Baseball's 'magic mud' Oct 29, 2009
He said the mud only brings in about $20,000 a year and that he still works the overnight shift as a printing press operator to support his family. But settling for less has ensured that the mud he cures behind his home remains the mud tossed out from behind home plate. (CNN)
Edit: 40-year Teen Oct 29, 2009
A professor at an American university sent a message from his computer to another machine in Stanford a few hundred miles away, ushering in an information revolution the likes of which - as Arpanet morphed into the internet - mankind last saw centuries earlier with the invention of the printing press ... The printing press, for the first time, put the power of knowledge into the hands of ordinary people and human civilisation made a great leap forward. (India Times, India)
Foot-powered printing: 1872 Gordon Franklin press Oct 29, 2009
Anthony Spitzer of Kalona Graphics and his 1872 Gordon Franklin printing press ... Whatever the design source, the small printing press was widely used into the 20th Century - and in the Kalona Graphic's case, into the 21st Century. (Kalona News, IA)
Fahrenheit 1611 Oct 27, 2009
Word of his bold act of religious courage, and the actual words themselves were, within a few months, in the hands of people throughout his country thanks to the relatively new printing press. It was not only a religious moment it was a cultural moment. (Townhall.com)
Ron Paul on the recession: 'None of this is behind us' Oct 25, 2009
But it does take an idiot (or a country full of them) to assume that you can create actual wealth and prosperity by having money fly out of a printing press. BY J707 on 10/22/2009 at 21:01Long ago the average citizen in America sold their intellect to the God of comfort, and since then improving their lifestyle has kept their mind in bondage. (TheHill.com)
We'd rave about newspapers if they were invented today (3) Oct 25, 2009
But humor me, and consider this alternate history: Imagine if Guttenberg had invented a digital modem rather than a printing press, and that for centuries all of our information had come to us online. Further, imagine if we held a press conference announcing the invention of an intriguing new product called the newspaper. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Funny money no joke Oct 25, 2009
"When I started 18 years ago, you had to pretty much be trained and know how to work a giant printing press to make counterfeit (money)," Bryant said. "It was a skill you had to go to school and learn. It took a craftsman to do it."Now with printers and scanners, they can make some pretty decent counterfeit notes with the push of a button," Bryant said.Ten years ago, about 1 percent of fake bills were produced digitally, but Bryant said in 2008 about 62 percent were digitally produced.There... (The Clarion-Ledger)
Gerald Marzorati offers a somewhat weak defense of the new, new, new journalism Oct 24, 2009
You dont have to know the technology any more than you have to know how the printing press worked, he said. Its changing so, so rapidly that its not your job to actually know how it all works. (Harper's Magazine)
Get over Oaks’ talk Oct 24, 2009
tyler wrote on Oct 23, 2009 11:33 AM:" If Joannie was the Mayor, I bet she would order the Herald Journal printing press destroyed. It's sad when people are incapable of even considering that their beloved religious leaders might be in the wrong once in a while. That's one thing that turns a religion into a cult. ". Unpossible wrote on Oct 23, 2009 11:49 AM:" Elder Oaks stated at the first of his talk that he expected to get a whole lot of flak for his talk. He only spoke about Prop 8 for a few... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Read all about it Oct 24, 2009
Will our living libraries one day become museums, full of curios indeed, what is the future of the printed word and should we resist change that threatens to make the modern printing press, and the way we consume information, obsolete. Will it all be twittered away into abbreviation. (The Age, Australia)
Michael Wolff: Rupert to Net: It's war! Oct 23, 2009
Murdoch can almost single-handedly take apart and re-assemble a complex printing press, but his digital-technology acumen and interest is practically zero. Murdoch s abiding love of newspapers has turned into a personal antipathy to the Internet: for him it s a place for porn, thievery, and hackers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Can Georgia Tech finally win at Virginia? Oct 23, 2009
Time to get to the printing press. gdawginkalamazoo. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Weak dollar raises talk of alternative world currency Oct 22, 2009
And with Uncle Sam's printing press running overtime to cover the government's trillion-dollar budget deficits, the currency is expected to be further cheapened, says Eichengreen. The decline in the dollar's value in the past seven months largely reflects an unwinding of the "flight to quality" that occurred during the most panicked crisis phase. (USA Today -- Money)
Kiel Johnson at Mark Moore Gallery Oct 22, 2009
