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Il California Language Lab è un luogo dedicato all'apprendimento della lingua inglese parlata stile USA. Ha sede a Milano e tutti gli insegnanti sono madrelingua. Il laboratorio svolge attività di tutoring sia individuale, sia collettivo (piccoli gruppi), e organizza session full immersion per le aziende. Per ulteriori informazioni inviate un'email a info@californialanguagelab.com.

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A Web of Favicons

Nmap.org has a new webpage that maps the favicons of the top 288,000 websites (2010) discovered in a scan of the top million web sites, performed in early 2010, using the Nmap Security Scanner and its scripting engine. The resulting hierarchy is based on their Alexa rating, the higher the site is on Alexa, the bigger their icon. It has a handy search feature and it’s fun to browse around in general!

Information Technology in California (silicon valley) and beyond

• link to map

English-Italian Fashion Dictionaries

• logos illustrated dictionary
• clothing glossaries
• simple list of clothes
• App for iPhone: Garment and Fashion Dictionary

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• other references:
• net-a-porter.com
• style.com
• dezeen.com

money matters

• revenue=
  reddito, entrata, fisco

 

• turnover, sales=
  fatturato

 

Mutants: commodity -vs- comodità

commodity /kəˈmɒdətɪ/ n.

1. comm. mercef., prodotto m.; (food) derrata f.; a rare ~ fig.una merce rara

2. econ. bene m. (economico).

comodità /komodiˈta/ f.inv.

1. (confortevolezza) comfort, cosiness

2. (agio) comfort, convenience; le ~ moderne modern comforts o conveniences, mod cons BE;
   con tutta ~ (senza fretta) at one’s convenience

3. (vantaggio) la ~ di abitare vicino all’ufficio the convenience of living near the office.

Gaultier_Paris 2012

Jean Paul Gaultier loves to flirt with bad taste. So was it at all surprising that his spring couture show was dedicated to the memory of Amy Winehouse? To a live doo-wop performance of “Rehab,” beehived models strutted the catwalk in an extraordinary variety of garments and looks — yes, Winehouse-inspired pencil skirts and boleros, but also an elegant draped evening gown in electric blue crepe and a fetishist’s corset dress in black and ivory satin. Here, a dress that proves that python, tulle, cabochon,embroidery roses and lace can — in the right mains — keep one from going back to black.

Complete Coverage: Spring 2012 Couture

London Fashion Week

The Guardian: links

Vogue.uk: Moschino Cheap And Chic London Fashion Week Show

MOSCHINO is bringing its Cheap & Chic label to London Fashion Week for the first time ever this season, we can exclusively reveal.read more

YOU SHOULD SEE: The latest Moschino Cheap & Chic show...

YOU SHOULD SEE: The most recent developments in the Milan-London schedule clash... 

i.e. | e.g. | re

• i.e.: When you mean "that is," use "i.e." It is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase id est
• e.g.: when you mean "for example," use e.g. It is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase exempli gratia.
• re: a prefix, occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, used with the meaning "again" or "again and again" to indicate repetition, or with the meaning "back" or "backward" to indicate withdrawal or backward motion. In contemporary 'email language', it means "about" or "in reference to".

Interview

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