Digital textbooks previewed at Pearson Education (by thebostonglobe)
(The Boston Globe) Boston-based publisher Pearson Education previews the new Apple iPad textbooks ( Video by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff, Produced by Leanne Burden Seidel/Globe Staff)
How To Value Art (by forbes)
Steps to follow to determine the true value of your art collection.
America’s Coolest Home Brewery (by forbes)
(Original Publish Date: 6/9/2010) Award winning beer maker, Chris Bowen, gives a tour of Hammersmith Ales.
The Henry Ford Musuem’s new exhibit, “Driving America” (by DetNewsVideo)
Christian Overland, Executive V.P., The Henry Ford, talks about the museum’s new permanent exhibit.
Paralympian cyclists train for world championships in Carson (by losangelestimes)
Meet Greta Neimanas of Cardiff and Laura Sobchik of Santa Monica, who are training for the Para Track Cycling World Championships at the Home Depot Center Velodrome in Carson. They are hoping to do well there and go on to the Paralympic Games in London in August.
Homemade Flight Simulation Cockpit (by WSJDigitalNetwork)
Hans Krohn from Obertshausen, Germany spent 15 years and more than $20,000 to build a simulated aircraft in his own home. The hybrid plane consists of screens from a Boeing 737, a joystick that resembles controls on an Airbus plane and a housing that was built for a simulated F16 fighter plane.
The stripetease workout (by nydailynews)
Amanda Sidman of the Daily News takes a stripetease workout class at Sol Dance Center in Astoria, Queens.
Musicians co-write songs with combat veterans (by DenverPost)
LifeQuest, a nonprofit that assists veterans, held Faces of Freedom Music Camp January 19-22 in Colorado Springs.
Aldebaran bring robots to Boston’s Seaport (by thebostonglobe)
(Boston Globe) South Boston’s new “Innovative District” lures tech companies like Aldebaran, creators of the Nao robot, to the Seaport. Video by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff, edited by Lauren Frohne/Globe Staff/
Stephen Colbert Parties in South Carolina (by WSJDigitalNetwork)
Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert drew a crowd of Hundreds of students to his “Rock Me Like a Herman Cain” rally at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, where satire and criticism of the political process were in high supply, WSJ’s Andy Jordan reports.
Survive the Zombie Apocolypse (by wired)
Worried about the zombie apocolypse, earthquakes or government take-over? No problem, these guys have everything you need to survive armeggedon.
UNI’s interlude dance (by DMRegister)
UNI’s popular interlude dance started as an idea of just a few students, but it quickly caught on. Now, facilitated by the Internet, the dance craze is sweeping across the world.
Fire chiefs rehash ice rescue and warn against walking on ice (by thebostonglobe)
(Boston Globe) Arlington fire chiefs discuss how they rescued three people from Spy Pond and warn about walking on ice. Video by Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff, edited by Lauren Frohne/Globe Staff.
Mixed Martial Arts fighter paralyzed (by ChicagoTribune)
Jeffrey Dunbar, 20, amateur Mixed Martial Arts fighter from Chicago was paralyzed two weeks ago during a match. He had only been doing MMA for about a year. Now he cannot walk or move his hands and has lost the ability to talk.
Player who broke NHL color barrier honored (by newsday)
Former professional hockey player Willie O’Ree spoke to young skaters about his career and gave them advice on “Willie O’Ree Day” in the Town of Oyster Bay. Videojournalist: Robert Cassidy (Jan. 18, 2012)
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