Using the printing press as the overarching figure of information's evolution, Johnson constructs a type of archival environment that denotes the transformation of our personal relationships to the tangible, the local and the sentimental. Johnson's distinctive fascination with mechanization and fine intricacies is embodied in both his construction of an "autobiographical" printing press, and his meticulous ink renderings, which demonstrate the compulsive human need to produce, document,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Clinging to misguided mentalities Oct 20, 2009
He, like so many before him, sees easy credit and the government printing press as the solution to unemployment and other economic problems. And - in our age of electronic "money" and unbounded global finance - there are apparently no longer any bounds to US fiscal and monetary stimulus. (Asia Times Online)
Faith fuels annual pancake breakfast (399) Oct 20, 2009
It used to be a printing press before becoming a griddle. Mike Kikugawa said they ve always used that griddle being manned this year by the team of Aaron Uyeda and Kristen Scharfenstein, visiting from Honolulu. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Cultural Exchanges Along the Silk R... Oct 20, 2009
The scientific discoveries of the east such as gunpowder, the magnetic compass and the printing press were brought to Europe along with the silk and spice - and art, ideas and innovations crossed over from one land to another with the traders - who in effect became a conduit between cultures and communities. Painting, Sculpture and Music. (Suite101.com)
Wives increasingly main breadwinner Oct 20, 2009
He said that in many ways he likes his new career more than the physically taxing work of running a printing press, but he admits hes struggled somewhat with the changed circumstances. Were Christians, so for me to not be the breadwinner its not the easiest thing, he said. (MSNBC -- Business)
Blind need more access to written word Oct 19, 2009
That changed with the invention of the printing press, but it was nearly 400 years before another invention -- the Braille code -- gave literacy and knowledge to the blind. We have struggled to catch up ever since. (Albany Times Union)
The Gospels according to Cheney apostles Oct 19, 2009
We're talking about the era before the printing press, i.e., pre-15th century; so apparently, liberals have been at this a long time. Of course, conservatives are not the first folks to recast the Bible in their own image. (Herald Online, SC -- Opinion)
Goa blast heat on Hindu outfit Oct 19, 2009
Cops have interrogated the Sanatans Ponda unit trustees and searched their printing press at Margao. There was no register giving details of its employees at the press, which was quite suspicious, police said. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Bernanke Frets Over Sherlock Holmes's Next Stop: Caroline Baum Oct 19, 2009
The Fed is the sole proprietor of the nations printing press, so inflation expectations start and end with the Fed ... If we did have a set of keys to the printing press, the Fed would have more than just inflation expectations to funnel through its feedback loop. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Paul Massey; newspaperman led Dedham Daily Transcript Oct 17, 2009
In 1958, Mr. Massey began in an entry-level position at his father s paper, setting type on the printing press. Over the next 14 years, he worked his way up to the company s top post. (Boston Globe)
Guy Cosentino: Questions for city council hopefuls Oct 16, 2009
e. a printing press) is almost impossible. n this same vein, if you don't want to raise taxes, the city can't cover its current spending and upcoming labor commitments without making changes. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Legendary scholar to speak at Cedar Grove Oct 16, 2009
Chronicling the rich history of this region, the film includes stories of Dutch political genius, the world s first color photography, the birth of the skyscraper, the world s first high speed printing press, and America s pioneering art movement, the Hudson River School. The film will be broadcast on WMHT Channel 17, the local PBS station, on Sunday October 25th at 1pm and on Friday October 30th at 10 p.m. For more information call 518-756-8570. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Anza Day event marked in Tubac Oct 14, 2009
The event will feature the historic Washington Printing Press and copies will be printed of The Weekly Arizonian, Arizona s first newspaper, printed in Tubac on March 3, 1859. Information, Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 398-2252. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Ugandan refugee turns soap to hope Oct 13, 2009
Kayongo's own family had once thrived off his father's business making soaps and running a printing press in Uganda. But Kayongo said they went from being members of the middle class to refugees, losing everything under the harsh rule of former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. (MSNBC -- International)
Re-stimulating Oct 13, 2009
