Tours of the Gang Neighborhoods of Los Angeles
group of civic activists, united by faith and a belief that the poor economy in the interior of Los Angeles is a social injustice, is preparing to offer bus tours of some of the grittiest pockets of the city, including decayed public housing, sites of deadly shootouts and streets ravaged by racial unrest. After a VIP preview last weekend, L.A. Gang Tours expects to open to the public in January, giving tourists a look at the cradle of the…
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Inspiring Commencement Address by Inventor Dean Kamen
're moving from a world of stuff, from the idea that there's a finite amount of gold out there, a finite amount of almost anything out there. Throughout all of history, people fought over stuff: land, fuel, stuff. But in your generation, the most value that will be created isn't stuff anymore. It really is ideas. The Internet is an abstraction, and the value of Google exceeds the value of all the car makers. In a world that's about ideas,…
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NBA longshots are as easy as under-the-hoop jump shots
w good are NBA players? Well, get this: They’re just as accurate from 21 to 25 feet away as they are from 1 to 5 feet. Sound unbelievable? Take a look at the graph on the right, which plots field-goal percentage by distance. NBA players make 1 in 1.78 (56%) shots from under the hoop; 1 in 3.03 from 26 to 30 feet away (that’s deep-three range); and 1 in 24.38 from 31 to 90 feet. From everywhere else, their…
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The number of competitors you face affects how you perform:
new study carried out by the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan found that motivation and performance is weakened when competing against a large group of people The larger the number of examinees, the lower the average grade. This is one of the findings of a series of new studies carried out by scientists at the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan. "It is a well-established fact that subjective factors influence our motivation to compete.…
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What statistic predicts traffic deaths better than any other? You’ll be surprised:
e single biggest predictor was not statewide alcohol problems, safety belt use, number of older drivers or wealth, but the murder rate. The researcher, psychologist Michael Sivak, argues that this is not because people are using cars as murder weapons, but because the murder rate is a proxy for aggression and "the same aggressive tendencies that contribute to homicides also demonstrate themselves, to a certain degree, in interpersonal behaviors on the road". via mindhacks.com Join over 320,000 readers. Get a free…
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Harlan Ellison says “Pay the writer”:
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John Cleese on creativity:
mic genius John Cleese sat down for an interview a few years ago and had a lot to say about creativity and the creative process. I keep coming back to this passage, where he discusses the importance of whim... I knew a wonderful teacher once—a tutor. He tutored my stepsons and my elder daughter. He said to me, "Always start where the energy is." People make an awful mistake by starting where the energy isn't. If you're feeling very world-weary—and…
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11 Ways to Influence People Online and Make Them Take Action:
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