Saturday, August 14, 2010
Modern Electric Cars Charger Station
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The studio Fuseproject California, led by designer Yves Behar has recently drawn the “GE Wattstation“, a station for recharging electric cars. Designed to be scalable and design, this project is revealed in visual result of the article.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Creative and Unique Bookends Design
Adding artistic style to any Bookshelf as well as that can keep your books on your bookshelf perhaps it would be a great idea. View this collection of creative and Unique Bookends Design that will look great on any bookshelf.
City Slickers Bookends [via]
Airplane Bookends
Pinocchio Bookends [via]
Reading Sophisticates Bookends [via]
Arrow Bookends [via]
Dragon Bookends [via]
Falling Books Bookend [via]
Star wars :Trash Compactor Bookends [via]
Sandman bookends
Alien Vs Predator Bookends [Via]
Batman vs Superman Bookends [via]
Bulldog Bookends
Anubis Bookends [via]
Lighthouse Bookends
B-Boy bookends
Black Bear Bookends Set [via]
Bookend Men [via]
The Lord Of The Rings' Bookends [via]
Airplane Bookends
Pinocchio Bookends [via]
Reading Sophisticates Bookends [via]
Arrow Bookends [via]
Dragon Bookends [via]
Falling Books Bookend [via]
Star wars :Trash Compactor Bookends [via]
Sandman bookends
Alien Vs Predator Bookends [Via]
Batman vs Superman Bookends [via]
Bulldog Bookends
Anubis Bookends [via]
Lighthouse Bookends
B-Boy bookends
Black Bear Bookends Set [via]
Bookend Men [via]
The Lord Of The Rings' Bookends [via]
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Germany Sets World Record for Most Human Dominoes
Before today, I didn’t even know there was such a thing as human dominoes, but it appears events involving people falling over each other have been going on for years.
That’s right, believe it or not human domino events are among the top world record attempts. That’s probably because it doesn’t require any special skills or a lot of effort. All participants need is a mattress and a god mood.
On July 31st, a new world record was set for the most human dominoes. 769 people and their mattresses fell over each other, thus beating the old record set earlier this year, in Dubai. Back then, only 344 humandominoes were toppled.
Source: Globaltimes
That’s right, believe it or not human domino events are among the top world record attempts. That’s probably because it doesn’t require any special skills or a lot of effort. All participants need is a mattress and a god mood.
On July 31st, a new world record was set for the most human dominoes. 769 people and their mattresses fell over each other, thus beating the old record set earlier this year, in Dubai. Back then, only 344 humandominoes were toppled.
Source: Globaltimes
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Then and Now: The Time Portals Into a World War II
Russian photographer Sergei Larenkov opens time portals into a World War II Ghost Dimension
Sergei has combined pictures from all over Europe that mix the ghosts of world war II’s past with the present taken from the same angle of view.
The technique is called perspective-matching photography which consists of precisely matching the points-of-view of vintage and modern photographs and exploring what happens where they merge
Source: Sergey Larenkov livejournal
Sergei has combined pictures from all over Europe that mix the ghosts of world war II’s past with the present taken from the same angle of view.
The technique is called perspective-matching photography which consists of precisely matching the points-of-view of vintage and modern photographs and exploring what happens where they merge
Source: Sergey Larenkov livejournal
Monday, August 2, 2010
What It's Like to Be a 911 Operator ? (Confessions From A 911 Operator)
I'm going on my one-year anniversary of being a 911 operator -- in the city that never sleeps. Which is why it is great for me to work the graveyard shift, so that way I can still be up in the morning to send my kids off to school.Being a part of the local law enforcement team and helping others in need has always been a passion of mine, so when I was hired as a 911 dispatcher, I was very happy.
On the first day of my one-week training academy, I remember walking into a small office area with other trainees and thinking to myself about what I was going to be doing. Once I met my instructor and fellow peers I began to feel a bit more comfortable -- but that comfort lasted only until the instructor announced that the class would be practicing 911 calls and scenarios. Being first to go that day was an experience I will never forget.
My first scenario was a woman who called 911 because her son had a seizure and was reported to be shaking on the ground uncontrollably. Well, my job was to keep her calm at that moment and to get as much information about the incident as possible. However, the only thing I could seem to think about at the time was, "oh my god!" Everything just felt so real, and not only did I not know what to say during the scenario, but I felt myself shaking uncontrollably too. Eventually, through the training, I learned how to cope with calls like that one, and many others.
A real-life life-or-death call
Life on the job after the training academy was no different from my first day at the academy. One of the scariest moments of my life was from a 911 call I received. I remember stating "911 emergency, what is your emergency?" and the first thing I heard was a disturbingly loud shriek. It came from a 15-year-old girl. She sounded as if she were completely out of breath, like she was in the midst of running a marathon, and she continually shouted the words, "Please! Please! Stop!"
I tried many times to calm her down and to get her to speak clearly, but still all I heard were those dreadful words -- "Please! Please! Stop!" -- repeated over and over. After what seemed to be an eternity, but was only about two minutes in reality, the girl stopped panting and yelled out "Dad! Help my dad! Please!" I remember asking where she was, and she said she didn't know. At this point, I began to fear for the young girl and her father, worrying about the fact that their lives might be in my hands.
While I was trying to talk to her about what was going on, she stated that her father was being brutally attacked by four men who appeared to be gang affiliated, and that she had run behind a dumpster in a nearby alleyway to hide. I asked the girl if she could see anything close by that might give me details about her location, and she said she saw a broken billboard advertising houses. This was great news for me, as this was a familiar landmark to me. After getting this information, I was able to dispatch a police unit to the area.
Upping the stakes
Once the police arrived they broke up the physical altercation between the men and arrested three of them. I had remained on the phone with the young girl, who suddenly began screaming fiercely! One of the men was holding this poor girl hostage with a small pocket knife, and I could hear the man screaming, "I'm going to cut her! I'm going to kill her and then kill myself!"
Knowing there was nothing I could do, I sat there listening, feeling completely helpless, but knowing that the police would somehow handle it. Every minute that passed seemed like hours and I felt like I was being crucified. The girl began to scream in a very frightening manner, and seconds later I heard gun shots -- which turned out to have fatally injured the hostage taker. But the girl was OK!
I have to endure this feeling of helplessness every day I swipe my badge in for work, and my goal for each day at work is to go home with the feeling that I helped save a life. As I do my job as a 911 dispatcher, I am always thinking of the difference I make in my city -- and most importantly, about the good side of my career, those moments where I am the key link to helping save someone's life.
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