Ask an informed layman what he or she thinks is the greatest science-based industrial discovery or invention of all time and the person will likely name the computer, the transistor, the telephone, the incandescent light or perhaps even the blast furnace. But key as all these inventions were to humanity's progress, there is perhaps one industrial discovery that surpasses them in the sheer earth-shattering and fundamental change it brought about not only in the struggles of human survival but in
by Toney Gonzalez Owning a lawn isn’t just about keeping it pretty, you should also take the necessary steps to keep it healthy. After all, this is the first thing that people see when they drive up to your home. Having a beautiful lawn is just secondary to having a well kept one and more often than not, an unhealthy lawn is also quite unsightly. So what can you do? Here are a few tips: Lawn care maintenance changes with the seasons. In the winter remember that your lawn does not die. Instea
by Toney Gonzalez A great looking lawn is most likely going to be a healthy lawn as well. A beautiful lush, green lawn provides the curb appeal that no one can deny…and everyone strives for. Having a beautiful lawn is just secondary to having a well kept one and more often than not, an unhealthy lawn is also quite unsightly. What can you do in order to have that lawn of your dreams? Here are some simple tips. Lawn care maintenance changes with the seasons. In the winter remember that your la
What Comes After the Lightning I have always described the moment the first line of a poem comes as being hit by lightning. Larry Levis mused that “it seems to me that any poetry, any realized “making,” comes almost directly from some kind of actual center, some location of energy” (69). Where does a poem come from? What is the culminating force that brings language from the ether and onto the page? To test the truth of my description of invention, I began reading narratives of those that had su
President Obama, Gerald Seib says in the Wall Street Journal today, is anxious for people to know that he isn’t a “heavy-handed meddler. “I think the irony…is that I actually would like to see a relatively light touch when it comes to the government,” the President said Tuesday in a White House interview:You set up some rules of the road, ensure transparency and openness, guard against huge systemic risk that will lead…government potentially having to step in to avoid a depression, and then let
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