A Conversation with Southside Johnny
Mike Ragogna: Johnny, hey. Tell me a little something about this new Playlist collection Sony released. Did you have any input?
By: Clara Moskowitz
Published: 05/29/2013 01:14 PM EDT on SPACE.com
A private company that plans to mine asteroids unveiled a new venture today (May 29), an ambitious plan to launch the world’s first crowdfunded telescope.
The company, Planetary Resources, is developing a suite of spacecraft, dubbed Arkyd, to study solar-system asteroids as a precursor to mining missions. Now, the firm has launched a crowdfunding campaign to make an Arkyd available for the public’s use. Students, scientists and interested citizens would be able to direct this space telescope toward any space objects they wished.
By Lauren Markoe
Religion News Service
WASHINGTON (RNS) In a conference full of people who champion traditional religious values, Amardeep Singh knew that everyone might not appreciate his recounting of the “uncomfortable” cab ride he had taken the previous day.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is spending a night out with his family after a week of presidential duties that took him from Oklahoma to Illinois.
The White House says Obama attended a choral concert Thursday evening for 11-year-old daughter Sasha at Sidwell Friends School.
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DARPA’s no stranger to bionic limb research, however two new projects under the agency’s RE-NET program focus on improving amputees’ link to their prosthetics. RE-NET aims to develop the technology that will connect artificial limbs to existing nerves and muscles. Once that’s achieved, users will be able feel with the prosthetic as well as move it as they would a real arm or leg, unlike another project focused on one-way control. Head past the break to watch videos documenting the clinical trials of both studies — the arms in the clips aren’t quite the life-like limbs DARPA promised back in 2006, but they sure are mighty impressive.
Source: DARPA RE-NET
Chris “Birdman” Andersen sent Pacers forward Tyler Hansbrough flying during the second quarter of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference.
After a missed shot by the Heat, Andersen and Hansbrough got acquainted as the remaining Pacers quickly got out in transition. Andersen appeared to run right into Hansbrough, knocking him down. When Hansbrough got up and approached “Birdman”, the Heat forward delivered a two-handed shove. He then needed to be restrained by an official while Hansbrough was wrangled by a teammate.
Initially, a personal foul was called on Andersen along with a double technical on the two. After a video review, Andersen’s personal foul was upgraded to a Flagrant 1.
Mackinac Island is 300 miles away from the city of Detroit, but that didn’t stop four of the city’s candidates for mayor from engaging in the 2013 campaign’s first forum at the Mackinac Policy Conference.
It was moderated by Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor Stephen Henderson and Nolan Finley, his counterpart at the Detroit News, who promised a war of words to the crowd: “These folks paid for a good scrap. No rules!” The $200-a-head forum held on Thursday evening benefited the Detroit Regional Chamber’s PAC. HuffPost Detroit was there, live-tweeting all the action from the Grand Hotel.
In addition to the campaign’s frontrunners, former Detroit Medical Center CEO Mike Duggan and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon, state Rep. Fred Durhal Jr. (D-Detroit) and Lisa Howze, a former state Rep. from the city, took the stage for an hour of questioning.
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