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"It shows that though Europeans are very widely exposed to English, there's a stark regional divide in how comfortable people are with really using it. In Northern Europe, most people can converse in English whereas in Southern Europe they can't."
(But see article for a qualification to that conclusion.)
They all play on Chrissie's new solo album.
This sounds very cool.
More importantly, it will instantly process mind-boggling amounts of data while sipping only a tiny bit of energy. Whitman says the machine will mean "energy consumption problems will virtually disappear" for data centers.
That compares to today, where if cloud computing were a country, in terms of energy consumption, it would rank fifth in the world, Whitman says.
I find this article rather remarkable. When I was a kid barely a day went by without a public-service announcement on TV exhorting people to know the seven warning signs of cancer and urging people who thought they had one to see a doctor ASAP. "Early detection" was absolutely vital, they said.
Now we have Dr. Michael Rothberg, director of the Cleveland Clinic Medicine Institute Center for Value-Based Care Research quoted as throwing virtually all such early detection in the trash: "You're very unlikely to have any serious diseases that haven't shown symptoms." And, of course, we've recently been advised that mammograms and PSA tests should probably be avoided.
If I were a cynic--perish the thought!--I'd suspect these recent developments might be related to 1) government now funds a significant percentage of American health care, and 2) government is broke.
Authentic Jewish baking is making a comeback. (Link courtesy of my older daughter.)
About what I'd expect. Except, maybe, for this: "Except the retired folks, who typically have a single computer and connect with AOL." AOL, still?
I had this question, too. (The Internet remains wonderful.) (But this piece quotes a player who claims that the Japanese referee in the Brazil-Croatia match didn't speak English.)
See also "In what language do World Cup players communicate with the refs?"
"Fasting diets like the 5:2 'can help prevent diabetes by reducing cholesterol after 10 to 12 hours'".