Today, however, the dollar's recent plunge portends the higher interest rates or inflation that could result from a rampant Fed printing press and federal borrowing. A second reason for skepticism is the intellectual poverty of some policy proposals. (Juneau Empire)
Wendt Envisions the World (8) Oct 10, 2009
Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 2:33 PM PDT His collection of 30 maps include the first known world map ever printed soon after the invention of the Gutenbergs printing press, the most prolific map of the world that was printed in the first atlas, and the oldest printed road map. Envisioning the World is a collection of some of the earliest maps of the world that belong to Alexander Valley resident Henry Wendt and is currently on display at the Sonoma County Museum. (Sebastopol Sonoma West Publishing, CA)
Defined-benefit pension must go Oct 9, 2009
Atlanta is Washington, but without the printing press. The defined-benefit model cant work in the public sector. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Kindle beams up to Indian readers Oct 9, 2009
Amazons Kindle, the largest selling e-reader, touted as the most ambitious invention after the Gutenbergs printing press, is finally in India to kindle your literary tastes ... Amazons Kindle, the largest selling e-reader, touted as the most ambitious invention after the Gutenbergs printing press, is finally in India to kindle your literary tastes. (India Times)
Why the US will survive this recession Oct 8, 2009
Between 1837 and 1844: Samuel Colt invented the revolver, changing firearms forever; John Deere revolutionized farm implements with a new version of the plow; the use of ether anesthesia for surgery was pioneered; the printing industry was transformed with the invention of the rotary printing press; and Charles Goodyear permanently altered manufacturing with the development of vulcanized rubber just to list a few of the most notable examples. Then, as in 2008, America's most prominent... (Christian Science Monitor)
Shoes a key clue in museum hit-and-run arrest Oct 7, 2009
A van crashed through the lobby wall at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum early Sunday morning, stopping short of hitting an antique printing press ... Museum Director David Freece said Monday morning that the van stopped just short of hitting a historic printing press on exhibit in the lobby. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Happy Birthday Oct 7, 2009
" Not long after, search giant Google recognised that value and bought Pyra for an undisclosed sum. Personal printing pressIndustry commentators argue that blogging marked a change in how people communicated and what they were willing to share publicly. "It was unique at the time," said Mr Klau, who began blogging himself in 2001. Blogging gives women a voice and sense of community says BlogHer "At the time we weren't yet used to interacting socially on the computer ... "It's a personal printing... (BBC News -- Technology)
'Kuluulu' At Ghana@50 Exposed Oct 7, 2009
She later clarified that Jospong Printing Press was a sister company to Appointed Time, with the shareholder being Mr. Joseph Siaw Agyapong, the owner of Zoomlion. All three companies won contracts from Ghana@50 secretariat. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
No way to fix a collapse Oct 6, 2009
There is ample history illuminating the dangerous propensity to run the government printing press ... During the boom, "money" was burning a hole in policymakers' pockets, but it was Wall Street and the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) commanding the electronic printing press 24/7. (Asia Times Online)
Greenspan favors new taxes to bring down debt Oct 3, 2009
BY tropicgirl on 10/02/2009 at 10:57They will never be able to pay back the debt, they are just going to start the printing press. Then paying back the national debt doesn't sound as such an ambitious proposition, after all you owe an amount of dollars, but what is a dollar. (TheHill.com)
Why China Hates the U.S. and What It Means for Your Portfolio Oct 3, 2009
So if the U.S. cranks up the printing press, devaluing the dollar, it not only reduces the value of China's reserves, but it means China has to increase its efforts to keep its exports cheap -- hence China's irritation. Not completely helplessDespite Luo Ping's apparent despair, there are some things China can do -- and has been doing -- to lighten its exposure to the potential weakening of the dollar. (MSNBC -- Business)
An Idea For Saving The News Business Oct 2, 2009
The internet is the gutenberg printing press of the 21st century, and it has broken the 4th estate. We have never 00004000 had a better flow of information(ie news) and ideals in the history of man kind. (CBS News)
How Moses Shaped America Oct 2, 2009
But the Protestant Reformation, combined with the printing press, brought vernacular Bibles to everyday readers. What Protestants discovered was a narrative that reminded them of their sense of subjugation by the church and appealed to their dreams of a Utopian New World. (Time.com)
