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Nighttime falls on Detroit

Thu, 16 May 2013 04:42:21 +0100

Nighttime falls on Detroit

Detroit - Motor City

Wed, 15 May 2013 03:31:05 +0100

Detroit - Motor City

Boston Common in full bloom. Washington monument (at Boston...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:46:05 +0100

Boston Common in full bloom. Washington monument (at Boston Common)

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Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:00:44 +0100

GOD HAS A BODY :: the blog of Michael Touchton: Gang Members, Social Enterprise and a Priest: A Must Watch Ted Talk

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:00:54 +0000

GOD HAS A BODY :: the blog of Michael Touchton: Gang Members, Social Enterprise and a Priest: A Must Watch Ted Talk:

“That’s what we want to achieve—this sense of mutuality. Where we obliterate once and for all the illusion that we’re separate. No us and them. Just us. For there’s an idea that’s taken root in the world, it’s at the root of all that’s wrong with it and the idea would be this: that there just…

This is how my mind has been working for years… Projector...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:00:14 +0000

This is how my mind has been working for years…

Projector Digitally Aligns Your Billiard Shots in Real Time

A team of students from the University of the Algarve in Portugal designed a projector, called PoolLiveAid, that creates real-time light predictions of billiard shots — sort of like a “digital cheat code” for pool. The projector hangs above the table and analyzes the position of the billiard ball, then detects lines that correspond to it in relation to the cue, which it shines onto the table.

Catalysts by Design | The Catalysts' Paradigm: Creative Opportunities

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:00:24 +0000

Catalysts by Design | The Catalysts' Paradigm: Creative Opportunities:

It’s “opportunity season” for a lot of organizations, and many of our friends are accepting applications for their programs and summer positions. Here are our top five-ish for this month:

1. Challenge Detroit is accepting apps for its 1 year fellowship.

2. Unreasonable at Sea offers…

typethatilike: 8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:00:11 +0000

typethatilike:

8 New Punctuation Marks We Desperately Need

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Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:00:27 +0000

TEDx: Learn 100 songs in five minutes: Jordan Hume

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:27 +0000

TEDx: Learn 100 songs in five minutes: Jordan Hume:

tedx:

The structure of music might seem complex and mysterious, but many songs adhere to a simple, timeless pattern, says Jordan Hume. In a five minute piano lesson, he demonstrates the pattern of over 100 different songs, which he says run the gamut from country to hard rock. (Filmed at…

Common Writing Mistakes

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 08:00:27 +0000

Common Writing Mistakes:

Benjamin Dreyer is the VP Executive Managing Editor & Copy Chief of Random House Publishing Group. Below is his list of the common stumbling blocks for authors, from A to X.

