Cattle for raffle gets town in moood for vaccines Posted July 29, 2021 A district of northern Thailand has launched a raffle campaign for inoculated residents to win a live cow per week for the rest of the year, in a bid to
Letter written in English by Napoleon put on display at museum ahead of auction Posted July 28, 2021 A shirt worn by Napoleon and a letter he wrote to practice his English have gone on display at a museum in Belgium. They will be auctioned later this year in Britain. They are …
Hidden Stories: Walt Disney: A life full of setbacks Posted July 12, 2021 With 12 Disney parks, dozens of Disney hotels, and over 85 million downloads of the Disney Tsum Tsum mobile puzzle game, it is safe to say that Disney is a constant presen…
Passenger brained by flying turtle; both live Posted June 29, 2021 It’s not unusual for rocks and other debris to crash through a windshield and injure a driver or passenger — but a turtle? A 71-year-old woman riding with her …
Paper cowboy rides out quarantine in hotel Posted June 21, 2021 By Day 3 of being confined to his Australian hotel room for quarantine, David Marriott was getting bored. He’d watched a few seasons of The S…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 2 Posted June 13, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Yokoyama chose to conduct this interview entirely in English, saying that he always likes to strike a good balance “inside my head” between Engl…
Interview: From bouncer to simultaneous interpreter Part 1 Posted June 12, 2021 Kaz Yokoyama is one of the shining lights of Japan’s English education world — a self-taught simultaneous interpreter, author and English teacher who has never st…
Views and Visions: Can’t touch this Part 2 Posted June 6, 2021 Continued from Part 1… Of course, the pandemic has shown that handshakes — touching anything with your hands — might be on their way out
Views and Visions: Can’t touch this Part 1 Posted June 5, 2021 Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.” Remember handshakes? Before all my classes moved to being online, I taught my Japanese st…
Bundled-up Bernie goes viral in a meme Posted May 31, 2021 U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, wrapped up in a winter coat and mittens at the presidential inauguration, is now a fashion icon for looking like he was running …