The value of speech

Economist.com | The European Union In central Europe, as in much of the world, knowledge of English has become a basic skill of modern life comparable with the ability to drive a car or use a personal computer. It would be too easy to say how this phenomenon is bad. After all, we have the Continue reading The value of speech

How many left?

From Laurence Simon in his Command Post persona, we have Palestinian gives himself up after bomb goes off in Nablus HAARETZ: Palestinian gives himself up after bomb goes off in Nablus A bomb exploded in the Ras al Ayin neighborhood of Nablus in the West Bank on Sunday afternoon. Security sources said they believe the Continue reading How many left?

Ew.

Seen in White Rose: One German start-up has created an alternative to RFID that is likely to get under consumers’ skin. Ident Technologies has dreamt up Skinplex – which could be used in all the same ways as RFID and Bluetooth – but uses a different transmitter: human skin. Yeesh.

Welcome home!

Local boy does good and comes home alive. Welcome home, Sgt.! Church gives hero’s welcome to hurt soldier UNION TWP. – It was an ovation befitting a king, the church erupting for more than a minute as Staff Sgt. Paul Brondhaver limped to the podium. The noise didn’t stop until the injured soldier cut it Continue reading Welcome home!