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Looting after Hurricane Sandy: Disaster myths and disaster utopias explained. On Thursday, three days after Hurricane Sandy swept across the Eastern Seaboard, darkening power grids, flooding neighborhoods, and killing at least 74 people, former Star Trek actor and social-media dynamo George Takei posted a lovely photo to his Facebook timeline.

Looting after Hurricane Sandy: Disaster myths and disaster utopias explained.

It showed two power strips draped over the gratework of a fence, phone cords tendrilling from each one. A sign said, “We have power. Please feel free to charge your phone!” Elsewhere on Facebook, a user from New York described what happened a few hours before the storm hit on Monday when a man attempted to steal a woman’s pocketbook: Immediately, people were at their windows yelling “Stop that guy!” Anton Wilson's Cinema Workshop - Anton Wilson. Guy jones. Imgur: The magic of the Internet. The alt city guide to Brighton. You might imagine that Brighton, the seaside resort and party town, and Brighton, the lefty, bohemian city (the only one in the UK with a Green MP), co-exist independently.

The alt city guide to Brighton

Talk to local creatives, however, and that distinction blurs. It is a matter of attitude. As with any city, Brighton has problems. Despite having one of the UK’s largest per-capita concentrations of creative businesses and artist-makers, this is an expensive place to live. These Hidden Netflix Codes Will Unlock Thousands Of Hidden Movies And Genres – Anonymous. Share Tweet Email By: Callum Henderson If you’re like me – a couch-potato with a serious TV addiction – then Netflix really is something of a God-send.

These Hidden Netflix Codes Will Unlock Thousands Of Hidden Movies And Genres – Anonymous

There are more and more classic series and movies being added to the streaming site’s extensive library that it’s almost daunting. Critical Section - Moving Mount Fuji. I just read "How Would You Move Mount Fuji", a great new book by William Poundstone about puzzles as technical interview questions.

Critical Section - Moving Mount Fuji

I enjoyed it a lot - it is an easy read, and kind of "fluffy"; I blew through it in two days. I think it would be helpful for anyone seeking a technical position who is likely to be asked some of these questions. I'm more often in the position of interviewing people and asking these questions, and I found it terrifically helpful. [Video] The Making Of 60 Hz: Transmissions From The Drone Orchestra. The music of John Cale converged with the speculative architecture visions of Liam Young at the Barbican's Digital Revolution exhibition this past September.

[Video] The Making Of 60 Hz: Transmissions From The Drone Orchestra

It was the first-ever drone orchestra performance and from a whirlpool of collective, creative energy, came a swarm of unmanned flying objects programmed to entertain, instead of kill. “LOOP>>60Hz: Transmissions from the Drone Orchestra was a collaboration between airborne architecture and music,” explains Cale, a multi-instrumentalist, and one of the founding members of the Velvet Underground.

In a new documentary, above, The Creators Project captures Cale and Young’s unlikely partnership, which includes an immersive live music and drone performance and its accompanying online experience, City of Drones, developed in partnership with FIELD. Images © Sidd Kharjuria (unless otherwise noted) 5 Outrageously Awkward Text Message Breakups. Top 6 Mavericks Annoyances and How To Fix Them. Posted 10/28/2013 at 12:39pm | by Cory Bohon OS X Mavericks is finally here, so MacLife proudly presents a series of informative how-tos to keep you updated on what has changed and how to use it.

Top 6 Mavericks Annoyances and How To Fix Them

Check back often to learn more about the newest Mac operating system from Apple.Many users have upgraded to Mavericks from Mountain Lion with the best of intentions, but if your workflow revolved around some of the things that changed with Mavericks, then you may be less than excited about the new features. Some of these, including full-screen apps, each display getting its own Space, and the Dock and menu bar available on multiple displays, can be tweaked back to the way they behaved in Mountain Lion. We'll show you how. One Famous Technique That Doesn't Solve Jet-Lag, And One That Does. DS Colour Labs - Stockport, United Kingdom - Photographic Services & Equipment, Printing Service. Putin’s Friend Profits in Purge of Schoolbooks.

