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Faith Comes By Hearing, based in New Mexico says they have now released a new app for Roku systems that will make Scripture available to at least 10 million additional people in the United States in 750 different languages. Roku is a set-top device created in 2008 will allows users to integrate their…

The city commission in Grand Rapids Michigan has decided to remove a 38 year-old section of the city code that forbids a person from willfully annoying someone else. The city attorney Catherine Mish has been going through the city’s books to find outdated ordinances and remove them. She found laws prohibiting…

Microsoft Corporation has announced plans to offer real-time translation from one language to another via computer and this new technology could potentially make it possible for every person on earth to hear the Gospel in their own language one day. The company introduced the concept a few years ago,…

Published January 11, 2013 news.com.au Robots may be more advanced than humans in many ways. They can be faster, more efficient, more mathematical and logical than we are. But their understanding of socially appropriate language is less than elementary. Which is why Watson -- the IBM robot that beat…

The last known native speaker of a dialect from a remote fishing village in Scotland has died at the age of 92. When Bobby Hogg passed away, the unique language he spoke became extinct. Hogg spoke the Scots dialect known as Cromarty fisherfolk, which has become the first unique dialect to be lost in…

Using foul language on the job could keep you from getting a raise or promotion, according to CareerBuilder, who surveyed employers and asked them how they responded when an employee cursed while on the clock. Sixty-four percent said they would think less of an employee who repeatedly used foul language…

Inventors in Scandinavia are almost ready to bring a translator to the market that will communicate nothing but the truth. It is a dog-to-human translator called “No More Woof.” It will “interpret the electroencephalography of dogs and match it with one of a few premade English audio recordings.” “According…

Linguists from around the world are rushing to get a recording of Gyani Sen. The seventy-five-year-old woman is the last fluent native speaker of a language that could soon disappear. Sen speaks Kusunda, a unique tongue spoken only in Nepal. The language is known as a language isolate because linguists…

CareerBuilder.com completed a survey that found fifty seven percent of employers who said they’d be less likely to promote someone who curses. Sixty four percent think less of an employee who habitually swears. The words from our lips tell a lot about our heart condition. After his cursing, the people…

The Wycliffe organization, a leader in translating God’s Word translated into every language has announced that they have reached a milestone by bringing the number of languages that still need the Gospel down to less than two thousand. Wycliffe Bible Translators COO Russ Hersman says 1,967 languages…

Swedish DIET! Ole and Sven had really 'packed on the pounds' by over-eating during Christmas and the New Year's Holidays, so their doctor put them on the same diet. 'I want you to eat regularly for 2 days, then skip a day, and repeat this procedure for 2 weeks. The next time I see you, you should have…

Every year the Marist organization conducts a poll to ascertain the most annoying word or phrase in the English language. The same word has topped the survey for the past two years indicating some of the phrases used in pop culture may be trendy, but growing in popularity. Mary Azzoli of Marist says…

Did You Know That … • “Stewardesses” is the longest word typed with only the left hand? And “lollipop” is the longest word typed with your right hand? • “Typewriter” is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard? • No word in the English language rhymes with month,…

Tone John 2:3-4 KJV "And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. [4] Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come." Do you think Jesus' words are an appropriate way for a 30-year-old son to speak to His mother? I used to take…

COMMUNICATION A Tokyo toy manufacturer has added a new gadget to its product line. The company has already sold 300,000 Bowlingual units, which supposedly translate a dog’s bark into human words. Now they hope to appeal to cat owners with the Meowlingual, which will do the same for a cat’s meows. The…

"I Swear" You're aiming for the 16 penny nail, instead you hit the thumb nail, what happens? xozijdahfouerkha! The guy in front of you cuts you off, what happens? xozijdahfouerkha! Your teacher chews you out in front of the whole class, what happens? xozijdahfouerkha! None of us enjoy other people's…

LANGUAGE, USE COMMON A priest and pastor from the local parishes are standing by the side of the road holding up a sign that reads, "The End is Near! Turn around before it's too late!" "Leave us alone you religious nuts!" yelled the first driver as he sped by. From around the curve they heard screeching…

CONTEXTUALIZATION Chinese authorities were surprised to find that a machine designed to scare birds away from the Beijing airport did not work because the local birds did not speak the right language. The device known as a "scream machine" was imported from the United States and produced the recorded…

A man was sitting on the edge of the bed, observing his wife, looking at herself in the mirror. Since her birthday was not far off he asked what she'd like to have for her Birthday. 'I'd like to be six again', she replied, still looking in the mirror. On the morning of her Birthday, he arose early, made…