Agnes Ayres

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Multilingualism is good for your mind — and body

Business Day 12 Jun 2018

Linguist Wendy Ayres-Bennett of Cambridge University calls it "a newly identified disease". Ayres-Bennett spoke at the recent Hay Festival in Wales on the latest outcomes of research done through the university’s Multilingualism ... "No drug can give you a four-year delay in early-onset dementia," Ayres-Bennett told the Hay Festival ... Ayres-Bennett says it is not true that bilingual people are better lovers than monolinguals....

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Martha Miller

The Columbia Daily Herald 12 Jun 2018

Martha Miller, age 87, of Columbia, passed away on June 10, 2018 at Maury Regional Medical Center.Martha was born on March 16, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Lorraine Johnson Martineau. She was raised in different places in Mississippi but later settled in Olive Branch Mississippi; she finished grammar school there and then transferred to St. Agnes Academy for girls in Memphis ... Agnes Academy in 1950....

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Sister Agnes Plante Obituary

Caledonian Record 11 Jun 2018

Sister Agnes Plante (St ... Sister Agnes was born in Nashua, N.H., on Jan ... In 1993, Sister Agnes joined the Mount Sacred Heart community in Littleton, N.H., and became Provincial Archivist until 2015, when in her declining health, she moved to the Lafayette Center in Franconia, N.H., for several months. In December 2015, Sister Agnes moved to Holy Cross Health Care Center in Manchester, N.H., where she resided until this month....

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From the field – Rehabilitating lives in Tanzania

United Nations 11 Jun 2018

Agnes was born with a cleft lip, a birth defect that occurs when a baby’s lip or mouth does not form properly ... The international community is gathering at the United Nations in New York to discuss the challenges faced by women and girls like Agnes at meeting focusing on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. To about Agnes’ story and how other people with disabilities are being treated in Tanzania, click here....

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Pine-killing southern beetle may be more deadly in North

Messenger-Inquirer 11 Jun 2018

ALBANY, N.Y ... Once unheard-of north of Delaware, southern pine beetles have been steadily expanding their range as the climate warms ... "The way they kill trees is by attacking in large numbers, like a pack of wolves killing a moose," said Matthew Ayres, co-author of the study published last month in the journal Oecologia ... "Millions of acres of pines get killed in the southeast," Ayres said ... Ayres, who previously worked for the U.S ... ....

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Southern beetle that killed millions of pines now attacking trees in New England

Eagle-Tribune 11 Jun 2018

Once unheard-of north of Delaware, southern pine beetles have been steadily expanding their range as the climate warms ... "The way they kill trees is by attacking in large numbers, like a pack of wolves killing a moose," said Matthew Ayres, co-author of the study published last month in the journal Oecologia ... Forest Service. "Millions of acres of pines get killed in the southeast," Ayres said ... Ayres, who previously worked for the U.S ... ....

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May Students of Month

The Daily Jeff 11 Jun 2018

Front row, Bristol Saft, Kalynn Douglas, Samuel McCue, Aubree Allen, Lydia Craft, Angela Childers and Emerson Lanning; second row, Carson Poole, Kyler Strawburg, Richard Dewees, Jaden Ore, Eian Flanagan, Chloe Davis, Bella Pyles, Dominic Rogers and Drew King; back row, Ian Archibald, Brylee King, Henley Brandt, Jaleigha Miller, Kristen Ayres, Trenton Marsden and Wyatt Bennett ... ....

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Consultant offers solution to Capitol’s building dilemma

Sun Star 11 Jun 2018

Agnes Magpale, said, cited some churches in Bohol that went through structural retrofitting successfully. (JKV) ....

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Domhnall Gleeson Faces A Supernatural Mystery In The Trailer For The Little Stranger

Empire 11 Jun 2018

The last time director Lenny Abrahamson and actor Domhnall Gleeson worked together, it was for the off-kilter musical comedy drama Frank. They've reunited for a passion project of Abraham's now unlocked by the success of his Oscar-winning adaptation of Room ... The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries ... ....

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Number of Women Eyeing Crypto Investing Doubled Since Start of Year

The Bitcoin News 11 Jun 2018

Over the last six months, the amount of women considering an investment in cryptocurrencies has gone from 6% to 13%, reports City A.M. June 9 ... London Block Exchange’s senior business analyst Agnes de Roeyer, however, believes this trend could be undergoing a change. According to City A.M., Roeyer said, ... Cointelegraph ... source ... ....

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The Little Stranger Trailer & Poster Reveal Delusions are Contagious

Coming Soon 11 Jun 2018

BEGIN SLIDESHOW. The Little Stranger trailer & poster reveal delusions are contagious. Focus Features has released the official trailer and poster for their upcoming horror movie The Little Stranger, adapted by writer Lucinda Coxon (The Danish Girl) from the 2009 novel of the same name by Sarah Waters ... The Hall has been home to the Ayres family for more than two centuries ... ....

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Secrets and lies slowly surface in post-war puzzle

Irish Independent 11 Jun 2018

When Nathaniel embarks on a sweetly flowering romance with a waitress he calls Agnes (after the street where the young lovers meet for romps in vacant rental properties), The Darter is made to masquerade as his father to make all seem normal in her eyes....

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China, Spain celebrate an evening of ancient court music

China Daily 11 Jun 2018

It's common these days to see Chinese and Western musicians work to create musical pieces that combine elements from both genres. And while this type of musical collaboration was rare in the 17th century, it was not unheard of ... One is called Todos los Tonos y Ayres, which specializes in the research and interpretation of early Chinese music, as well as the musical relationship between Imperial China and the West ... ....

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