Will the Manhattan Project Always Exist? by Sam Kean, 3 Quarks Daily Oct 1, 2009
But without much science the Greeks did calculate the circumference of the earth; the Chinese did invent paper, gunpowder, and the printing press eons before Europeans; the Polynesians did navigate thousands of miles of open ocean on tiny barks; and the Egyptians (among many others) did log as much about the movement and appearance of stars and planets as astronomers know today. Nor are those special examples, or even uniquemany technologies arose more than once. (Harper's Magazine)
Will E-Books Transform the Way We Read? Sep 30, 2009
The most important one is to save precious printed world treasures, like the illuminated manuscripts produced prior to the invention of the printing press. The importance of this was made clear after the flood that nearly destroyed the Uffizi Museum in Florence back in the 1960's, destroying thousands of precious books. (CBS News -- Evening News)
What does your bookcase say about you? Sep 26, 2009
And yet, more than 500 years after the invention of the printing press, the importance and value of keeping books is showing no sign of waning. The internet was supposed to spell the end of the printed word - instead one of its earliest success stories was an online book shop, Amazon. (BBC News -- UK)
HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy... Sep 25, 2009
" Ahhh the poor widdle Chinese are having difficulty manipulating their currency. What a shame. Let the USD fall. Then we will quit buying so much Chinese junk. Karla H on September 24, 2009 at 08:19 PM HSBC is the domain of George Soros. Isn't that a coincidence? Margaret on September 24, 2009 at 08:19 PM What you all fail to realize as I am looking down reading your comments is YOU put them in office. If you did not vote, then you did not put them in office so be quiet because it is just as... (The Drudge Report)
Readers Write 9/23 Sep 24, 2009
It continues to amaze me that no one questions the whereabouts of the billions of dollars we ran off on the Fort Knox printing press to help pay for the shortage of money with which we suddenly found ourselves a few months back. No self-respecting business would tap their well source for this money, and not show the responsibility to that source as to where and how it has been used. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Fake money printing press seized in Troutdale Sep 24, 2009
An investigation into the State Fair fake money led troopers to a Troutdale Travel Lodge, where they discovered a counterfeit printing press had been set up inside one of the rooms. State Police Lt. Greg Hastings said numerous cut and uncut counterfeit $20 bills were seized, along with computers, printers and other products used in currency production. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Local design firm keeps clients dressed to the canines Sep 22, 2009
The two purchased a 2,300-square-foot printing press on Wendover Avenue in Greensboro and began printing products for a single client. The firm was generating a profit within six months, and success seemed inevitable until that one client went out of business. (Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area)
The Man Who Made Oz Sep 22, 2009
But he also reveled in newfangled inventions like the printing press (which, as a teenager, he used to put out a literary journal) and, later, bicycles, Model Ts, and movies. As a young man, he opened a bazaar, sold china door-to-door, helped manage his father's company, and edited The Show Window, a trade journal instructing storeowners in the art of luring customers with "window dressing."The Baum family home, an idyllic spot known as "Rose Lawn," was bounded by a plank road that led merchants... (Slate)
Johnny gets steamed on Project Runway Sep 19, 2009
Instead of just another trip to Mood, Tim whisked the group off to the printing press of the L.A. Times, where he explained that the order of the day was to create a look from the stacks and stacks of newsprint. They had five different ''palettes'' to choose from (i. (MSNBC -- News)
Twitter: The New Mathematics Sep 19, 2009
If I were to state the impact on society in 140 characters or less, I'd tweet "Twitter is to our generation what Guttenberg's printing press and Bell's telephone was to theirs.". In just three short years, Twitter's 40 million users have made it a public forum for the discussion of politics, business, culture, news, celebrity, gossip and idle chatter. (PR Newswire)
Harvard Book Store to start on demand printing Sep 18, 2009
The Espresso Book Machine is a 21st Century printing press that can produce library-quality, perfect bound paperback editions from a limitless inventory of digital titles in multiple languages, including rare and out-of-print public domain titles. Google and On Demand Books LLC, the maker of the Espresso Book Machine, signed an agreement to offer its patrons immediate access to more than 2 million public-domain titles in the Google digital files. (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Poll: News Media's Credibility Plunges Sep 15, 2009
