MX3D, a highly innovative company in Amsterdam can now print metals and resin in mid-air, without the need for support structures. They are going to print a metal bridge in Amsterdam!
Archives for 2015
Pluto
After a 9 year voyage, most of it spent in hibernation, on January 15, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft began its final approach phase to Pluto. The images it has sent back are simply amazing!
Tarmac Meditations #166: Stand By Me
I heard the singer asking that he might stand tall once more and do what needed doing. For a drifting moment in the darkened house, my home for many years, the singer’s voice felt like my own.
Forgiving Fault Lines
I have been reminding myself to do the best I can every day by improving upon what I learned the day before. What I have realized is that no one is faultless and there is no need to be faultless. Seismic activity is good for my soul.
Education Cutbacks in Quebec
Classism is a form of violence, which discriminates and oppresses those living in all parts of the social strata. It is a prejudice that holds people in the lower economic echelons back and violates anyone who tries to attain the unattainable lifestyle. In other words, it erodes the self-worth of those not sharing the ideals of mainstream society.
TIFF: Hyena Road
After visiting Afghanistan Canadian director and actor Paul Gross noticed the war zone seemed to bear no relationship to what he had been told by government or media. To set the record straight he directed and produced Hyena Road which depicts Canada’s former combat mission in Afghanistan as it was.
Let Your Opinions Be Like Birds
We have to aim ourselves in the right direction. Or, more accurately, allow ourselves to be aimed in the right direction by life itself. If we’re too busy being obstructionists or propping arguments up about ourselves and others, there’s no room for the truth to seep in.
Welcome to the Jungle
I can remember, roughly 1.2 million years ago when I was a highly decorated Sixer in the Wolf Cubs, the mantra we were always hearing about was “be prepared”. Preparation was extremely important as I recall, although what exactly the 9-year-old me was supposed to be prepared for remains a little fuzzy.
Saying Goodbye To Our Dogs – A Reprise
Nothing but time, the great healer of sadness, can take away the pain of losing a beloved dog. It is never easy to let go of a dog that has become so much a part of our lives. My heart goes out to all who are grieving the loss of a dear canine friend. They are with us for so short a time.
Ang Thong: A Marine National Park Unlike Any Other
Ang Thong National Marine Park is one of those sights you just shouldn’t miss if you go to Koh Samui, Koh Phang or Koh Tao in the Bay of Thailand. The price was not exorbitant, the ship was suitable and the lunch was nutritious. If you go to southern Thailand, you definitely need to put this park on your list of places to see.
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