I’d seriously question that. There are almost 300 million english speakers in the US. If you live in China and speak english its highly likely you live in an urban area. The vast majority of rural Chinese do not speak english. There are roughly 800 million urban Chinese, so greater than 3/8 of them would have to…

Many consider sign language to be the most important language to learn beyond your native one. I guess it all depends on intended use. But yes both Mandarin and Spanish would be very handy. Spanish sure is a lot easier when you’re starting with English though!

Why would a cell phone be needed but not a smartphone? Phone calls are less than 10% of an average mobile users time, and can be made over VOIP services. If anything it’s the data component that would be important.

It will be almost impossible now due to the insurance lobby group. Universal healthcare = loss of revenue for insurance companies. That’s why Obama couldn’t get a plan through without ‘mandatory insurance’ policies. Think about it... we pay 17% of GDP and no other developed nation pays more than 11%. The gap is…

My deductible is $2,500... and then there are premiums, copay, out of pocket, over the counter... it adds up.

Exactly, and most pay for that phone over two years, and it still has value at the end of those two years. I use my phones for 4 years on average, so I pay about $15/month for the phone and $75/month for the service.

Him making it back this year will take an act of bovine intervention.

They don’t have to know what you are to be afraid of you. Humans have killed every animal in their path for thousands of years, and the advanced ones that have to live by us sure as hell know it.

Oh, DC. I’m sorry, that’s a rough path for any NFL fan! From what I’ve read the reason your GM isn’t there actually is due to Snyder’s poor management and the resulting head-butting. And because a few years of that poor management is now forcing your team into giving Cousins a $28m floor on his contract negotiations…

You’re assuming the other wolves don’t notice this obnoxious loud object flying in their neighborhood, and then don’t notice the loud gunshots that can be heard for miles coming from that noise, and then don’t notice the wolves that were near these noises are now bleeding out when those noises go away.

EVERY wild mammal sees humans as a threat. Because, well, we are.

Oh side note - so why did Ross run? Probably two reasons. One, a chance to put down a really fast time, like he did. He’s been clocked in the 4.2 flat range before, so this wasn’t a shock to anyone following him. Dude’s blazing fast. That will probably guarantee he’s going round 1 instead of round 2 (he was never…

Well, not sure what to say about your GM not attending, but I suppose there could be justified reasons for that (personal I’m guessing). I’d want my GM there, but there are probably ways you could get by without him attending and not lose much. What team is this, if you don’t mind me asking?

First read this headline as:

Too bad ‘gifted hands’ didn’t come with ‘working brain’.

You kind of sound like bitter beans. I mean, you chose to write YOUR article simply based on the subjects of their articles, didn’t you? You had the whole world out there, and that was your focus.

The combine is quite important to a players ability to ever make an NFL team. It’s not everything, but really important. The 40 yd dash gets way too much attention, but the overall combine is different.

Did he really ease their minds regarding the 5 lbs, or are you just presenting his comments that way? In other words did anyone actually express or show any signs of concern about him being 240 lbs instead of 235 lbs?

Not if they attend a christian college. Too bad they’re limited to the goal of college though, as Trump University seems like a much better use of funds.

And I recall thinking that it wasn’t a big deal at the time. My how times have changed.