One buys antiques in an antiques store from an antiques dealer; an antique store is a very old store.
He stayed awhile; he stayed for a while.
Besides is other than; beside is next to.
The singular of biceps is biceps; the singular of triceps is triceps. There’s no such thing as a bicep; there’s no such thing as a tricep.
A blond man, a blond woman; he’s a blond, she’s a blonde.
A capital is a city (or a letter, or part of a column); a capitol is a building.
Something centres on something else, not around it.
If you’re talking about a thrilling plot point, the word is climactic; if you’re discussing the weather, the word is climatic.
A cornet is an instrument; a coronet is a crown.
One emigrates from a place; one immigrates to a place.
The word is enmity, not emnity.
One goes to work every day, or nearly, but eating lunch is an everyday occurrence.
A flair is a talent; a flare is an emergency signal.
A flier is someone who flies planes; a flyer is a piece of paper.
Flower bed, not flowerbed.
Free rein, not free reign.
To garner is to accumulate, as a waiter garners tips; to garnish (in the non-parsley meaning) is to take away, as the government garnishes one’s wages; a garnishee is a person served with a garnishment; to garnishee is also to serve with a garnishment (that is, it’s a synonym for “to garnish”).
A gel is a jelly; it’s also a transparent sheet used in stage lighting. When Jell-O sets, or when one’s master plan takes final form, it either jells or gels (though I think the former is preferable).
Bears are grizzly; crimes are grisly. Cheap meat, of course, is gristly.
Coats go on hangers; planes go in hangars.
One’s sweetheart is “hon,” not “hun,” unless one’s sweetheart is Attila (not, by the way, Atilla) or perhaps Winnie-the-Pooh (note hyphens).
One insures cars; one ensures success; one assures people.
Lawn mower, not lawnmower.
The past tense of lead is led, not lead.
One loathes someone else but is loath to admit one’s distaste.
If you’re leeching, you’re either bleeding a patient with a leech or otherwise sucking someone’s or something’s lifeblood. If you’re leaching, you’re removing one substance from another by means of a percolating liquid (I have virtually no idea what that means; I trust that you do).
You wear a mantle; your fireplace has a mantel.
Masseurs are men; masseuses are women. Many otherwise extremely well educated people don’t seem to know this; I have no idea why. (These days they’re all called massage therapists anyway.)
The short version of microphone is still, so far as RH is concerned, mike. Not, ick, “mic.” [2009 update: I seem to be losing this battle. Badly. 2010 update: I’ve lost. Follow the author’s lead.]
There’s no such word as moreso.
Mucus is a noun; mucous is an adjective.
Nerve-racking, not -wracking; racked with guilt, not wracked with guilt.
One buys a newspaper at a newsstand, not a newstand.
An ordinance is a law; ordnance is ammo.
Palette has to do with colour; palate has to do with taste; a pallet is, among other things, something you sleep on. Eugene Pallette was a character actor; he’s particularly good in the 1943 film Heaven Can Wait.
Noun wise, a premier is a diplomat; a premiere is something one attends. “Premier” is also, of course, an adjective denoting quality.
That which the English call paraffin (as in “paraffin stove”), we Americans call kerosene. Copy editors should keep an eye open for this in mss. by British authors and query it. The term paraffin should generally be reserved for the waxy, oily stuff we associate with candles.
Prophecy is a noun; prophesy is a verb.
Per Web 11, it’s restroom.
The Sibyl is a seeress; Sybil is Basil Fawlty’s wife.
Please don’t mix somewhat and something into one murky modifier. A thing is somewhat rare, or it’s something of a rarity.
A tick bites; a tic is a twitch.
Tortuous is twisty, circuitous, or tricky; torturous is painful, or painfully slow.
Transsexual, not transexual.
Troops are military; troupes are theatrical.
A vice is depraved; a vise squeezes.
Vocal cords; strikes a chord.
A smart aleck is a wise guy; a mobster is a wiseguy.
X ray is a noun; X-ray is a verb or adjective.

Mobile Service Disruption from Great Japan Earthquake...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:00:28 +0000

Mobile Service Disruption from Great Japan Earthquake Visualized

When the tragic earthquake hit Japan back in March of 2011, mobile communications were severely disrupted in the affected regions, even in metropolitan Tokyo. The University of Tokyo’s Center for Spatial Information Science has put together an incredible visualization which dramatically illustrates how mobile activity almost completely stops in the minutes after the earthquake hit at 14:46PM on that afternoon.

inspirezme: Be it climbing up as high as a 380-meter crane or a...

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:00:25 +0000

inspirezme:

Be it climbing up as high as a 380-meter crane or a 22-storey building – two young Russians have got it all, and more, on their cameras. Vitaly Raskalov and Alexander Remnov call themselves skywalkers, and take incredible, vertigo-inducing pictures of each other on top of the highest buildings in Moscow and some other cities in Russia.

Armed with no special protective equipment but a camera, these thrill-seekers plank on top of the Russian Academy of Sciences or enjoy a nocturnal panorama from a turret in the Kiev railway station just for a good shot. It’s hard to imagine what these guys feel, when their pictures are enough to make one dizzy.

Photograph links : 500px, raskalov-vit.livejournal.com

Urban traffic made beautiful. Mesmerizing video

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:00:42 +0000

Urban traffic made beautiful. Mesmerizing video

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Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:00:18 +0000

Social fear

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:00:27 +0000

Social fear

Inauguration Day 2013: James Taylor Performs ‘America the...

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:00:26 +0000

Inauguration Day 2013: James Taylor Performs ‘America the Beautiful’ (by ABCNews)

Let freedom ring

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:23:05 +0000

Let freedom ring

CAF Venturesome's Blog: “Social enterprise”: a defining moment?

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:00:18 +0000

CAF Venturesome's Blog: “Social enterprise”: a defining moment? :

In a blog last October, we discussed the pros and cons of defining the term ‘social enterprise’. As if to promote further discussion especially, last week the Department of Health presented its own definition of social enterprise to Parliament.

The definition applies to the appointment…

Devotion has no limits. Blind skateboarder.

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 08:00:14 +0000

Devotion has no limits. Blind skateboarder.