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...many people, Rock-'n'-Rollambitions are stifled by a lack of, well, talent. Don't let that stop you anymore. To wit: Australian scientist Richard Helmer, left, recently developed an air-guitar T shirt with built-in motion sensors that detect arm movements and turn them into audible riffs. That's not all. A slew of video games, camps and classes are rolling out to fulfill your delusions of rock-'n'-roll grandeur. So slap on those leather pants and get ready to become the next platinum performer--at least in your imagination...
...popular vote, the final hurdle before becoming law. However, because the measure would most likely have the support of 50 legislators, opponents have recessed the legislative session before the amendment could be voted on so as to prevent it from getting on the ballot. The motion to recess early, which needed the backing of a majority of legislators to pass, received 109 votes, including those of Cambridge’s three legislators. The move came as no surprise to Robert Winters, editor of the Cambridge Civic Journal and an instructor at the Extension School. “I think they?...
...While some committee members supported the proposal set forth by the superintendent, others said that the surplus money could be put to better uses. One committee member, Patricia M. Nolan ’80, said she felt that technology items on the list were funded improperly. She initiated a motion to remove the items from the list before the members voted on the proposal in its entirety. “We need to have a strategic plan on how to spend for technology,” Nolan said, stating that the proposal allocated too much money to software without taking...
...early work, all from 1919 to 1921, including lavish historical dramas (Anna Boleyn), mountain films (The Wildcat, with a very feral Pola Negri) and delightful comedies. Best is The Oyster Princess, "a grotesque in four acts," in which the director sets a pinwheeling series of sight gags in motion like a vaudevillian with his spinning plates. He's not yet working at his Hollywood level, but he's getting there...
...receiver, the ball went through his hands, and I really just did this with my fists,” he says, pantomiming the motion. “I banged my chest. Personally, I thought it was a bad call...