It’s a report about some hummingbirds being lost far away from home.
words I heard : conjesture, Jumeno, Rusit(bird), ...board,
NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15298743 (3:49)
This one talks about the different viewpoints between art creators and censorship keepers. When it comes to censorship, how artists protest or sacrifice their works to fit mainstream value or cultural differences is alway a story to tell from them.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15297547Diversions
Purple Martins Make a Comeback in Chicago
Listen to this story... by David Schaper
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12778900
We humans should pay more attention to animals since we are more capable to help them with our science knowledge. In this case, purple martins’ habitats are long gone around Chicago area for the development of human. It’s important to keep a balance of living between human and animals.
Environment
Solar-Home Designers Say Novelty Has Worn Off
All Things Considered, October 19, 2007 · The Solar Decathlon pits 20 colleges from the United States and abroad in designing, building and operating a solar house of a standard size.
As the third contest of its kind wraps up, veteran participants say the novelty is gone — people now realize that future generations will live in these structures.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15460462
Computer Program Is a Virtual Music Teacher
Listen to this story... by Tovia Smith
All Things Considered, October 23, 2007 · A new computer program promises to make music lessons more fun for kids. But some people are skeptical that a virtual teacher can do for kids what a real teacher can.
With ”smartmusic,” students can play their flutes or clarinets into microphones attached to their computers, and the program can direct them, listen to their pitch and correct them as they go.
Students say the real-time feedback on the screen makes practice much less boring — and more like playing a computer game.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15567251
photo: viewimage
Firefighter Details Front Lines of San Diego Blaze
All Things Considered, October 24, 2007 · As fires continue to ravage the Southern California landscape, few have proven more destructive than the San Diego County Harris fire.
Capt. Martin Johnson, a California Fire spokesman currently fighting the Harris fire, talks with Michele Norris about what life is like for a firefighter on the front lines.
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