diy toymaking in these our modern times

Once upon a time, making a toy was as simple as whittling a rough shape in a piece of wood, or tying a few rags together. Today? You’ve got to have LEDs and microchips up in that business. And you thought all those batteries were complicated. Using a hodgepodge of items, like an Altoids tin, and enough coding knowledge to get the job done, father and DIYer Paulbo put together a homemade traffic light for his daughters to use when they played with their toy cars. As neat as this proje

Your car owner’s manual is a great source of information

My son called the other day to let me know his vehicle had just quit running and he was sitting alongside the roadway. I can tell you that trying to diagnose a vehicle’s problem over the telephone can be tough. Trying to diagnose a symptom over a cell phone as cars and trucks are whizzing by makes the job even tougher. Nonetheless, without too much trouble, we were able to figure out that the vehicle wasn’t getting any fuel. Why it wasn’t getting any fuel was still up in the air, and needed furt

Terrorists kidnap, torture boy to bully Iraqi policeman

FALLUJA, Iraq (CNN) – Like many young boys, Khidir loves playing with toy cars and wants to be a policeman like his father when he grows up. But it was his father’s very job that caused the tiny child to suffer the unimaginable. Khidir was just 6 years old when he was savagely ripped away from his family, kidnapped by al Qaeda operatives in Iraq. “They beat me with a shovel, they pulled my teeth out with pliers, they would go like this and pull it,” said Khidir, now 8, demonstrating with h

Al Qaeda Terrorists Kidnap and Torture Iraqi Boy

Just to show you what is at stake in the battle against Al Qeada by not just foreign countries but elements in Iraq that battle it every day, here’s a truly shocking tale via CNN: of a boy who was kidnapped and brutally tortured by unfeeling terrorists: Like many young boys, Khidir loves playing with toy cars and wants to be a policeman like his father when he grows up. But it was his father’s very job that caused the tiny child to suffer the unimaginable. Khidir was just 6 years old whe

The depravity of al Qaeda child abuse

CNN: Like many young boys, Khidir loves playing with toy cars and wants to be a policeman like his father when he grows up. But it was his father's very job that caused the tiny child to suffer the unimaginable. Khidir was just 6 years old when he was savagely ripped away from his family, kidnapped by al Qaeda operatives in Iraq. They beat me with a shovel, they pulled my teeth out with pliers, they would go like this and pull it, said Khidir, now 8, demonstrating with his hands. And

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