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Two Videos, Two Amazing Basketball Shots
Friday in Estonia, guard Armands Skele from BC Kalev/Kramo swished from about half-court with a no-look, back-to-the-basket, falling-out-of-bounds flip that sure looks like a one-in-a-million shot. The video is here (above too).
And then there’s Maryland teenager Machiah Thomas’ trick shot. Watch him do a forward flip from downtown and launch the ball into the hoop. Be sure to see the slow motion replay, which comes around the 50-second mark in the video. -Mark Memmott
That shot. Wow. -Savy
J oshua how’s that!
The iPB-10 essentially takes the concept of configuring using an iOS device and scales it up from the iStomp considerably to create the world’s first iPad-controlled guitar pedalboard. Rather than an individual guitar effect, the iPB-10 instead offers an entire rig, and with a pretty extensive range of options too. (via iStomp and iPB-10 for iOS Review: Guitar Powerhouses - The Next Web)
A figurative “for rent” sign hangs on the front gate of John F. Kennedy Space Center.
Among the facilities available: A space shuttle launchpad, slightly used; a giant crawler for moving rockets, still servicable; two enormous mobile launch platforms; two space shuttle maintenance hangars; a 15,000-foot concrete runway, one of the world’s longest; and the blocky, 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building, with four soaring rocket assembly bays — and no waiting. (WaPo)
Photo: Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center in 2008, NASA
Babies Know What’s Fair
“That’s not fair!” It’s a common playground complaint. But how early do children acquire this sense of fairness? Before they’re 2, says a new study
Full Story: Science Daily
Stoned drivers are twice as likely to get into an accident, according to a new study. But that’s still less than texting drivers, who are 20 times more likely to bend that fender.
