"Music is in my head," piano prodigy Ryan Wang explained to the Vancouver Sun in a recent video. The 5-year-old is making a name for himself with his remarkable musical gift; the pint-sized pianist will be performing at Carnegie Hall as part of the 2013 American Protégé International Piano and Strings Competition. Rest of story. http://youtu.be/VF3z1aGMR8E
It was 1984 when the first object printer was invented. Now, almost 30 years later the idea of having a 3-d printer in your home that can print plastic, electronic circuitry, electromagnets and even batteries is closer to a reality. Add to that the possibility of having recycling machines in your home which reduces glass, plastic and metal to be used in your printers and we are one step closer to a "Jetson" home. See the original story.
For the record, cause some of you are probably wondering: I did not write them nor do I know who wrote or sent these letters to the DAR. Two letters from an anonymous person have been sent to the Daily American Republic this week requesting the paper investigate and inform their readers of City Council's soon-to-be-selection of engineering company for the first project by the Poplar Bluff TDD (a city corporation handling and funding the development of area transportation projects using a 1% sales tax). According to each of the letters, Carbon copies were also forwarded to Doug Libla, Todd Richardson, PB Mayor and all city council members, Ed Strefel, and Steve Halter. The second letter also included the SEMO
A friend on facebook, David Sorrell, posted an article he found online regarding the creation of new punctuation marks. The article is whimsical, but honestly, the point the author is making is very true. Our need to be brief has created the need for new kinds of punctuation. Not the silly emoticons people use -- :) ;( ;p -- but there are a number of marks that once defined and added to our keyboard could make typing-communication much easier to understand. I'm not suggesting we add them for traditional writing forms like novels or reports or news, but for texting and emails it would be wonderful to be able to add tone and/or reduce six typed characters down to one
I've known for several years that the DAR was on the City's side regarding my case against the City. It's been easy to see how the reporting and headlines seemingly favor the City. Last summer, the city filed three motions and the judge denied them all. We walked out of the court very thrilled with our progress. The next day the headline read: Judge Denies Two Motions Becker and City Case You had to flip to the fourth paragraph before you got to the point that it was the City who got their motions denied. Back when we first filed against the City, it took 5 days for our story to be newsworthy. But two days later, how did we