Photo MOSCOW — The purge began in late winter.

Putin’s Friend Profits in Purge of Schoolbooks

The Rare Psychological Disorder That Only Affects Death Row Inmates. It's rather horrific, because it's akin to having a Sword of Damocles hanging over your head, while confined to a space only big enough to emphasize how limited your real freedom actually is.

The Rare Psychological Disorder That Only Affects Death Row Inmates

What's The Greatest Speech In Science Fiction And Fantasy History? How 21 Big Tech Companies Got Their Names. The expression ‘what’s in a name’ – or the slightly more poetic ‘a rose by any other name’ – means, essentially, that a name doesn’t matter.

How 21 Big Tech Companies Got Their Names

It suggests that it’s the attributes of a person or object that will dictate what it truly is and how it is seen by the world. Anatomy of a betrayal: the undercover officer accused of deceiving two women, fathering a child, then vanishing. The words inscribed on the grave say Mark Robinson "fell asleep" on 19 October, 1959.

Anatomy of a betrayal: the undercover officer accused of deceiving two women, fathering a child, then vanishing

He was a seven-year-old boy who died of a congenital heart defect, the only child to Joan and William Robinson. The Creepy Story of How Budapest Became a "City of Smiles" in the 1930s. 10 Lessons From Real-Life Revolutions That Fictional Dystopias Ignore. Recommended by Esther Inglis-Arkell Here's The Gruesome Way A Doctor First Proved The Heart Pumps Blood 10 Lessons From Real-Life Revolutions That Fictional Dystopias Ignore The Potato That Killed! This Rube Goldberg Machine Runs On Light. What British People Say, Versus What They Mean. Gallery - Planet Labs. 6 Insane (but Convincing) 'Game of Thrones' Fan Theories. #3. Moving 1960s short interviews the ‘Bowery Bums’ of old New York. Despite former Mayor Giuliani’s highly successful war on the homeless, the destitute faces of “Old New York” remain some of our most recognizable mascots. One of the misconceptions about present-day NYC is that the streets are now “scrubbed” of the homeless, but nothing could be further from the truth.

The post-Giuliani policing of the poor was however, an unmitigated success when it came to dispersing indigent bodies—in other words, busting up homeless communities. Simply put, it’s not illegal to die in the street, it’s just illegal to fraternize with your fellow undesirables. The video below, shot in 1960 and 1961, doesn’t dig deep—it doesn’t have to. Men are quick and open about their lives. 3D Image Festival. The Act of Killing. This May Be The Most Convincing Sunscreen Advertisement We've Ever Seen.

America Is Not For Black People. Trending on Related Blogs. Learn Do Share – London » creative sparks. 8 Facts That Show Us Elephants Are People, Too. Okay, fine -- elephants aren't people. But they're like people in a lot of ways, and on World Elephant Day, that counts for something. And yet around 35,000 of these pachyderms were killed in 2013 alone, and there's a continuing demand for their valuable ivory tusks. If we aren't careful, most of these creatures could be extinct by 2020, according to some conservationists. It's a tragedy for any animal to face extinction, but it would seem like a special tragedy to lose this one.

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The Top 10 Reasons I Don't Believe in God. March 30, 2012 | Men in black: The Stranglers’ BBC documentary about the color black, 1982. In 1982, BBC Southwest aired a short documentary about the color black made by two members of the Stranglers. Singer/guitarist Hugh Cornwell and drummer Jet Black “were asked to put together a piece about the colour black for an arts programme called RPM,” according to Cornwell’s autobiography. Paul Bettany Explains How The Avengers Will React To Meeting The Vision. The 4 Secret Psychological Tools Filmmakers Use. How Cryptocurrencies are Transforming the Oldest Profession. ​Tatiana Maslany Cares More About Orphan Black Fans Than Emmys.

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