The 68th Wicklow ICA Federation Drama Festival took place over three-days at Glenealy Village Hall last weekend with Balally Players proving the big winners.
The nine candidates all have similar issues they want to focus on such as tax rates, transparency and communication, and addressing unsightly properties.
Evansdale City Council Appoints New Mayor
Evansdale has a new mayor.
The city council Tuesday night unanimously appointed long-time councilman Dick Dewater to fill the position through the end of 2021. Dewater will complete the unexpired term of former mayor Troy Beatty, who resigned Jan. 2. I m grateful, Dewater said. I ve served on the council and I know what it s like to be on that side of the table. I ve watched the other mayors, so it s a new experience to sit at the head of the table. The fact the council believes I m confident enough is very satisfying.
Beatty was elected in November 2019 to serve a two-year term, but stepped down after one year. He has accepted a job with Amazon Logistics in Atlanta.
Robots got their name 100 years ago today
Capek s
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Exactly one hundred years ago, a play premiered that introduced a significant new word to the world – robot. When the first production of Karel Čapek s
R.U.R. opened on January 25, 1921, at the National Theater in what is now the Czech Republic, it not only gave a name to the cybernetic machines that were just beginning to emerge, it also shaped people s perceptions of what a robot is and the potential dangers they pose.
R.U.R., which stands for
Rossum s Universal Robots, came along at the perfect moment. The period between 1880 and 1930 saw the fastest rate of change in human history, with more fundamental advances in half a century than in the previous 2,000 years.