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Extreme tech

by HPR Contributor | Culture | August 24th, 2016

…By Chuck Sollyrcsolly@gmail.comSome new tech from http://www.extremetech.com. Not all new tech will reach the street or your computer room but this one evidently has:New Audis will tell you when the next traffic light will turn green. Audi’s new Traffic Light Information gives drivers a countdown until the light turns green.…

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​Jay “Hollywood” Halvorson: BBQ Pitmaster of Fargo

by HPR Contributor | All About Food | August 24th, 2016

…By Heather Schuerheather.schuer@gmail.com The first time you meet Jay “Hollywood” Halvorson, the owner of the Texas Q barbeque food truck, you would think he was born and raised in Texas. He has an accent that has stuck with him from the two years that he lived in Houston in his…

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​DNA, transplants, and modern science

by Ed Raymond | Gadfly | August 24th, 2016

…“He’s got a good head on his shoulders” may have an entirely new meaningThey have done it to mice, rats, and dogs. Humans could be next. About 220 years ago Queen Marie Antoinette of France, famous for her sarcastic “Let them eat cake!” lost her head to the guillotine when…

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​How do we satisfy our thirst for oil?

by Sabrina Hornung | Editorial | August 24th, 2016

…There’s something to be said about our cover story this week. To say that the people’s fight against the pipeline is inspiring would be the understatement of the decade. The people versus Big Oil, youths making a 2,000 mile relay from North Dakota to DC to raise awareness of what’s…

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​So young, so accomplished: Blayze Buseth interview

by HPR Contributor | Arts | August 24th, 2016

…By Jacinta Macheel ZensFergus Falls ceramicist Blayze Buseth has been working with clay since he was a tween, spent time in China to study his craft at the same age that most people are focusing on what they are planning to do for the weekend, has had multiple shows in…

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​Transitional horror/sci-fi new to Blu-ray

by Christopher P. Jacobs | Cinema | August 24th, 2016

…A pair of above-average horror/sci-fi films from the fifties debuted on Blu-ray this spring, both dealing with obsessed brain surgeons, each with elements of “Frankenstein.” Their titles and promotional material make them seem like typical drive-in filler but both are a large step above their more lurid competition. Unlike most…

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​Steppin’ Out

by Sabrina Hornung | Music | August 24th, 2016

…“I don’t know how many times I’ve done this tour, but it’s fun every summer. I get to go all around the U.S., see all the people and play all the great songs. It’s kind of like a carnival or a travelling circus,” says Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of…

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​He gotta move

by Sabrina Hornung | Music | August 24th, 2016

…“We parked right in front of the camera and someone walked right up and busted the window, got in, drove it away, and they found it like three or four days later, the window was busted out, the gear was all gone, but our merch was still in it. I…

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​A slow boat to nowhere

by HPR Contributor | Last Word | August 24th, 2016

…By Tom Bixbytom@hpr1.comOn April 22, 2004, a Brazilian ship full of soybeans arrived in the Chinese port of Xiamen. It was not allowed to unload its cargo. AQSIQ is a ministerial administrative organ directly under the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, in charge of import-export food safety.…

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Going green

by Sabrina Hornung | All About Food | August 24th, 2016

…Joey Haynes is the man behind the Green House Cafe, the newest restaurant on Broadway and North Dakota’s first vegan restaurant. Haynes spoke to the HPR not only about the Cafe but the motivation behind it, and a few misconceptions we may have in regard to vegan cuisine.High Plains Reader:…

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