With a property like this available, they tore down half of Hamtramck in the 70's-that is what is wrong with Detroit.

38 acres and the city has brokered no deal to do something with the land and buildings. Instead they are busy fighting for taxes-taxes that they forgave on some other mage-development elsewhere.That is not foresight. That is what is still killing Detroit. I'm not bitter.

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The hills are alive with the shape/sound of music!

Florida State, Princeton and Yale professors have collaborated on a paper, published in the journal Science, which posit the basis for a Geometrical Theory of Music.

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You wanna know what? Nahhh, you don't!

This study clearly cites how easy it is to influence opinion by withholding information after an initial spate of supportive statistics. Study in the current issue of RAND Journal of Economics

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fMRI confirms that musical improvisation occurs when ones throws caution to the wind!

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex has a slowdown in activity during musical improvisation. This is the area which is attributed to deliberate thought and action.

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BBC - Press Office - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra presents first UK IRCAM Academy

The Orchestra is living on the cutting edge in courting contemporary music composers.

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NASA Releases New "Blue Marble" photos

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Finding Tinnitus

Using well-trained rats, scientists have been searching for the point/s in the brain responsible for tinnitus. The problem has been pinpointed in the auditory cortex, which increases the volume of sounds to compensate for weak signals.

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Bouncing Breasts - this should have been done ages ago!

Actual research has been done to determine the actual movement of breasts on multiple axes in an effort to create better built bras for women of ALL sizes. I know of many women who will welcome the end results of this study.

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Proven: Musical Skill will lead to Better Brain Function

A study has been published by Northwestern University which proves that a young brain undergoes significant positive changes when exposed to musical training. The changes have positive effect in many disciplines: in this case, the Mandarin branch of the Chinese language.

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National Weather Service's New Supercomputer

Go to Put in a zip code or City/State. Use The Weather Channel as practice for turning the TV set off. Weather forecasts are becoming more reliable, due to the National Weather Service (NWS) and it's new supercomputer.

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People with guns DO kill people.

Hmmm...It has been scientifically studied and confirmed. "Homicide rates ...are higher in states where more households have guns." The article suggests that household firearms are often used by a killer in their crime.

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Ely Cathedral has broken an 1,000 year old tradition by having a girls' choir.

Originally reported by the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation): Ely Cathedral has officially fielded an all girls' choir. The 1,000 year-old boys' choir is of international reknown for the tradition and longevity of it's program.

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Will there be an iPhone? Definitely maybe.

In praise of Apple's development cycle and speculation on the rollout of an anticipated (and absolutely unconfirmed) Apple phone.

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The British are coming! They can see through walls now!

A new radar device has been developed by Cambridge Consultants in England. It will map, in 3-D, the location of people in buildings/rooms which will be very useful in arrests and search/rescue operations.

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Rice Unversity does it again. Rust Nanoparticles purify water. Go Owls!

As reported in the November 10th issue of Science Magazine, researchers from Rice University's (in Houston, TX) Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) have discovered that a magnetic attraction among nano-particles of rust will simplify the removal of arsen …

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