How countries spend your money BBC (this story does not include Australia)
The German army has faced a shortage of equipment for years, but the situation has recently become so precarious that some soldiers took matters into their own hands.
On Tuesday, German broadcaster ARD revealed that German soldiers tried to hide the lack of arms by replacing heavy machine guns with broomsticks during a NATO exercise last year. After painting the wooden sticks black, the German soldiers swiftly attached them to the top of armored vehicles, according to a confidential army report which was leaked to ARD.…To make matters worse, the broom-equipped German soldiers belong to a crucial, joint NATO task force and would be the first to be deployed in case of an attack Call to Arms
Guns really do change the way you think Mother Nature Network
Waiting a bit can also make people more patient, by removing their attention from the immediate here and now and stretching out their time horizons. Some of these positive effects of waiting have been studied by Professors Xianchi Dai of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Ayelet Fishbach of the University of Chicago in their paper “When Waiting to Choose Increases Patience.”
Czech out a new and provocative paper by James Edward Mahon Jr. of Williams College
Everything You Think You Know About Addiction and the War on Drugs Is Wrong Policy.Mic
The values of different Nobel Prizes, market price dataThe Great Sim Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle Intercept. This is going to create major shockwaves.Sim card giant probes spy theft claims Financial Times
“In 1991, there were 176
certified librarians in city schools. Now there are 11 – for 218
schools. Studies have shown that students who have access to a school
library and librarian – particularly students who live in poverty and
students of color – achieve more. Increasingly in Philadelphia, school
libraries are regarded as a frill, and librarians even more so.”
~ Philadelphia Inquirer
~ Philadelphia Inquirer