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“I didn’t start publishing Pennsylvania’s Orange Street News so that people would think I’m cute. I want to get the truth to people, even if it makes grownups mad,” says 9-year-old Hilde Kate Lysiak, publisher of and reporter for the Orange Street News.
After reporting on a suspected homicide in Selinsgrove, Pa., Hilde was harassed by “disgusted” adults commenting on her site, saying her time would be better spent at tea parties and playing with dolls.
Do u ever just think about the first time u met someone & then compare it to where u guys are now & its like wow who knew this would happen.
the first time I read this post I interpreted it very negatively but now I see it in a more positive way and I think that says a lot about how my life has turned.
A pensioner, who got stuck in a public toilet for four days, has told how she passed the time by knitting a scarf and survived on mints.
Gladys Phillips, 82, went to use the loo in Felixstowe, which had not yet opened to the public.
The hi-tech locking system shut tight and it was not until four days later, that painters discovered her inside.
She had no mobile phone and her bangs and shouts were unanswered – so she settled down and made a pink scarf for her granddaughter, to keep boredom at bay.
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The widow told the Suffolk Gazette how she warded off hunger with a full bag of mint imperials in her handbag, which ‘kept her spirits up no end’.
Stoical Gladys said: “I was not really concerned at first when I couldn’t get out, I was just relieved I’d managed to go to the loo.
“The loo was very clean and cosy. I was able to sleep on my big overcoat and was lovely and warm, and if I got cold I just sat under the hand dryer for a while.
“It was a great relief when the nice builder turned up and opened the door. He got quite a shock, I can tell you.”
The droid replica is phone-controlled and was made with household materials and Arduino circuitry. With Angelo’s know-how on electronics and robotics, doing this project was fairly simple for him and he even posted a detailed tutorial on instructables.com where you can follow his steps on making your own working droid just like in the movie.
William had a dream of bringing electricity and running water to his village. And he was not prepared to wait for politicians or aid groups to do it for him. The need for action was even greater in 2002 following one of Malawi’s worst droughts, which killed thousands of people and left his family on the brink of starvation.
Unable to attend school, he kept up his education by using a local library. Fascinated by science, his life changed one day when he picked up a tattered textbook and saw a picture of a windmill. Mr Kamkwamba told the BBC News website: “I was very interested when I saw the windmill could make electricity and pump water.
“I thought: ‘That could be a defense against hunger. Maybe I should build one for myself’.” When not helping his family farm maize, he plugged away at his prototype, working by the light of a paraffin lamp in the evenings. But his ingenious project met blank looks in his community of about 200 people.
“Many, including my mother, thought I was going crazy,” he recalls. “They had never seen a windmill before.” [x]
In 2014, William Kamkwamba received his 4 year degree at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire where he was a student.
This is probably the best ukulele playing I’ve ever seen.
Okay so this is a real effort into playing the ukulele and I’m so happy they take it as seriously as they do
It’s always wild when people are amazed by proper Ukulele playing because what they consider “good” is whatever mainlanders are attempting to play while asserting some “quirky” vibe. Ukulele has become trendy on the mainland and people are amazed by what we consider BASIC skills and boring same chord repetition over and over. PLUS malihini don’t even pronounce the name right (what the fuck is a yuu-kuu-lay-lee hahaha).
Here in Hawaiʻi we are busting it out (like these killer wahines) every day in ways you can’t even imagine. Half my nā hoahānau play like this!
Where is this guy i wanna find him and get one of these if at all possible
She’s was just a random artist in New York and was just sitting by her booth thing and I was like OMG DAD STOP I SAW SOMEONE ELSE DO THIS THING ON TUMBLR AND I WANT TO GET ONE OF THE THINGS