The internet is the printing press of the 21st century, and instead of breaking the catholic church it broke the MSM.. by wolfewalk September 14, 2009 2:10 PM EDT. (CBS News)
Canary in the coal mine Sep 15, 2009
Their one tool is the printing press. When governments act to prop up sagging markets, or bailout investors or depositors of failed institutions, they create inflation (print money) to pay for it. (Asia Times Online)
• Becoming Howard Sep 12, 2009
Howard had been with the newspaper since - well, pretty much since Gutenberg came up with the idea for the printing press. He had hawked newspapers on the street as a kid and started out as a cub reporter during the Great Depression. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Kent Bush: Never let them see you sweat Sep 12, 2009
tenberg invented the modern printing press, leading to newspapers as we know them today. But I had to look up the history. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
China alarmed by US money printing... Sep 8, 2009
" It's bizarre, it's mystifying, and publications like The Telegraph would do their readers a great favor if they would present the other side of the coin. B.Karn PhD, Economics M.Karn on September 07, 2009 at 10:07 PM What the article fails to point out is that a certain faction of American's are alarmed by the fed's monetary easing policies. The faction with brains. LOL dan the yank on September 07, 2009 at 10:07 PM The Fed has no choices left.If they dont print,then its a classic deflationary... (The Drudge Report)
When jobless benefits end, life gets tougher Sep 7, 2009
The 43-year-old former printing press operator is among the more than 1. 3 million Americans whose unemployment insurance benefits will run out by the end of the year, placing extra strain on an economy that is just starting to recover from the worst downturn in a generation. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Bernanke still blind to danger Sep 3, 2009
Quite the contrary, Greenspan-Bernanke ushered in a new era of big government through their Faustian bargain with administrations from Ronald Reagan to Bush Jr. In this deal, popular social and military spending could continue indefinitely, to be repaid through the printing press. In turn, the federal government would become dependent upon the Fed for funding, and the central bank could paint itself as the savior of a disintegrating financial system. (Asia Times Online)
CEO praises Uncle Sams toxic assets plan Sep 2, 2009
It may take a year or even several years, but the trillions in debt and newly printed money will turn the USA into California with a printing press. And the AJC will be just another enabler to the world s largest ponzi scheme. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
Balance the budget, now Sep 2, 2009
seven gone wrote on Sep 1, 2009 3:07 PM:" yes it is foolish. the govt issues debt then cranks up the printing press to buy it. there's only so much cash; either you hyper produce it and destroy your currency's value, or you over extend past sanity the credit line, and hope that your financiers aren't too picky about the chance the credit will remain worthy. unfunded liability is unfunded liability. whether the govt conjures up fantasy bonds or prints money to facilitate the confusion of people... (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
'NIV' BIBLE: Publisher puts it in Americans' handwriting Sep 2, 2009
"Before the Gutenberg (the first Bible printed on a printing press), they were all handwritten," says Zondervan's Steve Sammons. "In our digital age, we lose sight of what it means to have a tangible product we create by our hands. This will truly make the NIV America's Bible.". (USA Today)
The Real Mother of Invention Aug 29, 2009
Gutenberg's printing press borrowed from the gear used by winemakers and olive-oil producers. George Lucas. (BusinessWeek)
17,500 Canadians Cant Be Wrong Aug 29, 2009
It cannot exist side by side because private companies will not have the deep pockets and printing press which Washington uses to fund government run companies. it alters free market, period. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
* Alliance rallies against Google book project Aug 28, 2009
Just as Gutenbergs invention of the printing press more than 700 years ago ushered in a new era of knowledge sharing, the mass digitization of books promises to once again revolutionize how we read and discover books. But a digital library controlled by a single company and small group of colluding publishers would inevitably lead to higher prices and subpar service for consumers, libraries, scholars and students, they said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Bernanke, the patch-it banker Aug 28, 2009
Since then, the Fed has printed well over US$1 trillion to pave the way for an economic recovery (economists talk about increasing the Fed's balance sheet which can be seen as the equivalent of a virtual printing press). In each phase, Fed policy has become more expensive to implement, as credibility in the Fed appears to have eroded. (Asia Times Online)
