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...Hajj consists of a five-day excursion, required by all physically and financially able Muslims, to Mecca and the nearby holy sites of Arafat, Mina, and Muzdalifah. Once there, pilgrims perform a series of rituals to unify themselves with other believers, absolve themselves of their sins and pay tribute...
Research has shown that in the long run, immersion programs can provide cognitive benefits, including more flexible, creative thinking. Though students from the programs lag for a few years in English, by fifth grade they perform as well as or better than their monolingual peers on standardized reading and math tests. For multicultural families, the psychological boost can also be important. Lueth, a former teacher and manufacturing executive, co-founded the school as a way to expose her adopted Chinese daughter Lucy to her native culture. Lucy used to squirm when cousins asked why her skin color was different from...
...Meyer] swims with a lot of poise,” Wurzbacher said. “He knows what to do, when to pace himself, when to go. It’s fun to watch him perform...
...This weekend was just preparation for next weekend,” co-captain epeé Noam Mills added. “We saw some weaknesses that we are going to be working on so next weekend we can perform well...
...Good thing. This year's trophy went to Ralf Mackenbach, a tap dancer from the Netherlands, who was asked by a German journalist at the winner's press conference if he would have time to perform on German variety shows in the coming months. The 14-year-old didn't miss a beat: "We'll make time...