June 2012
224 posts
One clever teen solves Newton's 300 year old...
iheartchaos:
Long before computer-driven physics simulations, trying to come up with a solution for a real-world physics problem took a tremendous amount of calculation by hand. Three hundred years ago, Isaac Newton asked if anyone could calculate the exact trajectory of a ball, taking into account both gravity and wind resistance. Recently, a 16 year old from India took that challenge and...
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Chivers, this is the story of Taylor Morris
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This is the story of Taylor Morris, a 23 year-old Navy EOD tech:
Taylor Morris learned at an early age he was hooked on the outdoors, adventurous, the middle of 4 children and always the last one inside for dinner at his home in Cedar Falls, Iowa. His mother Juli recalled, “Our family took a camping trip from Niagra Falls down the East Coast one summer. Taylor set up the tents every...
May 2012
265 posts
Chef Spotlight: Ricardo Zarate
nbclatino:
(Photo/courtesy Sauce LA)
Chef 411: Ricardo Zarate has made it his mission to make Peruvian cuisine popular throughout the United States. At 37-years-old, Zarate – who went to culinary school in Peru and spent nine years cooking in some of London’s best restaurants – is the owner of Mo-Chica and Picca restaurants in Los Angeles.
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Openly gay Latina wins Texas congressional seat
nbclatino:
(Courtesy Mary Gonzalez)
Mary Gonzalez told them she was the best candidate to represent them and El Paso voters agreed, but along the way, the 28-year-old doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin broke her share of barriers.
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