried notes

Three Translators Respond to “Arrival” - Words Without Borders Translation took to the big screen this year in the Academy Award-winning film, Arrival. Indeed, when an ominously oblong spacecraft touches down on Earth, translation proves to be humanity’s only hope. As the world descends into utter chaos, linguistics professor Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams)

Jessica C**n, the linguist behind the film Arrival, talks about speaking to aliens and how Donald Trump is affecting language

The real-life linguist behind Arrival talks speaking to aliens and how Trump is affecting language When it comes to the Best Picture category, the Oscars often ignore science-fiction. Yet, last year, the Academy made an exception as Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival was nominated thanks to its complex story, superb choreography, and wonderful leading character, Louise Banks, played by the ever-brilliant...

Why we should kill the 40-hour work week -> https://crew.co/blog/why-you-shouldnt-work-set-hours

Why we should stop using the 40-hour work week - Crew blog ‘As long as you get your 8 hours in.’ While this has been the standard for generations, the 8-hour work day simply doesn't work anymore.

Data journalist Ben Blatt takes a by-the-numbers look at literary classics and finds some fascinating patterns -> http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/one-writer-used-statistics-reveal-secrets-what-makes-great-writing-180962515/

One Writer Used Statistics to Reveal the Secrets of What Makes Great Writing In his new book, data journalist Ben Blatt takes a by-the-numbers look at literary classics and finds some fascinating patterns