1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography - Ramesh Raskar - YouTube
1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography - Ramesh Raskar - YouTube
Monday, October 29, 2012
1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography - Ramesh Raskar - YouTube
1,000,000,000,000 Frames/Second Photography - Ramesh Raskar - YouTube
Sunday, October 28, 2012
How Prisoners Make Us Look Good - NYTimes.com
How Prisoners are Skewing the Stats
News Analysis
By SAM ROBERTS
Published: October 27, 2012
A FEW years ago, the sociologists Becky Pettit and Bryan Sykes tried to quantify a worrisome phenomenon: the growing proportion of black men imprisoned by age 20. Focusing on those born between 1975 and 1979 who later dropped out of high school, they noticed an anomaly. “Our initial efforts,” Dr. Pettit recalls, “implied that more young, black, low-skill men had been to prison than were alive.”
It took her no time to resolve the inconsistency: corrections officials count actual prisoners, a captive audience; sociologists and census-takers typically undercount prisoners and former inmates living on the edge of society.
The real problem, as Dr. Pettit sees it, is that imprisoned black men aren’t figured into statistics about the standing of African-Americans. The consequence, she says, is an overstatement of black progress in education, employment, wages and voting participation.
.... How Prisoners Make Us Look Good - NYTimes.com
Monday, October 22, 2012
Top Finishers of Tour de France Tainted by Doping - Graphic - NYTimes.com
How dirty is the Tour de France
Did you notice that the International Cycling Union has vacated Lance Armstrong's titles, without awarding a win to the second place cyclist. Why? Look at this NYTimes graphic:Top Finishers of Tour de France Tainted by Doping - Graphic - NYTimes.com
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
In Interview, the Rev. Benedict Groeschel Says Abuse Victims Can Be Seducers - NYTimes.com
Priest Puts Blame on Some Victims of Sexual Abuse
By SHARON OTTERMAN
Published: August 30, 2012
A prominent Roman Catholic spiritual leader who has spent decades counseling wayward priests for the archdiocese provoked shock and outrage on Thursday as word spread of a recent interview he did with a Catholic newspaper during which he said that “youngsters” were often to blame when priests sexually abused them and that priests should not be jailed for such abuse on their first offense.
The Rev. Benedict Groeschel, who made the remarks, is a beloved figure among many Catholics and a founder of Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a conservative priestly order based in New York. He hosts a weekly show on the Eternal Word Television Network and has written 45 books.
The comments were published on Monday by The National Catholic Register, which is owned by EWTN, a religious broadcaster based in Alabama.
.... In Interview, the Rev. Benedict Groeschel Says Abuse Victims Can Be Seducers - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Destroying Precious Land to Drill for Gas - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Contributor
Destroying Precious Land for Gas
By SEAN LENNON
Published: August 27, 2012
ON the northern tip of Delaware County, N.Y., where the Catskill Mountains curl up into little kitten hills, and Ouleout Creek slithers north into the Susquehanna River, there is a farm my parents bought before I was born. My earliest memories there are of skipping stones with my father and drinking unpasteurized milk. There are bald eagles and majestic pines, honeybees and raspberries. My mother even planted a ring of white birch trees around the property for protection.A few months ago I was asked by a neighbor near our farm to attend a town meeting at the local high school. Some gas companies at the meeting were trying very hard to sell us on a plan to tear through our wilderness and make room for a new pipeline: infrastructure for hydraulic fracturing. Most of the residents at the meeting, many of them organic farmers, were openly defiant. The gas companies didn’t seem to care. They gave us the feeling that whether we liked it or not, they were going to fracture our little town.
.... Destroying Precious Land to Drill for Gas - NYTimes.com
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Kitty army protects museum from mice
Kitty army protects museum from mice
Kitty army protects museum from miceSunday, June 24, 2012
Congressional rules on trading had their start in 1789 - The Washington Post
Washington Post
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It was 1789, and state-backed revolutionary war bonds had become virtually worthless. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton moved in to shore up the investments.
Before word spread, members of Congress secretly scooped up thousands of the bonds from unsuspecting farmers and war veterans, paying pennies on the dollar.
.... In response to the scandal, lawmakers prohibited Hamilton and future Treasury secretaries from buying or selling government bonds while in office.
But members of Congress did not extend the ban to themselves, a pattern that persists to this day.
