Yo-Yo
A Filipino immigrant, Pedro Flores, introduced a Philippine hunting weapon named Yo-Yo, translated in English as "come back," to the United States in the 1920s. Donald Duncan bough...
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Tell us about your new project?I'm working on my new album "Fearless," which is due out. Right now we got the "Goodies" unofficial remix, that's blazing radio stations, so I'm real excited about th...
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When Yo-Yo Ma plays, he likes to tell a story.On Tuesday night, he told the story of Dvorak's Cello Concerto _ on his 1733 Montagnana. His song without words was performed on a flower-decked stage ...
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Yo-Yo Ma is hitting the road _ the Silk Road to China.It's the first time since 2001 that the cellist has taken his Silk Road Project to that key region of the ancient trade route, which stretched ...
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The Ruins of California is a great title, even if it’s hard to know where a name like “Ruin” comes from—and actually, in California, people do still come from somewhere othe...
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The Ruins of California is a great title, even if it’s hard to know where a name like “Ruin” comes from—and actually, in California, people do still come from somewhere othe...
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Washington (dpa) - Plants have long had a symbiotic relationship
with insects, but the ancient cycad tops the lot using heat,
chemistry and food to lure and repel their inse...
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Audio/Visual: Not much has changed in the graphics department. The character models look pretty much the same as the previous two 3-D titles. But hey, it works doesn't it? The music, once again, i...
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New York (dpa) - Academy Award winner George Clooney was appointed
Thursday a Messenger of Peace for the United Nations, a new role that
he said involves shoring up flagging...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
NO. 1 - FROM VIOLIN TO HOT DOGS (The Japan Times, an
English-language daily)
Around the world, Japanese have been competing and winni...
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Guinness World Record holders start with a dream and use persistence to achieve it. Consider tips from these record holders as you pursue your own goals:Build success. Gary Duschl holds the record ...
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