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German company bans foreign languages at work (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A German technology company in which Russians comprise more than a third of the staff has banned the use of foreign languages in the workplace.

More needed in N.W.T. act for aboriginal languages, advocates say (CBC North)

As the Northwest Territories gets ready to review its Official Languages Act, some advocates say the legislation should do more to protect and promote aboriginal languages.

Dancing with Many Languages (O'Reilly Media)

A friend of mine pointed out Disco, a map-reduce framework written in Erlang and using Python for writing the actual map and reduction functions. I haven't tried it just yet, but the concept is interesting in that it uses both Erlang and Python.

Firm bans foreign languages at work (Independent Online)

The steps taken by a company where "precise communication" is crucial may stretch the labour law.

State Of Education: Hatrick Stresses Creativity, Languages For Students (Leesburg Today)

While the test scores recently released by Loudoun County Public Schools are impressive, educators also should focus on fostering creativity in their students, Superintendent Edgar B. Hatrick told a group of more than 100 business leaders at the Chamber of Commerce's State of Education breakfast Wednesday morning.