I’m in Malaysia right now, which is a majority Muslim country. Restaurants and convenience stores sell beer and other alcohol, but I have seen signs in the convenience stores covering the front of coolers saying that Muslims cannot buy alcohol.
I’m not sure how strictly that is enforced, most of the store clerks and waiters don’t seem to care.
It’s hardly highbrow literature and as far as you can get from “woke”, but George McDonald Fraser’s “Flashman” series has him at the heart of every 19th century conflict from England to China. Fraser was a journalist, and the history is supposed to be quite accurate, aside from liberties necessary for the plot.
Flashman is the main bully character in the book Tom Brown’s School Days. After he is expelled from the school, he manages to get a commission in the British Army and fail upwards even as he is a cad and a coward.
Funny, I am on a plane preparing to fly out of Munich as I type this, and in the 5 days I’ve been in Germany I haven’t seen anything I could recognize as a balcony solar panel.
I thought he was fantastic (as were all the actors) in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Language Transfer . Much better for learning a language than Duolingo.
Just audio. But it is presented in a way that helps you to learn, rather than just remember. If you give it a try, I promise that you will be shocked at how you can retain the knowledge.
It isn’t enough on its own, however. You need to reinforce the lessons by speaking to people, reading, and/or TV and movies.
A guy near my home is flying two American flags in front of his house. The thing is, we’re in Canada…
I have found Duolingo much, much less useful for language learning than Language Transfer. The latter actually helps you learn to think in another language rather than memorize things (which is still useful, but not nearly as much).
Short if total immersion, I have found nothing better than LT.
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And yes, I agree that he is amazing. One guy teaching courses in Spanish, Italian, Greek, Arabic, French, German, Turkish, and Swahili!
I have found that Language Transfer is a far superior way to learn languages (including Spanish), and it’s free (although I make a monthly donation)!
It is available as YouTube videos, SoundCloud MP3s, or on a very simple but effective app.
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As does peanut butter and bacon.
Coincidentally, I just went on the autobahn yesterday, for the second time in my life. We were driving about 130 but there were plenty people probably going 30 or 40 km faster than us.
Spanish is my sixth language and aside from total immersion, Language Transfer is the best thing I have found.
I read a couple of books to my wife, as well as a limited series of comics period it was wonderfully intimate! Although she tried to read to me, and I just kept falling asleep.
I highly, highly recommend Language Transfer. They have French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Swahili. Also an introduction to understanding music, which is also excellent, using the same teaching techniques, and an introductory course in English for Spanish speakers.
You can use YouTube videos, SoundCloud MP3s (downloadable), or the excellent app.
Not Canadian, but European: Language Transfer is the best language learning system you can find. Free, too!
I have used their Spanish course, and it is excellent.
I used the homebrew channel to convert my Wii from Japanese to North American (games are region-locked). Never used it for posted games.
It was 9 years ago in 2016, that a man killed a bunch of people in Nice, France using a truck. In 2018, a man in Toronto killed 10 pedestrians with a car.
Not exactly a new idea. There is even a Wikipedia article . Far more than I had thought, or wanted to believe.