Government: May 2007 Archive Page

--A Fair(y) Use Tale (YouTube)

Amazing demonstration of creative repurposing of Disney's copyrighted material.

The Pentagon is setting up a civilian Language Corps, a cadre of some 1,000 foreign-language speakers who can help the government in times of war and national emergencies.

In a three-year pilot program, the Defense Department will recruit volunteers and do testing to see if such a program would work. If successful, a permanent corps could be developed, said Robert Slater, who heads the Pentagon personnel office's security education program. --Pauline Jelinek --Pentagon creating civilian Language Corps to help in times of war, emergenciesAssociated Press)

Via Language Log.

Getting shot hurts. -- Ronald Reagan --Reagan diaries reveal president's private musingsYahoo! | Reuters (will expire))

As an American who started drinking tea the English way while in Canada (brewed in a pot and poured into the cup, not made in the cup with a single-serving tea bag), I enjoyed the anecdote about Prince Charles.