.... Congressional rules on trading had their start in 1789 - The Washington Post
Congress has been doing it since 1789
It was 1789, and state-backed revolutionary war bonds had become virtually worthless. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton moved in to shore up the investments.
Before word spread, members of Congress secretly scooped up thousands of the bonds from unsuspecting farmers and war veterans, paying pennies on the dollar.
....
But members of Congress did not extend the ban to themselves, a pattern that persists to this day.
.... Congressional rules on trading had their start in 1789 - The Washington Post
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say - The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort.
The massive piece of malware was designed to secretly map Iran’s computer networks and monitor the computers of Iranian officials, sending back a steady stream of intelligence used to enable an ongoing cyberwarfare campaign, according to the officials.
.... U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say - The Washington Post
>U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say
By Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Julie TateTuesday, June 19, 12:07 PM
The massive piece of malware was designed to secretly map Iran’s computer networks and monitor the computers of Iranian officials, sending back a steady stream of intelligence used to enable an ongoing cyberwarfare campaign, according to the officials.
.... U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say - The Washington Post
Sioux Group Asks Officials to Reopen ’70s Cases - NYTimes.com
Tribe Seeks Reopening of Inquiries in ’70s Deaths
By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
Published: June 15, 2012
PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Forty years after the siege at Wounded Knee by members of the American Indian Movement, the Oglala Sioux tribe has demanded that the federal government reopen dozens of cases it says the F.B.I. may have mishandled decades ago. Tribal leaders say that as many as 75 people were killed on Pine Ridge during a three-year period of internecine violence that followed the 71-day Wounded Knee standoff with federal troops in 1973, a time that came to be known on the reservation as the “reign of terror.”
The federal government has declined so far to re-examine the cases.
.... Sioux Group Asks Officials to Reopen ’70s Cases - NYTimes.com
Monday, June 18, 2012
'English Person' C-Word was NOT a Google Bomb - Explained
'English Person' C-Word was NOT a Google Bomb - Explained
The Google Bomb
A Google Bomb happens when people put links on websites with the intention of matching words with a specific page which is not relevant. This is usually done as a joke or out of spite.Why This Was Not A Google Bomb
No one was linking the words english person to the wikipedia entry..... 'English Person' C-Word was NOT a Google Bomb - Explained
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Face distortion illusion
Face distortion illusion
Start the video and stare at the cross in the middle. The faces to the left and right look distorted. But if you look directly at the faces, they are all normal.RESEARCH | MATTHEW B. THOMPSON
Monday, May 28, 2012
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Dredging crews tear up remnants of British fort in New York state | World news | guardian.co.uk
Associated Press
guardian.co.uk
Friday 14 August 2009 15.50 EDT
Dredging crews tear up remnants of British fort
Crews dredging chemicals damage remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in colonial America
Crews dredging polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) from the Hudson river today ripped away remnants of what was once Britain's largest fort in colonial America, a mistake that incensed local officials who had feared the cleanup project would damage such relics in the area.
Neal Orsini said he was awoken this morning by the sound of dredging along his riverside property in Fort Edward, New York. Orsini said he later discovered that the dredgers had torn out the riverbank, along with two wooden beams that had been part of the original fort's waterfront bastion. A third beam was later found still buried at the site. Orsini said crews were supposed to stay away from that stretch of riverbank because of its archaeological significance.
... US dredging crews tear up remnants of British fort in New York state | World news | guardian.co.uk
3-year-old in CPS' care overprescribed psychotropic drugs - Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston
My Fox Houston
3-year-old in CPS' care overprescribed psychotropic drugs
Posted: May 16, 2012 6:40 PM PDT Updated: May 16, 2012 7:39 PM PDT
Once CPS takes over, you can see the drastic changes for yourself.
"And as a parent it's very hard to deal with because your baby's in trouble and you can't do anything to help," said Rachel's mother Christina Harrison.
...
3-year-old in CPS' care overprescribed psychotropic drugs - Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Monday, April 16, 2012
WashPost: Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by Justice Dept.
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Convicted defendants left uninformed of forensic flaws found by Justice Dept.
By Spencer S. Hsu
Justice Department officials have known for years that flawed forensic work might have led to the convictions of potentially innocent people nationwide, but prosecutors failed to notify defendants or their attorneys even in many cases they knew were troubled.
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