| Council considers Airport Zoning Overlay Tuesday
Salisbury City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday to make some clarifications and corrections to its recently adopted Land Development Ordinance. The council also will consider adding an Airport Zoning Overlay at the Rowan County Airport. In a memorandum, the planning staff has reminded council members the new ordinance "is a working, organic document and not cast in stone." "Staff recognizes that several possibly multiple text amendments will come before the Planning Board and City Council in the early months following adoption," the memo continues. "Most of these early text amendments will address clarification, correction or interpretation issues." The council meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 217 S.
Filmmaker started out editing wedding videos in Los Altos
Long before Jon M. Chu directed a $20 million Hollywood film, he was behind the camera in his native Los Altos, where he spent many weekend nights editing videos of weddings and other events while his friends were out having fun. Fast-forward more than a decade and the youngest child of the founders of the eatery Chef Chu's is off to New York to promote his first major film - "Step Up 2 the Streets," the sequel to the 2006 release "Step Up." "Step 2," the story of an underground hip-hop dance crew that performs on the streets of Baltimore, hit theaters with a bang. Released on Valentine's Day, "Step 2" earned $6.6 million on its first day in theaters. By last Friday, the movie had racked up $31.63 million. "The fact is that I came from Los Altos with no Hollywood connections.
Stanford researchers hear the sound of quantum drums
Public release date: 8-Feb-2008
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Stanford researchers hear the sound of quantum drums Nanoscale drums provide insight into math, quantum physics and microelectronics Forty years ago, mathematician Mark Kac asked the theoretical question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?" If drums of different shapes always produce their own unique sound spectrum, then it should be possible to identify the shape of a specific drum merely by studying its spectrum, thus "hearing" the drum's shape (a procedure analogous to spectroscopy, the way scientists detect the composition of a faraway star by studying its light spectrum). But what if two drums of different shapes could emit exactly the same sound? If so, it would be impossible to work backward from the spectrum and uniquely surmise the physical structure of the drum, because there would be more than one correct answer to the question.
Zane Lowe: this Shockwaves NME Award is the best
Zane Lowe has declared his win for Best Radio Show at the Shockwaves NME Awards 2008 his best yet. The Radio 1 DJ has monopolised the category in recent years, with NME readers consistently naming his show the finest around. Speaking to NME.COM, Lowe said he was touched by the continuing loyalty. “It gets more special every time," explained the DJ. “The first time we won it for our show it was very precious, but every year it comes around you just hope that you're still connecting with the NME readers and the new music that's out there. So this is great." He added he was pleased to receive the award from presenter Jon McClure from Reverend And The Makers. “It's always nice to receive anything, but it's always an awkward situation when you go up at these things," said Lowe. “It's always weird situation so it was great to get it from a friend." McClure added his own tribute to the DJ, explaining: “He means a lot people in bands.
Online video rentals give educators options
Educators who have ever spent an evening frantically calling several video rental stores in search of a particular movie for showing to their students in class the next day will appreciate a new online movie rental service unveiled Jan. 15 by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.Through Apple's new online movie rental service, users can watch films instantly over a broadband internet connection or download and keep them for 30 days. They just have to finish watching the movie within 24 hours after starting.Films will be available through iTunes within 30 days after they're released on DVD. More than 1,000 will be ready by the end of February, at $2.99 for older movies and $3.99 for new releases, plus $1 for high-definition versions.The service, which launched Jan. 15 in the United States and will roll out internationally later this year, will work on Macintosh computers, Windows-based machines, iPhones, iPods, or Apple TV set-top boxes, which have received a significant makeover.The service targets consumers in general, and Apple hopes it will change the way people think of renting—and watching—movies.
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