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Published on Dec 6, 2012 Speakers: Chris Anderson, CEO, 3D Robotics Carl Bass, President and CEO, Autodesk, Inc Thanks to 3D printers and other increasingly cheap and easy digital desktop fabrication machines, the Web generation is now turning making physical things on a global scale. This is more than just tinkering and DIY; it's also spawning a new sort of manufacturing...

Many NT members know me from NV but there are probably a few that don't and some that have never been on NV. To those who haven't heard of what some think is one of my idiosyncracies I extend this short essay. The idea of any Group is to advance the influence of the Group. Sometimes it is necessary to become a member of a small group in order to advance to a larger or more influential group....

A Catholic Priest, a Baptist Preacher and a Rabbi all served as Chaplains to the students of Northern Michigan University at Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. They would get together two or three times a week for coffee and to talk shop. One day, someone made the comment that preaching to people isn't really all that hard, a real challenge would be to preach to a...

In The Week article below the indisputable evidence of greed for: gun sales, push-money donated by the gun-makers to the NRA, are fighting for more gun users to buy not just hunting weapons, but every conceivable type of hard-core weaponry by taking advantage of the fear of stricter laws. This media frenzy began at the same time the Newtown Massacre was first reported by Nicholas...

The Arc of the Covenant Above If anyone says, "I love God," but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God who he has not seen. 1John 4:20 Often times we imagine we see God in nature, or in Church, or in others. But John writes here if you don't love one of your brothers or sisters for whatever reason you are a...

Bernard Courtois Born 8 February 1777 Dijon, France Died 27 September 1838 (Age 61) Nationality French Occupation chemist Knownfor discovering iodine Spouse(s) Madeleine Morand Parents Jean-Baptiste Courtois Marie Ble Fairbanks Bernard Courtois , also spelled Barnard Courtois , (12 February 177727...

I was born in Beth Page, New York, Charles Bernard Courtois, into an august heritage that I will never live up to in this lifetime. On Dad's side my great-great-grandfather, Bernard Courtois, the source of my middle name, discovered Iodine in 1811 in France. He also sold ammunition to Napoleon. On Mom's side she traced her lineage back to William Henry Harrison, our former...

Here is a little bit of my writing.The SineThe oscillations are increasing in frequency and amplitude, the dry, emotionless voice of the Dr. Hritch said in monotone, the recording time keyed and duplicated as the bits of his analogue voice were modulated and sent to headphones, server and work-pad.Hard to believe, thought his graduate student and lab assistant, he can be so calm, knowing that...

Ok, before you all go bullistic this is not something to turn you against Christmas or to try to turn you into Christians, far from it, it is a history lesson and that is all. I'm a Pagan by choice, as some of you know from my Newsvine days. I was raised as a Nazarene as a child and even attended a Southern Baptist church during my teens and early twenties, so, I know some things about the...

I can say without hesitation that the NT interface has a nice feel to it .. functionally it issurprisinglyfluid and complete with all the bells and whistles I could have asked for .....It is difficult to get involved in the NT community ... TIME is a huge problem while on NV you get sucked in by the sheer size of the community ... that also is a problem ...to be continued .....