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Embark on a captivating journey into the heart of Syrian culture with the legendary Fairuz as your guide. Immerse yourself in her timeless music, uncover the stories woven into her songs, and grasp her profound significance in our daily lives. If you're curious about the enigmatic Fairuz, this podcast episode is your gateway to discovery!
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Your adventure into the world of Fairuz begins now – don't miss it!"

Beyond Borders: Immersing in Syrian Culture

Fairuz “The Neighbor of the Moon”

This is Korean teacher's vlog, you can find full script and translation on Youtube : https://youtu.be/ts6hDw5jY1o

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Korean Teacher's Vlog

¿Extrañas mucho cuando viajas? ¿Extrañas personas, lugares, cosas? ¿Extrañas a tu perro?
¿A tus amigos? 

¿Cómo se siente ese "extrañar"? ¿Duele?

Hablemos un poco sobre qué pasa con esto de "extrañar" cuando estamos lejos de casa. Creo que podemos extrañar de una manera POSITIVA ¿estás de acuerdo?

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Un saludo desde Buenos Aires!

Disfruta de aprender

Hablemos de viajes - y del verbo "EXTRAÑAR"

Continuing the alphabet of Idioms 

What is a "jack of all trades?"
How can I "kill two birds with one stone?"
What is a "labor of love?"
When is dad coming home?

These questions answered and more!

The Jerome Meadows Experience

Idioms: Jack of All Trades, Kill two birds, Labor of love

Con más de 500 años de historia, los tamales son uno de los platillos típicos más emblemáticos dentro de la gastronomía mexicana.

Los tamales son uno de los platillos típicos más emblemáticos dentro de la gastronomía mexicana, ya sea como parte de la dieta diaria o para celebrar algunas de las festividades más importantes del año, como Navidad o el Día de la Candelaria.

Por ello, compartimos la historia de los tamales, platillo típico en la gastronomía mexicana.

Los tamales son uno de los platillos típicos más emblemáticos de la gastronomía mexicana, los cuales consisten en masa de harina de maíz rellena de carne, pollo, chile u otros ingredientes, envuelta en hojas de mazorca de maíz o plátano y cocida al vapor.

Este platillo viene del vocablo “tamalli”, que significa “envuelto” en náhuatl, aunque el origen de este platillo ha sido un tema de discusión en diferentes países de Latinoamérica, siendo México el país señalado por diversos historiadores como la cuna de esta receta.

Así, los tamales forman parte de la dieta diaria, por ejemplo, en las famosas "guajolotas" de la Ciudad de México, aunque también son populares en celebraciones como Navidad, Año Nuevo o el Día de la Candelaria, usualmente acompañados con bebidas tradicionales como café, chocolate, atole o champurrado.

Aunque el origen del tamal es un tema que se disputa en diversos países latinoamericanos como Chile, Perú, Argentina y Bolivia, diversos historiadores han señalado que este se originó en la zona centro de México, al ser la región de origen del maíz.

De acuerdo con Sahagún, los mexicas usaban carne de pavo, flamencos, ranas, ajolotes, conejos y pescados para rellenar la masa envuelta en hojas de maíz además de otros ingredientes como calabaza, frijoles y chile.

También, se sabe que este platillo era cocinado de forma comunitaria para celebrar grandes fiestas religiosas, como el agradecimiento por la fertilidad de la Tierra, ofrenda a los muertos y diversos eventos sociales.



Spanish México

LOS TAMALES

ESCULTURAS MEXICANAS.

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Man Fired for Keeping Webcam Off Awarded $73,000
A remote worker who was fired for refusing to keep his camera on while working has been awarded about $73,000 by a Dutch court.

The man, whose name was not made public, had been working for the US software company Chetu in the Netherlands since 2019. On August 23, 2022, while working remotely, he was told by his employer that he should keep his webcam on all day for online training.

The employee said he didn't feel comfortable being monitored on camera for nine hours, and refused to do so. He added that the company could already see all activities on his laptop and that he was also sharing his screen.

But Chetu said that having a camera on was no different from being watched in an office. And the company fired him.

Finding this unfair, the man took the company to court in the Netherlands. He told the court that he hadn't been given clear enough reasons for being fired, and that asking him to keep his camera on for the whole workday was against his right to privacy.

And the court agreed. Chetu now must pay the man about $73,000.

While using a webcam to check on employees may not be very common, computer programs that monitor employee activity have become popular.

A survey from 2021 found that 60% of US companies with remote workers were using employee monitoring software, and 81% of those companies found that their workers were more productive while being monitored.

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Man Fired for Keeping Webcam Off Awarded $73,000

In this episode of Streetwise English Podcast, I talk about why I like studying languages on italki. My teacher profile: https://italki.com/teacher/1947582 Thanks for listening! 
Welcome my friends to another episode of the Streetwise English Podcast. I'm your host Carl and Italki American English tutor. So today I want to talk to you about… This is the last day of January of the New Year 2023. And I just had a problem this morning. I was trying to download some software, I was trying to install software on my computer and I ran out of internal storage. And so I had my computer failed to install the software. And, I wanted to make the analogy of the human brain. And the computer. So a lot of times we feel stressed out and we have lots of things going on. In our mind our mind is completely full, feels like it's running without any extra storage space. 

full transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bxYks4J7veYm3UJBe1Dx09lLRpRHmJ82mYD9ZR_Sud0/edit?usp=share_link